Convention Opens In Monroe For Northeast District B Y P U
More than 150 people arrived in Monroe for a two day convention at First Baptist led by Rev H C Price with the theme First Things First in Daily Living. District associations named include Bayou Macon Deer Creek Morehouse Ouachita Caldwell and Jackson. The program features Sunday school and B Y P U conferences with leaders such as Mrs Jordan Barton Miss Roca Pearl Terrill Miss Elizabeth Cullen Miss Mary Alice Riley and Rev John Caylor. An address by E Lee followed by music and lunch marked the morning session with another full schedule planned for Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
B. Y. P. U. Association
H. C. Price
First Baptist Church
Kl. Hastings
Bayou Macon
Deer Creek
Morehouse
Ouachita
Caldwell
Big Creek
Elizabeth Cullen
Mary Alice Riley
A. Vv. Washburn
John Caylor
Verda von Hagen
Harold Ingraham
Associationat
Emma Bains
E. E. Lee
Jewel Rees
Rosa Pearl Terrill
B. J. Abney
James Cain
Bess Harrison
Lee
Ara Brueck
Dana Terry
Riley
Feen-a-mint Chewing Gum Laxative Advertisement
An advertisement promotes Feen-a-mint chewing gum as a new gentler laxative. It claims the product delivers a full, uniform action without shock, suited for busy people and even children, and cautions that delaying bowel relief is dangerous. Available in 1c and 25c at druggists everywhere.
Smith and Dixon Appeal to State Supreme Court
P. W. Dixon and J. W. Smith were sentenced to one year in the state penitentiary after conviction on a joint larceny of a hog charge. They filed an appeal to the state supreme court and were released on $500 bonds each. New England will not have another total course until October 1959.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. W. Dixon
J. W. Smith
David I. Garrett
State Penitentiary
State Supreme Court
New England
Journal of a Crime at Paramount with Ruth Chatterton
Ruth Chatterton stars in Journal of a Crime at the Paramount guided by Adolphe Menjou and Claire Dodd. The drama shows a murder’s impact on a refined woman amid backstage Parisian life and a theatre-world setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terton
Paramount Theater
First National
Jacques Deval
Miss Chatterton
Adolphe Menjou
Claire Dodd
Menjou
George Barbier
Douglas Dumbrille
Noel Madison
Henry O'Neill
Phillip Reed
Henry Kolker
Frank Reicher
F. Hugh Herbert
Charles Kenyon
William Keighley
Obituary for J B Johnston and Mrs Collier
Funeral services for J B Johnston 32 oil field worker who died Wednesday were held Thursday at Mulhearn Funeral Home with burial at Hasley Cemetery. Survived by father C A Johnston of Monroe brother C C Johnston of San Antonio and three sisters. Mrs B T Collier 68 died in Homer following illness funeral and Arlington Cemetery burial. Surviving husband three daughters Doris Mae and Aubyn and three sons Carl Leigh and Ralph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Johnston
Hart Street
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Hasley Cemetery
Mr. Johnston
C. A. Johnston
Monroe
C. C. Johnston
San Antonio
Texas
J. W. Taylor
Willis Brown
Calhoun
C. E. Hartman
Houston
B. T. Collier
Homer
Arlington Cemetery
Doris Collier
Mae Kinder
Aubyn Harris
Carl Collier
Shreveport
Leigh Collier
Ralph Collier
Amarillo
Modern Woodmen Host Fish Dinner in Bastrop
Bastrop camp 17168 hosted a fish fry at the American Legion home for Modern Woodmen of America members and families. About 200 attended, with delegations from Monroe and Columbia. State Manager John T. Davis, Past Consul Nathaniel Smith, Consul J. R. White, and District Manager Ida M. Boykin spoke as part of a district meet introducing a series of gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bastrop Camp 17168
Modern Woodmen of America
American Legion
Bastrop
Monroe
Columbia
John T. Davis
Shreveport
Nathaniel Smith
J. R. White
Ida M. Boykin
Boykin
Fletcher meets G O P committee in Chicago
