Miss Thompson Crowned Louisiana Pageant Winner
Miss Thompson won Miss Louisiana 1951 in a pageant tied to Senator LeBlanc. Miss Brown of Zwolle Tech was second. Miss Ann Hill and Miss Lyla Lagarde were other runners-up. Thompson will compete in Miss America at Atlantic City and will model in New Orleans before the national contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nion
LeBlanc
Louisiana
Rowena Talliferro
Winnsboro
Miss Thompson
Pat Brown
Miss Louisiana Tech
Pat McQueen
New Orleans
Miss Brown
Zwolle
Tech
Atlantic
Lake Providence High School
Senator LeBlanc
Bebe Shopy
Sarah Ann Sneider
East Carroll
Herman Sommer
Bebe Shopp
Margaret Sommer
Texas
Audrey Stark
Miss Shopp
Miss Sommer
T. J. Foley
Albert Manning
Louisiana Tech
Lafitte Sr. Rites Held In Shreveport Monroe Man Dies
Funeral services for Foster J. Lafitte Sr. 57 a former Shreveport resident who died in a Monroe hospital were held at Osborn Funeral Home in Shreveport. Rev A M Serex officiated with interment in Forest Park Cemetery. He worked 32 years for Continental Supply Co now living in Monroe with family including wife two daughters and two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster J. Lafitte
Shreveport
Monroe Hospital
Osborn Funeral Home
A. M. Serex
First Methodist Church
Monroe
Forest Park Cemetery
Lafitte
Continental Supply Co
Monroe First
Notable Tu lane couples listed in social notice
A social item details Miss La Tulane law student and her fiancé Mr Snellings of Monroe plus families. It lists Mrs Stella Wilcox and the late Frank Wilcox of New Orleans, their children George II and Nancy, and describes Farnsworth of New Orleans and Baton Rouge with race and civic roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hheersneng
Snc MO
Tulane Law Review Board
Stella Burkenroad Wilcox
New Orleans
Fank D. Wilcox
Mr. Snellings
Country Club Drive
Monroe
George M. Snellings, II
Nancy Wilcox
Mr. Farnsworth
R. P. Farnsworth and Company, Inc
Baton Rouge
Tulane
R. P. Farnsworth
New Oreleans
Kentucky
Farnsworth
Louisiana Society of Mental Health
Associated General Constractors of America
Phi Delta Theta
Itus
Jones
Snellings
Marie Louise Wilcox
Newcomb College
Tulane College of Law
Columbia University
Princeton
Harvard
Ionroe
Monroe Garden Club
Junior Charity League
The
Colonial Dames
Daughters of the American Revolution
Newcomb
Tulane Hullabaloo News
Alpha Sigma Sigma
Chi Omega
Beauties in Louisiana Miss Pageant Display
The Miss Louisiana contest at Lake Providence selected top contenders by face figure dress and personality in staged photos. Winners include Jeanne Thompson Miss Louisiana 1951 and the first place trophy recipient Senator Dudley J. LeBlanc presenting a $1000 scholarship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Providence
Una Mareshall
Baton Rouge
Margaret Tyler
Monroe
Anne Hill
Ruston
Jane Hill
Betty Koonce
McNeese College
Jeanne Thompson
Calcasieu
Carolyn Tate
Jonesboro-Hodge
Patty McQueen
Iris Signorelli
Jefferson Parish
Pat Brown
Jeremy Collins
Allen Parish
Lowry Andrews
East Baton Rouge Parish
Loraine Lott
Lake Charles
Babs Pollard
Madison Parish
Avis Jean Welch
West Carroll Parish
Lyla Lagarde
Orleans Parish
Herman Sommer
Miss Thompson
Dudley J. LeBlanc
Miss Louisiana
Pageant
Marvin DuBos
High Court Rules Cities May Require Loyalty Oaths
The Supreme Court split 5 to 4 holding cities may compel loyalty oaths for municipal workers but cannot fire staff solely for past Communist party membership. The decision addressed an Los Angeles ordinance from 1948 requiring loyalty statements and disclosure of Communist past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Communist Party
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Los Angeles
Clark
Vinson
Reed, Jackson
Minton
Black
High Court
U. S
Communist Party of the United States
Communist Political Association
Considerations for Those Innocent of an Organization’s Purpose
The passage suggests provisions for individuals who, during their affiliation with a prescribed organization, were innocent of its aims. It frames protection or relief for such persons as part of the legal or administrative process.
