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Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1962

Page

7

Ex-Monroe man crushed to death in Wreck near Bastrop

T. J. Heaviside 68, a former Monroe resident, died when a car door crushed him during a highway wreck on State Route 139 near Bastrop. His son in law Ray mond Baker 48 drove the second vehicle. he was uninjured. They were en route to Manhattan Kansas.

Bastrop Monroe T. J. Heaviside Arkansas Line Raymond Baker Childers Heaviside Baker Mr. Heaviside Manhattan Kan

Book Orleans Man For Murder

Police booked 45 year old Horace Ferguson after he confessed to killing his wife Doris Ferguson 38 with a .32 revolver then wounded himself in the chin attempting suicide. Doris died from a left temple bullet wound while Ferguson remained under guard at Charity Hospital in stable condition.

New Orleans Horace Ferguson Charity Hospital Doris Ferguson

Records Put On Microfilm In Jackson Parish

Jonesboro Louisiana Special reports the Jackson Parish Clerk Carey Staples says the office began microfilming all records using a camera and Reader Printer purchased last fall. The system will save storage and speed copying, with films sent to Shreveport for processing and later bound in permanent books. Staples notes cross filing with other parishes to protect records from disasters.

Jonesboro Jackson Parish Carey M. Staples Staples Shreveport Louisiaana

New Gas Field Reported In Ver Milion Parish

Kern County Land Co disclosed a new gas field in Vermilion Parish between the Kaplan and Lelux fields. The flow was seven million cubic feet of gas daily with about 50 barrels of heavy 44 gravity condensate. Discovery announced Thursday.

Abbeville, la Vermilion Parish Kern County Land Co

Jena Deaths Honor J A Chatman at 81

Funeral services for J A Chatman 81 of Jena were set for 2 p.m. today at Antioch Free Methodist Church with Rev L E Poole and Rev W T Bradford officiating. Burial followed at Wilbanks Cemetery in Columbia directed by Riser and Son Funeral Home. Chatman died Thursday morning after an eight day illness leaving a widow seven daughters two sons 23 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.

Jena J. A. Chatman Antioch Free Methodist Church L. E. Poole W. T. Bradford Wilbanks Riser and Son Funeral Home Columbia Chatman Melissa Chatman A. W. Manchester Ferriday J. G Tarver Harrisonburg B. E Andrew H. S. Sanders V. O. Arnold Pineville W. T. Stanhope Texhoma Okla Orbon Arnold Hookes

Funeral services set for Henry Evans 77 of Delhi

Funeral services were scheduled for 2 p m today for Henry Mount Evans 77 lifelong Delhi resident who died Wednesday night in a Monroe hospital after a long illness. Burial at Delhi Masonic cemetery. Service at Robinson Baptist Church south of Dunn with Rev A C Gammill officiating. Survived by wife Georgia Route 2 Delhi six sons George Norman Mount Evans Jr Bastrop Tommie Evans New Orleans Wilson Evans Shreveport Raymond Evans Waco one daughter Gracie Traxler New Jersey two sisters Bertie Mae Well Eudora Ark Mamie Thompson Lake Providence two brothers Cornelius Evans Eudora Ark Fred Evans Pine Bluff Ark 28 grandchildren 11 great grandchildren Pallbearers Carl Evans

Delhi Henry Mount Evans Evans Monroe Delhi Masonic Cemetery Gay Robinson Baptist Church Dunn A. C. Gammill Georgia Evans Route 2 George Evans Norman

Funeral Today For Mother Of Monroe Woman

Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Goodloe Bolding, 50, Kilbourne, were set for 2:30 p.m. at Kilbourne Baptist Church with Rev. M. J. Martin. She died in a Monroe hospital on Thursday. A daughter in Monroe survives, burial planned in Kilbourne. Surviving are daughter Mrs. Billie Mathock of Monroe, four grandchildren, three brothers Sam Varnell of Vicksburg, Fred Varnell of Houston, Frank Varnell of Flora, and three sisters Mrs. Leonard Jones, Mrs. Mannie Long, and Mrs. Frances Turner, all of Jackson. Also named are Bruce Pullen, Wesley Pool, Walter Sanders Jr., Don Major, Philip Littlefield and Philip Doser.

Oak Grove Ruth Goodloe Bolding Kilbourne Kilbourne Baptist Church M. J. Martin Bolding Monroe Billie Matbock Sam Varnell Vicksburg Miss Fred. Varnell Houston Tex Frank Varnell Flora Leonard Jones Mannie Long Frances Turner Jackson Bruce Pullen Wesley Pool Walter Sanders Jr Don Major Philip Littlefield Philip Doser

Mineral Leases Over $16 Million in May Revenue

Baton Rouge AP report says Louisiana collected 16,904,282 from mineral leases in May. Ellen Bryan Moore notes 11,461,238 in bonuses from the April 1962 lease sale and 4,925,782 in royalties. Additional allocations include 139,851 to Conservation and 210,078 to the Rockefeller Preserve. Other revenues came from rights of way, surface leases, and forfeited bonds.

Baton Rouge Louisiana Register of State Lands Ellen Bryan Moore Department of Conservation Rockefeller Preserve

Hinton Rites Scheduled In Area Today

Funeral services for A. L. Hinton 81 of Kelly were set for 2 p.m. at Kelly Baptist Church with Rev. J. F. Jones and Rev. W. A. Massey presiding. He died Thursday in a Columbia hospital after a week long illness. Interment was planned at Sardis cemetery near Winnfield under Riser and Son Funeral Home of Columbia. Survived by Bertha Hinton widow two sons E H Hinton C L Hinton Monroe and E L Hinton Shawnee Okla two daughters Mrs W N Lovett Baton Rouge and Mrs Berdie Laird Kelly a sister Mrs Rosie Hart West Monroe 12 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

Farmerville Ottis B. Thomas Marion Liberty Baptist Church Andrew Ferguson R. D. Yanzey Thomas Bastrop Liberty Cemetery Kilpatrick Funeral Home Jackie Lee Thomas Otha B. Thomas Merling Thomas Sardis Cemetery Winnfield Riser and Son Funeral Home Columbia Mr. Hinton Bertha Hinton Kelly W. N. Lovett Baton Rouge Berdie Laird E. L. Hinton Shawnee Okla

Argentina Space Center to Open to All Nations

Argentina informed the 28 nation space conference in Geneva that its future space research center now under construction will be open to scientists from all countries.

Geneva Argentina

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