Christmas Cheer Lights Up Monroe Homes and Halls
Holiday preparations fill kitchens and social calendars as families plan gatherings at Lakeside Country club and the Frances hotel. Mrs. Evans stages a manger tableau near West Monroe, honoring the Holy Child. The MacDowell birthday observance at Eva Van Delden’s home features a program and a fund drive for the Peterborough colony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakeside Country Club
Cherokee Terrace
Frances Hotel
Crystal Ballroom
Virginia
Monroe
DeSiard Street
O. A. Evans
West Monroe
Christ
Edward MacDowell
America
Piano Study Club
Eva van Delden
Eleanor Michie
Michie
MacDowell Colony
Peterborough
N. H
MacDowell
Chopin
Melba Stevenson
Schumann
Alma Jean Linquist
Kohler
Martha Madden
Burgmueller
Annie McDuffie
Heins
Martha Chambers
Reta Clement
Nan Drew
Laura Louise Patton
Patsy Slack
Francis Smith
Helen Ann Ford
Betty Jo Ford
Annilie McDuffie
Frances Kalil
Dolores Kalil
Tea for Mothers at Central Grammar Sought by School
Mrs. Maud Davis will sponsor a tea for all grade mothers in the Central Grammar school office from 2 to 2 30 pm on December 23 with a program by sixth graders at 2 30 pm in the auditorium. The public is invited to both events and PTA members announced two student escorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud Davis
Central Grammar School
Katie Key
P.T. A
Billy Wilkie
Peggy Strong
Beethoven Music Club
Georgia Tucker School
Three Mile Inn
Robert Layton
Layton Place
Louis Milner, Jr
Armand McHenry
Trist McConnell
Frances Hotel
Cherokee Terrace
Abe Arent
D. J. Hirsch
Avent Home
E. Jack Selig
Nanette Selig
Martin Fuhrer
Chicago
Delta Sigma Fraternity
Hotel Frances
Delta Sigma
Phi Kappa Fraternity
First Methodist
Christmas Week Social Calendar and White Gift Service
A local list of events covers Altruman Book Club and PTAs, bridal plans for Bertha Masur and Milton Gorn, dances at Lakes de County Club and Frances Hotel, and a Yuletide schedule with open houses. Notable items include the Masur Gorn wedding reception at the Virginia hotel, a white gift Christmas service at First Methodist church, and visits from guests Granville Tierney and James Granville of Wichita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altruman Book Club
W. R. Hatcher
Herbert Steen
St. Matthew's P.T. A
Gertrude Feazel
Virginia
Bertha Marie Masur
Grey Gables
Sigmund Masur
Milton Gorn
Missouri Pacific Woman's Club
Northeast Center
Robert Layton
Layton Place
Virginia Hotel
Temple B’nai Israel
Cherokee Terrace
Frances Hotel
Jean Graves
Mary Lavinia Inabnet
Adelaide Parker
Lakes de Country Club
Armandine Renaud
Pine Street
Granville Tierney
James Granville
Wichita
Kan
Tierney
J. M. Cobb
Social and club notes from St. Joseph and nearby visits
St Joseph residents hosted and visited during December gatherings. Catholic Altar society and Episcopal auxiliary meetings featured readings on missions and racial understanding. The Cosmopolitan and Wesley auxiliaries held Christmas events at the Farrar House and regular meetings, with installations planned for January. Visitors included Mrs John Blanche in Baton Rouge and Mr Roy Underwood from Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hughes
Episcopal Auxiliary
Magruder Adams
Laura Beaubien
Orfney Hornsby
Albert Gay Bondurant
Susie D. Adams
Albert Bondurant
Joseph Curry
Fred Cassill
Daniel Coor
Willie Hudnall
Marable Harper
Richard Whitney
Joseph Whitaker
George Camors
The
Cosmopolitan Club
Farrar House
Murder Case Draws Inspector to Hope Elderton[Cottage]
Inspector investigates after two men Captain Reeves and Dale Shipley clash with old Arthur Burdett. The murdered figure is linked to a long conflict. Burdett’s solicitor arrives from France with Arthur Hurdett’s latest will, heightening tension at Hope Elderton police cottage.
