Junior League Outing and Pre nuptial Plans Highlight Local Notes
A lively report of Junior Charity League members enjoying an al fresco luncheon at Harold Monk camp on the Quachita River plus pre nuptial courtesies for Nellie Jo Adcock. The piece notes river trips aboard the Paul Neal motorboat, swimming, and the social circle including Mrs. William Adams and Miss Nan Buckner. Also mentions Camp Windywood counselors and Mrs. J L Aldrich Jr returning from Bedford, Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Monk
Quachita
Junior Charity League
Paul Neal
Neal
William Adams
Fred Amman
Mary Buckner
Guy Campbell
Nan Buckner
Hazel Mitchell
William Conley
J. W. Cummins
William Connor
Arthur Emerson
Brewer Godfrey
Lealis Hale
James Harris
Carrie Jo Hill
Henry Hinkle
Kenneth Snabnet
T. H. Woods
Foster Wallace
George Weaks, Jr
J. C. Steele, Jr
Walter Ryland, Jr
Nellie Jo Adcock
Edley H. Hixson, Jr
Christine Henry
Miss Adcock
Marie Thompson
Lela Fields
Ernestine Allen
Ann Elizabeth Benton
Dorothy King
Cilla Faye Duchesne
Nina Carter
Monique Coates
Grace Turfitt
Octave Register
Mesdames Carlton Salley
John Smelser
Joe Brietfeller
W. S. Adcock
J. J. Thompson
R. T. Hawthorne
Jim Shanchez
Weddings and Visits Highlight Local Social Notes
A city wedding marks the union of Miss Helen Colvin and Sergeant George Bancroft on May 27 at Rev. I. J. Brooks’s home. After a brief honeymoon they head to Sioux City, Iowa, where Bancroft serves at the army air base. The column lists numerous guests and visitors including Mrs. Garvis A. Coates and daughter Patricia in town, school principal Mrs. Aimee Cook’s Baton Rouge study trip, and other relatives visiting from Baton Rouge, Shreveport, New Orleans, and Chicago variously staying with family or traveling for duties and social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Colvin
George Bancroft
I. J. Brooks
Calvary Baptist Church
Bancroft
Sioux City
Sergeant Bancroft
Army Air Base
Aimee Cook
W. R. Mitchell
West Monroe
Baton Rouge
The
State University
Red Cross Events and Social Gatherings Preview
Local Red Cross activities fill the week with meetings at headquarters and clubs. Upcoming events include chairman and canteen meetings, dance and piano recitals, a Lotus club conversational hour, Forty Oaks supper, and teas for Miss Gay Noe. Lt Albert L Kay returns from leave en route to Camp Sutton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. R. Simpson
Arthur Dryburgh
Alfred Reid
Lotus Club
Gay Noe
W. A. Walker, Jr
S. E. Huey
Forty Oaks
William Harper
Morrice Frazier
Harper
Red Cross Calendar Surgical Dressing Hours Updated
Red Cross surgical dressings units set half day closings starting May 11 and continuing through summer. Schedules list daily hours at West Monroe community center building Northeast Junior College Red Cross headquarters Sterling ton Sterlington and Ridge Avenue Baptist church locations with varied slots through Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
West Monroe Community Center
American Legion Home
Northeast Junior College
West Monroe
Ridge Avenue Baptist Church
Sterlington Fairbanks
Sterlington
American Legion
Leaders plan postwar world order and peace program
National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs members propose a postwar world organization or world federation to share raw materials, educate fascist youth, and establish a universal police force with arms control. Olivia Johnson outlines six points including women’s equality, world police, world post office, food distribution, brotherhood ethics, and lower tariffs to ease war causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc
Minnie L. Maffett
Dallas
Texas
National Federation
Association of Nations
United Nations
Olivia Johnson
St. Paul
Minnesota
World Post Office
Remarkable Victory Turnips Grow At Local Garden
R C Greer of 205 Newman brings three turnips to The News Star weighing 15 12 pounds in total with a single turnip at seven pounds. Radishes from the same Victory garden are equally large and solid in composition, no pithiness. Turnips are Purple Top variety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Greer
Newman
News-Star
Morning World
Sheriff arrests man on wife issued peace warrant
Sheriff Coverdale and deputies arrested David L. Welsh Tuesday morning on a peace warrant issued by his wife Mary E. Welsh. An appearance bond was set at $0, Sheriff Coverdale stated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coverdale
David L. Welsh
Mary E. Welsh
USO Calendar highlights Wings time and June events
