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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1937

Page

6

Rites Held for Mrs Hodges of Monroe Family

Mrs. B D Hodges 61 prominent Monroe resident died after an emergency operation. Funeral at 1407 Park Avenue Monday at 3 p m with Rev E F Hayward and Rev W C Scott officiating. Interment Riverview Burial Park. She leaves husband two daughters Mrs Vernon Marsh and Mrs W T Craig and one granddaughter Sarah Virginia Craig plus three sisters and two brothers.

B. D. Hodges Monroe Park Avenue E. F. Hayward Grace Episcopal Church W. C. Scott First Methodist Church Riverview Burial Park James Sparks R. C. Sparks Ben Downing Arthur J. Dryburgh Charles Easterling Sam Ivy Hodges Robert J. Nelson Wood Street DeSiard Street Vernon Marsh W. T. Craig Atlanta Sarah Virginia Craig Janette Powell Alice Nelson Briggs J. L. Nelson Wichita Fells Texas W. H. Nelson Wichita Kans

Suit 47 Years Old Worn By Ex Slave Tyler Texas

Carter Johnson, 87, an ex-slave living near Tatum, recalls coming to east Texas with James Rogers in 1863. Rogers, then sheriff, gave a new gray suit in 1890. Johnson keeps the old suit for special occasions, hopes to be buried in it, and it remains well preserved. The second item mentions the Atlantic depth fish the black swallower with an elastic stomach.

Tyler Tex Carter Johnson Tatum East Texas James Rogers Rogers Johnson

Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues

A readable list of crossword clues includes across entries such as Viper and South African fox, nocturnal bird, Greek island, and notes on scales, glass sheets, and ground grain chaff. Down clues cover drive, prong, Athena appellation, hastened, and various regional and linguistic terms across themes.

Greek Island

Funeral for Mrs. H. C. Bailey Held in Monroe

The funeral for Mrs. Harry C. Bailey 49 longtime Crescent Bend resident and active church and club member was held at her home on Filhiol Street with Rev. Ernest Duncan Holloway officiating. Interment followed at Riverview Burial Park. Survivors include her husband and son Harry C. Bailey Jr. and siblings. note also a China mission connection. The article adds a brief non sequitur on coconuts noting origin in the Malay Archipelago and long cultivation.

Harry C. Bailey Filhiol Street Crescent Bend Ernest Duncan Holloway First Presbyterian Church Bailey Riverview Burial Park T. L. Morris C. H. Modes D. M. Moore Fred Brown Fort Worth Tex Robert Champion Fort Madison Robert Richardson China Monroe Augusta

Hospital wedding planned as bride-to-be in surgery

Miss Flora Campbell, maid of honor in Beth Campbell and Joseph H Short Jr wedding, was sent to a Cleveland hospital for emergency appendectomy after illness en route to Toledo. Short and Beth Campbell plan to wed tonight in the hospital room pending her condition. AP staff members attend.

Cleveland Campbell Toledo Short Wesley Price Adams Jackson J. Campbell Yale T. Bernard Campbell Tyler Tex Beth Campbell Associated Press Washington Flora Campbell New York Adams

Christmas mail arrives delayed after Hoover grounding

Manila reports the grounding of the liner President Hoover near Formosa delayed Christmas mail. The President Grant delivered 1,500 sacks of Hoover mail after the ship ran aground December 10. Hoovers sailors aboard noted the vessel was cracked amidships with a 20 degree list. Menthol import figures show the United States brought in 341000 pounds valued at 831000 dollars, mostly from Japan.

Manila President Hoover Hoishoto Island Formosa S. S Grant Hoover Japan United States

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