Reunion Of Prophit Family At Christmas Dinner
Happiness filled the Alden Shotwell home as Mrs Pau Line Prophit hosted a twelve year reunion of the Prophit family on Christmas Day. Mr Francis Prophit and son David from Aruba joined the gathering. a grand noonday dinner featured Mrs Prophit at the head of the table with silver services and Christmas blooms while stories of life in the West Indies filled the afternoon. Other attendees included Alden Shotwell and family, Robert L. Prophit, Alston Prophit and daughters Penny and Patty, Giradet Prophit and sons Harry II Charles and Don, Phil Smith and Phil Smith Jr., W H Shaw of Dayton Ohio, Clem Dickard and daughter Mary Jane, Miss Betty Sue Shotwell, and Bill Shotwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alden Shotwell
West Indies
Francis Prophit
Prophit
Robert Ll. Prophit
Alston
Penny
Patty
Giradet
Harry Prophit II
Charles
Don
Phil Smith
W. H. Shaw
Dayton
Ohio
Clem Dickard
Mary Jane Dickard
Betty Sue Shotwell
Bill Shotwell
Community events and society notes for West Monroe area
A sequence of local club meetings and public events is listed including Twin City P T A Council, Semper Fidelis, Civic League at West Monroe Recreation Center, United Spanish War veterans camp and auxiliary, Readers' Clique, Ouachita Parish High School comedy Double or Nothing, Atheneum club gathering, Welcome Garden Club benefit book review, Literary Guild, St Matthew's Altar Society, and youth mission study. Local social updates mention Mrs Ann Mickel's Memphis trip and Wichita visitor Mr H K Wulf, plus holiday visits from Mrs Roy Green and relatives of Mrs Pauline Prophit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic League of
West Monroe
United Spanish War Veterans
A. D. Williams
Glenmar
Ouachita Parish High School
Kathleen Miller
Welcome Garden Club
H. V. Collins
North Second
Welcome Branch Book Club
F. H. Peterson
Louis Bromfield
Frances Hotel
Literary Guild
Thomas Sandridge
St. Matthew's Altar Society
W. E. Reardon
Glenni Hughes
The Bobby Suit pattern sparks fashion trend in 1942
The notice advertises Pattern 810 for a two piece dress suit with four button jacket and wide hemmed skirt in sizes 12 to 14, showing yardage requirements and pricing. It also lists a pattern catalog and pattern book options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue
Dickey
News-Star— World
Seventh Avenue
New York
N. Y
Veterans of Foreign Wars Meeting At Hobbs Post
Rodney J. Hobbs Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet at its post home on Thursday night. Commander H. M. James says important business will be discussed and all members should attend. The post will address service work for citizens with disabled or missing relatives and handle claims through Post Service Officer Hi. B. McClendon. Refreshments will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney J. Hobbs
Veterans of Foreign Wars
H. M. James
Hi. B. McClendon
James
Mrs. S. L. Barksdale Dies Sudden in Ruston
Mrs. S. L. Barksdale widow of longtime Ruston postmaster died suddenly at a daughter's home in Ruston. Funeral services were held there. Survived by son Allen Barksdale city attorney of Ruston. daughters Mrs. P. C. Connell Mrs. Walter Braswell and Mrs. Gene Davis. sister Mrs. George Petrie. brother Lawrence Pitts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. L. Barksdale
Louisiana
Ruston
Monroe
Barksdale
Annebell Pitts
Walter Braswell
Real estate transfers recorded in Ouachita Parish
Yesterday in Ouachita Parish clerk of court records show George M. Little selling to Mrs Flossie May Jones the west third of the north half of the southwest quarter of section 18 township 16 north range 3 east for 500 dollars. Leu Bertha Clay Boyle sold to Maria Bailey Thomas lot 5 of square 7 of Wilson Williams addition to Monroe for 125 dollars. W Decker Moore sold to Thomas H McMillan lot 10 of square 1 of Bell Clark and Montgomery addition to West Monroe for 100 dollars. The General Carbon and Chemical Corporation sold to Activated Carbons, Inc. 2.25 acres in section 42 township 18 north range 4 east north of Bayou DeSiard bounded by the A and L Railroad and old Monroe Sterlington gravel road for 7500 dollars. Articles of incorporation of Hunt and Whitaker, Inc. were recorded, authorized with capital stock 15000 dollars up to 20000 dollars, to be governed by a board: Harold R. Alrig president, Mrs Myrtle Barton Holloway vice president, S. E. Holloway treasurer, Mrs Lora Hanchey Arlig secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ousthita Parish
George M. Little
Flossie May Jones
Leu Bertha Clay Boyle
Maria Bailey Thomas
Squae
Wilson Williams
Monroe
W. Decker Moore
Thomas H. McMillan
Bell, Clark and Montgomery
West Monroe
General Carbon and Chemical Corporation
Activated Carbons, Inc
Bayou DeSiard
A. and L. M
Monroe-Sterlington
Hunt and Whitaker, Inc
Harold R. Alrig
Myrtle Barton Holloway
S. E. Holloway
Lora Hanchey Arlig
Wartime income tax to hit Russians sooner
