Ki Ro Li Camp Opens July 25 For Camp Fire Girls
Ki Ro Li Camp for Camp Fire girls runs July 25 to July 31 with Mrs. Charles M. Mitchell and staff in charge. Registration from July 10 to 31 at Camp Fire HQ or with Mrs. J. G. Cobb. Sixty girls max. activities include swimming, campcraft, nature study, crafts, choir, and Red Cross life saving tests. Cost with 1937 dues is 5.50 dollars. camp closes after grand council fire Friday evening.
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Ki-Ro-Li
Charles M. Mitchell
Mitchell
F. B. Neely
J. G. Cobb
AE. Dopson
Red Cross
Camp Fire
St. John Street
Cypress Street
West Monroe
Negro posts bond in larceny charge
Ruel Osborne, 29, of 1101 DeSiard Street, released on a $150 bond after being held on a charge of possessing stolen property. James Griffin, 16, confessed to stealing 10 shirts from Hunt and Whitaker's on De Siard Street and attempting to sell them to Osborne. Henry Ford, also 16, is said to have received some shirts.
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Ruel Osborne
DeSiard Street
Quachita Parish
Osborne
Monroe
James Griffin
Hunt and Whitaker
Griffin
Henry Ford
Births in Winnsboro announce two new arrivals
Winnsboro Louisiana on June 17 a son was born to Mr and Mrs Hershel Fowler and on June 22 a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs S Talbott both notices appear in the local births column for the period.
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Winnsboro, la
Hershel Fowler
S. Talbott
Vague Clues Persist in Mary Thoreson Death Case
In Hattiesburg Mississippi a coroner’s jury hears testimony four days into the investigation of Mary Thoreson 26 found shot on a street. Track of her movements from Monday evening to Tuesday dawn has yielded few solid clues. Taxicab drivers Robert Sears and John Montague remain under questioning with no charges filed. A torn shirt found miles away is not tied to the case. Surviving are husband Jack and son Charles. Funeral held at Midway Cemetery in Lamar County.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Mary Thoreson
Robert Sears
John Montague
Thoreson
J. F. Groves
Jack Thoreson
Charles Thoreson
Midway Cemetery
Lamar County
Second Hand Car Stolen After Test Drive
A shabbily dressed couple visited Willis Motor Company on North Second Street Thursday afternoon and drove away in a 1932 second-hand car after offering $125 cash and $100 in 30 days. A. E. Willis filed the complaint with police Friday. The company posted a $10 reward for the car’s return.
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Willis Motor Company
North Second Street
A. E. Willis
Willis
Governor Rivers in Good Condition After Indigestion Attack
Hollywood report states Georgia Governor E D Rivers is in good condition at Cedars of Lebanon hospital after entering for indigestion treats. He passed a comfortable night after his arrival and recovery progress is noted by medical staff.
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Governor Rivers
Hollywood
Calif
E. D. Rivers
Georgia
Cedars of Lebanon
Britain rushes gas mask plan across the Isles
The government speeds to equip every Briton with a gas mask, with 9,000,000 produced so far of 45,000,000 goal. Blackburn factory runs at 500 workers on track for 500,000 masks weekly as depots, tests, and demonstrations roll out nationwide.
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London
British Isles
Irish Free State
Geoffrey Lloyd
Home Office
House of Commons
Britain
Blackburn
Lancashire
Gloucestershire
Regents Park District
Two Building Permits Issued by Inspector Awl
City Building Inspector Sam H. Awl issued two permits Friday. George Fink receives a permit to build a one story frame residence with five rooms and a bath on Spencer Street for 5686 dollars. contractor is John Catalina with L. E. Conn to add two rooms to a one story frame house on Lee Avenue for 300 dollars.
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Sam H. Awl
George Fink
Bath
Spencer Street
John Catalina
L. E. Conn
Lee Avenue
Fraternity Group Returns From Memphis Convention
The Monroe group of Phi Kappa attendees returned home after the Memphis convention held at the Hotel Peabody. The event drew about 125 members, with sponsors Miss Virginia Housted and Libby Haynes, and officers elected include M. D. Satten Field, John Patton, Durwood Griffin, Billy Mitts. The next convention will be in Jackson, Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Phi Kappa Fraternity
Memphis
Tenn
Virginia Housted
Libby Haynes
Durwood Griffin
Billy Haynes
Henry Colbert
Jim Standley
Buster Baur
Hotel Peabody
Jackson
M. D. Sattenfield
Executive Council
John Patton
Deaths Mrs Carrie Payne Dodson
Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie Payne Dodson aged 52 were held at the residence with Rev. James Hostoy of Shreveport and Rev. I A Patton of Monroe officiating. Interment was at New Hope cemetery. She is survived by children Mrs L L Stewart Dodson Mrs Clarence Blackman Wisner Mrs Orville Richardson Rhinehart Roy Payne Shreveport Edwin Payne Ruston.
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Carrie Payne Dodson
Carrie Payne
James Hostoy
Shreveport
I. A. Patton
Monroe
New Hope Cemetery
L. L. Stewart
Dodson
Clarence Blackman
Wisner
Orville Richardson
Rhinehart
Roy Payne
Edwin Payne
Ruston
Judge Acquits Man in Involuntary Homicide Case
Judge Fred W. Oser frees Paul E. Burns of Biloxi 41 after acquittal on involuntary homicide tied to the May 30 1936 automobile crash that killed Bernard Toole aged 10 in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Fred W. Oser
Paul E. Burns
Biloxi
Bernard Toole
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Wallace Ford
Queen Mary
Order of the Garter
Alexander Ramsay
Young Viscount Lascelles
St. George's Chapel
Windsor Castle
Order
Queen Elizabeth
F. Strauss & Son Monroe
Arcady Apartment Hotel
Wilshire District
Los Angeles
Angele
Burns
Ruth Shops
Mr. Jaffe
Batistes
Dimity
Is Ladies
UNION
Lee
Victor Ho-Daagi
Eeoges
N. Second ST
Timi
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