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Citizen In Service ARMY Army Private David D. Leave]l, son of Hardy D. Leavell, Nicholson, Miss., and Oleta G. Fischer, Ponchatoula, has completed training at Fort Jackson, C. • Hara., lip FROM PAGE ONE surrounding area ot McClellan Street. "The commission members voted for the rezoning because this is a hardship • case, similar to one"that was recently approved," Perrin said. ...... He said, "The commission had rei:ently discussed block zoning that same area as A-8. Although the area is dotted with trailers, Lusk said, "We take offense to the fact that you say more can be put there." He also said, "The residents are against a house and trailer on the same lot." Mrs. Lott's trailer is on her daughter's property behind her daughter's house• With tears in her eyes, voice breaking as she explained her problem to city's officials, she said, "I do not think the trailer is the issue anymore." Mrs. Lott mentioned several personal reasons why she thinks the residents do During the training, students received instruction in drill and ceremonies, weapons, map reading, tactics, military courtesy, military justice, first aid and Army history and traditions. He is a 1985 graduate of Ponchatou]a High School. City officials said they voted against the request because the majority of the neighborhood opposed it. Councilman Dave Perkins told Mrs. Lott, "I think we all agree you have a problem, but they have a problem too.'" "I want to protect the people in the neighborhood who have lived there for years and want to retain what they have," Perkins stated• After the meeting, Councilwoman Mary D. Carter said. "It was done illegally. She has a problem, but it is not a hardship case." Julian Dufreche. Councilman-at- large,said after the meeting. "'From a financial point, it was a hardship case. "The determining factor, that decided whether the permit was issued or not was the feeling of the neighbors• In this case they opposed it," he said. He also said. "After taking all the information under consideration it was Honoree • B'day FROM PAGE ONE $15.4(i)0 as a fee to The Rogers Company• Funds to pay for the event Lions' Pride THE PONCHATOULA TIMES, DECEMBER 19, 1985, PAGE EIGHT Peg leg launched life of work in wood By BRYAN T. McMAHON school wk:h has long since ceased to was interrupted for this interview as he The first useful piece of woodwork Raby Skelton said he ever made was a peg leg for himself. Ponchatoula's wood craftsman has made many more elaborate and beauti- ful pieces of furniture and other work since the 71-year-old was a teen with an injured foot. "'I split my foot wide open back in these days when they didn't have any painkiller and Doctors Travis and Kelvin did what they could in their office above where Paul's Care is today. My daddy made me broomstick crutches that nearly killed me. About that time I saw a black man with a peg leg replacing a leg he had amputated and I went right home and built one for myself, l put my knee in it when I got it right and strapped my hurt leg behind me and went back to work in the fields. I remem- ber walking over a mile to church wearing it. and I kept it on until the foot healed•" That early experience with wood was just the beginning. This week's honoree of the Poncha- exist on the Wadesboro Road east of Ponchatoula River. hater at the elemen- tary school at Rosaryville. His father was a farmer, but Skelton as a young man was already more interested in the grain of wood than the drain of a field• "'In the early days I used a hand saw. hammer and plane and | built a baby bed with just that for a friend's newborn• The last time I saw the baby he was in his thirties and the family was still using the crib." said Skelton. His work can be seen all over the region, the finely worked church