Society Calendar Updates From Local Groups
Saturday junior charity league meets at an area restaurant at 12 30 p m. Christmas dance hosted by Swami Santha No 102 Nomads of Avrudaka at a local inn. Sunday Delta Beta Sigma hosts Beverly Hatchell home at 2 p m. Delta Sigma meets at John Reardon 205 Stubbs at 2 15 p m alumni urged to attend. Monday Ouachita chapter De Molay practice at Masonic Temple 7 30 p m. Monroe Garden Club meets Dec 13 with Mrs G L Holloway co hosts named. Review Club 2 30 at Mrs DeWitt Henry 503 Bros Girl Scout Leaders Christmas party. Dixie Chapter 179 O E S meets Masonic Temple 8 p m election initiations. St Annes Circle Christmas party at Mrs R L Wood 3 p m. Woman's Society of Christian Service Stone Avenue Methodist Church meets 2 p m Business and Professional Women's Club holds regular meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swami Santha No
Delta Beta Sigma
Beverly Hatchell
Delta Sigma Fraternity
John Reardon
Stubbs
Ouachita
Order of de- Molay
Masonic Temple
Monroe Garden Club
G. L. Holloway
J. C. Earnest
John Potts
W. N. Reynolds
T. G. Easterling
Ray Rhymes
Wesley Shafte
J. B. Thornhill
J. W. Gaines
DeWitt Henry
McGuire Country Club
St. Anne’s
St. Matthew’s Church
R. L. Wood
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Stone Avenue Methodist Church
Business and Professional Women's Club
The
Presbyterian Church
B. W. Wright
Park Avenue
Fred Meyer
North Third
E. F. Jones
Pargoud Drive
Tom Breard
Milton
Milton King
North Fifth
Florence Acker
Wm. Perez
South First
Mark Stroud
Rochelle
Woman’s Benefit Association
Mildred Lucky
First Methodist Church
E. C. Gibson
Frances Hotel
A. J. Speer
J. A. Thomas
Hilton
A. G. McHenry
Riverside
C. C. Lucky
W. M. Giles
Negro Executed in Mississippi for Murder in Robbery
In Meridian Mississippi on December 10 1947 Eugene Riast Cooper a 20 year old Negro was electrocuted in the circuit court room for the murder of Ira Ellis a 70 year old white farmer in nearby Kewanee. Cooper read John 316 then asked spectators to raise their hands as more than 150 witnesses watched the execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meridian
Miss
Eugene Riast Cooper
Ira Ellis
Kewanee
Cooper
Laurel
W. B. Francis
Public execution spectators allowed at electrocution
Deputy Francis noted a large crowd of white and Black spectators including children attended the electrocution as a public lesson. The Negro participant was pronounced dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis
December church circle meetings and club events listed
Monthly business meeting set for Tuesday December 14 at Frances Hotel at 6 p m. W M S circles meet at homes across Downey Lane Highland Park Parkview Baptist Church Presbyterians host eight circles with various addresses. Welcome Branch Book Club meets Wednesday at 2309 Jasmine at 2 30 p m. Christmas banquet for Woman's Benefit Association. First Methodist Church circles list many hostess homes. Study Club to meet December 28 at 4 p m. Delta Sigma annual Christmas ball 8 pm to midnight at a local hotel open to the public. Local social notes include visits by S L Reeves A B Taylor and Brice Willhite with Eva Gully and Baton Rouge trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Hotel
Parkview Baptist Church
Walter Ryland, Jr
Downey Lane
S. R. Kirk
Highland Park
Delta Sigma Fraternity
Thanksgiving visits span numerous Louisiana and Arkansas towns
Local notes list many residents visiting relatives for Thanksgiving and weekend visits across Shreveport Monroe Ruston Farmerville Camden El Dorado and other towns. Names include Miss Annie Jo Sehon Mrs Ruth Gill Mr Rodney Salmon and families with ages and travel from Louisiana Tech students returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Jo Sehon
Louisiana College
Four of five men fined for drunk driving in city court
Judge W. M. Harper presided as four of five defendants were fined 125 with court costs for drunk driving. Cecil Littleton 22 Marion La Eddie Thomas 1b year old Negro 813 Wood street Robert Hawkins 48 1718 Adams street Oliver T Day 24 Sterlington. Robert Coleman 25 Negro 817 Oak street got sixty days for simple battery and property damage. Artichokes cook in about three quarters of an hour in boiling water then drain by turning upside down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Harper
City Court
Cecil Littleton
Marion
Eddie Thomas
Wood Street
Robert Hawkins
Adams Street
Oliver T. Day
Sterlington
Robert Coleman
Oak Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dixie Chapter No
Mississippi
PAYNE
Trenton Appliance CO
J. M. Gilstrap
G. C. Warren
West Monroe
T Insurance
Nation Wide Co
Gent
Sheaffer
Parker
St. John St
Welcome
George Phebus
Jasmine
J. G. Hicks
H. G. Ander
David Garrett
Andria
Mrs. S. L. Reeves
A. B. Taylor
Alexandria
Brice Willhite
Baby
Baton Rouge
Eva Gulley
Waltham
Ralph Stripling
Mansfield
Sue Lynn Tucker
Shreveport
Mrs
O. E. Tucker
Edgar Powell
Monroe
L. M. Powell
Audrey Lee Gresham
L. C. Gresham
William Crow
Ringgold
Charles Donnell and
Maplewood
Cora Jarmon
J. T. Hollis
Lucinda Reppond
Mr. Ellis Reppond
Louisiana Tech
Peggy Post
Mary Lauderback
Bessie Smith
Lizzie Smith
Ruth Gill
Allie Taunton
Rodney Salmon
Mooringsport
C. W. Salmon
Elaine Jarmon
Flat River
KE. J. Gulley
Eva Gurley
Mrs. W. E. Corley
New Orleans
Emma Lindsey
Little Rock
Mr. Lavern Murphy
Houston, Tex
Merchant Marine
J. B. Oliver
E. J. Gulley
Nina Carmichael
R. E. Gulley
Farmerville
Everett Reppond
Eugene
Camden, Ark
J. R. Gibson
Cass C. Cole
K. D. Lankford, Jr
L Dorado, Ark
M. FE. Crow
Billie Crow
Mr. Crow
Ruston
Thad Kennedy
el Dora’s, Ark
John Reeves
Alex
D. Masur
DeSiard & N. Grand
Saybury
Bella Scherck Davidson, Inc
News-Star
North Grand
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