West Monroe First Baptist Vacation Bible School Success
The West Monroe First Baptist Vacation Bible School drew nearly 400 enrollees for a 10 day period. A commencement program is planned Friday at 7 30 p m in the church auditorium with parents and the public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Monroe
Frances Griffin
Helen LeFevre
Cary Phillips
Scotty Edwards
W. C. Edwards
Women’s Missionary Society
Grace Guillory
E. C. Taylor
Sidney Karr
L. N. Boyce
W. S. Heard
E. T. Reagan
E. N. Camp
Conrad Maus
Dayton Harley
C. E. Autrey
O. F. Watts
Maxine Pettit
Louise Wink
Dewey
Christ
Mangham Youth Drowns at Emancipation Picnic Lake Lafourche
James Lee Sprague 18, Mangham, drowned when he jumped from a boat into 15 feet of water at Lake Lafourche during an Emancipation Day picnic near Monroe. Two companions and witnesses saw him disappear, and fisherman F. M. Hennigan recovered the body 15 minutes later with a drag hook before the Monroe American Legion rescue unit arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Lafourche
Monroe
James Lee Sprague
Mangham
F. M. Hennigan
American Legion
Curry elected Secretary of State Gideons Group
W. C. Curry of the Monroe club of Gideons International was chosen Secretary of the state Gideons at the recent Alexandria convention. New officers include J. I. Barron as president H. F E Cooper as vice president Charles G. Burton as treasurer and J. B. Farr as chaplain. Monroe delegates attending were H. K. Litton T. P. Hawkins C. O. Ringwald H. J. Eyre L. M. Lee W. B. Marin and C. B. Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Curry
Monroe Club
Gideons International
Gideons
Alexandria
J. I. Barron
H. F E. Cooper
New Orleans
Charles G. Burton
Shreveport
J. B. Farr
Monroe Gideons
Curry
H. K. Litton
T. P. Hawkins
C. O. Ringwald
Settlement Arranged in Flenniken v Traders Insurance Case
In Shreveport on June 20 special report the personal injury suit of J. M. Flenniken against Traders and General Insurance Co over damages of 13 000 was settled out of court. Judge Ben C Dawkins ordered the case off the docket. Flenniken alleges injuries from a motor car crash. The settlement amount was not disclosed. With no hearings scheduled Judge Dawkins heard motions in 12 cases against Silas Mason Co for overtime and Sunday holiday pay to former employees.
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Shreveport
J. M. Flenniken
Traders and General Insurance Company
Ben C. Dawkins
Flenniken
Dawkins
Diverse kid skin dyeing touted at local shop event
A note from the clubroom describes a pile of sweeping compound on the floor of the shoe shop and club owned by J. C. Steele Sr. and run by Carol Dorensbourg colored. The text asserts that no leather can be dyed in as many diverse colors as kid skin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Steele Sr
Carol Dorensbourg
Colored
Grandma
Doan
Firemen Quell Downtown Blaze at Square Deal Shoe Shop
Firemen from stations 1 2 and 6 answered a 2 30 AM alarm and contained a fast spreading fire in a rear negro clubroom behind the Square Deal Shoe Shop at 605 DeSiard. Card tables chairs and furniture were destroyed while flames were confined to a single room. The blaze is believed started by a dropped cigarette.
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Square Deal
DeSiard
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Baptist Bible Studies
Gideon
U. S. Court
Charmer
FLOOR
Fed
Chicago
Toronto
Canada
SEARS
Shoe Dept
Shell
Haiti
Jamarettes
Kerry Brookes
Kerrybrooke
Oxford
DeSiard St
Fortable
Kerrybrookes
Américas
Bob Shelton
Sunshine Boys
Donald Duffey
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