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The News-Star from Monroe, Louisiana • Page 8

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The News-Stari
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Monroe, Louisiana
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PAGE EIGHT IHE MONROE (LA.) NEWS-STAR ST. PASCHALL SETS FESTIVAL Henry Freiburg, O. pastor St. announced. Featured at the three-day ceiebra ti on will dinners and cupper: served to adults for 30 ct-nts and children.

23 cents, entertainment, for children, the fancy work (IEAN ATTICS, SECURE STAMPS IPRIL 17. 19- JOHN HARFIELD NANCY COLEMAN rn mm Meads, Clubs In Charge Of Features Of 3 Day Event Announced Char rn and organizations in charge of special features at the spring festival to be sponsored by St Catholic church. West Munroe, April 23-23. were announced Friday by Jack Du cote, general chairman. They are Mrs.

Burkett, kitchen, Ila rold Shan aa, hot dogs, hamburgers and cold drinks: Mrs. Vance Rhodes fusil pond, Mrs. L. W. Kessler, fancy work; club, and carnival features; Young Did choir, candy; Mrs, Harry Sc broader, meal ticket; club, flowers religious articles, preserves and jellies, and Miss Velma Daigle, lot to he given away.

The Int has heen donated bv Mr. and Mrs. S. Dingle. The festival will he held in the Old Vest Furniture building 213 Trenton street, West Monroe, the Rev.1 flower and candy booths, games, home made preserves and jellies, and th- refreshment stands.

Plans for the festival ere near completion Friday, Chairman Ducote said, adding that everyone is invited to luke part in the festivities. Officers of the besides Mr Ducotc are Miss Daigle, secretary; Francis Or treasurer, and Mrs National Want Ad Week Designed To Aid In War Program DISTRICT SCOUTERS WILL MEET TODAY Central district Scouters of the Ouachita Valley council of Boy Scouts will meet at 5 pm. Friday in Temple BN.ii Is ran: to lav plans for future activities and report on progress during the past month. The meeting veil! be in charge of Rabbi F. Hu-eh, chairman, and he attended by President A Clarkson, Clan Black, executive and more than a dozen inter The central strict include? Ouachita and Caldwell parishes.

HW CAREY HOLMES FRIEND TO XEL" PHONE 128 WEST MONROE, LA. Up the Attic and Help Clean Up the Avis!" With that slogan the classified advertising department of the News- Star and Morning World will, Sunday launch a Want Ad Victory week, which will not only provide i readers with the money to buy saving According to the classified advertising manager of the News-Star and Morning World, the Victory week is being sponsored in connection with the 10th annual national want ad week which is being celebrated the nation, from April IO to 26 inclusive. Under plans of the Association of Newspapers Classified Advertising an. gers, with which the.se Monroe are affiliated, the want ad, the child of American newspapers will invade every home in Monroe and thi nit this arca and call to arms accumulations from garages, attics. that today are vitally needed in the war effort.

The Victory week serves a double purpose and this is how; towed away in attics, hall spare rooms, a vast usable merchandise. Look attic! This stowaway ought to be in circula- there are people who N. J. C. DEBATE TEAM SUCCEEDS Cox won all their debates, while the I as a whole tier! for second place1 Seventeen states were represented in the contest Ends First Year With Brilliant Record For Performance LEND LEASE BUYING STEPPED UP BY U.

S. bl meats, l'i" led in v.lume and value Off ii tai- that buying operatic h. h-nd-lea pi-ag! nm would expander! along with improvements the oceanic shipping situation. washington April it The agriculture department has stepped up Garfield and Raymond Massey appear with newcomei Nancy Coleman. former elevator girl, in They opening today at the Paramount, O'Donnell, Writer Of Life in Buras, To Give Address TI: MEN MAKE MOCK WEDDING SUCCESS unt PLENTY OF PLANTS For Your Garden and Yard SEEDS Mf want it md can it.

And they will buy it if yo offer it for sale. 'ince thr jugh pr critics, freezing of items arxI prices of new mere hand -SC, the are unable to obtain certa in house hold equipment. With th money you net from the sale of thi merchi md use. you can buy iefcn.se wi itch you have been war effort buy ti help the nations PLENTY OF CHICKENS KI.IXTUIC PICKER GROCERIES MEATS that the war to ti in for, are use and And 1 nations tile gov- ti rticle SEE I THC RICHEST FLAVOR IN COFFEE I J- i OHE IB VACUUM CAN tSSSlAdmiration not quick i and ire room there ai Mild se The officers and members at the Barkdull Faulk A extend thanks to merchants and business firms who contributed greatly to the of Woman less Wedding' recently held which proved financially remunerative They also wish to express deep appreciation to the many men and boys who sloughed their dignity along with their masculine apparel for the most hilarious night of the year. No debutante ever gave more serious attention to clothes hair, complexion and ae- than did the more than 60 men who strutted, gambolled, waltzed, hobbled or glided down the center aisle of the Neville High school auditorium.

