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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1956
Page
3
A truncated OCR fragment references the Honorable Third District Court and ongoing actions. It mentions directives, a date, and a potential proceeding but contains garbled wording, making specifics unclear. No names, places, or concrete actions can be reliably identified from the fragment.
A collage of 1956 public notices includes a writ of fi fai sale in Lincoln Parish with Sheriff Clyde Frasier listing property of defendants, plus bids invited for ruston high school uniforms. Notices name Harold Gansden Caulden and Old Gaulden, with auctions to be held at Ruston Court House.
Mrs A Ball and families visited in Memphis while Rex Tatum gave a Baton Rouge recital attended by Miss Mattie Lous Tatum and several spouses. Houston and Ruston connections surfaced in multiple visits, with Joe C Smith welcoming a newborn son Ronald Alan on May 16 1956 and local gatherings featuring Mrs Enloe and prize winners at a meeting.
Nagging backache and urinary discomfort prompt a familiar remedy pitch. The ad promotes Dean's Pills as a pain reliever and diuretic aid to ease bladder irritation and kidney strain, claiming long standing use and a new large economy size to save money.
Four Louisiana Tech entrants win awards in an intercollegiate literary contest on abstinence and moderation as solutions to alcohol problems. Ben W. Lightfoot earns 10 dollars, Edwin M. Callaway 3, F R Matthews 5, and Frederick C. Weasterzaara 5, with additional prize money totaling 301 dollars noted in the report.
Pvt. Thomas Reynolds, whose wife Rosa lives in Dubach La, graduated from the Chemical Corps School at Fort McClellan Ala Reynolds completed a nine week end training in chemical decontamination and equipment repair He entered the Army last November and finished basic training at Fort Carson Colo Reynolds attended Dubach High School He is the son of Mr and Mrs Raymond H Reynolds Revue scholarship was granted to Light fant for the Entercollegiate School of Alcohol Studies at the University of Chicago August 25 30 Dr Frances Fletcher English professor at Tech sponsored participation in the Roberts essays at the college.
Sealed bids must be received by 9 p.m. on Tuesday June 12 1956 at the Lincoln Parish Courthouse Ruston Louisiana for furnishing about 000 cubic yards of washed maintenance gravel. Delivery over 150 days with at least 20 percent each 30 days. Juries reserve right to reject all bids. Exidie Evans Secretary MwM23-90-J-6
Mrs. Kim Foster and Mr and Mrs W C Barnett enjoyed a weekend visit with Mr and Mrs Thomas Farley in Lake Charles. Other Sunday guests included Mr and Mrs Bud Davidson and children of Farmerville, Mrs Lizzie Rogers and son of Gibsland visiting Mr and Mrs Frank Graves, Mr and Mrs Furman Doss with Mr and Mrs James Doss and son of Lisbon, Mr and Mrs Holland Houck and Wayne, and Lt and Mrs Al Trammell of Biloxi.
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