Northwestern State College host family weekend 1960 61
Wilda Gayle Ferguson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Ferguson, presides as Mrs. and Mrs. A. J. Lauticar welcome students and families for the 60 61 school session at Northwestern State College. Many relatives and friends visited over Thanksgiving and holidays in Ruston Shreveport Monroe and Edgewood Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Lauticar
Wilda Gaylé Ferguson
M. L. Ferguson
Audubon War Résidénice
Northwestern State’ College
Wit
G.im.' Célyirn
Winston
Gerald
Grand
Ghter
Pam
Clyde M. Colvin
Little ‘Adek
Floyd Orren
Travis Gray
Dubach
B.D. Jeffcoat
du- Bach
Paul Kiene
Ruston
Mike Kiene
James J. Dendy
New Orleans
L. B. Dendy
A. L. Smith
M. A. Liggin
Shiloh
T. A. Pruett
Thomas Odom
Monroe
Edgewood
Texas
el Dorado
G. M. Colvin
Hugh Martin
Jeve
Relaves
Cadez
Eal
Kelton
Hoxton
Susan
Billy ‘Kneippe
Shreveport
Debbie Donna West Improve After Illness in Corinth
Debbie West and Donna West have been ill but are reportedly feeling better. The note lists several community members with throat and cold ailments and mentions visits and Thanksgiving gatherings among local families including Stephenson Woods and Penix households. Multiple clinic visits and home recoveries are recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corinth
Debbie
Donna West
C. W. Stephenson JR
oMrsEi D.head
Bossier City
W. L
Boyet
Bernice Clinic
MisgeJoy Harper
Charlie Stephenson
I. Thomases
C. C. Hunter
James Woods
Tisdale
Jimmie Woods
Loretta Stephenson
Walter McFearin
C. W. Stephenson
Irourn Thomas
Chavilie Stephenson
John
Malyin
Brazzej
C. W.,stephenson Jr
Frank’ Jackson
Hardy Penix
Crossroads
Wesley Chapel Thanksgiving Guests Gather in Walton Foster Home
Thanksgiving at the Walter Foster home drew guests from Bastrop Shreveport Longsboro Quitman Hodge Quitman Quitman and other towns including Guthrie Lona Foster Janice Rushing and the Ivey Cape families. Jewel Wester returned home from Ruston hospital for the holiday. Other visitors at James Love home included Billy Smith Springhill Don Love and George Love with Olby Love and the Farmer City area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Chapel
Walter Fosters
Sam Strozier
Walter Foster
J. ¢. Guthrie
Lona Foster
Kenneth Blaeck
Clay
Mra
Janice Rushingee
Bastrop
Johnnie Ivey
Houston
Robert Jones
Shreveport
Leslie Hennigan
Hodge
Dwight Cooper
Linda Cape
Billy Smith
Springhill
Don Love
Dubach
George Love
Farmer‘yille
Olby Love
Thanksgiving Week Socials Plus Holiday Visits Across Parishes
Thanksgiving gatherings spanned multiple households as families visited relatives in Bardell Sarepin Baton Rouge Lake Charles and nearby towns. Guests included Mr and Mrs Sonny Walker and daughters Mr and Mrs C O Nelson and Lynn in New Orleans and extended stops by Stroziers Neeleses Knott Burnett St. Romaines Tucker Beatty and Hinton families with children and grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonny Walker
C. O. Nelson
Lynn
Gloria Evans
New Orleans
Sam Strozier
Mobile
Ala
Loyd Neeles
Bill Turner
Quitman
Jimmy Knott
Baton Rouge
John Martin
Burnett St. Romaine
Bunkie
J. T. Tucker
Rube Beatty
J. W. Strozier
Sam Sttozier
Jim Buck
Sibley
Bobby Nelson
Lake Charles
Many Exchanges Visit During Thanksgiving Weekend
The note documents numerous visits during the Thanksgiving weekend. Mr and Mrs Jimmy Jones visited Jimmie's mother in Hampton Arkansas. Families from Fort Worth Eunice Bastrop Longview Lafayette Lafayette Springhill Shreveport and Jackson Mississippi joined hosts across Arkansas and Louisiana including Mr and Mrs Ira Varrison J D Beard and others for holiday gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood
May Depreese
Jimmy Jones
Jimmie
Hampton, Ark
J. A. Mobley
Robert Lavance
Bill Herren
Fort Worth
Roger Broome
Eunice
RN. Havyis
Longview
Texas
Ira Varrison
Bill Carter
Lafayette
J. D. Beard
Melba Parkman
H.C. Skinner
Tommy Galloway
J. D. Harrison
Alma Leachman in Ruston Hospital Reported
Local notes report Mrs Alma Leachman in Ruston Hospital for a few days with wishes for a speedy recovery. The Week of Prayer event at the WMU church drew radios and a shared lunch amid cold weather. Multiple family visits and Thanksgiving gatherings are noted across the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Leachman
Ruston
WMU
W. W. Ricks
McAdoo Ricks
California
Sam Revel
Old Friends Visit Jewel Reyel Store For Walk By Spring
They motored to Jewel Reyel's store where Jewel and Laura joined them to walk by the old home price. They stopped at the spring for a cool drink and talked over happy times spent there. Pung Gibbon, a colored friend, is in the hospital. prayers are sent for comfort and faith in God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewel Reyel
Jewel
Laura
Pung Gibbon
Jnhe
Warx
Mrs Roy Pylant On Sick List With Inner Ear Trouble
Mrs Roy Pylant is on the sick list with inner ear trouble. The note appears in a local column recording visits and family weekends with relatives in Freeport Monroe Jackson Winnsboro and other nearby towns during the holiday period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
Roy Pylant
J. G. Vernon
J. W. Vernon
Freeport
Texas
J. G. Vernong
Ellis McGee
A. C. Arington
Roy Fylant
