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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1936
Page
7
In Park Illinois on December 22 a story of Pat Maguire's long sleep repeats. Mrs Miley cares for Pat since February 1932, feeding six times daily, exercising muscles, and massaging limbs. She handles meals, housework, and family duties while sleeping in the same room to attend Pat nightly.
Mrs. Alice Booth of Columbia Missouri witnessed the hanging of George Mc Keever an Iowa desperado in Fulton Missouri. She had urged that her children be allowed to attend the execution. Sergeant Ben Booth of the Missouri state highway patrol stood with her and their children Owanna eleven and Wesley twelve in a photograph.
H B McClendon Ouachita parish veterans service officer announced official birth registration cards for children born to war veterans in the parish over the past year. The cards match state board of health forms and were issued through a cooperative American Legion post program to ensure registration with health and federal census records for veterans' benefits and social security date verification.
Lonnie Wilson a 13 year old West Monroe boy who was crushed beneath freight train wheels near his home has been amputated below the knee and is recovering, his physician said. He fell while attempting to board the Illinois Central freight train and planned to ride to West Monroe. His mother Mrs Ruby Wilson lives in Ransom addition.
Postal clerk F. E. Welch of 511 North Fifth Street West Monroe underwent an operation at Riverside yesterday. Welch is a longtime Monroe post office employee.
Caldwell parish schools will close for Christmas holidays from December 23 and will reopen January 4.
Jack Angell books a glamorous 20 entertainer revue directed by Jack Kane for the Three Mile Inn on DeSiard road. Star Maureen Rio from Earl Carroll's Sketch Book headlines with the Udell Triplets, the all girl orchestra, and acts from Tom Rollo to Jordan and Grace. Cliff Jordan performs a spinning wheel act while balancing 85 pounds on his head.
In Monroe city court, Robert Lindsey was fined 107.50 for drawing a knife and drunkenness. Marion Mitchell paid 12.50 for carrying a knife and 7.50 for drunkenness. Frank Cann received 30 days for larceny. Additional drunks paid 7.50 or 19 each. others paid fines or bonds. Ernest Crockett got 75 for carrying a concealed weapon and 10 for drunkenness. Isaac Godfrey and Calvin Williams were fined 10 each for fighting and disturbing the peace. Joe Woodward faced 20 fine or 20 days for larceny.
Mr and Mrs J H Scogin announce a son born yesterday at St Francis sanitarium. Mr and Mrs Wilmer E Lawson report a son born Saturday night at Vaughan Wright Bendel clinic. Lawson is a clinic laboratory technician. H P Hebert and Mr and Mrs T E B Spaight announce a son born yesterday at St Francis sanitarium. J H Adams husband of resident at 307 Pine Street West Monroe welcomed a son yesterday at Vaughan Wright Bendel clinic.
Howard Stillman a 44 year old farmer confined in an Ocala hospital has grown much weaker. Dr J L Chalker reports Stillman’s constant talking is controlled only by drugs and oxygen with no chance of recovery if inflammation in the speech area of the brain cannot be treated quickly.
Miss Freddie Mae Bannister of Columbia, a beauty school student, had an appendicitis operation at Riverside sanitarium yesterday.
Jackson Mississippi police court records show Police Judge W T Horton fined his wife 1 for parking overtime and then paid the fine himself. The incident highlights local courtroom conduct in the downtown area.
Maurice Nast clung to a hotel ledge for two hours as a crowd watched in fear. A firefighter crept up from behind and pulled him to safety, ending the tense stand-off captured in an Associated Press photo.
A Christmas play titled The Little Match Girl will be staged at Eros High School on December 23. The cast includes Dorothy Cook Charles Works Charles Phillips James Huey and many others with additional program numbers such as carols by the Home Demonstration club and a poem by Printon Gaston.
Ferriday Louisiana December 22 a school publication announces a popularity contest to be staged after the Christmas holidays by Ferriday High School High Spots. Jeanne Wilkes editor of the Piper confirms the event.
A fire in Ottawa destroys a home, killing five children from the Giroux family. Parents Adelaide and the father escaped with minor injuries, leaping from a second story window with two other children. The deceased are Romeo 17 Cecile 11 Therese 10 Marguerite 8 and Jeanette 5. The report notes the fire occurred in the lower city section.
Captain Willie Bennett, star fullback of Waterproof High School, wed Miss Irene Dell Keenan of Clayton recently in Vidalia with Superintendent J. S. Burris officiating. In Bernice, Rosalie Grafton wed Edgar T. Long on December 19 at 6 p.m.
Rev A T Mitchell, pastor of the local Baptist church, performed the ceremony at the home of the bride's sister Starkie Lindsey in Bernice. The newlyweds, Mr. and Mrs. Long, will reside in Kelly where Mr Long is employed.
Five women said to be Birmingham, Alabama residents pleaded guilty in New Orleans to petty larceny charges tied to an alleged shoplifting syndicate. Judge William J. O'Hara sentenced them to prison terms.
The Ouachita Parish Dairy Dealers Association will hold its regular monthly meeting tomorrow at 7 PM in the courthouse. E S Eby announced the gathering last night.
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