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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 30, 1926

Page

3

Day at Saka Nels Foretails He 8a

The fragmentary text yields little clear information. No identifiable people or events are readable to form a coherent news item.

Women Host Holiday Socials and Club Activities

A long list of social events from Hart and Honcy outlines Christmas dances, bridge gatherings, luncheons, and open houses. Notable items include Lotus Club parties, Musical Coterie entries, a Riverside Country Club ball, and a house party at Miss Irma Michie's. Local families and guests attend from J Udson Lane to Riverfront West Monroe and beyond.

A. Arent Judson Lane Henna Taylor Mary Virginia Watts Jank Watts Riverfront West Onroe C. P. Gray Prentice Jay Vet Wood Newport Tenn Irene Quinn Renaud Bridge Lotus Club Ellen Kent Millsaps Joy Steele Doris Beaman Regina Moffett Billy Stroud Adelia Sandel Florence Hilburn Earline McMullen Craig Haas Susanne Sperry Marie Dellprofuss Floy Kennedy Corre Mae Colder Wilma Jones Elizabeth Martin Elizabeth Cosper Alvine Mulhern Mary Louise O'Donnell Johnnie Cox Jennie Hanna Anne Filhiel Wise Gray Marguerite Coenen Carolyn Stubbs Roberta O'Donnell India Stubbs Jene Ivy Page Lydia Oakland Marot Green Margaret Cudd Violette Meyer Beverly Fauntleroy Cape Girardeau, Mo Irma Michie

Church Circles Plan Fund Drive and Year End Activities

The group reports year end business and confirms a good cheer fund committee. Circle No 5 met with Mrs Rochester with 20 present and planned a distribution committee for flowers and remembrances to sick and shut-ins. Mrs Powell led Genesis study and a farewell party for Mrs Worthington with Mrs Monk as guest. The Missionary Society opened with a hymn and a devotional by Mrs Powell on following Jesus. A talk urged church responsibility to working children. The group voted to raise five dollars monthly per Circle for the treasury and to rotate program meetings among Circles while all Circles study the same mission and Bible lesson.

Riverside Country Club Henry Biedenharn R. R. Beamon Charles Reed C. P. Gray Stevenson John Collens George Hyle Dan Breard Joe Washburn Alden Shotwell Palmer Kellogg Bradley Waelder R. L. Kellogg Fred Hudson Martha Austin Elizabeth Platt Charlotte Breard Alice Washburn Imogene Hodges Winifred Washburn Violette Washburn Mae Wooten Florence Ferguson Virginia Lynch Mlldred Cobb Alice Cobb Elizabeth Breard Marie Collens Margaret Collens Margaret Hudson Frances Germany Lelia Germany Jane Gordon Dawkins Frances Stubbs Doris Beaman Louise Theus Amos Smelser Eugene Windes Eddie Horton John O'Neal Ben Dawkins, Jr C C, Jones, Jr John Hopson Charles Kramer Gardner Young Tilden Austin Thomas Newton Layton Platt Jack Platt Prentice Gray Wet Wood Gordon Cummings Harold Wood Marcus Daley Dan Breard, Jr King Stubbs Frances Barringer John Wooten John Theus Virginia Hotel The Methodist Missionary Society J. R. White Hudson S. R. Wright Joyner Bryan Pollard Allen LeGrange Louisiana Theo Terzia Collens Rochester Powell J. W. Worthington Monk Jesus Julia Wossman

Marriage Licenses Granted in Monroe and Calhoun Areas

White Aubrey C Hobbs and Ethel White of Monroe. Colored Webster Brooks and Ida Wilson of Monroe. Printis Hicks and Willie May Hansford of Calhoun. Hiram Hansford and Willie Ann Dade of Calhoun. Silvester Hall and Ruth Bunch of Lemkin.

Webster Brooks Ida Wilson Monroe Printis Hicks Willie May Hansford Calhoun Hiram Hansford Willie Ann Dade Silvester Hall Ruth Bunch Lemkin

Coolidge Presses Peace Lead Nation to Moral Disarmament

President Coolidge urged global peace and international treaties to limit arms while reflecting on Washington and Trenton centennial events. He stressed self reliance and a shift from idle wealth to character through education and religion, urging moral disarmament rather than fantasies or bigotry.

