Local notes mix politics and community life in Lincoln Parish
Fragmented column documents passing state law on education and communist discussion, plus local social updates. Names include Mr and Mrs Fred Price Riser, Miss Edna Ruth Moncrief, Mrs Fred M Hestbeck, Dr John A Thomas, and Joseph Eugene Dupuy Jr. Events cover a church wedding, tech graduation with high honors, Civitan Club film show, and family visits in West Monroe area.
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Taright
Louidiana
Louisiana
Maix
Eneais
Lenin
Stall
Fey
Anne
Jane Riser
Fred Price Riser
St. of West
Monrde
Wis Mar
First ‘Methodist Church of
West
Monros
Mre Riser
Joseph Eugene Dupuy
Miss Riser
Tom Riser
Lincoln Parish
Edna Ruth
Edna Ruth. Moncrief
Norman L. Moncrief
Tech
Moncrief
Fred M. Hestbeck
Ruston Civitan Club
Lincoln
Parish
Jack. Riser
Alek" Boyt
Wayne Liner
Jack Riser
Sambe Srdanete
Alex Boyd
Bobby
Jackie
New Arrival for Holloways in Mineral Springs
Rev Holloways announce the birth of Kenneth Ralph on January 27. Parents Mr and Mrs Bobby Holloway joyfully report mother and baby in good condition. Also noted are visits by Mrs Errie Simmons and in law from Ruston, and several Sunday gatherings among local families including the Franklins, Bo Franklin, and the Martins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineral Springs
Holloways
Kenneth Ralph Ary
A. E. Franky
Bobby Holloway
Kenneth Ralph
Errie Simmons
Ruston
Bill Curvey
Robert Howard
Farmerville
Richard Franklin
William Franklin
James Franklin
Bo Franklin
Monroe
Leonard Martin
Winnsboro
Walter Franklin
Local News Snapshot From Small Town Circa Past Week
The community reports a quiet week with families enjoying snow, children playing outside, and neighbors sharing visits. Beazzel celebrated her 18th birthday with friends at home as Rev Tisdale and the J J Thomas family hosted Sunday guests. Nearby, Bill Hood welcomed a baby girl born January 26 as relatives visited from Shreveport and Dubach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
J. J. Thomas
Ophelia Brazzel
Shreveport
Bill Hood
L Hood
Cecil Hood
Mra. J
Hood
Tom Roberts
Dubach
Tf. D.hood
Bill. Brazzel
Ann
Groundhog Day forecast hints at longer winter
The note ponders if the groundhog will see a shadow this Thursday, signaling six more weeks of cold. Weather remarks mention winter conditions and snow the past Saturday, with local life details spanning visits, graduations, travel, and community happenings in Ruston and Quitman.
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Clay
Groundhog
F. A. Hinton
R. C. Tillinghast
Memphis
J. H. Kendall
David Tillinghast
la. Tech
David
Kathryn Kendall Tillinghast
Cumberland
Haylon Wood
Baltimore
Wood
Monroe
Ora Belle Clinton
Russton
Farmie Spencer
Bob Galatas
Lester Joe Sisemore
Quitman High School
Lester
Homer Sisemore
D. P. Willett
James Kavanaugh
Ruston
Nattie Brothers
Lil Gray
A. D. Winfree
B. B. Kendall
Ruth Kavanaugh
Lee Kavanaugh
Bob . Franklin
Alfred Franklin
Clovis Ricks
W. W. Ricks
Weekend visitors and hospital updates in rural Ruston
Ralph, Billy, Linville and others were weekend visitors of local families including Mr. and Mrs. Wittig and Mr. and Mrs. Neaville. Glenn Neaville and baby joined Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Neaville for dinner, while Clarence Freeman and family hosted guests after church. Hospital notes list Hinton Causey and Murwan admitted Friday for ribon.
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Triest
Ralph
Meee
Billy
Trey Ét
Linville
Mrs. P. Wittig
Glenn Neaville
Baby
Ruston
J.B. Neaville
Glenn
Clarence Freeman
Clarence Freeman Jr
Ta. M. Hinton
C. J. Causey
Walter Murwan
Elmer Coopers Entertained Sunday in Providence
Residents and relatives gathered at the Elmer Coopers home on Sunday with many visiting families including G. P. Cooper, Herschell Cooper, and Edward Stevenson others from Ruston and Bernice joined. Several local households hosted and were visited spreading a family day of fellowship across Providence.
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Providence
Elmer Cooper's
T. Singqhml
Elmer Cooper
G. P. Cooper
George
Don Barmore
Guy Pillgreen
Bernice
Herschell Cooper
Harry Dean Murphy
Willie Mitchell
Brenda
Monroe Cooper
Edward Stevenson
Ruston
Bible Study Course Set By Baptists In Dubach
A Baptist Church hosts a Bible Study course this week led by Bro Nichlas for adults with youth taught by Bro Doughty. Department leaders conduct classes from beginners to intermediates. Nearby visitors include Mrs Lee Winters and others from Little Rock and Monroe. Local residents and relatives are noted as visiting families in Dubach.
