Harris to Speak at Tech Commencement
T H Harris will speak at Louisiana Tech commencement on May 29 with T M Barria of Baton Rouge as principal speaker for the exercises. Rev W F O Kelley will deliver the baccalaureate sermon May 25. The week features a large graduating class of 92 and senior class exercises May 28. A Tallulah report notes a farming incident of T J Fuller killing his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M.barria
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Tech
G. W. Bond
W. F. O'Kelley
First Presbyterian Church of
Minden
Tech
Gustaf Freden
Farm Program Planned for Lincoln Parish Meeting
Lincoln parish farm council schedules its next regular meeting in the James building on May 14 at two o clock. Professor R L Reese of Louisiana Tech will discuss Can Hill Farmers of North Louisiana Grow Cotton in Competition With the Delta Farmers Using Improved Machinery. A soil demonstration and farm-profit data will be presented by County Agent J A Shealy. Louisiana governor’s move to Hollywood noted with pajama day-tithe wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Parish
J. A. Shealy
Good Rainfall Reported By Local Farmers
Local farmers report favorable rain across the parish after Ruston received 1.22 inches Tuesday night. Farmers from Greenville, Douglas, Long Straw, Greenwood and Wesley's Chapel report 1.5 to 2 inches, aiding cotton planting progress though only a portion planted. Corn shows good color and is being worked, with stands improving after recent showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruston
Greenville
Douglas
Longstraw
Greenwood
Wesley's Chapel
Risinger arrests Jake, Williams on liquor charge Tuesday
Jake Williams of Bernice was arrested and jailed in Ruston by Marshal W. D. Risinger on a charge of possessing intoxicating liquor. Found intoxicated on the streets, a pint of liquor was found in his possession. He will be tried in city courts this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Williams
Bernice
W. D. Risinger
Williams
Ruston
Abe Taylor
Lonnie Harris
Mary Givens
Taylor
Harris
Givens
Tulane Doctor Seeks Louisiana Tech BA Degree
Dr Hyder F Brewster of Charity Hospital New Orleans seeks the BA from Louisiana Tech using credits from Tulane and Tech He hopes the degree will be conferred in his home town of Ruston while noting his ongoing medical studies and status as junior resident ENT surgeon at Charity Hospital The article also reports Louisiana fire losses fell to 4 114560 for 1929 with New Orleans dropping to 1 204473 from 1 552294 in 1928
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Tech
Ruston
Hyder F. Brewster
Charity Hospital
New Orleans
Tulane
Brewster
Tech
Ruby B. Pearce
Dr. Brewster
Local Legion plans Memorial Day program in Ruston
McFarland Post No 2 of the American Legion schedules a Memorial Day event for Sunday May 25 with Rev H M Johnson as committee chair. Louisiana Tech athletic director George M Bohler attended the post meeting and will transfer Legion membership to Ruston from Auburn Alabama where he coached. The post’s boys baseball team enters district competition again this year backed by proceeds from a recent minstrel show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Bohler
Louisiana Tech
McFarland Post
American Legion
Bohler
Legion Post
Auburn
Ala
Ruston
L. J. Fox
Legion
H. M. Johnson
Spioacubiits
Louisiana Tech Faces Crises Without More State Aid
Louisiana Tech warns it will face salary shortfalls and staffing crises unless the Legislature approves higher funding than the Louisiana Tax Commission recommends. The school seeks $380,000 over two years, $5,000 short of paying salaries, and asks for funds for a new administration building and upgraded equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Tech
Louisiana Tax Commission
Appropriations Committee of Legislature
North Louisiana State Institution
G. W. Bond
Tax Commission
Tech
Bond
Lincoln farmers hear dairy talks at weeklong meetings
More than 500 farmers attended a series of dairy film showings and lectures on dairy topics and soil fertilization across Simshoro Choudrant Ruston Dubne and Bernice. B M Luttrell and Casey Smith praised the turnout predicting lower cotton acreage and higher spending on feed crops and dairy cows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Parish
B. M. Luttrell
Illinois Central Agricultural Department
Casey Smith
State Department of Agriculture
Ruston
Simshoro
Choudrant
Dubne
Bernice
J. A. Shealy
293 Negroes to finish night schools here
A statement from Parish Superintendent H L Campbell reports 203 negro illiterates in Lincoln parish learned to read and write this session. Night schools have operated statewide as part of a literacy drive, with adults from 21 to 86 completing courses. A colored man proudly signed his own name at a bank for the first time. Classes were held at numerous local schools including S J John’s, Shady Grove, Mount Harmony, Vienne, Live Oak, Greensboro, Saint Peter, China Grove, Mount Ion, Hico, Macedonia, Randall Chapel, Woods Chapel, Snowden, Ruston, Rocky Valley, Maley and Fellow-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L.campbell
Lincoln Parish
State Department of Education
Louisiana
S J. John's School
Shady Grove
Mount Harmony
Vienne
Live Oak
Greensboro
Saint Peter
China Grove
Mount Ion
Hico
Macedonia
Randall Chapel
Woods Chapel
Snowden
Ruston
Rocky Valley
Maley
Farmers Talks Broadcast Night June 9 In New Orleans
At the Louisiana state conference for superintendents and school boards, T H Harris arranged for Future Farmers of America leaders S M Jackson Erick Guilbeau to present talks. KWKH Shreveport will broadcast the program on 850 kHz between 9 30 and 9 50 pm CST. The talks aim to interest future Farmers of America members and all high school pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
New Orleans
T. H. Harris
Teacehrs S. M. Jackson
Erick Guilbeau
The
Future Farmers of America
Harris
KWKH
Shreveport
Hello World
Henderson
Eight foot Bly Policeman Joins Circus Riot Patrol
The eight foot Bly Policeman and terror of rioters, Lit Fen Shan, joins four circus shows. He subdued malcontents by gripping the back of their necks and seating them before throwing them bodily aside. Bees in Tra Adalic Turkey areas reportedly collect honey from poisonous flowers.