Dubach Hi-Lites Glee Club Overtime Christmas Prep
Glee Club members under teacher Mrs Brady practice many hours for a Christmas program. The note mentions counting days to holidays and a December 13 game in the Lisbon Tournament with uncertain opponent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubach Hi-Lites
Glee Club
Mickey Waller
Nut House
Extension Meeting on Bangs Disease Slated for Thursday
Lavasseur County Agent invites calfmen to a Thursday night Extension meeting at the Tech Agriculture Building. Veterinarians will answer questions while cattle owners seek guidance on Bangs disease control. The session marks the start of 1961 Cattlemens Association membership enrollment with Mr. A P Parham present as guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavasseur County
Tech Agriculture
Ati
Tech
A. P. Parham
State Cattlemens’ Association
Thanksgiving Visits Across Towns Highlight Holiday Week
Willie Mount of South Carolina spent the past week with his mother. Many families gathered in Longview and nearby towns for Thanksgiving, visiting relatives in Waskom, Monroe, Homer, Shreveport, and Arkadelphia. Local school notes recount senior play profits and classroom projects across grades one to six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Mount
South Carolina
L. P. Mount
Archie Ross
Longview
Texas
Simpson
Do. A
Doughly
Dahil
Otis Welch
Frank Driggers
Patsy
Memphis
Enn
John McKeihan
Shreveport
Cullen
W. J. Calvin
Willie Colvin
Velma Colvin
W. J. Colvin
Debbie Delaney
Homer
John Malone
Dallas
T. L. Hedgepeth
Maurine Tedgepeth
J. T. Nedgepeth
A. L. Lewis
Monroe
Donna Delaney
Susie Pilgreen
Charlie J. Dosg
Elwood Lewis
Dickie
Paula
Cynthia
Vance
Fort Smith
Ark
Robert Colvin
Toni Zones
Arkadelphia
Paul Williams
LaPorte
Colvin Norris
Legislature Faces Jail Talk In Baton Rouge Special Session
In Baton Rouge during a special session, lawmakers and visiting congressmen voiced willingness to go to jail over the interposition fight. Debates centered on resisting any resolutions seen as approving delays, with teachers and racial integration used as points of leverage. Governor Davis urged calm as impeachment talk loomed and the court process drew attention from lawyers and reporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Netry du Baton
Rouge
National House
Senate
Andrew Johnson
Ais
Washington
Céhg
Otto Posman
Wall Delony
Mrs Colvin Busy Peanut Farm Story in Fellowship Community
Mrs Lillian Colvin runs a busy farm with peanuts vegetables and eggs, selling produce locally while quilting and donating a quilt to missionary gifts. The piece notes visiting relatives Thanksgiving gatherings and mentions preacher boys from Fellowship, a reading of community events and a Foreign Mission Week of Prayer schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alven Davis
Joe Colvin
Missionary Union
Don Colvin
Pineville
Don
Spears
Kimbell
James Nichols
Cadwallader Sr
M. F. Copeland
Robert M. Colvin
John Campbell
Estelle Rabb
Everett Roberson
Buel Davis
Billy Knowles
Donnie
Ted Knowles
Penny
Ted Jr
D. E. Walker
W. Monroe
W. A. Day
Lane Davis
Maury
Bernice
Dubach
Charles Lane
Springhill
Harold
Helen
Jonesville
Fellowship
Steven
Hammons
Bride
New Orleans
William Jenkins
Kathy
Britt
Lavelle Britt
Missouri
Harris Green
Fellowship Church Thanksgiving Supper Meeting Observed
Fellowship Church held a Thanksgiving supper after prayer meeting last Wednesday night. Brother Nichols delivered an inspiring Thanksgiving message, noting gratitude despite sorrow and thanking all who expressed kindness and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fellowship Church
Agan
Alu Vavis
Brother Nichols
Bernice Entry Takes Second In Horse Show
Bernice entry Me Jee, owned by Margeann Laurence of Bernice, won second in the stallions foaled in 1969 division at LSU Quarter Horse Show and National Cutting. The event, held November 16 to 18 at the LSU Agricultural Center, drew about 150 entries with 422 overall in all classes, judged by Jack Turney and Firmin L. Forestier. A new Champion All Around Quarter Horse of the Show carried a $400 saddle donated by Windy Ryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton
Rouge
S. Me Jee
Margeann Laurence
Bernice
LSU
Horse Coritest
LSU Agricultural Center
LSU ‘Agricultura
A.Q.H.A
Claus Asus
Jludges
Werg
Jack Turney
Quemady
Texas
Firmin
L. Forestier
Elton
Windy Ryan
Fort Worth
Joe Wheeler
JP 4 Ranch
Opelousas
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Jim Graves
Tommy Gist
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Rory Cooper
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E. B. Williamson
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Tom Frasier
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Dalton Wilson
Sam Tevel
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Lydia Revel
Harmony Chapel
Lawton McCullers
R. G Hama
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Thomas Williams
Rayville 10
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J. C. Richardson
J. R. Ray
Alexandria
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Dave Wadi
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Beirut
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Farmerville
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