The Leesville Daily Leader from Leesville, Louisiana (2024)

November 24, 1977

Publication:

The Leesville Daily Leaderi

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Leesville, Louisiana

Issue Date:

Thursday, November 24, 1977

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1

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Vol 80 'o 93 Thursday 'Iovember 20 1977 Leesville Louisiana Price How They Stand in I 1 These contestants are striving for a in the Money" Divittoro said she was crowned Ver had attained as of the first time for this was the LEESVILLE LEADER city Bank from and a gift Rags per share divi increase of 20 the Mirex a weaker menl All in risk based on achievement and observed through the open door two vehicles a white van with a blue stripe and a yellow Volkswagen traveling west off Louisiana Highway 1212 toward US Highway 171 She did not observe the direction of the van upon reaching the inter section but she did observe the yellow vehicle turning south on the highway Hill man said He added that there were other vehicles parking in the vicinity of the shopping center at the time of the robbery Hillman said all area law enforcement agencies and the BI were notified of the robbery and that within minutes the State Police had begun stopping vehicles near the Polk entrance road but none fit the de scription of the two reported by Ms Divittoro Murphy said bait used was variety than previously used Rev Robert Graham chairman and his Hornbeck volunteers collected $107 during the October fund drive for the Mental Health Association in Louisiana David Gatto president of the state organization has reported in thanking Graham and his workers A gospel singing is sche duled Saturday night at the Maranatha Baptist Church which is located three miles off the old Alexandria high way on the Pitkin road the church is less than a year old and all singers are urged to come and participatpLR Chance is the pastor Singers from Leesville High school will be among the 250 voice chorus which will join with the Natchi toches Northwestern State University Symphony Orchestra when it presents its annual Christmas esti val concert on December 2 in the A A redericks ine Arts Center Auditorium on the NSU campus Peggy Lewis of Pitkin was one of four jounalism students who received the Northwestern State Univer sity 30 Award during the annual Meet The Press banquet last weekonly 32 of the awards have been presented since it was established in 1970the award is presented for scho lastic excellence Subscribers and contes tants alike benefit from this offer This is a definite savings to the reader in money as well as a huge advantage to the contestant in votes It is possible that a few two year subscriptions this week could change the line up of contestants in the race for the new Chevette 2 door sedan and other top cash prizes such as the $750 cash prize for second place win ner This week "Booster Week" provides the added impetus that may place al most any name on top A slow starter or a brand new entry can take advantage of this extra vote offer and rocket to a real contending position Regardless of the position of any active participant at this point in the contest there is still ample time to reach a position among the big prize winners No one has taken a com manding lead for the grand prize car or the other big awards at this early stage in the contest Junior Miss contest held Sandra Cadriel daughter of Mr and Mrs Ruben very satisfactory He said it would require some time to determine if the control would be as effective as it had in the past Murphy said the Environ mental Protective Agency had too much power and asked that individual mem bers of the Board address the matter with their Con gressional delegation The Hoard also heard reports from rancis Ander son regarding plans for the annual January banquet Stallings regarding the Christmas parade scheduled riday December 9 at 4:30 pm in which 65 units have already signalled their par ticipation Col (Ret) George Ried who reported thatNSU Polk was finishing the fall semester with the second largest enrollment ever with 1300 students that registration for the next semester would be on January 11 13 with classes to start January 16 and Heard brief reports on the Vernon Parish Polk Appreciation program at NSU on November 5 the membership drive AUSA membership drive and activ ities of the Tourism Com The holiday period creases the accident factor because of an increase in traffic flow the relaxed attitude of many drivers and the increase consump lion of alcohol The