Ruston barber Henderson McCarley killed in crash
In Ruston two fatal and two injury crashes occurred on Highway 80 east of the city. Henderson Mac Carley, 45, a local barber, died at Rus ton Hospital after his pickup hit a Madison Oil Co truck on the Trenton Street overpass. He had delivered furniture from his home and was en route to a new residence. Funeral services were held at Spears Chapel with burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner Gwen Davis
Fairhope
Ala
Ruston
Robert Owen Davis
Rosalie Masias
Monroe
Hatch
Lincoln Parish
Henderson
Mac” McCarley
Madison Oil Co
Madison Parish
Trenton Street
McCarley
Ruston Hospital
S. Farmerville
Cooktown
Equality
Alabama
Grace Methodist Church
Stulces
Spears Chapel
George Ross
Marvin Jones
Cook Baptist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Spears Funeral Home
Esther Owen McCarley
John Andrew
Mary Jo
Susan
Morgan McCarley
Shreveport
Claude Mahlen
A. T. McKnight
Ringgold
W. C. McCarley
Haynesville
J. L. McCarley
Parker, Fla
B. McCarley
Alexandria
John~ Hay
Alton’ Liner
Fred Glover
Ralph Smelly
L. D. Napper
Dubach High Commencement Slated May 29
Dubach High School will hold commencement exercises Monday May 29 at 7 30 p m in the high school auditorium. Valedictorian Bettye Ann McGee with a 3085 average and salutatorian Mickey Waliker with a 3805 average lead the graduating class. Baccalaureate services are Sunday May 28 at 7 00 p m in the same auditorium with Rev. D A Doughty delivering the message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubach High School
Bettye Ann McGee
Mickey Waliker
Miss McGee
Dennis McGee
Miss Waller
Lorena Waller
Sandra Delores Madden
Sallie Jo Owen
Sue Carolyn Taylor
D. A. Doughty
Mickey Waller
Dubach School
Sondra Delores Madden
Sue Coralyn Taylor
Rev
Choudrant High School
Mary Smalling
Lucy Holder
S. E. McFadden
Cemetery Meet At Cooktown Slated May 20
The annual spring meeting of friends of the Cooktown Cemetery is set for Saturday May 20. Participants are asked to bring a lunch to share under shade trees at noon. All community members are invited to attend the business session and fellowship and help with cemetery cleaning.
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Cooktown
Friends of the
Cooktown Cemetery
Cemé
Mrs. McIntosh Funeral Rites Held in Ruston
Emma Grigsby McIntosh, 85, died at Ruston Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services were held at Kilpatrick Chapel at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Survived by two sons, a daughter, a brother, two sisters, ten grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren.
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Emma Grigsby McIntosh
Ruston Hospital
Special Summer Course At Tech Begins June 5th
Louisiana Tech offers two air conditioned special education courses this summer for in service teachers and education majors. Stanley EK Fudell of Austin Texas will teach Methods and Teaching Crafts to Handicapped Children and Education of Mentally Retarded Children. Courses run June 5 through July 14 with five daily sessions, while other Tech classes run nine weeks from June 5 to August 4.
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Louisiana Tech
Stanley EK. Fudell
Austin
Tex
Tech
New York Univerisity
Southwestern State Teachers College
University of Texas
Funeral Services For Mrs. R. W. Davis Held Tuesday
Mrs. Charlotte Arabella Long Davis 84 died after a brief illness at her home 609 N Vienna. widow of Robert Wesley Davis, she led a life of civic service in Ruston and Ansley. Funeral at First Baptist Church with Dr. G Avery Lee. interment Greenwood Cemetery. Survived by siblings, daughters Mary Olive and Charlotte, six grandchildren, one great grandson. Numerous pallbearers named from Shreveport to Alexandria.
