Yesterday's News

ORDAINED AT 71, FULFILLS A WISH

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Nearing her 71st birthday, Carlena Waltrip surprised friends and relatives alike when she was ordained a minister last Thursday.

FUTURE GENERAL STORE RECEIVING RENOVATIONS, FACELIFT

The City of Jennings is hoping to bring tourists to Main Street with the opening of the Tupper General Store (museum) and Old Magnolia Gift Shop.

People are tired of crime

One of the more bizarre ideas to come along in a while is from an Illinois attorney who advocates putting prisoners in comas for the duration of their jail terms.

Bull in China closet real

It was almost like a “Bull in a China closet” here last night.

Limited market now open for Louisiana armadillo

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There is finally a market, even if somewhat limited, for armadillos. Mayor John Conner is in need of one whose carcass is in good shape, preferably alive.

Searching for a Gusher

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The drilling crew takes a 'breathing spell' in the fight to make a gusher out of Jennings No. 1. Shown are (from left) Doug Phelps, night driller Chas. O. Nobel, day driller Elmer Dobbins, Sank Hendricks and Supervisor W. Scott Heywood. The first gusher in Jennings Oil Field was Southern No. 3, shown below in full action.

Lake Arthur

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Oil field strike backfires on workers

The fire at the oil field was not the only excitement that prevailed during the afternoon. A part of fifteen men in the employ of F.A. Lynch, who is erecting some large steel tanks for the Crowley OIl & Mineral Company, came to the decision very abruptly that they were not securing wages to justify them in working and accordingly went to Mr. Lynch and demanded higher wages which Mr. Lynch positively refused to grant as he was paying the highest wages of any one in the field and could not possibly pay more and the men positively refused to resume work unless their prices were secured.

Lawsuit forces construction of jail

The police jury for Jefferson Davis Parish will at once provide for the construction of a permanent jail, meant for the properly and orderly administration of justice in this parish.

Daly Williams writes of visit to historic Moscow

Master Sergeant Daly Williams is probably the first Jennings soldier to visit Moscow and he has written of a visit to the Russian capital. The weather, he says, is not yet freezing, but not far from it, giving a foretaste of what Russian winters are like.