Red Cross Surgical Dressing Calendar Details
Community calendar lists Red Cross dressings sessions at headquarters on Monday 6 30 to 9 p m and Wednesday 1 to 5 p m with Thursday at headquarters 1 to 1 p m An Army unit session at the American Legion home 9 30 to 12 a m and 1 30 to 4 p m Also Sterlington Fairbanks unit at Sterling ton with Wednesday 1 p m and Thursday 1 to 5 p m
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Red Cross
American Legion Home
Sterlington-Fairbanks
American Legion
Sterlington
Arrival of Janette Grey McLendon in city society
Ensign Gordon Barton McLendon and Mrs. Gay Noe McLendon announce the birth of their daughter Janette Grey at St. Francis Sanitarium on June 4. The child’s family includes paternal and maternal relatives visiting, with Navy service overseas noted and a string of social visitors and forthcoming gatherings in the city.
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Ens
Gordon Barton McLendon
Janette Grey
St. Francis Sanitarium
McLendon
Gay Noe
James A. Noe
Barton McLendon
Jefferson McLendon
Atlanta
Leslie May
Dallas
Tex
Ensign McLendon
U. S. Navy
Pioneer Gunner Wins Distinguished Flying Cross
S/Sgt. Jim P. Ward of Pioneer Louisiana, a 24 year old B 17 gunner, receives the Distinguished Flying Cross for standout aerial combat over Nazi Europe. Ward also holds the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters and a Purple Heart. He shot down a Focke Wulf 190 over Berlin and was wounded over Augsburg. Edna Ward, wife, resides in Troy Alabama.
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England
Jim P. Ward
Pioneer
Europe
Edgar M. Wittan
Newport News
Ward
Ida Ward
Interstate Natural Gas Company
Monroe
Germany
Berlin
Augsburg
Masonic Temple Meeting Promises Notable Attendance
The Monroe News Star reports a June 8 meeting at 8 o'clock p m at the Masonic Temple. Under five years of leadership the lodge lists John E Coon as worshipful master with B S McRaney senior warden J Noe man Coon junior warden O O Hobthorn treasurer F M Culver and others in key roles.
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Monroe
News-Star
Masonic
John E. Coon
B. S. McRaney
J Noeman Coon
O. O Hobthorn
F. M. Culver
E. R. Baham
Fire alarm wakes Monroeville as whistling trains fire trucks roars
Residents of the south side of Monroe were awakened at 4 a m by whistles and fire trucks responding to a minor blaze at the Parlor City Lumber Company's Mississippi street plant. The fuel house, a fireproof building, housed the fire and the flames were extinguished with no losses.
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Monroe
Parlor City Lumber Company
Mississippi Street
Missouri Pacific
War Temper Scorches Monroe Life With Active War Pace
Northerners view in Monroe reveal a shift from leisure to work as WW II mobilizes everyday life. Women accustomed to domestic ease now run homes and join the Junior Charity League, planning rummage sales to fund wartime needs. Social notes record weddings, engagements, and a D.A.R. ceremony marking Ouachita Valley’s flag-raising anniversary as the community adjusts to wartime pace.
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Monroe
Old South
Junior Charity League
Monroe League
League
Do This When Baby Frets and Cries
Advises using Mexsana diaper rash product after every diaper change to ease baby fretfulness from irritated skin. Claims a 40 year dependable favorite with common specialist ingredients, low cost, and high demand.
Coming Events and Weddings in Local Social Notices
Community events fill the week with charity league dinners Girl Scout rally at Camp Ki Ro Li and multiple society meetings. Miss Sue McBride receives hosted entertainments and a June 9 wedding to Lt John Alfred Brizius garners local interest. Visitors include Lt and Mrs Peevy with open houses and barbecues planned.
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Wadie
Carolyn Crump
John Wesley Crump Jr
Oklahoma City
Daily Oklahoman
May Avenue Methodist Church
Wadie Carolyn Crump
Northwest 23Rd
Warren G. van Brunt
John A. van Brunt
Seminole
Byron Craven
Peggy Offen
Guthrie
One
Craven
Pvt
Stewart Harrison
Aruba
Netherlands West Indies
Bettye Hoopes
Muskogee
Charles T. Young
Northwest 24Th
Johnnie Lou Crudup
Stillwater
Mary Louise Klein
Claire Cox
Bettye Hindman
Classen High School
KEY
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Chi Omega
University of Oklahoma
Norman
Delta Chi
Gainesville
Tex
van Brurt
Camp Howze
Junior Charity League
Episcopal Parish House
John R. Goodlett
Caswell Robinson
Sue McBride
Camp Ki-Ro-Li
Women's Missionary Society of the
Ridge Avenue Baptist Church
M. S. Lippman
Frances Hotel
Woman's Missionary Society
The
First Baptist Church
Women's Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Altar Society
S. Gremilion
American Legion Auxiliary
H. F. Madison
B. M. McKain
Joyce McKain
J. W. Cummins
T. H. Woods
Sue Carolyn McBride
John Alfred Brizius
First Methodist Church
Hearing Delayed in Polygamy Case in Utah
Defense moves to remove District Judge Ray Van Cott Jr delaying today's hearing on a motion to quash charges against 34 persons accused of conspiracy to promote polygamy. The Utah Supreme Court ordered Van Cott to show cause why he should not disqualify himself by June 9. Van Cott had convicted 15 Salt Lake City men of unlawful cohabitation in a trial without witnesses or a jury.
