Tea at Merl Padgett home for Beverly Martin engagement
Beverly Martin receives many linen gifts at a prenuptial tea hosted by Mrs. Merl L. Padgett on the Loop Road. Attending hostesses include Mrs. M. W. Montgomery and others. Christmas decor filled the Padgett residence as guests admired silvered pine, white candles, and a tea service centerpiece with bridal corsage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Martin
Merl L. Padgett
M. W. Montgomery
J. E. Shannon
E. N. Thompson
H. H. Douglas
D. L. Anderson
Padgett
Loop Road
R. C. Ware
Santa Claus
R. M. Kettenring
Orrie White
Gus Swayze
L. L. Kettenring
F. E. Maxwell
Bob Brown
J. R. Cullipher, Sr
T. R. Easterling
F. C. Reynolds
S. W. Raby
L. D. Rogers
H. L. Moore
J. W. Pope
E. B. Turner
A. B. Greenlee
D. W. Thom
Phi Kappa Christmas Formal Slated On Virginia Hotel Roof
Eta chapter Phi Kappa National Fraternity holds its Christmas formal tonight from 8 to 12 at the Virginia Hotel roof with Ben Burton's orchestra. Before the dance, a social at Miss Mary Lou Trawick's Winnsboro Road home leads to a breakfast at Miss Nell Rogers’ home. Phi Kappa sponsors include Nell Rogers and Lambda Sigma Chi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eta
Phi Kappa National Fraternity
Virginia
Ben Burton
Mary Lou Trawick
National Kappa
Winnsboro Road
Kappas
Nell Rogers
Lambd
Kappa
Lambda Sigma Chi
Sibil McKay
Delta Kappa Pi
Jo Ann Miller
Beta Delta
Dixie Brown
Delta Beta Sigma
Phi Kappa
Bill Wheelis
Milton Hall
Harold Bolton
Eddie Hislop
Roland Coates
Edgar Aston
Camellia Pageant Opens Southwestern Louisiana’s 1953 Show
The Camellia Pageant theme Southwestern Salutes the Camellia States will headline the 1953 event at 8 p m Friday January 16 in Lafayette s Blackham Coliseum. Presented by Southwestern Louisiana Institute it marks the twentyeth pageant opening the South Louisiana Mid Winter Fair with Harland K Riley directing and a large committee handling stage setting costumes lighting and decor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern
Blackham Coliseum
Lafayette
Southwestern Louisiana Institute
South Louisiana
Harland K. Riley
Department of Plant Industry
L. I
Riley
O. J. Manchey
Warren Robison
Jimmie Buie
Barbara Brown
Marie Caillet
Faenella Hicks
S. L. I. Band
Robert Gilmore
Jack Pickering
Willis F. Ducrest
Charles Reynolds
Roy Murphy
Albert Capuder
Miss Maydell Boudreaux
ROTC
Capt
Byron Bond
Clyde Rougeau
Delia Garza
William Ellis
Ira
Nelson and
James
Christmas Party for First Baptist Circle No. 4 Members
Circle No. 4 of the First Baptist Church hosted a Yuletide gathering at Mrs. L. S. Ford’s home. The event featured a decorated tree, program readings, Christmas poems, carols, and refreshments with multiple members and guests in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circle No. 4
First Baptist Church
Marie Elledge
L. S. Ford
H. S. Chilton
G. V. Raymond
Annie
Willie
L. T. Hasting
The
Cumberlands
Sr. L. T. Hastings
T. J. Davis
Bertha Seaman
Anna Johnson Flint
O. C. Isom
Elmira Carter
W. S. Brewster
E. L. Culpepper
Alice Hurst
Frank Massing
J. E. Hodge
D. N. Fluitt
A. R. Duke
L. H. Hicks
Eugenia Oliver
Carl Smith
O. W. DeLand
QO. C. Isom
Inez Ford
Demolays Hold Christmas Dance in Monticello Area
Lake Providence Chapter of Demolays hosted a formal Christmas dance Friday December 19 at the American Legion Home. Hostesses included Mrs J L Martin Mrs Harold King and Mrs W A Redding with Mrs Charles S Perry assisting. Noted guests and stags from Greenville Monroe La Salle and local communities attended the decorated Legion lounge featured green lace cloths and punch in an early American crystal bowl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Trieschmann
Alice Hammack
Dickie Dalfiume
Pat Zimmer
Gordon Bowers, Jr
Dorothy Cox
Dick Kent, Jr
Marilyn Wilson
Reynold Minsky
Deanne Hair
Seymour Myers, Jr
Jean Ragland
John Russell Davis
Tommy Sue Proctor
Harold Eastepp
Ann Boykin
Greenville
Miss
Lloyd Posey
Verda Hardy
Billy Jo Cook
Margie Benoit
Max Smilow
Kathleen Evans
Billy Abernethy
Allein Harkey
Gerald Brown
Mary Ethel Gill
Don Surles
Marilyn Nectoux
Bonnie Hanks
Monroe
Charles Johnson
Jimmie Smith
Stags
Joe Avery
Harold King, Jr
David Coleman
Francis Vining
Clifford Redding
Sidney McCall
Buddy Ragus
Tom Reece
