Thrift program inaugurated at Neville High School
The Commercial club at Neville High School starts a thrift program to teach saving. Miss Boyle sponsors. James Sumrall presides with Mark Chambers as VP Eve lyn Roll secretary treasurer Douglas Kelly reporter Pollyanna Shotwell historian. Regular meetings are on the first and third Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neville High School
Miss Boyle
James Sumrall
Mark Chambers
Evelyn Roll
Douglas Kelly
Pollyanna Shotwell
E. L. Neville
Charles E. Kenney
Beekeeping Conference Chooses Valletta as Host City
The Southern Beekeeping Conference closed in New Orleans with Valosta Georgia picked as the 193% convention city and W E Harrell of Haynesville Alabama elected president. Sixteen state vice presidents were named including W E Anderson Baton Rouge Louisiana W A Ruffin Auburn Alabama Clay Lyle Mississippi State College Starkville and T W Burle ston Waxahachie Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Southern Beekeeping Conference
Val
Osta
W. E. Harrell
Haynesville
Ala
W. FE. Anderson
Baton Rouge
W. A. Ruffin
Auburn
Clay Lyle
Mississippi State College
Starkville
T. W. Burleston
Waxahachie
Texas
Memphis capitalist dies on Wednesday
C D Smith, capitalist and once prominent railroad contractor who helped build the New York transit system, died in Memphis at a local hospital. He helped construct a subway section in Brooklyn and the Manhattan Bridge, and his firm built 98 miles of track across the Mojave Desert from Parker Arizona, with water hauled 20 miles for workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
C. D. Smith
C. D. Smith and Company
White Canes To Be Given To Blind In Ouachita Parish
The Monroe Lions Club announced that every blind person in Ouachita Parish is entitled to a free white cane. Joe Petagna chairs the committee and will supply canes from his City Hall office. The club also planned a Scotch auction next Tuesday to aid the Good Fellows fund and discussed Christmas activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Lions Club
Good Fellows’ Fund
Local businessmen complete South Louisiana hunting trip
A party led by H. L. Brown of Brown Paper Mill Inc hunted in South Louisiana. The group, including A. A. McIlvain of Columbia Bay Co and C. A. Agar of Agar Manufacturing, split time between Lake Arthur and the intercostal canal, bagging Canadian geese and ducks. They stayed one night in Crowley before returning. Mellvain returned to Baltimore. Agar stayed several days before returning to Whippany, New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Brown
Brown Paper Mill Company, Inc
Mr. Brown
A. A. McIlvain
Columbia Bay Company
C. A. Agar
Agar Manufacturing Company
Travis Oliver
P. M. Atkins
Monroe
W. J. Meyer
M. C. McDonald
West
Salley Wins Contract for Signs at Standard Oil Stations
W C Salley, local contractor, has closed a contract with Reliance Advertising of New York for erecting about 150 illuminated signs at Standard Oil filling stations in north Louisiana. Signs will be large and attractively designed and put up at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Salley
Reliance Advertising Company
New York City
Standard Oil
Louisiana
Mr. Salley
Funeral set for Julian W. Glenn in Monroe
Julian Wilbur Glenn 33 died at 201 Arkansas Avenue at 11 15 p m Tuesday after illness. Funeral at the residence Thursday 11 a m with Rabbi F K Hirsch officiating. Interment in Jewish cemetery. Pallbearers named. Surviving: son Thomas K Glenn, parents Mr and Mrs Walker Glenn, Sr brother Walker Glenn Jr and several uncles and aunts. Relatives from Atlanta expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Wilbur Glenn
Arkansas Avenue
F. K. Hirsch
Gordon Surgaine
Gordon Wright
S. Nettles
Grover Holloway
Ernest Holloway
George Vollman
Herman Marx
Brunswig
Glenn
Monroe
Louisiana
Georgia Tech
Tulane
Honduras
United Fruit Company
Central America
Beta Theta Pi College Fraternity
Thomas K. Glenn
Walker Glenn
Walker Glenn, Jr
Atlanta
Good Fellows Benefit Dance and Song Event at School
A charity program of novelty dances and songs will be held Friday at 8 15 p m in the auditorium of Quachita parish high school to benefit the Good Fellows fund. Participants include Ann Burgess Mary Ann Wilds Martha Hopson Lorraine Peddy Mary Turk Virginia Cox Jane Daves Betty Jane Pierce Mildred Carroll Gay Noe Martha Renaud Mary Eleanor Coverdale Jo Ann Guerriero Mary Edith Breard Sibyl Renaud Svelyn Jane Smith Betty Ann Taylor Ann Sneb bing Veronica Wilds Satchie Cooper Maryanna Garelick Patsy Daves Mary Lyn O Kelly Martha Ann Roddy Pauline Breard Sally Foster Bennie Garelick Bettie Louise Roddy Ida Sophia Davidson Betty J Wilds Beverly Peevy Jacquelyn Voorhees Joy Annise Bernhardt June Griffin Mary Lou Young Barbara Jean West Velma Louise Haines Mary Anita Lennon Vettre Y Bernhardt Dottie Sue Young Nora Marie Lennon Lucille Young Harriet Scanlon Helen Tippit Sara Jean Young Dixie Carroll Margaret Warren Jacquelyn Warren Janet Voorhees Patsy Dryburg Joe Rogers Harry Frazier Jr Jackie Pierce Jack Rogers Gene Wilder Richard Rosenbaum Bobby O Donnell Edward Dantzler Prentice Cox and Scottie Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quachita Parish High School
