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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1939

Page

3

Duncan Wood Barbecue Attracts Many Guests

A Duncan Wood barbecue drew fifty or more guests to Island Drive near the Gordon Cummings home with long linenTables and iced drinks. The event featured Mr and Mrs Clark Duncan and Mr and Mrs Harold Wood as hosts and several prominent local families as attendees. The piece also notes nuptials for Miss Adrienne Sisk and Mr Freeman A Wilson and the engagement of Miss Opal Green to Mr G S Stovall.

Ivy Monroe Clark Duncan Harold Wood Bayou Bank Gordon Cummings Island Drive Gil Woods Jack Rogers D. Y. Smith E. T. Lamkin Harold Dixon E. S. Girault Bud Lewis Fred Gibbons R. L. Kellogg Walter Black al Huey Walter Kellogg Clarence Oakley John Gordon Clyde Brown Gordon Wright John Snellings Hugh Lennon John Sherrouse Robert Breard Henry Guerriero Preston Fergus Tom Sandridge Tom Leigh Vaughn Fields W. A. Walker Richard Kellogg Charles Wallace Henry Stevens James A. Noe Morris Haas Frances Barringer Douglas Williams

Paradise Above the Clouds Lookout Mountain Resort Ad

An old styled hotel advertisement promotes Paradise Above the Clouds on Lookout Mountain Chattanooga Tennessee. It touts dancing swimming pool tennis beauty products and room rates with meals and without meals. Contact John Littlegreen for reservations.

Famour Resort America Salilie John Littlegreen Lookout Mountain

Upcoming weddings and society events across office and club circles

Readers are invited to attend weddings for Miss Mary Wigley and Mr Sidney Gill at 606 Hudson Lane and Miss Katherine Fluitt with Mr James Richardson at 7 30 p m. Neighborhood meetings include Julia Reed circle at 400 McKinley Ave and Rodney J Hobbs Auxiliary at First Baptist. Delta Kappa Pi hosts a Friday night dance. The American Association of University Women opens in Denver with a “Chuck Wagon” dinner and pageant and a 1 000 women convention with speakers Frances Perkins and others. Social highlights cover Mrs Ronald Lee Davis hosting a luncheon for Miss Mable Davenport prior to Davenport nuptials, plus visits by local families and attendees at various events across Shreveport and region.

Mary Wigley Sidney Gill R. H. Carpenter Hudson Lane Katherine Fluitt James Clayton Richardson Julia Reed H.R. Ray, Jr McKinley Avenue Rodney J. Hobb Veterans of Foreign Wars DeSiard Street First Baptist Church Delta Kappa Pi Sorority K. of P. Hall American Association of University Women Denver Colo Park of Red Rocks Louisa Holman Richardson Fiske Brookline Mass Paris Newnham College Cambridge England Frances Perkins Mary Ellen Chase Smith College Northampton Dorothy Kenyon Municipal Court of New York Mary B. Gilson University of Chicago Guggenheim Great Britain Cecilia Payne- Goposchkin Harvard Ronald Lee Davis Virginia Mable Sharpe Davenport Davenport Met Rouge Miss Davenport Leon Davenport

The Army Post Murders

A woman narrator at a midwestern Army post recalls a murder during a balloon dance. Her fiancé Charlie Spencer is drunk and may be involved, while she discovers a pistol hidden in his car and worries about Elizabeth’s alibi as she investigates who is responsible.

Katherine Cornish Elizabeth Charlie Spencer Comeone Charlie Doc Moore Adam Red Ded France Los Angeles Eileen Anne Carewe Colonel Wright Annie Barry Nelson Omaha Virginia Hanson

Local Graduates and Social Notes Highlight Week

W. E. Smith Jr returns from Atlanta Southern Dental College. George Tartley recovers well from a tonsillectomy and invites friends to visit. Lyda Marvine Wright and John Francis Shackelford marry at Gordon Arkansas on Sunday June 11. Lyda taught at Wilmot High School. John is the son of J. B. Shackelford of Jonesboro.

