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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1959
Page
3
Reports from Quitman Methodist detail Easter Sunday joy and thanks as residents and alumni gather for sunshine and fellowship. Notable names from Morin County to Winnfield join family visits, with many former students from 1911 in attendance and admiration for the community’s generous response to the alumni banquet.
A collection of local notices and family visits recounts deaths and condolences, holiday gatherings, and kinship in the Terryville and Arcadia vicinity. The piece names Stewart families and relatives in Pineville Shreveport Minden and Mena and lists numerous visitors and mourners amid holiday time. Sympathies are extended to Mrs Jennie Simonton and kin.
Community notes report visits and gatherings in Monroe and nearby towns. Names include Mrs. G. M. Colvin, Mr. and Mrs. James Carroll, Mrs. W. N. Poland, and many others, with mentions of weekend visits, church events, birthdays, and school-related activities across Dubach, Ruston, Jena, and Shreveport regions.
The article outlines trace mineral needs in farm animals, detailing copper deficiency causing anemia and heart degeneration in cattle, cobalt and manganese roles in digestion and disease prevention, zinc and magnesium impacts on growth and skin conditions, and the importance of calcium balance to prevent grass tetany. It notes regional copper scarcity in Florida forage and cautions about molybdenum restricting copper availability.
Providence notes show Mrs Arthur Hood visiting Mbps and Mrs Cott Cooper meeting neighbors. Melvin Dayiser and Dahan Conia Singleton are mentioned, along with Wil Shelby, Mr. and Mrs. Gaap, and Rap Martin in a week of small town happenings.
In Seymour Connecticut the town records 2352 houses with one straddling the boundary line. The Hodge News lists Mrs George Lowrey and many local families hosting or visiting relatives from New Orleans Monroe Dallas Pineville and Ruston with weekends spent in the area. Residents include Mr and Mrs Waller Rooms and Mr and Mrs I Dean among others as social notes fill the page.
Southwestern Life Insurance Co. reports 1958 life insurance issued at 326,622,650 dollars, up 26.9 percent from 1957, with $203,748,369 acquired through its own agency. End-year assets reached 450,605,452 dollars, investments 61,659,733 dollars. Policy benefits paid totaled 29,324,280 dollars. company assets include 84 percent loans on real estate. Represented in Houston by O M Merriott and Robert I Wright Sr.
SIMSBORO MRS G B MARDEN and Mr and Mrs W OP Williams have returned home after visiting their daughter Mrs David A Huehos and family in San Pablo California. They report a pleasant trip. Their granddaughter Carol Ann and Chris are well. They traveled Friday February 79 by route through Shreve and Taos. Samuel Hardy discharged from the Marines, returning home with his parents after a long trip from Tennessee. Others visiting Meg and Miss Glen Johnson were Charley James Doss of Port Arthur Texas J B Duss Pete Singleton Mike Make and Sandy. Mrs F Singleton and family hosted gatherings with Mr and Mrs Glen Singteton and others visiting Crilishaned area. Ak at Austin Heringed.
Local Courity Club hosts candidates and mothers as Queen Contest rules are explained by committee members. Laura Hunt leads Ruston Jr. Guild hostesses while prizes and schedule for Jubilee Queen events are outlined, including a glamorous Miami Beach prize and six runner up awards.
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