Burdett Will Sparks Motive Clue In Sussex Case
Inspector Hylton and Sergeant White probe Arthur Burdett's will revealing a bequest to his manservant Andrew Lumsdale and disinheritance for Dale Shipley. The document raises greed and anger as possible motives, with Lumsdale and Shipley under scrutiny as the case unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamsdale
Mart
Burdett
Hylton
Quinton Hanley
White
Dale Shipley
Andrew Lumsdale
Arthur Burdett
Ed Hylton
Lumsdale
James White
Captain Reeves
Reeves
Marchester
Perry
Kingsley Hylton
Laurance W. Meynell
Officers Chosen For Tensas Lodge 309 Masons
At St Joseph in Ferriday Louisiana Tensas lodge No 309 F and A M elected B D Coor as worshipful master J L Crigler senior warden J B Chase junior warden Dr Joseph Whitaker treasurer and J S Johnson secretary for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferriday
Tensas Lodge No
A. M
St Joseph
B. D. Coor
J. L. Crigler
J. B. Chase
Joseph Whitaker
J. S. Johnson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Margaret Hudson
Baskin Wright
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Mrs. Wright
Miss Hudson
Arthur Dryburgh
John Sherrouse
Culver Military Academy
Culver
Ind
W. J. Sherrouse
Jane Dawkins
Mary Baldwin College
Benjamin Dawkins
Florence Drach
George H. Dierlamm
Jack Rogers
Island Drive
D. ¥. Smith
Phil Carroll
Alexandria
Suzanne Hirsch
Ann Dennery
New Orleans
Miss Hirsch
Miss Dennery
Sophie Newcomb College
York
Miami Biltmore
Sunshine Delicatessen
N. Third St
Red Fish
Frank
DeSiard
Clara’s Beauty Shop
Lee Ave. Permanents
Clara Gill Norris
Effie Cole
Maxine Atkins
Sara Cole Morrison
Randolph-Macon College
Lynchburg
Travis Oliver, Jr
Martha Troy
Dallas
Tex
Richard Troy
Loop Road
George Breard
Mrs
Troyard Breard
Mary Buckner
Louis Buckner
Nan Buckner
Gulf Park College
Gulfport
Ross F. Davis
Patricia Ann
St. Francis Sanitarium
Mary Blake
Pass Christian
Toulmin Ewing
Virginia Gangstad
University of Illinois
Glenna Jane Thompson
Maureen Rio
Earl Carroll
Udell Triplets
West Coast
Tom
Groucho
Rollo
Jack
Harpo) Kane
Julian Bills
Jordan and Grace
Melody
Aturday
Epiday
Boas
New York
NEW South Drug Store
DeSiard & Grand Sts
St. Joseph
Philip Watson
Wade Newell
Newellton
Vicksburg
Miss
Marion Curry
Fred Cassil
Edward Lynch
Anne Rose
Anne Noble
Leah Knott
J. D. Brown
John Guice
Samuel G. Manning
Robert MacBride
Santto Baragona
Sadie Baragona
Catholic Altar Society
Salvador Baragona
Peter Nevil
German Baker
W. Wynans Drake
Edward Smith
Steve Smith
Henry Ollson
Frank Hornsby
John Blanche
Fred Blanche
Baton Rouge
Roy Underwood
Atlanta, Ga
Walter Butler
Lexington, Ky
Mary Elizabeth Jones
Raleigh, N. C
Fred Smith
Wesley
Holliman Cook
Phil C. Smith
Bert Berry
Claude Kirkpatrick
L. C. Roberts
E. H. Biggs
Lula Berry
Georgia Lyons
Christopher B. Haddon
Presbyterian
Fred Skinner
S. N. Harris
Ida Jones
Curry
Hanley
Hyton
Arthur Claydon Caldershott Burdett
Enderton Court Hope Enderton
Sussex
Lord
Quinton Eustache Hanley
Hanley & Payne, Marchester
Mr. Hanley
Mr. Burdett
Shipley
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