Long calls Dodd MacArthur invitation hypocritical
Gov. Earl Long of Louisiana branded Lt. Gov. William Dodd's invitation to Gen. Douglas MacArthur to address the legislature as hypocritical. Dodd, presiding officer of the senate, sent the telegram and awaits a MacArthur reply. Long refused further questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Earl Long
William Dodd
Douglas MacArthur
Louisiana
Dodd
Senate
General MacArthur
Long
Ferriday Sewerage System Construction Progress
Ferriday Louisiana June 4. Special The Tarlton Company advances installing Ferriday's new sewerage system. Streets and alleys are torn up causing detours. Work improves after slow start due to groundwater seepage. progress speeds with digging machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferriday
Tarlton Company
Petain Near Death in France at 95
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain 95, WWI hero and Vichy leader, lay near death in France as doctors reported a weakening heart. He had double pneumonia in April and has been imprisoned on a bleak island off the west coast since the war’s end serving a life sentence for treason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tle D'Yu
France
Henri Philippe Petain
Petain
Building Permits Issued For Homes And Plant
A permit was issued to W. E. Chaney to erect a residence at 695 Caney lane costing $8,000 with the owner as contractor. W. A. Tidwell received a permit to erect a dry cleaning plant at 418 Winnsboro road costing $4,500 with day labor. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Gossett were granted a permit to build a residence at 316 Pargood drive costing $8,000 Turpin Lumber and Supply Company to serve as contractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Chaney
Caney Lane
W. A. Tidwell
Winnsboro Road
A. E. Gossett
Pargood Drive
Turpin Lumber and Supply Company
Death Notices for Gardner and Adams Families
J. S. Gardner 80 of Gilbert dies at home. Funeral Tuesday at 11 a.m. at residence. Survived by wife two sons G B Gardner Scott Gardner and daughter Mrs George L La Coste Oklahoma City. Mrs Don Adams 61 dies in West Monroe. Services Monday 10:30 a.m. Mulhearn Chapel then Warren Arkansas service 3 p.m. Burial Ebenezer Cemetery. Survived by two daughters and two sons. six grandchildren. Mrs Adams was member of West Monroe First Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Gardner
Gilbert
G. B. Gardner
Scott Gardner
George L. la Coste
Oklahoma City
Okla
Don Adams
Mulhearn
Jaroy Weber
West Monroe First Baptist Church
Warren
Ark
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Ebenezer
Mary Ann Clark
Alexandria
Martha Louise Jowers
Monroe
J. Dean Adams
West Monroe
Doyle T. Adams
Garberville
Cal
W. WY. Tucker
C. L. Tucker
Houston
Jim Tucker
Dermott
Mattie Tate
N. S. Spraggins
Opening Day No Hitter by Bob Feller in 1940
Bob Feller pitched the only opening day no hitter in American League history delivering a 1 0 victory over Chicago. The season began with a dominant performance by the Hall of Fame pitcher for the Cleveland Indians at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Feller
Chica
Also Mentioned on This Page
F. J. Lafitte
Continental Supply
Douglas
Reed
Jack H. Breard
Breard
Dallas
Tex
Keystone Readers Service, Inc
Philadelphia
Kansas City
Plum St
Marshal Petain
Pazo
Mrs
Monroe, la
Atlas Sew-Vac Stores, Inc
Ryan St
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