Christmas Play Planned At First Methodist Church
The church will stage a Christmas play Sunday night titled Ye Who Sit by the Fire a modern interpretion of a Christmas tale. Old Jeffrey the miser, a blind boy Jan and other characters will perform as Sybil Renaud introduces the pantomime with carols by the choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Christ
Old Jeffrey
Claude H May
Jan
Billy Armstrong
Martha
Frances Baldwin
James Newburn
Pelly Cole
Jean Sholars
Jule
David Caldwell
Edward Skerd
Billy Snabnet
Sybil Renaud
Overpass Near Si card Near Completion Date Confirmed
Favorable weather keeps the Missouri Pacific railroad overpass near Si card on track for opening December 20 as planned. Paint and minor dirt work remain. Louisville avenue paving advances with labor from the Louisiana State Employment Service. S and W Construction finished the south levee wall and moved out equipment to Memphis while still working on a West Monroe cement levee wall. The Louisville avenue traffic bridge progresses slowly with 30 to 45 days needed for completion.
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Missouri Pacific
Sicard
Louisville Avenue
Louisiana State Employment Service
S. and W. Construction Company
Memphis
West Monroe
Dream House open house for Bilbo in Poplarville
In Poplarville Mississippi United States Senator Theodore G Bilbo opens his Dream House with an open house event over the weekend. He says saints may visit Saturday for church Sunday while sinners may come Sunday as they do not attend church. The home was built piece by piece over four years starting in his final term as governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poplarville
Miss
United States
Theodore G. Bilbo
Bilho
Mississippi
Bagwell Family Reunion In Choudrant Louisiana
Families of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bagwell gathered in Choudrant with all children present except Virgil Bagwell in Los Angeles. Attendees included Ivy Bagwell and family Tulsa Okl a, O O Thompson Shreveport, W L Bagwell Monroe, Otho Land Ruston, and Bill Bagwell Choudrant. The article notes an American doughboy carried 75 pounds of equipment during World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choudrant
A. J. Bagwell
Virgil Bagwell
Los Angeles
Calif
Ivy Bagwell
Tulsa
Okla
O. O. Thompson
Shreveport
W. L. Bagwell
Monroe
Otho Land
Ruston
Bill Bagwell
Veterans Meet With Bastrop Post Unites Several Posts
A large turnout of veterans from multiple posts of the Veterans of Foreign Wars met Monday night at Bastrop with the Boone-McDowell post. Attendees from Monroe included C. A. Hunt and W. H. D. Rodriguez with other members, while Rayville representatives led by Commander A. J. Willis attended. Horace Mangham of the Richland Beacon News was made an honorary member and spoke on Americanism. Rodriguez discussed taxes. The gathering ended with a sum-gullion supper, prepared by the Bastrop auxiliary led by Mrs. Verne Cooper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Boone-McDowell
Bastrop
Monroe
C. A. Hunt
Rodney J. Hobbs
W. H. D. Rodriguez
H. M. James
Elbert Miller
Joe Nelson
A. J. Willis
Christian -Phillips Post
Rayville
Horace Mangham
Richland Beacon News
Rayville Post
Mangham
Rodriguez
France
Bastrop Post
Verne Cooper
Longer Christmas break at Northeast Center LSU
Dean C C Calvert announced a longer Christmas vacation at Northeast Center of Louisiana State University. The college will close Friday afternoon and reopen Monday January 6 to accommodate Sugar Bowl travel and distant students. Activities include a radio glee club performance, a Thursday speech club play, and a Christmas edition of Pow Wow.
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C. C. Calvert
Northeast Center
Louisiana State University
New Orleans
Monroe
Ouachta Parish High School Glee Club
Speech Club
Legion Plans to Distribute 38 Christmas Baskets
At the L. B. Faulk post meeting plans were made to fill 38 veterans Christmas boxes for Ward C at the Alexandria Veterans hospital. The boxes will be prepared by the auxiliary and distributed by Mrs. Marion Huckaby. Awards were handed out for the recent membership drive, with pencils, gold stars, and silver stars recognizing various member gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Faulk Post
American Legion
Ward C
United States Veterans’ Hospital
Alexandria
Women's Auxiliary of
The
Post
Marion Huckaby
C. B. Braun
Bill Perhamus
Harry Stein
R. L. Wood
Isaac Lemle
Jess de Armand
M. Padget
Sam Rubin
G. Godwin
Isedor Liebreich
F. Hammonds
W. Huckaby
Charles Mitchell
First Airplane Fliers Honored At Kitty Hawk
Dare county remembers the birth of flight with a wreath at Kill Devil Hill. D B Fearing leads a Manteo Chamber of Commerce delegation to honor Wilbur Wright on the Wright memorial. A wreath is also placed on Wilbur Wright's grave in Dayton as Orville attends.
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Kitty Hawk
N. C
Dare County
Devil Hill
Wright Brothers
D. B. Fearing
Manteo
Wilbur Wright
Dayton
Ohio
United States Aeronautical
Orville Wright
Monroe Little Theater stages The Dover Road at LSU auditorium
The Monroe Little Theater will present The Dover Road at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Northeast Center auditorium of Louisiana State University. Director Mrs Blanche Oliver leads a cast including Frank Breese Owen McCleary Nita Shields Louis Guerriero Suzanne Kellogg J B King Sybil Thompson Ulmer McDonald H C Wroten and Eileen MacKinnon. Membership cards for 1935 1936 were mailed to past members. others may purchase at the door. The season plans five major productions plus workshop plays with growing local support and double last season’s membership expected. Rev E F Hayward presides and calls the group a community asset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Little Theater
Dover Road
Northeast Center
Louisiana State University
Blanche Oliver
Frank Breese
Owen McCleary
Nita Shields
Louis Guerriero
Suzanne Kellogg
J. B. King
Sybil
Little Theater of
Monroe
E. F. Hayward
Little Theater
Quintuplets described as five Garbos by Hersholt in Canada
Hollywood actor Jean Hersholt, after ten days filming with the Dionne quintuplets at Callander, Ontario, calls the sisters five Garbos and praises their health intelligence and charm. He notes the babies slept outdoors in 20 below zero weather and portrays Dr Allan Dafoe as remarkable for his care and dedication.
