PARADE
In Memory of
MARY ELLEN BAILEY (1937 - 1954)

Mary Ellen Bailey
1954
Photo by Bob Grambling

Arcadia Parade 57-4
L to R: Mary Celeste Brown, Linda Monzingo, Margaret Jones, Belle Zachry, Sandra Crockett
Identified by Ann Mays Harlan and LeVerne Langheld Kidd
Background, L to R: Percy Holomon, Jimmy Smith

Arcadia Parade 57-3
Margaret Jones is the drum majorette leading the band
BOSSIER - WEBSTER PARISH FOREST FESTIVAL
WAS A BIG DEAL IN MINDEN
IT WAS FAIR DAY

Another shot of Monte Bill Sale and Connie Grambling at the Parish Festival

1951 Monte Bill Sale and Connie Grambling having fun at the fair
Photo by Robert Grambling, submitted by Greg Grambling

Eugene Frazier on the float
Photo by Bob Grambling
Submitted by Greg Grambling

From the 1959 Grig
1958 Grig
1958 Grig
1956 Grig

FIFTIES HOMECOMING PARADE
Can you see Morgan & Lindsey & Western Auto in the background?
Homecoming Float 1949 Grig
(Left To Right On The Float)
1. Jody Harper 2. Gene Pugh
3. Alice Life 4. Odessa Stanfield
5. Betty Lou Moore 6. Rene Pugh
7. Gwendolyn Almond
8. Betty Sue Alexander was the homecoming queen
9. Betty Jean Samuel
10. Nell Gilbert - Football Sweetheart
11. Peggy Shropshire 12. Keitha Clement
13. Patsy Carson
14. Alice Jean Cobb
Linda Harkness was also in the court but I can't see her on the float.
I did all the ones I could positively ID & then compared float photo with
individual photos on 2 previous Grig pages to get the others.
I believe this is accurate. Someone may have a correction.
Bernard McCoy
Homecoming Float 1949 Grig
(Left To Right On The Float)
1. Jody Harper
2. Gene Pugh
3. Alice Life 4. Odessa Stanfield
5. Betty Lou Moore6. Rene Pugh
7. Gwendolyn Almond
8. Betty Sue Alexander
9. Betty Jean Samuel
10. Nell Gilbert - Football Sweetheart
11. Peggy Shropshire
12. Keitha Clement 13. Patsy Carson
14. Alice Jean Cobb
Linda Harkness was also in the court but I can't see her on the float.
I did all the ones I could positively ID & then compared float photo with
individual photos on 2 previous Grig pages to get the others.
I believe this is accurate. Someone may have a correction.
Bernard McCoy
Submitted by John Quade, 513 Main Street, Minden, La.71055
1954-55

Jackie Batton became drum majorette in 1954

The Minden High School Band

Betty Claire Rhea - 1955 Fair Princess Driven by Jack Moreland
Submitted by John Quade, 513 Main St., Minden, La. 71055
IN MEMORY OF RONALD MILLER (CA1937-1995)

Jackie Batton and Ronald Miller
1955 Drum Majorette and State State Champion Exhibitionist Twirler

Trudy Brooks, Miss Minden 1955 Rides in the Fair Parade in 1956
Annetta Baker, second runner up is riding in the passenger seat

1954 Fair Princess - Sue Smith

Sue Smith - 1954 Fair Princess

Majorettes54 - Barbara Bryan, Sandra Pullig, Carla Faye Green, Jackie Batton, Mary Ellen Bailey and Ronald Miller,
All from the class of 1955 except Jackie Batton who was from the class of 1956
Photo by Robert Grambling

Barbara Bryan, Sandra Pullig, Carla Faye Green, Jackie Batton and Mary Ellen Bailey, Drum Majorette
Ronald Miller, Exhibition Twirler
Photo by Robert Grambling

Billie Sue Brooks was fair princess

First runner up for 1953, Miss Minden, Sandra Gray and Diane Britt who was later the 1963 homecoming queen ride in a parade together. The year is unknown to the compiler.

