Wedding Bells for Miss Elliott and Sidney Simpson
Miss Kathryn Leah Elliott and Sidney Curtis Simpson wed at First Methodist Church Monroe in a quiet ceremony. The couple, daughter and son of local families, plan a July 12 Panama Canal Zone homeward trip after a brief honeymoon. The event included Dr. H M Johnson officiating and orchids for the bride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Monroe
Kathryn Leah Elliott
O. G. Elliott
Sidney Curtis Simpson
H. M. Johnson
Monroe District
Mrs. Simpson
New Orleans
Panama
Logtown Community Club
B. E. Lutz
Ouachita Stamp Club
Hotel Frances
Nathan Gaston
Adrienne Gaston
DeWitt Milam Wall
Winterss Mouk
Lotus Club
Marnie Winters
Harold Mouk, Jr
Methodist Church
Virginia
Georgia
Oklahoma
Indiana
Tennessee
Harold Monk Jr
Abdication of King Expected as Leopold Weighs Return
In Brussels on June 26 Lt Gen Walter Ganshof Van Der Meersch said he is not forming a new government and expects Leopold to announce a final decision within 48 hours. Leopold at his villa in St Wolfgang keeps consulting leaders, summoning Carton de Wiart and Meyer along with Motz and de Brouckere and Zinck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Walter Ganshof van der Meersch
Leopold
van der Meersch
Austria
Belgium
Achille van Acker
van Acker
Prostest
St. Wolfgang
Henri Carton de Wiart
Romain Meyersoon
Chamber
Senate
Rene Motz
Liberal Party
Socialist Senate
Louis de Brouckere
Amile Zinck
College of Engineering Student and Visiting Family News
David Leroy Nicol Jr son of Mr and Mrs D L Nicol attends the College of Engineering Carnegie Institute of Technology this summer. He is a Qua chita parish high school graduate and a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Theta Tau. Mrs J C Line visits her daughter Mrs Asher Whitley and Mr Whitley in Baton Rouge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Harper
Mary Bernard
Richard Donald Shoemaker
K. D. Shoemaker
York
Miss Harper
Quachita Parsh High School
Northeast Junior College
Western Union Telegraph Company
David Leroy Nicol Jr
D. L. Nicol
College of Engineering
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Quachita Parish
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Theta Tau
J. C. Line
Asher Whitley
Mr. Whitley
Baton Rouge
Choctaw Lodge Elects Officers At Camp Ki-Ro-Li
The Choctaw Lodge of the Order of the Arrow elected Flynn Oliver as lodge chief at its annual meeting near Camp Ki-Ro-Li. New officers include Hal Bynum as lodge scribe Ernest King treasurer Charles Conk and J W Webster as fire chiefs with L L Price named camp chief of the fire. The group plans permanent improvements and expanded nature study teaching aids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choctaw Lodge of the Order of the Arrow
Camp Ki-Ro-Li
Mystic
Flynn Oliver
Monroe
L. L. Price
Ouachita
Charles B. Conk
J. W. Webster
John J. Browne
Charles B. Cook
Bodies Held Await Final Plans From Hall Funeral Home
Up to Tuesday noon no final instructions had been received for shipping the bodies of two bombing crash victims. Lt. Louis M. Fertig of New York City and WAVE Virginia Boden of Sacramento were aboard a torpedo bomber en route from Jackson to Shreveport when a storm caused the loss of control. The wreckage was found in Cheniercre Swamp, twelve miles northwest of Monroe. An investigation was expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall Funeral Home
Here
Louis M. Fertig
New York City
Virginia Boden
Sacramento
Calif
Wave Boden
Washington, D. C
Fertig
Ferry Command
Pilot Claire P. Chennautt Earns D F C for Aerial Prowess
First Lt. Claire P. Chennautt, son of Maj Gen and Mrs. Claire L. Chennault, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by an Eighth Air Force fighter group for extraordinary achievement piloting a P-51 Mustang. From September 1, 1944, to April 3, 1945, he flew numerous missions, destroying two enemy aircraft and displaying exceptional leadership. He has just returned to the United States after completing his European combat tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Air Force
England
Claire P. Chennault
Claire L. Chennault
Waterproof
Louisiana
Chennault
31St Fighter Group
United States
Permit Granted for 504 Olive Street Warehouse Addition
The L. L. Lieber estate received permission to erect a one story frame and galvanized iron warehouse at 504 Olive Street. Day labor will be used and total costs will not exceed $900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Lieber Estate
Olive Street
New World Powers Form Surprising Unity at UN Conference
Flora Lewis reports from San Francisco on the United Nations conference revealing a tight Arab league bloc, France aligning with Britain Russia China and the United States, and shifting Pan American and Soviet loyalties. Debates show fluid lines in world politics as blocs form around issues and interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Lewis
Ha Boyles
San Francisco
Arab League
Cairo
France
Britain
Russia
China
United States
Stettimius
Govesung
Egypt
Syria
Lebanon
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
England
League of Nations
Australia
New Zealand
United Kingdom
Canada
South Africa
India
Western Hemisphere
Latin America
Argentina
World Peace Agency
Ukraine
Moscow
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Red Army
Prominent Madison Parish planter dies at 76
George S. Yerger, 76, a leading Madison parish planter and business man of Mound, died Monday in a Vicksburg Mississippi hospital. He served as past president of the Louisiana Fifth District Levee Board and was active in civic and political life. A Mason and Trinity Episcopal Church member, he held interests in several enterprises.
