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14-A Wednesday. July 16, 1975 THE SHREVEPORT TIMES Columnist Morris Frank Dies DEATHS of Natchitoches and one daughter, Janet E. Kyser of Shreveport. Members of the Northwestern chapter of Blue Key National Honor Fraternity will serve as pallbearers. William W.

Waters Services for William Wallace Waters, 74, of Oil City Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Temple Emanuel here. $5,000 Gift Establishes Memorials Times Ruston Bureau RUSTON An anonymous donor has established the Marvin and Ragan Green Memorial Fund at the Lincoln General Hospital with a gift of $5,000. Lincoln General Administrator Frank Jerome said that monies in the would be used for the: purchase of medical equipment for the hospital. The memorial fund was established, Jerome continued, in memory Of two North Louisiana physicians worked closely in Lincoln Parish and helped to create farsighted goals in the field of medical services.

Both Dr. Marvin Greenland Dr. Ragan Green died early this year and the fund established in their memory will be used to purchase medical equipment to improve the quality of medical equipment at Lirffcoln General. The hospital has ordered two pieces of equipment, for the Ear, Nose and Throat department, Jerome said, using the monies in the fund. his witty homespun after-dinner speeches, died at a hospital Tuesday following a brief illness.

The jovial Frank, who could turn the dullest gathering into a party with his constant stream of good-natured ribbing, was 73. Survivors include his widow Nell, two children and two sisters. Frank graduated from Lufkin High School and attended New York University and the University of Texas. His father was a merchant in Lufkin, where Frank often returned as- speaker and visitor. Frank began his newspaper career while working as a clerk in his father's store.

After watching a particular football game, he described it in graphic detail to the local newspaper editor. down and write it just as you told it," the editor said, and Frank's newspaper career was born. Frank worked for the Houston Post from 1937 to 1949, rising to sports editor. Following a brief job in public relations Frank became a daily columnist for the Chronicle. Frank's gibes at the famous were legend but he poked more fun at himself than others.

When friends presented him with a car at an appreciation night in the Astrodome in 1967, Frank was speechess for a second, then said, "I know my credit's not so good but when they have to charge it off and give it to you rather than selling to you, it must really be bad." Frank once told one Texas graduate, Rep. Olin Tea-gue, "I feel real close to Aggies. I never got a college education either." Frank made after-dinner speeches and appeared as toastmaster in almost every state. After hearing Frank make an after dinner speech in New York, commedian Phil Silvers asked Frank who wrote his material. Frank said he wrote all his own material.

HOUSTON (AP)-Houston Chronicle columnist Morris Frank, nationally known for Collectors To Meet in Alexandria Times News Service The introduction of the new historic Kenthouse Coin, the 1975 medal of the Louisiana Numismatic Association, will highlight the convention of the LNA when it meets in Alexandria July 19-20. Kenthouse, the 18th Century home which has recently been restored, will be open to visitors and the buses will be running each hour to take LNA guests to a free tour of the house. The dies for the historic Kenthouse Medal were cut by H. Alvin Sharpe, internationally famous freehand intaglio die engraver and designer. Hamilton Mint of New Orleans produced the medal.

Larry Parker of Alexandria, President of LNA, said that more than 60 dealers from Louisiana and surrounding states are expected to attend the show which will be held in Alexandria Convention Hall located downtown. Booths will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday and 10:00 a.m. to 6 p.m.

on Sunday. Jackson Creates New Board Times Ruston Bureau JONESBORO An ordinance creating the Jackson Parish Playground and Recreation Board was approved by the parish police jury during its regular meeting Monday night. The new board will be responsible for the development, implementation and operation of a year-round recreation program in Jackson Parish for all age groups. Between 10 and 12 members will be appointed to the recreation board by the police jury. Board member terms will run for five years and appointments are ed at the jury's next meeting later this Phillips officiating.

