Wartime wedding binds Madden Edmondson families in Georgia
Miss Martha Roberta Madden of Monroe and Lieutenant Billy Edmondson of Oak Grove La were married May 27 at Moody Field chapel Valdosta Ga. Officiating chaplain Rev Calvin S Cunningham. The ceremony featured Shasta daisies cathedral tapers and an organ concert. The couple both come from prominent local families with ties to Monroe Homer and surrounding civic life.
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Martha Roberta Madden
John Lynton Madden
Billy Edmondson
Luther V. Edmondson
Oak Grove
Moody Field Chapel
Valdosta
Calvin S. Cunningham
Murder charge filed in Livingston parish deputy case
In Livingston parish Deputy Sheriff T R Fayard faces a murder charge after the shooting of 20 year old Clinton Courtney of Holden during an arrest attempt in Albany. Courtney died on a street corner after Fayard fired as youths resisted arrest. Courtney's parents filed the charge.
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Baton Rouge
P. R. Erwin
Livingston Parish
T. R. Fayard
Springfield
Clinton Courtney
Holden Farmer
Courtney
Albany
Erwin
Fayard
Aviation gas line prompts broader probe. tour moves on
In Scranton Martin Lally, a Jessup attorney, died of pneumonia yesterday. A former star football player at Louisiana State College, he was noted in connection with aviation fuel matters as officials continued an inspection tour ending in Lake Charles.
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Shine
Lake Charles
Scranton
Martin Lally
Jessup
Isiana State College
Marriage of Ouida Thompson to Bill Rollinson at Lock Arbor Baptist
Of interest to many friends is the marriage of Ouida Thompson to Private First Class Bill Gerald Rollinson at Lock Arbor Baptist church with Rev. Buckley officiating. The bride wore white wafle pique. attendant Miss Eula Mae Meeks in yellow. Best man was William C. Hare. A reception followed at the Pickett home with a lace-covered table and embossed cake. The report also notes Memorial Day remarks by Mrs. William H. Pouch and community social notices including departures and engagements dominating local life.
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Ouida Thompson
J. W. Thompson
Bill Gerald Rollinson
Myrtle Rollinson
Lock Arbor Baptist Church
A. C. Buckley
Eula Mae Meeks
William C. Hare
Rollinson
Collinston High School
Southern Carbon Company
C. B. Pickett
Queyhe
Marcus Meeks
Nyd Po Meeks
Fendt
Yvonne Thompson
Ea — O. Buckley
Bruce Rollinson
Earl Hare
Billie Bruce Rollinson
C. C. Hare
Peggy Hare
William Hare
Kitty
Red Cross Calendar Surgical Dressing Drives
Red Cross units plan half day closures for surgical dressings starting May 11 and continuing through summer. Weekly schedule lists locations and times across West Monroe, Sterlington, and nearby centers including the West Monroe community center, Ridge Avenue Baptist church, Northeast Junior College, and American Legion homes.
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Red Cross
West Monroe
Service Men's American Legion
Ridge Avenue Baptist
Sterlington-Fairbanks
Sterlington American Legion
American Legion
Northeast Junior College
Ridge Avenue
Sterlington — Fairbanks
Sterlington
Ridge Avenue Baptist Church
Upcoming Local Meetings and Events Schedule
Wednesday events include Junior Knitters meeting with Mrs. Gene Demmary in Fairview at 10 a.m. YoWoCo Business Girls club gathers at the Y at 6 30 p m and will proceed to Bernstein Park for a picnic. Central Grammar P T A summer round up for preschool entrants for next September is at the school June 2 from 1 to 2 p.m. Parents urged to bring children. Thursday
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Gene Demmary
Fairview
YoWoCo Business Girls
Bernstein Park
Central Grammar P T. A
Club Events And Familiars In Monroe Army Community
At 10 a m a meeting of Twin Cities P T A Council is called with all presidents and chairmen urged to attend. A 4 p m Friday card party for officers wives at Selman field in the Cameo room of the Virginia hotel is announced for 2 o clock Friday afternoon with cash prizes and refreshments. Election of officers for the ensuing year lists Mamie McNeill as president and others. Lieutenant Gilbert Faulk, stationed at Grenada Miss spent the weekend with his wife and parents. A birth is announced at MacDill field hospital in Tampa James Terry Veatch son of Staff Sergeant and Mrs Dalton Veatch formerly of Monroe. Maternal grandparents are S C Nettles of Monroe and paternal grandparents Merlin Veatch formerly of Sterlington.
