A L Smith Commencement Highlights School and Community Goals
The twenty second annual commencement of the A L Smith school honored the class of 50 with talks on improving the school and community through an enhanced program in industrial and fine arts, a community center, and a building expansion. Lions Club medals were awarded to top all round students in the inaugural Sterlington Lions Club presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Smith
Lions Club
Sterlington Lions Club
Gene Hardin
O. K. Bailey
Bailey
Avants
Mae Moulk
America
O. P. Bazer
Fairbanks Baptist Church
James Moore
Stetson
Virginia Brunson
Industrial Arts
Bobbie Gale Garrett
Pal
Buchtel
Billy Joe Wafer
Kathryn Hammonds
Fine Arts
Alice Jo Lipsey
Stevens
Ted Cook
Barbara Farrar
Rhapsody
Monta Sue Johnson
Lion Gene Hardin
Funeral service set for Wednesday at Mulhearn Chapel
The service will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. in Mulhearn Funeral Chapel with Rev. A. M. Serex officiating. Interment will be in Bastrop. He is survived by one other brother, Colonel C. Newton, Jr., of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Pallbearers include James H. Trousdale, Reynold McWilliams, Joe Dawkins, M. C. Redmond, B. B. Handy, and Peyton Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mulhearn Funeral Chapel
A. M. Serex
Bastrop
Colonel C. Newton, Jr
Bay St. Louis
Miss
James H. Trousdale
Reynold McWilliams
Joe Dawkins
M. C. Redmond
B. B. Handy
Peyton Parker
Mrs Lois Castleton Dies After Long Illness In Florida
Lois Castleton wife of Bobby R Castleton formerly of Sterlington died after a long illness in Jacksonville Florida last Friday Funeral and interment were held in Birmingham Alabama on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Castleton
Bobby R. Castleton
Sterlington
Jacksonville
Fla
Birmingham
Ala
Grimsley Opens Dancing School in Monroe
L C Grimsley resumes dance instruction in Monroe with a summer course and fall enrollments. He teaches Tap Toe Ballet Ballroom and Jitter Bug plus Charleston. A member of Dancers International and Ballet Arts, he has appeared in Kawanis Minstrel 1949 Grand Old Opera 1947 U S O shows and Front Page as Diamond Louie in 1948. Studio at 207 Louise Anne Ave Monroe Louisiana phone 2725 R open 10 am to 10 pm Mon–Sat.
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L. C
Diamond Louie
Louise Anne Ave
Monroe
Louisiana
Deaths S SGT Daniel J Evanich in Europe to Mon ro
The body of S Sgt Daniel J Evanich of Patton's army arrived from Denver to Monro e for burial with full military honors at Memorial Park cemetery. He leaves a wife, a son Michael, and his father and sister in Youngstown Ohio. Funeral arrangements are incomplete but handled by Mulhearn Funeral home. Rev R E Walton will officiate. Dwight L Schieber age 50 of 1007 College Ave died Monday. he led gas meters for Hopé Producing Co for 20 years. Surviving are his wife and relatives. Services were at Peters Funeral Home with burial at Memorial Park cemetery. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel J. Evanich
Patton
Europe
Monroe
Denver
Colo
Michael
Youngstown
Mulhearn
R. E. Walton
Ster Ington
Memorial Park
Dwight L. Schieber
College Avenue
Hopé Producing Co
Peters Funeral Home Chapel
David Jones
E. F. Hayward
Memorial Park Cemetery
C. K. Dickard
J. T. Conger
F. L. Smith
Underwood Formy
Robert Taylor
Handy Conaway
Cecil Schultz
Guy Gates
Funeral services for Sterling M. Newton
Funeral services for Sterling M. Newton, brother of Monroe attorney Thomas C. Newton, will be held with details provided by family and local obituaries, noting the Newton family's prominence in the Monroe area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling M. Newton
Thomas C. Newton
Monroe
Bureaus Admitted to National Business Bureau Association
Washington June 6 The Baton Rouge Bureau and Seattle Bureau were admitted to membership in the Association of Better Business Bureaus.
