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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1941
Page
12
A vintage style breakfast recipe detailing light fluffy pancakes made with enriched flour bran and corn meal. It guides measuring dry ingredients the night before adding Spry beaten egg and milk then cooking on a greased griddle. Serves about eighteen with maple sirup and sausages or bacon.
University of Oklahoma officials announce a change from a 10:30 p.m. whistle to chiming signals on campus. The whistle, once criticized for resembling a factory whistle, will be replaced to mark curfew with gentler tones.
Amateur observers report Black capped chickadees appearing in New York in November after about 15 years absence. The sightings mark a notable winter arrival on Fifth Avenue, drawing local interest from birdwatchers and residents alike.
The First Presbyterian church will host a Sunday night service focused on supporting aged, physically unfit, and retired ministers of the denomination. About 546 homes receive 72 cents daily on average to aid food shelter and clothing. Loose morning offerings and Sunday school contributions will fund ministerial relief. At 10 45, C S Foster will be ordained and installed as elder. The church seeks December membership from Presbyterians in the community and will open doors after services to welcome new members.
The year 1816 earned its nickname the year without a summer after the 1815 Tomboro eruption near Java. Volcanic dust in the atmosphere blocked sunlight, cooling global temperatures for months and shaping climate anomalies in Europe and North America.
The Rotary Club met at Hotel Virginia Thursday noon for the last time this year with Vice-President Joe Marx presiding. Ted Allen led the fellowship committee and a social hour with eggnog followed. Clifford Strauss thanked Rotarians for Red Cross war fund support while Joe Trammell urged parish home defense registration Friday. Guests included C. L. Gill Monroe Colonel Hendricks 126th Infantry and Dick Troy Monroe.
Alford Ferriday and J. C. Griffith of Shreveport were named in local notices as part of the community acknowledgments. Joe Biedenham’s birthday was recognized in the usual manner in the same notices.
The Exchange club donated 12.50 to the American Red Cross war fund at a Hotel Frances luncheon and voted to take 25 War Cry subscriptions for Camp Hulen’s 4th coast artillery. The club installed magazine racks at Charity hospital, received a letter of thanks from Dr. DeWitt Milam, and donated toys to Good Fellows. Apothecaries sold sugar and spices in the 14th century.
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