Instructors to Take Vacations at Northeast Junior College
As the year ends at Northeast Junior College several faculty members plan summer travels or studies. J. T. Johnson will teach intermediate accounting at Louisiana State University this summer, his second consecutive summer there. A. S. Huffman will join Delta Air Clusters in Bryan Texas. L. A. Bass will pursue advanced science at the University of North Carolina. Fred G. Thatcher will study advanced work in commerce at LSU. John C. Currie will study mathematics at UNC. Dr. Charles Smith will teach biology at the University of Oklahoma and holds a PhD from that university. Dr Grace Ingledue will travel through Mexico during the break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northeast Junior College
J. T. Johnson
Louisiana State University
The
State University
A. S. Huffman
Delta Air Clusters
Bryan
Tex
L. A. Bass
University of North Carolina
Fred G. Thatcher
John C. Currie
Charles Smith
University of Oklahoma
Grace Ingledue
Mexico
US reports two million raised in 20 months for German relief and POWs
The State Department disclosed that from September 1939 to April 1941 about 1.913 million dollars were raised in the United States for relief in Germany or for German prisoners of war. Of this, 1.513 million was spent, with 96 thousand dollars on hand. Major contributor was Fortra Inc of New York City with 1.145 million raised and 928 thousand spent in Germany and Poland. Other groups included Hamburg Bremen Steamship Agency and Kyffhaeuser league with smaller totals and balances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
United States
Germany
Hull
Fortra, Inc
New York City
Poland
Hamburg-Bremen Steamship Agency
France
Belgium
Norway
Luxemburg
Netherlands
Kyffhaeuser
League of German War Veterans
Philadelphia
Canada
Jamaica
Church Plans to Wipe Out Debts in West Monroe
Rev. C. Karles Smith of the First Methodist Church in West Monroe announces a plan to clear approximately 3400 dollars of debt on the church edifice. A fundraising deadline is set for October 1 with a dedication planned for November 9 featuring a bishop. Dr. Smith returns from Plaquemine after a two week revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Karles Smith
First Methodist
West Monroe
Smith
Plaquemine
Dance program at Lions luncheon features Roan School of the Dance
The Lions Club luncheon at Hotel Frances featured Clarice and Goldah Roan's dance pupils with Violet Etheridge on piano. Acts included Jeune Hunt and Mary Louise Marine tap dance, Mary Sue Cobb songs and dances, Jack Freeman acrobatics, Stanley Hodges Jr tap, a Hawaiian dance, and a finale with The Wise Old Owl. New members inducted by R. T. Watson et al.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Lions Club
Hotel Frances
Clarice
Goldah Roan
Roan
Violet Etheridge
Jeune Hunt
Mary Louise Marine
Mary Sue Cobb
Jack Freeman
Stanley Hodges, Jr
Wise Old Owl
E. H. Patton
Dallas
Tex
Guy Jones
A. C. Wilkinson
E. S. (Shep) Girault
Mary E Massey
Prentice E. Massey
John Ramsey
Lion R. T. Watson
D. A
Dan) Council
Nate Mehl
D. J. (Dock) Romeo
Charity Doctors Treat Odd Cases In New Orleans
New Orleans charity hospital doctors report unusual cases including Ronald Godchaux a 16 month old with acute indigestion from a swallowed dropper Laight Bourgeois a 12 month old who poked an ear drum with a bobby pin and Willie Bertucci a 18 month old with head abrasions after hair caught in a washing machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Charity Hospital
Ronald Godchaux
Laight Bourgeois
Willie Bertucci
Birth of son to Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Hendricks
Mr and Mrs C L Hendricks of West Monroe announce the birth of a son on Tuesday at St Francis sanitarium. A large percentage of Red Sea passengers are Mohammedan pilgrims making their annual trek to Mecca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Sea
Mecca
Cotton Equity Safe Says Parish Administrator
I Lucas says reports of loss of equity if government takes title to loan cotton are untrue. Durbin notes CCC will not take title without public notice and producers paid the difference between fair value and redemption costs. If title occurs for 1938-40 cotton, notice 10 days prior. values set by Agriculture Secretary using market prices and grade factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Lucas
AAA Parish
G. J Durbin
AAA
Commodity Credit Corporation