windows and entrance doors at the church on main street in Natalbany. the elegant roll top desks owned by Allen Pierson and by Tommy Jackson. even the new city benches downtown that Skelton built as one of his many contri- butions to his native city. A rare table whose top is made from 1.826 tiny cubes of cypress with "Man- chac'" spelled out in the top in white pine can still be viewed at the Manchac Volunteer Fire Department yet another present from the woodworker. One lucky family who does'not at this was preparing to make his own unique style of child's rocking chair for Christmas. He has turned 21 highly-detailed 'spindles from raw wood on his lathe., from sight, each a perfect match, and just because he had never tried such a thing before, he recently crafted a scale model of the old-fashioned horsedrawn beer wagon identical to the one pulled by the Budweiser Clysdales. 17 inches long and loaded with the same 225 case load carried by the full-size version. each case made from an individual block of wood. The man who has lived through the era when Ponchatoula rested at the border of a giant cypress forest and saw it levelled, turned to lumber and shipped around the world, now says the only really good wood he can find is used lumber from those glory days of, Ponchatoula cypress• His network of lumberyard owners. workers and oldtimers who keep an eye out for a good piece of wood for Skelton's dedicated hands is sufficient to keep him sapplied for his many projects. Those projects keep this non-drinking. not want her to live in the neighborhood, the hardest decision I had to make•" would be raised through program ads. toula Lions Club Lion's Prid award ticket sales, and "stock" sales, according worked at many a job. on the]arm, in time suspect it will be surprised Christmas non-hunting, non-fishing senior citizen , Kl,, the stem berry plant in Ponchatoula. at Eve when they will be presented with a working eight hours a day. seven days a Ms, e.xplainea jvlonaay., me event a stint as "a logge and served 'in the Looking every bit like one of Santa's "'It keeps me out of the rocking chair." MOTHER'S RINGS . .......... .......... ............ ,  army ouring wand war u coming e=ves, busy in nis workshop, bkelton he Kids [allons at fflnlenc l-'arK on a nuge  . .L ' , . - • " " " " " ' ' " as name [o [nree more years o[ iracle elevaiea stage ana WOUlO inClUde . , n . t , . . ... IT' NOT TOO LATE! oo, S . c,,ens.. ,., Ski'] developed over the decades was         I ,-. ,-. .-, ,, ....... n ' ^ " n ele sharpened by experience working for OI,U] I., ,,,,[U]II lqi,, I II II |j(,,l,l ]/ Let our professionals at Lobourdette ... teard growihg contests ana omer . . samples o[ iraolno al merlca a c - :_ r_ _ , .:. ':n " .... " do- A - oration woulcl aclcl to the atmospnere Ol . . ,_ . . .. . . , . Jewelers o ssis'l you in designing that  ........ snopEdd' wn,cn'" 'useo ' '",o "mr,veUUWln a,,.oncna_U, the event ,as planned, and a successful . , " " " II toula I original Mother's Ring for Christmas. de, j. aCtor[flinginG eKcllng, would actua y Skelton got his first power tool after I[ I[, "I  + I +  I'  II 1 I I  I f[ 'I _ m oraer to follow me compa, ny s p a n,-,, e" t,,-,l= ha e maked the biggest " [IVb"l single difference he has seen In his life of I[II . tar success ........ it was exp ained that many '-. " .* ....... . commumy leaaers woma nave [o come w ........ wood orking. By EDDIEPONDS Hammond CableVision said. "If you     ! '°rwarcl ancl'serve as'cnalrmetr'I°lJ[ee- H's wife °f 41 years" R°sa" has'°ng'  man committees mal,ng up e c Times Reporter don't have someone to compete against , .. ............. ] since grown accustomed to hours of you lose your desire to c a good job." gTallon organization. W'iln /.Mlen The llrs[ .. • . . . . m .... - . - ,, -- ,,'h,ntoor separauon from a nusDano wno--can ffepresentatives from Hammond ffccoraing [o inompson, rlammona "--,.