The Times from Shreveport, Louisiana • Page 10

lft-A Nov. 9, 1978 THE SKREVEPORT TIMES DEAT H. Lane Mitchell dies, funeral Friday morning I 1 sbr- tion, a characteristic which allowed for future expansion of a number of city projects. He received numerous awards during his terms, including recognitions from the American Public Works Association, the Shreveport Junior Chamber of Commerce, the Shreveport Beautification Foundation and the Shreveport Rose Society. In 1966, he received an unprecedented endorsement from the Shreveport City Council for his reelection as public works commissioner.

The World War I veteran was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Louisiana Engi neering Society, the American Public Works Association, the American Road Builders Association, the American Association of Airport Executives, the Shreveport Kiwanis Club, the Elks Club, the Petroleum Club and the American Legion. Mr. Mitchell retired as commissioner in 1968 during his ninth consecutive term in the office. A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. today in Osborn Funeral Home with the Rev.

Frederick Ponder, acting pastor of St. John Berchmans Co-Cathedral, officiating. The funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in St. John Berchmans Co-Cathedral with the Rev.

George B. Hamilton officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Mr.

Mitchell's survivors include his wife, Lillian Mitchell; a son, Robert Mitchell of Shreveport; five grandchildren and one H. Lane Mitchell, Shreveport's public works commissioner from 1934 to 1968, died Wednesday in his home at 350 Albany. He was pronounced dead about 7 p.m. at Schum-pert Medical Center. He was born Aug.

17, 1895, in Dublin, Texas, had lived in Shreveport since 1900 and attended local public schools. He graduated from Valparaiso University in Indiana and was a practicing engineer for 15 years before he was elected to his first term as public works commissioner. During his eight and one-half terms as commissioner, Mr. Mitchell was responsible for numerous street and drainage projects, including Line Avenue, Youree Drive, the extension and widening of Lin wood Avenue, the Allen Avenue viaduct, Hearne Avenue, East Kings Highway, 70th Street, Jewella Road, Hollywood Avenue and Interstate 20's location. He was also instrumental in the paving of Bayou Pierre and in improving drainage facilities in South Highlands.

Mr. Mitchell was also instrumental in providing backyard garbage pickup service without charging homeowners a fee and in the planting of roses along the city's boulevards. He was one of the central figures in the 1949 battle over the location of the Shreveport municipal airport and waged a successful campaign to locate it on Hollywood Avenue. Mr. Mitchell was also well known for acquiring more land for city projects than was needed for initial construc She is survived by two daughters, Betty McGuire of Shreveport and Dorothy Hzyner of North Little Rock, and two sons, Billy B.

Fortune of Little Rock, formerly a resident of Shreveport, and L.W. Fortune of Karnack. Wayne C. Cross Services for Wayne C. Cross, 60, 3229 Timothy Circle will be at 2:30 p.m.

today in the Southside Chapel of Rose-Neath Funeral Home with Dr. Howard Johnson, pastor of Central Christian Church, and the Rev. Quin-ton Jones, associate pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Centuries Memorial Park. Mr.

Cross died Tuesday night in Willis-Knighton Hospital after a lenghty illness. A native of Emmett, he had been a resident of Shreveport for 30 years. Mr. Cross was a salesman for Foremost Dairy, a World War II veteran and a member of Central Christian Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs.

Lucille Cross of Shreveport; one son, Jack Cross of San Antonio, Texas; one half-sister, Octa Cates of Corpus Christi, Texas; three brothers, Wesley Cross of Bossier City, John Cross of El Dorado, and Paul Franks, a half-brother, of Dallas, Texas. Pallbearers will be Ivan Miley, Wayne Wilson, S.E. Schneider, Ed Burks, Willis Smith and F.J. Pearce. ARCADIA Alline C.

Reed, 88; services, 10 a.m. Friday, Conger Funeral Home Chapel; burial, Mount Lebanon Cemetery in Mount Lebanon. LOGANSPORT Effie Davis Elliott, 89; services, 3 p.m. Friday in Rose-Neath Funeral Home Chapel in Logans port; burial, Price Memorial Cemetery. MANY Larry LeBrun, 46; services, 2 p.m.

today, Rocky Mount Methodist Church; burial, Rocky Mount Cemetery. MANY Wheeler H. Peace, 82, of Florien; services, 10 a.m. today, Pisgah Baptist Church; burial, Pisgah Cemetery. WTNNFIELD Etta A.

