Evelyn Richardson:  

Since graduation from Newellton High School in 1963 I moved to Mena, Arkansas where I worked in a nursing home for a few months. Then I moved to Monroe, La. and roomed with Betty Vines until she married. I worked at a Five and Dime store during the Christmas holidays. Then I got a job in an Ear, Nose, and Throat doctor's office in Monroe working as a receptionist and filing health insurance claims. Note: this was way before Managed Health Care. The insurance companies had their own individual claim form (not standardized claim forms) Everything was filed manually. Then the doctor hired me to collect delinquent accounts for a percentage of collections. I needed money, so you can imagine I worked hard to collect. I left home without a penny in my pocket when i graduated from high school. So, if I wanted necessities and material things I earned them by working. Imagine that, no government assistance and I survived, bought a new Chevy II at Coit Chevrolet in Newellton. No, it did not have air conditioning. I could not afford that luxury. I soon met my husband of almost 46 years, Larry Richardson. His dad had given him a new Bronze Lemanz Pontiac and it had air conditioning. He believes I loved the air conditioning more than him. LOL I then got a job working for an industrial oil supply firm in Monroe, Mid-South Supply, where I worked until we moved to Shreveport. I worked for 30 years as an office manager for an Retina Specialist here in Shrevepo...Expand for more