Businesswomen Meet at YWCA For Holiday Program
The Business and Professional Women's Club held its monthly meeting at the YWCA. The Public Affairs Committee led by Marble Hood presented the program with co chair Faye Heard and members Christine Coleman Nell Bennett Alma Bushnell Addie Lou Juneman Betty Oxford Frances Peterson. Marble Hood delivered an American heritage focus and Amy Hood performed The Stars and Stripes Forever. Frances Peterson reviewed In The Pink as attendees enjoyed holiday themed refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Faye Heard
Christine Coleman
Nell Bennett
Alma Bushnell
Addie Lou Juneman
Betty Oxford
Frances Peterson
Marble Hood
Amy Hood
Mildred Smith
Louise Massey
Lulu Leiison
Elizabeth Stenberg
Hazel Wakefield
Lucille Mathis
Mary
Music Guild Hosts Monthly Meeting At Mrs Hill Home
The Music Guild held its regular meeting at the home of Mrs. Cecil Hill with club president Mrs. R. T. Bliss presiding. They discussed a December 29 to January 22 group piano workshop in New Orleans led by Miss Margaret Cocke and planned fundraising for the 25th anniversary scholarship fund and the MacDowell Birthday Fund for the Peterboro camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Music Guild
Cecil Hill
R. T. Bliss
Margaret Cocke
New Orleans
State Federation of Music Clubs
MacDowell
Peterboro
New Hampshire
J. Norman Coon
MacDowell Music
S Coon
Edward MacDowell
France
Germany
Debussy
Wilbur Bullock
Wyllis Hopkins
P. A. Poag
Hopkins
J. M. Shipp
W. A. Williams
Christmas Joy Gift Service Planned by First Presbyterian
A committee of women from the First Presbyterian Church met to plan this year’s Christmas Joy Gift Service. The program will be a candlelight service with songs and scriptures presenting the Prophecy, the Annunciation, and the Birth of Christ. It invites the public to attend on December 21 at 5 30 p m in the church sanctuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Christ
Christmas Tree Cookies by Mrs Swift
Mrs Mildred G. Swift shares a Christmas cookie tree recipe with a wood base and a 15 inch rod. It uses star shaped cookies in sizes from eight to one inch and rounds, all with holes. Assemble with snow icing and candles on the stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred G. Swift
Tallulah Book Club Hosts Rev J Arthur Strickland Talk
The Tallulah Book Club met at the club building on Thursday with Rev. J. Arthur Strickland as guest speaker. He delivered an inspiring address on The Place of God and Christianity in the Fine Art of Living. Mrs. R. T. Alexander presided. Mrs. C. E. Hester and Mrs. R. S. Gayle reported on the Louisiana State Federation Convention. Christmas decorations and gifts for an infantile paralysis hospital patient were part of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Arthur Strickland
Tallulah Book Club
Book Club
Strickland
George Hughes
Jesus Boy
Robert McGimsey
R. T. Alexander
Louisiana
R. C. Leeves
Fred. Massey
T. Ed Williams
Petrified Forest Delays Opening at Little Theatre
The Little Theatre continues its season with The Petrified Forest delayed from Wednesday to Friday due to winter weather and other factors. Three more performances follow this week as the company recovers from cancellations and other holiday notes.
