The Natchitoches Enterprise from Natchitoches, Louisiana • 1

ft i i 4 lit BUY PARISH POULTRY FROM YOUR GROCER ASK YOUR FRIENDS TO BUY PARISH POULTRY VOL No 18 NATCHITOCHES LOUISIANA THURSDAY FEBRUARY 14th 1952 TEN CENTS PER COPY Commissioner Taylor Seeks Tax Election To Determine Purchase of Breda Tract 1952 C3ed Cross To GBe ILatuunchedl A motion by Commissioner Griffin Taylor seconded by Commissioner Ryan Horton calling for a special election to determine whether the citizens of Natchitoches will vote a millage tax to purchase the Breda property was tabled until the proposition could be drawn up by the attorney at the regular meeting Wednesday night Evangelistic Services Set Feb 17-22 At First Presbyterian Church Here Bowie Motor To Present New DeSoto Friday Tremendous power long life economical operation and smooth quiet performance even at the highest speeds are outstanding features of the sensational new De-Soto automobile which goes on display at Bowie Motor company all day Friday February 15 Featuring the Fire Dome V-t engine a power plant unrivalled in the automotive industry the car will have 160 horsepower more horsepower per cubic inch than any competitive American automobile the DeSoto owner who drives our Fire Dome eight it means a car of tremendous get-up-and-go from a standing start all the way along the speedometer a long lasting engine which requires the minimum of maintenance cost an engine that gets the last bit of power out of every drop of standard gasoline the dealer stated The public is cordially invited to see these beautiful cars at Bowie Motor company local dealer for Plymouths and DeSoto autos ST MARYS BASKETBALL TEAM will hold their annual Sweetheart ball Friday night at St Marys high school at which time they will be presented with awards Left to nght: front row Dewey Page Michael Menou Douglas Delony Tom Baker Francis Vienne Billy Ray Gongre and Jerry Cloutier Back row: Coach Jim Willis Co Captain Alvin DeBlieux Jr James Donald Waters Carson Attaway Clyde Waters Captain Calvert Scott Charles Mag-gio and Coach Morris (Red) Thompson The team will compete in the District Basketball tournament here Feb 22 and 23 82) owe Exarch 3 The 1952 drive for funds for the American Red Cross will get underway on Saturday March 1 The volunteer workers start their collections on that day Before these volunteers can begin there is a great deal of ground work necessary This work is done by three special drive chairmen the parish chapter chairman the office force and the chairman of the various divisions of the drive The overall chairman for the 1952 Fund Drive is George II Ilimel executive vice president of City Bank and Trust Co Mr Ilimel is well known in all circles in the city and parish He has been most interested in all civic and charitable affairs since being a resident of Natchitoches lie served for 23 years as secretary of the local Elks lodge and was particularly interested in the various activities of the organization pertaining to aiding others At many times when volunteers were needed to collect funds for disaster local charities special worthy cases and for fund drives for local and national agencies Mr Ilimel has freely given of his time and services and always has been most successful When the time came to select the chairman for the 1952 campaign he was the unanimous choice of the ones responsible and to their satisfaction he accepted the job He has been working constantly since with the officials selecting the men and women to head the divisions suggested by the national organization and these selections have been made and all contacted Mrs Inabnett is chairman of the division A Kile chairman of the rural division and Fred Richardson Dr A Johnson and Beatrice Breda are co-chairmen of the colored division Due to the many increased responsibilities of the American Red Cross many of which have been given them by the United States Armed Forces and also because of the fact that the national quota was not reached last year it is urgent that all quotas be reached this year Natchitoches parish chapter did not make its quota last year This year it must be raised Among the additional responsibilities given the Red Cross is the Blood for Defense program The mobile blood unit has paid one visit here and will be here again the latter part of March Due notice will be given of the date of the next visit of the unit There are not sufficient names of volunteer donors on file in the chapter office Will you give your name? Will you give one hour? Will you give a pint of blood to save the life of a serviceman? TAM RICAN AU OMOB I LE ASSOCIATION A series of evangelistic services are to be held at the First Presbyterian church from Sunday Feb 17 through Friday Feb 22 The guest minister is to be Rev William Fuster DD pastor of the First Presbyterian churclf in Alexandria Services on Sunday Feb 17 are scheduled for 11 a and 7:30 From Monday through Friday Feb 18-22 only one service a day will be held at 7:30 Dr Foster holds the A degree