Dixie Chapter 0 E S Installed at Masonic Temple Silver Anniversary Observed
Dixie Chapter 0 E S held its annual installation at the Masonic Temple on December 21. The evening marked the chapter’s silver anniversary with decorations in silver and blue. Elaine Canady of Maugham High School conducted music and sang. Officers installed included Worthy Matron Pat White and Worthy Patron W. B Evans, with Geneva Castle as organist and a slate of 1951 officers named.
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Dixie
EF. S
Masonic Temple
Elaine Canady
the Maugham High School
FE. M. Wooten
C. L. Dillingham
Louie Gregory
Geneva Castle
Dixie Chapter
Birdie Mae Mulhern
Pat White
W. B Evans
Ruth Pribble
J. W. Simpson
Hazel de- Wees
Mae Lucky
Christmas Guests and Residents Move In
Mrs. Robert Hair and Mrs. Linda Hair spent Christmas with Mrs. A. B. Mitchell in Wisner, joined by Mrs. Neal T. Evans of Atlanta. They are guests in the home of Mrs. Addie M. Pearce and Miss Medora Jayne Pearce. Dr. Burchall Liles with two sons Jerry and Arthur recently moved from New Orleans where they lived for about three and a half years. Mrs. Liles was formerly Che Che Hinkle.
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Robert Hair
Linda Hair
Mrs. Hair
A. B. Mitchell
Wisner
Burchall Liles
Jerry
Arthur
New Orleans
Lies
Che Che Hinkle
Central Grammar P T A Holds Monthly Meeting
The Central Grammar School P T A met in the school auditorium with Mrs. J C Liles presiding. Rev Ralph Cain spoke on religion in a changing world as students sang Christmas carols and Mrs Grace Hudson’s fifth grade won the room count prize.
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Central Grammar School
P.T. A
J. C. Liles
J. H. Horton
America
Grace Hudson
Edna Andrews
Ralph Cain
Memorial Methodist Church
England
China
Japan
Russia
Henry van Dyke
Grace Martha
Boggs
Betty Jean Sproles
Evanda Shepherd
Marie Blackwelder
Vir
Claiborne Home Demonstration Club Meets Dec 13
The Claiborne Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. J. A. Albright's home on December 13. Christmas decorations were placed, members pledged to the flag, and sang carols. Mrs. Euna D. Spielman spoke on landscaping, with an outdoor living room focus, as gifts were exchanged and refreshments served after a birthday cake presented to Mrs. H. J. Jowers.
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Claiborne Home Demonstration Club
J. A. Albright
W. J. Dunn
Dunn
Euna D. Spielman
H. J. Jowers
J. R. Frantom
E. C. Gaskin
C. FE. Crawford
P. C. Landers
L. C. Willet
J. J. Jowers
C. D. Henderson
I. A. Albright
Julia Maddux
M. M. Bayles
Society Calendar Highlights Week Activities and Open Houses
Delta Sigma fraternity meets at 2 15 p m at 1006 Park Avenue hosted by Donald Webb. The Altrurian Book Club hosts tea at the Methodist Youth Building 310 Park Avenue West Monroe with honor guests from Atheneum Bobashelas and LaTertulia clubs 3 to 5 p m. On Saturday Mr and Mrs J W Griffith host open house for Social Order of Beauceant members and their husbands at their Loop Road home. Sunday Miss Linda Hair holds open house at 7 30 p m at 700 Glenmar Avenue.
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Delta Sigma Fraternity
Donald Webb
Park Avenue
Altrurian Book Club
Methodist Youth Building
West Monroe
Atheneum
LaTertulia
J. W. Griffith
Social Order of Beauceant
Loop Road
Linda Hair
Glenmar Avenue
Chives Added to French Dressing for Salad Greens
A kitchen tip suggests chopping chives finely and stirring them into a French dressing to pour over salad greens for extra flavor. The note emphasizes using a pot of chives kept on the kitchen window.
The Soft Look May Return in 1951 Women Styles
Hollywood gossip column notes beauty expert Bud Westmore predicts a 1951 shift from the Frankenstein look to a softer style. Skirts rise to a more alluring length, makeup softens, bosoms uplift, and hair returns to shoulder length as men favor femininity. Julia Adams cited as exemplar of the trend.
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Hollywood
Bud Westmore
Bud
Westmores
Universal-International Studios
Westmore
Julia Adams
Julia
Victims of Crash Removed in Arkansas
W. W. Thompson, a Monroe railroad man living at 412 Wood Street, was badly injured in an auto wreck near El Dorado, Arkansas, and was moved Monday from El Dorado hospital to Missouri Pacific Hospital in Little Rock for six weeks. His wife Mrs. Thompson, also injured but less severely, was sent home Monday by ambulance. police reportedly arrested four men. Mrs. Thompson was cleared of fault and praised for preventing a rollover with quick thinking.
