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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1923

Page

2

Moonlit Flight and Community Notices Parade

A poetic reflection requests release into moonlight not daylight as a bridge club and many social notices fill the Monroe Louisiana page. Guests, baptist and missionary circles meet, weddings announced, travel and illness updates, and a piano recital closes the community section.

Bridge Tea At Cooley Home Tops Social Summer Season

Social leaders gathered at the Cooley residence for a large bridge event hosted by Mrs. G. B. Cooley and Mrs. Forsythe and Mrs. Kugler. Sixteen tables and vine shaded galleries offered elegant floral rooms and the afternoon featured top scores with Mrs. Thomas Sullivan winning Coty perfume, plus luncheon served to a lengthy guest list including Mrs. Neal, Mrs. Sullivan, Mrs. Vaughn, and many others.

G. B. Cooley Cooley A. A. Forsythe J. B. Kugler Thomas Sullivan Coty J. W. McWilliams Will Washburn Mmes. I. Neal T. Sullivan J. B. Vaughn Travis Olive H. Breard C. Oakley A. L. Smith George Wright V. Barringer T. L. Brown Cobb John Cole C. Phillips L. B. Ferguson Bruce Frizzell A. Horuff FE. M. Hudson E. T. Lamkin Percy Sander V. Lynch Reese Major Carl McHenry McWilliams McGeorge Milner J. J. Potts Mobley Edgar Maupin Harry Oliver R. Kellogg

Frugal luncheon and summer dance mark community events

Shasta daisies and Stars and Stripes decorated a Friday Club luncheon hosted by Mrs. Wheeler Mitchell with gifts awarded to guests. The Young Men's Dancing Club opened the season with a Roof Garden dance led by the All Southern Syncopators of Birmingham with sixty couples attending. A memorial of Mittie Averett, born 1853 to minister Kapers, ends with her lasting family legacy after burial in Calhoun. she is survived by husband John Averett.

Wheeler Mitchell WT Mitchell H. A. McDonald Mitchell Dorothy Cason Fifie Hood Roof Garden All Southern Birmingham Alabama Thomas’Shears A. L. Harrington J. M. Cobb Jed Millsaps L. B. Ferguson I. Liebreich W. L. Jones Joe Hanna D. M. Scholars Kapers Mittie John Averett Calhoun John

Revered Local Woman Remembered by Community

The obituary notes Averett and her family including three sons Ben and Lannie of West Monroe and Arnoldia of Sapula Oklahoma, two daughters Ida Lacy of West Monroe and J A Chapman of Calhoun, 14 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. The Methodist church loses a devoted member described as a friend and mother to many.

Averett Ben Lannie West Monroe Arnoldia Sapula Okla Ida Lacy J. A. Chapman Calhoun The Methodist Church

Roig Found Not Guilty in Express Company Burglary

A jury acquitted Alfred Roig of burglarizing the American Railway Express office, the case involving about 50 000 in travelers checks. He was returned to Caddo parish jail on no larceny charge and authorities in San Antonio wired to hold him on a forgery charge.

Associated Press Shreveport American Railway Express Company Alfred Roig Roig Caddo Parish Express San Antonio Tex Hughes

Body of Negro Found Near Homestead After Slaying

Miami June 16. The body of a man believed to be Rey Gaines, linked to the slaying of Marshal Chas R Bryant at Homestead, was found half a mile south of Homestead near the highway with gunshot wounds. Nearby, William Simmons, also a black man, was shot to death within an hour after the marshal's killing.

Associated Irese Miami Fla Rey Gaines Chas R. Bryant Homestead William “Gray Bye" Simmons Pote

Church Schedule And Mission Plans In Local Listings

Name First Church of Christ Scientist at 307 North Second Street offers Sunday school 9 30 a m and worship 11 00 a m with Wednesday meetings at 8 00 p m A free reading room in room 615 at Ouachita National Bank Building operates daily 130 to 430 except Sundays and holidays Presbyterian services are Sunday school 9 30 Moving worship 11 Junior and Senior Endeavor at 7 Evening worship 8 Rev Cft preaches morning and evening Gordon Street Mission Sabbath School at 530 p m plans for a new mission building in the coming months are discussed

First Church of Christ, Scientist North Second Street Ouachita National Bank The Presbyterian Church Kuneavor Clft Gordon Street

National Sunday School and B Y P U Congress Opens

The National Sunday School and B Y P U Congress for colored delegates will meet in Hot Springs from Monday the 18th to Sunday the 24th. Monroe delegates include RK Powell, Joe Buncan, Rev E L Bruson, and C L Nickleberry representing First Baptist and Tabernacle churches.

National Sunday School B. Y. P. U. Congress Hot Springs Monroe RK. B. Powell First Baptist Sunday School Joe Buncan First Baptist Church E. L. Bruson The C L. Nickleberry Tabernacle Sunday School

Weather Outlook for Week Begins Monday

Associated Press reports the forecast for the week starting Monday indicates Gulf states will see generally fair skies with minor variations in conditions. No significant storms are expected though local variability may occur in coastal areas.

Associated Pross Washington Gulf States

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