Scouting Admired by R. C. Wyland at Ouachita Valley Meeting
Ray O. Wyland national director of Boy Scout education lauds Scouting as shaping American youth into future citizens. He cites leaders from the program and stresses integrity loyalty and ethics as core traits. The Ouachita Valley council executives hear reports from districts and plan a mid January convention. Harold Lewman regional director accompanies Wyland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Ouachita
Mr. Wyland
Ouachita Valley
Herman Masur
Masur
Harold Lewman
Memphis, Tenn
Esso Dealers Meet in Monroe for Red Ball Express Session
Esso dealers in the Monroe territory gather Tuesday at the Virginia hotel for a 7:30 p.m. sales meeting led by Standard Oil of Louisiana executives from New Orleans. The event, part of a state campaign called the Red Ball express, will feature a talkie screening and presentations on tires accessories and merchandising strategies for the coming year. S. S. Morris J. P. Luecke and Dan W. Spurlock lead the Monroe program with other New Orleans delegates including M. P. Van Pelt and J. H. Pickett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esso
Monroe Territory
Virginia
Standard Oil Company of Louisiana
New Orleans
Monroe
S. S. Morris
J. P. Luecke
Standard O:l Company
Louisana
Dan W. Spurlock
M. P. van Pelt
J. H. Pickett
Obituary notices for Mrs. M. S. Falk and C. A. Caldwell
Mrs. M. S. Falk aged 9 of 322 North Sixth Street died Sunday in a local hospital. Funeral 3:30 p.m. Monday at Mulhearn Funeral Home with Rev. L. T. Hastings. interment Riverview Burial Park. Survived by husband, twin daughters, six weeks, and siblings Grady and Earl Baker, Etolia and Thad Baker, Sibyl Masters. C. A. Caldwell, 38, of Collinston died Sunday after brief illness. Funeral at residence Monday, body taken to Ashland La. for interment. He leaves wife, son Archie, and many Caldwell siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. S. Falk
North Sixth Street
Mulhearn Funeral Home
L. T Hastings
First Baptist Church
Riverview Burial Park
Roseville
Cal
Etolia
Thad Baker
Dallas
Texas
Sibyl Masters
Port Arthur
C. A. Caldwell
Collinston
Ashland
Caldwell
American Legion
Masonic Lodge
Archie
Jack Bell
Caster
T. Pitts
Gibsland
B. Rogers
Saline
B. B. Caldwell
Dan
Dilwood
Flobel
Lane
Well
Kendrick Caldwell
Sprngfield
Ark
Dan Gilbert Lodge Elects 405 Officers for Year
In Gilbert Louisiana at Dan Gilbert lodge number 405 F and A M officers were elected and installed for the coming year. Names listed include C C Hopkins worshipful master L L Wright senior warden S A Morgan junior warden H B Rountree treasurer N R Fund burk secretary O McLendon chaplain W A Martin senior deacon J W Irby junior deacon P W Childress Jr master of ceremonies S Cc Reese Chapman junior steward and C H Stephens Tyler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert
Dan Gilbert Lodge
A. M
C. C. Hopkins
L. L. Wright
S. A. Morgan
H. B. Rountree
N. R. Funderburk
O. McLendon
W. A. Martin
J. W. Irby
P. W. Childress, Jr
S Cc
Reese Chapman
C. H. Stephens
Tyler
Ground Broken for First Baptist Educational Building
A Sunday ceremony at 10 45 a m marked the ground breaking for the church's $100 000 educational building on a vacant lot south of the First Baptist church. Pastor Rev L T Hastings read scripture and spoke as a choir led songs. Church leaders and department heads joined the event including Frank Masling O O Clark treasurer E H Murrell educational director L A Stuke cradle roll chair Mrs D M Doughty and many others along with Sam Newsom and L B Pettit and G C Cornett among the participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
L. T. Hastings
Frank Masling
O. O. Clark
E. H. Murrell
L. A. Stuke
D. M. Doughty
Jordan Barton
W. B. Robinson
Forrest Seaman
Jack Morrison
Florence Ziegler
Young People's Department
A. D. Tisdale
Roy Banister
Walter Rhodes
Women’s Missionary Society
Sam Newsom
The
Brotherhood
L. B. Pettit
G. C. Cornett
Maccabees Plan Annual Election Meeting Here
Ouachita tent No. 54 of Maccabees will meet on South Grand street Tuesday night. Eight new members will be admitted and officers for the year nominated. Installation planned in January and an oyster supper for members. State Manager M. J. Bulger of New Orleans to attend with other state officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita
Maccabees
South Grand Street
M. J. Bulger
New Orleans
Convert League Will Hold Meeting on Monday
The Convert league of St. Mathews Catholic church will meet Monday night in the Hotel Frances dining room. The program includes musical numbers, an address of welcome by Mrs. F A Blanks, a talk on the league’s plans by Mrs. C H Dunaway, and a lecture by Rev J C Vandegzer on The Modern Appeal of the Ancient Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Convert League of
St. Matthew’s Catholic Church
Hotel Frances
F. A. Blanks
C. H. Dunaway
J. C. Vandegzer
Tuberculosis Captain of the Men of Death in 1930s Health Fight
The article recalls Sir William Osler calling tuberculosis the captain of the men of death and notes the high burden among children and teens. It argues poverty and crowded living conditions fuel infection and that with funds and competent care, tuberculosis can be controlled, reducing future disability and death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
William Osler
White House
United States
Hippocrates
Tuberculosis Fight Fund Drives Christmas Seal Sale
