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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Mar 06, 1944

Page

2

Annual Luncheon For Music Guild in Monroe

The Music Guild held its annual spring luncheon with a flower-banked table, spring attire, and hand painted place cards by Mrs. H. M. James. Officers elected included President Mrs. Guy Durbin and Vice President Mrs. J. N. Coon. Guests and members enjoyed readings, program notes, and refreshments at Mrs. P. L. Perot’s Park Avenue home.

The Music Guild W. E. Watson P. A. Poag H. M. James James Monroe B. B. Martin J. Norman Coon P. J. Newman Guy Durbin J. N. Coon R. W. Cretney Cecil Hill W. W. Watson J.N. Coon Pat Ham R. T. Watson P. L. Perot Park Avenue Eloise Calhoun le Reve Claude Debussy F. V. Allison Emy-Lou Biedenham R. C. Frisbie Grayson Guthrie, Jr Gates McHenry J. B. Kugler Mary Grace Lawn Clyde Sanders A. M Serex J. E. Walsworth Henry Whitfield Howard E

YWCA Girls Reserve Clubs Host Busy Week of Activities

The YWCA on Jackson Street hosts multiple Girl Reserve clubs with meetings featuring song, ceremony, and code recitations. Fidelis and other groups visit Charity Hospital and USO, while debates, poetry, and fashion talks fill the program amid birthday celebrations and visits from relatives and friends.

Jackson Street Fidelis Girl Reserve Club Charity Hospital USO Y-Ettes Club Grace Young Mary Nell Maxwell Mary Bennett Jean Smith Blue Circle Gleam Miss Parker Doris Jean Carter Jean Phelps Martha McDonald Flora Jean Eaves Joye Crawford Elizabeth Anne Mulhern Johnnie Duke Joyce Toler Kilmer Betty Sisson Inter Club Council Emojean Matthews Mary Margie Bolton Jane Shea Jean Meadows

Post War Review Group Planned Meeting

The Chamber of Commerce postwar review committee appointed by Lester Scharff will convene this afternoon in the Chamber office to assess suggestions from 151 attendees. Members include F F Millsaps as chairman and Tom Hicks G L Holloway J S Drew O L McLeary and T H Scott.

Lester Scharff Chamber of Commerce Chamber F. F

St Joseph Aspirin Promoted for Cold Pain Relief

Advertisers claim St Joseph Aspirin helps millions with colds pain aches and headaches. The copy urges gargling for sore throats and stresses to look for the name on the box for authenticity.

St. Joseph Aspirin

Community groups schedule a busy Tuesday at various venues

Numerous clubs and societies list meetings and events across churches and schools. Activities include Y gatherings for Girl Reserves and Boy Scouts friendly groups, World Call luncheon, dramatic sketches, book clubs, and PTA sessions with times from 2:30 to 7:30 p.m. in multiple locations.

Red Cross Contributors and Miscellaneous Donations Listed

A historical ledger lists donors and amounts including Red Cross contributors plus individuals such as J L Terrell and Mrs Coma G Prophit. The page records payments to Kellogg Stumber company North Louisiana Wholesale Oil and Gas and others, totaling 11 292 25 dollars with a grand total of 11 292 25.

Heal Weil Cleaners J.L. Terrell Employes Kellogg Stumber Company North Louisiana Wholesale ‘Oil and Gas Company Coma G Margerite Kirkpatrick neuvbbvenes sg J_D, Hamilton Howard S. Willard Pi the Caspaory Les Te Tenchavenances L. R. Wade Opi Duane Ata Lillian W. Moore Evelyn Adert Helen Youngblood Hedy Stamper Baeeee Eaves Culver Vycisc i Cancey Kraft Cheese Company Southern Carbon. Company Coos H.H. Reardon Flora M. Potts Paul Fudickar

Louisiana January business index shows small decline

Louisiana January business activity eased from December with a 4 percent drop, leaving an index 2 percent above October. Department store sales rose 14.8 percent, while gains and losses varied across sectors including building materials up and clothing down.

