Fire hose face-off at Forsythe Park Bicentennial
Monroe and West Monroe fire departments duel in a July 3 Bicentennial celebration at Forsythe Park with West Monroe holding the current hose championship trophy. Pictured: Monroe’s Gene Currington Jim Bellard Capt M L Smith and West Monroe’s Capt Walter Williams driver Buddy Wilson and Chief Doyce McGuffee.
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Gene Currington
Jim Bellard
M. L. Smith
Monroe Fire Department
Walter Williams
Buddy Wilson
Doyce McGuffee
West Monroe
Rockhounding Louisiana Turns Gravel Into Gems and Tours
Louisiana offers vast gravel reserves drawing rockhounds nationwide. Petrified palmwood around Toledo Bend rivals other fossils along Thompson Creek, Amite River, and Turkey Creek. Cities host fairs and events while rockhounds search river gravels and state parks for palmwood and Indian paint pots.
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Louisiana
U.S
Toledo Bend
Gulf Coast
Catahoula Parish
Thompson Creek
Turkey Creek
Amite River
East
West Feliciana Parishes
Audubon State
Oakley
Opelousas
Chicot State Park
State Arboretum
Chicot
Pearl River
Tangipahoa
West Monroe Fire Department Defends Hose Fight at Bicentennial
Forsythe Park hosts a July 3 celebration with a 3 p.m. fire hose fight among Monroe West Monroe and Ouachita Parish Fire Depts beside the American Legion Home. Earlier at 2 p.m. Tug Of War involves police sheriffs state police and Jaycees.
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West
Monroe
Forsythe Park
Anthony Ditta
Jaycee
American Legion
West Monroe
Ouachita Parish
State Police
Monroe Jaycees
Monroe Civic Center
Monroe Elks Lodge
Stove Fire Damages Apartment in West Monroe
West Monroe firefighters were sent to Timbers Apartments at 1616 Arkansas Road around 10 p.m. Wednesday to a kitchen stove fire that neighbors had already extinguished. The blaze caused moderate damage while occupant Joan Acree was away.
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West Monroe
Arkansas Road
Joan Acree
Ouachita Parish Red Cross seeks local disaster fund drive
Louis Gruber says Ouachita Parish must raise 5000 as its share of a 10 million national disaster campaign. He notes regional chapters contributed to past campaigns and optimism remains for strong local support despite the large goal. Checks can be mailed to Red Cross Monroe Louisiana.
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Louis Gruber
Ouachita Parish
Cross
Guam
Pamela
Teton
California
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Texas
Alaska
Gruber
Red Cross
P. O
Monroe
Louisiana
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Shreveport
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Covington
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Fairview
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Reliable Finance
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R. E. Brown
Weh St
Dale Sandifer
W. Trenton St
Ruston
Ricky Grimmett
S. Franklin St
Bastrep
Baker & Son
Rowland Road
Swartz Road
Manhattan
Hush Puppies
Nunn Bush
Desiard
Munsingwear
Hubbard & Malibu
Wembley
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