Miller and Nelson wedding noted at Winnsboro First Baptist
Rev B K Miller former football star and Martha Ann Nelson wed last Wednesday at Winnsboro First Baptist Church. Miller, a Louisiana Tech and Baptist Seminary alum, and Nelson, Ta Tech student, are linked to local families. Attendees included extended Nelson and Riser relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fesse Riser
Rev. B. K. Miller
Football
B. K. Miler
Martha Ann Nelson
First Baptist Church of
Winnsboro
Miller
la, Tech
Baptist Theological Seminary
New Orleans
Martha Ann
Ta. Tech
Jack Nelson
Winnaboro
John W. Nelson
Riser Road
Lizzie Riser
Lou Nelson
Barry and
Milna
LC. Ledeen
Linda Wells
Sports Briefs Preview For Next Week
A reader asks for help with writing sports briefs and notes experience across different topics. He mentions conducting prayer meetings and starting welding sports as a new area, requesting patience if he stalls next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cand
Mormon Chair To Be Shown On Television
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir will be televised on CBS for the first time in a program titled Let Freedom Ring. American Motors Corp sponsors the Christmas season telecast, tracing moral growth from pre Revolution to present with excerpts from Patrick Henry Jefferson and Paine, Lincoln, Aura Lee, and a medley of Civil War songs plus Battle Hymn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weeemper Fst
American Motors Corporation
CBS
Mormon Tabernacle
Dan O'Herlihy
Patrick Henry
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Paine
Larauthe Day
Lincoln
Bixby
Howard Keel
Aura Lee
Richard Boone
The
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Salley speaks for independent grocers at Chicago meet
Van Salley president of Salley Grocer Co of Shreveport Bernice La and head of United Wholesale Grocers Association outlined plans to improve service for customers. He urged support for independent distributors who offer high quality foods at low prices and urged growth of small neighborhood saver markets to compete with discount centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
National Food Brokers Association
Chicago
van Salley
Salley Grocer Company
Shreveport
Bernice
Monroe
Louisiana
United’ States
Shepworth Food
Salley
America
Salley Grocer Co
Sarer
Hog judging event at Bastrop Regional Poland China Conference
Baton Rouge. Regional Poland China Type Conference at Bastrop Fair Grounds January 19 20 will feature comparison judging of nearly 50 market hogs before and after slaughter. LSU Extension animal husbandry specialist A D Fiteger ald explains the live animal and carcass judging aim to help growers pick top meat hogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Poland
Fair Grounds
Bastrop
A.D. Fitegerald
Louisiana State University Agricultural Extension Service
Suys
Progressive Farmer Names Doles Man of the Year 1961
John J. Dutch Doles of Plain Dealing Louisiana, a longtime banker farmer and public servant, is named Progressive Farmer Man of the Year for service to Louisiana agriculture. Editor Ed Wilborn announced the award noting Doles work in agriculture finance politics and education plus leadership at LSU and on the State Agricultural Stabilization Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J
Dutch" Doles
Louisiana
Progressive Farmer Magazine
Progressive Farmer
Ed Wilborn
Doles i
Doles
State Agricultural Stabilization Committee Fom
First State Bank of Plain Dealing
Board of Supervisors
Louisiana State University
Red River Valley Association
Almost A Million For Advertising Louisiana
Louisiana state and municipal development groups plan 938,975 in advertising and promotion this year to attract tourists and industry. Curtis Publishing’s annual survey tallies 902,725 for vacationers and tourists and 36,250 for industry. They cite Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce 9,725 Louisiana Department of Commerce and Industry 732,000 New Orleans Convention Bureau 48,000 Greater New Orleans Tourist Commission 113,060 Shreveport Chamber of Commerce Industrial Development Committee 10,000 and industry amounts of 11,250 for Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce and 25,000 for Shreveport committee. The Curtis survey covers 295 groups nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Curtis Publishing Company
United States
Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce
Louisiana Department of Commerce and Industry
New Orleans Convention Bureau
Greater
Baton House Chamber of Commerce
Shreveport Chan Hep Oof
Commerge Industrial Development Committee
Saturday Evening Post
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
Jack & Jill
Huliday
Atican Hyme
Pay Positions Open in A F Reserve at Selman Field
Lt Col C D Beenel announced expanded pay positions at the 9425 Air Recovery Lqd Selman Field to add 100 slots for former Air Force personnel. Training occurs on the 3rd weekend monthly with two days pay plus lunch. The unit provides emergency recovery for aircraft and a fully manned landing field in Monroe Louisiana. For information contact a Reservist or call FA 2 6694.
