Ex-Kentwood mayor recalls life and feats in town
Ex Kentwood mayor recounts early schooling amid slates and home remedies, lacks churches and electricity, and a turbulent Tangipahoa Parish. He notes a dangerous past, recalls the train era, and credits his 1946 1954 tenure with a $294,000 gas bond to bring natural gas and pave Kentwood streets.
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Tangipahoa Parish
Tangipahoa
Dyson
Hyde
Fluker
Kentwood
Amite
Magnolia
Miss
Obituary for Fred W. LaParr in Ponchatoula
Fred W. LaParr, 27, obituary notice from Ponchatoula reports funeral services scheduled for 2 p.m. in the local area. The notice provides limited details on kin or cause, reflecting a brief rites announcement in the community paper.
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Fred W. Laparr
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Ponchatoula pallbearers mark weekend passings
Sunday service held at Harry McEneely and Son Funeral Home for LaParr who died Friday at his east Ponchatoula residence. He was born in Binghamton New York and survived by wife Janean, parents Robert and Mary Ann LaParr, two brothers Robert Jr and David, and sister Mary Ann all of New York or Oregon. Also Milton W. McNabb 57 of Slidell died Friday at VA Hospital New Orleans with services Saturday. burial Arcola Roseland Cemetery. Survived by two sisters Dorothy Frohn Roseland and Margaret Sanders Denham Springs and two brothers Benton Arcola and Glenn Belle Chasse.
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Harry McEneely
Milton McNabb
Arcola
Glenn McNabb
Belle Chase
Dyson Led Kentwood Improvements And Local History Efforts
Dyson supervised the town's blacktopping project costing 2.25 dollars per square foot and initiated the first garbage pickup system and a roadside park on Hwy 51. Now a 50 year notary, he serves in the Southeast Louisiana Historical Association and curates artifacts at Southeastern Louisiana University archives. He authored the Kindrick Kindred genealogy.
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Dyson
Kentwood
Hwy. 51
Hammond
Southeast Louisiana Historical Association
Southeastern Louisiana University
School board election set for officers in Amite
Tangipahoa Parish School Board will elect president and vice president at the Jan 3 meeting in Amite. Current president Lawrence Kluka of Ponchatoula and vice president Thornwell Field of Fluker are listed. Agenda includes a possible new meeting day time place, transfer of part of district 107 to district 112, and expected appointments of a bus driver and used bus.
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AMITE
Tangipahoa Parish
Lawrence Kluka
Ponchatoula
Thornwell Field
Fluker
State tax packets mailed to Louisiana residents
Shirley McNamara announced state income tax packets have been mailed to Louisiana taxpayers who filed for 1976. The packets include filing instructions and guidance to contact state or local offices if not received by January 15. District offices are in Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Monroe, New Orleans and Shreveport. A toll free line offers assistance.
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Baton Rouge
Shirley McNamara
Secretary of Revenue and Taxation
Louisiana
Federal judge blocks Lake Pontchartrain flood plan work
A U S District Judge Charles Schwartz halted all construction of the $450 million hurricane flood protection project in Lake Pontchartrain until the Army Corps of Engineers revises its four year old Environmental Impact Statement. The injunction targets potential wetlands damage and marine life effects and notes the 1974 EIS was legally inadequate. The ruling allows resumption only if a revised EIS shows no harm to salinities, tides or wildlife.
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New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain
Army Corps of Engineers
U.S
Charles Schwartz
Corps
Pponents
Schwartz
Ed Booker
Save Our Wetlands Inc
Dan Bent
Lake Borgne
Corp
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