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The News-Star from Monroe, Louisiana • Page 13

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The News-Stari
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Monroe, Louisiana
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MARCH 15, 1954MONROE (LA.) NEWS-STAR THIRTEEN Sherrouse PTA To Meet March 17; -Election Slated The Sherrouse A. will meet March 17 at 2:45 p.m. at the school. The executive committee is to meet at 2 p.m. The topic for discussion at the meeting will be Family and the Helping the community to understand the school needs is a function of T.

A. Mrs. W. S. Vincent will discuss Education in Imuisi- a report of a survey of the school system of the state.

This report was made by the di vision of surveys and field service of George Peabody College for Tochers. The searchlight this month is on school personnel welfare an 1 ill be presented by several miminers of the Sherrouse school facility thus: Mrs. J. W. Parker son.

salaries; Mrs. L. N. Blair, tenure; Mrs. E.

J. Brown, sabbatical leave; Mrs. D. F. Guyton, sick leave; Mrs.

E. J. Upshaw, retirement. Election of officers will take place. All member come.

One of every 38 families received assistance last year from It Cross chapter Home Service. NICE TO EE POPULAR Keep bright Chew rigley Spearmint Gum. Chewing helps keep teeth bright. Freshens taste, sweetens breath. Pleasant aid to popularity.

COMPLETES COURSE apt. George L. Whit never, whose wife, Frances Whitmeyer, resides here at 217 Pargoud Drive, has recently completed a 17-week Associate Infantry Office Advanced Course in Fort Penning, which is given to company and field grade officers to enable them to return to their units with a more thorough understanding of their command ('apt. Whilmeyer. in service for 12 years, has served in Hawaii, Europe, Korea, and Japan, and been awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart and the Combat Infantry Badge.

Men Of St. Paul's To Meet; Charter Bichi Is Planned Methodist Church Club will have an Interest- meeting Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the church when supper "ill be servr d. Norman Rushing, president, wants all to attend and it will be charter ht which will be of special intei cst. Colony Club In March Session In Home Of Mrs.

Earl The Colony Home Demonstration Club met with Mrs. E. W. Earl for the regular meeting the past week, with the president, Mrs. L.

J. Bower, presiding. Minutes were read and the regular opening exercises conducted. Mrs. Henry Wroten acted in her capacity as secretary.

The following dub chairmen then gave reports; Mrs. J. J. Kuhn, family life (discussion of hidden fears), Mrs. L.

Bower; poultry, Mrs. J. J. Kuhn food preservation, Mrs. i Drew Anderson A discussion on helpful sewing was given by the parish demon! stration agent.

Mrs. Euna Spielman. A short discussion of fabrics I followed. Following recreation period, re, freshments were served to the fol- lowing; Mrs. Henry Wroten, Airs.

J. J. Kuhn, Mrs. Drew Anderson, Mrs. L.

J. Bower, Mrs. Lizzie Burnett, Mrs. V. M.

Magee, Mrs. W. Gill, Mrs. R. E.

McNabb, Mrs. J. C. Moak, Mrs. W.

B. Rickerson, Mrs. Victor Boyd, Mrs. Euna I Spielman and Mrs. E.

W. Earl, hostess. Deaths MRS. JOHN GOBBLE Funeral services for Mrs. John Gobble, (12, of Collinston, uho died in a local hospital Saturday afternoon, will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m.

from the Riley Memorial Methodist Church, in Collinston, with Rev. David Herrell, pastor, olficiating. Interment will follow in Carter's Cemetery under the direction of Hall Funeral Home. The body will be at the Funeral Homo until Tuesday morning, at which time it will be removed to the Riley Methodist Church to lie in state until time of service. Mrs.

Gobble is survived by her husband, two daughters, Mrs. Oland Dawson and Mrs. Russell Harding of Monroe; her mother, Mrs. Sara Elizabeth Stuart, of Willow Springs, four brothers, Lon Stuart, of Willow Springs, Harry and Andrew Stuart, of Springfield, Elmer Stuart of Madison, 111. Also three grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be A. J. Harper, A. J. Harper, Clyde Adams, Basil Miller, Manning Goodnight and Jase Noonan.

Alitali Dr. Piiiman, Who Taught Here, Dies In Gaoro'a Home Dr. Marvin S. Pittman, 71, president emeritus of Georgia Teachers College and one of the country's leaders in rural education, died in Statesboro, Ga. the past week.