Personal holiday visits fill region with family gatherings
Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Mulhearn travel to San Antonio to spend holidays with Sgt. and Mrs. William H. Anders Jr. in Texas. Many relatives plan visits across Birmingham, Port Hueneme, Caracas, Ponca City, New Orleans, Dallas, Miami, and Shreveport as others report illness and travel for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. L. Mulhearn
William H. Anders, Jr
San Antonio
Texas
George Hibbard
George Hibbard, Jr
Linda Gail
Birmingham
Ala
James E. Hibbard
Rhonda Ann
Port Hueneme
Cal
J. D. McGhee
Travis A. Brown
Caracas
Venezuela
S. A
Donald W. McGee
Barbara June
Donna Catherine
Patti Suzanne
Ponca City
Okla
George Oden McGee
Thomas Patrick
Michel Warren
New Orleans
George O. Hibbard
Mrs. I. W. Jaffee
Miami
Fla
Lakeview Home Demonstration Club Christmas Party Honors Officers
Lakeview HD Club held a Christmas party with election of officers for the coming year. Merle Bennett was chosen president, C M Almond vice president, and Irma Speight secretary-treasurer. Several members were listed as council roles including food preservation and home management, garden and landscaping, poultry and family life, safety and health, nutrition, consumer education, and recreation. The event featured a gift exchange and refreshments, with two new members welcomed. The club plans to meet again in January with Mrs J T Waldroup hosting. Pinwheel rolls and mixed raisin filling noted as luncheon favorites and nutritious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Speight
Lakeview Home Demonstration Club
Merle Bennett
C. M. Almond
Irma Speight
A. E. Redden
J. H. Thrasher
A. Almond
J. C. Tolbird
Alan Smith
C. P. George
F. B. Baker
L. D. Jackson
Lucile Dorthlon
J. T. Waldroup
H. H. Bagwell
J. C. Bagwell
Donald Tolbird
J. C. Tolbird, Jr
D. Guess
E. F. Hammett
J. G. Hammett
Euna Speilman
Vesta Bagwell
Christmas Gatherings Across Lake Providence Families
Lake Providence residents host Christmas dinners with relatives from East Carroll Parish Monroe and Shreveport. Guests include Kenner Howard Herbert E Howard John Rolfe Howard Raymond John and family others attend from Lafayette Roanoke and Charlottesville. The season features hospital visits Dixie Store party and Bnai Brith chapter elections as locals share travel plans and family time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. K. Howard
Carrolton Plantation
Kenner Howard
Herbert E. Howard
John Rolfe Howard
East Carroll Parish
Raymond John
Howard and
Billy
Monroe
Audna Walker
Shreveport
Inlaw
Jack L. Holt
Bonner
Deal - Holt
Josie Whitehead
Conway Memorial Hospital
Victor Whitehead
C. J. Gary
Lafayette
Lake Marie
Carl Bonner
Ft. Belvoir
Yuletide
Mildred Jones
Roanoke
O. N. Hamilton
Charlottesville
Hamilton’s
University of Virginia
JAGG
A. S. Hill
Catherine H. Richards
Garland
Tex
Lawrence H. Richards
Carol Brupbacher
Lake Providence High
the Baptist Hospital
New Orleans
Lake Providence
Brupbacher
Keener Howard
Highland Plantation
Ruston
Sam Mitchiner
Olivedell” Plantation
Ben Kenny
Carol Ann
el Dorado
Ark
Dixie Store
Chris Ann Dinger
Dixie
Mrs. Dinger
Rodney Bourque
Golden Leigh Levy
James H. Guenard, Jr
Bryan Air Force Base
Bryan
Denmark
Henry Bethard
Suzanne
Hames Guenard Bethard
Coushatta
Afternoon Coffee Honors Miss Harris and Miss Johnson
The Delta Delta Delta sorority hosted an afternoon coffee at Mrs. Gordon Wright’s Auburn Avenue home to honor Miss Mary Lou Harris and Miss Anna Mary Johnson. Hosts Mrs. Claude Harrison and Mrs. Stanton Huey served coffee as pledges received hosiery bags and a Christmas food basket donation was organized for a needy family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Mary Lou Harris
Anna Mary Johnson
Gordon Wright
Auburn Ave
Claude Harrison
Stanton Huey
Robert Wood
William Husted, Jr
Benton Wakefield
Phelps Lyons
Roy Cole, Jr
Francis Barringer
Paul Ransom
Jo Ann Ransom
Sue Dickard
Scott Hamilton
One in Fifteen Louisianans Is Over 65
Census data released from Washington shows Louisiana has 183 000 residents aged 65 or older, about 6.7 percent of the population. The United States as a whole has 12 759 000 people 65 or older, or 12 12 percent, with New Hampshire the oldest state at 11.1 percent and New Mexico the youngest at 5.1 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Louisiana
