Dubach Celebrates Natural Gas Arrival with Flare
Dubach Louisiana celebrates natural gas as Southern Cities Distributing Co. feeds the mains with a 40 foot flare. About 200 residents cheer while officials pledge continued expansion to Bernice and nearby towns.
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Dubach
Southern Cities Distributing Co
Bernice
C. C. Barham
J. H.wise
P. F. McBride
Southern Cities
George Hearne
Mr. Kelly
Monroe music extension class organized in Monroe City high school
Elbert Haskins of the Louisiana Tech music faculty opened a six week voice extension course at Monroe City high school from 9 to 12 today. Six Monroe high school pupils enrolled with more expected. Adults may join. classes meet Tuesdays and Fridays with half hour individual lessons. College credit possible for eligible students. The program operates under Louisiana Tech extension division. London reports King George celebrated his 65th birthday quietly at Buckingham Palace last Tuesday.
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Elbert Haskins
Louisiana Tech Music Faculty
Monroe City High School
Monroe
Haskins
Tech
Louisiana Tech Extension Division
London
England
George
Buckingham Palace
Statewide anti tick bill passes Senate in Baton Rouge
On June 3 the state senate approved the compromise tick eradication bill sponsored by Peltier of Lafourche, with six dissenters Anderson, Dore, Hughes, Johnson, Betton, and Wingate. The measure, amended to win opposition concessions, envisions a statewide eradication program under the Louisiana livestock sanitary board with sweeping supervision powers in tick-infested areas, and a separate investigation into the Louisiana highway commission. Sixty-one seniors joined in speed.
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Anderson
Dore
Hughes
Johnson
Betton
Wingate
Louisiana Tech Sees Higher Summer Enrollment
Louisiana Tech officials report 1 065 students enrolled for the fratswimer term. The cohort includes 527 women and 138 men, nearly four coed students per man. Last year’s first term had 653 students with similar gender mix. Six week sessions run through July 12 and July 14 to August 23.
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Louisiana Tech
Shoplifters Arrested by W D Risinger
City Marshal W D Risinger arrested two suspicious women wearing men’s overalls for shoplifting at Morgan and Lindsey and Acorn stores. They pleaded guilty before Judge Pearce and received sixty days in parish jail with road duty, described as impudent parading in men’s clothes.
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W. D. Risinger
Morgan & Lindsey
Acorn
Risinger
D- Pearce
Antioch Epworth Leaguers stage club impersonation night
Antioch Epworth League members and visitors presented a mock session impersonating almost every adult Antioch Community Club member at Friday night’s program. Miss Mary Dring presided with aid from Louise Trussell and others. Attorney W. E. McBride spoke briefly. Delegates to Mansfield League Conference discussed. A tea followed on the schoolhouse lawn with attendees from Ruston, Simsboro and Hill.
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Antioch Community Club
Antioch Folk
Epworth Leaguers
Antioch Church
Mary Dring
League
Miss Dring
Louise Trussell
Malva Dring
E. Turner
Margaret Trussell
Alva Dring
Edith Skinner
Marie Trussell
Marice Skinner
Adele Trussell
Olive Trussell
Margaret Hedgepeth
Esta Trussell
Lois Skinner
Virginia Trussell
Nelda Dring
W. E. McBride
Ruston
Mansfield
Antioch League
Antioch Epworth League
Antioch
Frank Trussell
Cannon Mclaughlin
H. J. Liner
Hilly
Simsboro
A. J.thigpen
W. B. McBride
H. L. McKnight
Robine Alexander
Wilman Lann
Bernardine Alexander
Wilms Lann
Bernard Wooderd
Ross Pearl
Louisiana Tech Honor Roll Grows as Termal Grades Rise
A spring honor roll from Louisiana Tech shows improved scholarship across terms with 141 students on the spring list, including 94 women and 47 men. Notable A minus and B grade averages include several Ruston residents and area towns, highlighting strong scholarly performance among both women and men.
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Louisiana Tech
W. L.mitchell
Misa Sallie Robison
Blanche May
Mabel May
Frederick Morse
Alene Thurman
Ruston
J. H. Green
Hilly
J. T. Johnson
Grayson
W. E. Register
Logansport
Thuda Bordelon
Annie Ruth Brown
Estelle Ferguson
Winnsboro
Sibyl
Green
Hico
Mary Lou Ledbetter
Gladys McCullough
Vivian
Lorraine Myers
Monroe
Gwyndelyn Webb
Farmerville
Aminus
Layelle Maddry
Athens
W. H. Britt
Ruby Brett
Cora Lee Emory
Choudrant
Eula Enete
Jonesville
Dorothy Henderson
Marjorie Jones
Alice Larson
Gladiola Lee
Eloise Mays
Alverne Pearce
Margaret Rainwater
G. Ruple
Leah Shell
Corrie Smith
Myrta Rease Stewart
West Monroe
Louise Taylor
Lillie
Blanche ‘Taylor
Marjorie Thompson
Bernice
Mary ©. White
Arcadia
Lurline Williams
Gibsland
R. W. DuBose
T. D. Enete
R. L Fuller
Dubach
J. D. Green
Marion
D. J. Goss
D. B. Morse
Ruston Group Returns From Baton Rouge
A Ruston civic delegation traveled to Baton Rouge on Wednesday to meet with delegations from Lafayette Natchitoches and Hammond and press for increased state school funding. They urged the Senate to raise maintenance appropriations for Louisiana Tech to 500000 next year far above the 190000 proposed by the Tax Commission, with similar demands for Natchitoches Hammond and Lafayette institutions and the State School for the Blind. The Ruston Chamber of Commerce organized the group including Ad Thompson H L McKnight Dr J H Barnes and several other local leaders who returned Thursday night after the hearing in the Senate chamber.
