June Weddings Highlight Wartime Romance Traditions
Wartime June weddings and upcoming July nuptials are celebrated amid military life. Proposals remain ardent. brides wear traditional elements and old superstitions linger. Notable events include Miss Nan Buckner and Lt Albert LeRoy Godwin's June nuptials and plans for Grace Church ceremonies in July for Miss Morrison and Miss Noe. A local anniversary program at Selman Field features a Navigator's Song, a full military band, and remarks by Mayor Benoit and Col Naiden.
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Arden
Nan Buckner
Albert LeRoy Godwin
Sara Cole Morrison
Gay Noe
Grace Church
Thomas Childs
Daniel Roth
Post
Selman Field
Albert Zimmer
Ferde Grefe
Beghon
Terrence House Heiress Returns Amid Thunderstorm
Ann Harrington arrives at Terrence House after Grand Gussie’s death and her inheritance advances. The rugged white rock mansion overlooks the river as a thunderstorm rips through the night, signaling a new chapter after Bert Renfrew’s telegram and a planned staffing shift at the rate office.
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Ann Harrington
Ann
Terrence House
Augusta Terrence
Grand Gussie
Jerimiah Terrence
Rock of Gibraltar
Bert Renfrew
Terrence Mineral Spring Hotel
Miss Calhoun Is Lovely June Bride
Miss Mary Jean Calhoun, daughter of Mrs. Etta Tidwell Calhoun of Farmerville, married Ensign Robert Cleveland Dykes Jr of Farmerville in a June 4 ceremony at the Preaus home. The wedding featured white gladioli, lilies, and family attendees with a reception and plans for a brief wedding trip. The bride, a Louisiana Tech graduate and Franklin High faculty member, and the groom, a Georgia Tech graduate and civil engineer, are both from Farmerville with out of town guests from Bernice, Ruston, Monroe, and Alexandria. The article also notes related marriage of Carey J. Ellis Jr. and Linda Annette Hudson in Rayne Memorial Methodist Church and other local society notices.
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Mary Jean Calhoun
Etta Tidwell Calhoun
Farmerville
Robert Cleveland Dykes, Jr
United States Navy
Robert Cleveland Dykes
Harry Preaus
D. B. Rawlins
Ruston
Boston
Fredrick Fauntleroy Preaus
Vernon LaCour
Monroe
Roland Kew
Lucy Nell Wainwright
MaryJorie Taylor
Annie Laurie Booth
Louisiana Tech
Franklin High School
Georgia Tech
American Society of Civil Engineers
Civil Crew Honorary Society
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
C. C. Colvin
Bernice
Alma
Merle Burk
A. C. Gill
A. S. Tidwell
Arthur Steele Tidwell
Terri Sue Tidwell
Dorothy M. Kirby
Jane Kirby
Credille Calhoun
A. C. Calhoun
Willie Credille
Bastrope
Paul Wilson
Alexandria
Carey J. Ellis
C. J. Ellis
Rayville
Times-Picayune
New Orleans
Louisiana
Nashville
Tenn
Linda Annette Hudson
George Albert Hudson
Carey James Ellis, Jr
Ensign
United States Naval Reserve
Rayne Memorial Methodist Church
H. L. Johns
Wagner
Ensign Ellis
Carey Jay Ellis
Gordon Doremus
Christopher Tompkins
Thomas Collens
Mendelssohn
Octavia Street
Carey Jay Ellis, Sr
State Street Drive
Newcomb College
Chi Omega
Velma Irene Barefield
Judge Ellis
Innes Morris Ellis
Pendleton S. Morris
H. Stanley Morris
Tulane University
Law
Tulane
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Omicron Delta Kappa
Jack Lester
West Feliciana Parish
Elizabeth Ann McGehee
Lafayette
Louise Peterman
Sheppard Girault
Richard Morris
Red Cross Calendar for Surgical Dressing Sessions
All Red Cross surgical dressing operations will close a half day from May 11 and continue through the summer. Schedules list weekly half and full day sessions at West Monroe, Sterlington, Sterlington Fairbanks, Ridge Avenue Baptist church, and Northeast Junior College locations, with variations by weekday and unit.
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Red Cross
West Monroe
American Legion Home
Northeast Junior College
Ridge Avenue Baptist Church
Sterlington Fairbanks
Sterlington
American Legion
Community Women Plan Meetings and Social Events
The Women's council circles meet Tuesday at 2 30 with three circle hosts. Missionary and Christian Service groups hold programs at 3 as well as a First Presbyterian notice. Wednesday features Lotus club hour for Miss Gay Noe, with several social entertainments planned through June. Notables include the Ferguson wedding party from Shreveport and Lt. Travis Oliver Jr. duties returning to his ship on the east coast.
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Women's Council of the First Christian Church
T. C. Burford
Carolina
Lee Burris
Grand Hotel
L. J. Hulin
Bros
Women’s Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Stone Avenue Methodist Church
Methodist Church
First Presbyterian Church
C. A. Johnson
L. R. Simpson
Arthur Dryburgh
Alfred Reid
Lotus Club
Miss Gay Noe
Elizabeth Benton
Sara Guy
Marie Thompson
Miss Benton
Richard Kellogg
Edward Seyiour
Kellogg Home
William Harper
Morrice Frazier
Harper Home
Robertine Rhymes
J. G
Travis Oliver, Jr
Blockade Maintained After Inkster Night of Clashes
In Inkster a suburb near Detroit a police blockade surrounds the Negro quarter and five taverns are padlocked after whites and Negroes clashed. Police say 200 to 300 soldiers and 100 civilians joined the crowd and several people were injured. An Inkster park morning clash sparked the violence.
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Detroit
Inkster
Inkster Park
Wayne County
Itching First Application For Skin Ailments
Advertisement claims BLUE STAR OINTMENT quickly relieves itching from eczema rash ringworm pimples scabies and related conditions. It promises one application can help and offers money back if the first use fails to satisfy.
Louisiana 4-H Club Members Aid War Effort On Campus
Louisiana 4-H club boys and girls, about 800 to 900 strong, gather at LSU for an annual short course as they train in farming, food production, and preservation to back the wartime effort. Kath leen Miller marries Lt Ernest Stanger of Selmanfield at the Episcopal Student Center chapel on LSU campus in Baton Rouge with an informal reception at the bride’s parents home.
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Louisiana
4-H
Louisiana State University
Kathleen Miller
Ernest Stanger
Selmanfield
Episcopal Student Center
Baton Rouge
W. H. Miller
Monroe
Ouachita Parish High School
Neville High School
Building Permit Granted For Cabin At Ninth And Bros
L. P. Milner and J. R. Fuller received a building permit Saturday to erect a one story cabin at Ninth and Bros streets with a porch and two rooms. Scrap material will be used and construction cost is estimated at 190 dollars.
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L. P. Milner
J. R. Fuller
Ninth and Bros Streets
Elmer Davis to Speak to Guild
Boston June 14 Approximately 125 delegates of the American Newspaper guild gathered to open the guilds 10th annual convention. War streamlined program ends by Friday. Elmer Davis director of the Office of War Information will speak at 2 p m ET. A proposal to admit newspaper boys to membership is expected to be debated.
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Boston
American Newspaper Guild
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Los Angeles Guild
International Executive Board
Washingtons Nose Fingered Too Much
Atlanta June 14 Willie Johnson, a long time cleaner for Georgia governor, alleges excessive nose touching in the governor's office. The report notes his 20 years on the job and hints at concerns over office hygiene.
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Atlanta
Willie Johnson
Georgia
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