Those who are my age or thereabout lived through the Great Depression. We started to school in 1928 and finished in 1939, as there were only 11 grades in school back then.
Life had been hard since jobs were hard to get and money was scarce. Tight budgets were still in place when I was in High School.
Our Home Ec cottage was a small white frame building just past the 1925 High School Building.
Learn more, have fun, and make a difference through 4-H, is the cry of Lisa Holmes, Extension Agent (4-H) with the LSU AgCenter's Webster Parish Extension Service.
"Septem...
Heather M. McKinley of Minden and Joshua J. Kaufman of Meraux, Louisiana, were married on May 21, 2011, at 6 o'clock in the evening at First Baptist Church, Minden.
The br...
Last Saturday, we had company. The first arrivals were my nieces from the San Antonio area, Karen Maxfield and Kay Koster. Later Mac's daughter and son-in-law, Pat and Bo...
The First United Methodist Church in Arcadia is sponsoring a benefit for Sutton Tinsly and his family at the FUMC, 2122 Myrtle Street, Arcadia
The benefit will be held 11 ...
As noted in the press coverage, Tuesday night's hiring of Steve Dozier as Superintendent of Schools for Webster Parish ended a long period in which Webster Parish looked ...
John Agan: This week, I'm running another of Momma's articles about school days. I was reminded of this article because my cousin, David Gladden Emerson, Jr., recently pa...
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