Local Elks to Present Annual Loving Cup on Flag Day
At the Monroe Elks club the plan was unveiled to award a silver loving cup each Flag Day starting June 14, 1927 to the city’s most deserving helper of the prior year. The selection will be fair and judged by a three member board drawn from the Rotary Lions and Kiwanis clubs with anonymous public nominations.
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Elks’ Club
New Orleans
Times-Picayune
Hag
City of
Crescent City
Kingsley
Frank B. Williams
Elks Lodge
Monroe
Rotary, Lions, Kiwanis
Ellis Loving
Ice Cream Social on Lawn at First Christian Church
The Christian Endeavor Society of the First Christian church will sponsor an ice cream social on the church lawn Friday at 7 30 p m. Proceeds help entertain the State Endeavor Convention in August. Homemade cake and ice cream will be served. Public is invited.
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Christian Endeavor Society of the
First Christian Church
State Endeavor
West Monroe to Canvass Mayors and Aldermen Vote
Election officers of West Monroe will meet tonight to canvass mayor and five aldermen results from yesterday. The total vote was among the lightest in the city’s history, just over 100 ballots. C. C. Bell ran unopposed for mayor and all five aldermen—D. R. Mims, W. S. Heard, O. B. Register, H. A. McDonald, Fred R. Mitchell—were unopposed.
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West Monroe
C. C. Bell
D. R. Mims
W. S. Heard
O. B. Register
H. A. McDonald
Fred R. Mitchell
Dance Thursday Night at Natatorium
A Thursday night dance at the Natatorium charges $1.00 per couple and runs from 9:00 p m until unspecified end time.
Group Shirring Smart Two-Piece Track Costume
A frock in crepe de chine gains a dressy air from shoulder and front shirring and a self-material bow. The ensemble, a smart two-piece track costume, uses 454 yards of 36-inch fabric for medium size. Pictorial Review Pattern No. 3030. Sizes 14 to 18 years and 34 to 42 inch bust. Price 45 cents.
City completes 4400 foot sidewalk expansion in Monroe
Monroe officials led by Commissioner Will Atkinson laid forty four hundred feet of cement sidewalks around Georgia Tucker and Barkdull Faulk schools. Diagonal paths were added to surround both properties and the southside grounds gain a baseball diamond tennis court croquet and running track. The project aims to keep children off grass and provide a new playground for southern residents, filling a need without a Forsythe park counterpart in the north.
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Monroe
Will Atkinson
Georgia Tucker
Barkdull Faulk
Atkinson
Northside
Southside
Forsythe Park
17 Year Old Negro Drowns in Small Pond
Frank Beatley aged 17, a boot black, drowned in a pond at the old Monroe brickyard east of the city yesterday afternoon. No one was with him to determine cause, and rescue attempts by Captain J Parker and C L Toombs with a pulmotor failed.
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Frank Beatley
Paris Frocks Emphasize Simplicity in Summer Afternoons
Paris fashion notes praise simple afternoon gowns designed to calm critical eyes. Madame la Comtesse Uribarren showcases fleur de soie georgette with draped, irregular hem. Paul Poiret features shantung pastel blue with gold buttons. Premet offers violet taffeta with narrow drape and pleated flounce.
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Alice Langelier
Paris
Paris Couturiers
Madame la Comtesse Uribarren
Paul Poiret
Premet
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Aying Nson
Lawn Christian Church
W. Monroe
South Grand
Roy Hinton Mathews
Newport News, Va
Frank Batley
Norris Bros
Norris Bros., Inc
Mike John
Lorraine
Man
Children’s Silk
Sox
Star Soap
Dr. Siegert
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