Hico approves special bond for school auditorium
A local parish school board report shows Hico carried a $10,000 special bond issue Tuesday by a 22 vote margin and $12,000 property majority. Election results: 40 for and 18 against on the property portion. $48,000 for and $36,000 against the property vote. The existing high school, built six years ago, has doubled enrollment and staff from five to nine. A new addition is under construction and may open with the fall school term.
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Parish School Board
Hico
State Board of Education
J A Carter Old Time Ruston Resident Dies
J A Carter aged 80, longtime Ruston resident, died at his home in Chautauqua this morning after a brief illness. A former Ruston Fire Department member and night marshal, he will be buried at Rock Spring Cemetery after funeral services at Rock Spring Church. Surviving: four sons John Rich Hardy and a son in Eiio, three daughters Betty Carter Sallie Ball and Mrs Ed Cook.
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J. A. Carter
Chautauqua
Ruston
John
Rich
Hardy
Eiio
Betty Carter
Sallie Ball
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Ed Cook
Cooktown
Fourteen Tech students finish six weeks summer session
From Saturday's Daily Louisiana Tech registrar announces fourteen candidates for degrees at the end of the six weeks summer session. Five completed graduation by correspondence. Diplomas will be awarded at May 1931 commencement. An additional 22 students need six weeks more work. extension classes may be held due to budget cuts. Total Tech graduates for the year expected at 126.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Tech
Tech
Faginestigae
W. He. Brilt
Hien
P. D. McDonald
Fdsbon
Home
Gemunies
Geriice Hemler
Dawassie
Willie Fletcher
Ruston
Eimie Mount
Beatrice Curiey
Munroe
Hattie Brothers
AS. Perri
Arcadia
Zelma Freeman
Riston
James S
Furbu
Lincoln Parish Restores Home Demonstrator in Budget
Lincoln parish will restore a home demonstration agent after seven years without the service. The 1930-31 budget includes $1,180 for the salary, with the extension service adding $1,000 for a total of $2,800. The position will start once a qualified woman is secured. The parish budget totals $187,900, and the school board reviewed changes and truck routes.
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Lincoln Parish
H. L. Campbell
Vetoes Signed Amid Small Measure Batch by Gov Long
Baton Rouge July 11 Gov Huey P Long approved about 25 bills ending the 1930 legislature action. Notable items include a $12,186.86 residue transfer to the State Firemen’s association, raises for Orleans parish coroner staff, a hate of soft drink sales near East Feliciana churches repeal, and establishing a wildlife hatchery in Ouachita parish with no appropriation.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Cutter
Louisiana State Firemen’s Association
Jones of
Jackson
Jackson Parish
Shattuck
Calcasieu
Blanche
Fruge
Edwards
West Carroll Parish
Richarme
Ramires-Jones Printing Co
Alford
Church
East Feliciana Parish
Rownd
Twenty-First Judicial District
Dupre
Sylvest
Louisiana Highway Commission
Pegues
de Soto Parish
Bennett
Ouachita
Ouachita Parish
Cassagne
Twenty-Fourth Judicial District
Jordan
John B. Lewis
Sanders
Ruston and Mathematics-Science figure in local report
Ruston features alongside Mathematics-Science in a brief local note. Rassie D Littleton and Choudrant are referenced in connection with the story, highlighting regional educational or academic activity. The item reads as a concise, fact-based snapshot without narrative details.
Executive Committee Calls Democratic Primary for September
The Judicial Executive Committee and Parish Democratic Executive Committee chaired by Lavery M. Lewis met in the James building at 10 a m and officially called the Democratic Primary election for September Harvey G Fields Public Service Commissioner and District Attorney W J Hanmons attended the meeting in Farmerville and Jonesboro respectively
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Judicial Executive Committee
Parish Democratic Executive Committee
Lavery M. Lewis
James Building
Harvey G Fields
Farmerville
Public Service
W. J. Hanmons
Jonesboro
Louisiana Tech to Cancel Second Summer Term Due to Budget Cut
Louisiana Tech faces a $24,000 annual funding shortfall for 1930 32 after senate reductions. President G W Bond informed faculty that the second six week summer session cannot be held, with fall quarter still set for September 15. The board may adjust salaries, and plans include home correspondence courses to aid students needing credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Tech
G. W. Bond
Tech
Senate
Bond
Sewen
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
State Board of Education
Baton Rouge
Long vetoes salary raise for sheriffs in Louisiana
Gov. Huey P. Long vetoed the Raymond senate bill raising sheriff salaries by 40 percent and struck from the Fruge deficiency bill the authorization to repay a $100,000 loan used to fund impeachment proceedings. He approved the rest of the deficiency bill, noting the impeachment item is unconstitutional. Gasoline price drops sweep the Pacific coast with 5 cent retail levels in several cities, including 5 cents in Fresno and 10 to 14 cents in San Francisco with taxes. Independent dealers urge Governor Young to classify gasoline distributors as public utilities under state regulation.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Redmond Senate
Louisiana
State Board of Liquidation
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
California
Fresno
Tacoma
Los Angeles
Seattle
Portland
Young
State Railroad Commission
Good Will Tour Planned by Ruston Chamber Next Week
A Good Will Tour under the Ruston Chamber of Commerce is set for Friday July 18 to promote Louisiana Tech. Thirty to forty leading business and professional people will tour Arcadia Athens Homer Haynesville Shongaloo Spring Hill Sarepta Cotton Valley Minden and Gibsland with a ten piece band giving brief concerts followed by two or three candidate speeches at each stop.
