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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1932
Page
5
The page blends holiday reflections with local life. Mrs Prentice Clark welcomes a baby girl Carol Louise at the Clinic on December seventeenth. Parish club events, readers, and plans for a P T A Christmas party join social notices and sermons on modern education and parent involvement.
The piece extols giving and charity during Christmas, praising the parent teacher association for its inclusive service and spiritual uplift. It notes members' selflessness and the PTA's role as a community guardian for children, with a brief personal mention of Mr Ralph Corn spending Christmas with relatives at the Plaza hotel in Houston.
A sequence of Christmas season happenings fills days from December 24 to 31. Programs include a Christmas Eve frolic at Frances hotel a cantata The Christ Child at the church a Y M H A ball a Dixie chapter O E 8S 179 installation a Riverside tea dance with Theta Pi and a Delta Sigma ball.
Advertising notice for pattern 2410 for juniors, showing a cape coat with pockets and high collar. Outlines sizes 4 to 14, fabric and lining yardage, illustrated instructions, and 15 cent pattern price. Catalog offer and mailing address in New York City.
Miss Regina Moffett hosted a gala Christmas Yuletide party at the Frances hotel honoring her dancing class. A decorated tree and gifts for each child framed a program of music and dancing, with Jo Ann Biedenharn winning the prize in a lively contest. Mothers attended with the class, and guests included Rhoda Kellogg and many others. separate notices mention Mrs. Moffett visiting Ruston and other families celebrating the season while the W R Mitchell PTA held a large meeting.
A reader aged eighteen asks Virginia Vane if she should marry a widower seven years older with three children. Vane urges consulting her father, delaying decisions, and avoiding elopement as a sign of weak character. Another letter asks about engagement to a man whose love is split with another, and the columnist advises patience and letting the situation unfold.
Tipped off by Clive, who frets over Santa trying to reform her former husband Dicky, Lou-Lou slaps Dicky and departs with him after venting at Clive and Santa. Dicky reappears next night and Clive rebels, singing Dicky into the hall with orders to stay away.
Clive confronts Santa after a bitter divorce triangle with Dicky and Lou as the trio struggles over love, control, and pride. He insists on a final decision and warns against further heartbreak, while a late phone call reveals new tensions.
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