Lions Club Plans Christmas Food Drive and Telethon
The Lions Club outlines a district wide Christmas fundraiser to gather food toys nuts and clothing for needy families. Volunteers will phone residents in 15 districts by 7 30 p m Sunday to request donations and arrange drop off at designated locations for a Merry Christmas. A B Clarkson club president notes the effort aims to help many families.
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Lions Club
Era City
Thomas
Thomas Grayling
Plum Street
Texang Avenue
Texas Avenue
Layton Avenue
Oak Street
Washington Street
Pine Street
Louisville Avenue
Stubbs Avenue
Auburn Avenue
Rochelle
L Street
Forsythe Avenue
A. B. Clarkson
Local Scoutmasters To Meet At Sterlington
Scoutmasters and assistant scout masters of Ouachita parish will meet with Sterlington troop committee in Sterlington on January 8. G W Simpson executive of the Ouachita Valley council announced Friday. Supper for visiting leaders will be provided by the committee.
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Ouachita Parish
Sterlington
G. W. Simpson
Ouachita Valley
Mount Rainier and Shasta Emit Heat Vapor Evidence
Mount Rainier and Mount Shasta, large volcanic peaks in the United States, emit heated vapors from their interiors indicating residual volcanic activity or underground heat. Observers note persistent steam and warm fumarolic emissions suggesting subterranean heat sources remain active.
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Mounts Rainier
Shasta
United States
Burglary at Sinclair Refining Plant on Oak Street
A burglar broke a side window at the Sinclair Refining company plant and stole seven coupon books worth ten dollars each and two overcoats. Police investigated led by Sergeant J D Busby and Officer C W Platt. George Fellows discovered the entry. Overcoats from F T Harkness and C L Thompson were also taken. Harkness described his coat as black size 37 with torn sleeves. Thompson's gray coat bore the name E Jack Selig Inc. on an inside pocket.
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Sinclair Refining Company
Oak Street
J. D. Busby
C. W. Platt
George Fellows
Negro Employe
F. T. Harkness
St. John Street
C. L. Thompson
Pine Street
Harkness
Thompson
E. Jack Selig, Inc
Scouts Succeed in Toy Campaign Across Town
Two Boy Scout troops report collections of over 100 toys each for Christmas distribution. Troop 34 with about 100 items and 59 repaired gifts handed to First Methodist Church. Troop 31 with about 125 toys, 75 repaired and ready, some repainted by Monroe fire department.
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G. W. Simpson
First Methodist Church
Grace Episcopal Church
Fletcher Ashcraft
Monroe
Never Miss a Trick Brady shines in Broadway to Hollywood
Alice Brady, famed for flawless attention to detail, stars in Broadway to Hollywood at the Paramount, portraying three generations of vaudeville theater within a single dramatic arc. The cast includes Fay Templeton, Barney Fagan, May Robson and modern stars as Jackie Cooper and Madge Evans.
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Alice Brady
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Broadway
Hollywood
Paramount Theater
William A. Brady
Miss Brady
Fay Templeton
Barney Fagan
May Robson
Jackie Cooper
Jimmy Durante
Frank Morgan
Madge Evans
Eddie Quillan
Russell Hardie
Tony Pastor
Talking Pictures
Cinema photographer rises to director in 1920s
The article notes a chief cinema photographer who later became a director. He first directed Karloff in The Mum my and also directed Moonlight and Pretzels, with the Freund camera touch evident throughout the film.
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Capitol
Screenland
Karl Freund
Moonlight and Pretzels
Universal
Berlin
F. W. Murnau
E. A. DuPont
England
Metropolis
United States
Hollywood
America
Back Street
Karloff
Christmas Plans in Bastrop Highlight Holiday Observances
Bastrop plans a full Christmas with stores closed, church services on Christmas morning, and social events for students returning home. The Civic league decorates a Christmas tree near city hall while German and Morehouse Country club dances unfold. Episcopal carol singers, led by Rev. A H Brook, tour the city Sunday night singing at multiple stops. Special services occur Monday Christmas day at Catholic and Episcopal churches with other pastors delivering seasonally themed sermons.
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Bastrop
Civic League
Village Club
Morehouse Country Club
Bastrop High School Alumni Association
Episcopal Church
A. H. Brook
Lawrence Spier
J. C. Young
Mildred
Christmas Tree Program Planned by Presbyterian Sunday School
The Presbyterian church Sunday school will hold a Christmas celebration tonight with a tree as the centerpiece. Each scholar will receive candy nuts and fruit gifts. Parents are invited and elders should not bring gifts for the tree beyond those provided by the committee.
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The
Presbyterian Church
Effort to Defraud Mother in Texas Fraud Case
Bennie Fulton 23, serving a jail sentence in Oak Grove Louisiana, answered a Texas newspaper ad from Mrs A C Adamike of Houston seeking news of her 11 year old son Tly Adamike who had supposedly been away since age 16 and asked for $25 sent to a Duke hotel. Fulton replied posing as her son and solicited funds. the scam was uncovered when Adamike questioned the hotel. Federal officers are investigating.
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Oak Grove
Bennie Fulton
Texas
A. C. Adamike
Houston
Tly Adamike
Fulton
Duke Hotel
Honeymoon Origin Tied to Honey Wine Custom
The term honeymoon derives from a Teutonic tradition of drinking honey wine during the first 30 days after marriage, a period believed to determine the couple’s fate. The practice linked sweetness and luck with early married life.
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Sinclair Plant
Ely
Castoria
Houbigant
Star
Addison Richards
Lisa Lee
Paramount
Will James
Capitol Theater
Good Fellows
J. C. Penney Company
News-Star—World
Brady
Palace
Alaskan
Child’s Wool
Shop Bear
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