W.E. Smith, Jr W. E. Smith Atlanta Southern Dental College Marvin G. Wright Lyda Marvine John Francis Shackelford Gordon, Ark Wilmot High School J. B. Shackelford Jones

Local Social Notes Highlight Family Moves and Visits

The couple will reside in Jones after graduation from L. S. A. Mrs. Julius Phillips ended a Birmingham visit with her sister Mrs. W. E. Smith and left with niece Miss Marjorie Smith for a prolonged stay visiting Birmingham Montgomery and Tuscaloosa. Mrs. J. L. Morgan hosts the Readers Clique Wednesday at 3 PM. More than 60 mosquito species are reported in the United States.

Julius Phillips W. E. Smith Birmingham Marjorie Smith Montgomery Tuscaloosa J. L. Morgan United States

Chester Lee Todd Smiles At Street Cameraman

Chester Lee Todd challenges fear of the street photographer and tells young ladies to approach the cameraman with ease for a better picture. He promises a free enlargement to readers who follow the advice.

Chester Lee Todd News- Star—World Chester

Evans Back From Trip to New Orleans

A. O. Evans division manager of Louisiana Power and Light and R. L. Phillips plant superintendent returned Tuesday from New Orleans where they spent the weekend. The trip combined pleasure and business with a company meeting held Monday at Algiers offices. The men enjoyed gulf coast fishing over the weekend.

A. O. Evans Louisiana Power and Light Company New Orleans R. L. Phillips Sterlington Algiers Gulf Coast

Terrified Man Breaks Jaw Trying to File Tooth

Otto Bitterbush, fearing a dentist, tried to scrape a jagged back tooth with a file. The effort caused a dislocated jaw and he sought medical help in Astoria Oregon.

Astoria Ore Otto Bitterbush

Correct Constipation Before Not After Kellogg Al Bran

An ad promotes Kellogg's Al Bran cereal as a preventive remedy for common constipation. It explains that adding bulk to the diet with the ready to eat cereal, plus water, can restore regularity and reduce reliance on emergency medicines. Produced by Kellogg Company in Battle Creek and sold by grocers.

Kellogg's Battle Creek

Kiwanis Clubs Host All-Nation Night at Hotel Virginia

About 70 Monroe West Monroe Bastrop and Rayville Kiwanis members joined a national All-Kiwanis night at Hotel Virginia. The event included friendship remarks from H. G. Hatfield and a re dedication to Kiwanis ideals with songs and solos from visiting members. The Palace of Engineering in Wembley England is noted as the largest concrete structure in the world.

Monroe H. G. Hatfield Boston Mass Hatfield United States Canada North American S. A. Moss Monroe Kiwanis Club Jane Humphries Elbertine Moore Kiwanis Palace of Engineering Wembley England

Gly-Cas Heralded By Arkansas Woman After Long Illness

Mrs. Mary E Parish of El Dorado Arkansas says Gly-Cas relieved twenty years of indigestion gas pains and heart discomfort after other medicines failed. She reports better digestion sleep and elimination and urges others to try the herbal tonic sold by Phoenix Drug Co. and local druggists.

Mary BE. Parish N. Jackson St el Dorado Arkansas Mrs. Parish Phoenix Drug Co DeSiard St

Library staff expanded at Ferriday during WPA aid

Ferriday Louisiana reports an expanded library staff with two WPA added workers. Speedald Mrs. Sidney R. Gray acts as librarian with Naomi E. Toquet mending books and Joyce McCoy serving as janitor.

Ferriday Speedald Sidney R. Gray Ferriday Library Works Progress Administration Naomi E. Toquet Joyce McCoy

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Duncan Adrienne Sisk J. G. Sisk Winnsboro Freeman A. Wilson J. H. Wilson Bakersfield Call 7. Ratcliffe Oak Grove Baptist Church Opal Green S. W. Green Gibsland G. 5. Stovall W. F. Stovall West Monroe Ruston Rev. Roberts A. G. Stout Dallas Mra Stout City Clords Chattanooga, Tenn New Law Ferd Levi Stationery Company Jchdé Chicago Illinois Central Panama Illinois Ilinois Central New York Louisville Pullman S. Suummeprsill Illinois Central Staton A.C. Linton Hibernia Bldg John Bishop Johnston, Jr A. L. Smith Herbert Rinehart Fred Grant, Jr New York City Joseph Kerr Irma and Esther Colburn Minden Army Post Chapter Miles Fileen Fantastic Thought George Wilson Tartley Chester Lee Todd Western Union Evans Orleans Oleo Ea Priton Lh L Trate Gly-Cas Mary E. Parish
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