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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1955

Page

5

Monroe area lands 250 acre tract for industrial use

A group of Monroe businessmen acquired a 250 acre tract near Monroe, known as the Cat Farm, to attract new industries and payrolls. The purchase, from Monte Carbone and J. C. Williams Sr., fronts on the Missouri Pacific railroad and is near U S Highway 165. Ouachita Industries, Inc. to be formed to develop the site with MAIDCO backing.

Monroe Monroe-West Shelby Hill Walter Koch Monroe Area Industrial Development Corp Monte Carbone J. C. Williams, Sr Louisiana Power and Light Company Ouachita River Hill Monroe Area Industria Development Corporation Maidco W. C. Windsor, Jr Windsor Properties, Inc Dallas Tex Brook Hollow Koch Monroe Business Group Monroe-West Monroe

Low bids named on six northeast Louisiana road projects

Highway Director George Covert announced apparent low bids for six bituminous surfacing projects in northeast Louisiana. Hall and Holland led three bids including the Holly Ridge Mayflower, Mitchiner Monticello, and Clayton Dunbarton highways. Other lows came from Continental Constructors Inc for Jackson Ferry Darnell, R T Henry for Calvin Winnfield, and W H Patterson for Grayson Sikes highway work.

Louisiana George Covert Hall Holland Montgomery Holly Ridge Tensas Parish Mitchiner - Monticello West Carroll Parish Clayton-Dunbarton Concordia Continental Constructors Inc Baton Rouge Jackson Ferry- Darnell R. T. Henry Dubach Winn Parish W. H. Patterson and Co Grayson-Sikes Caldwell Parish

Royals Stay Resting as Cold Forces Weekend Plans

Princess Margaret and Queen Mother Elizabeth remained at Clarence House due to colds, sidelining royal engagements and delaying weekend schedules in London.

London Princess Margaret Queen Mother Elizabeth Clarence House

Monroe Area Oil Report Shows Five New Wells and Fourteen New Stakes

The Monroe District Office weekly report lists five new wells with production figures and fourteen new staking locations. Notable entries include Hunt Oil Co. well in Saline Lake parish producing 132 barrels of 46.2 gravity oil daily and Atlantic Refining in Cadeville field with 1M barrels of oil and 529 MCF gas daily. New wildcats include Jett Drilling Mary A. Ogden No. 1 in Catahoula parish and Nebo Oil Co. multiple Nos. in La Salle parish with additional stakes filed in Esperance Point and Monroe fields.

Monroe State of Louisiana Department of Conservation Ing Hunt Oil Co. Et al la Delta Hardwood Lumber Co Saline Lake Catahoula Parish Morgan Cadeville Field Ouachita Parish Louisiana Gas Production Co Antley No. 4 Monroe Field Jett Drilling Co. Inc Mary A. Ogden Hunter Jor A. H. Campbell Esperance Point Concordia Nebo Oil Co Nebo Fee Nebo Hemphill LaSalle Rogers Field Rabun Union Parish Southwest Natural Gas Production Co Frank Meeks J. D. Miller, Sr Union

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