Shell Game at a June Roses party in Monroe
Miss Floye Rhodes entertained Mrs. C. D. Robinson formerly Miss Sara Regan with a cordial afternoon in the living room, pink rose centerpiece, and a dining room table of confections and frosted punch. Guests included Anne Fulson and others as well as Mrs. W. E. Regan. Sympathy extended to Louis P. Landry on his father L. J. Landry's death in New Orleans. Mr. Landry and wife attended services there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
News-Star
Floye Rhodes
C. D. Robinson
Sara Regan
Mrs Robinson
Anne Fulson
Dinky Beasley
Marillyn Marshall
Nell Hilburn
Mildred Keller
Alice Brauer
Jean Tabb
Jeannette Clarkson
Virginia Newman
W. E. Regan
Walter Rhodes
Louis P. Landry
L. J. Landry
New Orleans
Walter F. Schubert
Stephen
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Schubert
L. P. Landry
Major Schubert
Tennessee
Prentice Clarke
Carol
Wichita Falls
Tex
Prenuptial Affairs For Miss Morrison
Miss Sarah Cole Morrison plans to wed Lieutenant H. W. McSherry on July 12. A luncheon and card party at Mrs. C. W. Wallace's Island Drive home honored the bride with friends including Mrs. Foster Wallace, Mrs. D. Y. Smith, Mrs. R. L. Davis, Mrs. Amos Smelser, and Mrs. John Bishop. Guests shared a candlelit luncheon and presented trousseau handkerchiefs as gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. McSherry
Sarah Cole Morrison
C. W
Miss Morrison
Trousseau
D. Y. Smith
R. L. Davis
Amos Smelser
John Bishop
Cummings
Morrison
Travis Oliver, Jr
James Standley, Jr
John Bishop Johnson, Jr
James Sparks
Foster Wallace
William Wallace
Samones
Dorothy Graves
Dorothy Singley
Glenmar
Bishop Johnston
Sterlington Plantation
Sarah Cele Morrison
Charles Reid
Bridge
Gay Noe
Kathleen Mize
Marie Thompson
Lotus Club
William Adams
Porter Burgess
Theo Terzia
W. A. Walker
5S. E. Huey
Forty Oaks
Social notes recount luncheon and scholarship awards
A luncheon hosted by Mrs Gordon Cummings highlighted Miss Morrison and other local figures. Several Monroe girls received citations and scholarships to state colleges and universities. Obituary and travel items mention Mrs Carrol Gillum's June passing and Mrs Paul Wright visiting New Orleans, with relatives noted in Grecian Bend and Lake Charles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Morrison
Gordon Cummings
Libby Langford
Opelousas
Betty St. Clair
Shreveport
American Legion Auxiliary
Hilda Irene Reynaud
Marksville
Louisiana State Normal
Natchitoches
Zephyr Snoddy
Bunkie
Southeastern Louisiana College
Hammond
Doris Landry
Crowley
Southwestern Louisiana Institute
Lafayette
Joyce Routier
Houma
Truth Joyce Vincent
Sulphur
Louisiana State University
Carrol B. Gillum
Little Rock
Gillum
P. C. Swinney
Tri Delta Sorority
Red Cross Calendar of Surgical Dressing Hours
All Red Cross surgical dressings units will close a half day from May 11 through the summer. Schedules show varied hours at West Monroe locations including Red Cross headquarters, West Monroe community center, Northeast Junior College, Ridge Avenue Baptist church, and American Legion homes. Daily blocks specify times for men’s wives, service members, and general public dropoffs across multiple days and sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
West Monroe
American Legion Home
Northeast Junior College
Ridge Avenue Baptist Church
Sterlington-Fairbanks
Sterlington American Legion Home
Sterlington
American Legion
Social notes from Lake Providence and surrounding area
The column lists military postings and travels of residents and relatives across Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi. It records Lieutenant Jack Greene’s station at McDill Field Florida, family visits among Weldon, Brown, Fisher, O’Neal and Howell families, grandchildren visiting grandparents in Lake Providence, and multiple social events. It notes dances hosted by Ranny Cox and King Trieschmann, a family coast guard reunion for Hub Howard in Boston, and Baptist missionary society activities with leadership changes.
