Town Talk, Alexandria-Pineville, Saturday, May 7, 1977 The program of the Episcopal Churchwomen of Louisiana convention meeting here this weekend is the topic of discussion between these women attending the gathering. They are (from left) Mrs. James C. Sewell of Winnfield, a speaker Friday; Mrs. Caroline Hollins of Lake Charles, president of the organization; and Mrs.
Quintin T. Hardtner III of Shreveport, a speaker at this morning's session. (Town Talk Photo) Episcopal Chu Churchwomen Meeting By Helen Derr Town Talk Religion Editor More than 200 members of Episcopal Churchwomen from throughout the Diocese of are holding their 90th convention in the facilities of St. James' Episcopal Church here. The meeting, which began with lunch Friday, will close at noon today following the holy eucharist and installation of new officers.
Named to office for the next two years and to be installed this morning are Mrs. Elridge Dugas Jr. of Slidell, president; Mrs. Kenneth Paul of Shreveport, vice president and Mrs. Sheldon Morgan of Slidell, corresponding secretary.
Continuing in office for another year are Mrs. Gustave Kraus of New Orleans, teasurer; Mrs. Carl Walters of Sulphur, United Thank Offering custodian, and Mrs. Jack K. Nelson of Baton Rouge, recording secretary.
Mrs. James C. Sewell of Winnfield spoke to the convention Friday afternoon on "Motivation" and Mrs. Quintin T. Hardtner III of Shreveport this morning on "The 'Spiritual Aspect of Motivation." "It's amazing what people can do if they can't get out of it," Mrs.
Sewell, a former member Bishop and Council, told fellow Episcopalians. She reminded women that the purposes of Episcopal Churchwomen are to deepen the spiritual life of church women in the diocese, to carry out the Lord's "Great Commission," and to carry on the heritage from the past. The Louisiana Branch of the Epiciopal Women's Missionary Society was begun in New Orleans in 1886, Mrs. Sewell recalled by Mrs. Tobias Richardson, a woman who had "character, vision and ability," and "we can't let this heritage be lost." Every woman needs self-fulfillment, said the speaker, noting that this can be found best in jobs relating to the church.
"How do we do this?" she asked, answering her own quesation, volunteering for jobs and by saying 'yes' when asked even though it may mean risking defeat." Mrs. Sewell reminded her listeners there are jobs women can do in every parish from cleaning to the priesthood. Workshops and discussion groups on a variety of topics took up the remainder of the afternoon. Following dinner, a film entitled "Roadsigns on a Merry-go-round" was shown and a discussion conducted by Rev. James F.
Adams of Alexandria. Business sessions and committee reports are expected to occupy delegates before the final session. Carter Anticipates Success In 7-Nation London Summit LONDON (UPI) At the end of a joyful day of campaign-style gladhanding in northeast England, President Carter dined with five other heads of government Friday and laid the groundwork "for a very successful conference Carter and Prime Minister James Callaghan took time out on the eve of the seven-nation economic summit to tour Newcastle-upon-Tyne and visit the ancestral home of George Washington's family earlier Friday. After an informal dinner at No. 10 Downing Street, Callaghan's home and office, Carter appeared in an ebullient mood and confident the get had been a success.
"There seemed to be -few differences among us," Carter said. "We are determined to address extremely controversial issues like nuclear nonproliferation, the control of the sale of conventional weapons and how to deal with less developed countries and to discuss our viewpoints on the international monetary and financial Carter and Callaghan were joined at dinner by the heads of government of Japan, Italy, West Germany and Canada. Of the summit participants, only French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing was absent. "I see great confidence among the leaders about the future of democratic society a very common assessment of the need to cooperate with one another," Carter said at Winfield House, the U.S. Embassy residence where he is staying while in London.
Carter said the leaders had agreed "to make this conference not just to produce a communique but to She's Tops When It Comes To Losing Pounds Sensibly Mary Ducote of Alexandria has lost 112 pounds and new title. What's more, her family thinks she's tops. Mrs. Ducote has been named first runner-up to the Louisiana TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Queen. The queen represents the TOPS member statewide who has recorded the biggest weight loss in a year.
Mrs. Ducote is a member of local Chapter 199 of TOPS, a national organization which encourages members to diet sensibly under doctors' recommendations. When she joined TOPS she weighed 272 pounds. She says she had "tried everything from fad diets to diet pills" to lose weight ever since she was a size 16 eighth-grader. But nothing had worked.
After joining TOPS, it took her a and two weeks to reach the 160- year pound goal she and her doctor had set. She says she did it by cutting out starches such as rice and breads and reducing the amount of other foods she eats. "I I didn't really change my diet all that much," she said. "Mainly, I just cut She noted her husband Pete and her two sons are "thrilled with the new me." Now that she has reached her weight goal, she will become a member of KOPS (Keep Off Pounds Sensibly). PIANOS Yamaha Kimball Grand ORGANS Rodgers Conn Yamaha KELLY WARD PIANO ORGAN SHOP 5731 Jackson St.
