Christmas Pageant Promises Reflection at Local Church
First Methodist Church of Monroe presents The White Christmas pageant on Sunday night December 19 at 5 30 featuring narrator Jack Jones and roles for Mary Agnes Jones Joseph Robert Clay with a cast including F O Seymour J G Peck J J Burroughs and many others as prophets travelers and choir members in a famil y holiday production highlighting the Christmas spirit.
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Monroe
West Monroe
First Methodist Church of
Julius McKnight
Jack Jones
Lenore Jones
Mary
Agnes Jones
F. L. Jones
Joseph
Robert Clay
Ouachita Parish
Charles R. Clay
F. O. Seymour
J. G. Peck
J. J. Burroughs
David Agnew
A. J. McCready
J. S. Harbuck
Henry Princehouse
Mariann Baugh
Jeannine Oakley
Beth Montgomery
Maria Hynam
Robert Jones
Guy Gannaway
Jo Marie Ellett
Roberta Rowe
Sue Elliott
Lorna Montgomery
Carolyn Stewart
Carolyn Futrell
Betsey McClanahan
Billy Robison
Charlene Menard
Christmas Pageant Cast and Director Named
The article lists the church pageant cast with Mamie Jo Drouett Jo Ann Roberts Frances Middleton Flora Middleton Cora Lee Wimbish Evelyn Godhenour Virginia Laing Clara Munholland Betty Crathirds Mary Bays Serex Meredith Stewart Pat Alexander Alice Montgomery as Angels Jennings Wilkins J 3 Holmes Marvin Gleason as Wise Men The Traveler Watchman are W S Garnett W P Wamsley Mrs Thomas Pitt directs costuming Church music directed by Mrs J A Reid Mrs J H Leverett Mrs A C Lea Mrs F O Seymour and Mrs Clyde Sanders Churches departments plan a white gift offering after the pageant.
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Shepherds
Mamie Jo Drouett
Jo Ann Roberts
Frances Middleton
Flora Middleton
Cora Lee Wimbish
Evelyn Godhenour
Virginia Laing
Clara Munholland
Betty Crathirds
Mary Bays Serex
Meredith Stewart
Pat Alexander
Alice Montgomery
Jennings Wilkins
J. 3. Holmes
Marvin Gleason
W. S. Garnett
W. P. Wamsley
Robertson Trial Ends in Mistrial for Rape Case
James Robertson, a 26 year old African American, was returned to the Tensas parish jail after a mistrial. The jury failed to reach a verdict following a two day trial in December. The case will be retried on the third Monday in April.
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Joseph
James Robertson
Tensas Parish
Thompson Clark
Clark
Sheriff's Department
Burglary Report At City Limits Grocery
Cigarettes cigars and candy valued at more than 40 dollars were stolen from City Limits Grocery and Market at 4600 Jackson Street between 8 30 p m and 6 a m Wednesday. Entry was gained by pushing a mop handle through the screen window and raising the rear window. No arrests have been made.
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City Limits
Jackson Street
Christmas Tree For All Kiddies At Central Grammar
The Community Christmas Tree committee announced the December 22 party is open to all children up to age twelve. Parents must request tickets by December 18 so Santa can plan gifts. Only new inexpensive gifts are sought. second hand toys and clothes are not. The event starts at 6 p.m. on the central grammar school campus.
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Community
Central Grammar School
Monroe Day Observed at Alexandria Veterans Hospital
Monroe Day at Alexandria Veterans Hospital will feature the next Monroe Little Theatre play for 455 sick veterans. Public support urged through gifts, with dropoffs by 9 a.m. Saturday at the Palace Sig Haas Red Cross office or Monroe Little Theatre. Local bakeries are donating cakes and cookies to aid the drive.
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Monroe
Alexandria Veterans’ Hospital
Palace
Sig Haas
Monroe Little Theatre
Red Cross
City Bakery
Bond's
Fisher's
Brice’s
Royal
Dixie and
Nix
Injured Child in Critical Condition in Winnsboro Bus Crash
Nine year old Warren Causey remained in critical condition after a school bus collision near Winnsboro Louisiana. Other hospitalized children showed improvement while drivers James T. Hardy and Harry F. Calhoun faced charges related to reckless driving and operating a bus without warnings.
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Winnsboro
Warren Causey
Here
James T. Hardy
Marie Newman
Chase
Ronald Halbrook
Rosa Lee Parnell
Gilbert
Causey
Hardy
Harry F. Calhoun
Births in Monroe and surrounding areas this December
St Francis Sanitarium welcomes Barbara Ann Bailey born December 11 to Mr and Mrs James Edward Bailey of West Monroe. Roy Jr born December 13 to Mr and Mrs Roy Knappe of Monroe. Edward Atkins born December 13 to Mr and Mrs James Monroe Griffis of Monroe. Linda Louise born December 10 to Mr and Mrs Chester Worthy Reid of Farmerville. Virginia Nell born December 13 to Mr and Mrs Samuel Stanley Thompson of Monroe. Golda Lane born December 12 to Mr and Mrs Golda Ayers of Rayville. James Titon Sterling Jr born December 15 to Mr and Mrs James Tilton Sterling of Monroe.
