Social diversions and greetings from Monroe society
Tuesday honors for Mrs. Lucian Sawyer Jr and Mrs. M McKay with a misc shower for Mrs. Thomas B Shields at Mrs W E Coats home in West Monroe. The week features booster club séance at Hotel Virginia ballroom, New Year celebrations, and notice of residents traveling, illnesses, and a piano orchestra departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucian Sawyer, Jr
M. McKay
W. E. Coats
West Monroe
Thomas B. Shields
Mrs Downing Hosts Holiday Tea for Miss Annie Joe Howell
Mrs. Ben Downing entertained Monday afternoon at her mother Mrs. Sparks home in honor of cousin Miss Annie Joe Howell of Chicago. Guests wore festive attire as prizes and gifts were awarded to attendees and out of town guest Miss Essie Craig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newhall
Annie Joe Howell
Chicago
Ben Downing
W. Johnson
W. P. Craig
Douglas Moore
J. Humble
Felix Terzia
T. L. McCoy
Wenton Moore
Fenski Terzia
B. Jackson
Herbert Breard
T. Terzia
Miss Jessie Craig
R. C. Sparks
Ill
Jackson
Miss Howell
Mesdames Murray Hudson
H. K. Touchstone
Wharton Brown
Leo Terzia
Harry Bubb
George Wright
J. Briggs
Harry Newhall
Fred Hill
Malcolm Beidenham
R. L. Davis
Milling Bernstein
W. Gladney
P. Parker
George Zeigin
A. McHenry
Bob Humble
B. D. Hodges
Misses Jessie Craig
Caro Obb
Vada Speed
Virginia Lynch
Ogene Hodges
Louisa Flournoy
Ise Theus
Alma Summer Potts
Uchstone
Marriage Announcement of Miss Emma Hudspeth and Mr J W Keene
The announcement states Emma Hudspeth and J W Keene wed Sunday December twentieth in Ruston Louisiana with Rev Drake officiating. Emma is the daughter of Mr and Mrs W D Hudspeth and works for Missouri Pacific Railroad in the Division Storekeeper office. Keene is with Holloway and Thompson Shoe company in this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Hudspeth
J. W. Keene
Ruston
Rev. Drake
W. D. Hudspeth
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Keene
Holloway and Thompson Shoe Company
Senior Endeavorers in Holiday Entertainment at First Presbyterian
Senior Christian Endeavor members and friends gathered in the Sunday School rooms for a holiday party at First Presbyterian Church. Chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. Bill Matthews, the event featured decorations by Miss Marie Saxe, entertainment led by Miss Dorothy Gregg, and prizes including a high prize to Ir. W. Stewart and a booby prize to Miss Madeleine McMillan. A plate luncheon followed the games and musical selections by attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Christian Endeavor
Bill Matthews
Virginia Smith
Dorothy Gregg
Marie Saxe
Ir. W. Stewart
Madeleine McMillan
Madison Parish Tops Farm Exhibits at Louisiana State Fair
Madison Parish led the farm exhibit standings at the Louisiana State Fair with $1,140.50 in booth and cotton rewards and $513 in corn prizes, setting state records. Rapides swept sweet potatoes, Belfos cotton dominated first prizes, and yields exceeded two bales per acre across multiple parishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
A. P
Madison
East Carroll
Rapides Parish
Belfos
Tensag
Monroe Post Office Sets New 1925 Record
The Monroe post office reports 1925 surpassing 1924 by about $9,000 in gross receipts and a total of ten thousand outgoing packages, insured and uninsured, as staff note peak year demand and urge a new building to handle growth. West Monroe figures excluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
A. A. Thoman
West Monroe
New Heights
M. P. Boosters Plan Big Dance at Hotel Virginia
The Missouri Pacific Boosters announce a dance tonight in the Hotel Virginia ball room from 9 p m to 1 am with Sax Gibson's orchestra. Elaborate plans promise a premier event in the series and advance ticket sales show strong public interest and expected patronage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P. Boosters
Hotel Virginia
Missouri Pacific “Boosters
Sax Gibson
Teachers Advertise Jan 4 1926 Class Openings
Listing pupils for January 4 1926 class. Purchased new typewriters and implementing changes to aim for nearly 100 percent placement success. Special attention to each pupil. Contact Mrs L Smith at 207 Wood St after 6 pm phone 1076. Teaching same system for 10 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Wood St
Monroe Five Prepare for Memphis Epworth League Conference
Five delegates from Monroe Senior Epworth League depart at 7 PM on Missouri Pacific for the Memphis conference. The group includes Fred Allen as president and Letty Mc Reynolds as treasurer along with Elizabeth Langford Mildred Riggs and Mrs W S Garnett. They join delegates from nearby towns with plans to bring back blessings to Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Memphis
Monroe
Maly
W. S. Garnett
Monroe Five
Missouri Pacific
The
Missionary Society
Sunday School
Epworth League
Monroe Methodist Church
Sudden death of Rayville logger at railroad depot
Patrick Collins a 69 year old logger died in the waiting room of the V S P Depot in Rayville La while waiting for a train to Shreveport hospital. Employed by Roy Williams logging camp for years Collins had been growing weaker and was taken to hospital when he collapsed. He died instantly at the depot and was buried at the Potter field on the poor farm four miles south of Rayville. Undertaker William Lamie handled the body and arrangements were made by the Rayville Supply company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Star
Rayville
Patrick Collins
Shreveport
Littie
Roy Williams
Milles
Williams
Collins
Tennessee
Arkansas
William Lamie
Rayville Supply Company
Burial After Donation Drives Stirs Parish Farm Controversy
Relatives of a man organize donations to pay part of a casket and bury the body at the parish farm with simple rites. The episode prompts questions about funeral practices and local customs amid modest means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cate
Dowager Duchess to Be Buried on Iona Islet
A small steamer carries the body of the Dowager Duchess of Argyll from London to Iona in the inner Hebrides off Scotland. The historic island is linked to Scotland’s Christian heritage and Argyll family ownership, with legends of kings and saints interred there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
A. P
Duchess of Argyll
Iona
Hebrides
Scotland
Argyll
Nature
S&s
S. S
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Riverside Country Club
Sam Kaplan
U.eir
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Leon Cohn
Foster Jones
Baylor University
Waco
Texas
Mrs
A. H. Jones
Essie Whitlow
Hamburg
Ark
Louise D. Cohn
New Orleans
Vicksburg
Miss
O. W. Noel
Robert Harmon
Mrs. Noel
Souhern
Chapple Rogers
Riverside Sanitarium
W. D. Codgin
Memphis, Tenn
W. D. Rainey
Codgin
Pa Rainey
Gibson
Great Southern
Gulfport
A. G. Spengler
Dallas
Ocean Casualty Insurance Company
New York
Louis Breard
G. R. Lee
Dorothy Flad
Dan Cupid
Love
Mrs. Downing
Iss Howell
Harry
Hudspeth
Madison Parish
Grand Floral CO
Flowers
J Monroe
Mrs. Coolidge
Santa
Kris Kringle
Central Union Mission
Washington
4Th and
Washington Sts
Breard Grocery, Inc
Flower Shoppe, Inc
North Third
R. R. Depot
Kay
le Bay
Lonely Isle
Herbae
Pratt
Grand Floral Company
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