Dupont Elected Department Commander at WWI Veterans Meet
Marion E. Dupont of Monroe, newly elected department commander for the Louisiana Veterans of World War I USA Inc, will speak at a Leo Terra Bar racks veterans meeting at 7 p.m. in the American Legion Home on Forsythe Avenue. He was chosen at the Shreveport convention and will discuss the program and the convention. An American flag will be presented to the local barracks marking the chapter’s fifth anniversary. Bills HR-692 and HR-693, drawn by Rep. Olin Teague and supported by veterans, were discussed. 692 would extend convalescent care from six to nine months. 693 would end the Purpose Oath for hospital admission. The VA committee approved the measures on June 2 and they’ll go to Congress soon. Other officers elected at Shreveport include Guy H. Owens, vice commander. Frank Fox Jr., department vice commander. and Irving Gouvillon, quartermaster.
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Marion E. Dupont
Monroe
Louisiana Veterans of World War I
U.S.A. Inc
Leo Terra Barracks
American. Legion
Forsythe Avenue
Dupont
Shreveport
Olin E. Teague
Texas
Veterans Affairs Committee
Congress
Guy H. Owens
Frank Fox Jr
Baton Rouge
Irving G. Couvillion
Funeral notices list several Bastrop Monroe Simsboro obituaries
Private funeral services were held for Troy M. Weaver 55 former Monroe resident died Friday in Pineville after a lengthy illness Survivors include one brother Lawrence Weaver of Chicago IL Simsboro funeral for Saxon S Pensnell 56 with burial in Simsboro Cemetery Funeral services for Harry Hoye Cockrell 53 of Camden Ark burial Christ Church Cemetery Mrs Catherine Elizabeth Norwood 57 Monroe burial Centuries Memorial Park rosary to end Mulhearn Funeral Home list survivors several including husband six children two sisters and one brother Ira Wilson Bell 60 Bastrop funeral at Blackwell and Golden followed by burial in Alford Cemetery Morehouse General Hospital caused short illness pallbearers named several local men
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Troy M. Weaver
Monroe
Hixson Brothers Funeral Home
Weaver
Louisiana Central State Hospital
Pineville
Lawrence Weaver
Chicago
Shreveport
Dorcas Cockrell
Camden, Ark
Audrey Elizabeth Cockrell
Denton, Tex
Velma Cockrell
Bastrop
Hall Cockrell
Milton Cockrell
Marvin Shockey
Ira Wilson Bell
Blackwell and Golden Funeral
Robert Peyton
Alford
Mer Rouge
Bell
Morehouse General Hospital
Wilson Bell
Donald Whithorne
Signal Mount Tenn
H. W
Funeral Services for Tucker Arrant Held Today
Funeral services for William Arthur Tucker 80 of Rayville were held at 4 p.m. at Rayville Church of Christ with Rev. Grover C. Martin officiating. Burial followed in Memorial Park Cemetery Monroe under Rayville Funeral Service. Survivors include wife Lida Calloway Tucker four sons and five daughters. Separately funeral services for Mrs Lila Wood Arrant 64 of Marion were held at 2 30 p.m. at First Baptist Marion with Rev. Oscar Bradford and Rev. Floyd Lassenby. Burial was in Concord Cemetery under Kilpatrick Funeral Home. She died Saturday night in Marion Nursing Home after a long illness. Survivors include son Dale Arrant daughter Mrs Harold Cooper two sisters four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Pallbearers were C L Allen Robert Tucker Clark Williams C W Sehon Olley Newson Everett Reppond.
