Ruston Daily Leader (Newspaper) - July 21, 1953, Ruston, Louisiana LIBRARY UNIVERSITY 53 Follow The Leader Tax Millage Rales Set or Year by Parish Police Jury July 1953 Price Five Cents Tax millage rates for the year were set by the parish police jury at its regular July It was announced today by Eddie secretary of the The millage rate for general on property inside the corporate limits of the city of Huston was set at two mills and for property outside the city lim its of the rate for general purposes was four A special levy for building and maintenance of roads was set at the rate of five Evans and the millage for retire ment of the parish bonds was listed at three In keeping with a recent tion in Ward 6 of the parish Du bach a special levy of one as authorized by the voters in special election June was set for of a com munity center and for other rec Or Quitter The police jury also adopted a rate of two cents per acre on all forest land or cutover poten tial forest land in the In Evans an that the police jury will receive written protests and hear complaints on from 10 to 12 noon from persona disagreeing with valuation set on their property for tax assessment All protests of valuation must be made in writing to the secre tary of the police jury before the stated time for the meeting when the police jury will hear Evans also announced that the governing body of the parish has accepted the Did of Dunham Wilson of Baton Rouge for the construction of a ware house on parish property to house voting machines which will be allocated to Lincoln par ish under the recently adopted for use of voting machines 1h all state and national The contracting firms bid was in the amount of Ev ans During the re cess of the monthly members of the police jury were guests ot District Judge Walker for During the recess they inspected the new parish law library which is housed in the judges reception Judge Walker thanked the po lice jury for its cooperation in establishing a and workable law library for use of Lincoln parish TJie time for decision is upon the people or Ruston and thi i immediate vicinity the time to decide whether or not we are going to get behind our baseball team and give them sufficient funds to finish out the season and pay up the debts incurred by the Ruston Baseball association in sponsoring this years Rambler The decision must be made by Thursday The officers directors of the association must know whether you want baseball bad and at least 499 other plunk down two bucks for a Rambler Booster ticket to see the last six home games of the The players must know whether their sacrifices have been in vain and if they have acted foolishly in turning down other opportunities to stick by you and try to give you good baseball immediately the question arises Can we afford it Can we afford to put our shoulders to the wheel on this last big rallying push to go over the top and show the boys we appreciate their efforts Can we afford not to Can we afford to sit back and let George do it and take the attitude I hope THEY make it al Can we afford to go down on the books as not having enough community spirit to stick by our boys and force them to quit in the middle of the season I know about Ruston thats the town that dropped its baseball team because they couldnt raise finish out the season One thousand In a city of more than that amounts to less than 10 cents per Can we afford to suffer the loss of dignity that goes along with the name for a measly 10 cents per person If the money were going to pay outrageous salaries to play that would be one thing but when the money is going to help pay the actual expenses of buying pay for a team of players who want to play ball so bad they are willing to play for my is something The Rambler Booster tickets now are on sale in various down town stores and business offices and among the officials of the Baseball For only Which entitles you to see six great ball our team HAS played great all year theyve lost some heartbreakers could have gone either Your if you want to look at it that way per sonally we also will entitle you to look your neighbor in the eye end the players on the team didnt quit and neither did Its YOUR and Ruston BOOSTER Or quitter IN HOT another crisis brewing in the Suez Canal Sir Francis British commander is in a tough Egypt demands Britain remove her troops from jugular vein of the British Comments Ramblers in Ticket Sale Rhee Is Acting up Again New Storm Over Truce Feared By United Press The South Korean Syngman is acting up a His new rumblings threaten an other storm from the Communists that could upset the truce while I hardworking officers of both sides try to whip it into final I i Rhee himself isnt saying But his top spokesmen ize that Rhees final decision on I whether to obey the truce ment is yet to I One South Korean spokesman thats needed to grow pine has told the United Press Rhee trees in Lincon parish is to keep awaiting a reply from fires according to Weav tori on several He says er towerman for these were not cleared up Louisiana Forestry commis Rhees talks with American truce sion at the expediter Walter The says the Rhee government has not considered sending a representative to the armistice signing because it is a United Nations Doesnt Look