from University of Chattan-nooga the degree from Columbia Theological Seminary and the degree from King college He has served as moderator of Knoxville Presbytery in Tennessee the Louisiana Presbytery and the Synod of Louisiana For several years Dr Foster was teacher of Bible at Chattanooga Bible Institute and served as Secretary of Bible in the public schools of Chattanooga Since 1937 he has written the weekly Sunday School expositions for the Chattanooga News Free Press and for eight years was editor of the Young department of the Southern Presbyterian Journal The people of Natchitoches are cordially invited to attend these sen-ices Dr Foster will be an inspiration to all who avail themselves of this opportunity to hear him FUNERAL SERVICES HELD ON FRIDAY FOR CUNNINGHAM William Tharpe Cunningham 80 died Thursday Feb 7 1952 at the Natchitoches hospitaL Funeral services were held FrT day at 10 a at the First Methodist church with Rev Benedict A Galloway officiating assisted by Rev Poole Interment was in the American cemetery under the direction of Blanchard Funeral home The deceased was a retired judge planter and business man He was the son of the late Mr and Mrs Milton Cunningham and was born in Natchitoches parish He graduated from the old Louisiana State Normal also from the School of Law He served in the leigslature for a time before being elected judge for the 10th udicial district He is survived by his widow drs Emma Johnson Cunningham four sisters Mrs Huber Hoge of New York Mrs Chester Budger of Berkley Calif and Mrs Ivy Sprawls and Mrs Andrew Hero both of New Orleans and two brothers Preston Cunningham of few Orleans and II Cunningham of Shreveport Pallbearers were: Ned ohnson Pittman Johnson Ryan Horton Horace Day Robert Dunckel-man Peyton Cunningham Charles Cunningham and Gaiennie Hyams Jr CHOATE'S MOTHER DIES Mrs Choate 73 of Mineral Springs Ark mother of Choate of this city died Friday Feb 8 at the home of her daughter Mrs Jeff Newkirk in Hot Springs Ark Funeral services were held Saturday with interment in Mineral Springs In addition to Mr Choate and Mrs Newkirk the deceased is survived by another daughter Mrs Hunter Russell of ElDorado Ark and six grandchildren Justifiable Homicide SAFETY STAMPS TO GO ON The first day sale of 3-cent American Automobile Association safety commemorative stamp will be March 4 at Chicago Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson has announced An initial Order of 115000000 of the stamps has been authorized Stamp collectors in this area can contact Samuel Shove Cenla repre- tentative of the AAA at Box 1687 Alexandria for the first' day covers The issue came up when Coleman Martin appeared before the council requesting the purchase of that property or some other site for staging of the first Louisiana Broiler Festival and other events Mr Martin stated that he thought the Breda property would be a good buy and that he believed that Natchitoches parish citizens would secure necessary buildings if the site was secured Following a lengthy discussion of the property Commissioner Taylor called for an election with the people authorizing a tax to retire the indebtedness within five years Other action by the councilmen included approval of $200 appropriation for maintenance of American cemetery approval of $800 appropriation for expenses for Chief Stephens to attend the National Folice Academy in Washington and granted authority to police department to erect one hour parking signs a-long approximately 80' feet in front oil Gift shop on Jefferson street to relieve all day parking WELL-KNOWN CAMPTI MAN DIES SUNDAY Charles Dennison Keator 72 of Campti died Sunday Feb 10 1952 at the Veterans administration hospital in Alexandria following a brief illness He was bom April 7 1879 in Cheneyville La 'Funeral services were conducted Tuesday morning with a Requiem Mass at the Church of the Nativity Campti with Rev A Balsam officiating Interment was in the Catholic cemetery under the direction of Blanchard Funeral Jiome Mr Keator is survived by his widow Mrs Rena McKnight Keator of Campti one son LL CoL Randall Keator of Fairborn Ohio two sisters Mrs Mary Breazeale and Miss Kate Keator both of Campti one brother Mayo Keator of Bermuda and three grandchildren Active pallbearers were Alphonse Prudhomme' James McKnight Wilfred Prudhomme Murrell Jackson Todd and Pickens Honorary pallbearers were Pat Todd Mayo Prudhomme Crawford Young Roland Lestage Lestage Carl Cox Eugene Wright Gua Broussard Teer Louis Perot Louis Pleasant Joe Maricelli McLean Warren Readhimer and Trixie Grappe CAMPTI RESIDENT DIES IN S'PORT Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 4 for Carl Grunewald of who died Saturday Feb 9 1952 in a Shreveport hospital Rev Leonard Curtis officiated at the graveJde services and burial in the Campti cemetery was under the direction of First National Funeral home Mr Grunewald was born in Essen Germany OcL 17 1864 He came to this country in 1902 and five years later came to Campti and made