Booster Club Meeting Showcased Dance and Army Film
Missouri Pacific Booster Club held a Friday night meeting in Booster Hall to a packed audience. A 30 minute program by the Roan Sisters School of the Dance featured Danceable Darlings with Cammille Primmer Dixie Brown and Gerry Lester. Margaret Bailey and Rod Stewart performed a solo. The U S Army railway battalion presented The Battle of Russia, a widely applauded film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Pacific Booster Clue
Roan
School of the Dance
Little Cammille
Primmer
Dixie Brown
Gerry Lester
Margaret Bailey
Rod Stewart
Russia
U. S
Former Monroe Physicians Marry in Baton Rouge Church
Dr. Oswald Cosby wed Evelyn Ford Fendlason in the First Presbyterian Church Baton Rouge with family present. Reception at the bride's home on Convention Street followed. Separately, Mary Alice Cote named Personality of the Week at Dale Mabry Field and the 1944 Louisiana Non-Professional Theater Conference postponed due to travel and accommodation difficulties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oswald Cosby
O. W. Cosby
Dr. Cosby
Monroe
Baton Rouge
Evelyn Ford Fendlason
First Presbyterian Church
J. A. Christian
England
Convention Street
Donald Ford
Cosby
Mary Alice Cote
Army Air Wac
Wee
Observer
Dale Mabry Field
Elmer Cote
Ouachita Parish
Northeast Junior College
Mary Alice
Army
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Albany
Armed Services
Phillip
Camp Pickett
Harry Paul
Tulane University
New Orleans
Miss Murray Weds Sergeant E G Preis
Miss Patricia Murray daughter of Mrs Addilee Murray of DeQuincy La and Sgt Edwin G Preis of Newellton La son of Mr and Mrs F Preis of Waterproof La wed at First Methodist Church DeQuincy The ceremony featured summer flowers and white tapers with Rev R E Pine officiating Best man was Louis Press and groomsmen Sgt Wilson Phillips Camp Polk and Malcolm Crowland Shreveport A prenuptial concert preceded the ceremony Sergeant Preis stationed at Camp Lee and Miss Murray attended LSU as a Delta Delta sorority member.Out‑of‑town guests included relatives from Waterproof Waterproof and Shreveport plus Baton Rouge and Vicksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Murray
Addilee Murray
DeQuincy
Edwin G. Preis
Newellton
F. Preis
Waterproof
First Methodist Church
R. E. Pine
D. W. Fender
Ruby Brown
Jean Welch
Mary Ruth Hamsberry
Louis Press
Wilson Phillips
Camp Polk
Malcolm Crowland
Shreveport
S. A. Baldwin
Sergeant Preis
Camp Lee
Peggy Spencer
Baton Rouge
Center calendar and events list for late June
A detailed daily program outlines activities from June 27 to July 1, including Handcraft, Powder Box Players, Quiet Games, Junior Softball, Drama Club, Poster Making, Active Games, Children’s Theater, Story Hour, and a TAM Night. Also notes a private party and a Do as you like activities session with Closer Open by appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poomues
Cherrie
Red Cross Surgical Dressing Calendar Notices
The Red Cross outlines weekly surgical dressing sessions at multiple locations. Times include Monday at headquarters 6:30 to 9 p.m and Wednesday at headquarters 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday sessions occur at the Army unit and American Legion home 9:30 to 12 a.m and 1:30 to 4 p.m. Sterlington Fairbanks unit schedules vary with 1 to 5 p.m. windows on Wednesday and Thursday.
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Red Cross
American Legion Home
Sterlington Fairbanks
American Legion
Sterlington
Upcoming church meetings and community notices
Tuesday events list multiple circles of the First Baptist Church Women at various addresses. Also notes Capt. Donald McGee visiting his mother in West Monroe and the departure of Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Stovall to El Paso for future residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maj
Alfred Reid
Camp Polk
el Paso
Tex
Monroe
Mrs. Reid
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Woman's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
H. H. Smith
Mouton
B. A. Myers
Gordon
F. C. Reynolds
South 3Rd
H. E. Martin
Columbia
W. F. Bennett
College Drive
E. K. Hunt
South Grand
Capt
Donald McGee
J. D. McGee
West Monroe
Herschel Stovall
Sino-Russian border terms eyed amid wartime hopes
Wallace in Chungking touts a Sino Japanese boundary principle akin to US-Canada. Chiang Kai-Shek backs it, but readers are reminded that Outer Mongolia's autonomy and Vladivostok’s location complicate any border settlement. Kishin-era visions linger while practical power and civil tensions loom in China and Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
United States-Canada
Chungking
Russia
America
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Stalin
Chiang
Outer Mongolia
Canadian
Vladivostok
Asia
Talented Cast in G I Show at Selman Field
The Selman Field production Gis A Poppin headlines the Fifth War Loan Drive rally in West Monroe next Monday night. Pfc Martyn Muth and Pvt Mary Miles perform vocal numbers with a cast that includes Pvt Gene Kurtz Corporal Buck Wooten and Sgt Bill Thornton among others. The show is produced by Sgt Lorenzo Smith and features a fast moving musical revue with new music and fresh arrangements.
