Project Find organizes first Monroe meeting for elderly aid
Area leaders launched Project Find a federal nutrition initiative to boost elderly participation in Food Stamps and related programs. Volunteers drive success with speakers from Food Stamp Program Social Security Public Welfare and Louisiana volunteers. Attendees include lawmakers and local residents across multiple Louisiana towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Public Welfare
Baton Rouge
Linder D. Claybrook
Louisiana
American Red Cross
Henry D. Foote Jr
Red Cross
Project Find
Alexandria
John I. Fogleman
Monroe
Taunton Veazey
Department of Agriculture
Marjorie Stewart
J. Dodd Brooks
Social Security
Project Fund
Dodd
Walter Bentrup
Dept. of Public Welfare
Eugene Rowell
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Lucille H. Cole
Shreveport
Jeannie Collins
Tallulah
Linda Durr
Winnsboro
Martha M. Epting
Terry
Verna Everett
Columbia
O. D. Gowins
Emma Lee Gray
Grambling
Betty Gooby
Rayville
Elizvne Lair
Oak Grove
Fayola Hanniable
Marietta Harrell
Farmerville
Bonnie Hill
J. R. Howell Jr
H. A. Malone
West Monroe
Ruth Pitman
Virginia Parkinson
Janice Robinson
W. P. Rushing
Lake Providence
Dorothy Shuff
Bastrop
Dorothy Smith
Hetty Sullivan
A. D. Tisdale
Lillian Upshaw
City School Board Moves to Seize Two Lots at Wossman
Monroe City School Board authorized district attorney to draft proceedings for the expropriation of two 50 by 200 foot strips jutting from William R. Mathieu's property into Wossman High School grounds. New six member board to be sworn in this week with Neal, Yerger, Nash, Carroll, George, and Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe City School’ Board
Wossman High School
Wesley Shafto Jr
William R. Mathieu
McGuire Ave
Mathieu
Wossman
City School Board
Walthall
Neal
Mickey Yerger
Yvonne Nash
M. H. Carroll
Henrietta HH. George
Henry Taylor
Taylor
Frank Breese
Shafto
Derwood Cann
Jack Rivers
Jeanne Tipton
Sherrouse School
Floise Cann
Tipton
C & O Electronics
Carroll High School
Helen Johnson
Clark Elementary
Ouachita Parish Teachers Begin Fall Prep
Parish teachers start preparations for the fall term with new-teacher orientation at the Media Center at 100 Big St. All teachers attend meetings Thursday and professional sessions Friday hosted by the state and parish associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Media Center
Big St
Ouachita Teacher Association
Louisiana Teachers Association
Jack Hayes
Ouachita Education Association
Weimar Republic Forms On August 11 1919
Germany becomes a republic as the Weimar Constitution takes effect on August 11 1919 marking the birth of the democratic era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Ice cream remains America's favorite dessert in 1851
Baltimore report notes ice cream, first manufactured commercially in 1851, remains the nation's top dessert. Americans average 18 pounds annually, with vanilla the favorite flavor. Some quirky flavors exist, but firms have lost money on dill pickle, watermelon, blueberry cheesecake, and other odd varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
UPI
America
Monroe Grants First Replacement Housing Award to Pierce Sisters
Monroe Redevelopment Agency presented a 9492 grant and 425 moving expense to three Pierce sisters Mrs. Nicy Rogers Laura Pierce and Fannie Pierce for relocation from a deteriorating frame dwelling to a brick home at 710 S 7th St. The move supports the Washington Connector project with HUD and city funds aiding displacement relief. The sisters now reside with grandmother Fannie Pierce and granddaughters Angela and Donna Graves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Monroe Redevelopment Agency
Ralph Troy
Washington Connector
Frank Wilcox
Nicy Pierce Rogers
Laura Pierce
Fannie Pierce
S. 7Th St
Breard St. Monroe
Ernest R. Willis
Pierce Sisters
Wilcox
Pierce
Washington - Lamy Lane
18Th St
Newcomb St
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
U. S
Congress
Louisiana
Angela
Donna Graves
Bank Seminar Slated Thursday At Bayou DeSiard Club
Area bankers gather for a 4 30 p m professional development seminar sponsored by Ouachita National Bank. R L Vanderpool will preside and review the 1972 legislature with guest speaker Herschel C Adcock of Womack & Adcock Baton Rouge. He will discuss Louisiana Consumer Credit Law and related acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayou DeSiard Country Club
Ouachita National Bank
R. L. Vanderpool
Vanderpool
Herschel C. Adcock
Womack & Adcock
Baton Rouge
Adcock
Rayville
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Louisiana State Law Institute
Louisiana
Federal Reserve Bank
Blanche G. Iverson
Ben R. Hanchey
Hudson, Potts & Bernstein
John W. Lolley
House Membership Set At 435 On Aug 8 1911
The U S House of Representatives fixed its membership at 435 members on August 8 1911 assigning one representative for every 211 877 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Rotarians Honor Minor League Team at Noon Luncheon
The Monroe Rotary Club will honor the Minor D League ball team at a Thursday noon luncheon at the Ramada Inn. The club sponsored the team this summer as league winners. Coaches Bob Langhard and assistant C B Roberts will attend, introduced by youth committee chair Sheldon Ray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Rotary Club
Ramada Inn
Bob Langhard
C. B. Roberts
Sheldon Ray
Pioneer Native Recipient Of Two High Honors
A Pioneer native now living in New Orleans was installed as president of the National Council of Engineering Examiners and awarded the Distinguished Service Certificate at this week’s annual Seattle convention. Roy T. Sessums, vice president of Freeport Minerals Co., formerly Louisiana public works director, holds BS from Louisiana Polytechnic and MS from LSU.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
National Council of Engineering Examiners
Seattle
Wash
Roy T. Sessums
West Carroll Parish
Freeport Minerals Co
Department of Public Works
State of
Louisiana
Tech
Sessums
Freeport Mineral Co
Tourists Jump 18 Percent in Britain During Off Season
London reports an 18 percent rise in the first four months of the year in British tourism compared with 1971. Over a quarter of the 1.2 million visitors were Americans, per the British Tourist Authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UPI
Britain
British Tourist Authority
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Find Project
The
Council For the Aging
Marjorie T. Stewart
J. Harvey Walthall
Paul J. Neal
Wade O. Martin
Sterlington Rd
Dearfoam
Rotarians
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Louisiana State University
Blighty
Acadia
Eunice
DeSiard
Seersuckers
Fabric Center
Sale Dacron
Dacron
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