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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1936

Page

29

Minstrel Show Delights Audience At Local High School

A minstrel program sponsored by the Missouri Pacific Booster club’s women auxiliary at Ouachita Parish High School auditorium drew a large crowd. Directed by Mrs. William Hardie Daly with musical direction by Mrs. Charles Gaishell, the show featured local humor and blackface songs to strong applause. The event supported the Good Fellows Fund with much of the admission fee.

Missouri Pacific Booster Club Quachita Parish William Hardie Daly Charles Gaishell Good Fellows Fund C. C. Shaltzer Sharon Anderson Santa Claus Ouachita Parish American Legion Dallas Goss Paramount Theater

Turkey dinners to aid church parsonage fund

Turkey dinners will be served Saturday at noon in the old cafeteria at North Grand and DeSiard Streets by the women's missionary society of the First Methodist Church. They had served a similar dinner Friday to a large crowd to raise money for the parsonage indebtedness.

Wilsons celebrate 60th anniversary with surprise shower

Harrisonburg Mr and Mrs Thomas J Wilson were honored with a surprise shower on their 60th wedding anniversary. They received many gifts. Mrs Millard Neal of Jena was a guest at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs H D Duke. Mr and Mrs Carl McCord and children of Canton Mississippi visited the home of her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Hugh F Johnson.

Thomas J. Wilson Carl McCord Canton Hugh F. Johnson

Herbert Hoover Heads to Capital for Carnegie Trustees Meeting

Former President Herbert Hoover arrives in Washington for a Carnegie Institution trustees gathering. He talks briefly with reporters, visits his S Street home, and declines questions on Edward VIII, Mrs. Simpson, or Republican party fate.

Washington Herbert Hoover Carnegie Institution Edward

Labor Board Moves on Industrial Council Plan Dissolution

The piece notes a strong position by the labor board as hearings conclude on the International Harvester plan, described as the company created. It compares the plan to United States Steel and cites a pending Supreme Court decision on the Wagner Act before February.

United States Supreme Court Bradley Lumber Company United States Steel Plan International Harvester Company Industrial Council Labor Board NEA Service, Inc

Monroe Holiday Light Contest Opens with Entry Forms

Mrs Richards explains prizes awarded only to contest entrants. Several Monroe homes are lit for the season, but only entries signed and filed by December 21 will be judged. Ouachita Citizen and Electrical Associates join as sponsors. entry forms are available at the Citizen office in West Monroe. Street illuminations by the Monroe light and power department will blaze Saturday night.

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