Louis L Peters Elected Second Vice President
Monroe mortician Louis L Peters of Peters Funeral Service Inc was honored at the Louisiana State Funeral Directors Association convention in Alexandria. He was elected second vice president, with Leonard Falgout Sr Charles J Eagan Philip J Schoen and Walter J Ranson also elected to top posts. The 1940 convention will be held in Baton Rouge. The Alexandria meeting drew record attendance and interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Louis L. Peters
Peters Funeral Service, Inc
Alexandria
Louisiana State Funeral Directors’ Association
Peters
Leonard Falgout
Raceland
Charles J. Eagan
New Orleans
Philip J. Schoen, Jr
Walter J. Ranson
Baton Rouge
4-H Club Members Attend Camp Grant Walker
Club members from West Carroll Ouachita Morehouse Richland Union and St Landry parishes travel to Camp Grant Walker for a state wide camp during June 19 to 23. Activities include classes led by extension staff and home demonstration agents with a focus on farming and homemaking programs.
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West Carroll
Ouachita
Morehouse
Richland
Union
St. Landry Parishes
Grant Walker
D. L. Bornman
Ouachita Parish
Quachita Club
Bornman
Jewel McQuiller
Council Meeting Called Saturday in Courthouse Room
Mrs Jewel McQuiller announced a home demonstration council meeting for Saturday at 9 30 am in the police jury room at the courthouse. General council business will be discussed and a report on the garden show given. Mrs Sander Berry will secure a speaker and Mrs E W Earl will present plans for a picnic and a 4 H club contest day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewel McQuiller
Parish
General Council
McQuiller
Sander Berry
E W. Earl
Jessie Williams Charged with Larceny in City Court
Jessie Williams, a negro, was sentenced to six months in jail for larceny of a pair of shoes from Dar Hays at 2115 Breard street. He was labeled a third offender by the court.
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Jessie Williams
Dar Hays
Breard Street
Louis Kiikle
Jack Cabiness
John Rogers
Illinois Central Railroad
Vera Mae Patterson
Recognize This Miss Vaughan Along the Central Savings Bank
The note describes Miss Vaughan seen by a candid camera in front of the Central Savings Bank and Trust Co at noon. It notes many young business people share the experience and invites Miss Vaughan to mail an order card.
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Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
Son of Police Officer Hurts in Cycle Mishap
Doyle Raymon Goza fifteen year old son of a police officer and Mrs. R J Goza suffered severe facial injuries when thrown from a bicycle at Jackson street and Morris avenue. The bike struck a brick like obstruction and his face hit the pavement. Two front teeth were knocked out and one driven toward the eye socket with fractures to nasal bones. He received dental care and was later taken home.
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Doyle Raymon Goza
News- Star—World
R. J. Goza
Jackson Street
Morris Avenue
Young Goza
West Monroe Kiwanis Sponsor Dance for Underprivileged Children
The West Monroe Kiwanis club hosts a dance in the Ouachita Valley Fair association administration building on Thursday at 9 30 p m. The floor is described as the finest in northeast Louisiana and music comes from the Mildred Hudnall orchestra. Proceeds go to the fund aiding underprivileged children in West Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Monroe
Beauty Chosen By Mississippi Vets Queen
Caroline Simon, 17, of Greenville Miss, crowned queen of the bathing beauty revue by the Mississippi Veterans of Foreign Wars in Biloxi. She earns trips to the New York World's Fair and the veterans convention. Other entrants include Christine Gordon Biloxi Elizabeth Campbell Laurel Thelma Dale Ocean Springs Eleanor Jones Greenwood and more.
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Biloxi
Caroline Simon
Redhead
Greenville
Mississippi Veterans of Foreign Wars
The
Veterans
Christine Gordon
Elizabeth Campbell
Laurel
Thelma Dale
Ocean Springs
Eleanor Jones
Greenwood
Bonnie Maye McCormick
Meridian
Estha Newman
Jackson
Poet Arch ibald MacLeish to head Library of Congress
Washington June 7 Arch ibald MacLeish a 47 year old poet and editor is President Roosevelt s choice to head the Library of Congress He will succeed Herbert Putnam who recently became librarian emeritus after more than 40 years service MacLeish lives in Farmington Conn and won the 1932 Pulitzer prize for Conquistador He has contributed to Fortune and written on topics from the dust bowl to Japan s economic position
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Washington
Archibald MacLeish
Roosevelt
Library of Congress
Herbert Putnam
MacLeish
Farmington, Conn
John M. McKee Dies in Chicago
John M. McKee of 1405 Riverfront Street West Monroe a charter member of the Rodney J. Hobbs post Veterans of Foreign Wars died yesterday morning at 1130 at Hines Hospital Chicago Ill Family members here were summoned to his bedside Monday Funeral arrangements not announced but the body will be brought back here tomorrow night.
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John M. McKee
Riverfront Street
West Monroe
Rodney J. Hobbs
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Hines Hospital
Chicago
Ill
Adoption Stork Delivers Twins to Phoenix Traveler
Mrs. Henry Stark of Wilmington Delaware went west to adopt a baby and ended up with twins a boy and a girl. She reserved a return for two but decided to bring both babies along with her husband and the four day old twins in market baskets aboard an American Airlines flight.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Henry Stark
Wilmington
Del
West
American Airlines
Is Epilepsy Inherited and Can It Be Cured
A free booklet from the Educational Division urges readers to write to 535 Fifth Avenue New York NY for opinions of famous doctors on epilepsy inheritance and cure. It invites inquiries to Dept 3-512 and promises the booklet while supplies last.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Chinese dollar falls to 15 cents in Shanghai
The Chinese national dollar slid suddenly to 15 cents in American terms from 1s 8d. Rumors cited exhausted exchange controls funds and possible depreciation manipulation by Chiang Kai Shek government as explanations.
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Shanghai
Brake shoe wear transfers load to other brakes
Inefficient operation of any one set of automobile brake shoes causes undue wear on the other three, which must then bear the whole load of braking.
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Funeral Directors’ Group
Gilbey’s
Collins
International
Gilbey
U. S.A
England
Canada
Australia
Nat. Distillers Prod. Corp
Camp Walker
Deaumond Vaughon Field
Miss Vaughan
West Monroe Club
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Monroe, la
Mississippi
Congress Library
John M. M’kee
Elizabeth Arden
I. Miller
Rice O'Neill
Carlisle Shoes
Johansen
Nelly Don
Navy, Rose
Reg
U. S. Pat
Nelly Dons
Vassarettes
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