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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1939
Page
6
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Masonic lodges of Monroe to install officers tonight at 1 30 in the Masonic temple. St John’s Day banquet to follow in the Barquet hall with serving by the Eastern Star. Speaker EF Gitson of Monroe will discuss St John’s significance to masons.
Members of the Louisiana State Bar and neighboring peoples are informed that memorial services for the late Justice Butler will be observed at a meeting of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States on Saturday January 27 with exercises at 11 am in the several courtrooms in New Orleans. Bonita post office move reported as Stamm store building remodeled for the Cra Mes Lillian Cancey as new postmistress.
Delhi Louisiana December 27 Special Boys and girls of the Delhi Biology Club plan a January 5 Sadie Hawkins party with "Deisy Mae" and "Little Abner" costumes and prizes. Frances Thompson is president with officers J C Pitts Biull Wemond Jr Estelle Rundell Marjorie Mason Lila Mae Stephens Imogene Tulley. The group studies biology and assigns subjects to members with reports presented each six weeks.
City court yesterday heard multiple defendants. George Putney was fined 100 dollars or 100 days for driving under the influence. Louis Taylor paid 117.50 dollars for drawing a weapon, fighting and drunken disorderly behavior. Curtis Purifoy fined 27 dollars for disturbing the peace. D L Ray failed to appear and forfeited a 10 dollar bond. Nine defendants got suspended 7.50 fines for drunk and disorderly behavior. Seven others failed to appear and forfeited 7.50 cash bonds. One traffic violator was fined.
The Denver city council voted unanimously to repeal three nuisance taxes it had planned to raise 500000 for the 1940 budget. The taxes included 50 cents per wheel on motor vehicles a one cent cigarette tax and a $59 license fee on small loan firms and installment plan merchants.
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