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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1948
Page
9
A special meeting of the Salvation Army advisory board elected C. A. Hunt as secretary treasurer to fill the vacancy from F. M. Goldsmiths resignation. Henry Bernstein joined the board as members discussed funds to buy a truck or station.
Ted Williams said he pegged Thom McAn footwear higher than five ninety five and six sixty five after a Hidden Brand Test comparing the brand with shoes costing nearly twice as much.
The Monroe Salvation Army notes lack of a vehicle hinders clothing and furniture collection. A Shreveport warehouse lent 150 cases of food after a local citizen provided a truck and driver. The advisory board plans a budget boost for next year to sustain the program, chaired by H. M. James with members Henry Bernstein, R. W. Cretney, C. A. Hunt, Fred Hancock, P. E. Massey, C. D. McAdams, H. H. Perry, Sam Rubin, F. N. Steele, Walter S. Salvage, and Chas. G. Wall Jr.
Ouachita Parish clerk records show multiple property transfers. Rodman V. Collins to Sadie Masterson for 4 feet of lots 1 2 3 and all of lot 8 in square 107 for 8500 dollars. Buster B. Davis to Walter M. Thomas Jr. lot 5 of square 17 Terminal Heights addition for 7500 dollars. Darwin G. Nichols to John B. Oakland a parcel in square 32 Hudsons Riverside addition for 1200 dollars. J. E. Hart to Julian R. Ellerbe parcel in lot 12 square 23 Terminal Heights addition for 6740 dollars. Allen T. Turpin Jr. to Billy R. Bryant lot 2 block 34 Cole addition for 7000 dollars. Paul Joseph Bruscato to Beatrice Brucato parcel in SE corner of lot 5 Filhoils addition for 2520 dollars. Charles A. Gurnedy et al to Hester Gurnedy lots 6 7 square 1 S. V. Vicks second addition for 2500 dollars. Theo Dewitt Pickens to Ludwig A. Schoendorf lot 10 block 19 H. M. McGuires Traveler's Best subdivision for 6880 dollars. Betty Joe Schoendorf et al to Theo Dewitt Pickens parcel in SE quarter of section 4 township 17N range 3E for 250 dollars. Letha B. Patrick et al to James H. Walker lot 13 square 6 Breard Investment Corporation subdivision for 300 dollars. Ada H. Johnson to Rex G. Youngblood et al lots 3 4 block 49 Crescentbend addition for 950 dollars.
The Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee approved Oliver W. Boyd Jr. for lifetime postmaster of West Monroe along with 11 other Louisiana nominees to head state post offices. Names were sent to the Senate for confirmation before permanent appointment. Also approved were Alton S. Carter of Jonesville and Marion T. Files of Oak Ridge.
Jesse Bristo the famed stunt flier visited Monroe with Caro Bayley and a team of aviators en route to El Dorado Arkansas for a weekend air show. Bayley 26 world aerobatic champion and Landry 1947 champion, with Whitie Kaanta and Winnie Hill, arrived after a Miami start and planned outside loops and rolls amid storm delays.
In THE HOME you want to buy is not listed in these Want Ads today, try placing a "Wanted to Buy" ad of your own. Phone 4800.
Monroe Police Chief H T Ward cites city ordinance banning excess noises from vehicles. He notes drivers must use proper mufflers and avoid nonprescribed devices. sirens and exhaust or compression whistles are prohibited except on emergency vehicles. Officers to arrest or ticket violators.
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