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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1961
Page
7
West Monroe Boys Club board adopts five acre tract near Lenwis School Ward Five as clubhouse site. Construction planned as a large frame building with donated materials. Land deed donated anonymously. Summer camp near Volman Lake set for late June or July with a $1000 budget.
Funeral services are planned near Phoenix Arizona for Jack P Christy a former Monroe resident and brother of two local men He died at Luke Air Force Base Arizona after months of illness He was about 70 and a retired nightwatchman Survived locally by brothers Tom and Henry Christy of West Monroe a daughter Mrs Peggy Lillie Lake Air Force Base a sister Mrs Jim Bailey Eros two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews
Wayne Huckaby begins duties as parish engineer for Ouachita Parish Highway Department. A veteran Louisiana Highway official, he served as fifth district engineer until 1960 and was chosen by the police jury to oversee parish properties except the jury office. Police Jury President M W Montgomery announced the appointment.
The Monroe News-Star pages from November 1 1909 feature W L Morris lowering the paper at City Hall with F W Smith as president and C Faulk secretary treasurer. Advertisements show tonics autos and shirtwaists with lace. Headlines include Taft welcomed to Mississippi Capitol by Governor Noel and Negro The Issue In Maryland Amendment To Constitution.
In New Orleans a jazz band plans a tribute to 80 year old Wil iam Baba Ridgley who died Sunday. The event, arranged by local musicians, will include a vial salute and ceremonial readings honoring Ridgley’s long association with the Dixieland scene.
Victoria Sanders a 7 year old Covington girl died when she darted into the street and was struck by a car. The child, daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Sanders, was waiting for a school bus near her home. The driver Jack Brewer 45 of Adel Ga was not charged authorities called the accident unavoidable.
After three telephone relay stations exploded in Utah and Nevada officials at Battle Creek and Colorado Springs said strong backup and rerouting systems would prevent a breakdown. They warned a major saboteur would need an enormous coordinated effort. the FCC declined to comment.
A civil defense official said explosions damaged two microwave relay stations and cable relays on Sunday but automatic switchover to alternate facilities was so rapid that communications were disrupted only for a very few moments, preserving warning capability across many areas.
Chico Marx, piano playing member of the Marx Brothers, was released from Cedars of Lebanon Hospital after a 12 day treatment for chest pains. He returned home Wednesday to Hollywood.
Northeast Louisiana State College offers five theatre workshop courses during the summer session from June 6 to August 10 in cooperation with the Monroe Little Theatre. Participants may perform in three summer productions Mr Roberts Summer and Smoke and King Midas and the Golden Touch as actors or on technical staff.
The venue will feature George Brian and Richard Clark as teachers. Brian, associate professor of speech at Northeast, and Clark, executive director of the Little Theatre, lead the program. Tanganyika, a British trust territory in Africa, spans vast land with about 23,000 Europeans, 200,000 Asians and Arabs, and nine million Africans.
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