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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1929
Page
5
In Monroe the heat pushes women toward golf at Riverside Country Club with a 3:30 tournament and 4:30 bridge event next Saturday. Social columns note garden parties and bridge games, with Mrs. Carl McHenry and Mrs. Thomas Sullivan spearheading arrangements and many locals attending a week of outdoor recreation.
Walohi group members enjoyed a camping party with councilor Mrs. Cobb. Two other groups totaling 25 girls spent time at Crew Lake with councilors Mrs. James B. Swanson and Mrs. L. Grigsby. Camp Ki-Ro-Li centers the annual outing for city Camp Fire girls.
Mrs Tempie Wilson of 301 Cypress Street West Monroe is hospital bound at St Francis sanitarium after a serious operation and is convalescing nicely. Mrs P L Fisher and children visit their parents Mr and Mrs L B Nash of Rochelle. Their summer guest is Mrs W R Stallings of Oregon.
Mr and Mrs B A McKenzie and Mrs Ada McKenzie return home after a pleasant visit with friends in Houston Texas.
A charming Colonial mantel is showcased with ivory white enamel, pale rose walls, and an old gold framed mirror. Gas logs provide modern warmth in Spring and Fall while green glaze vases with dipped trees, white net curtains, a rose edged rug, and Louis XIV green brocade chairs complete the tasteful room.
Visitors in the city join a suite of socials including bridge teas in honor of Mrs. Crump and Mrs. Newsom. The feature notes Shasta daisies in décor and lists attendees. It then surveys Fidac and its Woman’s Auxiliary with history of the organization, leadership changes, flood relief ties, and aims for peace and international goodwill.
The piece extols the old fashioned family picnic as an event built around a hearty kitchen spread and shared labor. It urges parents to involve children in packing gear, walking to the spot, and cooking their own food while planning post meal outdoor activities and nature trophies.
The column notes visits and society events including Mrs S J Smithwick in West Monroe and Miss Marion Dowling and Mr Joseph Guerriero wedding plans at Our Lady of Lourdes. Others report Miss Mary Smith returning from Shreveport with Mr John H McDonald and a Plaquemine trip for Pauline Ephriam and Ise Salzman’s marriage.
A regional drama unfolds as the narrator seeks help from Dicky to warn Harry Underwood about Marion’s warning on Charles Owen. Dicky offers to intervene, while tension rises among the domestic circle including Lillian, Princess Olina, and Prince Georges as plans to trap a would‑be killer proceed.
Joyce Harrison seeks employment and security through a business marriage with Dr Rex Travers. Rex, entangled with Geoffrey Ford and his mother, debates personal happiness and financial futures as Joy probes romance and independence. They travel to the south of France with Percival Arthur while Ford's shadow looms over their plans.
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