Baton Rouge Louisiana Louisiana State University Bureau of Business Research United States Bureau Air Express New Orleans

Final touches on service vote bill in Senate

Senate conferees completed a federal service vote compromise likely to face a Thursday Senate vote. The measure creates a federal ballot for armed forces personnel who cannot obtain a state absentee ballot by October 1, with state law controlling use and a veto could sink it. The administration cautions a close vote, while supporters expect protests from backers of unrestricted federal ballots. Roosevelt hinted at his position last week.

Senate Washington Senate-house Roosevelt

Priest Attorney Speak at L T I Pep Meeting

Father Manfred Jochen O F M Catholic chaplain of L T I and Everett Burgoyne Monroe attorney spoke at a recent L T I pep meeting. Manfred warned idleness breeds crime and Burgoyne ranked ministers doctors and lawyers by importance while urging students to choose a vocation and seize opportunities with help available.

Manfred Jochen Everett Burgoyne Monroe Manfred

Permits Granted for Remodels and Erection of Small Buildings

Saturday permission issued for T S Henninger to remodel a two story brick building at 116 South Grand for Southern Bell Telephone with Barge Thompson as contractor and costs up to 3000. Approval also given to remodel a 301 Catalpa property for Southern Bell with same contractor and caps at 8500. Ervin Vallery authorized to raise a one story frame dwelling at 201 Collier avenue with two rooms and up to 15 in cost. Joseph W Jones allowed to build a two room one story frame structure at Cole avenue between Breville and Webster streets for 200.

T. S. Henninger South Grand Southern Bell Telephone Company Barge-Thompson Company Catalpa

Mental illness cases in the United States reach half a million

About 500 000 persons are in trials for mental diseases in the United States.

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P. A. Pong Pat Hamm E. E. Lawson Mrs M. E. Hamm Cai Nm Lydia E Pinkham Pinkham Lydia Ilverstein DeSiardi Red Cross William Robertson Fort Bragg Girl Reserve Club Charlotte Haile West Monroe Jo Ann Anderson Jimmie Webb Bobbie Irby Jimmie Irby Sister Hendricks Mary Lorraine Hood John David Salter Harvey Slaton Ed Buskin Mary Ann Buce Janice Phillips Marilou Tatum Jo Ann Walsworth Skippy Bell Ronnie Haile, Jr Fred Calvin Peters Ginger Strong Lucy Kleinschmidt Patricia Ann Rector Gary Coker Kate Bryant Balboa Canal Zone L. J. Hennessy Miss Bryant J. T. Bryant Falina Calif California Guatemala Mexico City L. C. Cain Roy Smith New York City United States Coast Guard Cain Clara Lee Morgan Fred Thatcher Ensign F. G. Thatcher, Jr Pacific Oklahoma Pearl Harbor T. H. McMillan St. Francis Sanitarium North Fourth Street A. V. Miller Indianola Miss Frank Tindall H. E. Slaughter Perry Liles Miss Wac Miss Wace Hattiesburg Edward Huber Louisiana Pigeon Club Temple Sisterhood Temple Elroy Smith Kathleen Stanger Woman's Society of Christian Service Stone Avenue Methodist Church M. B. Hearne H. F. Boyd Women’s Council of the First Christian Church Wll Council Catholic Ladies’ Altar Society W. H. Anders Roselawn Presbyterian Auxiliary Woman's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church Methodist Church E. R. Todd Grayling Lane Central Grammar P.T. A J. D. Petty Bros Avenue G. D. Holland R. O. Watson YoWoCa Business Girls Margaret Calvert Chauvin Avenue Cadet Club South Grand Street Sherrouse P.T American Association of University Women J. W. d’Arman Fred Coon K Street Frances Flanders Russia Marcus Hindus Neville High School Opera Club A. M. Serex L. V. Tarver American Legion Auxiliary C. L. Mengis St. Matthew's P.T. A Jolly Y Jones Club Order of the Rainbow Masonic Temple Barkdull Faulk P.T. A Mary Mims P.T. A Blue Triangle Club America DeSiard St Mexsana Moy Jaynes Equipment CO Walnut St Christian Science Paul A. Harsch, C.S. B Toledo, Ohio Mother Church First Church of Christ, Scientist Boston Massachusetts Ouachita Parish School Monroe Printing CO
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