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Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Canerday Celebrate 50 Years Jerry and Jessie Canerday will celebrate 50 years of marriage on October 1, 2016. The family would like to invite friends to a celebration of their 50 years together. The celebration will be at Calvin Baptist Church on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016 from 1-3 p.m. Jerry and Jessie have four children: Kim Canerday, Tammy Martin, Kathy Canerday and Tim Canerday. They have several grandchildren and one great grandson. Please come and celebrate.

It’s time again to prepare for the Miss Winn Parish Pageant. The Pilot Club will be hosting the pageant on Saturday, September 24 at the Winnfield Kindergarten School on Maple Street. Interested young ladies should pick up entry forms at the Designing Women Flower Shop or The Pea Patch Gallery, or contact Mrs. Scarlett Lee at 970-302-6897, or 318-302-3337.

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BATON ROUGE – LSU plays its first home game of the 2016 season on Saturday night when the Tigers host Jacksonville State at 6:30 in Tiger Stadium. LSU has frequently reminded fans about the new Clear Bag Policy that has gone into effect for all athletic venues on campus this year.

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Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Slayter of Winnfield La request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Savannah Michelle Spangler to Colton D.B. Carr son of Mr. and Mrs. Danny Carr of Saline La. This special occasion will take place on Saturday September 24, 2016 at 6:00 P.M. at the Winnfield Civic Center 2000 South Jones St Winnfield La.

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The summer meeting of WGHA was held on July 16, 2016. It was a very interesting meeting with special guests. Pictured are the WGHA Program Chairman Donald Boyette with Colonel(Ret USAF) Houston Polson. “Tinker” as he is known to his family and friends is the husband of our Editor Jeanie Polson. Although we appreciate all our members and guests coming from other parishes, cities, and states, Tinker came all the way from Saudi Arabia. He is on a diplomatic assignment for the U.S. Government and is at present the director of a project establishing a U.S. Army Command and General Staff College for the Saudi Arabian Ministry of National Guard in Rijadh, Saudi Arabia. He enjoyed the meeting and talked with Donald about the railroads and interest they presented to Winn Parish Past.

There is a special segment Sunday nights on a Shreveport television station highlighting a hometown hero who served in the military. Most of those featured were from the Greatest Generation, having served in World War II. I was a bit taken aback last Sunday night when the hometown hero featured on the program was my long-time friend from Homer, Danny Roy Moore. He not only gained notoriety by his heroism during World War II, he is credited for something else. Years after returning from the war, Moore, a civil engineer, drew up plans for a lake in Claiborne Parish. Moore was eventually elected to the state Senate and working in consort with area state Representative.

The Everett S. Fick Post of the American Legion Auxiliary held their monthly meeting on August 13 at Lynda’s Country Kitchen. The gathering was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and prayer. President Bonnie Buckelew called the meeting to order followed by reading of the minutes of the last meeting and treasurer’s report. Carolyn Lang reported on the LA State Convention that stressed unity and love and serving our veterans. Special guests were Caroline Whisonant, newly elected Jr. Auxiliary State President, and Chloe Whisonant who was elected Historian of the Jr. Auxiliary. The young ladies were installed at the State Convention on June 11 in Alexandria.  

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