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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 1927

Page

2

Graduation at West Monroe Wesley Institute

The Wesley Biblical and Missionary Institute held graduation at West Monroe Methodist Church. Sixty three credits were awarded across New Testament stewardship worship catechism and teacher training. Valedictorian Lillian Collins spoke of a coming revival and spiritual awakening. Reverend Albert S. Lutz preached on Pentecostal power in a White Sunday context.

Wesley Biblical and Missionary Institute West Monroe Methodist Episcopal Church South Nicaea Nettleton J. L. Cummins Lillian Collies Billy Byrd R. W. Bandy H. D. Catlett Joe N. Coates Lillian Collins Aw. L. Cummins Marshall Downs J. R. Henry School of Religion School of Missions Albert S. Lutz

Good Women Make Real Homes Good Women Make Real Homes

A social worker urges women to keep healthy to manage a home. Mrs Ed Braford of 1117 Garland Ave Little Rock credits St Josephs G F P with restoring her strength after becoming weak and run down. She vows to continue using it and notes increased energy and vitality.

St. Joseph's Little Rock Ark Ed Braford Garland Ave

Ruston Men Head to Kiwanis International Convention

Four Ruston men J T Folks Glenn Shadow H E Townsend and Dr W S Rutledge left Sunday for a week at the International Kiwanis convention in Memphis traveling by car via Little Rock Clarence Frazier living nearby reported the first cotton bloom of the season and farms with stalks two and a half feet high. A good rain Sunday night brightened Lincoln parish crop prospects.

Ruston J. T. Folks Glenn Shadow H. E. Townsend W. S. Rutledge International Kiwanis Memphis Little Rock Clarence Frazier Lincoln Parish

Refugees Returning Home as Flood Recedes in Louisiana

Associated Press reports flood waters in the Mississippi valley receding as refugees move back to safe areas. In Baton Rouge a 200 person party plans to return home tomorrow with work animals for early planting. Vicksburg relief director L. O. Crosby says camps fell from 55,000 to 8,000 residents as orderly evacuation proceeds under guard. Crest forecasts for the Atchafalaya rise around mid month with gauge at 9.6 and a foot more of water expected.

New Orleans Mississippi Valley Baton Rouge Vicksburg L. O. Crosby Mississippi National Guard Atchafalaya John C. H. Lee Third River District Greenville

Drainage plan cited for land flood control

A official noted that natural drainage could handle much of the new water and that little of recently drained land would submerge again. The New Orleans gauge registered 17.9, down 0.1 from prior reading.

Ding New Orleans

Birthdays of notable figures mark 40 to 64 years ago

Car Roden librarian and future ALA president born in Kansas City 56 years ago. Andrew O Connor invited to Angola to sculpt a statue born Worcester 53 years ago. Albert Burleson ex postmaster general born San Marcos Texas 64 years ago. Dana Munro Princeton directing a million dollar fund for American history born Bristol Rhode Island 61 years ago. Edwin Slosson Science Service director born Albany Kansas 62 years ago. Rust devastates about ten percent of world grain. a cheap rust cure could lower bread prices globally.

Car Roden Chicago Public Library American Library Association Kansas City Andrew O'Connor Angola Mustapha Kemal Worcester Mass Albert S. Burleson United States San Marcos Texas Dana C. Munro Princeton University Bristol Edwin F. Slosson Science Service Washington Albany Kas

Spellbound La Salle Oil Field Activity Surges

Olla June 7 Activities in the LaSalle oil fields center near White Sulphur Springs in section 9 township 7 range 2 east. A new field is being developed though its size is undetermined. Tunica Petroleum Company No. 1 Whatley SW 1-4 of NE 1-4 9-1-2e shows oil within 40 feet of the top of the hole.

Olla LaSalle White Sulphur Springs Tunica Petroleum Company Whatley

Oil rigs multiply as LaSalle parish nears shipping district

No. 26 L. and A. Oil: rig nearly tops. No. 29 rig being installed. Tunica Oil runs three rigs day and night near springs, drilling shallow wells and two wells cemented. One rig tests O'Bannon lease across river in Grant parish. Derricks rise, warehouse and worker housing go up. signs point to a new LaSalle oil shipping district.

L. & A. Oil Company Tunica Oil Company Grant Parish LaSalle Parish

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MR. Gump Cook West Monroe Myrtle Johnston J. C. Killingsworth Marguerite Kirkpatrick Marge Lee Albert S. Lutz, Jr Mary Eleanor Lutz L. A. Morton Myatt McClendon Mildred Norris R. E. Rushing Eva Reed Ella Reed Chas. Saxe W. B. Warren Jessie May Warren Chas. Watts Ethel Wilkins The News-Star South Grand Associated Press Blanche King Huck Blanche Ring New York Broadway 45Th Street LA Salle R. H. Brooks Foster Jewelry & Music CO DeSiard St. Monroe, la Virginia Hotel Littlefields Crusaders Lloyd Williams
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