Ponchatoula 'round town, November 21, 1941, Tangipahoa Parish, La
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'round town
The Enterprise, November 21, 1941

        Charles Sutton was taken to the Independence hospital Tuesday after suffering a 
stroke Saturday afternoon.

        Charles Van Vrancken was elected vice-president of the Elementary section of 
the Louisiana Health and and (sic) Physical Education department of the Louisiana 
Teachers association at the meeting held in New Orleans, Monday.  Leslie L. Spinks was 
elected Director of Dictrict (sic) No. Four of the Louisiana Music Education association and 
Richard Clanton was one of the principle speakers on the subject "Teaching Problems and 
Procedures" in the Commercial Education division.

        Mr. T. H. King, contractor, has just completed a new garage for Mrs. Wm. Schuhle.

        We are glad to welcome the Rev. H. T. Carley back to his pulpit in Ponchatoula.  
Henry sort of gets pleasantly under you skin and he would have been greatly missed had 
he been transferred.
        
        Ned Richardson of Camp Wheeler, (Macon, Ga.,) has been home on a nine-day 
furlough.  He expects to leave Thursday afternoon of this week.

Roland Huson arrived in town this week to supervise the laying of the sidewalks and 
pavement for the city.  He is designated as the "resident engineer."  Mr. Huson stated that 
he expected the paving to get under way next Monday, November 24.

Smith Guthrie, our night policeman, unearthed a mured (sic) committed some 14 years 
ago in Texas and as a result arrested John Thomas, colored, who has been a resident of 
Ponchatoula for the past 13 years and is holding him for the Texas authorities.

Delafield Sullivant, who was injured in an automobile wreck the latter part of October, is 
reported to be in an improved condition.  The leg, which was broken in two places, has not 
been set as yet, according to his father.

J. D. Raiford  and family of Lee-s Landing have purchased one of the Sutton homes in the 
southeast section of town and moved into the city.  We welcome them to Ponchatoula.

Jim Hunter was a Ponchatoula visitor Monday on his way to Mississippi.  Mr. Hunter 
stated that he had brought Mrs. Hunter with him to visit her mother, Mrs. Julia M. Ray, 
who will celebrate her 86th birthday next Monday.

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