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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1959
Page
8
The Byers Brothers Carnival will entertain Ruston during the Diamond Jubilee week. Contract signed March 2, arranged by Travis Meton of the Jubilee Revenue Division. The parade show is billed as one of the South’s largest carnival outfits entering Parish Fairs and similar events.
Mechanical engineering professor L FR Daniel Jr of Louisiana Tech will receive a PhD from Michigan State University in East Lansing on March 24. His thesis explores fuel impingement surface temperature effects on engine noise and power in a compression ignition engine. Daniel, son of Mr and Mrs J R Daniel of Marksville, earlier earned a BOS degree and other engineering credentials.
A fragmentary notice honors Mrs Titus for home nursing as part of Red Cross services funded by campaigns. It describes a wife recognizing a leg lump as a possible blood clot and avoiding rubbing it, then rushing her husband to base hospital where a medical officer confirms the risk. The text promotes joining and serving with the Red Cross.
Mrs 7 21 Harmis of Wichita Kansas mother of Dr Thi Harris of Rustan died early Tuesday en route to hospital from a heart attack Funeral services planned at Drapers Funeral Home in Newton Kansas tentatively Saturday afternoon Harms survived by seven children besides Dr Harms
Ruston women are invited to a Thursday 7 p.m. meeting at the College Cafe to form a sister chapter of the Brothers of the Brush. Mrs Helen Williams and Mrs Lidith Rice sponsor the event and urge every woman’s club to send a representative.
The Lincoln Parish Grand Jury in its spring session returned five true bills and three no true bills with one case pretermitted. Accused include Bill Burnett for fraud in obtaining accommodations and Willie D. Jackson for negligent injuring, along with Albert Coleman for alleged battery and Carl Coleman for removing mortgaged property. Also named is Sarath Halligan, a Crimbling resident charged with theft of lunch money from the school lunchroom. details note Halligan as the carated woman.
The Concert Association unveils a spring feature series at Howard Auditorium with color documentary films by Julien Bryan. Showings March 1 and 27 explore Russia and Japan, with director Otis McHyride highlighting the program and inviting student and nonresident members to attend both nights.
Farmers on Upland cotton farms must elect a choice in writing between the 1959 CAT and B allotments and price support by March 16. If no choice is made, A allotment applies automatically. Notices may be filed by mail or in person at the county ASC office, with office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Paul Silivos sold the Olympia Cafe to Wendell Ogleshee who plans to operate a Pensacola restaurant. Ogleshee, ex Winnsboro cafe operator, will run Olympia with his wife Mrs Oxleshy as waitress and staff retained. Free coffee and doughnuts offered Thursday morning until 11, staff listed. Silivos came to Ruston in 1947, left for Greece in 1953, married there, now parent to three daughters.
SMU athletic coach Doc Hayes announced that Bobby James will be honored with a memorial fund instead of flowers. Fellow players and other SMU athletic teammates contributed to a Bobby James Memorial Fund to benefit the athletic department and adorn a plaque. Donations may be sent to the SMU Bobby James Memorial in Dallas, Texas.
Lincoln Parish Police Jury heard a report from the special committee seeking a hospital site approved February 24. No site selected yet, several options reviewed. Architects named Neild Somdal Smitherman Associates of Shreveport. Bond sale timing to be advertised locally and nationally. Wealth Unit budget proposed at 37 305 dollars. Jury also bought 1200 yards of gravel from Ouachita Gravel Co for road work.
Forest Ranger Frank L. Gibson reports seven fires in the parish this week burning 23 acres of seeded timber and grasslands. Nine acres burned on the W. Gf Sumrall place and Barnett Springs road damaged three and a half acres of planted timber. Most fires were grass, trash, and yard burning mishaps.
Funeral services were held at Emmanuel Baptist church for Hillary W. Futrell who died after a lengthy illness. He was 68. Burial followed at New Hope cemetery under Darby's Funeral Home. Survivors include his widow, a daughter in Shreveport, a son in Salt Lake City, three sisters, four brothers, and five grandchildren.
The Lincoln parish school board approved a salary adjustment for all school personnel to be reflected in the April checks. Superintendent Morelle Fmmona said the raise totals about 200 per teacher, with bus drivers janitors and other officers included, funded from prior balances after a 1956 legislature act.
Robert Bobby Bond James 21 son of G W James Ruston died from suffocation in a fire that destroyed his parents’ annex in Ruston after returning from a Dallas SMU season. He was a junior forward and top scorer, engaged to Sandra Woodward. Funeral held at Trinity Methodist Church with SMU teammates as pallbearers.
Louisiana Tech hosts Religious Emphasis Week March 15 18 with four speakers delivering talks in the English Building and a fifth addressing sororities at Howard Auditorium. Speakers include Dr. Robert J. Seymour pastor Mars Hill Baptist Church Mars Hill New York Dr Taylor president Princeton Lumber Co Princeton Kentucky Mrs Alma May Scarborough editor Nursery Materials Southern Baptist Convention Dr Joyner assistant professor Southwestern Louisiana Institute and Dr Oliphant pastor St Paul’s Methodist Church Monroe Louisiana.
County Agent F Q LeVasseur notes red clover reseeds heavily like Crimson Clover this year. Insect pollinators work late, aiding late grazing while other hay is scarce. Pasture plans should consider red clover persistence as frost approaches, with 4 H members in Baton Rouge this week.
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