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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1930

Page

7

4 H Club Camp Near Rayville Opens Monday

The 4 H club encampment near Rayville will run Monday through Friday with E R Strahan serving as agri cultural agent. Mrs Jewell L McQuiller will supervise camp cooking and cafeteria operations. Gordon Cain will manage camp business with others directing the program. Seven parishes will attend including Ouachita Lincoln Union Morehouse Richland West Carroll East Carroll. About 380 from Ouachita are expected to attend. Students will travel to Rayville by truck from the Louisiana Baptist children's home.

Rayville E. R. Strahan Jewell L. McQuiller McQuiller Gordon Cain Richland Parish Cain Claud W. Davis Mary Johnson Louisiana State University Ouachita Lincoln Union Morehouse Richland West Carroll East Carroll Ouachita Parish Strahan MecQuiller Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home

Leighs Return From Honeymoon After travels and convention

Mr and Mrs Leigh returned last night from a honeymoon trip visiting Boston for a company convention. They spent time in New York Niagara Falls Washington Norfolk Charlotte and at Mrs Leighs Alabama home. Mrs Leigh formerly Miss Cynthia Fuller taught two years at Monroe City High School.

W. E. Leigh Boston Mass Mr. Leigh New York Niagara Falls Washington, D. C Norfolk

Condition of Victim of Heat Improves Today

E L Stephens 27 of Urania shows considerable improvement after heat prostration. Employed by Missouri Pacific rail road he collapsed near Urania and was treated locally before transfer to St Francis sanitarium. This marks the second heat prostration in the area this season with a man fainting on DeSiard Street Saturday night and released next morning.

E. L. Stephens Urania St. Francis Sanitarium Stephens Missouri Pacific Railroad DeSiard Street

Evangelist B. B. Crimm Draws 2000 at West Monroe Rally

About 2,000 people heard Evangelist B. B. Crimm at the open air tabernacle on Trenton street in West Monroe Friday night. The cowboy evangelist spoke on Prayer in the Home. Music featured a large chorus and Mercer Quartette. Saturday night the Evangelist will continue.

B. B. Crimm Open Air Tabernacle Trenton Street Mills and Selma Streets West Monroe Mercer Quartette

Gasser Reported in Northeast Louisiana Oil Field

A new gas discovery was reported Friday in Richland parish by Industrial Gas company Elledge No. 1. The well, located 1,320 feet and 660 feet east of the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of section 1-16N-6K, depth 2,450 feet, open flow 25,838,062 cubic feet daily with rock pressure 820. James A. Noe of Monroe holds permits for tests.

Louisiana Richland James A. Noe Monroe Conservation Department Monroe Minerals Office Department of Conservation Industrial Gas Company Elledge No. 1 Richland Parish

Strahan reports smaller boll weevil infestation in Ouachita parish

Agricultural agent E R Strahan finds fewer boll weevils this year in Ouachita cotton, mainly in older fields. He notes winter cold and recent dry heat likely reduced weevil numbers, expects new weevils around June 25, and urges weekly checks and calcium arsenate dusting at infestation 10 percent.

Ouachita Parish E. R. Strahan Strahan Louisiana

Six candidates enter West Monroe city judge race

The field for West Monroe city judge grows to six as W. L. P. Henry and W. M. Stokes join E. S. S. Eby, Charles Rogers, J. O. McCormick, and Henry Hamilton. Rumors say additional contenders may enter the race if the office is created by the legislature.

West Monroe W. L. P. Henry W. M. Stokes E. S.S. Eby Charles Rogers J. O. McCormick Henry Hamlton

continues talks on Prayer at 8 o clock start

The speaker resumes discussion on Prayer with the service set to begin promptly at eight this evening. The focus remains on spiritual reflections and communal worship as attendees gather.

Religious notices from Perth Amboy churches

A sequence of church announcements outlines services at First M E Church Jackson at Wood Street and Grammont at Catalpa, Gordon Avenue Methodist, Dixie Street, and First Baptist West Monroe. It lists pastors, service times, Sundays schools, leagues, missionary societies, and planned revival discussions with Rev. Louis Entzminger for August.