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Thebride
Monroe
Neville High School
Northeast Junior College
Delta Beta Sigma Sorority
Carrie Ferguson
L. B. Ferguson
J. R. Madden
Homer
Edmondson
Army Air Corps
Moody Field
Twin Cities
P.T. A. Council
Selman Field
Cameo Room
Virginia Hotel
Altrusa Club
Thelma Bond
Mamie McNeill
Mary Clay
Adrienne Carr
Agatha Burkett
Mamie McNel
Frances Jones
Bernice McCoy
Clydie Cox
Gilbert Faulk
Grenada
Miss
Clark Faulk
Virginia
Robert Reynolds
Dalton Veatch
Tampa, Fla
James Terry Veatch
MacDill Field Station Hospital
Tampa
Veatch
Mildred Carroll
S. C. Nettles
Merlin Veetch
Sterlington
Lenwis Home Demonstration Club Notables and Local News
Mrs. L A Whitlock hosted Lenwis Home Demonstration club with president Mrs Curt Risher presiding. Members discussed drying and canning produce, Jewel McQuiller offered a talk and greens drying demo. Social hour refreshments served. Wartime sugar contributors named. family and travel notes on weddings, schooling plans, and visits across Monroe and nearby towns.
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L. A. Whitlock
Lenwis Home
Curt Risher
Jewel McQuiller
Parish
L. Owens
J. L. Joiner
Myra Alderman
John Anding
C. Risher
Dennis Browder
H. P. Davis
C. P. Owens
B. Clark
RFC probes focus on lending operations and oversight
Washington reports that the Byrd economy committee reopened its inquiry into the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Secretary Jesse Jones was summoned for questioning in a closed session as investigators probe RFC lending to 15 subsidiaries and the board of economic warfare, amid calls for tighter congressional control over federal spending and audits.
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Washington
Byrd Economy Committee
Secretary of Commerce
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Board of Economic Warfare
Byrd
Virginia
Fem
Congress
General Accounting Office
War workers and tenants get reduced hotel rates in New Orleans
News briefs report that area rent director Leon Fergus said war workers and families of armed forces members living in tourist cabins may avoid higher daily rates. An amendment allows tenants occupancy over six days to request monthly rates. Also noted are plans in Louisiana to equip target area cities with pump tank extinguishers and fire guards, with fire watchers forming the core unit. In Texas, former Tulane star Gordon English, killed in a Pensacola plane crash, was buried in Midland after completing nearly all training.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Leon Fergus
San Angelo
Tex
Gordon English
Tulane
Pensacola Air Base
Midland
English
Dallas
R. E. Smith
Eighth Regional Office of Civilian Defense
Louisiana
Central Grammar Plans Summer Roundup
The Central Grammar P.T.A. announces a summer roundup for preschool children entering the school in the fall. It will be held June 2 from 1 to 2 p.m. at the school and parents are urged to bring their children for physical examinations during that time.
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Central Grammar P.T. A
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OCD
War Department
Willie H. Hocutt
Jackson, Miss
Morton B. Carpenter
Booneville
Stephen G. Henry
Louisiana State University
C. B. Hodges
Alex Box
Laurel, Miss
North Africa
Lilac
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Wilverstein
DeSiard
North Louisiana
Stord
Washington, D. C
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Daughters of the American Revolution
Western Hemisphere
Pouch
Neil Carothers
Stuttgart
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Carothers
Virginia Earle Kersh
Joseph Gayne, Jr
Robertine Rhymes
Jane McKenzie
Sarah Cole Morrison
Charles Setter
H. W. McSherry
Fletcher Ashcraft
Floyd Martin
Frances Flanders
James Swink
Lake St. John
D. L. Bornman
Bornman
State Agricultural Department
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Henry Bernstein
Milling Bernstein
Texas
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Coast Guard
West Center
Marion Learned
Harry Oliver
George Wright
A. G. McHenry
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Clarksdale
Noel Learned
Theo Porter
Leon Porter
Hayne Folk
Ruston
Joseph T. Coates
Folk
Loyola University
C. D. Oakley, Jr
University of Tennessee At Sewanee
James C. Liner
DeSiard Road
Alonzo W. Moore
Bastrop
Vaughan-Wright- Bendel Clinic
Thomas Serwich
Theodore Merrill
Detroit
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St. Louis
Lizzie Keller
Mamie McCormick
Gueydan
E. R. McBride
Miss Sue McBride
State University
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C. H. Fulson
St. Francis Sanitarium
Victor Davis
Mr. Davis
Armed Forces
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Central Grammar
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Army-Navy Personnel Board
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