Tech Writers Meet at LSU Ranked in Writing Contest
Louisiana Tech placed third in a College Writers Society meet at LSU over the weekend. Beauford Lee Holland of Louisiana Tech took second in poetry, while Tech’s Jesse Dwain Bryan contributed on child care topics. Northwestern provided no student nurses for prenatal care discussion. Participants read Macbeth, discussed a character theme, and performed expressive passages.
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College Writers Society of Louisiana
LSU
Beauford Lee Holland
Jesse Dwain Bryan
Tech
Northwestern
Bennetts High School Girls Sing For Charity Festival
Students from Bennetts high school performed at Tech venue for a charity festival. Mrs Brady praised the performance after school as the ensembles traveled to Dubach to meet and rehearse with the Dubach group. They prepared songs for a senior home event Tuesday night.
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Second Artiste Competition Honors Tech Connected Artists
The feature artiete com petition awarded several prizes linked to Louisiana Tech. Miss Janes Burden funded the one act play prize in memory of her mother Ollie Steele Burden. A Joel Fletcher Sr memory prize for poetry was donated by his son and daughters. Mrs. Harry Andress and Westo Andress of Minden won first prize for personal cadence in memory of Misa Joan Chaffe Miller. Don Thornton Columbia a Tech student and Brent Dean of Tech received first and first honorable mentions in poetry. Judges included Eudora Welty, Paul Engle, Eva Joy McGuffin, Virgil Baker, and Madding Carter.
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Ollie Steele Burden
Joel Fletcher
Harry Andress
Westo Andress
Minden
Misa Joan Chaffe Miller
Don Thornton Columbia
Tech
Brent Dean
Area Trio Plans To Attend Meet Of Oil Marketers
Dewey C. Thurman and W. L. Pratt of Ruston and Louie C. Ross of Jonesboro are slated to attend the ninth annual convention of the Louisiana Oil Marketers Association in New Orleans May 6 to 8. The three day session at the Roosevelt Hotel will feature committee meetings panels and speeches by petroleum authorities.
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W. L. Pratt
Ruston
Louie C. Ross
Jonesboro
Louisiana Oi Marketers Association
New Orleans
Roosevelt Hotel
Alex T. Hunt
Southern Pine Association
Marine Pte Billy Smelley Faces Large Formosa Landing Exercise
Pte Billy E Smelley son of Mr and Mrs M H Smelley Route 2 Quitman La took part in a massive amphibious landing exercise March 22 on Formosa s southern coast with units of the Okinawa based Third Marine Division.
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Family farms dominate U S agriculture says USDA
About 96 percent of all U S farms and ranches are family operated according to the U S Department of Agriculture, reflecting the enduring role of family ownership in American farming.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Tech Professor to Attend Radiology Conference at Denton
Winston P. Hackbarth of Louisiana Polytechnic Institute will join about 50 university science institute faculty from six states at a radiological sciences conference at North Texas State College in Denton. The National Science Foundation funds $9400 for the program run with the Denton Civil and Defense Mobilization office to promote use of radiological instrument kits, with OCDM distributing 15,000 kits to high schools nationwide.
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University Science Institute
North Texas State College
Denton
Tex
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Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
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Fred W. Jones to Speak at Layman Leadership Institute
Ruston city judge Fred W. Jones will speak at Louisiana College’s Layman Leadership Institute in Alexandria April 14 16. His talk The Number That Counts is set for 2 50 p m Friday. The program includes seven addresses 19 Christian Life conference five testimonials scripture study periods and an illustrated lecture in Alexandria Gall Auditorium.
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Ruston City
Louisiana College
Alexandria
Judge Jones
Christian Life
Alexandria Gall
Blackwell Heads Louisiana Tech Forestry Chapter
Lloyd P. Blackwell, head of the forestry department at Louisiana Tech, is elected president of the Tech chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, the national honorary scholastic society. Other officers for the next four years include Dr. Rhesa M. Allen Jr., geology professor, faculty vice president. Edwin A. Carlisle, Pioneer student vice president. Dr. Paul T. Hendershot, head of the economy department, secretary-treasurer.
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Louisiana Tech
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Edwin A. Carlisle
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Paul T. Hendershot
Singing Convention Set Easter Sunday At Mineral Springs
The Lincoln Parish Singing Convention meets Easter Sunday at Mineral Springs Baptist Church first. Bring covered dish and join the day with singing and lunch. Home Coming planned for May at Mineral Springs. Several local families attend events in Junction City Arkansas and nearby towns. A wedding, birthdays, and community updates follow, including pastor appointment for Mineral Springs Baptist Church and local hospital news.
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Junction City
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Farmerville Hospital
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Lula Revel
Lay Evangelism Topic Marks Monday Night Meeting
The Episcopal Church of The Redeemer held its regular monthly meeting with a buffet dinner led by Mrs. Dennis O Bannion. Rev Joseph Cathcart spoke on Lay Evangelism urging church members to spread the Gospel to the unchurched and to seek deeper Evangelism within the church. Next month will feature a Patel discussion on Ethics In Business led by Dr Phillip Walker. The gathering celebrated several members and one attendee’s 66th birthday.
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Episcopal Church of the Redeemer
Dennis O'Bannion
Joseph Cathcart
Phillip Walker
Fires Consume 88 Acres In A Week In Parish
Fires destroyed eighty eight acres across the parish over the past week as four separate blazes scorched timber and fields. One fire damaged substantial timber on the Ride Dairy Farm while another spread along a right of way connected to a highway project. Mineral Springs reported four acres burned with small patches elsewhere.
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Mineral Springs
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