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Newspaper
Hammond Wednesday Star
Location
Hammond, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1978
Page
4
Daily Star photographs capture 77 graduates as ceremonies conclude for the class of 1978. Ward Grant contributed the staff photo showing the event and the students receiving diplomas.
Tangipahoa Parish Grand Jury indicted Lanny Littlefield a Baton Rouge private school baseball coach for simple battery after an alleged attack on an umpire following a game in Amite. The indictment states he came from the dugout cursing then grabbed the umpire around the neck.
The Tangipahoa Parish 4 H Junior Leadership Club announced parish wide dog show results held last Saturday at the Amite fairgrounds judged by Mrs Linda Vaccaro of Independence. Winners include Best Trained Dewitt Bennett Amite Elementary Best Dressed Mitzi Potts Spring Creek Elementary Tallest Dog Madilyn Walker Amite High Shortest Dog Marty Baham Westside Junior High Longest Tail Tania McBride St Joseph Catholic Shortest Tail Miranda McDaniel Amite Community Club Fattest Dog Bonnie Bennett Amite Elementary Best Pure Bred Tania McBride St Joseph Catholic Best Groomed Robin Sexton Independence Girls Most Unusual Trick Greg Vosbein Loranger Junior High Ugliest Dog Chris Cook Loranger Junior High Most Spots Madilyn Walker Amite High Most Hair Rene Frisbie St Joseph Catholic Least Hair Scott Blackman Kentwood Elementary Best Mixed Bred Bonnie Bennett Amite Elementary In Best Any Other Pet Mary Cook Loranger Junior High first Lawrence Russell Jr Amite Elementary second Jackie Gleber Loranger Elementary third Craig Russell Amie Elementary fourth
The page lists the top 10 singles with titles and artists such as Too Much Too Little Too Late by Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams and You're The One That I Want by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. It also presents the top 10 albums led by Saturday Night Fever soundtrack with Wings London Town and other acts like Chuck Mangione Isley Brothers and Robert Flack.
The Bedico Community Club plans a Sunday fund raising day starting at 10 a.m. featuring an auction turkey shoot barbecue and other activities to raise at least 5000 to fund expansion of the club. Since 1963 the club has aided more than 100 people in Hammond Ponchatoula Madisonville and Bedico and has raised over 30000 through 15 benefits.
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