Dancing and social whirl mark Monroe holiday season
Monroe enjoyed a festive holidays amid dances luncheons and teas. The young set attended nightly dances with gowns ranging from chiffon to satin while visitors and local hosts hosted intermission gatherings at the Frances hotel and other stylish venues. Notable social events included Mrs Davies Garrett Mrs Carl McHenry and Mrs Rex Miller hosting parties with lists of guests and travelers from Chicago Detroit and Chattanooga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selemon
Monroe
David Garrett
Frances Hotel
Mary Goodman
California
Carl McHenry
Clarence Slagle
Baton Rouge
Stanley Mintz
Sam Mintz
Delta Sigma
Mrs. Mintz
Asey Mayo Probes a Questioning Fire at Octagon Barn
Cape detective Asey Mayo investigates the Octagon House fire amid a murder case involving Marina Lorne and ambergris theft. Pam Frye’s disappearance and tangled alibis link to Tim Carr and Roddy Strutt as Jack Lorne and Peggy Boone react with concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ascy Mayo
Cape Code
Marina Lorne
Pam Frye
Pam
Asey
Jack Lorne
Marina
Tim Carr
Aroun
Roddy Strutt
Peggy Boone
Gays
Shorty
O’malley
Carrs
Aaron Frye
Hanson
O'Malley
Peg Boone
Precious
Emma Goldman
Emma
Mrs. Carr
Tim
Aaron
Peg
Pracy Boone
Jack
Peggy
Ase
Asey Mayo
Wellfleet
Frye
Lorne
Phoebs Atecod Taylor
New Year Socials and Open Houses This Weekend
Friday hosts Mr. and Mrs. Roinsine Peters and Mrs. J. J. Potts hold a dancing party at the Lotus club. Missouri Pacific Women’s Club meets at 2 30 p.m. Saturday features a New Year’s Eve dance on the Cherokee terrace at the Frances hotel and 10 p.m. Lotus club dance for members. 12 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Irving Shlenker host open house 9 to 10 30 p.m. Friends invited. Revelers ball at the Virginia hotel 10 p.m. by invitation only. Sunday New Year’s Mrs. E. Roberson hosts Bible class open house 3 to 5 p.m. at 802 North Sixth. Mrs. Janet Powell and others motor to Lake Charles for a visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roinsine Peters
J. J. Potts
Lotus Club
Missouri Pacific Women's Club
Frances Hotel
Irving Shlenker
Virginia Hotel
E. Roberson
North Sixth Street
Murphy Smith Nuptials Reported In Bastrop Ceremony
Alice Ruth Murphy and Frank Fulkerson Smith were married July 13 in Bastrop La at the Baptist parsonage with Rev J Allan Christian officiating. The bride, a LSU student and Alpha Chi Omega member, is the daughter of Dr and Mrs Joseph White Murphy. The groom, Ouachita Parish and Northeast Center graduate, is with the Louisiana highway commission in Le Rouge.
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Joseph White Murphy
Alice Ruth Murphy
Frank Fulkerson Smith
J. Arthur Smith
Bastrop
Baptist Parsonage
J. Allan Christian
Smith
Ouachita Parish High School
Northeast Center
8. A
Louisiana State University
Alpha Chi Omega
Phi Theta Kappa
Ouachita Parish
Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity
Louisiana Highway Commission
le Rouge
Earnest Men Make The Best Husbands
Susan weighs suitors in a witty town scene as her mother counsels money and security. Peter Otis Mortland each offer flaws and hopes, while Susan leans toward Otis for practicality and home aims. Also notes 1937 U.S. horse and mule colt foals totaling about 832000, far short of work animal deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Roberts Barton
Susan
Martland
Peter
Otis
Gary Cooper
Mortland
Sue
Suzy
Mort
United States
Health troubles yield to Gly-Cas remedy claim
A Baton Rouge man describes relief from years of constipation bladder issues and hip pain after using Gly-Cas. He credits bowel regulation restored sleep and renewed energy to the treatment sold by Phoenix Drug Co and leading local druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Street
