Vol. 3 No. 4

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Don Marler

Editorial
The fourth quarter of 2013 has been a busy one for recognition of our ancestors. Through out the year Ft. Polk has been planning for its seventh annual 3 day Heritage Family meeting. The meeting began October 25, 2013, and went smoothly, beginning with a welcome by the new commander of Ft. Polk—General Hickman.

Several booths were available displaying photos and artifacts of families who were displaced at what was then Camp Polk – now Fort Polk. The Vernon Parish Genealogy Society and Heritage Family Association helped sponsor the event and both were much in evidence with their very interesting booths, food contributions and volunteer activities.

Three seminars were held, including one on edible plants from the area by Dr. Charles Allen. He has several books on this subject; Google him to learn more. Another was held on Genealogy and one on Cleaning Headstones.

There was music and a potluck lunch on the grounds. The volunteer and military staff was as always as friendly and helpful as could be; exceeding expectations.

Visits to cemetery sights were both of the guided and unguided type.

The environment at Ft. Polk has never looked better.  Plan to attend next year.

Fullerton held its annual family reunion in October also. The meeting was held at the Fullerton pavilion and the attendance was not as large as in the past. However, all shared a good time and good food. During its time Fullerton had a population of around 2000 people. See the story in the next issue.

Thanks to Sarah Thames, Heritage Program Coordinator, for another great reunion.

Don C. Marler

BULLETIN BOARD

Leland Sanderson of Oakdale passed away on 8/7/2013. He was 83. He attended Oak Hill High school and was a veteran of the Korean War.

Opal Georgia Lee Warren passed away on July 18, 2013. She was 86. She was the youngest daughter of Henry and Hattie Dousay. Thanks to her daughter Mary J. Warren for sending this information to us.

Julius Harold Gunter 73 passed away on July 16, 2013. He lived at Elmer, La.

Verna Lee Lewis, 89, of Elmer passed away on October 11, 2013.

Johnnie Wayne Melder passed away on October 14, 2013. He was 71.

Billie Hernandez Brooks, of Otis, La. passed away on August 22, 2013. She was 75.

Rawleigh Mike Thompson, Sr. passed away in July, 2013. He was 92, the first graduate of Oak Hill High, a valedictorian, and a WWII vet.

Margaret Stokes Dove, 59, passed away on July 10, 2013. She lived at Elmer, La.

Lois Winnell Winegeart NesSmith, 63, of Calcasieu passed away on August 6, 2013.


A Revolting Tragedy


[Editor’s note: This article was published in the Quachita Telegraph Friday, July 20,1877. We have found no one who knows the veracity of the report. Anyone who has knowledge of this is invited to contact the Hineston Chronicles so this historical item can be verified, discussed or refuted. The Rapides Gazettepicked up the article and from these sources an unknown person wrote the following. Who was this person?] thanks to Carolyn Bales for forwarding this story.

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The Rapides Gazette thus relates the particulars of a bloody affray which resulted in the killing of the husband and brother of a newly married lady and the wounding of her father. Such a bereavement as hers seldom finds a parallel. The Gazette says: From a private letter received by a gentleman in town we learn that a sad tragedy occurred in the vicinity of Hineston. The facts as given are briefly these: Calvin Bass was enamored to the daughter of Jacob Gunter, and persuaded the young lady to elope with him. The couple went straightway to the residence of a parson Duff, a Baptist minister residing in Calcasieu parish, who united them in the holy bonds of wedlock. With a sense of having done what was honorable and right, Bass returned with his bride to the neighborhood of her home, and put up at the house of Rolen Weatherford. Having learned the whereabouts of the bride, Jacob Gunter, her father, and David Gunter her brother, armed themselves and started forth. On arriving on the spot where the honeymoon was to have passed, David Gunter without a word shot his new-made brother-in-law. Bass staggared, (sic) but before falling, drew a pistol and shot his father-in-law. Thereupon the brother-in-law who was standing set upon the brother-in-law who was wounded and ended his life at once and for all with a knife. David Gunter, managed to get his wounded father home. Constable Thomas Neal made the next move by organiging (sic) a posse and started out to arrest David. When he saw them coming David started to run, and the posse to stop him, fired upon him and brought him down. Dr. W. Hobby, who was called in, thinks that David will not recover, and that the chances for his father are slim. This a very sad and singular catastrophe, and the predicament of the young lady is calculated to excite the keenest sympathy.


Heritage Family Reunion Photos
Submitted by
Sarah Thames

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