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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1935
Page
5
Monroe and West Monroe join the Garden Club to light up doorways with colored lights, offering prizes for top Christmas decor. Prizes total 15, 10, 7.50, 5 and 2.50 to next three winners, judged in daylight between Christmas and New Year.
A promotion touts Glannux Compound tablets as a fountain of youth restoring vitality and vigor. It claims rapid results in 48 to 72 hours and offers refunds if not satisfied, with ordering through Walton Co. Station D Box 413 St. Joseph Mo for $2 postpaid or COD.
A community Christmas program featured a talk by Mrs. Henry Bernstein on the War of 1812 including its battles such as New Orleans on January 8, 1815. Social hour followed with refreshments for many members. The piece also notes holiday gift ideas and a mention of a forthcoming wedding announcement and local fundraising events for a sanatorium.
A long schedule lists Presbyterian auxiliary and women’s circle meetings, theater plans for Dover Road, Christmas parties, and teen and church group gatherings through December 31. Socials include dances at Lakeside Country club, Cherokee Terrace, and Virginia hotel with various hostesses and organizers.
Captain George W. Whitaker says fund appeal through Salvation Army kettles on DeSiard street near Woolworth the Bernhardt building corner and in front of the post office is slow. Kettles have averaged under 15 dollars daily as volunteers ring bells for Christmas relief with a goal of 300 dollars. Funds aid Christmas baskets and a Christmas day dinner at the army barracks 201 Wood Street for those with nowhere else to go.
Miss Bernice Wright of the Oua chita Tuberculosis and Public Health association urges the public to remit money for Christmas seals. Receipts fund the association, so mail the payments promptly with every package letter and card bearing the seal, as banks and local firms already do.
Harrisonburg lodge No. 110 of Free and Accepted Masons elected for the ensuing year J. M. Trichel as worshipful master D W Jones senior warden J A Wedgeworth junior warden J R Radford treasurer H W Bethard secretary R H Finlay senior deacon R F McGuffee junior deacon W A Clark J B McClendon stewards A E Chapman chaplain J C McGee master of ceremonies and H J Bushwell tyler in Harrisonburg La on December 16 Special report
Emily avoids Edwin at the wedding and prefers David Carroll who fled to Istanbul after losing the family plantation. Frances and Fad win persist while Emily reluctantly marries Edwin to end a dire situation in this fragile union.
Emily Felton awakens in the Lookout Sanatorium cared for by Dr. Christopher Warde. She recalls a frightening sequence starting with a carnal carnival and ending in a hospital stay. The doctor guides her toward planning her next steps while downplaying family worries.
A series of birth notices from Louisiana towns reports newborns in late 1930s style records. Jerry Ronald Payne born December 10 to Mr. and Mrs. Payne in a Ruston sanitarium. Paul Thomas Walker born December 5 to Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Walker of Dodson. Bobbie Nell Henderson born December 8 to Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Henderson of Chatham. George Olive Wigley born December 8 to Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Wigley of Hodge. Freddy Mack Pardue born December 9 to Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Pardue of Jonesboro. a daughter born December 10 to another couple in Jonesboro.
Crossett Ark Dee 16 special a son born recently to Mr and Mrs Charlie Bierbaum of Hamburg Ark at a Crossett hospital He is named Carl John Bierbaum
Lake Bansal in central Asia is believed to be the only landlocked water body containing seals. Scientists note this unique Arctic species presence in an inland environment.
The statement notes that in very young tadpoles the brain is visible through the skin due to extreme transparency.
Over 100 city businessmen attended the Frank P. Stubbs Memorial Bible class gathering at Paramount Theater on Sunday morning. The turnout was boosted by a friendly contest between teams led by Ralph Holcombe and Eugene F. Jones, with Holcombe’s group leading in points. Fred Williamson spoke on Biblical Heroes as class leader. A Christmas service was announced for next Sunday. men of all denominations were invited.
Fire truck No. 3 was dispatched to a grass fire reported at the back of the Northeast Center of Louisiana State University at noon Monday. No damage occurred.
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