A USO calendar notes SWO Saturday night revels at 10 30 p m Olive reports a swell time. thanks to snack bar canteen ladies under Red Cross USO. June bingo party hosted by Mrs Pickens and Miss Scalia. June brides welcomed to USO Servicemen Wives club. Weekly USO schedule features dancing lessons mid week dance sewing and bingo with social gatherings and open house. References to personnel and locations suggest ongoing community drives and local unit news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive
Red Cross
USO
The
Wings
Sam
Bob
Dean Dixon
Cora
W. W
Connecticut
John
Harry
USO Servicemen Wives Club
USO Club
Mike Marcus
Mrs. Hunt
Mrs. Bennett
States
South Dakota
Monroe
First US cotton bale shipped to Europe from Charleston 1784
A historic note records that the first bale of cotton exported from the United States to Europe was sent from Charleston South Carolina in 1784, marking an early milestone in American cotton trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Europe
Charleston
S. C
Barkdull Faulk School Entered In Break-In
Miss Julia Wossman, principal of Barkdull Faulk school, reported a break-in early Tuesday. Police found a broken window and fingerprints but no property stolen. Brantley promised speedy apprehension of the guilty party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Wossman
Barkdull Faulk School
Miss Wossman
B. L. Brantley
Marshall Returns From Overseas To Washington
General George C. Marshall chief of staff has returned to Washington from overseas. The war department issued a brief notice with no details but reports say Marshall joined Prime Minister Churchill in North Africa after the recent strategy conferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Washington
George C. Marshall
Army
War Department
Churchill
North Africa
Marshall to Talk With Roose of Washington
General George C. Marshall of the army staff had an appointment with President Roosevelt today during his North Africa trip. Marshall returned last night from overseas conferences with Prime Minister Churchill and allied commanders. details were lacking as they discussed plans to move fighting to the continent. The engagement was at and two hours later the chief executive was expected to attend the first meeting of his new war mobilization committee headed by James F. Byrnes in the cabinet room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George C. Marshall
Army of Staff
Roosevelt
North Africa
Marshall
Church
Britain
James F. B
War outlook from Olen Clements on Pacific fighting
Houston dispatch quotes Associated Press war correspondent Olen Clements saying the Guadalc was wrestled slowly, predicting years of struggle to retake Pacific islands and battle near Tokyo. He notes continued fighting after Europe is subdued and plans to visit his son Charles in the Pacific war zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Pacific
Olen Clements
Sociated
Tokyo
Charles
Clements
Pacific War
Duryea Brothers Build First Successfully Operated Line Car
Charles and Frank Duryea construct and operate the first successful line car in America in 1892, marking a milestone in automotive history. The duo demonstrated practical motorized travel, fueling early distinct efforts in vehicle engineering and transportation innovation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles and
Frank Duryea
America
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Stein
Alice Naylor
Windywood
J. L. Aldrich, Jr
James Clifton Bond
Bedford, Pa
Vieverstein
Louisiana
Garvis A. Coates
Patricia
R. D. Morgan
Falfurius, Tex
Mrs. Morgan
W. F. Wall
George Goodwin
Carolyn Jo
Goodwin
Sallie Meredith
Captain Goodwin
Camp Livingston
Camp Polk
Meredith
John Wooten
Shreveport
E. R. Brown
New Orleans
J. Q. Graves
A. B. Myatt
Jeanne Graves
Myatt
Florida
Lieutenant Myatt
Air Corps
J. L. Shaughnessy
el Capo
Shaughnessy
F. X. Shaughnessy
Camp Davis, N. C
Dot Eady
Chicago, Il
D. W. Eady
Miss Eady
Montgomery Ward
Chicago
Red Cross Surgical Dressing
Clarice
Golda Roan
Neville Auditorium
Lila Scogin
Ouachita Parish High School
Albert L. Kay
Greethel Frith
Kay
Camp Sutton
N. C
Army Administration School
Fargo
D. L. Nicol
D. W. Milam
Jerry Kelsoe
el Reno
Oklo
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Miss Noe
Faulk-Collier
Bonded Warehouses, Inc
Monroe, la
D. Y. Smith
Smith
George Varino
Twin City
P.T. A. Council
Myrtle Rodgers
P.T. A
Willie Mae Porter
Longview
Miss Juanita Porter
Robert Kirby
Barkdall Faulk
Ferriday
Bay St. Louis
Daniel Bradford
Mrs. L. M. Bradford
Gertrude Hart
Mobile
Ala
James McCowan
Frances Flanders
Mansfield
Savannah
Armandine Renaud
Neville High School
Crippled Children's Fund
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