Christmas social notes and greetings from West Monroe society
A roundup of local events and gatherings lists church meetings at 3 30 and 8 PM with Epworth League and Baptist Girls Auxiliary, bridge party, New Year dances at the Elks Club, and numerous visits and arrivals. It notes Dr Frank Collins visiting from El Paso, newborns at St Francis sanitarium, and holiday guests from Shreveport, Minneapolis, Dallas, and Raleigh among others. It closes with holiday donations from Grapica Bottling Works and others totaling a cash gift of 80 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Monroe Baptist Girls’ Auxiliary
Duncan Cook
Bridge
Lois Jouvenat
Elks Club
Grapica Bottling Works
J. Baer and’ Company
Monroe Grocery Company
Sugar Brothers
Monroe Advertising Company
Christmas Party at Miss Renaud’s dancing class
Miss Armandine Renaud entertained her dancing class with a Christmas party from three to five. Ruth Easterling provided a brilliant piano selection and several interpretive dances wowed the children. Pinning the beard on Santa provided the main laughs with Ruch Easterling winning a vanity. Handpainted slipper bags and brick cream with cake were served. The Monroe community also remembered the boys at the Louisiana Training Institute with gifts and festive cheer in the auditorium on Christmas Eve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armandine Renaud
Renaud
Ruth Egsterling
Santa
Louisiana Trainig Institute
Monroe
Assembly Hall
Wedding of Prominence in Ruston Methodist Church
A December 22 ceremony at six thirty united Miss Mary Buie and Mr. John Richard Downes in a Ruston Louisiana wedding. The church was lavishly decorated with feathery smilax ferns palms and white chrysanthemums. A pre nuptial concert preceded Lohengrin processional with a large bridal party and elegant gowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruston
Mary Buie
John Richard Downes
E. S. Kidd
Jeff Kidd
Aew
Lohengrin
Edwin Hodge
Louis Hayden
Dolly Pittman
Underwood Fourney
Aline Smith
Neil Buie
Louise Howell
My. W
Hutchigson
Adele Rexach
A. Montgomery
Carrie Rogers
Wynge Pearce
Pearl McClanahan
Ronald
Lee Davis
Breed
James Buie
DeWitt Milan
Josephine Hutchinson
Los Angeles
Calif
Obituary: Baby Daisy Strong Terzia Dies at One
Daisy Strong Terzia, baby daughter of Mr and Mrs Theo F Terzia, died yesterday evening at home on Lovers Lane. Funeral services were conducted at 3 30 p m from the Terzia residence and interment followed in Riverview cemetery. The child was one year and ten months old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Strong Terzia
Theo. F. Terzia
Terzia
Lovers’ Lane
Rev
F. M. Freeman
Riverview Cemetery
Wedding of Downes, Andersons Highlight Monroe Event
The ceremony featured a bridal bouquet of roses and lilies with orchids as a corsage. The couple Mr and Mrs Richard Downes Jr hosted a reception at the Breed home in lavender and pink decor. Mrs Downes wore golden brown traveling attire with an orchid corsage and citrus themed cake was made by Mrs RFW Anderson of Orange Texas for the wedding. The couple will honeymoon in Dallas and western points before settling in Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendelssohn
Bowles Breed
Richard Downes, Jr
RF. W. Anderson
Orange
Texas
Mr. Downes
Downes
Dallas
Monroe
Sophie Newcomb College
Monroe Society
Alpha Delts Phi Sorority
Richard Downes
Tulane University
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Sheriff Monroe Francis Murder Case Shocks Arkansas
In Arkadephia Clark County sheriff Monroe Francis was shot four times and killed in the jail where he lived with his family. His mother in law Mrs Clem Grayson 60 held on a technical murder charge after claiming she acted over alleged mistreatment of his wife and daughter Lucille 14. The incident left the sheriff dead and Lucille slightly wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkadeophia
Ark
Clem Grayson
Monroe Francis
Clark County
Francis
Lucille Francis
American Wife of Chinaman Killed in New York
