Gardening and flowers through history in society notes
Editor notices invite society news while poetry on Holy Ground reflects grace in garden imagery. The column discusses flowers as language from Montague to Asia, then shifts to Fourth of July summer diversions with lodge hosting at Lake Bruin, social guests from Memphis, Dallas, Oklahoma and Vidalia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montague
Europe
Henry Biedenharn
Lake Bruin
A. K. Kilpatrick
F. G. Hudson
Harold Dixon
Thomas Hayes
E. T. Lamkin
Harold McGeorge
Memphis, Tenn
Lamar Polk
Alexandria
Elmer Slagle
Clever Musical Comedy at Ouachita Parish School Auditorium
An enthusiastic audience watched Harry English present a three part program featuring a clever musical sketch 42nd Street to Harlem and The Wedding of the Painted Doll. The show included songs dances and ballet numbers with noted performers and a W B A sponsorship credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Harry English
Monroe
42Nd Street
Harlem
Olmer McDonald
Bill Jennings
Lloyd Church
Edwin Wainwright
Nolan Reid
Ivy Johnson
Tom Witt
Eddie Kemp
Roy Dorman
Russell Ray
D. Keltner
Love Byrd
Clarence Kellam
Carl Wallace
Harry Rice
Magdalen Amman
Helen Benoit
Margaret Morri
Fourth of July German at Riverside Club highlights youth event
The Fourth of July celebration at Riverside Country Club opens at noon Monday and ends at sunrise. Burgess Poole and his music group provide dancing. A flurry of social visits and gatherings follows, with Laura Gilder guesting in Okmulgee and several luncheon parties for visiting guests from Greenville, New Iberia, Baton Rouge, Pensacola. The National Federation of Business and Professional Women plans Chicago convention with 3000 to 5000 registrations, eight trains, and open occupational round tables. Frank Keene of Baton Rouge and Janis Holloway of Bunkie are weekend guests of local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Country Club
Burgess Poole
Suzanne Hirsch
Alyce Florsheim
Hirsch
Sadie Stein
Greenville
Louise Seward
New Iberia
Joseph
Baton Rouge
Miriam Schloss
Pensacola
Fla
Ida Kaplan
Dora Anish
Monroe Business and Professional Women's Club
Chicago
E. Pearl Warwick
National Federation of Business and Professional Women
Warwick
United States
William J. Hennessey
Convention Bureau of Association of Commerce
Fannie Hurst
Margaret Culkin Banning
Frances Parkinson Keyes
Catherine Oglesby
Ruth Comfort Mitchell
Easy to Make Pattern Pattern 1563 and New Summer Catalog
An Anne Adams pattern pattern 1563 offers a slim silhouette with a cape collar and a broad shoulder line. It details fabric needs for size 16 and urges readers to order the summer edition and catalog with step by step instructions. Monroe News-Star Pattern Department, New York City address provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Monroe News-Star Pattern Department
West 17Th Street
New York City
Community Calendar and Local Anecdotes
Society notices include a Fourth of July German event at River side Country club from midnight to 4 a m and a 3 p m Methodist Missionary Society meeting. Banquet by Women of First Methodist Church follows at 7 30 p m. Floye Rhodes visits in Bunkie La. Fay Hilliard graduates from Rice Institute in Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Country Club
The
Methodist Missionary Society
First Methodist Church
the Missionary Society
Floye Rhodes
Mrs
Walter Rhodes
Jerry George
Bunkie, la
R. R. Beaman
Doris Beaman
Houston
Texas
Fay Hilliard
Rice Institute
Gown Sabotage Plot by Avis Foiled in Dress Box Heist
Adele Garrison and Lillian Made recount a scheme around wedding gowns and an attempted theft by Avis Arien. Helena Brixton guards the gowns while Carolyn and Avis are kept from taking boxes. The trio plans a clever ruse at a restaurant and dress shop with a final confrontation hinted for tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adele Garrison
Lillian
Helena Brixton
Helena
Carolyn
Avis
Sam
Miss Arlen
Lilian
The White Cockatoo suspense ends with priest’s death
In the old French hotel Jim Sundean Sue Tally uncover a third body a priest slain by poison linking to a plot to seize Sue s inheritance. Detective Lorn and Sundean race to prove motive while guards and Paris help push the investigation toward a swift, dangerous finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eer
Jim Sundean
Sue Tally
Sundean
Sue
David Lorn
Commissaria
Nicocine
Lorn
Marcel
Paris
Wara Brewleg
Paul
Rolle
Faris
Lora
Mignon G. Eberhart
Smart Woman to Wear Transparent Attire
Paris fashion reports declare this summer's smart woman will wear a transparent frock paired with a minimal corset made of a new material. Laced trim and sheer styling define the season, as designers foretell hotter days and lighter silhouettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
U.P
Parisians Comment On Women In Summer Robes
A Parisian told United Press that women nevertheless will give the impression of nudity under their summer robes. The remark reflects social scrutiny of fashion and modesty in public attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
The
United Press
Mexican Heat Powder Offers Fast Rash Relief
A vintage ad touts fifteen seconds rash relief with Mexican Heat Powder. The medicated powder promises instant spread, soothing relief, deodorizing protection against chafing, and safe use on infant skin and delicate areas.
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Eve Bradford
Society
Monroe News-Star
Mollie Anderson Haley
John Edward Godfrey
Phelps Cole
Dallas
Island Drive
Cole
Carrick B. White
Porter Burgess
May Johnson
Mildred Richeson
Katherine Pegram
Laura Gilde
Oklahoma
Joseph Hough
Katheryn Hough
Vidalia, la
Victor Barringer
Mss Elizabeth
Bredenharn
Elizabeth Bredenharn
Biedenharn
Washington, D. C
King-Smith Studio
Joseph Beidenharn
Boston
Washington
Emma Lou Biedenharn
Barbizon Plaza
New York
Louisiana Ice & Coal Company, Inc
Trenton Street
Louisiana
DeSiard
Ouachita Parish School
Faber Powell
Zola Mae Gossett
Roberta O'Donnell
Irene Quinn Renaud
O'Donnell
Renaud
Dorothy Lively
Genevieve Gremillion
Marguerite LaBlanc
Teresa Turk
Dorothy Bradley
Elizabeth Bell
Leola Fleming
Margaret Morrison
Gladys McGhee
Betty Keller
Dorothy Mae Favers
Odom
Hazel Flaherty
Laura Gilder
Okmulgee, Oklahoma
Jessie Sadler
W. A. Walker, Sr
Sallie Merideth
Martha Monteith
Frank Keene
Robert Holloway
Janis Holloway
Bunkie
Av RB. Holloway
Stern’s Poultry Co
DeSiard St
Joe Mason
Ben J. Stern
Onne Ohlan
Mained
Mrs. Beaman
Mrs. Hilliard
Louise McGuire
F. L. Carter
Spurgeon Drive
7. D. Hoskins
Chicago, Ill
Worth Stewart
White Ferry Road
Katherine Dolores
Avis Arlen
Arien
Coburiaht
Vnal
Adeie
By Mignon G. Eberhart
Father Robart
Damger
Cvil
Nndjams
Mme. Charmia
Lingerie
Czarina
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