Deaths in Oak Grove and Surrounding Areas
Obituaries report Elizabeth N. Corbin 88 died near Winnsboro. Funeral at First Baptist Oak Grove with burial at Oak Grove Cemetery. Survivors include four sons and four daughters, plus numerous grandchildren. Also with notices for Emma Perkins 86 and other local deaths. details on services, cemeteries, and survivors.
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Oak Grove
First Baptist Church
Elizabeth N. Corbin
Winnsboro
R. C. Corbin
J. D. Cheatham
Catron Gay Funeral Home
Jack
Funeral to be held at Mulhearn Chapel Friday
The funeral will take place Friday at 2 30 p m in Mulhearn Funeral Chapel with Rev C Roger Johnson officiating. Interment will be in Riverview. He leaves his wife two daughters and a son including Mrs A L Crawford Baton Rouge Mrs Gordon Crawford Monroe and B B Warrington Alexandria two sisters and six grandchildren.
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Mulhearn Funeral Chapel
C. Roger Johnson
Riverview
A. L. Crawford
Baton Rouge
Gordon Crawford
Monroe
B. B. Warrington
Alexandria
One Out Of 7 In State Victim Of Felony Says Kirk
Baton Rouge report on criminologist Paul Kirk at LSU chemical symposium. He warned one out of seven residents may be victim of a crime this year and urged aggressive treatment of first offenders. He compared crime to a disease and called for stronger police effort and better pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirk
Baton Rouge
Paul Kirk
University of California
Louisiana State University
Louisiana
43 Men In Area Enlist In Navy
Monroe recruiter John T. Reagan announced 43 local men enlisted in the Navy. Names and addresses span Rayville Delhi Bastrop Monroe areas with ages 17 to 21. High school graduates with 50 or 55 on tests may qualify for service schools in general or electronics.
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John T. Reagan
CSC
Monroe
U. S. Navy
Lawrence Buford King
James Welsey Aaron
Charles Aaron Glass
Wiley Fay Crawford
Franklin D. Stockton
Rayville
Wayne Black
Met Rouge
Seaman Carl Shivers
Samuel Lee Parker
Delhi
Louis Petty Land, Jr
Vaughn Street
Ruston
James E. Woods
Dubach
Walter E. Cook
John Danzy Griffin
Columbia
Jimmy Charles Gardner
Leroy Shepherd
Hood Street
Walter Jackson Chriscol
Limerick Street
George Wiley Williams
Bobby Lee Porter
Bastrop
Brian Lee Emerich
Wardell Bennett
Huey Street
William Car
Burcee
St. Joseph
Bobby Ray Jackson
Mangham
George Clinton Cummings
Calhoun
Wallace Daniel Proveaux, Jr
Olio
Charles Ray Thornton
Magee
Miss
W. K. McClendon
Raymond William Hamilton
West Monroe
Milton Smith
Moton Street
James Saucer
Morton Street
John Deward Frith
South 8Th Street
Lawrence William McDonald
Breard Street
James Edward Miller
Aaron
Richard Granville Ober
Johnson Street
Larry Lorenzo Goins
Lawrence Andrews
Powell
Thomas Allen McAllister
Alfred Peterson
McGuire Street
Edward Detommaso
Gerald Stanley
Richard Atherton Kent, Jr
Jack Wayne Carter
Lake Providence
Luther Burton Boyette
Transylvania
Paul Alex Carroll
Alvin Gerald Crowe
Oak Grove
Reagan
Counz Anew Sho
Navy
Navy Recruiting Station
Post Office
Military Safety Slogan Contest Opens for Louisiana Army District
All active duty personnel in the Louisiana military district will take part in a safety slogan contest from February 1 to April 1. Col Samuel Graham announced cash prizes for top entries with first prize of 25 dollars, second and third each 20, and five honorable mentions of 5. Eight district entries will advance to the Fourth Army Headquarters for the army-wide contest to promote safety and collect usable slogans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Military District
Samuel
Graham
Fourth Army
Fourth Degree Knights to Meet Sunday for Drill Practice
A special meeting of the 4th degree Knights of Columbus is set for 10 a.m. Sunday at the Knights of Columbus home. Members are urged to attend as the gathering will be important and to bring swords for drill. The group will serve as honor guards at the dedication of the new St Francis Hospital building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbus
A. F. Canizaro
St. Francis Hospital
Canizaro
Memberships Sought for Twin City Symphony
Active solicitation closed yet daily mail checks and applications arrive for membership in the Twin City Symphony Orchestra. Supported by local groups and businesses, the orchestra will present its second subscription concert on Thursday February 10 at Brown Auditorium, Northeast Louisiana State College.
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Twin City Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Orchestra
Brown Auditorium
Northeast
Louisiana State College
Miller Identified as Tear Gas Bomber in Labor Violence
A 28 year old Baton Rouge man, M. E. Miller, is named as the thrower of a tear gas bomb into the car of Duncan Cooper, 59, who died of a heart attack after the incident at a Krotz Springs construction site. Miller refuses to testify, with 11 arrested in the labor violence linked to the scene.
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Opelousas
Baton Rouge
Krotz Springs
G. W. Wilburn
G. L. Teasdale
M. E. Miller
Duncan Cooper
Cooper
Georgetown
Tex
Miller
E. Morse
Brown and Root Construction Co
Gerald Bertinot
St. Landry Parish
Police recover roaming bull after half hour traffic disruption
Concord police report officer Joseph Jolin confronted a wandering bull that blocked busy Route 3 forcing a 30 minute standoff. The animal ended up chained and led back to its owner John Lovell after the bull stood in an antique shop yard containing old china.
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Joseph Jolin
Jolin
John Lovell
Concord
N. H
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Ruston Not Place Of Slavery Ring
An AP error in the February 3 Morning World claimed Ruston as the ring’s center. The center was in Dushon La. Two men, Joseph Blanchard and Whitney Boutin Jr., received 30 months in New Orleans for their roles, while Thomas Marceaux was placed on three years probation.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Morning World
Ruston
Dushon
Herbert W. Christenberry
Joseph Blanchard
Rayne
Whitney Boutin, Jr
Lafayette
Christenberry
Thomas Marceaux
Gueydan
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Billy Corbin
Earnest Grubbs, Jr
Oliver Corbin
Leonard Corbin
Roberts Lee
Emma Perkins Farmervile
Enna Perkins
Truxno
Frank Stage
Marion
Miss Florence Perkins
Lula Fuller
Sebe Perkins
Litroe
J. M. Perkins
Smithland
Billy Terry Harrison
George B. Smith
Chapel of Hall
W. T. Hemphill
Amity Cemetery
Winnsboro Road
B. T. Smith
S. M. Smith
F. EF. Smith
Huey al Smith
Fresno
California
Viola Platt
Kerman
Calif
Willie Winnon
Alice Reagan
Stella Foster
Apent Ndehildren
Earnest Foster
Marvin Platt
Oliver Platt
George Winnon
George Smith
J. J. Warrington
Lee Avenue
St. Francis Sanitarium
Vieverstein
Joseph Pspiriy
Sparky
Charles Price Rolph, Jr
Seaford
Del
Symphony
China Shop Bull
Inter
Sykes
Virginia Hotel
Monroe Sykes
S T. Petersburg
Fla
OLD Hickory Distilling Corporation
Phila
Pal
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