Helen C. Huhn, 20, American wife of Harry Chun, a Chinese restaurateur, was found murdered in their Washington Heights apartment. Her throat was cut, a bathrobe cord tightened around her neck, and $90 plus jewelry stolen. Police searched for Roy Namko, a Chinese boarder, after two photos of him were found ripped from frames in the Chun bedroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Helen C. Huhn
Harry Chun
Washington Heights
Chun
Roy Namko
Namko
Building Permits Reach 144000 in Monroe Construction
City Inspector Richard Cassidy issued permits for over sixty houses and two sizable commercial structures in Monroe. Projected expenditure totals just over 144 thousand dollars. Peters Furniture will build a two story brick building on South Grand for 19 300 dollars. Dr J B Vauhgan will construct another two story brick structure on River Front between M Street and Forsythe Avenue costing 14 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Cassidy
Monroe
Deputy Sheriff Tom Hicks Thanks Community for Support
Deputy Sheriff Tom Hicks, recovering from wounds from an on duty incident in West Monroe, expresses gratitude to friends who remembered him at Christmas. He notes his duty as an officer and credits community backing with easing his suffering while near death. Hicks wishes a prosperous New Year to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Hicks
St. Francis Sanitarium
West Monroe
Summer outfits offered at reduced prices by D L Cromwell
Bargains on summer clothing available at fraction of original cost from D L Cromwell located at De Siard and Grand Streets, 27 31. Shop for affordable apparel and save on seasonal styles today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. L. Cromwell, DeSiard and
Grand Sts
Grand Streets
Kiwanis Ladies Night Highlights Monroe Banquet
Kiwanis in Monroe held its annual ladies night and officer installation at the Monroe Hotel with over eighty attendees. The program featured music, dances, prize drawings, and talks by Rev Frank Tripp and Dr P Gray praising brotherhood and community building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Hotel
Monroe Club
Kiwanis
Monroe
memUers
Ennis
Frank Tripp
Martha Hanna
Margaret Roberts
Louise D. Adams
Albert Marx
James Drew
Louis Hellum
Frank Holden
Louis Herum
Jack” Hayes
R. ©. Randle
P. Gray
Felloweman
Sevuiie
William Hoppe’s wife regains custody of son in court
Mrs. William Hoppe and her four year old son William Jr are reinstated together after a month apart. A writ of habeas corpus issued by Supreme Court Justice Burr forced Hoppe to bring the boy to court and resolve the custody dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
William Hoppe
William Jr
Hoppe
Supreme Court
Burr
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Mesa
Eva C. Bradford
Frank Collins
el Paso
City
Mrs
Elmer Hathaway
Courtney Elmer
B. B. Hay
R. E. L. Lindsay
Shreveport
Louise Kellogg
Lawrence Kellogg
Minneapolis, Minn
T. L. Kellogg
R. L. and
Walter Kellogg
M. D. Swayze
Harry T. Baldwin
Sara Jame
Dallas, Texas
Franklin
New Orleans
Oakdale
Collinston
Alice Apgar
Ver A. Hutchinson
Nashville
Wynne Pearce
Arthur Williams
Lake Charles
Molly Tratum
Marjorie Oliver
Muskogee, Okla
R. H. Oliver, Sr
G. W. Peyton
Grand Cane, la
J. O. Taylor
Raleigh, N. C
Floyd Taylor
Rinehart
A. Easterling
Mrs. Conger
Arcadia
Mr. Easterling
Henry Bernsten
Miss Dixie Milling
Mrs. Pegram
Herbert Cole
J. P. Brown
Springfield
Hill
Travis Marks
Joe Spotten
Eurthwood
B. D. Miller
William Wunsch
The
University of North Carolina
Chase-Amman Drug Company
DeSiard St
Dodge Touring Car
Chandler
Firestone
Reed-Lennon Motor Co., Inc
Star
William, Jr
Candy News
Minn
Chasr-Amman Drug CO
Geleave
Lukie
Tonle
Luke
Mitchell Murray
Missouri
Murray
W.l.lawhler
Alabama
Lyko
Lyle
Lylo Medicine Corpans
Kianeas City
Lyko Tonie
Collens’ Pharmacy
New South
Faulk’s
Lorraine
John B
Stetson
Men's and Boys’ Clothing Company
Grand & DeSiard Sts
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