Social season continues amid war bond drive and visitors
City hosts a series of social events as women support the seventh war loan drive by buying bonds. Highlights include Mrs Oslin Crawford of Los Angeles as guest of the Stubbs and ladies hosting dinners, luncheons, and bridge. Lt Col Charles W Hair, a young engineering graduate, serves with the U S Third Army in Germany. Mrs Corbin Turpin of Mobile and others visit, with gardenias and Dresden decor noted at a Virginia Hotel luncheon.
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Oslin Crawford
Los Angeles
Calif
Bessie Stubbs
Guy Palmer Stubbs
Stubbs
Crawford
New Orleans
Mr. Crawford
Corbin Turpin
Mobile
Ala
Fred Ammon
Charles W. Hair
Crowville
U. S. Third Army
Germany
Hair
L. S. A. School of Engineering
Social club and church notices in Monroe community
Officers wives club schedules golf sewing spotters and tennis at Selman Field and the Officers Club pool. Wedding and society events include a Mary Ruth Lewellyn and Jasper Hocutt service at St Matthew's and a Beta Delta sorority gathering. Residents and guests include Lt Nelson Abell Jr in San Francisco and Dr Ernest Ellender visiting from Houma Louisiana.
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Municipal
Selman Field
Wives’ Club
Central Avenue
Officers Club
Whites Riding Academy
Girl Reserve Inter-Club Council
Sharp
Jackie Walker
Beverly Thatcher
Della Kappa Pi
Jo Chisholm
Trenton
West Monroe
Mary Ruth Lewellyan
Pfc
Jasper W. Hocutt
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
USC Club
Beta Delta Sorority
Billie Blazier
Mall Street
Ernest Ellender
Houma
Louis Peters
Ellender
Dr. Ellender
St. Francis Sanitarium
Rotary Club Luncheon Highlights Chaplain’s Overseas Experiences
The Rotary Club fellowship committee hosted a Thursday noon program at Hotel Virginia. Maj. Walter P. Plumley, chaplain at Selman Field, spoke after being introduced by E. S. Girault. Plumley shared 28 months overseas and explained religion’s meaning to service members in combat. Visitor Larry Robinson of Shreveport attended, with Maj. Walter Holloman and Harry Frazer Jr. among the other guests.
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Rotary Club
Hotel Virginia
E. S. Girault
Walter P. Plumley
Selman Field
Larry Robinson
Shreveport
Maj
Walter Holloman
Harry Frazer Jr
NYC Residents Scrap 417 Pianos in Short Drive
New York City residents collected 417 old pianos in two and a half days for a scrap drive. Each piano yielded about 300 pounds of metal, helping fuel the recycling effort.
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New York City
National Affairs Committee Convenes in Chamber of Commerce
The National Affairs Committee held its first meeting in the Chamber of Commerce office on Thursday afternoon. Chairman R. Q. Cole said the group aims to improve governance by keeping citizens informed on national legislation and urging constituents to communicate their views to Washington. Present were C. C. Bell, John Breard, J. D. Carroll, R. Q. Cole, J. P. Evans, Perry Maupin, O. N. ONeil, T. H. Scott, J. D. Holland, and O. R. Smith.
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Chamber of Commerce
R. Q. Cole
Cole
Washington
C. C. Bell
John Breard
J. D. Carroll
J. P. Evans
Perry Maupin
O. N. O'Neil
T. H. Scott
J. D. Holland
O. R. Smith
Haynesville Hydrocarbon Plant to Be Dedicated
A modern pressure maintenance and liquid hydrocarbon extraction plant in the Haynesville Pettit lime oil field will be dedicated on June 1. Governors of Louisiana Mississippi and Arkansas have been invited. The facility aims to process 15,000,000 cubic feet of gas daily and recover about 6,250,000 barrels of oil plus 1,600,000 barrels of gasoline and other hydrocarbons, with total investment around 2,000.
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Haynesville
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Haynesville Pettit Lime
Claiborne Parish
Columbia County
Ark
Pettit lime field wells and pumping equipment savings noted
The operators committee said the 180 Pettit lime field wells, completed at depths from 5,309 to 5,500 feet, are offset largely by savings in pumping equipment investment, according to J. R. Butler, general manager of the committee.
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J. R. Butler
Pettit
Nix Lotion Promises Quick Lightening and Greaseless Application
An advertisement touts Nix Lotion as a fast, grease free skin lightening product. It claims 3 minute whitening with active bleach beneath a powder base, plus drying effects on pimples and freckles. Druggists guarantee IX at Spatafora's Pharmacy DeSiard, phone 2333.
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Spatafora
DeSiard
Churchill's OKay Irks Nazis in War Document Flap
Nazi officers grew irritated when in wartime papers appeared marked passed by Winston Churchill and approved by British military censors. Flying Officer David Rosenthal of Calgary explained how documents were lifted from a released prisoner camp in Britain before Germany's surrender.
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London
Germany
Winston Churchill
David Rosenthal
Calgary
Alberta
Britain
German officer’s car visit to camp for Allied prisoners noted
Rosenthal recalled that documents were returned a few days after being marked up during a camp visit by a German officer. He described the episode as “fun,” noting the officer’s car and the prisoners held there.
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Rosenthal
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