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Charlotte Arabella Long Davis
Vienna
Spears Funeral Home
First Baptist Church
G. Avery Lee
Greenwood Cemetery
Ruston
Davis
The
Baptist Church
First Baptist Church of
Colonial Dames
D.A1
Cosmos Club
Eastern Star
BRPW
Godehaux Music Club
National Society of the Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims
Louisiana
Davis Bros. Lumber Company
Ansley, la
Ansley
Julius Tison Long
Shreveport
Olive Long Cooper
Natchitoches
Clara Long Knott
Lucille Long Hunt
Ruste
Mary Olive Davis Green
Charlotte Davis Parrott
Alexandria
Martha Charlotte Greed Talley
Roberta Green
Billy Green
Robert Davis Parrott
Mary Charlotta Parrott
John K. Long Parrott
Albert Gregory Talley
John Hunt
Pilmer Lane
Janes Long
Russell Long
Baton Rouge
John Puvournau
Simsboro High Graduation May 21 1961 Speakers
Simsboro High School will hold graduation in the Fsehnon auditorium on May 21 1961 at 8 pm. Rev Paul Cassel Rev Thomas Windsor and Rev Robert Denton will be principal speakers. Music by the 50 voice Simshoro High School Mixed Choir directed by Mrs Charles Cook. Honor students Peter Morgan Bingham Elizabeth Ann Woodard will be class speakers with Class President Oliver Houck and Class Representative Jimmy Ray Crawford also participating.
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Simsboro High School
Fsehnon
Paul Cassel
Simsboro Methodist Church
Thomas Windsor
Simshoro Baptist Church
Robert Denton
Alabama Baptist Church
Fifty Voice
Simshoro High School
Charles Cook
Peter Morgan Bingham
Elizabeth Ann Woodard
Oliver Houck
Jimmy Ray Crawford
Pete Morgan Bingham
Jimmy Jay Crawford
Robert Oliver Houck
Mildred Ann Popchoke
John Earle Rogers
Terry Land Rogers
Don J .Edward Sayers
William Robert Sumilin, Jr
Dora Lee Durrett Upshaw
Louis Lamar Waldron
Ranger Gibson Reports Four Parish Fires
Ranger Frank L. Gibson of the Louisiana Forestry Commission said in the last 30 days Linaealy Parish recorded four woods fires totaling seventy eight acres lost. He noted parish crews received a very good rating in the Commission's annual vehicle inspection at Alexander State Forest near Alexandria with a 100 point maintenance score.
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Frank L. Gibson
Louisiana Forestry Commission
Linealy—Parish
LFC
Gibson
Commission
Alexander State Forest
Alexandria
Two Cases Tried In City Court By Judge Fred Jones
Two cases were tried before City Court Judge Fred Jones on Monday. James B. Mitchell was tried for operating a motor vehicle without a license and forfeited a $100 bond after failing to appear. Al Mayfield was sentenced to pay court costs and serve 60 days in jail with public work, for disturbing the peace and fighting in public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Jones
James B. Mitchell
al Mayfield
Judge Jones Fines Three for Liquor Violations in Parish Court
Andrew Burton and Felton Williams, both Negroes, were fined $200 and costs and ordered to 60 days in jail after being found guilty of selling liquor exceeding the permitted alcohol by volume. Ordinance No. 183 of Lincoln Parish. Williams’s case appealed and to be retried by May 24 in the Third Judicial District Court for Lincoln Parish. George Uncegard was fined $30 and costs for operating a motor vehicle in excess of the speed limit.
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Andrew Burton
Felton Willams
Lincoln Parish
Willams
Third Judicial District Court
George Uncegard
Grambling College Official Killed By Auto Friday Night
Grambling College official Wilbert E. H. Christian, 38, was killed Friday night around 11 p.m. after being struck by a car driven by 15 year old Grambling High student J R Brown. Coroner Dr J J Bennett said he died at the scene. State Trooper Bruce Thompson and City Marshall Lewis Jackson investigated. Christian, a Gaston Alabama native, had worked at Grambling College for two years and is survived by his wife and two daughters. Funeral arrangements were tentatively set for Wednesday in Gaston. Juvenile Court has the case under advisement.
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Wilbert EH. Christian
Grambling College
J. R. Brown
Grambling
Bruce Thompson
Grambling City
Lewis Jackson
Christian
Gaston
Alabama
Ala
Red Cross Swim Lessons Schedule for Lincoln Parish
Red Cross announces summer swim program led by L. J. Hass Garrett with Nelda Jobrts in charge. Lessons run 8 to 10 am, Monday through Friday, at Ruston and Dubach pools and Grambling College, starting June 12. Four two week periods cover June 12 to August 4 with 30 or 60 minute sessions. Mrs Johns to register swimmers June 9, 2 to 5 pm at the pool.
