LSU Awards 10 000th Master’s Degree At Commencement
LSU Graduate School awarded its 10 000th master’s degree at this morning’s commencement. Chung-Yun Hse of Formosa received the Master of Science in forestry from President John A. Hunter as part of LSU’s third such ceremony this year. Hse is among 93 foreign students earning degrees. LSU’s graduate totals for 1963 surpass many earlier years, with an expected 535 master’s graduates and a continued rise in enrollment since 1931. The university is projected to reach 2,200 students in the fall, ranking fourth in the South behind Texas, Maryland, and Tennessee.
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LSU
Chung - Yun Hse
Baton Rouge
Suh- Huey
Formosa
South
Texas
Maryland
Tennessee
Concert Group's Membership Drive Slated
The 1963 64 membership drive for the Northeast State Concerts Association will run the week of September 8 chaired by Dr Harry M L emner and directed by Mrs Martin Silverman of Monroe. About 100 workers from Monroe and surrounding communities will assist in promoting the non profit community project sponsored by Northeast Louisiana State College. Interested persons may contact Mrs Silverman on or before Sept.
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Northeast State Concerts Association
Harry M. Lemner
Martin Silverman
Monroe
West Monroe
Bastrop
Met Rouge
Lake Providence
Rayville
Delhi
Tallulah
Columbia
Mangham
Winnsboro
Northeast Louisiana State College
Monroe Trade Area
Silverman
White Clergymen Join Negroes In Carolina Drive
Four white clergymen join a month long campaign against segregation in public accommodations in Wilmington North Carolina. Dr Roger Shinn and Rev John Arthur Collins were jailed on trespassing charges after leading groups of Negroes into two restaurants. They posted bonds and were to appear in court. Hours after release they helped lead 350 Negroes in a singing march through the business district with no arrests.
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Wilmington
N.C
Roger Shinn
John Arthur Collins
City Recorder's Court
Jack Spotts
Chicago
James Moore
New York
Confusion Over Property Boundaries In Tulsa Case
Tulsa AP reports Lennie Grayson discovered 15 years after construction that her house sits on the Simmons Bakersfield lot rather than the jet owned plot. The Simmons have reportedly paid $44 yearly taxes, unaware the assessed valuation included Mrs Grayson’s home.
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Tulsa
Okla
Lennie Grayson
Simmons
Bakersfield
Calf
Grayson
Funeral services for James Leb Johnson 88 in Columbia
James Leb Johnson died after months of illness. Funeral at First Baptist Church with Revs. J. D. Kitcheningham and Jimmy Bolton officiating. Interment in Welcome Home cemetery. Survivors include two daughters and a son. Pallbearers listed.
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Columbia
James Leb Johnson
First Baptist Church
J. D. Kitcheningham
Jimmy Bolton
Welcome Home Cemetery
Riser and Son Funeral Home
Louisiana Highway Department
Johnson
Caldwell Parish
Ethel J. Hearn
Monroe
Alma J. Murrell
James T. Johnson
Ruston
Miss Gertrude Perkins Funeral Rites Held in Vicksburg
Funeral services for Miss Gertrude Alice Perkins 83 were conducted at Fisher Funeral Home Vicksburg followed by burial in Cedarhill Cemetery. Mulhearn Funeral Home handled local arrangements. A Delta native and longtime Monroe resident since 1935 she was a Grace Episcopal Church member. Survived by sister Miss Kate Perkins Monroe and brothers Joe A. Perkins Vicksburg Jim Perkins Monroe Edward D. Perkins Shreveport.
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Fisher
Vicksburg
Miss
Gertrude Alice Perkins
North Fifth Street
Monroe
Cedarhill
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Delta
Miss Perkins
Grace Episcopal Church
Kate Perkins
Joe A. Perkins
Jim Perkins
Edward D. Perkins
Shreveport
Funeral rites for Miss Sarah Bell in Mangham
Funeral services for 85 year old Miss Sarah Grace Bell were held at Lone Cherry Baptist Church with Rev. Claude Jenkins and Rev. Crammer officiating. Burial followed in Lone Cherry cemetery under Mulhearn Funeral Home Winnsboro. She died Wednesday night at her sister's residence. Survived by sister Mrs. Janie Wright and brother R. L. Bell Sr. Pallbearers named Robert L. Bell WI Mike Bell Jr. Kenneth McDonald Jr. Timothy Terral Thomas Terral and Robert McDonald.
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Mangham
Sarah Grace Bell
Lone Cherry Baptist Church
Claude Jenkins
Crammer
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Winnsboro
Lone Cherry
Miss Bell
Janie Wright
R. L. Bell Sr
Robert L. Bell
Mike Bell Jr
Kenneth McDonald, Jr
Timothy Terral
Thomas Terral
Robert McDonald
Funeral Rites Held for Pete L Miller in Farmerville
Pete L Miller 92 died Thursday in a Ruston hospital after a long illness. Funeral services were held at Ward Chapel Church of Christ with burial in Liberty Hill Cemetery. Survivors include eight sons Dean Monroe Mac West Monroe Alva Downsville Carl Hugh George and Brantley all of Farmerville. two daughters Mrs Zack Booth Farmerville. many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Brothers Jord and Pete Brantly conducted rites at Spears Funeral Home. Pallbearers included Hudson Lee Miller George Miller Jr Cled Miller Pete Miller and E J Miller.