He taught in the city high school in 1905 and was active in church and Y. M. C. A. work here at that time.

In 1907 he was superintendent of Madison Parish for several years and still later was a teacher in Louisiana State Normal. P.ttman, a native of Emb.y, was president of Georgia Col'c from 1934 until 1911. and again from 1943 until 1317. Hs retired in 1947 to an emeritus status and continued actively for five years as director of extern ion and aluminum counselor. From 1947 th ough 1948, he was on -pecial government assignment as a teacher training consultant in Germany and Kor-a.

He had retm to retirement here only la November Fallowing ear in Costa Rica where tie a a rli ector of rural education for Cons education security council oi n. Pittman received his degree in om Mill aps college, Jackson. In 1917 he received an M. degree from the University of Oregon, and in 1921, a fi om ol imbia Univ i sity JOHN W. WILKINS TALLULAH, March 1.5 (Special) services were held Monday at 2 p.m.

at the Crothers Funeral Chapel in Tallulah for John W. Wilkins, 48, who died of a heart attack at his residence in West Monroe Sunday morning. Services were conducted by Rev. Arthur Strickland, pastor of the Tallulah Presbyterian Uhurch, Interment was in Bear Creek Cemetery, Utica, Miss. Survivors include his wife, Mrs.

John W. Wilkins, McFarland, California, and two brothers, George Wilkins, West Monroe and Wilkin-. Monroe. Wilkins was a carpenter, a member of the Baptist church and a veteran of orld War I. He ha only come 'o Louisiana six months ago from alifornia.

OUACHITA PARISH CHAPTER AMERICAN RED CROSS 1954 FUND RESULTS Fund Chairman, James A. Noe Co-Chairman, C. C. Boardman DIVISION CHAIRMAN REPORT ED 12,001.00 Advanced- Monroe West Monroe 1 Jack Howard John Sherrouse, Jr. R.

C. White, Jr. I.ouis Gruber 2552 80 Floyd Martin O. N. McNeil Benton Wakefield South 132.00 Monroe J.

W. Roberson 486.90 Special Groups Delta Rho Delta 42.50 Employee Group John Baugh 5428.00 Negro If. H. Marbles 221.00 Industry Allen Givens 659 88 Rural Mrs. F.

X. Shaughnessy 327 50 Mrs. James rous- il a le, Jr. Mrs. James Sparks 91.00 West Monroe 1300.57 Mrs.

Tony Zurga 1 495.07 CHAPTER GOAL 41,500.00 TOTALS TO DATE .....................................18.093.49 AMOUNT NEEDED ...................................22,806.51 GOP Facing 7 ftf Fv Plans To i Ck ircsi The Trenton Baptist W. called meeting Church Wedne The purpose is tl i the on of will have a in Peniel Baptist day at 9:3.) a m. lay crusade or I mi id and is the cause continuous noLe often of trtial deafness. in which 18 elation will The chief ing will fie pastor of Church. Mrs.

dent, will talk There vv of the 18 ehurche tion vv hu are ali representatives at Reverend Srx Cbeniere Baptist Church, side at this meeting. churches of participate speaker al Bov. II. Park View F. Brn on vv 11 a a (Continued from First Page) of Schine, of backing such demands with threats.

MeCarthv retorted. He accused Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stevens and John G. Army general coun of trying to use the drafting of Schine as a iurther probing by the subcommittee charges of Reds in the Army. McCarthy made public a hatch of from Ins files, mosly signt rl by ohn an I Subcommittee Staff Chief Frank P.

Carr, to back up the blackmail accu ation v. hich veils denounced as false and faniaMic. other things, the memos alleged that Stevens an 1 Adams had sought to talk the committee into investigating other branches Of the armed instead of th Army. i Army officials denied this Cohn said last night in a tcle- NBC interview that Adams had sugge fed a probe of sex dev- iat ons among pi sonnel at an air base which Cohn did not name, rIcCarth.v Ins ottered to repeat campaigns President's if he tuibs progni the Wss. Senator iip on.

vn. in ne ne 0 vv ill il- ir i call iocia- na of on gain the his own turning last trip W. We will faking eg marges er nata be Ri 11 .1 spe told oar commit i's own affairs." That seemed to be pretty to how Iront-rank Scno'e einhi-rs thou; it should died, but Sen. Mundt senior Republican member 1 any li ms.n, re of Gl n- next the 4 V. ubcommittee, insisted public intere would tie belter served and country would he better sat -fie I if th nber is irned 0 ei to a cl if ere comm: Me('arthv ins'ste I publicly 110 one but woi.it decide about hiring or Bring its emplo.v -a I le offered to 1 the privilege of pre arily to Mundt so lie could be questioned under oath, ohn said la night ho had learned ol ia! as circulated am mg rnembe of the subcommittee staff seeking a pie Jge of loyalty to But he denied instigating it, and he declined to express an opinion on whether their signatures on it ght prejudii the staff in an investigation of himself.

