September 2019

Firefighter lost his job for doing nothing wrong

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During the 1980s, my brother Teddy was a volunteer firefighter with our local firehouse. I remember more than a few late nights when an alarm would go off and Teddy would jump into his 1976 Monte Carlo and rush to the firehouse or, more frequently, just run the block and a half up the street.

He did this for the same reasons that everyone who volunteers at a local fire company does: He cared about the people in our small suburban community.

Blazers Name Officers for 2019-20

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The Jeff Davis 4-H Blazers are happy to announce the following officers for the 2019-2020 school year: (standing, left to right) Noah Augustine, president, Tripp Watkins, vice president, (sitting, left to right) Gabrielle Caraway, treasurer, Noah Robertson, parliamentarian, Mila Robertson, reporter, Emily Caraway, parliamentarian, and Liam Robertson, secretary.

Small but mighty: The power of small libraries

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LIBRARY LINES

Share Care Reps Speak to Rotary Club

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The Jennings Rotary Club welcomed Kay Crappel and Betty Lavergne from Share Care USA to speak at its Sept. 10 meeting. Their personal care services help clients maintain their independence and social interaction at home, in hospitals or nursing facilities. Rotary President Walter Parker is pictured with Crappel and Lavergne.

September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. In America, every 3 minutes a man is diagnosed with this type of cancer, which is 100 percent treatable if detected early.

The most common non-skin cancer among American men, most patients with prostate cancer are older than 65 years and do not die from the disease. Men can have different symptoms but some do not have symptoms at all. Some symptoms of prostate cancer are difficulty starting urination, frequent urination (especially at night), weak or interrupted flow of urine, and blood in the urine.

Whatever makes you happy

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I’M JUST SAYIN’

Years ago at another job, my manager at the time was deciding who would be working on Christmas. Some coworkers had no preference whether or not they worked holidays while others wanted to earn holiday pay. Naturally others hoped to have the holiday off. I was one of them but did not get my wish. Someone of course had to be denied but there was a particular reason I was that someone.

As the manager told me, “You don’t have a family but the other workers do.” By family, she meant a spouse and children.

Historical information sought for centennial

The Jennings Daily News is searching for people who have memories of early Jennings as part of efforts to research the history of Jennings for the upcoming centennial celebration.

Some of the topics being researched include the L.L. Morse pagoda, the Mahaffey Hotel, the World War One Rainbow Division, the Quaker graveyard in Evangeline, the oil boom of 1901, the Great Fire of 1901, the old country club, S.L. Cary, original settling families, early rice farming, church histories, school histories and city government history.

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.

Sergeant Williams, the son of Mr. and Mrs. W.B. Williams, is with the first American air unit to be sent to the Russian front. His letter follows:

"I have just returned from a short trip to Moscow and since I have little else to write about, I think I will devote most of this letter to a short resume of the journey.

Many will see champion football game

Tomorrow at Baton Rouge the state championship football game will be played between the Louisiana State University and Tulane. This is the game which has been attracting the attention of the whole state for the past several weeks.

Large numbers of people from every section of Louisiana have planned to visit Baton Rouge on this date, the railroads having made reduced rates for the occasion.

Fire Prevention and Clean-Up Day set for Tuesday, Oct. 5

Mayor Gamble and Fire Chief Taber have issued the following letter to all residents of Jennings:

All residents of Jennings are requested to assist in a general cleanup on Tuesday, October 5, to make a thorough inspection of fireplaces, flues, etc., take every precaution possible against a disastrous fire, see that the limbs of the trees in front of your residence clear the sidewalk by eight feet.