Armadine Renaud Dancing School
Good Fellows’ Fund
Ann Burgess
Mary Ann Wilds
Martha Hopson
Lorraine Peddy
Mary Turk
Virginia Cox
Jane Daves
Betty Jane Pierce
Mildred Carroll
Gay Noe
Martha Renaud
Mary Eleanor Coverdale
Jo Ann Guerriero
Mary Edith Breard
Sibyl Renaud
Svelyn Jane Smith
Betty Ann Taylor
Ann Snebbing
Veronica Wilds
Satchie Cooper
Maryanna Garelick
Patsy Daves
Mary Lyn O'Kelly
Martha Ann Roddy
Pauline Breard
Sally Foster
Bennie Garelick
Bettie Louise Roddy
Ida Sophia Davidson
Betty J. Wilds
Beverly Peevy
Jacquelyn Voorhees
Joy Annise Bernhardt
June Griffin
Mary Lou Young
Barbara Jean West
Velma Louise Haines
Mary Anita Lennon
Vettre Y Bernhardt
Dottie Sue Young
Nora Marie Lennon
Lucille Young
Harriet Scanlon
Helen Tippit
Sara Jean Young
Dixie Carroll
Margaret Warren
Jacquelyn Warren
Janet Voorhees
Patsy Dryburg
Joe Rogers
Harry Frazier, Jr
Jackie Pierce
Jack Rogers
Gene Wilder
Richard Rosenbaum
Bobby O'Donnell
Edward Dantzler
Prentice Cox
Scottie Young
Bids Received On Two Louisiana Highway Projects
The Louisiana Highway Commission received bids for Vermilion Parish and Washington Parish road projects. Vermilion 2.604 miles grading and gravel surface Delcambre to Lake Peigneur bids by B Lewis 13 979 I M Goldberg Abbeville 17 987. Washington 5.677 miles asphalt surface Franklin ton to the Mississippi line bids Roy M Lilly Shreveport 41 124 Hamilton Construction Co Weir Kas 42 848. Drainage structures LaCasine to Welsh awarded to Forcum James Co Dyersburg Tenn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Highway Commission
Vermilion
Washington Parishes
Delcambre
Lake Peigneur
B. Lewis
I. M. Goldberg
Abbeville
Washington
Franklinton
Mississippi Line
Roy M. Lilly
Shreveport
Hamilton Construction Company
Weir
Kas
Commission
LaCasine
Forcum James Company
Dyersburg
Tenn
Seven Children Hit by Lightning at Miss School Gym
Seven pupils at House consolidated school in Meridian Mississippi were knocked unconscious as lightning struck the ticket office of the school gymnasium during a thunderstorm. Three serious injuries included Marie Dallas 14 Murray Witherford 10 and Percy Duette 15 with others treated for shock and minor burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meridian
Miss
Consolidated School
House
Marie Dallas
Jesse Dallas
Murray Witherford
Henry Witherford
Percy Duette
Ouachita Parish Cotton Ginning Totals For 1933
E H Norris, parish statistician, reports Ouachita had 9986 bales ginned by December 1 1933 versus 14205 by December 1 1932. Data compiled for the Commerce Department Washington. The area shows an annual crop loss of 3371000000 pounds in cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
E. H. Norris
Department of Commerce
Washington, D. C
Pantomime by Missouri Pacific Booster Club Thursday
Women members of the Missouri Pacific Booster club present a pantomime titled The Miracle at their Ouachita avenue clubhouse Thursday night. Regina Moffett and a young pupil perform with eight club members. K Ann Dodge reads the story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Pacific Booster Club
Ouachita Avenue
Regina Moffett
Fay Slayings Linked to Young Couple Held
In Tagola Oklahoma 21 year old cotton picker Fred Overstreet and his 18 year old girlfriend Cleo Owens were secretly held after the Fay county store killings that claimed Henry Weiser 52 his wife 48 and pedestrian Tom Turnise 55. County attorney Ralph Gilchrist captured the duo in a plum thicket and found parts of a pistol and clothing later. Overstreet reportedly admitted involvement with a self defense story given by the sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tagola
Okla
Dee
C. C. Jones
Fred Overstreet
Cleo Owens
Fay
Henry Weiser
Tom Turnise
Ralph Gilchrist
Overstreet
Gilchrist
Weisers
Turnise
Clyde Perkins
Owens
Overs
Postal Clerks Seek Restored Wages Nationwide
Monroe post office and West Monroe branch clerks back a nationwide move to restore salaries cut during the depression. Local cuts average 26.26 dollars monthly per worker, totaling 315.12 annually, with 24 employees sharing a 7562.88 yearly loss. Restoring pay would boost local circulation benefiting merchants and the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
West Monroe
Rice Planter Injured After Auto Truck Collision
Floyd Williams Jr prominent Acadia parish rice planter was struck by a truck Monday at Rayne and treated for grave internal injuries with possible skull fracture. He was unconscious on arrival at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crowley
Floyd Williams, Jr
Acadia Parish
Rayne
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MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. D. Dennis
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Commercial Club
Asie Perro
Southern , and Telegraph
Julian W. Glenn
Mildred Witherford
Ray Richardson
Manus Trudett
Burnett Trudett
Ouachita
Louise Harberson
K. Ann Dodge
Wallace Wood
W. W. Thompson
H. L. Moore
H. H. Scott
P. C. Swinney
L. E. Bernelle
John Gobble
Louise Demasterson
Alex Wallace
Santa Claus
England
Heinberg Jewelry CO
IEN
W. Bulova
Bulova
Fis
Adies
Elgin
Atches
Bill
DeSiard Street
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