He denied flatly that he had remarked 1 would be tor staffers who refused to sign Me pied e. Tile Senate Republican policy Committee scheduled a meeting for tomorrow, and its leaders said the controversy and possible methods of investigating it would lie considered. Sen. Ft rguson of Michigan, who heads the policy committee, said in an he feels the McCarthy subcommittee ought to handle the inquiry itself and seek to do job of it. Sen.

Knowland of Cal forma an obligation to the Senate and the to conduct a thorough inquiry. Sen. Flanders 'R-Vt), who told the Senate last week McCarthy doing his best to the Republican party, said the Senate Armed Services Committee has a duty to examine A hat the uproar has done to morale and 1 whether Stevens actually did try to shift investigation from the Army to other scrviees. In a weekend exchange between the Wisconsin Senator and the secretary: 1 McCarthy made public Saturday a letor he had add re -sed to Stevens last Dee. 22 declaring that the subcommittee's investigations of Reds in the would 110 way be by thin the Army might do ab nit Schine.

i he letter questioned whether Schine ever would have been drafted if he ha not been connected with tin- subcommittee, 2 back iti a telegram to McCarthy. The wne renewed the that had been the Army to give Schine special treatment Cohn insisted last night that top Army officials did try to use Schine as bargaining point to halt investigations of alie ed communism in Army. Co denied firmly that he had sought special treatment In New York last night LBS i omnieut itor Kdw ard sit ro ho ei ,1 i the senab.i an.I Lien offered to let him take er a succeeding program to reply, mused V. accept a substitide McCarthy proposed. 'Lie senator 1 oficred tn author William F.

Buckley Jr. lo speak him. In Cincinnati a local radio broadcast of -a talk by Koger Baldwin. chairman of the American Civil Lmerties on McCarthy v. a cancelcd.

spokesman for lis International Forum, the sponsor, sa; the re a son vvas fear McCarthy might demand radio time Missouri and Repuhlic- an commillee said last ght they would oppose Usuance of any invitation to McCarthy to speak in the State in Republiean JOEL MITCHELL VENABLE, Il Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Venable, Rt. Box 50, West Monroe is completing his Air Force basic i 1 i a training course at Lackland Air Force Base, the to the Air Force." Three Arrested In PAonrcs For rucks e- Three persons Louisian 1 1 ramal and a 19-ycar-oid were at char; a a day Mwi'i '1 he 818 a at i after Pu cm pio; disellai two 17-year-old Inst tute youths nroe Negro ted mdav night on 0 stealing trucks from Service Station at 801 in separate in tances Sun- 1 Moni -e police reported was Jimr who Ree 1 at rn of est- I 1 rs rted ii former wlio was md dm Sat a ling inc.dent (Continui i rorn Fir i States, anil an honorable disimi: go? Reno rs ask ed about Vi lent Sa'urday nicht celi which said th Republican party insists that the light again 1 communism must he ur and propci Lai thy, ho earlier id said he didn't know of any in ta nee wheio there hasn't been fai play ir Senate committee, said, 1 won ili lify any of the ni wks by ma km a st on them, i he rei or speak tor tin m- es. definit to vigorously pm'-me my ohe of communi i hat same determin it on was by McCarthy in his Saturday night speech before a Manitowoc Junior Chamber of ine 1 ee gathering, 1- ng as I am in the Ln ted Stata Senate, and I hope it is a long Ln 0 he said, don int ml to treat traitors lik ti nm n.

are not Ma km no wenee to per ons in poi ics, the con in sen dor, who has five years to go in Jr present non, said have told me that 1 hou! so ia 1 h. a ciifdeu job to pick these slimy entures vvdhotd gett ng rough. If someone 1 an 11 me the gentlemen's way to dig out Communists, nr, de them to in, water's fine Pi or the k. McUai thy said in an interv a vv he anted to testify under oath about his current row with riiiy Secret Stevens. I le said he anted tri Mundt (R-SD1, who ranks next to him in his suh- comnidti e.

to assume Lie chairman. hip temporarily le Carthy presents the a McCarthy has been fighting the over report'- that committee'- counsel. Roy Cohn, sought special privileges for (,. David Si hint former committee aide who was attcd into the Siorm Gsthering First Phkpi price support proposals appeared stronger in the House, ail of whose members face election contests this fall. Rep.

