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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1958
Page
2
A national Youth Fitness Week emphasis centers on cycling healthy living. Activities include maneuvering and traffic control tests, bike rides, and a prominent Aston festival with bike picnics and team contests designed to promote physical fitness among youth.
A call to curb state spending urges all groups and citizens to audit budgets, end extravagance, and pursue prudent savings. Emphasizing potential raises for teachers and state workers only if waste is cut, the piece urges appointing a minimal-cost committee to identify savings and prevent treasury shortfalls.
The Leader endorses funding self-sustaining school meals in Louisiana, opposing universal free meals while supporting aid for the truly needy. It argues most families can pay and condemns state funded feeding as wasteful, stressing personal responsibility and not raising taxes.
The pages note community events at Antioch including visits by Mr. and Mrs. Pot, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sutter welcoming guests, and a Ladies Aid gathering at Antioch Methodist. Birthdays are marked for M. Bingham and Detn Lewis. several families plus visitors attended services and neighborly visits over the weekend.
Maybin Bordelon, a former math teacher at Grange Junior High, was elected president of the Calcasien Parish Classroom Teachers Association. He earned a 132 grade record from Louisiana Tech, and plans summer study toward a master's degree at the University of Mississippi.
Hobby Hawks claimed top honors at the Tri-State meet in Santos Texas Sunday officials report Chuck Anderson of the Boston Club secured first place in the combat event, with second and other placements noted.
Public sale to collect 1937 taxes with 19 percent annual interest begins June 18 1958 at the Lincoln Parish Courthouse. Properties listed include Ward 1 City white and colored blocks in Ruston with parcels on Caroling Ave Arlington St and Larson St among others, with taxes interest and costs varying per property. Names include Gosslin Jones Lewis Outley Sims Snowden Williams Ashley Houston Patton and others tied to specific lots, sections and plats as shown in Lincoln Parish records.
Delinquent real estate taxes for 1957 in Lincoln Parish Louisiana lead to a tax sale at the Ruston Courthouse on June 18 1958. Sheriff Jesse J Riser and Tax Collector note mortgages on affected properties and urge creditors to act to protect rights before sale.
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