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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1935
Page
11
Strahan parish reports 1,103 cotton checks worth 35000 dollars received with 150 more due. Farmers may pick up checks at the agent and sign for them. landlords get one check per plantation. After cashing, tenants receive their shares and sign receipts. Farmers may sign applications for cotton adjusted payments to boost receipts to 12 cents per pound and commit to signing 1936 acreage reduction contracts.
The Central Grammar school stage hosted The Holly Wreath a Christmas play by the Children’s Theater Players. Sponsored by the Fifth District P T A and directed by Miss Lucyle Godwin the production follows two poor children who seek holly to brighten their home. Santa Claus arrives blessing them with presents as a tree lights up. Bunnies and musical interludes by Neville High band Ouachita Parish Glee Club and Barkdull Faulk Glee Club accompany the performance.
The Ten Year club of Ouachita parish home demonstration club members will meet Saturday at 11 30 a m at Mrs Jewel McQuiller’s home. Officers for 1936 will be elected and Miss Ellen LeNoir will give an address. Thirty four women belong to the club and Mrs C McCoy of Logtown will be admitted.
Chicago reports Dr. Edgar V. Allen of the Mayo Clinic asserts in Hygeia that women live longer and suffer less disease than men. He cites 300000 cases showing more male births dead, more male infant deaths, and higher rates of ulcers, cancer, liver disease, pneumonia, and other ailments in males, with women's vitality increasing after age 15 and peaks near a century.
The Home of the Good Samaritan at 1001 Winnsboro Road appeals for cash gifts food and clothing to aid inmates for a meaningful Christmas. Rev J R Downs superintendent calls for public help saying the 25 year old institution cannot meet the need without community support.
Elmer E Lane aged 25 of 410 Breard Street has earned a transport pilot license. He aims to gain employment as a co pilot with a national aviation system. His written exams were graded by Luke Littlejohn of the commerce department and flying tests occurred in Little Rock Arkansas. Lane has seven years of amateur flying experience with about 500 hours.
For the third time cereal heiress Marjorie Post Hutton, former wife of Edward F Hutton, married Washington attorney and ex FTC chairman Joseph E Davies at her New York residence. Her first husband was Edward B Close, also divorced.
After a collision involving two autos, one parked curbside, police arrested James Edwards on a charge of driving an automobile while intoxicated. Henry Shipp, the car owner and a passenger, sustained minor injuries and was treated at St Francis sanitarium. M C McClendon of Alabama owned the other parked car.
The Monroe fire department distributes its annual Christmas fund to members. Two fund raising events tonight include a Lone Star Cowboys show at Ouachita Parish High auditorium at 7 30 and a 9 30 dance at Hotel Frances with music by the Cowboys. Proceeds support next year’s fund and the Good Fellows Fund. A note on motor vehicle values mentions a 75 percent drop in average horsepower price over the last decade.
J. R. Rossiter a 37 year old bridge contractor worker was treated at Vaughan-Wright-Bendel clinic Friday morning for facial and eye injuries from a carbide lamp explosion on a barge. Doctors expect no permanent eye damage. Rossiter said a leaking lamp and a lit match caused the blast.
In Los Angeles a grand jury probed Thelma Todd death after an autopsy said she died. A woman claiming to have seen Miss Todd alive added a new twist to the inquiry.
Mrs Kane saw Miss Todd telephoning from a drug store Sunday afternoon about 4 o clock, nearly 12 hours after autopsy surgeons initially believed the actress died. Martha Ford, a close friend, said the call occurred at that time.
Anna Lillian Hudson seven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ald Vinson of DeSiard road was brought home Friday from Vaughan Wright Bendel clinic where she was treated for a fracture in her left leg after being struck by an automobile near her home.
Riley J. Wilson of Ruston announces candidacy to succeed himself as Congressman from the Fifth District in the Democratic Primary on January 21, 1936. Pat Hamilton seeks reelection as Clerk of Court of Ouachita Parish in the same January 21, 1936 Democratic Primary.
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