Five Youths Injured In Auto Crash Near Rayville
Five Rayville youths were injured at 5 40 p m when a car skidded on loose gravel south of Rayville went out of control smashed through a barbed wire fence and turned over three times. Frances Thompson 13 suffered a dislocated shoulder and compound fracture of the left arm plus head and back injuries. Vic tor Best 22 head injury and shock. Stella Finley 14 abrasions to hip. Eddie Wayne Thompson 7 and Helen Thompson 15 both in shock. Best semi conscious at Rayville clinic. Frances Thompson taken to Conway Memorial Hospital. State police trooped F investigated no charges filed.
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Rayville
Frances Thompson
Hester Washam
N. Louise Street
Victor Best
Best
Stella Finley
Eddie Wayne Thompson
Helen Thompson
Clear Lake
Bennett Road
Highway 80
Mulhearn
Thompson
Conway Memorial Hospital
Texas
Four Year Old Girl Hit By Car in Monroe
A four year old Monroe girl Lenora Ann Minnyweather sustained facial and head abrasions after running into the path of a car driven by Isaac Edwards a 27 year old Black man of 3108 Bailey Street. Edwards transported the child and her mother to Conway Memorial Hospital for treatment while Monroe police conducted an investigation of the accident.
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Monroe
Issac Edwards
Bailey Street
Lenora Ann Minnyweather
Barlow Street
Edwards
Conway Memorial Hospital
Jaycees urge food donations for Hurricane Audrey victims
The Monroe West Monroe Jaycees appeal for non perishables to aid hurricane Audrey victims in flooded areas. A collection point operates at Central Grammar School 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with pickup offered via FA 5 2784. Volunteers donate in the name of local citizens.
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Audrey
Monroe-West Monroe
Jaycees
Central Grammar School
Jackson
Hargiss
Monroe - West Monroe
Ice cream gains popularity per Agriculture report
The U S Department of Agriculture notes ice cream is everybody’s dish and rising in popularity. Production in 1956 reached about 651 million gallons, more than double 1940, with funds sent to Audrey Disaster Fund. The Jaycees plan truck load aid to Capt Ben Jones in Lake Charles aiding Hurricane Audrey victims.
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Washington
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department
Jaycees
Ben Jones
Lake Charles
Jones
Arkansas Salvation Army
Monroe
Audrey
Ramblin Continued Notes on Quiet Speech and Garden Tours
A column recalls a lunch counter patron who leaves when service delays occur and a quick response by waiter staff and a sharp eyed waitress nicknamed Little Bit. It also mentions a Tulsa Day Lily convention with 500 attendees touring gardens in Oklahoma and Missouri and a reader seeking Civil War letters for publication.
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DeSiard
Audrey
Monroe
W. R. Gates
R. C. Pittard
Tulsa
Oklo
Oklahoma
Missouri
Fragmentary OCR Note From Historic Page
unreadable text fragment describes no clear event or persons. remaining readable items include scattered letters and numbers lacking coherent context or identifiable entities.
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Bill Cummings
Dr. N. Elam
Billy Hargiss
Jerry Johnston
Guy Jones
Scotty Maxwell
Salvation Army
Wood Streets
Audrey Disaster Fund
Capt. Jones
Tower Sport Shop
Louisville Ave
Gene's Sporting Goods
St. Grand Ave
Central Super Service
2Nd St
West Monroe
Colbert’s
Natchitoches
Pick-Quick
Ferriday
Vidalia
Delhi
Armstrong Cricket Farm
West
Ramblin
Sidney J. Reche
Patrick Afb
Fla
News-Star—World
General Electric
Calvert Frantom and
Perry Daniel
Central Savings Bank & Trust Co
Monroe and
United States
Federal Reserve System
Furnt
TOTAL
Lea
J M. Breard
Taliaferro
J. S. Washburn
Sam Smith
Grayson Guthrie
R. C. Sparks
JH. Carroll
W.G Haynes, Jr
Cm Womack C. H. Bird
Virgil Crawford
Robert A Wunsch
Robert Johnston O
W Richie T. R. Shelton
M. L. Owens, Jr
Trust Ofer 1.395 Eee
Aer
Oge
J. M. Breard
W. W. Kellogg
C. H. McHenry
Hermon Masur
G. L. Morgan
C. D. Oakley
Travis Oliver, Jr
J Rogers T_H
Scott
E J Seymour
G M Snellings, Jr
W. King Stubbs
M. C. Thompson
J. Sr. Washburn
George C. Weaks
Federal Reserve
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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