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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1935

Page

2

Brilliant Christmas Dance at Lakeside Country Club

Society editors report a lavish Christmas party at Lakeside Country Club with hosts Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Windes Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Huey Mr. and Mrs. Milling Bernstein John Cann and John Blackmon. Guests wore elegant gowns as cedar pine and holly decorations lit the ballroom. A Sunday breakfast at the Virginia hotel honored Miss Dorothy Apgar and Mr Wesley Hodge amid roses fruits and playful miniature brandy flasks as place cards. The Sherrouse home hosted a cocktail soirée before the Lakeside party attended by 150 guests and 500 dancers concluding in early morning hours.

Eugene Windes S. FE. Huey Milling Bernstein John Cann John Blackmon Society Lakeside Country Club S. E. Huey Windes Huey Cameo Virginia Archie Melgren Dorothy Apgar Wesley Hodge Apgar William Thurman Robert Pittman Helene Gaines Olive Hodge Leon Apgar John Sherrouse Morris Haas Edward Seymour Joseph Isaacman Gordon Cummings Sherrouse Isaacman Seymour Haas Cummings E. B. Beasley Shreveport

Christmas Season Socials Fill Local Calendar

A dense list of Christmas week events fills the slate from December 24 to 31. Dances, bridge parties, and New Year celebrations are hosted by Lakeside Country club Frances hotel VFW hall and Y M H A with several private gatherings. Notable social highlights include a bridge party for Miss Annie Ruth Faulk and a Sugar Bowl trip for the Tierneys.

Phi Kappa Fraternity Lakeside Country Club Mary Eleanor Coverdale Delta Beta Sigma Virginia Hotel Delta Beta Sigma Sorority Delta Sigma Fraternity Delta Sigma Phi Kappa Cherokee Terrace Frances Hotel Walter Kellogg Billy, Buster Jake Duke Teflis Grotto

Funeral held for W. T. Donnell in Crowville Louisiana

W. T. Donnell 69 a Crowville business man died suddenly December 17 at his home. Funeral was December 18 at 3 pm at the family residence with burial in Crowville Masonic cemetery. Rev. C B White Rev St Amant Rev Weeks and Rev Wroten officiated. Survived by widow Flora Elizabeth Calhoun and six children Annie Huff P E Walters Paul Simmons W T Donnell R F Donnell and others.

W. T. Donnell Crowville C. B. White St. Amant Crowville Methodist Church Weeks Rev Wroten Lee McDuffie DeWitt Harper Ansel Harper Tom Johnson Ivy Hair Francis Talbert J. C. Watson W. H. Franklin C. W. Hair Miles McDuffie C. D. Powell J. M. Walters W. B. Glover A. A. Bush J. B. Cordill Donnell Mississippi Franklin Parish Methodist Church Flora Elizabeth Calhoun Annie Huff Winnsboro P. E. Walters Paul Simmons New Gulf Texas Floyd King R. F. Donnell

Mrs J D Wilkins Dies at 609 Orange Street

Mrs J D Wilkins aged 66 died at her son A W Wilkins residence 609 Orange street late Saturday night. Funeral held at 3 pm Monday at the residence with Rev W C Scott of First Methodist officiating. Interment in Hasley cemetery. Pallbearers C W Williams Fred Culver C S Causey Charles S Swain R N Dozier Clyde Henderson. Survived by two sons and one daughter A W Wilkins Monroe Roy Wilkins Tallulah and Mrs C E Powell Pampa Texas.

Clyde Henderson A. W. Wilkins Monroe Roy Wilkins Tallulah C. E. Powell Pampa Texas

Funeral for M. L. Wren Honors Longtime East Feliciana Official

The 83 year old M L Wren longtime East Louisiana State hospital employee and three term mayor of Jackson La died Thursday A funeral service was held at his Jackson residence with burial in Jackson cemetery He served the hospital for 50 years and lived most of his life in Jackson Surviving are his widow a son J W Wren a daughter Mrs Fensky Terzia and a sister Miss Alice Wren among others The Rev Father C McConville conducted the services Pallbearers included Morris Lee Yost Pipes Dr Charles Miller and others

M. L. Wren East Louisiana State Hospital Jackson Wren East Feliciana Parish J. W. Wren Fensky Terzia Monroe Alice Wren Charles W. Wren Saucier Fensky Terzia, Jr Jean Terzia C. McConville St. Francisville Morris Lee Yost Pipes Charles Miller C. E. Gillum Millard Johnson A. §. Tomb, Jr Ambrose Wesley

Death of Charlie Moore in Girard from pneumonia

Charlie Moore aged 21 died December 17 at his parents home in Girard Louisiana from pneumonia. He leaves a widow a son Robert Charles Moore parents Newton and unknown Moore two sisters Eloise and Mannie Moore three brothers Purvis Jack and Lester Leon Moore four grandparents Mr and Mrs G M Moore and Mr and Mrs J M Viola and many relatives. Interment was in a nearby cemetery.

