Farmerville Weekend Visits Share Family Time
Mrs H E Buchanan's illness noted as a family concern. Mrs Luther B Hall and children visited Shreveport relatives for the weekend. Miss Bonnie Jean Hayes from Monroe spent the weekend in Farmerville with her parents, while Leon Moore and Mrs Moore from Bison Ark visited Mrs Moore's parents Mr and Mrs M R Tugwell in Farmer ville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther B. Hall
Shreveport
Bonnie Jean Hayes
Monroe
Farmerville
Mrs. Barnes Hayes
Mrs. Leon Moore
Bison, Ark
Sam Hartman
Carol Ann
Ruth Hartman
Junior College
Lester Hartman
David Ward
Will Ward
Farmerville Notes of Local Guests and Visits
A crowded social page lists guests visiting Farmerville from El Dorado Monroe Ruston Baton Rouge and Shreveport among others. Notable visitors include Mrs Willie Kennedy Mrs Georgia Fenton Lt Bert Dean and Col and Mrs G A Ramsey. Several residents travel for family and revival events with relatives in Monroe Dallas and Houston.
Tea Shower for Mrs. Cobb After Fire Loss
Friends organized a tea at La Casa tea room to shower Mrs. B B Cobb with her wedding silver and condolences after a plantation fire destroyed the Rhymes home. Notables present included Mrs. Sherrouse Perry Godwin and Cobb and guests with Miss Margaret Ann Harper honored at a luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Rhymes
B. B. Cobb
John Sherrouse, Jr
J. W. Perry
T. P. Godwin
Cobb
Sherrouse
Perry
Godwin
Joseph Gayne
Ray Rhymes
Hollis Venable
J. B. Johnston, Jr
Kirt Touchstone
Elizabeth W
Monroe Society Calendar Highlights Local Club Gatherings
A slate of Wednesday through Sunday events lists Monroe Literary Club meetings with Mrs. R C Brice and Mrs. R G Brice, a Music Guild tea at Mrs E W Cruse, district nurses, and a May 14 lecture on Oral Hygiene by Dr William C Epstein. Banquets, luncheons, and weddings are noted at local venues including La Casa and the Virginia Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Literary Club
R. C. Brice
Forsythe
Earl Stovall
Louisville Avenue
R. G. Brice
Music Guild
Lambda Kappa Woman's Club
Rayville
E. W. Cruse
Monroe
William C. Epstein
E. R. Dawson
Margaret Mason
Astruman Book Club
la Casa
E. W. Stinson
T. F. Wilson
North Fourth
Avenue Club
2Nd Street
G. C. Williams
John Bradley
E. M. Henderson
Martin Clark
Dora Nelson
Ruth Bible
First Baptist Church
W. D. Bates
Sherrouse Ave
Howard J. Smith
L. J. Hulin
M. L. Padget
Patricia Lee Padgett
Virginia
S. C. Nettles
Jesse Hard
Engagement Festivities Precede Nuptials of Miss Harper and Mr Tidwell
A supper party at La Casa tea room hosted by Mrs. Allyn Bell and Mrs. Fay Brann marked the wedding week for Miss Margaret Ann Harper and C. R. Tidwell Jr. Attire featured azure lace gown and navy blue evening dress with crystal beads. decorations with lilies and Marconi daisies set the bridal theme. Attending guests included local families and friends, with health updates on Rev. R. L. Ross and Mrs. E. E. Gregory awaiting visitors at home post operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Ann Harper
C. R. Tidwell, Jr
la Casa Tea Room
C. J. Kirby
Ray Alleman
Griffin White
Louis Gannaway
Miss Harper
Harper
T. H. Harper
Guy Campbell
Bailey Grant
Arthur Grant, Jr
Grace Brann
Patricia Brann
Billy Ensminger
Gorman Grant
Pat Grant
C. R. Tidweld
Joy Bernhardt
Carolyn Peters
Faye Todd
Allyn Bell
Belcher
Lia
West Monroe
C. R. Tidwell Jr
First Presbyterian
Bell
Gladys Grant
Lucille H. Durham
Johnetta Sisson
Mignon Oxford
la Casa
Ann Jones
Cleolis Dean
C. A. Green
First Christian Church
St. John
St. Matthew's P.T. A
Ouachita Parish
Virginia
Margaret Mason
W. D. McGee
O. E. S. School of Instruction
District Four
All Eastern Star
Delta Kappa Pi Soverity
Jerry Platt
Mississippi Street
Fay Brann
C. R. Tidwell
Arthur Grant
Faye Brann
Curtain Falls On Little Theatre Play At Neville
The Little Theatre's final Neville auditorium performance of You Cant Take It With You may end the group’s era in Monroe as plans for a new home proceed. Cast and backstage crew are highlighted as essential to the production with Kay Crandall directing and nineteen actors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Theater
Neville Auditorium
Monroe
Little Theatre
Kay Crandall
John Kennedy
Tommy Flournoy
Tommy
Grey
Cornelia McHenry
Donald
Rheba
Tom Serwich
Dick Troy, Jr
Joe Saragusa
James Gilmer
Harry
Evelyn Reinsmith
Elizabeth Whitfield
Joy Bernhardt
Armandine Renaud
Garden club May meeting features Audubon art talk
St Joseph hosts May gathering of Tensas Garden club with Mrs Lester presenting Audubon bird paintings. Guests from St Francisville Baton Rouge attend. 36 guests heard talk, enjoyed ice cream and cookies. Annual 4 H Achievement Day held May 5 with 250 present and banners awarded. Others visiting from Starkville Newellton Waterproof and Magnolia news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Castle