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Att
C. D. Beenel
Group Headquarters
Selman Field
Air Force
Air Force Reserve
Monroe
Louisiana
Hays Station H D Party in Neas Home
The Hays Station Home Demonstration Club met at Miss Mary Ann Neas house in Rustan for their annual Christmas Party despite rain. Twenty four members and guests enjoyed decorations including a gold sprayed gourd pixie and blue silver tree, with a business session led by Mrs. George Carroll and a program highlighting keeping Christ in Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann Neas
Rustan
Hays Station
George Carroll
Jimmy Hanna
Mark Hanna
Waterloo
Iowa
Louisiana
Christ
Miss Glenda Fields to Wed Dewey Parker in Minden
The engagement and forthcoming marriage of Miss Glenda Sue Fields to Dewey Wayne Parker are announced by her parents Mr and Mrs Travis Orrie Fields of Minden. The ceremony will take place January 26 at six o'clock in the evening at the First Baptist Church of Minden with Rev M H Fields officiating. The bride is a sophomore and the groom a senior at Louisiana Polytechnic Institute both in business administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenda Sue Fields
Dewey Parker
Dewey Wayne Parker
Travis Orrie Fields
Mincen
Dewey Wayne Parker, Sr
Minden
Church of
M. H. Fields
Miss Fields
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Garden Study Club Christmas Luncheon Held at Mrs A Lewis Home
The Garden Study Club held its annual Christmas luncheon on December 14 at 12 30 p m in the home of president Mrs Ardis Lewis on Vienna Road. Mrs Newton Thurman Mrs James Davis and Mrs Robert Sims assisted with social duties. A turkey buffet was served from a den table with Florentine cutwork and a floral centerpiece. Pink camellias and festive red and green attire added seasonal color as 25 members attended including Mrs W A Jones Mrs J W Reeves Mrs Ben Bogard and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Study Club
Ardis Lewis
Vienna Road
W. A. Jones
J. W. Reeves
Ben Bogard
Vann Pratt
Frank Baxter
W. W. Chew
George Pankey
J. L. Dodds
W. W. Durden, Jr
A. W. Thompson
Jack Thigpen
Arthur Thigpen
J. T. Richardson, Jr
Preston Hardage
Richard Jones
Robert Holladay
Neill Kirkland
John LaRue
Ragan Madden
Reagan Odom
Don Milam
L. D. Napper
Thurnton
Davis
Sims
Lewis
Mrs. R. E. Storms Hosts Sprig And Twig Club
Louisiana Tech Sprig and Twig Garden Club met December 14 at Mrs. R. E. Storms Cypress Springs home with thirteen members and one guest present. President Mrs. S. A. Dyson led a short business session after two film strips Bellingrath Gardens and Birds of the Seashore. Hostesses and a social hour followed. numerous members and visitors attended, sharing refreshments and fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Tech Sprig and Twig Garden Club
R. FE. Storms
Cypress Springs Subdivision
S. A. Dyson
Bellingrath Gardens
Mobile
Alabama
LaRue Cavanougher
8. A. Dyson
H. L. Henry
Russell Ferrington
Merry Sansen
W. S. Knight
Melvin A. Nobles
Edward Moseley
Troy Laswell
J. W. Patterson
W. BR. Rives
John Winters
Ile Hostesses
Storms
Rudolph Fiehler
Airman Paul Rogers Assigned To Dyess AFB
Airman Third Class Paul H. Rogers is assigned to Dyess AFB Texas for training as a transportation specialist after completing basic training at Lackland AFB Texas. He is from Ruston Louisiana where he attended Ruston High School and is married to Lindi with parents Mr and Mrs Henry F Rogers of 829 W California Ruston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lackland Afb
Tex
Paul H. Rogers
Lindi
Henry F. Rogers
California
Ruston
Dyess Afb
United States Air Force
Rogers
Ruston High School
Thomas family Christmas visit in Hope Arkansas
Christmas Day activities recount visits among relatives in Hope Arkansas. Mrs C W Stephenson Jr and family join J J Hamas and others with extended gatherings at multiple homes, sharing meals and holiday time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corinth
The
Hope, Ark
C. W. Stephenson JR
Mys
J J
Hamas
