Ruston Leader DeDARTON- Mrs. Otwell Welcomes Granddaughter Tammy Dianne
Christmas vacation winds down as families from Ruston and nearby towns share visits. Mrs. Robert Otwell and kin greet a new granddaughter Tammy Dianne born Dec 20. Local gatherings include multiple relatives in Ruston, Thibodaux, Jackson, and New Orleans, with a Home Demonstration Club meeting noted for Jan 8.
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Mis
W. A
Billy Davis
Andrew King
Shreveport
G. L. Thompson
Andrew King Jr
Shallas
Texas
Abs
Roy Wade
Cox
Vivian
Buddy Culp
el Dorado
Howard Halstead
Floyd Ellerman
Dewayne
Robert Otwell
Billy Cassie
Raben Otwell
Thibodaux
Tammy Dianne
Robert Orwell
Will Younce
Billy Castle
Garland Farley
Monroe
Victor Colvin
Bertha Colvin
C. W. Colvin
Ruston
Herbert Colvin
Lake Charles
Ben Land
New Orleans
Billy Cassle
Home Demonstration Club
Alabama Church youths ring in new year with party
In Alabama Church Educational Building a large group of young people welcomed the new year with games and food. Several family and friends, including Rev. Denton and Mrs. Denton, visited from W. Monroe and Dallas. Health updates and well wishes filled notes as neighbors shared greetings and garden musings for the year ahead.
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A. F. Holstead
Alabama Church
Chloe Murphy
Edwin ‘Holley
Mike Beard
Ferriday
Lavin
Sam Neilson
Shelton Perritt
M.A. Woodard
Willis Perritt
Vert Beard
Marsha Murphy
Bev. Reese
Bryant
Dallas
Texas
A F. Halstead
W., Monroe
Lou Hedgepeth
Carl Slepro
Little Joe Singleton
Dee Cain
Bobby Christopher
Lufkin
Milt Woodard
Longstraw Holiday Visitors Steal Christmas Cheer
Local column lists numerous families visiting in Longstraw during Christmas. Jerry Martin on leave from Iceland visits. Mr and Mrs. Davis Whitman host. extended relatives from Commerce Jena Mexico Shreveport Monroe Ruston and Houma appear for holidays. Deer hunting notes and a death in the Gibson family close the week. Neighborly goodwill notes end with a New Year wish.
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Ansel Winhan
Mexico
Als
W. T. Pipes
Pipes
Walter
Betty
California
Benny Joe King
New Orleans
Davis Whitman
Tommy Biggs
Ft. Benning
Warren Broussard
Shreveport
QO. F Loyd
Leon Pesnell
Bob Eldridge
Houma
M. E. Boyd
Keith Hammons
Familly
C. C. Hammons
Jane
Roy Hammett
W. Monroe
Charles Allen
Roy Murphys
Richard Willett
Dicky
Lake Charles
Calvin Murphy
Monroe
Marvis Murphy
Ruston
Frank Gibsons
Shorty Hogan
Johnny Turner
Gerald Gray
Bob Gibson
Bunch Thrasher
Brenda
Hollis Speights
James Speights
Chaudrant
A. G. Speights
James Morris
Charles Allens
Billy Ray Pesnell
John Bureh
Minden
Gordon Pesnell
Frank Gibson
Marie Gibson
Ruston Hospital
Mosely
Ray Murphy
Bill Boyd
Bill
Dubach
Charlotte Allen
Kenneth Allen
Ledford
Ed Pearson
Vannie Hammons
Jerry Martin
Martin
Iceland
Ents Hyatt
F. G. Kelly
Charles Kelly
Natchitoches
Sam Spain
Houston
Walter Savage Sr dies in Bastrop father of resident
Walter Savage Sr of Bastrop father of Walter Savage Jr of Rus ton died Monday night. Funeral services were Wednesday at 3 pm in Bastrop at Blackwell and Golden funeral home. He is survived by three other sons and three daughters.
