Davidson High School St Joseph holds forty first commencement
The Joseph M. Davidson High School graduation at the Community House honors forty graduates with diplomas and multiple awards. C. Bondurant and Jean Lloyd win major honors, with American Legion and Garden Club prizes highlighted among the program notes and speeches by Rev. Crowley and Dr. Nichols.
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St. Joseph
Community House
C. Bondurant
Francis Daves
Mary Guice
Fern Hale
Cecil Kifer
Dorothy Kirkpatrick
Joan Lloyd
H. Melville
Pete Prince
William Prince
Joseph Worthey
American Legion
Catherine Drake
Tensas
Garden Club
Jean Lloyd
Harvey Lee Melville
Book Club
Sue Hale
Charles J. Crowley
Catherine Drake Bondurant
C. A. Lloyd
Olivia Scott
Cosmopolitan Club
L. Crigler
Irby C. Nichols
J. L. Crigler
V. C. Rives
Invasion News Sparks Selman Field Awakening
Selman field woke to news of the Allied coast invasion as soldiers crowded radios. Capt. Effinger and Capt. Gust, veterans of the Eighth Air Force, discussed air support and coast defenses while Col. Reid urged tighter effort and unity in preparation for Europe’s largest assault.
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Selman Field
France
Germany
RAF
Larry E. Effinger
Denver
Karell B. Gust
la Crosse
Wis
Eighth Air Force
England
Calais
Europe
Seine
le Havre
Paris
Effinger
Gust
Itching First Application Promise for Blue Star Ointment
Bold ad promises relief from eczema rash tetter ringworm pimples scabies with one application of Blue Star Ointment. It recalls money back if the first use fails and urges immediate trial by customers seeking quick help from nature.
Eisenhower’s Son Graduates West Point Then Commits to Army
Slim John S. D. Eisenhower son of General Eisenhower wears khaki as he becomes a second lieutenant after graduating with 473 peers at the United States Military Academy. The general’s letter welcomed them to the regular army and a sealed message was given to his son. Lt. Gen. Somervell praised Allied forces in Europe as the ceremony ended.
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West Point
N. Y
Slim
John S. D. Eisenhower
United States Military Academy
Eisenhower
Brehon B. Somervell
Army Service Forces
Europe
Major Thomas E. Peddy Receives Oak Leaf Cluster
Major Thomas E. Peddy, 25, commanding officer of a Liberator squadron in the central Pacific, is awarded an Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal for meritorious sustained patrols. He is a Arcadia Louisiana native, former auditor, and Louisiana Polytechnic Institute alumnus, with rapid early rise in the air corps from 1941.
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Central Pacific
Thomas E. Petty
Pinkie Maude Peddy
Arcadia
Peddy
United States
Air Corps
Kelly Field
Tex
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Armed Services
Horace W. Williams and Company
New Orleans
Real Estate Transfers in Ouachita Parish Clerk Office
Yesterday's transfers include Wilmont McCain selling to Sam Lantriplet a property with a grocery at Splane Place for 5500 dollars. Roland Siegle sold to Pleas Jenkins a parcel in section 4 township 17 north range 3 east for 300 dollars. Henry D Montgomery sold half in lot 12 block 2 Fairview subdivision Par goud plantation. Peoples Homestead and Savings Association sold to Frank Parrino a lot in square 5 Hart's addition for 3600 dollars. Sherrouse Realty Company sold to Chester T Simmons lot 3 block 36 Booker T Washington addition for 100 dollars and sold to Willie and Addie Lee Hill Simmons lots 1 and 2 block 36 Booker T Washington addition for 200 dollars.
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Ouachita Parish
Wilmont McCain
Sam L
Fairview
Pargoud Plantation
Peoples Homestead and Savings Association
Frank Parrino
Hart
Sherrouse Realty Company, Inc
Chester T. Simmons
Booker T. Washington
Willie and
Addie Lee Hill
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Clara Whitney
D. B. Coor
Invacinnadea
W. H. Reid
Reid
RAF Training Command
Ziti
Ford
Ford Protective Service
Don J. Crain
Colorado
Denver, Colorado
Rouge
Detroit
Cincinnati
Washington
Coca-Cola Company
Ouachita Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Coca-Cola
Coke
The
C-C Co
SEARS
Speecl Selling
Nelly
SIO
STOKE
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