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CCC Camp Sanders in Mount Hermon

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Wed,11/23/22-5:21PM, 4,623 Reads
It wasn't that long ago that I penned a column on Mt. Hermon - a real jewel in our bucolic countryside. And then came a deluge of intriguing e-mail from Calvin Simmons, a Mt. Hermon native. The son of Jewel L. Simmons and Janice Alford Simmons, Calvin - now a resident of Vicksburg, Mississippi - was born and raised in Mt. Hermon.
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Efrain "Frank" Lugo Sr., 84

Thu,06/09/22-8:06PM, 4,617 Reads
Efrain “Frank” Lugo Sr., 84, a resident of the Bonner Creek Community near Franklinton passed away early Monday morning May 30, 2022 at the Ochsner Medical Center. He was a resident of Harahan for 45 years and had lived in Washington Parish for the last 17 years. Frank was retired after a long career as an air conditioning technician.
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Betty Jean Goings Magee, 84

Thu,06/09/22-8:04PM, 4,615 Reads
Betty Jean Goings Magee, 84, a resident of Franklinton died Monday evening May 30, 2022 at North Oaks Medical Center. She was born in Mt. Hermon on October 23, 1937 to the late Arlie Goings and Alma Riley Goings. Betty was the youngest and last surviving of 10 siblings.
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4th of July parade scheduled but fireworks are cancelled

Thu,06/30/22-2:09PM, 4,613 Reads
UPDATE: The fireworks show at the Fairgrounds has been cancelled.
Public events planned in Washington Parish on Monday, July 4, include a parade in Bogalusa and fireworks in Franklinton.
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