Paragon Club lineup features local players
Monroe photograph shows C. W. Whetstone Sam Orchard J. W. Joiner Archie Parker Bob Kostelka and Bernie Van at the Paragon Club. Staff photo by John I. Fogleman.
View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.
Start Free Trial
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles
Articles on This Page
This newspaper page contains 22 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1968
Page
14
Deaths in Ruston and Harrisonburg Funeral Notices
Funeral services for R H Carter 71 of Ruston will be at 11 a m Wednesday at Temple Baptist Church with Dr Robert S Ma Gee officiating. Maggie Honeycutt 85 of Harrisonburg died Sunday and services were at Pine Hill Baptist Church Sicily Island. Funeral details for Katie N Robinson 59 of Monroe and Winnsboro were announced for Oak Grove Baptist Church Winnsboro. Surviving families listed include multiple children spouses and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruston
R. H. Carter
Temple Baptist Church
Robert S. MaGee
Spears Funeral Home
Carter
Lincoln General Hospital
E. J. Carter
Minden
Ruby B. Harrison
Beéloit
Kan
Alvin Carter
Stephen Ark
Ezra Carter
R. E. Ward
Telephone
Tex
Katie N. Robinson
Monroe
Winnsboro
Oak Grove Baptist Church
Perry Kent
Oak Grove Cemetery
First National Funeral Home of
Robinson
Glenwood Hospital
Brookhaven
Miss
Winnsboro Free
Frank Netherland
Luther Netherland
Shreveport
Funeral services for Albert Luther Creed in Alexandria
Albert Luther Creed 72 died Sunday in a Alexandria hospital. Funeral services held at 10 a.m. in Hixson Brothers Chapel officiated by Rev. Ben Oliphant. Burial followed at Lincecum Cemetery near Georgetown. Creed was district manager for Life and Casualty Insurance Co. in Alexandria. Survived by son Albert Luther Creed Jr. of West Monroe, brother Lennis Creed of Dry Prong, sisters Bertie Hart of Pineville and Clara Smith of Alexandria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Albert Luther Creed
Ben Oliphant
Hixson Brothers
Lincecum Cemetery
Georgetown
Creed
The
Life and Casualty Insurance Co
Albert Luther Creed Jr
West Monroe
Lennis Creed
Dry Prong
Bertie Hart
Pineville
Clara Smith
Downsvilleman Fred S Hamilton 79 Funeral Held
Funeral services for Fred S. Hamilton 79 of Downsville were held at 10 30 a m in Alabama Presbyterian Church with Revs Lee Grisso and Richard May officiating. Burial in the church cemetery under Spears Funeral Home of Ruston. Survived by widow Alice M Hamilton two sons J E Hamilton Downsville and William H Hamilton Alexandria one daughter Fredna Dowell Baton Rouge one brother Joe J Hamilton Downsville nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Nephews served as pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downsville
Fred S. Hamilton
Lincoln General Hospital
Lee Grisso
Richard May
Alabama Presbyterian Church
Spears Funeral Home
Ruston
Church
Alice M. Hamilton
J. E. Hamilton
William H. Hamilton
Alexandria
Fredna Dowell
Baton Rouge
Joe J. Hamilton
Funeral rites for Archie R Butler 84 in Monroe
Funeral rites for Archie R Butler age 84 of 2101 College Ave Monroe were at 9 30 a m today in the Mulhearn Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Lea Joyner officiating. Burial followed at Memorial Park Cemetery. He is survived by his widow Mrs Snip Lamkin Butler three sisters Mrs J T Cruse and Mrs Katie Daniels both of Kountze Tex and Mrs Irene Smith of Beaumont Tex and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie R. Butler
College Ave
Monroe
Mulhearn
Ill Judge Orders Reapportionment By Phone In Beauregard Parish
Ill in bed with influenza U S District Judge Edwin F Hunter conducted a hearing by telephone and granted a summary judgment ordering reapportionment of Beauregard Parish school board and police jury The judge noted the case will resemble the Lafayette Parish decision and indicated an election for the reapportioned jury may occur in 1971 with terms starting in 1972 while school board elections would adjust so one third of members are elected every two years No election date was set for either board under the reapportionment plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Charles