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Mas A Gall
Baptist Church
Fellowship Church
Nichlas
Bro. Doughty
Little Rock
Ark
Lee Winters
A M Tatum
Vella Farrar
Joe Carter
Monroe
Natchitoches
Dewey Campbell
Jimmy Fergeson
Doylette
Larry Ferguson
Shreveport
Fillis Ferguson
J V Jones
Bastrop
Robert Colvin
Bob Williams
Vienna Roy Deloney Transferred To Ft Benning
Vienna Roy Deloney moves from Ft Gordon Augusta Georgia to Ft Benning Columbus Georgia as announced by MRA Roy Delony. 6 Ball reports. his parents Mr and Mrs W D Delony informed of the transfer.
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Vienna
Roy Deloney
Ft. Benning
Roy Delony
Blondin
NDC
Broughton
Betty Mobley
Vicksburg
Betty
John Mobley
Mark Holtzclaw
Cotton Allotments Release Signups Leadpages and Corn Yields
Signers in several stores and residents are listed to obtain releases for cotton allotments not to be planted. The piece also notes 1959 corn yield averages of 22 bushels per acre, up from 9 in 1954, with fertilizer use around 357 pounds per acre and seed treatments to protect seedlings. It urges planting depth of two inches to deter blackbirds and recommends specific fertilizer applications for stands of eight thousand or more stalks per acre. A Louisiana Market Commission hearing on poultry and egg marketing changes is set for Baton Rouge on February 10, with Ruston Chamber of Commerce and Lincoln Parish Farm Bureau planning attendance.
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Louisiana Market Commissioner
Baton Rouge
Ruston Chamber of Commerce
Lincoln Parish Farm Bureau
Preston Hardage
Vernon Lay
Agri
Lay Nelson
Lincoln
Lines Forming To Get 1961 License Tags
Lines formed at Lincoln parish Court House to buy 1961 license plates as rush buyers awaited. Substation sales since January 3 exceed 4,000 plates. deadline in February. After that date plates cost four dollars instead of three, officials said.
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Lincoln Parish Court House
Charlie Gullett
Department of Internal Revenue
Court House
Gullett
Troop 47 Court of Honor Held at Ruston Church
A Boy Scouts of America Court of Honor for Troop 47 met Monday night at Ruston Presbyterian Church. Dr. Roland Ahegg opened the gathering, with R. C. Duchesne presiding. Tenderfoot Shelby K. Morton received the badge, Second-class awards went to Gary Jack Boyd and Robert Moore, and Sidney Abegg earned First-class.
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Boy Scouts of America
Ruston Presbyterian Church
Uoud
Jeaders
Roland Ahegg
R. C. Duchesne
Shelby K. Morton
Roy Evzell
Gary Jack Boyd
Robert Moore
C. R. Rostron
Sidney Abegg
Treap-Commit
Calvary Church Names Mooring as New Pastor
Calvary Baptist Church Vienna has called Bro. Mooring to serve as pastor beginning February 12. He previously led a church in Waterproof and was working as a salesman in Norman, Oklahoma. Mooring is married with a 24 year old daughter. Rev. A Newman served as interim pastor after Rev. Mel Pickering resigned to become minister of education at First Baptist Church Ruston.
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Calvary Baptisl Church
Vienna
Bro
Mooring
Waterproof
Norman
Oklo
Bro. Mooring
Rev
A. Newman
Mel Pickering
First Baptist Church
Ruston
Forest Posts Taken Over By 3 Ruston Men
Three Ruston forestry leaders named chairmen of Louisiana Forestry Association committees announced by Leon Walker president H D Burkhalter and J H Kitchens Jr of T L James Company and Lloyd P Blackwell head of Louisiana Tech Forestry Department Burkhalter to chair Administrative Affairs Committee with Dietrich Pal mer Jr Schaefer Kitchens also chairs Hog Centre Committee Blackwell to lead Conservation Billboard Committee for second year Plans last year produced 74 billboards stressing Tree Farming on highway system across state
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Rustors Forestry
Louisiana Forestry Association
Leon Walker
H. D. Burkhalter
J. H. Kitchens, Jr
T. L. James & Company
Lloyd P. Blackwell
Louisiana Tech Department of Forestry
Burkhalter
W. E. Dietrich
Minden
W. M. Palmer, Jr
Good Pine
R. D. Schaefer
Leeville
Kitchens
A. G. Curtis
Bogaluéa
R. T. Hudson
Elizabeth
Blackwell
Farmerville Dawkins Named 1960 Outstanding Young Man
Robert G. Dawkins, 26, local attorney, earned the Distinguished Service Award from the Farmerville Junior Chamber during ceremonies last Wednesday. He is active in the Union Parish, Louisiana State, and American Bar Associations, leads the Farmerville Jaycees, and serves on multiple community boards and committees.
