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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1958
Page
15
A collection of Dear Abby exchanges including fishing etiquette, age myths about being an old maid, diary theft fallout, skepticism about Red Cross facts, and a playful note about love bugs, reflecting advice style and reader concerns of the era.
Pattern 9027 for half sizers with two neckline versions Sun style features wide straps to conceal bra. Includes yardage estimates and printed directions. Send 50 cents for first class mail to Marian Martin Pattern Dept News Star 232 West 18th St New York NY 10011.
Bernice Garden Club members and families gathered at Lindsey's Lake for the annual picnic. Each member created a hat from plant material and modeled it, producing many humorous and lovely designs. Mrs. M. W. Laurence, Jr. won garden gloves for the best hat featuring hydrangea blooms. About 70 attendees enjoyed a picnic supper on the shaded lakeside grounds. Yard of the Month went to Mrs. H. M. Roberson. June hosts were Mrs. Dendy Elliott, Mrs. Johnny Emmons, and Mrs. Leonard Ford.
The Monroe Area Alumni Association of Sigma Alpha Epsilon will host its annual summer banquet at the Saddle and Spur Restaurant on Thursday. The meeting will elect new officers and discuss the upcoming SAE rush party set for August 19. Outgoing officers are Sr President Ray Rhymes, vice president Ben Marshal, secretary-treasurer Mike Smith, and Dr. George Purvis of Rayville, Louisiana.
Miss Glenda Stewart and Miss Jeanette Deloach hosted a surprise shower at the W. O. Riddle home in Riddles Lane for Mrs. Sanford Riddle, who recently wed. Refreshments of open-faced sandwiches, chips, cookies and cokes were served. Mrs. Herbert Brown later hosted a second shower honoring the same bride with a similar guest list including Mrs. W. C. Riddle and other friends.
The Duchesne family gathered at For sythe Park on Sunday for an annual reunion honoring Mrs. Carrie Duchesne and the late Charles Duchesne. Attendees included numerous Duchesne relatives and spouses, with many listed by name.
In the late 1940s Sid Lazard of New Orleans dazzled the Bridge World with a bold four heart contract play using a harassing style. Paired with Marshall Miles and facing Al Blinder and Bill Hanna, Lazard read Hanna as a psycher in his longest suit and correctly pursued the four hearts contract, ruffing a heart and executing a sequence of trump moves to eventually force favorable discards and clinch the hand.
Louise Doernberg bride elect of Hugh Lamensdorf receives luncheon compliments at a local restaurant. Guests include Miss Sandra Jo Doernberg and Mrs. J. M. Doernberg. A Bayou De Three luncheon followed with pink table decor and gardenias. Hostesses presented a corsage and a silver gift as Doernberg wore a blue frock.
Residents A E Campbell depart for a long Memphis Decatur Pontica Chicago trip with return planned through St Louis. California bound Capt and Mrs James Scruggs Jr visit relatives as Scruggs children stay at Ben Scruggs and H O Hammons homes. Nelle Coulter spends two weeks at Hendrix College Conway then joins Methodist Youth Caravan. Katherine Ann Willis, daughter of James W Willis and Harleen Gholson, arrives from Chicago July seventh. George B Cain announces birth of son James Patrick on June fourth. grandparents Edmond St Pierre Baldwin noted.
A group of 14 year old girls asks Mrs. Ricker for guidance on dating at home inviting boys, phone time limits, a boy driver after school, and school dances. Mrs. Ricker offers step by step responses endorsing parental supervision, reasonable talking times, careful driving, and notes the unusual dance schedule.
The June meeting of the Mc Guire Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. Charles Hutto’s home with president Mrs. Leon Caldwell presiding. Attendees listed include Mrs. Richard Lebrun and others as the group planned the July 12 annual picnic.
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