Social Scene Notes and Local Gatherings of the Week
Week of social events includes showers for Miss Birch Williams, bridal breakfast for Atkins Castle party, and the Williams Bell nuptials. Mrs. A S Well hosts bridge, Alpha Delphian meeting at Mrs Dan McCranie, and several lunches and teas announced with guests listed. Sammi Thompson returns to Gulfport Military Academy with escorts after a visit in New Orleans. Community members attend musicales and dinners at the Washington Hotel and Mrs McHenry hosts a musical evening with local talent and a periwinkle decorated supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. O. Smith
Birch Williams
Travis Oliver
Atkins Castle
Lotus Club
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Home
A. S
Bridge
Julia Frances Stubbs
Ronald Lee Davis
Bridge Club
Alpha Delphian
Dan McCranie
M. S. McGuire
Williame-Bell
West Monroe
Sammie Thompson
Gulfport Military Academy
Ora Lee Dowdy
W. D. Strong
Roy Aston
Newil
Mary Smith
Kathleen Willig
Shreveport
Washington
Ben Johnson
Tax reform mood lifts Middle West business view
Business leaders call nesting taxes nuisance taxes and urge removal. They say these exactions once funded wartime needs but now cloud the business horizon as reform moves forward.
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Middle West
Mrs Faulkner Heard’s Bridge in Honor of Miss Williams
Mrs Faulkner Heard entertained guests with a charming bridge party last night in honor of Miss Birch Williams. The hostess displayed an artistic touch throughout the event.
Lovely Bridge Affair Honoring Miss Williams
Miss Marie Saxe hosted a Monday morning bridge event in honor of Miss Birch Williams whose upcoming marriage on the fifteenth inspired the social gathering. Guests enjoyed a flower filled living room, score cards for five games, and gifts including Norwegian lace items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Williams
Marie Saxe
Bridge
Birch Williams
Miss Saxe
T. W. Woodard
Dottie Williams
Exceedingly gay carni val favors at a social gathering
The event featured unique carneval favors on each plate with noise makers and fortunes or rhymes read aloud for amusement. Guests included Miss Williams and Mmes C W Perkins Sam Humphries Louis Rinehart T L Woodard John Mullin and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Williams
Mmes
C. W. Perkins
Sam Humphries
Louis Rinehart
T. L. Woodard
John Mullin
Ivy Roberts
Marion Riddle
Mary Watkins
Dorothy Cason
Effie Hood
Anna Sutcliff
Ouida Piner
Ruth Peavy
Dottie Williams
Louise Smith
Josephine Bell
Cammie Clark
Irene Clark
Elizabeth McGuire
Mary Belle Simonton
Edythe Burrow Hosts Mexican Luncheon in Bastrop
Edythe Burrow acted as hostess for a Mexican luncheon held last Saturday at one o'clock in Bastrop Louisiana. Guests included Berg Madison Gertrude Madison Van Good and Mrs Joe Burrow plus Mr and Mrs W G Lawhead and their son Dale of Monroe. Rev Father Becker of Galveston is conducting a mission at the Catholic church this week. Attendance has been very good with Father officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bastrop
Edythe Burrow
Berg Madison
Gertrude Madison
van Good
Joe Burrow
W. G. Lawhead
Dale
Monroe
Eva Lawhead
Father Becker
Galveston
Texas
Local residents and visitors travel and hosting in Monroe area
Marsh of Monroe assists as Hugh Biggar and sister visit Miss Tina Collins last Sunday. Several Monroe motorists and families travel and guests listed including Lane Stewart Franklin Shell Higginbotham Quinn Griffin Hull Mizelle Brodnax Griffin Bridge Lane Rogers McBride and Hull families. Irma and Evelyn McBride depart for Mansfield to attend college this fall. Teachers Gertrude Gregory West Monroe and Marie Brower Jennings arrive to teach Bastrop High School for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Biggar
Monroe
Tina Collins
S. B. Lane
J. F. Stewart
T. G. Franklin
S. B. Shell
Dan Higginbotham
D. M. Quinn
Mesdames
Sam Griffin
J. T. Hull
Ola Mizelle
Ione Brodnax
Agnes Griffin
Eunice Bridge
Minnie Lane
Gertrude Gregory
West Monroe
Marie Brower
Jennings
Bastrop High School
Velvet Ice Cream Ad Listing
An old advertisement touts Velvet Ice Cream with lines about purity flavor and popularity. It credits Monroe Ice Cream and Candy Co Inc and includes a date style code 11 25.
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The
Monroe Ice Cream and Candy Co., Inc
Bus Waiting Room 208 So Grand Telephone 772 4 25t
A fragment notes a bus waiting room at 208 South Grand with a telephone number 772 and a date code 4 25t, indicating a transit or station detail. The text is incomplete but preserves the location cue and contact reference for a local facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand
Central West Hopes Tax Cuts With New Congress
Chicago, Sept 7. Business interests in the Central West welcome anticipated tax reductions by the new Congress. Farm prosperity grows as lawmakers consider decreases.
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Chicago
Central West
Tax cuts spark hopeful outlook for Autumn and Winter trade
Reports to bankers and business leaders praise tax reduction as a final boost to a bright outlook. In the Middle West Congress man Madden of Illinois reports broad support for the proposed tax schedule, with hundreds of Chicago businessmen backing the plan and urging removal of nuisance taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle West
Coolidge
Madden
Illinois
House Committee On Appropriations
Chicago
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