Music festival unites Lincoln parish students in Ruston
More than 2,000 Lincoln parish school children attended the Ruston Chamber of Commerce Christmas music festival at Louisiana Tech auditorium. Schools earned merit certificates for perfect or near perfect attendance. gifts from merchants were given to students with lucky numbers as Santa distributed toys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruston
Lincoln Parish
Methodist Home
Eastland
Mineral Springs
Charles E. Burr, Jr
Ruston Chamber of Commerce
Ruston Merchants
Burr
Marshall Bretz
Tech Music
Thomas M. Davis
Ruster Presbyterian Church
Claybrook Cottingham
Louisiana Tech
A. W. Ford
Chamber of Commerce
Hazel Hilton
Ruston High School
Herk
Tech Visual Education Department
Baptist Student Union
Vancille Cruse
Christine Cherles
Mary Lee Vines
Santa Claus
Santa
R. O. Sutton
Teeh Mode
Johnnie
New Loan Plan Offers Same Day Vehicle and Home Loans
Local residents and nearby towns use a new loan plan for same day service on loans from 50 to 2000 dollars on cars furniture or machinery. Applications increase daily for confidential courteous prompt service at Motors Securities Company Inc 500 Walnut Street Monroe La. They also make loans of all kinds regardless of where you live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motors Securities Company, Inc
Walnut Street
Monroe
Vernon Adkins Returns as Personal Finance Manager
Vernon Adkins is back as manager of Personal Finance Company at 213 Bernhardt Building after 14 years with the firm and military service since February 1941. He cites the value of lending to wage earners for hospital bills emergencies and overdue expenses as justification for loans on a sound basis. He served five years in World War III with time in England France Belgium Luxemburg and Germany in the Transportation Section of the Third Army, participating in five campaigns from Normandy to Innsbruck.
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Adkins
Personal Finance Company
Monroe
Armed Forces of the
United States
England
France
Belgium
Luxemburg
Germany
Third Army
Normandy Beach
Innsbruck
Austria
Mary Goss Home Receives November Gifts
The Mary Goss Home for Aged Negroes lists November donations from Mrs. W. C. Feazel and several individuals and businesses including Sig Masur Lisetto's Bar Collens Pharmacy and George A. Bennett. Colored supporters include Rev. O. J. Johnson and Women’s Willing Workers Club among others. Belle Sherman is the caretaker for the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Goss
W. C. Feazel
Herman Masur
Sig Masur
Lisetto’s Bar
Collens Pharmacy
Joe Biedenharn
Quachita Baking Company
City Bakery
Simonton Grain Company
Baker-Lawdon and Ford
George A. Bennett
West
P. Hodges
Rev. O. J. Johnson
Protective Association
Women's Willing Workers Club
Usher Board
Tabernacle Mission
A. S. Brooks and
Davenport
Belle Sherman
Pvt Brewster Killed in Action in France 1944
Pvt James Wayland Brewster was killed in action in France on November 23, 1944. He leaves a wife Jewel Baxter and two children, James and Jo Evelyn, of Route 4 West Monroe. Brothers John Alvin and Dana F. Brewster were discharged December 5 after serving in the European theater. they are now at home with their parents in West Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wayland Brewster
France
Jewel Baxter
James
Jo Evelyn
Route 4
West Monroe
John Alvin Brewster
Dana F. Brewster
W. Worth Brewster
Britain Loan Plan Moves Through Congress Like Bretton Woods
The United States plans a 3.75 billion dollar loan to Britain with total credit near 4.4 billion including a lend-lease settlement. Opponents fear Britain’s WWI debt, while supporters expect congressional action after hearings and debates in both chambers.
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Max Hall
Marlow Ashington
Eas
Britain
Congress
Bretton Woods
Epence
Kentucky
House Banking Committee
Loen
United States
International Monetary Fund
Truman
Treasury
State Department
Hebert denounces War Department over gun sales to reserves
Louisiana Democrat Representative Hebert attacks the War Department after Navy Reserve Lt. A C Harris of New Orleans cannot buy a 12 gauge shotgun. The 1924 JAG opinion said reserve officers were not entitled to regular navy rights. Steps planned to modify rules to permit sales.
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Washington
Hebert
Democrat
Louisiana
War Department
Naval Reserve
Navy
A. C. Harris
New Orleans
Harris
L. H. Campbell, Jr
Judge Advocate General
Regular Navy
Campbell
Army
Landscaping the Home lecture in Twin Cities given by LSU professor
Professor B. H. Singletary or Singletary of Louisiana State University hodes of horticulture will discuss landscaping the home at the Home Planner's Institute meeting. The event takes place Tuesday night December 11 at 7 30 in the Virginia Hotel ballroom. The talk will cover azaleas and camellias care and general landscaping technique and is open to institute members garden club members and the general public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. Single
Ary
Louisiana State University
Home Planner’s Institute
Virginia Hotel
Ben Parnell
Institute
Parnell
Twin Cities
Singletary
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Harold Kissen
Fosdick
Romeo McHaystack
Mandrake the Magician
Lothar
Cokey
Alex
Bessie
CHE
Fearless Fosdick
By Lee Falk
Phil Davis
Edgar Rice Burroughs
By Duane Bryers
Hir
Fred Harman
V. T. Hamiin
Guidso
Moon Mullins
By Willard
Emmy
Tech
H. L. Campbell
Alma Lee Huff
Little Town of
Bethlehem
Helen Ferrer
Betty Ant Linguist
Joy Bernhardt
Melrose Kelly
Edith Cotten
James Henry McLendon
Ouachita Parish
J. M. Russell
Vogue Alteration
Kusin Bidg
Walnut & DeSiard
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Monroe, LA
Wvbrandt
Reweeardt Bernhardt Bldg
Holsom
Arabelle
Cotton’s
Old
Vernon Adkins
Old Joe
Bernhardt Building
Pvt
Brewster
Orkin
Bacani Annea A
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