his home for years with the faimly He worked with Mr and later was employed by the Standard Pipeline Co At the time of his death he was residing with Mrs McLean Charlie as he was called by most of his friends had been in failing health for several years He was loved by all who knew him and will be sadly missed He has no living relatives in this country GATLIN RITES CONDUCTED TUESDAY Henry Powell Gatlin 81 died Monday Feb 11 1952 at Corkern clinic He was a native of Austin Texas but had been a resident of Natchitoches for years Funeral services were conducted at the Blanchard Funeral home chapel Tuesday at 2 ra with the Rev Perry Webb Jr pastor of the First Baptist church officiating Masonic services were held at the grave in the American cemetery Mr Gatlin is survived by two sons Gatlin Jr of Belle-flower Calif and Jack Gatlin of Natchitoches two daughters Mrs Jewel Vedrani of Amesbury Mass and Mrs Cleo Moore of Corpus Christl Texas and one sister Mrs May Howland of Bakersfield Calif Pallbearers were Monnie Cheves Dowden DuWayne Holley Jack Warner Sam Robbins and Harold McCain West Is Head of Q'Back Club West was elected president of the Natchitoches Quarterback club at their meeting Monday night at' which the membership adopted a prepared constitution and by-laws with two changes to be effected Named to serve with the president were Ed Pierson vice president Don Brumbaugh secretary and a six man board composed of Olin Hicks Miller Die Noah Mitchell Harry Creighton and Rushton The group was shown a movie of last Northwestern-South-western grid game and discussed briefly several projects for consideration Work on the first project will get underway at a meeting here this afternoon DR FOSTER Buildings In City Inspected For Fire Hazards Twenty-two men made 152 inspections for fire hazards throughout the City of Natchitoches this week and offered recommendations to the owners for fire prevention highlighting the visit to this city of some of the outstanding persons connected with fire prevention and fire fighting Among these were Fire Chief Robert Bogan of Baton Rouge McFarland of Atlanta Ga secretary of the Southeastern Fire Underwriters fire marshals and fire chiefs from throughout Louisiana Four local children earned valuable awards by writing top essays on fire prevention First place went to Martha Bonnctte St Marys second place Genevieve Grappe St Marys third place Frances Chopin St Marys and fourth place Roland Martin Natchitoches high school A supper honoring the visitors was held at the Central Fire station Wednesday evening WRIGHT COLLIER IS VICTIM OF HEART ATTACK Wright Collier 47 Fairview Alpha building contractor died at his home at 2:10 a Saturday Feb 9 1952 as a result of a heart attack suffered several hours earlier He was thd son of the late Mr and Mrs Thomas Collier pioneer residents of the Fairview Alpha area Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 at Davis Springs Methodist church with the Rev Cotton pastor officiating He was assisted by Rev Glen Smith and Rev Ben Joyner close friends of the Collier family Interment was in the family plot in the Davis Springs cemetery under the direction of Rockett Funeral home of Coushatta Survivors include his widow Mrs Bessie Dowden Collier two daughters Mrs Ralph Tomlinson of Natchez Miss and Mrs Wood of Bossier City two sons Reuben Collier of Fairview Alpha and Thomas Collier of the Navy San Diego Calif one sister Mrs Augustine Raggio of Natchitoches four brothers Marion Collier of Atlanta Collier of Campti Leonard Collier of Alexandria and Harold Collier of Natchitoches and two grandchildren Returned In car Webb continued fighting maintaining possession of the tool and struck Edmonds again knocking him to the ground and aimed the tool at head when the marshal fired the fatal shot Edmonds was taken to the Natchitoches hospital and discharged Friday TODD'S CELEBRATES SIXTH ANNIVERSARY one of most progressive firms this week began celebration of their sixth anniversary in this city Home of quality dry goods and courteous service has added materially to the home life of the Natchitoches trade area and to the growth and development of Natchitoches parish Elsewhere in this issue is an advertising message from filled with anniversary values for wise shoppers throughout the area Demons Clash With Wildcats Here Tonight Northwestern State basketball team with the sweet taste of a 49-47 win over Louisiana Tech still lingering from Monday night will attempt to add the Wildcats of Louisiana college to the menu tonight at 7:30 in the gym For Coach Charles Thomas and his hoopsters this will be no easy task for the 'Cats have become in the Gulf States conference and then too the Demons are recuperating from several factors such as illness minor injuries etc -Victims of defeat in games at home by Centenary Mississippi Southern and Southeastern the Demons were a bit demoralized prior to the Tech fracas as each of the losses came in close contests They are hoping to maintain the pace which