Burial will be in Bethel Cemetery under the direction of Oakley-Metcalf Funeral Home. Survivors are husband; three sons, A. D. Arnold and H. R.

Arnold both of Nacogdoches, and C. L. Arnold of Houston; one daughter, Mrs. Jack Lilly of Houston; one sister, Mrs. Minnie Sprayberry of Evadale; and five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Betty I. Driskell CARTHAGE, Tex. Mrs. Betty Inez Driskell, 89, of Beckville, died Monday in a Carthage hospital.

Funeral services will be 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in First United Methodist Church in Beckville with the Rev. Leo Willard officiating. Burial will be in Langley Cemetery. Survivors are her husband; one son, William Irby Driskell of Mooringsport; three daughters, Mrs.

Louise Wooten of Munford, Helen Owens of Longview and Miss Marjie" Driskell of Beckville; three sisters, Mrs. Sally Lou Cardwell of Arlington, Mrs. Hugh Rodgers of Fort Worth and Mrs. Oran Miles of Hobbs, N.M.; five grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. ARKANSAS Mrs.

Marie T. T. Cox EL DORADO, Ark. Mrs. Marie Thomas Thornton Cox, 97, died Tuesday in an El Dorado hospital after a lengthy illness.

Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday in First Christian Church with the Rev. Richard R. Cerney and Judge Claude E. Love officiating.

Graveside services will be 3 p.m. Wednesday in Oakland Cemetery in Little Rock. Survivors are two sons, W. Edwin Cox of El Dorado and H. A.

Cox of Nashville, and seven grandchildren. Solons to Speak To Minden CC Times Minden Bureau MINDEN State Sen. Harold Montgomery and Rep. Harmon Drew will be hosted by the Chamber of Commerce at a public post-luncheon at noon Friday, according to Graydon Kitchens chairman of the political lion committee. rn mm ixBoMK CUSTOM MADE i officiating.

Burial will be in Minden Cemetery. Survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Herbert A. Callahoun of Baton Rouge; one brother, William P. Hardeman, of Lake Charles; and several nieces and nephews.

Clarence W. Collins WINNFIELD Clarence W. Collins, 77, died Monday following a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Bethlehem Baptist Church in Calvin with the Rev.

John Holtzlaw officiating. Burial will be in Bethlehem Cemetery under the direction of Southern Funeral Home of Winnfield. Survivors include his widow; one son, Charles E. Collins of Shreveport; three daughters, Mrs. Jeanette Vaughn of Winnfield, Mrs.

Charlotte Webb of Columbus, Miss, and Mrs. Geraldine Fox of Lake Charles; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Sybil Barton of Winnfield; and 12 grandchildren and one great -grandchild. Pittman Infant HAYNESVILLE Jon Christian Pittman, infant son of Mr. and Mrs.

Marion Jasper Pittman, of Springhill, died Tuesday in a Sheveport hospital. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday in Old Town Cemetery with the Rev. A. W.

Waller officiating. Survivors are his parents; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Moses J. Pittman of Springhill; and maternal grandparents, Mr.

and Mrs. Grady Arnold of Haynesville. Louis G)x LEESVILLE Louis Cox, 62, of Hornbeck, died Monday. Funeral services will be 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in Assembly of God Church in Hornbeck with the Rev.

Kirkland Martin officiating. Burial will be in Beckcom Cemetery. Survivors are his widow; one sister, Mrs. Betty VanNeter of Liberty, three half-brothers, Olen Moore of Hornbeck, Sam Moore of Pineville and Aaron Moore of Clovis, and one half-sister, Mrs. Lela Mae Brister of Dry Prong.

John C. Thomason LEESVILLE John Calvin Thomason, 63, of Anacoco, died Monday. Funeral services were 84 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Hixon Funeral Home. Additional services will be 10 a.m.

Wednesday in Oak Grove Methodist Church in Natchitoches with the Rev. Ralph Stephens officiating. Survivors are his widow; three sons, Clifton Gene Thomason of Mt. Carmel, Edward B. Thomason of Lake Charles and Tommy G.

