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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1940

Page

2

Three Weddings On Week's Calendar

Three weddings and related social events fill this week with prenuptial activities for Miss Virginia Faulk, Miss Sara Hammons, and Miss Carolyn Stubbs. Luncheon at the Virginia hotel opens a sequence of engagements, with boating, barbecues, cocktails, and a Layton Place supper preceding the Saturday ceremony at the Stubbs home on Riverside Drive.

Virginia Faulk Sara Hammons Carolyn Stubbs Miss Faulk Clarence Virginia Hotel Louise Graves Dorothy Calvert Meaday James Sparks Clara Virginia Terzia Lela Germany Sare Talbert Pegasus Fred Fudickar, Jr Robert Clyde Lynch New Orleans Miss Stubbs Walter Kellogg Richard Miller George Miller Kellogg Layton Place Robert Layton Dr. Lynch Stubbs Riverside Drive Robert Lynch

Miss Burge Weds Dr. Roy J. Johnson

Miss Eulye Vaughan Burge and Dr. Roy J. Johnson wed at Allen Memorial church in Oxford Mississippi with Rev. Brownlow Hastings officiating. A pre wedding concert featured Miss Wallie Ennie organist and relatives as musicians. The couple will reside in Atlanta where Johnson will work with Georgia Baptist Hospital.

South Eulye Vaughan Burge Grover Cleveland Burge Monroe Roy J. Johnson Allen Memorial Church Oxford Brownlow Hastings Wallie Ennie Alea Shankle Max Noah John McCoy Atlanta Thurston Clary Thomson Dorothymae Burge Johnson Georgia Baptist Hospital

Wedding events and society notices lead to Miss Stubbs and Dr Lynch

Read details of upcoming nuptials for Carolyn Stubbs and Dr Robert Lynch at the First Baptist Church West Monroe and related society meetings. Circles for Women’s Missionary Union and Methodist Societies list corresponding hosts and addresses, plus receptions and entertainment events for the week.

Sara Hammons Gaye Corley First Baptist Church West Monroe Methodist Women’s Society of Christian Service Rheese McCook Hawes Street Harvey Callender North Fifth Street N. E. Roberts Alexandria Avenue William Wood Carolina Avenue Woman's Missionary Union of the First Baptist Church E. T. Heard, Jr McKinley Avenue W. B. McWhorter Auburn Avenue Leon Sutton Bros Avenue R. L. Mason North 7Th Street C. B. Fluitt Columbia Avenue A. G. Bagwell Sherrouse Avenue S. W. Tucker 6Th Street J. Norman Coon Jackson Street G. C. Williams South Second Floyd Mathews South Grand J. K. Carkuff Guard James Sparks Clara Virginia Terzia Carolyn Stubbs Fred Fudickar, Jr Robert C. Lynch

Deaths A C Whipple and Lina Caldwell in Louisiana

A C Whipple of Mer Rouge dies at 69 with widow two daughters and one son surviving. Funeral at Mer Rouge at 3 pm. Lina Caldwell dies at her Good Hope home near West Monroe aged 2, funeral held at home with Rev Roy Joyner officiating and interment in Hasley cemetery. Surviving include Ed and Harvey Caldwell and five grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. arrangements by Dixie Funeral e.

A. C. Whipple Mer Rouge J. B. Shaw Oak Ridge Gertrude Raines Bastrop Robert Whipple Lina Caldwell Good Hope West Monroe Roy Joyner Good Hope Baptist Church Hasley Harvey Caldwell A. A. Wallace John Harris Roy Landreaux D. C. Golson Guy Holmsworth J. A. Thompson Hardy Wallace Dixie Funeral

Phebus moved to Campbell clinic for bone specialist care

George Phebus of Monroe who was seriously injured in a crash six miles south of Oakdale has been removed from an Alexandria hospital to the Campbell clinic in Memphis Tennessee to be treated by a bone specialist.

Phebus George Phebus Monroe Oakdale Alexandria Campbell Clinic Memphis Tenn

Dual Job Holding Measure Approved in Senate

The Louisiana Senate approved by 30 to 7 a bill prohibiting dual job holding with an amendment exempting teachers and officials. As amended the measure allows Senator A. A. Fredericks to remain in the legislature while serving as president of State Normal College.

Baton Rouge Senate A. A. Fredericks State Normal College

Bob Wilmington Builds Sue a Dream Home in the Country

Sue Davenport frets over marriage to Allen while Bob Wilmington pursues a life together in a new country house he buys near the river. He tours the mansion with Sue, showing a winter garden and thoughtful touches, hoping for a deeper commitment as their bond grows strained by doubt and time.

Lyello Bob Sue Patsy Sue Davenport Wilmington Gemely Roperty New York England Middle West Sahara Allen Country Club Ted Wilmington Avi Ation Ste River Kansas City Flowers Erself Portain Darling

Merchandising Ads Topic Emphasized by Speaker

Wayne W. Moores of Charlotte urged national advertising of merchandise in newspaper classifieds at the American Newspaper Classified Advertising Managers association meeting in Biloxi. He cited real estate building autos pets home furnishings and necessities as profitable categories in national classified space.

Biloxi Miss Wayne W. Moores Charlotte N. C American Classified Advertising Managers Association Moores

Tour of 10 planes canceled due to defense plans

A planned air tour of 10 planes arriving from Tampa to Orleans was canceled because national defense plans require the air route. The cancellation was announced today.

Orleans Tampa

Greyhound Racing Tentatively Okay in Louisiana

Baton Rouge Louisiana June 24 Greyhound racing gained tentative approval from the house ways and means committee subject to local option and state board rules The plan seeks 10 million dollars in new revenue with an estimated 300 000 annually from a 25 license and 3 percent tax The committee will weigh amendments tomorrow and consider the measure further Local option and governance are noted in the discussion led by James Courtain New Orleans leader of the James A Noe forces.

Baton Rouge House Ways and Means Committee James Courtain New Orleans James A. Noe

Pattern 8718 Two Fashions for Easy Summer Frocks

Pattern 8718 offers a bright new frock and a floor length house coat with contrasting bands and a sash bow. Includes sizes 12 through 20, yardage details, and a desire to send 15c for pattern and book to Monroe News-Star-World Today's Pattern Service in New York.

Monroe News- Star—World 7Th Ave New York N. Y

Congress approves record federal budget for 1940 41

Congress left a total for operating the federal government and rearmament of 14.54 billion dollars for the coming year. The defense portion totals 5.08 billion with 795 million in contract authorizations and 125 million in lending authority. Public debt obligations and automatic appropriations raise the permanent costs to about 3.98 billion, while Roosevelt’s request was 14.14 billion, about 397 million less than enacted.

Congress Roosevelt House Senate

Modern Woodmen Hold Outing in Monroe Park

The Modern Woodmen of America in Monroe held its third outing of the year at Bernstein Park from 5 to 7 30 p m Sunday. A barbecue was served with drinks under the direction of C G Simmons consul of the group.

Modern Woodmen of America Monroe Bernstein Park C. G. Simmons

Final LSU Summer Session Enrollment Reaches 3193

Final registration figures from Louisiana State University show 3,193 students enrolled in summer courses. The count reflects the university's summer session enrollment figures for Baton Rouge.

Baton Rouge Louisiana State University

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