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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1950

Page

9

Good Things In Town Promotes Harvey Stage Debuts

The Civic Drama Festival opens January 27 in Monroe with Harvey by Mary Chase presented by the Civic Drama Guild of New York, brought by Kiwanis Club. The piece, famed on Broadway, features the invisible rabbit with Elwood P Dowd and promises more wartime style humor as Kiwanis also sponsors Born Yesterday on April 21. A Jaycee luncheon noted the Ouachita Parish High School Ensemble led by Ramona Cormier entertained with Yuletide carols and group harmony.

Harvey Mary Chase Monroe Kiwanis Club Civic Drama Guild of New York Six-Foot Rabbit Elwood P. Dowd Kiwanis Judy Halliday Jaycee Ouachita Parish Ramona Cormier

Train Troubles Spark Townwide Grumble Toasts to Local Talent

In a lively Twin City Tab column readers vent at a noisy train through Monroe's town center and call for a union station or tunnel. The piece praises homegrown performers Harry Stough Rodgers-Hammerstein and expresses ups and downs of local growth. The author gushes about Budd Schulberg’s novel The Disenchanted, praising its hard look at the American success story and late 1920s literary figures.

Monroe Budd Schulberg Twin City

Open Letter Endorses Hewitt's Piano Plan in Monroe

Paul Hewitt of Hewitt's on 216 Grammont St offers a piano purchase with a 60 day guarantee. If the buyer cannot play at least three selections after lessons, money is refunded and piano returned. Assures weekly lessons at no charge for 60 days, with an Assurance Bond backing the claim.

Paul Hewitt Hewitt’s Grammont St Monroe Weekly Business Review Hewitt Hewitt's Wilking Music Company Indianapolis Weekly Business Review

Saf-Aire Wall Furnaces Shown At Monroe Tent & Awning

Monroe Tent & Awning Co displays Saf-Aire wall furnaces noting safety efficiency and automatic control. Models 992-20 and 991-14 suit large or small rooms with no chimney or vent piping, powered by outside air and unaffected by power failure.

Monroe Business Review Monroe Tent & Awning Co South Grand St Saf-Aire

How Safaire Operates Inside a Fuel Room

The notes outline a Safaire system with an outside wall and a sealed cast aluminum combustion chamber isolated from room air. It includes insulation, a Lundström vent, an interior room panel, and the main burner controlled by a thermostat.

Lundstrom

A Wise Word On Advertising And Egg Logic

Coronet argues advertising taints the dyed in the wool critics while drawing a contrast between a duck and a hen. The column notes that hens are widely associated with eggs and breakfast and jokes about a duck egg never being seen on a plate. A practical tip says soap and hot water remove chocolate stains from washable fabric.

Coronet

Pearce Paint & Paper opens in West Monroe NY

Pearce Paint & Paper's West Monroe branch at 204 Trenton St opened with attractive quarters and a fine line of paints and wallpaper, managed by Joe Hearne. The Hardwick Magee carpet at Monroe Brick and Builders Supply’s Tile Dept. stirred gossip as a featured Christmas showing.

Monroe Brick & Builders Supply Co., Inc Louisville Tile Department Pearce Paint & Paper West Monroe Trenton St Pearce Joe Hearne Monroe Brick & Builders Supply Company Louisville The Business Review Charlie Crockett Virginia Allbritton Monroe

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