Festival of Lights Parade Opens Hodges Gardens Event
The twelfth annual Festival of Lights kicks off December 11 in Many with a 1 p.m. parade featuring 50 bands and 30 floats led by Fort Polk’s 60th Army Band and color guard. Will Mangham and Mrs. Mangham ride as grand marshal. dignitaries include state senators, representatives, and local mayors. Santa arrives with the Many High School band guiding the procession.
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Many
Hodges Gardens
Marion Cole
Shreveport
Fisher
Louisiana
Color Guard
60Th Army
Band
Fort Polk
Will Mangham
Louisiana Tourist Development Commission
Mangham
Bryan Poston
Hornbeck
Claude Leach, Jr
Leesville
John S. Pickett, Jr
Joe Cooper
Mansfield
Virginia Godfrey
H. B. Sartor
Frank Delia
DeRidder
Ray Spurlock
Zwalle
W. C. Woods
Pleasant Hill
Charley Jett
Florien
A. J. Dutian
Noble
Santa Claus
Tim Williams
Huey Harper
Engaged Virginia Kay Jenkins to Doyle Gene Callender
Mrs. C M Jenkins of Palestine announces the engagement and wedding of Virginia Kay to Doyle Gene Callender of Rosenberg. The couple plan to wed January 22, 1972 at 3 pm on the Many High School football field. A Hodges Gardens award and Festival of Lights will follow at Hodges Gardens Louisiana with the Centenary College Choir and Florien High School Band performing amid candlelight tableaux.
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Hodges Gardens
Louisiana
Shreveport
Lake Charles
Centenary College Choir of
A. C. Voran
Florien High School
Black Cat Band
Phillip Devaney
Christmas Party Meeting Of IDC Met December
December regular meeting plus Christmas party hosted by Miss Jimmie René Ogg at Bayo adage hall with co host Mrs Edgar Smith. President Maggie Amsler led the session as members shared holiday wishes and a paper on Christmas in the South by Norma Kitzman.
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Jimmie René Ogg
Edgar Smith
Maggie Amsler
Norma Kitzman
South
Santa
Mesdames Amver
Cardiff
Gregory
Griffin
Kitzman
Sadler
Smith
Wells
Ogg
H. E. Romack
Misa Helen Bruton
Katy
Janie Fletcher
Denton
Card of Thanks for Community Support at Hodges Gardens
Acknowledges friends neighbors and community for cards visits calls food and prayers during Jodie illness. Special thanks to Brother Vance and Katy Fire Department for hospital bed and wheelchair. Gardens admit free for festival open 5 p.m. parade participants get free forest garden tours afterwards. Visitors advised to bring chairs and warm clothing. Hodges Gardens continues Christmas displays until New Year’s Eve with free tours 6 10 p.m. Parade sponsor Many Sabine Parish Chamber of Commerce John M Byrd president C Roscoe Carruth general chairman.
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Jodie
Brother Vance
Katy
Clara Kosina
Gillard Kosina
Alton Sturm
Forest Gardens
Hodges Gardens
Hodges Gardena
Many- Sabine Parish
Fiesta de las Luminarias Lights Up San Antonio River Walk
In Texas, Fiesta de las Luminarias runs December 18 to 21 in San Antonio along Paso Del Rio and the river walk. The event features more than 2,000 candles guiding carolers on river barges and on December 19 Las Pagadas a pre nativity celebration.
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Texas
San Antonio
Paso del Rio
Alamo City
Paso del Rlo
December Birthdays for Local Residents
A list of birthday acknowledgments for residents with dates in December. Names mentioned include Kathleen Thompson, Ben W Hartman Jr, Ernest Wirpitz, Ernest Bode, Jeff Harris, Mrs Clyde Gooding, J BE Hudgens, Norma Jean Ully, Larry Hammerling, Joe Williams, James Dean Nelson, Lorene Edwards, Mrs L A Lunbeck, Alverda Rabel, Deola Mae Lambright, Delores Sonnier, Suzanne Grisham, C R England, Eddie Mayberry, Ruth Marshall, Kathy Lynn Harbison, Rodger Ross, Leonora Munoz, Lynn Snowden, Gladys Gostecnik, Cynthia Ann Hall, Glenn Rose, Lloyd Ernstes Jr, Gary Gostecnik, Darryl Woods, George V Nelson, Michael David Sumnera, Johnny Ray Hall, Sheila Gayle Denison.
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Kathleen Thompson
Ben W. Hartman, Jr
Ernest Wirpitz
Ernest Bode
Jeff Harris
Clyde Gooding
Suzanne Grisham
C. R. England
Eddie Mayberry
Ruth Marshall
Kathy Lynn Harbison
Rodger Ross
Leonora Munoz
Lynn Snowden
Lloyd Ernstes, Jr
Gary Gostecnik
Darryl Woods
George V. Nelson
Michael David Sumnera
Johnny Ray Hall
Sheila Gayle Denison
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Aig
Brazos
Fowlkes St
Sealy
Sat
Thurs
Holy Land
Houston
Katy National Bank
Third St
SAS
IDC
Vincent Lusco
Austin
Vincent Charles Lusco
Barbara
Baby
Laddie Kristof
Tyler
J. BE. Hudgens
Norma Jean Ully
Larry Hammerling
Joe Williams
James Dean Nelson
Lorene Edwards
L. A. Lunbeck
Alverda Rabel
Deola Mae Lambright
Delores Sonnier
Gladys Gostecnik
Cynthia Ann Hall
Glenn Rose
the Times
Briecor
Richmond
Spa Bay
Sharpstown Center
Balke Mahler & Associates
Agen For
American General Life Insurance Company
Texas Forest Service
la Grange
William Graepler
West Main
Bellville
Rosensers
Pozier' 98 Grocery & Market, Inc
Pune
Roar Bala
Fulshear
Hongary
E-Caart Aan
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