Open House To Welcome Junior Charity League Members
The new downtown Junior Charity League office hosts an open house from 10 to 12 on three days this week drawing active and lifetime members and guests. Invitations go to various groups for each day, with over one hundred seventy five expected. A luncheon at the Country Club honored bride Miss Wava Jenkins, hosted by Mrs. W. E. Leigh and Mrs. W. Thom Davis. attendees included Miss Dorothy Ann Mitchell, Miss Jean Smith, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Charity League
League
Wava Jenkins
W. E. Leigh
W. Thom Davis
Warren Cobb Wedding Held At Jonesboro Home
Miss Faye Warren daughter of Hassel and Mrs Warren of Hodge and Keener Merrell Cobb son of Richard J Cobb Sr of Jonesboro were married in a double ring ceremony at the groom’s home on Saturday June 4. Rev A A McKnight officiated. The bride wore a white crepe dress and carried a white Bible given by the groom’s grandparents. Attendants included Mrs R J Cobb Jr in rose crepe with blue daisies. Lynanda Cobb was ring bearer and Joy Warren, June Cobb were flower girls. Best man was W H Brooks, grandfather of the groom. An informal reception followed at the Cobb home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faye Warren
Hassel Warren
Hodge
Keener Merrell Cobb
Richard J. Cobb
Jonesboro
A. A. McKnight
Jonesboro Methodist Church
R. J. Cobb, Jr
Lynanda Cobb
Joy Warren
June Cobb
Shreveport
W. H. Brooks
Pyburn Walker
Cobb
D A R State Conference Planned During Board Meeting
Louisiana Society DAR will hold its annual state conference in Lake Charles in March. Miss Winnie Farquhar invited attendees at a recent Alexandria board meeting. Hostess chapters include New Iberia Attakapas Prescott de la Houssaye Galvez and Calcasieu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Society
Daughters of the American Revolution
Lake Charles
Winnie Farquhar
Calcasieu
Alexandria
New Iberia
Attakapas
Prescott de la Houssaye
Galvez
John Newton Pharr
Washington, D. C
Gilbert Stovall
West Monroe
Pharr
C. A. R. Society
H. Ashton Long
Gloster
Monroe
T. G. Hibbler
Shreveport
Ashton Long
Lois Wentz
Robert J. Kuhn
New Orleans
Karl Hansen
E. D. Schneider
Lake Providence
May Haralson Highfill
Alexander Sterling
St. Francisville
George B. Pope
Avoyelles
Bunkie
W. E. Carlyon
Bayou Cottelle
Boyce
Jacob S. Segura
Bon Chasse
Mansfield
Gladys B. Sperry
Fort Miro
J. A. Anders
Lafayette
Earl Jones
Loyalty
Personalities: Sperry baby and traveling relatives noted
Mr and Mrs Burt W Sperry welcomed a son Burt Jr born at a local hospital on Saturday. Ben Pace and daughters Louise Suzanne left for Tulsa after visiting Mrs Pace's parents Mr and Mrs Fred Fudickar. The Pace matriarch Mrs William Pace of Raleigh joined at the Fudickar home and camp on Lake St John. Others report extended trips to Florida Panama City New Orleans Monterrey Mexico Port Arthur and the southwest. Miss Mary O Kelly remains a hospital patient. James Awl underwent emergency surgery. D L Schieber and wife returned from a 14 day trip to Miami and Key West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burt W. Sperry
Burt, Jr
Ben Pace
Louise
Suzanne
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Mrs. Pace
Fred Fudickar
Lake St. John
Fudickar
Mr. Pace
William Aa. Pace
Raleigh, N. B
James Awl
W. B. Awl
Evelyn Jarrell Honored at Surprise Tea in Columbia Home
Mrs. Clifford M Chapman hosted a surprise shower tea for Evelyn Jarrell bride elect of Dan M Moore Jr at Columbia home of Mrs. Chapman’s mother Mrs. C P Thompson. The event featured pink and blue hydrangea décor, silver and slate grey Cairo cloth dress, pastel daisy corsage, and gifts for serving hot or cold tea. About fifty guests attended from four to six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford M. Chapman
Evelyn Jarrell
Dan M. Moore, Jr
S. O. Henry, Jr
Woodrow Turner
Damon Bradford
Chapman
McClendon Home Demonstration Club Hosts June Meeting
The McClendon Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. Fred Riser's home. A prayer and roll call opened the session with discussions on Glamour in the Wardrobe and demonstrations on House Dresses for Comfort. Cotton dresses were shown by Mrs. Melvin Riser and Mrs. Fred Riser. Mrs. Frank Wellerman spoke on Safety. The Fair committee was named: Melvin Riser Connie Goodwin Frank Wellerman and Fred Riser. Highlights of the garden tour were reviewed. The June topic will be Flower Arrangements with a demonstration by Jewel McQuiller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClendon Home
Fred Riser
B. C. Marshall
Melvin Riser
Frank Wellerman
Connie Goodwin
Jewel McQuiller
Nunn Nunn Harvey Announcement of Quitman Marriage
Nellie Joy Harvey daughter of Mr and Mrs V C Harvey of Quitman married Lavelle Nunn son of Mr and Mrs R E Nunn of Quitman on May 28 at the groom's home near Quitman in a nuptial with Justice of Peace W S Thompson officiating. Present were Mr and Mrs Tom Sheppard Ralph Nunn and others. The couple will live in Jonesboro. both are Quitman High School graduates and employed in Hodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Joy Harvey
V. C. Harvey
Quitman
Lavelle Nunn
R. E. Nunn
Justice of Peace
W. 5. Thompson
Tom Sheppard
Ralph Nunn
Jonesboro
Quitman High School
Hodge
Society Calendar notice for calendar listings
Society calendar notice asks contributors to mail or deliver information to the society department to insure accuracy in listings.
