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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 05, 1936

Page

3

Camp Ki Ro Li prepares for Boy Scout encampment

Camp Ki Ro Li buzzes with activity as eight troops from Monroe West Monroe Ruston Tallulah and Bastrop ready for the Ouachita Valley council annual encampment. R H Murdaugh moves the natural history museum unit to the camp while Olan H Black oversees preparations. Public may visit Sunday afternoon.

Ki-Ro-Li Ouachita Valley Council R. H. Murdaugh Natural History Museum Ouachita Coca- Cola Bottling Company Olan H. Black Boy Scouts Monroe West Monroe Rusten Tallulah Bastrop

Singing Meet Opens in Winnsboro

Quachita parish will be well represented at the Northeast Louisiana State Singing convention at Winnsboro High School on Saturday at 2 pm. Parishes from Rapides northward appear, with quartets from Dallas Lawrenceburg Tenn and Hartford Ark. The non sectarian event runs Saturday 2 pm to Sunday 3 pm with Mayor N L Mower giving the welcome.

Quachita Parish Louisiana Winnsboro High School Rapides Dallas Lawrenceburg

Eskridge trial ends evidence with weapons at center

In Houston on June 5 the state rested in Rev Edgar Eskridge’s trial after introducing weapons alleged found in his car by Louisiana officers who arrested him for the May 28 1935 shotgun slaying of Orange Police Chief Ed O Reily. Dutch A La Caze DeRidder police chief identified a .22 rifle a .38 revolver a .45 auto and a 12 gauge shotgun with buckshot. O Reily's widow and sister wept as witnesses recounted the shooting on Orange streets.

Houston Texas Edgar Eskridge Louisiana Ed O'Reily Orange Dutch A. la Caze la Caze DeRidder Eskridge O’reily O'Reily Margaret Boyd

Deaths and Rites across Louisiana towns and states

Obituaries report William S. Wood 70 a Delhi merchant dies after brief illness with funeral in Delhi and burial at Masonic cemetery. Odis H. Laird 27 dies from drilling accident, has funeral in West Monroe with interment at Hasley cemetery. Also notes farm earnings rise in Kentucky 1934 and Brazilian government receipts through October 1935.

William S. Wood Delhi L. A. Materne Baptist Church Tallulah Masonic Wood Masonic See J. Bnyder Winnsboro Mamie W Bryan B. J. Wood C. L Wood G. L. Wood la Grange Torr. Jenkins Birmingham Ala Alice Houser Farmerville West Monroe Hasley Cemetery Laird R. O. Buskin A. Wasson Clint Pat Claud Laird

Blum to Seek 40 Hour Week in French Law

Premier Blum pledges to act with public safety in mind and to meet worker demands within the law while strife disrupts Paris stores. French ministers urge calm until law and order guide change as strike chaos draws employer blame. Border patrol in San Antonio reports 360 arrests and seizures across 1935 illicit crossings.

Paris Blum Border Patrol San Antonio, Texas

Wolverines Band to Play One Night at Three Mile Inn

The Wolverines, a noted recording and radio orchestra led by Ronald Dare with vocalist Lola Lee, will perform Saturday night at Three Mile Inn on DeSiard Road. The Detroit to Oklahoma City tour group arrives en route and stays only one night, maintaining its high standard through constant addition of new talent.

the Wolverines Three Mile Inn DeSiard Road Ronald Dare Lola Lee Detroit Mich Oklahoma City

Judge Tackles Complex Marital Case in Juvenile Court

Memphis judge Camille Kelley faces a knotty problem resolving tangled marital difficulties involving a midlife man with two ex-wives and two sets of children. The man petitions help from juvenile court after a chaotic scene with Wife No 3 and three former spouses.

Memphis Tenn Camille Kelley Juvenile Court Solomon Belah Wood Fite Miss Fite Kelley Wife No

Jack Hunt Returns Home for Summer with Family

Jack Hunt comes home from Schreiner Institute in Kerrville Texas to spend the summer with his mother Mrs Louise Hunt at 211 Hudson lane.

Jack Hunt Schreiner Institute Kerrville Texas Louise Hunt Hudson Lane

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