Murph Marke Yee Year Sunday Birthday Celebration
Ken Murphy celebrated his birthday with family and friends including Mrs. Beatha Murphy and others in Shreveport. The gathering honored the youngest son of the Murphya family as they traveled to support Ken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Murphy
Bértha
Murphy
Joe Stancil
Mike
Pat Stancil
Shrevaport
Hin
Ken ‘Ie
Morris Murphya
Ralph Beard
Henry Woodard
Shreveport
Clad Beard
Jeuste
Lonideler's
Gilsland
Jesse Sanford
Karen Ann King
Minden
Athens
A. L. Price
Baton Rouge
Downings
Kennel
Christhan
Gail Valentine
Bienville
Max Nelson Youth Conference Visit and Local Social Notes
Local notes report Max Nelson attending a Youth Conference in MfeNAY G with Gary Baugh of Quantico visiting Ruston relatives. The piece adds community mentions of Mrs. Woodard Christian, Mrs. Halstead, and the Hammons and Valentine families, plus church, weather, and birthday anecdotes from Ruston residents and surrounding area.
Postcard from Fort Riley Describes Army Life
A postcard from Howard Venable to Harmar Ladner describes new life in the army at Fort Riley Kansas. Venable appears content and adjusted while war talk lingers. He mentions a past purchase of an air conditioner in September anticipating future conflict and notes a preference for talk over shooting, reflecting wartime sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ema Daya
Howard Venable
Harmar Ladner
Fort Riley
Kansas
Alek
Iremether
Sept
Sone Hier
Lincoln Parish Property Valuation Notice by Tax Commission
Legal notice states that assignees lists have been fixed for Lincoln Parish by the Louisiana Tax Commission with public inspection of values from August 1 to August 20, 1961. Taxpayers may review assessments at the assessor’s office and may protest values at a police jury meeting called for that purpose, issued by Chas. J. Mightower, Lincoln Parish Assessor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punlac
Parish of
Lincoln
Louisiana Tax Commission
Chas. J. Mightower
Lincoln Parish
Aiw
New Hope Guests Share Chicken Meal at Banks Home
Local social notes describe weekend visits by Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Collie to Shreveport and various relatives in Jena Ringgold Ruston Monroe and Montgomery Alabama. The entry notes dinners and gatherings at the Banks Perry Davis and Stewart households with mentions of guests from La and Okla and plans for travel to Dallas Chicago and Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Davis
W. A. Collie
Shreveport
Bobby Johnston
H. B. Stewart
Stewart
Jerry Allen
Jena
C. E. Griffin
Anne Payne
Ringgold
Dan Duke
Dianne
W. Monroe
Mae Davis
Thomas Roscoe
Manstfield
la. Tech
Roy Davis
Roy
Billy Davis
Michigan
Chicago
Clifton Davis
Robert
Connie
Dallas
Texas
Crossroads Social Notes From Community Gatherings
Mr and Mrs J C Heard visited their brother in Shreveport Saturday afternoon. Mr and Mrs S P Colvin visited Rus ton over the weekend. Betty Lou Warrison and children of Ruston visited Thursday with Mr and Mrs A F Harrison. Mr Harrold and Bil Harrison were also mentioned. Several other locals were noted visiting the Harrisons and with friends and relatives of Mrs C B Henry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. K, Harrisos
J. C. Heard
Indan
Shreveport
Ruston
Betty Lou Warrison
A. F.harrison
Harrold
Bil Harrison
P. Colvin
A. F. Harrisons
D. Hammons
Johnnie Smith
A. E. Harrison
J. G. Swint
Burl Hood
St. Restchurch
Orelock
Economic Threats and Peace Corps Critique Weighing US Debt and Aid Ideas
A column warns economic destruction threatens the nation alongside military danger. It questions debt growth and a higher budget deficit, criticizing a proposed defense spend. It also critiques the Peace Corps, arguing language barriers, disease, religious tensions, and supervision limits undermine well intentioned aid efforts.
