Kiwanis Delegates Train to 36th International Meet in St Louis
Monroe Kiwanis Club officers Fred Fudickar Jr W D McGee Jr and L B Pettit will attend Kiwanis International in St Louis June 17 to 21 with about 10000 Kiwanians and families. Senator Herbert O Connor and Winnipeg Kiwanis leader Don H Murdoch among speakers with tours, a stage show and the President's Reception and Ball on June 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Fudickar, Jr
Monroe Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis International
St. Louis
W. D. McGee, Jr
S. and M. Tire Company
L. B. Pettit
Elmer Slagle
Southern Box and Lumber Company
Manitoba
Canada
Arthur H. Compton
Washington University
Don H. Murdoch
Winnipeg
Kiel Auditorium
Fadhkar
Mississippi River
St. Louis Opera House
Fadickar
West Monroe Girl Hit By Gravel Truck On Highway 80
A 16 year old West Monroe girl suffered abrasions and a possible right shoulder fracture after a gravel truck struck her on Highway 80 near Circle Drive. The incident occurred as she exited a bus and ran into the truck while panicked. She was taken to St. Francis Hospital.
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West Monroe
Highway 80
St. Francis Sanitarium
Mary Lou Bryant
Johnnie Mae Hightower
Parking Meters Net 57864.70 for Monroe Fiscal Year
Monroe’s parking meters brought in 57864.70 revenue for the year ending April 27 1951. City Treasurer P A Pong said funds went to the general fund for operations and salaries. Auditors are currently compiling tax data. A stray sentence notes infants typically triple birth weight in the first year.
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Monroe
P. A. Pong
Pong
Relief From Dandruff Promoted By Baker's Hair Tonic
A reader from Reserve Louisiana testifies that after failing with many products Baker's Hair Tonic relieved his dandruff and itching. He used it five months and plans to continue. The ad promotes both Baker's Hair Tonic and Baker's Lathe rnist Shampoo with a money back guarantee at drug stores and shops.
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Reserve
Mrea
Raymond Falgoust, Jr
Rt. 1
Baker's
Baker’s
Ady
Civil Air Patrol History and Wartime Role
The Civil Air Patrol was formed December 1 1941 under civilian defense to mobilize airmen and planes for wartime duties. It patrolled shores and conducted anti submarine work, later becoming an official civilian auxiliary under public laws 476 and 557 with headquarters at Bolling AFB. The article notes wartime training, gender equity in membership, and invites all adults to CAP meetings at Selman Field across from the Terriman building.
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Civil Air Patrol
Office of the Civilian Defense
Civil Airm
CAL
Army Air Force
CAP
War Department
Rooosevelt
United States Air Tice
Bollings Air Force Base
Washington, D. C
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Selman Field
Terrainan
Womack Announces Connaughton Speech at Luncheon
J W Womack president of the Local underwriters Association says Clyde A Connaughton will be guest speaker at the noon luncheon Friday at the Frances Hotel. Connaughton began in life insurance in 1940 at Vivian and joined Metropolitan Life in 1944 moving to Shreveport where he has stayed. He produced two and a half million in group and one quarter million in ordinary policies last year plus industrial business. All life insurance men are urged to attend.
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J. W. Womack
Underwriters Association
Clyde A. Connaughton
Frances Hotel
Connaughton
Vivian
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Shreveport
Womack
Radar networks ring U S coast during World War II
Coastal cities in World War II were equipped with radar networks capable of spotting aircraft up to 150 miles offshore. Modern radar sets can detect storms and planes as far as about 250 miles, indicating greater range today.
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U. S
Bastrop Police Hold Driver in Ark Death
Bastrop police hold a man and woman without charge in the city jail pending investigation into the death of Mrs. June Osbon of Hampton Arkansas. Osbon, 20, was killed when her car was sideswiped on North Washington Street. Surviving Osbon are her husband Edgar one son Gerrell parents Don Hutchenson Star City Ark six brothers and five sisters.
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June Osbon
Bastrop
Osbon
South Washington Street
Vivian Kelly
James Thomas Moore
Met Rouge
Kelly
Edgar
Gerrell
Don Hutchenson
Star City
Ark
Earl
Enok
Harcel
Willie
Bramford
Camden
James B. Laws
Florence Middlebrooks
Pine Bluff
Joyce
Pauline Hutchinson
W. O. Rogers
Langston
Coconuts Crabs Climb Trees Break Coconuts with Claws
Robber crabs native to Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean climb palm trees and break coconuts by hammering the shell ends with their powerful claws. They are noted for their strong grip and methodical nesting habits.
