June Brides Fill Monroe Social Scene Amid War Strains
Monroe’s pace shifts as soldiers flood in and June weddings rise. Lt. and Mrs. Thomas Downes wed en route to the west coast in a navy blue brown Shantung ensemble. Upcoming nuptials include Miss Sara Morrison and Lt. McSherry on July 17 and Miss Gay Noe with Gordon McClendon on July 14 at Grace Church. Louisiana D A R reports strong Red Cross support and war effort totals, noting the state’s leadership in scrap drives and volunteer hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cupid
Rhce
Thomas Downes
West Coast
Downes
Roberta Neel
Sara Cole Morrison
H. W. McSherry
Gay Noe
Gordon Barton McClendon
Grace Church
Charles M. Mitchell
the Daughters of the American Legion
Fort Mire
Alexandria
Louisiana
Southern
Red Cross
Louisiana D. A. R
Red Cross Fund
Monroe Boys Attend Pelican Boys State Session in Baton Rouge
A group of Monroe youths traveled to Baton Rouge for the Pelican Boys State program, sponsored by the American Legion with LSU. The program forms mock government with eight Louisianan cities, parishes, and elected officials, including a governor, legislature, and local officers, guided by LSU faculty and local clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Baton Rouge
Pelican Boys
American Legion
Louisiana State University
State
Larry Fox
Rotary
John Kelso
Lion's Club
Claude Smith
Exchange Club
Thomas Edwin Wright
Western Star Lodge
A. M
John Humphries
Graham Surghnor Lodge
Flood Madison Garrett
Kiwanis
Frank Cline, Jr
L. B. Faulk No. 13
Alden Powell
Pelican State Guard
Louisiana State Guard
Louisiana
Pelican
Arcadia
Chalmette
Bienville
DeSoto
State Capitol
Young Musicians In Piano Recital
The annual recital showcases Mrs. Raymond Spence’s piano pupils at West Monroe Baptist church auditorium with many students performing pieces by Williams Foster Beethoven and Grieg among others. A second recital follows tonight at Ouachita Parish High School auditorium with Pattie Dee Keltner Janet Cash and a large slate of student performers and selections from classical and folk sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Spence
West Monroe Baptist Church
Williams
Sally Ann Hayes
Patsy Jean Laird
Keenan
Walter Bennett, Jr
Castle
Joy May
Wilma May
Diller-Quaile
Patsy Ramsey
Bonnie
Ray Spence
Foster
Mrs. Spence
Bobolink
Hershel Gentry
Bayley
Gloria Hamilton
Verdi
Jimmy Ramey
Gaynor
Walter Bennett
Annie Laurie
Scott
Mary Alice Golson
Elaine
Herman DeLeach
Low
Janice Dyer
Jeanie
Geraldine Weir
Tone Picture
Bert DeLoach
Jimmy Ramsey
Carmencita
Engelmann
Leone DeLoach
MacGregor
Billy Moore
Schubert
Judy Sawyer
Ducelle
Leone
Herman
Mascagni
Evelyn Mims
Beethoven
Vernette Austin
Cobb
Maxine Pettit
Elise
Martha Stewart
Oren
Gillet
Anna Joyce Eyre
Grieg
Nancy Golson
Poldini
Mary Coates
Kern
Blue
Vennette Austin
Lila Scogin
Ouachita Parish
John M. Williams
Pattie Dee Keltner
Janet Cash
Rowena May
Francois Couperin
Naomi Harris
Martin
Rodgers
Neva Kilpatrick
Burgmuller
Joye Crawford
Jesus
Marsh
Bourgeois
Everett
Lowell Mason
Maurice Tucker
Thomas Hastings
Edith Williamson
Felice de Giardini
Billie Kulcke
Hastings
John Thompson
Shirley Ann Edmonds
John Zilcher
Moreton Graves Abbott
Michael Aaron
Marjorie McCoy
Mary Ann Foreman
Tschaikowsky-Stoughton
Julia Ellen Cash
Maurine Gross
Dolly
Robert K. Stone
Happy Farmer
Schumann
Kerr
Brahms
Hans Barth
Billy Kubcke
the Fairy Boatman
Mae-Aileen Erb
Rebe
Red Cross calendar lists half day closings for dressings
Red Cross surgical dressings units will close for half days from May 11 through the summer. Schedules show evening and weekend hours at West Monroe community center building West Monroe headquarters and Northeast Junior College. Various locations include Ridge Avenue Baptist church Sterlington Fairbanks Sterlington American Legion home and Sterlington-Fairbanks community center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
West Monroe
American Legion Home
Northeast Junior College
Ridge Avenue Baptist Church
Sterlington Fairbanks
Sterlington
American Legion
Ridge Avenue Baptist Churen
Sterlington — Fairbanks
Sterlington-Fairbanks
Sterlingtoan American Legion
Community group meetings and social events schedule
A sequence of upcoming gatherings includes Friday canteen meetings at Red Cross headquarters and chairmen, Monday Pythian Sisters meeting at Pythian hall, and Catholic Daughters at Knights of Columbus hall. Other events cover Woman’s Society activities at Stone Avenue Methodist and Lotus Club entertainments for Miss Gay Noe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Pythian Hall
Catholic Daughters of America
Knights of Columbus
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Stone Avenue Methodist Church
Methodist Church
Miss Gay Weekend Socials and Graduation News
Rice Frazier hosts a Harper home event for Miss Gay on Saturday June 19. Mrs Carl McHenry hosts a swimming party and garden break in honor of Miss Gay Noe. Mr and Mrs Harold Engstrom returned from Columbia Mo to attend their daughter Betty Strom’s graduation from Stephens College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. M. Heidenreich
Benny
Pake Pontchartrain
Madisonville
Fae Bass
Northeast Junior College
Bonham
Texas
Harold Engstrom
Columbia
Miss Bettystrom
Stephens College
Engstrom
St. Louis
D. P. Grant
Bonifay
Ernest Fuller
de Midh
George Lo
Kelmanaughton
Bénifay
M Roe
Grant
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Dan Cupid
Silversteins
Heer
DeSiard
Ome
Government OF
Law School
Agriculture
Education
Supreme Court
R. G. Luckett
McGuire Addition
America
Tommy Spurlock
Thompson
Buddy Johnson
Sonny de Loach
Carleton
Elaine Lolley
Wallis
Betty
Richards
Sarah Sones
Feinberg
Richter
Betty Spurlock
Adair
Copeland
Baines
Frances
Frances Lolley
Wagner
Strauss
Mrs. Luckett
Harry Lemnert
Camp Chaffee, Ark
Lemert
Mae Locke
J. C. Kremer, Jr
Bros Avenue
Jerry Honeycutt
W. C. Honeycutt
Spurgeon Drive
Gog” Bembergs
Georgiana
Sheerest Bemberg
Silverstein
North Louisiana
SEARS
Sears, Roebuck
DeSiard St
Drew Kendrick
el Dorado, Ark
W. S. Vincent
Harrison Street
Jack Robertson
Jeanne
Louisville, Ky
Mrs. Robertson
J. C. Ziegler
Fensky Terzia, Jr
Ouachita Parish High School
Lexington
Virginia Military Institute
Alber Cloud
Vaughan-Wright-Bendel Clinic
Pythian Sisters
Temple No
L. BR. Simpson
Arthur Dryburgh
Alfred Reid
Lotus Club
Miss Gay Noe
Richard Kellogg
Edward Seymour
Kellogg
William Harper
Mra. Mor
Bernice
California
Wine Advisory Beat
San Francisco
Milkmaid
Durrett’s
St. John
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