U.S
Day Care Center Board To Meet In West Monroe
Ouachita Parish Day Care Center will hold a banquet at 7 30 p m today at 508 Austin West Monroe to install new officers and introduce new board members. The center recently moved from South First Street and operates two half classes and one full class for 15 preschool children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Austin
West Monroe
News
South First Street
Arraignment Set for Marvin Maples in Little Rock Case
Arraignment for Marvin Maples of Route 1 Box 1504 Little Rock Ark charged with aggravated es was set for December 16 in the Fourth Judicial District presided by Judge Lea S Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Maples
Box
Little Rock
Ark
Fourth Judicial District
Fines Set In Fourth Judicial District Court
Local court records show Gordon B. Williams fined 300 dollars and 60 days for DWI and 25 dollars for no license. Several defendants pleaded not guilty or had trials set for Jan. 31, 1969. Others faced fines for speeding, improper lane changes, or reckless operation. waivers and further fines recorded for numerous individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon B. Williams
Hazlehurst
Miss
Fourth Judicial District Court
Daniel H. Skinner Jr
Box
Texarkana
Ark
Leo S. Thompson
Maryle Lee Tyson
Hasle
Monroe
Leonard E. Patton
P.O. Box
Grambling
Jerry E. Harper
Bastrop
Robert E. Lemoine
Tioga
James Spencer Greely
Harold G. Robinson
Breard St
Ivey W. Rogers
Pine St
West Monroe
Rebecca D. Spence
Edgar L. Balsamo
Bennie Breece
Hosea McGhee
Theodore May Jr
Polk
Eugene Newman
Ford St
Pinkey M. Jeter
Route 2
Box 98
Ronald L. Johnson
Winwood St
Swartz
Margaret M. McLemore
Winnsboro
Jimmy C. Pate
Natchitoches
Ab E. Pierce III
S. 19Th
Mary N. Smith
Blanks
George A. Brown
Joe Goodjoint
Benjamin St
Annie H. Polk
S. 17Th St
Thomas L. Brown
Washington St
Goodjoint
Pate
Reflective Highway Markers Tested At Louisiana Tech
Louisiana Tech hosts a study on reflective lane markers aimed at reducing accidents. Four marker types are installed along a six thousand foot section of California Avenue in Ruston, funded by a five thousand two hundred forty two dollar grant from the Louisiana Department of Highways. Monthly reviews will assess durability and cost effectiveness under varying weather conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruston
Louisiana
Louisiana Tech
U.S. 80
John D. Calhoun
Calhoun
School of Engineering
Ben T. Bogard
Tech
Louisiana Department of Highways
State Highway Department
California Avenue
Adams Boulevard
Area Man Faces Auto Theft Count
Ouachita Parish deputies booked Talmadge E. Pearson 23 of Transylvania for auto theft with bond set at 750 dollars Monroe police booked Roy Ned Carothes 19 of Monroe for theft and simple battery with bond 650 dollars West Monroe and Ouachita Parish officials booked Alfred Calloway Carter 31 of Monroe for forgery and resisting arrest Monroe police booked Sandra Kay Courson 19 of Monroe for theft by check Kathryn Carter Pepper 35 of Monroe was booked on a littering warrant Police investigated forgery tied to a cashing check from a purse theft report dated Nov 24
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Talmadge E. Pearson
P.O
Transylvania
Monroe
Roy Ned Carothes
Sherrouse Hall
NLSC
West Monroe
Sandra Kay Courson
Park Ave
Kathryn Carter Pepper
Rochelle St
Riser Honor Roll List For Second Six Weeks
Riser Elementary and Junior High announces honor rolls for the second six weeks. All As achieved by Nichelle Coates Sherri Hammons Rebecca Prysock Beth Bradford Eddi Clowers Kathi Jordan Ginger Buttonberry and many more students across grades two through eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riser
