Lincoln Parish Farm Council Achievements in 1929
County Agent J. A. Shealy outlines the Lincoln Parish Farm Council’s 1929成果 including terracing expansion, creation of Community Clubs, initiation of a Home Demonstration Agent, 4-H clubs totaling 225 youth with dairy and poultry focus, 35 Jersey heifers, 1,000 chicks, a planned Powdered Milk Plant with cow financing, a night Dairy School, a shift to crop diversification after cotton price drops, a Grow More Feed Campaign with pasture improvements, feed production targets, improved poultry through hatchery demand, Yard Improvement Contests, and rising cooperative purchasing and sales in Lincoln Parish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Shealy
Lincoln Parish
Mary Mimms
Irl
Jersey
Lincoln Parsh
Chamber of Commerce
R. L. Reese
Louisiana Tech
State Extension Service
Rock Island R. KR
Louisiana
Farm Bureau
Light Week for Petit Jury in Local District Court
The petit jury finished findings with five and three others sentenced, sentences deferred until Friday. Willie Thompson was found guilty of assault and battery on a shooting with intent to kill charge. George Moore faces the same fate. Sam Pollard pled guilty to possessing intoxicating drink and got 60 days plus a $250 fine, suspended partly. Robert and Frances Moore pled guilty to larceny of $5 and got four months. Glint Walker received 30 days and $10 costs for beating a board bill. Oate Bell Coleman tried for larceny will be sentenced later. John Willie Wilson pled guilty to obtaining money under false pretenses and got 12 months, reduced to 2 12 months on good behavior. Dewit Bryant pled guilty to forgery and will be sentenced Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Thompson
Pearce
George Moore
Thompson Willalso
Sam Pollard
Robert and
Frances Moore
Glint Walker
Oate Bell Coleman
John Willie Wilson
Dewit Bryant
White
Scout Council Held Meeting At Camp KirolI
Ouachita Valley Council executive committee met at Camp Kirol near Monroe on Sunday afternoon. Judge E L Walker and Superintendent H L Campbell from Ruston attended. The Ruston group reported Scout work progress with membership growing from 500 to 1600. Camp plans and spending were outlined for the summer encampment with about sixty local boys expected. A health notice from Lincoln parish reported one diphtheria case to the State Board of Health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Valley Council
Camp Kirol
Monroe
E. L. Walker
H. L. Campbell
Ruston
Ruston High Second in North Louisiana Rally
Ruston High School placed second in the literary events at the North Louisiana High School Rally, the seven year history event drawing about sixty high schools and over 1200 students. Ouachita Parish High School led with 85 entries to Ruston’s 66. Mr Young Harr has visited his son De. C. Hinrie in Dew Osteaus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Young
Harri
de. ¢. B. Hinrrie
Osteaus
Mayor Gayne Re-elected In Pleasing City Election
In Rus ton Mayor Charles C. Gayne won a four year term with 690 votes while D. E. Ivey collected 131 and W. R. Pratt 68. C. C. Alley gained a seat on the city council as the lone new member. Total turnout reached 690 against 827 two years ago. campaign was clean with no mudslinging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Gayne
D. E. Ivey
W. R. Pratt
C. C. Alley
Ruston
Court H
City H
Ward
C. Alley
Chas
Terrill
Allen Givens
J. 3. Harris
Baskin
McDonage
T. A. Wright
Burt Lomax
Frank Bogard
Walyneeet Rel
Seven Whiskey Violators Arrested in Parish Sun
Sheriff A J Thigpen and deputies arrested seven Prohibition violators after a Sunday search through three parish wards. Arrested were Abe Taylor Mary Givens Lonnle Harris Abe and Givens confessing a fourth offense in 12 months. Also nabbed were Jim Davis Magie Davis Ocie Aulds and Fonzo Ginn on liquor charges. All to be arraigned in local district court. A dry spell in Oklahoma parts was broken by scattered showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. ‘Thigpen
Guy Braswell
Clyde Frasier
Abe Taylor
Mary Givens
Lonnle Harris
Givens
Jim Davis
Magi@le Davis
Orlered
Ocie Aulds
White
Fonzo Ginn
