Ruston Couple to Teach in Hong Kong Baptist College
Marvin and Jean Bond of Ruston plan to become missionary teachers in Hong Kong. Marvin will be a professor of Civil Engineering and Jean English Literature at Hong Kong Baptist College, a new institution. They will move with their 5 year old daughter Beverly Ann and supervise construction while learning the language. They resigned from their posts in Ruston after sensing a mission call and preparing for appointment through the Baptist Foreign Mission Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babs Bond
Hong Kong
Marvin
Jean
China
Hong Kong Baptist College
Bond
New
Foreign Baptist Institution
Tom Herline
Jean Bond
Hong Kon
Bonds
Beverly Ann
Uston
Babs
G. Avery Lee
Baptist Foreign Mission Board
Ruston
Tech To Confer Degrees At Ruston Commencement
Louisiana Tech will confer degrees on 171 graduates at a Thursday commencement in Howard Auditorium Ruston with 39 masters and 132 bachelors. Judge Fred W. Jones will deliver the address. the program includes processions, music by Dr. Bretz and others, conferring of degrees, and a reception at the Student Center afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Tech
Howard Auditorium
Fred W. Jones
Ruston
Athalia
Marshall J. Brett
Star-Spangled Banner
Thomas ‘Head
Donald Paulus
O.F.M
St. Thomas Patholic Church
Power of God
Wirs
Mary Elaine Wallace
Judge Jones
Dr. Bretz
R. L. Ropp
Mabla May
William Luck
Douglas McGuire
Trinity Methodist Church
Yecessional, Et Religieuse," the Organ, By Dr. Bretz
Lincoln Parish Forest Fire Charred 312 Acres This Week
Forest ranger Frank Gibson reports three and a half acres of woodland burned in Lincoln parish over the past week. The blaze struck the Hilly Tower on T. J. James property on Friday morning, likely from a discarded cigarette. Fire danger remains high with no full inch of rain recorded in Lincoln parish in the month of January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Parish
Frank Gibson
T. J. James
Gibson
Jay
Legion To Install Officers Thursday
The American Legion McFarland-Mc Callum Post No 2 will install its officers Thursday night at 7 30 at the Legion house Major L J Fox will install Jake Spears as new commander a lifetime Legion member
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
McFarland-McCallum
Legion House
Jake Spears
L. J. Fox
Legion
Out-of-State Registration Costs Set for 1961
The State Board of Education approved higher out-of-state registration fees to take effect September 1961. Current non-residents enrolled before September pay $100 per semester or $50 for summer. New undergraduates will pay $300 per semester or $150 for summer, graduate students $350 per semester or $175 for summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Education
Baton Rouge
R. L. Ropp
Louisiana Tech
Ropp
Burglar Shot While Escaping Store Embroils Ruston Visitors
A collision on the D Arbonne bridge in Union parish hospitalized three women from Arkansas and Ruston. Mrs. Polly Ann Hogue 90 sustained a broken leg and severe bruises, taken to Ruston hospital. Mrs. Mary Smith lacerations and bruises, Mrs. W H Sumrall bruises. Truck driver W A Swihart of El Dorado Ark unharmed. Sumrall family tied to Ruston local figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly Hogue
Farmerville
Ruston
W. H. Sumrall
Polly Ann Hogue
McGee
Arkansas
Mary Smith
Foreman
Ark
Hogue
Ruston Hospital
Farmerville Clinic
W. A. Swihart
el Dorado, Ark
Sumrall
Mickey
Barney Sumrall
Marbury and Thomas Named To State Commerce Panel
Ruston resident William A. Marbury and Sam Thomas of Quitman were named to Louisiana’s 15 member Board of Commerce and Industry. Marbury holds multiple local and national positions, including president of several companies and trustee roles, with affiliations spanning churches, fraternal groups, and education boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce
Ruston
Quitman
