Socialites Extend Intimate Affairs Amid Christmas Preparations
The social set confines gatherings to small events as shopping for Christmas menus and homecoming plans occupy time. Hostesses include Mrs. Simon Shienker and Mrs. Julius Cahn while Mrs. Fred Strauss is a noted guest. The Christmas calendar runs from December 22 into the new year with dances and a large Strauss reception at the Y M H A club rooms. Meanwhile Mr and Mrs George Lester relocate to Second Street at Hudson Jane and Mrs W D King Sr buys the J W McWilliams home on Pine Street with family at home there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Strauss
Robert Rattray
Coloma
Mich
Simon Shienker
S. K. Heninger
Louis Hart
L. Caspari
Julius Cahn
Ben Stern
Clifford Strauss
Lee Lemle
Isadore Leibreich
L. L. Leiber
Jack Selig
Aubrey Haus
Strauss
Spee
College
George Lester
Matheas
Second Street
Hudson Jane
W. D. King, Sr
J. W. McWilliams
Pine Street
W. D. King, Jr
Barlow Inabnett
Mary Lavinia Inabnett
Anne Crews
Nita Campbell
Chattanooga
Tenn
Weekend social calendar and local notices
Community events fill the schedule with dances at Teflis Grotto Cherokee Terrace and Frances hotel, Christmas parties at studios, carol programs, and bingo. Residents entertain at the Virginia hotel and Lotus club while clubs host meetings and joint banquets through December 28. Notables include Dr Harriet Spiller Daggett warning on dictatorship and local updates on Hood Gates and Barbara Jane Woolman returning home for holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta Sigma
Frances Hotel
Delta Beta Sigma
Delta Sigma Fraternity
Cherokee Terrace
Sigma Phi Omega Fraternity
Lotus Club
Harriet Spiller Daggett
Louisiana
United States
Chopping Yule Tree A Controversial Christmas Dilemma
Olive Roberts Barton reflects on Christmas tree cutting and the shift from sentimental guilt to practical forestry. She notes thinning conifer stands, the trade’s legitimacy, and the move from candles to electric lights while warning about fire risks and wiring safety in homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Roberts Barton
Hans Anderson
NEA Service, Inc
Christmas Gatherings Highlight Methodist Class and Book Club
Members of the Senior Sunday school class at a Methodist church enjoyed a pre Christmas party hosted by Miss Marguerite Perkins with games gifts and refreshments. The Twentieth Century Book club then met for a Christmas themed afternoon program and social hour at Mrs L Larche’s home with talks on Southern Poetry and current events. The Frances hotel hosted an Altrusa luncheon with a miniature tree and yuletide ambiance as members gathered for a semi monthly meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teflis Grotto
Cherokee Terrace
Frances Hotel
Clarice
Golda Roan
West Monroe
Music Guild
First Presbyterian Church
Lotus Club
Ouachita Parish Medical Society
Claud Harrison
C. W. Wallace
Virginia
Rodney J. Hobbs
Veterans of Foreign Wars
V. F. W. National Home
Louise L. MecGuire
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
The
Nazarene Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
J. E. Walsworth
Park Avenue
Phi Kappa
Coverdale
Methodist Protestant Church
Marguerite Perkins
Jean Garver
Lonnie Hammons
Irene Waldroup
Rufus Summeral
Joy Garver
Robert Jacobs
Yvonne Yeager
Roger Larsen
L. Larche
Twentieth Century Book Club
Flood Madison
Fagan Cox
Fred Coon
Fred Coon Whose Twenty-Fourth Wedding Anniversary Fell On This Date, Mrs. Larche
Louis Langford
Sara Langford
Larche
T. O. Brown
W. B. Clarke
M. Collins
M. S. McGuire
W. C
Altrusa Club
Catherine Nance
Local Students and relatives to spend holidays at home
L. P. I. Ruston students Duffie Brown Jr and James Brothers Jr with the mechanical engineering department will return home Sunday for holidays. Mrs. Verna Watts of Memphis will visit next week with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dryburgh. Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Beaman depart Friday for Houston to visit daughters and mother. Karl N. Smith of LSU A and Pell Mell ORM will spend Christmas with his parents at 2803 South Grand Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Jane Woolman
Randolph Macon College
Lynchburg
C. E. Woolman
Duffie Brown, Jr
James Brothers, Jr
L. P. I. Ruston
Verna Watts
Memphis
Tenn
Arthur Dryburgh
R. R Beaman
Houston
Luther Vaughan
Fay Hilliard
Beaman
Charles Bender
Karl N. Smith
Karl Smith
South Grand Street
Madison Parish Garden Club December Meeting Highlights
