This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Ferriday teacher named to Concordia Welfare Board
Mrs Gladys Crane of Ferriday High School was appointed a member of the Concordia Parish Welfare Board effective January 1 1964 through December 31 1969. In Vidalia a public hearing on a proposed zoning ordinance is set for December 17 at 7 30 p m at the Concordia Parish Courthouse with a discussion session planned. In Jonesville bids for a navigation lock project on the Ouachita River near Columbia were delayed to December 11 due to an alignment change in a water supply ditch. Mrs George DeStefano of Ridgecrest is named head of the Concordia Parish Red Cross fund drive in March 1964. she previously led the parish cancer drives in 1961 and 1962. Cotton ginning totals show Catahoula Parish up 1904 bales year over year to 11 053 through November 1. Concordia down to 9 854, Franklin up 19 303 to 67 846. Jonesville First Baptist hosts 28 Ouachita Baptist Association churches for M night, featuring Rev Herman P Hayes first Vietnam missionary of the Southern Baptist Convention.