Better Living is Goal Of Foster Homes
Foster Homes, a low rent housing project by The Housing Authority of Monroe Louisiana, spans about 20 acres with 175 apartments 41 dwellings and a management building. Units include one to four bedrooms with full kitchens baths and living areas. Construction features include brick walls concrete slabs asphalt tile water sewer electrical and lighting. Site planning aims to catch prevailing breezes and shade from the hot sun with simplified intersections for safer driving.
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Foster Homes
Swayze and
Louberta Streets
The
Housing Authority of
Monroe
Louisiana
Local Housing Authority Presents Well Planned Street Design
Housing experts who visited the project praise its sweeping curves and 33 feet wide streets that allow parking without blocking traffic. They call it one of the best planned in the country and applaud the effort to provide safe decently housed low rent units.
Carver Homes Named For Noted Negro Educator
Carver Homes a 125 unit low rent project is named for George Washington Carver the famed scientist and educator. Born on a Missouri farm in 1864 to slave parents he faced kidnapping and loss before rising to prominence through self made schooling and degrees at Iowa State College and Simpson College.
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Carver
Carver Homes
George Washington Carver
Doctor Carver
Diamond Grove
Missouri
Moses Carter
Arkansas
Minneapolis
Kansas
Iowa State College
Simpson College
Indianola
Iowa
Carver’s Agricultural Breakthroughs At Tuskegee Institute
Dr. George Washington Carver headed the agricultural research department at Tuskegee Institute in 1896 focusing on peanuts and sweet potatoes. He developed hundreds of products from these crops including food items dyes inks and cosmetics and earned honors such as the Spingarn Medal in 1923 and the Roosevelt Medal in 1939.
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Department of Agricultural Research
Tuskegee Institute
Carver
Bureau Plant Industry
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Royal Society of Arts
London
Spingarn
Ending of Capital Punishment Sought in Louisiana Senate Bills
A New Orleans attorney said a group of Orleanians will appeal Wednesday in Baton Rouge for support of Senate bills to end capital punishment in Louisiana. The effort aims to halt executions and abolish the death penalty statewide.
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New Orleans
Legislature Seeks Favorable Reports on Murder Penalty Bills
Herman L. Midle stated the delegation aims for favorable reports on bills 348 and 349. The measures would replace the death penalty in first degree murder and aggravated assault cases with life imprisonment and solitary confinement.
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Herman L. Midle
Monroe housing chief L. Milton King nears finish line
L Milton King principal architect and supervisor of Monroe five housing projects, begun before World War I and resumed in 1949, nears completion after a 13 to 14 year effort. He led site planning and unit arrangements for Public Housing Authority standards, praising the impact on underprivileged residents. King, a Monroe native, has long served the profession and community.
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Monroe
L. Milton King
King
D. Curtis Smith
Merle L. Padgett
W. King Stubbs
A. T. Turpin, Jr
Public Housing Authority
Auburn Avenue
Arkansas
North Louisiana
The
American Institute of Architects
Louisiana Architects’ Association
Four Projects Financed by Bonds Under Operation
The four projects including George Breece Manornis Lock Homes Dr Arthur Join Manor and Carver Homes are financed by bonds totaling 3 300 000 issued to Phelps Fenn Law Company on December 20 1951 Proceeds fund Housing Advance Notes and construction of the projects with strict fiscal controls Residual Receipts are transferred to the Fiscal Agent for Annual Contributions The Authority holds bonds totaling 900 00 on these projects and Foster Homes bonds total 1 539 00 Bids for the Foster Homes are expected to be opened June 22 19%
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George Breece Manornis Lock Homes
Dr. Arthur Join Manor
Carver Homes
Phelps, Fenn Law Company
Foster And W3 Taught In Icols For Over 40 Years
Madison J. Foster and his wife Ottie Foster taught at Monroe Colored High School for over forty years. They were long serving educators and raised six children.
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Foster
Madison J. Foster
Ottie
Monroe Colored High School
Fosters
Foster Homes Rahi
Foster Family Pioneers Education in Monroe Community
Madison Wright, Leland Felton, Robert Joseph and twins Emlyn Evelyn grew up in a frugal household. Two became doctors, two teachers. In 1920 they joined City School System. Professor Foster was the first principal of Monroe Colored High School, his wife taught there. They led in church and civic life. Ottie Foster died October 18 1946, and her husband May 21 1954.
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Madison Wright
Leland Felton
Robert Joseph
Emlyn
Evelyn
Fosters
Professor Foster
Monroe Colored High School
Zion Travelers Baptist Church
Ottie Foster
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Willie Moore
Ontgomer
Jackson
Monroe Housing Authority
Isiana
James
J. M. Goslin
Minden
M. Goslin
T. B. Goslin
L. M. King
Best
Housing Authority
A.J. Lester
W. M
Louisiana Metal Culvert Co
Baton Rouge
Sherwin Williams
Painting & Decorating Co
Clanton, Alabama
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