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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1932
Page
5
Nostalgic passages recount a dawn vision and a revival of gingerbread baking trends. The piece blends poetry notes with kitchen nostalgia and culinary experiments, listing varied gingerbread recipes and festive party ideas alongside local theatre plans and dance revue mentions.
Our director returns to town and rehearsals start at once for the Little Theater. Members are told they may join for any level of involvement from acting to set work or simply attending. The annual active membership fee is one dollar. Mrs E F Kenny and two daughters Mae and Erline, with grandmother Mrs W S Kenny, accompany the group.
Pattern 2357 by Anne Adams outlines a cotton frock with large bows, shoulder epaulets, and pleated skirt. Sizes 14 to 20 and 32 to 42 available. fabric needs shown, catalog offered for 15 cents, pattern and catalog combined 25 cents, send orders to Monroe News Star Pattern Dept New York City.
Two society weddings last week attracted attention in Monroe. Miss Bobbie Baskin wed Joseph R. Littlepage at the Baptist parsonage with a small group present. Catharine Witting married Douglas Stanley Nance in Vicksburg and now resides at 1604 North Fourth Street. Nance works on the Monroe Morning World staff.
Miss Rose Corerro will motor to morrow morning to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast to spend a few weeks. Dr Minnie D Faulk returned yesterday from a vacation spent with friends in Lexington Kentucky and the Bluegrass region.
Ransom school of West Monroe and Lenwil school at Bawcom ville will continue classes through the month. Students will make up the period missed due to high water.
The notice lists events from 8 p.m. flag day ceremonies at the Legion to a Miss Regina Moffett dance revue at Neville auditorium. It covers Methodist Missionary circle meetings at multiple addresses, Baptist Missionary circle gatherings, a St Matthew school lawn party 6:30 to 9:30, Grace church auxiliary meeting, Presbyterian circle meetings, YWMA gathering at 2:30 p.m., and a Camp Fire Girls council luncheon at noon.
Dear Virginia Vane advises in 1932 on petting and popularity. A girl explains that chasing male attention through public kissing fades as boys seek exclusivity, while truly attractive girls gain respect without petting. The piece warns that fun seeking relationships lead to misjudged love and unhappy marriages.
Between midnight last night and 7 this morning the police arrested four Black individuals. One man and one woman are held for driving while intoxicated. One man was arrested for being drunk and another is held for investigation. Dust-borne disease germs are responsible for more deaths annually than occurred during the World War.
In a suspenseful excerpt Rose explains how a familiar grocery boy delivered a basket in Mrs. Barnes’s kitchen and a note was found attached. My father uses a magnifying glass to inspect the basket while he reassures Rose that the grocer’s boy is not suspected but could identify who handled the items before reaching the kitchen.
Adele Garrison's serial plot unfolds as a fingerprint expert is summoned to inspect a grocery basket and a hidden note. Dr. Barnes offers photography to capture the note while secrecy is enforced, and the trio plan to view evidence without alerting students or staff.
Dr. Tallas uses blackmail to force Georgie Townsend to betray a business secret. He knows she is married to Eddie Townsend, but she pretends Jennie is Mrs. Townsend to keep her job at Gretton Matching. Garth Aveney suspects Senny is married.
Georgie asserts independence and discovers love as she resigns from her job after a confrontation at a city grill room. Garth Aveney guides her toward a new life including a wedding with Brigitta Deering and a planned house-hunt, while Eddie Townsend contemplates his future and Georgie vows to stay happy despite poverty.
Eugene Brownfield, a murder suspect and leader, says Sunday school and B Y P U services are held weekly in the negro bull pen at the parish jail. All inmates attend, with six identified as Christians, started by Brownfield and Enoch Noble, who faces stolen property charges.
The report notes opossums feign death when pursued by hunters to escape pursuit. This behavior is described as a survival tactic observed in the wild.
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