At Save-Way Super Market a dozen Sunkist lemons were 29 cents, two cans of Phillip’s Vegetable Beef Soup were 25 cents and two 14-oz. bottles of Hunt’s Catsup was 35 cents.
70 Years Ago
June 17, 1954
At Save-Way Super Market a dozen Sunkist lemons were 29 cents, two cans of Phillip’s Vegetable Beef Soup were 25 cents and two 14-oz. bottles of Hunt’s Catsup was 35 cents.
The movies playing at The Strand were “The Stranger Wore a Gun,” “Prairie Gunsmoke,” “The Woman in the Window,” “Carnival Story,” “Pride of the Blue Grass” and “Go, Man, Go!”
60 Years Ago
June 18, 1964
Nedra Hopkins, Jena High School FFA chapter Sweetheart, will compete for the title of State FFA Sweetheart at the State FFA convention in Shreveport. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hopkins of Jena. Nedra will be a senior at Jena High School this fall. She has maintained a “B” average while serving as a student council member as a freshman and, during her junior year, as class secretary, member of the 4-H club, Gold Jackets and Future Teachers Association and on the Homecoming Court. Approximately 115 to 125 girls will compete in the State Sweetheart Contest.
The perennial winner of The Jena Times’ first cotton bloom contest has done it again. Millard Bird, who lives on Old River Routh of U.S. 84 has presented a bloom taken from a 12-acre cotton patch. He planted 28 acres this year. The seed was planted April 29 and was given regular cultivation care. Mr. Bird won a subscription to The Jena Times last year and now has another year added. Charles Bird, who is the son of Millard Bird, brought the bloom in Tuesday afternoon.
50 Years Ago
June 13, 1974
James L. Poole of Aimwell displays a large cabbage at the Times-Signal office last Friday morning. He reported the huge head of cabbage measured a total if 42 inches across. The plant was set out in early March, according to Poole.
John Wilson, district commercial manager for the Central Louisiana Telephone Company has announced that the new telephone cable construction in the Tullos area is near completion. The new cable is to be used to eliminate party line service in favor of private lines. He emphasized that the new cable facilities would mean improved telephone service, there would be one drawback: telephone numbers connected to the new cable would have to be changed. “We regret the inconvenience to those Tullos subscribers whose numbers will have to be change,” said Wilson. “However, the improvement in service will far outweigh any problems that the number change will cause them.” The total cost of the new cable facilities will be $55,000.
40 Years Ago
June 13, 1984
Members of the Jena National Guard Unit, the 18th Transportation Company, named about 70 huge tractor-trailer rigs last Saturday morning as the troops pulled out of Jena for two weeks of summer camp. Captain David Poston, commander of the company, said the 170 men from the Jena unit will be involved in moving equipment at several points during the training session. Their first stop after leaving Jena was in Mobile, Alabama where equipment sent to Panama for work there, was picked up and returned to Louisiana guard units. Other hauling assignments included Gulfport, Mississippi, Hammond and Monroe, Louisiana. During the summer training, the company will headquarter at camp Beauregard near Alexandria. One year ago, the local company boosted about 87 men and today, over 170 men are assigned to the Jena Unit.
Special ribbon-cutting ceremonies were held Monday afternoon at Louisiana-Pacific in Urania as Governor Edwin Edwards announced the reopening and expansion of the LP particleboard facility at the plant. The wafer wood plant is presently under construction and is expected to be completed and hiring some 100 workers by the end of the year.
25 Years Ago
June 16, 1999
State trooper Steve Childers from Troop E, Alexandria, answers questions from students at Olla-Standard Elementary School during a recent visit by the State Police helicopter. Standing behind Childers is Trooper Ryan Roberts, pilot of the aircraft. The troopers conducted the helicopter demonstration and answered questions for the students during the visit to the OSES campus. The students were interested in the helicopter as well as the role the aircraft played in enforcing traffic laws. The students also enjoyed learning about the job responsibilities of the two troopers.
The foundation has been formed up and concrete poured for the new addition to Fellowship Elementary School. The new wing, being added to the back of the present school building, will feature four new classrooms plus other facilities. Robinson Construction Company was the successful bidder for the project with a bid in the amount of $295,180.00. The new addition should be ready for use shortly after the beginning of the new 1999-2000 school term.
Two highway projects in LaSalle Parish were part of bids totaling more than $16 million opened by the Department of Transportation and Development on May 26, 1999. D and J Construction Co., Inc. Of West Monroe was successful bidder on the two projects at a total cost of $848,139.40. Plans were called for grading, drainage, asphalt, base course and related work on LA 127 from LA 460 southwestwards for approximately 1.5 miles and on LA 777 (the road going into Nebo School) from LA 127 southeastwards from 1.1 miles.
10 Years Ago
June 18, 2014
Theresa and Lee Worsham presented Polly Duncan, executive director for the LaSalle Council on Aging with a check for $500, the proceeds from the first annual Mid-Louisiana Big Rig Truck Show held Saturday and Sunday, June 7-8, at the Jena fairgrounds. Worsham organized the event, which featured awards for people’s choice, best bobtail truck, best truck and trailer, ugliest truck and 70’s and 80’s division. Worsham said from the outset that any proceeds from the event would be donated to the LaSalle Council on Aging, which does a wonderful job in providing services to senior citizens in the parish. Duncan, on behalf of the COA Board of Directors and senior citizens served by COA, thanked the Worshams and everyone who supported the annual event.
Colt Carpenter of Jonesville earned the title of Boys Cutting Champion during the 65th annual LHSRA State High School Rodeo Finals held in Lake Charles recently. The championship title secured this Catahoula Cowboy a spot to represent Louisiana at the National High School Rodeo competition in Rock Springs, Wyoming in July.