In Kuibyshev on December 30 a wartime tax plan declared effective January 1 will apply to Russians earning one dollar a day or more. Levy scales run from 25 dollars on 365 dollar annual salaries to 545 dollars on 4800 dollar earners. Monthly partial payments are required. All citizens over 18 except military personnel and dependents are liable, replacing the July temporary taxation system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuibyshev
Russia
Snowstorms Hit Southeast Europe Reported
A Toulouse radio broadcast cited that severe cold and heavy snow hit southeastern Europe. The report claimed about 25 peasants died of freezing in southern Thrace while Sofia Bulgaria registered 13 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. CBS picked up the broadcast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Toulouse
Europe
Thrace
Sofia
Bulgaria
CBS
Fourmy's Nephew Earl Hine Dies After Auto Crash
Mr and Mrs L A Fourmy returned from New Iberia La to attend the funeral of Earl Hine nephew of Mr Fourmy He was injured in an automobile accident near Camp Polk Leesville on Christmas Eve and died in the station hospital at Camp Polk Sunday night The funeral was held at New Iberia Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Fourmy
New Iberia
Mr. Fourmy
Earl Hine
Pythian Knights to Meet as Usual on New Year Night
Stonewall lodge of Knights of Pythias will hold its regular meeting Thursday night despite New Year’s Day. After skipping Christmas Eve, members voted to hold the meeting on New Year’s night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonewall Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Robbery confession wrapped up by Birmingham youth
Three hours after robbing Hall's service station at 1719 Jackson Street, W D Penland of Birmingham was arrested at Rayville and confessed to the crime. Police say he took about $25 and spent $1 on gas with a .25 caliber pistol. Penland also claimed he took a car from a man in Nashville after a lift from Adairsville. Two hitchhikers from Grand Saline were detained for further investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Jackson Street
Rayville
W. D. Penland
Birmingham
Ala
Monroe
Charles Batten
Penland
Batten
Gilbert Gordy
J. D. Busby
Soureal
Gordy
C. H. Sisson
Nashville
George Jackson
M. H. Stanberry
Grand Saline
Tex
Here
5 000 Men Women To Fight Disease
Baltimore December 31 recruiting an army of 5 000 or more young men and women to combat disease during the present war began today. The Society of American Bacteriologists urged high schools colleges and labs to adopt a nationwide program to train laboratory technicians to replace more skilled workers now in military service. Society officials with immunologists and pathologists called for an immediate campaign to educate young people to support wartime research during and after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Society of American Bacteriologists
Medical Corps
Army
Navy
American Association of Immunologists
American Society of Experimental Pathology
America
Colvert Attends National Junior Colleges Conference
Dean C C Colvert of Northeast Junior College travels to Baltimore Maryland for the American Association of Junior Colleges three day convention at Lord Baltimore hotel. He will lead a session on how junior colleges aid total war and meets Washington officials on civilian pilot training. The event draws 500 to 600 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Colvert
Northeast Junior College
Baltimore
American Association of Junior Colleges
Lord Baltimore Hotel
Los Angeles
Calvert
Washington
States Office of Education
J. C. Miller
Christian College
Columbia
James Ewing
Copiah-Lincoln
Walter Crosby Eells
Deen
Monroe
America’s World Status Discussed at Lions Club Lunch
The Lions Club membership committee hosted a Tuesday noon luncheon at Hotel Frances. Speaker E. C. Gibson cited a U S Daily News editorial, arguing America’s role is protecting democratic principles rather than conquest, with music by Leon Hammonds of Monroe Rotary Club. Guests included D R Armstrong of Baton Rouge and V N Robbins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Hotel Frances
E. C. Gibson
United States Daily News
America
Leon Hammonds
Monroe
Italian Propagandist Sergio Pinelli Dies in Rome
A Rome dispatch reports Colonel Sergio Pinelli age 55 chief of Italian army propaganda has died in Bern. Pinelli edited Le Forte Armate for six years and held the propaganda post since this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
DNB
Rome
Sergio Pinelli
Pinelli
le Forte Armate
Cab companies hire women drivers in Long Beach
In Long Beach California two cab firms received city permission to hire women drivers after a previous attempt in May faced moral objections. Under the new plan women can drive only from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. and must secure police permits and pass special examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Calif
Warren Cabbies
Wavell Sends New Year Wishing US Army Success
General Sir Archibald Wavell, commander in India, cabled Secretary of War Stimson in New York on December 31 wishing the United States army success in 1942 on behalf of all troops under his command. CBS reported the British broadcast.
