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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1967

Page

5

Deaths and Funerals Roundup in Farmerville Area

In Farmerville special notices two funeral services are announced. John A. Ellington 46 of Shreveport died after a long illness and will be buried at Camp Creek Baptist Church with Spears Funeral Home handling details. Carel Raymond Mollette 63 of Monroe died at home from an apparent heart attack and was buried at River View Cemetery after services at Hixson Brothers Funeral Home.

Farmerville John A. Ellington Shreveport Camp Creek Baptist Church Spears Funeral Home Ellington Opel Ellington Fannie Ellington Spearsville Ruth Ann Spurlock Bossier City Hilda Rue Ellington Carel Raymond Mollette Monroe Hixson BF. Chance Riverview Mollette Artie Molliette Earl Mollette Sr St. Louis A. H. Bates N. 3Rd St Mulhearn Funeral Home C. H. Bates Durwood Murphy Reo Murphy Eric Upshaw Frank Davis E. L. St John W. B. Hatten Enterprise Eddie Lee Baker Catahoula Baptist Church Jack Crews Joe Cruse Catahoula Cemetery Riser San Diego Calif Lillian Townsend Monterey Catherine Dean Wetona Wyant Ferriday Sibyl Saneidee Lake Providence Ruston Florence Grigsby Mornday Longleaf Kilpatrick Gordie Givins H. B. Henderson Cook Cemetery Grigsby Lincoln Parish Bastrop Byrd Martin Hembree Collinston Collinston Road Baptist Church A. A. Johnson Carter Cemetery First National Funeral Home Hembree L. B. Ritchie New Friendship Baptist Church Billy Carter A. B. Pruett Pinecrest Cemetery Mobile Ala Kilpatrick Funeral Home Bernice Mr. Ritchie Bernice Clinic New Friendship Church Howard-Payne College the Baptist Seminary New Orleans Louisiana

Funeral notices from Monroe to Bastrop area specials

A long funeral listing across several towns notes services for A H Bates in Monroe with burial at Old Sparta Cemetery, and for Eddie Lee Baker in Enterprise. Florence Grigsby of Ruston and Sandra Renee Thrush of Oak Grove are among other obituaries with service details. Burial sites include Cook Cemetery and Pinecrest Mobile Alabama. Collected notices mention survivors, ages, and funeral homes across the region.

Oak Grove Sandra Renee Thrush Jimmy Thrush Baton Rouge Trinity Baptist Srove

Weather Summary for Monroe and Delta Regions

Partly cloudy to cloudy and warmer with scattered showers possible today into tonight. Northeast Louisiana temps 64 to 70, lows 40s. Wednesday highs 68 to 70. Rain chances 20 percent. rain amounts mostly light. Winds southeast five to 15 mph shifting southward. Mississippi and Arkansas show similar warm trends with light rain chances, highs 56 to 64 in Arkansas and 60 to 64 in Mississippi. Dew points mainly in 30s rising to 40s Wednesday.

Monroe Paulien Louisiana Louisiana Delta New Orleans United States Arkansas Mississippi

Postal Savings Final Depositor List Urges Withdrawals

Postmaster Woodrow W. Hathorn of Monroe announces a final list of postal savings depositors and urges withdrawals before funds are transferred to the Treasury Department. The effort targets Monroe and West Monroe names including Katherine Hamner, Randolph G. Hart, Adol Nelson Jr., and many others across several cities and states. Depositors are told to contact Monroe main post office, after which records move to the Treasury and must be pursued there for savings access.

Woodrow W. Hathorn Monroe Treasury Department Hathorn West Monroe Katherine Hamner A. B. Clarkson Randolph G. Hart Elias Hill Melvin H. Batten Willie Nettles Frances Humphries Dick Harper Tommy Sandridge Jr Horace Means Effie Welch Peters Alfred S. Gunter Adel Nelson Jr Frank Johnson Rosie Lee Gardner Jewel Taylor Major Alfred L. Hart Jeff Staten Alberta Jacobs Lenore Clyburn Alice Mayer Priscilla Washington Pearl Hysmith Gunter Estelle McNeal Gussie Gospel Charles E. Mulhearn Moses L. Potter Charity Lee Scott Ilo Pappas Cora Wilson Corinne E. Logan Hattie Smith Lillie Wright Malinda Johnson Syrenia Lewis Martin C. Risley James O. Phillips Loretta Hall E. C Wilkins Nina C. Campbell Dell Bielkiewicz Jackie B. Ford William M Hochsistler Ollie Newton Eva Lee Kitchell Johnnie Bel Gravy Lillie Lee Comanche Ozzie Mitchell Martha Ray Messina Annie Lee Mitchell Frank Smith Walter Watson R C. Autrey Henry S. Coleman Ella B. Balsamo Dickie V Scott Rosa Lee Winchester Grady L. Bruckner Barnabas G. McHenry Freddie Jones Edith Burress Lillie Ford Edna Fisher Lois Smith Ida Boyd Jimmie Lee

British and American Officials Seek January Wilson Johnson Visit

London and Washington officials confirm ongoing talks to set a date likely in mid January for Prime Minister Harold Wilson to meet President Johnson in Washington.