sober driver can lessen the chan res 4 being hit by driving defensively staying within the speck limit and by using all available safety equip dividend in $84000 The $140 dend is an cents per share paid in July which amounted to $72000 Peace said this action by the Board is indicative of the increase in earnings and growth of the bank i Today The Leesville i Leader is publishing names if of contestants in it's sub scription contest in the posi ts non each I Monday night November 21 This is contestants names to be 1 listed in this order Several are extremely a close together Each week their positions will be published in accor dance with the number of votes earned through the previous Monday Next Monday night Nov ember 28 will mark the end of Week" which means 12500 extra votes on each two year subscription turned in by contestants I11 i A vuv ovatu iiiiaid 111 IlUUlIld uauuaiy contest conducted in the LHS auditorium was sponsored by the Leesville Jaycee Jaynees (Photo by Donna Culotta) rn inTIC Mrs Kathy Baggett Leesville Mrs Grace Canady Leesville Mrs Russell etting Leesville Miss Connie Mitchell Leesville i Mrs Dora Navarro Leesville Mrs Amanda Garcia Leesville Mrs Maxine Langton Walker Anacoco I Miss Debbie Holt Leesville Miss Alice Hersey ort Polk Mrs Rita Jerrell Leesville Miss Lavada Smith Leesville Thomas Welch Leesville Charles ulda Leesville Ms Sylvia Harris Leesville I Miss Shirley Johnson Leesville Ms Dallas Brinkley Leesville I Mrs CV LeMay Rosepine Stevie rawtik tort olk of Mr Cadriel of Leesville and a senior at Leesville High scnooi Junior Miss Saturday night As winner of the Vernon Parish contest sponsored by the Leesville Jaycee Jay nes she will compete in the state Junior Miss finals in Houma in January Christine Bohachevsky daughter of Mr and Mrs John A Bohachevsky was named first runner up and Tammy Mitchell daughter of Mr and Mrs Don Mitchell was named second runner up Miss Cadriel was awarded a $250 scholarship to the college of her choice by the Jaycees Miss Bohachevsky a savings bond from the Merchants armers Bank and a gift certificate from the Style Center and Miss Mitchell a savings bond from the Vernon certificate Riches Judging scholastic judges conference poise and appearance youth fitness and creatives and perform ing arts Miss Cadriel and Miss Bohachevsky perform ed dances and Miss Mitchell a piano selection Dinner theatre slates musical ort Showboat Dinner Theater is present ing the musical Do I Do" staring Pamela red erick and Bryan Cahen Thursday through Saturday at ort Polk A Thanksgiving Day matinee will feature turkey with all the traditional trim mings with co*cktails being served at noon dinner at 1 pm and the show beginning at 2 pm The menu for riday and Saturday's performance will be steamship round roast of beef or sour beef and dump lings co*cktails will be ser ved at 6 pm dinner at 7 pm and curtain time is 8 pm Ticket for both dinner and show are $8 per person and can be purchased at the ieuz Carre Music Center on post A lone white male acting in much the matter used to rob the manager of a De Ridder super market recent ly robbed the irst ederal Savings and Loan Associa tion Leesville office located in the Lee Hills Shopping Center early Monday morn ing and fled with $1000 in currency Leesville Chief of Police Bill Hillman said the robbery took place about 9 am Monday shortly after the financial institution opened for business Ms Amy Lynne Divit toro the only employee in the office at the time of the robbery told authorities that a white male wearing a red ski mask entered the office and pointed a small gun at her demanding money Chief Hillman reported mat ms pushed a cash drawer across the counter to him and as he 1 took it told her to lie on the i floor of the office Kcedvme oiiicer saia Col (Ret) James Anders was elected president of the Leesville Vernon Parish Chamber of Commerce by acclamation by the Board of Directors Monday after noon Also elected by accla mation were John Coburn as first vice president and Jack Trichel as second vice presi dent The new officers will take office in January and will be officially installed at the annual January banquet In other action the Board unanimously approved a corporate membership in the Association of the Unit ed States Army (AUSA) naming Executive Vice Pre sident Bill Stallings and Chamber secretary Joyce Ownes as the Chamber representatives The Board also renewed its dues as a member of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry CE Murphy an emplo yee of the Louisiana Depart ment of Agriculture add ressed the Board