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Farmerville
Pete L. Miller
Ruston
Twin City
Jord
Pete Brantly
Wards Chapel Church of Christ
Liberty Hillemetery
Spears Funeral Home
Dean Miller
Monroe
Mac Miller
West Monroe
Alva Miller
Downsville
Carl
Hugh
George
Herbert
Funeral for Charles Tuggle Incomplete in St Joseph
Funeral services are incomplete for Charles Tuggle 29 of St Joseph who died at Raceland Thursday after a brief illness The body was to arrive early today at Kilpatrick's Funeral Home of West Monroe.
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ST. Joseph
Charles Tuggle
Raceland
Kilpatrick
West Monroe
Funeral services for Edward J Finn set Saturday in Shreveport
Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday for Edward J Finn 75 who died Thursday after a long illness. Rites will be at Kilpatrick's Funeral Chapel with burial in Antioch Cemetery on the Farmerville Highway. He was a native of Dublin Ireland and survived by his widow Mrs Elo Malone Finn of Shreveport, three brothers and two sisters.
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Shreveport
Edward J. Finn
Kilpatrick
Antioch Cemetery
Farmerville Highway
Finn
Dublin
Ireland
Elo Malone Finn
Mrs Ollie Ely 87 Dies in West Monroe Home
Mrs Ollie Jane Ely aged 87 of 211 Coleman Street West Monroe died early today at home Funeral services set for 4 00 PM at Mulhearn with Rev Walter Mangham First Baptist officiating Remains to be sent by night train to West Plains Missouri for burial She was a native of West Plains and has lived in Monroe since 1948 Survivors include daughter Miss Edythe Ely and sister Mrs John Hamburger of Wilmington California
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Ollie Jane Ely
Coleman Street
West Monroe
Mulhearn
Walter Mangham
First Baptist Church
West Plains
Missour
Edythe Ely
John Hamburger
Wilmington
California
Trio Held In Armed Robbery In Ouachita Parish
Two men and a woman are jailed in Ouachita Parish after an early morning armed robbery. Arrested by Monroe police, suspects are Iaa Mae Brantley, 25, Joseph Edward Allen, 34, and Seibert Ray Medley, 36. About 70 dollars of 95 reported stolen were recovered. victim O J Kelly, 38, of Alexandria, said he met suspects at the Alvis Hotel and went with them to C and M Motors. West Monroe police also investigate a burglary at Kenneth Day’s home on Jackson Street.
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Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Parish
James C. Kelly Jr
Iaa Mae
West Monroe
Kenneth Day
Jackson Street
Death notice for Monroe family with relatives abroad
Monroe, one daughter, Mrs. David J Patterson Madrid Spain, her mother Mrs Pearl Underwood Louisville Miss, two sisters Mrs M F Susmkhil San Antonio Texas and Mrs Charlie M Fancer Louisville Miss, four brothers Clarence Boyd Meridian Miss and Robert W Kenneth H and Lamar F Boyd all of Houston Texas, and eight grandchildren.
Charles Ray Tuggle of St Joseph Dies in Galiano
Charles Ray Tuggle 30 of St Joseph died at 2 30 p m Thursday in a Galiano hospital from complications of an infection. An oil field worker, he had been ill briefly. He is survived by his widow Mrs C R Tuggle and three sons Dannie Charles Hurley Wayne and Tim Wesley of St Joseph, his mother Mrs Sadie Rinicker and stepfather Lawrence Rinicker of Haynesville, brother Jack Tuggle of Shreveport, brother Henry Eugene Tuggle of Calhoun, and grandfather Eugene Reid of Ferriday. Funeral services are set for 2 p m Saturday at the Baptist Church in St Joseph. Kilpatrick Funeral Home of West Monroe will conduct the arrangements and will transport the body to the church. The Reverend Poe will officiate, assisted by Reverend Evans. Interment will be under Kilpatrick directions. burial place to be announced later. He was a native of Homer.
