Quota Club Plans Parish Child and Aged Group Work
The Ruston Quota Club outlined projects at Shorehart Hotel from June 10 to 13 to aid parish children and the aged. The program, begun in 1958, aims to serve hard of hearing students and expand Golden Ages services through 1969 70. Members also sponsor Girl Scout Troop 44 and support Civilian Defense, juvenile counseling, and retarded children groups.
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Guota Glib
Shorehart Hotel
Ruster Quota Club
LitteoIn Pariah
Golden Ages
the College
Cate
Noot
Avbin
Prijdéts
June Moore
Quotarians
Virginia Marbury
Robbie Willard
Edith Rice
Port Arthur
Texas
Ruston
Lizzie Mae Shinpoch
Washington, D. C
Ruston Quota Club
Hostesses Hold Ice Cream Social For Engaged Pair
Miss Martha Jane Mitchell and Mr. Jimmy King, a popular couple, were feted with an old fashioned ice cream social on the Lawson Sweartn Rén lawn last Friday evening June 12. Hosts Miss Esther Lu McFarland Miss Carolyn Swearingen and Miss Delores DeLoach arranged a lit lawn, white damask table and center piece of white roses. Guests included Abbert Lazarus Raynell Carnahan Sammy White Elizabeth Sachs Jerry Drewell Dianne Williamson Roland Jackson Ellen Riser Wiley Hilburn Robert Barham Henly Shirley Bob Garlow and James Magee. The couple received an electric mixer as a wedding gift.
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Martha Jane Mitchell
Jimmy King
Jane
Lawson Sweartn Rén
Esther Lu McFarland
Carolyn Swearingen
Delores DeLoach
Miss Mitchell
Mr. King
Abbert Lazarus
Raynell Carnahan
Sammy White
Elizabeth Sachs
Jerry Drewell
Dianne Williamson
Roland Jackson
Ellen Riser
Wiley Hilburn
Robert Barham
Henly Shirley
Bob Garlow
James Magee
Retired Teachers Hear Educational System Lecture
The June meeting of the Fifth District Retired Teachers Organization opened with prayer led by Mrs. Lessie Ramsey after minutes and roll. Mrs. Josephine McDowell gave a talk on the state of the national educational system, noting challenges to Christian ideals.
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R.L. Vining
Lessie Ramsey
Josephine McDowell
Lincoln Parish art prize winner paints Park Avenue scene
Mrs. Jean Dyer, wife of ROTC Major J. T. Dyer, won the annual Louisiana Tech art department prize for a watercolor of a Park Avenue block including the Ruston Pharmacy and Taylor Building. The exhibit, started in 1950, features ten local vistas and hangs in The Austen Daily Leader office.
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Jean’ Dyer
Louise Page
Faulk
Park Avenue
Ruston Pharmacy
Taylor
Ruston
Ritchie Grocery
Dyer
Clarence Faulk
Louisiana Tech Art Department
Georgian McBride
Carpenter’s
Bath
Austen Daily Leader
Dixie Theater
Trinity Methodist Church
Diamond Handle Co
City Park
Ruston State Bank
Bogard Hall
Tech
Meadows Sisters
Jean Dyer
J. T. Dyer
ROTC
California
Pasadena
Seattle
Germany
Bernard St
Itch Me Not Advertising at Milam Drug Co
An alert advertising blurb promotes ITCH-ME-NOT claiming instant relief from itching and burning. The note highlights quick drying for various surface rashes and insect bites and offers a 48 cent reimbursement if itching returns.
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Milam Drug CO
3 Year Old Cullins Boy Dies Thursday
Bobby Yoo Culling aged three lost his battle with a lengthy illness Thursday in Shreveport. Funeral services were held Saturday at Pine Grove Baptist Church officiated by Rev. Copeland. Burial followed in Pine Grove Cemetery under Kilpatrick's Funeral Home of Ruston. Survived by parents and siblings Shirley Clements Vienna Leonard Ledford Clay John Billy James Cullins Ruston.
