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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1964
Page
3
Lawrence Gibbs of Monroe, chairman of the House Education committee, said he was waiting word from the LTA before calling another hearing on the bill.
Louisiana skies clear to partly cloudy and mild through Wednesday with highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s and lows in the 50s. State budget talks center on renewing a 2.3 cent gas severance tax to fund teacher pay raises while Safer salaries and education funding dominate discussions.
Private First Class Roger L. Patterson, son of Mr and Mrs Ziba S Patterson of 212 Lilac St W Monroe, trains 23 weeks at U S Army Signal School as a radio technician. Linda Kay Lawrence, Ouachita Parish High School honor student, underwent wisdom teeth surgery at St Francis Hospital and is reported fine in room 525. daughter of Mr and Mrs C S Lawrence of 210 Walton Monroe.
The Graham Sughnor Lodge No. 385 will confer the entered apprentice degree at the Masonic Temple on North 4th St in Monroe at 7 p.m on Wednesday. All Entered Apprentices Fellowcraft and Master Masons are invited to attend.
The Rev. Dan Harrington of First Southern Methodist Church Shreveport will address the local congregation at 7 30 p m today in Monroe City Hall.
Funeral arrangements for EF V Bain 64 of Monroe incomplete. Retired miner World War II veteran survived by five sons and five daughters and many grandchildren. multiple burial plans across Liberty and Springhill cemeteries with various family survivors in Mississippi Indiana Arkansas Florida and Alabama.
Funeral services for Eugene Bedoit 58 a Monroe plumbing contractor were set for 10 a m Wednesday in Hixson Brothers Chapel with Rev Fr Allen of St Josephs Catholic Church officiating Burial under Hixsons direction followed at Riverview Cemetery Bedoit Rt 2 Box 40 Monroe died Monday afternoon after a heart attack He was Pensacola Florida native and had lived in Monroe 38 years Survivors include widow Gerline Bedoit a son Eugene Bedoit Jr Mrs Durwood Bearden Lake Charles and Mrs Patsy Billiot Ft Worth Texas and four grandchildren MARION Special Last rites for Mrs Ida E Cole 90 of Marion were scheduled for 3 p m today at Marion Baptist Church with Rev Oscar Bradford officiating Cole died early Monday in a Farmerville hospital
Last rites for James T Shell Jr 56 were set for Wednesday at Memorial Chapel Funeral Home Santa Fe with burial at National Cemetery. He was a Bastrop attorney and WWII counter intelligence veteran who moved to New Mexico in 1960. Surviving sister Mrs Harry Williams of Santa Fe. In Laurel Miss last rites for Sabra D Lott 62 of West Monroe were set for 3 30 p m today at Thompson Funeral Home with Revs M H Hansford and E W Caughton officiating. she died Sunday in Anniston Alabama after brief illness.
Funeral services for Charlie William Johnson 74 of Marion will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Marion Baptist Church with burial at Old Hard Shell Good Hope Cemetery. Johnson died Monday in a Marion clinic after a short illness. Survived by widow Alice Johnson two sons Eugene Monroe and Ernest Crossett Arkansas six daughters Danny McNaughton John Davis Leo Bennett Ethel Lee Sherman Allen Paula Haile three brothers Henry Neely Lammie all of Arkansas a sister Hattie Craben of Wilmot and 17 grandchildren.
Bastrop special funeral services for Mrs Eliza Catherine Mobley 54 who died Monday after a long illness will be held 10 30 a m Wednesday at Blackwell Golden Funeral Chapel with Rev William Johnson. Burial at Christ Church Cemetery. She resided in Bastrop 25 years and was born in Laurel Mississippi. Surviving are six daughters Gladys Matthews Verna Mullins Mildred Hall all of Bastrop Alice Catherine Benson Chattanooga Edith Crumley Ferriday Dorothy Best Bossier City two sisters Leona Covington Jackson Lucille Martin Franklinton and 17 grandchildren. Pallbearers named.
Mrs Emma Pennell 87 died Monday afternoon at her daughter’s home after a long illness. Funeral services were held at Alabama Presbyterian Church with Rev Phil Spencer and Rev Charles Littleton officiating. Burial followed at Sib ley Cemetery. She is survived by two sons Monard Pennell Shreveport Lane Pennell Ruston two daughters Evelyn Medaries Monroe Emma Lee Baker Ruston two sisters Ellen Collie Calhoun Susie Brooks West Monroe seven grandchildren seven great grandchildren
Funeral rites for Mrs Anna B Roper of 1018 S 1st St Monroe were conducted at 2 p m in Hixson Brothers chapel with Rev Roy Garrett officiating. Burial followed in Hasley cemetery West Monroe under Hixson Brothers Funeral Home guidance. Mrs Roper died Saturday at her home.
Funeral services for Miss Lillian Barham Fitch, 43, of Oak Ridge, were not announced today as she died suddenly at her residence. Survived by six brothers William Henry Fitch Sidney Fitch Monroe J J W D Fitch Bas trop Weldon Fitch Oak Ridge Francis Fitch Baton Rouge and five sisters Mrs Ernest Truett Monroe Mrs Homer Flynn Oak Ridge Mrs Ken Rice Columbus Ohio Mrs Frank Tarver Ft Worth Tex and Mrs R E Sessell Mobile Alabama.
Funeral services for James Calhoun were announced for Ruston with arrangements to be conducted by local clergy. The obituary notes family members and the memorial plans, inviting friends to attend and pay respects.
Hamilton of Dubach died Monday in a Ruston hospital after a long illness. Funeral services were held at 3 p m today at Dubach Baptist Church with Rev A H Pruitt officiating. Burial followed at Hamilton Memorial Cemetery near Dubach. Survivors include widow Emma Hamilton of Dubach four sons Billy F Hamilton of Downsville James P Hamilton Eugene Hamilton and Joe Burns Hamilton of Dubach two brothers F B Hamilton and J J Hamilton of Downsville two sisters Mrs Mattie McGee and Mrs Mary Hinton of Downsville and four grandchildren.
Sen. Dudley J. LeBlanc seeks 50 000 dollars in damages and 2500 dollars in legal fees after New Orleans attorneys move to garnishee his wages to satisfy a judgment in his home district. The suit argues state immunity blocks such garnishment and names Gov. John McKeithen, Lt. Gov. C. C. Aycock, and State Treasurer A. P. Tugwell as respondents represented by Attorney General Jack Gremillion and Carlos Spaht.
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