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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1932
Page
7
Antioch residents hosted family visits over Easter with extended kin from Crowville Benton Hico and Oil City. Illnesses include Miss Hedepeth and several Liner and Skinner family members. A strong wind disrupted local barns while the community club and Epworth Leaguers held programs and Easter egg hunts.
Vienna Mrs Carl Skinner buried in Vienna Cemetery Thursday afternoon. Her husband has had a stroke of paralysis for two or three months. Community covered Baptist church with trees and shrubs. Ladies served a fine dinner for workers. Preston Eavis visited Haynesville aunt Mrs C B Almond. Elmer Nappier and family visited Mrs Ira Holloway in town. Mrs O Goldsmith recovered from flu. Jesse Alice Ball and Kendall Ball Jr. absent from school with influenza. Mrs Ira Cargill of Sour Lake Texas visiting Rabb Cargill, La Tech student. Clyde and Clayton Lomax to boxing show in Shreveport Coliseum next Friday. James H Ball of Dubach had a stroke Monday. he is uncle of Postmaster Kendall E Ball Sr. and brother-in-law of W B Rabb.
Barnett Springs and Mansfield residents, including Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Furgerson from Mansfield and Mrs. D. T. Lyles from Bryceland, visited relatives in the community this week. Cribshland and New York guests joined the Parkman family for a weekend visit, with Earnest Parkman and Earnestine Parkman noted among attendees. Miss Annie Mae Colvin spent the weekend with Miss Agnes Terfill.
Blue Ridge entries recount Mrs. Johnnie Sanders visiting Mrs. Luther Frazier and many neighbors dropping by on Monday and Thursday evenings. Mentions of Miss Mavis Rentz, Miss Ruth Blackstock, and a birth announcement for a son born March 26. Easter activities noted with local youth enjoying the holiday.
Hico residents shared Easter leisure with relatives and friends from Homer Dubach Longview Athens and Shreveport. Weekend guests included Draughon School students Ophelia Barnett Cortez Murphy and Julia Fincher with teachers Vera Ferguson and J G Russell visiting kin across several towns. Dave Campbell of North Platte won the bull dogging championship at Fort Worth after a 645 second steer-throw.
Greenville folks spent the weekend with home folks at Hilly and Wesley Chapel. O. J. Smith visited Hammons family in Downsville. Earl Colvin and children of Mt. Union stayed with J. L. Green. Dall Shields is ill with flu. Kermit Pylant broke a collar bone after a horse incident. Annie May Colvin visited Agnes Terrall in Barnett Springs. Richard Bryan has an infected leg.
Hilly Saint Irene Miss Mildred and Myrtis Saint and Mina Larance spent the weekend at home. Families visiting relatives, students absent from flu, Easter program at Sunday School. Dinners hosted by Delony and Larance families, and numerous visits across Arcadia Vienna Unionville Cross Roads Hico. Funeral attendance for Mrs. Carl Skinner in Vienna.
Pleasant Hill notes report visits by Charlie Stokes and family to the Wintree home, Audra West's time with Riser relatives, and weekend guests including Jim Skinner with Aulton Henry and others from Shreveport. Additional gatherings feature Lun Strephenis hosts, Bessie Kinner with Audra West, and Vera Winfree visiting from Clay.
Guests gathered at various homes over the weekend as Miss Myra Stephens hosted Au dra West Bessie Riser Sybil Pesnell and Nobye Kelley. Mr and Mrs Leon Taylor and children of Ruston visited Mr and Mrs L T West Sunday. Hulon Sims stayed several days with Mr and Mrs J S Tomlinson. The Community Club plans an interesting program for Saturday night at the church.
The Rev J D Carroll pastor of Temple Baptist Church Ruston visited town Tuesday supporting Louisiana College. Mrs Sanderson from Eldorado Ark stayed with daughter Mrs La Vera Ball. Miss Mary Joe Colvin Louisiana Tech student stayed with sister Eugenia Colvin. Miss Heler Adams shopped in Shevport Saturday. Thelma Wise Dodd College student weekend with her parents J H Wise. Miss Minyone Smith Alverne Hall Mary Joe Colvin and Miss Roberts visited Mrs Knox Burgess Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs E A Burgess visited his parents Will Burgess Monday Corinth community. Mrs T A Colvin visited Mrs J I Hinkie Monday. Sybie Johnson visited Miss Hazel Adams Sunday.
The Rev Brown presided over a Sunday appointment and sermon enjoyed by all. A rock party drew many Douglas youths Friday night at the Holtzclaw home. Port Arthur guests Mr and Mrs J A Baker visited this week as did other local families including the Rineharts, Nettie Patterson, and several groups from nearby towns, with flu absences noted at Epworth League.
Sibley Mrs. Frank Bell of Met Rouge visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. M. O'Neal. A daughter Beverly Jean born March 23 to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey O'Neal of Delhi. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Baker and son Billy from Port Arthur. Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. O'Neal were their children and grandchildren from Hilly and Hico. Miss Mira Lawrence spent Easter with her parents at Hilly. Vicksburg couple J. W. Littleton and wife at T. W. O'Neal's. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. O'Neal and son visited Calhoun with Oscar Green.
Simsboro Ragan Madden a law student at L. S. A. visited his parents T. W. Madden. Roy and Sidney Madden. Julie Trussell and Emma Lou Owens traveled to Houston and Hilco respectively. A. L. Jackson, Mrs. Strain, Norma Sanders, Alice Hester and others spent weekends with relatives. The Ladies Home Demonstration Club erected a fence at Railroad Park and plans beautification. local donations funded shrubbery for the grounds amid population issues and requests for government aid for protection.
Wesley Chapel residents visit relatives in Baton Rouge DL and Gladewater Texas for Eastertide. Colfax and Magnolia Ark travelers pause en route home for Easter holidays. Local church events include an Easter sermon at Wesley Chapel Church and attendance at Agricultural Night School.
Mrs. J M Evans and Mrs. C C Edwards visited Mrs. Ledbetter Tuesday evening while Mrs. Grigsby and Miss Grigsby visited Mrs. Ford Monday. Several visits across families are noted with church and sewing club activities. a St Patrick event accompanied by refreshments is described. Attendees include Willis, Harris, Williams, Ward, Heard, Stephens, Ford, and Ledbetter families with guests from Minden Winnsboro and Waterloo. Also a probate notice for the estate of A A Shaw appears among the items.
Local residents share visits and hosting duties across Simsboro Arcadia and Ruston with relatives and friends. Sam Pruitt dies after illness. services held at Arcadia Cemetery with Rev. W. F Strain officiating. Survived by wife and two sisters.
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