Several Prenuptial Parties Are Given For Recent Bride
The first of multiple parties honoring Miss Sarah Hern don Smith who wed Richard Hugh Sole Saturday night was a luncheon shower hosted by Mrs. A. J. Speer and Mrs. J. A. Combs at Mrs. Speer’s Spencer home. Bridge and canasta provided entertainment with high score prizes awarded to Mrs. Gaston Eikel and Miss Carolyn Peters. A luncheon followed on elegantly set tables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Herndon Smith
Richard Hugh Sole
A. J. Speer
J. A. Combs
Speer
Spencer
Bridge
Canasta
Gaston Eikel
Carolyn Peters
W. J. Veazey
A. S Gunter
Juanita Porter
la Casa Tea Room
Sarah Smith
Miss Smith
R. W. Sole
Shreveport
Richard Rivers
J. R. White
W E. McGaugh
Zell Smith
Zell Smith, Jr
F. E. Black
A. S. Gunter
Community clubs and social events fill the week
A packed schedule lists Navy Mothers Club, Camellia Garden Club, McClendon Home Demonstration, and United Gas Village demos. Fraternal and church groups meet, including Covenant Presbyterian Men, Delta Sigma fraternity, Pythian Sisters, and various W M S circles with meals and luncheons. A barbecue, garden party, and kitchen shower accompany preparations for a wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Mothers’ Club
Knights of Columbus
Camellia Garden Club
R. C. Pittard
Lioyd Miller
W. A. Cornett
McClendon Home
Joe Wellerman
Covenant Presbyterian Church
Memorial Presbyterian Church
North 4Th and Mill Streets
West Monroe
Charles Ray Colter
Sterlington Home Demonstration Club
J. R. Williams
United Gas Village
Euna Spielman
People News From Monroe Area Personal Notices
Friends and relatives share updates on Mrs. Iva Cook convalescing in Jacksboro Texas with her son Jimmy and Melvin Fisher. Rabbi and Mrs. Henry Sandman visit Monroe parents. Mrs. W. A. Pruett and Mrs. W. B. Matthews return from Shreveport and meet new grandson Robert Hugh. Gerald D. Clark family plans move to El Dorado Arkansas for job. Virginia Watts Russell and J. D. Curry visit Memphis connections. Baskin Wright and sons visit A. J. Dryburgh. Mrs. Dickey Lee of Atlanta also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iva Cook
Splane Addition
West Monroe
Jacksboro
Tex
Jimmy
Melvin Fisher
Henry Sandman
Pine Bluff, Ark
Monroe
Percy Sandman
W. A. Pruett
W. B. Matthews
Shreveport
W. B. Matthews II
Randolph
Robert Hugh
Gerald D. Clark
Gerry Faye
el Dorado, Ark
Clark
American Supply Corporation
Frank Farmer
Virginia Watts Russell
J. D. Curry
Memphis
Tenn
Social
Visitors and travel plans fill a Monroe area rundown with several families hosting relatives and friends. Mrs. J W McWilliams heads to Memphis to join relatives for a western circuit, while Rabbi Charles Lesser and Mrs Lesser and their daughter Judy travel via Chicago. Community members from Meridian Mobile and local hosts are mentioned. Dent Tisdale returns from Washington Lee for summer break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Kahn
Mrs. Kahn
Rabbi Charles Lesser
Lesser
Waco, Tex
Chicago
Ill
Judy
Kahn
Flag Respect and Moors Marriage Rules
The text states the flag of the United States is never dipped to anyone and notes that regimental colors or institutional flags receive the honor. It describes Moors practice of divorce for a wife who does not bear a male child, allowing remarriage with tribal consent until a son is born.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Forty-Seven Louisiana College degree candidates named