Like Same Country Areas Barren How Heavy With Forests Just Keep Fires k Plea Its surprising how so many of those areas which were bar ren 15 years ago have covered over with pine Andrews It doesnt look like the same Andrews was farming in the Hilly community before starting into forest protection was hired as towerman as soon as the ances to the Communists was built in He is South Korea will abide by an the only towerman in Lincoln armistice The South Rhee is reported to ue prepar ing a blunt public statement dis reported Allied assur Tech Student Is Outstanding Cadet at Ellington Air Force Base Training Camp One Louisiana Tech represent winning citations at the Elling ative was adjudged the outstand ing cadet and several other Tech von distinction in various the Air Force ROTC summer camp conducted at Ellington Air Force Cattlemen of Texas Rap for Aid By United Press Outraged cattlemen on the cattle ranges of Texas claim the government is requir ing them to take a paupers oath to qualify for An agriculture department rul ing says a rancher cant get the feed unless he can show he does not have the financial ability to remain in business and maintain his herd in a relatively satisfactory Penrose Metcalf of the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers association says a farmer would practically have to take a paup under that ruling to get any McLemore Is Backing Drive To Redact Cost of Meat By United Press James McLemore of Alex andria has given his tic support to the Louisiana Cat associations campaign to reduce consumer meat costs and at the same time increasing re turns to cattle a business leader and former president of the asso says the has the full backing of the cattle indus state and university tural retail meat dealers and the general The is urging housewives to use more of the expensive cuts of Churchills Ancestor Buried In of Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill lies in a weatherworn cemetery on Meeting House Timothy who died in came to Meriden from Eng land in He was the great grandfather of Churchills moth Cadet Harry of having distinguished very highly in all phases of military training during the camp was cited as the outstanding cadet of the entire com manding officer of the Tech I ROTC has been notified by I the Ellington camp j Cadet who had finished his academic work at Tech and was graduated in soon will enter flight He major ed in engineering and is a mem oer of the Lambda Chi Alpha social At Cadet Busch won his high distinction over repre of eight colleges and including the Uni versity of Baylor uni Alabama Polytechnic In the University of Missis Michigan State Tulane Southwestern Louisiana Institute and Louis iana Other Louisiana Tech cadets ton summer camp were Herman Ratcliff of outstanding cadet of Flight who also won a trophy for his achievement as a checker Hobart William Co who was cited for in terest and participation in vol aerial Norman Bossier Bloodmobile Will Return Here 25 Mary Holt secre tary cf the Lincoln Parish chap ter of the American Red that the bie will be in Ruston on Au The details as to where it will be and the hours it will be open will be announced after Barnes returns from the meeting ference to do something about I pie which is done every week of the coordinating committee at uniting North and South Andrews He the Shreveport defense blood Allied observers fear any such ready to explain how the tower center on public statement by Rhee will f operates and how he crosses The purpose of this meeting a new storm of protest from j out to work out plans to overcome the j Asked what especially interest the indifference of the public toj the British continue j ed him about with the ward the vital need for optimistic about chances for a Louisiana Forestry Korean president has repeatedly declared that 90 days is long e for a postwar political con The factor that keeps the job from becoming so lonely is the amount of visiting by WEAVER ANDREWS The people of Ruston i ic in favor of the driv raise a minimum of j r tr remainder of the j is j reported today by Courtney of the Ruston he it has mostly been talk the sale of ihe j special Rambler iuk ts has not been as tind so uir is we response to The associations officers and have set a deadline Thursday home scheduled for the Ramblers o determine whether the fans of this and the of in to keep team active in Uie cur j ient Big Eight league We go on game after game incurr ing new debt on top of old debt lo keep the team the people of the area are not suf interested to pitch in and help save the Reed I Acting British Prime Min the firefighter said Ihe chairman of the lsler Butler told the House Its the fact that every ing Warren reports that blood collections have hour of Commons today that the west i that we fight fires we are saving has reason to hope a Korean someone a lot of I With a that hns In reviewing the parishs forest battled all the the turn out he pointed out that this at the gate has he pointed out that this to meet actual expenses of trans system in There are eight j pav for men by the umpires and other incidentals to ther but the forest landowner knows The secretary of just about exactly the money he out is one crew provided John Foster is more cau saves by stopping a fire