February 2023

POLICE REPORT

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Sheila Kaye Daigle, 40, of Jennings, was arrested on an outside agency warrant.

NEW BANK TO OPEN DOORS TOMORROW

Jeff Davis Bank and Trust Company, second banking institution for Jennings, will be formally opened and ready for business Wednesday morning in the downstairs front portion of the newly completed Miller building, Main and Plaquemine.

$315,000 deposits for new bank opening

Jeff Davis Bank and Trust Company formally launched yesterday at an opening which exceeded the fondest expectations of the officers. $315,000 in deposits were made the first day.

LAKE ARTHUR FERRY

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LAKE ARTHUR FERRY

92-year-old W.R. Garman not to make annual reunion trip to Kansas so ‘soldiers can use the trains’

Ninety-two-year-old W.R. Garman, of this city, has reluctantly foregone his annual trip to Kansas this year to attend the annual reunion of his kinsmen because he says “the government is asking people to not to travel on the railroads and take space from the soldiers.”

Penpals meet

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After 46 years, Lillie Gates, left, of Jennings has finally met her penpal, Juanita Kitchell of Sacramento, Calif. The two began writing when they were in grammar school. Mrs. Kitchell said this is her first visit to Louisiana and hopes to have Mrs. Gates visit her in California soon.

Confederate vets to meet in LC

Calcasieu Camp No. 62, U.C.V., the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the two local chapters of the U.D.C., have about completed their preparations to entertain the Louisiana Division of the United Confederate Veterans at their annual reunion Oct. 25 and 26. In this work they have had the cordial aid and support of all of the citizens.

Texas power woes linger as deep freeze covers New England

(AP) — The mayor of Austin, Texas, responded to mounting criticism and apologized Friday for a lack of communication with residents as a winter storm coated the city in ice and cut power — and heat — to thousands of residents for days.

Bodies found in hunt for missing rappers set for autopsies

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. (AP) — Three bodies found in a vacant Detroitarea apartment building during an investigation into the disappearance of three aspiring rappers have been moved to a medical examiner’s office for autopsies, state police said Friday.

US may lift protections for Yellowstone, Glacier grizzlies

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration took a first step Friday toward ending federal protections for grizzly bears in the northern Rocky Mountains, which would open the door to future hunting in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho.