Legion Views Yankees Trip By Jackson Thigpen
The Ruston American Legion team traveled to Kansas City to see the Yankees and Athletics, boarding a train from Shreveport after a Friday departure. Highlights included autograph moments with Ralph Terry and Roger Maris, a 24,000 attendance, and a Sunday doubleheader with close play and a late Yankee win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Thigpen
Ruston American Legion
Jackie Moreland
Cleddie Harris
Jack Thigpen
Ruston
Kansas City
Kansas City Athletics
New York Yankees
Bill James
T. L. James and Company
Shreveport
Pickwici
Yankee
Ralph Terry
Yankees
Legion
Minden
Roger Maris
Maris
Bill Tuttle
Athletics
Mickey Mantle
Billy Davis
Lab Tech
Cleddia Harris
Herbert
Skowron
Bobby Shantz
New York
Marv Throneberry
Jetices
Casey Yankees
Ath- Stengel
Lions Club Camp Session Opens Near Pollack Louisiana
Jo Ann Kinman of Choudrant joins 76 Louisiana children at Camp Windywood near Pollack for a two week session as guests of the Ruston Lions Club and the Louisiana Lions League for Crippled Children. The camp is noted as the largest ever staged in Louisiana, with future plans for a Leesville site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jo Ann Kinman
L. D. Kinman
Route 2
Choudrant
Camp Windywood
Pollack
Jo Ann
Louisiana
Ruston Lions Club
Louisiana Lions League For
Lions of Louisiana
Leesville
Paul T. Hendershot
The
Lions League
Anne Hendershot
Virginia Gillum
Camp Maryhill
Alexandria
Jury Purchases New Motor Crane
The Lincoln Parish Police Jury approved buying a Bantam T-350i dragline from Southern Equipment and Tractor Co. of Monroe for 17,750 dollars. It rejected bids on a bituminous spray tank and a three ton portable road roller and postponed road-building equipment action until next spring. Other bids came from Road Equipment Company of Alexandria and Louisiana Machinery Company of Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Parish
Southern Equipment and Tractor Co
Monroe
Eddie Evans
Road Equipment Company of
Alexandria
Louisiana Machinery Company of
Fresh Program and activities planned for Louisiana Tech freshmen
Louisiana Tech announces a week of freshman orientation September 11 to 17 with dorm openings, vesper services, convocation, placement tests, physicals, and formal events. The schedule includes meetings with deans, receptions, a capping ceremony, and a football game on September 17. Also notes seedling orders for 1960-61 planting season in Lincoln Parish, with pricing and delivery details from D Arbonne Soil Conservation District and Continental Can Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Tech
Little Theater
S. X. Lewis
Howard Auditorium
Dean Lewis
Martha Condra
Adams
Harris Infirmary
Aswell Terrace
Associated Women
Ipim
Carson- Taylor Hall
Adams Hall
Memorial Gymnasium
Panhellenic Council
Tech
Lamar Tech
J. C. Owen
D'Arbonne
Owen
Ruston
Soil Conservation Service Office
Rainwater
Billy Alexander
Continental Can Company
Lincoln Parish
Loans Listed To Farmers In Lincoln Area
Farm operating loans totaling 96150 were made by the Farmers Home Administration to farmers in Union and Lincoln Parishes during the 1960 fiscal year. Real estate loans totaled 112800 to improve land, build dwellings, and finance farm construction. Borrowers repaid 207517 in all loan types, with operating loan repayments mainly from sale of cotton, cattle, and hogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Home Administration
Union
Lincoln
William R. Alexander
FHA
Groundbreaking Slated Friday For Hospital and Sitarete
Homer crash injures six two seriously two miles south of the city at U S 79 and State 9. Serious injuries to Jim mie Williams 16 Minden and Joseph N Curten Sr Monetta S C. Lincoln parish drought meeting to advise Congressman Passman with local farm leaders and agencies in Winnsboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer
Here
State
Jimmie Williams
Minden
Joseph N. Curten Sr
Monetta
S. C
Homer Hospital
Williams
Burton
Rules Affect Lincoln Gas and Oil Fields in Lincoln Parish
The Louisiana Department of Conservation issued two rulings affecting Lincoln parish oil and gas. Cadeville sand in the Calhoun field allows two units per section with one well drilled in the south half of section 36 and another started in the north half, while a third may be proposed in the south half of section 35. In the Simsboro field, section 1 of Township north, range 4 west becomes a unit well for all property, with Murphy Corp. West Unit Well No. 1 designated as the producing unit. Groundbreaking for the Lincoln Parish hospital is set for Friday at 11 am. the hospital contract was signed and will be recorded, with officials from the Police Jury, hospital board, architects Neild Somdal Smitherman and associates, state highways department, and city leadership invited to attend. Details will be managed by Eddie Evans, jury secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Lincoln Parish
F. O. LeVasseur
Winnsboro
Fifth Congressional District
Otto
Passman
LeVasseur
M. A. Woodard
J. W. Cook
David Leo Hays
Cattlemen's Association
A. B. Laranee
Agricultural Stabilization Committee
Lou McGehee
Charman
Agriculture Committee
