Heavy fines and jail for Louisiana game law violators
State and federal courts in Louisiana handed jail terms and hefty fines to fish and game law violators after 55 cases reported. Authorities detailed arrests by Rangers Homer Hodges Rhea Stewart Tom Otwell Arthur Gibson and officers in Caddo Sicily Island Winnsboro Jena and Walters for offenses including hunting without licenses and shooting after legal hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
John L. McGee
Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries Commission
Caddo
Ben C. Dawkins
Shreveport
Lawrence Holt
Willaam C. Harrison
Holt
Dawkins
William Bernette
Cathoula
Jessie Johnson
Sicily Island
Justice of the Peace
Cecil Cox
Homer Hodges
Rhea Stewart
Franklin
Sylvester Allen
Gilbert
J. W. Sullivan
Winnsboro
LaSalle
Herbert Chevallier
Walters
Jena
W. O. Smith
Tom Otwell
Arthur Gibson
Barney Johnson
Justice Smith
Otwell
Gibson
Teflis Grotto to Induct Officers January Sixth
The Teflis Grotto will install officers at the Masonic Temple January 6 at 8 p.m. Incoming officers include W. B. Evans Monarch, Monaren, J.C. Monk chief justice, Newton Wilson master of ceremonies, H. Ei Roberts treasurer, C. B. Hair secretary, W. I H. Fitch venerable prophet, G. B. Gannaway chaplain, H. W. Shepard marshal, Leon White captain of the guard, and T. W. Ware sentinel. The group aims to field its best degree team and has a lantern goal of 25 to aid the cerebral palsied child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teflis Grotto
Masonic Temple
W. B. Evans
Monaren
J.C. Monk
Newton Wilson
H. Ei
Roberts
C. B. Hair
W. I H. Fitch
Prophet
G. B. Gannaway
H. W. Shepard
Leon White
T. W. Ware
New 1956 Louisiana Fishing Licenses Now On Sale
Louisiana residents must renew with the 1956 fishing license as all licenses expire December 31. The director L D Young Jr warns there is no grace period and all fishing after January 1 1956 requires the new license. A resident sports fishing license costs one dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. D. Young, Jr
Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries Commission
Louisiana
Young
Lighthorse Hudson Named YMCA Roundup Leader
Harry Lighthorse Hudson tops a trio of ranch straw bosses for the Twin Cities YMCA membership roundup running January 23 to February 13. The effort aims for 700 new members and $18,000 to fund a full YMCA program in Monroe and West Monroe in 1956. Hudson, a Georgia Tech, Mercer, and Iowa alumnus with both degrees in psychology, is district manager for Southern Bell in Monroe and a former WWII destroyer chief engineer. He holds a Navy Reserve commander commission and serves in multiple civic roles including Rotary, Red Cross, and Chamber of Commerce activities. He urges adults to join the YMCA during the roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry ‘Lighthorse
Hudson
Twin Cities
Y.M.C.A
Monroe
West Monroe
Lighthorse
Georgia Tech
Mercer University
University of Iowa
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co
Atlanta
Albany
Southern Bell
Louisiana
96 Year Old Man Dies His Progeny Is Numerous
Amos Payne Garth aged 96 died in Muleshoe Texas yesterday. Funeral is set for 4 p.m. Thursday in Louisville Texas. He leaves ten children including Mollie Jones and Sallie Harris plus many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Gerald and Audry Jones are among his two grandsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Payne Garth
Muleshoe
Tex
Louisville
Garth
Twin Cities
Gerald
Audry Jones
West Monroe
Mollie Jones
Sallie Harris
Dallas
Lida Brixey
Boonville
Louie
Fred Garth
Texarkana
Arthur Garth
Tom Garth
Charlie
Asher
Okla
Herbert Garth
Friona
Grover
Three-Year Term For Florentine Club Burglary
Henry Marsden, 23, pleaded guilty in Caddo district court to burglarizing the Florentine Club on December 21. Marsden, employed at the club, stole a key and used it to break in, taking groceries, and he received a three-year sentence in the state penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Henry Marsden
State
Caddo District
Florentine Club
Marsden
Deaths Mrs Annie Stodghill at Rayville
Mrs Annie Elizabeth Stodghill widow of E E Stodghill died at a local clinic Monday at 4 p m Funeral service was at First Methodist Church with Rev John F Kilpatrick officiating She was born October 14 1863 in Nebo Kentucky and came to Louisiana in 1907 Survived by daughter Ruth Girard Lafaytte three sons Jesse Hugh and Marvin Stodghill all of Rayville two sisters Mrs J H Wilson Rayville and Mrs R P Hopgood Princeton KY five grandchildren and ten great grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rayville
Annie Elizabeth Stodghill
E. E. Stodghill
First Methodist Church
John F. Kilpatrick
Stodghill
Nebo
R. P. Hopgood
Princeton, Ky
Slemons Dies on Visit During Heart Attack inMonticello Arkansas
William Edward Slemens 54 of Toledo Ohio died of heart failure while visiting his sister Mrs W F Southerland in Monroe. He was a traveling salesman for Peters Shoe Company with strong ties to Louisiana and nearby states. Funeral services held at Stevens Chapel Monticello Ark with interment at Oak Lawn Cemetery. Survived by sister Mrs Southerland and two brothers Frank V Slemons Idaho and H T Southerland California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Edward Slemens
Toledo
Ohio
W. F. Southerland
Monroe
Slemons
Peters Shoe Company
Louisiana
Peters Funeral
Stevens Funeral Home
Monticello
Ark
Stevens Chapel
Oak Lawn Cemetery
Mrs. Southerland
Frank V. Slemons
Idaho
H. T. Southerland
California
Obituaries from Rayville and surrounding areas recall several deaths
W B Walden 62 died after a long illness at his Rayville home at 706 Lee Street. Funeral services were held from his home with burial at Rayville Masonic Cemetery. Survivors include three daughters, three sisters, and a brother. Sally Petrie 88 died at St Joseph's Home. funeral at Mushbane Chapel with burial at River View Cemetery. She had lived in Monroe 20 years and was active in First Methodist Church. Infant Morace Ferriday died shortly after birth. funeral at Pine Hill Cemetery. Emma Powell Franklin 80 of Baton Rouge died. services at Hebert Church of God with burial at Hebert Cemetery. Walter McCrea of Vidalia died suddenly of a heart attack. funeral at his daughter’s home and burial in Natchez.
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Rayville
W. B. Walden
Lee Street
R. C. Andrew
Rayville Masonic Cemetery
Mulhearn
Herman Cheek
West Monroe
Roy Burrough
Truman Boren
John Lundy
Philadelphia
Clayton Harwell
Meridian
Charles White
Little Rock
Miss
Walden
Jackson
Sally Petrie
St. Joseph’s
Mushbearn
Bloomington
Ill
Don Easley
Wichita
Kans
Petrie
Monroe
First Methodist Church
Mansfield
Emma P. Franklin
Columbia
Emma Powell Franklin
Baton Rouge
Hebert Church of God
J. R. Sackett
Hebert Cemetery
Riser and
John Brockner
Dan Brockner
Bosco
R. B. Culpepper
Jessie Powell
Kelly
Evie McBroom
Olla
Vidalia
Walter McCrea
Natchez
Mississippi
McCrea
Missouri-Pacific Railroad
Death of Ernest Carron in Monroe
Ernest Blackie Carron aged 64 died yesterday at his Monroe home. The funeral was held at Hall Funeral Home on Wednesday at 3 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest (Blackie) Carron
Monroe
Hall Funeral
Interment Beside Expectant Hasley Cemetery
Interment was in Hasley cemetery. He is survived by a daughter Mrs. Lois Fox Monroe a sister Mrs Frank Ansley two grandchildren and a number of nephews and nieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hasley Cemetery
Lois Fox
Monroe
Frank Ansley
Infant Son of Ferriday Couple Buried at Pine Hill Cemetery
Services held at Pine Hill cemetery Sicily Island for the infant son of Mr and Mrs E D Morace of Ferriday who died Monday in a local hospital. Survived by parents and five siblings. Rev Shirley Briggs officiated. Arrangements by Young Funeral Home Ferriday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morace Ferriday
