Ruston Daily Leader, The (Newspaper) - January 28, 1977, Ruston, Louisiana Of The Ruston Daily Leader v Number 226 Home Town Newspaper of North Central Louisiana Ruston Louisiana Friday January 1 Section Pages By THOMAS ASWELL Managing Editor BATON State University President Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones 72 today his retirement effective June 30 The announcement came at today's the Board of Trustees of State Colleges and Universities Jones the second president of GSU since It was founded in 1901 will end 50 years Jones To Retire Half-century Of GSU Service To End Dr Jones association with the school the last 40 years as president He succeeded Grambling founder Charles P Adams to the presidency in 1936 after first coming to the school in 1926 tenure Grambling grew from a tiny struggling two-year training school with a handful of teachers and a few poverty-stricken students to an internationally known university with an annual budget of almost million In 1926 Adams brought Prez to the school which consisted of five or six tered white wooden buildings He was assigned responsibilities as math teacher physics teacher chemistry teacher band and choir director baseball coach registrar and dean of men Born on Aug 5 1905 in Lake Jones received his degree from Southern University and in 1932 he was awarded a master of arts degree from New York's Columbia University Immediately after graduating from Southern he began his teaching career at Lampion College in Alexandria where he remained for one year before coming to Grambling One of the high points of his long career came in 1970 when he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree from Tech He has addressed the United Nations had an audience with the queen of Iran and one one of his most memorable trips journeyed to Africa for the inauguration of the Liberian president He described his proudest moment as being when the U.S Louisiana and Grambling State University flags were hoisted in Liberia and the school band ACCENT Conserving Experimental Homes Designed To Help BATON ROUGE La UPI At first glance the two experimental energy efficient homes rising in a new income neighborhood Jook like any other contemporary house 5 It takes a second look to discover the offset centerline of the roof and find that of the windows are exposed to direct sunlight Those are two of the design features to cut energy consumption in half The houses are part of an experiment to show they can be built at reasonable cost to cut normal energy needs without relying on bizarre architecture and space-age mechanics You don't have to build a freak said Joel Dietrich an architecture in- at Louisiana State University and coordinator of the project People will be able to cut their energy requirement 40 to 50 per cent with a house like this An offset east-west centerline reduces exposure of the south part of the roof to the sun Windows are recessed or shaded by an extended porch roof in the north facing front and a trellis in back There are no windows on the east and west walls which are two inches thicker than normal for better insulation Closets and storage rooms are against outside walls for more insulation The concrete slab on which the bedroom house rests has a Continued on Page 3 Today's Weather and much colder tonight and Saturday Highs today in the upper 40s Lows tonight near 20 Highs Saturday In the mid 30s Winds shifting to northerly today and continuing tonight High yesterday 57 low 41 barometer 29.78 humidity 100 per cent no rain Leader index Grambling Gets Grant The Town of Grambling received word this morning it had been grant tinder Title I of the Public Works Capital Development and ment Act of 1976 according to Mayor Woodard the money used for street improvement projects He said the grant was announced by telegram this morning from J arid Russell B Long and Rep Jerry Huckaby Woodard said he has been working on the grant for several months and said the street work would get underway within 90 days He said projects to will include rebuilding of Wayside Street and overlaying several other streets Gas Company Buys Leases Texas Gas Transmission Co has chased natural gas leases on 72 tracts of land totaling about 200 acres in Lincoln and Claiborne parishes according to records in the Lincoln Parish Clerk of Court's office The purchases were made from American Inc of Texas No purchase amount was mentioned in the records began playing The Stars Forever Something inside me he said I'd been in this country all my days but never was so proud as when the band played I realized 1 was living the American dream One of the original duties which he has continued at Grambling has been as coach of the school's baseball team Continued on Page 3 Baseball Coach By DA VIS Executive Sports Editor JonesX of Grambling State University is collegiate baseball coach in'the country Dr Jones who retirement this morning has compiled a record of during over 50 years as head coach of the Tigers He's the only col 1 ege president who also coaches Under the guidance of bling teams have captured Southwestern Athletic Conference championships and NAIA and NCAA honors The school has long been regarded as one of the nation's leading collegiate baseball Dr Jones has coached such future professional players as Ralph Garr Matthew Alexander Jimmy Jackson Tommy Agee and Reggie Baldwin He has been a friend of opposing coaches players and fans and of the many professional scouts who have journeyed to Grambling in search of diamond talent During the past several years Dr Jones has continued to mold outstanding teams at the Lincoln Parish school The Tigers were in 1975 and finished with a record last spring Baldwin a hard-hitting catcher for the 1976 team was draft choice for the Houston Astros He's one of over 20 Tiger graduates who played under Jones and Later signed pro contracts Wesley Chapel Water System Is Completed of a storage tank and distribution system for the Wesley Chapel Water System Inc has been completed climaxing some 14 years of efforts to obtain a rural water system for the area The system which will serve 115 meters initially includes a water well a ground storage tank and 15 miles of distribution line was financed by a loan from the Farmers Home Administration and a FHA grant The loan was closed on the project on May 14 1976 according to FHA representative Smith of Farmerville North Central Utilities of West Monroe was contracted for work on the system at a cost of while the contract for the water well was held by Water Resources Inc of Lake Charles in the amount of Shooting Match Prizes La Tech Wildlife Society sweetheart Kim Marie poses with the prizes to be awarded the winners of tomorrow's shooting match The match will begin nt nt the Ruston Rifle Range on McDonald Avenue Events will be 22 shotgun nnd muzzle loader Prizes by nren merchants include an ice chest camp stove nnd air powder gun kit shotgun nnd come nlong