Girard Charlie Moore

Memphis visitors and local social notes from the week

Wisner K M Spurrier J W Runyan and Robert McKnight of Memphis were guests here. Mrs S E Pool who has been ill spent time in a Vicksburg sanitarium and will remain at home for treatment before a near future examination. H W Gilbert A J Ensminger with J C Buie and Dr R E King were in New Orleans for several days. Miss Frances Gilbert daughter of Mrs Fannie Gilbert arrived to spend the holidays. she attends Virginia Intermont college at Bristol VA and serves on the college weekly staff as editor and Y W C A president.

S. E. Pool Vicksburg H. W. Gilbert A. J. Ensminger J. C. Buie Dr. R. E. King New Orleans Frances Gilbert Fannie Gilbert Miss Gilbert Virginia Intermont College Bristol Virginia Rifle Club Lucy Barnes Mr. Barnes Emily Edwin Mrs. Barnes Frances Frances Rose William Turner Marian Sims

Emily Returns to Edwin After Recovery and Moves Home

Emily Barnes quits Birmingham life and returns to Edwin as illness frightens her to rejoin him. Charlotte's letter motivates resilience while Frances pushes Oriental decor and Emily plans a simple New England cottage. Mrs Barnes visits, judging draperies as dining plans loom and fate tightens around domestic duties.

Charlotte New England Edwin Emily Birmingham Frances Kairallah

Student committee to plan summer camp at college

Miss Gilbert, a Virginia Intermont sophomore and Wisner High School graduate, stands out in academics and as a star basketball player. She is pursuing physical education and will help form plans for the summer camp during the next term.

Gilbert Wisner High School Virginia Intermont

Young church group plans Christmas carol rounds

The party expects to make 15 to 20 calls singing Christmas carols at the homes of sick persons, traveling by automobile to various parts of the city. After completing the itinerary, the group will gather at the church for a social hour.

Shut-ins to Hear Christmas Carols by Methodist Youth

Miss Elizabeth Langford announces the First Methodist church program in which 30 to 40 young people visit shut-ins on Christmas Eve. The group will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday night at the church before starting its rounds to homes of the sick.

First Methodist Church Elizabeth Langford

Kea Birds Ravage New Zealand Flocks Prompt Aid Request

In Wellington New Zealand farmers seek government aid to destroy kea birds blamed for slaughtering thousands of sheep Each bird pecks through wool to the kidney fat feeding on livestock Flocks once in high country now suffer in low pastures as pests spread across regions.

Wellington N. Z New Zealand

Loop Road bus line begins operation in Monroe

A new Loop Road bus service started Monday in Monroe linking Loop Road with Park Avenue and DeSiard Street near Louisiana State University. The five to six mile route offers 20 minute trips to downtown with transfers at DeSiard and College Avenue, aiming to relieve congestion on DeSiard Road. Two new streamline buses are in operation with more planned.

Park Avenue Louisiana State University DeSiard Street College Avenue DeLiard Street Monroe Loop Road DeSiard DeSiard Road Riverside-DeSiard Road

In-Service Check Planned Before Activation

A note states items will be placed in service once a mechanic completes thorough checks to confirm perfect running condition.

Crazy To Have A Car, Car Drives Him Crazy

Weatherford Oklahoma reports that 18 year old Johnny Klassen loved cars, but after buying one his tires were stolen twice, the car was seized in a revival, he was beaten by would be thieves, a night in the car followed by a fire that ruined his savings.

Emily Darling Charlotte Weatherford Okla Johnny Klassen Klassen

Bolivia to Adopt War Orphans as Relief Plan

In La Paz Bolivia a commission proposes declaring Chaco war orphans wards of the state. A two percent tax on miners and one percent on commercial workers wages would fund care until age 16. Charities also seek stamps to fund victims and soldiers crippled in the war.

LA Paz Bolivia Chaco Federal Commission Congress Paraguay

Ghost Town in Moore County Stands Silent After 44 Years

In Carthage North Carolina a long abandoned ghost town 40 miles away from the city still has intact millstone buildings, homes, post office and hotel. All structures remain but no residents. The hotel register last shows an entry on April 2 1891. Streets are overgrown as historians wonder why people left.

Carthage N. C Moore County

Pour Wine Into Danube Says Hungarian Solon

Budapest December 23 Stephan Goergey a member of parliament urged destroying half of Hungary’s annual wine output to aid prices He argued trade restrictions have produced overproduction pushing wine to about 2 cents a quart Then the remaining wine could fetch 6 to 8 cents a quart at home

Budapest Stephan Goergey Danube Goergey

Policeman Visits Iona Weekly Signs Guest Book Then Returns

A Scottish routine records a constable visiting Iona once weekly. He signs a guest book as proof of visit and then returns to Mull, his regular beat. The practice underscores local policing links between islands in the Inner Hebrides.

Iona Mull

California Census Notes 97 456 Japanese Count

The 1930 census enumerated 97 456 Japanese residents in California. The figure highlights the community size within the state during the census year.

California

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