Lincoln parish names new home demonstration agent
W B Mercier Louisiana State University announces Miss Sophia Stone as Lincoln parish home demonstration agent with Rushton headquarters. A Louisiana native from Mansfield, she holds a BS from Louisiana Polytechnic Institute and has two months experience as an infant home demonstration agent in Verlion parish with Stella Jones. Miss Ellen LeNoir says the appointment will aid rural outreach as Lincoln hosts active community groups and 4-H clubs. Stone will office with Mr Shealy and T C Alexander and began work Wednesday.
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Miss Stone
Mansfield
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute Ruston
Verlion Parish
Stella Jones Parish
Ellen LeNoir
Lincoln
J. H. Shealy
Shealy
T. C. Alexander
Parish Farm Bureau
Home Work Begun By New Parish Agent In Lincoln Parish
Miss Sophie Stone a Lincoln parish home demonstration agent begins a series of meetings for women at Antioch Wesley's Chapel Hilly Nobles School Cross Roads Simsboro Choudrant Dubach Hico Sibley Aug 14 25 eight p m with County Agent J A Shealy present Shealy will discuss fall hay crops and winter grazing plans and Miss Stone will demonstrate canning beef and other meats district agent Tom Bourg outlined projects to be taken up with farm women
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Lincoln Parish
Sophie Stone
Mans-feld High School
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Gloster
Louisiana High School
Antioch
Wesley's
Miss Stone
Tom Bourg
Lad Struck By Falling Tree While Driving
A tree fell on a vehicle on the Chatham highway near here yesterday injuring Athlee Dickerson 16 son of Mr and Mrs W L Dichkers of Chatham as he drove toward Ruston in a Ford coupe The accident occurred about four five oclock He was taken to Ruston for treatment and listed as not seriously injured Also noted Osborne Waite a Hawaiian sugar planter has taken over 8000 acres in California to fatten beef cattle and raise alfalfa.
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Chatham Highway
Here
Athlee Dickerson
W. L. Dichkers
Chatham
Ruston
Dirkesasn
Osborne Waite
California
New Born Calf On G B Cook Farm Puzzles Ruston
G B Cook a Ruston dairyman faces a registration dilemma over the color of his newborn calf's tail tip as required by the Jersey cattle club. The animal, seen on the Cook farm one mile north of Simsboro, prompts a humorous quest to identify the tail fork color for papers.
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G. B. Cook
Ruston
American Jersey Cattle Club
Cook
Mr. Cook
Route 2
Louisiana
Cook Farm
Simsboro
Noted farmer to buy corn for first time in 90-day drought
Calvin C. Colvin, 80, a long time Unionville farmer near Ruston, reports severe losses from a 90 day drought. He has farmed 54 years on the 4 tenant farm and says no corn has been grown to feed livestock, with 125 acres of cotton producing 7 bales this season. Colvin estimates total crop costs at 1700 dollars, with only about 350 dollars expected in revenue for four tenant families and his own labor. Conditions in Unionville reflect parish wide hardship.
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Lincoln Parish
Calvin C. Colvin
Calvin
Unionville
Ruston
Dubach
Cal
Tom Cornwell
Colvin
North Louisiana dairy plans push against cotton farming
County Agent J A Shealy and dairy specialists from Baton Rouge and Washington D C met to discuss farm dairying as a defense against drought and cotton price drops. They urged expanding the dairy program, noting rising butter fat prices while cotton values fall, and warned Southern farmers against abandoning leguminous crops.
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Washington
Louisiana
Texas Polis
McLain
Risinger Gets 2 On Charge Of Possession
W. W. Ford of Franklin parish near Winnsboro and Elmo Whitney of Shreveport were arrested by City Marshal Risinger and Night Officer Talley Holland for whiskey possession after a cafe stop. A car search found a half pint of whisky and a coop with a dozen mixed breed chickens. They face city court arraignment for whiskey possession. Ford claimed a large poultry farm and Whitney spoke of opening a big garage in Shreveport.
