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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1928
Page
5
The narrator describes a child named Fanny Darren bursting with holiday anticipation. Starry eyes refuse to close as visions of tomorrow’s happiness dance, and she fights sleep to greet Christmas Day with joy, peace, and good will for all.
Mr and Mrs C FE Fauntleroy and Miss Beverly Fauntleroy visited relatives in Keatchie and Dallas during Christmas vacation. Beverly will return to the University of Oklahoma. A son named William Carlyle arrived December 18 to Louie C Kimple and wife in Dallas. Several social visits and events are noted, including a Norris league banquet at Gordon Avenue Methodist church with talks by Rev C E McLean and officers to be elected, Nona Louise Smith recovering from flu and studying at LSU, and a New Year golf tournament at Riverside. Thomas Ray Hays born December 24 weighing 8 ½ pounds.
Mothers note Mondays are hardest for preschoolers with more crossness disobedience and fussiness. Nursery teachers say Sunday strain and family routines cause tension, later breaking routines and feeble meal moods.
The community schedules New Year’s Eve programs at Saenger Theatre and Virginia hotel dinner dance at Y M C A club events. New Year’s Day open house at Riverside Country Club. Presbyterian Auxiliary and Missionary society meetings. Catholic Ladies Auxiliary and Semper Fidelis club gatherings. upcoming bridge and rectory auxiliary activities noted.
A written admonition argues that Sunday automobile outings are harmful for children under five. It recommends leaving the child at home to preserve nap schedules and quiet meals, suggesting outdoor time with familiar toys and an earlier bedtime when guests are present.
Farmerville reports a flurry of visitors and relocations. Annie Noble of Ruston spent Thursday with Faye Baughman. Willie Earl Byram of Shreveport visited the Booth home. Lois Pickens from Dallas stayed with the Piken family. Ernestine Elder and Trigg Elder of Ruston visited local friends. Pace family will move to Pontiac Michigan. Dozier family from Monroe hosted at Deason Jones home. Bob Edwards of Bastrop TX visited relatives. Mary Dykes and Duke Selig Jr accompanied H G Norris to Monroe for Washington DC train. Wiley Wingfield of Emerson Ark visited Maggie Covington. Gill and Dardin families of Ruston also visited the Pearson home.
The 1927 Louisiana mortality rate fell to 2.3 per 1,000, down from 12.6 in 1926, with 23,875 total deaths. White deaths numbered 11,878 and the white rate 9.5, while negro deaths rose to 11,997 with a rate of 17.4. The U S rate was 11.4, and Maryland had the highest white rate while Kentucky led for colored.
Mrs Maude Bailey of Kendrick Oklahoma reports a net profit exceeding one dollar for each hour she spends tending a flock of 400 saving hens, highlighting her earnings on Dec 31.
Four horses owned by Thomas Hitchcock Jr and one horse owned by Thomas McCreery burned to death when the McCreery stables at Belmont Park burned last night. The horses were valued at 30000 dollars and the stable at 20090 dollars. Watchman Matthew Connor died of a heart attack during the blaze. The Hitchcock horses were under a year old and recently arrived from England.
William Bailey a 29 year old Brooklyn resident was arrested and charged with the murder of Frankie Yale a prominent Brooklyn gangster linked to Capone. Yale was shot July 1 while driving through Brooklyn and the car used in the crime was traced from Memphis to New York via Chicago.
Cumberland University in Lebannon Tennessee extends the mid year vacation until January 10 due to influenza. The school had planned to reopen on Wednesday.
Five hundred influenza cases were reported to Lake Charles public health officers but all are mild. The public schools are slated to reopen Monday January 7 after the Christmas holidays, despite the outbreak.
Mrs Dorothy Campbell Hurd of Philadelphia, a world traveler who has played on 231 courses, spent the winter at Gulf Hills Biloxi. She and Jim Wilson lost the mixed foursome match by one hole to Mrs Dalton Raymond of Baton Rouge and Eddie Murphy of Chicago, as a large crowd watched near Biloxi.
Mrs Bertha Taylor Dupont wife of Lamont Dupont president of the E I Dupont De Nemours and company died today in Wilmington Delaware after a long period of charitable work and a prior nervous breakdown She was the daughter of the late George R Taylor a noted siren manufacturer of Robesonia Pennsylvania.
A narrator recalls confessions by a steadfast woman as her maid Katie recounts a ruse involving mourning dress and a staged post office meeting to shadow a character named Mary and the elusive Janet Rawdon, hinting at a forthcoming continuation.
Cynthia, freed from the family chain, returns to care for the decaying Hickory Hill despite college dreams and a lost lover. Years of duty clash with a desire for movement and space as the family tree remains rooted at the farm.
Cynthia Freer narrates a life tangled in family authority and tradition. Her mother Dorothy, shaped by Southern romance, battles Freer conventions while Cynthia pursues writing, facing pressure from Aunt Lizzie and a rigid inheritance. A moonlit reunion hints at further revelations as night conceals secrets.
Hugo Donaldson and Bunny prepare a festive wedding luncheon for Paul Mostyn and Helen. Gifts flow from their circle including a thousand pound joint check for a house. The group awaits Paul’s return as Bunny and Hugo share memories and hopes in a quiet, intimate setup.
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