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Walter Savage Sr
Bastrop
Walter Savage Jr
Ruston
Barty
Blackwell and Golden Funeral Home
Hays Station Visitors From South of State
Holiday visitors flocked through Hays Station as families hosted kin from Baton Rouge New Orleans Shreveport Monroe Ruston and other cities. Noted ill health included Mrs Elmo Martin with flu while funeral attendance traced to Jackson Mississippi.
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Hays Station
South of State
Hays
Elmo Martin
Survival guide on nuclear war distributed nationwide
About 25 million copies of a 48 page government survival guide become public, with emphasis on civil defense and community fallout shelters. President Kennedy seeks 400 million dollars for shelter construction as a second booklet Family Shelter Design ships next week. Laurence Harvey signs to co star with Frank Sipuva in The Manchurian Candidate film project starting soon in Hollywood.
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Washington, D. C
API
Kennedy
Congress
Explorer Post Sponsorship Set by Kiwanis
The Ruston Kiwanis club announced on Thursday it will form and sponsor an Explorer Post for Ruston boys aged 14 through 18. It is the first Explorer Post in Ruston, aligning with six areas of interest: social, vocational, outdoor, service, personal fitness, and citizenship. The first organizational meeting was Tuesday January 2 at 7 p.m. at the Ruston Recreation Center with Leo I. Gerow named Post Adviser and J. B. Kendall Jr. as institutional representative.
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Leo, Gerow
Ruston
Boy Scouts
Ruston Kiwanis Club
Wayne Eskridge
Jack Thigpen
Kiwanis Club
J. G. Kendall Jr
New Post
Tom Herline
Boy Scouts of America
Ruston Recreation Center
The
Leo I. ‘Gerow
Daytime Driving Habits Bad For Night Driving
Night crashes rise because drivers ignore after dark techniques. Increase following distance, base speed on headlight range, avoid overdriving lights, keep windows clean, wear sunglasses on bright days but never at night, and ensure all lights work for visibility.
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Allstate Motor Club
Stanley Co. Lettas
Discovery
Omermine
Honor Roll For Simsboro Is Revealed
The principal releases Simsboro High School honor roll listing B average or better students across grades five through twelve. Notable names include Jeannie Bingham, Bill Burri, David Colvin, Curtis Dowling, Susan Canterbury, Nancy Conville, and Barbara Christian among others. The notice ends with a road-safety reminder from the motor club about day and night driving awareness.
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Jeannie Bingham
Bill Buri
David Colvin
Steve Cook
Curtis Dowling
Susie Durrett
Janet Jeffocat
Vicki Mikulis
Billie Rogers
Linda Summers
Kathy Terrell
Sue Warren
Fannie Azlin
Like Canterbury
Susan Canterbury
Ronnie Cathy
Nancy Conville
Ray Hays
Sandra Mitchell
Pat Murphy
Betty Alexander
Judy Bingham
Scott Dowing
Jane Everist
Janis Howell
Mickey Harrison
Kay Jordan
Linda Upshaw
Jerryan
Glenda Woodard
Ronnie Rodrigues
Hotbeds and Seed Treatments for Warm-Weather Crops
Louisiana agricultural notes emphasize hotbeds cold frames and plastic greenhouses to accelerate market readiness for crops like tomatoes peppers and eggplants. guidance covers site drainage sun wind protection watering seed treatments with mercuric chloride cuprocide vapam and methyl bromide and notes various hotbed types and frame coverings with advice to refresh soil and treat seed before planting.
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LSU AG Extension Service
Agricultural Extension Service
Louisiana
Installation Held In Dubach Masonic Hall
The Dubach Chapter 0 BE 5 No 215 held a joint installation with Masonic Brothers F A M No 277 at the Dubach Masonic Hall on Monday December 18. Installing officers were Lula Mae Henry, installing officer, Bessie Larance, installing Marshal, Flora W Colvin, installing Chaplain, and Mary Alice Herrin, installing Organist. Officers installed for 1962 include Marcelle McGuire Worthy Matron M F Henry Worthy Patron J C English Associate Patron Minnie Lee Graves Secretary Bernice Fuller Treasurer Velma English Conductress Flo ya W Colvin Chaplain Ruth Delany Organist Bessie Larance Ada Ruth Upchurch Ruth Hazel Barr Esther Gennette Fuller Electa and Laura Nel Rodgers Warder.
