Yesterday's News

Jaenke bridge in bad order

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Persons coming from the oil field report the bridge across Bayou Nezpique is in most dangerous condition. The bridge is full of holes and the Acadia authorities have taken no steps to repair or build a new structure. Jennings' trade is suffering by reason of this negligence and something should be done to make travel safe on this important highway.

WOMAN GETS $30,000 TIP

Tipping a friendly waitress after a meal is not an uncommon event. However, tipping her a brand new $30,000 vehicle is certainly not something that happens every day.

And yet, it happened in Jennings Wednesday morning.

Earline Suire, a "graveyard shift" waitress at Waffle House, said she was just being her usual outgoing self while she was serving an outof-town couple dinner late Tuesday night.

PRIVATE HOSPITAL.

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The private hospital owned by Dr. Warren C. Young of Jennings was located in the 800 block on the northeast corner of Fourth Street and Cary Avenue.

Sheriffs make a liquor raid and nab two gallons

Joseph Guillory and Ernest Edwards are in the parish jail charged with possession of whiskey following a raid made on their residence early Sunday by police and sheriff's officers. The officers found two gallons of booze beneath a trap door in the home. Joseph Guillory, who was in the home at the time, was held for investigation.

'Moral behavior' policy adopted

The Jeff Davis Parish School Board has adopted a new policy in regard to married students, unwed expectant mothers or divorcees attending parish public schools.

The new policy would enable such students to attend school under a probationary status and restrict their school activities to classroom work.

The new policy replaces one adopted Feb. 7, 1957, in which married students, unwed expectant mothers or divorcees were prohibited from attending parish public schools.

TO THE PUBLIC

Everybody is being excited over the so-called "scarlatins", seeing numerous red cards displayed on several houses, and having babies of my own, I am naturally anxious to know where we are at; therefore I wish to ask the Board of Health and the public in general if it is not time for some other M.D. besides Fry to see some of these cases that closes our schools, etc.

I no doubt do as much practice as the scarlatins expert and I must confess that I have failed to find anything so contagious or otherwise that I would not expose my babies to (in the last two weeks.)

Talking pictures now available

Many Jenningsites will soon be motoring over to Beaumont to "take in" the talking pictures, the greatest invention yet perfected in the amusement world.

Beaumont is one of the first 500 of the 30,000 picture houses in the United States to get the Vitaphone.

Walter P. Richardson, noted actor of New Orleans, who visited in Beaumont last week, stated that the Texas city was fortunate on being able to have the Vitaphone installed at the Liberty theater since the concern putting in the equipment is literally swamped with orders, refusing to take more until after April 1929.

MISS JENNINGS CONTEST CONTROVERSY CLEARED

The annual Miss Jennings contest will be held as scheduled this year, the local Junior Chamber of Commerce announced today.

The question arose after Catholic clergy opposition to bathing beauty contests was reported in out-of-town newspapers and magazines.

The problem first came up when the reigning Miss Jennings, Kathleen Thibodeaux, withdrew from the Miss Louisiana contest after her priest explained the church's policy on bathing suit appearances.

Miss Thibodeaux's withdrawal was the first of three nationally-publicized cases involving beauty contests.

THE BIRTH OF KJEF

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The original home for KJEF was located on the west side of La. 26 south heading toward Lake Arthur. This undated picture from the 1940's includes Max Thomas, the original owner, along with his father and brother the day the station went on the air.

Existence of local ‘hippie house’ told

The existence of a local "hippie house" was made public for the first time Tuesday when the Jennings City Council heard a plea from some 80 "concerned parents" that "something be done" about the situation.

A representative of the petitioners, Home Guidry, said a house on Gallup Street had "undesirable activities" going on that needed "removing."

Interim Mayor Clovis Bailey said city police had been "talking about it (the house) a long, long time. Maybe it's time to do something about it now."