New Fire Truck for Lee Road 1975

 New fire truck for Lee Road Volunteer Fire Department back in 1975...

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Canoe Outing For Dozens of Women

 Remember this canoe trip on the Bogue Falaya River  52 years ago?

Lee Road Proposes Water System 1972

 Residents along Lee Road got excited in May of 1972 when talks of putting in a community water system were getting serious. 

Graduations Held at Abbey in 1972

 In May of 1972 both St. Paul's School and St. Scholastica Academy held their graduation ceremonies at St. Joseph Abbey north of Covington. Here are articles and pictures from the Covington Daily News. Click on the images to make them larger and more readable. 

Uncle Jim Thompson Honored

 In May of 1972 "Uncle Jim" Thompson was honored for his 24 years of service as a St. Tammany Parish Police Juror. 

Sgt. Mario Arthur Recognized in 1972

 In May of 1972 Sgt. Mario Arthur with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Department was honored by the Kiwanis Club of St. Tammany for his outstanding work in law enforcement. Click on the image below to make it larger and more readable. 

Mario Salvadore Arthur, Sr. was a native of New Orleans and a resident of Mandeville for most of his life. He was a graduate of LSU in Criminal Justice and retired from the Navy in 1968. He was the former Police Chief of Mandeville from 1967-1969, retired Chief of Detectives with the St. Tammany Sheriff’s Office in 1980, retired from Mandeville Police Dept. as Assistant Chief of Police in 1985, and retired from the St. Tammany District Attorney’s Office in 2001 as Chief Investigator.

He was a member of the Germania Masonic Lodge No. 46, American Legion Post 415, Louisiana Sheriffs Assn., Louisiana Peace Officers Assn., Louisiana Municipal Police Officer Assn. and Louisiana District Attorney’s Assn.

He died on on Monday, Sept. 18, 2006, at 76 years of age. 

Information source: E.J. Fielding Funeral Home Inc.

J.P.'s and Constables

 The Justices of the Peace and Constables serving throughout St. Tammany Parish have been an important part of the community for many years. Here are a few pictures of the group being sworn into office back in 1972. Click on the images to make them larger. 

1968

One of the most enjoyable magazine assignments I've ever had was putting together the annual magazine for the Justices of the Peace and Constables State Association. It was a huge volume with feature stories and photographs of JP's and Constables throughout the state. I had the opportunity to attend the state conference in Lafayette to take pictures. This was the meeting where the State Attorney General meets with all the Justices of the Peace and Constables and goes over any state legislation that was passed in the preceding year that affects their offices. It was a great group, and they perform an interesting range of public services these days.

Gordon Copeland was the father of one of my college friends, so he would often share with me the adventures he had experienced as a Justice of the Peace. 

Gordon Copeland

Class of 1959 CHS Reunion

 In 1989 the Class of 1959 from Covington High School held its 30th anniversary reunion at the Holiday Inn. Here are a couple of photographs from that event which took place 35 years ago.  Click on the images to make them larger. 

More Today's Personality Showcase

 Fifty-two years ago the Covington Daily News would run a small photo and personality profile on a different Covington community citizen every day. It was called "Today's Personality," and it was placed in the bottom right corner of the front page. 

Here are a few of those from June of 1972 newspapers. Click on the images to make them larger. 

Art Lemane

Neill Kivett

Mrs. Merle Dale

Jim Grieshaber

Susan Heap

Dianne Canik

Roger Lawson

Mrs. Wilton Wager

See also these links:

More Today's Personalities From 1972

Today's Personalities Back In 1972

More Today's Personalities

Today's Personality Back Then

Cheerleader Camp 1972

 In 1972 seven cheerleaders from Covington High attended "cheerleading school" at Northwestern State University. Here is a photo of the group.

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Courthouse On The Move

 In 1955 the old Pearl River Courthouse was moved to a Lions Club community playground to use for storing sports equipment. 

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Tchefuncte From The Air 1972

 In May of 1972 Howard and Jim Estes submitted this aerial photo of the mouth of the Tchefuncte River south of Madisonville to the Covington Daily News for publication. It tells about the new boat launch facility being built there. Click on the image and the caption to make them larger. 

Today's Personalities Showcase

  Fifty-two years ago the Covington Daily News would run a small photo and personality profile on a different Covington community citizen every day. It was called "Today's Personality," and it was placed in the bottom right corner of the front page. 

Here are a few of those from August of 1972 newspapers. Click on the images to make them larger. 

John Cannon

Forest G. Smith

Ysabelita Martin

Lois Thompkins

Sheriff George Broom

Carol Harrison

Mrs. R. Sanders

Edward Austin

Rose Chapman

And from June of 1972, there was Margaret Beatty, above,
and Fay Hunstock, pictured below. 

See also these links:

More Today's Personalities From 1972

Today's Personalities Back In 1972

More Today's Personalities

Today's Personality Back Then

Teenagers Take Civitan Trip

 In 1972, the Covington Civitan Club sent 13 local teenagers to its Civitan Youth Seminar at Louisiana College. Here is a photo of that group. Click on the image to make it larger.