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Dubach
Masonic Brothers F. & A.M
Masonic Hall
Lula Mae Henry
Bessie Larance
Marshall
Flora W. Colvin
Mary Alice Herrin
Marcelle McGuire
M. F. Henry
J. C. English
Minnie Lee Graves
Bernice Fuller
Velma English
Floya W. Colvin
Ruth Delany
Ada
Ruth Upchurch
Christmas Party Held by Hico H D Club
The Hico Home Demonstration Club held a December 19 party at the club house with Mrs. C J Farley arranging holiday plans. They planned gifts for ill members Mrs Dee Caver Mrs Vana Kay and Miss Ann Doss and to deliver fruit bags to others in need. Twenty bags were given as a recreation period followed by holiday treats prepared by members.
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Hico Home Demonstration Club
C. J. Farley
Dee Caver
Vana Kay
Ann Doss
W. L. Stewart
Evelyn Barnett
Holland Houck
Maude Heard
Clyde Owen
Alf Harris
Willie Wayne Houck
Yana Kay
Wil
Mark Anthony is New Son of Mr Holtaclaw in Ruston
The article notes the birth of Mark Antony to Mr and Mrs Mark Holtaclaw at Ruston hospital on December 24. He will be welcomed by sisters Cindy and Debby. It also mentions New Year visits, Bible study plans, and several holiday gatherings among local families in Bernice and Vienna.
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Glen Clark
Jesus
Vienna
Mark Anthony
M. Holtaclaws
Ball Mark Antony
Mark Holtaclaw
Ruston Hospital
Flo
Cindy
Debby
John Orwell
Herbert Prewett
Ruston
Herbert
A. H. Prewett
Bernice
Betty
Ted Prewett
Roy Nelson
Atlanta
Aubrey Doyle Peterson
Doyle Peterson
Jewett Farley
Changed His Mind About Dancing Lesson Gift
New York dispatch notes Buddy Ebsen, set to appear on NBC TV Highways of Melody on December 31, once quit dancing lessons at age 13, thinking the art was giftedless. The piece mentions a series of gift exchanges and a door prize won by Mrs Alt Harris amid a social gathering.
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New York
UPI
Buddy Ebsen
Ebsen
Jord Barham
W. R. Stewart
Clarence Barham
Eddie Fuller
Emma’ Gray
W. L. Stewart
D. M. McGee
J. A. Burgess
D. C. McGee
Bill Owens
Alt Harris
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Chintoh. Pearson
Banton Rouge
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Kentwood
W. D. Schenk
McComb
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Will Watts
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Jap Gullat
Bol Dean
South Carolina
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Baton Rouge
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Haughton
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New Jersey
Rufe
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Stark “Monroe
Doud Simpson
Lonnie Défreese
Tomemy
Baton ‘Rouge
Glenn Moorman
Max Watts
G. Theodus
Joe Nezat
Rustan
Mae Madden
John Parvkama Waddnesday
Joe Lynch
Tennessee
J. Richardson
Pineville
Richardson
Earl Guess
Austin Templeton
Joe Durret
Oung
Bogilusa
Ward Richardson
H.R. Hays
Charlie Dann
Jackson
Burnleigh
J. R. Hays
Ohe Harvey
Hollyywood
Laurence Harvey
Frank Sipuva
Hil Walls
Explorer
Kiwanis
J. B.kendall, Jr
Fred Jones
Roland Abegg
A. E. Tellinghuisen
Simsboro
Simsboro High School
Motor Club
Baby's Dept
Juroy Pants
SALE
Arkla-Tex Wholesale Center
Trenton
Hico H. D. Club
J.D. Moring
Calvary
Ernest Lee
Roy Culpepper
J. T. Nolan
Annie Mae Delany
Dorothy Nolan
Floyd Nolan
Vernon Smith
Hazel Nolan
Gladys Nolan
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