Thomason of Many; five daughters, Mrs. Allen Dale Turner, Mrs. Joe H. Brooks, and Linda Lea Thomason, all of Anacoco, Mrs. Danny P.

Goodwin and Mrs. Jonnie Faye Webb, both of Little Rock, one brother, Hubert L. Thomason of Natchitoches; one half-brother, Julius Jeter of Ft. Worth, two sisters, Mrs. Earl Desadier of Houston, and Mrs.

John Wilkerson of Natchitoches; and 14 grandchildren. TEXAS Mrs. Lucy Arnold NACOGDOCHES, Tex. -Mrs. Lucy Wright Arnold, 84, died Monday.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday in Appleby Church of Christ with Jimmy. hodnett; BLIND CO. 1710 Kings Highway. Phone 631-7487 LOUISIANA 71181 i JACK S.

RESNECK, M.D. ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF HIS OFFICE FOR THE PRACTICE OF DERMATOLOGY PHYSICIANS' SQUARE 1534 EUZA9ETH STREET SUITE 300 resided with her daughter, Mrs. Ben F. Carter. Other survivors include three sons, John Love and Frank Love, both of New Orleans, and Eugene Love of Columbus, nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

Joseph II. Heidecker Joseph Hilden Heidecker who was an employe of Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) for 43 years, died Tuesday in the Schumpert Medical Center after a long illness. He was chief engineer for SWEPCO, retiring in 1962 at the company's Arsenal Hill Power Plant. Mr.

Heidecker was 77 years old and resided at 2411 N. Waverly in Bossier City. He was a member of the First Lutheran Church of Shreveport. Services will be held at 4 p.m. today in the Rose-Neath Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev.

Arthur Sander, pastor of the First Lutheran Church, officiating. Burial will be in Hill Crest Cemetery. Survivors include a son, Joseph Hilden Heidecker Jr. of Bossier City; two daughters, Mrs. Rita Johnson of Bossier City and Mrs.

Betty Patton of Shreveport; a brother, Henry C. Heidecker of Shreveport; and five grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Rew Blackwell, George Redden, Hugh Shelton, Jerome Moore, Larkin McGee and Claude Martin. Perry R.Thomas Perry R. Thomas, 75, of 796 W.

72nd died at 11:20 a.m. Tuesday in Schumpert Medical Center after a short illness. A resident of Shreveport for 35 years, he was a native of Eureka Springs, Mo. Mr. Thomas was a retired rig builder and contractor.

He was a member of the Christian church. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Wellman's Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Dr. Billy O.

Smith, pastor of Southside Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Forest Park West Cemetery. Mr. Thomas is survived by his widow, Mrs. Calanthe Thomas of Shreveport; two stepsons, John A.

Garner and Robert A. Garner, both of Shreveport; four grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter. Pallbearers will be Charles Anderson, G. A. Clinkscales, Dee Wilson, Gregory Wayne Garner, Melvin Rice and Spreg Stanton.

Any memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Fund. LOUISIANA Albert M. Vines MANY Albert M. Vines, 82, of Zwolle, died Monday in a Converse hospital after a lenghty illness. Funeral services will be 2 p.m.

Wednesday in Zwolle Pentecost Church with the Rev. Raymond W. Mayfield and the Rev. Guy Burr officiating. Burial will be in Zwolle Cemetery under the direction of Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

Survivors are his widow; five sons, William C. Vines and Coyce D. Vines, both of Shreveport, Wison A. Vines of Zwolle, Alton J. Vines of Houston, and Eldon C.

Vines of Conroe, five daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Bragg and Mrs. Theo Bragg, both of Milam, Mrs. Melva Roberts of Mansfield, Mrs. Azelle Cartinez of Zwolle and Mrs.

