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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 13, 1938

Page

3

Yule Banquet Marks Fine Arts Club Christmas Event

The Fine Arts club held its annual Christmas banquet at Frances hotel with candlelit decor and holly as centerpieces. Bernie Wilenzick led the program while Mrs. Charles Gaushell presided. Miss Elizabeth Cuthrell read a Christmas piece and Dr. Harold Wilen and Mrs. Joe Craig performed music. Following the banquet, guests danced, including Miss Eleana Brinsmade and many others. notes also mention university stage gossip and a health update on Miss Stella Nelson at St Francis sanatorium.

Fine Arts Club Frances Hotel Bernie Wilenzick Charles Gaushell Henry Mayo Schubert Joe Craig Fred Rosenbaum Elizabeth Cuthrell Harold Wilen Eleana Brinsmade Ladelle Duke Nell Grigsby Leon Hammonds Barlow Snabner Rosalia Kusin Paul Newman Cliffie Olmstead Juanita Porter May Read George Wesley Smith Bessie Stern Fred Thatcher W. J. Veazey Harold Wilenzick Rosenberg D. M. Hornung Norton Lawson B. L. Mulhearn

Community Events Schedule for Monroe Area This Week

A series of club meetings and performances fill the week in Monroe with nursing associations book clubs and theater. Notable items include the Monroe District Nurses meeting at St Francis Sanatorium and the Northeast Center stage showing Three Cornered Moon by Monroe Little Theater.

Mary Louise Fudickar Monroe Miriam Seligman Bastrop Stephens College Columbia Maude Adams Stephens Fudickar Walrus Seligman Monroe District Nurses’ Association St. Francis Sanitarium John Snelling St. Francis Auxiliary Northeast Center St. Matthew's Catholic School Monroe Little Theater Carolyn Stubbs Riverside Drive Phi Theta Kappes Honorary Scholastic Society Clarice Golda Roan S. C. Wimbish Carolyn Oliver Magdalen Amon Mable Cwilina Mack Fay Harnmona Mary Hayward Marcelina Hill Mary Wilba McKee Mildred Mille Ella Mae King Lucille Pugh Mary Savage Sidney Ruth Waddie Frances Thompson Anna Nichols Kathleen Rolleigh Barbara Butler Melha Busby

Nervous Headaches Ended By Gly-Cas

Mrs. Alicide Forman of Dyson Louisiana near Lafayette credits Gly-Cas with ending fifteen years of illness including severe headaches nervous attacks night risings and indigestion. She reports regulated bowels improved stomach function and natural relief from toxins and gases. Gly-Cas is sold by Phoenix Drug Co 348 DeSiard St and local druggists.

Alicide Forman Dyson Louisiana Lafayette Mrs. Forman Phoenix Drug Co DeSiard St Adyvo

Octacon House mystery involving Ambergris theft and murder

Cape Cod detective Asey Mayo probes the Octagon House case after Pam finds $50,000 worth of ambergris and Marina is found dead. A Turkish tobacco smoker, left handed, connected to Tim Carr, detonates a web of secrets as Pam disappears leaving questions about who killed Marina.

Wes Baton Lorne Masband Quanomet Asey Mayo Cape Cod Par. Frye Pam Marina Ambergris Tim Carr Frye New York

Mystery watcher and garden woes interrupt quiet town

Asey Mayo suspects Pam Frye hid a watcher at his home while Jennie Hobbs pushes to stop Nettie Hobbs from scheming against Pam. Jennie links Nettie to Aaron Frye and a church supper gossip chain as town intrigue blends with tampered petunias and a looming public notices roundup. News about local clubs, institutes, and society events fills the rest of the page.

Jennie Asey Pam Pam Frye Asey Mayo Carr Jennie Ad Petunias Quanomet Nettie Hobb Nettie Nettie Hobbs Aaron Frye Silas Hobbs Aaron Pan Ennie Parrow Centurie Coperiakt Phoebe Afood Tasler

Officers Elected for 1939 by Ladies Auxiliary 760 to 811

Members of the I. A. L. C. auxiliary elected Mrs. R E Rushing host and Mrs. R E Matthews as president and Mrs. A G Reno as vice president for 1939. Other officers named include Mrs. S W Hamilton secretary Mrs E C Brooks treasurer and Mrs J J Shell and Mrs T C Fisher on the flower committee with Mrs P P DeMoss as reporter.