The December gathering at Mrs. R. C. Leeves featured cohosts Mrs. D. H. Allen and Mrs. Morris Safewitz with Mrs. Albert Sevier presiding. Members toured gourds and dried arrangements, exchanged gifts, sang carols, and shared refreshments. The day also included Bridge prizes at Tuesday and Wednesday clubs, a Baptist Missionary Society Christmas program, and a Town and Country Junior club etiquette program at Seendheimer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Parish Garden Club
R. C. Leeves
D. H. Allen
Morris Safewitz
Albert Sevier
Charles Coltharp
Clarence Crow
Bertha Keller
Annette Beers
R. K. Boney
W. D. Buford
George Egglesto
W. R. Gilfoil
A. M. Hebert
Amy Holmes
Fred McDuff
F. D. Naylor
E. T. Purnell
A. V. Sevier
D. A. Whitfield
W. D. Ziegler
W. C. Malone
R. N. Ware, Jr
Robert Clark
J. W. Hogue
Frank L. Guthrie
Newellton
Town and Country Junior Club
Raymond Dickinson
Seendheimer
Cliff Adams
Lamar T. Lee
L. G. Storey
Edgar A. Guest
Lamar Lee
Ralph Loe
Jesse Anderson
Roddy Strutt Involvement Looms In Murder Mystery
Cape Cod detective Asey Mayo pursues a tangle of suspects in Marina Lorne's murder. Roddy Strutt, the wealthy aviation figure, appears near the Octagon House and hints at furnishing cash to Nettie Hobbs while asserting distance from the case. The incident deepens the mystery surrounding ambergris, a mural, and Marmire’s murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marina Lorne
Pam Frye
Asey Mayo
Cape Cod
Marina
Pam
Asey
Tim Carr
New York
Roddy Strutt
Gabby Nettie Hobbs
Nettie
Lornes
Oyster Bay
Hyde Park
Aaron Frye
Jack Lorne
Peggy Boone
Boone
Lorne Garage
Jennie Mayo
Peggy
Nettie Hobbs
Ase
Hanson
Dr. Cummings
Mister Strutt
Roddy
Coppright
Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Social News Notes From Hattiesburg and Tendal
Winners named for the high score award and Mrs. T. B. Lucas received consolation. Guests included Mrs. Hugh Montgomer y and several other ladies. Rev. D. W. Poole and Rev. J. L. Sells were connected to medical concerns in Hattiesburg. Mrs. Ward Edwards hosted a Tendal bridge luncheon for her club.
Local Women Receive Cards and Prizes in Community Game
Mrs Will Sevier Mrs Maxwell Yerger Mrs Will Adams Mrs Cliff Adams Mrs Hugh Montgomery Mrs Albert Sherwin Miss Katherine Ward and Mrs L J Kathan played at community games. Mrs Montgomery received the high score prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Sevier
Maxwell Yerger
Will Adams
Cliff Adams
Hugh Montgomery
Albert Sherwin
Katherine Ward
L. J. Kathan
Montgomery
Okaloosa Home Demonstration Club Meeting Notes
The Okaloosa Home Demonstration club met at Mrs. H. P. McBride's home with Mrs. C. P. Holloway presiding. Members drew names and the session proceeded with introductions and planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okaloosa
Community Christmas Party Planned at Crowell Home
Members voted to host a Christmas party at Mrs. F. J. Crowell's home in the next meeting with Mrs. C. P. Holloway and Mrs. Jewel McQuiller in charge of games and contests. Community singing was led by Mrs. Crowell and refreshments were served to several listed ladies and parish home demonstration agent Mrs. Jewel McQuirler. A revolving solarium atop a tower in France provides uniform sunlight and cooling breezes to patients in each room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Crowell
C. P. Holloway
Jewel McQuiller
I. H. Hobbs
J. A. Kilpatrick
C. M. Staples
N. L. Coon
Jewel McQuirler
Parish Home
France
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Savey
Coats
Silverstein
DeSiard
Mr. Hood Gates
Panama
Mrs
A. J. Gates
W. F. Wall
el Paso, Tex
Jane Humphries
Anne Goodwin
Winona Turner
Edward MacDowell
Reginald DeKoven
Arthur Whiting
New England Idyls
Opus 62
MacDowell
Robin
Apple Tree Fame
Ee MacDowell
Beth Harper Rinehart
RE DeKoven
Mack Fay Hammons
Anna Nichols
DeKoven
Gladys Emma Whitfield
Hattie Taylor
Adrienne Carr
Faye Walker
Evelyn Reims
Lela S. King
Catherine Fitzgerald
Tallulah
J. A. Gilbert
A. H. Hurd
E. S. Moberley
A. T. Palmer
Fe.s. Moberley
J. K. Post
L. Stevens
J. Roy Medlin
M. A. Phillips
G. M. Fuller
R. R. Spigener
L. Z. Naylor
Z. L. Chambliss
K. Gore
G. L. Smith
Dean Moberley
Haze
Jean Moberley
S. Moberley
Davis Whitfield
J. E. Luster
Emmitt Craig
Elizabeth Bettis
Edwin Regenold
Dean Allen
H. S. Provine
James Gilfoil
Baptist Missionary Society
W. C. Purdy
I. L. McMullin
A. J. Boswell
H. B. Day
South America
Ed Reardon
Africa
L. B. Collins
Homeland
Dan Walker
Mexico
Clyde Lawton
China
H. V. Twiner
Japan
Watson McDonald
Europe
J. O. Horn
L. A. Nettles
R. R. Taylor
Hat Club
Octacon House
T. B. Lucas
Horace Lee
A. L. Sevier
Hal Allen
D. W. Poole
Hattiesburg, Miss
Style Shop
Holeproof
Nolde & Horst, McCallum, Dovedown
Her
Thompson
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