Hawthorne Appointed Chairman of Defense Savings Committee
District Attorney Frank W Hawthorne named chairman of the Morehouse Parish defense savings committee to promote the sale of defense bonds and stamps. The appointment was made by Paul M Maloney state administrator of the defense savings staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W,wthorne
Morehouse Parish
Defense Savings Committee
Paul M. Maloney
Defense Savings Staff
Augusta woman knits for Red Cross and Britain since 1939
Mrs. M. E. Rhehey, age 82 in Augusta Ga, continues her defense era knitting. Since 1939 she has produced 173 garments, including 158 sweaters for the Red Cross and bundles for Britain, remaining active despite age. She was in her fifties during World War I and also contributed then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
M. E. Rhehey
Red Cross
Britain
Japanese warships attack Hawaiian islands report
A Tokyo broadcast cited by Reuters said Japanese forces have repeatedly attacked small U S islands in and below the Hawaiian group since December 17. The Imperial navy reportedly destroyed hangars wireless stations and other military installations on Maui Johnson Sand and Palmyra Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Hawaiian Group
Tokyo
Reuters
Navy
Imperial Headquarters
Maui
Johnson, Sand
Palmyra Islands
Man vows to be 50 years younger for war birthday
Chester Pa December 31 Charles William Eckert looked forward to his birthday tomorrow with one wish to be 50 years younger so he could be in the war. He will be 100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Charles William Eckert
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Oci Eve C. Bradford
Prophit Family
Pauline Prophit
Twin City P.T. A. Council
Semper Fidelis Club
W. B. Clarke
Atheneum Club
T. T. Howe
North Sixth Street
Mack Hammons
Ann Mickel
Memphis
Tenn
Orld Missions
Presbyterian Church
Christ
H. HK. Wulf
Wichita, Kans
Roy E Green
Sue and
Mary Beth
Mrs. Green
J. F. Baugh
Annie Bonner McClendon
Tyler
Vicks
Monroe, la
Shamrock Club
Tallulah
Highway
Buddy Yancy
Chuck Heuchin
Bond
Harrison and Catalpa
Kathleen Miler
Dorothy Davis
Jase Johnson
Imogene Baugh
James Montgomery
Ted Hoyt
Ted
Carol Muir
John Mullin
Patty Lee Padgett
Claudia Nugent
Julius Bennett
Martha Roddy
Alice Jones
Elmer Culpepper
Tommy Flournoy
Eletha Moore
Jack Tarver
Carolyn Wetts
Wayne Christman
E. W. Cruse
St. Francis Sanitarium
Hilton
Eva Dean Cowan
L. A. Cowan
Ferriday
John L. Benton
United States Naval
Alexandria
Speech Club
Neville High School
Mrs. B. Beasley
Orange
J. W. Walsworth
Barrer Mae Walsworth
Sigmund Haas
Riverside
American Red Cross
Frances Page
Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home
Wood Street
Forest Home Plantation
Bosco
Cotton
Jonesboro Road
West Monroe Recreational Center
J. M. Menefee
North Second Street
Salvation Army
W. O. Webb
Sherrouse Street
Cadeville Lodge Hall
Ward 6
W. C. Valentine
Grayson
Sara Jane Valentine
Walter E. Anthony
Houston
W. H. Carroll
Grayson Methodist Church
E. C. Valentine
S. G. Hines
J. C. Hines
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Anthony
Anthony Sheet and Metal Shop
J. R. Rogers
Berthel
Cleo
Joe Denton
Rogers
T. C. Rogers
QO. B. Haynes
Ralph
Alma Williams
Chatham
R. R. Rogers
Rochelle
Delwood Rogers
Crosgett, Ark
Audrey Rogers
Eros
Jack Ventrise
Minden
J. David Dumas
Atlanta, Ga
City
S. M. McReynolds
Chicago
R. J. Caverlee
Mr. Caverlee
Robert Caverlee, Jr
J. T. Smith
Shreveport
Mr. Smith
United Gas Company
Helen Mitchell
United States War Department
Barlow Snabnet
Mrs. R. P. Hamm
A. T. Moore
Jennings
Charles Swain
Winston Craig
Sara Virginia Craig
J. F. Jones
J. H. Miller, Jr
Fort Worth
Frances Jones
Corporal Joe Ben Jones
Bob Hope
Louisiana Purchase
Mrs. Barksdale
Fourmy
Pythian Knights
Colvert
Association of Junior Colleges
West Pant
Ralph Bellamy
Elery Queen Yy
Margaret Indsat
Baby Porte
Ellery Queer Murnce Ring
Aare Gyiecey Joe
Caare Srortes Cosuer
Ellis
Suicide Co
Commerce
Scotland Yard
George Brent
Basil Rathbone
Lena Massey
Popeye
T “Mu Zor
Louisian
Purchase
Louisiana Lovelies Shoe Lil
Fredric March
Cee le
Robert Allyn Joslyn
Zeo
Hollywood
Hawthorne
Rembrandt
Mt Bernhardt Bldg
Gene Autry
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