Collinston Order of Eastern Star Installs Officers
Harry Vaughan Chapter 125 of the Order of Eastern Star in Collinston inducted officers for 1949 at a public installation ceremony held December 23. The ceremony was conducted by installing officer Mrs Pauline Storment with assisting officers Mrs Mary Lou Armitage installing marshal Mrs Florence Couch installing chaplain and Mrs Mattie Lou Arnett installing organist.
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Collinston
Harry Vaughan
Order of Eastern Star
Pauline Storment
Mary Lou Armitage
Florence Couch
Mattie Lou Arnett
Sunny South Chapter 12 Installs Officers in Bastrop
Sunny South Chapter 12 Bastrop installs officers with Mrs Lorene Puckett as worthy patron and J M Goodnight as worthy patron. Notable events include an address by the matron and a solo by Mrs Storment. Guests include Mrs Jane Roberson.
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Sunny South
Bastrop
Harry Vaughan
Lorene Puckett
J. M. Goodnight
Veghan Harkness
Rhopayne Griffin
Katie Dalgarn
Gertrude Goodnight
Cora Harper
Adah
Annie Spencer
Ruth
Marie Hodges
Martha
Dee Norsworthy
Marshal
Helen V. Howell
R. Arthur Harper
Sentinel
Vera Waldrop
Mabel Haynes
Bernice Pratt
Lucille Puckett
Esther
Lena Pollock
Electa
William B. Puckett
Puckett
Storment
Marriage Licenses for Hilton and Russell
F D Hilton aged 24 of West Monroe and Malinda Kate Russell aged 20 of Monroe received marriage licenses.
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F. D. Hilton
West Monroe
Malinda Kate Russell
Monroe
Electoral college plan backed by Stennis and Lodge
Senator Stennis said he will co sponsor a Lodge led proposal in the new Congress to divide a state's electoral votes in proportion to the popular vote. The plan would make every citizen's vote count in presidential selections by ending the winner take all system.
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Washington
Stennis
D.-Miss
Lodge
R.-Mass
Congress
Draft Board Sought Six Missing Men Addresses
The local draft board at 216 South Grand street seeks current addresses for six men. Names and last-listed locations include Irven Jones M P Hotel Monroe William Henry Gray Anguilla Mississippi John Thomas Col 895 Layton Avenue Monroe Charlie Grayson Jr Col Route Two Delhi Abe Fields Col 102 Coleman Avenue West Monroe Willie Johnson Jr Col 100 South Ninth Street Monroe.
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South Grand Street
Irven Jones
M. P
Monroe
William Henry Gray
Anguilla
Miss
John Thomas
Layton Avenue
Charlie Grayson, Jr
Route Two
Delhi
Abe Fields
Coleman Avenue
West
Willie Johnson, Jr
South Ninth Street
Permits Issued for Remodels and Dwellings in City
James Buttita received permission to remodel the storefront front at 523 DeSiard street for 400 dollars with day labor. Pasquale D Antonio was authorized to erect a dwelling at 303 Powell avenue for 2000 dollars with day labor. James G Smith gained a permit to build a dwelling at 11 Georgia street for 6300 dollars.
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James Buttita
DeSiard Street
Pasquale D'Antonio
Powell Avenue
James G. Smith
Georgia Street
Prof Albert Einstein in Hospital for Rest and Observation
New York December 29. Professor Albert Einstein is in a hospital for rest and observation at the Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn. A spokesman said he is perfectly all right and is smoking his pipe and working in bed. Einstein, who will be 70 next March, was brought to the hospital by Dr. Rudolph Nissen.
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New York
Albert Einstein
O. K
Jewish Hospital of
Brooklyn
Einstein
Rudolph Nissen
Coat dress with saw tooth pleats in chambray
Residual shrinkage under 1 percent highlights a Bandbox-crisp Sanforized chambray coat dress. Expert tailoring makes it a perennial favorite and comfortable for any setting. Sizes 9 to 15.
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June Arden
Shriners Present Indoor Circus for Monroe
The Northeast Louisiana Shriners signed a contract with Ward Brothers Shrine Circus for two February showings at Neville High School Auditorium January 17 and 18. The event includes Wallenda high wire and Cayse O Dell aerial acts with six elephants, benefitting local charity work.
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Cameo
Virginia Hotel
R. W. Craig
Northeast Louisiana Shriners’ Club
George Pughe
Ward Brothers’ Shrine Circus
Neville High School
Fred Hoffman
Henry Haas
Leo Baer
Wallenda
Cayse O’dell
Shriners to Host Benefit Circus in City Stage
Cal Hicks the circus press rep said the Shriners plan a benefit show for underprivileged area children. Headquarters will be at the Virginia Hotel with ticket sales later. The Northeast Louisiana Shriners circus closes in Shreveport January 16 and opens here the next day.