Alexandria Phone 443-6365 Steel Prices Raised PITTSBURGH (AP) Republic Steel Corp. led forgings and make up about 16 per cent of the steel the way Friday in announcing long-expected price market. hikes on steel used in a wide range of consumer "Rapidly rising costs make an increase at this goods. time imperative," said Republic President W. J.
DeThe federal Council on Wage and Price Controls Lancey. immediately called the boost "excessive" and said it A government spokesman said in Washington that would investigate even though it does not have the the price council thinks the industry needs some repower to force a rollback. lief, "but this seems too high." Other major steel producers, who have long com- Imported steel is selling in the United States for plained of underpriced products and rising costs, said about $50 per ton less than domestic steel and "you they were studying the increase. can draw your own conclusions from that," he said. "We all need it," said an official at one steel firm.
A Republic spokesman said the company notified Republic, the nation's fourth largest steelmaker, "the appropriate people" in the Carter administration said the price of flat-rolled products would go up an about the price move before it was announced publicaverage of 8.8 per cent, while the price of hot-rolled ly. and cold-finished carbon and alloy bar would be in- Meanwhile, Armco Steel Corp. and Universal Cycreased an average of 6.8 per cent, effective May 15. clops Specialty Steel announced increases averaging 8 Flat-rolled steel is used mainly in auto bodies, ap- per cent on stainless steel products Friday, following pliances and office furniture such as filing cabinets, the lead Monday of Allegheny-Ludlum. and accounts for nearly half of the industry's ship- Armco also produces flat-rolled steel, but the comments.
Bar products are used in machinery, tools and pany did not disclose price action on that product line Area Deaths Clarence Prosser, parents, Winters, Mr. Tex. and Mrs. W. Suddeth of Bobby B.
McKaskle Bunkie Resident Services will be held at a time to Bobby B. McKaskle, 56, of Winn- 3 Mary Ducote: Loses 112 gains title. (Town Talk Photo) CAUGHT DAILY! LIVE POND CRAWFISH LITTLE CALIFORNIA LAKES 25 miles from Alexandria Hwy. 1 South 253-6636 or 253-5372 BUNKIE Clarence C. Prosser, 82, of Bunkie died at 9 a.m.
Friday at Bunkie General Hospital. He was a native of Whiteville, a member of the Bunkie Masonic Lodge and a Shriner, a member of the American Legion and recently received a 50 year pin from both the American Legion and Masons. He was member of the David Haas United Methodist Church here. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Isabelle LeBlanc Prosser of Bunkie; one sister, Mrs.
J.F. Griffin of Bunkie; two nieces and one nephew. Services will be held at the David Haas United Methodist Church at 2 p.m. today with Rev. Clyde Averett officiating.
Burial will be in the Pythian Cemetery under direction of Hixson Bunkie. Pallbearers will be H.K. Bubenzer Randall Johnson, P.A. Maxwell, J.B. co*ckran, Richard Maillet, Jessie Rowley.
Otto Sartin Special to The Town Talk Otto Sartin, 79, of Tioga died at 7: 15 a.m. Friday at Rapides General Hospital. He was a retired foreman at the Louisiana Special Education Center here and a native of Grant Parish. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Minnie Neal Sartin of Tioga; one daughter, Mrs.
Joy Shankle of Lake Jackson; three sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Fuglaar, Mr. May Sellers, and Mrs. Cora Mason all of Tioga; three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 2 p.m.
today in the chapel of Hixson Pineville with Revs. Bob Wallace Taylor Walworth officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Gray Infant C.A. Gray III, the infant son of Mr.
and Mrs. C.A. Gray II of Jena died at 10:40 a.m. Thursday in Rapides General Hospital. Other survivors include his paternal grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. C.A. Gray of Jena and maternal grand- Evelyn Parsons, Drowning Victim Special to The Town Talk be announced in Home in Winters, be in Old Runnels linger, Tex. Spill's Funeral Tex. Burial will Cemetery at Bal- HARRISONBURG Graveside services for Evelyn Parsons, 55, of Harrisonburg were held at 5 p.m.
Friday in Thomas Cemetery, Searcy, under the direction of Kinner and Stevens Funeral Home, Jena. Her body was found in the Black River Wednesday and was identified later, according to the Catahoula Parish Sheriff's Department said. An investigation by the department revealed no evidence of foul play in the death, according to the sheriff's department spokesman. Miss Parsons, who lived alone, was last seen alive about a week ago. The body was spotted Wednesday morning by a tugboat crew about a mile from the Black River bridge in Jonesville, the spokesman said.
