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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1948
Page
8
Junior fashion pattern 8380 features a clever date frock with a slim softly shaped waist and a full flattering skirt. Short or bracelet sleeves, sizes 11 through 18. Includes yardage for size 12 and pattern details.
Thursday hosted by Mrs. Hayes Ham and White honoring Miss Octave Register bride elect. Delta Beta Sigma New Year's formal dances on Friday night and New Year’s Eve at Country Club. Sunday Delta Beta Sigma and Delta Sigma meetings. Monday O E S Obligation night with open invitation. Choral Club spring rehearsal at First Presbyterian Church. Tuesday Delta Sigma formal at Miss Mary Wilton McHenry’s home. Wednesday plans for Miss Octave Register at Mrs. Head and Zufail home. Friday Sardis Home Demonstration Club meets at Mrs. Guyton’s home.
The Rev. Jacob Deshazer once bombed Tokyo and will deliver his first sermon in Suginami ward Tokyo this Sunday. He was a Doolittle flyer captured in China and later became a Christian after receiving a Bible from a Japanese guard. Deshazer and his wife arrive with their 13 month old son. services are held in a new Free Methodist church completed last week by a Tokyo congregation.
The report describes a mock attack exercise staging in San Francisco bay with ships from Essex type carrier Boxer to submarine and landing craft. The operation aims to test weather gear and mobility, concluding around March 1 with another theoretical attack against forces led by Vice Admiral George D. Murray.
A social minded Tuesday filled the city with events from a Laudenheimer Davidson wedding and rooftop reception to a gay holiday party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Grant and Mr. and Mrs. John Eby. An open house at Reynolds home drew 300 plus guests on Trenton Street. Babashelas Book Club plans an open house at the McGuire Club Thursday from 4 to 6 pm with D C Harper J O Miller and Fred Bennett arranging.
Christmas festivities for Quid Nunc members began at Miss Charlene Kaplan’s home with a Yuletide setup. Decorations featured a fireplace with stockings as favors, holly, mistletoe, and a tree. Club president Miss Clara Munholland distributed favors as dancing and games followed refreshments for members including Jack Baugh and Larry Saltzman.
A list of social pairing pairs appears, naming numerous brides and grooms with partners, including Nell Cowart and Dick Rowe, Jo Ann Roberts and Johnny Johnson, Clayton Campbell and Bob Brummel, Jane Tidwell and Jack Parker, Maurine Linquist and Robert Jones, Peggy Frantom and Buck Brown, Patsy Ates and John Sims, Pat Wadley and Larry Tucker, Evelyn Steen and John Turner, Barbara Wildey and James Leake, Ann Braun and Craig Whetstone, Virginia Laing and Reynolds McWilliams, Frances Shepard and Benny Heidenreich, Evelyn Godenour and Emile Ott, Marilyn Rosenberg, the club's sponsor Mrs. Tom Munnolland and Mr. and Mrs. David Kaplan.
Dr and Mrs Charles L Mosely and children Linda Carol and Dean arrived from Baton Rouge to visit Dr and Mrs C H Mosely Mrs LeRoy Scott Jr of Shreveport visited Mr and Mrs Edward Apperson and Miss Carolyn Apperson Mr C V McGimpsey and party to spend new year in Dallas to attend Cotton Bowl Guests Clyde Peoples of Corpus Christi staying with R D Whitecotton and J Roy Bennett family returned to Chattanooga after Christmas visit Hillyer Parker and sons Stephen from Mill returned from trip to Little Rock Douglas Parkes Shreveport guests of Frank Farmer S R Simpson Sylacauga Ala visiting Bunn Beasley Paul R Gale and daughter Melanie of Baldwin
Harbor New York guests stay with Mrs. Gale's parents. Mr and Mrs William H Thomas and Mr and Mrs Ross McDade of McDade return home after visiting daughter Mrs J Nalda Averett and Mr Averett. Miss Barbara Ann Sells recovering at 406 Louisville Avenue after hospital stay.
A counterfeit $10 bill appeared at Detroit police headquarters when an innocent citizen tried to pay for a driver's license. The note, of a type recently reported in New York and Chicago, was snagged by the cashier’s cage.
Claiborne Methodist Church will host a year end gathering Friday at 7 30 p m lasting past midnight. The program includes church school staff sessions Christian education board building committee youth fellowship and women and men groups plus worship prayer and song services. Coffee and donuts will be served all invited and welcome.
Rear Admiral L. T. DuBose says no trick to staying warm in Alaska. navy plans February amphibious exercises at Kodiak Island with 34 vessels 16 000 sailors 2 000 Marines and 120 aircraft to test clothing oil engines and de icing gear under Army Air Force and naval defense.
Yesterday several deeds were recorded including Marvin F. Reed selling to W. B. Reed blocks 3 and 4 in J. F. Heard's First addition for 5400 dollars. B. M. Hudson sold to Edward D. Morrison lot 60 in Epstein's addition for 200 dollars. P. A. Miller sold to Clarence E. Roswell lot 3 in square 14 of Biedenharn's nation for 4750 dollars. L. M. Ray Construction Corporation sold to John C. Dalby lot 25 in block 12 Riverbend addition for 6200 dollars. Aslee Williams sold to Mary Cruft lot 20 in Blanks addition for 300 dollars. Sidney J. Monroe sold to The Brown Paper Mill Company Inc many parcels totaling 55200 dollars in S. V. Vick's addition in section 3 township 17 N range 3.
A historical note defines a tornado as a wind storm that whirls at speeds up to 500 miles per hour, emphasizing extreme power and destructive potential.
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