in his He says the remaining i fallen off 50 per cent in this re jstice can be signed without furi know vou dont see it right away gion and in other When the was in Lincoln parish last February it was not visited by near the amount cf blood donors it should have Barnes The public seems to have the false conception that whole blood has been replaced by a sub and that gamma globulin j i running a baseball now in Lincoln parish and they have two units with which to It came Io tho j where Coach Slim Cassibry cail But that doesn t complete the j ed the players together and put protection he pointed it on the line with obstacles to an armistice can be solved if the peace but he says Americans should be neither overoptimistic What a lot of people dont is that those trees are valuable to the parish in terms of industry and does little or no good in aid to polio she This is not A substitute cited for has not been found for while in 1 i in weapons blood and gamma globulin has been Dulles told a conference that there are still some matters to be ironed out and that no one can be sure of Communists ac tions until the final decision has Art Department Will Show Television Films Tomorrow and Monday The Louisiana Tech art depart ment is showing a group of tele vision art program films at tomorrow and at oclock Monday in the auditorium of the Phillips elementary school on Tech These programs were produced and filmed by the education div of the Museum of Modern New York at the re quest of the National Broadcast ing to demonstrate sound educational procedures to TV art The three films being shown Wednesday night are Make a Paper Tell Your Ideas in and Make a Space De sign Daniel Dupree of been proved to be of aid in polio cited for participation in volley j In polio Dal was decreased immensely after John of Jones the use of gamma she cited for participation in pointed out Five Louisiana Tech students were among 34 a mong the upper 20 per cent of the graduating class judged for their exemplary will to accept responsibility and devotion to The Tech sters are Harry Busch of Co Paul Carlton of Jackson Daniel Dupree of Delma Giles of Rus ton and Herman Ratcliff of Ben Is Named To Take Place Of Father as Judge By United Press President Eisenhower today nominated Benjamin of Shreveport to succeed his Benjamine as judge for the western district of a 41yearold THE WEATHER data compiled by the and was endorsed for more money and turned out more was a Democrat for Eis The North Korean Communist radio is even more optimistic than Butler about The Pyongyang radio predicts that a truce will be signed Its the most optimistic broadcast so far from either the Red Chinese or North propaganda Korean Tech Forestry departments wea the judgeship by the Louisiana ther Tech a substation of the Weather bureau for Ruston and Lincoln For 24hour period it S today Maximum Minimum 8 Republican His the elder is The White House James said the nominee is a member of the board of governors and past pres ident of the Louisiana Bar asso He was a Navy ant in World War Persons in I Working for Some Government PAR Survey Shows There were govern ment employees in the United States in according to a report in a recent issue of the PAR News Of this were federal government employ were state gov employees and lion were local government em The two to be shown on Mon1 Government payrolls totaled day are Make a Feeling and Seeing Picture and Paint a Picture of Teachers and parents are cord invited to There will be no admission Radio Highlight 1490 ke KRUS 1490 ke FULTON outspoken na tional reporter delivers his au reports Monday through THAT HAMMER Hammer stars in another gripping Mickey Spil lane mystery Jennie of The Samuel Ruston Ramblers travel to Ber fought for American ence in the j nice tonight for their meeting with the fifth more than during the 12 months ending with Of this over billion was paid federal employ ees to state and billion to local the news published by the public affairs research council of In Louisiana in there was a total of gov which al most equals the 1950 population of Baton Rouge or Of this or per were federal civilian em ployees or per state and or per local government Of the local govern ment employees in per cent were employees of municipalities per of parishes per of school and per of special PAR reports that in of every 1000 persons in the United 15 were civilian federal employees six were state em ployees and 19 were local gov employees For every 1000 persons in approx 10 were civilian federal 10 were state employ ees and 17 were local government Almost half of all governmental personnel in the United States were engaged in two major func over 25 per cent and national defense 20 per Of the state and local government employees in Lou per cent were en nor too pessimistic about chances j Ask the pulpwood cutter or the logging Hell iell you what fire prevention means to him in terms of dollars and Right To Outlawed by Reds By United Press The champions of the working class in Soviet Ger many have outlawed one of the workers strongest the right to The hated woman minister of justice Red Hiide has warned that jail awaits work ers in Soviet Germany who strike to protest their working condi j Russa has extended about 75 million in