The Ouachita Citizen
Today is Saturday, May 18th, 2013Subscribe Today!
Home · News · Columns · Editorials · Letters to Editor · Sports · Tempo · Obituaries · Public Notices
Main Menu
• Home
• Links of Interest
• Pictorial History
• Polls & Surveys
• Public Notices
• Read Our E-Edition
• Recommend Us
• RSS Feeds
• Search Our Site
• Site Statistics
• Story Archives
• Top 5 Most Popular
• Contact Us

Ads by Google

Current Poll
Should members of the LSU Board of Supervisors disclose who receives their scholarships?
Yes
No
Don't Care
No Opinion

View Results
Story Archives: Martha Jane Anderson: Luncheon, books and guidance


Martha Jane Anderson: Luncheon, books and guidance
by Martha Jane Anderson - posted Thursday, September 30th, 2010 @ 12:02 pmE-mail Story E-mail Story | Print Story Print Story 
Invitations are in the mail for the bridesmaids luncheon honoring the beautiful Jennifer Ensminger on Friday, Oct. 8, at the Restaurant SAGE. Grandmother Carol Ledoux is hosting the affair. The invitations truly set the tone as they are water colored white pumpkins on a fall green and white card with ivy and oak leaves completing the painting. We are so proud of Jennifer as she has a degree in architecture as well as a good job.

We have had so much fun celebrating the accomplishments of the grandchildren that in this issue, we have the real deal in our community and did not even know it. Jerry Wolff and Suzanne just returned from a weekend in Dallas where former SMU pitching great, Jerry, was one of 48 athletes from SMU honored at the halftime of the football game along with Jackie Masur McElhaney's husband, John, a former SMU swimming star, who is still a noted attorney for SMU athletics. Jerry lettered in both basketball and baseball at SMU all four years.

Quoting from a 1957 story in a great book about which Jerry knew nothing, he and his talented teammates, who included, Gaylord Perry, were known in athletic circles as the Wolff Gang. Interestingly, my late husband Elton Upshaw was nicknamed Jerry, Wolff Man, not knowing about all of the great history. Jerry was a rare commodity in that he could hit well for a pitcher, chalking up a .366 batting average at SMU and he could run like the West Texas wind. In the summer, Jerry pitched for the Alpine Cowboys. A left hander, Jerry, struck out 21 batters and allowed only four hits and one walk to win a big game. Jerry Wolff won the award for the  best pitcher in the summer league, which was  hosted by a wealthy Alpine cattle rancher. Jerry received this honor over Hall of Famer, Gaylord Perry, who later pitched 314 winning games and spent 22 years as a successful major leaguer. He was Jerry's roommate that special summer.
.....

For the full story, subscribe to the The Ouachita Citizen's NEW E-Edition!



Martha Jane Anderson retired from University of Louisiana-Monroe after 35 years of service as Assistant Dean of Students and SGA Advisor. She is married to Patrick H. Anderson Sr., has two children, and four grandchildren.
Search Our Site

Advertising

Local Weather
© 2002-2013 The Ouachita Citizen - All Rights Reserved
Web Site Design by Panther Networks, Inc.