Baton Rouge
Mr. Arker
Phoenix Drug Company
DeSiard Street
Sur
Chief Booster and Wife Return from West Christmas Visit
S A Moss Missouri Pacific Booster club chief booster and wife return from Los Angeles where they spent Christmas with their daughter. Moss notes Los Angeles retail strength and 22 percent of national building, and plans to be installed as Monroe Kiwanis club president at Hotel Virginia tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Moss
Missouri Pacific Booster Club
Moss
Los Angeles
Calif
Mrs. Moss
Monroe Kiwanis Club
Hotel Virginia
Tianjin Salt Commissioner Fatally Wounded By Gunman
Wang Chu-Lin chairman of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and salt commissioner was fatally wounded by a gunman last night as he left a restaurant in the French section of Tianjin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tientsin
Wang Chu-Lin
Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Salt Comemissioner
Tient
Sin
Apply This Once and Kill the Itch Scabies Remedy
An advertisement promotes Siicide a liquid treatment for scabies claiming it penetrates the skin to kill mites in 30 minutes. Available at druggists or by mail for 60 cents from a Commerce Georgia company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suicide Co. Commerce
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Louis Geniepy
Detroit
Mich
William Bendel
Francis Gariepy
Chicago
Samuel Bendel
Rex Miller
Mary Lavinia Snabnett
Ann Crews
Nita Campbell
Chattanooga, Tenn
Plaquemine
Mercedes Pospell
New Orleans
Mildred Cohn
Lafayette
Donaldsonville
C. R. Tidwell
Ruffin Tidwell
Mrs. L. D. Cohn
Memphis
Tenn
Peabody Hotel
Loyce Stewart
Memphis, Tenn
Mrs
Kenneth B. Stewart
Camp Fire Girls
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Hazel Fairchild
Charles Mitchell
F. B. Neeley
Guardians
Miss Fairchild
Santa Claus
Camp Fire
Jean Carroll
Joy Bernhardt
Marylin O'Kelly
Reta Clement
Betty Jane Wilds
Dorothy Prater
Evelyn Middleton
Betty Dawson
Mary Alice Michel
Bennie Turner
Francis Cooper
Judith Roberts
Florence Reynolds
Bessie Shepard
Barbara Jean Shuster
Lucille Mosley
Betty Firnberg
Barbara Wallace
Mary Dixon
Dot Corry
Myrtle McConnell
Martha Brown
Jean Bennett
Nelligene Williams
Barbara Crowel
Jackie Hood
Helen Brothers
Mary Elizabeth Varino
Sarah Clayton Griffeth
Mary Sue Luckett
Elaine Sittason
Nancy Rothermel
Helen Hooper Stein
Barbara Cash
Juanita Dopson
Ruby Lee O'Banion
Velma Ann Bourgeois
Cynthia Hennigan
Lormie D. McDaniel
Nancy Jean Anders
Billie Marin Brewton
Sarah Francis Anders
Irene Rainbolt
Oulda Welch
Jean Hunt
Betty Jo Henry
Myrtle Louise Mays
Georgene Welch
Billie Cole
Joan Cole
Marie Nelson
Alma Jean Kennédy
Norma Jean Warren
Betty Nash
Lucille Bellmore
Evelyn Gannaway
Eloise Woods
Patsy Gandy
Marie Blake
Jessie May Jennings
Loraine Carlton
Patsy Brown
Pearlene Heen
Wilma May
Mildred White
Patsy Ruth Gandy
Mitchell
Neelley
John Carroll
E. A. Dopson
Lurline Walters
Louis Black
George Caldwell
W. J. Riley
Riley
BE. T. Ebert
J. B. Vaughan
Betty Reily
Patsy Dryburgh
John Boatner Reily
Henry Hayes
Henry Hayes, Jr
San Antonio
J. W. Blanchard, Sr
DeSiard Road
Joseph Mangham
Shreveport
Lois Cathey
Crowville
Earl Cartwright
Vicki VapoRub
VapoRub
VapoRus
Commerci
Bernhardt Bidg. T. H. Woods
Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Janet Powell
Charles McCord
Bert Williams
Verna Watts
Lake Charles
Frank Smith
NEA Service, Inc
George B. Arier
George B. Aricer
Far West
DeSiard
Children’s Department
Red Girls
Lot
Sawyer
Coats
Bella Scherck Davidson
Children’s Dept
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