Bermuda Coastal Bermuda cultivation guidance outlined
Carter details a Bermuda Coastal program from planting through first year. Recommendations include weed control with herbicides, nitrogen applications, and grazing limits. Planting can occur into June with moisture, and subsequent years rely on measured fertilization and multiple cuttings for frostier pasture.
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Carter
North Louisiana Mill Farm
Coastal
Bermuda
Corte
Spe- Lincoln Parish
Accon
Cheside “Tvan
Building Permits Total Last Week Tops 86 Thousand
Building permits reached 86 109 last week according to rough city records. The report references several contractors and projects including a 11 000 permit for a unnamed client and mentions multiple street addresses and names in a garbled list.
Mrs Glenn Laskey To Address WSCS Conclave
Mrs Glenn Laskey of Ruston will address the annual meeting of the Woman's Society of Christian Service at the Methodist Church in Lake Charles from March 15 to 17. Thiskey will speak Thursday evening on Love Is A Spendthrift.
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Glenin Te. Laskey
Ruston
Woman's Division of Christian Service
The
Methodist Church
Womrn
Society of Christian Service
Methodlist
Lake Chavies
Thiskey
Parish council bids and roads projects reviewed at meeting
Juror Virgil Frazier moved to advertise April 25 equipment bids. Microfilming for clerk of court records discussed and postponed after cost checks. Early Chevrolet Pontiac Cadillac Inc. low bidder on six two ton trucks at 15 940. Weardage Ford the only other bid at 16 2%. Two parish road segments turned over to state highway for Federal Aid. Hill Burton funds send 196 414 25 to Lincoln General Hospital with about 400 000 spent to date. roof work planned soon.
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Neery
Virgil Frazier
Weardage Ford
State Department of Highways
West Parish
Louisiana 147
Zion Hill
South Parish
Simiachore
Bivins
Hill-Burton
Lineon General Hospital
North Louisiana Experiment Station Expands Peach Program
At Calhoun and the North Louisiana Experiment Station Hawthorne notes extensive peach work. 2,000 trees planted at Ouachita parish site with 840 new seedlings bearing fruit this year and a cross pollination study. The team touts marketing gains, nematode cures, weed killers to influence blooming, plus USDA lines and Red Globe variety. Volume growth could boost acres in Lincoln Rienville Clathorne Union parishes and beyond.
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Red Haven
Tand
Ouachita Parish
Calhoun
Louisiana
USDA
North Louisiana
Lincoln Parish
Rienville
Clathorne
Union
Fines Totaling $580 Meted Out In City Court
City Court Judge Fred Jones fines five offenders totaling 580 dollars. Carl Smith receives twenty dollars for issuing worthless checks under twenty dollars. Geom A. Lowe is fined three hundred dollars. Jock Roberts pays three hundred dollars. Mes Mallie Meadows pays one hundred dollars.
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Fred Jones Maniday
Carl Smith
Jones Rome
Geom A. Lowe
Jock Roberts
Mes
Mallie Amteadows
Yepnits
Louisiana forestry group pushes regional research center plan
The Louisiana Forestry Association urged establishing a five million cistlar forest products research center in Central Louisiana under the U S Forest Service. Proposed by James C Bolton and endorsed by the LFA executive committee, the center would focus on new uses for timber and operate as a branch of the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison Wisconsin, separate from the Alexandria Research Center. W N Darwin cited state leadership and cooperation as reasons for the project. A water resources study commission for Louisiana was also recommended to inform drought and water project planning, with support from the Louisiana Farm Bureau and other groups.
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Alexandria
Louisiana Forestry Association
Louisiana
U.S. Forest Service
LFA
James C. Bolton
Alexandria-Pineville
W.N. Darwin
Oakdale
LEA
Darwin
Bolan
Louisiana Farm Bureau
Associaion
Dietrich
Nrestry Association
Association of Soil Conservation District Supervisors
Farm Bureau
Study Commission
Ruston to Proclaim Hoss Garrett Day and Honor Gurrelt
Mayor Beasley announced a Hoss Garrett Day in Ruston to honor Gurrelt. Donors may send gifts to the Hoss Garrett Gift Fund via Ruston State Bank Box 381. Message urged to locate former RHS athletes not in Ruston for letter outreach. Committee includes Barham, Halstead Jr, Carter, Colvin, Ayvock.