Ouachita Tuberculosis and Public Health association finances its campaign with funds from selling double barred Christmas seals. The sale began December 1 and continues through December 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Tuberculosis and Public Health Association
Louisiana Fruit Cake From Pantry Supplies
A parish home demonstration agent presents the Louisiana Fruit Cake recipe for the Christmas dinner. The nine pound cake uses flour, butter, egg yolks, fruit preserves, muscadine products and spices and can be baked in a slow oven or steamed in a pressure cooker. Sir Walter Raleigh note appears as a side historical fact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewell McQuiller
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana
Civil service exam openings listed for 1934 positions
The U S civil service board announces examinations for junior calculating and tabulating machine operators with salaries up to 1440 dollars a year and card punch operators at 1260 dollars. Openings in Washington and Boston close January 4 and 5 1934 with age rules and veteran exceptions plus economy and retirement deductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Ellington
United States Civil Service Board of Examiners
Washington
D. C
Washington D. C
Bureau of Customs
Treasury Department
Boston
Mass
New Banking Institution Opens In South Louisiana
Morgan City Louisiana December 11 Citizens National Bank of Morgan City opens with capital 190000 and surplus 10000 providing Morgan City and Berwick new banking facilities Officers include N H Breaux president J H Loeb chairman Dr C C de Gravelles and P R Norman vice presidents C P Lynch active VP and Jos L Fisher cashier Local subscription totaled 69000 with RFC purchasing 50000 in preferred stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan City
Citizens National Bank
Berwick
N. H. Breaux
J. H. Loeb
C. C. de Gravelles
P. R. Norman
C. P. Lynch
Sunset man injured in accidental firearm discharge
Murphy Benoit 21 of Sunset La was wounded by his own gun on a Sunset area farm. A physician amputated two fingers on each hand and he suffered facial lacerations from bird shot.
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Opelousas
Dec
Vpi
Murphy Benoit
Sunset
Benoit
Local Firm Bids For Barksdale Officers' Mess Building
Landis and Young of Monroe one of ten firms bidding the general contract for the officers' mess at Barksdale field Shreveport. Estimated cost about 40000 dollars. Bids due December 12 at 11 a m to the constructing quartermaster. One story building 83 by 164 feet with lounge dining room kitchen recreation and locker rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landis and Young of
Monroe
Barksdale Field
Shreveport
Mayor Hardy to Speak on Community Building in Ruston
Ruston business and professional groups gather at city hall Wednesday night to hear George W. Hardy Jr. mayor of Shreveport discuss community building through organized effort. The event, sponsored by the chamber of commerce, reviews 1933 achievements and 1934 prospects with W. W. Durden presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruston
George W. Hardy, Jr
Shreveport
Chamber of Commerce
W. W. Durden
Allen Barksdale
George Nicol
Hardy
C. E. Tooke
A. E. Stinson
Norman McDonald
John P. Graham
G. W. Bond
W. A. Davidson
J. C. Ritchie
Keystone lodge installs 213 officers for year
Sicily Island Louisiana December 11 Special At a regular meeting Keystone lodge No 213 F and A M Sunday the following officers were elected and installed for the ensuing year M J Saltzman worshipful master A S Krause senior warden E W Chisum Jr junior warden C A Cornick treasurer E W Chisum Sr secretary E B Knotts chaplain H D Penniston senior deacon Ches G Smith junior deacon C R Wilson master of ceremonies C G Webb senior steward Earl Denham junior steward A B Chisum tyler
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sicily Island
Keystone Lodge No
A. M
M. J. Saltzman
A. S. Krause
E. W. Chisum, Jr
C. A. Cornick
E. W. Chisum
E. B. Knotts
Victory claimed for lumber code settlement in Texas dispute
Memphis December 11. The Hardwood Manufacturers Institute claims a victory for the lumber code after amicable settlement with Jones O Shaughnessy Lumber Co of Beaumont Texas. The mill had operated 10 hours daily under plant takeover before agreeing to cease for 330 hours. Townshend says the move ends NRA injunction prospects and upholds code authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Hardwood Manufacturers’ Institute
Jones-O'Shaughnessy Lumber Company
Beaumont
Texas
J. H. Townshend
NRA
Washington
Townshend
Lumber Code Authority, Inc
Saturday Playground Attendance Improves at Forsythe Park
The Saturday playground at Legion Memorial home Forsythe park saw higher turnout, per leader Miss May Lieber. Younger children played ball games while older boys joined indoor baseball and football. plans were made for a future story submission by each child.
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Legion Memorial
Forsythe Park
May Lieber
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Ruby Keeler
Dick Powell
Guy Gibbee
Hollywood
Paris
Maurice Chevalier
Ann Dvorak
Edward Everett Horton
Paramount Picture
Bing Crosby
Ricardo Cortez
Richard Bennett
Elizabeth Young
Sharon Lynne
Capitol
First Baptists
Convert League
Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
Hygeia
the Health Magazine
Sir Walter Raleigh
North America
U.S
South
Mayor Hardy
LODGE
James
Machine Works
Hammer and Anvil
Reg
Jay
Jaffee
Irving Jaffee
U.S.A
Europe
BJ. Beyavids Tobacco Company
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