brought them from behind and earned the victory over the Canines in tilt Coach Thomas starting lineup will probably find hustling Sammy Boors and Jim Yergler at the guards Artie Ranew and Murrell Walker at the forwards and lanky Ken Shaw in the pivot spot The NSC five fought the Tech-sters to a standstill in Monday's outing and whipped them in the final moments Sammy Booras added one point on a free throw after the tilt ended EPISCOPAL BISHOP CONFIRMS SEVEN HERE ON SUNDAY On Sunday Feb 10 the Right Rev Girault McArthur Jones DD Bishop of the Diocese of Louisiana was a visitor to Trinity Episcopal church and at the eleven service confirmed a class of seven The members of the class confirmed were Mrs Cammilla Breazeale Mrs Violet Winslow Mrs George Gerlach Jr Bonnie Bowman Georgene Claxton Fred Clay and Bob Reinhard of Winn-field The service was most impresive The altar was adorned with white gladoli and tall white candles burned in the heavy brass candelabra The choir under the direction of Lorane Brittain was augmented with a number of trained singers The offeretory was unusually beautiful and well rendered adding to the beauty and solemnity of the service In his sermon Bishop Jones paid special tribute to Trinity church its pastor and congregation then held the large congregation enthralled as he spoke directly to the confirmees inspiring them and all present with his talk Following the service there was an informal coffee honoring Bishop Jones and the members of the confirmation class in the Parish House MrSvDavid Coughlin and Mrs Heber Weller poured coffee and Mrs Lois Boyd Mrs Suddath and Mrs Brittain assisted in serving the members of the congregation and their guests who enjoyed the informal social hour following the services Negro Will Serve In Rapides Race The first negro selected in Pineville as an election commissioner will serve in the Feb 19 Democratic primary according to published records of the Rapides parish Democratic executive committee The negro Rufus Belgard will serve in ward nine precinct four His name was submitted by gubernatorial candidate Carlos Spaht Mrs Leona Gulfaar wife of Lawrence Guflaar who is seeking re-election to the house of representatives will be the other Spaht commissioner In that precinct for the second primary Stafford Keed Elmer Tolbert and Kitterlin will serve as Kennon commissioners FUNERAL RITES FOR JOSEPH ELAM ARE HELD ON MONDAY Joseph Quarles Elam 79 a resident of Route 2 Natchitoches died Saturday Feb 9 1952 at 6:32 ra at the Natchitoches hospitaL Funeral services were held Monday at 10 a at the Belmont Baptist church with the Rev Roberts officiating Burial was in the old family cemetery in Belmont under the direction of First National Funeral home Mr Elam is survived by four sisters Mrs Sledge and Mrs Sutton of San Angelo Texas Mrs II Buswell of Palestine Texas and Mrs Haley of Dallas two brothers Elam of Hope Ark and'E Elam of Dallas Texas 15 nieces and nephews and 17 great-nieces and nephews ROBBINS RECUPERATING AT LOCAL HOSPITAL A Robbins manager of Howard Lumber company and prominent businessman here is recuperating satisfactorily at the Natchitoches hospital after suffering a collapsed lung last Saturday He will be hospitalized for a period of two weeks to 30 days according to hospital authorities Band Parents Sponsor Birthday Calcar Salo The Band Parents club is sponsoring a three weeks sale of community birthday calendars They plan to contact everyone in Natchitoches Proceeds will be used to purchase uniforms for the members of the Natchitoches high school band JACKSON TO SPEAK OVER STATION KWCJ State Superintendent of Education Shelby Jackson will be presented in a program ovr KWCJ Saturday Feb 24 at 5 entitled State Department of Education Presents Relationship of history and so dal science will be discussed NEW LOCATION FOR FISHER'S Sports and Music local wholesale and retail dealer in athletic and musical goods this week moved to larger quarters at Second and Amulet street Jack Fisher owner said the move was made to better serve the patrons of this area Bill Dowden Is Named Dealer For Carrier Line William Dowden owner of Dowden Roofing and Metal Works has been appointed dealer for the famed Carrier cooling and heating systems in Natchitoches Mr Dowden in accepting the dealership pledges the best of service' to residents of the Natchitoches trade area in installation and servicing of Carrier units Among these are the Carrier Weathermaker for any home new or old which features year service-air conditioning in summer and heating in the winter Carrier ice cube makers and the regular air conditioning units in various sizes A feature of purchasing a Carrier unit from is that along with the nationally-known product you get your ducts and other accessory work handled by men who have years of experience metal work Bill invites you to inspect the Carrier line if you are planning on a heating or cooling system for your home They may be purchased on terms with small down jayments and monthly