Roa of Texas, see mrl- Democrat on the House Vgrieultuie Uommitipr, yesterday the President could not mint on more than irre of the 23 co nmittee to support his ogram. This wasn't far oil pnv ate GOP Eilender, in a weekend radio speech, saifi the KLeiihovver-Ben- son price progt am otiid reek ha voi among our small by fui he i reduct ions in tin ir 111 i ames and pm chasing pow i i He contended Biuison has been trying blacken and besmear the present farm by issuing statistics, loaded figui es and slanderous utterance Aiken discounted attacks by Eilender and others as lot oi i "Util al campaign 1 Eilender also hit out at the 00 1 hill which, instead continuing the gov ci nmen! loans Inch have piled up limili tic 00 1 111 gov eminent hands, would a-k domestic producers to II at mai ket pi es. Benson could make up any ditter- ence B.v mi nts financed thron a part of import duties on foi 1 ign wools. Eilender said this amounted a blank check sheep Sund 1919 Ford stolen bv ti icy the 8 30 a rc- Ulk mi. Lie a uck had been ri called i re inel 0,1 th off.

Tail the 11 a of inju siiot of he ugh re taken the cr back i in 1 hi chid; on to here, v- pii r- Reed, Security 1 i.v. I I lUB Set so. 1 said di a 1 piovale ft -u TON qua' i adequ premi' i de ite Wilson ti it on ogram will urity under it may ons i hange. i Ms mili- od 1 pi power, jii- ancs, iect on i and the nt search iurc Senate Dubach Youth 1st In Speech Contest Dl BACH, March 15 (Sf Stephen II. Hammons, of Dubr.eh, won firM place in the annual public speaking contc ponsored here recently by the Future Fanners of America.

Eartic ip iting by in the parliamentarv law cont rst the Ruston chapter of the FFA took first place ith second place going to Hico and third place to Dubach. First place winners in both speaking and parliamentary law contests will compete with other parish winners in the area contest March 19 at Calhoun. Winners in the area contest will compete with other area winners in a state elimination contest Mayor Coon (Contimifd from First ing he was undecided as yet whether to make the trip I am giving It a lot of He said he planned to go to New Orleans Friday on other business and while there will it with Mavor Morrison, Plans for the trip call for 60 businessmen and officials from the Lou. dan a area to make the trip, at a cost of aiiout each, according to the letter. The tour is scheduled (0 leave New Or cans April 15 tor Rome, and visit Rome, Milan, Zurich, Hanover, Hamburg, cities in Holland and ium London and Paris.

It is Rein to end on May letter RIVER STAGES Flood Present 71-hour st ige stage cLange Stations: MISSISSIPPI b1 lis 39 -0 3 1.0 Fall Memphis 1 n. 1 0.0 E-lena41 i 2 0.5 Rise Arkansas City 12 0 Rise Vick burg 43 in 3 0.5 Rise Nat it 3 15 1 0.3 Rise Red I.dim 15r 15 5 0.0 Baton Ron 35 9 0 0 2 Fall nv die 6 New (irle; 17 2.6 0.1 Rise ATCHAF, LAY A run (bv 6 2 3 0.1 Rise OUACHITA Lamdi 11 1 5 7 roe 40 0.0 EL on. ville50 rl7 0 4 Fall 0 0 IM! burgh 1 16 7 0 1 Fall infirmati 52 23.6 1.9 Rise i-o i 1.2 all fKANS AS iy hi -2 0 6 9 1 2 yestc 7 0.0 rday. Fall Pc; Tco Le 0 To Ci2ssT.y H- Wanted, Male (31) Biggest Water Hea.er in Local History! RKEEM I fan; cr i u. Inside a tan cf 1 tmf rust! co.rcr/: hoc4 I K.

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