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l!i THE PONCHATOU00T MES A00GUST 1- PAGE00O--
Last chance to enjoy Summer reading!
Book World by Broox Sledge
New York to New Mexico
"Mabel Dodge Luhan, New Woman,
New Worlds," a biography of an
unusual woman, written by Lois Packen
Rudnick, published by the University of
New Mexico Press of Albuquerque,
takes a high place in the 1985 pantheon
of heroic books solely on the basis of the
deeply interesting life which unfolds
from it, if nothing else.
But there is much else. Mabel Dodge
Luhan started life not only with a silver
spoon but with a silver service as well
From her upbringing as a child of
affluence in Buffalo, she became a
Renaissance lady in the Florentine
region of Italy, eventually settling where
she really belonged, in New York's
Greenwich Village. Coming through
her Gotham apartment were such art
and literary avant-garde figures as Max
Eastman, Emma Goldman and Margaret
Sanger, to mention only a bare few.
Her'radical theories on art, society in
general, and politics rattled doors in
high places in pre-World War One
America.
The lady made one more move,
finally coming to rest in the Taos Valley
between the snow-crested peaks of New
Mexico's Sangre de Christo Mountains.
This was Mabel at her finest. She
married Tony Luhan, a full-blooded
Pueblo Indian and together established
"their" Taos as the mountainous Shangri-
La both sought and for which both were
tailored by destiny.
A momentous work of life of a
memorable lady. one who was taken to
task ingloriously for advocating
primitivism in the New Mexico hills for
the general populace while maintaining
hlgh-tech plumbing and electricity in her
own home. But, as Mr. Cronkite said a
few times, isn't this sort of behavior on
the part of moneyed people an example
of "That's the way it is."
Women On the Frontier
"Women and Indians on the Frontier,
1825-1915," by Glenda Riley,
published by the University of New
Mexico Press of Albuquerque, rates an
"8".
A good book based on an obscure but
solid phase of the early western frontier--
the relationship between the American
Indian and the pioneer woman. It is a
subject virtually ignored until now.
There were many women who married
Indians and many men who took Indian
wives. Records and government
allowance checks verify much of this. A
penetrating look at an aspect of our
early growth that had a great deal of
benevolence and frustration imbedded
in it. The attitudes between the races on
other subjects are also examined. A
valuable historical study.
Death In Africa
For those of you interested in wildlife
photography, some of the finest books
of this age are coming from American
publishers today. One of the most
recent andmost excellent is "The Marsh
Lions, the Story of an African Pride,"
from David R. Godine Publishers of
Boston. Brian Jackman and Jonathan
Scott are the photographers and
authors.
The colorful beauty and rugged glory
of the parade of African wildlife, or big
game as some would put it, plus the
golden-crimson sunsets, the marsh
grass in the twilight, the river's slow,
unconcerned majesty, all fit together to
create a very special mini-trip into the
heart of the African animal wonderland
otherwise obtainable only through a
$7,500 commitment to a safari group
and big game hunter.
Typical of the next accompanying the
photos is this excerpt from the life of
one African pride of lions:
"For several days Old Girl (a lioness)
had been limping badly from an
encounter with a bull buffalo...as an
infection spread through her groin, one
hind leg swelled until she could only
hobble...the hyenas found her dead
there...death on the plains is a bloody
business, yet to be disembowelled and
eaten alive by hyenas (as zebras mostly
are) is not as horrible as the suffering
Old Girl underwent through her lingering
death from the infection."
The daily--and nightly--drama of
every animal's personal struggle to
remain alive in the midst of death is the
benchmark of "The Marsh Lions." It is a
noble if sometimes frightening journey
from birth to being" eventually
consumed in the African heat.
An excellent book, both interesting
and educational--a feat difficult to
achieve. Rate it a competitive "8".
