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THE NEWSPAPER OF AMERICA'8 ANTIQUE CITY
www.ponchatoula.com/ptimes THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2013 33rd YEAR
NUMBER 15
50
Garden of the Month (See Page Eight)
Basketball season has begun
Justin Bullock takes to the air for two points durin~
first evening of basketball at. the~ponchatoula Area ~c-
reation Park on Hoover Road in Ponchatoula. Games~re
scheduled every Friday evening and Saturday all d~ay.
(Photo by Southland Photography)
ily
By JIM PERRIN
Educator and Historian
(Part One in a Series)
A number of New Orleans families have moved to
Ponchatoula over the past 150 years seeking a better
life in our piney woods community. None of those have
probably had a stranger or more interesting background
than the family of Dr. James Erasmus Spencer, who
was at times of his life a doctor, a minister, a soldier,
and a railroad promoter.
Doctor Spencer was born ing to the rules of this Society
about 1819 in Oneida County all members had to contribute
in upstate New York to Martha all their personal property for
and Orange B. Spencer. James the common good of the group,
was listed on the 1850 census in to renounce their marriage con-
that county with a wife named tracts, to chose mates among
Maria (b. ca. 1812 in England) the society by lot with any chil-
and his son Joshua, who was dren born into the society to
then five years old. be considered offsprings of the
James decided to become a Society, and adopt a vegetarian
doctor and attended the Ho- diet which would prolong life.
meopathic Eclectic Medical In- The Hormonial Vegetar-
stitute in 1854 in Cincinnati, ian Society constructed a three
Ohio, and among the curative story building with about 80
techniques he learned was the to 90 rooms for the use of the
use of hydrotherapy. He then group, with outbuildings for a
moved to Illinois. bathhouse, saw and grist mill,
The life of James E. Spen- blacksmith shop, printing office
cer took a major turn when the and other structures need for
church to which he belonged the self-contained growth of the
decided to move from Illinois Society.
to Benton County, Arkansas, The SOciety published a
which is located in the extreme newspaper called the Theo-
northwestern corner of that crat which advancedthe beliefs
state. James was ordained as a of the group. Dr. Spencer adver-
minster by the Reformed Chris- tised his medical use of hydro-
tian Church of the Middle Fork therapy in this newspaper.
Township in Illinois and pre- James and Martha Dewey
sented his credentials, as re- Spencer (b. ca. 1826 in New
quired by law, in Benton Coun- Jersey) were listed on the 1860
ty, Arkansas in October ]~856. census in Benton County, along
The congregation of this with James' son Joshua, who
church sought to establish a was then about fifteen years of
commune in this remote and age.
sparsely settled area to live life The parentage of the mem-
as they thought it should be bers of the Spencer thmily
lived, members has been somewhat
The Reverend Doctor Spen- difficult to follow, in part be-
cer and his wife Martha T. cause of the communal nature
Dewey Strong Spencer sold a of the Society to which James
large tract of land in Benton Spencer belonged. James and
County to the Hormonial Veg: Martha Spencer seem not to
etarian Society in 1860. Accord- PLEASE SEE PAGE 4
on e move
By MAYOR BOB ZABBIA
Last month marked the re-opening of Ponchat0ula's Microtel,
now owned and operated by the Tucker family - mainly siblings
Jim and Amy. We welcome them to the city and wish them the best
of luck in this new venture. Ponchatoula is lucky to have this facil-
ity up andrunning again.
J&M Industries broke ground
on their latest expansion in
Ponchatoula's Industrial Park.
This expansion makes way for
the production of l~r,~o tarps
that will be used in the Midwest
to cover stored grain and other
commodities. J&M is currently
a premier occupant in the In-
dustrial Park, along with Pon
Food, Ragan & Massey, Acadian
Cypress and others. Its new ex-
pansion will make J&M even a
more dominant player. We wish
them well and are proud they
call Ponchatoula their home.
Last week the city received
final authorization to advertise
for bids on our elevated water
tower project. Those bids will
be received in early February,
with construction projected to
start in April or May. It is our
goal to have this project under
construction in concert with the
Walmart project and to secure
completion Of both before year's
end.
Construction started this
week on the overlay of several
streets within the city as part
of the parish's most recent road
Parker Layrisson
Louisiana Super
Mayor Bob Zabbia
improvements program. We are
currently working on the devel-
opment of a list of additional
city streets to also be addressed
with city funding. By "Piggy
Backing" on the current parish
contract, the city can enjoy pric-
es secured under their multi-
million dollar bid package
Work will begin this month
on our sewer lift station auxil-
PLEASE SEE PAGE 5
named to
Lawyers
[ng
Special to The Times
For the second year in a row, Louisiana Super Lawyers Maga-
zine has named local lawyer Parker Layrisson to its "Rising Stars"
list of the top up-and-coming attorneys in the state. Less than
three percent of Louisiana lawyers make the list.
