Monroe School Board Debates Title Change Amid Accusations
Monroe City School Board meets in closed session after charges of wheel ing and dealing surface again. A motion to rescind Miss Marie Maggio’s title change fails 3 3, with Neal George Nash opposing and Taylor Yerger Carroll supporting. A separate bid for an auditory training system at Clara Hall Elementary is approved, funded by a Title V grant, while Neville stage curtains face new bids.
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Wheeling and Dealing
Monroe City
Paul J. Neal
Neal
Marie Maggio
Henry Taylor
Miss Maggio
Ouachita Parish
Henrietta George
Mickey Yerger
Taylor
George
Yvonne Nash
Taylor, Yerger
Henry Carroll
Nash
Interstate School Supply Co
Clara Hall
Sallie Humble
Burg Jones
Louisiana State Department of Education
Signey Seegers
Sterlington Bank Directors Elect O Wharton Brown
The Sterlington Bank board announced the election of O Wharton Brown to its board at a stockholders meeting. Brown, a Washington and Lee graduate, has long worked in Monroe’s insurance sector and led the Louisiana Association of Insurance Agents. He has two sons, Dr. Wharton Brown of the Green Clinic Ruston and Dr Buck Brown, professor at Louisiana Tech. Other directors re-elected were Jo Anne Fuller Robert Lane Fuller Carl T Stuckey and Olen H Manhart.
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Sterlington Bank Board of Directors
O. Wharton Brown
Brown
Washington and Lee University
Monroe
Louisiana Association of Insurance Agents
State Insurance Rating Commission
Sam Jones
Jimmie Davis
Wharton Brown
Green Clinic
Ruston
Buck ¥. Brown
Louisiana Tech University
Jo Anne Fuller
Robert Lane Fuller
Carl T. Stuckey
Olen H. Manhart
Delegates Attend Prince Hall Meet in Lake Charles
Area residents attend the 110th annual communication of the Prince Hall Masonic Grand Lodge of Louisiana in Lake Charles this week. Delegates from the 14th District of the lodge include Reuben H. Myles F D Robison J D Peavy William M Nelson W A Medlock Burks Jessie Warren Riley Hunter Robert Boughton Jomadi Temple Monroe Charles Roggerson Eddie Nash I J Anderson Joseph Lyons Columbus Dunn Robert Nelson and Sam James Jr.
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Prince Hall Masonic Grand Lodge of
Louisiana
Lake Charles
Reuben H. Myles
F. D. Robison
Alpha
J.D. Peavy
Trenton
William M. ‘Nelson
W. A. Medlock
Ne Burks
Jessie
Robert S. Warren
Riley Hunter
Robert Boughton
Jomadi Temple of
Monroe
Charles Roggerson
Eddie Nash
I. J. Anderson
Joseph Lyons
Columbus Dunn
Robert Nelson
Sam James Jr
West Monroe Holds Public Hearing On Zoning Plan
The West Monroe Planning Commission briefed about 25 residents on a proposed zoning ordinance and map to guide residential, commercial, industrial and open land use. They stressed the plan is for preparation, not adoption, with council action required after future hearings.
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West Monroe
Bayles
Mike Rasco
Peter Caldwell
Planning Commission
City Council
City of
Houston
Rasco
John Massey
Official Journal of the City
Air Conditioning Bids Accepted For Crosley School
Ouachita Parish School Board accepted bids for Crosley School air conditioning. Hislop Plumbing Co. submitted the low bid of 101,168 for the main building and 9,768 for proposed additions. Architect Claude Luttrell was directed to report in 30 days with final expansion plans.
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Crosley School
Ouachita Parish
Hislop Plumbing Co
Claude Luttrell
Crosely School
Scruggs Revue Slated At Tech In Memorial Gym
The Louisiana Tech Union Board will present the Earl Scruggs Revue in concert June 28 at 8 p.m. in Memorial Gymnasium. Tickets are $2.50 for adults and $1.50 for students with free admission for children under six. The show, tied to the Ruston Peach Festival, features a country to blues repertoire and members including Randy and Gary Scruggs, Bob Wilson, Jody Maphis, and others.
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News-Star News
Ruston
Louisiana Tech Union Board
Earl Scruggs
Memorial Gymnasium
Steve Richey
Shreveport
Union Board
Scruggs
Randy
Gary
Vassar Elements
Bob Wilson
Jody Maphis
Soviet Paintings From Socialist Realism Auctioned in Paris
A Paris auction sold 65 paintings by Soviet artists from socialist realism for over $26,000. The works included still lifes and folk art plus a city office workers scene that fetched $1,600.
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Paris
Socialist Realism
Calhoun High School Football Field Lighting Feasibility
Board member Bill DeMoss proposes a feasibility study to explore lighting for Calhoun High School’s football field. Details on scope and funding were not provided in the readable text.
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Bill DeMoss
Calhoun High
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