Bernice News Highlights Local Visits and A Postmaster Retirement
Local notes record visits among Bernice residents with relatives in Spearsville Unionville Chase West Monroe and Dubach. Mrs Minnie Baldwin honored at First Baptist as postmaster retires after 85 years service. Seniors enjoyed trips to Baton Rouge and New Orleans with accompanying family members and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. Smith
Luther Colvin
Unionville
J. A. Matthews
Chase, la
A. L. Smith
Buddy Colvin
Monroe
Author Doss
W. N. Poland
Drew English
West Monroe
G. M. Colvin
E. L. Lewis
Dubach
al Lautigar's
Ethel Burns
Mount Patrick Baptist Church
M. A. Liggen
Minnie Baldwin
First Baptist Church
Balawin
Bernice
A. I. Scott
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Dewey Smith
Pat Tulloh
A. R. Lee
Newton Smith
Ira Simpson
Dan Lit Croaiux
Fellowship notes from Dubach church and community events
Mrs Burl Davis remains a patient at a Ruston hospital and is hoped to recover swiftly. C Cadwallader shows improvement and may leave soon. Family members attended Mrs Roy Franklin’s funeral in Rust. Vacation Bible School leaders joined a clinic at Farmerville First Church. Dubach H D C hosted 4 H club members at a party led by Mrs Croley Fuller and co-hostesses. Mrs C R Kites visits family in Oklahoma. Church clean-up day is planned. Homecoming speaker Bro J L Stone, former Dubach pastor, announced for May 31. Dubach garden club met with Mrs King Gray. daylilies were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burl Davis
Ruston Hospital
Bro
C. 5
Cadwallader
J. L. Stone
Stone
Dubach
Providence Community Notes and Cemetery Work Date
Providence residents share visits among families including Browns Singleton Coopers Nobles Hood and Johnsons. The Providence cemetery is to be worked the first Saturday in June with all invited to help. Several families travel from Jonesboro Arcadia and Shreveport area for weekend visits and illnesses including Olen Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Elton Treadway
Jonesboro
G. P. Cooper
Author Hood
Andy Hood
Cecil Cooper
Glen Johnson
J. J. Jolson
Soul Johnson
Arcadia
Larry Johnson
Kenny Barpelt
Johnny Doss
Herman Coby
Mollie Singleton
Calvin Singleton
Shelby Joan Cooper
Quitman High Graduation To Be May 26th
Baccalaureate services for Quitman High School seniors will be on Sunday May 24 at 3 PM in the Quitman High gymnasium. The sermon will be by Rev Wayne Toms with invocation and benediction by Rev Wayne Carpenter. Graduation will be Tuesday May 26 at 8 PM in the school gymnasium. Diplomas will be awarded by principal C W Asiwell, with American Legion awards by Rev Troy Garrett and other awards by L C Harvey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quitman
Quitman High
Wayne Toms
Wayne Carpenter
C. W. Asiwell
American Legion
Troy Garrett
L. C. Harvey
T. L. Brooks, Jr
Stuart Toms
James Eddie Brown
Malcolm George
Virginia Grigsby
Carolyn Harvey
WH. A. Head
J. T. Howard
Wayne Horton
Billie Jones
Margie MelIntire
Gloria Mercer
Mary Moffett
Jeanette Sizemore
Wade Sizemore
Patrick Thompson
Earl Walker
T L James Gets Bid At Air Station
T L James and Company of Ruston submitted the low bid of 350 550 for roads and parking at the Naval Auxiliary Air Station New Iberia The project covers about 441 600 square yards of paving 12 700 square yards of shell surfacing and 700 yards of concrete apron paving The contract is part of the Navy Military construction program in the Eighth Naval District
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. L. James and Company, Inc
Ruston
Naval Auxiliary Air Station
New Iberia
New Orleans
Frank L. Endebrock
Civil Engineer Corps
USN
Ighth Naval District
Navy
Might Naval District
Tech Department Head Tours Phillips Co. Facilities
Prof. Jack J. Thigpen of Louisiana Polytechnic Institute led a group of 25 educators visiting Phillips Petroleum Company in Bartlesville Oklahoma. They toured headquarters and research facilities in Bartlesville and Tulsa production sites May 12 to 14 and attended the International Petroleum Exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack J. Thigpen
