Tech Holidays Start Saturday At Louisiana Tech Festivities End January 3
Pre holiday events at Louisiana Tech conclude as students begin vacation at noon Saturday and return at 8 am Tuesday January 3. The season featured Les Brown and his Band of Renown in an all campus concert and dance, open houses, a candlelighting service, a Christmas tree lighting, carol service, a Yuletide concert, and a semi formal banquet.
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Louisiana Tech
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Band of Renown
Tech Student Union
R. L. Ropp
Howard Auditorium
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Adams Hall
Tech Symphony Orchestra
Marriage Licenses Issued In Monroe Area
Lonnie Gene Edwards 21 Monroe and Labertha Simpson 22 Monroe La. Billy Jack Averitte 19 West Monroe and Angialene Daniel 17 West Monroe. William C Richardson 38 Monroe and Sadie Mae Harold 29 Monroe.
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Lonnie Gene Edwards
Monroe
Labertha Simpson
Billy Jack Averitte
West Monroe
Angialene Daniel
William C. Richardson
Sadie Mae Harold
Mrs Duff Smith Dies Suddenly At Marion Home
Mrs J Duff Smith 65 wife of former Union parish state representative died at her Marion home of a heart attack. She had moved from Angola where her husband was chaplain. Funeral 10 a m Saturday at Antioch church with Rev John Cutrer. interment Antioch cemetery. Survived by husband two sons five daughters twenty grandchildren two great grandchildren. Pallbearers are family friends.
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J. Duff Smith
Union Parish
Antioch Church
John Cutreer
Antioch Cemetery
J. D. Smith
Dubach
James P. Smith
Farmerville
David Hollis
Ferriday
Clarence Brantley
Garland Dasson
Bernice
James Hicks
Arthur Parsons
Baton Rouge
Eastern Star Elects New Officers in Farmerville
Farmerville chapter No 207 elected officers for the coming year led by Sadie Farrar as worthy matron Ed Meeks as worthy patron Willow Read associate matron M O Love associate patron Rosa Lee Meeks secretary Lou Ellen Black treasurer Mildred Baxter conductor Olive Milford associate conductress Josephine Lee organist Lola Odom chaplain Mary Louise Johnston marshal Loduskie Ham Adah Clara Lee Greene Ruth Helen Jean Rainwater Esther Marjorie Alexander Martha Myrtle Meeks Eleeda Iska Waller Warder Horace Ludwig sentinel Installation set for Thursday at 7 30 pm open to the public.
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Order of the Eastern Star
Sadie Farrar
Ed Meeks
Willow Read
M. O. Love
Rosa Lee Meeks
Lou Ellen Black
Mildred Baxter
Olive Milford
Josephine Lee
Lola Odom
Mary Louise Johnston
Marshall
Loduskie Ham Adah
Clara Lee Greene
Ruth
Helen Jean Rainwater
Esther
Marjorie Alexander
Martha
Myrtle Meeks
Eleeda
Iska Waller
Horace Ludwig
Sentinel
Cheniere Road Bids Will Be Opened Jan 25
Ouachita parish police jury announces bids for reconstruction and blacktopping of the Cheniere Dam road from Washington street to the Jonesboro highway will be opened January 25 by the Louisiana Department of Highways. F. E. Maxwell and others said the project is a major parish road, linking Washington street to the Jonesboro highway via the Cheniere dam.
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Cheniere Road
Cheniere Dam
Louisiana Department of Highways
Ouachita Parish
F. E. Maxwell
Mose Bayles
Ollice C. Carter
J. H. Brown
State Highway Department
Maxwell
Chenlere Dam
Washington Street
New Natchitoches
Jonesboro Highway
Burglar Must Be Weightlifter
City police searched for an unidentified burglar who broke into a gym at the rear of Tony Danna’s home on Jackson Street between Tuesday and Thursday. The thief left behind a muscled profile and stole three dumbbell sets plus weight bars totaling about $100.
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Tony Danna
Jackson Street
Donna
Two Small Negro Boys Held In House Fire
Two boys aged eight and nine are in juvenile custody after a Wednesday house fire at 703 North 19th street. They allegedly played with matches, hid from home, and admitted minor pilferings. The fire damaged the dwelling owned by Mrs. Josephine Falletto.
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James Kelly
Josephine Falletto
North 19Th Street
Bizehozos Reward Police Chiefs Honors Ride
Two members of the robbery squad received bizehozos from Chief Wah Nee Ota of the Creek Indian tribe. Sgt. Tom Buckley and officer Robert Peinado were honored for arresting a robbery suspect who had befriended the chief, who feared the suspect might have targeted him next.
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Los Angeles
Tom Buckley
Robert Peinado
Wah Nee Ota
Hollywood Golden Apple Awards Named
Jane Russell and William Holden win Golden Apple awards as the most cooperative actress and actor of 1955, chosen by the Hollywood Women's Press Club.
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Hollywood
Jane Russell
William Holden
Hollywood Women’s Press Club
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