Monroe Welcomes 1936 With Festive Local Arrangements
New Year observances abound in Monroe with parties at Lakeside Country club and the YMCA, church watch services, and hotel terraces. Scenes include revelry, prayers, and hopes for work, humor, and patience in the year ahead. Also notes weddings, such as Muriel Stevenson and Evan Gecree, Miss Hazel Mayes and Herman Dickerson, and social details on receptions and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Time
Lakeside Country Club
Hazel Mayes
Herman Dickerson
C. B. Gates
West Monroe
Rev. Gates
Trenton Baptist Church
Mildred Mayes
Grace
Evelyn Dickerson
Clayton Dickerson
Henry Mayes
Eros
D. Dickerson
Local Social Events Highlight Holiday Luncheons and Weddings
A busy set of social gatherings unfolds with an auxiliary meeting at 7 30 p m in the lodge hall 109 1 2 South Grand for installation of officers. Mrs Jackson Dailey Hancock of Kansas City visits, prompting a luncheon at the Frances hotel with pink carnations on display and attendees including Mrs Harold Dixon and Mrs Joseph Isaacman. Additional notices mention weddings, guests from Memphis and Seattle, family arrivals, and forthcoming ball at Lakeside Country club as well as open house at the Herman Masur home and holiday visits by various families in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson Wood Lee
South Grand Street
Jackson Dailey Hancock
Kansas City
Mary Lee Sullivan
Harold Dixon
Joseph Isaac~ Man
Frances Hotel
Hancock
Howard Greene
Walter Black
Theodore McCourtney
Memphis
Tenn
Greene
Edward Seymour
Joseph Isaacman
Year of Grace
T. O. Bancroft
Thomas Sullivan
Lakeside Country Club
Herman Masur
Irvin Shlenker
Holiday Guests Visit Harrisonburg and Surrounding Towns
Harrisonburg hosts numerous holiday visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Omega Shamblin and children James Wiley and Alta Mae of Monroe. Several students from St Francis sanitarium and LSU spent Christmas with families. Local clubs held holiday gatherings with prize winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omega Shamblin
James Wiley
Alta Mae
Monroe
H. B. Taliaferro
Roy Ruff
Clarence Johnson
Columbia
Harrisonburg
Louisiana State University
Kavanaugh Stone
James Hardy McGee
Lansing McKillips
Jenning McKillips
Joe R. Bethard
John Monroe Kirby
Elmer Kirby
Woodrow Blackman
Woodrow Radford
J. C. Williams
P. W. Calihan
Homer Townsend
Berdette Trichel
Kellie Moses
Robert Earl Johnson
George Johnson
Clifton Wilson
Texas
Home Drug Co Prescription Aid for Gall Stones
An advertisement promotes Prescription No. 69 from Home Drug Co offering a home treatment to prevent gall stones and avoid operations. It claims a 30 year proven result and provides a free Doctor's Guide literature from its Minneapolis address. Sold with money back guarantee at Faulk's Drug Store and Sandman's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Write Home Drug Co
N. 4Th St
Minneapolis
Minn
Faulk
Sandman’s
Ady
The Barnes Household Heir Reveals Shifting Alliances
Emily Barnes considers an heir and defies her managing mother as Edwin’s stodginess gives way to a wary peace. The home life moves toward armed neutrality, reshaping relationships and future plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adwin
Emily Barnes
Emily
Edwin
Dorothy Helps Emily Weather Edwin and Elston
Emily leans on Dorothy as Edwin disapproves of her friend. Narcissus narrates a lively tale of Elston life with pink paper, Silver Slippah party, and a growing social circle. Emily plans a vacation for Edwin to ease the strain of marriage and motherhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Shane
Emily
Dorothy
Edwin
Elston
Charlotte
Agust
Narcissus
NarcissuUs
Elsten
Rosebud
Teacher Fatally Hurt In Automobile Collision
Miss Ruby Stout, 23 year old Gilbert High School teacher, sustained painful injuries when the car she rode in Sunday night collided with a parked vehicle on the highway near Winnsboro Louisiana. She was treated at a local hospital for a forehead gash that may require grafting though physicians described her condition as not serious. Passengers Leon Stout and Hugh Stout escaped with minor bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnsboro
Ruby Stout
Gilbert
Miss Stout
W. M. Stout
Franklin Parish
Leon Stout
Hugh Stout
B. B. Franks, Jr
Marvin
McEacharn and Miss Williams Involved In Auto Incident
An automobile parked at the side of the highway without lights is linked to McEacharn and Miss Ethel Williams. The report notes the vehicle’s condition and the individuals’ involvement in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McEacharn
Ethel Williams
Election Officials Chosen for Ouachita Parish Primary
