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Monroe News Star in Monroe, Louisiana

04 Jun 1952

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Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 04, 1952

Page

2

West Monroe couples win Hillbilly Wedding Popularity Contest

The Hillbilly Wedding in June ends with three couples marrying before about 8 000 in West Monroe. Martha Ann Wavis and Aubrey Gaston win top honors and travel with all three couples to Bandera Texas and New Orleans for receptions. Prizes total several thousand dollars. votes tallied 213 446 with Gaston leading.

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Wwliss Martha Ann Wavis Aubrey Gaston Gaston Bandera Tex Ewing Biloxi Gulf Coast Raymond Knox Ochiltree Hancock West Monroe Twin City Davis Allen Hancock Carter - Knox Ouachita Valley Martha Ann F. C. McConnell Louisiana Power and Light Co Robert C. Ervin Westside Flower Shop Annie Hunt
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Baptist Post Offered To Texan Dr Floyd Chaffin

Dr Floyd Chaffin of Dallas executive secretary of the Baptist Association in Texas has been offered a similar post in Louisiana via Dr Jaroy Weber of West Monroe. The Louisiana position opened after the death of Dr Knight. Chaffin has not yet answered but is hoped to accept. The piece notes 1845 Ireland potato crop failure spurring immigration to the United States.

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Floyd Chaffin Dallas Tex The Baptist Association Louisiana Jaroy Weber West Monroe Weber Knight Chaffin Ireland United States
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Dickerson touts Monroe area potential at Lions Dinner

Miss Mary Evelyn Dickerson executive vice president of the Monroe West Monroe Chamber of Commerce spoke at the Lions Dinner at the Frances Hotel. She cited survey findings on natural gas, forests, water resources and river barge traffic as keys to future industrial growth and urged investment in farms, banking credit, and praised Louisiana’s recent industrial expansion and tax incentives.

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Mary Evelyn Dickerson Monroe-West Monroe Chamber of Commerce Miss Dickerson Frances Hotel Dustry Dickerson Louisiana
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