Sheriff's officers recovered the body at 11:30 a.m. that day about three miles from the bridge. Survivors include three brothers, Charlie Parsons of Rhinehart, Chester Parsons of Mexico and John Parsons of Zachary, and one sister, Hettie Powell of Sicily Island. field died at 3:15 p.m. Friday in Rapides General Hospital.
He was a house painter. Survivors include his wife, Mrs Laura McKaskle of Winnfield; one son, Clyde Wayne McKaskle of New Orleans; two step-sons, Bobby Harris of Spokane, and C.D Harris Jr. of Chelsea, one daughter, Mrs. Mobby Jean Brimer of Phoenix, two step daughters, Mrs. Bonnie Fergurson kansas and Mrs.
Diann Southerland of Jordan Hill; his mother, Mrs. Kdella McKaskle of Winnfield, one sister, Mrs. Ada Foster of Winnfield, and 16 grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Southern Funeral Home, Winnfield, with Revs.
Jim Richards and Thomas Fitzgerald officiating. Burial will be in Georgetown Cemetery. Funerals Mrs. Lula Brazil Services for Mrs. Lula Delaney Brazil were held at 2 p.m.
Friday in Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with Revs. G.B. Herrington a and W.D.. Carson officiating. Burial was in Pleasant Hill Cemetery under direction of Hixson Pineville.
Pallbearers were Billy Delaney, J.W. Delaney, Jim McCann, Richard Brazil, Michael Brazil and C.H. Delaney. follow up substantively after it is concluded to carry out the agreements that are reached." Asked if he would assume a dominant role at the conference, Carter said, "I think the essence of this meeting is that no one assumes a dominant role but that we share a common approach to questions that concern us all." Giscard sent word he had a previous engagement but conference officials said he was delaying his arrival until Saturday because he was miffed at the presence of Roy Jenkins, president of the European Common Market. They said Giscard believed the meeting should be limited to heads of state.
Carter said his four- trip to Northern England gave him a "good start" to his first overseas trip since becoming president. 3 Die in Area Accidents (Continued from Page One) the final day of classes. Going's survivors include his wife, Mrs. DeLois Malmay Going of Lecompte; two sons, Randall Going and Leroy Meshell both of Lecompte; two brothers, Charles W. Going of Lecompte and Troy 0.
Going of Monroe; and paternal grandmother, Mrs. J.W. Going of Natchitoches. Services are incomplete under direction of John Kramer and Son Funeral Home. Miss Dixon's survivors include her parents Mr.
and Mrs. Matt Dixon of Dupont; three sisters, Eva Marie Dixon, Renee Dixon, Tammie Dixon all of Dupont; nine brothers, Typical 'Long-Termer' Sketched (Continued from Page One) appointed counsel. The long-termers felt that in 76 per cent of the convictions "the lawyer did not try to help," and so only seven per cent still retain their original attorney. The study showed that in cases in which theoriginal attorney's services were terminated, the lawyer quit 47 per cent of the time. Ten per cent indicated they had fired their lawyer.
The remainder said their lawyer died, or. they did not respond to the survey question. In number of offenses, 52 per cent said their present term was the result of the first offense, with blacks slightly higher than whites. Onethird of the whites and 12 per cent of the blacks said this was their third Alexandria Daily Town Talk May 7, 1977 No. 52 Published Monday through Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday morning, except Christmas Day by McCormick and Company, Inc.
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Funeral information on Johnson was not immediately available. offense. Rideau and Mason concluded that the study "substantiates the oftraised claim that the criminal justice system discriminates against the poor, the black, and the friendless." The editors said "veiled racism" had to be considered as one of the factors in long sentences, since "the majority are blacks confined for crimes against They also concluded that the longtermers get "little or no assistance toward helping them to get out." Families are for the most part "poor, socially and politicaly insignificant people at the bottom of the socio-economic ladder." The 88 prisoners have served a total of 1,214 years at Angola, Rideau and Mason said. As for possibility of relief, the editors cited the study results which showed that 35 per cent of the longtermers presently have attorneys, but only 22 per cent of them are "presently challenging the validity claa. fotaz.
present ALEXANDRIA ZOO DAY May 7, 1977 of their conviction confinement." They said that 89 per cent of the longtermers had applied for executive clemency through the state Board of Pardons. The board has recommended 42 per cent for some form of clemency, 21 per cent are pending, and 37 per cent have 1 been denied. Calling the life sentence "just another form of the death penalty," the editors said there could be no relief for many unless the court, the legislature or the governor moved to ensure fairness for "the living dead." C. FRED TARVER 1105 Texas Ave. Ph.
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