Queen Dixie Gem X crowned at Louisiana Peach Festival
Billie Sue Riordan, a Bernice High senior and avid rider, was crowned Queen Dixie Gem X at the two day Peach Festival in Bernice Louisiana. The event featured a parade and peach shows with Miss Riordan joining former queens in preparation for her reign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etdan
Louisiana
Saae
Dixie
Louisianias
Billy Ternice
Dent
R. Li
Ropp
Kavanaugh
Riordan
Ise Jones
Fred Ruston
Colvin Ta
Cocokett
Crockett
Minden
Ckhalter
Ruston
Rui
G. M. Colvin
Bernice
Bernice High School
Ginger
Bille
Sue
Treblealte
Ediin
Amany
Louall
Bree
Avai
Greening -Lindsey
Dixie Gem
Billie
Gurbnne Linidaeye
Mary Mills Hawkins
Dudy “Cody
Dixie Gem X
Biliie Sue Riordan
Madg
Knoe-Tv
Laeder
Tom Horlina
Wille
Geths
Billie Sue
Connie Riordan
Peach Festival Highlights and Contests At Ruston
The Ruston Peach Festival featured contestant Billie Sue Riordan and 95 rivals with talent shows and pageants. Winners included Mrs. L. C. Colvin for peach cobbler grand champion, and diverse honors in homemakers and 4-H divisions. The event also covered Flower Show awards and new state land use legislation creating a North Central Louisiana Industrial Commission to lease former POW camp land for development.
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Tech
Howard Auditorium
Andy Laker
Shreveport
Clarke
Mary Mishew
Castor
Deep Purple
John Ennis
Juntion City
Ark
Chopin
Melody Edwards
Sweeny
Texas
Pegey Caskey
Monroe
Oklahoma
Judy McVay
Vivian
L. C. Colvin
Duhach
Colvin
Bess Maxwell
Lincoln’ Courts
JE. Young
Ruston
Blake Larance
Dubach
Buck Green
Roberts
Mary Ann Neal
Colorado
Peggy Laranca
Marison Hinton
Ruston High School
el Dorado Highway
Janey Levasseur
A. E. Phillips
Hilda Hinton
Patricia Ann Rives
Roberts Ave
F. C. Levasseur
Redglobe
Sumrall's Orchard
Keystone
Sumrall’s Orchard
Starkling Delicious
J. M. Tate
Dixie Gem
Ed Mitcham
Elmer Hollis
Cornet
A. B. Larance
Redhaven
Golden Jubilee
S. B. Stegall
Southland
Sumrall’ S Orchard
Newt Kavanaugh
A. B.larance
M. Tate
Louisiana Tech
H.E. Nobles
G. D. Madden
Simsboro
Norman Terrill
Ardis Colgin
J. L. Hogan
J. D. Murry
James H. Davis
North Central
Louisiana, Industrial Commission
Louisiana
Building Plan Requested By School Board
The Lincoln Parish school board voted to ask J. B. Robertson to draft a set of recommendations and alternate plans for Ruston district building needs. They aimed to develop a workable plan for all, and to have Robertson review the parish program and Ruston district. Emmons reported that the board has legal ownership to the Ruston Junior High School property and could sell it.
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Lincoln Parish
J. B. Robertson
State
Deartment of Education
Ruston
Concensus
Robertson
Parish
Emmons
Ragan Madden
School Post Sought By C R Heard
Raymond Treard, member of the State Board of Education from the Third Public Service Commission District, formally announced his candidacy for re election in the Democratic Primary on July 23, 1960. He has served twelve years on the board and led as President and chair of key committees. Born in Lincoln Parish Louisiana, he is a Ruston High and LSU alum and a Navy veteran. He is active in Kiwanis Rotary Chamber, motor transport and veterans groups, married with three daughters in public schools. He urges support for continued efforts improving colleges vocational technical schools and programs for children from primary to high school.
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Raymond Treard
State Board of Education
Third Public Service Commission
Oday
Heard
Louisiana
Lincoln Parish
Public Service Commission
Ruston High School
Engineering Department of
Louisiana, Polytechnic Institute
Louisiana State University Business
Louisiana State University
U. S. Navy
Kiwanis Club
Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce of Ruston
Louisiana Motor Transport Association
American Legion
Louisiana Cattlemen's Association
Louisiana Wholesale Grocers Association
Mr. Heard
Gem
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Péabh v
Future Business Leaders of America
Naional
Chicago
Miss Riordan
Lions Club
Billie’sue
Diané Baldridge
Streveport
Patricia Grant
Mary Nell Lowe
Peggy Kemp
Homer
June Maddox
Brookhaven
Miss
Glenda Sue Young
West _ Monroe
Sandra Groft
Carol Hardwick
Dewitt Ark
Tio Tio
Dale Robbins
Tyler, Tex
B. R. Patton
L. D. Napper
Lincoln
Claiborne
Union
Bienville
Jackson
Doris Anders
Davis
Alexandria
Patton
Rep
Napper
State General Fund
Illinois Central Railroad
Army Corps
Mittees
Acstate
Pedi. Srhist
Ust
Ward I
Lincoln Potish
Nour
Pule
Cep
Waie
Eget
Princess Peach
Peach
Bewlge Jones
Fred Wt Jones
Eugene ‘Welton
Madden
C.R. Heard
Rosenblum
Grady Jury
A-I-T
Illgal
Ruston State. Bank & Trust
Moss Hart
Taylor's
Hawaii
James Michener
Allen
Marcia Davenpar
Giuseppe di Lampedusa
Jor
de Cameron Haw
Nevil Shute
John O'Hara
Clea
Lawrence Durrell
Janes
Paris
Paul Horgan
Tigeos
Alexander King
Robert F. Kennery
Folk Medicine
D.C. Jarvis
Jack Poor
AW and the Profits
Cyril Parkinson
Joy Adamson
Thomas A. Dooley
Taylor's Book Store
Park Ave
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