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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1929
Page
12
A large crowd attended a joint graduation and dedication at the new annex of St. Francis sanitarium. Six nurses received diplomas while about fifty students sat for the program, with speeches by Mayor Bernstein and doctors.
Buster Mason of Winnsboro road is found guilty in district court of embezzling a car valued at 90 dollars tied to D. M. McClendon. The 12 man jury reduces potential penalties to 20years in confinement, with Mason arrested after driving the car to Texarkana. Dellas Henley is named co defendant in related charges.
The asphalt topping crew moves from Forsythe to North Fourth Street and will finish early next week if weather holds. Curb and gutter work continues on Worth Sixth from Rochelle to Forsythe, with base pouring planned on North Sixth from Pine to DeSiard soon as the project nears half completion.
Rental notice for space at Joe Crowley's Paint Store offering electric waxer and vacuum cleaner for rent and framing services advertised.
Mrs Judson Smith of 305 Louisville avenue has given a green parrot to the Monroe city zoo. Officials praise public generosity for expanding the zoo’s colorful collection of animal life.
Graduating exercises were held this morning for the grammar grades of the school. Students, teachers, and families gathered to celebrate academic milestones and the completion of the term.
The Barkdull Faulk and Georgia Tucker schools hosted a program at the city school auditorium under Miss Julia Wessman and Miss Myrtle E. Rodgers. It marked the close of the city school system, while all other Monroe schools had already been closed for days.
A man identified as J. C. Byrd was arrested yesterday afternoon by Captain E. B. Clower and Officer R. J. Goza on charges of drunkenness and carrying a concealed weapon.
A police call from a local hotel led to several drunkenness arrests. Sergeant Burt Thurmond took W. H. Ellington into custody for being drunk near the union bus station. John Doe was jailed on a drunken and dov charge, and W. E. Black faced a drunk and disorderly charge, with officer E. F. Brown on scene.
Eight prohibition agents in San Francisco are under investigation for alleged embezzlement of government property. E R Bohner of California announced the ongoing inquiry into thefts among bureau personnel.
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