McKnight and Mills Head to Louisiana Police Jury Meet
Lincoln Parish Police Jury president T. H. Mills and Ruston Chamber of Commerce secretary H. L. McKnight depart Ruston for Lake Charles to attend the Louisiana Police Jury Association meeting, where about two hundred officials from across the state are expected. McKnight will address on Tick Eradication, a key issue for parishes this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Mills
Lincoln Parish
H. L. McKnight
Ruston
Louisiana
Lincoln Farmers Show Interest in Farm Dairy Lectures Each Week
Lincoln parish farmers embrace the farm-dairy system over cotton farming and attend weekly Dairy Schools led by Prof. R. L. Reese and county agent J. A. Shealy. The fourth lecture drew sixty-five attendees from ten communities, with a wide age range and R. P. Whitman, Sr. named dean. Lectures are free, weekly at 8 p.m. in the James building, Ruston, listing numerous participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Parish
Chamber of Commerce
R. L. Reese
Tech
J. A. Shealy
R. P. Whitman, Sr
Longstraw
Whitman
James
Ruston
R. P. Whitman
Sr. E. &. Causey
C. L. Smith
Ged. Hogg
O. J. Smith
Harvey Hawmonds
Henry Hinton
Geo. Carrol
Don Spencer
Chas. J. Dring
Presley Smith
Tom Tucker
FE. McLeod
J. D. English
J. Kelly
F. M. Wade
Ots Hammond
Howard Halstead
Arnold Davis
Tom Rinehart
R. A. Leachmion
J. M. Brits
Rapid progress on Ruston model cottage from LA Tech plans
Work advances on the home economics class project on West Alabama Avenue in Ruston. Louisiana Tech students designed interior details for the three bedroom house built by B H Rainwater and furnished by local firms. A Better Homes Movement committee leads the furnishing with features like built in cabinets and attic expansion. Second primary elections will be held in Jonesboro for mayor and marshal as no candidate achieved a majority.
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Louisiana Tech
Alabama Avenue
West Alabama Avenue
Ruston
B. H. Rainwater
Better Homes Movement
Helen Graham
Tech
Elizabeth Bethea
Paul Davis
Atlanta Meadows
Jonesboro
Jackson Parish
Marshall
Tragic rural death of Adolphus Mills in car accident
Adolphus Mills twenty six year old farmer living with his mother near Ruston died Sunday night after his Ford touring car overturned into a ditch along the Unionville road near Mineral Springs. He was pinned beneath the vehicle and died en route to home. Surviving are his mother, stepfather and three sisters Mrs Tom Ray Mrs Charles Franklin and Mrs Bud Howard of Ruston. Funeral services scheduled at Mineral Springs Baptist church with interment in Mineral Springs cemetery.
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Adolphus Mills
R. W. Reeves
Ruston
Lehurch
Mineral Springs
Unionville Road
Mills
Rivers
Duke
Tom Ray
Charles Franklin
Bud Howard
Runton
Mineral Springs Baptist Church
Parish Sheriff Detains Bookseller Over Communist Literature
A man about 46 posing as deaf and dumb offered four books advocating communism and Bolshevism for sale on Ruston streets Monday. Sheriff Thigpen detained him briefly but released him after Assistant U.S. District Attorney Jd. Fair Hardin and District Attorney W. J. Hammons said no statute prohibits such sale. Books from Brownetta Book Shop, Galion, Ohio, were by a former Episcopal Bishop once in Little Rock. De Joinville left with advice to flee to safety.
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Ruston
Rev. L. A. de Joinville
Thigpen
United States
Jd. Fair Hardin
Shreveport
W. J. Hammons
Little Rock
Brownetta
Galion
Ohio
de Joinville
Marriage Licenses for Addie Cartwright and Jala Hall
Gray resident Addie Cartwright and Maud Texas native Jala Hall have filed for marriage licenses in a local county office, indicating plans to wed in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie Cartwright
Gray T Jala Hall
Maud, Texas
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Scout Council
Camp Kiroli
Lincoln
Ruston High
Cos Reon
Cee
Criss
Ata
Bevo Room
Ana
Coos
Cros
Jen Wa
C. C
Sun
Oklahoma
McKnight
JURY
Lake Charles
Athens
Alil
Claude Davis
The
Georgia Power Company
Church
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