The Times from Shreveport, Louisiana • Page 11

SUNDAY. AFRIL 5. 1936 THE SHREVEPORT TIMES ELEVEN the Lincoln tale and T. C. fUibinaoa in charge of the eenrtoe depart- WALKER ECTOR Old River Being Cleared of Water Hyacinths LINCOLN ZEPHYR AND UXCOLNS TO BE SHOWN TODAY meet.

W. L. RANSOM TO ADDRESS CONVENTION FUNERAL WILL following at recent l.SOO-miU trip throurh Mississippi and Alabama, a i 39 Vj Mr. Andrew eUted that the Lincoln Zephyr averaged a fraction more than BE HELD TODAY the meeting, aaid that other speaker would be the Rev. P.

Hlncn, rabbi of B'nai Israel temple of Monroe, who will pronounce the invocation: Arnold Bernstein, mayor of- Monroe; Judge J. T. Shell, fourth dUtri court; Jacob 8. Landry, Few Iberia: Henry P. Dart, Jr, Vtm Orleans: Robert J.

Farley, New Orleans, lW professor at Tuian university; How ard B. Warren. Shreveport attorney and Eugene Stanley, former New Orleans district attorney. Members of the aisociation are urged to attend the convection. Hotel reservation may be obtained by writing to Henry D.

Montgomery, Monroe attorney, in charge of such matters. IS mllee per gallon on gaaoline. The public Invited." Mr. An drsa aaid." to Inspect thii wonderful Andre Motor company showroom at 7 tm avenue will be open all day today to exhibit tbc new Lincoln ao4 Lincoln Zephyr. R.

T. Andre, president of the eompeny, iteoded an Invitation to the motoring publte to Inspect tht care and (or owner to view the new servicing department recently ln tailed. W. T. BU1) Ranna la in cbarge ol new car for it readability, comfort President of Ameriran Bar Aes'n Will Be Mon.

ne Speaker Former AUtant State Treasurer Die Satur day in Hospital and economy of operation." Despite etrike in the industry sil ver production in Meiico increased last year. Walker D. Ector, a resident of this city, died at a local sanitarium shortly after o'clock Saturday William L. Ransom. New York, president of the American Bar association, will be one of the principal speakers at the annual meeting of the Louisiana State Bar association in Monroe.

April 24 and 35 J. Zacb Spearing, chairman of the morning. He had been ill for a Rev. C. P.

Jourdasn has report ed to the London Zoo that ha has ob served a woodpecker being conduct ed each night to her rooeticg boa by her mat nd called for the next week of a malignant esse of Mr, Ector. 65 year of age, wat general arrangements committee for morning. WEM bora (t Marshall, Texas, and, except for a period of four years. 1918-20 lien be served at assistant treasurer -J rdT TV of Louisiana, at Baton Rouge, ehe spent bis entire lifetime in Marshall BETTER VESEOIJ 1 and Shreveport. Surviving blm are hi widow, formerly Miss Lucy Cattle, and a daughter.

Mis Elsie Ector He hu one living sister. Mra. Helen Ector Hutchinson, of this city; also SB KEY to 'Better Health April 5 it several nlecea and nephews. Mr. Ector was the brother of Mra.

Beauty snd health go liand-ln-hand In the Hart's Island Bayou (Old River) clearing projert now Under way. Choked by water ha- clnthf, the bayou In the past few year has become sanctuary for anopbele (malaria) mosquitoes. Anne Ector Pleasant, deceased wife of a former governor of Louisiana He was of distinguished ancestry, his father being Matthew D. Ector Marshall. Texas, a brigadier general in the Confederate army, and later presiding Justice of the supreme court of criminal appeals of Texas and bis mother being Mrs.

Sarah P. whlrh could breed without fear of ell or arsenic spray under the broad, sheltering leaves of the plant. Recently fishermen and other became aware of the fart that the plants were choking the stream and making even row boat navigation Impossible. At the tame time, Broadmoor resident noted an increase in mosquito infestation. To remedy this situation.

Mayor Sam S. Caldwell, lal C. Blanrhard, commissioner of public safety; John MrW. Ford, commissioner of finance, and Dr. W.

J. Pandldge, director of the Shreveport-Caddo parish health unit, conferred and reached a derision to use city prisoners, under the direction of Ben Flores, In clearing the stream. The hyacinths, easily discernible In the foreground of the picture above, are being removed with rakes and (hovels and piled along the banks to die. When they are thoroughly dried they nill be burned. Dr.

