The GazetteOctober 5, 1939 Although the Union Parish Fair is called an annual event, it is only since 1932 that the event has really been held annually. This year's fair is heralded as the twenty-second annual Fair, but it has only been since 1932 that a group of citizens organized the UNION PARISH FAIR ASSOCIATION, … Continue reading Parish Fair Great Asset to Parish Agriculture
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Lazenby Family
Elizabeth (Libby) Day sent in these pictures of her family. She tells us: Pictures are of Oscar Gray Lazenby, wife, Emma Lester Porter Lazenby and sons, O. G. Lazen by and William Porter Lazenby. Taken in the early 1940's in Bernice or more likely the Shiloh community. O. G. and his wife Eula lived there … Continue reading Lazenby Family
Norman Porter Drowned
The Gazette June 14, 1899 Mr. S. A. Futch informs us that a white man named Normand Porter was drowned Saturday in the Loutre, near Cherry Ridge. Porter was fishing and being subject to attacks of fits, it is supposed that he fell into the stream while he had one of these spells. He was … Continue reading Norman Porter Drowned
