Ruston Daily Notes Social Iimages and Visits
Wednesday social notes list numerous visits and calls from Ruston residents to towns including Minden Monroe Homer and Choudrant. Names such as Minnie and Winnie Cline Matilda Beans Hazel Reese and Nancy Jane Brett appear alongside travels of Mrs. W L Herbert Dr J S McBride Marie B Adams and others. The column records gatherings house parties church events and encounters across multiple nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie
Winne Cline
Deith
Matilda Beans
Minden
Cynthia
Hazel Reese
Colfax
Nancy Jane Brett
W. L. Herbert
Monroe
J. 5. McBride
Ansley
Marie B. Adams
Hubert Harrison
W. E. Fine
Homer
Watson Wideman
Little Son
Athens
Ruston
M. A. Stockbridge
Shreveport
Charles Beard
Mr. Beard
el Dorado
Beard
McGrath
Mrs. Beard
Methodist
W. M
Virgil Spinks
Homer Guardian-Journal
Lee Ray Ward
Luellie Pleasant
Ose
Seener
Kite
Mo Cxanle
College Tar
National High School Awards to Continue Next Year
The nation wide endorsement for the scholarship contest prompts continuation of the National High School Awards with cash prizes and handsome cups for the winning schools. The contest drew editors from Atlantic Monthly Scribner s Bookman Current Literature and other publications. A Baker family reunion at Bethany revived joyful memories as relatives from Choudrant Monroe Rus ton and Port Arthur gathered for a noon lunch under a shade tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Monthly
Bookman
Current Literature
Baker Family
Happy Scribners
World’s Work
Journal
Baker
Bethany
Clayston Baker
J. A. Baker
Choudrant
S. E. Halstead
Monroe
Guy Baker
Lucile
Anna
Blanchard
Ford
Helen
Ruston
B. Baker
Lita Grey
Farmerville
Herbert Baker
Port Arthur
Texas
Clyde Baker
Beaumont
Leon and
Davis Baker
Fletcher Baker
Clayton Baker
John Clayton
Dorothy
Tech High Students Win National Awards
Correction note: Foster Sims Price and Vince Hilton are students at Tech High School, not Ruston High School. The National High School Awards article from Columbus, Ohio credited Mrs Winnie D Evans as teacher of the winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tech
Foster Sims Price
Vince Hilton
Ruston High School
Tech High School
Columbus
Ohio
Sayre
National High School
Winnie D. Evans
Ruston
Rus ton students win national high school awards
A Ruston group dominated the National High School Awards contest directed from Columbus Ohio. Foster Situs Price won first for best sports story and Vince Hilton won for best essay. Other winners included Corrie Crossie Marie Chasnignac Virginia Wheadon Katherine Legit and more from several states. Director Harrison M Sayre praised the schools for developing creative minds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruston
Fforrison M. Sayre
Columbus
Ohio
Foster Situs Price
Frank S. Price
Vince Hilton
Gus Hilton
Ruston High School
Corrie Crossie
Fulayedbte
Marie Chasnignac
New Orleans
Virginia Wheadon
Alexandria
Katherine Legit
Frances Laporte
Fresno Galifornia
John Maymaw
South Bend
Tachina
Constance Olsen
Tourists Attracted by Magnolias in Ruston Visit
A Wisconsin family visiting Ruston was drawn by the town’s Magnolia fragrance on a summer day. Locals sent a small colored boy to fetch magnolia blossoms, which were wrapped for the travelers. The blooms soon browned as the car departed, a light note on hospitality and fragile beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Smith
Teneha
Tex
Frank Clark
Truman, Walton
Eula Enete
Jonesville
Ruston
W. T. Owen
Alexandria
Owen
Messrs
Jack and
William Morgan
George Morgan
Haynesville
Martha Springer
Shreveport
Sam Riley
Little Sam
Monroe
Riley
Elyria Green
H. D. Emmerson
Winnfield
Joe Gussiott
Emma Harris
Saline
I. B | Harris
Marshall Verrill
Mary
Joe Terrill
M. M. McClendon
Louisville
Mississipip
FB. Baa
Bel Grain Warn 5
Louisiana
Wisconsin
Epra
Win One Class Meeting at Piest Baptist Church
An unusually lively Win One Class gathering convened Thursday evening at the Piest Baptist Church with Mrs J A Jemison Mrs C H Falience and Mrs H L McKnight presiding The session opened with the class song and devotions led by Mrs Nash followed by a prayer by Miss May Huey A visitor and teacher of the boys group spoke on future plans and quality lessons with remarks from Mrs Phurmon and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Win
Piest Baptist Church
J. A. Jemison
C. H. Falience
H. L. McKnight
Nash
Devoliobal
May Huey
Mee
Phurmon
Social hour at Brooks home features strawberry cream
President and Mrs. R. H. Brooks hosted a post-session social with tea and cake. Guests included Mrs. John Thurman, Mrs. Lee Thurmon, Mrs. Grambling, Mrs. Neilson, Mrs. Wallmer, Mrs. Nash, Mrs. Lansing, and several others plus Misses Elizabeth Southern, May Huey, Olive Huey, Eleanor May, and Laura Gables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Brooks
John Thurman
Lee Thurmion
Ya Grambling
0. Neilson
C. G. Wallmer
G. Vaughan
W. W. Davis
G. L. Nash
Gottschalk Music Club Dance for National Music Week
Gottschalk Music Club plans an old-fashioned dance at Elks Hall on Thursday May 8 to celebrate National Music Week. Invitations sent to friends, colonial costumes planned, with W H Cook O K Davis and Thomp Rasey leading figures. Hood Brothers Orchestra will provide music to raise funds for the club’s scholarship fund supporting a Tech voice student under Elbert Haskins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gottschalk Music Club
Elks Hall
Music Cub
W. H. Cook
O. K. Davis
Thomp Rasey
Hood Brothers Orchestra
Antioch
Tech
Elbert Haskins
Asheville Man Shoots Wife On Busy Street
Robert Neighbors, 45, shot his wife, 36, on a main street in Asheville North Carolina. He stood over her with a pistol and held back bystanders until she died. Police arrested him at the scene and investigated the case as a domestic shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N. C
Robert Neighbors
Lincoln Parish Schools Face Closure Amid Commencement Tensions
Lincoln parish announces imminent school closings as commencement speakers and student concerns signal unresolved issues. Officials say actions will be clarified soon, with decisions affecting graduates and many pupils across the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Parish
Gardens in Ruston Draw Favorable Visitor Comment
Beautiful gardens in Ruston attract favorable comment from visitors and will make citizens more appreciative of beauty, reflecting a positive public response to local horticultural pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruston
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R. L. Jones
R. W. Vaughan
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Charles Gullatt
C. L. Nelson
Charles Ponder
Spencer Nelson
Lazarus
Gibsland
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Gladys Stewart
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Lafayette
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Perry Cole
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Hollis Haltom
J. W. Haltom
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Lake LaFourche
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