Louisiana Board of Commerce and Industry
William A. Marbury
Sam Thomas
Insurance Club of
New Orleans
Lincoln Parish
South
Southwest
Who's Who of Commerce and Industry
Bill
William A. Marbury and Company Incorporated
Marbury Building Corporation
Marbury Investment Corporation
Bankers Life of Louisiana
Lincoln parish school lunch price hike approved
The school board decided to raise lunch costs starting fall term. Negro lunches go from five to ten cents and white lunches from ten to fifteen cents. The board also made staffing changes and discussed married student policy, with action postponed on several items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Parish
Morelle Emmons
Ruston
Funeral Services For Dr Rel Gray Held Saturday
Funeral services were held for Dr Rel Gray 49 pastor of Temple Baptist church who died from injuries after an accident Wednesday. Services conducted at Temple Baptist by Rev Stanley Jordan with Neil Jackson assisting. Burial in Warren Arkansas Cemetery. Survivors: wife daughter Carol Jean and two sons Rel Larkin and Daniel Webster all of Ruston and mother Mrs Ethel Gray of Warren Arkansas. Five Baptist ministers were honorary pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rel Gray
Temple Baptist Church
Stanley Jordan
Queens Baptist Church
Shreveport
Neil Jackson
Warren, Ark
Kilpatrick
Ruston
Carol Jean
Rel Larkin
Daniel Webster
Ethel Gray
Three State Conventions Set at Tech
Howard Auditorium at Louisiana Tech will host at least three state educational meetings during 1960-61. The Louisiana Music Teachers Assn annual assembly runs Oct 27–29. The Louisiana College Conference holds its sessions Mar 3–4, and the State Music Festival is set for May 4–6. Additional events include a Christmas Carol service Dec 15, Carmen on Feb 16–17, Miss Lincoln Parish and Miss Louisiana Tech Scholarship Pageant Apr 2, and a Spring Festival Concert Apr 28 with Tech Choir the Freshman Girls Glee Club and the ArchéStra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Auditorium
Louisiana Tech
Louisiana Music Teachers Assn
Louisiana College Conference
Tech
Tech Music Department
Opera Workshop
Lincoln Parish
Tech Choir
ArchéStra
New Vet To Help Farmers In Ruston Area
Donald E. Lee of Newnan Georgia is the new area veterinarian for the U S Department of Agriculture based in Ruston. He will assist livestock owners with calfhood vaccination bangs testing and will operate where qualifying herds show bangs disease by ring test or reactor animal. He serves Claiborne Bienville Jackson and Lincoln parishes and can be reached at AL 0744.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donnald, E. Lee
Neunan
Claiborne, Bienville
Jackson
Lincoln Parishes
F, O
LeVasseur
Donald E. Lee
Georgia
Ruston
U. S. Department of Agriculture
F. ©. LeVasseur
Dr. Lee
Raymond Fields
Lee
Bangs
University of Georgia
Newnan
Fairfield Drive
Quincy T Walker Funeral Services Held at Jonesboro
Quincy T Walker, 81, longtime Winn Parish resident and retired farmer, died Sunday after a long illness. Funeral services were held at 10 that morning at Yankee Spengs Baptist Church with the local pastor officiating. Burial followed at Yankee Springs cemetery in Jonesboro under Southern Funeral Home. Survived by two sisters, Emma Gibbs of Springhill and Ada Sullivan of Goldonna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesboro
Quincy T. Walker
Walker
Hfe
Winn Parish
Yankee Spengs Baptist
Yankee Springs
Southern Funeral Home
Emma Gibbs
Springhill
Ada Sullivan
Goldonna
Skinner Admitted To UC Davis Veterinary School
Lee Roy Skinner Jr of Simsboro Lincoln Parish has been admitted to the University of California Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. He is one of 52 freshmen in a four year program toward the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree. Skinner, majoring in pre veterinary medicine at Davis, is the son of Mr and Mrs L R Skinner Sr of Simsboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Roy Skinner, Jr