Lillie Mae Williams of Bakersfield, Calif. one sister, Mrs. Ida Campbell of Zwolle; 35 grandchildren; and 43 great grandchildren. Erick M. Merritt COTTON VALLEY Erick Murrell Merritt, 83, of Stonewall, died Monday in a Shreveport hospital.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday in Bailey Mortuary chapel with the Rev. Ray Wallace officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Survivors are one daughter, Mrs.

Waymon Hatcher of Stonewall; one son, James Merritt of Bossier City; one brother, Emister Merritt of Cotton Valley; four sisters Mrs. Ida Monk of Minden, Mrs. Presious Lewis of Bossier City, Mrs. Iva Hefflin of Minden and Mrs. Grace Guice of Monroe; six grandchildren and three great -grandchildren.

Harry Hardeman MINDEN Harry H. Hardeman, 79, died Tuesday in a Minden nursing home after a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Wednesday in Rose-Neath chapel with the Rev. Robert Park and the Rev.

T. W. Leachman win tie held today at 10 a.m. in the McGuire Funeral Home in Vivian with burial in Antioch Cemetery in Atlanta, Tex. Mr.

Waters was found dead in his automobile Monday on the side of the Oil City-Belcher Road. He was a member of the Christian Church of Oil City. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Gladys Waters of Oil City; three sisters, Mrs. Gladys Bradley of Marshall, Mrs.

B. C. Bolen of Atlanta and Mrs. Eleanor Draper of Atlanta; and five brothers, J. D.

Waters, F. N. Waters and Otto Waters, all of Atlanta, and M. L. Waters of Dayton, and J.

C. Waters of Kilgore, Tex. Elston V. Attaway Services for Elston Vernon Attaway, 58, of Rt. 4, will be at 2:30 p.m.

today in the Rose Neath Funeral Home Marshall Street Chapel. Elder W. J. Blackmon will officiate. Burial will be in Bethel Cemetery, Blanchard.

Mr. Attaway died Monday at the Veterans Administration Hospital after a long illness. He was a native of Blanchard and a lifelong resident of the Shreveport area. He was a farmer and a member of the North Caddo C.B. Club.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Lois Attaway of Shreveport; his mother, Mrs. Emma Attaway of Shreveport; one daughter, Evelyn Loyce Attaway of Shreveport; two stepsons, Lester W. Fife and Dwayne R. Fife, both of Shreveport; and three brothers, A.

E. Attaway of Shreveport, Dorice Attaway of Campti and R. H. Attaway of Thornton, Ark. James E.

Hutchinson James E. Hutchinson, 72, of 9313 Moore Road, died Tuesday at Willis Knighton Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. "A native of Mesquite, he had lived in Shreveport since 1952 and was a retired truck driver for the City of Shreveport. Services will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Marshall Street Chapel of Rose Neath Funeral Home with the Rev.

George Carkeet, pastor of Greenwood Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Zebadee Cemetery near Rayville. Mr. Hutchinson is survived by six sons, J. T.

Hutchinson, Terry Hutchinson and John Hutchinson, all of Shreveport, B. E. Hutchinson and Jack Hutchinson, both of Blanchard and J. E. Hutchinson of Bossier City; four daughters, Mrs.

Lois Ermo, Mrs. Laverne Prator and Mrs. Reba Nielson, all of Shreveport and Mrs. Ruth Dunn of Greenwood; three sisters, Mrs. Edna Traxler of Epps and Mrs.

Beulah Antley and Mrs. Minnie Williams, both of Delhi; two brothers, Claude Hutchinson of Delhi and Huey Hutchinson of St. Joseph; 28 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Mr. Hutchinson's seven grandsons.

Mrs. Anna Harvey Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Mae Harvey, 87, of 540 Boulevard, will be at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Marshall Street Chapel of Rose-Neath Funeral Home. Mrs.

