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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1934
Page
2
A collage of verse and prose opens with ViIla Bailey Wilson’s poetic lines about silence and nature. The page then shifts to social notes: weddings, graduations, river trips with Louisiana figures, visits of Mrs. Hudson and Miss Kleinman, medical news, a birth, and a playground opening amid celebrations in Ruston and nearby towns.
Sincere interest surrounds the marriage of Miss Hazel Wal of West Monroe and Mr. Dale McLeland of Ruston. The ceremony took place Sunday afternoon, June 3, at the home of Rev. J. J. Douglas in this city.
A scavenger hunt in honor of the wedding party of Miss Aimee de Graffenreid and Mr. Allen Kimball gathers guests at the Hayden home. Cocktails precede the hunt with prizes for clever clues, followed by a midnight supper and a toast to the couple.
The article recalls a generous benefactor who funded a playground with a merry-go-round slides swings and sand boxes. Children enjoyed horns and whistles as they celebrated with a cake iced drinks cakes and sherbet, marking a memorable community event.
The pattern 1697 by Anne Adams presents a tennis frock suitable for play and social wear. It suggests maize, pique or pink linen fabrics, with a back option and a buttoned version. Available in sizes 12 through 20, requires 3 1/8 yards of 36 inch fabric for size 16. Send fifteen cents to Monroe News-Star Pattern Dept.
The piece lists attendees and speakers for the Louisiana Federation of Business and Professional Women's clubs convention in New Orleans June 8 9 at the Roosevelt hotel. It covers registration times, sessions with club presidents and a banquet at Club Forest, plus an emblem breakfast and tours. It also notes various local residents and travelers.
Mrs Olive Leigh Myatt and Mrs Theodore Allen host a tea. Mrs J C Theus Jr and Mrs Wesley Shafto host a coffee hour. Mrs H A Miller and Miss Mary Powers organize a spaghetti supper for Miss Aimee de Graffenreid and Mr Allen Kimball. Catholic Altar Society meets at the parochial school at 3 pm. The Twentieth Century Book Club meets at 3 pm with Mrs Henry Whitfield. Miss Beatrice Skirvin presents her pupils in recital at the Georgia.
Frank Grahame searches the Yucatan jungle for missing aviator Bill Langton. Janice Kent travels to star in a Mauvan picture with Greene, her press agent, and a party. They become prisoners of the sublevados. Greene discovers a message on the cell window sill signed by Lang.
In a\\n dark Yucatan cell Don Raoul Ortega taunts Grahame and Greene as Ahkin the Bat God priest plans a ritual on the pyramid. Janice Kent is to play the Daughter of Ich Kin while Grahame faces a deadly choice and a hinted fate.
The notice lists a June 8 wedding at Grace Church for Miss Aimee de Graffenreid and Mr. Allen Kimball at 7 30 p m with a reception at the Gunby home. It notes related entertainments by Mrs O C Dawkins Sr and Mrs Joseph Dawkins and a dinner at the Virginia hotel roof for the couple, plus a 3 p m W C T U meeting at the Methodist church and a piano recital at Georgia Tucker auditorium at 8 15 p m inviting the public.
Music pupils perform in a recital to be held at the Crosley school auditorium at 8 p.m. The program showcases student talent and includes selections across genres.
Members of the Y M H A will act as hosts for a picnic dinner at the country home of Mayor Bernstein. The event highlights community service and neighborhood fellowship with local residents invited to attend.
MEMPHIS June 5 Dr William A Alexander of Birmingham is new president of the Southwestern College Alumni association succeeding Dr Samuel E McFadden of Ruston La Other officers named include Rev W J Milliard Blecher La second vice president and John F Frierson Columbus Miss third vice president
Fourteen Ouachita parish residents received bachelor degrees as LSU graduated its largest class in history. Degrees were conferred by President James M. Smith with diplomas awarded by Governor O K Allen. Recipients include Benjamin Cornell Dawkins Jr Herbert Finkelstein Oren O Moore George Hines Lowery Jr John Klein Anders Ira Columbus Castles Percy T Joseph Frank Paul Turk Jimmie Benedict Dooley Lesley Elizabeth Drew Ann Warburton Platt Adelia Beauchamp Sandel Alma Blanche Zengler and Joe A Winkler.
Baton Rouge June 5 The House agriculture committee reported favorably a bill by Representative Hebert Pointe Coupee consolidating market and warehouse commissions creating state warehouses for farm storage and allowing farmers to borrow against stored products. Actions on bills by Dougherty East Feliciana protect farmers from fraudulent commission agents and Chandler Caddo bills to ban receiving or delivering gin cotton and farm products between 6 p m and 6 a m.
The Monroe recreation department will continue the children’s theater into summer with weekly dramatic stunts at nearby playgrounds. An August drama tournament will test the group, with a boat contest in late June including preliminary races on June 23 and finals June 24 open to boys and adults.
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