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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1957
Page
15
Mary Evelyn Parker, Commissioner of Public Welfare, outlines federal state vocational rehabilitation support to help blind persons adjust to work. Services include medical exams, counseling, equipment, training, placement, and job maintenance. Last year 518 blind individuals received services and 132 found jobs in fields from insurance sales to PBX operations.
The piece humorously contrasts promises of bath time and obscurity with bonds of government and matrimony. It notes that a well known wife can obscure a young man’s faults while hinting at dividends in both bonds and marriages.
Mrs Jewel Colvin hosted weekend visitors including Mr and Mrs Bob Foster of Texas City and Mr and Mrs W Y Dunn with children en route from Norfolk Virginia to San Francisco California. Local residents welcomed Rev J Speegier and daughter Chaney from Boulder Colorado, and Lt Bobby Campbell visiting from Valdosta Georgia.
A community PTA program features Mrs. Richard A. Smith leading a panel on reading methods and student concerns. Members include W. L. Caldwell Lizzie Riser C. L. Waltmat and Mrs. Barry Teagle, with John M. Hinton announcing a related organization project. Nearby reports note visits and family travel in Oklahoma Texas and Monroe as local residents share updates.
A local notice urges all members and residents to attend an upcoming meeting in the room specified. The goal is to discuss suggestions and options for the third grade but details are partially obscured in the excerpt. Officials emphasize participation and orderly discussion.
A Tolatano Bar Association guide notes legal facts from a case where John Brown, a sailor, sued the ship owner after a staging collapse aboard the 851 Good Hope. The accident injured Brown and led to a negligence finding against a fellow crewman, with damages awarded. Church announcements describe youth sermons and gatherings in Delhi and West Monroe.
Irregular OCR notes report a busy week in Hico with student updates, gym bleacher incident, and basketball results. Ann Tippett felt unwell after a bleacher incident while Hico boys lost and girls won in recent Lisbon and Marion games. Teachers and classes are described, including Mr. Bary’s history lesson and home ec questions.
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