notes The new dealer also invites your attention to an advertisement elsewhere in this issue which tells all about the Weathermaker Negro Drowns Saturday In Little River Leo Paxton negro youth from Alexandria was drowned last Saturday afternoon in Little River northeast of Cloutierville after the boat overturned in which he and a companion Gus Hamilton were fishing The two men had larted to change fishing places when the mishap occurred Both hung on to he side of the boat after being thrown into the water and Paxton went under after they had both started swimming for the shore Members of the Natchitoches lescue squad recovered the body four minutes after arriving on the scene Making the trip from the squad were Marlon Shivers either Antilley Silas St Andre Jabby Parker Scroggins Theodore Chambers Oscar Scott and Sylvan Sibley Sheriff Earl Morris and Deputy Boyd Durr also made the trip Charles Laughton Next Artist In Concert Series Charles Laughton who appears in his one man show in the Fine Arts auditorium at Northwestern State college Feb 25 contends that is music" and has proved it in the past year to hundreds of -thousands of people Laughton is bringing his readings described as a of the Sunday comics an act from 'Julius Ceasar' a roller coaster ride and a trip through the Looking Glass" 'to the American public for the fourth time in this tour He will travel over 10000 miles and visit over 50 American cities with his readings The famous actor has been preparing his man show" for seven years It began during the war when he read to hospitalized servicemen sometimes as many as five times a week a book in his and an actor can make magic" Laughton claims an actor in a play or film one is limited by his own appearance and age and other things over which we have no control With a book in his hand an actor can be accepted by his audience as 'Romeo' 'Captain Bligh' or 'Peter Pan' one 'of the reasons I enjoy reading aloud so much" Laughton will appear for one night only at NSC Tickets may be purchased in the college Book Store for $200 (adults) and $100 (students) City Court News February 11 1952 George Fobbs (cm) DP-Drunk Lake St $5000 bond $1000 and cost or ten days Morris Coleman (wm) DP-Drunk on 3rd St $1500 and cost or 15 days Wilmer Chellette (cm) Drunk driving guilty $10000 and cost or 30 days License revoked Andrew Jackson Jr (cm) Theft of batteries 6 months in jail Essie Holden (cm) Theft of batteries 6 months in jail Earl Williams (cm) Drunk on Pavie St $5000 bond $1100 and cost or 11 days Fatal Shooting at Campti Thursday Pvt Joseph Matthews Assigned to Hospital Fort Meade Md Feb Pvt Joseph Matthews son of Jessie Matthews of Route 2 Natchitoches is on leave after completing basic training at the Medical Replacement Training Center here last Saturday He is assigned to Letterman Army hospitaL San Francisco Cal The first eight weeks of the 16-week course covered basic military training necessary for all soldiers This included weapons and combat training designed to enable the medical soldier to defend himself and his patients if the need should arise The remainder of his training was spent in individual and fundamental subjects of the Army Medical service including emergency medical treatment evacuation of casualties military sanitation and disease prevention FOUR NEGROES CHARGED WITH CATTLE THEFT Arrest of four negroes for cattle theft was announced this week by Sheriff Earl Morris Mose Harris 54-year old negro man is in the parish jail charged with theft of cow at Powhatan on Jan 16 He was apprehended last week in Lake Charles Pearl Mitchell and two sons Leo Calvin and Calvin were jailed for stealing seven head of cattle throughout the parish She was released this week under $2000 bond but Hie two youths are still in jaiL A verdict of justifiable homicide has been returned by a Natchitoches parish jury in the fatal shooting of Floyd Webb 41-year-old Winnfield man by Town Marshall Webb Edmonds of Campti Webb was shot and killed instan-ly at about 9:45 Thursday when according to Dr Pierson coroner he aimed a tire tool at the head of the officer Webb and two friends were inside the didway Cafe and had been drink-ng He alledgedly took some candy rom a counter and refused to pay for it Mrs Ross Friday the cafe wife then called the town marshal who took Webb outside and put him in his car Edmonds returned to the cafe and had been talking for several minutes when Webb entered through a side door and struck the officer twice on the head with the tire tooL The marshal then proceeded to arrest Webb and with the help of one of the friends tok him outside to put him in the BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr and Mrs Thomas Jr announce the birth of a daughter on Feb 11 The baby arrived at SL Frances Cabrini hospital in Alexandria and weighed five pounds 15 ounces She has been named Marcia Jean NOTICE I Latest films on death of King George and the proclaiming of Elizabeth as queen will be featured at Don Theatre on Sunday and Monday.