MAIDCO Leaders Drive Membership in Monroe Florida or Louisiana
MAIDCO promotes area as a favorable site for paper plants with Monroe poised as a regional hub. Ed Whetstone heads MAIDCO’s 1958 membership drive, aiming to raise from 100 to 200 members. drive runs this week with 28 community leaders soliciting memberships. Ordinance 3263 adopting City of Monroe Code approved June 2 1958 and becomes effective July 10 1958. copy on file for public inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maidco
Ed Whetstone
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Monroe
Monroe Area Industrial Development Corporation
Louis T. Hall, Jr
Delta Carton Corporation
Lewis Roane
Green Bay of the South
Hall
Reen Bay
Wis
South
North
Louisiana
Whetstone
City OF Monroe
Commission Council
City of
P. A. Poag
Canine Mixup Hits Twin City Chat Stand
A bait stand owner asks Mr Tarrance about leaving a tailless dog. he confirms and jokes about retailing it. Reports note the Torrance dog remains bob tailed.
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Tarrances
Tarrance
Torrance
Culver Graduation Roster Includes George G Weaks III
Culver Military Academy lists 146 candidates for graduation on June 10 including George G. Weaks III son of Mr and Mrs George G Weaks Jr of 1116 Riverside He is a Culver alumnus with military honors as second lieutenant in Battery A and a Four Gun Drill team member He earned a track letter and captained intramural soccer and track Also in Culver soph class is his younger brother Henry.
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Monroe
George G. Weaks III
Culver Military Academy
George
George G. Weaks
Riverside
Indiana College Preparatory School
Weaks
Culver
Henry
Division Plant Of Wesson Oil To Close July 1
Sheffield Ala AP The southern cotton oil division plant of Wesson Oil and Snowdrift Co will close July 1 after 57 years of operation. Plant manager Clement Duncan cited decline in local cotton acreage due to a federal program. The plant has employed 50 people.
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Sheffield
Ala
Southern Cotton Oil Division
Wesson Oil and Snowdrift Co
Clement Duncan
Thieves Target Lockers as Swimmers Lose Wallets
Blanks warns many thieves prey on lockers in the swimming area. He cites a boy dressing and undressing four times without entering the water and two wallets found on him. Purses vanish from the girls’ dressing room, with some recovered nearby. He urges swimmers to secure valuables and report thefts.
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Blanks
Sanders proposes repeal of state civil service ban
Long calls the plan too drastic while Sanders urges electing workers to engage in politics. Sanders argues the measure would not harm civil service as officials would still restrain political coercion. The proposal requires two thirds approval and a statewide vote next November.
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Sanders
Gov. Long
Martin Simmons
Union Council No. 17
Louisiana
J R Phillips Dies Unexpectedly at 59 in Monroe
James Russell Phillips 59 died en route to Monroe Hospital from his home at 2204 Gordon Ave about 10 am. He had recently retired from C I Corporation due to a heart ailment. Funeral arrangements are by Mulhearn Funeral Home. Survivors include his widow Laura, a son George, two sisters Mrs Ernest Muller and Mrs Edna Irvine, and two brothers Charles and Don Phillips.
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James Russell Phillips
Monroe ( Hospital
Gordon Ave
Phillips
C. & I Corporation
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Laura Phillips
Monroe
George Phillips
Ernest Muller
Jacksonville
Ala
Edna Irvine
Charles Phillips
Mobile
Don Phillips
Washington, Pa
Legislative pay scale protest sparks state revenue warning
Smith protested the new pay rates four times the 1952 Legislature approved. Bring Long warned Revenue Collector James S. Reily Budget Officer J. Harvey Rester and State Treasurer A. P. Tugwell that they had overestimated state revenue for the next fiscal year, not underestimated. You wait and see. All states are falling off.
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Smith
James S. Reily
J. Harvey Rester
A. P. Tugwell
River Stages Flood Present 24 Hour Stage Change
Report notes rising river levels over 24 hours with stage changes. Household auto ownership shows 24 percent with two or more cars, up from five percent in 1948.