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Bhanghal
Fen Shan
Tra
Adalic
Turkey
Bids Opened for $800000 Drainage Projects in New Orleans
Bids for eight sewerage and water board projects totaling about 800000 dollars were opened Wednesday in New Orleans. The works include a wing of the Orleans relief canal from Broad to Jefferson Davis Parkway to increase discharge capacity, diesel driven pumps for the Algiers station, pumps and equipment for station D, and other improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Sewerage and Water Board
Orleans Relief Canal
Broad
Jefferson Davis Parkway
Algiers
Large Class To Graduate From City Schools
Eighty six students will receive certificates of promotion from Ruston grammar schools to high school during Wednesday evening joint exercises at 7 45 o clock in the high school auditorium. Eastland and Hillcrest grammar schools are participating with a program including invocation welcome essays songs and presentations of certificates.
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Ruston
Eastland
Hillcrest Grammar
H. M. Johnson
Dorothy Sharpless
Mary Cage Tarver
John Walters
Schubert
Mary Benefield
Nedra
Foster
W. B. Hale
Louisiana Tech
H. B. Townsend
Henry Campbell
S. T. Driggers
Woodrow Green
Wiley Jones
Jack Nelson
Harold Rabb
Morris Roane
Gradie Tyree
Hazel Boddie
John Brooks
Louis Burroughs
Agnes Chambliss
Mary Alice Carr
Susie Colvin
Lillian East
Nedra Foster
Mignon Ford
Noel Hamer
Lois Howell
Mary G. Harris
F. G. Kelly, Jr
Doris Lyles
Dora McMahon
Reuben Mcleroy
Elaine Milam
Cecile Nugent
Earl Shaeffer
Vernon Sutton
Lamar Stewart
Myrtle Wright
Elaine Taylor
Sun Shine McAllister
Mary Kaye Tarver
Lela Mae Boyd
Eloyce Adams
John Henry Keedy
Edith Nugent
John Har~iris
Lee Thompson
Mary Lee Naremore
Elaine Hogan
Brooksie Pixley
Sellers Blanton
Esther Pesnell
Johnie Carey
Mary Dutach
James Lewis
Averett Pesnell
Ellis Beard
Arnold Woodward
Hugh Davis
Foreign Lands to be Visited by Rustonites
Mra 8 Krousel of Ruston will sail June 4 from New York Harbor to Hamburg Germany then visit Heidersheim Baden birthplace of her father and siblings. She travels with daughters Mrs Bt. John Monroe Miss Lillian Krousel and Mrs Katie Walde Monroe with Martha John. The party plans to stay in Europe until early September.
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Krousel
New York Harbor
Hamburg
Germany
Heidersheim
Baden
Krouse
Bt. John
Monroe
Lillian Krousel
Katie Walde
Joba
Cai Te
Europe
Improved Farm Methods Prove Two Row Planter Practical
Joe Blondin of AH Henderson farm north of Ruston demonstrates a two row planter on a hill farm planting 50 to 60 acres of corn and soybeans. Ground was prepared broadcast and leveled before planting with fertilizer applied. Despite warnings about short rows, the device saves time and shows promise for hill farms in North Louisiana amid drought and cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Blondin
AH. Henderson
Ruston
Blondin
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
J. A. Shealy
Henderson
Auto Crash Injures Wade Emory in Clay
Wade Emory of the Kavanaugh Furniture Company sustained painful but not serious injuries when his Ford roadster overturned in a ditch on a Clay highway. He swerved to avoid a left turning Ford tour car driven by Reverend R V Fulton, striking his nose with a gash and breaking a finger. Emory was taken to Ruston for medical attention. The company manager noted this was the third accident involving a firm employee in recent days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Emory
Kavanaugh Furniture Company
Clay
R. V. Fulton
Fulton
Emory
Ruston
Frank Hinton
Morton Kavanaugh
Kavanaugh
Milk Plant Nears Completion in North Town
Local contractor C. E. Andrews reports the North Louisiana Derry Products plant in the northern edge of town is nearing finish. Walls and roof are up, floors being poured, and interior work under way. The three story building features a tall tower and the sign Rus Fon on its sides. Owners could take over by late month if progress continues without hindrance.
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C. E. Andrews
North Louisiana Derry Products Company
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Tallulah, la
Madison Parish
T. J. Fuller
WED
R. L. Reese
Hollywood
California
Risinger
Jake
LA. Tech
Home Town College
R. J. Gregory
McFarland
J. E. Kenny
Mr. Keeny
Lincoln
Ekweh
Bly
Esta Alexander
Fred Baxter
Larkin Breed
Curtis Benefield
Mary Alice Beck
Robert Dowling
Edwin DeFreese
W. A. Davidson
Thetis Davidson
Mattie Mae Davis
Everette Frazier
Arcia Fowler
Lena Griggs
Roylea Liner
Cameron Mitchell
Lloyd Nuil
Jack Palmer
Bill Taylor
Fred Taylor
Rustonites
R. Krousel
Kavanaugh Furniture Co
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