drag line 10 gallons of gasoline nnd tires Award Presented J Harold Gilbert right Orpheus Award conductor of the New Orleans Symphony to him last night by Dennis Wilson president chestra has resigned as conductor and will of the Phi Mil Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity at Louisiana do only guest conducting in the future See story Leader Tech Also congratulating his is Werner Torkanowsky staff Gilbert Honored Director Receives Orpheus Award Family News Editor Louisiana Tech Concert Association director James Harold Gilbert honored Thursday night when he received the Orpheus by president Mil Nu Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia a professional music fraternity at Louisiana The presentation was made just seconds before the concert of the New Orleans Symphony orchestra under the auspices of the The award came as a complete surprise and left Gilbert speechless at least for a few seconds When he he told the audience that normally a music man doesn't receive recognition as such because the music as such is his reward in itself Gilbert a native of El Dorado Ark received his in Economics from Tech and his degree in Music Education the American Con- of Music in Chicago and his M in Music from Northwestern University in Evanston Illinois He was a member of the Louisiana Tech Collegians and Tech Symphony played in Army Bands during World War with bands in Billings and Amarillo In 1966 he came back to Ruston to become director of the Louisiana Tech Concert Association the Ruston Civic Symphony for a number of years Gilbert and his wife Ann are the parents of two sons Tim arid Steven Ann Gilbert teaches at Ruston High School The only the second person to receive the coveted Orpheus award which is given to a person in the Ruston community who has significantly and lastingly contributed to the cause of music in America and whose contributions have actively promoted the highest standards of performance education or research in the field of music Joe G Sheppard former bandmaster and instructor of music at Louisiana Tech is the only other recipient of the Orpheus Award Symphony Concert The New Orleans Symphony orchestra under direction of Werner Torkanowsky cast its magic spell on a huge crowd at Tech Howard Auditorium last when the concert opened with The Hebrides Overture by Mendelssohn-Bartholdy to be followed by two breathtaking Nocturnes by Debussy One just wanted to melt by the Nuages The Fetes was in r fast movements i Following intermission the orchestra An ton Symphony No 9 in E Minor better known as the Symphony from the New World Needless to say that it was as perfect a presentation as it could be with Torkanowsky getting the best out of each musician on the stage It was a beautiful performance leaving us a little sad because it also was the last appearance of Torkanowsky as conductor of the New Orleans Symphony here hi Ruston After having conducted the symphony for the years he has resigned effective in May 01 this year He has decided to do only guest conducting after this The crowd responded to the with not ending applause and just refused to leave but told them that they have only one encore the exciting Latin American folk music by Ginastera Qualifying To Open Grambling Dubach To Choose New Mayors By THOMAS ASWELL Managing Editor Qualifying for municipal elections in two Lincoln Parish towns will open tomorrow and run through noon next Thursday With longtime incumbents having already announced they will not seek reelection this year both Grambling and Dubach will be electing new mayors in the primary election set for April 2 Also to be chosen in the election will be town council members and chiefs of police Robert M Enloe will end 32 years as mayor of Dubach when a new mayor takes office on July 1 Woodard the only mayor in history is calling it quits after 24 years as first a part-time and later a time mayor He has attributed his decision to step down to failing health Both men have been instrumental in the growth of their respective communities Enloe first ran and was elected to the Dubach town council in 1941 Four years he ran successfully for mayor and has held Minden C of C Banquet Set The Minden Chamber of Commerce is expecting a record attendance for its annual meeting and banquet on Feb 15 Ronald Reagan will be the speaker for this year's event which will be held in the Minden Civic Center with activities getting underway at 7 p.m Chamber officials say there are a limited number of tickets still available to general public Those wishing to secure tickets should mail their requests accompanied with a check for for each ticket to the Minden Chamber of Commerce P.O Box 819 Your ticket reservations should be made no later than Feb 7 the job ever since In addition he served a on the Lincoln Parish Police Jury from 1947 to his retirement in 1972 Woodard a tailor by trade has seen the town's administration grow from One time mayor to 18 full-time town employees with a payroll of more than His administration has been responsible for better telephone wafer natural gas and electric service for the town's residents In addition Woodard instituted a program that included street im- Sales Tax Record Again For the 10th consecutive year December sales and use tax collections established a new record for a single month's collections according to the Sales and Use Tax Division Collections for December 1976 totaled an increase of nearly 19 per cent over the collected for December 1975 It was also an increase of more than over the collected for November 1976 The December figures raised the total for 1976 to a dramatic in- crease of over the 1975 total of The first year's collections from through November 1968 totaled records show Of the December collections the Lincoln Parish School Board will receive the Lincoln Parish Police Jury and the City of Ruston For the year the school board received the police jury and the city provement construction ot a town sewerage system and a community recreation program Candidates wishing to file for the coming elections may do so with the chairmen of the respective Democratic communities In Dubach the chairman is and in Grambling it is Jay T Humphrey Around the Corner Don't forget to talk up the police jury's road tax election Feb 15 This is a renewal of an existing tax to keep Lincoln Parish your in good repair Due to an error Ruston Hgh School report cards will not be given out today If you don't believe Ruston is a growing economically at take a look at the sales and use tax figures in today's Leader Art show and auction tonight at the Civic Center Show at and auction at RHS football banquet Saturday in the high school cafeteria at p.m Cedar Creek hosts Ridgedale tonight and the Bearcats will be at North Caddo Tech loses in double overtime to Arkansas State Louisiana Tech Concert present In concert on Feb 11 at 8 p.m in Howard Auditorium He had a face that looked like a benediction
