Services Held for C. A. Boyd West Monroe Contractor
Charles Alvin Boyd Sr., 55, West Monroe contractor, died in Pineville. Services were held Tuesday at his residence with Rev. A F Prince and Rev. B E Tanner officiating, followed by Masonic rites at Hasley Cemetery. Survived by widow L Boyd, mother Chester Sharia, son Boyd Jr, sister Alice Cooper, brother Ernest Boyd, and family in Shreveport and Glendale. He worked near Pineville and was a member of First Baptist Church and West Monroe Lodge No. 419. Born in Lexington Mississippi, he moved to West Monroe in 1921 to run a general contracting business. The Irish Free State note appears erroneous in this clipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Alvin
West Monwilding
Pineville
A. FE. Prince
Monroe
BE. L. Tanner
Hasley Cemetery
George Mike Simmie Wood
Tom Sanders
Russell
Sam Humphries
Jim
L. Boyd
Chester Sharia, Boyd, Jr
Shreveport
Harold Boyd
Glendale
Calif
Alice Cooper
Ernest Boyd
First Baptist Church
West Monroe
Boyd
Lexington
Miss
Skilled Labor Meeting Highlights War Industry Needs
At the American Vocational Association convention in San Francisco on December 17, Lt. Col. Frank J. McSherry urged training unemployed and employed workers for skilled war production roles. Speakers emphasized trade schools and government programs to fill five to six million upcoming job openings while economists and social scientists noted broader defense preparation. Henry F. Grady stressed Latin American good neighbor policy through loans, commodity deals, and payment in goods, noting the U S has excess gold and limited use for it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
American Vocational Association
Frank J. McSherry
National Defense Advisory Council
United States
Secretary of Labor
National Youth Administration
WPA
Civilian Conservation Corps
Latin America
Grady
New Orleans Charity Hospital Names Acting Directors
Dr. J O Weilbaecher Jr 31 year old Tulane graduate appointed acting director succeeding Dr Roy W Wright at Charity hospital board confirms policy to follow merit system defines job security and authority for all staff Dr Charles B Odom named associate acting director nephew of Jefferson parish coroner M M Odom both have long Charity hospital ties
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
J. O. Weilbaecher, Jr
Tulane University
New Charity Hospital
Roy W. Wright
Charles B. Odom
Weilbaecher
Charity Hospital Board of Administrators
Odom
M. M. Odom
Jefferson Parish
Weisbaecher
Charity Hospital
Farm Security loans: apply in fall for 1941 credits
Parish supervisor P. G. Boyd explains PSA operating credits for 1941. Loans to farm operators, owners or tenants, can be drawn for feed seed fertilizer livestock or equipment for one to five years at 5 percent. Apply now to plan ahead and avoid spring delays. The kingfisher note ends the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Security Administration
P. G. Boyd
Parish
Ouachita Parish
Boyd
Boya
Questionnaires Mailed List of Monroe area residents
A partial census like list presents names and addresses across Monroe and West Monroe including Monroe Board No 304 Purvis Braswell and others with routes and streets. Several individuals are noted as colored and reside on DeSiard Fifth Street Grayling Lane Tenth Street and Washington Street among listed districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Congo Street
Monroe
Otis Patrick Johnson, Jr
Grayling Lane
Harrison Pitts
North Tenth Street
Alex Joshua
Malcolm LeRoy Grant
Washington Street
Tomke Boxley
Eleventh Street
Addison Amos
Wood Street
D. C. Carr
DeSiard
Shelby Adams
Monroe Board
Purvis Braswell
Coleman Street
West Monroe
Clyde Wilson Ramsey
Jack Parker Armstrong
Odus Perry Pendarvis
Vernon Street
Paul Jones Butler
Jessie James
Bros
Robert Lee Halstead, Jr
Roy Augustus Carpenter
Sterlington
P. J. Bumgardner
Interest Shown in Seals Drive This Christmas Season
The seal drive reports wide support against tuberculosis with Claude Harrison and Leon Sugar noting more letters and donations than ever. Many donors cannot send money this year but plan to next year while others double their contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quachita
Claude Harrison
Leon Sugar
Windsors Plan Homeward Trip From Miami
The Windsors prepare to sail at 4 pm aboard the yacht Southern Cross for Nassau ending their U S visit after Edward abdicated to marry. The duchess recovers from dental surgery with a few dresses bought for the trip while the duke golfed with Gene Sarazen and Sam Snead. Snead shot 65 as Edward praised the play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Edward
Windsors
Southern Cross
Nassau
Bahamas
Miami
Horace L. Cartee
Miami Beach
Miami Biltmore
Sam Snead
Hot Springs
Snead
Sarazen
England
Golf Match Pairing Remains Open for Duke’s Aide
Paired with Sarazen against Snead, the arrangement alternates between the duke’s aide Captain Vyvyan Drury and Captain Alastair Mackintosh, offering a two on two setup with close ties to aristocratic circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarazen
Snead
Duke
Vyvyan Drury
Alastair Mackintosh
Two Hurt in Auto Accident Near Jonesboro
A truck carrying groceries from Monroe to Eros overturned after a blowout at the foot of a long hill, injuring Alvin Thornell and Eva Costan. Both were taken to St Francis sanitarium for treatment. others escaped injury. The vehicle sustained considerable damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesboro
West Monroe
Eros
St. Francis Sanitarium
Alvin Thornell
Eva Costan
Monroe
Eos
Miss Costan
Hospital patient discharged and Thornell to depart for Eros
Attending physicians report a patient was released from hospital last night and Mr. Thornell will leave for Eros Tuesday morning. The statement notes the United States houses about half of the world’s telephones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornell
Eros
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. A. Boyd
Irish Free State
Mirro
Monroe Furniture and St. Company, Ltd
Samson
Halliburton Aluminum
Seward
Ompaanyy, Lia
N. C. Hospital
Raymond Hayes Pankey
Sterle
James Elliott
Bosco
Percy Roberson
West
Herbert Cady
Benjamin Franklin Simmons
Calhoun
Eddie Brady Harris
Amos Wright
Woodrow Wiley Booth
Clarence Williams
Willie Curtis Bohanon
Hubert Louis Black
America
Hitler
Mussolini
Stalin
Norman Chandler
Committee
Wally
Darrett’s
St. John
Creanno
Newspaper Publishers Committee
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