Eastern Star District 5 holds school of instruction
The School of Instruction for District No. 5 of the Order of the Eastern Star was held at the West Monroe Masonic Temple on Saturday night May 24. District deputy grand matron Mrs Cecile Burkett and associate grand matron Mrs Mamie Cameron supervised. about 40 officers from Downsville Cadeville Choudrant Sincerity Calhoun and other chapters attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
West Monroe
Cecile Burkett
Mamie Cameron
Burkett
Lois Kilpatrick
Myra Herrod
Cadeville
Huell Baker
Vining
Choudrant
Mildred Smith
Reba Cowan
Geneve Castles
Monroe
Daisy Whitaker
Clarice Sanderson
A. P. Burkett
Birdie Mae Mulhern
P.G.M
Jack Voigt
Shreveport
Melissa McKay
Ruth
Archibald
Polly McGehee
Docia Brasher
Grady Holmes
M. L. A. Williamson
Alverne Whitman
Gertrude Robinson
Edith Kilpatrick
Sally Zufall
California
Downsville
Calhoun
Local clubs outline weekly meetings and events
A schedule lists Dixie Chapter O E S at 8 p.m. plus Flag Day observance and a reception at 1613 North Sixth. Delta Beta Sigma holds a 2:00 p.m. meeting at 1015 Emerson. Other groups meet across town including Friendship Temple, Business and Professional Women at Hotel Frances, College Place W M S, Catholic Daughters at St Matthews gym, League of Women Voters, and Christian Women’s Fellowship at the Virginia Hotel with a 7:30 p.m. start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie
O. E. S. Masonic Temple
First Methodist Church
North Sixth Street
Delta Beta Sigma Sorority
Lela Bess Kite
Emerson Street
Friendship Temple No. 3
Castle Hall
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Hotel Frances
Alice Baur
College Place
W. M.S
Circle 2
Catholic Daughters of America
St. Matthews Gymnasium
Grasse - Haven
Business Women
League of Women Voters
Jean Bonham
Texas Ave
Christian Women’s Fellowship of the First Christian Church
Barbara Hulin
Virginia Hotel
Marriage II Announced in Monroe Masonic Event
Cameron, associate grand matron of Louisiana Grand Chapter, supervised a School of Instruction session in West Monroe. She praised the program, received a gift of silver from a representative group, and heard solos by Mrs. Louise Brooks and Mrs. Maxine Elliot. Guests enjoyed refreshments in a decorated social hall afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Annie D. Ben- Marriage II
West Monroe
Cameron
Grand Chapter
Louisiana
Gertie Mitchell
Maggie Beasley
Carrie Louise Daniels
Willie Mae Pairich
Jane Edge
Estelle Gilmore
Louise Brooks
Maxine Elliot
Clarice Sanderson
Choudrant
Nettie Lee Hood
Chatham
Mrs McIntoch Hosts Bride-Elect At Bayou DeSiard Club
Mrs James D McIntoch hosted a luncheon at the Bayou DeSiard Country Club honoring Miss Helen Janelle Stevenson a bride elect of Sidney Chaffe Guenard of Lake Providence. Guests included Mrs R F Stevenson Mrs Thomas L Douglas Mrs R S Guenard and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James David McIntoch
Bayou DeSiard Country Club
Helen Janelle Stevenson
Sidney Chaffe Guenard
Lake Providence
Miss Stevenson
McIntoch
R. F. Stevenson
Thomas L. Douglas
R. S. Guenard
Stephen H. Guenard
Frank Cain
John M. Hester
Herman Cahn
Kent Breard
Clyde R. Brown, Jr
John Rolfe Howard
Joe T. Kelly
J. Vernon Sims
Arthur I. Guenard
Sarah O’neal
Mary Elizabeth Norris
Tooke Brothers Visit. Smiths Welcome Daughter Patsy Jean
James Tooke stationed at Holliman Air Base New Mexico visits his mother Mrs J W Tooke. Dick Tooke home for summer holidays from LSU. Bill Colligan of Tallulah recent guest of Mr and Mrs W J Colligan. Herman Smith and wife from Choudrant announce birth of second daughter Patsy Jean born May 25 at Thomas Kim Bell Clinic Ruston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Tooke
