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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1935
Page
6
The Ouachita Valley Council of the Boy Scouts of America will hold its annual meeting January 14 starting at 2 30 pm with conferences on all scout activities led by prominent local and regional leaders. A 6 30 pm banquet follows and officers for 1936 will be elected. Reservations are required and J W Rohr is coordinating.
The West Monroe Kiwanis club will install new officers January 2 at the First Baptist Church. Rabbi F. K. Hirsch will install, with George W. Welch named president, succeeding Mayor C. C. Bell. Officers include Vance Rhodes, L. L. Wood, and directors E. E. Pritchet, J. L. Warren, E. O. Smith, W. Decker Moore, Lee Hawkins, W. R. Hatcher, and Charles Eby.
Ouachita Parish announces absentee voting for the Democratic primary runs from January 11 to January 18 at the parish courthouse clerk's office. Voters must begin ten days before the election as directed.
Mary Pickford urges readers to start now with positive thinking and faith, warning against internal doubts personified as Madame Flimajigger and Professor Poofinfoos. She describes Poofinfoos as a silly liar who feeds fear and discouragement, and offers a method to dismiss his negative whispers by recognizing them as mere suggestions and choosing happiness.
The clerk’s office will accept absentee ballots in the mornings until 6 p.m. on the day of the January 21 primary election.
The church will celebrate the Holy Eucharist at 7 30 am with the church school at 9 30 am and musical parts of the Christmas Eucharist repeated at 11 am The rector will preach. The church, open daily 7 30 am to 5 30 pm, invites visitors to rest and pray.
Constructive thoughts for the New Year with Bible verses. Worship times are 11 a.m. and 7 30 p.m. on Lord's days and 9 45 a.m. for Sunday school. Young people's Bible drill at 6 30 p.m. Ladies Bible class Tuesday 2 30 p.m. Bible study and prayer Wednesday 7 39 p.m. Ladies resume Sunday school rooms next Friday.
The Stone Avenue church announces Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. evening service at 7:30 p.m. Christian Endeavor at 6:45 p.m. Mrs Blanche Crews leads. Circles meet Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 with Mrs Haynes and Mrs.
A. B. Hearne leads Tuesday 3 PM worship and a mid week Bible study Thursday 7 30 PM. The last Sabbath of the year invites all adults and community members to join in Sabbath school aiming for 400 in attendance. A session meeting at 10 45 AM to receive new members in the church.
Twin daughters were born at the St. Francis sanitarium late Christmas night to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Vallery, who reside on the Peyton Parker plantation on DeSiard road, it was announced Friday. A daughter, Gloria June, was born to Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Hamilton on December 21 at their residence, 107 Crosley street, West Monroe.
Reverend I J Brooks III, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church at 90 Georgia Street, is noted in this fragment as a local clergy member in the community.
The pastor remains confined to his home by illness. His pulpit will be occupied at the morning and evening services Sunday by some other pastor.
Greta Garbo stars as Anna Karenina in a grand Paramount release directed by Clarence Brown with Fredric March Basil Rathbone Freddie Bartholomew Maureen O’Sullivan Phoebe Foster and Reginald Owen in a large ensemble. Claudette Colbert leads She Married Her Boss at the Capitol with Melvyn Douglas and Michael Bartlett in support.
The Baptist church congregation in Olla Louisiana distributed gifts to underprivileged residents on Monday night in a Christmas charity effort. Local families received toys and essentials through the church outreach.
The Forsythe park natatorium project with 120000 dollars funded by Washington shows progress under WPA district engineer L G Frost. About one third of pool excavation is done, the old grandstand torn down, lumber salvaged for reuse, 280 workers on site, and dirt moved to Neville high school for athletic field build up.
Durwood Lott of Grapeland Texas operates the sole rattlesnake farm in West Texas showcasing a rare local animal enterprise.
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