Simsboro
Lincoln Parish
School of Veterinary Medicine
Davis
University of California
Howard B. Shoniz
Skinner
Devis
Ia R. Sknner
Simaboro
Barnett Springs Revival Services Slated Next Week
Barnett Springs Baptist Church will host revival services starting Monday August 8 led by Rev. Wayne Toms of Quitman Baptist Church as pastor and song director. Rev. James Moore invited the public. Evening services begin at 7 20 p m and morning services daily at 6 15 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnett Springs Baptist Church
Reviallet
Wayne ‘Toms
Quitman Baptist Church
Jaca Pierce
Paste
Burnett Springs
James Moore
Negro Dies In Pileup Of Pickups Near Farmerville
A fatal crash on the Farmerville highway killed Sam Pruitt of Arcadia and injured three other Negroes as a southbound pickup with a trailer swerved after Mrs. Jewel Williamson braked hard, hitting a northbound five Negroes in an ARcadia-bound vehicle. Wreck left Pruitt dead and Underwood, Deed Underwood with head injuries, plus Ardis Paul with a fractured pelvis, in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Negro
Sam Pruitt
Lincoln Parish
Farmerville
Here
Arcadia
Deed Underwood
Ardis Paul
Jewel Williamson
Underwood
W. C. Whatley
Ruston
Disturbing Peace Fines Meted By Ruston City Court
Ruston City Court yesterday fined Lanza Starks, Negro, $5 and costs on the charge of appearing intoxicated in public. Judge Predw, Jones, and Lanza Starks presided in the proceeding with no additional charges heard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruston
Pred W, Jones
Lanza Starks
Car-Train Crash Claims Shreveport Man Near Calhoun
A Shreveport man, Raymond L. Weadock, 40, died after a freight train collided with his car on a gravel road two miles west of Calhoun in Ouachita Parish. The car stalled on the tracks and was dragged 1,040 feet before the train halted. Weadock, formerly with States Oil Co and now an independent oil lease broker, died en route to St. Francis Hospital in Monroe. He was a member of St. John’s Catholic Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calhoun
Shreveport
Quachita Parish
Pe de Vere
Raymond L. Weadock
St. Francis Hospital
Monroe
Weadock
Wilngis Central
J. C. Cathey
The
States Oil Co
St. John's Catholic Church
Piggly Wiggly Burglary Ends With Officer Shooting Suspect
A burglar at Piggly Wiggly Store No 2 in Ruston was shot twice by Chief of Police Osbon after entering the store and failing to surrender. Two accomplices were arrested nearby after a two hour search. One suspect was wounded in the foot and back, paralyzing risk, with his injuries serious but not critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Ervin
N.be
Thir Street
Oklahoma’ City
Okla
Osbon
John Callicoatte, Jr
Dallas
Texas
Joe Ben Webb
Oklahoma City
Ruston
A.preale
Ervin
George Simonton
Simonton
Highway 80
LC. Bletch
Antioch Revival Postponed After Minister Stricken
A local revival at Antioch was postponed after visiting minister Rev Terrill Lowe of Hadga fell ill yesterday before the opening meeting. He was taken to Ruston Hospital for surgery. Organizers declared the revival would be postponed indefinitely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antioch
Terrill Lowe
Hadga
Ruston Hospital
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China Baptist College
Louisiana Fossitechnic’ Institute
Marvin Will “Bo
Jones
Lincoln
Dick Hudson
Bill Veazey
Hunter
Lewis
Ross
D‘arbonne
Bill Marbury
Thomas
State Post
Henry Hewitt
Glen Grigsby
C. P. Grigsby
Sanders Williams
Greenwood
Marbury
School’ Board
J. B. Robertson
State Department of
Emmons
Robertson
Jack Harper
Dr. Rel Gray
Federal Veterinarian
Praed
Paca
Veterinary
California
Barnett Springs
Pruitt
A. C. Manley
Tom Underwood
Runton
Wallace Herbert, Jr
Antioch Revival
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