Club notes and social visit form Lake Providence page
Chairman presides after Mrs. Lottie V. Davis departure with secretary Mrs. Jim Lightfoot conducting roll call and missions collections. New member Mrs. G. S. Bowers welcomed. visitor Mrs. T. F. Terral greeted. sandwiches and drinks served to a group including Mrs. G. H. Bedgood and others. Mrs. G. W. Durham visits Lake Providence with son-in-law Orville Pinkston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae L. Greene
Shreveport
Lake Providence
Wade T. Roberts
Bert
Lottie V. Davis
Jim Lightfoot
Missions
Hundred Thousand Club
G. S. Bowers
T. F. Terral
G. H. Bedgood
W. M. Cobb
Carl Hall
J. W. Hutchison
J. Lightfoot
A. L. Russell
W. T. Turner
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Eve C. Bradford
Mamma
Baby
Maude Mayfield Ruston
Mie
Herrington
Preston Dr
Tech School of
Engir
California
Silverstein
DeSiard
North Louisiana
iLverstein
Cora
Joy Harper
William Harper
Pelican Girl's State
Baton Rouge
Beverly Simmons
Paul Wright
Texarkana
Mildred Brannan
Walter Moss
Lake Charles
Grayson Guthrie
Grecian Bend Plantation
Thomas Munholland
Moss
Clara Guthrie
SMC
Witverstein
Pythian Sisters
Knights of Pythias
St. John Street
D. X. Ellett
John Munholland
Dixie Chapter
E. S
Masonic
Catholic Daughters of America
Knights of Columbus Hall
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Stone Avenue Methodist Church
Circle No
Annie Truett
Monroe McKeithen
John Theus
King Stubbs
Brown Kraft
Lillian Waldrop
Harold Breard
Pensacola
Fla
James Marshall
Leonard Shlenker
Tacoma
Wash
Captain Shlenker
Hilton Street
Allen Buie, Jr
Pegey McCrary
Joplin, Mo
C. L. Hart
James Huey Hart
Kitty
Opal Pickett
Lucian Harris
Fort Knox
Louisville
Kenny Clay Hotel
Jack Greene
United States Army Air Corps
McDillfield, Fla
W. W. Weldon
Mary Ida O'Neal
Vicksburgh
Daniel Ricks
Fleeta Howell
Vicksburg
Kermit Howell
Eudora, Ark
Mrs. H. Howell
A. S. Hill, Jr
Ark
Eleanor Ayers
A. S. Hill
Joan Richards
J. C. Bass
Wilson Williams
Angola
W. T. Mitchiner
C. J. Wyly
Dottie Swartz
Tallulah
Elizabeth Langhofers
Patsy Evans
C. R. Evans
Marion Rae Braswell
H. M. Braswell
Transylvania
Pelican
Power
Martin
Barrett
Wendell
Wadne
George D. Clanton
Orlando
Ranny Cox
King Trieschmann
Municipal Auditorium
Ellen Brown
Alice Booker
Vivian Goode
Herman Schwartz
Marie Hamley
Guy Maggio
Phallie Evans
Joseph Titone
Rose Marie Maggio
Albert Lee
Elna Mitchell
Chester Trim
Adrienne Williams
Robert Voelker
JoRene Myers
Hortsire Guenard
Gwendolyn Walsworth
John Sansone
Nick Alamiston
Betty Jean Milstead
David Voelker
Jennie Rosenzweig
Ralph Frost
LaVerne Davis
Edward Voelker
Ruth Hagel
Bobby Nelson
Donna David
Graham Schneider
Gary Frost
Billie
Jack Brown
George Trieschmann
R. K. Howard
Hub Howard
United States Coast Guard
Boston
Mass
Ben Mulheim
Kay
Toledo
Raymond John
Howard John
Montroe
Hilda Gray
John Rolfe Howard
Elsie Abernathy
Elizabeth M. Amacker
Memphis
Professor David Amacker
Southwestern
Rupert Perry
Washington, D. C
Eunyce Howard
Co. E. Tooke
Ruston
Lawson Dew
Mer Rouge
R. E. Womack
Dew
Marion Wilson
Bilbo
Marilyn
Jimmie
Tolan Marie
Sarah Cobb
The
Baptist Missionary Society
E B. Bagbay
Cochairman
J. W. Gilbert
J. W. Gil
Preston Trim, Mra
M. P. Erwin, Jr
Charles Muirhead
Milling Bernstein
Toe
Sane
Orrid Tca
ARRI
Wine Advisory Board
San Francisco
Fletcher
Castoria
U. S. Food and Drug Administration
Fletcher's Castoria
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