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THE SHREVEPORT TIMES Wednesday, April 3, 1968 9-A -Ark-La-Tex Deaths- ters, Mrs. W. M. Cryer of Many, Mrs. May Mamie Long Gandy of of Kansas Leesville; and and 12 grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. today at the Pendleton Assembly of God Church. Burial will be in the Siloam Cemetery with the Rev. Melvin Craft and the Rev. Dewayne A.

Scott officiating. MRS. UNA KERLIN MINDEN Mrs. Una Lee Kerlin, 66, died Tuesday in a Shreveport hospital after a lengthy illness. Funeral services will at 2 p.m.

today in the "GreenKleinegger Funeral Home with the Rev. C. H. Land officiating. Burial will be in the Minden Cemetery.

Survivors are two sons, Bill Hall of Lake Providence and Eddie Hall of Crowley; one daughter, Mrs. Loyd Lyons of Shreveport; grandchildren and one great grandchild. LOUISIANA McLendon of Many; three sis- CLAUDE SPENCER RUSTON, Claude P. Spencer, died Tuesday in a local hospital after a brief illness. He was a native of Clay and a merchant here since 1926.

Funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. today in Spears Funeral Home with the Rev. A. Johnson officiating. Burial will be in the Greenwood Cemetery, Survivors are two sisters, Mrs.

D. H. Fry of Jackson, and Mrs. LaVerne Traylor of West Monroe. EDDIE PAUL SR.

ALEXANDRIA Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. today in Longview Baptist Church of Deville for Eddie Dawson Paul Sr. Burial will be in the Paul Cemetery. Mr. Paul, 84, of Deville, died Monday in a local hospital.

Survivors are his widow; four sons, Alpheus Paul and E. D. Paul, both of Pineville, Calvin Paul and Leroy "Paul, both of Deville: six daughters, Mrs. Saline Millie, Mrs. Bertie Woodson, Mrs.

Lennie Ham, Mrs. Lela of Devile and Mrs. Lottie Price Price and Mrs. Ruby O'Neal, all of Alexandria: six brothers, James Paul, Lennie Paul and Pat Paul all Deville, Clarence Paul of El Paso, Mike Paul of North Fork, and Leonard Paul of Pineville; five sisters, Mrs. Salomie Paul and Mrs.

Fannie Ryder, both of Deville, Mrs. Wilma Price Susie Paul, both of Pineville and Mrs. Vera Rose of Baton Rouge; 19 grandchildren; and 30 great-grandchildren. MRS. ISABELL WHATLEY ALEXANDRIA Funeral services will be held 3 p.m.

today i in the Lecompte First Baptist Church for Mrs. Isabell Thompson Whatley. Burial will be in the Lecompte Cemetery." Mrs. Whatley, 63, of Lecompte, died Tuesday in a clinic there. Survivors are her husband; one son, Lewis P.

Whatley Jr. of McKeesport, three daughters, Mrs. Ray Holp of Hamilton, Mrs. Allie Thompson and Mrs. Sarah W.

both of Lecompte; three brothers, Roy Thompson of Ball, C. W. Thompson of Baton Rouge, and H. C. Thompson of Harland.

one sister. Mrs. Attie Batterfield of ville. and nine grandchildren. THOMAS McLENDON Thomas H.

McLendon. of Many, 61, died Monday night in a Zwolle hospital after a lengthy illness. Survivors are his widow; four sons, Odis Lynn, Ralph and H. D. McLendon, all of Many; one daughter, Mrs.

Nada Vines of Leesville: brother, allen FREE Drop by for a MRS. HATTIE MEADOWS MERRYVILLE Funeral services for Mrs. Hattie Meadows, 80, will be held at 2:30 p.m. today at. the Bethlehem Elder Robert L.

Miles, officiating. Primitive Baptist Church, with Burial will be Cannon Cemetery under the direction of the Hixson Funeral Home of DeRidder. Areadows died Tuesday. Survivors are three sons, M. E.

Meadows of Port Arthur, Meadows of Waco, Tex. and H. D. Meadows of McAllen; one brother, Vernon of Merryville; eight sisters, Mrs. Emma Green, Mrs.

Bell Holiday both of DeRidder, Mrs. Delma Tilley, Della Nichols, Mrs. Stella Nichols, Mrs. Avie Smith, Mrs. Georgia Eaves and Mrs.

Ila Cochran all of Merryville; and six grandchildren. LAKE CHARLES Mrs. Anatole Butaud, 68; Services, 10 a.m. today, Hammer Funeral Chapel; Burial, Ritchie Cemetery. ARKANSAS Cemetery in Atlanta.