Sandidge, Mr. Blanchard and Mayor Caldwell are shown Inspecting a live hyacinth root, noting how the root branches out to form new colonies which eventually are freed from the parent and float away. One such parent plant Is believed responsible for the stream's present condition. Cleared sections of the bayou offer a vivid contrast which will be noticed easily by motorists on the Hart's Island road today. The hyacinths, affected by the unusual cold weather, are Just beginning to emerge from dormancy.

(Photo by Gasquet). Ector, of the celebrated Cbew family of Maryland, Virginia, and Kentucky, friends and Intimates of George and Martha Washington. SPECIAL Modern I Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Dana pastor of the First Methodist church and the Rev. Wade Boggi of the First Presbyterian church, at the residence of Mr.

Ector's sister, Mrs. Helen Hutchinson, 2010 Fairfield avenue, at 3 p.m. today, under the direction of I Examination a by Experts Correct Fitting Low Prices Frames or Mounting agf White or Pink Education of Two French 4. Mr. and Mrs.

Walter Moore of Jefferson, Texas. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mra. J. P.

Jones, Bossier City. CM mm Filled the Roee-Neath Funeral home. Interment will be In Greenwood cemetery. Pallbearers will be Barrow Castle I Easy Terms Eyeglass Repairing at Lowest Prices Dubach, April 4 (Special). Mr.

and Mrs. W. W. Ooss are the parents of a son born April 2. R.

J. Donovan, Glenn J. Brown, Roy Girls Gave Dodd Its Start Outstanding College Here Owes Founding to Odd Incident, Result of World War Riley, Walter Castle, R. O. Pleasant Southern Optical Co.

INC Mr. and Mr. C. E. McComic, 3949 Grove street, are the parents of a I son, Jerry Lee McComic, born March 2 in the Trt-State sanitarium.

TWO WOMEN KIDNAPED 524 TEXAS STREET (Next Door to Woolworth's) SOUTHERN MADE CLASSES ARE BETTER" How Dodd college was founded to fill a definite vacancy in the educational system of Bhreveport, after a careful scientific survey of needs of the junior college for girls. The city was well hospitalized, it had a good grade and high school system, an academy and a four-year co-educational school, but it had no nancial campaign conducted by the convention. The college opened Its first session in September, 1937, as a day school only, taking a few men students. In September, 1928, the girls' dormitory was opened for boarding students. The original fine arts department has been expanded to include liberal arts and sciences and some semi-professional courses.

Enroll The first standard size Diesel electric streamline train. A triumph of engineering -its beauty, convenience and luxury are a revelation. I Pull the New Trolleys Junior college for girls and there was ment bas 6tead and tnree jiu Dut.il siioci iiuu us vi aruuiiu With the Greatest of Ease Shreveport. Furthermore, the Investigation indicated that over $200,000 was spent yearly in sending girls from the best homes to eastern col years capacity of the dormitory was reached. Non-Sectarian School.

Ideals of Dodd college, formulated and accepted by students and faculty alike, are as follows: Loyalty without intolerance, liberty without license, honesty in thought, word and deed, and love for careful scholarship. 'Continued From Pace One.) where he turned on to the Ida road. He drove about a mile down the road, then turned into a wooded section, which he penetrated for about a half mile. Here the women were forced from the car and robbed, they told officers. The Madden woman was robbed of (15 and the Colbert woman lost 15.

Deputy Hill said. After the robbery, the women told Deputy Hill, the man drove off In his csr and left them In the woode. When they reached town and reported the incident. Deputy Hill said, they took lodging for the night in a Rodessa hotel. Vl4t Deputy Hill said he went to the scene of the robbery Saturday and found a powder puff belonging one of the women.

The women described the alleged kidnaper as being about 35 or 40 years old, weighing about 160 pounds leges for education under Christian ySjr Mon exhibition at the Union Sta- auspices. This situation; was. pro posed to be met by Dodd college, which was established as a first-class school for girls, to furnish lead- Each year students elect four stud mass education. ents wtho fulfill these ideals and they are included in the personality The seed which bore the idea of establishment of Dodd college was planted by a letter to Dr. Dod.d from section of the Dodger, year book.

Dodd college for the past several E. A. Frost, well-known business man. years has been conducted as a prl- nun, onreveport, Sunday, April 5th, 10:00 a. m.

to 10:00 p.m. Svihyivdtj. Vdamts The Green Diamond will be placed in service between Chicago, Springfield and St. Louis on the completion of this exhibition tour. who in enclosing a contribution to vate enterprise by a board of direc the education of two French girls tors, representing the M.