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Teading
Phillips Petroleum Company
Bartlesville
Oklahoma
Purbank
Okla
Tulsa
RHS Honor Students Named At Ruston High School
Three Ruston High honor students are Patricia Kavanaugh Rel Gray and Elizabeth Ann Riser. They have straight A averages and tied scholastic records with principal R G Tranchey and Janehey. Baccalaureate services occur May 24 at 2 30 p m with Rev Henry Blount delivering the sermon and Rel Gray giving invocations and benediction. Graduation for the 109 member class is May 26 with diplomas awarded by Morelie Emmons and Rev W A Holley delivering the invocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruston High School
R. G. Tranchey
Janehey
Patricia Kavanaugh
N. K. Kavanaugh
Rel Gray
Ref Gray
Elizabeth Ann Riser
Ben D. Riser
Ruston High
Henry Blount
Grace Methodist Church
Temple Baptist Church
Morelie Emmons
We. A. Holley
Rustin Church of Christ
Optimist Club Prepares For Organization
The Ruston Optimist Club moves toward formal organization after a pre-organization meeting led by district governor Phil Reemes of Pine Bluff Arkansas. A field representative from Optimist International is expected in Ruston within two weeks to review charters. JC Mills was named temporary chairman, Melvin Wathree elected temporary secretary-treasurer, with out of town guests including Sosius and Hobbs from Shreveport and Monroe respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruston Optimist Club
Phil Reemes
Pine Bluff
Ark
Ruston
Focal Club
Optimist International
Optimist Tnternitonal
Chaiiran
Ruston Options
JC. Mills
Gard Melvin Wathree
Tempiay
Toe Sosius
Shreveport
Jin Hobbs
Monroe
Jimmy Talbot Receives Telephone Company Award
The article notes Jimmy Talbot winning a Telephone Company award as a scholarship recipient. Details mention a regional program with a Southern association presenting the honor at an event in Ruson, tied to a beneficiary named Jinny and a campus study context at Ruston High School.
Graduation Set May 24 At Simshoro
The Simshoro high school graduation will be held in the High School Auditorium at 8 p m May 24 1959 Rev Danny Blake and Rev Dudley Downing will conduct the program Three honor students Wanda Fay Skinner Barbara Tolley and Geraldine Howard will be featured speakers Music by the Simshoro high school choir Class of 59 members include Sandra Cates Brown James Richmond Carroll Jr Carolyn Sue Chatham Richard Ivy Durrett Barbara Ann Tolley Ella Geraldine Moward Larry David Kent Ivory Joe Wickham Max Lewis Patricia Ann McCullen Virginia Dave Peterson Eleanor Louise Rodrigues Francis Louise Sims James Charles Skinner Wanda Fay Skinner and Maxine Tinsley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simshoro High
Danny Blake
Simshoro Baptist Church
Dudley Downing
Alabama Baptist Church
Wanda Fay Skinner
Barbara Tolley
Geraldine Howard
Simshoro High School
Sandra Cates Brown
James Richmond Carroll, Jr
Carolyn Sue Chatham
Richard Ivy Durrett
Barbara Ann Lolley
Ella Geraldine Moward
Larry David Kent
Ivory Joe Wickham
Max Lewis
Patricia Ann McCullen
Virginia Dave Peterson
Eleanor Louise Rodrigues
Francis Louise Sims
James Charles Skinner
Maxine Tinsley
City Seeks State Aid for Ruston Road Work
The Ruston city government asks the state highway department for aid on multiple road projects. Proposals include surfacing Cooktown Road to Highway 167 north of Toma Lailure, resurfacing Maryland Avenue from Sunset Boulevard to Conler Street, widening and overlaying Arizona Street to the Tech campus, and preparations for traffic flow on Pen ton and Vienne Streets when I-20 interchange opens. The city also seeks funds to lay a 4 route from Voehlar road to Highway 167 south of was ton, joining the fish way near the southern city limits. The aldermen received a request from Hugh Pelton of Tirel and Co. to purchase dots aria creck a mate ckeum in the city cemetery, a plan still under study. Bids were received for two city projects, one for Street Department and one for Water Department, with the board naming the low bidder. Anchorage is Alaska’s lone city with 41,000 population. millbats and tang are noted in local columns.