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Bobby Yoo Culling
Méi
Doyle Gulling
Shreveport
Cena
Pine Grove Baptist Church
RevieMich
Copeland
Pine Grove
Kilpatrick
Ruston
Bobby Joe
Shirley Clements
Vienna
Leonard Ledford
Clay
John
Billy
James Cullins
Folders Tell Peach Festival Story Distributed at Roadside Stands
Five thousand folders telling the story of the Louisiana Peach Festival have been distributed to roadside stands along Highway 80 and other roads in Lincoln Parish. Each box of tree ripened fruit will include a folder with two plots about the festival and the peach crop. The folder features a picture of Queen Dixie Gem, a peach orchard in full bloom, and a grading shed with fruit packing girls.
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Highway 80
Lincoln Parish
Louisiana
Queen Dixie
Hammett
Liner
Sherrill
Elmer Hollis
Jim
Stegally
Leroy Smith
W. H. Sumgalli
Howard Mitcham
Alfew
Cooktown
H. S. Bingham
Barnett Springs
Simsboro Man Honored As Arkansas Traveler By Faubus
James C. Howard of Simsboro is named an Arkansas Traveler by Governor Orval Faubus. The commission elevates him to ambassador of goodwill, authorized to represent Arkansas to people in other states and nations.
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James C. Howard
Simshboro
Arkansas
Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas Traveler Commission
Arkansas Head of State
State of Arkansas
Ltte
State of
Arkansas Traveler
United States
School Board Member Dies In Dubach
Robert L. Colvin 45 of Dubach died Tuesday after a short illness. He was a member of the Dubach First Baptist Church, vice president of the Lincoln Parish School Board, a Mason, and a Lions Club member. Funeral services were at First Baptist Church Dubach with ministers officiating. Burial followed at Hamilton Memorial Cemetery under Kilpatrick’s Funeral Home Ruston. Survived by his wife, one son Bobbie, his father N C Colvin, a sister Mrs Harry Babineaux, and two brothers M O Colvin and Clyde C Colvin. Honorary pallbearers will be Lincoln Tariff School Board members.
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McDowell
Colvin
Dubach First
Bobbie
N. C. Colvin
Dubach
Harry Babineaux
Shreveport
M. O. Colvin
Clyde C. Colvin
Kentwood
Lincoln Tariff School Board
Local Nurse Attends TB Workshop in New Orleans
Mrs Patricia C Wilkerson a public health nurse from Lincoln Bienville Parish attended a two day TB workshop May 21 22 in New Orleans. Sponsored by the Tuberculosis Association of Greater New Orleans the event at the Veterans Administration Hospital auditorium drew about 300 doctors nurses social workers and volunteers with topics on the TB problem today treatment of alcoholic tuberculosis and control issues.
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Patricia, C.wilkerson
Louisiana Tech Summer Music Camp Schedules Announced
Louisiana Tech announces a two week summer music camp running July 6 through July 24 with nearly 200 students enrolled last year. Joe G Sheppard director oversees instruction from Tech faculty and guest entertainers. Activities include baton twirling strings wind piano organ and voice with dormitory living meals on campus and counselor supervision. Final concert will showcase all groups and soloists and is open to the public with parents invited. For more information write Summer Music Camp Box 287 Louisiana.
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Louisiana Tech
Joe G. Sheppard
Ake
Webbie
Tech
Téch
Courtselors
Louisiana
Polio Season Nears as Shots Lag in Nation
Polio season arrives with millions unvaccinated as paralytic cases rise slightly among the unvaccinated. The ad urges individuals to protect themselves and their families by getting polio vaccines from doctors or health departments, warning not to take a chance.
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Coa
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Farmarilla
Mastiand “School
Cullins
Sekt
American Jersey Cattle Club
Jersey
All-Jersey
NEW Claims Service Organization
Ara
Jary
Ernest Shaw
Laft
Kenneth Livadals
Lafayette
J. M. Oatas
Baton Rouge
Secreeerie
Simsboro
Gov
Faubus
Robert L. Colvin
Lincoln
Ford
Ford Dealer
Hardage
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