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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1928
Page
6
Riverview Service and company promoter describe Gardner Motors eight cylinder line. Series 75 roadster from 1195 fob factory and 96 95 models with distinct colors touted. Claiming Gardner’s long history and emphasis on balance, design refinement, and practical features.
Notary public attests amendment to Article IV of the Monroe Building & Loan Association charter. Sig Haas and A J McWilliams, officers, authorize changes to capital stock structure, transfer rules, borrower limits, and liquidation terms as outlined in the March 13 1928 stockholders meeting resolution. Parishes Lom Monroe Louisiana.
Three blackface comedians and a female assistant toured the Ferriday event advertising in Monroe. Legion members plan to attend and travel to Rayville and Winnsboro inviting public participation. State Commander C. E. McKenzie will be present tomorrow to deliver a principal address.
Arthur Burgeois of Louisiana Power and Light at Sterlington was treated at St. Francis sanitarium for a badly bruised eye after claiming former employee J. M. Robertson struck him. Burgeois says Robertson, recently discharged, accused him of fault and plans to file charges.
Bardy Mitchell of West Monroe is reported to be improving considerably at the St Francis sanitarium after being struck with acute appendicitis this week. He entered the sanitarium a few hours after returning from Baton Rouge.
Several cases of spinal meningitis have occurred in the city over the past two weeks. One victim died yesterday afternoon at a local hospital. An adult patient has contracted the illness, more common to children. Nurse Russ Tina Mae Boling at St. Francis Sanitarium is ill but improving.
The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of Riverside Country Club will be held at the Clubhouse at 8:00 p m on Thursday June 7 1928 for electing a Board of Directors for the ensuing year to consider changes in the by laws and to take up other matters as might come before said meeting signed C A Prophet Secretary.
A German process to produce gasoline from coal moves to Louisiana for preliminary experiments. The Standard of New Jersey backs the work through I G Farben Industrie with hopes to use the method in Europe, while Teagle notes no near term commercial production in the U S due to gasoline abundance and cheaper crude oil.
Miss Margaret Flournoy a Tech student from Evergreen La impressed a Ruston audience at Louisiana Tech auditorium with a graduation recital aided by Earnestine Elder and pianist Henry Wells Sanderson. She delivered three song groups including works by Haydn Guarnieri Handel Robin Strickland Liszt Schipa and Russell earning praise for her stage presence and especially her interpretation of Water Boy. Sanderson offered Chopin and Kreisler selections proving technically superb. The event marked Techs first graduating recital promoted by Prof F M Holloway who mentored the performer.
Honolulu reports Captain Charles Kingsford Smith and the Southern Cross crew prepare for the next leg of their 7,788 mile Pacific journey to Australia after a 2,400 mile leg from Oakland. The next hop to Opolu or Suva is seen as the perilous stretch with landing facilities debated by officials.
Dr. Claybrook Cottingham, president of Louisiana College, extolled Louisiana’s strong school system and praised national education progress. He urged graduates to treasure memories, live faithfully, and follow Christ as the supreme example, linking education to lasting memorials and national character.
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