Registration for Tech Set at Louisiana Tech June 12 to 15
Summer session registration at Louisiana Tech begins June 12 with separate times for new and returning students. Freshman girls and boys meet at 8:30 to 9 a.m. for introductory sessions, tests follow, and registration runs by last name from 1 to 4 p.m. Classes start June 13. late fee is $1 for enrollments after June 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruston
Louisiana Tech
Tech
Howard Auditorium
Little Theater
Martha Condra
W. L. Mitchell
Keeny Hall
Bogard Hall
Burglars steal $1 and alarm in Muncie break in
In Muncie Indiana a fuel company was entered by burglars through a broken window and they stole $1. As they fled they took the electric eye alarm that was meant to deter them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Tornado Strikes Southeast Texas Hits Five Villages
A fast moving tornado of 70 mph tore through Kenny Klump Pattison Brookshire and Katy in southeast Texas injuring an uncertain number of people. L F Weige Red Cross director reported injuries. Homes damaged and utilities disrupted across the towns with no fatalities noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenny
Tex
Texas
Klump
Pattison
Brookshire
Katy
Houston
L. F. Weige
Red Cross
Here
Ignatz Jameszewski
Three Die As Auto Crashes Near Meridian
In Meridian Mississippi on highway 11 south near the city outskirts a car ploughed into a concrete retaining wall killing three people John B Harvey Fred Williams Knight and Mrs Gladys Shepherd all residents of Meridian A blowout was blamed by Police Patrolman Sam Keller James Burge and James Ladner of Poplarville found the wreck and alerted authorities The incident raised local traffic deaths to thirteen in the past 36 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meridian
Miss
Highway 11
Sam Keller
John B. Harvey
Fred Williams Knight
Gladys Shepherd
Keller
James Burge
James Ladner
Poplarville
Bandit killed in Greenwich Village cafe holdup raid
A running gun battle in the Greenwich Village cafe belt left one bandit dead and three others wounded or shot. Police captured two bandits after their getaway car crashed near Washington Square. a robber died in a nearby cafe kitchen. A bystander and two patrons were seriously wounded.
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New York
Greenwich Village
Little Casino
Sullivan Street
Washington Square
Salle Des Champagnes
John Penn
Queens
Louis la Presto
Manhattan
Florida tennis champ graduates lone senior in 1950 SEC
Gainesville Florida Jack Borling stands as the sole graduating member of the University of Florida team that won the Southeastern Conference tennis championship in 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
Fla
Jack Borling
University of Florida
Local Marriage Licenses Reported For Fairbanks Monroep
Wred Dean aged 19 of Fairbanks and Iis Odessa Butler aged 26 of Bastrop obtained a marriage license. D Bates aged 43 and Mrs. John Tucker Butler aged 43, both of Monroe, also listed. D O Cole Jr aged 21 of West Monroe and Ruby Pearl Hedgepeth aged 18 of Monroe received licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wred Dean
Fairbanks
Iis Odessa Butler
Bastrop
D. Bates
Johnnie Tucker Butler
Mon
Red O. Cole, Jr
West Monroe
Ruby Pearl Hedgepeth
Monroe
Monroe Police Arrest Man For Drunk Driving
Monroe police arrested H. G. Johnson, 35, of 414 Egan Street, Monday night for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. His bond was fixed at 325 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
H. G. Johnson
Egan Street
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Helen Stall
Tom Wafer
Grimsley
S. Sgt
Sterling Newton
ABLES
Penney
Shey
Penney's
Harold A. Sellers
Brooklyn
Ralph Chirilles
Arturo Toscanini
Steinways
Hewitt’s
Grammont
Troy & Nichols, Inc
Echo
Kentucky
Echo Spring Distilling Company
Louisville
Jay
Fille
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