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Hollywood
Jean Hersholt
Callander
Ont
Hersholt
Allan Dafoe
Dr. Dafoe
Swartz School P T A Meets Thursday at 3 30 PM
The December meeting of the Swartz school Parent Teacher Association of the Louisiana Congress of Parents and Teachers will be held at the school Thursday at 3 30 p.m.
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Swartz School Parent-Teacher Association
The
Louisiana Congress of Parents and Teachers
Cotton Committeemen Election Scheduled in Catahoula Parish
In Jonesville Louisiana on December 17 1935 community committeemen for the 1936 cotton reduction program will be elected across Catahoula Parish December 19 and 21. Eligible voters are cotton producers who participated in 1934 and 1935 programs with polling set at Foules Sicily Island Manifest Harrisonburg Jonesville Enterprise Magna and Phams.
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Jonesville
Catahoula Parish
E. E. Johnson
Parish
Foules
Sicily Island
Manifest
Harrisonburg
Enterprise
Magna
Parhams
Loop Road To Get New Bus Line In LSU Area
Four new buses arrive for the municipal street railway. A new Loop Road line will run the full length of the Loop road through the Cole addition to LSU Northeast Center, serving a rapidly growing city area. Buses carry 26 passengers and are undergoing checks before service begins in 3 4 days.
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Municipal Street Railway
John M. Brothers
Cole
Louisiana State University
Cummings Brother Ques Convalescence After Illness
J M Cummings, once critically ill with pneumonia, is now convalescing at his home 3315 Dick Taylor Street. He is a brother of L F Cummings city fireman and W W Cummings Monroe police officer.
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J. M. Cummings
Dick Taylor Street
Mr. Cummings
L. F. Cummings
W. W. Cummings
Monroe
Nine People Receives Rabies Shots in Monroe
Nine persons bitten by three mad dogs received anti rabies shots funded by the city of Monroe and administered by Ouachita Parish Health unit. The dogs were killed and two heads sent to New Orleans for rabies testing. Fourteen serum injections were given. three recipients still need doses by Christmas.
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Monroe
Ouachita Parish
G. Douglas Williams
New Orleans
Williams
Funeral set for Lt Robert L. Carver in Dallas burial
Funeral services for First Lieutenant Robert L. Carver, killed in a pursuit plane crash at Chapman field, will be held Saturday in Dallas Texas, his home. Carver, a former army football star, had been towing a target during gunnery practice when the plane nosedived into a mangrove swamp after releasing the target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Robert L. Carver
Dallas
Texas
Carver
Chapman Field
Engagement announced in Hico for Mildred Carter
Mr and Mrs W H Carter of Hico announce the engagement of their daughter Mildred Carter to Elmer Hood. The couple plan to marry during the Christmas holidays. Miss Carter attends Louisiana Polytechnic Institute in Ruston and Hood is a local planter.
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Hico
W. H. Carter
Mildred Carter
Elmer Hood
Miss Carter
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Ruston
Hood
4 H Clubs Reorganized In Ashley County Ark
Crossett Arkansas December 17 special The following 4 H clubs in Crossett and Ashley county have been reorganized Officers elected are Crossett President Jane Maxwell vice president Robert Faye Mailey secretary Lola Del Braswell reporter Don Maxwell Crossett Camp President Marie Paris vice president LaVern Muller secretary and reporter Arleigh Hunnicutt Promise Land President Dorothy Stell vice president Norman Wells secretary Evelyn Higginbotham reporter Mildred Powers Fountain Hill President Earl Baker vice president Vera Ross secretary Sonia Sparks Boydell President Kermit Martin vice president Claude Bilbo secretary Mary Evelyn Ward reporter Maydell Nolan Montrose President Roy Hanson vice president June Scott secretary Christine Rowland Parkdale President Jackson Bar
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Crossett
Ark
Ashley County
Jane Maxwell
Robert Faye Mailey
Lola del Braswell
Don Maxwell
Crossett Camp
Marie Paris
LaVern Muller
Arleigh Hunnicutt
Promise Land
Dorothy Stell
Norman Wells
Evelyn Higg
Blue Star Ointment Promises Quick Relief for Itch
An advertisement touts Blue Star Ointment as a remedy for itch rash tetter foot itch ringworm and eczema. It claims to kill itching with tested medicines and offers a money back guarantee on the first jar if relief is not achieved.
Community Club Officers Named in Local Report
The document lists Ton as vice-president, Ernestine Noble as secretary, and Sybil Sammons Hamburg as president along with John Prestor Wheat as vice-president Merle High as secretary and Richard Franklin in the roster.
Masonic Officers Named in Local Lodge Roster
Shipful Master A R Kinnon leads the list of lodge officers with senior warden O W Hogan junior warden Grady Kelly treasurer J C McCann secretary Talbert C Pipes senior deacon George W Gillum junior deacon Ernest A Hammons ryler J N Gipson chaplain in the newly published roster of the organization.
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Shipful
A. R. Kinnon
O. W. Hogan
Grady Kelly
J. C. McCann
Talbert C. Pipes
George W. Gillum
Ernest A. Hammons
Ryler
J. N. Gipson
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