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United States
Gas tax for teachers faces House and Senate votes
Louisiana debate centers on doubling gas gathering tax from one to two cents per thousand cubic feet to fund teacher pay. Holt and education officials clash over intent and dedication while a companion constitutional amendment seeks public approval for the two cent levy. The plan would raise about 38 to 40 million dollars for 1956 salary support, with a two year limit.
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Wilkins
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
Holt
Senate Finance Committee
Shelby Jackson
House
Rapides
Senate
B. B. Rayburn
Monroe Legislators Tackle Power, Tax, and District Court Bills
Sunday night sessions of the Louisiana Legislature moved a wave of measures for the Monroe area. Bills include raising district attorney salaries by 4300 and 1500 respectively with local funding, adjusting saw log measurement rules, shifting a soft drink tax incidence, and approving a district court probation option.
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Sparks
Ouachita Wildlife Unit
Monroe
Lawrence Gibbs
Edgar Landcaster
Tallulah
W. C. Steen
Columbia
T. H. Gaharan
Jena
28Th Judicial District
Caldwell Parish
LaSalle Parish
Gilbert Faulk
Department of Agriculture
John Y. Brooks
Ouachita Parish
I. J. Allen
Jonesboro
Weekend ad sparks a flood of calls for Beverly Hills rental
Dan Greenhouse advertised his three bedroom three bath hill top home with a pool and ocean view for rent at 1000 dollars a month. The newspaper ad drew immediate attention with nonstop phone calls, he said.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Dan Greenhouse
A G McDonald 73 Dies in Shreveport Rites Set
Armand Grouville McDonald 73 a Ouachita parish native died Sunday in a Shreveport hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services are 10 am Tuesday at Clark Springs Baptist Church with Rev. J. C. McCann. Interment in the church cemetery under Hall Funeral Home direction. Surviving: brother Henry S. McDonald Eros. sister Mrs. C. B. Noah Rayville. several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers: nephews Harry McDonald James S. McDonald Brawner B. McDonald Guy Anderson Clayton Dickerson Herman Dickerson.
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Shreveport
Armand Grouville McDonald
Ouachita Parish
Clark Springs Baptist Church
J. C. McCann
Church
Hall Funeral Home
Henry S. McDonald
Eros
C. B. Noah
Rayville
Harry ©. McDonald
James S. McDonald
Brawner B. McDonald
Guy Anderson
Clayton Dickerson
Herman Dickerson
Want ads as super salesmen reach over ten thousand daily
Classified want ads act as aggressive sales messengers reaching a wide audience daily. They amplify products services and opportunities, driving consumer interest through persistent exposure and targeted placements across the publication.
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Madico
Texas
Iowa
California
Astion American Council To Improve Our Neighborhoods
Radio City
N.Y
The
Advertising Council
Newspaper Advertising Executives Association
Wesson Oil
J.R. Phillips
Mississippi St. Louis
Rise
Memphis
Helena
Arkansas City
Vicksburg
Natchez
Red River Lady Baton Rouge
Donaldsonville
New Orleans
Atchafalaya
Morgan City
Ouachita Camden
Black Jonesville
Ohio Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Cairo
Arkansas Little Rock
RED Shreveport
Alexandria
Pearl Jackson
Baby Beef
Veal
T-Bone
Valwe
Oleo
Aunt Jemima Grits
Layton-Monroe
Davis
Ton and Garrett
Second Judicial District
Claiborne
Bienville
Jackson
Rep. Allen
Steen
W. Spencer Myrick
Gibbs
Ouachita Valley Vocational School
Ouachita Valley Vocational Technical School
Notris But
Shaw-Walker
Shaw- Walker
Office Equipment CO
A&p
Iona
Ann Page
Catalpa
U.S
Arizona
Tlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Piai
A. G. McDonald
Bodan’s
Rexall
Frank Bank Talas
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
First National Bank
Natchitoches Dia FA
West
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