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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1959
Page
5
W H Hughes III aged 17 was named Star Farmer of Louisiana for 1959 at the State Future Farmers of America convention in Baton Rouge. He will travel to the national convention in Kansas City Missouri in October.
Obituaries from Monroe and nearby towns note the deaths of Percy W. Parker 61 of Route 2 Monroe after a long illness. funeral at Kilpatrick's West Monroe. John Sevier 56, retired merchant of Tallulah, services at First Presbyterian Church with burial in Silver Cross Cemetery. Felte D Duffey 56 of Monroe, funeral at Mulhearn with burial New Light Cemetery. John Benet Lasayone 82 of Colfax, longtime Grant Parish farmer, services at Satt Baptist Church Verda with Edmonds Funeral Home handling arrangements. Survivors listed include spouses, children, and siblings.
Northeast Louisiana State College announces a fourth annual summer fine arts festival for pre college students running June 22 to July 3 in Monroe. Activities cover music art and drama with college faculty as instructors and a $40 campus or $17 day fee.
Monroe City Court listed case dispositions yesterday with multiple reckless driving and theft entries. Fines in West Monroe totaled eight on drunkenness and traffic cases, including four speeding judgments and two disturbing the peace penalties. Mrs Celia Isabelle Stainbeck died at 103 in Quitman Mississippi.
Seoul police and the Republic of Korea military said 12 ring members were arrested as agents prepared to ship a large batch of highly secret American radar parts to North Korea via Japan.
Mrs. Gracie Hattaway of Colfax and two grandchildren report the death of J Walter Head Jr., 79, who died Friday afternoon in a local hospital after a short illness. Funeral arrangements include Kilpatrick's Funeral Home until noon and interment in Bienville.
Thieves smashed a window at Skyline Night Club on 11th Street and took about 70 dollars from the leash register and a juke box. Doris Fuller reported the burglary at 9 30 a m after opening the club. A pistol was also reported stolen from Tower Sports Shop.
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