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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1957
Page
7
A simple chilled apple slice and berry dessert with nutmeg and cream is suggested as a warm day treat. The item also praises ham sandwiches for Dad. The daily real estate transfers list multiple Monroe area property sales and deeds including parcels in Morningside, Roselawn, Lakeshore, and Highland Park additions with values from $640 to $17,500.
Building permits totaling several thousand dollars were issued. Sam H. Awl will inspect for a Monroe construction project worth 17 500. G E Ridings Jr plans a 12800 masonry residence at 2220 Redwood Drive Monroe. John D Connor to add a frame building at 603 Matthews Street for 500. T C Thomas to move a frame dwelling to 4111 Matthew Street West Monroe for 650. George K Smith to demolish a frame garage at 1911 DeSiard Street for 200.
The notice lists multiple marriage licenses including Thomas Lee Roberts 19 and Jean Laverne Smith 17 of Choudrant, Gerald Wayland Brown 25 and Mary Jo Whitehead 22 of Choudrant, Isaac Tidwell 23 Calhoun and Thelma Foster 21 Swartz, Rudolph Becker II 22 New Orleans and Rosemary McGinn 22 Monroe, Coleman Bagwell 45 and Nellie Page 45 Mon roe, William Perkins 23 and Mary Jacob 20 West Monroe, Willie Lecrease 24 West Monroe and Louise Neloms 25 Houston, Clarence Myar 25 and Mary Ellis 19 Monroe, Harvey Tucker 22 and Delores Scott 16 Swartz. In the same section a cooking note suggests walnuts and butter baked at 350 for 20 minutes.
The Monroe city school system bought about 2.75 acres adjacent to North Monroe Junior High for 4500 to expand the campus. The land, now a pond being filled, will provide 150 feet more frontage and support a future classroom expansion as the junior high nears occupancy in September.
About 250 leading laymen joined 500 delegates at the North Mississippi Methodist Conference in Aberdeen for a laymen’s day program focusing on lay involvement in church work. Youth Day speaker state Rep. Joe Bailey urged action to curb alcohol, addressing 300 youths and visitors on church cooperation to end whisky use.
Howard Beatty a 23 year old Lockheed worker separated from his wife telephoned a friend in Pittsburgh saying he would commit suicide. A second call alerted Mountain View police and Beatty was found with slashed wrists at the Holiday Inn and rushed to Palo Alto Hospital.
Thirteen investors who put up 6500 dollars say George C. Debay's golf swing device was a bust and filed their complaint in court this week.
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