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Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1937

Page

3

Forty and Eight Wreck Night At American Legion Home

The Forty and Eight lodge No. 168 will host a wreck and officer election Thursday at 8 pm at the American Legion home. J. J. Martin urges full attendance of voyageurs and Legionnaires invited to join. Sam Orchard leads the wreck and C. M. Mitchell handles initiation with Jesse De- assisting. Plans for the Monroe American Legion convention next month will be discussed.

American Legion Veiture No J. J. Martin Forty and Eight Velture Martin The Monroe Sam Orchard C. M. Mitchell Jesse de

Home Agent Organizes Vocational School for Negro Women

Training of negro women in Qua chita parish to qualify as house maids nurses and cooks began Thursday when Mrs Jewel McQuiller organized a school to be conducted by Mattie Bell Johnson. Limited to 15 students, classes will be held in a West Monroe church and include cleaning cooking and personal child care. Students will form a home demonstration club and be recommended for local employment.

Quachita Parish Jewel McQuiller Mattie Bell Johnson

Legion event after election officers set forties and eights gathering

Armont will oversee the feed as officers are elected. Afterward Forty and Eight members and guests meet on the Legion home’s second floor where refreshments will be served.

Armont Legion Home

Cotton Film to Be Shown at Oak Ridge

The film Co-op Cotton Moves to Market will be shown tonight at Oak Ridge at 8 15 o clock for members of the Louisiana Cotton Cooperative Association. It has been shown in Collinston and will be shown in Met Rouge and Bonita on upcoming nights with Mark W Stroud presiding at all sessions.

Louisiana Cotton Cooperative Association Oak Ridge Collinston Met Rouge Bonita Mark W. Stroud Association

Roosevelt Character Study Drives Blackmer to Screen Status

Sidney Blackmer spent six months in a home acting lab to perfect Theodore Roosevelt for This Is My Affair at Twentieth Century Fox. He used phonograph records for speech, studied facial muscles, and impressed Zanuck with a faithful voice and manner. the film also features McLaglen and Taylor.

Sidney Blackmer Theodore Roosevelt Twentieth Century-Fox Robert Taylor Barbara Stanwyck Victor McLaglen Paramount Theatre T. R Darryl F. Zanuck Roosevelt Blackmer Franklin D. Roosevelt Army Teddy” Roosevelt Zanuck Colonel Roosevelt William McKinley Admiral Dewey

Building Permit Issued for Weaks Supply Remodel

Sam H. Ann city building inspector issued a permit Thursday to Weaks Supply to remodel their North Fourth Street premises at a cost of 3000 dollars.

Sam H. Ann Weaks Supply Company North Fourth Street

Forty-Nine Valley Scouts to Attend World Jamboree

Forty nine Boy Scouts from Ouachita Valley council will join the international jamboree in Washington DC from June 30 to July 9. They gather at Camp Ki-Ro-Li June 25 and travel in two special cars on June 27, guided by Scout Masters Gre million Wafer and Ashcraft. President Roosevelt and officials will attend ceremonies as scouts from around the world convene. The Interior Building cafeteria at Washington will use 12 120 pieces of silver and 26 100 pieces of china daily 6000 napkins.

Ouachita Valley Council Washington D. C Olan H. Black Ki-Ro-Li M. R. Gremillion Tallulah Tom Wafer Sterlington Fletcher Ashcraft Monroe F. D. Roosevelt

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