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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1930
Page
6
A reflective poem contrasts May bloom with winter frost and starry nights. Local items note Crescent College students returning home for holidays, community club meetings, charity drives, and Christmas plans in Monroe and Ruston with greetings, gatherings, and civic spirit highlighted.
A list of upcoming social events in Ransom School and town venues includes P T A tacky party at Brownville gymnasium 7 p m, Catholic Daughter of America meeting, St Matthew s Society Tuesday December 3, Atkins entertaining with Ruth and Eleanor Atkins at Riverside Country Club 10 p m, Christmas Eve Dance at Virginia hotel 10 p m with Four Horsemen, Y M H A sponsors Teadansante 3 7 p m, Junior Charity League dance at Virginia hotel 10 p m, Delta Beta Sigma tea dansante at Riverside Country Club 5 7 p m, dancing parties at Virginia hotel December 27 10 p m, annual Christmas dance at Lotus Club December 29 1 p m, Phi Kappa annual ball at Virginia hotel 4 16 p m, New Year s Eve dinner dance at Riverside Country Club 9 p m and dinner dance at Y M H A 9 p m with Louisiana Serenaders.
Dear Virginia Vane I envy anyone with a real close family companionship My experience differs I have a cousin two years younger who is praised as the most beautiful in the family She is pretty but others prefer me She once outwitted me and her family had more influence than mine in the old days
A columnist advises a wife to stop nagging and to build self confidence instead. She is urged to count her blessings, maintain rosy perspective, and see Janet as another human being, not a threat to her happiness.
Money for gifts should foster physical, imaginative, constructive and social play. Choose simple, sturdy toys suited to age, avoiding flashy, unsatisfying purchases. A pamphlet titled Play and the Playthings from the Child Study Association of America offers guidance for thoughtful choices.
Junior Charity League members plan their first project serving supper at the Paramount theatre during The Strange Interlude. They have already sold many bell tickets for a charity fundraiser at the Virginia hotel and aim to enrich the community by contributing time and talent beyond personal pleasures.
Mrs Allan Sholars entertained the Thursday Luncheon Bridge Club at the Lotus Club private dining room. A six course luncheon preceded bridge, with a snow ball centerpiece and holiday color scheme. Present were Mmes Clarence Slagle F P Stubbs Carl McHenry Travis Oliver Thomas Sholars J B Vaughan and Harry Oliver.
A reader asks how to stop comparing with a rival wife Janet and improve happiness. Polly counsels focusing on home and husband, avoiding imitation, and building self respect to gain peace and respect from friends.
Kansas City December report says Jackson County prosecutor James Page seeks extradition from Independence Kansas for Everett Haldiman 17 alleged leader and gunman of 15 juvenile robbers group. Haldiman accused of killing a filling station operator near Independence and William H Price in Kansas City to thrill his friends. Fern McNabb 19-year-old girl provides statement denying the driver murder. Willis Harley 17 Aletha Rush 15 Sioux City Iowa and Fern McNabb charged jointly in Independence murder with other youths arrested after a spate of hold up killings and a gallery witness list. Police note five youths recently convicted of robbery aided the Halldiman case as authorities press for motive and links.
Joseph Marceralo twenty one confesses to Atlanta authorities and waives extradition as two women Adelina Miller of Syracuse and Eudelphia Fulcher of Lockport are shot to death after a dispute in a New York speakeasy. He faces charges in Schenectady where he is wanted on the killings.
Dec 18 The week old case of Jackson Rains 30 year old lumberman and road contractor of Marthaville La remains unsolved as three persons are held while Sheriff S F Skinner continues inquiry. A coroner jury ruled death from gunshot wounds at unknown hands. His body lay with a pistol and one discharged cartridge nearby.
Adele Garrison narrates a festive farmhouse Christmas morning. A large family forms a silent procession to the living room, where a Christmas tree lights up and stockings overflow. The scene blends joy with a quiet ache for Katherine as relatives rouse, share surprises, and await the holiday's unfolding magic.
In New York Fanny flees her marriage with David after a bitter rift with her mother-in-law. She becomes a dress maker's model, meets Garrett Wentworth, and endures custody battles as Sheila bonds with her mother. After a year, Sheila leaves home to visit a friend but does not arrive.
In a late Saturday scene Fanny returns home to find Sheila asleep in her chair. Mrs Murphy claims a grand surprise awaits, and Sheila awakens with a tense greeting saying she got away and asks not to be harmed.
Sheila seeks independence and a chance to model while living with her mother Fanny in a tense arrangement. A planned return looms as Mr. Philbrick and Edward confront the pair about the impending separation, revealing the depth of Sheila's devotion and the cost of their bond.
Sheriff Skinner reported three Marthaville residents Noah Bailes 25 Sally Russell 35 and Elsie Wilmon 23 were under arrest after a slumped driver was found nine miles northeast of here following a late week auto mishap.
Washington December 18 The agriculture department placed the value of the nation’s principal farm crops this year at 6,274,824,060 dollars, up from 3,675,420,000 the previous year. The report cites higher yields and stronger market prices across major crops.
Robert Doherty aged 17 was fatally shocked when a guy line he leaned on touched a high voltage power line at Harahan yesterday. Rescue efforts failed.
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