Harvey died Tuesday at Schumpert Medical Center after a long illness. She had been a resident of Shreveport for 32 years and was a native of McKamie, Ark. She was a member of Noel Memorial United Methodist Church. Officiating will be the Rev. Albert Trickett, associate pastor.

Burial will be in Old Shongaloo Cemetery in Webster Parish. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. R. L. Dawson of Shreveport; a sister, Mrs.

C. E. Baker of Shreveport; and two great-grandchildren. Mrs. Winnie P.

Love Mrs. Winnie P. Love, 90, of 316 Ratcliff, died Tuesday while visiting in New Orleans. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in First United Methodist Church, New Iberia, with the Rev.

Roy Mouser, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Rosehill Cemetery, New Iberia, under the direction of Evangeline Funeral Home in New Iberia. A native of New Iberia and a resident there for 85 years, Mrs. Love had lived in Shreveport for five years and Dr. JohnS.

Kyser Former NSU Head Succumbs NATCHITOCHES Funeral services will be Wednesday for former Northwestern State University President Dr. John S. Kyser, 74, who died Monday night in a Shreveport hospital following a brief illness. Services for Kyser, who was Northwestern's president from 1954 to 1966, will be at 2 p.m. in the Blanchard St.

Denis Funeral Home Chapel in Natchitoches. Burial will be in Memory Lawn Cemetery here. Kyser, who had been president emeritus of Northwestern since his retirement, had served on the university's faculty since 1943 with the exception of two years at Louisiana State University and Tulane University. The El Paso, 111., native advanced through the academic ranks at Northwestern from instructor to professor, and he served as head of the department of social sciences from 1935 until he was appointed president in 1954. When Kyser.

retired from Northwestern, he had served on the faculty and staff for 43 years, which was the longest tenure of any employe at the university. Only one other Northwestern president, Dr. V. L. Roy, served as the university's top administrator longer than Kyser.

Northwestern President Dr. Arnold R. Kilpatrick, who sue ceeded Kyser, said, "The faculty, staff, students and alumni of Northwestern share with Dr. Kyser's family the sorrow over the loss of one of a Louisiana's most respected I educators. His dynamic leadership made an enormous impact upon Northwestern and all of education in this state." A 1921 graduate of the University of Michigan, Kyser earned his Ph.D.

degree from Louisiana State University in 1937 and also did graduate work at the University of Chicago, University of. California" and the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Over 31 years as a classroom instructor 1 at Northwestern, Kyser taught more than 10,000 students in the fields of geography, European history, economics and international relations. The author of extensive text materials for social studies courses on Louisiana, Kyser organized and developed a number of courses on the state, including the first college credit field study tours of Louisiana in 1935. Widely recognized for his abilities as a photographer, Kyser also organized and taught Northwestern's first courses in audio visual education, an area in which Northwestern has long been recognized as a pioneer.

During his 12 year tenure as president of Northwestern, Kyser inaugurated the first graduate program at any institution under the Louisiana Board of Education, and he was instrumental in the development of the first closed -circuit television instruction program at any institution of higher education in Louisiana. More than $19 million was secured during Kyser's administration for new buildings, including seven dormitories, two dining facilities, a student union building, nursing facilities at Shreveport and the arts and sciences classroom building, which was the largest college classroom building in Louisiana when completed in the mid-1960s. Kyser held offices and membership in a number of educational and professional organizations. He was chairman of the Southwestern Division of the Association of American Geographers, chairman of the Geography Section of the Southwest Social Science Association, presiding officer of a sectional meeting of the Congress of International Geo-' graphical Union, president of the Louisiana College Conference, president of the Louisiana Historical Association and the North Louisiana Historical Association and chairman of the President's Council of Louisiana Colleges and Universities. Kyser is survived by his widow, Thelma Zelenka Kyser Ij ga 'FWFl f'L 7 IBANK TRUST Tv COMPANY 4 On the corner of Archer Street and East Kings Highway right next to your other convenient', I Ample space makes coming and going easy.

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