Forty-seven seniors filed for Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees at Louisiana College in August 1952. They already attended the May 20 commencement but did not receive degrees and now study in the summer session to complete requirements. Exams are set for July 24 and 25 with degrees awarded afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Louisiana College
H. M. Weathersby
Nelva Rhae Clark
Effie
Mae Frances Clement
Crowville
Lettie G. Cloud
Pitkin
Margaret Ann Cook
Denham Springs
James A. DeWitt
Theresa Martin Donaldson
Arthur L. Earnest, Jr
John W
Boston Massacre on King Street in 1770
The Boston Massacre occurred in 1770 when British soldiers fired on a mob near King Street in Boston later renamed State Street. Practical note adds that dirt and rain spots on fabric shoes can be cleaned with soap and water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
King Street
State Street
Emancipation Day Observed With Fish Fry And Hay Ride
Emancipation Day to be observed Thursday by the colored community of Ouachita parish with a fish fry on Loop road by Bayou DeSiard and a hay ride on Milhaven road. A truck will transport attendees from Monroe at 7 a.m. for the fish fry, with the event marking 89 years since Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Bayou DeSiard
Wood Street
Monroe
Milhaven Road
Lincoln
Louisiana
Earth curvature height over distance explained
The statement notes the curvature of the earth as about eight inches per mile, and for two miles the curvature becomes 32 inches, illustrating the curvature grows with the square of distance.
Also Mentioned on This Page
First Presbyterian Church
Fellowship Hall
Spatafora
Delta Sigma Fraternity
Charles Newman
Gienmar Avenue
Monroe Temple
W. M.S
College Place Baptist Church
Woman's Missionary Union
A. L. New
First Baptist Church
B.L. Mulhern
Jackson
BE. L. Culpepper
Pine
M. Blackwell
Highland
R. L. Grayson
O. M. Grisham
Riverside
Alma Graves
Mildred Pearce
Lee
Cora Hastings
Louise Walker
South Grand
Louis Peters
W. E. McGaugh
Carter Askel
A. C. Ransom
A. V. Breard
Bobby Joe Wallace
Betty Sue Scott
Carolyn Bagwell
Miss Bagwell
Douglas Naremore
Margaret Ann Tatum
Betty Jo Roach
Marianne Williamson
Mr. Sole
Emerson Avenue
Sole
Jill
Richard Rivers, Jr
Posal
Howard
Mrs. Baskin Wright and Sons
Bill and
John
Jacksonville, Ala
A. J. Dryburgh
Dickey Lee
Atlanta, Ga
Mrs
J. W. McWilliams
H. L. McGeorge
West
Robert Layton, Jr
Charles Stubbs
Meridian
Miss
Robert Layton
Rose Mary Worsham
J. M. McCown
Mobile, Ala
Dent Tisdale
Washington-Lee
A. D. Tisdale
New Orleans
Louisiana Youth Commission
Juvenile Police Department
R. G. Robinson
Audubon Place
Eason
Alexandria
George G. Givens
Harriet H. Gunter
Glenmore
Winston H. Henderson
Boyce
Daniel M. Hughes
de Ridder
Juan Antonio Josola
Ethel Johnson
Joe George Kite
Darwyn T. Mathis
John Carrol Miller
Woodworth
Beatrice Willard Mott
Noah Francis Neck
Charles H. Perkins
Rufus Clarence Powell, Jr
Louise Beverly Roberts
Harvey E. Scroggs
Wayne Edwin Sharp
Bunkie
Mildred Vallery Assory
Jimmie Kelly Whatley
Jena
Vidalia Quare Wills
Pollock
Thomas E. Windsor
Ball
Roberta Stanford
Sunset
Anthony P. Acosta, Jr
Flora Edwina Alexander
Daisy Lou Bradford
Jonesville
Melba Gene Cooper
Houma
Anna
John Coon
GMC
Det
Real Truck
Louisville Ave
West Gmc Truck & Trailer, Inc
P.O. Box
Monroe, la
St, John
Hunter
Westinghouse
Mobileaire
Frigidaire
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