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'''Everett Gail Doerge''' (May 6, 1935 – April 17, 1998) was a [[Louisiana]] state representative who served from 1992 until his death as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] for District 10 (Webster Parish).​

'''Everett Gail Doerge''' (May 6, 1935 – April 17, 1998) was a [[Louisiana]] state representative who served from 1992 until his death as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] for District 10 (Webster Parish).​

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Everett Doerge (pronounced DURR-ghee) was born in Port Arthur, a city on the bank of Sabine Lake in far southeastern [[Texas]]. In 1943, his parents, George G. Doerge (1901–1976) and Jewel M. Doerge (1907–1993) moved the family to the small northwestern city of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], Louisiana. In 1954, Doerge graduated from [[Minden (Louisiana) High School|Minden High School]],<ref>[http://www.mindenmemories.org/Fifties%20Minden%20High%20School%20Grigs.htm Minden High School Yearbooks for 1950 through 1955]; no longer on-line</ref> where he had run track and played on the all-state [[football]] team in 1953. He initially entered [[Mississippi State University]] in Starkville, [[Mississippi]], on a football scholarship but then transferred to [[Northwestern State University|Northwestern State College]] (after June 1970, the institution became  [[Northwestern State University]], located in  [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], where he met and, in August 1957, married [[Jean Doerge|Jean McGlothlin]]. They both obtained their degrees in 1958, the year he was commissioned an officer in the [[United States Army]], serving six months of active duty and remaining in the Army Reserve until 1964. He continued his education at NSC where, following his Bachelor of Science in 1958, he received a [[Master of Science]] in 1964 and, after a decade as a high school teacher, attended studies for an [[Ph.D.|Ed.D.]] at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], which he obtained in 1973.​

 

Everett Doerge (pronounced DURR-ghee) was born in Port Arthur, a city on the bank of Sabine Lake in far southeastern [[Texas]]. In 1943, his parents, George G. Doerge (1901–1976) and Jewel M. Doerge (1907–1993) moved the family to the small northwestern city of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], Louisiana. In 1954, Doerge graduated from [[Minden (Louisiana) High School|Minden High School]],<ref>[http://www.mindenmemories.org/Fifties%20Minden%20High%20School%20Grigs.htm Minden High School Yearbooks for 1950 through 1955]; no longer on-line</ref> where he had run track and played on the all-state [[football]] team in 1953. He initially entered [[Mississippi State University]] in [[Starkville]], [[Mississippi]], on a football scholarship but then transferred to [[Northwestern State University|Northwestern State College]] (after June 1970, the institution became  [[Northwestern State University]], located in  [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], where he met and, in August 1957, married [[Jean Doerge|Jean McGlothlin]]. They both obtained their degrees in 1958, the year he was commissioned an officer in the [[United States Army]], serving six months of active duty and remaining in the Army Reserve until 1964. He continued his education at NSC where, following his Bachelor of Science in 1958, he received a [[Master of Science]] in 1964 and, after a decade as a high school teacher, attended studies for an [[Ph.D.|Ed.D.]] at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], which he obtained in 1973.​

==Career as educator==​

 

==Career as an educator==​

His first years in education were spent in the tiny community of Arp in Smith County, south of [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler, Texas, and, back in Louisiana, in another small locality, the town of Iota in Acadia Parish in southwestern Louisiana. Returning to Minden, he was a social studies teacher and football coach at Minden High School from 1964 to 1974 and subsequently advanced to assistant principal and principal of several Webster Parish schools, including stints at Webster Junior High School from 1974–1976<ref>''[[Minden Press-Herald]]'', September 10, 1974, p. 1</ref> and the former Theresa M. Lowe Junior High School in Minden from 1976 to 1978. In 1979, he was appointed by the Webster Parish School Board as secondary education supervisor, with duties in the central office in Minden. In that capacity, he pushed for the installation of computers in classrooms. He was promoted in 1984 to assistant superintendent under Superintendent Jerry Lott.<ref>"School board promotes Doerge," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' July 17, 1984, p. 1.</ref> This was Doerge's terminal position in his educational career of thirty-two years. He retired from the school district upon his election to the legislature.<ref name=culverhouse>Pat Culverhouse, "Doerge ready for new career," ''Minden Press-Herald,''  January 8, 1992, p. 1.</ref>​

His first years in education were spent in the tiny community of Arp in Smith County, south of [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler, Texas, and, back in Louisiana, in another small locality, the town of Iota in Acadia Parish in southwestern Louisiana. Returning to Minden, he was a social studies teacher and football coach at Minden High School from 1964 to 1974 and subsequently advanced to assistant principal and principal of several Webster Parish schools, including stints at Webster Junior High School from 1974–1976<ref>''[[Minden Press-Herald]]'', September 10, 1974, p. 1</ref> and the former Theresa M. Lowe Junior High School in Minden from 1976 to 1978. In 1979, he was appointed by the Webster Parish School Board as secondary education supervisor, with duties in the central office in Minden. In that capacity, he pushed for the installation of computers in classrooms. He was promoted in 1984 to assistant superintendent under Superintendent Jerry Lott.<ref>"School board promotes Doerge," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' July 17, 1984, p. 1.</ref> This was Doerge's terminal position in his educational career of thirty-two years. He retired from the school district upon his election to the legislature.<ref name=culverhouse>Pat Culverhouse, "Doerge ready for new career," ''Minden Press-Herald,''  January 8, 1992, p. 1.</ref>​

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==Two legislative elections==​

 

==Two legislative elections in the same year==

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In the fall of 1974, Doerge was the secretary of the Minden Democratic Central Committee, which organized a dinner to benefit local candidates facing [[Republican Party|Republican]] opposition, including the mayoral nominee, [[J.E. "Pat" Patterson]], who thereafter unseated the two-term Republican [[Tom Colten]].<ref>''Minden Press-Herald,'' September 5, 1974, p. 1.</ref>​

In the fall of 1974, Doerge was the secretary of the Minden Democratic Central Committee, which organized a dinner to benefit local candidates facing [[Republican Party|Republican]] opposition, including the mayoral nominee, [[J.E. "Pat" Patterson]], who thereafter unseated the two-term Republican [[Tom Colten]].<ref>''Minden Press-Herald,'' September 5, 1974, p. 1.</ref>​

In 2011, Doerge Landing on Bayou Dorcheat, located east of Springhill on State Highway 157, was named in Doerge's honor. The landing was created after the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development completed a new bridge across the bayou, a part of the Scenic Rivers Program of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.<ref>"Doerge Landing dedicated in afternoon ceremony," ''Springhill Press and News Journal,''  Vol. 75, No. 17 (April 28, 2011).</ref>​

In 2011, Doerge Landing on Bayou Dorcheat, located east of Springhill on State Highway 157, was named in Doerge's honor. The landing was created after the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development completed a new bridge across the bayou, a part of the Scenic Rivers Program of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.<ref>"Doerge Landing dedicated in afternoon ceremony," ''Springhill Press and News Journal,''  Vol. 75, No. 17 (April 28, 2011).</ref>​

 

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