Ruston Daily Leader (Newspaper) - August 12, 1941, Ruston, Louisiana WELCOME SOLDIERS i WELCOME SOLDIERS VOLUME Follow The AUGUST 1941 NEA Service 6 Cl Huston CCC Camp May Close September 30 Suggestion for When 12 Lincoln parish whites pull out Monday morning bound for Alexandria and Camp Living stons induction smiling and timid fellow will be among bidding farewell to the green turfed diamonds that he saw mature from vacant lots and That fellow will be goodnatured and devilmaycare Jimmy whose name is sy with Ruston baseball Way back when he was in knee Jimmy was caus ing eyebrows to lift with his horsehide ability in kid he occupied a prominent spot in American Legion Junior baseball circles and then still he was a star at Ruston high The lad spent two years at Louisiana long enough to have Texas league scouts tailing him in some of the games he and af ter abandoning became a charter member of the Ruston Volunteers when they entered th Ouachita Valley For about five Jimmy took his regular term on the winning games when the local team needed them and displaying such outstand traits of baseball ability fiat 1 at their headquarters empty hand befuddled over the fact that a grinning young Walter Johnson or Christy Mathewson had turned down a chance in the majors with as much non as he would a second helping at the Dinner These scouts didnt know that Davis wasnt forced to play baseball for a liv ing and that he pitched with the home team for nothing because he loved the They tried a gain the next year when Jimmy was standing enemy batsmen on their but again returned to the home office with the un signed contracts still in their its been that way all Jimmy continued to play the game because he liked it and for this the fans took him to their bosoms with deep hes not a starter in the Vols He quit pitching two years ago when his arm wouldnt behave like it Last he cavorted in the outfield and this year has been out there on the first base coaching line at nearly every Even if he isnt the fans still think that a local game wouldnt be complete if smiling Jimmy wasnt They prob ably lean over to their neighbor and whisper that the old veter an wouldnt have got into a hole like or that The Playboy used to fog them in much And just as he is endearing to the Jimmy is loved by his fellow Hes a ball players ball Despite the fact that he has money and could probably spend his time off hunting and or re sorting some place instead of pulling on a sweaty Jimmy goes through daily workouts with the other players at Fraser Because of his seven years of service to Ruston we think the time has come for loy al baseball followers of this town to honor The Old No better thought could Jimmy Davr is carry with him to the service of Uncle Sam than the fact that the home folks appreciate his ef forts with the local Qn the coming Sunday after the day before Jimmy the Vols have an We suggest that ex tilt be scheduled with our Jimmy taking a last turn on the Ruston With two and one half service iteming evident for all toes it is not likely that Jimmy will get another 90 Washington Director Says Relying Upon Emergency Hustons Civilian Conservation Corps will continue into operation during the remain der of the 17th period of work terminating September ac cording to an announcement by Charles acting director of the Federal Security agency Taylor that the director reserves the right to discontinue operating camps at short notice due to con ditions created by the emergency over which he has no An order early in July stated that the local camp would be closed on but efforts of Ruston citizens and Washington representatives forestalled a clos ing at that The camps enrollment is 196 at the present and is thought to be one of largest of any in the United Farm lands in Lin coln parish totaling acres are serviced by the Ruston Representative Newt Senator Allen Ellender and Senator John Overton are work ing to get the camp retained here after the September 30 termin John Ben local civic whose July work was in strumental in getting the camp urges Ruston citizens to wire their congressmen and have them renew efforts toward keeping Company 4410 The annual payroll of the camp amounts to Due to the lack of enrollment caused by the defense approximately 400 camps throughout the United States are slated to be Unless Ruston citizens act states of dollars will be lost business bys camp dissolv Is Taylor to Senator John Overton regarding the Dear Senator Overton Receipt is acknowledged of your letter of July with reference to the retention in op of Camp at Rus In reply you are advised that Camp will continue in op during the remainder of the 17th period of CCC ter September In this the Di rector reserves the right to dis continue operating camps at short notice due to by the emergency over which he has no Sincerely