The Nehru-Gandhi Family
A powerful, sweeping account of
Jawaharlal Nehru, first prime minister of
independent India, and Indira Gandhi,
originally installed as only a figurehead,
emerges from "An Indian Dynasty," or
"The Story of the Nehru-Gandhi
family," by Tariq Ali, published by G.P.
Putnam's Sons.
In the ensuing thirty-eight years since
the British Raj (the name for the British
presence in the sub-continent) departed
the Nehru and Gandhi families have
ruled, in all but three of them.
Thechief characters in this world
drama are:
The Father--Jawaharlal Nehru, the
man who banished Mahatma Gandhi
and got away with it.
The Daughter--lndira Gandhi, who
ruled twenty years with her own
convincing and popular (most o"tbe birds, then come with me on a trip
time) style, through a new book from Southern
The Brothers--Sanjay, killed in a
mysterious plane crash, and Rajiv,
ruthless, ambitious, capable.
The portrait given of lndiri Gandhi is
timely and provocative.
Rate it a political "6".
Fall On the Madison
The author dresses rivers in fall
splendor in "The Living River." He
carries the reader on sparkling trips
along its banks and in its twinkling
pools. He insists that this river (and
thus, all rivers) has the remarkable
capacity to handle whatever tries to
interfere with it. "A current two miles
per hour," he says, "will move rocks the
size of baseballs." He further contends
that an eight-mile current will move
boulders the size of television sets. Is it
any wonder, then, that the entire sweep
of the Madison's beauty moves his heart
to sing its praises in "The Living River."
Rates "7".
Historic Southern Houses
Peacocks on the Lawn
l realize that the legendary movie,
"Gone With the Wind," might well be the
ultimate "trip" for many of you. I have
no obiection of this whatsoever. In fact,
I concur. Gazing upon Scarlet's impish
charm and grieving over daddy's being
thrown from a horse are cockle-warmers
for me. too.
But if you want to savor a trip of ano-
ther kind down the wistful, fading
avenues of the Old South, to hear the
joyful blast of a paddlewheeler coming
to dock at Natchez, or to taste again
with your Southern eyeballs the glory of
magnolias, moonbeams and humming-
Accents Press of Atlanta and Simon and
Schuster of New York. where this partic-
ular gloria round hasn't yet completely
sic transited.
The book is a pure coffee table delight
and is certainly designed for putting in
your lap, relaxing with whatever it is you
love to relax with, and turning slowly
through its pages with the--maybe not
obligatory but certainly appropriate--
"oohs" and "ahs" of genteel, ante-bellum
sighs reaching back to the Louisiana
Purchase and the quasi-magic kingdom
of our beloved Old South.
Don't abandon me. l'm going to tell
you the name of the book--right now.
It's "Historic Houses of the South,"
gorgeous, stately mansion homes
presented in glowing color forever on its
large, chic, slick pages.
Look at the book any way you wish.
from page one on to the end or simply
open it randomly. Everywhere you look
the Old South breathes with honeysuckly
purity across the scented morning breezes.
There they are--softly ruffling the
mansion maidens" hoopskirts, the live
oaks' majestic greenery, and the well-
trimmed, color-splashed gardens there
before your very eyes like peacocks on
the lawn.
In one volume here is captured
(captured? Nay, more like "'presented")
the ultimate splendor of our Old South
world, more than a century away from
her apogee but still an ethereal, loving
tie to history. Glory in it. Enjoy it. Thrill
to it. Appreciate it. Gaze again in
somber reverie upon the soft serenity of
our heady ante-bellum past.
Does any other section of any other
country in the world have such a
glorious past which was so summarily
snatched from them by force and depri-
vation? l think not.
"l:-listoric Houses of the South"
to mind Tennyson's dolorous
philosophical canticle. " 'Tis better
have loved and lost than never to
loved at all.' " Paraphrasing for
purposes, with respect to the days (
Old South. we find. " 'Tis better to
lived and died than never to have
at all.' "
Thus. in addition to being a
review, this becomes a tribute to
Old South.
