Sterlington Bank Marks Fifth Anniversary With Growth
Sterlington Bank celebrates five years in the Sterlington area during October. It opened October 4, 1949 with 196339.36 in resources and two employees and now has eight workers and 3009653.89 in resources. The bank plans doubling its building size and renews its pledge to provide improved banking services including personal and business loans and checking. Officers are J R Fuller chairman N B James president B E Spencer vice president D Y Smith vice president M D Ramsey vice president Christine P McDavid cashier. Directors include Jook Fuller N B James B E Spencer A L Smith S Fuller J E Fuller M D Ramsey. Other staff listed include M D Ramsey Christine P McDavid Floyce Higgs Oma Halley Pansve Sanders Louise Popwell Janet Thomas James Hollis.
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Sterlington Bank
J. R. Fuller
N. B. James
B. E. Spencer
D. Y. Smith
M. D. Ramsey
Christine P. McDavid
Jook. Fuller N. B. James
A. L. Smith
J E. Fuller
Floyce
Woman Held for Watch Theft in Ouachita Parish
Concordia parish sheriff's deputies hold Willie Mae Backwith a Black woman wanted in Ouachita parish for a watch theft. She was arrested near Ferriday on information from the local sheriff's department and bonded at $300. She is to be returned to Monroe Tuesday per Sheriff Bailey Grant.
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Concordia Parish
Ouachita Parish
Bailey Grant
Willie Mae
Monroe
Pericles Alexander Praises Monroe Little Theatre Ang els Show
Critic Pericles Alexander, a leading Southwest theatre critic, praised Monroe Little Theatre for its production of My Three Angels starring guest Henry of Shreveport. He noted audience delight at Henry’s scene stealing and urged continued use of seasoned guest stars to boost community theatre interest. The play runs through Wednesday at the Selman Field Playhouse.
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Monroe Little Theatre
Shreveport
Alexandria
Sam Haigler Henry
Aubrey McKeithen
Lloyd Stewart
Betty Joe George
Frances Willing
Richard Davis
Selman Field Playhouse
Pericles Alexander
Southwest Theatre Conference
American Theatre
My Three Angels
Alexanders
Shreveport ‘Times
Monroe
L. H. Carter
Lealis L. Hale
Henry
Little Theatre of
Youngs
Gifford
Moos
Alexander
Twin Cities
Ark-La-Tex
Ballet Russe
Monroe Fire Chief Hales Attends International Convention
Fire Chief H L Hales left Monroe for Houston to attend a four day International Fire Chiefs Association convention with about 7590 delegates. Mayor John E Coon said Hales would return to Gainesville to collect a recently purchased quad fire truck and bring it back to Monroe to replace an older ladder truck.
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Monroe
H. L. Hales
International Fire Chiefs Association
Houston
Tex
John E. Coon
Coon
Hales
Gainesville
Auto Crash Injures Many in Monroe Families
Six ambulances rushed injured to two hospitals after a Sunday collision at an intersection. Claude Matthews and relatives suffered injuries including a broken nose and lacerations. Several children from both families were thrown from a pulling trailer. Donnie Lyles and others were released. Lyles and Gifford remained hospitalized.
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Lyles
Claude Matthews
Polk
Fern Marie Matthews
Mary 0. Matthews
Matthews
Rudolph
Randolph
Roy Lee
Doquan- Na Jean
Melvin Matthews
80Th Street
Martha Ann
Melvin
James F. Roberts
Carl Brantley, Jr
Bon Air Drive
Monroe
Roberts
Leigh named to 32nd annual legal aid conference committee
Monroe lawyer Thomas W. Leigh, president of the Louisiana State Bar Association, is named to the committee for the 32nd annual legal aid conference in New Orleans at the Roosevelt Hotel November 10 to 13. The program covers economic and family issues, criminal aid, psychiatry and the law, and financing of services. Dr Manfred Guttmacher of Johns Hopkins will speak at the dinner. New Orleans Bar Association aids in hosting with social events. Over 370,000 people were helped by legal aid groups last year. Harrison Tweed of New York City is president of the National Legal Aid Association.
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Thomas W. Leigh
Monroe
Louisiana State Bar Association
New Orleans
Roosevelt Hotel
Manfred Guttmacher
Baltimore
John Hopkins
New Orleans Bar Association
Logal
Harrison Tweed
New York City
National Legal Aid Association
Gravel calls special session for Louisiana Democratic unity
Move to continued on the Kennon backed faction shows a showdown with Stevenson supporters as a 17 member executive committee is proposed. Gravel aims to create a liaison group between the state central committee and the national Democratic committee. The panel would include Mrs. E A Campbell Homer as national committeewoman, plus central committee officers and 12 members.
