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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1938

Page

2

Christmas seal drive and poetry club notes anchor town life

A feature highlights how women started and sustain the Christmas seal sale to fight tuberculosis, urging use of seals and support for health programs. It recaps a Monroe Poetry Society session with Shelley and Dillon poems, gifts given, and upcoming meeting details. Also reports on local residents visiting, illness, and holiday travel.

United States Emily P. Bissell Wilmington Dela Denmark Enmar Holboell Percy Shelley George Dillon Monroe Poetry Society George Wesley Smith L. V. Tarver Shelley Dillon

Area church circles plan Christmas meetings across Monroe

A calendar of meetings lists the St Matthew’s P T A executive session at 3 p.m. and multiple church circles across First Christian, Gordon Avenue Methodist, First Baptist, and First Presbyterian with 2:30 to 4 p.m. start times. Deputy duties, host addresses, and hostesses are named for each circle. The Monroe District Nurses group meets at St Francis sanitarium, with Dr John Snell ing to speak.

St Matthew's P.T. A Women's Council The First Christian Church Robert Fuqua Forsythe B. L. Risher Spencer M. G. Moore Erin Methodist Missionary Society W. F. Sackett Glenmar Avenue Sam Allen Jackson Street C. E. Wadley Howard Street Sidney K. Dixon J. J. Jones Calypso Street R. W. Germany Fairview Avenue Cecil Atkins Park Avenue John N. Carroll Louisville Avenue A. B. Colmer North Seventh Street West Monroe P. A. Poag Speed Avenue Gordon Avenue Methodist Missionary Society G. D. Holland H. Mickel South Fourth E. M. Henderson Arkansas A. K. Crow Robert Street J. Noble White Edgewater L. A. Materne Calypso J. L. Adams Jackson Robert Stewart South First W. F. Carson Lee Avenue Catherine Scoggins South Third J. D. Busby Gordon Harry Durgin First Presbyterian Church J.C. Best Cohostess W. C. Proctor R. M. Arseneau Gordon Avenue D. Curtis Smith Alexander Ross McGrath Monroe District Nurses’ Association St. Francis Sanitarium John Snelling St. Matthew's Catholic School Monroe Little Theater Northeast Center Music Guild Pam Rodney J. Hobbs Veterans of Foreign Wars V. F. W. National Home

Octagon House by Phoebe Atwood Taylor

Cape Cod detective Asey Mayo hides Pam Frye in his house after a murder linked to ambergris worth $50,000 Marina Lorne. A left handed killer used a knife while Pam evades discovery. Tim Carr, a Turkish tobacco smoker, is a prime suspect as Pam vanishes from her room.

Marina Lorne Murd Quanomet Asey Mayo Cape Cod Pam Frye Pam Marina Ambergris Tim Carr Frye Octagon New York Asey Tim Timothy Mrs. Carr Octagon House Hanson Aaron Frye Aia Tserye Carrs Timothy Carr Boston Pam “Rye Paten Iself Dr. Cummings Cummings Dragnet Nettie Lornes John Lorne Tje Jack Lorne Nettie Hobbs Fanson Phoebe Alwood Taylor

Pam Frye Mystery Deepens Through Ambergris Clue

Asey reports Pam Frye may have vanished with a trusted insider involved in the inquiry. Dr. Cummings notes Hanson’s hunt for Pam, Nettie Hobbs spreads sensational claims, and Asey contemplates Ambergris’s fate as dawn breaks and fog lifts.

Missionary Society Meeting Highlights Youth Work Roles

Officers including Mrs. DeWitt Henry Mrs. S M McReynolds and Mrs Zell Smith led talks on the department of young people Children's Work Baby Special and the memorial home in New Orleans Scout maintenance and associations Mrs J Royce Miles spoke on Christian social relations Mrs D Gi Warner presented World Outlook and Mrs J R White handled publicity with Mrs Sam Collins serving as counsellor.

Massenet Mannon Whitaker Gibson DeWitt Henry Department of Young People S. M. McReynolds Zell Smith A. R. Holloway New Orleans Christian Social Relations

Blue Star Cent Men Soothes Itching Eczema Relief Ad

A globe of relief for itching and skin irritations is offered by Star Products Co. The Blue Star Cent Men item promises effective soothing results for eczema rashes tetter ringworm pimples scabies and between the toes with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. Available through druggists with price on receipt.

Blue Star Centmen Star Products Co

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Tala Giema Fraternity Gay Noe Carolyn Husted Jean Graves Delta Sigma Fraternity Delta Beta Sigma Sorority and Friends Frances Hotel Sodality of Our Lady St. Matthew's Paroghia School M. F. Walsh Father Flso M. J. Broussard Cora Cousin Sodality St. Vincent's Academy Shreveport Jeanne Durand Marie Plegat Andhe Kent the Sodality St. Matthew's Church Sodalite Father Walsh Catherine Devereux Yvette Levin Harry Jordan Francis Pecasting Heloise Rimes Gayle Demengis Charlotte Miller Robert Clouatre Sadie Soigner Mildred Overton Jack Fluk Bill Gieger Frank O’brien Nicky Kokinos Sister In Charge Corregio Barkdal! Faulk P.T. A C. R. Tidwell William Whitfield Agnes Miller LaVerne Wahl P.T. A. Workers Epps Cantrell Lena Strong C. E. McKenzie Parker Memorial St. John Street McKenzie Santa Claus Lucille Watkins Jennie Culver Nell Patterson Albert Trotter M. E. Dodd Lela Gregory Lucille Durham T. L Jones Mary Crathirds Florence Powers Tom Perry Elizabeth de Marchi Gardener Young Swartz Home Demonstration Club R. G. Hegwood Sidney Rogers Bill Booth Ed Edlin S. J. Meek Temple Tex Mrs Shelby Meek R. P. Griffith Houston Jd. Can Louise Gray of Winnfield Mrs. C. P. Gray UR x - Securities Company T. H. Woods Een Floor Bernhardt Bldg George Breece,Sr Vaughan-Wright-Bendel Clinic Henry Mayo Miss James Cox Alexandria Ray Green Bastrop F. J. Cox J. S. Henderson Jefferson Des Moines Bristol Glass Jackson ST Layton Place Monroe L. N. Larche W. A. Whitfield Logtown Home Demonstration Club E. M. Granberry Stewart Street Weat Monroe Cuchita Parish Parent Parish Jane Humphries Travis Street Anne Goodwin Winona Turner Catholic Daughters of America Virginia Grace Taylor Lake Charles J. E. Larkin Mary E. Campbell Miss Taylor Guardian Angel Court St. Matthew’s A. M. Herring Frances Page Alabama William Cherry Galveston F. L. Speakman Louis Fernandez Illinois Central Hospital Chicago E. C. Gibson Missionary Institute First Methodist Church Phoebe Atwood Taylor J. Royce Miles D. Gi Warner J. R
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