Rainy June Forces Changes in Social Plans and Weddings
The June social calendar shifts as rain mars al fresco events and church weddings. Mr. and Mrs. Kilpatrick held a garden reception atop the Virginia Hotel after their daughter Martha's marriage to Brenton Kellogg at Grace Church. Multiple brides confront rain with raincoats and umbrellas as wedding plans adapt across Mississippi and Louisiana, including engagements and showers in Ferriday and surrounding communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. K. Kilpatrick
Park Avenue
Martha Clayton Kilpatrick
Brenton Holden Kellogg
Grace Church
Virginia Hotel
June
Trousseau
E. C. Mallory
Virginia Lee
Robert E. Lee Lancaster
Sevier Memorial Methodist Church
Ferriday
Miss Mallory
J. P. House
House
Lancaster
Ferriday High School
Naval Air Corps
Garden teas and weddings highlight society calendar
Friday events include a garden tea for Mrs. Fred A Black and a rehearsal party for the Touchstone Lamb wedding. Saturday features the Jessie Lee Touchstone and Walter Elma Lamb wedding in the Touchstone garden. Multiple church meetings and social gatherings fill the weekend with Mrs. Elmer Slagle and Miss Clarice Slagle hosting events in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred A. Coon
J. W. De-Arman
Sara Hair
F. A. Coon Jr
K Street
Elmer Slagle
Clarice Slagle
Touchstone- Lamb
Jessie Lee Touchstone
Walter Elma Lamb
Touchstone
College Avenue
Woman's Society of Christian Service
The
First Methodist Church
Woman's Society of Christian Service of
Stone Avenue Methodist Church
H. F. Boyd
Albert A. Perkins
Willam Harper
Veyman Harper
Miss Touchstone
Miss Harper
John Biedenham
Betty Jo Warden
Cornelia McHenry
Betty Jo Taylor
Sue Wilbert
Pauline Breard
Mary Dixon
Sue Dickard
Mary Moss Madison
AMVET Groups Plan Horse Show and Auxiliary Organization
Walter S Savage Jr Post and its auxiliary of AMVET met at Woodville of the World Hall to discuss the second annual horse show and permanent auxiliary organization. Lawrence Williams announced ticket sales across Monroe area, with plans for gate handling and program advertising proceeds going to the post building fund. The auxiliary elected officers led by Mrs George Kidwell and named delegates to a July New Orleans meeting. the horse show is set for Neville High School stadium July 6 and 7 with proceeds supporting the post’s building fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter S. Savage Jr
Jackson Street
Post
Lawrence Williams
Monroe
George Fink
Tony Lewis
George Kidwell
F. K. Ham
E. A. Porter
Helen Wassom
Mary Lewis Harkness
M. R. Johnston
Jean Johnston
D. K. Gafford
Otto E. Passman
John Dennis
New Orleans
Harkness
Passman
Porter
Johnston
Gafford
Wassom
Neville High School Stadium
The
Half and Quarter Coins Used for Change in Early England
In early England, coins were often cut into halves or quarters to make making change. This practice reflects how currency and values were adapted to everyday transactions in historical commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Bee Brand Insect Spray Fortified with 1 Percent DDT
Advertising copy touts Bee Brand Insect Spray as safe for children and pets and effective against flies and mosquitoes. It promotes quick action, economy, and multiple container sizes with complete directions for safe use.
Chilean President Juan Antonio Rios Dies at 58
Juan Antonio Rios, president of Chile since 1942, died in Santiago after a prolonged illness at age 58. He had been on leave since January due to ill health and led a Popular Front victory beginning February 1, 1942, succeeding Pedro Aguirre Cerda. Rios had previously served as prime minister, minister of justice, and head of the agricultural bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Chile
Juan Antonio Rios
Rios
Popular Front
Pedro Aguirre Cerda
Rios’ Radical Party
The
Chilean Agricultural Bank
Also Mentioned on This Page
Baskin Wright
John
Bill
Montgomery
Ala
Arthur Dryburgh
Martha G. Thompson
Chi Omega
Essex and Sussex Hotel
Spring Lake
M J
Grace Nelson
Billy Roberts
Margaret Goode
Donna Mae Mitchell
Mitchell
Pat Evans
Elizabeth Langhoper
John J. Nelson
Charlotte Nelson
Wade Burton
Patsy Land
Olive Ann Guenard
Sue Bell
Martha Surles
Billie Wagley
Madeline Hamley
Florence Bonner
Rosa Sansone
Miss Nelson
F.N. Steele
Charles North
North
R. W. Brosat
Eva Thames
W. A. Guy
Lois McIntosh
Russell Simpson
Sam Dunlap
Sara Guy
Pricilla Butler
Ann North Hahn
F. G. Thatcher
Beverly Ann Thatcher
Gulf Coast
Houma
Joy Ward
Oakland
Calif
Benjamin Brodnax
Carrie Brodnax
Swartz
Mrs. Johnston
Singer Sewing Machine Coo
North Second St
Three Mile Inn
Junior College
Hoss Ross
L. M. LeJeune
F. C. Bennett
Bennett
E. N. Faulk
Laura Morris Flournoy
Mr. Donald Simmons
Miss Flournoy
Mr. Simmons
Frances Hotel
Emma Louise Biedenharn
Riverside
Marconi
D. E. Simmons
Nelson Hull
E. K. Flournoy
Gene Flournoy
Mary Evalyn Johnson
Mary Grace Lawn
Mike Smith
Biedenharn
John W. McClendon
San Diego
Henry B. McClendon
West Monroe
U. S. Navy
C. B. Braun
Laura Flournoy
Nell Carter
Ann Lee Russell
Flournoy
Wheeler Mitchell, Jr
Joe Wheeler Mitchell
Vaughan-Wright-Bendel Clinic
J. W. Fleming
J. W. Mitchell
Hazel Fleming
Gene Flourney
New York City
Walter Schubert
Rickie
Hempstead
Long Island
Louis Landry
Stephen Schubert
Landry
DeWitt Milam
American Red Cross
Taunton Veary
Red Cross
New York
Miss Lallage Feazel
James Aulds
C. P. Aulds
Monty Frazier
Baton Rouge
AMVET
Lydia E. Pirkwam
Amos E. Badertscher
McCormick & Company, Inc
Baltimore 2
Milan
Kelly
Aken
She
California
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!