Charles Acting Negro Driver Fined After Colliding With Scooter Rider Wilson who gave his address as both Junction City and Dodson was fined in city court Monday on a charge of reckless Carter and five other Negroes were in a car Saturday night that hit Donald local while he was riding a motor scooter down one of the towns The Negroes had been it is Hall sustained a broken hand and bruises as a result of the Trilling Tour Governor Jones And Fleming To Speak Tonight Governor Sam Jones and Raymond Flem ing will be presented in a special national defense broad cast tonight at oclock ov er stations and it is Their addresses will concern the forthcoming Louisiana war Your Part in Our Great War Games has been selected as the subject of the Civilians living in the ma neuver area are especially urg ed to tune in on the All Is Apprehension Grace Metropolitan so w plane for if Latin Vols Will Play Brown Tomorrow Battle for Fifth Place To Be Fought At Fraser Field With a victory for the locals putting the teams into a tie for fifth Hustons Volunteers will face the Brown Brownies here at Fraser Wednesday afternoon in a reg scheduled Ouachita Valley league Both aggregations are scrapping for a first division entitling them to a play off The Brownies can go into fourth place by half a game if they register a win over the Vols in Wednesdays Camden dropping into she fifth slot A Ruston victory would put both teams a game behind Baker Likely Bespectacled Earl who has been trying hard to regain early season effectiveness in the past few will likely be the starting Ruston Bak ace of the Louisiana Tech mound staff the past has won four and lost six In valley loop Ruston holds a 31 advantage in wins over the Brownies in the four games played between the two teams thus far this Baker has been the Vols hurler in all games of the Vols Need Win Manager Roy Fraser is hoping that his Volunteer squad will hit a winning streak after their vic Bastrop 1C the locals are able to fourth place before the regular season they will be allowed to participate in the playoff which will determine the league Besides a chance for the the Vols need a playoff spot to reap financial The local squad is being sent light drills out at Fraser field this afternoon with batting practice being given Usually strong at the Vols were able to garner only four hits off the Bastrop hurler Sun The probable starting lineup is as follows Ed catch er Denman first base second base Todd Mc third base Glen shortstop Pat left field Billy Frank Taylor or Jimmy center field Ned right and Negro Sentenced On Liquor Charge Connie pleaded guilty to a charge of handling in in city court Monday and was fined in default of which he is to serve 90 days in Gullatt was arrested Monday morning when town officers searched his premises and found five pints of tf i REVIVAL WILL BEGIN TOMORROW NIGHT ON WESLEY CHAPEL Smith will begin a revival meeting at the home of John Willis on the road to Wes ley Chapel Wednesday night at it is Everyone is invited to Women Will Sew For Red Cross Tomorrow Afternoon All in tp be by the Red Crow are to at the Methodist church tomorrow afternoon from 1 to 4 dittoing to help are te brJ Huston Becomes Military Scene Overnight as Servicemen Arrive a neighborhood meets who boasts a strain of Eskimo at the annual pet show of the Childrens Aid So ciety in New Tenement childrens pets without pedigrees have their day at this Ruston To Provide Comforts For Soldiers Ion Leave Information Center f Will Be Stationed J At Railroad field recreation representative of the Federal Se curity which is headed in Washington by Paul assisted Monday night with final plans in Ruston provide information and tion centers for troops on Morrison met with 25 representatives in the mayors of fice and chairman of various were appointed by chairman of the Ruston Defense Recreation Civilian morale dictates soldier Morrison and it has been proven the attitude and con duct of civilian determines how the soldiers stood up under He said no one could how many men would ever come here or how long they would as this would not be They would come here on bivouac and possibly remain for a short rest period of a day or He complimented Ruston up on its perfect facilities and ex pressed a hope the boys would get to use Comforts Garrett said a booth would be erected in Railroad park and benches placed there under the trees and around the The American Legion home will be used as the main center for the a music writing magazines and possibly some cots will be put there for them to Ping pong tennis courts and the swimming pool will all be avail able for army An officers club room will be located somewhere in town at The golf old armory and churches were all offered Monday night for this purpose Showers at the now high school and Louisiana Tech will be used