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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1946
Page
3
J. W. Webster district Scout commissioner announced the monthly meeting of the Scoutmasters roundtable will be held tonight at 7 30 in the Boy Scout office. All Scoutmasters and assistant Scoutmasters of the Central District are urged to be present.
Dress rehearsal for Adam's Evening a three act comedy by Northeast Junior College Wig and Mask Club set for Thursday December 19 at 8 15 p m in Brown Hall auditorium. Adam Adams fabricates excuses after a late return and a deadly car crash leading to a mistaken identity plot with John Cokes appearing alive.
The Navy Club of the U. S. A. tour truck displaying captured enemy secret weapons drew hundreds in Monroe on Tuesday. The exhibit, at North Second and DeSiard streets, will move to Bastrop on Thursday for a full day after leaving Monroe Wednesday night.
Miss Naomi Harris a Northeast Junior College student will play Rosita in the three act comedy Adam's Evening. The production is set for Thursday December 19 at 8 15 p m in Brown Hall auditorium on the college campus.
In Dawson Y T December 17 the weather moderated to 40 below as two schools reopen after a month of closures. Temperatures had plunged to 61 below official and 70 unofficial, blamed on a cold spell that shut wood fuel supplies and halted social gatherings.
A passerby saw smoke from a garage at 2509 Hawthorne street at 10 25 a m Tuesday and called in an alarm. Fire Companies 1 and 3 found only a trash barrel blaze near the building tended by a small boy.
DeWitt Mackenzie warns that Jawahar Kolozwyguj's pledge of swift independence could trigger civil war among Hindus and Moslems. He notes Moslem League and 600 princes without participation. Churchill warned of a Hindu majority rule sparking disaster. a power-sharing formula is needed to avert catastrophe.
Mrs W E Smith plans to move a one story frame residence from 311 Bvos avenue to 811 North Third street at a cost not exceeding 500 dollars with J M Rabb handling the move. Essie Bolden will add to a one story frame dwelling at 1704 Short Wood street for up to 75 dollars using day labor. Americans increased citrus per capita production from 19 to 78 pounds in 30 years.
The funeral for Lyman C. Hendricks 41 of West Monroe will be at Mulhearn Funeral Home Wednesday at 10 a.m. Pallbearers include T. John Ivey Norris Raymond Hail W. E. Moore Red Moody and Mr. Preddy. He died of a heart attack while hunting in the Tensas river bottoms. his body was found northeast of Gilbert. He is survived by his wife and four others.
The record lists Prentiss Hendricks and Dale Hendricks among children, with Elva Dean Hendricks and Wayne Hendricks also noted, all of West Monroe. Their mother Mrs. Ella E. Hendricks of Monroe. sisters Mrs. W. R. Durham of Monroe and Mrs. Paul Purser of Opelousas. and brother Norman L. Hendricks of Monroe are named in the notice.
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