London UPI Harold Wilson Johnson Washington

Twin Cities Airman Danny Lane White to report for training

Danny Lane White, Airman Apprentice in the U S Navy, is home on recruit leave after schooling in San Diego. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Walter L White of 901 Wilson Street West Monroe and will report to the Aviation Anti- Submarine Warfare Technical School at NATTC Memphis on December 8.

Danny Lane White USN San Diego Calif Danny Walter L. White Wilson St West Monroe Aviation NATTC Memphis Tenn

Birthday Cheers and Courtroom Chuckles In Chit Chat

Miss Myrtle Rodgers marks her 85th birthday with church and school ties in Parkview Baptist Church and Georgia Tucker Elementary. Deputy Hoyt Moncrief teases reporters on a tour of Ouachita Parish courthouse, asking about a staged murder scoop and cake etiquette.

Myrtle Rodgers Parkview Baptist Church Miss Rodgers Georgia Tucker Parkview Twin Cities South Grand Hoyt Moncrief Ouachita Parish Moncrief Mary Kay Tolar Mary

Second Appeal For Wining Case Is Told

SHREVEPORT UPI Assistant Louisiana Atty Gen. W. R. Wirtz planned to appeal to the Supreme Court after the 2nd Circuit upheld a Lake Providence district ruling naming Charles F. Vining Jr. the Democratic nominee for the 32nd District seat. Delony’s death in November triggered a special primary after neither candidate won a majority in the first runoff.

Freighter Arrives in Le Havre as Cultural Revolution Opens

A Communist Chinese freighter reached Le Havre in France, the port city reporting the first arrival since China launched the Cultural Revolution in 1966.

LE Havre France UPI Red China

Moncrief Promises Cake Stash After Kay Reply

Kay replied and Moncrief smiled announcing he would keep all future pieces of coconut cake to himself.

Kay Moncrief

Eight Wounded By Mine Blasts In Hong Kong Border

Eight Hong Kong police and British Army personnel were wounded in two accidental mine blasts planted at the border with Red China. A British probationary inspector and a Chinese constable lost a foot. the blasts followed rescue efforts. Terrorists prompted two dozen bomb reports, five real, in a day of heightened alert.

Hong Kong Red China

Mortgage loan offer claims quick cash disaster relief

Homeowners urged to apply via Louisiana loan company with promises of 301 to 10000 dollars for any reason. Five year repayment option. Contact Bob Lane. mail name, address and phone to A Second Mortgage Co., Box 2654, Monroe, La.

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U.S. Weather Bureau ESSA Great Lakes Region John Ellington R. Molette Mrs. Grigsby Sandra Thrush H. D. Stakes Kidder-Cox Funeral E. T. Kelley R. R. Thrush James Kelley Felton Emrick Byrd Hembree James E. Patterson Chapel of Rose-Neath Funeral Home E. C. McKenzie Forest Park Patterson R. A. Patterson Jr B. L. Meek James E. Patterson Jr Galveston Tex Janet Patterson New York City F. W. Smith J. T. Glass Kerens Balboa Naval Hospital Rev. L. B. Ritchie Bama Georgia Pisgah Baptist Church W. A. Ritchie Robert Bennett Ritchie Hugh Ritchie Miami Fla Albert Ritchie Los Angeles St. Joseph Phoxgh, Inc Lafrance Mulania Svofak Lipo Flavonoid Kondremul Sintar’s OWL OWL Rexall Drugs Southside Shopping Center Thelma Lee Lawler Mamie Lee Banks Albert Johnson Alfred McCarty Margaret Kincade Sadie Agnes Malone Vera Jackson Rudy Eason Lola Dickson Virginia Reitze Mildred Drayton Clarks Galen A. Davis Cleveland Kidd Charlotte Lee Achard Etta Lee Mable P. Brown Tony Burk White Winnsboro Mabel Hampton Tallulah George Davis Marie W. Turner Fairbanks Lucinda Holmes New York Thomas D. Day Swartz Mississippi St. Louis Helena Rise Ark City Vicksburg Atchafalaya Melville Simmesport Morgan City Ouachita Camden RED Shreveport Alexandria Pearl Jackson Pearl River Bob Lane Roe, la Fontana’s Walter Pierron Lakeshore Pharmacy Lakeshore Shopping Center Torino Ford
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