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Lincoln Parish
Red Cross Water Safety
L. J
Johns
Highway Employees to Take Red Cross First Aid Course
The Louisiana Department of Highways will have its Lincoln Union and Jackson Parish staff trained in Red Cross First Aid. Instructor Stanley Zloozen, ex Red Cross trainer, will conduct sessions May 23 to 26 from 8 AM to 12 noon at Louisiana Tech Memorial Gym in Ruston. Evening classes may follow if demand exists. Contact Henry Riser of the Lincoln Parish Red Cross at AL 3004 or home AL 3188 to enroll.
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Louisiana Department of Highways
Red Cross
Stanley Zloozen
American Red Cross
Louisiana
Mississippi
Highway Department
Lincoln Union
Jackson Parishes
Ruston
Memorial
Louisiana Tech
Zloozen
Henry Riser
Lincoln Parish
The
Leader
Mississippi Avenue
Peach Festival Contest Peaches and Posies Show Entries Named
Mrs F W Kaylor seeks exhibitors for the Peaches and Posies Flower Show tied to the Louisiana Peach Festival in Rus ton on June 22 1961. The Horticulture Division welcomes local and out of town gardeners while the Design Division invites five entries per Lincoln Council garden club with several sections and classes focusing on peach themed and seasonal arrangements. Volunteers should contact Mrs F W Kaylor ASAP for participation details.
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F. W. Kayior
Ruston
Lincoln Corncil Garden Club
Tham Garden Club
F. W. Kaylor
Pride of the Hills
Southwind Beauty
Red Haven
Dixie Gem
Dr Bruge Everitt Named Health Forum Committee Member
Dr Bruge W Everitt of Ruston named to the National Health Forum committee forming 1962 plans on accident prevention and emergency care. Dr Norton Kiefer of Equitable Life will chair. Everitt attends May 25 meeting in New York and serves on related advisory groups for Hammond Louisiana school for retarded children.
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Bruge W. Everitt
Ruston
National Health Forum
National ‘Health Council
Nortvin Kiefer
Equitable Life .Assurance Society
United Stattes
National Health Council
Everist
New York City
Hammond
Louisiana
T. R. Pant
Department of Pediatricu
Creighton University
Oy Omadha Nebraska
Medical Clinica
No America
P Irlc
Jourt of Medical Education
American Academy of Pediatrics
Rae Hn
Pat Hyatt Named Mr. Woodman by Ruston Lodge
M. J. Pat Hyatt of Simshoro was named Mr. Woodman of 1960 by Woodman of the World Camp No. 12 of Ruston at their annual fly night. W. A. Smith received a five year field service pin from the home office. Over eighty residents attended the fair grounds ceremony with Fred Farmer presiding.
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M. J
Pat’ Hyatt
Simshoro
Ruston
Woodman
W. A. Smith
Woodman of the World
Fair Grounds
Fred Farmer
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Masias
Robertsdale
Dallas
Miss Masias
Turner Davis
Croner
J. J. Bennett
Spears and Kilpatricks Funeral Homes
Sheriff's Deputies
Dubach High
Bobby Gene Bennett
Kenneth Lamar Bettell
Paul James Bonin, Jr
Louis Douglas Britt
Thomas William Doss
Joel Phillip Farrar
Richard Lean Fontenot
Thomas Larry Green
Jimmy Lamar Hammons
Larry Hogg
Jackie Dale Hunt
William Pearman Smith
Lois Olive Barnette
Patricia Arn Bell
Nancy Ann Colvin
Hilda Eugenia Green
Esther Eley Jones
Glenda Ruth Knowles
Redea Pearson Owen
Marian Roberta Lea Many
Nancy Hayden Taunton
Mrs. McIntosh
Kilpatrick Chapel
Kilpatrick Funeral Home of
Robert D
Garland A
W. H. Riser
Elmer Grigsby
Homer King
Sam E. Smart
R. W. Davis
Mrs. Davis
Winn Parish
Huey Pierce Long
Caledonia Tison Long
U. S
Huey P. Long
Earl K. Long
George Long
Simsboro High
Penguanon
Jimmy Howard
Batorr Rouge
Minden Comcrete Co
Ray W. Burgess
Geale
Geas
Minden
Department of Highways
Warratt
Intgess
Etry Company
Charles L. Davis,Jr
Minden, Concrete Company
State Forest
Frank Gibson
Bryant Duggan
Bobby Gibson
Judge Jones
Choudrant High Graduates
W._H. CHRISTIAN
Southwind
the Queen
Pat Hyatt
Mr. Woodman
Ruston Lodge
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