Jack Grace
Katie Mac Ryther
Earl Standiford
Tensas Garden Club
Lester
Philip Watson
St. Francisville
Montgomery
Sally Farrell
Baton Rouge
St. Joseph
Newellton
Waterproof
International choral contest draws many nations to Llangollen
Forty one choirs from fourteen countries will compete in the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod to be held here June 11 through 15. Entries include groups from Belgium Czechoslovakia Denmark Hungary the Netherlands Italy Portugal Spain Sweden and Switzerland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llangollen
Wales
Ferriday Scouts Honor Court for Star and Eagle Badges
Ferriday Boy Scouts held a Court of Honor at the high school auditorium awarding Star Scout to Ferriday Joseph Hamilton and Eagle Scout to Johnny Farmer along with multiple merit badges. Local leaders included W. W. Kelly of the Ferriday Rotary Club, with a music concert by the Ferriday high school band directed by Prof. Forrest F. Griffen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Hamilton
J. H. Hamilton
Boy Scouts of America
Johnny Farmer
Charles Massey
Bill Gore
W. W. Kelly
Ferriday Rotary Club
Louis Preston
Mike Ohlsen
Henry Goudchaux
W. E. Mecom
Gerald de Laune
Carlos Annoline
Hugh Bateman
Ferriday High School
Forrest F. Griffen
Marriage plans noted for Met Rouge couple
Marriage to Charles E. Vaushan Jr. is announced. he is the son of Mr and Mrs C C Staughan of Met Rouge Louisiana. No date is set for the wedding. Delta station supervisor C B Haddon returns from LSU visit and announces Russell Ratcliff will join as assistant from June 1. The Waterproof P T A will hold its last meeting of the school year on May 14 in the high school auditorium with reports from delegates to the state convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howell D. Jones
Arcadia
Marilyn
John Rolfe Howard
Rufus Keener Howard
Lake Providence
First Baptist Church of
J. L. Stone
Monticello
Ark
Arcadia High School
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Charles E. Vaushan Jr
C. ¢. Staughan
Met Rouge
C. B. Haddon
Delta
Tensas Parish
Agricultural Department of
Louisiana State University
Russell Ratcliff
St. Joseph
Ratcliff
A. Bonds Ratcliff
Waterproof P.T. A
Also Mentioned on This Page
Baird
H. E. Buchanan
Mattie Moore
J. A. Hill
Marie Clay
LaRue Hines
el Dorado
E. P. Whetstone
Bobby Glover
Carl Hall
Willie Kennedy
Alvin
Texas
Herbert Waller
Eugene Hammons
Ruston
R. L. Moore
Wv. H. Rivers
Pittsburgh, Pa
J. M. Feazel
Tulsa, Okla
Frank Feazel
Buford Berry
Arnet Albritton
Mr. Albritton
Mrs. Sander Berry
Charlie Stewart
Freddie
Junction City
Francis Sessum
Bismark
North Dakota
Guy Ludwig
Bertie Jean
Mrs. Ingram Ballard
Johnny Ballard
Georgia .Fenton
Mrs
Gordon Murphy
Helen Jan Wilson
Urania
Sallie Martin
George Thorgerson
John W. Taylor
Major
Leon Andrews
San Antonio
Tex
Paul Andrews
Dawn Taylor
Marie Nell Roon
Louisiana College
Jean Dawkins
Genelle Kennedy
Tammye Miller
John Caldwell
Col
G. A. Ramsey
Houston
Edwin Gillum
Judy Rogers
Texarkana
J. A. Roan
Bill Gulledge
D. S. Mask
Crossett, Ark
G. G. Gulledge
Rassie Kennedy
S. D. Kennedy
Jesse Watson
Homer
Bill Lockwood
Little Son
H. E. Clark, Jr
Ida Lee Clark
J. D. Miller
W. C. Andrews
Mr. Camack
Alexandria
Kilgore Andrews
Bert Dean
New Orleans
Verna Coburn
Ponchatoula
John Lee
Luther B. Hail
Mobile
Ala
Griffin Odom
Brookhaven
Miss
Charlotte Everett
Sue Rabun
Jester Gaharan of
Tullos
Harvey G. Feilds
E. L. Rasmey
Washington, D. C
Henry Wilder, Jr
Wilder
Dewey L. Barr
Dallas
C. T. Baird III
Los Angeles
California
Ser
R. K. DeCell
North South Street
UUM Emrtz
St. John St
Bakal
Manhattan
Ade
Louisville Ave
Young People’s Revival
Nazarene
Thomas SI
Jack and Ruby Carter
Bethany, Oklahoma
William Charles Eisenhardt
Helen DeLoach
QO. P. H. S. Choir
E. E. Gregory
South Grand Street
North Louisiana Hospital
Rev. R. L. Ross
St. Francis Sanitarium
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Deth
Winnsboro
Rayville la
Myer Greenwall
Airways
Wichita Falls
George Garrett
Virginia B. Watts
Paul Barnett
F. H. Barnett
John Marsh
Mrs. Barnett
Twin City
Mildred G. Swift
E. M. Ragsdale
M. R. Matthews
Memphis, Tenn
Jane Castle
B. F. Roberts
Jack L. Crigler
Starkville
C. T. Schell
Sohio Oil Company
Magnolia
Fred Sandford
Fort Worth
Geneva Gresham
Gauiront
Weil Cleaners
4Th St
Weil
Ferriday
Home Demonstration Club
Clayton
Opal McKenney
Betty Loomis
Clyde Shilling
Vidalia
Parish
Louisiana Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Concordia Parish
Jonesville
Lyle Maxwell
A. B. Evans
W. P. Jensen
C. E. Melson
S. Howard Henderson
Gwendolyn Ball
Alta
Jayne
Bruce
Per Anse
Old City Gate
St. Augustine
Ceylon
India
Bastrop
Oleo
Lsc
Sid
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