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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 04, 1934

Page

8

Oil Boom Sweeps Cherokee County Texas

The T. J. Wood No. 1 wildcat well in Cherokee County blew in with potential capacity up to 10,000 barrels daily. Found in the Woodbine formation at 5117 feet, it flowed 400 to 500 barrels per hour through a half inch choke with 750 pounds gas pressure. First oil stored in an earthen pit on an 800 acre tract in the Levi Jordan survey within Shell Petroleum's 6,000 acre block.

Rusk Tex Cherokee County T. J. Wood Birmingham Development Company Smith Wood Woodbine Shell Petroleum Corporation Levi Jordan

Monroe Opens Five City Playground Sites Today

Monroe's five playgrounds at Barkdall Faulk Lida Benton Georgia Tucker St Matthew's and Sherrouse schools opened for the summer at four o'clock with hundreds of children present. Competent directors presided at each ground and a trained staff led by Anne Mickel Frieda Mickel Fannie Faulk Mrs W F Carson Kathryn White Maria Granberry M Hackworth Mrs F C Scott Myrtle Killian Annie Ruth Faulk Mary Elizabeth Stringer and Mrs Lloyd Surghnor. Monroe recreation department sponsors the facilities.

Monroe Monroe Recreational Department Barkdall Faulk Lida Benton Georgia Tucker St. Matthew’s Parochial Sherrouse Anne Mickel Frieda Mickel Fannie Faulk W F

Revival At West Monroe Church Continues

The Assembly of God tabernacle in West Monroe hosts a revival led by Rev. Charles O. Neece with Rev. E. L. Tanner as pastor. Services run nightly at 7 45 o clock through the week and four new members joined the church after Sundays service.

Assembly of God Tabernacle West Monroe E. L. Tanner Charles O. Neece Neece

Liquor Tax Plan Debates Funding Public Education

Baton Rouge reports discuss funneling liquor tax revenue into the public schools rather than the general fund. The administration bill sets permits, penalties, and rate schedules, with parish control and dry area exemptions, aiming to boost state finances and school funding.

News-Star— World Legislative Bureau Baton Rouge Louisiana Tax Reform Commission Thomas H. Harris Administration Supervisor of Public Accounts Louisiana

Cross-Word Puzzle Across and Down Clues

A jumble of crossword clues lists across and down hints including unit of electrical capacity piece of thin pasteboard entertain word of sore row drug yielding plant instrument of the vial class border on hand full abstract being entire quantity precious stone wager mountain in Alaska hay disposi tion discordantly by you and constituent of ens spiuer's hom of great state took solid food endeavor anarchistic manner not any drink slowly son of Judah human organ regular ly the solution of Saturday's puzzle poem hewing tool nourished church writing reverent fear flesh of calves Italian opera charlotte bronte character crystallized rain arrangement keen enjoyment complement of ha coileus outege officials down daily food and drink may it be chafes ibsen character deteriorating Dutch dialect of South Africa white vest expression of keen amusement compound ether note of the crown proof of being elsewhere flowers perpendicular measurement downward strata cry of the cat wing witnessed sign ify masculine name at that time island on which the statue of viberti anas and many more clues

Alaska Spiuer Son of Judah Charlotte Bronte South Africa

Walters Farmer Builds Efficient Slaughter House

Walters Oklahoma Jim Thurman a local farmer constructed a practical slaughter house featuring a scalding vat cleaning platform and dressing table designed to minimize heavy lifting and ease carcass processing for neighboring farmers.

Walters Okla Jim Thurman

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