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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Walter Bertram "Bert" Hatten
| name=Walter Bertram "Bert" Hatten
| image =
| image=
| office=[[Mayor]] of West Monroe, [[Louisiana]], USA
| office=[[Mayor]] of West Monroe, [[Louisiana]], USA
| term_start=July 1, 1966
| term_start=July 1, 1966
| footnotes=
| footnotes=
}}
}}
'''Walter Bertram Hatten''', known as '''Bert Hatten''' (born March 9, 1927 – May 22, 2023),<ref>{{cite web|url=
'''Walter Bertram Hatten''', known as '''Bert Hatten''' (born March 9, 1927 – May 22, 2023),<ref n=deathnotice>{{cite web|url=
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/former-west-monroe-mayor-bert-hatten-dies/ar-AA1bxbl9|title=Former West Monroe Mayor Bert Hatten dies|author=Ian Robinson|publisher=''Monroe News Star''|date=May 22, 2023|accessdate=May 23, 2023}}</ref> was a [[newspaper]]man who served for three terms as the [[mayor]] of West Monroe in Ouachita Parish in north [[Louisiana]], a position which he filled as a [[Democratic Party]] from 1966 to 1978. He is perhaps best known for his editorial column, "Inside Straight," in ''The Ouachita Citizen,'' a weekly in West Monroe.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/former-west-monroe-mayor-bert-hatten-dies/ar-AA1bxbl9|title=Former West Monroe Mayor Bert Hatten dies|author=Ian Robinson|publisher=''Monroe News Star''|date=May 22, 2023|accessdate=May 23, 2023}}</ref> was a [[newspaper]]man who served for three terms as the [[mayor]] of West Monroe in Ouachita Parish in north [[Louisiana]], a position which he filled as a [[Democratic Party]] from 1966 to 1978. He is perhaps best known for his editorial column, "Inside Straight," in ''The Ouachita Citizen,'' a weekly in West Monroe.
==Memberships and awards==
==Memberships and awards==
Hatten served as president of the West Monroe Chamber of Commerce and was the recipient in 1962 of the Junior Chamber International "Young Man of the Year Award". He is a member of the West Monroe Masonic Lodge No. 419, 32nd degree Scottish Rite and York Rite Bodies and Barak Shrine Temple.
Hatten served as president of the West Monroe Chamber of Commerce and was the recipient in 1962 of the Junior Chamber International "Young Man of the Year Award". He is a member of the West Monroe Masonic Lodge No. 419, 32nd degree Scottish Rite and York Rite Bodies and Barak Shrine Temple.
==Death==
Hatten died in West Monroe in the spring of 2023 at the age of ninety-six.<ref name=deathnotice/>
==See also==
==See also==