West Monroe student to play Myrtle in Summer Festival show
Sharon Anderson, an education major in speech at LSU, will portray Myrtle in Paul Osborn's Morning's at 7 at University Theater during the Summer Festival of Art on June 28 and 29. A senior, she belongs to Delta Delta Delta Theta Alpha Phi and the Louisiana Players Guild, and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Glen Anderson of 408 Vernon West Monroe.
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Baton Rouge
Sharon Anderson
West Monroe
Myrtle
Paul Osborn
University
Miss Anderson
Delta Delta Delta
Theta Alpha Phi Sororities
Louisiana Players Guild
Glen Anderson
Vernon
Mike John Jr outlines Monroe City school expansion plan
Mike John Jr a member of the city school board spoke at Civitan Club detailing Monroe City School System plans to upgrade curriculum and facilities to meet postwar needs. He cited a $2.5 million funding need, a bond issue passed with broad support, and proposed new schools in several neighborhoods plus repairs and enlargements estimated at up to $400,000 for both white and colored facilities with construction hoped to begin by fall.
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Monroe City
Civitan Club
Mike John, Jr
Earl Mulhearn
J. M. Boyer
Baton Rouge
Georgia Tucker School
Georgia Tucker
Marie Place
Plum
Third
Cotton Mill
Sherrouse
John
Cole Addition
Sterlington
Loop Roads
Boyer
Wife Turns Detective In Divorce Suit
Mrs Ida F Bryte sues for divorce from her private detective husband alleging she became a sleuth to uncover his affairs. She tailed him to a restaurant where he allegedly met an attractive waitress and returned home with lipstick on face and clothing, prompting his departure. They wed June 18 1938 and separated two weeks earlier.
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Miami
Fla
Ida F. Bryte
Bryte
Get Rid of Dandruff With Bakers Hair Tonic and Latherist Shampoo
Bastrop La. reader W L Martin Route 4 Bastrop La testifies Baker's Hair Tonic cured his dandruff and praises its effectiveness. He recommends the tonic to friends and notes Baker's Lathernist Shampoo boosts clean scalp and lustrous hair. Buy at drug stores, barber shops, or beauty shops with a money back guarantee.
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Bastrop
W. L. Martin
Baker's
Baker’s
Assembly of God School Closes After Record VBS Enrollment
Closing exercises for the Vacation Bible School at The Assembly of God Church West Monroe featured songs readings memory verses and object lessons presented by the children. Director Mrs Earl Foster from Gospel Publishing House Springfield Mo led a large staff with 218 enrolled the largest yet. Pastor Rev E L Tanner praised parental cooperation and emphasized church school partnership to curb delinquency. A service with Rev L C Honderick from Springfield Mo national Sunday School representative was announced for Friday night with an open invitation to the public.
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Assembly of God
Tanner
Mrs Roan Still Critical After Highway 80 Crash
Mrs Elsa Roan of Monroe remains in serious condition from a head and chest trauma after a collision on U S Highway 80 early Thursday. The 1950 Mercury coupe driver and a 1946 truck collided when the truck attempted to pass on a hill, sending the car under the trailer. several others injured or treated at local facilities.
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Elsa Roan
Stone Avenue
Monroe
U. S. Highway 80
Murriell O'Neal Gardner
Ruston
Victor Davis, Jr
Linderman
Guthrie and Roush Granted Marriage License
Roy L. Guthrie aged 28 of Monroe and Helen V. Roush aged 18 of Monroe obtained a marriage license.
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Roy L. Guthrie
Monroe
Helen V. Roush
Chamber of Commerce Seeks Direct Air Service to Northeast
The Monroe West Monroe Chamber of Commerce filed with the Civil Aeronautics Board for direct one carrier service to Washington Philadelphia and New York using Delta Air Lines as the operator. The plan would add Fayetteville and Wilson North Carolina as intermediate points and integrate the Twin Cities with Delta’s northeast routes, a step born from a June Shreveport meeting of ten city chambers.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Monroe-West Monroe
Wilson
N. C
Twin Cities
Delta
Chamber of Commerce
Shreveport
Chamber
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Jackson
Meridian
Hattiesburg
Miss
Monroe
Alexandria
Tyler
Longview
Gladewater
Kilgore
New York
Strauss
Kansas City
Mississippi Valley
Chambers of Commerce
Expedited Handling Sought in New York Case
Present day applications in the New York case seek speedy processing with hopes the case concludes and a decision issued within two years.
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Ing
New York
British Navy hunts saboteurs after Tally-Ho sabotage claim
London June 23 The British Admiralty hunts saboteurs after sand found in the submarine Tally-Ho at Devonport dockyards. The 1900 ton patrol sub is refitting and may carry a new underwater breathing apparatus enabling long submersions. Unconfirmed sabotage reports persist aboard British ships since the war.
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London
British Admiralty
Tally-Ho
Devonport
Death notice for Harry Donald Graham in Rayville
Funeral services were held for 17 year old Harry Donald Graham at the Methodist Church in Rayville with Rev. E B Emmerich and Rev. Jack Midgett officiating. Survived by parents Claude and Mrs. Graham, a brother Joe, three sisters, and several grandparents. burial in Masonic Cemetery directed by Mulhearn Funeral Home. Pallbearers named Sorey Jones Cloninger Compton McKinney ONeal Sturgis Bryant.
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Rayville
Harry Donald Graham
Methodist Church
E. B. Emmerich
Jack Midgett
Bastrop
Claude Graham
Joe
Ralph Stephens
Betty Graham
David McGee
West
Masonic Cemetery
Mulhearn Feuneral Home
HopesSorey
Fred Jones
Loy Cloninger
Jasper Compton
W. G. McKinney
Carey O'Neal
Jesse Sturgis
Leo Bryant
Two men charged with trespassing at railroad yards
Monroe police arrested Elmer Covington 43 of Rayville and F M Hazel 32 of Delhi last night charging them with trespassing on Illinois Central Railroad yards property.
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Monroe
Illinois Central Railroad
Elmer Covington
Rayville
F. M. Hazel
Delhi
Pirates Clinch 1902 NL Pennant With Record Margin
The 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates won the National League pennant by a 27.5 game margin over the Brooklyn Dodgers, a record.
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Pittsburgh Pirates
Brooklyn Dodgers
Bandit killer hunted across Ontario after bank holdup
A major manhunt spread from Langton toward Hamilton and London as a gunman who killed two pursuing officers fled after a $23,000 bank robbery. Police and volunteers with planes and bloodhounds scoured bushland north of Lake Erie, while residents stayed home and schools closed. The fugitive, about 26, five feet eight, 165 pounds, wearing a sun helmet and green shirt, left the stolen money and a British sten gun behind.
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Langton
Ont
Ontario
Hamilton-London
Lake Erie
Imperial Bank
Guysboro
Art Lierman
William Goddyn
Building permits issued for home projects in town
A permit was issued to Burton to erect a residence at 910 South Fourth Street costing 4900 with J E Hart as contractor. Permission was granted to C A Kruchbaum to remodel a dwelling at 301 Orange Street costing 200 with day labor used.
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Burton
South Fourth Street
J. E. Hart
C. A. Krrchbaum
Orange Street
Tigers vs A's 1916 sluggers draw 18 bases on balls
In a 1916 game between Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia A's the Tigers drew 18 walks while the A's drew 12 as part of a high free‑pass contest.
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Detroit Tigers
Philadelphia A’s
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Bedding & Furniture CO
Louisville
Donald Graham
William Henry Harrison
Indiana Territory
Aspirin
St.Joseph Aspirin
Dixie
Bedding & Utc
MSN
Wasrington
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