Tuesday night, to the of wedding march rippling from the nail-polished of lovely Leon tine Hammond Thanks were also given to Charles Tm tie. whose voice over the loud speaker added to the enjoyment of audience timely comments gave continuity to the pl and kept onlookers informed of the center of interest. Noted Author Will Speak At Book Dinner Tieing fur second place in the Southern Association tournament at A' Ga, recently the Northeast Junior college debate team completed a brilliant first year of existence. team is composed of Evelyn old, Bill Martin, Larder Thompson and Cox It started off by winning the Louisi- a Tesi; tournament at Ruston. De hating but1 sides of the question, they all their against John Centenary and Tech.

This the fat time a lot ai team entered forsenic activities Coach Glen Faxon then took the tram to Natchitoches Invitational tournament Kin so red by Louisiana State Normal college Competing against approximately 30 four-year urn vet dties, the squad failed to place, but Mr. Faxon said that his group tx.ited then ability lo cope I -h nior college competition. This I the first time that a junior col-: lete I. id ever entered tins to urns- mot which drew from six jiurt ha -ex of food and other farm products for lend-lease- shipment to its a1 hex and for domestic tehef to a rate of more than 5100,000.000 a month. Pure of agricultural products for the programs for the twelve- and-H-half-month jrt-riod ending April I totaled tilt- department HOPKINS MELTS HILL LONDON, April 17 PP liar' Hopkins, representative of Preside Roosevelt, conferred at No.

IO Dow; mg street today With Prime Minim Cf. following C.iplain Oliver Lyttelton, minister state in charge of production. etiquet, in Ceylon, for hostess to with made up for the occasion. over 5QYEARS lr that MALTA IS AWARDED WAR HONOR CROSS us on the jacket of The Great Big Doorstep," but roomily he is known as Pat O'Donnell, New Or learns author who writes of life in the Buras country, that little known river country where the Mississippi the sea Mr O'Donnell will tx- one of the distinguished streakers at the traditional book dinner of the i ana Library tat ion, which is holding its meeting here. The book dinner will be held Friday evening, April 17.

or. the roof of the Hotel convent on headquarters In addition to Mr O'Donnell, the program Venezuelan by Miss Cecelia Oypu z.uelan attending library science; a piano so Velma Nichols and an gre of Taste- Amen alure Between Two Wars, by Mayo, scholar san from the Agricultural chanical college of Texas will probably talk ab the mouth of the river a reading from one rf my s' has said And he says of the gr country below New Orleans the Atlanta tournament, Dorothy tan, compt witil women in six awarded a bronze medal of poetry Lanser Thompson and Prentiss fcrjj- to- 'AmEJuccut I hey know the high quality and hefter value to had in KC BAKING BAKING rOwDf WHO MAKI NOTHING BUT BAKING KOWOIK ask you grocer row hc Mill ION 5 Of FOUNDS HAVE SEEN USED AY OUI GOVERNMENT BRICE'S Vc Mi SUPER-MARKET CORNER THIRD AT LOUISVILLE AVE. ran Liter- 1 md hbrar- and Me- Palmoiiv I1 life bars20 OLEO2 lbs 26 Parkav Ic Sale g. lf ti pewriter, buggy, chif- "Come out work to At the or placed over or Id counter today vs issue the initial Want Ad week. K.

OF C. DELEGATES TO CONCLAVE NAMED tie and their alternates ntion of the Knights of Columbus were named at a meeting of Monroe Council No. 1337 Thursday night at of C. hall here. They are Cal Welsh, grand knight, and Leonard H.

Krogmire, advocate delegates, and Nick Bruno, financial secretary, and John Brown, The convention will be held May 3, 4 and 5 The local meeting was presided over by Mr Krogmire in the absence of Grand Knight Welsh glimpsed first in 193 LONDON, April special strange region when recognition of the way Malta has phibioua, where ti to borne up under the steady land is so cur of Axis warplanes, King George VI from hour has awarded it tire George the first time a medal has been conferred on a part of the British empire The fortifier! island, than 60 miles from Sicily, ha long ago as March 7 had had 2,000 air raid alarms since entrance into the war. Tile George cross, awarder! for gallantry, is intended primarily for and all of will share the honor. In acknowledging the award last night, Malta's governor. Lieutenant- General Sir William Dibble, said "With help Malta will not I ti ti that our mo due to the shifting wit that give off ga en ce of cold water ru sun-baked land He had disco vt- people about wh have depi Cajun, but the turn of Slavs. Fs dians and natl have questionable Hating from ti at the dr the IQI In- wh we; tor ten but will endure until vie- do iv th I tx won DISNEY'S GOING IN FOR PRELUDES in my pie it is te ti uh Walt th Ame tit Joy BREAD Is Air-Conditioned Plant first carillon installed in Metropolitan Methodi.st Ontario.

Canda We Have Tour fishing tackle SCREEN WIRE BICYCLE LOCKS MUOI THRU: HARON ARL CO I lf) South Cr and St HOLLYWOOD. April 17-rip going in for He agreed to make a colored ba-cha ii short to he shown witfi Producer Sam Gehng biographical film, pride of the Yankee Goofey, created for reluctant dragon, will he featured. northern novelists that the st poor white! is a despairing on have been about, over the and seen people every in tenements and on the land is one thing this America give' poor that no other country bai or will ever give That is humi a will-to-dream Til at can be said about Big Doorstep," published by HougiiU Mifflin company bbl, now leu go Great Milk Fed Fryers, 35c WALKER BROS. GROCERY and MARKET 504 North Third Street FREE DEI.I ERY PHONES loll and 1542 Veal Steak, 5- Ie Lh Half Center Et SLICES OF HAM 12V2C Calf Liver, lh Wieners, lh. Hamburger Meat, lh.

