Blanche and Earl Long Meet at Loyola Fraternity Dance
Blanche Revere first met Earl Long at a Loyola University New Orleans fraternity dance. She described him as an excellent deboyer, fancy dresser, intelligent, and fun. Earl was smitten, admiring her beauty and wit, while a Nash roadster often parked at the Reve home when welcomed by Blanche.
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Eaton Rouge - Blanche Revere
Earl K. Long
Loyola University
New Orleans
Blanche
Ear
Démeer
Earl
Blanche Revere a Life of Study and Sports in New Orleans
Blanche Revere grew up in Covington and New Orleans, excelling at Robert C. Davy and Sophie B. Wright schools as valedictorian. She studied commercial law at Tulane, took a business course at Soule College, and later used shorthand to aid her husband. The eldest of three sisters, Blanche enjoyed sports and history, rode horses, and was part of a championship basketball team, guided by her strict Methodist parents who stressed hard work and early moral discipline.
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Blanche
Tulane
Soule College
Gong
Estee Fark
Colo
Eup
Estes Park
Covington
Robert Revere
New Orleans
Robert C. Davy Grammar School
Sophie B. Wright High School
Ufe
Blanche Long Remembered as Gracious Hostess and Adviser
Like many couples, Earl and Blanche Long clung to mementos from early struggles. Blanche even gave away their first refrigerator to a friend, later reclaiming it, while Earl laughed at the box’s age. They once ran rent from apartments, and Blanche was gentle, yet she was seen as a smart political influence and trusted adviser to her husband.
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Earl
Blanche Long
Blanche
Lin
Sorné
Bafl
Mmetries
Capitol
Earl Kemp Long
4-H Scholarships Total 11200 From Major Firms Named
Scholarships worth 11200 will be awarded by four firms to current or former 4-H Club members enrolled in accredited colleges. Winners must have three years of club work, good grades, and interest in specified fields. Donors include Homelite Textroh Cal Spray Chemical Colgate-Palmolive and Sunbeam.
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Cooperative Extension Service
National Committee On Boys and Girls Club Work
Chicago
Homelite
Textroh, Inc
California Spray Chemical Corporation
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Sunbeam Corporation
Louisiana Needs Honest Leadership Now More Than Ever
A Letter to the Editor denounces the state’s public leadership amid chronic crises. The writer laments a degraded political culture, questions Governor's fitness, and calls for truthful disclosure, integrity, and urgent citizen activism to demand responsible governance.
Ft Humbug Park Marks Site of Confederate Fort
A fragmentary article describes Ft Humbug Park as marking the site of a Confederate fort. The piece notes the fort’s location by Stoner Ave in Shreveport and mentions a memorial park with various cannons on display.
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Ft. Humbug Park
Fort Shieh Memorial
Stoner Ave
Shreveport
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U.S.A
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Southern Nowapaper Publishers Assn. Wea
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Texas Bank
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U.S. Army
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Ara Ee Corporation
Ivdands' van
TIM Ruston Building & Loan Association
Trenton
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