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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1929
Page
7
The Twin Cities fear the cold breaks as a 16 degree low and 43 degree high mark the 24 hours ending 7 am. Snow from last weekend lingers though rising temperatures promise a white Christmas. Locals recall historic storms with boots high in snow during the 1870s.
Jackson Mississippi faced its first white Christmas as heavy snowfall lingered. The temperature barely rose above zero, matching the cold record from Monday night, with elderly residents noting the rare festive snow.
Conde Alda ma will be ordained a priest in Garanada with his wife joining a convent in Seville. Two daughters have long been nuns, and three of his sons, all Jesuit priests, will assist at the first mass.
Troops 43 and 44 from Rayville enjoyed a five mile overnight hike on River Road camping on Boeuf River at the Norman property. Scouts cooked their own meals, held contests, and participated in a camp fire pow wow before returning at dawn. The camp honors ended in a tie, with Edward Cain Jim Balfour William Christian Fred Cooper Wilbur Long and Mack Iniechen in the trip.
The Rayville scouts organize a Used Toy Campaign to collect repair and redistribute toys for needy children the night before Christmas. Leaders include Aubrey Gwyn Allen Buie Jr Bil Wilson and Scoutmasters W A Cooper and W D Cotton. Troop 65 reports a brief meeting with Scout Oath dues a basketball lineup and hopes junior members will join later.
The event concluded with the Scoutmaster’s benediction delivered by Bobbie Hawthorne, who served as scribe for the proceedings.
Friday night December 20 at 7:30 the Scouts met with Raymond John leading the Scout Oath. Attendance was good despite Scout Master Shelton’s absence. Dues were collected and several games played including breaking the elephant's back and chain tag. The meeting closed with the Scout benediction. MARION MONK Scribe.
Troop 29 welcomed Fred Edgar, their former Senior Patrol Leader, back for a night of drill and leadership as older scouts guided younger ones. A treasure hunt led by Fred crowned John Blake as the winner amid a lively meeting.
The message records that the meeting closed with the Scout benediction and that attendees will visit the Scout master's place next Monday night. It calls for attendance at the meeting next Friday night, signed by WALLACE OLMSTEAD, Scribe.
Foreman Arkansas Dec 24 two farmers Brad Morgan and Ed Dublin were found beaten to death in an alfalfa field near Foreman. A negro youth Major Henry found the bodies and a whiskey siphon lay under Dublin's arm. Sheriff Harris is investigating with no definite clues. McComb Mississippi Dec 24 E G Williams secretary of the state democratic executive committee is being urged to call a meeting to replace Capt Noel White who was slain near Lexington weeks ago.
A Memphis hospital story notes a Gypsy mother Mrs George Gilt is allowed to see her three day old baby after following tribal custom that forbids parents from seeing their infant or learning its sex for three days. The husband paced the corridor as nurses teased him with the reveal. The baby was reportedly fed by friends and wore no clothes as per tradition.
In New Orleans a bandit masked with a winter scarf forced Charles N. Pfeffer, 24, manager of a chain grocery, to surrender $80. A woman customer, a clerk, and four children were present during the incident at the store.
Of 16.6 million visitors to Vancouver in 1929, 17 percent stayed at tourist camps. Kansas projects about 29.5 million dollars to be spent on road improvements in 1930.
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