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Ruston
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Arcadia
Athens
Homer
Haynesville
Shongaloo
Riley J Wilson speaks at Lions Club luncheon in Jackson parish
Congressman Riley J Wilson was guest and principal speaker at the regular weekly luncheon of the Onesboro Hodge Lions club in Jackson parish. He praised local civic progress and referenced the Tony club’s work, noting the evident effects of community efforts in the area.
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Riley J. Wilson
R Yegular
onesboro-Hodge Sions Club
Cops Removed On Monroe Highway At Noon
K N Saurbrey announces police will be taken off the Monroe Ruston highway at noon today and traffic may flow without daytime detours. Drive slowly near work zones as shoulders are built, with the last bridge to be finished within ten days and a short detour around it.
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Saurbrey
Monroe Highway
K. N. Saurbrey
Louisiana Highway Commission
Ruston
Monroe
Trafic
Louisiana Tech Extends 34 Summer Classes On Campus
Despite canceling the second summer term due to reduced state funds, Louisiana Tech will offer 34 extension classes over four weeks on campus. Thirty-four courses across English, education, biology, history, physics, music, home economics and mathematics will run daily from 8 a.m. to 12 noon with full credit.
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Louisiana Tech
G. W. Bond
Exten
D. C. Armstrong
Extension Division
Madison F. Hall
Vivian Turner
Gustaf Freden
A. E. Phillips
W. B. Hale
T. A. Green
R. F. Clark
G. W. McGinty
P. D. Neilson
Doris Haskell
Helen Graham
E. M. Shirley
U. S
A. S
United States
Kiwanis Club Entertained By Visitors Today
Kiwanis Club hosts visitors at its regular weekly meeting. Miss Fannie Muro of Gutkin Texas, visiting sister Mrs V G Cupp, performs piano with Mrs EB Kidd. Large attendance. guest C WW Linom of Vivian among visitors.
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Fannie Muro
Gutkin
Texas
V. G. Cupp
Ease Voyal
Kidd
C. Www. Linwm
Vivian
Lincoln boys meet for stock judging at Henderson Jersey farm
Six Lincoln parish club youths competed in a stock judging contest hosted by County Agent J A Shealy and farm manager Joe Blonden at the Henderson Jersey farm. The event selected youths to attend a July 28 to August short course in Baton Rouge with further trips to national shows for top placers. attendees included Wayne Fallin Hilly Robert Davis D L Hammon Dubach W H Slayton Vienna Billy Moore Edwin Nobles Ruston Prince Terry Choudrant Alison Cobb Wesley, with more likely to join.
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Henderson Jersey
J. A. Shealy
Joe Blonden
Lincoln Parish
Baton Rouge
Saint Louis
Missouri
Memphis
Tennesse
Wayne Fallin
Hilly
Robert Davis
D. L. Hammon
Dubach
W. H. Slayton
Vienna
Billy Moore
Edwin Nobles
Ruston
Prince Terry of
Choudrant
Alison Cobb
Wesley
Tech Students See New Coach for First Time
George M. Bohler new athletic director at Louisiana Tech addressed students at assembly hour on Tuesday morning. This marked his first appearance before the Tech student body after arriving in Ruston from a East Coast tour. Bohler, formerly Auburn coach, urged intramural athletics for all students and warned against overemphasizing athletics while stressing the department as a part of the institution. D G Armstrong explained extension division methods, including correspondence courses and group lecture centers.
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George M. Bohler
Louisiana Tech
D. G. Armstrong
Bohler
Tech
Ruston
Auburn
Ala
Armstrong
Armstrong and McKnight Plan West Gulf goodwill tour
Professor K Gr Armstrong head of Louisiana Tech extension and Hb McKnight Ruston chamber of commerce secretary toured North Louisiana to arrange dates for a goodwill tour by local businessmen. They reported strong citizen support and listed towns to visit on July 18 and July 23 with additional tours planned. A separate note from Perth reports Amy Johnson defending herself after a man attempted to kiss her, resulting in a bleeding nose.
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K. Gr. Armstrong
Louisiana Tech
Hb. McKnIght
Ruston
Bienville
Jamestown
Ringgold
Hall Summit
Coushatta
Cumpt
Dodson
Winnfield
Goldonna
Wow. Durden
Mr. Armstrong
Arcadia
Athens
Homer
Haynesville
Shengulou
Sarepta
Colton Valley
Minden
Perth
Western Australia
Aimy Johnson
England
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A. M
Polytech
Long
Calif
Lions Club
Jonesboro-Hodge
Washington
Department of Agriculture
O. K
Kiwanis Club
Lincoln
McKnight
Tech Good Will
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