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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1927
Page
23
Missouri Pacific railway operating revenue fell to 10 771 050 in November 1927 from 11 704 214 in November 1926. Net operating income rose to 1 794 148 from 1 554 460 while partial 1927 year totals show decreased revenue but lower income on Gulf Coast lines and International Great Northern segments.
Mangham chapter No 152 C E S installed officers for the year. Worthy matron Mrs Bessie Hixon and worthy patron W E Hixon led the lineup with secretary Mrs Sara DPD DeMoss and treasurer Mrs Mary McConnell. Other officers included conductress Mrs Martha Sheppard associate conductress Mrs Mary McConnell chaplain Mrs Childress marshal Mrs Ada Vickers organist Mrs Ira Hixon and Ada Miss Harriett Ellington Ruth Miss Bettie Chapman Esther Mrs Christine McConnell Martha Miss Mildred Chambers Electa Mrs Francis Dunn warder Mrs Ethel McKay sentinel A D Dunn.
Fire of undetermined origin heavily damaged the grocery and meat market run by A. Q. Davis at the corner of Marble and West Cypress in Bastrop. Firemen saved the building and stock. the frame and sheet metal structure belonged to C. N. Dalton, an insurance man, with coverage on both Dalton and Davis.
Kelly, Dec. 29 for the first time in history no one in the community was drunk during Christmas holidays indicating bootleggers have been driven out of business. Local social notes show marriages and visits including C. E. Odom and Miss Lucille Humphries marrying Christmas Eve, with Odom moving to Greenville.
Sunny South Chapter O. E. S. in Bastrop La names 1928 officers led by worthy patron Mrs Mami Stevenson and Duncan Buford Jr as patron. Other officers include associate matron Mrs Jennie Shell secretary Mrs Etta Aden treasurer Miss Richie Goodwin conductress Mrs Rolfe Morrison and associate conductress.
Fashion Shop at 108 St John Street near Ouachita Bank advertises limited sizes. Pre inventory sale highlights good styles with a small selection.
Barbed Wire shifts the war lens to human stories with Mona and a German prisoner in a camp, led by Erich Pommer and Rowland V. Lee. Loves of Carmen showcases vivid Spanish color and Raoul Walsh direction with McLaglen and Del Rio. Aflame in the Sky offers an air thriller from J P McGowan and Jack Luden with Sharon Lynn in a daring desert setting.
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