Tammy Hunt Contest Opens in Monroe Area
A Monroe West Monroe search invites teenage girls aged 14 to 18 to portray Tammy Tyree for a contest tied to the Tammy Tell Me True premiere in New Orleans. Four judges will choose the winner who will attend the July 11 events in New Orleans and represent the area in the final.
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Monroe - West Monroe
The
Jim Theatre
Universal Pictures, Inc
New Orleans
Tammy Tyree
Sandra Dee
Tammy
Crescent City
P. O. Box
Monroe
Births Across Parishes Highlight June Additions
The column lists numerous births from Oak Grove to Monroe with parents names and new babies. Names include Jimmy Dale Fincher Melinda Dawn Harris Susan Gail Skipper LaTrena Faye Holbrook and many others. Locations span Delhi Ruston Chatham West Monroe Monroe and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. R. Fincher
Oak Grove
Jimmy Dale
P. C. Harris
Delhi
Melinda Dawn
D. FE. Skipper
Rusten
Susan Gail
J. N. Holbrook
Chatham
LaTrena Faye
C. D. Pardee
Creston
Melissa Ann
Famed piano linked to Lincoln assassination night
An ornate upright piano once used at Lord’s Theater Washington on the night Lincoln was shot is stored at the Aeolian American Piano Corp factory in East Rochester. The piano, owned by actress Laura Keene, was loaned for a benefit performance that evening.
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East Rochester
N.Y. A
Lord's Theater
Washington
Lincoln
Aeolian-American Piano Corp
Laura Keene
Speaker Set At Northeast Workshop
A renowned educator will lecture at Northeast Louisiana State College on Tuesday June 27. Dr William Eller director of the reading laboratory at State University of Iowa will present a color film The Reading Period and take questions at 730 pm in Biedenham Hall Little Theatre. The public is invited no admission. Dr Eller has directed reading clinics at Eastern Illinois State College and the University of Oklahoma and helped develop the Iowa Reading Films used nationwide. He holds degrees from Platteville State College and the University of Iowa among professional memberships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northeast Louisiana State College
William Eller
State University of Iowa
Biedenham Hall
Little Theatre
Eller
Iowa
Eastern Illinois State College
University of Oklahoma
Platteville
Wisconsin
National Education Association
The
American Education Research Association
National Society For Study of Education
Consistency in Faith and Television Use
Billy Graham notes the tension between avoiding movies yet watching four to five hours of TV. He cautions temperance in all things and urges parental supervision and careful curation of children's media to protect their minds. He advises balanced restraint, aligning home practices with prudent, self controlled living.
State to Open Highway Bids On 25 Projects
Louisiana highway officials will open bids June 28 for 25 projects totaling mainly bituminous resurfacing on 146 miles of road. An interstate section will involve right of way clearance on 1.7 miles of I-20 on the Shreveport Expressway. Bids cover parishes including St. Tammany, Lafayette, Evangeline, Terrebonne, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgess
St. Tammany
Lafayette
Evangeline
Terrebonne
Frankin
Beauregard
Oquachita
West Baton Rouge
Livingston
Assumption
Richland
Bienville
Tangipahoa
St. Helena
West Carroll
Sabine
Pointe Coupee
del Soto
Vermilion
Tensas
East Feliciana
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Raymond Laffoon
Connie Muriel
L. T. Clark
West Monroe
Thomas Edgar
D. E. Frey
Lake Providence
Doyle DeWayne
John Hefner
Terry Lynn
Robert Kinnison
Nita Kay
Frank and
Fannie Washington
Boy
Donald Ray
Johnny and
Martha Johnson
Albert Lee
Andrew and
Essie Wheeler
Rayville
Norma Jean
Huey
Luella Davenport
Huey Edward
Rouge
King George, Jr
Elnora Murray
King George
Ill
James, Jr
Rosetta Hudson
Waverly
Linda Diane
John
Lillie Williams
Holly Ridge
Homer Lee
Ben
Dorothy Collins
Jones
Brenda Denise
Floyd
Georgia Armstrong
Dubach
Betty Ann
James
Bobbie Gibson
Johnny Henry
Sandy
Helen Smith
Randy
David and
Evelyn Hester
Jacqueline
Allen
Venelia Ellis
Gregory
Charles and
Virginia Grant
Choudrant
Donald
Ronald
Caesar
Dorothy Dean
Michael
Leroy
Vada Danzie
Einseem Leroy
Joe
Georgia Fleming
Gilbert
Joe, Jr
Willie
Rosetta Cobb
Donald Keith
Eugene
Sadie Murphy
John Edward
Bobbie Nell Martin Lake
Providence
Bobbie Jean
Euell Jr
Lillie Davis
Sheila LaRosa
Sarah Nicks
Charles Edward
Nola Green
Irl
Hemenway’s
Repir
Contemporary
Cor
Tor den
Formica
Dersman Lebles
Morganton
Moselle
Bassett
Thomasville
Melmac
Northeast Workshop
Billy Graham
K. H
Tapbi
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