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Charles Ray Tuggle
St. Joseph
Galiano
Mr. Tuggle
Homer
C. R. Tuggle
Dannie Charles
Hurley Wayne
Tim Wesley
Sadie Rinicker
Lawrence Rinicker
Haynesville
Jack Tuggle
Shreveport
Eugene Reid
Ferriday
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Ethel Pate held in Monroe
Funeral services for 60 year old Mary Ethel Pate of Monroe were set for 2 30 p m Saturday in Mulhearn's Chapel with Rev Loyd Williams officiating Burial will be in River View Cemetery She was a former Commercial Solvents Corp employee and is survived by two sons W A Pate Jr Oak Ridge Tenn and Richard K Pate Also noted are final rites for Victor L Herrington 52 with services Saturday at Mulhearn's Chapel and burial in Hasley Cemetery He died in Colorado Springs Colorado with body due in Monroe later today An aunt Mrs H C Alexander of Union Miss listed among survivors Pallbearers named
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Mary Ethel Pate
Bon Altre Drive
Monroe
Mulhearn
Loyd Williams
Memorial Methodist Church
Mulhearn’s
Riverview
Pate
Mississippi
Sterlington
Commercial Solvents Corporation
W. A. Pate, Jr
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Richard K. Pate
West
Victor L. Herrington
Clifton Tennison
First Baptist Church of
West Monroe
Optimists host Dist Governor Campbell in Monroe visit
Optimist District Gov. Charles Buddy Campbell of Little Rock was due in Monroe to address a joint meeting of the Monroe West Monroe and Bastrop clubs at the Penn Resort Hotel. Campbell heads District 34 with over 50 Optimist clubs in Louisiana and Arkansas. Lt. Gov. Fontenot arranged the visit. George Parsons of Monroe was to preside.
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Charles Campbell
Charles
Buddy) Campbell
Little Rock
Ark
Monroe
West Monroe
Bastrop
Campbell
Monroe Optimist Club
Penn Resort
Louisiana
Arkansas
Odis Fontenot
George Parsons
The
Monroe Club
Kilpatrick and Balfour Lead West Monroe Givers Drive
Two West Monroe businessmen Tex R. Kilpatrick and Hugh B. Balfour were named divisional chairmen for the United Givers Fund drive this fall. Kilpatrick heads solicitations division and Balfour leads a 110 volunteer effort to recruit firms with under 10 employees.
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West Monroe
Tex R. Kilpatrick
Hugh B. Balfour
United Givers Fund
Kilpatrick
Balfour
Youth Drowns In Mississippi River Near Harvey
Gary Cheramie aged 16 of Cutoff drowned after reportedly falling overboard from a tugboat near the lock at Harvey Louisiana on Thursday night. Cheramie was the son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Cheramie of Cutoff.
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Mississippi
Harvey
Gary Cheramie
Mississippi River
Cheramie
Clarence Cheramie
Cutoff
Send Me No Flowers Opens Tonight at Strauss Play House
A three act comedy opens tonight for four days at the Strauss Play House on Lamy Lane. Curtain is 8:15 p.m. The farce follows a hypochondriac who misreads overheard doctor talk. Richard Clark directs with Raymond Lucero technical, Barbara Mc Coy assistant, Stan Wyatt Jr stage manager. Cast includes Gail Sawyer, Arthur Griffith, Doug Shaw, Bill Wells, Bob Evans, Beryl Franklin, Bill Brodie, Jack Trousdale, Phil Lisotta, Linda Lee Martin, Jackie Hodgson. Production crew lists additional staff.
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Strauss Playhouse
Lamy Lane
Richard Clark
Raymond Lucero
Barbara McCoy
Stan Wyatt, Jr
Gail Sawyer
Arthur Griffith
Doug Shaw
Bill Wells
Bob Evans
Beryl Franklin
Bill Broddie
Jack Trousdale
Phil Lisotta
Linda Lee Martin
Jackie Hodgson
Carolyn Friis
Sue Parkerson
Frances Teldell
Sue Turner
Mike Franklin
Larry Shipman, Jr
Nancy Franklin
Murray Burford
Keith Franklin
Mickey Burford
Man Charged With Operating Teen Sex Hangout
Police charged 72 year old John Cooper of Kirkwood with operating a house of ill fame for teenagers. Officers said he sold liquor to youths from middle and upper income families and hosted sex and liquor parties on the second floor of his garage for about a year, with mattresses and pillows found there.
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ST. Louis, Mo
John Cooper
Kirkwood
Cooper
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University
Pineville
Carolina
Dr. Shinn
Union Theological Seminary
New York City
Mr. Collins
Jefferson Methodist Church
James L. Johnson
Woodrow May
Marion May
Leo May
Dewey Waldrop
Lance Arthurs
Gordon May
Coy Booth, Monty Gray McGough and
Vanopel Miller
George K. Grafton
George Kelly Grafton
Lane Grafton
Fellowship Cemetery
Dubach
A. H. Johnson
Pam
Timothy
Lane L
Gertrude Perkins
Sarah Bell
Mrs
Ollie Jan Ely
Kelly
O. J. Kelly
Bush Ave
Nue
Alexandria
Alvis Hotel
C & M Motors
Powell Avenue
Henry Eugene Tuggle
Calhoun
Baptist Church
Kilpatrick Funeral Home
Poe
Evans
Kilpatricks
Mary E. Pate
Hasley Cemetery
Herrington
Colorado Springs
Colo
H. C. Alexander
Union
W. S. Fincher
C. J. Goss
D. B. Gee
Clyde Greer
Norman Rushing
Car
Best Buy
General Electric
Vincent Zagone
Fred Frantom
Calvert Frantom
4Th
TNE Gas
Ford Levi Stationery Company
Dessard
A. T
Buddy’ Harrelson
West Monroe Group
UGF
Mary's Flower Shop
Sacony’s
Skimmersheath
Desiard
UU Em
Aviomalix
Rhea
van BN T
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