Nichelle Coates
Sherri Hammons
Rebecca Prysock
Beth Bradford
Eddi Clowers
Kathi Jordan
Ginger Buttenberry
Kenneth Armstrong
Sylvia Brantley
Scott Carroll
Andy Coon
Donnie Copeland
David Cotton
Wayne Crawford
Wendy Edwards
Teresa Gilbert
Kim Haley
Robin Hart
Sonny Haynes
Debbie Lawson
Oear Long
Gwendolyn Mann
Beverly Petters
Blaine Phillips
Eddie Price
Kenny Sandifer
Linda Works
Jennene Bishop
Paul Chapman
Rory Coats
Cathy Crawford
Donna Deal
Sandra Hatten
Aubrey Hayden
Vernon Hodge
Dennis Renfroe
Mel Riser
Carman Trichell
Jamie Watson
Judy Barnes
Bill Brown
Sandy Calhoun
Terry
Teachers' Test Application Forms Are Available
Dr. Jack E. Kimball announces that information bulletins and registration forms for the National Teacher Examination set for February 1 are available. Beginning with the spring graduating class, all Northeast Louisiana State College teacher education graduates must take the Common and Teaching Area Examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack E. Kimball
Office of Testing and Guidance
Northeast Louisiana State College
Northeast
Stubbs Hall
Monroe
Educational Testing Service
P.O. Box
Princeton
New Jersey
Parish Library Aids in Getting Addresses for Christmas Cards
The Quachita Parish Public Library main branch offers a reference service with telephone directories for major U S cities and most Louisiana towns to help Twin Cities residents locate old friends and out of town businesses. Users should group names by city to speed up searches. The service is year round but especially useful at Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quachita Parish Public Library
United States
Louisiana
Parish Library
Twin Cities
Frances Flanders
New Orleans
Shreveport
Miss Flanders
Monroe Council Installs Officers
The Monroe Council No. 8 R&SM will install officers in a meeting today. Officers listed include H. W. Shephard illustrious master S J Taylor deputy master M B McDonald principal conductor of works E P Morgan treasurer D N White secretary R M Carkeet captain of the guard L V Brian conductor of the council T J Irby steward Byron Baynes sentinel Wallace Wood chaplain J R Biggers installing officer John W Adams installing chaplain and A P Knight installing marshal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Shephard
S. J. Taylor
M. B. McDonald
E. P. Morgan
D. N. White
R. M. Carkeet
L. V. Brian
T. J. Irby
Byron Baynes
Sentinel
Wallace Wood
J. R. Biggers
John W. Adams
Chaplain
A. P. Knight
Marshall
Royal Arch Masons Meet in Monroe Temple
The Monroe Chapter No. 18 Royal Arch Masons meet at 7 30 p m in the Monroe Masonic Temple. Election and installation of officers for the coming year will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Royal Arch Masons
Monroe Masonic Temple
Bruce C Walker Earns Eagle Scout Award Honors
Bruce C Walker son of Mr and Mrs Sam Walker Jr of Monroe was elevated to Eagle Scout in Boy Scout Troop 32 at Memorial Methodist Church Court of Honor Marion day night. He joined Troop 32 in 1965 served as assistant patrol leader and patrol leader and is a member of Comanche Lodge 254 of the Order of the Arrow and Neville High School freshman class. W S Stevens former Ouachita Valley Council president and Scoutmaster presented the Eagle Award. Bronze Palms were given to Johnny Luffey Warren Brown and David Grantz. Other rank advancements and merit badges were announced and Frank Hurst will assume Scoutmaster duties January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce C. Walker
Sam Walker Jr
Auburn Ave
Monroe
Memorial Methodist Church
Bruce
Comanche Lodge
Order of the Arrow
Neville High School
W. W. Stevens
Ouachita Valley Council
Troop 32
Monroe Lions Club
Eagle Bank
Johnny Luffey
Warren Brown
David Grantz
Mike Crane
Star Scout
Maurice Hawley
Mike Brown
Joe Cook
Victor Baff
Charles Humphries
Paul Grantz
Bill Gannaway
David Warren Brown
