Christmas Spirit and Elegant Society Gatherings Highlight Year
The column reflects a festive mood with plans for a quiet Christmas and acts of charity. It highlights Miss Robertine Rhymes’s Cameo dinner for Dorothy Maye Sherrouse and George Gear, detailing flowers, courses, desserts, and guest list plus military family arrivals home for holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robertine Riymes
Virginia
Dorothy Maye Sherrouse
George Adrian Gear
Mary Frances Parnell
Miss Rhymes
Robert Rhymes
Gear
Charles Sherrouse
John Sherrouse
C. W. Wallace
Lanny Calhoun
Christmas events and club gatherings in area social calendar
Readable items describe open houses and dances leading into Christmas week. Events include Miss Kugler and Miss Parsons open houses, Delta Sigma 15th Christmas ball, Delta Beta Sigma tea-dansante, parish dancing party, Business and Professional Women's Christmas party, Teflis Grotto New Year ball, and YWCA Business Girls Club Christmas dinner with readings and a world view of Christmas. Elizabeth and Earl Sturgeon to stay with their father at the Louisiana hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta Sigma Fraternity
Frances Hotel
Delta Beta Sigma Sorority
Elizabeth
Earl Sturgeon
Shreveport
L. E. Sturgeon
Louisiana Hotel
Afton Home Demonstration Club
Reid Watts
God Bless America
Earl Elder
Elizabeth Williams
State Office
Flora E. Fortner
Jonesville Club Meetings Report Youth Program and Doings
The last Black High Home Economics Club meeting was led by president Miriam Yancey with reports read and a program by Rowena Dowdy, including a Wilma Ledford solo and a youth problems article read by Mary Jane Freeman. The Mu Signs elected officers. a Presbyterian Auxiliary circle met with Mrs. Tommye Moseley. a birthday party for Camile Edwards aged 13 was hosted by Mrs. C. E. Enete with many relatives in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black High
Miriam Yancey
Rowena Dowdy
Wilma Ledford
Mary Jane Freeman
Iota
The
Mu Signs
Charles Wurster, Jr
Marie Davis
Harry Lee Madison
Presbyterian Auxiliary
Tommye Moseley
Simpson Drive
Moseley
H. D. Habergan
Jimmy Stacy
R. B. Fritz
Gene Guas
Wilbur Ellis
W. L. Enete
H. G. Kenney
Jonesville
C. E. Enete
Camile Edwards
Camile
Bobbie Nell Butler
Charles Allen Marvin
Louise Snyder
Yvonne Frisbie
Hubert Owen
Eddie Davis
Eddie Yancey
Pattern 8815 pinafore and blouse for schoolgirls
Smart pattern No. 8815 tops the season with a flaring pinafore and waist focus that features a large back pocket and sash bow. Includes matching blouses in linen challis or batiste sized 6 8 10 12 years, with yardage details and ordering instructions from The News Star-World pattern service.
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Lhe Incoin
News Star—World Today
7Th Ave
New York
N. Y
Sub-Delts of Jonesville Host Meeting and Plans
On November 28 the Sub-Delts club met at Mrs JF Yancey home with Miss Miriam Yancey as hostess. They discussed a Christmas party but did not finalize plans. A reading on Etiquette by Wilma Ledford followed, then refreshments for members and guest Madge Gibson.
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Jonesville
Yancey
Miriam Yancey
Wilma Ledford
Revered Visitors and Local Guests Share Holiday Socials
Ruston and Nashville clergy and families hosted guests from across Texas Louisiana and Tennessee. Attendees included Rev E W McMillan Rev E G Cullum Mrs R E Carter Mrs Rene Morgen Mrs Charles White and many others sharing tea meals and piano selections during a Christmas themed reception for friends and neighbors in Minden.
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E. W. McMillan
F. G. Cullum
Nashville, Tenn
J. D. Boyd
Charles White
Rev
E. G. Cullum
Nashville
Tens
Truesdale Payne
Kansas City
Stewart Hunt
North
Vienna Street
Felton Green
Hunt
Payne
Vira BR
Abe Harris
J Hunt Thatcher
Monroe
James Baskerville
A. E. Eppa
Eleanor Mitchell
Alex Hunt
Galen Davis
R. A. Parrott
G. W. McGinty
Robert Beall
Social News Roundup of Visits and Family Gatherings
Houston visitors include Mangham and Callihan families while Shreveport and Carlsbad guests join relatives for holidays. Galveston and Monticello travelers share Christmas plans. Bastrop and Pleasant Hill trips noted. A birthday shower honors Mrs. Newberry with many attendees listed.