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St. Franci, Sanitarium
James Edward Bailey
West Monroe
Barbara Ann
Roy Knappe
Monroe
Roy, Jr
James Monroe Griffis
Edward Atkins
Chester Worthy Reid
Farmerville
Linda Louise
Samuel Stanley Thompson
Virginia Nell
Golda Ayers
Rayville
Golda Lane
James Tilton Sterling
James Titon, Jr
Building Permits Granted for Residences on Blanks and Roberts
Vincent J. Anzalone received permission to build a residence at 3809 Blanks Street costing $10,000 with day labor. Thomas M. Greer was granted a permit to build a residence on Roberts Street costing $6,000 using day labor.
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Vincent J. Anzalone
Blanks Street
Thomas M. Greer
Roberts Street
Monroe Little Theatre previews Dear Ruth for Veterans Hospital party
Monroe Little Theatre and the Veterans Hospital in Alexandria stage a special Monroe Day preview of Dear Ruth this weekend. Red Cross and local bakeries donate cookies and cakes while 455 boys are expected to attend with gifts for those unable to be present.
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Veterans Hospital
Alexandria
Monroe
Monroe Little Theatre
Ruth
W. J. Veazey
Iane B. Hopkins
Red Cross
City Bakery
Coats
Dixie Bakery
Fisher
Fisher's Bakery
West Monroe
Welch
Brices Bakery
Thelma Bond
Bond's
Paul
Royals Bakery
Nix Wholesale
Little Theatre
Judy Carraway
Junior Charity League
Julius Cahan
Sue Bedwell
S. K. Hennigar
Missionary Society of the First Methodist Church
Twin Cities
D. I. Hirsch
Heather
Monroe native John Allen to direct third Little Theatre play
John Allen of Monroe, husband of Helen Fernandez Allen, will direct the season’s third Little Theatre production. A Georgia native and WWII veteran, he studied at UCLA and has done radio work in Hollywood before settling in Monroe where he has worked with KMLB as sales manager. He acted locally in Uncle Harry and You Can’t Take It With You.
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John Allen
Monroe
Helen Fernandez Allen
Georgia
John
4Th
7Th Armored
University of California At
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Helen
KMLB
Little Theatre
Ford Rouge Plant Fire Destroys $500000 in Materials
A $500,000 blaze swept Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant last night destroying upholstery materials for 200 Mercury cars. No injuries. three men and six women rescued. About 3,800 workers temporarily laid off as fire units from Dearborn Detroit and Ford fought the flames for an hour.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Big Rouge
Ford
Dearborn
Ford Company
Prize Is Ice Supply At Guelph Ladies Night
The feature prize at the board of trade ladies night was a year's supply of ice delivered. Winner is Mrs. John Collens wife of the proprietor of a refrigeration equipment firm.
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ICF
Christmas program at Northeast Junior College in Brown Hall
A Christmas themed program precedes Northeast Junior College’s holiday break. The 10 45 a m event features mixed chorus under Gertrude Sandrock, baritone Reginald Spencer, a one act play Why the Chimes Rang with cast Cecile Danna Kathryn Norwood James Gilmer Polly Ragland Beverly Martin and others, cathedral pantomime, organ by James F Monroe, and a college band medley of carols directed by Francis H Burke concluding with Silent Night.
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Northeast Junior College
Brown Hall
W. R. Hammond
Gertrude Sandrock
Hark
Herald Angels
Reginald Spencer
Wille
Jisnes W. Parkerson
Cecile Danna
Kathryn Norwood
James Gil
Youth Accused in Theft of Auto in Louisiana
Huey Wall Jr an 11 year old from West Monroe was arrested by state police and charged with theft of an automobile from Happy Land Motor Co. The youth is held in parish jail in default of 1500 bond after the car was stolen from a used car lot.
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Huey Wall, Jr
West Monroe
Happy Land Motor Co
Local Marriage Licenses Listed for West Monroe and Monroe Couples
Vaughan L. Phelps aged 28 of West Monroe weds Violet Vestal Humphreys 22 of Monroe. B. T. Meeks 27 of West Monroe marries Wanda Elizabeth Crain 22. J. D. Wallace 26 of Calhoun weds Ruth Cancienne 24 of Monroe.
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Vaughan L. Phelps
West Monroe
Violet Vestal Humphreys
Monroe
B. T. Meeks
Wanda Elizabeth Crain
J. D. Wallace
Calhoun
Ruth Cancienne
Swiss elect Ernst Nobs President for 1949
The national assembly named Ernst Nobs 62, a Social Democrat, as president of Switzerland for 1949. He becomes the first Social Democrat in the post, succeeding Enrico Celio. The presidency rotates yearly among seven federal council members.
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Bern
Switzerland
National Assembly
Ernst Nobs
Nobs
Enrico Celio
Federal Council
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First Methodists
Grom
Silverstein
Ilverstein
Uisiana
Mademoiselle
American Woolen Company
Paris
Louisiana
Berg
N. J.C
PAYNE
Baber’s
North
4Th St
Wilmington 99
Delaware
Ostermoor
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