Monroe Christmas Tree Shines as City Welcomes Youth
A Christmas season feature in Monroe highlights a radiant tree in Mayor Bernstein’s yard symbolizing brotherhood and love for all. The piece also notes the city’s youth surge from school and a December wedding of Miss La Verne Hawkins and Mr. W E Monroe at the Presbyterian church with details of attire and attendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Arnold Bernstein
Mistein
Mise LaVerne Hawkins
W. E. Monce
E. Holloway
First Presbyterian Church
Natile Hudnall
Louis Monroe
F. T. Hawkins
Ouachita Parish
Gale Monroe
Pontiac Motor Company
Wood Street
Mrs Mildred Morton Fetes and Wedding Plans Noted
In Pecan Grove Mrs J W Swift hosts a creole coffee hour 10 to 12 Tuesday in honor of Miss Mildred Morton. Thursday Dec 26 Mrs Neil McHenry and Mrs Morton Myatt host a dinner for Mildred Morton at 6 30 p m during Kiwanis annual meeting. West Monroe luncheon 6 30 to 9 p m with West Monroe College boys. Friday Dec 27 Mrs A B Myatt hosts luncheon for Mildred Morton at Lotus Club 12 30 p m. Lettie McReynolds to entertain Morton Pearce wedding party after rehearsal with Business and Professional Women’s Clubhouse dinner. Saturday Dec 28 wedding of Mildred Morton and Dr Maunsel Bennett Pearce at First Baptist Church at high noon. Mrs Claude Harrison to host Tri Deltas luncheon at Lotus Club 12 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Swift
Mildred Morton
Pecan Grove
Neil McHenry
Morton Myatt
Kiwanis Club
West Monroe College
West Monroe Methodist Church
A. B. Myatt
Lotus Club
Lettie McReynolds
Morton-Pearce
Business and Professional Women's
Maunsel Bennett Pearce
First Baptist Church
Claude Harrison
Tri Deltas
Holiday Guests Fill Homes Across City
Miss Elizabeth Platt returns from Hollins College to spend holidays with her parents, joining Atlanta social scenes at Miss Marion Wolfe's debut. Several students and guests from Birmingham, Port Arthur, San Antonio, and Louisiana visit local families for Christmas. A wedding at the Presbyterian church links families, with bouquets sent to relatives in Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, and beyond as relatives arrive from Little Rock and other cities for festive gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Platt
Hollins College
Virginia
J. W. Platt
H. C. Littlepage
San Antonio
Graham Littlepage
Elizabeth McGuire
City
Miss McGuire
Mrs
Manning McGuire
Pauline Olmstead
Truett Scarborough
Presbyterian Church
A. &. Olmstead
Altan, NL
Cliffie Olmstead
Mr. Scarborough
Natchitoches
Kansas
Robert Courtney
Shirley Ann
Little Rock
Mr. Courtney
BE. G. Courtney
Clara Averett
H. E. Averett
West Side
Prayer Meeting to Be Held Thursday in West Monroe
An interdenominational prayer meeting will be held Thursday at 3 p m led by Mrs H L Gregg at 112 South Second Street West Monroe.
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H. L. Gregg
South Second Street
West Monroe
The Night Before Christmas By Fanny Darrell
A nostalgic holiday reflection recounts children awaiting Santa on Christmas Eve and the loving home that makes the night magical. It conveys warmth, wonder, and gratitude for love, peace, and happiness through a gentle midnight moment.
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Santa Claus
Santa
Atkins Christmas Dance Draws Monroe’s Young Elite En Masse
The Atkins home hosts the Yuletide season’s kickoff with a vivid social scene. Local youths in tuxedos and college-returnees mix with the Atkins family and Misses Ruth Eleanor Atkins, amid elegant gowns and festive music signaling a lively winter in Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atkins
Monroe
P. M. Atkins
Phi Kappa Hosts Dinner At Edgewater Club
Members of Phi Kappa fraternity hosted a Christmas dinner last night at Edgewater Country Club for home for the holidays. Judge William Harper acted as toastmaster with a turkey dinner served to guests including James Sparks and several college students. Afterward the group attended a dancing party, as Christmas morn and Yuletide spirit lift local families.
