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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1930
Page
6
A Saturday night windstorm and heavy rain swept Ruston and nearby areas after seven, uprooting trees on the Louisiana Tech campus and tearing a gym roof. A barn lost a calf, a porch vanished from a negro cabin, and power briefly cut on the north side. No injuries were reported as the storm subsided after eight with lingering rain.
The Chamber of Commerce Dairy School held its weekly session with fifteen veteran milkmen and farmers attending. Prof. R. L. Reese lectured on balanced and maintenance rations, showing how improper feeding reduces feed efficiency and milk output. Country Agent J. A. Shealy outlined common cattle diseases and remedies. An upcoming session was set for May 22.
Theta Kappa Nu fraternity of Louisiana Tech held a banquet at the Elks club Friday night with each member accompanied by a lady friend. Robert DuBose, senior, presided as toastmaster. Saw Graves jazz orchestra from Dorado, Arkansas provided music for the event attended by over a hundred active and alumni members from across the state. Special guests included Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Bond, Miss Gallie Robison, and the dean of women.
Prentis Frasier eldest son of Deputy Sheriff Clyde Frasier employed by Ruston Creamery suffered painful injuries to his right arm after the ice in an electric crusher pulled him into the machine at a creamery on Saturday. A coworker heard his call and shut off power. the arm was cut above the wrist requiring stitches and temporary loss of use. Doctors expect regain of use as the wound heals.
In Monroe area notes, farmer Jim Kinman shifts land from cotton to alfalfa for dairy gains. Kinman reports seven tons per acre last year, plants four acres this season, costs of 10 to 15 dollars per acre, yields two to three tons annually, and milk from fifteen cows at high daily outputs. Walter Head announces a one million dollar gift to Boy Scouts of America from Edward S. Harkness, contingent on a ten million dollar fund campaign by January 1, 1931.
In New Orleans on Friday night Old Regulars caucused at Choctaw club and declared themselves unalterably opposed to Gov Huey P Long road bond scheme. In Baton Rouge Judge Gilbert L Dupre spokesman for St Landry parish resigned from all committees appointed by Speaker John B Fournet. Dupre’s resignation takes effect immediately after being displaced from the chairmanship of judiciary committee A last week and from membership in the group governing railroads and canal concerns.
Louisiana Tech students in Ruston form the O K Club with aims to become a local and then national Greek fraternity. The group features J H Hogan Oak Ridge and others listed by rows including P K Andrews Farmerville and B F Shell Kelly among its members and a faculty adviser KR A McFarland.
V. C. Cupp, who bought Ruston Drug Company stock and fixtures, re signed with a wholesale drug house to run Ruston Pharmacy. He aims for a modern, clean operation with 24 hour prescription service by two graduate pharmacists. The Ruston native plans to serve the local trade as a town credit. Also noted are about fifty new state legislature bills, mostly local and unimportant.
Dean William G. Burgin of Dodd College spoke on Successful Failures at Ruston High School commencement, urging graduates to use failures as stepping stones. 83 diplomas were awarded by Clyde Rodgers of the state board of education, with a full program of music, solos, and a farewell address.
Announcement that City Judge E L Walker seeks the office of Judge of the Third Judicial District covering Union Lincoln and Jackson parishes, subject to the Democratic primary on September 9. Walker, born in Jackson parish, educated at Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, has served as Jackson parish clerk of court, practiced in Jonesboro and Ruston, and been Ruston city judge, with a record of integrity and community involvement.
Professor Elbert Haskins and voice student Guy Corley entertained Kiwanis Club last week to boost attendance. Secretary H L McKnight read an invitation from Townsville PTA to host a future lunch, unanimously accepted and to be scheduled. A billboard near the new Mississippi River bridge at Vicksburg was discussed. President G W Bond named a committee to study feasibility and cost.
The Tech Agri Club elected new officers on April 24 for the coming year. Nelson H. Humphries was named President, Burrel Maxey Vice-President, R A Donald Lee Secretary and Treasurer, succeeding N W Walpole and L R Brewster. Installations followed with speeches urging progress and growth of the department’s new club.
Christian Cagle, Army halfback who resigned from West Point, announced in New York that he will coach at Mississippi A and M in September. He plans to move to Louisiana with his wife Mrs Cagle and was evading reporters after a publicity statement via Astor hotel.
An invitation invites the public to an open house at the new Men’s dormitory on the Louisiana Tech campus Wednesday evening from 6:30 to 8. The building, recently completed, will be officially opened for inspection. It features simple design, solid construction, forty one double occupancy rooms, and is described as one of the best equipped dormitories in the region. Mrs. W. L. Mitchell, matron, urges attendance.
Jess Shaw a negro laborer on the Rae ton Simaboro highway and Boss Mayfield a negro living south of Rustoh were arrested and jailed on charges of violating the Volstead act. Charlie Green white farmer of Ward Six was found with home brew but fled as officers approached. Green likely to be arrested today. Shaw had choc beer on ice in a wash tub. Mayfield had about two gallons of liquor at his house.
H M Johnson, pastor of Trinity Methodist, and his son Edward completed a miniature nine hole golf course on a vacant lot beside the pastor’s home. The course mirrors a full size layout with greens tee stands and fairways. Par is set at two strokes per hole, yet the family and neighbors have not yet beaten the score. He says construction cost was minimal and plans to share the course with friends seeking recreation.
Louisiana Tech will have twelve professors delivering commencement addresses across the state. President G. W. Bond notes the schedule includes Quitman on May 21 and Linville on May 22, with multiple other campuses mentioned for May dates.
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