Moexsana Medicated Powder Promises Relief for Baby
A dramatic product pitch touts Moexsana as soothing relief for hot weather crying caused by diaper rash and heat rashes. The copy claims the powder calms a fretful infant after diaper changes and may help prevent rash with regular use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chase
Bicycle stolen from Latonia drug store premises
Police report says Joe Carso of 697 Louisville Avenue reported his blue and white Latonia bicycle, size 28, with a rear luggage carrier, stolen from the side of his drug store between 1 p.m. and 2 40 p.m. Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Carso
Louisville Avenue
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eve C. Bradford
Miss Elliott
Sidney C. Simpson
Guy Elliott
Simpson
Canal Zone
Nora Sharp Simpson
Neville High School
Helen Erskine
Pfe
Morris Erskine
Dahlias
Helen Marie
Donnie Gaar
Lillian Kelley
Mary Kelley
Roland McKeller
Lavone Finch
Betty Finch
Mary Lou Sisson
Barbera Roberts
Kay Frances
Julian Terrell
Maureen
Jeannette Erskine
Alice Marie Edwards
Edwards
J. L. Terrell
W. H. Gaar
J. G. McKeller
Jay Green
J. M. Thorne
Green
City
John Howington
Ivy Fitchpatrick
J.M. Thorne
Sherman Biggs
A. C. Antley
Rube Thorne
Lloyd Goldman
Oleta
Juanita Thorne
Selman Field Officers’ Club
Mesdames R. H. Simpson
G. T. Pracher
D. W. Speed
Boyd Stewart
F. J. Stokinger
E. W. Switzer
David Schiffer
R. W. Sullivan
M. B. Tornatore
W. E. Silvey
R. H. Simpson
Robert Mucha
Maurice Edlund
Charlotte Watt
Sue Brizins
Rupert Sharitz
Larry Hornick
Louis Stern
Ben Stern
San Diego
United States Navy
Mr. Stern
Fred Strauss
Margot Strauss
Jacob Strauss
Long Beach
Jack Mashew
Ada Mashew
Newberry College
Newberry
South Carolina
Walter Schubert
Washington, D C
Major Schubert
Travis Oliver Jr
Travis Oliver
Riverside
Oliver
United States Navy Bureau of Aeronautica
Washington
Bill Eason
Benton, la
Corinne Ferguson
Eason
Merchant Marines
John Logan
Kathleen Wilkerson
Pascagoula
John Collier
Richard Scott
Sunny Elaine
St. Francis Sanitarum
Monk
Shady Gar
Dens
H. D. Montgomery
R. Morrison
Nan Drew
Colonel
Mrs. Winters
Dayton
Ohio
Earl D. Brumfield
U. S. Navy
Joe Brumfield
Gulfport
Miss
S. K. Heninger Jr
North Carolina
Mrs
S. K. Heninger
HILEX
Tate
Seersuckers
Silverstein
F. C. Holden
Grayling Lane
WACS
Delta Shipbuilding Company
Clarice A. Timmermann
William Timmermann
Stanley Timmermann
Edward
Ganther
C. P. Chennault
Madison Parish
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Agenta
Feck Shop
Jaffe
Central Bank
Mirror Service
Tance
Faulk-Collier Bonded Warehouses, Inc
2Nd St
Monroe, la
Allied van Lines, Inc
Rin
Kroma Wines
F. Strauss & Son, Inc
Walnut St
Ckrkrr
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!