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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1958
Page
20
The page records a string of social updates and visits among residents including Joyce Williamson, Alfred Franklin, Theodore, and Mrs Sheaves, plus mentions of family gatherings and neighborhood events. It also lists local prices for furniture and appliances from Shelga Furniture Company and Prominent shops, with community notices about visits and church and school activities.
Readers follow a dense list of names and places in Greenville as Mothers Day visits color the town scene. The piece names families, neighbors, and churches from Oak Thancheld to Newton, Texas, noting who traveled, who fell ill, and who hosted meals, with small touches on local landmarks and social routines.
Community members are urged to attend a Saturday May 17 meeting at Pine Grove Cemetery to plan upkeep with volunteers. The note lists many local visitors and neighbors visiting over the weekend including families from Lefayette Leesville Houston Ruston and Gaston amid a Mother's Day program led by Mrs Nolan and others.
Providence residents Mrs Kenny Barnet and Mrs Frank Singleton hosted and visited kin across town and in Dubach. Families including the Smelston, Doss, Cooper, Herring and Johnson groups gathered for Mother's Day gifts and weekly calls. A local industry note reports Tescrete Co of Shreveport finishing a $0.5 million block and pipe plant in Bossier City Louisiana.
Hancock Store Mes W O Hicks visits her son and family in Ate and Ales California with friends Lilleton. Many local residents attend Mother's Day gatherings at Revel and Younse households. Readers express interest in newspaper advertising with surveys showing 8 percent want more ads in papers.
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