Parker Layrisson is a law
columnist for The Ponchatoula
Times.
In 2012, Layrisson was rec-
ognized by Super Lawyers for
excellence in personal injury
law. This year, he is the only
"Rising Star" recognized in the
practice area of DWI defense.
"Our entire team deserves to
share in this honor," said Lay-
risson. "I'm blessed with an
outstanding support staff and
exceptional co-counsel. I could
not provide clients this level of
legal gervices without their ex-
cellent work."
The selections for the' list are
made by the research team at
Super Lawyers, which is a ser-
vice of the Thomson Reuters
legal division. The national rat-
ing service identifies lawyers
from more than 70 practice ar-
Layrisson
eas who have attained a high-
degree of peer recognition and
professional achievement. Lay-
risson was named to the "Rising
PLEASE SEE PAGE 4
S
Times Report
A fun nine-hole golf scramble this Saturday morning
kicks off the drive ,to honor veterans here.
Ponchatoula's Leander Abenefit golf tournament will
Kinchen American Legion Post be held 9 a.m. this Saturday,
47 members envision install- January 12 at Hammond Golf
ing two parallel rows of crisp Center on Club Deluxe Road to
American Flags snapping in get the flag project started.
the breeze on either side of the The .entry fee is $20. That
roadway at Ponchatoula Cem- will include a golf cart for those
etery. The flagpoles will recede who request one, and a bar-
into the ground when not in becue lunch cooked by Legion
use. members.
The Legion intends this Av- Heading up the effort for the
enue of Flags to honor Ameri- Legion is member Randy Bal-
can Service Veterans, including dini, while John Johnson is co-
many who are buried here, oth- ordinating the tournament.
ers in nearby graveyards. Already signed-up in support
The idea is not a new one lo- of the effort are (in no particu-
cally, but until now it just wasn't lar order): Dr. Michael Haight
happening. This time appears DDS, Saul Rubio/ROX, Wil-
to be different. Political lead- liam O. Johnson, WOJ Proper-
ers, business owners, and the ties, Southw~est Hunt & Guide
veterans themselves have ral- Services, Big Hoss Hunting
lied around the project. PLEASE SEE PAGE 4
By OLE HARDHIDE/Thc Alligator
Ponchatoula's Believe It Or Not: Roger Dodger Quave out
Bedico way grew a three headed cabbage and he claims he
is bringing in the proof. I know the Krewe of Erin is tingling
with excitement.
Want to save the expense of a trip to Paris, France? Stop by
ROX and take a gander at Kathryn Kemp the waitress who
looks like she stepped right out of La Monde.
Gardeners will want to check out the new column in this
week's Times authored by Ponchatoula organic farmer and
musician supreme Dudley Clark. He will tell you what and
when to plant in Ponchatoula, specific to the week you are
planting. His new column begins on page four.
Ole Pinchpenny the Publisher's cousin Danny "The Judge"
VanAntwerp marvels at God's accuracy. Take, for example,
the hatching of eggs.
-the eggs of the potato bug hatch in 7 days;
-those of the canary in 14 days;
-those of the barnyard hen in 21 days;
-The eggs of ducks and geese hatch in 28 days;
-those of the mallard in 35 days;
-The eggs of the parrot and the ostrich hatch in 42 days.
(Notice, they are all divisible by seven, the number of days
in a week!)
God's wisdom is seen in the making of an elephant. The
four legs of this great beast all bend forward in the same di-
rection. No other quadruped is so made. God planned that
this animal would have a huge body, too large to live on two
legs. For this reason He gave it four fulcrums so that it can
rise from the ground easily.
The horse rises from the ground on its two front legs first.
A cow rises from the ground with its two hind legs first. How
wise the Lord is in all His works of creation!
God's wisdom is revealed in His arrangement of sections
and segments, as well as in the number of grains.
-Each watermelon has an even number of stripes on the
rind.
-Each orange has an even number of segments.
-Each ear of corn has an even number of rows.
-Each stalk of wheat has an even number of grains.
-Every bunch of bananas has on its lowest row an even
number of bananas, and each row decreases by one, so that
one row has an even number and the next row an odd num-
ber.
-The waves of the sea roll in on shore twenty-six to the min-
ute in all kinds of weather. Check it out for yourself.
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