Chamber of Commercce
Lamar Colvin
Farm Bureau
P.O. LeVasseur
Vernon Lay
Caldermen's Association
Farm Bureau and Chamber of Commerce
Tedh
Cadeville
Simsboro
Louisiana Department of Conservation
Calhoun Field
Abe Harris
Cotton Valley
Simshoro
Township North
Range 4
Harris
Murphy Corp
Lincoln Parish” Hospital
Jorby
Lincoln Parish Hospital
Neild, Somdal, Smitherman
State Department of Highways
Eddie Evans
Graveside Rites For Infant At Area Church
Rhonda Lee Causey infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Aubrey Causey of 1005 Meadowbrook Dr West Monroe died Saturday in a local hospital. Grayside services were held at Oak Grove Church Cemetery Simsboro at 3 30 p m Sunday with Rev Harold B Cook officiating. Burial under Hixon Brothers Funeral Home direction. Survivors include maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Q Leonard Monroe and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs G B Knowes West Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhonda Lee Causey
Aubrey Causey
Meadowbrook Dr
West Monroe
Oak Grove Church
Simsboro
Harold &. Cook
Hixon Brothers Funeral Home
Q. ¥. Lenard
Monroe
G. B. Knowes
Parish Road Warning Signs Talked by Jury
Lincoln parish Police Jury discussed signs for parish roads at the Tuesday meeting. Stop and curve warning signs were noted as needed at danger spots with rising traffic and better roads. Eddie Evans was tasked to determine sign costs and report back. The jury also heard a request to back an independent slate of Democratic electors but did not act. They approved roadwork to let the state place bituminous topping on a two mile segment of Lincoln parish road 231 from Cooktown road to Interstate 20 right of way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Parish
John A. Mitchell
Eddie Evans
Censas Parish
State Department of Highways
Cooktown
Department Stores See June Sales Jump in Ruston 1980
Ruston department stores report an 89 percent June sales rise over 1959, per Louisiana Business Review, with May down 11.2 percent. Postal receipts rose 12.9 percent year over year and 20.1 percent from May. Wholesale grocery sales also up from May and 8.7 percent above June last year. Telephone service fell 0.1 percent from May but rose 6.4 percent over June 1959.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruston
Louisiana Business Review
Rabid Fox Is Killed In Lincoln Parish Area
A farmer near here killed a fox on August 3 after it approached a calf and was found positive for rabies by the Lincoln Parish health unit. Earlier in July a cow on John Graham’s property was believed bitten and tested positive. The calf remains under observation as to whether it was bitten. Local residents reported another fox shot near a yard and car, but no tests were made to confirm rabies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Monorlet
Here
Lincoln Parish
Starner
John Graham
Loyd Nellds
Moherlet
Moncrief
T. C. Kirby
Nellds
B. L. Kelly
Cecil Davis
Riser Road
Funeral Services For G. S. Colvin Held At Dubach
Funeral services were held Sunday at 3 p m for Grover Colvin 74 of Bentley who died after a short illness. A retired farmer he was a native of Dubach. Survivors include two brothers Brown Colvin of Bentley and Hitler Colvin of Texas and a sister Mrs Owen Bagwell of Dubach. Burial under Kilpatrick Funeral Home Monroe in Fellowship Cemetery in Dubach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubach
Grover
Colvin
Bentley
Brown Colvin
Hitler Colvin
Texas
Owen Bagwell
Kilpatrick Funeral Home
Monroe
Iwas
Fellowship Cemetery
Duhaen
Certified Sweet Potatoes Growers Lead Bienville Crop
Three certified seed potato growers in Bienville parish based near Arcadia and Gibsland run a quarter million dollar annual business. They source foundation stock from Chase Seed Station and supply seed stock and slips to commercial growers across the United States and Canada. The men, led by Raymond T. DeMoss, report Bienville as a national seed production hub with about 30 000 bushels of certified seed annually. They operate 15 acres in certified potatoes and focus on Unit No 1 Porto Rico Copper Skin Gold Rush and Centennial varieties. Louisiana remains the top sweet potato producer, and the group sells directly to growers packers and canneries. Proceeds fund development at Chase and affiliate associations with leadership roles held by Fields and Thomas. See CERTIFIED Page 3
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bienville Parish
Raymond T. DeMoss
Arcadia
R. P. Thomas
Gibsland
John Paul Fields
Chase Sweet Poti
Franklin Parish
United States
Canaa
DeMoss
Lincoln Parish
Chase
Nually
Bienvile Parish
DeMiss
Bienyilie
Louisiana
LSU
Louisiana Sweet Potato Association
Chase Experiment Station
Bienville
Donn Paul Fields
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lions Club
Lion Gue
Jo Ann Kinmon
Jury
Corn Parish
W. C. Atkins
Continental Can , Company
Soil Conservation Service
Hospital
Sitarete
Joseph N. Burton Edy
Darthory B. Tobias
Douglas M. Sale
U. S. 79
State 9
Sale
L. C. Sims
State Police
M. W. Aysock
Area
By Tom Herling
Chagder Stoft
Tow Herling
Wen
Sayaiong
WeMais
Crote
Oni
Bingglare
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!