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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1929
Page
5
Fashion notes highlight dressmaker coats as leaders in spring styles with softer lines and feminine touches. Amber red wool crepe coats edged with ermine contrast with a red white and blue djerkasha on princess lines. Ermine fur and light purple broadcloth ensembles with white ermine collars appear among standout outfits during the season.
The piece praises women for transforming homes with polishing and tidying. It recalls a police tribute in Monroe praising Detroit officers, lauds Superintendent H. D. Apgar and Judge W. M. Harper, and notes social events, dances, club meetings, and a large wedding planned at the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home with Dr. M. E. Weaver hosting guests.
The subject, from Gainesville Georgia, has completed his course of study and will matriculate at Tulane University in the fall.
Mrs. W. E. Lamb, well regarded in the city, recently accompanied by Mr. Lamb to Little Rock, has continued social visits in town. This week she attended informal bridge at Mrs. Miller’s, luncheon hosted by Mrs. Forsythe, a Lotus Club luncheon in her honor, and a bridge event at Mrs. Cummings’ home with gifts for the high scorer and for Mrs. Lamb. Mr. and Mrs. Barringer hosted a bridge evening for her before she returned to Little Rock this morning.
The Ouachita parish high school graduation at Saenger theatre reflected a refined, warm ceremony. Diplomas were handed by Rev. E Holloway and Miss Kate Perkins as Sally Breard and Harl Bowen stood out as salutatorian and valedictorian. The glee club under Mrs. George Moffett offered The Blue Danube and the future of Louisiana was voiced by Sally. Mrs Wilkins heads to Ruston for alumni banquet. Mr Murray returns from Mangham for a Mich wedding. visitors from Topeka, Kansas, join Mrs Bell’s niece.
Mrs. W. M. Green of Fowler Louisiana sister of Mrs. E. E. Logan of this city is a patient in St Francis sanitarium where she underwent an operation Her room number is 108 and she will be glad to have her friends call.
Mr. Everett Harrison is welcomed home after a six month absence in Europe visiting many places of interest. His Rome stay stood out as he enjoyed rare and interesting sights in a leisurely manner.
Miss Clara Averett and Miss Therese Rabin, students at Kidd Key College Sherman Texas, arrived home yesterday. Averett was a member of this year's graduating class.
Friends of Mrs. Edith Swayze learn she is a patient at the Clinic after an operation. Her condition has improved and friends may call.
Joy Barnacastle offers a program next Tuesday night at Barkdull Faulk school auditorium featuring Maker of Dreams and At the Sign of the Cleft Heart. Mrs Barnacastie appears as Pierrott in The Maker of Dreams and will perform dramatic readings. Admission is free and the public is invited to a high class entertainment event.
Mrs Lucian Sawyer has been ill at her West Side home for an unspecified period. No further conditions or medical details are provided in the accessible text.
Miss Alice Cobb of Converse College South Carolina arrives for the summer with her parents Mr and Mrs J M Cobb. She will return to Converse in fall be joined by her sister Mildred Cobb a Monroe High School graduating student this year.
Members of the Young Women's Methodist auxiliary anticipate their next meeting. Miss Lida Benton has graciously consented to address the group. The gathering will be at Mrs. T. C. Rutledge home 704 Stubbs at 3 oclock.
Mrs Josie Barbara McLaren of Hayes Kansas and Mrs Louis Barbara of Tulsa Oklahoma visit their mother Mrs John Barbara Sr at Gordon Avenue in an indefinite stay in the family home.
Daniel Long Wolf George Sitting Holy and Roy Bear Nose advocate swift action as they discuss hurricane impacts in New York. They urge protective measures for communities facing severe weather risks and potential evacuations.
The piece urges parents to allow children free idle time in summer to dream and observe. It argues that moments of doing nothing can foster imagination and future action, contrasting with packed schedules of activities. It emphasizes the value of loitering under trees and watching clouds as a source of creativity and humanity.
J. W. Summerlin president of the Tensas Basin Levee board reports from Arkansas City that the river gauge shows 58.7 feet with a one tenth foot fall. Upper Mississippi and Arkansas rivers are dropping. levees remain in good condition and the situation is satisfactory, though declines will be slow over the next several days.
New York June 1 Larry Abbott radio saxophonist seeks divorce and names seven co respondents in the action Mrs Abbott also suing names three co respondents in the case
A group of cane decks in a circus town were passengers in a car ride when the vehicle struck a truck. They were taken to a hospital with injuries reported.
A tense family scene unfolds as Dicky and I soothe Junior after a wrenching dispute. We reconcile before the child, displaying renewed affection while concealing adult tensions, then wonder aloud how to answer Junior's demand to know if we still love each other as before.
Joy and Rex Travers in a businesslike betrothal scheme with Percival Arthur foreshadowed by financial ruin for Travers. Amid a sunlit Harley Street home Joy questions love as Travers debates flight and risk, while a maid and Melany’s songs underscore a mounting tension over motive and future.
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