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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1956
Page
11
Death notices list Calvin L. Little 83 of Monroe with extensive survivors and funeral at Barton’s El Dorado. Also M L Leslie of Shreveport 46 and Mary Jane Wallace 49 of Gilbert die, with services in Monroe and Winnsboro.
Lindsey Gilbert and Mrs Ethel Williams are named among a large family group at a funeral service in Sicily Island. Pallbearers listed include Rufus Ezel Gillis Enssinger R V Arnold Roy McManus George Holloway and J D Walters, reflecting a wide network of relatives from Beaumont Gretna Sicily Island Oak Ridge and Fresno.
John Percy Eschete 45 of Ferriday suddenly dies of a heart attack aboard the S S Lippscombe Lykes merchant ship near Freeport Texas. Survived by wife Inez Jinks Eschete five sons Eloise Charlotte Ann Cheryl Lorenza and others and his father in New Orleans services pending at Young's Funeral Home Ferriday. James W Vickers 80 Monroe dies after short illness in local hospital funeral under Mulhearn Funeral Home. Survivors include five sons James De Vickers Huey P Vickers Paul Vickers Guy I Vickers J C Vickers a brother Henry Vickers and sister Mrs Dora Parker. Burial in Fellowship Cemetery Caldwell Parish.
Emmitt Warren, 35, died of a heart attack at a local hospital on Thursday, June 7. Funeral services were held Friday, June 9, at the First Baptist Church in Marthaville. Edward Warren was an honorary pallbearer, with active pallbearers including Edward Sauls of Dallas and others from Monroe Baton Rouge Winnfield and Dallas. Survivors include his wife Mrs. Ruby Warren, two brothers Fred and Arthur Warren, and two sisters Mrs. Helen Hood and Mrs. Clara Gibson.
Delta Beta Sigma sorority schedules its 27th annual convention in New Orleans with a June 14 opening luncheon at the Jung Hotel. Tau chapter members will travel by chartered bus and attend tours of the French Quarter, a Mardi Gras Magic banquet and formal ball, plus workshops and ritual meetings over three days.
A 26 year old Monroe woman Dorothy R Beach 2716 Lee Avenue was injured around midnight when her car struck a parked motorcycle hit a power light pole and overturned She is hospitalized at St Francis with cuts and bruises and observation The crash occurred at 2408 South Grand Street involving a motorcycle owned by Russell Watson 19 of West Monroe Multiple vehicles were damaged in the mishap
The Louisiana Municipal Review highlights Farmerville’s yearlong progress under Mayor R L Turnage. New Union Creosote plant boosts wood, oil and gas sectors, a 1000 gallon pumper enhances the fire department, a city hall and new subdivisions rise, Bayou D Arbonne dam plans are noted, and Farmerville Bank support is credited. The piece also notes how outlying blazes are fought with local equipment.
Lake Providence officials, led by Mayor W B Cone and council, annex a new subdivision north of town. The expansion would shift boundaries on three sides while the Mississippi River stops eastward growth. The feature notes changes in retirement, building code, cleanup, city hall repairs, and paving as part of the town’s developments.
Aubrey C. Barton of the U S Navy and his family sail from North Africa to the United States after two years overseas. They are due in Brooklyn this week, then likely motor to visit his mother Mrs Alma Barton sister Rosa Lee Whitlock and other relatives in town.
Democratic conventions were held in nearly all of Mississippi's 82 counties to decide whether to send pledged or uninstructed delegates to the national convention. Hinds County did not meet. Gov. J P Coleman urged uninstructed delegates while opponents want a clear platform and potential bolting if needs are unmet. Mississippi previously backed the States Rights ticket in 1948.
A collision on state highway 21 four miles south of Bogalusa killed two Mississippi men Bill Dearman of Purvis and Sidney McGowan of Lumberton. The other driver Freed Lott injured and jailed as investigators review the pulpwood truck crash. Also a separate obituary notes Spencer Harper a Wiseville native born 1892 died at his home June 5 with several survivors listed.
Five bills to preserve racial segregation in Louisiana await Gov. Earl K. Long's signature. The package, approved 36 to 0 or 37 to 6 in the Senate, would end compulsory attendance at integrated schools, require character certificates for state college entrants, mandate segregated travel waiting rooms, place segregation in parks under state police powers, and withdraw suits against public agencies. The measures form part of a broader 12-bill program from the segregation committee.
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