Henry P. Fletcher new national chairman of the Republican National Committee met the executive committee in Chicago and urged brakes on Washington. He praised the party platform and said unity would help win the fall elections as he prepared to launch the campaign to regain prestige.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Henry P. Fletcher
Republican National Committee
Washington
Fletcher
Ralph E. Williams
Oregon
George Keim
New Jersey
Theodore Roosevelt
Bandits Rob Texas Bank of 5000 Dollars
Two men robbed the First National Bank of Atlanta Texas yesterday taking 5000 dollars and abducting assistant cashier B A Clements. They fled toward Shreveport Louisiana in an automobile leaving Clements dumped at the city outskirts. The robbers differed in appearance with one well dressed and polite and the other rough and shabbily clothed. Dunklin and Hughes and a bank employee were herded into the vault during the robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Tex
First National Bank of Atlanta
B. A. Clements
Shreveport
Clements
R. P. Dunklin
Dunklin
Wilmer Hughes
Grand Leader Moves Into New Location In Morroe
The Grand Leader, a longtime Monroe fashion house, has temporarily moved to the Bernhardt building beside Cinderella Shop while its old site is demolished for a new modern structure. The store had occupied the previous building for 40 years and is touted to enhance Morroe’s business prestige.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Bernhardt
City Court Disposes Of Drunk And Disorderly Cases
Judge W. M. Harper presided yesterday in city court disposing of several drunk and disorderly cases. Tom Byrd paid 7.50, Earl Cherry 7.50, Mrs J W James 10, J W McDuff 7.50, W Allbrook 7.50 with cash bond forfeited, Cotton Hyde listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Harper
Tom Byrd
Earl Cherry
J. W. James
J. W. McDuff
W. Allbrook
Cotton Hyde
Public Disorder Offenses And Gear Warnings In Germany
The report notes multiple $7.50 fines for drunk and disorderly conduct tied to individuals named George Newton J Calhoun and J S Smallone and a $17.50 charge for Thomas Clark a Negro for drawing and displaying a dangerous weapon. Jesse Johnson charged with larceny of carpenter tools valued at $10. A 60 day term is recorded. A separate note describes German rules requiring deaf or blind persons to wear conspicuous yellow armbands with a black dot triangle to warn motorists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Newton
J. Calhoun
J. S. Smallone
Thomas Clark
Jesse Johnson
W. H. Williams
Germany
Common Sense Rupture Supports Demonstration in Boston
The McDermott Surgical Instrument Co. sends Wm. H. Baker to Hotel Monroe in Boston to demonstrate Common Sense rupture supports on Saturday June 9 from 9 to 5. The device claims to secure hernias without abdominal pressure or touching bones and nerves, unlike steel springs or straps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Hotel Monroe
Wm. H. Baker
McDermott Surgical Instrument Co
New Orleans
Mr. Baker
Monroe
Willis And Meredith Released On Altered Charge
Willis and R L Meredith were released on bond after the charge against them was reduced from breaking and entering and assault with a dangerous weapon to assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to murder. Each man posted $1500 bond set by Judge Decker Moore of West Monroe. Wininger had sworn warrants for their arrest. the original charge was not bondable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buford Wininger
Sheriff's Department
LD. Willis
R. L. Meredith
Decker Moore
West Monroe
Wininger
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Smith and Dixon
Bert Wheeler
Robert Woolsey
Ruth Etting
Goofsgandering
Thelma Todd
Dorothy Lee
Capitol
THE
Paramount
Ruth Chat
Capitol Theater
Wheeler
Woolsey
Frisby
Bert Kalmar
Harry Ruby
Edward Kaufman
Praenraed
Jana
Sherwin-Williams
Betty Wood
Sherwin-Williams Co
Catalpa Street
G.O.P
Bandits
Texas Bank
Maurice Rossi
Paul Codos
America
Arlington National Cemetery
Associated Press
Paris
Automobiles Free Eve
Vincent Lopez
NBC Network
Capudine
Givana Seae
Willis
Meredith
Goodyear
Harrison
Tidwell
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