W. F. Hemler G. L. Morgan X. M. Holt W. F. Hersier Clyde Blanchard Cecil Blanchard J. L. Dennis Burl Hollis Harry A. Taylor R. M. Cook R. C. Kester C. J. Phelps Clay Albright Ladies’ Auxiliary R. E. Rushing R. £. Matthews A. G. Reno S. W. Hamilton E. C. Brooks J. J. Shell T. C. Fisher P. P. DeMoss Auxiliary W. A. L. C and Children Methodist Thomas Wilson J. J. Sheil E. Brooks R. E. Matthews Rushing Linda Wilson Grace Ethel Reno

Yule Spirit Tested During Buying Time

A Christmas essay vignette by Clive Roberts Barton portrays holiday strain in a family. Parents quarrel over money and gifts while children plead for desks and toys, revealing how optimism clashes with economy during the season.

Yule

Hiker Declines 349 Free Ride Offers on Long Trek

A New York to Los Angeles trekker, John Sarkagekes, rejected 349 offers of free transportation. He walked every mile, a journey of 228 days covering about 80 miles daily by pedometer, incurring costs for meals, lodging, and shoes. The experience left his face asymmetrical and he valued the long hike over a college education.

Los Angeles Dee John Sarkagekes Zi-yeuroold Lothwarien Journallet Man New York Lew Angelon Sarkwus Dewey Miller Mie Pedoretor

Navy Returnee Ree Ro Robertson Homeward in Monroe

Ree Ro Robertson son of Mr and Mrs Robertson residing on the Cetomita highway Monroe has just returned to the United States Navy at Portsmouth Va and will be stationed out of Norfolk. He spent a short furlough with his family here.

Miss Clyde Com Gilmer Tex Ste Wes Chatham Hue NAVY Ro Robertson Mra 2 & Robertson Cetomita Highway Monroe Jst United States Navy Portermouth Mae Hil

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Stella Nelson Ann Wood Harris Jackson, Tenn C. W. Wallace Twentieth Century Book Club Current Literature Book Club W. A. Whitfield, Jr Logtown Home Demonstration Club E. M. Granberry, Jr Stewart Street West Monroe Clique M. Quachita Parish Parish High School Jane Humphries Travis Street Anne Goodwin Winona Turner Cherokee Terrace Music Guild First Presbyterian Church Rodney J. Hobbs Veterans of Foreign Wars V. F. W. National Home The Nazarene Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Phi Kappa Coverdale’'s Delta Sigma Scippers Mandalay DeSiard Octacon House Phoebe Atwood Taylor Sy Mayo Marina Lerne Marina Lorne Mary Mary Hosannah Ettin Syl Gy Ok Tramplin News of Ferriday Wisner Woman's Club Jonesville J. Norman Coon Joe Pasternack Ferridey Woman's Club F. L. Hoggett Wisner A. D. Tisdale Fifth District Tisdale Fifth District Department C. C. Calvert Floy McKay Rayville J. R. White Mr. Tisdale Abs Woman’s Club of E. B. Ewing Lula Lee Smith Georgia Knotts Fielden Uniser Tne New Orleans Mona Herman Lyle Saxon Haze G Gow Glasgow New Orleana St. Charles Mr. Saxon Saxon Harman Louistiena R. C. White John Bennett Fudjckar Tulane University Frank C. Eason Mulberry Street Y. J. Smith Fort Benning, Ga Clive Roberts Barton Howe Mother Harting Father Daddy Chris Den Salon Allan Lee St. Frames Collara Petty Wan Aline Parker Wanda Jones University of Alabame Mayer W. T. Jones OeBiard i St. Joseph Me I Dy-Dee Baby Patsy Visit Toyland Ator Miracle Chiffon Artcraft le Fonds
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