May we once again I
From "A prophet is not without
save in his own country" to
prejudice being what it regrettably is,
Old South is seldom with honor,
the hearts of those who insist
forever remembering."
The book contains frontal and
inside full-page photographs of
houses, dating from 1730 to
located in the states of Alabama, Te'.
nessee, Georgia, Florida, Mississil
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Virginia. West Virginia, ArkanSaS'
Louisiana. Kentucky, Maryland, TE
and Washington. The Shad
Teche mansion in New Iberia is
State of Louisiana's contribution to
book.
Critics claim books like
Houses of the Old South" do
but fan old fires. Not so. Books
tell us what our ancestors be(
us--something which will live forever
our Southern hearts.
Rate the book a "9".
Continued Next Week
BELATED BIRTHDAY
Annette Barbier
July 21
Bobby Burns
July 23
Springfield Christian Assembly
Pastor Brother Jerry Lambert
Sunday 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Tues. Prayer Meeting 7:30 p.m.
Thur. Bible Study 7:30 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church
197 S. 4th St.
Rev. Anderson
Bible Study 9:45
Morning Worship 11 a.m.
First United Methodist
East Pine St.
Sunday Morning Worship 11 a.m.
Sunday Bible Study 9:45 a.m.
United Methodist
Lee's Landing Methodist Church
Morning Worship 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Bible Study 10:30 a.m.
Westside Baptist Church
N.W. Service Road
Pastor Dr. William T. Pruitt 1II
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Worship Service 11 a.m.
Bible Study Wed. 7 p.m.
All Saints Episcopal Church
W. Hickory & N. 7th Street
Rev. Paul Gray
Holy Communion 9 a.m. Sunday
Oldest Church in Ponchatoula
Wdesboro Baptist Church
Wadesboro. La.
Rev. James Wall
Bible Study 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship 11 a.m.
Wesley Chapel
United Methodist Church
Easterbrook Rd. Ponchatoula
Bible Study 10 a.m.
Morning Worship 11 a.m.
St. Joseph Catholic Church
330 W. Pine
Fr. Dan Davies
Vigil Mass Sat. 6 p.m.
Sun. Mass 7, 9 & 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Daily Masses 7 a.m.
Mon. - Fri. 9:15 a.m.
Vigil Mass Sat. Bedico Chapel
"Come Grow With Ust"
St. Paul Lutheran Church
707 W. Dakota
(across from SLU baseball field)
Hammond, La.
Pastor Steve Henze
Sunday School 8:45 (Ages N-Adult
Family Worship 10 a.m.
345-6008
Tasker Memorial
AME Zion Church
Rev. Albert Young
Morning Worship 11 a.m.
*Manchac Baptist Church
Rev. James C. Nettles
Sunday Service
9:45 a.m. & 11 a.m.
Bible Study 6 p.m.
Jesus Holiness Church
Yokum Road
Sunday Service 10 a.m.
Night Service 7:30
Wed. 7:30 - Sat. 7:30
Rev. Glen C. Henson
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ROBINSON, DWIGHT T.
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Died Sunday, July 28, 1985, at
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Hammond. He was 08, a native and
resident of Ponchatoula. He served 22
years in the U.S. Air Force. Visiting at
Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home,
Hammond, 6 to 10 p.m. Monday, and
8 a.m. to religious services at 10:30
a.m. Tuesday. Burial in Ponchatoula
Cemetery. Survived by wife, Mrs.
Nancy Rishworth Robinson, Ponchatoula;
a daughter, Mrs. Sammy (Susan) Lee,
Ponchatoula; two sisters, Mrs. Mac
(Helen) Cone, and Mrs. Dorothy Craw-
ford, both of Ponchatoula; a brother,
Bruce Robinson, Gonzales; and three
grandchildren.
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During the training, students received
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weapons, map reading, tactics, military
courtesy, military justice, first aid, and
Army history and traditions.
She is a 1982 graduate of Springfield
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