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Farmerville
Robert G. Dawkins
Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity
Farmerville Jaycees
Farmerville Lion's Club
Boy Scout Finance Committee
FIDO
Farmerville Industrial Development Organization
Union Fraternal Lodge No. 53
F & A.M. Ann
Ruston Community Notes and Birthdays
Thursday brief sketches a 93 year old Mrs. Sarrett obituary note and local visits. Names include Laine Allen, Mey ard, Pat Poosen, Ruby Stephenson, Gordon Pesnell, Roy Murphy, Elmer Grigsby, Frank Gibson, and others in Ruston and surrounding areas. Mentions a heart attack, hospital stay, remodeling plans, and a birthday wish for Uncle Ed.
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Laine Allen
Rey Murphy
Mey
Wo Barnett
William
Pat Poosen
Olala
Ruby Stephenson
Ruston
Uncle Ed marks 93rd year in Ruston baseball lore
Ruston’s longtime fan W. E. Upchurch known as Uncle Ed celebrates his 93rd birthday. The interview covers his life from Vernon to Ruston, his work in local stores, and his deep memory of Ruston baseball legends and players from 1930s teams. He recalls figures like Atley Donald, Marl ford Causey, and many local stars, highlighting his behind the scenes support and community ties.
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Yessir
Olo
Ed Upchurch
Ruston
Upchurch
Fraser Field
Legion
Mr. Upchurch
Robert
James
Shreveport
Loadar
McLeray King
Cy Larry Fox
Amon
W. E. Upchurch
Uncle Ed
Vernon
Jackson
Robert G. Upshurch
Eliza Wancock
Georgia
Eaner
First National Bank
Marlford Causey
Riley
Lefty Donald
Mai{ Pittard
Jimmie Davis
Rey Fraser
James ‘Cat’ Riser
Johnny Moffett
Hartford
Nana’ Causey
Robert Burt
Jimmy Sumrall
Os Alsohose
Tech
Texas
Upehurel
North Lane
Isianta
Bobby Ayers
Ward Voter Registration Books Closed Ahead of May Election
Registration books in Lincoln Parish will close to all voters within city limits for thirty days before the April election. Wanda Gibson, Registrar of Voters, announces the closure to ensure orderly registration and ward voter records.
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UTM
Dubach
Mayes
Bel
Wanda
Gibson
Lincoln Parish
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Stephenson JR
Quife
Misa Nelda
Beazzel
Tisdale
J. J. Thomas Forte
C. C. Hunters
C. W. Stephenson Jr
Randal Fulter
John Stevenson
Euco Cania
John
AUTO
Howard Cooper
Elgin Cooper
G. P.cooper
Cecil Cooper
T. Singleton
Singleton
Johnny Doss
Edd Heard
Lavelle Singleton
Cecil Cowper
Shelby Jean
Andy Hood
Larry Johnson
Mike
Olen Johnson
Jimmy Johnson
Roger Cobb
Jerry Singleton
Shelby Jean Cooper
Jerry
Tommy Singleton
Raymond Doss
Roy Doss
Olen Singleton
Billy Knowles
Denny
Bobby Singleton
Baptists
By F. G. LevAssate
W. “Dub” Leachman
Choudrant
Forest Banks
Sibley
Rivers
M.D. Hancock
Farmarville Rd
Tamar Colvin
Unionville
Frank Graves
Hico
Brazzell
Ginee VU Fowler
Agi
Vender
Dubaeh
L. R. Skinner
Ward 2
Malcom Cathey
Simsboro
Sumlin
Griffins
Farmerville Rd
Ruston Oi
A.S.C
Troop 47
James Alexander
Jamies
Mary B. Durden
Frances Hospital
Fannie Ball
Fynpie
Ruston Church of Christ
Calvary Church
Burkhalter, Blackwell
Dawkins
DSA Award
Treasury
U. S
Leeman Sterling Harrell
John Tom Aaron
J. W. Lipscomb
Tommy Harp
Paul Louner
Leslie Paul Bonner
R. Cluschesne
Oscar Barnes
Staley Rabb
Ise Ruston
M. &. Boyd
Woc. Boyd
Calvin Murphy
Meanroge
Jane
Roy Murphy
Helis Speights
W. Monron
Gordon Pesnell
Roy ,Murphy
Me. Fethersor
Thick Roberts
Bob Gibson
St. Francois Hespitel
Monrne
Trailer
Simsbera
Poloron, Inc
Nid
G. C. Boyd
Leon Pesnell
Elmer Grigsby
Grigsby
Frank Gibson
Russia
Valery Brumel
Mames All
Lefty Doss
Lefty Garner
Berry Hinton
Leon Adair
Joe Ager
Clell Hobson
A. A. Lane
Jackson Parelish
Gc, Sandifer and Son
Berry Furniture Company
Price
McDonald’s
Carpenter's
Tad
McDonald's
Tray Jenkins
Aeither
C. A. Dekreese
Ghiest
Jim Wright
Sue Thay
Department of Agriculture
Ruston Building & Loan Association
Ruston, Las
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