Composers Strangers Tie Rag Mop Fame
Oklahoma City reports a curious collaboration leads to Rag Mop a novelty tune by Johnn Lee Wills and Deacon Anders on co composer credits though they never met. Wills Tulsa based band and Anderson Beaumont Texas both contributed melodies and arrangement details. Mayo notes the envelope mail in fall sparked a hit that topped local song lists.
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Oklahoma City
Johnn Lee Wills
Deacon Anderson
Wills
Tulsa
Anderson
Beaumont
Tex
Johnny Lee
O.W. Mayo
Mayo
Prenuptial Fetes For Betty Woods And Robert Newcomer
Miss Betty Woods and Robert E. Newcomer, set to wed Saturday, were feted at multiple events last week. Guests included family friends, with corsages of carnations, tube roses, and pink camellias. Also noted were a breakfast by A B Patterson and a luncheon hosted by Helen Todd.
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Betty Woods
Helen Todd
Robert E. Newcomer
W. B. Inabnet
Billy Inabnet
Billy Newcomer
Miss Woods
Newcomer
Bill Jackson
Mike Tarver
Barlow Snabnet
Delmes Jackson
Jim Russell
C. R. Russell
Jack Inabnet
Billie Egioff
Rosemary Ellis
Enez Wright
Jo Mendola
Paul Newcomer
Glenn Newcomer, Jr
Pat McMahan
Mr. Newcomer
A. B. Patterson
Birth of Son to Mr and Mrs Charles F Nunnally Jr
Mr and Mrs Charles F Nunnally Jr announce the birth of their son Charles F Nunnally HJ at a local hospital. The mother is formerly Louise Tisdale and the grandparents are Dr and Mrs A D Tisdale and Mr and Mrs C F Nunnally of Alexandria. Miss Agnes Soloman is a patient at
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Charles Finlayson
Tyler
Texas
Earl Naiden
Allan Scholars
Finlayson
Satchie Cooper Naiden
Bobby C. Pappas
Ellen Demetra
Cornelius Lymveris
Alexandria
Tom Johnson
Charles F. Nunnally, Jr
Charles F. Nunnally, HJ
Woman Mother of Second Triplets at Burlington
Mrs George Hutchby a 33 year old planning engineer wife, has given birth to twins and a boy in a Caesarean delivery at Bishop de Goesbriand hospital, marking the second set of triplets in under four years and bringing their total children to eight. The family lives in a four room apartment while the father works for General Electric. PMID: The note cites Dr Erald Foster predicting such multiple births are about one in 7600.
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Burlington
George Hutchby
Bishop de Goesbriand Hospital
Erald Foster
General Electric Company
Society Calendar Packed With Local Club Events
A weekend of society happenings lists O E S meetings at West Monroe Masonic Temple and the Monroe Little Theatre play Her Husband's Wife at Selman Field. Girl Scout luncheon at Hotel Virginia and Delta Kappa Pi Ball at Selman Field antenna rehearsals and multiple church circles across town.
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Virginia
Delta Kappa Pi
Selman Field Officer's Club
Ben Burton
Lambda Sigma
Fort Miro
George Washington
Virginia Hotel
Vernon LaCour
Anita Fay Rickerson
Stella
West Monroe
Delta Kappa Pi Sorority
Carolyn Grandberry
Calypso Street
Monroe
Little Theatre
Selman Field Playhouse
Cherokee Terrace
Hotel Frances
Collie Fontana
Monroe District Nurses
Roy Kelly
Charles Price
Moment Musical Coterie
Carol Cage
Columbia Street
Virginia Cage
Theoda Rose Pettigrew
Little Theatre curtain call and upcoming productions
Wednesday night audience praised Her Husband's Wife in Monroe's Little Theatre as three more performances remain. Future plans include Tennessee Williams The Glass Menagerie with readings set for February 15 under Director Stocker Fontelieu, plus updates on Rita Feith and others and notes on local civic music events and a cocoa recipe.
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Tennessee Williams
Glass Menagerie
New York
Stocker Fontelieu
Rita Feith
Nora
Erick Gibson
Shreveport
Monroe
Shreveport Little Theatre
Mama
Lake Charles
Rosa Harts
Little Foxes
Rosa
BC Headache Powders or Tablets Ad
An old advertisement promotes BC Headache products offering combined pain relief from multiple ingredients. It claims fast-acting formula in tablet or powder form with equivalent relief, suitable for simple headaches neuralgic pains and minor muscular aches. Pricing listed at 10¢ and 25¢.
Robert E. Schott Jr. Celebrates First Birthday
Robert E. Schott Jr. son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Schott Sr. recently celebrated his first birthday marking a family milestone.
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Robert E. Schott, Jr
Robert E. Schott, Sr
National Amvets Auxiliary President To Attend Banquet
Mrs Evelyn Lauritson of Waterloo Iowa National Amvets Auxiliary president and Mrs Carolyn Slaughter State President will be honor guests at a banquet Friday at a local tea room Mrs Lauritson is touring auxiliaries across the United States and is now in New Orleans After the banquet she will go to Fort Worth Texas Following the event she will install the local auxiliary officers
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D.C. Metcalf
Dorothy Horton
Eloise Helm
J.M. Harrell
Lillie Glenn
Ann Mickel
Wilma Smith
Mary Kumble
W.J
Walter S. Savage, Jr
Evelyn Lauritson
Waterloo
Iowa
Harold Breard
George Fink
National Amvets Auxiliary
Carolyn Slaughter
Walter S. Savage
Amvets
Lauritson
United States
New Orleans
Fort Worth
Texas
Rag Mop Song Surfaces in Nashville and Beaumont Circles
A blues progression nicknamed Rag Mop, cut by a Nashville label, gains sheet music via Hill and Range. Anderson recalls the origin and the name, while Beaumont musicians recall potential ties to Wills. Conversation continues by phone and letter as money flows to performers and composers.
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Nashville, Tenn
Bullet
Hill and Range Songs
Anderson
Beaumont
Wills
Mayo
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