Anderson, 90; services, 2 p.m. today, Southern Funeral Home Chapel; burial, Bethlehem Cemetery. ATLANTA, Texas Doris E. Tullis, 80; services, 10:30 a.m. today, Hanner Funeral Home Chapel; graveside services, 2 p.m., Ozan New boat channel by-400-foot swath 6 feet deep for the lake's boat ramp, which has been virtually lost due to the dry weather.

(Times photo by Langston McEachern) Unusually dry weather in North Louisiana has taken its toll in a number of ways one being the lowering of Shreveport's water supply, Cross Lake. The dredge pictured here is being used to cut a 30- 2 local nursing homes asking okay on renovation, expansion en and dining areas at a cost of $265,150. Harmony House seeks a 64-bed addition with related ancillary renovation and enlargement. Estimated cost of the project is $309,785. A public meeting to review the applications will be held at 12:30 p.m.

Nov. 15 by the Northwest Sub-area Advisory Council's Project Review Committee of HSA. Two Shreveport nursing homes are seeking permission to add beds and do renovation work. The requests on file with the North Louisiana Health Systems Agency (HSA) are from Magnolia Manor Nursing Home and Harmony House Nursing Home. Magnolia Manor wants to add 32 beds and renovate and enlarge kitch Cemetery near Nashville, Ark.

CARTHAGE, Texas Zaddie Josephine Edwards, 91, of Carthage; services, 9 a.m. today, Hawthorn Funeral Home Chapel; burial, Oak-hill Cemetery in Lampasas, Texas. HARLETON, Texas Mrs. Mattie Sue Taylor, 86; services, 10 a.m. Friday, Harleton Baptist Church; burial, Liberty Cemetery.

HEMPHILL, Texas Edith Wesley Mills, 63, of Milam; services, 3 p.m. today, Bethany Baptist Church in Milam; burial, Fox Hill Cemetery in Milam. KILGORE, Texas Elbert W. Anglin 28, of Longview; services, 10 a.m. Friday; burial, Grace Hill Cemetery in Longview.

Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Bob Holley of Shreveport. MARSHALL, Texas Mrs. Ella Mae Fortune, 76, of Karnack; services, 1 p.m. today, Karnack Baptist Church; graveside services, 4 p.m., Hawkins City Cemetery.

Survivors include one daughter, Betty June McGuire of Shreveport. Woman freed from ear A Shreveport Fire Department rescue unit was needed to free a 76-year-old woman from her car after it was struck by a tractor-trailer rig on Hearne Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Maggie B. McClure of 4501 Velva Ave. was listed in stable condition at Schumpert Medical Center with abrasions and bone fractures.

Ms. McClure was eastbound on Emery Street. Her car was struck by a tractor-trailer rig being driven southbound on Hearne Avenue by Richard B. Smith, 57, of 801 McDade St. in Bossier City, police said.

The car was dragged a short dis-- OPENDAItance by the tractor-trailer rig and 4pMs. McClure was pinned in the wreckage. SAT. Herman A. Abel Services for Herman A.

Abel, 62, of 407 Yarborough St. in Bossier City 'will be at 10:30 a.m. today in Christ the King Catholic Church in Bossier City with Father Carson LaCaze, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Hill Crest Cemetery under the direction of Rose-Neath Funeral Home Bossier City Chapel. Mr.

Abel, a native of Coushatta, died Tuesday in Schumpert Medical Center following a long illness. He had been a resident of Bossier City for 46 years and was a supervisor for American Linen Rental Service. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the American Legion. Mr. Abel is survived by his wife, Mrs.

Herman A. Abel of Bossier City, and two sisters, Annie Balzrette of Shreveport and Helen Keene of Dallas, Texas. Pallbearers will be Jimmy Freeman, Billy Ray Elliot, Bud Farhner, Henry Force, Roy May and Earl Campbell. Joseph Robert Seward Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in Boone Funeral Home Chapel for Joseph Robert Seward, 86, of Rt.

