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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1929

Page

18

Delhi Social Notes Update From June Gatherings

Miss Helen Simpson Frances Simms and Fred Southland of Dermott were guests of Mr and Mrs C P Baxter. moonlight picnic attendees included Annie Laurie Bryant and others. A H Wolff family moved to Shreveport after years in Delhi mercantile trade. several locals hosted out of town visitors and family updates were shared.

News-Star Delhi Helen Simpson Frances Simms Fred Southland Dermott Ark C. P. Baxter Ralph Cutler Lamar Bryant Memphis Cyrus Wixon Bill Strickland Tendal W. G. Halbert Dupree Thomasine DeFran L. T. O'Neal Annie Laurie Bryant Dodie May Hooker George Pat Hooker Juanita Ingram Louise Strother Carrie Rundell T. K. Morrison McKaskell Earl Don Baxter Leon Warren Homer Dozier Bill Lyman J. Summersille E. J. Baxter A. H. Wolff Shreveport

Monroe Parish Fair Move Gets Chamber Backing

The junior Chamber of Commerce discussed supporting a Monroe parish fair this fall. A committee of Claude Harrison Harry St John and E. B. Eby was named to work with luncheon clubs and officials. Lions Club chairman W H Anders led the drive after Calhoun fair ends. A joint meeting with Luncheon clubs, the Chamber, and parish and city officials may follow. Secretary S H McClary noted the recent cleanup was a success. Attendees included W J Sherrouse Barney Oakland Eby Harrison Isaac Morrison Jack Selig S W Davis and W H Anders.

Chamber of Commerce Monroe Claude Harrison Harry St. John Eby W. H. Anders Lions Committee Anders Calhoun Lions Club Barney Oakland BE. S. Eby Isaac Morrison Jack Selig S. W. Davis

Rochelle residents share visits and mourn loss in local notes

Rochelle special: Mr and Mrs J Davis and children visited relatives in Alexandria and Lecompte. Mrs J P Downs and Mrs H P DePriest visited in Olla. The Hammocks joined by their children. Mrs C S Crow of Zenoba stayed with the Davises. Lucille Hughes of Montgomery died in a Bentley area car crash. Bonita and Collinston clubs held two millinery schools with hats made at 75 cent average. Morehouse parish home demo contest noted.

J. C. Davis J. J. Boyett Lucille Hughes Montgomery Bentley Bastrop Bonita Collinston Lottie P. White Morehouse Parish Iris Davenport The State University Morehouse

Local Visitors and House Guests Reported Across Town

June 6 notes list W M Cotton Fred Minard and Misses Dorothy Minard and Dottie Lee Cotton as Vicksburg visitors. Several families host guests from Monroe Clarks Rochelle Rochelle guests and other towns including Detroit Detroit visitors and Phoenix Ariz home plans.

News-Star Standard W. M. Cotton Fred Minard Dorothy Minard Dottie Lee Cotton Vicksburg H. G. Adams Monroe C. Jones Detroit Mich R. A. Cooper J. L. Simpson Phoenix Ariz G. 0. Gray B. Gray Clarks D. L. Buffington Dalby Buffington Glenn Rogers Pauline Tarver Asa Buffington Frank Hammock J.C. Thompson Rochelle Tom Hammock John Reeves Grayson W. E. Akin Mabel Fisher Columbia Thelma Jo Markham Sadie York Tullos Agnes Wieble Bolton Mildred Wieble W. E. Brannon Ed Brielon

Stables of Solomon To Be Destroyed For Evidence Drive

Chicago dispatch reports the Megiddo expedition of the University of Chicago plans destruction of Solomon’s stables to uncover evidence of an earlier Canaanite kingdom. Survey teams have cataloged all scientific data recovered from the site.

Chicago University of Chicago

Movie Notes and Capitol Today: Haines Crawford Menjou

Movie notes praise William Haines in a prize fighter college comedy The Duke Steps Out with Joan Crawford and director James Cruze. Capitol Today lauds Adolphe Menjou in Marquis Preferred, calling it a smart, romantic comedy with a strong cast and Parisian setting.

Saenger William Haines Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Lucian Cary Saturday Evening Post James Cruze Haines Joan Crawford Nora Lane Chester Conklin Dot Varley Lucille Powers Clara Pow Marquis Adolphe Menjou Menjou William Saenger Children of the Ritz Dorothy MacKain Jack Mulhall Virginia Lynch McNall

Tetterine Stops Itch and Eczema

Advertising copy for Tetterine Ointment and Soap promising quick relief from itch rash and eczema with germ destroying action. Claims deep penetration and permanent clearing with money back guarantee. Distributed by Shoptrine Co Savannah Georgia.

Shoptrine Co Savannah

Adventurous Gang of Tom Sawyer Disbanded by Death

In Hannibal Missouri on June 6 the bard Tom Sawyer and his fellow boyhood adventurers are noted as dispersed by life. The article recalls Mark Twain and Sam Clemens shaping the group and their imagined adventures in Missouri.

Hannibal, Mo Mark Twain Missouri Sam L” Clemens

Twain gang memories linger in Hannibal after deaths

The passage recalls the Mississippi set of Mark Twain acquaintances like Gull Brady and Laura Frazier, plus S. H. Honeyman Jim Mc Daniel and others. It notes Clemens born at Florida Missouri grew into a literary icon whose childhood friends remained part of local memory as Hannibal honors him with presidents’ letters and a commemorative home.

Mississippi Gull” Brady Twain S. H. Honeyman Jim McDaniel B. O. Farthing Ed Pierce Laura Frazier Becky Thatcher Clemens Brady John Laura Gull Ters Harding Coolidge Florida Square Hannibal Isseum

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