Confederate Memorial Day Observed in Monroe
Memorial Day events take place in Monroe on Saturday June 3 with financial institutions statewide closed. The Confederate Memorial Day committee hosts a 9 a.m. service at the Confederate monument in the old city cemetery, inviting public attendance. Chair Mrs Charles M Mitchell vice chair Mrs John Windes lead a program including Mrs Joe Renwick Mrs J C Liner Sr and Misses Edith and Olive Gunby with music and memorial talks.
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Monroe
Old City
Charles M. Mitchell
John Windes
Joe Renwick
J. C. Liner
Edith
Olive Gunby
Friends Make The Best Guests For A Bride's Debut As Hostess
An Associated Press feature offers tips for June brides starting to entertain in a new home. It covers tea menus with plain buttered bread, chilled fillings, crustless sandwiches, marmalades, jams, toast, and decorative spreads, plus simple desserts like date squares and angel food or sponge cake.
That Cup of Coffee Can Take Many Shapes
A vintage kitchen piece offers coffee preparation tips for brides and housewives. It covers standard strength with one heaping tablespoon per cup, fresh brews, clean equipment, Viennese style with whipped cream, Cafe Au Lait with double strength coffee and equal hot milk, and demi tasse served double strength without cream or sugar.
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Cafe Au Lait
Tea Etiquette for a Simple Wedding Reception
The guide notes that a tea reception needs no elaborate planning or skilled cooking. It suggests inviting guests at a set time, using tested recipes, and preparing tea just before serving. Provide simple accompaniments like sugar, lemon slices with cloves, cream, and fresh mint, plus dainty crustless sandwiches prepared in advance.
Treasure Island salad inspires novelty for lunch fare
The exposition influence fills Pacific coast menus as Treasure Island salads appear on plates. A decorative bridge motif uses pineapple and orange squares with lettuce and parsley, topped by strawberries and real mayonnaise to evoke shore and boats.
Louisiana businesswomen name 1939 40 state officers and chairs
Mrs. Juanita Hawley Privetter announces state officers and committee chairmen for the Louisiana Federation of Business and Professional Women’s clubs for 1939 40. Appointments include El sie Galatas Covington corresponding secretary and Eunice Stuckey Ruston editor of The Pelican, with district directors named. Proetter has presided at several club installations and attended Baton Rouge installations last week.
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Covington
Juanita Hawley Privetter
Abita Springs
Louisiana Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Elsie Galatas
Leocadie Amiss
Baton Rouge
Agnes Morris Loan Fund
Eunice Stuckey
Ruston
the Pelican
Mary Hester
Monroe
Annie Peters
Alexandria
Laura Slater
Emblem
Francis Willard
Lake Charles
Birdie Willis
Sue Wade
Bogalusa
Alva Weatherford
New Orleans
Allene Hawsey
Grace Fenn Kloor
Nan Colvin
Audrey Chandler Birdhill
Houma
Viola Baden
T. L. Widder
Katie Hebert
Helen Welsh
Winifred Worthington
Ella Stewart
DeRidder
Tracy Duplantis
Sol Riff
Bernice Wright
Anna Mae Connelly
Nell Murphy
Shreveport
Ethel Ryan
Leone Tracy
Winifred Pirkle
Proetter
Judge Denies Divorce Over Desire for a Modern Wife
Pittsburgh June 2 Judge J F Graff refused Charles C Derenzo a divorce ruling he sought to wed a "more modern" wife to match his higher paying Milk Drivers Union post. Derenzo earned $9 a month at marriage in 1930 and now draws $25.
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Pittsburgh
J. Frank Graff
Charles C. Derenzo
Milk Drivers Union
Derenzo
Bear entertains Roosevelt and Norwegian royals in Yellowstone
In Yellowstone National Park on June 2, rangers described a female bear entertaining visitors. She previously impressed President Roosevelt in 1937, and yesterday Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Martha of Norway were delighted by the same bear and her three performing cubs.
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Yellowstone National Park
Wyo
Roosevelt
Yellowstone Park
Olav
Martha
Norway
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Old City Cemetery
Hatchells
Food Department
West Monroe
Nucva
Chase & Sanborn
Milnut
Ideal
Wilson
Alexander George
Associated Press
Imperial Food Stores
DeSiard St
U. S
Phillips
Pips
Strictly Fresh
Cae
Godchaux
Stokely
Soproco
GRAPE
Ade
Qtc
Armour
Ower Agus
Sori
Seng Gee
Omega Flour
Bakery Dept
Stubbs Avenue
Angel Food ‘Cakes
Pacific Coast
Sunbury
Mary Elizabeth Hallman
Lester E. Zeiders
Bear
Catalpa
Armour's Star
LEA & Perrins
WELCH
Rosedale
Armour’s Star
Jemima
Dot
S. S
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