U. S. Bureau of Census
United States
New Mexico
Union
New Hampshire
Wedding Notice for Miss Beverly Martin and Jack Lane
Calendar item states Beverly Martin will wed Jack Lane Saturday at 7 00 p m at the First Christian Church with reception in the church Fellowship Hall. Delta Beta Sigma meets at 2 00 p m at Miss Lela Bess Kite 1015 Emerson Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly’ Martin
Jack Lane
First Christian Church
Delta Beta Sigma Soror
Lela Bess Kite
Emerson
Luttrell Commissioned Second Lieutenant at Fort Sill
Grady A. Luttrell, son of Mrs. Laura Luttrell of West Monroe Louisiana, was commissioned a second lieutenant in the field artillery officers corps at Fort Sill Oklahoma in ceremonies on December 16 1952. He belonged to the 30th graduating class of the artillery officer candidate school which reopened in February 1951 after a 1946 closure. Dessert note adds a papaya fruit cup recipe with grapefruit, grapes and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
Okla
Grady A. Luttrell
Laura Luttrell
West Monroe
Field Artillery Officer's Corps
U. S. Army
Luttrell
Artillery Officer Candidate School
Crows Consume 19 Bushels on Average Farm Season
The article notes that crows eat about 19 bushels of insects per farm each season, highlighting crop damage concerns.
Chi Omega Tea Honors 1952 Pledges at Home of Mrs Snellings
Chi Omega members honored their pledges with a tea at Mrs George Snellings Jr on Country Club Drive. The festive scene featured a Christmas decorated mantle a large tree and red berries and candles on the tea table. Pledges and their mothers include Caroline Peters Martha Hatchell Rose Mary McGinn and others from Sophia Newcomb College LSU and University of Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chi Omega
George Snellings, Jr
Country Club Drive
James Ewing IIi
Allen
W. B. Liles
Edward Holmes
Roy Johns
Fred Fudickar, Jr
C. J. Pearce, Jr
Caroline Peters
Martha Hatchell
Rose Mary McGinn
Martha Clayton Sparks
Sophia Newcomb College
Jo Rhodes
Lloydelle Walters
Frances Black
University of Arkansas
Christmas events and gatherings in Ferriday and Natchez
Ferriday hosted a Christmas play at Ferriday elementary with Santa delivering gifts. Various clubs held parties and luncheons at local venues including Legion Halls and Natchez Country Club. The Ferriday Bulldogs football team had a banquet with cheerleaders and band members. At the end a note states that over 2,000 snake species are known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Ferriday
Bethlehem
Santa Claus
Ferriday Garden Club
J. M. Johnson
Mesdames
Woody Davis
Bruce Wilgus
S. R. Gray
Johnson
Henry Goudchaux
Joel Rees
H. Doyd
Lawrence Allwood
Natchez Country Club
Betty Claire Pasternack
Natchez
Patsy Fugier
Legion Hall
Stanley Maxwell
Bridge Club
Canebrake Plantation
Arch Turner
William J. Rees
Chicago
Turner
Lyle Maxwell
Bellomont
Ferriday Bulldogs
Death shakes a New Orleans club murder case headlines
In New Orleans a fatal shooting at the Flame nightclub involves Alfred Rosenfield Jr. 38, who was killed by a gunman. Roscoe Ails 54 is charged as a co defendant. The Flame star Billie Shonnae 23 is also linked though maintains engagement offers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Netto Billie Shonnae
Alfred Rosenfield Jr
Roscoe Ails
Ails
Bond
Dick Nard
Rosenfield
Shonnae
Dallas
Tex
Cedardale
Oklo
Maury Hughes
Hughes
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Nell Entrican
E. L. Marehman
B. B. Martin
Jean Bonham
Phi Kappa’s
Church Circle
la Salle
Louis XIV
France
Helen Fraley
Ladies’ Home Journal
Eugene Flourney
Cincinnatti, C
Thomas Flourney
John J. Stack
Dallas, Tex
Mrs
R. N. Slater
St. Francis Sanitarium
Dick Bright
Elmer Meredith
Tib Lindsey
Mr. Lindsey
Chas. Lesser
Waco, Tex
Sidney Kahn
Jimmy Watson
Calhoun
Lakeview HD Club
Transylvania
Louie Crook
Baton Rouge
Bennon Richie
Gaynell Hackworth
Miss Johnson
Miss Harris
U. S
Chi Omega’s
J. M. Hackworth
W. B. Patrick
Nell Hamilton Patrick
Doefield Plantation
Twin Cities
DeSiard Se
Ann Landers
Ann Landerns
Mail
Monroe News-Star
Legion Halls
Roxyana
Dorothy Dodd
Denier
Princess Peggy
Speciel Group
Coats
DeSiard
PLM CS
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