Officials began selecting election commissioners and alternates for Ouachita Parish polling places for the January 21 primary. Five commissioners and five alternates per polling place will be chosen from candidate-nominated lists, with names to be announced Thursday or Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Parish Registrar of Voters
The Return of Peter Grimm at the Paramount
Lionel Barrymore stars as a transformative figure in The Return of Peter Grimm. Helen Mack leads a strong cast as a foster daughter torn between love and a tyrannical guardian. The film follows a soul stirring quest across life and beyond to right past mistakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Grimm
Lionel Barrymore
Helen Mack
Earth
Miss Mack
Edward Ellis
Donald Meek
Ethel Griffies
George Breakston
Greta Meyer
Alelen Vincent
James Bush
Capitol
Winfield Sheeehan
20Th Century-Fox Film
Sling Summerville
Edward Trevor
Margaret Hamilton
Andy Devine
Russell Simpson
Henry King
Demonstration Clubs Elect New Officers in Arkansas
In Crossett and Ashley county clubs a full slate of officers was elected. Each club named president and officers including secretary reporter and historian for Promise Land Smith Prairie Boydell Riley Montrose Parkdale Pinehurst Milo Fountain Prairie with listed members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crossett
Ark
Ashley County
Promise Land
Ella Mae Wallace
T. Powers
Garlan Stell
A. T. Powers
Smith Prairie
W. W. Carter
L. L. Keleley
R. J
E. J. Ausetin
W. S. Augspurger
C. E. Haskew
Parkdale
S. M. Lindsey
L. G McCracken
G. Ny Porter
V. Curtis
Pinehurst
H. HL. Crow
James Walls
Miss Godwin To Attend Recreation Institute
Miss Lucyle Godwin director of Monroe Recreation department will attend a National Recreation Association training institute in St Louis Missouri January 6 to 31. She departs next Sunday and the course covers leadership for games athletics physical recreation drama arts and crafts social recreation nature activities and administration. Her assistants will handle local recreation activities during her absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucyle Godwin
Monroe Recreation Department
St. Louis
National Recreation Association
Holloway Named WPA Adult Education Supervisor
Holloway of Marion has been appointed Union parish supervisor of WPA adult education. About 20 teachers will be employed with roughly $23,000 allotted for the program. Holloway is a Louisiana State University graduate with years of high school principal experience in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holloway
Marion
H. G. Holloway
Union Parish
WPA
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Muriel Stevenson
W. C. Stevenson
Evan D. Gecree
L. E. George
Beebe
L. T. Hastings
Baptist Church
W. Wshburn
Oscar Kirkland
George
South First Street
W. E. Shannon
Miss Lillian Shannon
Lidge Maxie
Walter McGee
W. H. McGee
Indianapolis
Carmen
Elizabeth White
J. H. White
Los Angeles
Pasadena
Calif
Johnnie
Ruston
Mufti
Pau Pavolists
Trappey
Newport
Catsup
Stokely’s
Fresh Select, Pt
Uitricv Ritin
Rayville
Benjamin Dawkins, Jr
B. C. Dawkins
Jane Dawkins
Geraldine Williams
D. C
Alexandria
Dawkins
Herriett White
Messrs
King Stubbs
Victor Davis
Gilbert Faulk
James Sparks
John Dubuisson
Palmer Kellogg
Richard Kellogg
Fairview
Walter
John Sanders
New Orleans
Innes Millar
Mr. Millar
Innes Millar the
Touro Infirmary
Elizabeth Olney
Rochester
N. Y
W. J. Rogers
Seattle
Wash
Jack Rogers
James A. Nee
Violet Meyer
Ruth Atkins
O. E. Hodge
Belle Chasse, la
Ruth Bascom
B. Sutton
Vernon Overton
Nancy
Charlotte, N. C
J. L. Overton
Alex Wilenzick
Mrs
Louis D. Cohn
Dudley Mays
Lloyd Woodell
Fordyce
Arkansas
W. L. Hayden
Miriam McGimsey
University of Texas
Mrs. Winfred Mask
John, Howell
Lee Avenue
Charles L. Blanks
Merilyn Janet
Vaughan-Wright- Bendel Clinic
Ferd Levi Stationery CO
DeSiard St
Geneva Davis
St. Francis Sanitarium
Vira Mae Beasly
Louisiana State Normal
J. L. Beasley
W. C Brown
Jonesville
J. K. McGee
Gladys Lee
Pineville
R. E. Lee
R. M Taliaferro
Monroe, Jr
Shreveport
Robert A. Taliaferro
John Surville Taliaferro
Edward Enright
Sicily Island
Zeb Statson
B. G. Tranzler
Ann Cecile
Henry Bethard
Richard Bennett
McGee
Clarence Wilson
Contract Bridge Club
Roy Huff
Shirley Wren
Marie Andrews
Shelby Beasley
Robert Taliaferro
A. L. Gremillion
Harve Moses
Roger Reeves
A. Beasley
Iona Moses
Lucille Bennett
H. R. Hutcherson
Dave Boothe
Shelton Trichel
Northeast Center
Jess McGee
Mrs. A. Webb
Lake Charles
Lena Stone
Morning Star
Felton
Birmingham
Aftair
Marian Sims
Rio
London
Paris
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Italy
Irving Berlin
Paramount Theater
Picces
Edward Everett Horton
Helen Broderick
Erik Rhodes
Eric Blore
Miss Godwin
Recreation Institute
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