for the men to and drinking fountains will probably be erected about Magazines to Be Magazines for the soldier cen ter will be gathered by Boy Scouts on Wednesday morning and all housewives are asked to contri bute several of the latest issues on Lists of houses which will offer rooms to officers wives will Be heeded and homes which will ask a soldier dinner will call in their Union church services are planned as well as band dances and other Morrison especially asked Ruston civilians to mingle with the boys who have said on nu merous occasions they did not like to be fussed They do want to and rest and meet local he and urged local groups to visit the the center and talk to the men and Jersey City Soldier Aint Seen Nuthin Like Ole Man River An interesting tale is told of one New Jersey jeep driv er with the 2nd Armored di visions first which is now camped here for the after noon and Tony of Jersey City was nonchalantly steering his vehicle over the Mississippi River bridge at Vicksburg this morning when he suddenly looked down and saw the murky waters of the famed stream below Jesus yelled shes bigger than the Hud like many others of the has never seen the South and couldnt quite understand how the mighty Father of All Waters could be larger than his beloved FSA Names To Aid Program Seven Lincoln Parish Citizens Will Serve As Agency Advisors Announcement of the appoint 2nd Armored Forces Pitch Camp Arcadia Airport Occupied 16th Observation Soldiers Squadron Stationed Now In Camp At Arcadia Airport At Woodland Park Arrival of approximately 225 officers and enlisted men of the 10th Observation at to the 2nd Armored divi sion of the 2nd was being awaited today by Ruston pitched camp ai The squadron will be stationed at Woodland park and the the Arcadia about 10 The division is enroute to Grand miles west of until near where the bcr as a unit of the 2nd Army base maneuver bivouac Will bfi in the Louisiana set Ruston is expected to be used After cleaning up their belong Huston experienced part of largest army vehicular movement in American history today as first section of the first the 2nd Armored ns the soldiers head Squadron From Lawson Field The 16th Observation squadron is coming from Lawson and will participate in courier and lia sion work during the First Lieutenant Nathan Ranck is the commanding Nineteen six observers and two ground officers will di rect the squadrons movements during the war ings and the greater part of approximately rten and officers of the section flow into the town seeking restful entertainment to their tired nerves and bodies af ter three days of travel from The picture soda sidewalks are expected to be filled with khaki clad service men shortly past Commander George periment with smaller type com aircraft during the ma it is The lighter planes will be used for sourier and liaison Tents will be set up at the merit of seven citizens of Lincoln j with a regular army can parish to committees of the Farm teen furnishing the immediate Security Administration to assist needs of the enlisted Second that agency in the operation of j Lieutenant Russell a na the rehabilitation and tenant of will serve as post The observation pilots will exi tne commanding officer of WHAT TO BUY In talking with representative merchants of we find a wide variety of merchandise will be taken off the market within a short and to a shortage in household supplies they urge purchases while goods are still plentiful and moderately Silk will no longer be offered as the stocks of all mills has been taken over by the government for parachutes and powder The manufacturers will use either synthetic yarn of chemicals or close their Rayon and various other cellulose threads will take the place of real silk and only those goods now on the shelves of our stores will be available for Wool will be another item which cannot be replaced ex cept in small they because so much of it is icing used to make blankets and other army This country produces a large part of its wool but until government orders are filled there be a shortage of fino wool especially those of ine weaves and Linen goods will be hard to get because a large part f all the material used here is is not much of a military but machines used to make these goods ill be devoted to army tasks and they will not be very bought or Cotton remains the king of all merchants and there is a plentiful supply for all normal and ab Cotton will go into many articles which for used other threads and the emergency will edly cause the manufacture of high expensive fabrics from this staple which ordinarily would have taken years to perfect and will now find ready Cot ton can be woven into the sheerest made into fine soft underwear and strong work clothes as well as into all colored designs and combined in any man ner with to make clothes