Tag: Ouachita Parish Schools
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A List of Ouachita Parish High School Alumni Who Fell During War
Back in May, 1945 Ouachita Parish High School’s seniors had a newsletter called the Ouachita Lion. It served as a sort of yearbook since the yearbook wasn’t publishing during WWII.…
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The First School Bus in Monroe
How about this old newspaper clipping? It shows an early Monroe school bus, circa 1915, parked in front of Kern’s Blacksmith Shop, which had built it. Kern’s Blacksmith was located…
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Beloved Sterlington Principal Leaves Behind a 43 Year Legacy in Education.
Some of you from the Sterlington area may have had this gentleman as a principal. Mr. O.K. Bailey, Sr. served for 43 years as principal of Sterlington’s Elementary, Jr. High…
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Eddy Arnold and the Duke of Paducah Perform at OPHS
Probably the biggest names to perform on the stage at OPHS were Country Music Hall of Famers Eddy Arnold and Benjamin Francis Ford (AKA the Duke of Paducah) in 1949.…
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Walley Fowler and His Famous Oak Ridge Quartet Plays the Ouachita Parish High School Auditorium.
A while back, I told you about all the famous acts that came and performed at Neville auditorium. I decided to see who came to OPHS. I got curious when…
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Ouachita Parish High School Entry
This is a postcard I won on Ebay. It shows one of the entrances to the old Ouachita Parish High School on South Grand (the second OPHS building). Today it…
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Area High Schools Once Had Live Mascots!
Did you know that Neville and Ouachita Parish High School once had live mascots? Above is pictured Shasta the tiger, who was Neville’s mascot. Ouachita’s lion mascot was called Cheepa,…
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Lenwil School
If you have any friends or relatives that may have gone to school at Lenwil in West Monroe back in the 40’s to 50’s, you may want to look at…
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Ouachita Parish High School “Yearbooks”
Back during WWII, local schools didn’t print a traditional “yearbook” as we know it. All supplies were going towards the war effort. However, the Seniors printed their own version, which…
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Ouachita Parish High School
This is a photo of young women posed outside the old Ouachita Parish High School in white smocks and caps. It is included in the Henry Camp Collection of OPPL…
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 