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W. W. Ford
Franklin Parish
Winnsboro
Elmo Whitney
Shreveport
Risinger
Talley Holland
Ford
Whitney
Ransdell and Long Stumping Southeast Louisiana
Baton Rouge area candidates Senator Joseph E. Ransdell and Governor Huey P. Long campaign for the sixth district United States Senate nomination. Long opens in four towns south east of the capital while Ransdell starts in Donaldsonville and plans Covington and Baton Rouge rallies. Ransdell to De Ridder then New Orleans outdoor rally. Mary Jane Barnes visits Ruston.
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Donaldsonville
Covington
Here
Baton Rouge
Long
Ransdell
de Ridder
Beauregard Parish
New Orleans
4500 Hold Prayer Meet For Rain In Virginia
Winchester Virginia August 13 forty five hundred residents of Winchester and surrounding communities attended a prayer service for rain as the region endures a drought since May with dreath affecting the area and mitigation efforts ongoing.
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Virginia
Winchester
Specialists In Dairying Visit Here
D. T. Simons of the American Jersey Cattle Club and W. E. Wintermeyer from the Washington dairy bureau, with FE. W. Neusham of LSU and J. H. McClain of the dairy bureau, confer with County Agent J. A. Shealy and parish farm bureau secretary T. C. Alexander in Ruston to plan the calf club show for the state fair in Shreveport and to map a feed shortage solution caused by the drought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. T. Simons
American Jersey Cattle Club
Fort Worth
Texas
W. E. Wintermeyer
Bureau of Dairy Industry
Washington, D. C
FE. W. Neusham
Louisiana State University
Baton Rogue
J. H. McClain
Washington
Ruston
J. A. Shealy
T. C. Alexander
Parish Farm Bureau
Shreveport
Kinse Davis Named Fire Chief in Ruston
At Tuesday City Council meeting O K Davis was named fire chief of the Ruston Fire Department with a salary of 125. Plans were adopted to extend the city water system with six and eight inch mains on East California and South Line Avenues for 3750 feet. The alley from North Railroad to East Mississippi will be paved after a petition by seven adjacent property owners. Domestic water rate reduced to 3 per quarter starting October 1 and water rate cut to 25 per thousand gallons. Fire insurance rating moved from third class to straight second class. Fire department now has five regularly paid men on duty.
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O. K. Davis
Ruston
East California Avenue
South Line Avenue
North Railroad Avenue
East Mississippi Avenue
Charles C. Goyne
Cells All Right But Locked Doors Never
In Tampico Mexico on August 13 300 prisoners at the civil jail began a hunger strike to protest their confinement after guards locked the doors. The action marks a rare mass protest against jail conditions.
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Tampico
Mexico
Alfalfa Hay and Silage Boosts Dairy Profits in Livingston County
A survey by S W Warren of the New York State College of Agriculture finds alfalfa hay and ensilage pair with good cows to enhance dairying profits. Alfalfa yields double other hay. 44 percent of hay tonnage. 1919 to 1929 acreage up, corn lower, silage up. spring grain mixes rise from 1 to 24 percent of total acreage. Ongoing feed-cost reductions aided by oats barley and peas in mixtures.
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Livingston County
New York
S. W. Warren
New York State College of Agriculture
The
National Association of Farm Equipment Manufacturers
Former Tech Teacher Ada Den Dies in Auto Crash
Ada B. Den, former head of the art department at Louisiana Tech, died in a Tuesday automobile accident while en route to Los Angeles from Washington. Survived by two sisters, Mrs. Chswing of New Orleans and Miss Anna Bucchi of Saledo, Ohio. Funeral slated in Little Rock, Arkansas, her former home. Den had taught art in Ruston, Tonway, Arkansas, and Los Angeles private classes in recent years.
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R. D. Glover
Ada B. den
Louisiana Tech
Chen
Los Angeles
California
Washington
Glover
Ghen
Little Hock
Arkansas
Glen
Ruston
Central College
Tonway
Charles Vhwing
New Orleans
Milas Anna Bucii
Saledo
Ohio
Senator Ransdell Supporters Plan Monday Meeting
Shreveport Aug 15 supporters of Senator Joseph Ransdell will hold a campaign meeting at city hall next Monday night with delegations from all parishes of the fourth district. Campaign headquarters in Room 201 Ardis building will coordinate plans for the campaign and Morvan will lead organizing efforts.