Bruce Walker
Roger White
Lewis McHenry
Bill Godwin
Henry Dayton
Charles McCleery
Dave Luffey
Wall Defends Moore On Louisiana House Floor
Rep Sha dy Wall of Ouachita Parish says Highway Commissioner James W. Moore of Monroe attended the House floor last week at his invitation. Wall says he did not know a motion to remove non members targeted Moore until the press revealed it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rep. Wall
Moore
Baton Rouge
Shady Wall
Quachita Parish
James W. Moore
Monroe
Wall
Benny Christian
Rayville
Mr. Moore
Bond Ratcliff
Advanced Ticket Sale Wednesday For Title Game
Carroll High announces the advance sale for the Louisiana state triple A championship football game at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Tickets cost 1.50 for adults and 1.25 for students. gate price Friday is 2.00. The game features Carroll and Monroe McKinley of Baton Rouge in the Louisiana Interscholastic Athletic and Literary Organization title battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll
Monroe McKinley
Baton Rouge
Carroll High
Henry Carroll
Louisiana Interscholastic Athletic and
Ouachita Chapter to Hold December Real Estate Appraisers Meeting
Ouachita Chapter 162 of the Society of Real Estate Appraisers schedules its December meeting in the Paragon Club Stag Room. A social hour runs 7 to 8 p.m. followed by the business session and dinner. Sponsors include First Federal Savings and Loan Monroe Building and Loan and People's Homestead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita
Society of Real Estate Appraisers
Paragon Club
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
Monroe Building and Loan, and
People’s Homestead
Woolie Tours EBR Schools For Media Center Plans
Frank Woolie director of federal programs for Ouachita Parish schools toured the East Baton Rouge Media Center on Monday to study ideas for the parish media center. Bill Hamilton director of Union Parish programs joined the Baton Rouge visit. Woolfe had visited the Bossier center last week and described plans to renovate part of the old Ouachita Parish High School Peters Annex to house the parish center with in service training equipment for teachers films and film strips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Woolie
Ouachita Parish
East Baton Rouge
Bill Hamilton
Union Parish
Baton Rouge
Woolfe
Bossier Center
Peters Annex
Thomas Chippendale Cabinet Maker Born in 1718
English cabinet maker Thomas Chippendale, born in 1718, gave his name to a popular furniture style. His work influenced 18th century design and decorative arts across Britain and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Chippendale
Also Mentioned on This Page
Riverside Convalescent Home
South Grand
Mrs. M. Honeycutt
Harrisonburg
Maggie Honeycutt
Pine Hill Baptist Church
Sicily Island
Richard Hale
Roy Stegall
Stacy McKnight
Old Pine Hill Cemetery
Riser and Son Funeral Home
Columbia
Honeycutt
Concordia Parish
Ferriday
Hardy Miles
Wildsville
Marvin Miles
Elbert Miles
Jena
Gavie Miles
Jeff Miles
Lee Miles
Quitman Boyette
Horace Patten
John T. Cooper
Morgan City
Mrs
Katie Robinson
Albert Creed
Fred Hamilton
Archie Butler
Lea S.hompson
Area Man
Monroe Council
Monroe Council No. 8
R&sm
New York Harbor
Jewelers
Desiard
News-Star Capital Bureau
Woolie
EBR
Louis Masur, Jr
Metropolitan Life Ins. Co
Madison Ave
N.Y.C
Monroe News-Star
Morning World
Associated Press
News-Star—World
News-Star—World Pub. Corp. P.O.B
Poughkeepsie, N.Y
Israel
Search the Monroe News Star Today with a Free Trial
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Monroe News Star?
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
Browse Newspapers
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
By Location
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
By Date
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
By Publication
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.