Secret Room Clue Spurs Weekend Engagement Party Mystery
Aunt Maggie is murdered during a weekend gathering to celebrate Claire and Bob. The party searches for a hidden room Maggie spoke of, uncovering a double wall along the kitchen and dining area and a concealed supply closet behind it. Police have not yet arrived from Atlanta.
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Maggie
Sally
Bill
Claire
Bob
Atlanta
Bessie
Lindey
Alice
Andrew
Secret Room Hidden Behind Cabinet At Wisteria Hall
In the Roswell weekend gathering at Wisteria Hall, a note from Aunt Maggie points to a supposed dining room clue. Bob suspects a concealed door behind a china cabinet though no mechanism is found, leading to a hidden silver room and renewed murder investigation questions.
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Maggie
Library
Hall
Butlet’s
Bill
Bob
Claire
Bessie
Sally
Immedi
Sandie
Group of Ladies Attends Afternoon Event
The afternoon gathering included Mrs J E Taylor Mrs C B E McConnell Mrs Grace Adams Mrs J M Newberry Mrs M D Preston Mrs I L Bruce Mrs J W DeMons Mrs R E Kenton Miss Ethel Watson Mrs L J Gwin Mrs W E Hixon Mrs Monroe Hixon Miss Florice Hixon Mrs J C Tillman Mrs Sallie Boies Mrs D B McKay Miss Ada Preston.
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J. E. Taylor
C. BE. McConnell
Grace Adams
J. M. Newberry
M. D. Preston
I. L. Bruce
J. W. DeMons
R. E. Kenton
Ethel Watson
L. J. Gwin
W. E. Hixon
Monroe Hixon
Florice Hixon
J. C. Tillman
Sallie Boies
D. B. McKay
Ada Preston
Wakeman Kills Wife and Self After Christmas Tree Incident
In Kansas City a 42 year old man Owen T. Wakeman shot his wife and then killed himself at their home after being drawn by a glittering Christmas tree. Police reports indicate the tragedy occurred on Christmas Eve prompting a grim domestic crime scene.
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Kansas City
Owen T. Wakeman
Man fatally shoots wife then dies in suspected murder suicide
After weeks apart from his wife Almeda 38 Wakeman left a rooming house to join her and 14 year old Pauline to wrap Christmas gifts. At the door Pauline heard his final words and shots rang out. Mrs Wakeman died before officers arrived as Wakeman was rushed to a hospital with a reported self inflicted wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almeda
Pauline
Patricia
Wakeman
Tom Farley
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John Stewart
Officers’ Reserve Corps
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Evanston, In
Fred Fudickar
Bill Armstrong
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Kay Kugler
Jean Parsons
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Charles Bennett
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Alexandria
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Riverside
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Neal T. Evans
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Mrs. Lorenzo Smith
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Louis Hart
Eve van Delden
Gulf Park College
Mrs. F. N. vanDelden
Glenmar
Josephine Hines
Start
Riverside Sanitarium
Helen Virginia Cheeks
Carolyn Haury
Houston
George Lowery
Jeanette Pearl
Baton Rouge
Mr. Lowery
the Cedars On
Loyce Stewart
Memphis
K. B. Stewart
News-Star
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Ruston
G. C. Davis
J. L. Davis
Charles Seales
Lockhart
Varna Davis
Linville
Elton Abernathy
Brownwood, Tex
George Mounger
R. E. Carter
C. E. Robinson
Rene Morgen
Sarath Alice Boyd
Perryville
Ark
Albert Dodds
Washington, D. C
Mr . L McCrary
Panama
Paul Davis
Glen Lackey
Addison Thompson
Robert F. Kennon
Minden
Mangham
J. R. Callihan
Houston, Tex
J. R. Gieger
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Pauline Bass
Carlsbad, N. M
Felix Gregory
Tampa, Fla
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Jack Butler
Galveston
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Mrs. E. E. Randall
Pleasant Hill
Ernest Broadnax
Bastrop
J. C. Cagle, Sr
Miss Verlyn Cutter
Meny
Paul Frasier
West Memphis
Tenn
Garry Kitchens
Monticello, Ark
A. & M. College
Mra
Willie Newberry
H. H. Nash
W. R. Graves
R. D. Curry
M. C. Vickers
Linda Perdue
Gordon McCormick
Ed Ellington
Kate Talbert
Virgie Evans
T. A. Judd
Julia Judd
E. E. Randall
J. A. Hemler
Rayville
John Brunson
Gilbert Talbert
Jennie Prewitt
A. K. Perego
C. J. Windham
C. E. Tillman
Virgil Smith
Mollie Boughton
F. C. Sheppard
M. Lobrano
Medora
Hendricks
Adams
Stuart Place
Wisteria Hall
Stuart
Hemiricks
Eve
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Self
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