Durbin
Secretary of Agriculture
Deaths in Waverly Oak Grove Winnsboro June 4
Obituaries notice four deaths across Waverly and Oak Grove areas. J W Washburn 68 buried Midway Cemetery. Ellen Nenney 87 died in Russellville Tenn. Arthur Moss 55 Oak Grove died in Shreveport area with services in Oak Grove. Let tie Fowler 40 died in Winnsboro clinic with services at Liddeyville Baptist Church. Surviving spouses and family listed for each case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Nenney
C. A. Nenney
St. John Street
Sam McReynolds
Riverside Drive
Russellville
Tenn
Nenney
J. Arthur Smith
Jackson Street
F. Y. Allison
Emerson Street
Oak Grove
Arthur Moss
Shreveport
Catron-Golden Funeral Home
Carl N. Travis
Oak Grove Baptist Church
M. D. Fulkerson
Oak Grove Methodist Church
Oak Grove Cemetery
Winnsboro
Lettie Fowler
Liddeyville Baptist Church
Tom Ratcliff
Ogden Cemetery
Junior Collingsworth
Robert Person
Hubert Lofton
Art Bennett
Doc Bennett
Melton Albritton
Oakland couple hosts Nale family reunion after 60 years
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Nale of near Oakland celebrated a family reunion on their lawn. Married nearly six decades, they raised nine children, eight living, with 23 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren joining a large gathering of relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. B. Nale
Oakland
Nale
Induction Selections Named by Ouachita Draft Board No 2
Ouachita draft board No 2 announced 16 white men for induction into the army to report at 9 am on June 18 for transport to Camp Livingston Induction Station. The list includes names and addresses such as George Davis Monroe Walter Overton West Monroe and Paul Brooks West Monroe among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Draft Board No
Army
Camp Livingston
Oricon Dorth Willhite
Monroe
George Robert Davis
Route 4
Care
J. A. Rankin
Baton Rouge
Henry Clayton Salley
North Seventh Street
West Monroe
Walter Reese Overton
Fairbanks
George Carl Addison
Box
Edward Vaughan Cowan
Luna Star
Paul Elkanah Brooks
Box 42
Horace Francis Jowers
Bill Wesley Skipper
Arnold Elmer Wilks
Calhoun
George Earl Underwood
Luna
James Willey Crawford
Charles F. Collins
South Third Street
William Alexander McCain
Harold David Cannon
Griffith Street
Jackson
Miss
Frank Norris Ketchell
Care Watson and
Aven Ice Cream Company
Colored young men needed for Camp Livingston vacancies
Staff Sergeant H. B. McNemar, Army recruiter, seeks colored youths 18 to 35 for Camp Livingston vacancies. Positions include clerks, typists, stenographers, draftsmen, operators, mechanics, drivers, carpenters, welders, foremen, and laborers. Apply at room 307 New Post Office Building immediately. no dependents for single men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Livingston
H. B. McNemar
Army
Army Recruiting Office
Registration pickup seen ahead of July 15 Selman Field election
Miss Lillian Collins parish registrar reports a slight rise in voter registrations as the deadline to qualify nears June 14. The Selman Field election is set for July 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Collins
Miss Collins
Marriages at Oak Grove and Lakeside May 24
Mary Lee Trichell married Doyle Prisock on May 24 at Oak Grove. Mary Bel Aaron wed David Teters at the Lakeside residence of Rev. Worley. An area change report notes the United States gained about 3 350 square miles of land since 1930, mainly from inland water loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Grove
Polion Trichell
Mary Lee
Doyle Prisock
A. S. Prisock
Mary Bel Aaron
David Teters
Lakeside
Worley
United States
Plane making is cool work at Pratt and Whitney Hartford plant
Hartford June 4. Pratt and Whitney factory employs 25 000 workers making military air engines. Most work involves grinding and fitting parts to exact tolerances while a 2 000 horsepower endurance test fills a sound proof room. The plant operates three shifts daily with strict security and a large job queue near the employment office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Pratt and Whitney
Army
Navy
Inspector issues five building permits this week
City building inspector Sam H. Awl announced five building permits and one moving permit on Wednesday. Projects include a $250 screen porch at 1401 South Grand for R L Kellogg, a $175 garage and storeroom at 512 Seventh for M H Kulcke, a $200 remodel at 403 Catalpa, a $300 remodel at 206 North 7th, a $290 remodel and $210 shed at 113 South Grand for the Monroe Glass company, and a moving permit for I F Bennett to relocate 711 Moore avenue to McGuire street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam H. Awl