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Baton Rouge
Lafayette
Natchitoches
Hammond
State Senate
Louisiana Tax Commission
Rust
Senate Chamber
Louisiana Tech
Tax Commission
Ruston
Lefayette
State School For the Blind
Ruston Chamber of Commerce
Ad Thompson
H. L. McKnight
J. H. Barnes
G. W. Bond
R. K. Reese
Joe J. Baker
Dr. G. Armstrong
J. H. Mays
Glen Shadow
T. H. Mills
H. H. Rainwater
H. L. Campbell
C. B. Tooke
Court hands heavy fines in Volstead Act cases
In a busy district court session Judge Pearce imposed fines and jail terms on many violators. Martins Andrews and Hoste Dye pleaded guilty to gambling and paid 10 dollars plus costs. Addie Slayton and Will Freeman pleaded guilty to circulating obscene literature and paid 20 dollars plus costs. Several defendants, all listed as Negro, received varying penalties for possession of liquor including fines from 100 to 250 dollars and 60 days in jail with possible extra 12 months in jail on default. some sentences were suspended.
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D. Pearce
Martin Andrews
Hoste Dye
Addie Slayton
Will Freeman
Jesse Shaw
Amos Woodard
Wade Williams
Dock
Jess Williams
Negrous
Eanesnres
James Miller
Pegro
Bennie Woodard
Friguy
Negro Who Filed Several Months Ago Is Caught
John Henry Meatfield, a black man accused by a grand jury of assault and battery months earlier, was arrested by Deputy Clyde Frasier while laboring on a highway gang and jailed in the parish facility. He will face trial in the local district court in session this week.
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John Henry Meatfield
Clyde Frasier
Menifield
Funeral for Mr Shallenberger Held Today in Ruston
Funeral services for 77 year old C A Shallenberger were held at his son's East Arizona avenue home at 9 45 this morning. He was born February 6 1863 in Shelbyville Illinois and had lived in Ruston with son Charles. He died after several weeks of illness. Interment was in Forest Park Cemetery Shreveport. He also leaves another son Clarence of Shreveport.
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C. A. Shallenberger
C. E. Shallenberger
Arizona Avenue
Shreveport
Forest Park Cemetery
Mr. Shallenberger
Shelbyville
Ilinois
Ruston
Charles Shallenberger
Clarence Shallenberger
Tech High Boys Return From Extensive Louisiana Mississippi Tour
Tech High School principal Mr Rodney Cline led a group of seventeen students on an overland trip through Louisiana and into Mississippi. They covered 899 1 8 miles in five and a half days, visited twenty six parishes, two counties, and ate 228 meals. Highlights included New Orleans visits, Baton Rouge meetings with Senators Knott and Roberts, and a trip across Lake Pontchartrain. The trip cost 85 dollars for the truck and 170 dollars total with 15 dollars left, showing solid financial planning and notable educational gains for the students. In Memphis, 3 year old Jimmy Everett regained ability to eat popcorn after surgery. Berlin reports a new medical symbol adopted by the German Pharmacists Association.
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Rodney Cline
Tech High School
Louisiana
Mississippi
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
R. B. Knott
Mrs Dickard Dies After Illness in Monroe
Mrs Mollie Edna Blackmore Dickard dies at 1:40 AM after weeks in Monroe sanitarium. Funeral 9:30 AM Friday with Rev. Vaughan and others. burial in Alpine Cemetery at Longview Texas. Survived by husband Reagan, sons Herbert and Clem, daughter Lucille, sister Ida Meadows. Pallbearers named.
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Longview
Texas
Alpine Cemetery
Mr. Dickard
Vaughan
Clyde Connell
R. H. Brooks
W. C. Cupp
W. B. Hale
Arthur Shepard
W. D. Risinger
Road Complete from Arcadia to Monroe Opens June 20
Traffic will flow on the completed Arcadia Monroe stretch of Highway 40 not later than June 20 with no detour. When Simsboro opens June 20 a detour via Athens to Minden will add about fifty miles of pavement and twenty miles of gravel for travelers. Site work projects between Taylor and Minden, Arcadia and Gibsland, and the full Monroe to Shreveport route are targeted for July or August completion. Ruston gains a national paved highway across the state.
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Monroe
Tremont
Calhoun
Ruston
Shreveport
Simsboro
Athens
Minden
Taylor
Gibsland
Epidemic of Murder Tests Chicago Police Roundup
Chicago on June 3 reported an epidemic of murder with eight deaths in three days and many wounded. A city-wide roundup followed, with over 200 men arrested as police sought to curb the violence.
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Chicago
State Senate to Probe Penitentiary Affairs
Baton Rouge June 3 The state senate unanimously approved a resolution empowering the regular senate penitentiary committee to conduct a thorough investigation into the affairs of the state penitentiary after three amendments by Williamsson of East Carroll parish were rejected. Knott charged the senate with associating with crooks, prompting Cyr to order a halt. Holcombe's amendment was tabled 28 to 1.
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State J Senate
Regular
Senate Penitentiary Committee
Williamsson
East Carroll Parish
Knott
Senate
Cyr
Holcombe
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