Former Rustonian Named Man Of Month In Longview
Longview Texas mayor J Clyde Tomlinson, veteran city official and former Ruston resident, is named Man of the Month. Born on a Ruston farm, he studied locally and at Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, now serving his tenth year as Longview mayor and his sixth term on the city commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Clyde Tomlinson
Ruston
Longview
Texas
Cly Commission
Tomlinson
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
W. M. ‘Tomlinson
Minnie. Price
Pleasant Tmll
Clyde, Jr
The
University of
Newspaper Fillers to Meet 211 Million Population
The 1970-80 era projects demand 80 thousand trained workers to staff newspapers and libraries as U S population nears 211 million per Bureau of the Census.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of the Census
Grow For Color Theme At Dubach Garden Club Meeting
The Dubach Garden Club discussed Grow For Color as July’s theme at a July 18 gathering hosted by Mrs. Leatha Colvin. Mrs. Buel Davis emphasized summer flowers during the program, followed by a reception for members and several visiting guests from California and Abilene, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dullach Garden Club
Leatha Colvin
Buel Davis
Jeacher
Leatha Colvitt
Toma Colvin
Iva Sith
Bernice Fuller
Lane
Buens Colvin
T. L. Herdgepeth
Emma. Hasmilton
Amy Farley
Jewell Davis
R. &. Roberson
Mary Sue Smith
McNeil
Jack Clement
W. le Ponder
California
Bill Megnison
Abiline
Texas
Three Rustonians Attend Fayetteville Workshop
Daven McKennie Gary Townsend and Margaret Ann Sumeau of Ruston are youth delegates to the Methodist Youth Fellowship Workshop at Mount Sequoyah Fayetteville Arkansas August 4 11. Sponsored by the South Central Jurisdiction with Dr Virgil D Morris executive secretary and Lawrence L Gilbert Louisiana Conference Director of Youth Work. Lawrence Gilbert and five other adults join twelve Louisiana youth delegates in Texas. Clyde Tomlinson named Man of the Month by East Texas Chamber of Commerce for August for his public service and civic work. He is noted for planning leadership honesty and devotion to family and community as cited in a Rotary Club biographical sketch. In spare time he enjoys golf and fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Nelson
Lou M) Nelson
Shreveport
Alex Boyd
Bobby
Jackie
Mr. Boyd
Jersey City
N. A
Nev. J. W. Lipscomb
Ruston Presbyterian Church
Jimmie
Edward
Cape Cod
Mars
Congress
Peace Corps
U.S
United States
R. Sargent Shriver
Congo
America
Africa
Daven McKennie
Gary Townsend
Margaret Ann Sumeau
Ruston
Mount Sequoyah
Fayetteville
Arkansas
South Central
The
Methodist Church
Virgil D. Morris
Lawrence L. Gilbert
Louisiana
Clyde ‘Tomlinson
Tomlinson
Cinds
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Mfenay
Ain Gary Baugh
Quantico
Wit
Mesis
Baugh
Pienta
New Orléans
Florida
Virginia
Gacy
Woodard Christian
A. I. Halstead
Dan Hammons
Christian
A. B. Valentine
Sam Nelson
Annie Rich
Desela Walls
Arcadia Hospital
Denton
Indermediate Department Assembly
Kingdom of God
Norman I. Elliot
Howard
Alan
Kobe
Ita
Conta
Louisiana Power & Light Company
NEW Hope
Banks Home
Crossroads
Community
Berlin
Secretary of the Treasury
Nikita Khrushchev
Egshead
Indo-China
Cuba
Fic
E. C. Lederer
Alpine
Dubach Club
E. D. Cowan
Coast Guard
AT & T Company
Addis Abbaba
Ethiopia
Georgetown
British Guiana
Port Sand
Egypt
Suez
Acapulco
Mexico
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