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Abbeville Meridional from Abbeville, Louisiana • 5

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Abbeville, Louisiana
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Saturday, NovemD? 8, 1947. THE ABBEVILLE MERIDIONAL ELECTED OFFICER CI" S. W. REGIONAL BANKESS ASS'iV. MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to Fred Joseph Romero of New Iberia and Saulle Richard of Abbeville RFD.

MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to Alton Joseph Romero of New Iberia MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to Royce Meaux and Marie Elise Bertrand of Kaplan. MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to John Hebert of Abbeville RFD and and Elaine Marce LeBlanc of Abte ville. Marie Joyce Trahan of Youngsville. MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to Alex T. Theriot of Abbeville and MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to Saul LeBlanc and Rosalie Cormier of MARRIAGE LICENSES MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to William Ross of Minter City, and Edith Schexnaidler of Erath.

MARRIAGE LICENSE was to Clifton Theall and Rosita Dupuy of Theall. MARRIAGE LICENSE was rsued to Fernest Pierre Benoit of Duscn and Isabelle Menard of Erath. MARRIAGE LICENSE was i'sued to Eldrldge Paul Williams of Morgan City and Velma Verret of Bayou Chene. MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to Lewis Delfred Landry of LeRoy and Celsstine R. Primeaux of Erath.

Gueydan. MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to Oileritin Gladu Hebert of Abbeville xr Pierre Paul Simon and Grace Gas pard of Abbeville RFD. 4 RFD and Anna Belle Vaughan of MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to Enich Weekly and Aides Abshire of Port Sulphur. A I WHEREAS, the membof the Civic Advisory Board of Abbeville have gone on record asji; dorsing the suggestion of the Abbeville League of Women Voters provisional) that the Mayor of the City of Abbeville proclaim the periocfcttrom November 6 through 8 as Registration Days so as to encourage many residents as possible to register to vote, and WHEREAS, many residerts of the City of Abbeville are not registered to vote and thus not exercising their rights citizens and are not discharging their duties as true Americans in the preservation of Democracy, and WHEREAS, the Honorable Fred T. Schlessinger, Registrar of Voters for Vermilion Parish, has joined in the movement to facilitate the registration of as many citizens as possible during the days set aside for registration and for the remainder of the time prior to the Democratic primary in January of next year, and WHEREAS, the celebration of Armistice Day, November 11, would be meaningless unless each and every citizen registers and thus becomes a qualified voter to maintain the Democracy for which our boys and girls struggled for during the recent World Wars, i NOW; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that November 6, 7, and 8, 1947, be declared as Registration Days in the City of Abbeville, MARRIAGE LICENSE was If sued to Murphy Joseph Lapointe and Ruby Istre of Gueydan.

1S MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to Arestile Langlinais and Marie Mabel LeBlanc of Abbeville RFD. MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to J. Clarence Broussard of Kaplan RFD and Zula Mae Broussard of Abbeville RFD. Abbeville. MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to Tamsey Trahan of Kaplan and Lucille Abshire of Morse.

MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to Otey B. Richanf, and Winnie Mary- Champagne of Abbeville. MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to Romain M. Dubois and Eula Mae Richard of Abbeville. MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to Gladys Gallet of Kaplan and Nethel Saltzman of Abbeville RFD.

MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to Willis J. Campbell and Theresa Tr a-of Kaplan. MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to Maurice TJuhon and Eva' iSverda La-Bauve of Gueydkn. Anna Mae Castro of Meaux. MARRIAGE LICENSE was i-sued to Louis J.

Meaux of Abbeville and Cleta Vincent of LeRoy. MARRIAGE LICENSE was Issued to Howard Guidry and Laura Belle Davidson of Henry. MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to Jean Wilson Desormeaux of Lafayette RFD and' Edith Simon of Kaplan RPD. MARRIAGE LICENSE, was issued to Jaul Theonis LeMatre of Abbeville FD and Lavema Dartez of. Wright.

MARRIAGE. LICENSE, was issued to Henry H. Tullos of Abbeville and Made-lin Thibodeaux of Gueydan. MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to Louis Theonise Mallett and Noemie Broussard of Kaplan. MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to Palmer Barras of Abbeville RFD and FJorence Mlguez of Delcambre.

