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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1941
Page
2
Numerous Monroe families hosted Christmas open houses with eggnog, fruitcake, and Nativity displays. Notable events included the Dryburghs, Dawkins, Cummings, and Fudickars hosting lavish gatherings, while others visited relatives and attended church youth conventions and Sugar Bowl festivities.
A partial OCR fragment describes a noon thrills event with a phone contact and ending numbers. It mentions a tax and a sequence of digits perhaps representing a contact method. The readable portion lacks clear event scope or location.
Home sewing pattern advertises a two piece dress with sleeves and back tie sashes for easy fitting sizes 6 through 14 years. It lists fabric yardage for size 8 and directs readers to mail coin and details to News Star World pattern service in New York with pricing for pattern 8051 and a pattern book offer.
Local items list open houses and receptions at Mrs. Kendall’s home on Tren ton Street and a First Methodist church reception honoring Rev. H M Johnson. Also upcoming P T A Council meeting, Civic League event, United Spanish War veterans officers installation, and a Welcome Branch Book Club benefit. Plus travel and social updates from Monroe residents and nearby towns.
Social notes from Shreveport recount warm teacups and informal drop in visits as families and friends mingle during holidays. Details include Mrs Slagle hosting post tea greetings, Lt Col Thornhill’s Fort Fisher leave, Ensign Fudickar’s Pacific service, and multiple trips to Miami Beach and San Diego.
Rayville and nearby households hosted numerous visitors over Christmas and holidays. Notables include Miss Innes Glynn Ellis and Carey Ellis at Judge Ellis home, families from New Orleans and Shreveport, Senator W. D. Cotton with Mrs. Cotton in Donaldsonville, and College students from Draughon’s Dallas, Hardin-Simmons Abilene, and LSU. Several Stodghill family members traveled to Shreveport, California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, and Monroe for visits and social functions related to the D E E convention in New Orleans.
A sequence of holiday visits and gatherings features Mr. and Mrs. Allan Buie in Monroe with Mrs. Sneichen's relatives, Miss Annie Margaret Justice in Fayette with family, and Lt Ihirk R. Morley at Wentworth Military Academy visiting kin. Numerous locals, teachers, and Red Cross workers spend Christmas week with relatives across Delhi, Shreveport, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and nearby towns, with parties hosted by the Mounger and Purvis households and various extended family groups.
The Rayville Junior Federated club met December 18 with Miss Ruth Cain. Members discussed defense activities and knitting for the Red Cross. Hostesses will skip refreshments this year to donate to the Red Cross. Mrs. T J Coenen Jr led a defense discussion and Miss Mary Wells Ferguson spoke on Socialized Medicine. Guests included Mrs J W Adcock and Miss La Neil Nunnally. other visitors and relatives were noted from Inman Kansas Shreveport and Pineville.
L. A. Moss, freight agent of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, and Mrs. Moss are again vacationing in Los Angeles California where they spend the holidays with their daughter each Christmas.
The Monroe Kiwanis Club will install officers at Hotel Virginia Tuesday at 7 0 p m with district governor George A Meadows presiding from Shreveport among visiting Kiwanis members. New officers include Ben Parnell president Armand Breard and E N Thompson vice presidents D W Chandler secretary C C Calvert Albert Marx Dr A L Peters Ivy Jordan S A Moss and Jack Russell as board members. Short talks and Kiwanis prize awards will close the program.
A rival stated that they had an enjoyable time and plan to return shortly after New Year’s.
Dallas, Dec 30. Arnold Court reports from the 1939 U S government Antarctic expedition at Little America reveal dramatic temperature swings. Two nearby points within half a mile differed by 57 degrees, one at 7.5 below zero and the other at 10 below. Winds held near 50 mph for six hours, with eight days showing temperatures down to 76 degrees below zero and an average of 63.4 below. Only once did warmth reach 3 below.
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