Campaign mobilizes Louisiana youths against white fringed beetle
Louisiana entomologist W E Anderson leads a state drive with about 50 000 youths including Boy Scouts and 4 H club members to spot the white fringed beetle, a South American pest, and report sightings. A U S Department of Agriculture film will be shown at 4-H encampments to explain the beetle life cycle and crop damage. The schedule covers Camp Garrison Anacoco Grant Walker Peck and other camps with showings from late June through early July. The film will also be shown at Boy Scout encampments and club meetings statewide to educate residents on detection and control.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
United States
W. E. Anderson
State Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine
United States Department of Agriculture
Camp Garrison
Anacoco
Grant Walker
Garrison
Camp Peck
Anderson
Department of Agriculture
Parish
Federal
Departments of Agriculture
Winnsboro Legion Auxiliary names officers and delegates
Diamond-Hawthorne unit of the American Legion auxiliary in Winnsboro elected officers led by Mrs. Gladys Robinson as president and Mrs. Ellie Butler as first vice president. Delegates to the Lafayette state convention July 15 to 17 were Mrs. Ellie Butler, Mrs. Gladys Robinson, and Mrs. Myrtle King with alternates Mrs. Clara Meyer, Mrs. Sadie Dunn, and Mrs. Mary Randall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnsboro
Diamond-Hawthorne
American Legion Auxiliary
Gladys Robinson
Ellie Butler
Cora Short
Myrtle King
Sadie Dunn
Nancy Parker
Mary Womble
Isabelle Woods
Lafayette
Clara Meyer
Mary Randall
Hill Ridge Club Hosts Meeting at Hill Ridge Church
The Hill Ridge Home Demonstration club met with the home agent at Hill Ridge church. Twelve members and three visitors attended. Mrs. Mattie McDuffie, vice president, led the meeting with roll call and business. Mrs. Harris Harper reported on the last parish council meeting. Miss Hill spoke on laundry equipment and conveniences. Refreshments featured exhibits prepared from recipes in the cookbooks distributed at the previous meeting.
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Winnsboro
Hill Ridge
Monroe Aeronautic Club Elects Permanent Officers
At the final meeting in Hotel Frances Captain D. M. Henry was elected president and J. K. Warner secretary treasurer. Plans are nearly complete to buy an airplane for instruction. The club will offer courses in practical air navigation aerodynamics and flight theory. Motto adopted: Safe and sane flying.
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Monroe Aeronautic Club
Hotel Frances
D. M. Henry
J. K. Warner
Henry
Revival services set at Baptist church in Marion
The Marion Baptist church announces revival services beginning next Sunday. Evangelist Henry T. Young, formerly pastor of the First Baptist church of Weslaco Texas, will preach. Rev. G C Dennis reports Young has served in ministry for more than 30 years.
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Marion
The
Baptist Church
Henry T. Young
First Baptist Church of
Weslaco
Tex
G. C. Dennis
Young
Revered Pastor to Preach Morning And Evening Services
An outstanding pastor and evangelist has drawn over 40,000 converts through his preaching. He will preach at both the morning and evening services, which will continue through Sunday, June 26.
Births Reported in Jonesboro Area on June 9 and June 14
In Jonesboro La two births are reported. A son was born June 9 to Mr and Mrs Dutch Bryant of Hodge. A son named John Langford Caskey was born to Mr and Mrs W A Caskey of the Friendship community.
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Jonesboro
Dutch Bryant
Hodge
John Langford Caskey
W. A. Caskey
Friendship Community
301 to finish at West Point
West Point N Y June 14 three hundred one graduates of the United States military academy will receive diplomas and commissions in the amphitheater north of the Battle monument The ceremony will be led by Secretary of War Harry Woodring Alumni gathered to relive cadet days with a graduation pass plebe recognition class windows memorials and the Thayer monument exercises The day also included a chapel service a class memorial and a graduation ball The article notes in India 1936 tiger fatalities 1068 by men and 1033 by tigers.
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West Point
N. Y
United States Military Academy
Harry Woodring
Battle Monument
Hudson River
Grant
Lee
Sherman
Sheridan
Pershing
Thayer Monument
Death Rites Held for Clifford Pitts in Monroe
Funeral services for Clifford E. Pitts, 44, a car distributor for Missouri Pacific railroad, were held at Mulhearn Funeral Home in Monroe with Rev. L T Hastings officiating. The body was taken to Alexandria for burial in a Masonic graveside service. He leaves his wife and two children, plus his mother Mrs Willie Pitts of Locust Grove and brothers L L Pitts and R W Pitts, Locust Grove.
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Mulhearn
Clifford E. Pitts
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Monroe
L. T Hastings
First Baptist Church
Alexandria
Pitts
Sarah Pitts
Atlanta
Frank Pitts
Manville
Willie Pitts
Locust Grove
L. L. Pitts
R. W. Pitts
Notable Portfolios of Mrs Bond and Companions Listed
Mrs A L Bond of Washington DC and Mrs Thomas Mahone of Talbotton Ga are joined by Mrs Troy Allen of Monticello Ga Mrs C B Plexico of Gainesville Ga and Mrs Edwin Arnold of Thilomath Ga in a noted social roster.
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A. L. Bond
Washington, D. C
Thomas Mahone
Talbotton
Troy Allen
Monticello
C. B. Plexico
Gainesville
Edwin Arnold
Thilomath
Debt Adjustment Group to Meet in Ouachita Parish
Farmers facing foreclosure or asset impairment in Ouachita Parish are invited to consult the Farm Debt Adjustment Committee meeting at the FSA office in Monroe on Thursday June 23 at 10:30 am. Chairman J Filhiol of Logtown says the group assists debt burdened farmers and creditors with free, independent, common sense adjustments to avoid foreclosures.
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Ouachita Parish
Monroe
FSA
J. ¥. Filhiol
Logtown
Spon
Sored
Farm Security Administration
Filchiel
Fithiol
Wheel Theft Reported In Monroe Police Notice
Percy Travillion of 605 Atson Street reported to Monroe police the theft of a 28 inch red and black bicycle described as a Famous wheel stolen late Monday from in front of a DeSiard Street saloon. A purple martin birdhouse owned by Joseph Thompson of Omaha Nebraska is insured for 400 dollars.
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Percy Travillion
Son Street
Monroe
DeSiard Street
Joseph Thompson
Omaha, Neb
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Ensui
Auxiliary
Hill Ridge Club
Aero Club
Ida Chitwood
Cooking
Peck
India
Siegle Theater
Snow White
Disney
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Clifford Pitts
Dept
Malden
Mass
Cooprmative Sans
Mrs. Chitwood
Ted Tue
Anager
News-Star
NORGE
America
Norge Concentrator
Monroe Territory
Passman
Passman Equipment Co
St. John
Monroe, la
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