Cross Benefit Arranged at Selman Field Club
Officers at Selman Field plan a Saturday night benefit at the Officers' Club to raise funds for the 1945 American Red Cross war fund. Lt. Wolfman, an organizer, asks for camellias donations from Monroe gardeners to be made into corsages for sale at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selman
Selman Field
Red Cross
Officers’ Club
National Red Cross
Robert Wolf
Monroe
Wolfman
Annual PTA convention to be held by mailed ballot
A January 20 meeting of the Parent-Teacher Board of Managers decided the annual convention cannot be held due to a defense transportation order limiting meetings. Officers will be elected by mailed ballot with delegates from each unit, ballots due by April 10, and results announced at the preconvention board meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teacher Board of Managers
Office of Defense Transportation
J. K. Butler
Oil City
Fred Benton
America Street
Baton Rouge
George P. Meade
Gramercy
Felix. Dezauche
Opelousas
Marion L. DeFreese
West Monroe
Paul A. Blanchard
Red Cross drive underway in Monroe area with volunteers active
Waieau civilians report the Red Cross war fund drive starting March 1 as women in the Twin Cities organize groups. Mrs. De Witt Milam leads local volunteers with Mrs. Fletcher Ashcraft assisting while drive rooms stay busy. Also noted are Frances Grant and Charles Ray Hendrix wedding, technician William E. Moore Jr overseas in France, and Mary Lavinia Inabnet planning a Randolph Macon College spring visit with classmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
News-Star
Waieau
Red Cross
Twin Cities
de Witt Milam
William E. Moore Jr
France
Moore
Anita
Thomas Butitta
Annette Butitta
William E. Moore
Fort Necessity
Mary Lavinia Inabnet
Randolph Macon College
Local Notes and Visits Roundup in Monroe
Social items list travels for Mr. and Mrs. Carl McHenry to New York with daughter Cornelia McHenry, and Virginia Dee Newman en route to Kansas City. Delta Fraternity Parents Club hosts a benefit dance for high school and Greek sororities. Lt. Earl returns from southwest Pacific. Guy Sievers on furlough in San Diego. families welcome in Monroe as Pvt Robert Morris Bell is wounded in Germany. Rainbow Girls meet at Masonic Temple tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl McHenry
New York City
Cornelia McHenry
Randolph Macon College
New York
Virginia Dee Newman
Paul J. Newman
Monroe
Kansas City
P. J. Newman
Parents Club of Delta Fraternity
R. L. Earl
E. W. Earl
North Sixth Street
Southwest Pacific
Pvt
Robert Morris Bell
George W. Bell
Germany
Brown Family Movements Reported Across States
W. Brown Sr. and Corporal Brown return to a marine base in San Diego to await future orders. Mrs. Brown resumes her work in Baton Rouge.
Local P T A Executives and Club Meetings Scheduled
A Friday P T A executive board meets at the school at 3 p m with all members urged to attend. Various clubs including Blue Circle and Blue Triangle Girl Reserves meet at the Y at 4 15 p m. Multiple meetings listed for Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday March 15 16 and 17 with sororities civic groups and a theater event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Matthew's P.T. A
Delta Sigma
Parents Club
Blue Circle Club
Blue Triangle Club
Bobby Sox
Dorothy Gene de Cell
South First Street
R. L. Pritchard
J. R. Wooten
South Grand
Delta Kappa Pi Sorority
Evelyn Johnson
Pine
Victory Club
Joy James
Beta Delta Sorority
Rose Marie Wall
Randolph Macon College
Carl McHenry
Randolph Macon
Delta Rho Delta Sorority
D. C. Metcalf
Dixie Chapter
Monroe Garden Club
Monroe Gardens
Fine Arts Club
Juanita Porter
Ben Stern
L. M. Smith
C. C. Carroll
Alpha Delta Kappa
Sorority
Julia Morrow Gilmer
Shreveport
Japan
Frances
Frances Hotel
Miss Mask Weds Sergeant Stewart
Nell Mask marries Seaman Harry D. Stewart in a simple family ceremony at Rev. N L Yeager’s home. Best man is Millard Nappier. bride’s sister Dotty Stewart as bridesmaid. bride to live with parents in Ruston. Stewart returns to San Diego base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfred Mask
Nell
Harry D. Stewart
N. L. Yeager
Dotty Stewart
Millard Nappier
Navy
Sir Winfred Mask Jr
Great Lakes
Stewart
San Diego
Pumpkin Mats Made From Oklahoma Pumpkins
Oklahoma Indians weave edible mats from pumpkins cut in one continuous strip while moist. The strips are dried and then woven together to form mats stored for future consumption.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Barbara
Jean Luton
W. H. Luton
Dianne Biglow
Antoinette Gardner
Mona Lee
Constance Ticheli
Jocelyn Ramsey
Linda Fontent
Dickie Culpepper
Margaret Vardino
Virginia Laurant
Betty Kewer
Patsy Conti
Peggy
Henry Holdiness
Patricia
Barbara Smith
Charles Bearden
Barbara Thornhill
Joan
James Boyles
Frances Jones
Shelby Joyner
Ethel Cartwright
Josie Cicero
Frances Grant
Charles Ray Hendrix
Lucien Hendrix
North Third Street
Caraway
Isac Grant
Eros
Hendrix
A. B. Hendrix
Miami, Fla
Guy Sievers
Calif
California
Mrs. Clark Boardman
The
Order of Rainbow
Masonic Temple
Cpl
John W. Brown Jr
W. L. Lacey
Wiverstein’s
Louisiana
Millinery Department
Los
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
St. Anne's Circle
M. E. Bell
Rochelle
Neville Auditorium
Civic Music Association
Nadine Ray
Northeast Junior College
Neville P.T. A
Board of
Warner Memorial
First Methodist Church
Elizabeth Langford
Austin
Sigma Chapter
Delta Rho Delta National Sorority
Grossteins
Silverstein’s
Echarge
Merch
Silverstein
Ilverstein
Eourth Loutainas
Weroa
America
Rewy
Leadin
Foud
Miss Mask
Sergeant Stewart
A. D. Tisdale
C. Noble Hatch
Louisiana Federation of Women's Clubs
Ruston
Trinity Methodist Church
Cosmos Club
Pierian Club
Arts Club
Tisdale
Dumbarton Oaks
Hatch
Malcolm Biedenharn
St. Louis
Jo Ann Biedenharn
Principia College
Clark Gardner
Osage, Iowa
Syan
Midway Islands
American Institute of Laundering
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