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S.J.S. 1947 graduates
Members of the 1947 eighth grade
graduating class of St. Joseph School
were reunited recently at their alma
mater and posed for this picture.
They include: (left to right) Jenette
Ourso Rushing, Loris Landry
Gautreau, Joe Schum, Shirley Murry
Johnson. Doris Freeman Cortez, and
Sister Ancella Marie (Margery)
Roussel.
(Times Photo)
Artists graduate
Art class graduates were honored
by the Ponchatoula Artisans for their
accomplishment. They include (bottom
row, left to right): Cheryl Hammons,
Maudie Henderson, Dee McGehee,
Sue Sickels (teacher); (top row) Anna
Mae Cheramie, Vi Surver, Mary
Darouse, Anita Robertson, Carolyn
Rushing.
(Times Photo by Duane Harris)
Red Cross, Westpark to offer training
The Tangipahoa Service Center of
the American Red Cross will offer a
course in Multimedia Standard First Aid
,m April 23 and 24 from 0- 10 p.m. The
class will be taught at Westpark Hospital
in Hammond.
Students will learn how to respond to
and adnfinister first aid in emergency
situations throuqh the use of filmed
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lllrll !,;'I Says Librarian Lenore Johnson
Library tax May 4 critical
TheTangipahoa Parish Library Board statewide statistics supplied by
of Control has decided to call a Louisiana State Library. 60 of the 64
supplementary millage tax election on parishes in the state provide better
Saturday, May 4, 1985. These facts funding for their parish libraries on a per
;-" and figures provided by Tangipahoa, capita basis.
Parish Library will put the Library's Tangiaphoa Parish Librhhr has 23
needs into perspective. At present the service outlets including booknobiles.
Library derives its operating revenues library branches and service to parish
from tax millage and from State hospital nursing homes and jails. These
revenue sharing. In 1984 revenues 23 service outlets give Tangipahoa
from millage brought in $213.000 and Parish Library the largest number of
state revenue sharing amounted to branches and outlets of any parish
$110.000. These monies covered library in the state, further diluting its
salaries, retirement, and employee resources in an already strained budget.
benefits, operating services, materials While library revenues have stayed at
: and suplies, travel expenses in addition low levels for 40 years, expenses have
to capital outlay for books, audio-visual risen over this period, especially in
equipment, magazine subscriptions, recent years. For example: the cost of
and repairs. The Library received also electrical service, the cost of gasoline for
some state aid monies which are the bookmobiles which average 1400
restricted solely to book purchases, miles traveled each month, costs of
During the past several years this source books and magazine subscriptions, to
of revenue has dwindled steadily. Once mention only a few specific expenses.
state aid represented 70 percent of the have increased four or five times the
parish library book buying budget• amounts paid in the earlier days of the
Recent cuts in state aid have resulted in Library.
this percentage being reduced to 38 Given such low revenues in the face
percent in 1984. As a matter of fact. of constantly rising costs, the ability of
further additional cuts recently the Tangipahoa Parish Library to serve
proposed by the state will reduce this the needs of the approximately 95,000
contribution to a nominal 8 percent of people of this parish has reached the
the annual book buying budget, breaking point. At this time replacement
Tangipahoa Parish Library has a staff of buildings is out of the question.
of 30 workers. These 30 workers Desperately needed repairs to buildings,
operate Library Headquarters. nine necessary increases in book collections.
branches and two bookmobiles serving acquistion of adequate audiovisual
the entire parish. The major Branches, equipment, adequate salaries for
Amite, Hammond and Ponchatoula are existing staff and the hiring of additional
open to the public an average of 45 essential staff have been put off for
hours each week. while smaller years because of the fact that there has
branches are open from six to 30 hours, never been enough money available for
When the'Libarywasfirstestablished such improvements. The people of
in Tangipahoa Parish 40 years ago. Tangipahoa Parish deserve the best
voters passed a 2.00 mill tax to support possible library service which this
the library. At present the library is millage increase will help to provide.
funded by a 2.37 mill tax renewed in This will cost the average home
1979. The Tangipahoa Parish Library owner NOTHING. The homestead
has operated at a distinct disadvantage exemption covers any home assessed
over the years because of low revenues up to $75,000.
derived from these low millages, In fact This is the first of a series of articles
its rate of per capita operating relating to the tax election. PLEASE
expenditure has always hovered near VOTE on May4.
the lowest in the state. According to
demonstrations, programmed
workshops, and practice sessions.
The $15 fee will cover the cost of
course materials, and pre-registration is
required.
For registration or additional
information, contact the Tangipahoa
Service Center by calling 345-5050.
DEATHS in our community
FRANK JOSEPH KRAEMER
"FRITZ"
Died Sunday. March 31. 1985. at 1
a m. at Seventh Ward Hospital.
Hamrnond. He was 69, a native of
Bayou Bauer and resident of
Ponchatoula. Visiting was at Harry
McKneely & Son Funeral Home,
Ponchatoula. Religious services were
held Tuesday. Burial was at Wetmore
Cemetery, Ponchatoula. Survived by
three sons. Daniel K and Frank R.
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Kraemer, both of Ponchatoula. and
Raymond R. Kraemer. Hammond: a
sister Mary Dupree. Ponchatoula: two
brothers. Henry Kraemer, Manchac.
and Mack Kraemer. Ponchatoula: six
grandchildren.
HUEY P. HARRELL SR.
Died Saturday. March 30. 1985. at
10:35 p.m. at Veterans Administration
Hospital, New Orleans. He was 50, a
native and resident of Ponchatoula.
Visiting was at Harry McKneely & Son
Funeral Home. Ponchatoula. Rosary.
followed by American Legion services.
was held Monday night. Religious
services were at St. Joseph Catholic
Church. Ponchatoula. Tuesday. Burial
in Ponchatoula Cemetery. Survived by
wife. Mrs. Jennie Perrin Harrell.