-' , .......... almost always be found in his shop CableVision appeared before the city CableVision has 2,800customs or55 to larner plans [o nolo IRe cele0ranon .  . .. , • . . r ........ '' -- ,-Io , ,- :.- " ......  ,:, .:,. oenino me coup,e s name on . ighlh council seeking a non-exclusive OU percent at the market in rammono. . .......  .... A A,  , hA, ;n, treet. franchise, tar the third time Thursday e sao. ompebhon m rnammona (All jobs will be ne on premmes)  ....... '° " " '' "'' °'"" .................... ,y,w, .,,,;, uu .,., ,,y,,,,,, There they raised five children: Nellie night has caused the rates be decreased, the do Jl,- contacts wi[n me [rawDerry resuval a ........... -- ' .... Christian Festival and other time . t'nmips. Marcus, tennie ay. obby Attorney for the company John quality at services to increase, and the Open Man. Sat. I0- i  ....... ; ......... ; .....  , , t Lee. and Joleen Oriener. While Skelton Feduccia asked the council to grant the number of services to increase." c,( .... ',i"' ' ......... ""', ",\\;.',"°" w " holds forth in his shop Mrs. Skelton franchise Jones Intercable already Thompson said. "35 home per miles. Ine reliance On SChOOl cnuclren, i[ 'as . . , . ;. . . . T" . . ., •  •   # ," --------- --  bdrea.id)du M(il tda  al 1 p°p °'net t h°e f I eL%to me even[ cC °rhea uC'Sv ia P ?rip t re nhe°gr  ° r nwCh?Oh s. • • get rvts d th°en" citYlu sUinvde a ;c h ilise v I° u sly' 'ts° :eravSi°na'me ec°n°mlcauy 'eas°naDle ..... ' " ,. P , .Y. been home base for young people since Mayor Gideon said "This is a cam- "An area like Ponchatoula may have lot the [e  [n reparation ouuong up n g Y P I t u ha It ck m 75 to 80 homes ermde Councdma • . . the Skeltons f'rs p rc sed " ba ' plicated request with complex terms we p " ," '  -- 2010 Rue Simone Villa Roma ''v "c°'"m2"Lu'"" If .... • ............ the days when their's and another near- need time to study it more Perkins stated. /ASKeO prlvalely II ne fell me mooa ol , , . , . ., --- ' . . ,, - .-. -, ,,, . - -- th,. nlt, , ,,,IA , i.lA tho c=.r,:, ,nth, oy nouse were me only ones in me Ihe matter was put off until yet nammona L.aolevlslon ana me  We Do Repair Work )4Z" f ; t "'/ "'*. "..Y' '¢".,"'..,° ..... .'"n.i area. another special meeting Saturday council agreed on providing CATV RI =. I,. s.= Enu.= 1 wls Io I1  lrlns tll =um.I ,... s=asm, tot ,[mseven[ [nat me cen[.en la Born in 1914 Skelton's early education morning system to all of Ponchatoula in 3 years , .,., .. ,, .IOOK place m Wadesboro. first at a Tom. consultant for instead of 4. expressea connaence ][ womu. - ill" III / I You are cordially invited to an evening of fine dining at Aw 00hueks NE tV YEARS EVE, December 31, 8 p.m.-3 a.m. featuring Beef Stroganoff ...... Shrimp Creole IF I Filet Mignon /]OR MOD]P,I3B CONSON AND SAFE French Onton Soup Seafood Gumbo 1.) Never consume alcohol on an empty stomach. 2.) The less a person weighs the more adversely he may be affected by alcoholic intake. 3.) Never drink if other drugs are in the body, even over the counter drugs. (Call your pharmacist or doctor to be safe) 4.) There is no safe Intake during pregnancy. Cream of Cauliflower Soup Quiche Omelettes Fresh Fruit 5.) To be safe don't drink more than one ounce of alcohol per hour. Pastries or if you prefer order from our regular menu • AW SHUCKS , INC 131 S. W. Railroad Ave. Ponehatoula, La. 70454 " "=" 386-9579 6.) DESIGNATE A SOBER DRIVER. 00NORTHSHORE 'MENTAL 'HEALTH CENTER ...,,,i,.,. o, .,.,.o0 .,oo .oo0. o...o, .o..,., ... 1007 W. THOMAS STREET SUITES G & H HAMMOND, LOUISIANA 70401 (504) 54-4904 N  _l.laqdtad doe= not dL.r'muite an the barn ff rac, cel, nsUomd eriglu, by mast malnsm'an empames, aria mre. rnvate paymem opuons tsa available.