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[[Image:Jack Batton Arena, Minden, LA.JPG|250px|right|thumb|The Jack Batton Arena in [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], [[Louisiana]]]]

[[Image:Jack Batton Arena, Minden, LA.JPG|250px|right|thumb|The Jack Batton Arena in [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], [[Louisiana]]]]

   

   

A [[cattle]]man, Batton owned the Minden Auction Barn and provided at no cost the arena used by the Minden Riding Club. He also raised [[horse]]s.<ref name=obit>"Jack Batton dies at 82," ''Minden Press-Herald'', April 9, 1996, p. 1.</ref> The facility was subsequently renamed the Jack Batton Arena.> In 1950, he was named the second president of the new Webster Parish Cattleman's Association.<ref>"Jack Batton Is Named President of Webster Parish Cattle Group", ''Minden Herald'', May 12, 1950, p. 1.</ref> Active with Batton in the riding club was his friend and fellow cattleman, Delna Russell "Cowboy" Drake (1905–1976).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mindenmemories.org/Residential%20Homes%20A-F.htm|title=Jack Batton Home|publisher=mindenmemories.org (Sherry Gresham Gritzbaugh of Bellaire in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]])|accessdate=November 3, 2010}}</ref> Batton was a member of the Minden Fire Department from 1949 to 1989.

A [[cattle]]man, Batton owned the Minden Auction Barn and provided at no cost the arena used by the Minden Riding Club. He also raised [[horse]]s.<ref name=obit>"Jack Batton dies at 82," ''Minden Press-Herald'', April 9, 1996, p. 1.</ref> The facility was subsequently renamed the Jack Batton Arena. In 1950, he was named the second president of the new Webster Parish Cattleman's Association.<ref>"Jack Batton Is Named President of Webster Parish Cattle Group", ''Minden Herald'', May 12, 1950, p. 1.</ref> Active with Batton in the riding club was his friend and fellow cattleman, Delna Russell "Cowboy" Drake (1905–1976).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mindenmemories.org/Residential%20Homes%20A-F.htm|title=Jack Batton Home|publisher=mindenmemories.org (Sherry Gresham Gritzbaugh of Bellaire in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]])|accessdate=November 3, 2010}}</ref> Batton was a member of the Minden Fire Department from 1949 to 1989.

In 1949, Batton became a director of Hunter's Playground and Playhouse, located near his home on Goodwill Street. The complex was opened for the entertainment of young people in the city by Larry B. Hunter (1896–1971) and his wife, Gladys Powell Hunter (1899–1973), the owners of the local [[Coca-Cola]] franchise.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mindenmemories.org/Hunter's%20Park%20and%20Playhouse.htm|title=Hunter's Playhouse|publisher=mindenmemories.org|accessdate=June 5, 2011}}</ref>

In 1949, Batton became a director of Hunter's Playground and Playhouse, located near his home on Goodwill Street. The complex was opened for the entertainment of young people in the city by Larry B. Hunter (1896–1971) and his wife, Gladys Powell Hunter (1899–1973), the owners of the local [[Coca-Cola]] franchise.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mindenmemories.org/Hunter's%20Park%20and%20Playhouse.htm|title=Hunter's Playhouse|publisher=mindenmemories.org|accessdate=June 5, 2011}}</ref>