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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1930
Page
8
Corinth notes from May detail visits by J L Hood to Dubach and numerous Sunday gatherings. Families including Hoods Bennett Strothers and Harrisons share meals and host guests. B Y P U services draw visitors. Local travels include ruston, Monroe, Homer area, with birthdays and a first child reported.
May 14 events include Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Pilcher visiting Mrs. Griggs and Mrs. Mary Griggs. Mr. J. E. Thompson and daughter Alda traveled to Monroe for business. Misses Butler, Bates, and Vera Butler joined relatives at Mrs. Ivy Butler’s home. Friends from Calhoun and Monroe enjoyed the day, with two sermons by Pastor Cady of Choudraunt.
May 19 SIMSBORO residents share visits to Shreveport Dulath and Baton Rouge. Rev W T Strain attends Southern Baptist Convention in New Orleans with family. Local residents welcome newcomers E D Thomas family from Ruston and J E Bell of Sourlake Texas. Multiple guests and family visits highlight a quiet week in Simsboro with several trips to Shreveport and Baton Rouge.
Sibley May 19 The community notes graduation exercises held Tuesday night with certificates to finishing grammar school and 18 pupils receiving spelling certificates. A new birth, Mothers Day visits, and trips to Monroe are mentioned along with local illness, flood impacts on crops, and a birthday party hosted by the Ladies Auxiliary.
In Antioch on May 19 1930 Miss Helen Cargill is recovering at home with well wishers hoping for a quick return to her smile. The community notes include visits by Melvin Kirbo and family from Hodge to the Tabors, and various guests from Ruston Castor Simsboro and Hilly. Antioch grammar school closed on May 17 with a play Beauty and the Beast and seven graduates led by Olive Trussell as valedictorian and Miggy Lora Skinner as class prophet.
Wesley Chapel residents recount ten inches of rain causing crop losses and washouts to terraces on hill farms. Local graduates include Robert Mondy for a B.S. and Mildred and Lessie Mall with diplomas. Visits to Baton Rouge and Center, Texas noted. graveyard cleaning scheduled for May 22.
Miss Fan nie Harrison of Dubach was the weekend guest of her parents Mr and Mrs J M Harrison. Vada Mae and Allie Pilgreen were guests of Mr and Mrs Dan Hammonds. E M Davidson and Melvin Hood hosted Sunday dinner. Genie Singleton of Hico visits her brother Odie Singleton. Community Club meets Friday May 23 1934. Odie Singleton and wife announce birth of daughter Carma on May 11 1990. Mr and Mrs Carl McCullen E M Davidson and Mrs J S Hammond plan a Shreveport trip to visit Miss Bell Davidson in a sanitarium. Friends hope for improvement. Mr G W Green visiting daughter Mrs A Frumell.
Greenwood society pages summarize visits and calls among residents Mrs. Novie Mitchell and Eugene Nolan visit Mrs. Harris. Louella Martin accepts a position with Mr. Rives in Dubach. Rev. J. E. Baggarly travels to Olney Texas for Cumberland Presbyterian Assembly. Numerous gatherings at Vienna school and with local families are recorded along with weather delaying farm work due to heavy rainfall.
Hico May 20 The farmers face crop distress as rains fail to come. Local social notes list visits from Mesdames Dill Deason Ophelia Barnett Miss Lillian O'Neal Ida Moncrief Shreveport, Ralph Harper Farmerville and others. School year ends with eight diplomas at the sixth annual commencement. names include Alma Farley Vera Burgess Bula Lee Moncrief Othell Murphy Wilber Farley Jim Foster Simon Roach Wade Barkus with diplomas presented by local officials.
Williams Myrtis Reed Holland Houck Gervis Templeton Eldon Deason Wes ley Napper and Donard McClung arrived for summer visits. Misses Lethea Farley Raphell Farley Emma Lou Owen joined a B Y P F A social hosted by Mr and Mrs J E B Napper with Miss Hazel McGee as hostess. Lively games followed by ice cream and cake for about forty guests. Community Club meets Saturday evening.
Downsville May 20 notes guest visits from New Orleans and Monroe figures. The baccalaureate service for high school graduates was led by Rev. Holloway with choir and scripture readings. Graduation exercises set for May 29 at 8 p.m. with seniors bidding farewell to the Downsville High. Community plans include revival work, new league officers to be elected, and a luncheon for seniors. Rain hampers roads and crops yet keeps farmers cheerful amid Downsville singing in the rain.
The community recounts an electric storm and a small hall storm on Friday night. Local residents attend birthdays, visits, and gatherings at homes of Laurence, Delony, and Wilks families. several town residents travel to Austin and Arcadia. multiple relatives host and visit over the weekend.
The Douglas area reports weekend visits from numerous families including Shinpoch Halstead Williamson Baker and Rinehart households. A Friday tornado damaged a cabin and blew down shade trees while Epworth League workers Miss Shelby Farley McAdam and Marjorie Webb left the scene for medical care. The Douglas baseball team lost to Choudrant 8 to 7 and yard work is planned next Saturday.
May 20 report from Terryville notes Mrs. Bob Bryant visiting her daughter Mrs. Garland King. A fishing trip to Black Bayou included Bob King Alvin Fallins Henry Daniels and J W Rogers. Local residents hosted and visited relatives with many Friday and Sunday greetings among Woodards Daniels Shepherds and Johnsons.
After Carrie Nation's death a commemorative portrait and the hatchet taken by police were placed in the Kansas State Historical Society archives in Topeka, and a memorial fountain was erected at the site where she was struck or killed.
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