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W. W. Thompson
Wood Street
Monroe
el Dorado
Ark
el Dorado Hospital
Missouri Pacific
Little Rock
Thompson
Choudrant Lodge Elects New Officers
Choudrant lodge 339 F and A M elected officers: Worshipful master W B Walker senior warden I L Barr junior warden I J Vining treasurer W G Kelly secretary R B Vining senior deacon R Halstead junior deacon W A O Neal master of ceremonies D L Baker chaplain Rev Ed Bryan stewards R D Roach J M Britt marshal Simmie Whitman tyler W L Sanderson P T Barnum once mayor of Bridgeport Conn.
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Choudrant
Choudrant Lodge
A. M
W. B. Walker
I. L. Barr
I. J. Vining
W. G. Kelly
R. B. Vining
R. Halstead
W. A. O'Neal
D. L. Baker
Concordia Parish Standardized Tests Reported
Ferriday La December 26 three standardized tests were given to grades three through eight in Concordia parish schools. Fourth grade language parish score 29.8 national 34. Fifth grade language parish 52 national 56. Sixth grade language parish 63 national 65. Eighth grade language parish 65 national 68. Reading test for third grade tabulated. Next testing planned two weeks after Christmas reopening, including high school grades and second grade of elementary.
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Ferriday
Concordia Parish
New Years Dance Planned by Teen Age Club
The Teen Age Club will host a New Years dance Thursday night at the recreation center with Sleepy Spears and his orchestra from Hodge La providing music. An early start at 7 30 pm and a close at 10 45 pm are planned and a large teen crowd is expected with parents urged to attend.
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Spears
Hodge
288 New Casualties Listed by Defense Department
Washington dispatch reports Defense Department casualty list number 185 naming 288 individuals. Of the total 77 are dead, 126 wounded, 62 missing, and 23 injured in war zone accidents.
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Washington
Defense Department
Black veteran accused after violent brawl injures two youths
Ferriday sheriff reports 25 year old Black war veteran Larnell Campbell went berserk at a saloon injuring two white youths, disarming Marshal Steve Morgan and threatening officers. Dalton Webb of Waterproof, 22, suffered a serious abdomen injury. Heavy Evans had an arm injury. Sheriff Love and Police Chief Rials subdued Campbell amid the confrontation.
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Ferriday
J. Hartwell Love
Waterproof
Dalton Webb
White Man Identified As “Heavy’ Evans, Former Bouncer At A Natchez
Love
Larnell Campbell
Campbell
Steve Morgan
Sheriff Love
Carl Rials
Morgan
Champagne blends wines from Champagne region to define quality
A description explains that champagne combines wines from across the Champagne province in France and that its quality chiefly depends on the skill of the mixers.
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Champagne Province
France
Christmas Phone Call Hope Gone
Charleroi Pennsylvania December 26 Hope that missing son might phone and brighten his parents Christmas was gone today as Emil and Ida Huttner continued the search for 19 year old William Huttner a freshman at Pennsylvania State College who disappeared a month ago after visiting home He has not been heard from since and a hopeful father asked newspapers for help in finding his son William after delaying police reports by ten days
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Charleroi
Emil Huttner
William Huttner
Pennsylvania State College
Huttner
William
Streams of Lava Cover Large Area
Mt Etna in Sicily has erupted since November 25 and lava flows have covered about 2 300 000 square yards of land. The volcano remains active with smoke and dust. lava flow has diminished to a small stream. Villages Renazzo and Milo were threatened. evacuations occurred but homes remained empty.
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Catania
Sicily
Mt. Etna
Renazzo
Milo
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Ruby Simpson
Eunice Lee
Mae Pearce
Adah
Dorothy Schmidt
Ruth
Callie McMullen
Esther
Ora Mae Wood
Martha
Manell Nield
Electa
Hazel Boudreaux
Mary Castle
Sentinel
Tom Ware
West
Ginia Davis
Henrietta Davis
Sandra Mitchell
Joplin Dean Minor
Becky Watts
Imogene Starr
Alto
Elsie Mae Williams
Margaret Lowry
Letha Trezavant
Betty Faye Parker
Martha Wallingsford
Jerry Clark
Barbara Slley
Bernice Woods
Leona Grayson
Patricia Mills
Mary Alice Westmore
Bob Thomas
Little Rock Hospital
Masons Elect
P. T. Barnum
Bridgeport, Conn
MU CT
MLS
Mangels
DeSiard St
Ry Toso Gyi
Scott's
Dial
Frank
Windows
Casuals & Loafers
Franks
DeSiard
Park Hill
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