Local leaders inspect parish offices in joint tour
Chita Parish Police Jury President L. K. Pettit stands at the start of an inspection alongside Calcasieu Jury President Tom Watson and Calcasieu Ways and Means Chair J. W. (Bill) Rosteet. The staff photo by Ben Bradford captures the moment.
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Chita Parish
L. K. Pettit
Tom Watson
Calcasieu Jury
J. W
Bill) Rosteet
Calcasieu Ways and Means Committee
Ben Bradford
Calcasieu Parish
Green Oaks
Monroe
Lake Charles
Oua
Parish Board OKs 1963-64 School Bus Driver Lists
Oudchita Parish School Board approved the 1963 64 regular list and both white and Negro contract drivers at a Tuesday meeting. Names listed include many white drivers and contract operators such as C W Evans Gaston Rutledge J J Wellerman Nell Wilder James Smith Etta Van and numerous others. The article notes the scope of drivers across white and contract categories and references the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home among the contracted operators.
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Oudchita Parish
C W. Evans
Gaston Rutledge
J. J Wellerman
Nell Wilder
George W. Stamey
J. M. Cummings
0. F. Stewart
James ¢. Smith
P. W. Dixon
Lillian Smith
David Martin
Joe Cage
Velia Beavers
W L. Coker
Mamie Wood
James J. Tonore
R. W. Hegwood
Ollie Carter
Thomas E. Miller
Harold Snowden
Charles Jarvis
J. A. Liner Jr
Wiley R. Mosley
Stacey A Hearn
Dale ©. Spence
Sonny Panzico
Roosevelt Lenard
Samuel G. Crowell
A. B. Chambress
Avis Moore
W. B Monroe
Randall Wilbanks
Wayne Boyte
Robert Perkins
Johnny G. Poole
Curtis Shell
Robert Cannon
W. Sims
J. J. George
Francis Carter
Marle McKnight
Joe S Cummins
Jerry Brassett
Carl R Owens
Leola Thompson
H. A. Wales
Ne! Long
Velma May
W. J. Hunnicutt
Milton D. Rawls
John Thomas Smith
C. Albert Malone
J. M. Busby
Donald Moody
Shelby Smith
Harry Barfoot
Jack W Wilson
Minnie McKnight
Leo Thompson
C. R. Boney
Earl Monzingo
D R. Hargood
A. B. Malone
Mattie Wiliamson
R. L Butler
William Hicks Ray
Ellen Hair
O. E. Bamburg
Fred
Many Pray Write Letters To Miners Kin
AP reports in Hazleton Pennsylvania that three miners are trapped 331 feet underground as families and neighbors send letters and cards of encouragement. Mrs David Fellin, wife of one trapped miner, says she has received several messages including some with money. A Wilkes Barre family card reads pray keep up your courage. She notes the letters lift spirits while finances remain hard and friends offer help.
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Hazleton
David Fellin
Wilkes-Barre
Feilin
Notable Names Listed in Parish Colored Buses Group
A roster of individuals including Lenard Mrs Evla Caldwell Mrs George Moore Alice Van Buren Gladys West and others appears alongside a list of colored contract drivers and parish owned colored buses with names such as Oma Woodward Joe Nathan Wes ley Alvin King Alvin Britton W E Ivey J Hue Wiley and multiple Jacksons and Martins.
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Oma Woodward
Joe Nathan Wesley
Alvin King
Alvin Britton
W. E. Ivey
J. Hue Wiley
George Moore
B. F. Martin
Floyd Simmons
Edward M. Parks
Ross Scott
James Poster
Eight Applicants Certified for West Monroe Police Chief Post
The West Monroe Fire and Police Civil Service Board certified eight applicants for the police chief position to be vacated Aug. 31 by Jeff W. Caldwell. Named are patrolman Oliver Lenard, Capt. William Lawrence, Capt. Charles Dortch, Capt. Ray Wyles, Sgt. Tommy Hebert, Sgt. Sam Antley, Virgil Parker of New Orleans, and Johnny B. Mitchell of West Monroe. The board will forward applications to the state examiner in Baton Rouge. Sgt. Roy Steele was sworn in as the department's representative. The board also approved promotional exam eligibility for three firemen promoted to fire driver: L. W. Price, Henry James Price, and Harold Trichel.
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West Monroe
Mauldin Becomes Grandfather in California Birth
Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Bill Mauldin celebrated the birth of his first grandchild, a girl named Michelle Mauldin, born in Anaheim California to Judy Mauldin and Bruce Mauldin. The baby weighed 7 pounds 10 ounces.
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Anaheim
Calif
Bill Mauldin
Willie and
Joe
Michelle Mauldin
Judy Mauldin
Bruce
Ward Leaves Net Estate of 12376 in London
Dr. Stephen Ward left a net estate of 12 376 dollars after provisional appraisal at 40 930 dollars, reduced by debts. Much of the estate reportedly consisted of proceeds from Ward portraits on exhibit and sale during his vice trial. A judge barred Pelham Pound, Ward's literary agent, from publishing a 25 000 word document Ward planned to sell to newspapers.
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Ward
London
Stephen Ward
Joseph Jackson
Pelham Pound
Pound
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