Open House at Rhymes Plantation Honors December Weddings
The Rhymes plantation hosts a holiday open house as year ends with wedding bells. Prominent guests include Miss Virginia Husted and Mr Henry Hargrove. Mrs W L Husted oversees the coffee service as hosts decorate with crimson carnations and holly.
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Rhymes Plantation
Virginia Husted
Mr. H. B. Hargrove
Charming
Henry Brian Hargrove
Robert Rhymes
Boeuf River
Robertine Rhymes
Miss Husted
Mr. Hargrove
Colon
Panama
W. L. Husted
Martha Wilhelmina Grahmann Drapela Wedding Announcement
Mrs Magdalena Grahmann announces the marriage of her daughter Martha Wilhelmina to Joseph Randolph Drapela on Sunday January Fourth nineteen hundred forty two at nine thirty in the morning at Christ the King Church in Houston Texas. The notice lists social guests and local connections including Monroe residents and family ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Parapela
Gadsden
Ala
Magdalena Grahmann
Martha Wilhelmina
Joseph Randolph Drapela
Christ the King
Houston
Texas
Lottie Mae Braswell
J. H. Braswell
Wisner
L. Mathis
Stella Allen
West Monroe
D. D. Cantrell
Popular shirtwaist dress pattern beckons readers
An article advertises Pattern No. 8099 for sizes 34 to 44, highlighting a versatile shirtwaist dress suitable for business, school, dinner parties, and travel. It notes winter fabrics, yardage requirements, and a 15 cent price with pattern book offers, plus family and social notices.
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News-Star World
Seventh Avenue
New York
N. Y
Community Holiday Events and Local Greetings
Several meetings and gatherings are listed for the week including a Tuesday annual holiday party at 2113 South Grand Street hosted by Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Slater for the Business and Professional Women's club. Other notices mention aviation cadet Lyle Garretson's Christmas visit before Brooks Field and various residents visiting relatives locally and in Alabama.
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R. N. Slater
South Grand Street
Business and Professional Women's Club
P. Hall
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Stone Avenue Methodist Church
R. W. Irby
Robert DeCell
Lyle Garretson
W. H. Garretson
Brooks Field
Texas
Coast Guard Recruits Sought At Monroe Office
Chief Boatswain's Mate B. B. Rawls, a Coast Guard recruiter from Shreveport, will be in the Monroe post office lobby Monday Tuesday and Wednesday this week seeking men interested in joining the Coast Guard. Regular age limits are 18 to 31, with extension for prior service. reserve ages are 17 to 35 with no prior experience. Openings include machinist mates electricians cooks boatswain's mates radiomen firemen and carpenters. Written inquiries may be sent to the Shreveport recruiting station.
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B. B. Rawls
Coast Guard
Shreveport
Monroe Post Office
Armed Forces
Regular
Coast Guard Reserve
Mrs Roosevelt Visits Grandson in Philadelphia
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt met her week old grandson, the son of Ensign Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., and Ethel du Pont, at Lying-In Hospital in Philadelphia. The First Lady flew in to see mother and baby, who she said are doing fine.
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Philadelphia
Mother Is Right Son Still Alive in Pacific War
At Fort Worth Texas on December 29 a Navy notice told Mrs. W L Stewart her foster son Carl Frank Stewart 19 had died in the Pacific. She refused the life policy proceeds after dreaming he was alive. A later Navy message said he was wounded seriously but would recover.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Navy
W. L. Stewart
Carl Frank Stewart
Carl
Navy and Naval Reserve Recruiting at Monroe Post Office
Applications for the navy and naval reserve will be taken at the Monroe post office during the week of December 29 to January 3. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Accepted applicants will be sent to New Orleans and then to San Diego for training.
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Navy and
Naval Reserve
Monroe
New Orleans
San Diego
Calif
Builders Ready Application Forms for Defense Area Homes
The Monroe Sterlington and Bastrop defense area offers builder application forms for private residences. George D. Holland the chamber secretary said forms are available and may be submitted with FHA forms to the state FHA office in New Orleans. If not financed through FHA the forms go to the division of priorities in the OPM office in New Orleans. Contractors can secure priorities for critical materials if the homes are for sale or rent with defense workers given preference. Single unit homes cannot exceed $6000 in cost.
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Monroe
Sterlington
Bastrop
Chamber of Commerce
George D. Holland
Chamber
Holland
FHA
New Orleans
Division of
OPM
Housing Committee Set To Meet Tuesday In Chamber
The local defense housing committee will meet at 3 30 pm Tuesday in the Chamber of Commerce office to discuss expansion of the services of the registration office and the near term housing program.
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Defense Housing Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Registration Office
Canvass to count vacancies announced by homes office
The homes registration office announced a house to house canvass to determine the number of vacancies. The meeting will be attended by George H. Holland director Committeemen George D. Pipes May or H. H. Benoit Monroe Mayor Harry Williams Jr West Randolph Porter Ira Cagle Dr Douglas Williams Luther Reed ert Rosenhein Kurt H. Thies V Loften A B Clarkson and 8 L Dighy.
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Homes Registration Office
George H. Holland
George D. Pipes
H. H. Benoit
Monroe
Harry Williams, Jr
West
Randolph Porter
Ira Cagle
Douglas Williams
Luther Reedert Rosenhein
Kurt H. Thies
V. Loften
A. B. Clarkson
8. L Dighy
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Athline Connell
T. O. Brown
Ouachita Parish
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J. F. Craig
Ouachita Parish Grammar School
Webb City
Frank Leonard Mullen
Fourth Field Artillery Replacement Center
Fort Bragg, N. C
Maude Mullen
Annie D. Longino
Swartz, la
Edward Matta
Newport, R
Horace Carpenter
Montgomery
Matta
Camp Blanding
Fila
Monroe Recreation Center
Lucille Godwin
Walter Minniear
Minniear
David Weingarden
Detroit
Mich
Frances Hotel
Dr. Weingarden
Jean Retta Weingarden
Julius Lemle
Burt Sperry
West Coast
Gladys Sperry
Walter W. Kellogg
Minka Maish
Warsaw
Ind
City
Vernon Maish
Maish
B. D. Hodges
Cordelia Wolff
Dallas
Wolff
A. L. Smith
Miami Beach
Fla
Florida
Virginia Hotel
Mrs. H. B. Todd
Katheryn Elizabeth
St. Francis Sanitarium
Todd
Harriet Knight
W. B. Mangham
Stella Courtney
Alexandria
Government Hospital
United Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary
Roger C. Frisbie
Evanston, IL
Mrs
Lewis Slater
Houston, Tex
R. H. Wilkerson
Mr. Raye West
Tennessee
Nellie Lacey
Baton Rouge
W. L. Lacey
Vicks Vaporub
Ia Eto Mae
the Paramount Theat
George L. Risinger
Lillie
Twin City
P.T. A. Council
Civic League of West Monroe Recreation Center
Welcome Branch Book Club
F. H. Peterson
Louis Bromfield
Ernestine Vaughan
Montgomery, Ala
Fred Grant
G. T. Gallaspy
Charity Hospital
Sue Bennett
Birmingham, Ala
John Green
Mr. Green
Emale Gattis
Annie Mae Gattis
Oxford
Louisiana State University
Dallas Gosx
Weatherford, Tex
John Cecil Currie
Hattiesburg
Miss
Mrs. Roosevelt
U. S
Colgate
Colgate -Palmolive-Peet Co
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