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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1946

Page

2

Unique Cake Gift Highlights Miss Touchstone Wedding

Friends examine a wedding cake gift shaped as a bride doll sent by Mrs Tresclair of Plaquemine La to Miss Jessie Lee Touchstone at a Frances Hotel luncheon in New Orleans. The cake, sugar bouffant skirt and lace bouquet wow guests including Miss Sue Wilbert and Miss Mary Moss Madison.

Jessie Lee Touchstone H. K. Touchstone Tresdlair Miss Touchstone Frances Hotel Sue Wilbert Plaquemine Miss Wilbert Tresclair Wilbert Touchstone M. S. Dixon Cornelia McHenry Sue Dickard Pauline Breard Sara Vette Royster Betty Sue Jones Betty Ann Taylor John Bishop Johnston Mimi Meek Bennie Hughes Martha Thompson Mary Moss Madison Clarice Slagle Jo Ann Biedenharn Mary Clara, Guice Sacred Heart College Grand Coteau Guice Bunkie Alice Ann Bobbie Jean Davidson Watson's Camp Lake Bruen Jacqueline Crigler St. Joseph Starkville Miss Crigler

New Orleans Wedding Of Dr Margaret Stuntz and Fred Coon Jr

A New Orleans wedding joined Dr Margaret Estelle Stuntz daughter of Dr Clyde Stuntz of New York and Lahore, and Fred Albert Coon Jr., son of Monroe residents. The ceremony at Rayne Memorial Methodist Church featured family in attendance and a reception at Mrs Pierre Stouse’s Mississippi River home.

New Orleans Fred Albert Coon JR Margaret Estelle Stuntz Clyde Bronson Stuntz New York Lahore India F. A. Coon Monroe Rayne Memorial Methodist Church H. L. Johns Hugh Stuntz Nashville, Tenn Homer Clyde Stuntz Austin Tex Betty Stuntz Northampton Mass Augustus Andrews Dallas J. W. DeArman Webb Coon Alexandria Benjamin Hare Baton Rouge Mendelssohn Pierre J. Stouse Mississippi River Nashville Tenn Florence Watters Woodstock School Smith College School of Medicine Tulane University Phi Beta Kappa Alpha Epsilon Iota Coon United States Army Northeast Junior College Louisiana State University Law School Louisiana Bar Association Fourth Judicial Bar Association Out of Town Fred A. Coon Sara Hair George Hair Leila Guyton A. R. Holloway C. W. Hair Helen and Mary Hair Crowville Ben F. Hair W. A. Coon Jr W. C. Scott Memphis

Society Calendar notes and upcoming church group meetings

A long list of club and church gatherings for Tuesday through Friday includes the Beta Delta meeting at Miss Bet tye Sue Scott's home 2917 DeSiard on Tuesday at 6 30 PM and luncheon meetings of the Women's Council First Christian Church W M A circles at various addresses plus social events for Jessie Lee Touchstone and Kilpatrick Kellogg wedding party. Also noted are Amvets Auxiliary election of officers and a Garden tea for Mrs Coon with multiple hostesses.

Beta Delta Bettye Sue Scott DeSiard Women's Council of the First Christian Church First Baptist Church Circle One H. K. Litton South Grand Street B. S. Raney Haws Street R. N. Dozier South Third Street L. T. Hastings South Grand C. B. Akin Stubbs Avenue H. Mickel North Fourth Street Ira Waldroup J. W. Neill Mary Moss Madison Morehouse Country Club Jessie Lee Touchstone Wilson Ewing Kilpatrick-Kellogg Amvets Auxiliary Woodmen of the World Hall Jackson Street Wesley Shafto Bernard Biedenharn Effie Allen Business Eva Beckett Rainbow Masonic Temple Cherry Bernstein Henry Bernstein Bernstein Riverside Drive

Eisenhower Says He Was Kept in Dark on Russia Plan

General Eisenhower’s final report to the combined chiefs of staff portrays delayed disclosure of Soviet grand strategy until four months before V-E Day. He credits Allied unity and air superiority, notes three decisive battles, and details clashes with Stalin over command arrangements and the Rhine crossing at Remagen.

Edward E. Bomar Washington Dwight D. Eisenhower Europe Russia Stalin Red Army Eisenhower Combined Chiefs of Staff Normandy War Department Army United States Great Britain Hitler Field Marshal von Rundstedt Pas-de-Calais England Calaise The Rhine Germany Tedder Ardennes Salient Brittain Montgomery Omar N. Bradley Bulge

Social visiting groups and farm labor trends noted

The text lists visitors including Mrs. Whitaker's relatives from Carlton Mississippi and West Virginia, Natchez guests Miss Marion Curry and Sandra Brink with Mr. and Mrs. Magruder Adams hosting James Adams of Baton Rouge. It cites Department of Agriculture figures estimating nearly 5 million egg laying hens and 0.7 to 1.5 million seasonal farm workers traveling between states.

A. E. Brink Sandra Marion Curry Natchez, Miss

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