Bennie Hixon of Monroe, Louisiana, a former principal at Mangham High School, said that Ross may have been the first Republican in Mangham. "He helped break ground for the growth of the Republican Party in Richland Parish," said Hixon, the author of ''The History of Mangham and the Big Creek-Boeuf River to 1940''. | Bennie Hixon of Monroe, Louisiana, a former principal at Mangham High School, said that Ross may have been the first Republican in Mangham. "He helped break ground for the growth of the Republican Party in Richland Parish," said Hixon, the author of ''The History of Mangham and the Big Creek-Boeuf River to 1940''. |