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Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1948

Page

3

Dugdemona District Elects Officers at Jonesboro Meeting

Dugdemona Soil Conservation District in Jonesboro elected Sam A. Barnett as chairman and C. E. Daniel as vice chairman, with A. C. Banks again secretary treasurer. New members Marvin Culpepper and Shelby Garr were welcomed. Plans outlined for a Winnfield area annual meeting, a Louisiana Bankers Association tour, and bulk planting of pine seedlings with advance orders due by October 15.

Jonesboro Dugdemona Soil Conservation District Sam A. Barnett LaSalle Parish Olla C. E. Daniel Lincoln Parish Simsboro A. C. Banks Caldwell Parish Marvin T. Culpepper Jackson Parish Shelby Garr Winn Parish J. O. Davis State Soil Conservation Committee Baton Rouge Winnfield Louisiana Bankers Association and Soil Conservation Districts Shreveport New Orleans Alabama Georgia North South Carolina Tennessee Louisiana The Soil Conservation Service Louisiana Forestry Commission

New Look Seen in Cotton Production

Clif ton Kirkpatrick of the National Cotton Council told the Mississippi Cottonseed Crushers Association that the industry is entering a new look in cotton production. He urged extermination thinking for cotton insects and cited last year’s $49 million loss, urging crushers to invest more. He noted 840,841 Mississippi dependents on cotton livelihoods and last year’s output of 1,569,000 bales of cotton and 603,000 tons of cottonseed valued at $313,322,000 across 263,528 farms.

Biloxi Miss Clifton Kirkpatrick National Cotton Council of America Mississippi Cottonseed Crushers Association Kirkpatrick Mississippi The Council Division of Cotton Production and Marketing

Marriage Licenses for Monroe Couples Included

George Leonard Baker and Sadie Pippins Lively both of Monroe are issued marriage licenses along with Otho Lemuel Morgan and Annie Lois Laird Slocum, also of Monroe.

George Leonard Baker Sadie Pippins Lively Monroe Otho Lemuel Morgan Annie Lois Laird Slocum

Deaths of Frank Masling and Ferriday contractor Skains

Funeral services were held for Frank Masling 73 a prominent North Louisiana building contractor who died after a long illness. Interment followed at Memorial Park Cemetery with Western Star Masonic Lodge grave services. Survivors include his wife Eugenia Butler and son Raymond Masling. Separate notices detail William Pinkney Skains a Ferriday builder with Winnfield roots, interred at Winnfield’s Winnfield Cemetery after services at Ferriday First Baptist Church. Skains erected many Ferriday structures including the Melz Arcade theater.

Frank Masling North Louisiana First Baptist Church Hall Funeral Home Memorial Park Cemetery Western Star Masonic Lodge Masling Eugenia Butler Monroe Raymond Masling Jim Drew Dick Drew WB. Robinson J. F Choate James Hudson Will F. Grafton Ferriday William Pinkney Skains Concordia Winnfield Skains Young Joseph H. Hamilton M. R. Burnette J. M. Johnson Jules O. Glanton Guy Serio Claude E. Melson Henry Rucker Ben L. Green J. O. Clay W. E. Logan Joe Pasternack Marcus of Reeves Percy Farmer North Louisiana L. T. Hastings Mr. Masling W. B. Robinson J. F. Choate Wilf F. Grafton W. L

U S Investment Limit Expanded Seeks Institutional Buyers

Attorney Thomas M Hayes Jr Ouachita parish chairman of the security loan campaign reports the U S treasury has authorized raising institutional investor savings from 100000 to 1000000 for payments July 1 to July 15. Orders for bonds under the higher limit can be taken now and agencies including insurance companies banks savings and loan groups pension funds and credit unions are eligible.

Thomas M. Hayes, Jr Ouachita Parish Joseph J. Knight Louisiana U. S. Treasury Department Hayes

ROMA Wine Cooler Recipe Hints from June Life Issue

A reader cites a Life magazine June issue for a ROMA Port Lemonade recipe. Instructions mix lemon juice sugar and ROMA California Port with ice, and top with water, served with citrus garnish. The note urges requesting free ROMA Wine Cooler booklet from ROMA Wine Co. in San Francisco.

Life Roma California America Roma Wine Co Hobart Building San Francisco 4 California ROMA

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