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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1960
Page
3
A 1960 report notes variable hen production with new processing in the Southeast. Farmers who downsized flocks report a stronger egg market while others who expanded to cage layers struggled to move birds. One dairy couple reflects on selling chicks amid market shifts.
Bell Laboratories engineers seed 14000 pieces of telephone equipment underground to test durability and potential buried lines and cables as a way to improve service. Spring gardening tips urge cleaning and painting and promote using Yellow Pages in the telephone directory to locate supplies for sprucing up the home and yard.
A local farmer notes only 11 of 25 farms show poultry income while better dairymen grow herds and poultrymen expand flocks. Egg and dairy production rise, with eggs sold via direct routes and farm pickups. Some farms exit, others invest in poultry or dairy, signaling steady, not spectacular, change.
Saturday May 44th titled as spring work day at Cook Cemetery on Cooktown Road. All families with members buried there urged to attend. No physical work will be done. workers have cared for it for years. Families to meet in the morning with lunch for a noon meal under shade trees. A brief business session will plan yearlong care and report progress since last meeting.
Louisiana Power Light Co. installed a new power distribution center about 1.5 miles west of Dubach to serve future area needs. The station steps down 34,500 volts to 14,800 volts, houses a 1500 KVA transformer, and connects via two 13,800 volt feeders to Dubach and to Hico and Lisbon. Dewey Sisson led the LP&L crew that built it on the 115,000-volt Vienna Bernice line.
Motor Parts Service owner T. C. Smith says the company opened a new branch in Minden. Roland A. Gill, a Ruston native with Ford dealer ties, takes over the salesman role in Ruston after 30 years with the Ford network and seven years with the Shrvepart unit.
Grambling voters approved two bond propositions totaling 50 000 dollars. Proposition one for 32 000 dollars over 20 years at 6 percent funds a new senate row facility with 133 600 valuation voting 79 yes 2 no. Proposition two for 18 000 dollars funds a Town Hall and furnishings with 125 000 valuation voting 75 yes 3 no. Mayor Woodard called the passage a key step for Grambling’s growth. Election committee: Jay T. Humphrey Virginia L. Harris Icella R. Land A. D. Smith.
Property assessments completed by Assessor Charles R. Hightower are open for inspection and correction through May 25. Taxpayers must visit the assessor's office within a 20 day period to examine their assessment.
The Louisiana State Department of Highways purchased a right of way from Nelda Bell Taylor for 761 dollars. The property lies along the Arcadia Simshoro route of Interstate 20. The transfer description included the property but did not specify tract size.
Ernest Shaw, a Louisiana businessman, urged making nonresident fishing and hunting licenses cost the same as resident licenses. In a letter to the Louisiana Conservationist, he argued tourists would spend days in the area, boosting guides, boats, food, and lodging revenue, with modest state losses offset by increased business. He noted the average Louisiana fisherman spends about $292 per car in the state and proposed highway billboards advertising no nonresident license requirement.
Mrs. Duné Post, Ruston census crew leader, reports tentative 1960 Ruston population just under 15 000 with Ruston parish around 29 000. Outside Ruston, area declines about 1 000 since 1950, while Tech enrollment boosts counts. officials urge residents to return census forms to ensure every person is counted.
Dr J E Stiles the veterinarian reported only 386 dogs vaccinated against rabies during the week in his parish tour. He noted the usual total is 1000 to 2000 and reminded a parish law requires vaccination. Vaccination services are offered at his office for a fee of 150 dollars.
The American Legion Louisiana sponsors a seminar on Communist subversion in the United States at the Old State Capitol Baton Rouge on May 14. Directed by William P. Strube of Houston with E. Richard Barnes of the Eighth Naval District as assistant. The program runs 8:45 am to 10:00 pm and is open to Legion members and the public.
Southern Bell customers paid about nine million dollars in federal excise taxes on telephone service. The average customer paid 13.75 dollars, Dudley Cowan, Southern Bell manager, said. The 16 percent tax applies to local and long distance service, added to monthly bills. Congress set the local tax to expire June 1960 but did not act on long distance. Cowan noted the tax, started as an emergency measure, remains in effect and is applied with items like jewelry and furs.
A call was made for several effective public speakers from the area to attend an event and educate the public about the dangers of Communism. The speaker emphasized the need for informed civic discussion and asked for participation.
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