credit for food but the East Germans will be required to repay the Soviets with manufac tured goods and Red Hil des antistrike order is designed to assure that East German labor stay on the job to meet the Soviet for its has asked Turkey for more information a bout the impending visit to Is of 32 American and Brit ish The Kremlin says it could be regarded as sort of a military the American navy says the appearance of the ships at will be nothing First Six Months 0 Year AreGood By United Press The first six months of this year were a good six months for With only a few by private landowners and the voted to continue to er cooperate with pay their own ses if the baseball fans were in enough to raise sufficient funds to pay off the teams in If any funds remain ed at the nd of the the players split the pot to help meet their actual One de serves diminutive third not only stuck with the team and will drive his own car back and forth between Ruston and Del he rounded up a first baseman to take the place of the departed Bob Ronald Dennis agreed to con play with the team when Ramblers go to Bastrep but would be financially drive the 200mile trip betwen Oak Grove state crews in firefighting Bishop Will Face His Accusers By United Press Methodist Bishop Bromley faces accusers The Methodist leader will go before the House unAmerican activities commit tee to answer what he calls the false charges against Ox nam says the falsely link him with ist fronts and he wants the rec ords to clear his stated he unable to most Commerce department statis tics show that most of them made goods than a year Here are some figures The annual rate of wages and salaries is running about billion higher than a year American factories turned out 40 per cent more consumers durable goods during the first six months of this year and most prices went up only The dark spot in the picture is for the Prices of farm products went down 13 per cent during the past gaged in education per highways per health and hospitals per police per natural resources per fire per public welfare per san per water sup ply 1 per other and per all other ac From 1942 to the total public employment in the United States increased 20 per while governmental payrolls in creased 125 per The bishop demanded the pub lic hearing after some commit tee members accused him of being expected when the clergyman round and Several other players couldnt take by and most of the faces Donald Jackson Ramblers And they are asking tho fans to least 500 at Tonight the team travels to Jackson has accused of serving God on Sunday and the Communist front the balance of Bernice to meet the potent the j jt wii De a team considerably Harry Byrd also is revamped in and line cerned with the charges of com among the The Virginia Democrat has asked the FBI to confirm or deny NO HANDICAP TO to start their vacation in their rolling home are the Barlow of Western Left to and their father help a polio check the converted bus in which they will make a tour of southwestern a fitted the bus the comforts of home so his family could enjoy a the charge by Joseph Me former executive direct or that protestant ministers are the largest single group sup porting Communism in this coun Byrd has demanded that Matthews back up his charge or be branded asa cheap dema Byrd says that the mag azine article in which Matthews made his charge but did not that FBI Chief Edgar Hoover stood behind the allega French To Speak To Lions of Arcadia i Robert director of the Public Affairs Research Council of will be the principal speaker at the weekly meeting of the Arcadia Lions club according to James The meeting will be at 12 o clock noon and will be in the Masonic building with about 50 men in The local club is inviting visitors in Arcad ia and in nearby towns to be its special guests for the Frank Mon roe and Shreveport will accom up But it will be a team oom posed of young men who love the game of who love their hometown enough to gel out there on the field and give everything theyve got for the few loyal fans who have Continued on Page Six Around the Comer Talk about self All the time policemen and ex cited customers were running a round putting out the fire Harold calmly sat at his desk waiting on a We got to have a change in the weather in order to wear a clean If you get a drawer open you cant close it and if its closed you cant open the Ruston might fall down on of but never so dont buy just one Rambler sra son take several and feel like you done the job all by your Drew Hays got a lot of real pretty things in Mexico she used to decorate her wall paper and today she was paint pany French to Arcadia ing a picture of them just because Wednesday for the luncheon and she felt like speaking Ordinarily the club holds its weekly meeting in the dining room of an Arcadia cafe but the ladies of the Eastern Star are serving them this time in the main dining room of the Masonic building to allow for more room for the special invited guests who will attend in addition to the I regular members of the Little Marsha Mabry sure would like to get a got card from you to help her pull through her polio Seems like when the a certain age something strange happens to their feet and the salesman has to find special shoes off that high priced