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Salt Lake City
Ray van Cott, Jr
Utah
State Supreme Court
van Cott
Latter Day Saints
Mormon) Church
High Court
Legislative Digest: Bills Introduced and Actions Noted
Legislative digest lists bills: H.836 to amend vacancies in New Orleans offices. H.837 to clarify a church trustees election method. H.835 to raise auto license fees for Pontchartrain causeway. Actions show withdrawals, indefinite postponements, and passes for measures on labor records, minimum fire wages, right to work, and spearheading limits on speckled sea trout. The Norman era note follows.
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Blasi
Orleans
New Orleans
Baker
Board of Trustees
Louisiana Methodist Episcopal Church
Heintz
Lake Pontchartrain
Cole
A. M. Smith
Fontenot, Et al
Lottinger
McCain
Et al
F. and A. M. Lodge Meets on Tuesday at Western Star No. 24
Western Star Lodge No. 24 F and A M will hold a stated communication on Tuesday. Members are urged to attend and participate in the meeting agenda and lodge affairs.
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F. and
A. M. Lodge
Western Star Lodge
A. M
Texas Rangers Quartet Earns Honorary Commission
The Texas Rangers quartet, active since 1931, socialized in church harmony and perform hymns ballads spirituals folk tunes and plains rhythm songs. They received an honorary commission in Texas' Rangers organization, a tribute never before accorded to radio or recording personalities.
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Texas Rangers
Plains
Es A
Texas
Rangers
Adyv
Women voters may outnumber men in 1940 race
Washington report notes that there are 44,622,886 women of voting age and 44,043,669 men. The census bureau estimates nearly 7,860,000 men are in the armed forces, leaving a larger pool of eligible women for the presidential election next fall.
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Washington
Census Bureau
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Milwaukee
Wis
Marilyn Marshall
State University
Fred Petty
Mr. Petty
Bernard Smith
Chloe Elaine
Memphis
Tenn
George Snellings Jr
Thomas Davenport
B. M. McKoin
Beauf River
Dean McKoin
New York
Pan-American Airways
Joyce McKoin
Lake Providence
Rebecca
Emily Abernathy
Pulaski, Tenn
St. James Abernathy
Mrs. Abernathy
North Fifth
Witte
Jane
Distinguished Flying Cross
Louisiana Flyer
Edna Ward
Troy
Alabama
South
Dorothy Dale
John Dale Jr
Vidalia
Rogers Reeves Jr
U. S. Naval Reserve
Roger R. Reeves Sr
Harrisonburg
Miss Dale
Joan Dale Sr
Dale
Naomi S. Hale
Waterproof
Scott
Bailey Peyton Northcutt
Chapel of the Desert
Tucson
Ariz
Miss Hale
Baton Rouge High School
Louisiama State Normal College
Flora McDonald College
Red Springs
N. C
Sergeant Northcutt
E. H. Winegeart
Glenmoeal
Army Air Corps
Fort Miro
Ouachita Valley
Tk A McCor
Srano
Isa
Aera
Tel Sellers
Frank Spivey
Charles Phelps
Virginia Hotel
L. H. Peevy Jr
Miami Beach
Lieutenant Peevy
J. H. Peevy
Barksdale Field
Shreveport
A. L. Smith
D. Y. Smith
Baton Rouge
Lieutenant Smith
Rhode Island
Gienmar
Legislative Digest
Lydia E. Pinkham
Rad and Screen
KML
United Industrial Life Insurance Companiastrop
Dave May
Frank Kaney
Bob Crawford
Silverstein
America
Ilverstein
Louisiana
Central NO. 1
Jackson & Grammont Sts
Ft. Worth
Trenton ST
West Monroe
National
Accoi
South Grand St Monroe
STING
Milam
Shrevegort
Lee
Alexandria
Dayton
Ohio
the National Cash Register Company
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