Ponchatoula's
"Flower Lady"
named marshal
Marshal CoWer
J team scores
1st Louisiana open was held
past weekend in Baton Rouge.
were 13 teams competing.
bose from M & M Gymnastics
s Iit Senior Division was Tonia
ilis walking away with a 1st place
bars. 3rd place on vault. 6th
on floor and all around.
Willis competed in the Jr.
capturing a 2nd on bars.
4th all around and 5th
floor Cynthia Holcomb also
peted in this division.
IV9 year old division Carrie
placed 6th on beam: eight
r old and under Robin Pingo
e in with a 2nd on bars and all
rod, 3rd on vault, 4th on beam,
5th on floor: A]oyia Willis
hing 4th on bars and floor and a
on vault and all around: Cheri
placed a 5th on beam and
bn floor•
from M & M Gymnastics
eting were Claudette Reno. Jin
Renee Bosange. Carol
Alisa Fogleman, and Kate
Mrs. Violet Collier, Ponchatoula's
"flower lady," the person held most
responsible for the city's continually
blooming appearance, has been
honored by the Strawberry Festival
Board and named to the post of
Grand Marshal of the 1983 Straw-
berry Festival Parade.
Mrs. Collier, who is resigning her
city police duties this week to work
on the mayor's staff full-time as head
of city beautification, was flabber-
gasted when told by Parade Chair-
man Danny Vicknair of her honor.
"1 still can't believe it. It took over a
half an hour for me to even begin to
understand what they were really
saying when they came to tell me,"
she said during a photo session the
afternoon she was informed by
Vicknair.
"1 love Ponchatoula and I'm never
done talking about all the good
things we have here and when they
first approached me and asked if I
would do something for the Straw-
berry Festival I said right away that I
would, but ! had no idea that it was
the kind of honor, l'm just so thrilled
I can hardly believe it," she said.
Vicknair said that he and the board
had discussed going outside Poncha-
toula to name a famous person to the
honorary post of grand marshal, but
settled instead on someone of deep
significance to the City of Poncha-
toula, someone who has contributed
so much to the city.
At press time yet another honor lay
in store for the grandmotherly
"flower lady" of the city, but secrecy
was required in order to bring it
about, so next week's edition will
provide that bit of news.
Vicknair said that he is encouraging
everyone interested in entering a
float in the parade, or marching in it,
to contact him at 386-9304 so he can
continue planning for the big event.
The parade is set to roll Saturday,
April 16 at 10 a.m.
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Ponchatoula High School students
were able to attend the theatre
Monday without ever leaving
campus, thanks to the Ponchy
Players.
The school amateur theatre com-
pany presented two one act p!avs.
Costume winners
Costume winners at the local
Mardi Gras Grand Bali held
Sunday, February 13 are: Billy
and Ann Young (Mr. and Mrs.
Alligator) and Shirley Baham
(the love portion witch), and
Buddy Rottman.
Honorable mention was given
to all those who rode the floats,
several of whom obviously spent
many long hours creating their
own costumes.
And special thanks was given
to all those who contributed to
the spirit of the occasion by
either buying, renting or making
a costume
acts
directed by speech teacher L..o,,.,,
Carter.
"The In Group," and "The Little
Man Who Wasn't There" included
some 20 student players.
The plays were presented in the
school t uditorium at 1 p.m. Monday.
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Dr. Patricla Felder to wed
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Mr and Mrs. Lester C. Felder, Jr. of
Ponchatoula announce the forth-
coming marriage of their daughter,
Patricia Ann to Stephen T. Tranter,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Tranter of
Northbrook, Illinois.
The couple will exchange vows in a
2 p.m. ceremony, March 5, at the
Hayride Building. Ponchatoula, La.
The bride-elect is a graduate of
Ponchatoula High School, attended
SLU and received her Doctorate
from Palmer College of Chiropractic,
Davenport. Iowa and is practicing in
Metairie Louisiana.
Her fiance is a graduate of
Glenbrook North High School,
attended Drake University, Des
Moines, Iowa and received his
Doctorate from Palmer College of
Chiropractic, Davenport, Iowa and is
practicing in Metairie Louisiana.
Through this medium friends and
relatives are invited to attend.
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saving $12.5 million locally every
year are advised to attend a free
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meeting starts at 10 a.m. in the
parish hall of Grace Episcopal
Church, 100 N. Church in
Hammond.
Organizers say they believe they
can save enough money locally to
generate $50 million, or over 2,000
new jobs paying salaries of $24,000
apiece.
Local sponsors Frank Neelis and
eric Buckner say that is the amount
of money they hope will be conserved
as a result of a "Comprehensive
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They point to the parish's total
annual energy bill of approximately
$12.5 million and say just a ten
percent saving would yield $12.5
million in money that, allowed to
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that amount in local industry and
jobs.
Energy efficiency is their aim and
the organizers argue that the
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responsible for controling energy
costs and protecting the consumers
are victims of outside powers such as
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