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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1961
Page
12
Abby answers readers on a 24 year old who gambles full time, warns against betting on a gambler, and advises against pursuing a married man. She also clarifies ethics of affairs, responds to a fan question, and confirms daily column authorship with a light, practical tone.
Mrs. Gertie Mashaw 70 of Farmerville will be laid to rest at Enterprise Baptist Church Cemetery after services at 2 30 p m Monday led by Revs Jeff Fontenot and T W Wagoner. Interment follows at the church cemetery under Kilpatrick Funeral Home. Survivors include husband W E Mashaw a son Bobby and numerous siblings and grandchildren.
Funeral services for Ben T Newman 78 of Farmerville were to be held at Peters Funeral chapel Monroe at 10 a.m. Monday with Rev Wagoner officiating. Newman died Saturday in a local hospital after a nine year illness and will be buried at Brinkley cemetery Brinkley Ark. He was a retired contractor and native of Knoxville Tennessee. Survivors include six daughters Mrs Joe Walker Little Rock and Mrs H L McAdams Mineral Springs among others.
Dr Joe Edison Broyles 42 co owner of Broyles Clinic and Hospital Leesville died after a brief illness from a heart attack in the hospital he helped operate. He was brother of Harvey Broyles of Shreveport. Funeral set for 2 pm Monday at Pope Memorial Episcopal church with burial in Leesville cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs. Richard G. Bowdon 90 grandmother of Alexandria Mayor W. Bowdon were scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday at Oak Ridge Methodist Church. She died Sunday after a long illness in a Bastrop hospital and will be buried in Oak Ridge cemetery. Interment under Kilpatrick Funeral Home. Survived by four sons J Henry Bowdon New Orleans R P Bowdon Atlanta T M Bowdon Memphis Roy G Bowdon Birmingham and five daughters C C McClain Ruston J M Kavanaugh Ruston Ruth Weber Natchitoches C E Barthel Jr Alexandria Va and W H Files Oak Ridge.
Funeral services for Mrs Willie Lee Cook Stodghill 67 die at home after long illness set for 2 p m Tuesday at Rayville Methodist Interment in Rayville Masonic cemetery She a native of Richland parish Methodist member and past president of Tommy Cook Post American Legion Auxiliary Also survived by one son three daughters four sisters and four brothers in Rayville and nearby towns
Montreal AP John Alexander Douglas McCurdy 74 a aviation pioneer and former Nova Scotia lieutenant governor died in a hospital. He flew the Silver Dart on February 23 1909 at Baddeck NS Canada s first powered flight six years after Kitty Hawk. He led the Aerial Experimental Association with Bell Curtiss Selfridge and Baldwin pioneering flying boats and wireless communications.
Suburban centers estimate 60 percent of business comes after 6 pm as retailers target women buyers. Newspapers run ads across all sections, using female appeal to pull in customers and boost sales.
A two car collision about four p.m. Sunday on U.S. Highway 167, one and a half miles south of Jonesboro, hospitalized eight people. Annettee Rachal eight, suffered multiple injuries and was listed as very serious. Rachal family, including father driver, were treated. Omhar Alford eighteen also injured.
Readable lines show a Rexall drugstore in West Monroe advertising its address FA 3 7781 and standard pharmacy offerings. The fragment suggests a local retail notice within a newspaper listing.
Health and beauty aids sold in food stores now account for 54 percent of total industry sales of toiletries. Manufacturers invested 292 million dollars in national newspaper advertising last year to promote their products.
NATCHEZ Miss AP Baton Rouge is on today’s itinerary of about 500 Girl Scouts cruising the Mississippi River aboard the steamer Avalon. They hope to finish their five day trip from Memphis to New Orleans on Tuesday.
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