TEXAS ATLANTA, Tex. MRS. RUTH FULTZ CAMDEN, Ark. Mrs. Ruth Sorrells Fultz, 75, died Tuesday in a Camden hospital.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Holly Springs Methodist Church with burial in the Holly Springs Cemetery. Survivors include a brother, George W. Sorrells of Stuttgart. three sisters, Walter Talbert Little Rock, Mrs.

S. J. Rogers of Smackover and Mrs. Owen Key of Holly Springs. TEXAS Huffman Winners MARSHALL, Tex.

Carl Swendson and William Huffman swept to office on the Marshall city commission race here yesterday. According to complete but unofficial returns from the city's five voting boxes, Swendson defeated opponent Milton Williams Jr. for Place One on the commission, 2,087 to 1,175. Huffman was successful in his bid by defeating Harry I. Thompson Jr.

for Place 2 by a vote of 2,399 to 733. There was a total of 3,326 cast. I-20 Bypass Bridge to Be Delayed Times Capital Bureau BATON ROUGE Construc-1 tion of the I-20 bypass, bridge across east Cross Lake in Shreveport will be delayed until the Louisiana Supreme Court resolves constitutional questions, the State Highway Department said Tuesday. Caddo District Court Judge Henry F. Turner dismissed last Wednesday a petition for an injunction to halt construction of the bridge.

However, Caddo District Court Judge John A. Dixon Jr. had already declared unconstitutional state statutes permitting the highway department access the lake. The state has appealed that ruling to the state Supreme Court. Tuesday morning.

He was a member of the Methodist Church and the Masonic Lodge. Survivors are his widow; one daughter, Mrs. Janet Stevenson of San Antonio; one grand-dau-10 ghter, Aimee Stevenson of San Antonio; his Mrs. Ann Gholson of one sister, Mrs. R.

F. Maxwell of Bivins; four brothers, the Rev. Lawrence Gholson of Midland, Horace Gholson and Lindy Gholson, both of Atlanta, Carroll Gholson of Longview. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. today at the First Methodist Church with Rev.

Frank Richardson and the Rev. Carlos Davis officiating. Burial will be in the Pine Crest THERON GHOLSON Gholson, 53; Services, ATLANTA, Tex. Theron today, First Methodist Gholson, 53, died at his home Burial, Pine Crest GRAND GAINES 520-A East Kings Highway Visit- -Have a Pepsi -Check Our FREE and BOB GAINES Are GIBSON TOP- -QUALITY PRODUCTS sc FROST CLEAR FROST CLEAR FROST FROST CLEAR CLEAR HERE HERE 2300 ROMOGAPUER VITAMIN Sale Priced from (Regardless of Condition) 5 MODELS $36989 REFRIGERATOR WITH YOUR OLD Limited Staff Cited Arkansas Drink Law Enforcement to Be Slow LITTLE ROCK (AP) Alcoholic Beverage Control Board Harrel Hughes has indicated that enforcement of the mixed drink laws in the state would be a long, slow process. Hughes noted his limited staff there are only 15 ABC agents scattered throughout the state.

and said the ABC is "depending on local officials to enforce the laws." Hughes ABC board wanted to "give the local ities an opportunity to enforce) the law He he would act when the local officials didn't but he wouldn't set a deadline for local action. are going enforce every law on the book" Hughes said. "We are going to do whatever it takes to sale of mixed drinks in When asked how much time expires between receiving a report of the illegal sale of mixed drinks and action by the ABC, Hughes said: "'We'll act as personnel will permit." "The governor, Winthrop efeller, told me to carry out the responsibility of my office," he said. "Why, if the law intended my department to carry out the laws all over the state, didn't they give me a force of 50 to 60 men?" "Without local officials helping, it will take a lot more than we have." he said, adding "we know, we'll never. get that complement of Asked about published reports that the sale of mixed drinks had returned to Hot Springs within 48 hours after ABC agents and State Police raided three private clubs three weeks Hughes said he was "watching the situation." "We're trying to watch the situation and we'll take what said.

"We'll give the local steps necessary to stop it," he authorities a chance to correct the situation first." The last raid conducted by ABC agents was March 23 on the Top of the Rock private club in Little Rock. Fiscal Experts to Attend Little Rock Budget Meet LITTLE ROCK (AP) Clarence E. Frost, consultant to the State Administration Department, said Tuesday that two fiscal, experts Arkansas from will the attend Universi- a meeting Friday of state department heads to go over the state's financial problems. Frost said Dr. Max Milam and Joe Jones already have been working with the department in trying to devise a more accurate forecast of Arkansas revenues.