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Shreveport
Fourth District
City Hall
Wie
Joseph Reansdel
Campatan
Fen
Ardis
Cecil Morvan
Ransdell
Cindderess
Narrow Escape In Auto Wreck For Attorney
New Theria La Aug 16 Joe D Barksdale Shreveport attorney and Rupert Peyton of the Shreveport Journal had a narrow escape when their car crashed into a barrier on the Broussard highway near New Oberra The barrier was unmarked and the detour not shown causing the accident yet both occupants were unharmed The barrier remained a hazard amid paving work and poor signage for motorists. Denver Apr 15 R T L Russ of Shreveport La was elected president of the Southwest Shorthand Reporters Association with Keen Sawnders Mort Worth Texas named vice president and Ollie Watson Wichita Kan secretary treasurer
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New Theria
Joe D. Barksdale
Shreveport
Rupert Peyton
Shreveport Journal
Louisiana Press Association
Broussard
New Oberra
Barksdale
Peyton
Denver
R. TL Russ
Southwest Shorthand Reporters’ Association
Keen Sawnders
Mort Worth
Texas
Ollie Watson
Wichita, Kin
Bronsarer
Kiwanis Club Hears About Relief Plans
At a weekly Jocan Kiwanis meeting Miss Sophia Stone Lincoln parish home demonstration agent and Miss Tom Bourg Louisiana University extension official outlined parish relief work to be started with support from the parish superintendent police jury and other bodies. They spoke on home economy dairy industry and a new milk products plant, urging community clubs to help. A large share of members attended to hear the visitors.
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Jocan Kiwanis Dltty Hare
Sophia Stone
Lincoln Parish
Eli
Wietersinger
Mertain
Bureau
Washington
ELOW
Neasham
Louisannette University
Lee Fury
Miss Sophia Stone Named Parish Agent
Miss Sophia Stone named home demonstration agent in Lincoln parish with headquarters in Ruston. She will assume duties this week under W. B. Mercier. Stone, raised in De Soto parish, holds a Bachelor of Science from Louisiana Polytechnic Institute and has served as assistant home demonstration agent in Vernon parish. She will work with rural Lincoln residents, juvenile 4-H clubs, and local groups, sharing office space with J. A. Shealy and T. G. Alexander.
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University Station
Baton Rouge
Sophia Stone
Lincoln Parish
Ruston
Stella Jones
Lincoln
Miss Fulen le Noir
Lincoli
J. A. Shealy
Miss Stone
Shealy
Parish Farm Bureau
Farmers Begin Sowing of Seed for Fall Crops
Farmers across Lincoln parish embrace home grown drought relief program praised by the parish farm council. Plows and disk barrows run, fall garden seeds like turnips and carrots sell briskly, and rye oats and winter peas are in strong demand. Pasture improvements clear underutilized land, aiding tenant farmers as cotton harvest continues.
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Lincoln Parish
North Louisiana
Tilly stores and gin robbed during night
Sheriff Al Ut reported multiple mercantile stores in FH Delony and sons Arther Laramee and Ton Lar were robbed in the night. A break in occurred at Bailey with tools taken from a Delong property. Investigators found meat and suspect a coordinated theft, with deputies pursuing leads.
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Prom
Sachureiy
al Ut
Tidepem
Delony and Sons
Arther Laramee
Baily
Chugpen
Clyde Prasaer
AE Delong
Ulber Uni
Sherif Thipzpern
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W. B. Mercier
Lad
B. W. Neasham
J. H. McLain
D. T. Simon
Ft. Worth
South
Grars
Senate
Mary Jane Barnes
Bastrop
Georgia Wade
Aid Shealy and
Alexander
Kinse Davis
Ada B. Glen
Art Dept
Attorney
Payton
New Iberia
Kiwanis Club
Heardroutil
Tech
B. Lamb
Natche2, Miss
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