Garden Show Winners Named in Ouachita Parish
Winners of 120 prizes at the Ouachita Parish Garden Show held Friday and Saturday at the high school annex were announced Monday by Mrs. Emma T. Braden. Awards span vegetables and flowers with 4 H division victors and home demonstration club prizes across multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish High School
Emma T. Braden
Monroe Kiwanis Club
Roy Welch
J. S. Sims
James Ellis Kilpatrick
Patsy Alexander
4-H Vegetable and Flower Show Winners Listed by Name and Prize
The record lists numerous winners across vegetables and flowers in the 4-H club division. Prizes honor first and second places for cucumber radish head lettuce onions ear corn matoes English peas squash okra bell pepper turnips Irish potatoes Katahdin potatoes and many flower arrangements with named contestants such as Gladys Fae Bayles Vivian Coates James Kilpatrick Patsy Alexander and Mary Wilder.
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L. S. Coates
W. T. Davis
B. H. Mayes
R. G. Jones
C. R. Wilder
Reece Camp
J. B. Filhiel
Robert Cann
D. L. Calhoun
P. V. Davis
Bell Pepper
O. A. Guess
R. H. Hearne
L. H. Wilder
Gladys Fae Bayles
Vivian Coates
James Kilpatrick
Freddie Sims
James Ellis Kilpatrick
Maude Elsie Coon
Patsy Alexander
Mary Wilder
C. R. Alexander
Roy Welch
J. S. Sims
J. B. Filhiol
T. G. Johnson
Marshall Ma chin’s car crash ends in poison ivy injury
A motorist rescued Marshall Ma chin after his car left a highway in Mexico Missouri. He was pulled from the wreck and laid on a patch of poison ivy causing further injuries to his back and body.
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Mexico
Marshall Machin
Mangham New Press Chief for Louisiana Association
H A Mangham of Rayville's Richland Beacon News was named president of the Louisiana Press Association as the group closed its convention in Houma. The gathering featured a yacht float to Caillou Island where Governor Sam Jones spoke, and seaplane transport for Mangham and officials including James B Aswell and Joseph McCue.
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Houma
H. A. Mangham
Rayville
Richland Beacon News Today
Louisiana Press Association
Natchitoches
Caillou Island
Sam Jones
Roland Cocreham
James B. Aswell
Joseph McCue
Louisiana
J. Howard Fore
Bunkie
Marvin Lipp
Oak Grove
George Goodman
Ponchatoula
Dolf Frantz
Shreveport
O. E Priestley
Crowley
Ben Lee
Farmerville
Edwin Roy
Arabi
John Gordon
Estelle Tannehill
Winnfield
O. C. Robichaux
Thibodaux
Marcel Bienvenu
St. Martinville
W. L. Rountree
Tallulah
Army seeks more air crew from high school graduates
The U S army recruiting station at Barksdale field urges high school graduates to apply for aviation service. Training will be provided at Barksdale field. Staff Sergeant H B McNemar at the new post office building will supply information.
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United States Army
Barksdale Field
H. B. McNemar
Alaska totem pole carved by CCC crew tops Wrangell record
SAXMAN Alaska with Charles Brown as head carver his crew has carved the territory s biggest totem pole at 68 feet tall surpassing the prior Wrangell record by three feet Brown leads the CCC crew which completed the work in recent months marking a new territorial landmark in public carving efforts
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Saxman
Alaska
Charles Brown
Brown
CCC
Wrangell
Four Monroe Students Win National Spanish War Prizes
The United Spanish-American War Auxiliary awarded four national prizes to Monroe high school students. Dickie Touchstone won 100 dollars. Frances Hunt 75 dollars. Katharine Kugler 50 dollars. and Mary Evelyn Burdges 25 dollars. All three remaining winners were Quachita Parish High students. Awards will be presented in Omaha in August during the national convention after essays titled How Did the Spanish-American War Create Security for the Nations of the Western Hemisphere?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Spanish-American War Auxiliary
Monroe High School
Dickie Touchstone
Neville High School
Frances Hunt
Katherine Kugler
Mary Evelyn Burdges
Quachita Parish High School
Monroe
Omaha
Neb
O. M. Arnett
Carbis Walker to Visit Monroe for Lions Club Meeting
Lions International director Carbis A. Walker of Winston-Salem will attend a Monroe Lions meeting on June 17. Local Lions president Louis E. Mathis notes Walker’s long service, perfect attendance, and diverse achievements from swimming to military service.
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Louis E. Mathis
Lions Club of
Monroe
Carbis A. Walker
Winston-Salem
N. C
Lions International
Walker
Pittsburgh
Lions Club
Lake Erie
Naval
University of Honolulu
Columbia University
Personalities in Syrian conflict sketches of three leaders
Associated Press profiles General Georges Catroux General Henri Dentz and General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson in the Syrian Lebano n crisis. Catroux is a veteran Free French in the Middle East with broad regional experience. Dentz leads French forces in the Levant and aligns with Vichy policies. Wilson races through the region during a period of upheaval and reorganization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Syria
Lebanon
Georges Catroux
Middle East
Damascus
French Foreign Legion
Morocco
Algeria
Red Sea
Marshal Petain
The
de Gaullists
Free French
Egypt
Sudan
Levant
Asia Minor
Balkans
General Wilson rises to full general in British command
The 59 year old six foot officer was promoted to general under Sir Archibald Wavell for routing Italy from Egypt and part of Libya. He was named knight grand cross of the Order of the British Empire and given command over Cyrenaica before retreat. He led British forces in Greece during the Nazi campaign and on May 10 assumed overall command of the British forces in that theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Libya
Archibald P. Wavell
Cirenaica
Wilson
Greece
Forces in Palestine and Trans-ford win key deviations claim
A terse report states forces in Palestine and Trans-ford have secured control of major war deviations as Britain reports gains. The piece highlights strategic positions and ongoing operations amid broader conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Trans-ford
Britain
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