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Petrified Forest
Monroe Little
Dub’’ Moore
Shreveport
Social Calendar Full of Christmas Events in Monroe
Thursday’s social notes list numerous club meetings and gatherings across Monroe. Luncheon honors for Carolyn Swain. A A U W session at Ouachita Parish High. Opera Club at Mrs John Scholars home. Reader's Clique at Ivy Jordan home. parlor city grove activities. Barkdull Faulk P T A program and church events. multiple P T A and civic group meetings. Little Theatre Petrified Forest performances. skating party. Y Teens and W C T U activities. numerous teas, banquets, and Christmas programs scheduled through Monday with varied hostesses and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Swain
A. S. Tidwell
B. L. Mulhearn
Ouachita Parish High School
Sara Hollingsworth
Herbert Steed
William Rodriguez
Ola Mae Pennington
J. W. Musselwhite
Woodlawn P.T. A
R. T. Wasont
First Christian Church
Louisiana
North Fifth Street
Monroe
Cheniere Home Demonstration Club
M. B. McDonald
Christian Women’s Fellowship of the First Christian Church
J. C. Massey
South First
Beverly Martin
George Morgan
Roselawn
Al enters acting after World War II discharge in 1945
Al, an Air Force veteran discharged in October 1945, moves to Monroe as head of the land department for Southwest Gas Producing Co in December. He married a Paducah, Kentucky girl and has three sons Johnnie Bill and Al Jr This is his first time on the stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Southwest Gas Producing Co
Paducah
Johnnie
Georgia Tucker
Bill
Luncheon at Bayou DeSiard Honor Mrs Powers
Mrs Clyde Brown hosted a Tuesday luncheon at Bayou DeSiard Country Club for her mother Mrs J L Powers with guests including Mrs J F Hardin Mrs John Keller Mrs Trezevant Mrs Minnie Mecom Mrs Paul Fudickar Mrs E G Hayward and Mrs Frank Wilcox after luncheon ecards were enjoyed Misformed shell fish are likely to contain pearls
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Brown
Bayou DeSiard Country Club
J. L. Powers
J. F. Hardin
John Keller
Trezevant
Minnie Mecom
Paul Fudickar
E. G. Hayward
Frank Wilcox
Powers
Woodlawn School Amateur Program Showcases Student Talent
The Woodlawn School student council presented an amateur program with performances by grades from first to eighth. Songs included Turkey Gobbler Jambalaya and Old Spinning Wheel in the Parlor, plus a dramatized Frankie and Johnnie. An unrelated note mentions cleaning a exposed refrigerator motor with a vacuum hose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodlawn School
Gracie Whellis
Eunice Sims
Louise Burnette
Earline McManus
Kay Hart
Mary Hutchins
Carolyn McLeod
Charlotte Allen
Virginia Johnson
Katie Owens
Linda Walters
Rebecca Cobb
Barbara Sue Thompson
Sue Hutchins
Glenda Coles
Barbara Harper
Charles Floyd
Sllvester Crawford
Frances Guess
Evelyn Beavers
Betty Lou Mathis
Frankie and
Johnnie
Robert Kelly
Charles Jarvis
Earlene McManus
Louise Burnett
Barkdull Faulk P T A Meeting This Thursday
The Barkdull Faulk P T A will meet on the second Thursday in December at the school instead of the usual third Thursday. A Christmas program will be presented featuring a devotional by Rev. Leon Ivey, a reading on the Christmas tree colors, vocal selections by Mrs. A W Johnson, and a Fathers committee report by Mr. Armstrong. Refreshments will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barkdull Faulk P.T. A
Leon Ivey
Temple Baptist Church
Irene Deakin
A. W. Johnson
Armstrong
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Joy Gift Service
Mrs. Swift
Bell's Pharmacy
DeSiard
Little Theatre
Veterans Hospital
Alexandria
Santa ‘North
Pohl Claus
Gray Ladies
Delta Theatre
Myrtle Cole
Garland Shell
Justin Wilson
Southeast Safety Council
A. E
al” Beasley
Lexington
Tenn
Centenary College
Centenary
Lambda Theta Chi
Shell Oil Co
A. L. Smith P.T. A
Plum Street School
P.T. A
Plum Street P.T. A
Lexington School
Homemaker’s
College Place Baptist Church
Credille Calhoun
Edgewater Gardens
Bayou DeSiard
Selman
Field Playhouse
Lenwis Y-Teens
Blue Sharps
Massing
First Baptist Church
Emy-Lou Biedenharn
Riverside
Missouri Pacific Woman’s Club
Fine Arts Club
Frances Hotel
Fort Mire
D.A.R
W. Tom Davis
Glenmar
Forrest Linquist
Eleona Brinsmade
C. E. Buckley
H. M. Butler
John E. Coon
Harold Engstrom
Robert W. Hair
R. M. Hamberlin
Fred Hancock
Jase Johnson
P. Richard Pierce
W.S.C.S
First Methodist Church
West Monroe
Charles P. Chisholm
Trenton
Jane Gill
Fairbanks
North Third Street
J. E. Baugh
Mariann Williamson
Moment Musicale Coterie
Betsy Blackmon
Spencer
Athletic Association of
St. Matthew's School
D. A. Curran
Wise Man
Henry van Dyke
Alice Latta
Department of Classroom Teachers
The
National Education Association
Mirror Room
Hotel Frances
City of
O. N. Reynolds
Archie Dickerson
Clark Butler
Swami Santha
Avrudaka
Castle Hall
Rani Louise Fleet
Red Cross
York
Twin Cities
DeSiard St
Toggery
Dacron
By Sutton
DuPont
Hildegarde of
California
Field
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