Miss Louisiana pageant winner crowned at Peach Festival
Freshman Kavan Augh of Ruston, just named Miss Louisiana, will tour Washington representing Lincoln parish peach growers. The ninth annual Louisiana Peach Festival crowned Miss Augh after a record peach harvest. Growers said the parish shipped its first rail shipment to Houston, Texas, marking a milestone in peach production. Harvest runs through mid August as Dixie Gem peaches ripen on trees.
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Tech
Kavan Augh
Dixie Gem
Tinsley Home In Simsboro Scene Of Family Reunion
The Boe W. Tinsley home in Simsboro hosted a Sunday family reunion on June 21. Ladies prepared a picnic lunch served under shade trees. Attending were numerous relatives from Arcadia Homer Ruston Grand Prairie Waco Bossier City and Hodge along with local Simsboro family members.
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Boe W. Tinsley
Simsboro
Aml
Jake Helm
James
Ruston
Roger Raudal Q Pinsley
Grand Prairie
Oxas
Sarma Woodard
al Waller
Waylon
Mike
Bossier City
Claude Durrett
Claude
Tommy
John Dee
Tinsley
Fehildren
Pat
Johnnie
Hodge
Gator Hunter Harrell Slays Notorious Lake Alligator
Sterling Harrell, an avid hunter, killed a feared Wooland Park alligator near Ruston after days of safety concerns. He used a sixty pound walnut harpoon bow with a one hundred pound line, striking behind the neck as the gator measured about five feet and weighed around fifty pounds. The creature had accosted visitors and fishermen, its death confirming Harrell’s claim the beast was finally neutralized.
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Wooland Park
Haa
Sterling Harrell
Ruston
Harrell
Ruston Club To Sponsor Boys' Program
The Ruston Optimist Club organized locally to sponsor a boys program with no local club participation noted in Shreveport reports. Committees must report progress and upcoming objectives. The Optimists, motto A Friend to the Boy, engage in projects via the International organization including the oratorical contest for eligible boys.
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Ruston Optimist
Shreveport
Ruston
Shre
Death Claims S. K. Nethery Rites Tuesday
Staunton S K Nethery Sr died Monday morning in the Veterans Hospital Biloxi Mississippi after a long illness. He was 67 and a Baton Rouge resident. He worked for the Louisiana highway department and held memberships in First Methodist Church Baton Rouge Mason American Legion and Knight Templar. He was survived by his wife Bertha Madden, formerly of Baton Rouge.
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Staunton K. Nethery, Sr
Veterans’ Hospital
Biloxi
Miss
Mr. Nethery
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Highway Department
First Methodist Church
American Legion
Bertha Madden
Ruston Flying Club Builds Youth Model Airplane Program
Cliff Stinson, Boys Work Chairman, says the young local club supports a program with the city Park and Recreation Board as no projects have yet been undertaken. Stinson has long participated in model airplane contests, and the Ruston Flying Club has gathered a strong record.
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Cliff Stinson
Boys Work
Park and Recreation Board
Stinson
Ruston Flying Club
Obituary: Ragah Madden and family mourn loss in Simsboro
Funeral services were held for Ragah Madden and Jack Madden with Rev Virgil Morris officiating at Stmnshire Methodist Church. Burial followed in Simsboro Cemetery. Survivors include widow, a son Stenton Jr, a grandson Stanton III, and siblings in Alabama Arkansas and Mississippi. Burial by Darby's Funeral Home of Ruston.
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Stmnshire Methodist Church
Virgil Morris
Simsboro
Darby
Ruston
Otason Stenton, Jr
Stanton
Nii
Baton: Rouge
Tyson
Nethery
Aliceville
Ala
Tom Nethery
Pine Blutt Ark
Richard Nethery
Shuqualok
Bessie Nethery
Florence Nethery
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Patricia Anne
Eth Mbte
Normary Kavanaugh
Elizabeth Streetings
Miga
Kavanaugh Viet
Washington HO
At-Gray’s Servicent
Grays
Gray's Saw Shop
Verville RD
Ruston, LA
Kei Aiene
Hunter Harrell
CIA
Viaranes
Amie i
Plymouth
Ruston Club
S. K. Nethery
Othe
SALEY
Lam
North
Louisiana
Department L
Arcadia
Ane
Gillette & Giant
Ridero
Rose Oil Company
Vienna
KEW
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