Holliman Air Base
New Mexico
J. W. Tooke
Dick Tooke
Bill Colligan
Tallulah
Mrs
W. J. Colligan
Herman Smith of
Choudrant
Patsy Jean
Thomas Kimbell
Ruston
Sweptback wings to become standard on frontline planes
Farindale New York report quotes Alexander Kartveli of Republic Aviation Corp predicting sweeping back wings will be standard on all first line Air Force aircraft by 1955. He says sweptback wings reduce drag and improve high speed Maneuverability with faster response than straight wings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmindale
N. Y
Alexander Kartveli
Republic Aviaton Corp
Mamie Jo Drouet Honored At Two Pre Nuptial Parties
Miss Mamie Jo Drouet, bride elect, was feted at two pre nuptial gatherings hosted by Mrs. John E. Baugh and Mrs. Marianne B. Williamson. Attendants and guests enjoyed magnolia and calico lily motifs with corsages, centerpieces, and a silver gift to the honoree. Forty guests attended the teas and coffee hours at the La Casa Tea Room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie JO Drouet
la Casa Tea Room
John E. Baugh
Marianne B. Williamson
Oree
John M. Drouet
J. D. Petty
W. H. Giles
Bucky McElroy
Polly Jean Phelps
Bettie Lee White
Leora LeFors
Baugh
Williamson
B. L. Mulhearn
Mamie Jo
Miss Drouet
John Drouet
Mulhearn
Alton Burkett
J. E. Baugh
Ernest Mulhern
Sterlington
Saturday Weddings and Vists Highlight Alto Social Calendar
The Alto social scene features the wedding of Miss Mary Elizabeth Hicks to Stuart Lee Speede at Alto Baptist Church at 7 30 p m with a reception at Mrs M D Thomason s home. Thelma K Richard Grand Matron visits West Monroe and district meetings at the Masonic Temple. Beta Delta sorority meets Sunday at 2 p m and Sigma Fraternity gathers at 2 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Elizabeth Hicks
Stuart Lee Speede
Alto Baptist Church
Alto
M. D. Thomason
Thelma K. Richard
Grand Chapter of Louisiana
Order of Eastern Star
West Monroe Masonic Temple
Cecil C. Burkett
Monroe
Monroe Junior Charity League
Fred Fudickar, Jr
Clifford Johnson
Mamie Jo Drouet
James Allyn Cheneval
Music Guild
W. A. Calloway
Bosco
Robert Irby
Beta Delta Sorority
Martha Jane Lasuzza
Park Avenue
Delta Sigma Fraternity
Phillip Goldman
Erin
States Righter Dies At 69 In Mississippi
HOUSTON Mississippi Ashton Toomer a prominent Northeast Mississippi banker and leader in the States Rights movement died last night after a heart attack He was 69 A former mayor of Houston a retired lumberman founder and longtime president of the Bank of Houston past president of the Mississippi Exchange Clubs and a former president of the Natchez Trace Electric Power Association He is survived by one brother Phillip J Toomer of Hattiesburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Miss
Ashton Toomer
Mississippi
State Democratic Executive Committee
Toomer
Bank of Houston
Mississippi Exchange Clubs
Natchez Trace Electric Power Association
Phillip J. Toomer
Hattiesburg
Chinese Farms Collectivized Step Toward Reform
The Chinese Communists have established 45 collective farms as an initial move toward collectivizing farmers. Ten farms are in Manchuria covering about 200000 acres. other state farms dot China proper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
China
Manchuria
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School OF Instruction
Sunshiner Sandal
Sunsun
Faille
Baker's
Desiard
Eugene John Sievers, Jr
Linda Barham Hair
Robert W. Hair
Hamburg
Ark
Sievers
Neville High School
Northeast Louisiana State College
Day Arley
James D. McIntoch
Country Club
Kool Aip
Denier
Hane
Holloway-Thompson
Sheer
Lons With
Righter
Sizce
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