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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1930
Page
3
In Burgessville, Ruston visitors Mr and Mrs Ossie Taylor join Liner hosts. Weekend visits scatter among Denham Baxter Holloway Chandler and Chandler families. Salem church revival opens Sunday, moving through the week with many local attendees. A birthday dinner honors Mrs F S Hood turning 78 with a large gathering of Hood and related families from multiple towns.
Miss Chiothel McCullen was the Sunday guest of Miss Ruth Hood. Bro. McCann led a singing with young people Saturday at the church. Miss Fannie Harrison of Dubach visited her parents. Several families and relatives, including the McCullen, Hood, Davidson, and Stewart households, gathered for visits and a birthday dinner for Ben Stewart. Attendance at services and a quarterly meeting at Antioch was noted along with a Sunday variety of visitors and neighbors from Cross Roads and nearby towns.
Miss Ethel Goode visits from Monroe. Ida Belle Hogan hosts. J L Hogan Jr. and family with Mrs L Hogan. Dance in Cloudrant honors Mrs J J Frazier of Rayville. Mrs John Sanderson visits Winnfield sister. B L Wright spends weekend with WR Wright family. Jeff Tee Melly family enjoy presusannt trip to California. Burns Wright achieves business success in Pennsylvania. Marvian Culpepper visits community. Ella Collie visiting Iversar and Pat Collie. Death of Miss Ethel Stewart mourned. burial at Longstraw cemetery. Preston Chandler recovering from appendicitis surgery. Bureh family day with S J Wright in Ralston. J L L Burch entertain guests D D Mergerson and baby.
Mrs Lee Roy Fravier and baby are noted. Miss Ilaine Hogan enjoyed an evening with Miss Loraine Babb while Little Miss Lenora Rabb visits Loraine Rabb. Margie Frazier and Lillie Fay Burch return from a trip to grandparents Mr and Mrs C Pravier. A playful anecdote mentions a boy of four and a half feet tall with light hair and blue eyes.
July 21 notes from Blue Ridge recap steady guest visits among Taylor Parson McCormick and Frazier families. references to singing school, dinners, weekend gatherings at Cypress Creek and Farmerville plus school reports and a planned concert.
A concise item notes Luther Frazier, J D Frazier and Jimmie Frazier with references to singing and driving a Henry Ford car. Callie Jones is mentioned in a wire. The piece reads as a casual society snippet with informal names.
SIMSBORO July 21 notes show Mrs Chas Kine at a Postmasters Convention in Alexandria. Lammer McCrary of Shreveport visits grandfather JS McCrary. Mr and Mrs M R Dye of Winnsboro visited Sunday. B J Bruce of Burbank Okla visiting aunt Mrs Ichas King before visiting grandmother in Shreveport. Miss Sunshine Meinaty returned Sunday from Torrello Texas. Mr W E Bobo of Pine Bluff Ark noted as ghost of Mr J W Featherstone. Mrs Robl Harvell of Winnfield weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Ro Gi Jones. Miss Annie Lee Storey Arcadia visiting Miss Hazel Waldron. Mrs D M Evans and Christine of Shreveport weekend guests of Mr and Mrs J M Evans. Revival services closed at Baptist church Sunday night with Rev J H Brooks and Rev T J Brooks preaching forceful sermons. Six additions to the church. Mr R L Mercer of Monroe led singing. omer.
Mr and Mrs Cal Colvin of Unionville stayed with sons S B Colvin and J W Colvin while visiting relatives in Greenville. Floyd Kelley and John T Kelley guests of sister Mrs J F Haris with John T a Hot Springs veteran patient. Local ladies Visited friends and shopped with Mrs Nolan Mrs Harris and others busy with social calls and errands as week closes.
Calvin Mitchell has been ill but is improving. James Nolan and family of Hodge visited their parents E Nolan and wife. Church attendance at Vienna Supply. Rev A Cantrell visited R Harris. J Baggarly family members from Ruston and Arcadia visited relatives. Shields and Stogleton households visited Wilson and Simmons. Louella Martin stayed with her parents Saturday night.
Sheriff Thigpen was summoned to quiet gambling disturbances in Choudrant and here. He arrived after the crowd dispersed, then received another call from the local Negro section where a prolonged free for all fight occurred. Iikert Snowden known as Longtooth was accused of beating several Negro women. charges will be filed.
Miss Pauline Barham daughter of C C Barlais cotton merchant of Ruston and Dubach and J C Drewett a Winnfield businessman wed at Dr W J Bolins residence early Saturday evening. The groom is son of Mr and Mrs A T Drewett of Winnfield. The couple will reside in Ruston. Miss Ruby Harris of Simsboro and H Edmonson Tulane Central extra gang foreman were quietly married at Rev W E Stevensons home Saturday night.
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