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Christmas Island
Indian Ocean
Louisiana Casualties Listed in Defense Report
The Defense Department lists 19 Louisianans as casualties in Korea: 1 killed in action, 15 wounded, 2 missing, and 1 prisoner of war. Names span Army and Marine units with addresses from New Orleans to Opelousas and Shreveport.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea
Army
James A. Oglethorpe
Jessie J. Thompson
Grayson
Henry Augustus
Bertha M. Augustus
Odeon St
New Orleans
Horace Broussard
Leola Joseph
W. Madison St
New Iberia
Murphy Brown, Jr
Maude N. Brown
Oak St
Vincent M. Eaglin
Willie Eaglin
N. Market St
Opelousas
Richard H. Graham
Harold Graham
Esplanade Ave
Billy R. Kolb
David D. Kolb
Rt. 2
Columbia
Leroy J. LeBlanc
Louise H. LeBlanc
Chauvin
Marshall L. Pailet, Jr
Marshall L. Paislet
Madeila St
Opelouas
Marine Corps
Corp
Lemuel H. Albert
Joseph Albert
Rt. 1
Box
Lena
Jose L. Castle
Joseph L. Castle
Delhi
Charles E. Cowger
Alice FE. Cowger
Samford St
Shreveport
Charles A. Gambino
Peter J. Gambino
Freret St
Nolan P. Henry
Glen M. Morgan
Marie Morgan
Tricon St
Charles J. Cline
Marie G. Cline
Burns
Sister of Mrs Mulhearn Dies in Bossier City
Virginia Zagone sister of Mrs Tom Mulhearn of Monroe died in a Bossier City hospital. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Zagone of Bossier City. A rosary at Roseneath Funeral Home Shreveport and a requiem mass at Christ the King Church Bossier City. Burial in Forest Park Cemetery. Survived by parents and three sisters including Mrs Tom Mulhearn.
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Virginia Zagone
Tom Mulhearn
Monroe
Bossier City
Joe Zagone
Roseneath
Shreveport
Christ the King Church
Forest Park
J. R. Finley
Eglan Field, Fla
A. B. Harville
Real estate transfer in Ouachita Parish records
Dewey Broussard sold to Nettie Hammonds for 18 of block 53 in the Booker T. Washington addition in yesterday's clerk of court filing. The transfer details reflect a property sale in Ouachita Parish with specified parcel designation.
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Ouachita Parish
Dewey Broussard
Nettie Hammonds
Booker T. Washington
Submarine Affray Found in Channel
Admiralty divers prepare a second descent to the sunken sub Affray in the English Channel 37 miles west of the Isle of Wight to decide its salvage viability. The submarine, missing since April 16 with 75 men, lies about 250 feet deep near the 500 foot depth edge and may be raised by blowing air to restore buoyancy.
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London
Admiralty
English Channel
Isle of Wight
Ransom School Graduation Luncheon Honors Class
Last Wednesday the graduating class of Ransom School was honored with a luncheon in the cafeteria by the faculty. Red and white colors dominated the table decor with tiny umbrellas and spring flowers. A chicken luncheon was served by fifth grade girls. piano solos by Mae Delois Leonard and Karen Kraft accompanied a sixth grade chorus performing Mocking Bird Hill. Marie Warner paid tribute to Principal Mrs. Clark.
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Ransom School
Mae Delois Leonard
Karen Kraft
Fifty Three Graduates Celebrate Class Sing Along
Mrs Ruth Simpson spoke for the teachers while students expressed appreciation. The program ended with the class song. Fifty three graduates enjoyed the occasion as room mothers joined for a picnic lunch with the pupils.
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Ruth Simpson
Best literature as weighty English school texts
Britannica ranks some of the finest veational literature in the English language as essential school texts.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Ballerina Galina Ulánova Appears in Florence Crowd Cheers
In Florence on June 15 a formally dressed capitalist audience and anti-Communist critics cheered Galina Ulánova, Stalin prize winner and Moscow premiere danseuse, in her first post iron curtain appearance. She received nine curtain calls.
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Florence
Italy
Stalin
Galina Ulanova
Moscow Ballet
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J.W. Womack
Bastrop Police
Casualty
Ambroise J. Henry
St. Martinville
William Hickey, Jr
William Hickey, Sr
Columbus St
Ray Anthony Lorio
Ray A. Lorio
Teche St
Johnny C. Hughes, Jr
Hans Lamb
Berwick
Jerey
Seersucker
Terry
Boys’ Shop
Dawnelle
Budget
DIAL
Garay
Botiste
Girls’ Shop
THE
Colvin Agency
P. A. Colvin
Carl A. Wilson
Strauss Bidg
Walnut St
Monroe, la
GROC
Bernhardt
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