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West Monroe
Wacs
Pfc
Martyn Muth
Mary Miles
Muth
West
Middle West
Selman Field
Crowley
Miles
Selman Player
John Less
Sinatra
Sgt
Bill Thornton
Pvt
Gene Kurtz
Little Brown Suit
Private Kurtz
Cpl
Buck Wooten
Monroe
Corporal Wooten
Post Chapel
Thornton
Lorenzo Smith
Special Service Office
Peters Funeral Held Sunday for Mrs. Carrie Peters
The funeral for Mrs. Carrie L. Peters 70 widow of Fred Peters longtime Ouachita Parish Police Jury member was at her Columbia Road home Sunday. Rev E F Hayward officiated with interment at Riverview Burial Park. Pallbearers included Sheriff Milton Coverdale and local figures. Survivors include sons J E B Peters Louis L Peters daughters Mrs Tidwell and Mrs Newton Perdue all of Monroe and a Pineville brother L Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie L. Peters
Fred Peters
Ouachita Parish
Columbia Road
Sop. Mn
E. F. Hayward
Grace Episcopal Church
Riverview Burial Park
Milton Coverdale
E. E. Lutz
Ernest Whitfield
Ivy Smith
Jim Tolson
W. J
Ward brother reported killed in action
Clyde Ward of Jackson Mississippi learns his brother Sergeant Jainme F P Ward was killed in action on June 10. Ward, longtime staffer at Seven-Up Bottling Co in West Monroe, was widely known and highly regarded by many locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Ward
West Monroe
Jackson
Miss
Sgt
Jainme F P. Ward
Sergeant Ward
Norwegian pilot livens England with boogie woogie
Lieutenant Thor a 21 and a half year old Royal Norwegian Air Force pilot charms diners in a British hotel grill room with American jazz and boogie woogie. He trained in Canada after moving to the United States at 16 and has flown since 1940. He has 3 confirmed kills and says Norwegians are eager to fight for freedom while planning a postwar civilian life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
England
Royal Norwegian Air Force
St. Louis
Thorn
Norway
America
Long Island
Canada
Thor
Germany
Japan
United States
Rationing Update on Stamp Validity Through 1945
Rationing news lists stamps by category with changes. Meats fats book four red stamps A8 to W8 now valid. blue stamps A8 to V8 plus W8 Z8 and A5 valid July 1 indefinitely. Sugar book four stamps 30 31 32 five pounds. 40 five pounds through Feb 28 1945. Shoes airplane stamps 1 2 indefinitely. Gasoline in regions 10 A three gallons to Aug 8. elsewhere 12 A three gallons to Sep 21. B 3 4 C 3 4 five gallons everywhere. Fuel oil period four five through Sep 30. New period one may be used when received.
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Associated Press
Postmaster Nominations Approved for Louisiana
Washington June 26 The Senate approved nominations for postmasterships in Louisiana including Hazel D Womack of Chatham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Louisiana
Hazel D. Womack
Chatham
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs
Rene Ortlieb
Mrs. Ortlieb
Lydia E. Pinkham
Paramount
Miss Murray
E. G. Preis
John B. Strahan
E. R. Strahan
United States Army
Command and General Staff School
Ft. Leavenworth
Kans
Ft. Benning
June Lewis
O. R. Lewis
Washington, D. C
Thomas Leigh
Leigh
Mary Stuart
Rhoda Kellogg
Miss Lewis
Kellogg
New York City
Mark Davis
Louisville
J. H. Watkins
Patsy Brown
W. M. Brown
Hot Springs
Hartford School of Music
W. E. Wilson
W. E. Jr
H. C. McCall
Kyle Wilson
North Carolina
Lieutenant Wilson
Earl N. Wilson
West Side
Wilson
Tiny Harris
Aida
Kr. M, Gates
J. M. Roberts Jr
DeWitt Mackenzie
G. I. Show
J. F. Ward
Norwich
St. Joseph
Windywood
Elizabeth Manhein
600 Bros Avenue
Oxfords
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