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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1939
Page
2
Society notes describe informal outdoor gatherings at Edgewater Gardens and the McKain home with Miss Ann Platt and fiance Francis Payne among the guests. The Monroe Recreation Center under Miss Lucyle Godwin provides playgrounds, rhythm bands, workshops, and July 4 aquatic events with a beauty contest and lantern parade planned.
News-Star-World candid cameraman wraps up his campaign by Saturday. He will roam DeSiard Street daily taking requests for pictures and will work as usual until the final day. Locate him on the streets before Saturday passes.
Friday includes a Missouri Pacific Women’s club meeting at 2 30 p m and a poetry study group session led by Mrs James M Russell Regular monthly events follow. Monday hosts the Inter Fraternity Council dance at Hotel Frances Cherokee terrace from 10 p m to 2 a m. Several guests visit local households including Miss Louise Rhymes ill at Marie Place and El Paso visitors Mrs F B Luther and Mr O M Grisham, with relatives hosting Miss Marie Powers of Paducah Ky.
Georgetown Massachusetts June 28 4 Leo the lion failed to work in harness so Gus Trainer withdrew his request to tether the king of beasts to deter pheasant thieves. Knights of Pythias lodge 8 to hold supper and discuss business at Castle Hall at 7 PM urging member attendance.
Jonesboro Louisiana June 28 Special The following American Legion officers will be installed at the Legion hut Thursday night by E L Gladney department commander David Jeffress past commander George Walker vice commander Fred Crowson adjutant Wayne Dennis chaplain Manley Crowson historian The auxiliary officers Neal Thomas president Mrs J O Taberiect vice president Mrs C L Moore secretary treasurer Mrs Weldon Brown chaplain Mrs Dar Gray sergeant at arms These officers will be installed July 6
Jackson parish officials depart for San Francisco to attend the National Education Association convention as delegates. Superintendent W. H. McLaurin and Supervisor C. T. Woodard travel with their wives and will be away two weeks visiting points of interest.
Arnold Dunn of West Monroe, employed at Brown Paper mill, was admitted to St Francis sanitarium Tuesday night for a slight facial cut. The injury occurred at work and he was discharged Wednesday morning. Traffic deaths in U S cities over 10 000 population fell 27 percent from 1930 to 1928 with a 15 percent rise in rural areas and smaller towns.
A midwest Army post harboring a murder coldly tests the survivors. Katherine Cornish follows dangerous clues as a mysterious woman appears on a balcony and a nurselike party descends into fear at Fort Havens.
A negro woman died at 4 pm Monday when a car driven by Mrs. Cecil Garrett of Jonesboro turned sharply from a paved road onto a gravel street. The woman on the back seat was thrown and apparently her neck broke. The 18 month old and a six year old in the front seat survived without injuries. Mrs. Garrett sustained a minor head injury. The car sustained minor damage. Mrs. Garrett is the daughter of Henry Jones, a Jackson parish police jury member, and her husband runs a dairy nearby with his son-in-law.
City Building Inspector Sam H. Aw granted a permit Tuesday to M. B. Burexett for construction of a one story frame residence at Myrtle street and Spencer avenue. The dwelling.
The project will have five rooms and an asbestos roof, with a construction cost of $3,600. J. F. Zufall serves as contractor.
City police search for a Peerless make bicycle described as black and silver taken from Jimmie Lanier at 610 Georgia Street Monday night. Lanier reported the theft occurred at his residence.
Advertises Black and White Bleaching Cream with bleaching action for a lighter smoother complexion. Claims darker skin flakes off after a few nights. Mentions trial sizes priced at 10c and 25c and a money back guarantee at drug and toiletry counters.
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