Eddie ‘Thomas
C. C. Hunter
Carolyn
Walter McFerrin
Cladys
Mineral Springs Wedding and Quiet Christmas Reflections
Sherrie Williamson and Elton Pody married December 22 in Mineral Springs. Christmas passed quietly with fine weather, no accidents or illnesses, and many family gatherings and meals. The community mourns a fire that destroyed a local home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherrie Williamson
Elton Pody
Franklin
D'Arbone Community Enjoys A White Christmas
D ARBONNE residents recall a bright White Christmas courtesy of Jack Frost. The Culbertson Christmas program led by Dr W Roberts featured the choir and soloists Hitle Debie Holleman Edward Griffin and Mrs O W Roberts. The Lottie Moon foreign missions offering exceeded goal at 12379. Various local families shared Christmas visiting and meals with relatives from Shreveport West Monroe Bartlesville and other towns as they enjoyed festive gatherings and church events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. ©. Holleman
Jack Frost
Jesus
Culbertson
Or. W. Roberts
Hitle
Debbie Holleman
Edward Griffin
O. W. Roberts
Lottie Moon
Roberts
West Monroe
R. ©. Hartwicks
Kaye Holleman
Jerry Lott
Abilene
Texas
Alabama
Kaye
Minden
Ruston
Paul Hartwick
Santa
Glenn Wade
C. W. Roberts
Felix Holder
David
Johnny
Donald Holder
Susan
Stacey
Shreveport
W. D. Holder
R. C. Gill
Gary
Ann
Bartlesville
Oklahoma
R. O. Hartwick
Carl Frasier
Jane
Carla
Alice
Haynesville
Betty Prasier
John Tom Savage
Lucien
Larry
Marion
Ruby Savage
Bobby Jack Bayles
Kevin
Felton Patterson
Edward Patterson
Choudrant
Patterson
Fred Emory
Fred Wade, Jr
Wade
C. W. Taylor
Marshall
Earl Kale
Lirene Simpson
Reane
Deane
Farmerville
Lou Nell Russell
Ronnie
Mitchell Brasher
Magnolia
Bob
Bastrop
Bobby
L. L. Leachmans
K. A. Ringo
Monroe
Hitchcock
Little Rock
J. Davis
Ralph Ashby
Liz
Jay
Carol
Downsville
Arcadia
Alf Jones
Christmas Day Fire Destroys Weyland Barmore Home
Fire destroyed the Weyland Barmore residence and furnishings on Christmas Day about 11:30 in the morning while no one was at home. The Barmores have three children and the cause remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonnie Posey
David
Forest
Norman Tilbury Land
Bastrop
Sherrie Williamson
Dalton Williamson
Elton Pody
Farmerville
Mineral Springs Baptist Church
Christmas Day Dinner Guests Across Ruston Area
A long list of Christmas Day and weekend visitors from Ruston and nearby towns gathered at homes in Plain Dealing and other locales. Notable households hosting included the Bishop and Head families, with extended kin from Minden, Shreveport, Baton Rouge, Oxford, Balti more, and Houston visiting for meals and gifts. Also noted is the death of Mr. C. P. Willett in Jonesboro, with funeral services held at Ansley Church and burial in Prospect Cemetery. he leaves a wife and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Kavanaugh
Fla
L. E. Head
McMullens
Bill Howie
H. P. Clinton
Clintons
Marsha Kay
Meek
Ruston
Larry Clinton
Tensas
K. FP
Oxford
Reed
F. A. Hinton
Don Spencer
W. P. Wilhite
James Wilhite
W. Monroe
Fannie Spencer
Georgia Redwine
Cecil Pesnell
Houma
Howard Wilhite
J. M. Beatty
Homer Sisemore
C. P. Willett
Jonesboro Hospital
Ansley Church
Westbrook
Ans
Edmonds Funeral Home
Jonesboro
Willett
Sallie Lumkin Willett
Robert Willett
Shreveport
Joe Burford
Covington
Tenn
Paul Roden
Knoxville
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Yale
Joan W. Nelson
L .C. Ledbetter
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D. B. Doyle
E. C. Lederer
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Texas A
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Fitzgerald
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R. E. Storms
Sprig and Twig Club
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Waymon Waldron
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Frank Sikes
Charles Stokes
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Charlie Stephenson
Harvie Pilgreen
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