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Cal Hicks
Circus
Shriners
Hicks
Virginia
Northeast Louisiana Shriners
Shreveport
Open New Paved Concordia Road in Ferriday and Vidalia
From Ferriday to Minorca four miles of the Ferriday Vidalia highway are opened to traffic as Representative Mike S Ohlsen called Santa Claus by announcing the finish. Motorists are urged to drive carefully as crews finish final paving and bid openings for the Clayton Azucena roadbed are set for January 28.
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Ferriday
Mike S. Ohlsen
Concordia Parish
Santa Claus
Ferriday- Vidalia
Minorca
Ohlson
Clayton-Azucena
Arkansas Raises Atomic Energy Question at Hearing
Arkansas lawmakers argued against a steel industry plan to supply 35,000 tons of steel for a 22 inch gas pipeline to Oak Ridge Tennessee. They warned the move could delay gas needed to boost aluminum output in Arkansas while the hearing called by the commerce department examined industrial cooperation efforts.
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Atomic Energy Project
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Arkansas
Office of Industrial Cooperation
Commerce Department
Atomic Energy Commission
Kiwanis Banquet to Install Monroe Officers
The Monroe Kiwanis Club holds its annual installation banquet at the Hotel Virginia ballroom Thursday at 1pm with Rev. Orville Cawker as speaker. Lt. Gov. Elect Tom Helm will conduct officer installations.
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Monroe Kiwanis Club
Virginia
Orville Cawker
Shreveport
Tom Helm
Bossier City
America
God Save the King
J. B. Kugler
Leon Hammond
F. K. Hirsch
Fred Fudickar, Jr
Kiwanis Club of
Rayville
George Purvis
James Aycock
Raymond Bolton
L. Yancy, Jr
Richard Downs
Billie Calhoun
John Morris, Jr
Ben Parnell
W. Thompson Helm
Don Weil
Monroe Club
T. H. Scott
Jimmie R. Plaisance
Ray Updegraff
Milton Ford
Fred Grant
L. B. Pettit
W. D. McGee
George Riser
Eddie Whitman
Blue Baby Jeanie Rountree Recovers After Blue Baby Operation
A Concordia parish family celebrates a white Christmas as Jeanie Rountree returns from Johns Hopkins Hospital after undergoing the famous Blue Baby heart operation. Her parents and grandparents report a satisfactory recovery and hopeful plans for a normal childhood with Santa promising joy in 1949.
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Ferriday
Concordia Parish
Jeanie Rountree
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Maryland
Percy L. Rountree
Jeanie
David
Santa Claus
Nazarene New Year Service At West Monroe
The Church of the Nazarene at North Fourth and Stella streets West Monroe Louisiana will host a special 8:00 p m service Friday featuring a sacred song concert by the churchs talent young peoples choir under Jack Davis former Monroe police quartet member and current Monroe traffic department captain Rev R A McCormick will deliver a New Years message followed by a community prayer and goals sharing all are invited to attend this seasonal event
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Church of the Nazarene
North Fourth and
Stella Streets
West Monroe
Jack Davis
Monroe
R. A. McCormick
French Army Reports Two Victories in Indochina
The French army announced two successful operations. A Viet Nam regiment was cut to pieces about 30 miles south of Saigon with several hundred soldiers killed fleeing on sampans. Large quantities of ammunition were captured or destroyed at Phu Ly near Hanoi, including 4000 grenades 3000 mines and 700 shells.
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Saigon
Indochina
Sampans
Phuly
Hanoi
Big cotton crop in Union parish reported
Marion La December 29 Special Eight hundred eighty more bales of cotton were ginned in Union parish from the 1948 crop prior to December 1 1948 than were ginned from the 1947 crop to the same date last year The 1948 total was 5478 bales versus 4598 for 1947 according to the district office census El Dorado Arkansas
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Marion
Union Parish
Bureau of the Census
el Dorado
Ark
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Prof
Silverstein’s
Itn Fev
Green
Brown
Jackie Nimble
Silverstein
Vilversteit
North Louisiana
Jackie
Ward Bros. Shrine Circus
Burns
Chate
Concordia
Coats
FUR Coats
Louisiana
H. K. Thatcher
Agriculture Division
Arkansas Resources Commission
Kiwanians
Nazarenes
Harbuck
Mr. Prewitt
Mr. Dennis
Ritchie Grocer CO
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