No Library for the Town of Austoncas
A fragmented report discusses a town of 3000 lacking a public library despite Andrew Carnegie’s belief in library value. It notes World War II era civic priorities, insufficient funds, and staff unable to assist residents unfamiliar with library use, highlighting a culture of progressive leadership and tax considerations.
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Austoncas
Louisiana Tech
New Mexico
Jewell
Ibrary
Andrew Carnegiesa
Letter in Support of Colfax Library by Joel L Fletcher
A long letter from the late Colfax and Ruston attorney Joel L Fletcher argues for funding a parish library in Grant Parish. He cites books as essential to growth, public virtue, and local prosperity, noting investment via a two mill tax would stay in the parish and raise property values through better literacy and culture.
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Anther Hbrary
Joel L.fletcher
Colfax and
Ruston
Fletcher
Joel Fletcher
Southwestern
Wiotens Leer
Spohse
Colfax
Leater
Benjamin Franklin
Bor Richard
Grant Parish
Natchez Trail
Library Commission
Police Jury urged to reconsider library demonstration move
The Leader urges Lincoln Parish officials to revisit a motion seeking a state library demonstration. It cites Union and Claiborne Parishes and nearby Jackson Parish as successful models, arguing the library offers no-cost education and economic benefits. The piece urges officials to visit peers, speak to residents, and reconsider the proposal before month’s end. It connects the issue to Jimmie Davis’s stance on industry and regional development. The editorial highlights population loss since 1950, the area's timber-based economy, and calls for an industrial push to improve livelihoods.
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Union
Claiborne Parishes
Jackson Parish
Louisiana
Jimmie Davis
Lincoln
Ruston
Lincoln Enterprise
Morelle Emmons Journeys Through Norway Tour Notes
Morelle Emmons recounts two months in Norway under a Fulbright grant with briefings in New York by Dr. Cotner and Dr. Espinosa. He describes arrivals, hotel impressions, flag ceremonies, and a schedule of receptions, lectures, and school visits, plus interactions with Ambassador Frances and the U S Information Service as part of the cultural exchange.
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Lincoln Parish
Morelle Emmonds
Norway
Haly
Tom Hoerline
Mir
Eamons
Tom
New York
Cotner
U. S. Office of Education
Espinosa
Department of State
Frances 5
Wisks
Lassfayette
United States Information Service
Parish Library Debate Ends In Missed Opportunity
Ed Edmunds argues against shelving the parish library after a trial, urging the public to decide its future. He cites a $2500 investment for 25,000 residents, calling it a fair per capita cost and highlighting benefits for shut-ins, the elderly, and students.
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Ed Edmunds
A Friend Has Died Dear Sir
A letter laments a friend’s death and urges negative votes in a police jury, imagining six jurymen as pallbearers. It attacks restrictions on books, urging the poor to read and criticizing garbage films and pornographic material while praising loving mourners.
Children Are Not Deprived of Books in Ruston Letter
A letter rebutts a claim for a library in Ruston Louisiana arguing residents are not deprived of books. It cites multiple sources including Louisiana Tech Library churches schools and the state library Baton Rouge as reading options. It defends local media KRUS criticizing the station's programming and calls Ruston a cultural center in North Louisiana.
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Ruston
Louisiana Tech Library
Baton Rouge
We Have No Library Dear Editor of the Ruston Leader
A reader argues Ruston should fund a public library, praising the editor for taking a stand. The letter laments the town’s lack of a library despite a state college and many churches, questions police jury voting options, and urges taxes to finance a library.
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Ruston
State College
Practice teachers 99 tech students assigned to Ruston posting
Ninety five Louisiana Tech education students assigned to teach, with 63 in secondary placements including 53 at Ruston High School and 46 at Ruston Junior High. Elementary placements total 36 across Hillcrest Eastland Ruston and A Palladia Elementary. Names list includes numerous student teachers and schools across Ruston and surrounding towns.
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Tech
Ruston
Louisiana Tech Ed
Acoa
Hillcrest
Eastland
A. I. Pail Iipa
Pineville
C. A. Lee
James McDale
Shreveport
Harod McKinney
Winnfield
Ernest VicMurray
Vinton
Taylor McNeel
Leonardo Maranto
Mary Moore
Donald Murray
Milborne
Marabeth Naremore Bossier
City
Dorothy Olds
St. Joseph
Rebecca Pardue
Athens
Philip Pallacia
DeRidder
Annice Anfield
John Robinett
Mack Rogillio
Winnsboro
Larry
Stanley
Salt Lake City
Utah
Fadallah
Taweel
Smackover
Ark
June Taylor
Arcadia
Gloria Thomas
Jonesboro
Jimmy Tullos
Jena
Jackie Turnbow
Minden
Helen Walters
Bath Rouge
Paul Ward
Bernice
Jimmy White
W. Mobroe
Betty Wilder
Chatham
Steven Young
Lisbon
Fom Causey
Monroe
Monroe Fowler
Delhi
Fred Mizell
Tommy Powell
Villan
Phillips
Sweetheart Banquet at Calvary Baptist Church
Miss Imogene Mite crowned queen at Calvary Baptist Church as Sweetheart Banquet unfolds Saturday evening. Pastor Melvin Pickering presides with Ring and Queen honoring couple Tommy Jenking and a penel group leading True Love songs.
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Calvary Baptist Church
Melvin’ Pickering
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