and all sorts of house hold AH merchants have insisted there will be no shortage of or sizes or There will be plenty to supply all civilian needs and possibly there will always be woolen materials for silk and linen anc fabrics which have just started taking places on the will now flock for those who prefer the old well proven standbys they suggest early shopping for buying while thera BUU chase programs of the De of was made today by state FSA Laurence of has been appointed chairman of the Rural Rehabilitation commit The purpose of this commit tee is to advise and assist the parish FSA supervisor in carry ing out the rehabilitation program for low income ilies in the Other mem bers of this committee are Hans ford Caldwell of Hammons of Members of the Farm Debt Ad justment and Tenure Improvement committee are Rainwater of John Daniels of and Carroll of with Rainwater as The purpose of this committee is to help farmers reach voluntary agreements with their The services of this committee are available to all Lincoln parish whether or not they are FSA The chairman of the Tenant Purchase committee is Car roll of Other members of the committee are Caldwell of and Eugene Boddie of The tenant purchase committee will assist in the selection of worthy tenants and sharecroppers for tenant purchase The committee also will aid in the selection A total of seventeen purchase loans have made so far this parish and it is expected that 15 farm families will be given ho opportunity to purchase farms his year under the provisions of he Tenant Pur chase Members of the three commit and three members at large will compose the parish FSA Ad Council which will act in in advisory The council at large are Don Ruston and Lee exchange officer and will have charge of the Burke graduated from Louisiana Tech in 1940 and was awarded his wings several months The Civilian Aeronautics au is now using the airport for instructing en rol lees but the present course will probably be completed by the middle of next Surplus Foods For August Listed by SMA All Products Can Be Purchased in Lincoln With Blue Lincoln parishs surplus food list for August has been ed by the Dallas Regional office of the Surplus Marketing admin designating the tural commodities and products that may be purchased with blue food These foods may be purchased with stamps at any eligible re tail store participating in the stamp The list is as follows corn shell hominy corn dry edible wheat wheat en riched whole wheat Graham dried fresh fresh fresh fresh fresh fresh and fresh vegeta including flour is defined as wheat flour which contains phosphate and excepting the enriched Fresh vegeta bles do not include those which are or or All Lincoln retail stores have bulletins posted in their stores with the surplus foods was to have this It was that the car in which he was ing had motor trouble and his arrival was delayed several No accidents were reported by the public relations department of the advance section and the trip from today was expected to be one of the calmest of the journey thus More The second section of the first column is in West It Monroe both sections ing scheduled to leave at 6 heels j will tlie second the first section of which will tfse same camp sites in Ruston to morrow Each of the columns is said to be 70 miles long and contains nearly taking a bout three hours to pass a given Town Plans 1 Many of the soldiers are ex tonight to take advantage of the municipal natatoriums toilets and swimming pool which has been turned over to the soldiers by the The American Legion home in Me park has been named as a recreation center for the enlisted men and special stationery is be ing printed this afternoon will be placed in the Memorial park hall tonight in order that the soldiers may write home and publicize An information booth has been set up in road park in downtown Ruston where soldiers may ask about the towns interesting Civilians are asked to help make the soldiers stay here pleasant by invita tions to meals and tours of the A heavy downpour plagued the on last Around the Comer Where REA Lights Nations Farms Light and power lor evergrowing number of if provided through the Rural Electrification extent tit IB hv black Areas on Colvin Drewett says no more cloudy He has in stalled paper towels and a ed spray to and clean off the bugs The army is as you plainly so go out and and mingle with the an make them feel at home in Ru They will be glad to see but dont get In the Newman is preaching a revival in Olla and doing his folks He has been a wonderful asset to bringing more people to live than even the good Rene Morgan says believe it or not but with going up toothpicks have f a Have one and stop Epps haf been tp the year Tire school and is working in the Easy Folks living up please stop racing down Vienna might gft be
