Holiday Festivities Begin Week Of Open House Events
Holiday activity kicks off Monday with the Jubilee Ball hosted by the American Legion at a local hotel and the Little Theatre's Dear Ruth at North east Junior College. A Christmas party for Clarice and Goldan Roane School of Dancing parents and students airs at the recreation center, with a McSween-Foster wedding rehearsal party hosted by Mrs. A. D. Tisdale and Mrs. William Harper. Children attend a Country Club Santa visit, and many residents plan open houses over the coming week.
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The
American Legion
Little Theatre
Ruth
Northeast Junior College
Clarice and Goldan Roane School of Dancing
Recreation Center
McSween-Foster
A. D. Tis
A. D. Altick
Marianna
Carol Ann Herron
Anna Marie Deleriot
Karl Thompson
Bill Seymour
June Windes
Fran Guthrie
Coy Theus
Sally Oliver
Sarah Lou Hudson
Charles Newman
David Marchman
Neal
Christmas Socials and Weddings Highlight Local Calendar
A dense society calendar lists church meetings and dances at the Frances Hotel roof and local clubs. Highlights include the W M A program at First Baptist, Sigma Phi Omega Christmas events, Beta Delta sorority formal, Delta Kappa Pi sorority meeting, and multiple weddings and receptions around town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Christmas-Tide News From Lake Providence and Surrounds
Happiness awaits the John J. Nelson family as Toni Nelson a Tech senior Miss Hattie Nelson of Vicksburg and Helen Nelson from Pensacola Navy Air Station join relatives in Lake Providence for Christmas. Mrs D Schneider attends D A R board meeting in Baton Rouge with her son and daughter-in-law. Mrs Pearl F Brown and Mrs N C Williamson take a Greenville shopping trip. The Mothers Club of St Patrick School presents a well received Womanless Wedding with a large cast and distinguished guests listed. W W Ward and family plan a Haynesville vacation after Lake Providence High School’s holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Nelson
Toni Nelson
Tech
Hattie Nelson
Vicksburg
Helen Nelson
U. S. Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Myrtle Nelson
Mobile
Ala
D. Schneider
Moses Shelby
Baton Rouge
State Board of Management
Schneider
Graham Schneider
Mothers’ Club of
St. Patrick School
Burta Pinkston
Johnie Salemi
P. G. Marron
John Pace
Eddie Hamilton
J. §. Green
Roland Marcus
Thomas I. Powell
C. A. Rose
A. S. Her
F. M. Terral
Frank Voelker, Jr
T. E. Pinkston
Hugh Moraro
Cornet
S. H. Guenard
Marie Hamley
W. W. Ward
Lake Providence High School
Local society notes show holiday arrivals and prize results
Social items list high score prize winners Mrs. Mark Brown and Mrs. Evans. Cadet Billy Trieschmann of the U S Military Academy plans to return home on the 21 and will be met in Jackson Mississippi by his mother Mrs W F Trieschmann and brothers. Other entries note Mrs E J Chaney breaking her left leg, Judge W H Maben hosting visiting relatives including the Cottings Abernethys and Merrills, Mrs Harry H Graham visiting Twin Oaks in Louisville, and Mrs Pearl F Brown traveling to Baton Rouge with Mrs J C Bass visiting W W Weldon and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. T. Hitler
R. M. Hamberling
E. D. Schneider
Bridge Club
Twin Oaks
J. C. Bass
Mark H. Brown
O. S
Billy Trieschman
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
W. F. Trieschmann
E. J. Chaney
Mr. Chaney
Vicksburg
W. H. Maben
Louis Cotting
Jackson
Miss
Roy Abernethy
Little Rock
Ark
Sterling Merrill
Baton Rouge
Pearl F. Brown
Brown
W. W. Weldon
Bass
Family and friends gather for Betty Myers birthday
Mrs. Seymour Myers hosts a luncheon party in Lake Providence to celebrate Betty Myers turning eleven. Attendees include D An Hair Vail Delany Barbara Deal Carolyn Babb and others as Mrs. L W Myers presented a chocolate cake with 11 white lighted candles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Myers
Seymour Myers
L. W. Myers
D’ann Hair
Vail Delany
Barbara Deal
Carolyn Babb
Carolyn Warren
Annette Smith
Lavonda Carter
Joyce
Local Names Listed for Event Attendees
McDaniel, Ann Pinkston, Bonnie Smith, Freddie Smith, Faye Shocke ley, George Ann Hitler, Janet Kennedy, and Jean Earl are named among attendees for the upcoming gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDaniel
Ann Pinkston
Bonnie Smith
Freddie Smith
Faye Shockeley
George Ann Hitler
Janet Kennedy
Jean Earl
Also Mentioned on This Page
Doris Ruth Brown
Quincy College
Mississippi
Utica
Mike John
DeSiard St
Silverstein
North Louisiana
Lambda Sigma Chi
Frances Hotel
Ben Burton
Sally Foster
Harold B. McSween
First Presbyterian Church
Herman Mickel
William Husted, Jr
Country Club
H. C. Menuet
Sigma Phi Omega
Billy Inabnet
Sigma Phi Omega Fraternity
Hotel Frances
All Friends of
Malcolm Steen
Geraldine Jones
Robert Kirby
Ridge Avenue Baptist Church
Kitty McCoy
Clique Book Club
Sidney Gill
K Street
Beta Delta Sorority
Frances Roof
Pat Sanders
Sophie Davidson
Nathan Laudenheimer
Temple B’naul Israel
Delta Sigma Fraternity
Magnolia Study Club
A. T. White, Jr
Delta Kappa Pi Sorority
Lorraine McClendon
Stewart Street
West Monroe
L. P. McClendon
Greensboro
N. C
Polly Jean Phelps
Newcom College
Roger White
Mr. White
Mrs. Royce Wimberly
Barbara
St. Louis, Mo
Earl R. Bennett
Julia Kern LeBreich
Dallas
Tex
J. LeBriech
Gene Wilder
Lafayette
Harry Edward
Sam Wilder
John Howard McSween
J. H. Barnett
Ceil Et Albert
Louisville
Wawa
Lake Providence
N. C. Williamson
Greenville
Harry H. Graham
St. John
Durrett
Mrs. Wilson Williams
Joe Ben Lewis
New Orleans
Regina Leach
L. Dunn
Lewis
Marion Leach
Beaumont
Berkshire
Meh At
Stern’s
Harrison St
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