Washington Coolidge Trenton Delaware Trenton Society United States Robert P. Robinson John W. Trumbull Connecticut A. Harry Moore New Jersey America

City Council Hyports on Monroe Water Rates

The Kiwanis club questions water rates as Monroe plans a new waterworks. Council says current flat rate based on taps yields low per thousand gallons and that meters could reduce costs for average users, depending on future rate structure, with citizens choosing between flat or metered pricing after supply is improved.

Monroe City Council

Gas Explosion Burns West Monroe Man Seriously

C. E. Jarrell, 26, of 208 Haynes Street, West Monroe, a fireman for Stovall Drilling, was burned on hands head and face by a gas explosion at Guthrie No. 3 about one mile east of the Sterlington power plant. He was treated at St. Francis sanitarium. He said high gas pressure around 600 pounds caused the pipe to rupture near his position as he turned off a boiler burner, a flame igniting the escaping gas and triggering a flash.

C. E. Jarrell Haynes Street West Monroe Stovall Drilling Company Now United Oil and Gas Products Company Guthrie No. 3 Sterlington St. Francis Sanitarium Jarrell Jarret Jarrel

Centennial Broadcast Interrupted by Ship S O S Signal

The sesquicentennial ceremonies were briefly interrupted when the British steamship Clearton sent an S O S after losing its rudder off the Virginia coast. Broadcasts resumed after the distress call as the president spoke about tolerating faith and loving thy neighbor and the training that helps the mind see into the heart of things.

Angelene and Frozen Fruit Cake Ice Cream Delivered

Angelene and Frozen Fruit Cake Ice Cream were delivered. The message lists contact numbers 536 and 537 for further inquiries.

Angelene

Bus Waiting Room at South Grad Near Telephone 772

A brief notice notes a bus waiting room located at 208 South Grad near the telephone 772. The snippet provides a place and contact cue without further context or events.

South Grad

Injured Man Recovers After Restaurant Incident

A man is resting well at the hospital after a fire caused by strong air pressure and flame from a fan incident. Details on the cause and location are not provided in the readable text.

Kaufman Named to Lake Charles Harbor Commission

Baton Rouge December 380 Governor Simpson announced the appointment of E R Kaufman as a member of the Lake Charles harbor and terminal commission to fill a vacancy created by term expiration. The reappointment takes effect December 31.

Associated Press Baton Rouge Simpson E. R. Kaufman Lake Charles Harbor

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Hart and Honcy Eva Bradford H. A. McDonald Louisa Flournoy Jessie Sadler Pine Street Sadler First Methodist Church 1St Missionary Society Jehurch Jack E. Marrus Washington, D. C Mrs. Y. Marrus New York City Eugenie Marus Alexandria Carolyn Metcalf T. Gasterling Theus Gardens Theus E. Z. Lamkin Jimmie Jones D. Y. Smith W. A. Walker Miss Metcalf Metcalf T. G. Easterling FE. T. Lamkin Edward Coverdale Terry Mable Stamper J. EF. Grower Alice Mae Craig Alice Baur Beatrice Kornman Emma Pinion Florence Snabnet Annie Eckhart Elizabeth Moore Anna Sutcliff Lucille Dongineaux Rebecca Spear Woman's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church G. W. Booze Vera Booze E. Robinette Mattie Turnley J. M. Turnley Miss Turnley Philadelphia National Education Bureau White House Ruth Grover Charles Ossett Minnie Maud Mims Fanny Darrell U.S Flower Shoppe, Inc Miss Alice Henry Kiwanis Club Tony Danna Desiard Sts Grand Floral CO Grand Ave Gene Austin Mary Lou Petruska Tom Waring Marian Talley Kaufman Ed’s Burroughs Monroe Store & Office Equipment Company Walnut St Jack Tar Kaynee
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