Rodney J Hobbs VFW Drum Corps Prepares for Shreveport Contest
The Rodney J Hobbs VFW drum and bugle corps trains for the eighth annual department encampment in Shreveport July 1 to 4. Aiming for top post representation, an extra bus is planned for the auxiliary, with events including a banquet July 1, an aerial circus July 2 at Barksdale field, drills July 3 at the ball park, and a July 4 parade at 1 30 p.m. Twelve bands and several drum corps will join the finale.
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Rodney J. Hobbs
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Shreveport
C. A. Hunt
Washington-Youree
Barksdale Field
Ball Park
Rheumatic Aches Pains and Misery Featured Cure
An old advertisement touts Prescription C-2223 as an anti rheumatic pain remedy easing aches and discomforts from rheumatism. It claims widespread relief from rheumatic and muscular pains and offers a money back guarantee at druggists for 6 cents or $1 for Prescription C-2223.
Chambers of Commerce Boards Meet Friday in Monroe
The junior and senior boards of the Chamber of Commerce will hold their June meetings Friday in the organization's rooms. The junior board gathers at 10 20 a m and the senior at 32 0 p m. The main business is routine except for a possible community chest. The civic affairs committee will report on ballots taken by local clubs to gauge support for the chest. If approved, the committee may organize a chest to fund civic projects in Monroe and West Monroe. Also noted is that the nursery rhyme Three Blind Mice is over 39 years old.
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Chamber of Commerce
George D. Holland
Monroe
West Monroe
Safety Education class taught at Louisiana Tech in Ruston
Ruston La June 22 Special Safety First is the motto of the newly organized Safety Education class at Louisiana Tech. D P Noah supervises the course for driver education and public safety awareness. Students may earn a teaching certificate by meeting course requirements including lesson plans, studies, practice teaching, tests, and instructing new drivers. Equipment includes a dual controlled automobile and various testing devices provided for the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruston
Louisiana Tech
D. P. Noah
Tech High School
Louisiana
Noah
Tech
Ruston Motors
Man who attempted suicide moved to parish jail
Earl Taylor of Monroe admitted cutting his arm in Ouachita parish prison camp in a bid to end his life. After removal from St Francis sanitarium he remained despondent but doctors called his condition satisfactory and he was expected to recover.
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Earl Taylor
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
St. Francis Sanitarium
Taylor
W. M. Harper
Monroe City Court
Parish
W. F. Mathis
Irving J. Wolff
Harner
Vacation Bible School Ends Sessions Friday
The First Methodist Vacation Bible School closes its two week sessions Friday with primary junior and intermediate groups. Mrs. S. M. Collins leads the primary and junior divisions while Rev. H. L. Johns teaches the intermediates. Evening sessions continue for intermediates this week, mornings for younger groups. Encampments including Epworth training camp June 27 to July 1 Ki Ro Li and Christian Adventure camp July 4-8, plus a first time adult camp July 11-14 are planned by Monroe district Methodists.
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First Methodist Vacation Bible School
S. M. Collins
H. L. Johns
Monroe
Ki-Ro-Li
Epworth
West Monroe Robbery Sparks Man and Woman Suspect Search
Mrs. Hazel Bates reports her purse stolen at 2 am by a man and woman who had been guests at a West Monroe roadhouse. They offered a lift home after work, then fled toward Knowles station area after Mrs. Bates grabbed her keys and escaped. Police and sheriff officials are seeking the suspects with a description on file.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quachita Parish
Hazel Bates
Cypress Street
West Monroe
Bates
Bernice Post Office Reopened After Remodel
Bernice Louisiana June 22 a special report notes the town post office has been remodeled repainted and fitted with new boxes and furniture. The Bernice Boy Scouts have built a meeting hall on the northeast corner of the city park with materials and furnishings donated by local business houses.
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Bernice
Bernice Post Office
Bernice Boy Scouts
Cane purchase starts in Washington state
Washington June 22 Pur chase of Louisiana cane syrup has been started by the surplus commodities corporation and will con tinue until June 30 The corporation indicated it might buy surpluses at other states but the Unit hat cen purchased Sogallon.
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Washington
Louisiana
Surplus Commodities Corporation
Hat Cen
Sogallon
Slugging in Memphis Told by Confession
A claimed confession by Sidney Queen 20 alleging he slugged attorney Ben Kohn in Memphis on May 20 is disputed by Sgt. A O Clark who says he never saw Queen. Queen, arrested in Osceola Ark, was returned to Memphis to face assault charges as politics swirl around Prentice Cooper in the August primary.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mark N. Lowry
Gordon
Swarm
Koln
Queen
State Highway Patrol
Osceola
Clark
John
Sergeant Clark
E. H. Crump
Shelby County
Prentice Cooper
Shelbyville
Browning
Valentino's Horse Making Comeback in Suez film
Hollywood reports Rudolph Valentino memories revived as Jadwan the white Arabian returns for close-ups in Suez. The 22 year old Jadwan will perform riding and fighting scenes with a doubles team for action sequences.
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Hollywood
Rudolph Valentino
Jadwan
Suez
City Court Hears Vagrancy Sentences For Fifteen
Lee Henry, Lester B. Dodd, Marie Reynolds, Lenora Etta Henry and Evelyn Allen were each sentenced to 60 days in jail by Judge W. M. Harper. Horace Fuller and Bill Mason received 5 days each for vagrancy. Herbert Scott was given a suspended $50 fine for drawing and displaying a dangerous weapon. Nineteen violators were fined $89.50 in total and one offender was jailed ten days.
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Lee Henry
Lester B. Dodd
Marie Reynolds
Lenora Etta Henry
Evelyn Allen
W. M. Harper
Horace Fuller
Bill Mason
Herbert Scott
Mississippi homeowner saving two thirds on realty taxes
Jackson, Miss. June 22 The exemption plan proposed by Gov White would remove homesteads from municipal and county taxes, saving the average homeowner about 65 percent of local realty taxes. The plan, to be considered July 6, would shift the loss to towns and counties covered by state surplus and a tax hike on cigarettes.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
White
Wold
Wilson Ads Dominate June and July Newspaper Space
Wilson’s current newspaper advertising volumes for June and July are the largest in company history, Ed Hamburger reports. Ads appear in papers with 10,000,000 circulation per insertion, promoting slogans For Frosty Summer Drinks and Regardless of Price No Better Whiskey in Any Bottle. Campaign highlights include Wilson highball and Wilson Calling, with window displays supplementing the newspaper push. White Lowell Co. handles the ads.
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Wilson
Ed Hamburger
White Lowell Company
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LIONS
Monroe Lions Club
Hotel Frances
Cherokee Terrace
Louie Mathis
S. A. Collins
F. L. Jones
Lions Clubs
Winnsboro
Monroe Club
Pennsylvania
Clinton
Seventh Avenue AT
31St Street
New York
Robert J Glenn, Manacer
Relber
Hartmann
Peacock’s
Deadock
DeSiard
Monroe, la
Vacation Bible School
Sidney Queen
Ben Kohn
Valentino
Bridat
Tromony
Peacock
Kyidik Yi A
Luna
Nants
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