At the meeting, which Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller called for give the department heads some a a.m., Frost said he hopes to ideas on how to curtail spending during the remainder of the biennium ending July 1, 1969. At one time, Frost predicted the state would have a $1.5 million deficit at the end of this biennium, but he said, "We had to tear that figure up and throw it away because of all the inflated requests that have come in." "We want them to take a realistic look at what the needs will be so we won't be working with an inflated estimate of requirements." Frost said. For In Nevada there are some 30 range-sheep outfits operating. There were twice that many just before World War II.

Local Airport Circus Day Is April 11 At Hemphill HEMPHILL, Tex. Two Homes Damaged by Fires Here Two fires in Shreveport yesterday caused damage estimated les at $6,000 to two residences, fire department officials said. Fire of undetermined origin caused $1,500 to a dwelling occupied by R. E. Beard of Preston St.

at 3:57 a.m. The house is owned Rabbi David Lefkowitz. Assistant Fire Chief E. J. Youngblood said.

A fire which started in a clothes closet, believed from children playing fire. caused damage estimated at $5,000 to the home of the V. E. Davis family at 1066 Prospect St. at 10:42 a.m.

District Chief R. D. Godfrey estimated the damage at $4.000 to the house and $1,000 to the contents. He said there was also some smoke damage to portions of the house other weren't included in the estimate. City Fireman Troy Jackson, 34 of 4417 Monkhouse Drive, suffered a sprained ankle while fighting the fire when he fell from a porch, Godfrey said.

He was treated at Schumpert Hospital and released. No Clues Found In Dynamiting PORT ALLEN. La. (AP) City police said Tuesday they have turned up no clues in a Monday night dynamiting that exploded in the back of a store. Shots were fired into the same store a year ago.

Police Chief J. G. Francois said it appeared someone tried to toss the dynamite top of the National Food Store and missed. The explosion knocked out windows in three houses across the street and caved in the windshield of a truck. A small girl in one of the homes was scratched by flying glass.

Francois said the store, which employs Negroes, has had no recent racial or labor troubles. Last year's shooting incident occurred during picketing of a group of Negroes demanding equal job opportunities. HOUSE CLEANING HOME AND COMMERCIAL Pat Old Was Removed From Ail Types of Flooring and Rewaxed Call Today for Free Estimate! SHREVEPORT WINDOW CLEANING 255 Wall St. Phone 424-4709 Gov. Wallace Is Improving MONTGOMERY, Ala.

(AP) An Tuesday the blood clot in Gov. Lurleen Wallace's left lung "appears to be clearing" and she has shown "signs of slight but definite improvement in the past 24 News secretary Ed Ewing said Mrs. Wallace has gained strength and her temperature and pulse rate "are returning toward normal." Her condition remains serious. The governor. 41, has been in a hospital since Feb.

22, when she underwent cancer surgery for the third time. She was operated on again March 12 to drain an abdominal abscess and Wednesday when the blood clot developed. Eddie M. Harris Services Today Fire Department will, sponsor Circus Day here Thursday, April 11 at the Hemphill Air. port.

The local fire department will bring the Clark and Walters Circus to town. Among the leading attractions of the circus is the Silverlake Troupe with their aerial acrobatics. The circus will also include performing animals, clowns, in addition to numerous other attractions. GILMER, Tex. Funeral services for Eddie Martin Harris, 74, of Gilmer, will be held at 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday in Simpsonville Baptist Church. The Rev. Duane Turner will officiate. Burial will be in Simpsonville Cemetery. He died Monday in a Gilmer nursing home.

Surviving are a sin, Edward Lyell Harris, San Jose, a daughter, Mrs. E. C. Johnson. Halice; a brother, Jim Harris.

Gilmer; a sister, Mrs. Clara Hill, Anson; and five grandchildren. Let the Profile Bread Plan help prolong your Slender Years. Thin light instance. he said if an agency has a budget of $100,000 and knows it isn't going to spend more than $90,000, "we want to know that." Frost said revenue collections were good as March, he had hoped.

The state collected $12.599,135 for the month in general revenues compared to $12.774.299 for March 1967, a decrease of $165,164. For the first nine months of this fiscal year, collections are about $2 million less than last year. Frost will use the meeting Friday to prepare his answers for the Arkansas Legislative Council, which will meet about April 19 to prepare for the special session of the legislature Rockefeller is planning about May 13. Frost said that it's going to rush his department to get all the information together, but he expects to have it for the council members April 19. NEED MONEY? 1st and 2nd Mortgage loans on homes, farms, lots, acreage, or other security made anywhere in Louisiana.

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