Little Nelwyn Cargill Cleared to Return Home
In Antioch March news, Nelwyn Cargill the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Lamar Cargill is expected to leave St Francis sanitarium Monroe where she fought diphtheria. Tales include local visits, B Y P U convention attendance, family travels, and note that The Antioch Senior Sunday School will stage The Little Clodhopper at Hilly Community Club House on April 5 with 15 and 25 cent admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antioch
Mar
Little
Nelwyn Cargill
Lamar Cargill
St. Francis Sanitarium
Monroe
Versie Russell
Crowville
Johnie Russell
Chase
Louella Hood
Smith
Clarence Watham
Alexandria
I. Colvin
Gibsland
B. F. Cargi
Jack Smith
Ruston-Lincoln Sanitarium
Andrew Ledford
Mildred Trussell
Bud” McLaughlin
Wick
Tex
Ethel McLaughlin
Little Clodhopper
Hilly Community Club
Greenwood News Roundup From Rainy Farm Week
Greenwood Mississippi reports wet cold weather delayed farm work and damaged gardens. Local social notes list visits among residents including Colvin Harris Gustafson DeFreese and Shields families with several trips to Ruston and Simsboro. Mrs Skinner funeral in Vienna and illness notes for Newt Martin are mentioned along with neighbors calling on Miss Ha McCulin and Miss Louvella Simmons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae DeFreese Greenwood
J. W. Skinner
Vienna
S. B. Colvin
Lane Colvin
Ruston-Lincoln Sanitarium
H. Shields
J. W. Colvin
B. Colvin
Ruston
W. B. Delony
Novie Mitchell
Nan Mitchell
Simsboro
J. F. Harris
Suneday
Shields
Nannie Kate Harris
Bell DeFreese
W. Holloway
R. Harris
E. Nolan
Bernice
Newt Martin
Louvella Simmons
Myr
Ars. W. B. Sitanwin Fox
Comedy-Drama Play at Hilly Next Saturday
The Senior Sunday school classes of Antioch present The Little Clodhopper a three act comedy drama at the Hilly Community Club House on Saturday night April 5 to benefit local churches. Admission 15 and 24 cents with a twelve woman chorus and music. Cast includes Helen Cargill Mildred Saint Alva Drir Mary Dring Marie Trussell Ellis Price Lavelle Skinni and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antioch
Hilly Community Club
Clodhopper
Helen Cargill
Mrs. Chickerson Bogg
Mildred Saint
George Chickerson Bogg
Alva Drir Jalietta Bean
Mary Dring
Charian Carter
Marie Trussell
Ocey Gump
Ellis Price
Steptimus Green
Lavelle Skinni
Corinth Social News Highlights Grady Bennett Velma Farley Wedding
Mrs J F Farley hosts Harmony Chapel ceremony notes. Grady Bennett and Velma Farley wed at Harmony Chapel Methodist church with J C Fowler officiating. Local families M M Strother and Bennett attend. Other items mention guests, visits, and church events across Corinth area.
State Inspector Of High Schools Visited Parishes In Louisiana
State high school inspector from the state department of education arrived in Euston with Superintendent Hib. Campbell to tour parish high schools including the demonstration schools at Louisiana City. Visits will include Choudrant Dubach Simisboro and Fiteo as part of a weeklong inspection program.
Double Wedding Report Claimed by Justice Moore
A matrimonial record claim noted in Summerton as Justice Moore oversees a double ceremony. Sadie Porlwood marries James Pields while Melds sister Lani wed Porlwood’s brother Luther. The scene included a coffin incident with Juan Garchia, 24, in Mexico City, as mourners reacted to prophecies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
CIA
Mar
Justice Moore Summerton
Sadie Porlwood
James Pields
Lani
Miss Porlwood
Luther
Mexico City
Juan Garchia
Rusten
April Fool's Day Observed in Hilly Community
A large crowd attended the New Prospect church convention on Saturday and Sunday. Local residents Ms Myrtis Saint and Miss Chrotile Sutton visited relatives in Smackover, while Mrs T A Laurence hosted a Shreveport visitor. Several families hosted or visited others Sunday afternoon as baseball teams prepared for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Delany
Joyce Lee
Greenwood
W. T
Buddy) Laurence
Byron King
Ruston
B. B. Laurence
M. L. Saint
Armede Wilks
Louise Calvin
Vienna
C. H. Shively
Local Notices from Hico Community Highlight Visits and Events
Mrs Oscar Thornton of Atlanta Texas visits relatives in Hico. Hazel McGee visits Nona Davis in Ruston. Doss sisters travel to El Dorado and Stmsboro. Annie Bell Owen stays with Emma Lou Owen in Stmsboro. Marie Winfree Velma Ferguson visit homefolks. Lena Doss visits Ruston. Vern Morrow conducts Ruston business trip. Dayton McGee of Dubach and J Fuller of El Dorado visit Mrs A P Foster. B Y P U and Sunday School convention at New Prospect. Ruston District fifth Sunday Rally at Harmony Chapel. Rev Harmon of Simshoro to speak at Baptist church April 6. Mizelle Loyd hosts pallet party with classmates Annie Bell Owen, Willie Hanks, Gladys Foster, Opal Murphy, Marie Denson, Ivy Lee Bennett. Frank Grey hosts community social Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corinth
Mar
Odis Loyd
Eva Minter
Curtis Farley
Jim Owen
Hico Community
F. M. Strother
J. F. Farley
Emma Hood
O. H. Gilbert
J. M. Strother
Carl Bennett
Bubach
Grady Bennett
Velma Farley
Harmony Chapel Methodist Church
J. C. Fowler
Estelle
Ruston
New Prospect Church
W. Burgess, Jr
D. M. Farley
Elvin Burgess
Harmony’ Chapel
Cam Rives
W. Rives
Dubach
Reynolds
Boyl Plu
Myrtle Rhodes Hico
Oscar Thornton
Atlanta
Texas
Hazel McGee
Nona Davis
Lizzie Doss
Mattie Lou “Doss
el Dorado
Annie Bell Owen
Emma Lou Owen
Stmsboro
