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Al Barron, librarian
By CECILY BATEMAN
Thu,10/06/22-12:31PM , 3,145 Reads
"Librarians have always been among the most thoughtful and helpful people. They are teachers without a classroom." --- Willard Scott
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Margaret Burch on the far right chatting with Barbara McMillan on the far left. My neighbors Kathy Fearn (Cook) and Amy Moreau seated on the sofa with Jeanne Green of Franklinton. The ladies were at the Windsor Court in the spring of 2005 celebrating my mother Margie Nell Ellzey's 80th birthday.

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In remembrance of Margaret Stafford Burch
By CECILY BATEMAN
Thu,09/29/22-5:04PM , 2,885 Reads
"My friends are my estate."
--- Emily Dickinson
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Pictured at their wedding reception in June of 1965, Phillip and Sylvia Smith with their happy parents - Sam and Juanita Smith of Franklinton on the left and Bill and Elene Kelly of Denham Springs on the right.

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Mr. Smith goes to Franklinton -- Part 5
By CECILY BATEMAN
Thu,09/22/22-5:41PM , 1,030 Reads
Meeting and marrying Samuel "Sam" Harrell Smith, Jr., in Minden, Louisiana, the town where her parents Grover and Mattie Danner Lytle had settled, Juanita Lytle Smith soon moved south with her husband. Following a period of time living and working in several places in the South, the couple landed in Franklinton.
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Smith brothers - left to right, Phillip Harrell, Kenneth Wayne "Wayne," and James Qua "Qua" Smith in their youth. Sons of Samuel Harrell Smith, Jr., and wife Anna Juanita Lytle Smith.

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Mr. Smith goes to Franklinton -- Part 4
By CECILY BATEMAN
Thu,09/15/22-5:52PM , 1,343 Reads
The story of Samuel "Sam" Harrell Smith, Jr.'s (1911-1993) contribution to the local dairy industry is best relayed in his own words. With paper and pencil, Mr. Sam recorded his own history, and as a by-product that of our area, in "Sam's Story" which he wrote in the late 1970's or early 1980's.
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