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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 04, 1957

Page

3

Northeast Lab School Set to Open June 11 and August 7

Northeast State's fifth summer laboratory school will run June 11 to August 7 for elementary students in the Administration Building with a five day 8 30 to 11 15 a m schedule. Registration is 10 with contact Mrs Evelyn Barnes FA 3 5121. Courses Education 180 and 181 offer three semester hours and include observation and participation with seminars on teaching problems. Four teachers will demonstrate lessons: Mrs Ernestine Cook Mrs Wanda Abbott Mrs Katie Mac Zoll and Charles E Tillman.

Northeast State Evelyn Barnes Ernestine Cook Wanda Abbott Katie Mac Zoll Charles E. Tillman Cook Louisiana State University Lakeshore Abbott University of Michigan Sherrouse School

Area Students Recipients of LSU Degrees

Baton Rouge special reports 900 LSU graduates received degrees at spring commencement held in the Agricultural Center. President Troy H. Middleton conferred degrees. 300 were graduate and professional degrees and 18 were Doctor of Philosophy. Notable Ouachita Parish graduates include Billie J. B. Russell Albert Elias Foster R. Stickley James A. Watkins Shirley J. Harvey Minette Smith Margaret A. Lee Julia B. Williams Charles D. Peavy Mary Lou Trawick Fred E. Bennett Jr Calvin Bernard Folds.

Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Troy H. Middleton Billie J. B. Russell Albert Elias Foster R. Stickley James A. Watkins Shirley J. Harvey Minette Smith Margaret A. Lee Julia B. Williams Charles D. Peavy Mary Lou Trawick Fred E. Bennett, Jr Calvin Bernard Folds Ouachita Parish

Boat Thieves Take Heavy Toll

Sheriff Bailey Grant warns boat owners to use exceptional precautions after a series of thefts over several months. He notes thefts average one every five days outside city limits, with Monroe police reporting similar figures inside the city. Rope locks are insufficient. authorities search parish boats, about fifteen fast or stolen, using all means to locate them.

Bailey Grant

Negro Woman Struck By Auto In Monroe

Lucille Edwards a 30 year old resident of 306 N 19th street was injured when the car she rode in was struck by another vehicle. Driver Jake Edwards 49 of N 19th street was uninjured when Willie Bedgood 408 Canton street ran a stop sign and crashed into the Edwards car at 11th and Adams. Edwards was treated by a private physician. In a second crash Quinton Strickland 305 Layton collided with a car driven by Guy Hunter Jr 905 S 11th street as Hunter’s car stopped on the old Monroe bridge approach.

Lucille Edwards N. 19Th Street Jake Edwards Monroe Willie H. Bedgood Canton Street Edwards Adams Street Bedgood Quinton W. Strickland Layton Guy Hunter, Jr S. 11Th Street Hunter Old Bridge

Elijah Franks Dies Rites Set in West Monroe

Elijah Bud Franks 60 retired worker at Olin Mathieson died at his 904 Brown Street home West Monroe A 9 am Wednesday requiem Mass at St Paschal s Church with Rev Vitus Duschensky officiating Burial at French Cemetery Effie under Mulhearn Funeral Home family rosary 8 pm Tuesday Pallbearers named and survivors listed including wife children siblings and grandchildren

Elijah Bud) Franks Olin Mathieson Industry Brown Street West Monroe St. Paschal’s Church Vitus Duschensky Effie Mulhearn Funeral Home Franks E. Franks Walter Franks

Sheriff Urges Talk With Boat Owners On Access

Sheriff Grant said officials will contact many boat owners and users to discuss access and minimize inconvenience as part of the effort to manage waterways.

Grant

Electrocution in Louisiana Death House Report

A reporter recalls the prolonged execution of John Doe at Angola State Penitentiary, detailing the ritual, witnesses, and calm acceptance of fate. The account traces the cold legal process from sentencing to the final electric chair, with religious reflection and somber testimony threaded through.

State Angola Louisiana Ouachita Parish U. S. Supreme Court John Doe Kingdom of Heaven John Jesus Christ News-Star—World Pel State of

John Doe Pronounced Dead After Initial Charge Fulfilled Will of God Claim

At 1 19, fourteen minutes after the initial charge coursed through his frame, John Doe was pronounced legally and actually dead. The voice proclaimed as having followed the will of God was stilled forever, and the state law had been fulfilled.

John Doe

Harris Held After Peace Warrant in Monroe

Monroe police arrested Olan Harris 37 of 532 Martin Street yesterday on a peace warrant sworn by Mable Ray who feared she might be harmed. Harris was placed under bond of 1500 and jailed in the city lockup.

Monroe Olan Harris Martin Street Mable Ray

5 Shades Jet Black Hair Products Ad

Strand Products Co advertises five shade hair colors including jet black black dark brown medium brown and light brown with a Chicago address at 118 S Clinton Ill.

Strand Products Co S. Clinton Chicago 6 Ill

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