Billy Morace
D. D. Morace
Ferriday
Pine Hill Cemetery
Sicily Island
Shirley Briggs
Young Funeral Home of
Judith
Linda
Melvonius
James
Jule
Norman
Rowen Morace
Artie Brazil
Pine Hill
E. D. Morace
Sevier Memorial Church
Young Funeral Home
Traffic Club To Install Officers At Virginia Hotel
The Monroe West Monroe Traffic club will install officers on Wednesday January 18 at the Virginia hotel. The event will include the annual dinner dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traffic Club
Monroe - West Monroe
Virginia
Dates Set For Absent Voting In Concordia Parish
Absentee ballots for the January 17 Democratic primary may be cast in Concordia parish January 7-14, announced by Victor P. Campbell clerk of court. A school for instruction of commissioners will be held January 10 in Vidalia courthouse. Voting machines sealed January 12. About 4,000 registered voters in the parish. Campbell invites all voters unfamiliar with machines to seek instructions at the courthouse. A demonstration machine is on display in the courthouse, and voters may call the clerk to learn how it works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vidalia
Concordia Parish
Victor P. Campbell
Campbell
Vandals Damaged Construction Equipment On New Bridge Site
Police hunt a youth gang after about 1000 dollars in damage to machinery at the Barksdale-Broadmoor bridge site over the Red River. Tennis shoe prints suggest the culprits were boys 14 or 15. They used rocks hammers and air rifles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barksdale-Broadmoor
Red Riner
Columbian Carbon Plans New North Eighteenth Street Buildings
W C Ekholm of the Columbian Carbon Co says Jesse F Heard and Son will be awarded the contract for new North Eighteenth Street offices and labs. Base bid $345,550, but changes will raise costs. Buildings include two laboratories for rubber research and chemical operations with ample rear parking. Project expected to finish by September or October next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Ekholm
Columbia Carbon Company
Jesse F. Heard
Columbian Carbon Company
Ouachita National Bank
Monroe
Building Permits Issued for New Residences in Monroe
City records show Greater Monroe Development Corp. authorized two one story frame houses at 1398 and 1309 South 6th Street costing 8500 dollars each. Greater Monroe Homes, Inc. also approved a single story frame residence at 601 Eason Place with a price of 8500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. Awl
Greater Monroe Development Corp
South 6Th Street
Greater Monroe Homes, Inc
Eason Place
Japanese beetle found as far west as Mississippi Valley
The pest, first detected in 1916 in the United States, has reached distant western areas extending to the Mississippi Valley, signaling a wide geographic spread and ongoing ecological concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi Valley
Self Discipline and Real Success in Cronin's View
Cronin argues character and lasting achievement come from self discipline, not indulgence. The January Reader's Digest issue presents 39 condensed articles and lasting-interest pieces illustrating the path to happiness through self control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reader’s Digest
A.J. Cronin
Reader's Digest
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Three Way Finance Co
People’s Loan Service
Harry Hudson
Octopus
Moore Electric CO
Annie Stodghill
William E.slemons
J. Luther Kelly
Leon Hammonds
J. D. Prichard
Charles Searcey
Newton J. Moore
John Spatafora
Ernest Carron
Infant Morace
HUNT
Shreveport—Up—Police
Annie Lee West Stahl
Northeast State College
Chacahoula
Taylor Publishing Co
Ginger Henry
Bobby Joe Oden
Bob Hines
Buick
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