R. L. Kellogg
South Grand Street
T. A. Hendry
Seventh Street
M. H. Kulcke
C. Cascio
Catalpa Street
M. L. Brady
North Mth Street
George Dispenza
Annie Meyers Charity Fund
South Grand
Monroe Glass Company
Hibbard Brothers
I. F. Bennett
Moore Avenue
McGuire Street
Breville
Webster Streets
Gly-Cas Surprise Remedy Boosts Fractured Health
Mrs. T. W. Francis of El Dorado Arkansas credits Gly-Cas with ending years of intestinal trouble and joint pains. She reports relief from gas bloating, digestion issues, and muscular aches after a short course of the capsules, with sales through Phoenix Drug Co. and local druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Francis
South Newton Ave
el Dorado
Arkansas
Phoenix Drug Co
DeSiard St
Rodney J. Hobbs Post Will Meet
The Rodney J. Hobbs post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold a meeting Thursday night led by post commander H. M. James. Attendance has averaged 50 these last four meetings as officers plan surprises and welcome visitors from Bestrop Rayville Winnsboro and other towns. Local delegates bound for the department encampment at Lake Charles June 13 to 15 will also be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney J. Hobbs
Veterans of Foreign Wars
H. M. James
Bestrop
Rayville
Winnsboro
Monroe
Livingston
Beauregard
Department
Lake Charles
Seedless Apple Found by California Woman
Mrs Libbie Wilcox of Huntington Park California reports a seedless apple on a tree grown from a seed she planted The apple is unusually large and red averaging over a quarter pound The US Department of Agriculture will study the blossoms as they test the fruit at a Maryland government station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington Park
Calif
Libbie Wilcox
United States Department of Agriculture
Postal Receipts Show Good Gain for May 1941
Postmaster J R Wooten reports May 1941 postal business at $16 533 30 up from $15 761 91 in May 1940, a $771 39 increase. For January through May 1941 total mail business reached $84 441 57 versus $80 028 63 in 1940, a five percent rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Wooten
Caravan member follows path of Methodist Youth Crusade
Webb Pomeroy of Bastrop son of Mr and Mrs Allen Pomeroy will join the Methodist Youth Crusade caravan project across the United States this summer. A ministerial student at Centenary College he has trained for caravan work. On June 21 he attends a Senatobia Mississippi school for eight weeks assignment with three peers and an adult leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bastrop
Webb Pomeroy
Allen Pomeroy
Sterilization Suit Denied in Los Angeles
Jeanette Scott Seymour Young filed a $1,000,000 damage suit against Ralph Maxwell Lewis of San Jose. She alleges he and others had her committed to Norwalk State Hospital and sterilized. Lewis, Rosicrucian Order president, denies engagement and any coercion, saying he only met her briefly at a 1934 Rosicrucian convention and hospital officials say she volunteered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Jeanette Scott Seymour Young
Ralph Maxwell Lewis
San Jose
Calif
Miss Young
Lewis
Rosicrucian Order
Amore Branch
Norwalk State Hospital
The
Rose
Norewalk Hospital
Students to Texas University for Summer Studies
Richard Green and K. D. Langford depart by train for Austin to study in the University of Texas summer school. Green is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Green of 1310 Park Avenue and Langford hails from Haile. They have spent the last three years at the New Mexico School of Mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Green
Fred Green
Park Avenue
K. D. Langford
Haile
Austin
Tex
University of Texas
New Mexico School of Mines
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Bonita
Carra Young
U.S
Martinique
United Electric Service
Buffalo
Crampton
West End
Old Bridge
JW. Washburn
Board NO. 2
Prisock-Trichell
Teters
Aaron
Gly-Cas
Agriculture Department
CLM Ay
America
National Optical Tores Co
Bernhardt Bldg South
Texas University
Fela
Acme Beverage Co
Crone
BY Kayser
Dixie
Victory
Duzat
Cy Ae Palace Rd
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