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Rayville
William Arthur Tucker
Rayville Church of Christ
Grover C. Martin
Memorial Park Cemetery
Monroe
Tucker
Lida Calloway Tucker
Dexter Tucker
Birmingham
Ala
Llewellyn Tucker
Roger
Marion
Lila Wood Arrant
First Baptist Church
Dale Arrant
Decatur
Harold Cooper
Shreveport
Ralph Talley
Maggie Mae Farrar
Farmerville
C. L. Allen Robert Tucker
Clark Williams
C. W. Sehon
Olley Newson
Everett Reppond
Bell Helicopter workers strike disruption shuts plants
In Hurst Texas striking United Auto Workers picketed Bell Helicopter Co a major U S defense contractor and supplier for Vietnam a 10 000 worker action followed a rejected contract raise plan up to 70 cents an hour over three years Bell announced midnight shutdowns at 13 Dallas Fort Worth area plants Local 218 president Leonard Woodcock warned the vote was not recommended by the union officials
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Dallas-Fort Worth
Leonard Woodcock
UAW International
Bell
Local 218
Vietnam
Funeral services held for Roy Lavelle Perdue in Bastrop
Funeral services for 51 year old Roy Lavelle Perdue of Bastrop were conducted at Blackwell and Golden Funeral Chapel with Rev. Abe Conerly and Rev. Grayson Watson officiating. Burial followed at Antioch Cemetery near Hamburg Arkansas. Perdue died Sunday at St Francis Hospital after a short illness. He was a Mason and World War II veteran, formerly a millwright for Commercial Solvents Co in Sterlington. Survived by wife Mrs Roy Perdue, daughter Mrs Thomas R Williams of Monroe, six brothers Henry and Wyatt of Bastrop Thomas A Perdue of Alto Texas W A Perdue of Crossett and Levi W Perdue of Pine Bluff. Pallbearers included Robert Johnson Bunny Day James Johnson Claude Kitchens Harold G Kitchens W O Day and Luther A Day Jr.
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Bastrop
Roy Lavelle Perdue
Blackwell and Golden Funeral Chapel
Abe Conerly
Grayson Watson
Antioch Cemetery
Hamburg
Ark
Perdue
St. Francis Hospital
Commercial Solvents Co
Sterlington
Roy Perdue
Thomas R. Williams
Monroe
Henry Perdue
Wyatt Perdue
Thomas A. Perdue
Alto
Tex
W. A. Perdue
Crossett
Levi W. Perdue
Pine Bluff
Robert Johnson
Bunny Day
James Johnson
Claude Kitchens
Harold G. Kitchens
W. O. Day
Luther A. Day Jr
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Francis Brazier
Xtra
Jackson St
Louisville
Simsboro
Saxon S. Pesnell
Simsboro Methodist Church
Jimmy Pyles
Fred Gilbert
Spears Funeral Home
Ruston
Pesnell
Lincoln General Hospital
Lillian C. Pesnell
Maggie Pesnell
Mary Louis Allen
Joyce V. Edmiston
Simmsboro
Dorothy J. Brown
Choudrant
Welton Pesnell
Leon Pesnell
Lawrence Pesnell
el Dorado
Murrell Pesnell
Arcadia
Elvin Flurry
West Monroe
Harry Cockrell
Allgood
Bix
Kern’s
Alma
Martha White
USDA
U.S. NO
Bing Cherries
U.S. NO. 1
Calif
Wresh Sweet
Mrs. Norwood
Catherine Elizabeth Norwood
Francis Pl
Jesus the Good Shepherd
William Kaastaal
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Norwood
Lima
Ohio
Betty Myers
Jesus the Good Shepherd Church
Raymond W. Norwood
Sheila Castiglie
Houston
Kelcy Norwood
Charles R. Norwood
Sherman Oaks
Dale K. Norwood
New York
Colette Brewer
Memphis
Mrs
Lila Arrant
William Tucker
Birl
Dallas, Tex
Andrew Tucker
Springfield
Mass
Sinora Galloway
Sherman Wilds
Melvin Silk
Algie Hebert
Alvin Smith
Elmer Tooke
A. L. Alderman
Roy L. Perdue
Alyy
Clarice
Goldah Roan
School of Dance
Neville High School
Plum St
Smith Street
Shoppers Village
Westgate
Monthru
Winnsboro Rd
Southgate
Bankamericaro
Mit
PEG
Forsythe Ave
Rin
Northgate
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