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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1932
Page
6
A reflection on enduring joys and holiday spirit from Edgar A. Guest, stressing inner rest, service to others, and the value of small daily holidays. It narrates vacation options, quotes Frances Willard, and notes a Delta Beta Sigma sorority outing at Riverside Country Club with a colorful bathing scene.
Advertises pattern 2569 for a cape collar frock in sizes 14 to 20 and 32 to 42 with yardage details and sewing instructions. Promises 39 inch fabric needs and a 32 page fashion catalog with other Anne Adams designs. Address orders to Monroe News Star Pattern Dept New York City for mail catalog and pattern.
A beach supper and afternoon social featured Misses Doris Beaman Joy Steele Hortense Pope and others enjoying sandwiches salads and fruit after swimming. Ruth Miller of Evansville was honored at a bridge party hosted by Mrs Harry Black with pink roses and blue hydrangea decorations and gifts for high scores.
A Camp Fire Girls committee announces a lecture by Miss Dorman on Louisiana nature, trees, and flowers for the fall. Her work is recognized by magazines and the Smithsonian, with her book published by the Louisiana Department of Conservation. Later items note a June 27 wedding in Collinston, a Riverside street dance, and visiting guests in town.
The full cast of The Flapper Grandmother in costume will parade this afternoon at 4:30 through the business district. Miss Marianna Davis announces the parade and all actors meet at Central School at 4:00. The performance runs tonight and tomorrow at 8:15 in the Central School auditorium.
William Draker, 23, suffered a back fracture after a recent automobile crash in Los Angeles. He was placed in a cast four months after the injury and continues to feel back pains.
Betty N W asks if a wife should prioritize children or social life and romance. The column suggests a middle path may work for some, while others must choose between family devotion and personal enjoyment, inviting readers to share experiences and solutions.
A reader asks whether to end an engagement due to long silences and a hurtful mailed reply. The columnist urges against replying impulsively by letter, suggesting a calm note apologizing if needed and proposing waiting to discuss matters in person, to seek a clear explanation and resolution.
An article warns that adults often spell out words to exclude children from conversations, which only fuels curiosity and rudeness. It urges including children, or redirecting them, to model courtesy and maintain mutual trust.
A gang uses airplanes to kidnap four millionaires an important gangster and Nancy Wentworth. Ashwood holds captives on a tropical island and extorts money from relatives. Detective Stevens teams with Jerry Calhoun as they trail the ransom flight and plot to locate the prisoners.
The crew pilots a monoplane toward a southern Florida island seeking kidnap victims. They plan a risky inland approach using a rubber boat and a staged signal while debating whether to raid by air or seek local police help. Jerry wins a bet over Emory and Stevens as tensions rise before a planned arrival.
The excerpt discusses how children, by nature, absorb influences from adults and the importance of reducing friction to foster civility. It notes that in some English villages, remedies like cinder tea are still used as home treatments for stomach ache.
Elias Dahlbub, a native Cuban who entered grammar school at age ten, graduates high school after a year and a half in high school and a year and a half in grammar school. He learned quickly despite language barriers and earned no grade below 95. Thirty one expeditions from eight nations will visit Arctic regions for scientific study.
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