Ponchatoula: a daughter. Debbie A.
Harrell, Ponchatoula: two sons. Chet
D. Harrell. New Orleans. and Huey P.
Harrell Jr.. Albany: two sisters. Mrs.
Maxine Gehegan. Hammond, and Mrs.
Gertrude Sance. Springfield: four
brothers, Paul and A.J. Harrell, both of
Ponchatoula, Dudley Harrell, Tom
Bean, Texas, and Sheffield Harrell,
Satsuma: .... and a gra_ndson.
JOHN W. LAVINE
John W. Lavine, 50, a native of
Ponchatoula and resident of Robert.
died April 1, 1985, at Tulane Medical
Center, New Orleans.
Visitation was at Harry McKneely and
Son Funeral Home, Ponchatoula,
Tuesday with religious services 11 a.m.
Wednesday in the funeral home chapel
conducted by Brother James Ray
Robertson. Burial in Cooper Ceme-
tery, Robert.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Eleanor Cooper Lavine, Robert: two
daughters, Rhonda Kay Lavine and
Blanche Cooper Lavine, both of
Robert: one son, Earl (Jack) Overman;
two brothers, Harry Lewis Lavine, and
Ewing Ray Lavine, both of Poncha-
toula; and four grandchildren.
LOUELLA McDONALD
Louella McDonald, 72, a native and
resident of Springfield, died March 26,
1985, at Baton Rouge General
Hospital.
THEiPONCHATOULA TIMES. APRIL 4, 1985. PAGE
Genesis Award
Gardenettes Terry Ann McMahon
(left) and Peggy Austin (right), joined
with Chamber of Commerce President
Jeanne Zaleski (second from right) to
present the, Genesis Award to Pat
Jackson and Jaclde Castell,
CounU3/ Cobbler shoe store at
Railroad and W. Pine.
(Times Photo by Duane
Genesis Award
presented to Country Cobbler
Genesis award for civic improvement
was presented to Pat Jackson and
Jackie Castell for their Country Cobbler
Shoe Store, announced Peggy Austin
of the Gardenettes.
A traveling plaque and certificate of
award were given to the owners by the
Gardenettes and Chamber of Com-
merce.
Opened in October 1984, the store
specializes in hard to find sizes, both
very narrow and extra wide, as well as
special orders. Furnished with items for
sale from the Carriage House Antiques,
the decor changes frequently.
Married to Ponchatoula natives, both
Castell and Jackson wanted to open a
business of their own. Castell had been
in the retail busi#ess for years, and
when the Boudreux shoe store cked,
they had a long talk with the owners
before making their decision.
"'Response has been good,"
Castell. "but we still need to
more. We thank everyone who
supported us, and are very
receiving the Genesis award."
The Country Cobbler presently
some of the new Kaepa sport
with adjustment for width
"LSU" logo on the back. Some of l
choice brands include SAS,
Lifestride, Adidas, Bass and
Country.
Besides shoes for men, women
children, they sell socks
new neon shoelaces. A
"Country Cobbler" doll
window. He was named
Tapsmore" by Kay Butler and
Hudson of Ponchatoula in a
held shortly after the store opened
Cobbler is a creation of Mrs.
Fannaly Jr.
,Dwner of Hammond daily said
corruption overlooked for ads
Religious services were held at St.
James AME Church in Springfield,
with the Rev. Robert Smith Officiating.
Burial services held Wednesday at
noon at the St. James Cemetery in
Springfield.
She is survived by one sister, Helen
Terrell, Springfield.
She was preceded in death by her
husband William McDonald; two
brothers. Roosevelt McDonald and
Lionel McDonald, both of Springfield;
and two sisters, Abell McDonald and
The owner of the Hammond Daily
Star, John Nixon said Thursday that the
newspaper has failed to report political
corruption because they fear it would
lose advertising revenue.
Nixon, President of Nixon
Newspapers Inc.,told an audience at
First Guaranty Bank the newspaper
.ignored such stories in the 1970s,
during a circulation battle with a local
newspaper that eventually went out of
business.
The talk opened a spring series of
lunchtime speakers that First Guaranty
has sponsored for 10 years.
"A newspaper has to be economically
strong before it can be independent,"
Nixon said.
"We saw all the corruption in
Tangipahoa Parish," he said.
"There was no way to come out with
this," Nixon said. "Two people could
have given the word and we'd lose all
our advertising."
He said when revenue at the paper
fell in 1970, executives form the Indiana
headquarters of the I0 paper group
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k
found" that the Hammond
"was doing things'that were
Chamber of Commerce and
leaders here." He said policy
personnel changes were made at
newspaper because of this.
Nixon said that the Star
advertising rates during the
war with the Hammond Sun. He
the Star was able to use its
staff to land accounts from
advertisers that were then
new shopping centers here.
"Groups have an edge
individually owned papers," he
"We almost went under.
"Once things stabilized we
back to what a newspaper
doing," Nixon said. "Rarely is a
newspaper contrary to the
builders of the community." d
He said the three key element5
community development team are
Chamber of Commerce
Newspaper and the
Institutions.
Barbara's
Country Kettle
Geneva McDonald. both of Spring- \\;
field. ,, (Formerly Lillie's Cafe )
Senator Hmton Lu"yh
honored by : Specmals
state lawmen
The Louisiana Chief of Police Asso- \\;
ciation held their annual conference in \\;
New Iberia on March 16th.
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At this conference the association ,
presented State Senator Gerry E.
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Hinton with a plaque naming him-as /
the legislator of the year for 1984 for /
his outstanding support of law enforce- /
ment.
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