23c American Cheese, lh. 29c Beef Bibs, lh. LETTUCE Head Ic CARROTS 2 bchs. 7c APPELS Reef Roast, lh Ribs, lh. 25 Rmdlcia Sliced Bacon, lh.

29c 32c Our Own Sliced Bacon, lh. Box Bacon, each 10c each Lamb lh. 29c Lamb hops, lh. 19c ONIONS 3 bchs. IOC CABBAGE Eh.

3c CELERY Stalk 9e Doz. 27c APPLES Doz. 31c Cleanser 3 12c California ORANGES Pole String 12c TUNA Extract 5c Full Pint 19c doz 23c i Beans i fish Can Ranch Beans B. Peas Beans and Pf) ta toes 3 Salad OIL loin, ui agwiii will in- IrllWiiBQ, ii Disney-Goldwyn roused rPwntten into to be produced speculation on whether the tieup was by Herman Sh urn Im, of The aimed at double Goldwyn, Little and Watch on the an independent, is a leading advo- Rhine," on Broadway next fall. cate of high quality, one-picture pro- Mississippi flood miraculously grams with shorts.

brought them an elegant doorstep, Crochet pi -rn 'howx-rs are the of wlfe and kids, day we comets which have broken up, houAe that stupend. able An impetunious, fat rollicking the lived with his family of eight in a three-room delta shack TArey always had a good time, were blessed a will-to-dream That they eventually acquire a good home to go with the steps is not nearly so important the fun they had doing it." Pat O'Donnell people came to Orleans after the War Between the States, where he was horn 40-odd years ago, near the wharves where the trams and big filled his days and nights with sound and excitement He finished grammar school, then out to work Because his father was a railroad brakeman, got a job wa telling freight cars for the railroads dicks at IO cents a night. That I was around the beginning, hut he can remember 33 jobs he has held, including such unsual ones us shining gold teeth and whistling Beethoven and Brahms over the radio. He had the dislike of a slide-rule existence, and in 1930. after a surge of wanderlust had sent him to Chicago, Angeles: and New York, he to New Orleans, and hiked the levees to the river mouth.

He had always had the urge to write, had sold some to written humorous during the and his imagination was stirred by the lush anil lovely land, inve.sted by a glow of unreality like the un predicts bb river that wind among its floating islands, where sometimes are scattered the little I nu, Grown ARD DATO STRAWBERRIES CELERY zc Dig bunches IOC Lemons, doz. 10c f.rten an LIMA BEANS Blue Plate Shortening, 4-lb. pail 69c Oily t-M'y Snow dril or Spry Oflc 2 iV Soap, all for 27c HU liov Oxy Bol. I Small Box Oxy Bol, for 21c I liar Ivory Soap, I Mfd. liar, lutth for Ile I Grape Juice, pt.

21c; qt. 39c Baking Powder 10c fii-Ilo Crackers Kraft Cheese, jr. I rgo I Sc Starch, 3 for Ile Largest ana Dessert PEACHES 19c I AsparaKiipi UPS cans A 5 Barit 3 I all 23c MILK 2 O' a 4c TISSUE 29c Best Foods Mayonnaise, pl. 19c; pl. 29c; qt.

49c ADMIRATION COFFEE I- 30 Heinz BABY FOODS 3 Cans 20c Shoulder, Mr Lamb Rib, lb. i I Bai a Super Suds Lux 20c Silver Dust Ii Sardines 2 Cum 29c Vinegar Pint IOC Qt. 15c La-tv Assorted Luncheon Meats, lh. 39c COLOR VIM) sprint I VMI! Ribs fir Loin. lh.

15r (if Lamb, lh, 35r Meaty lh. 25c Hot Tamales Chum (ienuine Filet Mignon Steak, lb. Boneless Rolled Rib Roast, lb 39c Nor! hi rn Mellow tired 29c Sliced Bindles Bacon, lb. Wilton'a Certified Eh. Ham Halves 33c ender Sliced Liver, lb 21c Home-Dressed Eat shacks of its very earthly people In he won a Houghton Mifflin grant of $1,000, took of it and bought a shack and an orange grove below Buras, where he completed h.

first novel, It, too. of the river country, filled with action hut little plot, chosen a Book of the Month club selection, translated into foreign language- It an outstanding regional novel, and its creator will talk to the Louisiana Library a.s*o< ration of locale aral chai i the arui the same of people as are til the Great Big Doorstep" a. they came before (he writer eye and are woven by him into story. Fean Tinder Beef Brisket FRYERSlb ROASTlb 25c fT THE RICHEST FLAVOR IN COFFEE ti. ll Regardless of the season, the Ocotillo, rf desert plant, on a new trop of leaves after every rain..

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