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Ruston State Bank
Hoss Garrett Gift Fund
T. C. Beasley
Ruston
RHS
Charles C. Barham
George B. Halstead, Jr
Jimmy W. Carter
Sammy W. Colvin
9. C
Cuoksey" Ayvock
Rites Held For Former Ruston Resident Simmons
Edgar P. Busy Simmons 59 died at home in Greenwood Louisiana. Funeral services were held Monday at Rose-Neath chapel Shreveport conducted by Rev. W T Wendt with burial in Greenwood Cemetery at Ruston. Survivors include a widow and a daughter with extended family listed from New Orleans California and other locations.
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Edgar
Busy Simmons
Greenwood
Rose-Neath Chapel
Shreveport
W. Th. Wendt
Winn Memorial Methodist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Ruston
George Ross
Grace Methedlist Church
al Simmons
Ait Grace
St. Simmons
Barmerville
Ape Hik
Dine
TW. Walser
Shinee Dorptive Sisters
Ps. AS
Diarmale Rerstan
Mass
Braik Palette Arcisent
New Orleans
Mis
Poppep
Mirae
Bite Rock
Able
Nan Hood Named Sweetheart of FFA Club Here
Nan Hood senior was chosen Sweetheart of the Ruston FFA chapter at the last monthly meeting. She will represent the club in the Parish Farm Bureau Queen contest in Dubach. Hood, daughter of Mr and Mrs Sterling Hood, previously served as Most Beautiful junior girl and was named in the 1960 Homecoming Court. The FFA Sweetheart will compete in the State Farm Bureau Queen contest in Shreveport if she wins the parish title.
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Nain Hood
Ruston F.F.A
Nan
RHS
Farm Bureau
Dubhach
Sterling Hood
State Farm Bureau
Shreveport
Parish
Bernice Lions Club March 23 Variety Show at High School
A Lions Club sponsored variety show will be held Thursday March 23 at 7 25 p m in the Bernice high school auditorium. The event marks the town’s first basket ball tournament in the new gymnasium and includes local residents visiting and attending activities surrounding the event.
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A. J. Lavtigar
Lions' Club
Bernice
A. J. Lautigar
W. J. Smith
Edgewand
Business Leaders of America
New Orleans
Annie Tankner
Glyn. Colvin
Billy Smith
Jeanie Rhodes
W. ON
Poland
George Moore
Betty Buckley
Beaton Rouge
Anc Ris
Local Social News Notes and Guests
A string of visits and dinners across the region were reported this week. Mrs. Al Lautigare and Rumblet hosted Sunday dinner for Mrs. June, Mrs. A J Smith, and Charley Garner of Spencer among others. Visitors included Mrs. Graydon Colvin to Mr. McCormick of Loran, and Mrs. Lily Davis of Shreveport to Mrs. WW Poland. Long lists of relatives and friends, including Leroy Lea’s sister, Rollis Smith and children from Venelle nes, Urtdlana, and hospital updates for Dewey Smith and Mrs. Jobe St Barham, fill the social page with ongoing local connections.
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Charley Garner
Spencer
Graydon Colvin
McCormmick
Loran
Lily Davis
Shreveport
Poland
Leroy Lea
A. L. Smith
Rollis Smith
Venelennes
Joe Sheppard to Direct Byrd High Bandsmen
Joe Sheppard will direct the Byrd High School bandsmen, bringing his years of conducting and adjudicating to the program. He has led the band since 19XX and has directed clinics and festival appearances, earning praise for leadership and performance.
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Joe Sheppard
Byrd
Aeeoe
Padisinna
Ahperter
Will Aapmedei
Sheppael
WAT
Iidsien
Aisa Duis
Aid Qouolisheus ii
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Cocuiaer
Glenn Laskey
WSCS
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Everett Rulden
Inez Spencer
San Martin
Claihorne Construction
Herbert Brown
John Trisha
LSU
Vernon Lay
Tom Harline
Forest Products Research Sought
John MM. Slaton
Woodrow Lee
Ernest Tee
Holby
Eaale
Seutucy Meshtcomert
J.B. Kendall
Gudan H. Neal
Neal
Lake Courles
Bessi City
Usion
Court of Honor
J. A. Mitchell
Northeast
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Honor
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York Yuarkers
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Clarence Carter
W. R. Ledbetter
Simsboro
Dawson Johns
Lincolmn County
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Hill Farm Experiment Station
Tom Herline
Nan Hood
FFA
Lion’s Club
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Bronte Etoty
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