E. Dodd Foundation, conducted with Chris brought to America by Dr. Dodd, said he had rather "give" a much larger and wearing dark clothes and a suede jacket. He was driving a small se tlan Ideals but in no sense as a sec. sum to help some local girls.

tartan institution. With highest aca dan, the license number of which was not obtained. demic and social standards. Aided French Girls. Damaris Jaccard and Danls Allut, With the financial condition of Dodd college stabilized through an NUPTIALS extensive refinancing campaign con natives of France, were educated at Union university, Jackson, through efforts of Dr.

Dodd, out of appreciation of the kind treatment he received from one of the girl's ducted In November, resultng in a reduction of indebtedness amount KING-WILLIAMSON Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Williamson an ing to $134,500, of which (124,000 grandmothers, when he was billeted i was bonded indebtedness and $10,000 current expenses, and with member a nounce the marriage of their daughter, Mildred, to Don King, on Jan.

28. Mr. and Mrs. King will make their home In Shreveport. ship In the Southern Association of Schools and Colleges practically as sured, the school may look forward ill.

in her home during the World War. To assist in financing the project, he wrote letters to a few friends, seeking their support. In this manner he received the inadvertent suggestion from Mr. Frost, which led to the founding of Dodd college. Two other factors entered into the establishment of the school: the oil to a secure future and to further ac compllshment of its function as i definite unit in Shreveport' school system.

BIRTHS Arcadia. April 4 (Special). i Mr. and Mrs. L.

E. Ozley of Arcadia are the parents of a son, Ellis, born Saturday, March 28. The maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Y.

M. Lyons of Arcadia. The paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. R.

L. money which was then freely float. tng around Shreveport and the Louisiana Baptist convention's resolution in 1921 to establish a Junior college for girls. On Dec. 1.

1922. Dr. Dodd called a meeting of a group of friends, who I formed a foundation for the purpose 1 of establishing a girls' Junior college and invited others to Those I present were Dr. and Mrs. M.

E. Dodd 'Mrs. Kenneth Flndley, George Hearne, Ben Johnson, Dr. and Mrs. C.

C. McCIoud. Mr. and Mrs. J.

E. Smith--rman and W. W. Wright. Built Shreveport Hall.

The group got a charter of ln-jcTporation from the state of Lou-siana and in 192S purchased the beautiful 34-acre campus, located In Ozley of Arcadia. Mr. and Mr. J. B.

Moore, 1524 FAR AHEAD OF "REGULAR "6AS0LINE BUT AT NO PREMIUM IH PRICE Barksdale boulevard, Boslser City, an- nounce the birth of a son, Larry, on April 1. Paternal grandparents are I "Thanks Mr. Jacobs, for the 11 New Jobs!" Says Reddy Kilowatt DIETING TO "Yes, Mr. Jacobs, I want to thank you for letting me help run these eleven beautiful New Trackless Trolleys. They're the last word in modern transportation, and the people of Shreveport should be proud of them.

Only because of the pro-gressiveness and farsightedness of you and your company is Shreveport one of the few cities in the entire country with such fast, modern, up-to-the-minute equipment. "Of course, I've worked for the Shreveport Railway. Company for and since 1931 I've done a good job pulling the other trackless trolleys, giving you folks fast, comfortable and economical transports tion. "Now. Mr.

and Mrs. Public, let invite you to come ride with me on one of these fast new Tracklesa Trolleys, and find out for yourself how quiet and comfortable they really are. "When you leave the trolley I'll still be with you. and ring your very door bell or light your hall. I'm everywhere you turn, -never getting tired or lazy, and the more you let me do for you the cheaper I charge per hour." one of snreveport exclusive residential sections.

In 1938 a citizen's campaign was announced for the purpose of raising 1200.000 with which to erect the administration building, "Shreveport Hall," beautiful and classic in every detail, which now stands as a monument of the success of the campaign. When the Louisiana Baptist convention invited bids from any community in the state which desired the location of a proposed "female college" in Its midst, the Shreveport foundation offered to give the grounds and administration building, valued at 1400,000, provided the convention would raise 1200.000 with which to erect residence halls. The convention accepted this prop oattlon and undertook to raise the amount. But In 1932 it waa unable to carry through the part and requested to be released from any further obligation. The college re.

eclved 141.000 from the statewide fl- TRACf- -u REDUCE Dangerous Fat Cut out fat meat you don't ned them eat sensibly of lamb, lean beef, fish and fowl. Go light on butter, cream and sue-ary eweets eat fruit and vegetable In variety. Gain In physical charm look younger feel younger. Maryland lady write: "I've I oat ex-art ly tl In, and am happy to get rid of that bulky fat. My kln I clearer and I feel to much better." Mre.N.S.

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