Women's church group meetings listed for June 1949
Woman's International Auxiliary 139 meets at Mrs. Fred Stalnaker home 612 North Sixth Street at 7 30 p m. Friendship Temple N 3 holds regular meeting at Castle Hall Tuesday night June 14 1949. Presbyterian Women circles meet with various hostesses and times including No 1 Mrs J L Jones Jr 2306 Hawthorne 9 30 a m and No 2 Mrs Guy Campbell 1607 N Third 9 39 a m. First Methodist Woman's Society circles list eight hostesses with addresses and 3 p m times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's International Auxiliary
Fred Stalnaker
North Sixth Street
Friendship Temple
Castle Hall
J. L. Jones, Jr
Hawthorne
Guy Campbell
N. Third
Fred Mitchell
Stubbs
William Rodriguez
Park Avenue
Fred Stovall
Gussie Alcorn
Rochelle
C. K. Crandall
N. Fifth
J. J. Shotwell
Forsythe Ave
J. Blanks Parker
Woman's Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Juanita Porter
Jackson
O. D. Brasher
Tom Lees
College
J. A. Combs
Myrtle
W. M. Wood
Carolina
J. T. Benson
Grayling Lane
H. S. Stansell
Auburn
A. P. Andrews
Peach
Community club notices from Monroe churches and groups
No. 9 Mrs P G Rowe and No. 10 Mrs Ernest Strauss listed at addresses. Beta Delta sorority meets at Miss Evelyn Gochenour's home at 5 00. Ladies Aid Trinity Lutheran meets 2 00 with Mrs E W Simon Jr 693 Riverbend West Monroe. W M S Good Hope Baptist in circles Tuesday: with Mrs A B Grant on Arkansas Road, with Mrs Luther Reed on Bluff Springs Road, with Mrs Louise McNaughton on White's Ferry Road at 2 00. Business and Professional Women's Club meets 6 00 Frances Hotel. W M A circles College Place Baptist meet 1 Mrs Bob Sellers 2 Mrs Iris Moor 3 Mrs L C Richardson 4 Mrs H E Griffith B E Bridger 4208 De Siard Road 3 30. W M A circles First Baptist Monroe meet: lunch at local tearoom for Miss Wava Jenkins bride elect 1 Mrs J P Simmons 3011 Gordon 2 church 3 Mrs F C Reynolds 1004 South Third 4 Mrs H E Martin 705 South Third 5 Mrs R B Pilaut 702 North Fourth 6 Mrs Gilbert Stovall local tea room 7 Mrs T E Sturgeon local hotel morning circle Mrs A R Doughty 701 Erin Alma Graves Mrs Cecile Jones 208 1/2 Louise Ann. Error noted in Friendship Temple No 3 date in Sunday Monroe Morning World. no meeting June 7, instead Tuesday June 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. G. Rowe
Rochelle
Ernest Strauss
Erin
Beta Delta Sorority
Evelyn Gochenour
Ladies Aid of
Trinity Lutheran Church
E. W. Simon, Jr
Riverbend Drive
West Monroe
W. M. S. of Good Hope Baptist Church
M. Drouet
Mamie Jo Drouet
Wava Jenkins
J. P. Simmons
Gordon
Church
F. C. Reynolds
South Third
H. E. Martin
R. B. Pilaut
North Fourth
Gilbert Stovall
T. E. Sturgeon
A. R. Doughty
Alma Graves
Cecile Jones
Louise Ann
Friendship Temple
Monroe
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Spirit of ‘76
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Jolene, Jackie
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Daisy Carr
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Monterrey
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Texas
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Southwest
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Miami
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