Northeast Choir Presents Patriotic Themed Concert
The Northeast State Concert Choir performed patriotic music at Neville Auditorium with about double the usual local audience. Direction by Davis Bingham showcased eye and ear appeal through costumes and lighting, with 65 singers on stage for the post intermission segment. Highlights included Debussy’s The Blessed Damozel sung by the women’s chorus and Bernstein’s One Hand One Heart as a notable surprise demonstrating high choral quality.
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Northeast State Concert Choir
Neville Auditorium
Northeast Student Government Association
Chambers of Commerce
Monroe
West Monroe
Davis Bingham
Damozel
Claude Debussy
Charlotte Salley
Myra Porter
Ronny Brothers
Bob Oldenburg
Leonard Bernstein
Mrs Coleman Dies In Calif
Mrs. Ruby Haygood Coleman 56, former Monroe resident, died after a long illness in Clearlake Highlands California. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 p.m. Serria View Funeral Home Merryville with burial in Serria View Cemetery. Survived by husband John G Coleman one brother Drewitt R Haygood and five sisters Lillian Roswell Addie Maxwell Thelma Swor Georgia Helmkamp Nannie Stringer.
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Ruby Haygood Coleman
Monroe
Clearlake Highlands
California
Serria View Funeral Home
Merryville
Calif
Serria View
John G. Coleman
Drewitt R. Haygood
Lillian Roswell
Sterlington
Addie Maxwell
Georgetown
Thelma Swor
Springhill
Georgia Helmkamp
Merrs
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Deaths Ruston Mrs Oree Thompson
Last rites for Mrs. Oree Thompson 59 of Borger Texas will be held 11 a m Thursday with Rev T E Windsor officiating. She died Monday after a long illness. A housewife she belonged to Borger First Baptist Church. Burial at Simsboro Cemetery Kilpatrick Ruston. Survived by husband R A Thompson of Borger four sisters and three brothers.
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Ruston
Oree Thompson
Borger
Tex
T. E. Windsor
B. L. Calahan
G. M. Tibbitt
Alice Adams
Shreveport
George Thompson
Fort Worth
R. L. Holmes
W. H. Holmes
J. W. Langley
el Dorado, Ark
Wreck Victim's Funeral Slated At Area Church
Jimmy Ray Crum 16 of Fort Necessity died from head injuries after a one vehicle wreck near Winnsboro. Funeral services were set for Jigger Pentecostal Church with Rev. Jack Jones and Rev. Hershel Clanton officiating. Interment to follow at Oak Grove Cemetery under First National Funeral Home.
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Winnsboro
Jimmy Ray Crum
Fort Necessity
Jigger
Big Creek
Walter A. Crain
J. H. Colvin Jr
Crain
Clinton
Jerry
Opal Jones
Kathy Crum
Carlton Jordan
Carey Winters
James Taylor
Carl Jones
Ronnie Parker
William Killen
Ruston Woman Named To Post At Convention
Mrs F D Mabry of Ruston was named convention vice president of the Woman's Missionary Union Auxiliary at the Southern Baptist Convention. The WMU groups in Farmerville Wisner First Baptist Ruston Temple Church and 173 others were honored for top status. Rev T Earl Ogg urged pastors praising faithful gospel preaching and core Baptist doctrines. Mrs Robert Fling of Cleburne Texas was elected WMU president with Mrs Claude Kirkpatrick leading the nominating committee.
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Ruston
Woman’s Missionary Union Auxiliary
Southern Baptist Convention
F. D. Mabry
Louisiana
WMU
Farmerville
Wisner
First Baptist
Temple Church
T. Earl Ogg
College Place Baptist Church
Monroe
Southern Baptist
Southern Baptist Church
America
Jesus
Christ
Robert Fling
Cleburne
Tex
Natchitoches
Claude Kirkpatrick
Baton Rouge
Fling
Seven New Members in Louisiana House Planned
Louisiana may add seven more members to the House of Representatives if the legislative reapportionment committee recommendations are approved.
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Lafayette
UPI
Louisiana
House of Representatives
Butler Ford 80 Dies in Jonesville Clinic
Butler Ford 80 died Wednesday in a Jonesville clinic after a 12 day illness. He was a native of Catahoula Parish. Funeral at 2 p.m. Thursday at the family home Route 2 Jonesville with Rev. Monroe Entrekin officiating. Burial in Heard Cemetery near Manifest. Survivors include wife Ella Ford of Jonesville three sons Rastus Lee Jesse Carl and Henry Herman Ford a daughter Daisy Mathilde Bass three brothers Esan Ezekiel and Theodore Ford two sisters Lilly Harris Effie Smith Pineville 15 grandchildren 14 great grandchildren.
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Jena
Butler Ford
Jonesville
Catahoula Parish
Route 2
Monroe Entrekin
Heard
Manifest
Hixson Brothers Funeral Home
Ella Ford
Rastus Lee
Jesse Carl
Henry Herman Ford
Daisy Mathilde Bass
Esan
Ezekiel
Theodore Ford
Lilly Harris
Effie Smith
Pineville
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Mildred Centers
Cincinnati
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City
Coleman
Mrs. Thompson
Area
Vincent Zagone
Calvert Frantom
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LOE Ste AC
Trenton West Monroe
Joe & Bills
D&E’s
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