Jane Grubbs, Sandra Pullig, Sue Tatum, Carla Faye Green and Mary Ellen Bailey

Cortez David being driven by Gerald Kirkland

1952 Governor Kennon Attends the Bossier-Webster Harvest Festival

Preparing Homecoming Float 1951
From the Robert Grambling Collection
If you are able to identify the people e-mail us at MindenMemories@AOL.COM
A View of The Bossier-Webster Parish Forest Festival & Fair

Photo by Robert Grambling
Is that Ann Welch in the middle of the picture to the right of the girl in the cowboy hat?
If anyone can identify the people in the pictures please e-mail MindenMemories@AOL.COM and
reference Circus SideShow under Parade

Photo by Robert Grambling
The child in front of Bobbie Jean is her little sister, Sandra. Bobbie is eleven years older than she is. If you look at the photo you can see she has her hands on her holding her. They are at the fair.
Monday, October 4, 2004
O'Neil
Langheld
Funeral services for Mrs. O'Neil Langheld, "Nanny," 85, will be held at 2 p.m.
today, Oct. 4, 2004, at Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Minden with the Rev. Bill
Ichter officiating. Burial will follow at Gardens of Memory Cemetery in Minden.
Mrs. Langheld, a native of Haynesville and a resident of Minden for the past 55
years, passed away Friday, Oct. 1, in Minden. She was a homemaker. She will be
sadly missed by everyone who knew her.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Finis Langheld; parents, Sam and Luda
Wilson; brother, Jim Wilson; and two sisters, Ona Mae Reeves and Lynn Rachael.
She is survived by three daughters, Bobbie Herford and husband Jim of Minden,
Barbara Simmons and husband Neal of Bracketville, Texas, and Sandy Chanler and
husband Bert of Minden; one sister, Wynne Stewart of Ft. Worth, Texas; one
brother, Doyle Wilson of Haughton; one granddaughter, Cindy Smith of Anniston,
Ala.; five grandsons, Steve Sanders of Minden, Jeff Chanler of Minden, Caric
Biles, Wesley Chanler of Minden, Barkley Simmons of Bracketville; and three
great-grandchildren, Tiffany Smith of Lewisville, Texas, Ashley Sanders of
Heflin, and Will Chanler of Minden; and a host of friends.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons and J.P. McBride.
If anyone can identifyanyone else in this photo please e-mail MindenMemories@AOL.COM
Reference Flags


Submitted by Rowland Ivy From the 1948 Grig

1946-47 Band
1939 BAND

Director Clarinet Trombone
Mr. Dwight Blake Ruth Hearron Earl Fitzpatrick
Robert Godwin James C. McKinney
Drum Major Van Norman Gurvey Shepherd
Virginia Lil Turner Margaret Mims Roy Hurley
Alyn Sidney Drew Carter Norman
Flag Bearers Louise Ainge Cecil Lowe
Mary Ellen Pugh Jack Crisler Grady Sparkman
Grace Richardson Sue Willie Mathews
Euphornium
Sweetheart Alto Clarinet Dean Hodge
Marie Lites Martha Martin
Baritone
Bell Lyra Saxophone Earle Cooke
Nan Elizabeth Banks James Fitzpatrick Pat Avinger
Alma Mae Lewis
Trumpet Aubrey Drake, Jr. Sousaphone
Jack Fitzpatrick Harry Haigler J. V. Smith
Hershel Howard B. D. Gleason
John W. Davis Melophone
James Haynes Pearce Jamieson Bass Drum
Margie Martin Finis Lowe, Jr. Bobby Moseley
Eugene Frazier Larkin Turner Olin Lewis
Snare Drum
Frant Treat, Jr.
Frank Dennis
T. J. Mims
John Henry Shepherd
From the 1938 Grig
Submitted by Quade Studio - Identified by Ann Mays Harlan
The Forest Festival & Fair Was A Big Deal!