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Sate
Ruston
Cooktown Road
Toma Lailure
Wse
State Department
Maryland Avenue
Sunset Boulevard
Conler Street
Gas Hitte
Dnt
Highway
Ton
Cui Mic
Maus. Bum
Hugh Pelton
Tire] and Co
Louisville
Gpeet
Atetion
Teard
Street Department
Water Department
Fiardape Bord
Veteran of War Medical Missionary Tells of Mid East Situation
Dr. James M. Young, visiting Ruston, returned from four years in Gaza as a Baptist hospital medical missionary. He said the situation improved after UN forces arrived in March but no permanent peace path exists between Arabs and Jews. He plans to return to Gaza after two years of training and work at Confederate Memorial Hospital in Shreveport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid-East
James M. Young
Ruston
Middle East
Baptist
Gaza
Dr. Young
Gazi Strip
Palestine
Young
Tech
LSU Medical School
Ruston High School
June Buckner, Dauhter
John Tuckner
Pinecrest Drive
Toe Gibson
Youngs
Mark
Bruce
Kay
Marks
Confederate Memorial Hospital
Shreveport
Youn
Giza
Quitman Junior to Attend Summer Science Institute
Miss Toulse Westbrook daughter of Mr and Mrs V J Westbrook of Clay has been chosen as one of thirty students from Arkansas Mississippi and Louisiana to take part in the National Science Foundation Summer Science Institute at Louisiana Polytechnic Institute from June 29 to August 14. She is a junior at Quitman High School. Selection is based on ability and interest in science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toulse Westbrook
V. J. Westbrook
Clay
Arkansas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Westbrook
Quitman High School
Louisiana Tech
Sihe
Anne Sentell
Weasley Sentell
Hodge
Miss Sentall
Tech
Alpha Tau Delta
Wat the College
Boozer Family Honored By Church Of Christ Members
Church of Christ members in Woodland Park honored the Boozer family on Thursday May 14 with a picnic supper and a humorous tribute poem read by W A Holley. A money corsage was given to Mrs Boozer. attendees included numerous local families led by Elmer Hollis and Cecil Davis among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boozer
Church of Christ
Church of Chii
Charles Boozer
W. A. Holley
Elmer Hollis
Cecil Davis
Joel Turner
Bill van Cleave
Josh Baker
Lortis ‘Terry
C. DuBois
Jesse ‘Moore
Ray ‘Telford
Roy Capshaw
Gene Lea
Jim Roberts
Claud’ Keller
George, Colvin
Harry Raine
Norman Bracken
Melvin Nobles
J. L. Gustafson
W. E. Farmer
Ernest, Ball
D. A. Dulaney
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Chas
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Archie Calvin
Everett Roberson
Alvin Davis
C. R. Kites
Jewell Brown
Odelle
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F. ‘F. Singleton
Pat Tubs
David Caver
Norman Williams
Iran
Olen Fohnson
T. L. James
Phillips Co
Woolarne Lodge
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RHS
Optimist Club
Jimmy Talbot
Telephone Co
Massachusetts
Teeboohaiss
Dts Ids
Simshoro
Simsboro
Simsboro High School
Me Skinner
Barbara Holley
Boyce Holley
Anchorage
Alaska
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Smith
Trorets
Ketchikan
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Dallas Roper Leader
Sir. Young
Mediterranean Sea
Israel
Egypt
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Louise Westbrook
Science Institute
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Leader Printing Co
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