M. E. Church Jackson Wood Street W. Winans Drake, Pas Gordon Avenue Methodist Church Dixie Street Gordon Avenue H. W. Jordan R. H. Goza Louis Entzminger Central Baptist Church of Hot Springs Ark First Church West Monroe Entzminger South

250 Saved as X Ray Explosion Sweeps Grady Hospital

Atlanta fire officials credited swift hospital, fireman, and citizen cooperation with preventing heavy loss of life after an X ray room explosion and fire at Grady Hospital in the negro section. Within 15 minutes all patients had been evacuated, and an hour later the blaze was under control. Mothers with newborns were moved to cots on the lawn as staff and volunteers aided in evacuation.

United Press Atlanta Atlanta Fire Department Grady Hospital Steve Johnson Cleveland Clinic Lillian Mary Madge Noel Neel

Madge Plans Noel’s Party With Royal Flirtations

Madge and friends arrange Noel’s city visit for a party while Dicky plays the royal lover. The group weighs Noel’s health, crew dancers, and cadets as they discuss who attends and how to stage the gathering.

Madge Dicky Mary

Twin City Churches Schedule Services and Meetings

Local churches in the Twin City area announce a series of services and meetings this week. congregations include First Baptist, St Marys, and Grace United with sermons, Bible study, choir rehearsals, youth activities, and community outreach on weekdays and Sunday.

Local churches invite worshipers to seek truth and light

A tidbit from area church notices highlights Calvary Baptist Church Trinity Lutheran Assembly of God and Nazarene inviting families to services. It quotes scripture about light and truth, noting Sunday worships, Bible classes, and revival events in progress or planned.

Stone Avenue Church Announces Services and Activities

J. C. Hearne, pastor, invites all to Sunday school and Christian Endeavor. Mid week prayer meeting and Ladies Aid meet at usual hours. Preaching at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. A welcome place at Stone Avenue church corner Stone avenue and South Third street.

Christian Science Services First Church of Christ, Scientist Auburn Avenue North Second Street Ouachita Bank Churches of Christ, Scientist Calvary Baptist Church J. B. Polk At & P Stone Avenue South Third Street J. C. Hearne Christian Endeavor Ladies’ Aid Stone Avenue Church

Meaning of Church Membership At West Monroe Methodist

West Monroe Methodist Church lists Sunday services with morning worship on The Meaning of Church Membership and evening worship on The Christian Pilgrimage. Sunday school at 9 30 a m led by Myatt McClendon with Epworth League led by Amos Hood. Weekday events include the Women’s Missionary Society and prayer meetings.

Epworth League Woman’s Missionary Society Assembly OF God West Monroe E. L. Tanner Tabernacle Morris Kullman Tulsa Okla J. E. Lindsey J. EB. Davis

Black Dot Ball Helps King Bobby in Hoylake Tourneys

Associated Press reports from Hoylake England that King Bobby benefits from a ball marked with a black dot in tournaments. The note attributes luck to the distinctive mark.

Associated Press Hoylake England King Bobby

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Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Evangelist Crimm W. M Felix the Cat Pat Sullivan Felix Kitty I- 1 Vre Fraid O Cat Fraid Perth Amboy N. J Wickliff Tor First Presbyterian Church Grammont Catalpa Peter Ernest Duncan Holloway The Woman's Missionary Society Mary Baker Eddy First Baptist Church H. L. Driskell UG Cobb Loyd Merceny GA. Hospital By Adele Gerrisen Philip Veritzen Phil Veritzen Peter Pan Parmeil Purnell Underwood Harry Dicky-bird Wong John Trinity Lutheran H. H. Schaefer South First Lake Charles Lutheran Ministers Conference Christ Woodman of the Word Hall DeSiard Twin Cities First Church OF the Nazarene Thomas Avenue Richmond Street H. F. Camp Paul G. B. Cooley American Legion Studebaker Nash O. K Breard Motor Co., Inc Walnut Street Emerson Munholland-Danwitz
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