5, Shreveport, who died Tuesday at 12:05 p.m. in Hospital following a sudden illness. A native of Columbia County, he had been an area resident for the past 24 years. He was a retired oil field worker and a member of the Baptist Church. Officiating at services will be the Rev.

Glenn Marr, pastor of the Sim-sboro Baptist Church. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery. He is survived by three sons, H.L. "Lefty" Seward of Shreveport, C. Raymond Seward of Satsuma, and Charles R.

Seward of Albuquerque, N.M.; three daughters, Mrs. C.H. McGahee of Homer, Mrs. Barnett of Red Lands, Calif, and Mary Veach of Durango, and a brother, Calvin Seward of Hosston. Pallbearers will be L.R.

Baker, BR. Attaway, A.J. Lewis, Ottis Owens, Alvin McCall and Joe Cooper. Mrs. Ray W.

Fortune Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. today at the First Baptist Church in Karnack, Texas, for Mrs. Ray W. Fortune, mother of a Shreveport woman and a former Shreveport resident. Burial under direction of Sullivan Funeral Home, Marshall, Texas, will be in Hawkins Cemetery.

Mrs. Fortune died at her home in Karnack Tuesday following a long illness. iMy.MM.iuuwmi.-y,ing 1 Vo-Tec alumni meet Homecoming for the area Practical Nurses Alumni Association will be held at the Shreveport-Bossier Vocational-Technical Center today. The observance will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. in the nursing department of the center.

Suspect found dead INDIANAPOLIS (AP) A man facing federal trial on charges of distributing child pornography was found hanged in the garage of his nephew's home, police said. 8PM DULY CLOSED SUK9IT Shreveport police arrests in robberies THE SAVING PLACE parking lot of the State Fair Stadium. Police are still seeking two suspects who tied up three persons during a robbery Saturday afternoon at Coins at 239 Southfield Road. The men took the business owner's car, a $20 gold piece, a watch and two rings. One of Soundesigns stereos ffS features a cassette and illll 'A II Pij 8-track player Save 1 I i 0M REDITrMl ill AVAILABLE I ON MAJOR XPURCHASES llfi lBl pm! I SAT.

SAlE 4Hj Arrests have been made by Shreveport police in two of three armed robberies that occurred over a three day period last week. In the latest arrest, Freeman Palmer 24, of 558 Douglas St. was booked into city jail early Wednesday morning on a charge of armed robbery. Detective C.R. Owens said the arrest stemmed from the Friday afternoon armed robbery at Christian and Shreve Streets of Clarence Robinson of 243 Mz Rear Webtser St.

Two men were arrested earlier this week on charges of felony theft in the armed robbery of Michael Chambers, 17, of 5603 Kennedy St. One of the men was reportedly armed with a pistol and stole Chamber's car in the Women set family meet "Title XX Family and Human Resources Effective or Non-effective" will be the subject of two meetings of the League of Women Voters of Shreveport Nov. 14 and 16. The sessions will be held as follows: Nov. 14, 10 a.m., home of Mrs.

Vernon Chance and 7:30 p.m., Can-tebury Center, 2703 Wbodlawn; and Nov. 16, 12:30 p.m., home of Mrs. Roger Ennis, and 1 p.m., home of Mrs. JA. Beaubouef.

FUNERAL SERVICES, MRS. DELIA M. ROGERS 10X) A.M. Thursday Southside Chapel Interment Forest Park MRS. CARRIE K.

BOONE 10:00 A.M. Thursday Coushatta Chapel Interment Springhiil Cemetery MR. RICKY G. PATTERSON (Minden Chapel) 10:00 A.M. Thursday First United Pentecostal Church Minden Interment Sibiey Cemetery MR.

HERMAN A. ABEL (Bossier Chapel) 10:30 A.M. Thursday Christ the King Catholic Church Bossier City Interment Hill Crest Cemetery MR. WAYNE CROSS 230 P.M. Thursday Southside Chapel Interment Centuries Park MRS.

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