MARRIAGE LICENSE Issued to Charles JB.Marceaux and Sable There- ft Louisiana," and that every citizen avail himself of the requirements for voting byr registering at the office of Fred. J. Registrar sa, Theriot ofAbbeyflle. of for Vermilion, located in the Court A M. J.

Lege of Abbeville, cashier of -the First National Bank, was elected -tecretary of the Southwestern Regional Clearing House Association at a meeting held in New Iberia. The other officers elected were E. J. Castille of Sunset. chairman; E.

D. Wifadham" of Lake Charles, "vice-chairman; 1- I WANTED A TOOTHBRUSH Abbeville, Louisiana. Abbeville, Louisiana, this 3rd day of November, A. D. 1947.

EMILE DUTEL, Mayor. -CITY OF ABBEVILLE, LA. MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to PRECINCT BY PRECINCT CAMPAIGN TOUR HERE Roland LeBouef of Houma and Marion Thibodeaux of Thibodaux. MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to Junes Ray Henderson of Kaplan RFD A GI political ticket, composed of Roy R. Theriot, candidate for State Senator, J.

Nolan Sandoz, candidate and Mary Ethel Arable of Abbeville. for Representative, Lovelace Lang MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to linais, candidate for election to the Jean Malvin Clostlo of Kaplan RFD and Rosa Belle Nunez of Abbeville office of Sheriff of Vermilion Parish Feray Clark, Clerk of Court, and Pru RFD. dence Trahan, candidate for Assessor, MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to 1 C7) -O James H. Meaux and Helen Hebert of are making a spirited campaign, hold ing meetings in every ward and pre' cinct in the parish. Hi to 7 Abbeville.

mm Ucmvi If you were in Cook County Hospital, Chicago, and had no money with which to purchase anything for your convenience, what would you need the Rev. Raymond Lilly, first Negro Chaplain of Cook County Hospital knows the an-wer. For twenty years he has walked through the wards of the hospital, cutting the toe nails of the patients who are confined to their bedj for weeks and weeks. He says that the article which is requested most often is a toothbrush. For years, a Mr.

Lilly went about his work, he has carried toothbrushes with a Gospel of John rolled around each brush. He give the brush and the Gospsl to any patient who needs a toothbrush. Interested friends' purchase the materials and many of the Gospels are given by the Bible Society in Chicago. Mr. Lilly has been promised that the Bible Society win do all in Its power to see that he has adequate supply of Gospels, Testaments and Bibles at all times.

The toothbrush is the article requested, Mr. Lilly says, but the Gospel is the one for which he is thanked. MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to Donald Desormeaux of Erath and Theriot, and Sandoz are young attorneys, receiving their education local schools and attending' Louisiana Hazel Desormeaux of Erath. MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to Willis Joseon iDelahoussaye of New institutions of higher education. Ther iot received his legal education at SLI and Tulane University, while Sandoz Iberia and Therese Florence Delcam bre of Delcambre.

is a graduate of Louisiana State Uni MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to SLIPS are personally yours! versity Law School. langlinais is well known in Ver milion as a rice planter, and served as deputy sheriff from 1940 through 1944, while Feray Clark, candidate for Clerk of Court, is a young Kaplan bus Woodley L. Duhon of Maurice and Ludy Mire of Kaplan. MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to Curley Mallett of Erath and Shirley Bell of New Iberia. MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to Clesme Billiot of Abbeville and Nedia Schexnayder of Kaplan.

MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to Cleopha Richard of Oarencro and iness man. Trahan, 28 years old, served in the Army Ground Forces for three and half years, taking part in the invasion of several" bitterly contested island landings in the Pacific figure-magic and personal satisfaction in wearing a Miss Elaine Precisional the slip that fits you to perfection, without costly alterations. and is active in veterans organizations Come one, come all, come to the Home Made Cake Bingo. Where? Mt. Carmel Gym.

When? November 19, at 7 p. m. World cotton production in 1947-43 is estimated at 26.1 million bales or 21 above the small crop of last year. in the parish, serving as junior vice-commander of the local VFW post. He is presently employed as assistant Isman Chiasson of Rayne.

MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to Harold Lloyd Noel and Beverly Rita Landry of Abbeville. i MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to Harris Sellers and Delia Mae Richard of Abbeville. MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to Louis Joseph Landry and Gussie manager of Morgan and Lindsey in Whether you're short, medium or tall, whether Abbeville. YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU you wear Junior's misses', women's or half-size dresses, there's a Miss Elaine Precisional waiting for you here. Come bemeasured.

It. takes but a minute or two and it's simple as ABC. Broussard of Erath 1 MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to Pjerre Jonas Perrin of Erath and1 Agnes Hazel Broussard of Henry." MARRIAGE LICENSE was. is sued to Columbus A. Har grave and Audrey Touchet of Kaplan.

MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to George E. Broussard of Maurice and Joycie Nell Hulin of Abbeville. MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to Ophe Sherman of Abbeville and Lou-ella Suire of Erath. MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to John Unes Simcn and Una Jane Richard of Kaplan. MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued to Adam Hebert and Lula Mae Broussard of Gueydan.

$3.50 to $3.95 A minister called at the Bible House of only 40-7ercent of in Nefy JCorK headquarters of the American Bible Society, late one Frl day afternoon. He had traveled over 300 miles for the sole purpose of securing1 a Braille Bible for one of his blind parishioners. "I would like to take it with me he said, "as I wish to present it to the blind girl next When he learned that the Braille Bible required 20 large volumes weighing about 90 pounds and that he could1 not possible carry them, he was net only disappointed but amazed. "What a lot of paper is needed to make one Braille Bible and what a lot of raided dots!" he exclaimed. Yes, there are thousands up thousands of dots in only one Braille volume, and hundreds upon hundreds' of pages of the heavy paper necessary for the embossing on both sides oi the page of the little pointed symbols that speak to those without sight Accidents, which took 100,000 lives last year, now rank fourth as the greatest cause for death among the American population, the National Conservation Bureau reports.

Heart disease tops the list, followed by cancer, cerebal hemorrhage, then accidents. Ten years ago pneumonia and nepharitis also ranked higher than are Tip Louisiana's bank resources $17,000,000 in one year. I UNDIES OP 7 RAYON -f r) A FFE R'S Louisiana ROB A i 1 1 The old State Capitol will become a war memorial at ceremonies November 11. accidents, the Bureau said which proves that medical science has made good progress in saving" lives while individuals, carelessness causes accidents, have done little to correct dangerous habits. NDIVIDUAllV FACKACED 79c 65c pair Dr.

Frank C. Laubach. the world's foremost proponent of literacy, has said that the Bible, or a part of it. has now been translated into the languages of perhaps 90 percent of the population of the world. But only 40 percent of the world knows how to read the Bible in any 60 percent cannot read at all.

Many governments' 'are fnow sponsoring literacy campaigns. The American Bible 1 Society is 'publishing of Gospel narratives in languages in which many -of these campaigns are -being conducted. -Pencil Sharpener 'Versatile A versatile pencil sharpener is on the market." It will cut a medium, fine or super-fine point, on either 'AC or DC. There's also a draf tman's model that sharpens only the wood, by-passing the lead. Speeding: Tobacco Curing: One and a half times more tobacco can be cured in an air-conditioned barn than in one with conventional equipment, according to preliminary tests being conducted by agricultural researchers in Virginia.

Science Spares Your Toes Science continues to simplify living. A new night light, designed for placement under one leg of the bed, flashes on when you get up and off when you return to the "hay" They're back and we've got emi 98c Par Luxurious Spun-Io rayon undies' expertly fashioned by Blue Swan in flare, band and bloomer We have them V. a sparkling new assortment of the famous Blue Swan undies! Fashioned to flatter in styles for every figure and every occasion. They're expertly tailored with comfort in mind in easy-to-wash knit rayons that wear so well. Tearose and White.

Regular sizes 5 to 8. Extra sizes 9-10. Individually packaged indi- UndleT'galorled by Blue Swan "to flatter every figure. They're superbly cut and a real comfort to Made of fine quality Spun Lo rayon with reinforced crotch and snug-fitting braided waistband. Individually packaged.

Tearose only. Regular sizes 5 to 8L Extra sizes 9-10. viduatly styled. In regular and extra sizes. Robert Stauffer's ROBERT )T A UI R' I i a a Abbe i 1 1 -A-, Abbeville, Louisiana.

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