briefly on the recent fire ant control work performed in the par ish 239 3265 I 239 2914 I 238 9472 I 238 1796 239 2516 239 3323 239 3759 239 3966 537 7669 238 9467 239 6914 239 3068 I 239 9922 1 238 17791 238 9776 1 239 6080 463 72951 537 7350 1 Just a mere 15 two year subscriptions now during "Booster Week" Will give any contestant 1000000 votes I ENDS MONDAY NIGHT November 28th ootprints on the sands of time are not I made by sitting down I Until Monday night each two year subscription will earn 37500votes 4 Contestants are striving fto make the hours between tnow and Monday night count This is the last extra Zvote offer to be made in thecontest Each participantshould be doing all possible5to make the most of it while big votes are in effect Circulation contest Booster week will end Monday night Nov 28 THE LEESVILLE LEADER Serving VernonPohtlrKgg Authorities reported morning that the cash drawer and ski mask were found about 1 pm Monday in a wooded area off Louisiana Highway 467 approximately one half mile east of the NSU Polk camp us resh tire tracks were also found A spokesman for Sheriff rank Howard said the dis covery was made by an BI Agent while authorities were making a systematic search of all back roads in the area In the recent robbery in DeRidder a lone gunman took several bags of money from a super market em ployee as he opened the doors to begin the days business After taking the money the bandit fled the scene in the vehicle Authorities did not reveal the amount stolen nor have any arrests been reported Bank declares cash dividend Gerald Peace Presi dent of Merchants arm ers Bank announced that the Board of Directors at their regular meeting in November declared a cash the amount of th st 7 numher of the new station is 358 3185 Deputies assigned to addton tnh and Parkins molovment SUb w'11 bc? weekly ly the ood Stamp program and by the Pton nn7 off eCU Ihte nation is located one block off Highway 10 behind the I itkin post office See addHional photographs on Page Two (Photo by Eddie Wise) vtKNUN PARISH JR MISS Sandra Ann Cadriel daughter of Mr and Mrs Ruben Cadriel III of Leesville and 1Zm' was Judged Vernon Parish Junior M1SS for 1977 Sntnrdav nirki i crowned by Angelo Simonelli president of the Leesville Shewill now compete in the state finals in the mail tedthe rffice tn January The contest no au er me man lied tne oitice PEPTO CARNIVAL CONDUCTED Ronald McDonald the famous clown associated with restaurants was a special guest at a carnival riday night staged by the Polk Elementary Parent Teacher Organization (PEPTO) The carnival featured booths skits and fun for everyone including special brand of magic tricks The carnival is the only fund raising project of the organization and was attended by hundreds of parents teachers and'students (Photo by Steve Durr) Name Anders Coburn Trichel Chamber officers for 1978 Police urge safe driving The officers of Troop Louisiana State Police urge a safety consciousness on the part of the traveling public during the coming holiday period An increase in traffic is expected and from past experience there will be an increase in the accident and fatality rate Ifuring the 1976 Thanks giving period eight persons lost their lives in Louisiana and of these eight persons four were killed in the Troop area This is a statistic that the officers of Troop II nope io improve on UT MEMBERS Rtcky Ross Ross Continental Motor Lodge John Coburn Teleprompter Cable TV and Darwin Davis Ben ranklin store left to right pecame new cooperate members of the Association of the United State Army last week fntoerrtyA Pretsldentbof tb? Leonidas Polk Chapter of AUSA opened the cooperate and werlaHM a 150 new members before the drive Morris was "ad chairman of the coorperate membership drive and Edwin Cabra chairman of the individual membership drive I Subscription Contest I stntTantf are Hsted below in order in which they nihtWhen 3 Were added throu8h last Monday These six contestants are now the prize money" Mrs lorence Lane Leesville 239 421 1 Gary Alexander Leesville 238 1458 Mrs Dottie Chapman Leesville 239 4099 Rev Williamson Anacoco 286 5505 Miss Emma oster Leesville 239 6572 Mrs Patricia Hillman Leesville 383 797 Loan bandit hits savings loan association escapes with $1000 Serving Vernon Parish for years since 1898 HATOfL sOUG LA 7O8C3 1 I Hli( I nil 1 I I II I IL Id I llT i jr 11 I dJ i i 7 'kki'B i Jg a lfc4ALUTE If i I rh 4 r) mr jB available Troop II uk wcdulr was noi mission olficers will be out in force i i idJ JSaL i I i i.

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