Tales
from Turner’s Boarding House and So Much More!
With
Mrs. Harol Turner Thompson
Monday, April 9th, 2018, Mrs. Harol Turner Thompson, a
1954 Minden High graduate, will be the April “Night
for the Museum” speaker. This will be
the 61st oral history program for the Dorcheat Museum and the 68th museum event
for Dorcheat Museum since 2007.
If
you lived in Minden from 1934 until 1978 you remember sharing meals at Turner’s
Boarding house on the corner of Fort and Sullivan Street. Come listen to Harol Turner Thompson daughter
of Happy Turner and Hazell Adkins Turner, as she remembers her parents and
grandparents.
Don't miss your chance to hear about some of our local
history. The museum events will be held in the Media/Learning center at the
Dorcheat Historical Association Museum, 116 Pearl Street, Minden, La.
Museum doors will open at 5:30 p.m., with first-come, first-serve seating.
Program begins at 6:00 p.m. Admission is free with potluck desserts and snacks
welcome.
For more information contact Schelley Brown Francis at
318-377-3002 or visit www.museuminminden.blogspot.com to sign up for the museum email blast. You can also find
the museum on Facebook. To learn more about Webster Parish's rich history visit
the Dorcheat Historical Association Museum located at 116 Pearl Street in
Minden. Museum hours; closed on Monday, Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. (closed
from 1-2 for lunch), Saturday CLOSED. The museum admission is free. Also open
for special tours and rental by appointment.