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Kinder welcome sign Kinder in 1942. Kinder is a small town in Allen Parish, Louisiana, in the United States.The population was 2,477 at the 2010 census. [3]The Lieutenant Douglas B. Fournet Memorial Park, an American Legion enterprise, was dedicated on June 11, 1988, in Kinder to remember those who died in military service to the nation.
Allen Parish School Board is a school district headquartered in Oberlin in Allen Parish in southwestern Louisiana, United States. From 1960 to 1969, Dorothy Sue Hill, the state representative for Allen, Beauregard , and Calcasieu parishes, taught home economics for Allen Parish schools.
Until 1950, black children in Kinder attended school in Oakdale. In 1962, 15 of 30 graduates attended college. Most of these went to Grambling State University or McNeese State University. Since there was no employment for black college graduates in Kinder, the majority of the graduates find teaching positions in larger cities. [1]
A bicyclist who rode into the path of a car was killed Thursday afternoon in Allen Parish, according to Louisiana State Police. The crash happened after 6 p.m. on U.S. Highway 165 near Botley ...
St. Paul Baptist Church—Morehead School near Kinder, Louisiana is a historic church which doubled as a public school for African-American students. The church was built c. 1910. It was used as a public school from 1919 to c. 1945. [2] [3] It is a simple wood-frame church with a hipped roof and a forward-projecting tower.
Carrie Martin High School, Plain Dealing, a school for African Americans, it was named for an administrator who helped establish schools for blacks [2] Carter C. Raymond High School, Lecompte, a school for African Americans, Raymond was principal [3]
Kinder's football stadium is named after longtime head coach Johnny Buck (1930-2005), one of the all-time winningest head coaches in Louisiana high school football history. Buck won 271 games in his 36-year career between Kinder and Opelousas Catholic [6] and was named Louisiana Sports Writers Association Coach of the Year twice (1967, 1978). [7]
Louisiana State Newspapers: The Kinder Courier News: Kinder: Louisiana State Newspapers: The Daily Advertiser: Lafayette: 1865 [2] Gannett Company [1] The Acadiana Advocate: Lafayette: Georges Media Group American Press: Lake Charles: Boone Newspapers: L'Observateur: LaPlace: Boone Newspapers: Leesville Daily Leader: Leesville: Boone Newspapers ...