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Sigmund Masur
Bertha Marie
Phi Kappa
Phi Kappa Fraternity
Edgewater Country Club
William Harper
Edgewater Senate
James Sparks
Washington-Lee
Arthur Tidwell
Jack Butler
John Willaims
William Bynum
Grady Sleeker
Martin Meredith
John Winberry
Billy Haynes
William King den Breitenmoser
Morton Meredith
Underwood Fourney
Tilden Austin
Donald Dana
Paul Fink
Scanlon Butler
Billy Herring
James Swink Foster Jones
Judge Harper
Arkinge
University of Texas Law School Aids Nine Women Students
A fragment notes that nine women students are in the law school at the University of Texas while mentions bankruptcy petitions of communist patrons and unpaid checks raising liabilities over 100000 dollars.
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Atives
The
University of Texas
A Mother’s Hierarchy of Six Children Draws Critique
Alice Judson Peale argues a six child system where the eldest governs siblings creates dependency and friction. The author says children should answer to parents or proper surrogates and not to an older sibling hierarchy that stifles independence and judgment.
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Christ Child
God
Realty Transfers Highlight Local Property Deals
Yesterday's clerk of court records show Peoples Home and Saving Association selling Lots 10 and 11 in block 1 of S. W. Vicks subdivision to John W. Skipper for 1200 dollars. James J. McCormick transfers 1 2 interest in square 19 of Austin's and Baby's first Southern addition to Monroe for 200 dollars. W. Va. Timber Company sells southwest quarter of section 34 township 17 north range 4E totaling 40 acres with a 10 year oil and mineral rights reservation to F. D. Duffy for 200 dollars. H. FE Slaughter Sr transfers fast first half of lot 6 square 2 River view addition to Monroe located at Gordon and Grove avenues for 1200 dollars.
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Peoples Home and Saving Association
John W. Skipper
S. W. Vicks
James J. McCormick
Gordon Wright
Austin’s and Baby
Monroe
W. Va. Timber Company
F. D Duffy
Story of a Wife's Love's Reawakening
A convalescent narrator hosts Dicky's three nephews during Christmas. Hidden tensions surface as Henry requests jazz on a radio as William plots to resurrect an old gun plan. The narrator contemplates family flaws and suspicions while guarding secrets from the guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Dicky
Junior
Mary
Elizabeth Harrison
Henry
Katherine
Edwin
Hank
Harriet
Downward Spiral of John Andrew Kellogg in a Southward Drive
Kellogg, heir to a large fortune, loses his job and allies with attorney David Craig to prove himself. He resists Barbara Thornton, courts Anne Ames in Hollywood, buys a Mercury roadster, finances risky ventures, and faces a traffic fine as he heads toward Los Angeles, hoping to salvage his fate.
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Andrew Kelluge
Hetrio
Thornton
David Craig
John Andrew
Barbara
Craig
Hollywood
San Francisco
California
Anne Ames
Anne
Los Angeles
Peter Merriam
Pete
Mercury
John Andrews
Andrew
John Armdrew
Union Square
Tt Op
Mexico
Shell
Rotary
Lions and Kiwanis and Exchange Club
New York
Kellogg
Browning Hills
Ony
Free Dee
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Dept
Clyde Holloway
Elizabeth Franke
Rose Ulman
Birmingham
Hilda Jones
Port Arthur
Yuletide
Wilson Jones
Miss Metha Liner
George Goodwin
Miss Liner
University of Alamaha
Gulfpark College
Mississippi
Catherine White
Maud Merley Clowney
Huttig
Ark
Enid
Iris Bittle
DeLire
Honduras
Dorothy Tinsley
Duluth
Minnesota
J. H. Tinsley
B. M. McKoin
Jackson Street
Fanny Darrell
Secarcely
Projectos Restaurant
Alice Judson Peale
H. FE
Slaughter, Sr
C. C. Bell
Lot
Riverview
Gordon Avenue
Grove Avenue
Adele Garrisv
William Harrison
Jan
Harrison
Peter Pan
Deerright
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