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Gravel
State Central Committee
Democratic Party
Louisiana
National Committee
Democratic National
Ground Breaks For $20,000 Southside Sanctuary
Ground is being broken for the Southside Methodist Church sanctuary to serve about 300 in a growing congregation. Contractor W C Sally of Monroe to complete the $20,000 structure by Christmas, per Rev Lea Joyner. The article also notes past growth and space shortage.
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Southside Methodist Church
Lea Joyner
W. C. Sally
Monroe
Humber River Flood Haunts Toronto Suburbs
Heavy rains on Friday night swelled the Humber River flooding Etobicoke Woodbridge and Weston suburbs. Nineteen homes were swept away on one street and 53 deaths were identified with authorities scaling relief for thousands homeless. Estimates of property damage reached up to 100 million dollars.
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Haiti
Carolina
United States
Canada
Humber
Toronto
Lake Ontario
Etobicoke
Woodbridge
Thistle Town
York
Weston
Fred Gardiner
British Dock Vote Read in Darkness After Striking Meeting
The Liverpool strike vote was taken in darkness as hundreds of men left the meeting early, leaving the outcome unclear and tensions rising among workers and officials.
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Liverpool
London Dock Strike Grows Over Time and Rationing
Pickets backed by British Communist leaders urge more stevedores to join a walkout while union officials on the docks press to keep workers at their posts. A 10 000 strong mass meeting reportedly approved solidarity action in Liverpool though some accounts cite 3 000. Thames tugmen join the strike affecting fuel and coal deliveries amid overtime demands and rationing fears.
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Communist Party
Communist Daily Worker
Harry Pollitt
Daily Worker
Liverpool
Thames
London
Irish Gang Raid Targets Oma h Armory
An Irish gang attempted to steal weapons and ammunition from an Omaha area armory. Raiders left a blood trail as the garrison stirred. Six men were wounded in a 10 minute gun battle. It marks the second raid on a British army barracks in Northern Ireland within a year.
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Omah
Northern Ireland
Royal Irish Fusiliers
Armagh
County Down
Wheeling Flood Deepens After Hazel Cresting Rivers
Flooding from Hurricane Hazel surged in Wheeling as the river crested at eight and a half feet above flood stage, inundating two thirds of Wheeling Island and forcing more than 3,000 residents to evacuate. Riverside homes and several businesses lost heat from flooded basements. editions of the Wheel ing Intelligencer were delayed while water was pumped from the press room.
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Hazel
Wheeling Island
South Wheeling
West Virginia
Ohio
Wheeling
Wheeling Intelligencer
Flooded Ohio Valley isolates Wheeling area traffic
Red Cross and Salvation Army set up shelters as centers. residents sought refuge with relatives or in shelters. Police provided extra details in deserted areas. Many used rowboats for transport while main roads were closed or flooded, isolating the upper Ohio Valley.
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Red Cross
Salvation Army
Wheeling
Ohio Valley
Stringfellow tale questioned amid campaign fallout
In New Orleans evangelist Billy Graham spoke of Stringfellow's confession as he nearly wept. A Houston lecture was canceled after the tale surfaced. Ralph Edwards said the story had been printed and reprinted, undermining the program's credibility. A film producer bought movie rights to the bogus tale this week. Stringfellow, married with two boys, wears leg braces from a World War I mine injury. Party insiders debated Stringfellow’s GOP chances and Granger's prospects, with many privately skeptical.
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New Orleans
Billy Graham
Stringfellow
Houston
Tex
Ralph Edwards
France
Walter K. Granger
Utah Senator Supports Stringfellow After Public Statement
Sen Wallace Bennett and Sen Arthur Watkins praised Stringfellow for courage and a steady life after his public admission. Democrats offered little comment as efforts to locate opponent Granger failed. Weisenmann expressed sympathy but urged against election repentance.
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Wallace F. Bennett
Rutah
Stringfellow
Arthur V. Watkins
Utah
Granger
Milton L. Weisenmann
Congress
Two Monroe Soldiers Stationed At Fort Bliss For Antiaircraft Training
In Fort Bliss Texas two Monroe area soldiers Pvt Rennie James Ausberry 24 and Pvt Cleophus Hodrey Wesley 19 have been assigned to the Antiaircraft Artillery Replacement Training Center for eight weeks of basic to antiaircraft artillery training following eight weeks of infantry instruction.
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Fort Bliss
Tex
Monroe
Ft. Bliss
Texas
Rennie James Ausberry
Alberta Ford Ausberry
Richard Ausberry
Cleophus Hodrey Wesley
C. A. Wesley
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