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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1965
Page
14
Dear Abby advises sharing pregnancy plans when ready and not heeding critics. The column also responds to teachers after school discipline, a teen love question, and framing decor tips, reflecting era guidance and reader concerns about family, discipline, and relationships.
A spiritual guidance letter urges the wife to examine her life for factors driving drinking, live righteously, and pray continually. It promises that a genuinely converted husband can overcome any habit and encourages patient, persistent dialogue to lead him to Christ.
An advertisement touts Peacock's Imperial Creme as a six day test to reduce wrinkles and age spots on face and hands. It claims noticeable improvement by morning and over days with no risk, offering a full refund if not delighted. Available at department and drug stores for $2.00 plus tax.
Dianne Rainey and David Lee Pipes exchanged vows in a double ring ceremony at the Rainey home in West Monroe. Rev. A T Mitchell officiated on Friday June 11 at 5 20 p m. The couple planned a reception at the home and will reside at 2702 Hawes Street Monroe after a Texarkana wedding trip.
Mr and Mrs J D Collier celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a June 17 reception at their Sterlington Road home. Guests included local Collier relatives and out of town attendees from Rayville Lake Charles and Houston Texas with cake refreshments and a floral epergne centerpiece.
Garden work slows with June as gardeners seek time to enjoy their spaces. Experts from Union Fork and Hoe Company advise loosening soil top inch to aid water and air exchange, using hoes or cultivators, and applying mulches such as hay, straw, shredded bark, or stone mulch. Regular watering averages an inch per week.
Hollywood reports Walt Disney will cast Roddy McDowall as the tough British butler miscast as Bullwhip Griffin in the film. McDowall, once a child star, returns to top billing after notable roles from The Longest Day to Cleopatra and That Darned Cat.
The guidance suggests using coffee cans as inexact gauges to determine when sprinklers run long enough, turning off after an inch of water. It also recommends mowing by need rather than calendar, with ideal mower height around two inches in the North and three inches south of Louisville, avoiding long gaps between mowings to reduce shock to the grass.
A brief note suggests slicing franks thin to mix with hashed brown potatoes. The tip emphasizes using one or two frankfurters for added flavor without detailing quantity or method beyond the idea of integration with the potato hash.
H. D. Ruffin director of the Department of Occupational Standards is spotlighted in the Louisiana Architect published by the Louisiana Architects Association. The Bastrop native and former McKeithen aide in Monroe is noted for inspecting Lake Charles area construction work. Editor Myron Tassin praises Ruffin as “the doer” and hopes budget and staff limits won’t hinder his policing of the profession.
New officers were installed by the Swartz Lions Club in special ceremonies Tuesday night at the Frances Hotel. Featured speaker was Rep. Lawrence Gibbs, and installing officer was Harold Hill, secretary-treasurer of the West Monroe Lions Club and an international councilor. Officers named include Roy Edgar as president and Wilson R. Reid as first vice president.
The Gaar family reunion will be held Sunday at New Hope Methodist Church east of Dodson. Edwin Gaar, reunion president, announces Dr Malcolm Gaar, regional representative for education at the U S Department of Education, Health and Welfare in Atlanta, will speak at 11 a.m. Dinner and fellowship follow. All relatives and friends invited.
Les, second vice president. Guy Armstrong, third vice president. and Charles H. McCallum, secretary treasurer, identified as the officer slate in the organizational report.
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