Marie Winfree
Velma Ferguson
Lena Doss
Vern Morrow
Dayton McGee
J. F. Murphy
J. Fuller
A. P. Foster
New Prospect
Methodist Church
Ivy Lee Bennett
Frank Grey
Public Buildings Bill Signed By President Hoover
President Hoover signed the Keyes-Elliot bill authorizing 6230,000,000 for public buildings. Half funds go to nationwide projects and half to the District of Columbia building program. Nationwide and district annual allotments increase from 25,000,000 to 35,000,000 and from 10,100,000 to 15,000,000 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
District of Columbia
Parish School Board Votes For Home Demonstration Aid
The Lincoln Parish School Board approved a $1800 yearly appropriation to hire a county home demonstration agent, after appeals by 22 women from nine clubs and Miss Tom Bourg of LSU Extension. The agent would connect with Baton Rouge and Washington, boosting parish farm work and empowering women and girls. The board will include the stipend in July if state funds are not cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Parish
Tom Bourg
Louisiana State University Extension Department
Baton Rouge
Parish
Lincoln
Miss Bourg
Agricultural College of the
120000 Census Takers Ready To Begin Task
Washington March 31 The 1930 census unit mobilized and motorized to tally and tabulate the population. 120000 census takers reporting to 575 supervisors instructed to scrutinize every city apartment and count hermits as families. Sailors at sea to be tallied. April set for census taking as the between season time when the average American family is most likely at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
United States
Uncle Sam
Local Man Makes A Flying Business Expedition Monday
Local businessman T L James Jr of the T L James Company rode a noon train to Shreveport, completed matters there, then flew to Baton Rouge arriving before five PM. He notes air travel as increasingly essential to modern business, cutting a trip that would usually take at least two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T.L. James, Jr
T. L. James Company
James
Shreveport
Baton Rouge
101 Year Old Louisiana Slave Willis Pittman Buried
In Oakville Mississippi on March 31 a 101 year old man known as Uncle Willis Pittman was buried. He died at Holly Ridge Louisiana and is survived by 347 descendants including 12 children, 110 grandchildren, 150 great grandchildren, and 75 great great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakville
Miss
Willis Pittman
Holly Ridge
Willis
Boy 3 Kills Brother in New York Home
Charles Kelly age 3, the inquisitive son of a policeman, found his father’s revolver in a buffet drawer and killed his brother Arthur. Patrolman Kelly habitually kept the drawer locked but left it open to tend to a toothache stricken child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles Kelly
Arthur
Kelly
Louisiana Wins Trade Honor in Regional Export Lead
Houston, March 29. Louisiana led southwestern states in the export of merchandise produced or manufactured in the region during the past year, trailing only Texas, according to figures released by William L. Cooper, director of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Pex
Louisiana
Texas
Willian L. Cooper
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Texas Leads Foreign Sales as Southwest Exports Rise
In 1999 Texas logged 300 million in foreign sales, with Louisiana second at 172 million and Missouri Oklahoma Arkansas and Kansas following. Southwest manufactures grew from 3.44 billion in 1921 to 4.75 billion in 1927, as the Southwest Foreign Trade conference set for Houston begins April 14 with leaders from New Orleans Kansas City St. Louis Houston Galveston and Memphis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Louisiana
Missouri
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Kansas
Southwest
Cooper
Southwest Foreign Trade Conference
Houston
New Orleans
Kansas City
St. Louis
Galveston
Memphis
Bais Sand and Oil Executive Cites Sand Kerosene Routine
Hastings Minn Austin Knapp claims daily use of a spoonful of sand and a sip of kerosene sustains his long life. The piece notes a calm reaction to the opening of the big leagues without excitement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings, Minn
Austin Knapp
Man Held In Death Of 7-Hour Bride Is Accused Of Robbery
Roy Lawrence Delatte, 21, confessed to police that he broke into an Atlantic and Pacific Tea store in Birmingham, Alabama, the night of March 16. His brother F Delatte was detained as a suspect at Birmingham authorities’ request. Roy and Elizabeth Bowen, 21, married March 20, the night of her death from a gunshot while the couple had a brief bridal night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Roy Lawrence Delatte
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Birmingham
Als
F. Delatte
Roy
Delattes
Elizabeth Bowen
Young Pilot Killed in City Airport Crash
Irwin Yarnell, 17, a Tampa high school student, and a companion were killed when their small airplane crashed at Municipal Airport. The incident occurred during a period of political commentary about democracy and politicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Irwin Yarnell
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Hilly
Aubrey Strother
State Inspector of High Schools
William Cullen Bryant
HICO
AID
Boy
Mere Ana
Ae A
Casel
L. A. Downs
Ilinois Central System
Mulcago
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