Highway Board members expense records reveal per diem totals
Baton Rouge May 23 report shows four Gov. Jimmie Davis era Highway Board members averaged over $670 monthly for nine months of this fiscal year. Six of eight members charged $31,548.11 in per diem and expenses from July 1960 to April 1961, with three claiming hotel costs for themselves and spouses. Two members did not take per diem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Jimmie Davis
State Highway Board
State Highway Department
Ted Price
Lake Charles
Otto Candies
Des Allemandy
Marvin Bass
Shreveport
H. C. McCall
Sylvan R. Sibley
Alexandria
G. E. Summers
Abbeville
Anthony Devaney
New Orleans
First District
Sibley
Howard
Bass
Summers
Devaney
McCall
Highway Board
Highway Department
Deveney
Southeastern Assn. of State Highway Officers
Biloxi
Miss
Buena Vista
Devoney
Bator’ Rouge
Oil Company
Davis
Long
Long Board
W A Sanderson Dies At Home In Choudrant
William Alexander Sanderson 89 died at his Choudrant home after an extended illness. Funeral services were held at First Baptist Church Choudrant with interment in Choudrant Cemetery. Survived by wife Annie Mae Stewart, six children, a sister, a brother, six grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. Spears Funeral Home directed.
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William Alexander Sanderson
Choudrant
First Baptist Church
Jesse Bryan
Choudrant Baptist Church
Edgar Bryan
Dave Corley
Choudrant Methodist Church
Mr. Sanderson
Jackson Parish
Lincoln Parish
Kate Davis
Annie Mae Stewart
First, Baptist Church
Beauty Lyons
Ruston
Ross Sanderson
West Monroe
Sara Adney
Ennis Dery
Thelbert
Corpus Christi
Texas
Lynn
Jack
Gerald
Spears Funeral Home
Louisiana Car Safety Inspection Deadline Set May 1
Baton Rouge UPI reports the Louisiana Department of Public Safety warns only seven days remain to have cars inspected for safety with May 1 identified as the final deadline by Superintendent Colonel Thomas Burbank. Vehicles failing to meet safety standards may be removed from highways.
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Baton” Rouge
UPI
Louisiana Department of Public Safety
Thomas Burbank
Ruston Junior High to Stage Annual Music Program
Caldwell announces Ruston Junior High School will present its annual Music Program on Thursday May 25 at 7 30 pm in the Ruston High School auditorium.Admission is free. Seventh Grade beginners Barth,Eighth Grade Girls Choir,Eighth Grade Band to perform under J L Barnard and chair director J E Mitchain.
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J. L. Barnard
J. E. Mitchain
Simsboro High School honors two graduates at ceremony
Honors recipients Peter Bingham and Ann Woodard led Simsboro High School graduation in the school auditorium Sunday evening. Class president Oliver Houch and class rep Jimmy Ray Crawford spoke. Rev. Paul Cassel delivered principal remarks with assistance from Rev. Thomas Windsor and Rev. Robert Denton. Awards: American Legion and Scholastic Honor Key for Bingham. scholarship to Louisiana Tech. Woodard also earned American Legion Award and D A R Good Citizenship Award. Graduates listed include Bingham, Crawford, Houck, Pop choke, Rogers, Rogers, Sayers, Samiin, Upshaw, Waldron, Woodard.
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Peter Bingham
Ann Woodard
Simsboro High School
Oliver Houch
Jimmy Ray Crawford
Paul Cassel
Simshorn Methodist Church
Thomas Windsor
Simsbury Baptist Church
Robert Denton
Alabama Baptist Church
Petey Bingham
American Legion
Louisiana Tech
Anit Woodard
D.A.R
Robert Oliver Houck
Mildred Ann Popchoke
John Earl Rogers
Terry Land Rogers
Don Edward Sayers
William Robert Samiin
Dora Lee Durrett Upshaw
Louis Lamar Waldron
Elizabeth
Letter Urging Ruston Heart Center Here
A signed appeal led by Rev A C Jawton of Shreveport asks Ruston leaders to build a modern heart center costing about 25000 dollars as a memorial to a local figure. The letter proposes local staff, nursing input, tech training, and dog laboratory testing to ensure machines run at 100 percent, urging broad publicity and support from officials and organizations.
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Beasley
Chamber of Commerce
Tech
R. K. Popp
Fred Jones
Jesse Riser
Lincoln Parish
Ruston
A. C. Jawton
Shreveport
Louisiana
A'C. Lawton
Freeman Rites Held for E H Freeman
E H Freeman 58 died Sunday after brief illness at his Ruston residence. An automotive parts salesman and member of Ruston Presbyterian Church Masonic Lodge 106 F and AM and Shriner funeral held Tuesday May 23 at Spears Chapel with Rev J W Lipscomb officiating. Burial Greenwood Cemetery Spears Funeral Home directed. Survived by wife Edna James Freeman one daughter Mrs W W Norris Jr Bowling Green KY three sons James Everett Huttig Ark Jack Wallace Lafayette Robert Ju Han Ruston two brothers Edwin Freeman Wilson LA Louis Freeman Angola LA two sisters Miss Hazel Freeman and Mrs Lacey Abar Norsgood LA and seven grandchildren.
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Freeman
Ruston
Spears
J. W. Lipscomb
Greenwood Cemetery
Spears Funeral Home
Edna James Freeman
W. W. Norris Jr
Bowling Green
James Everett
Huttig
Ark
Jack Wallace
Lafayette
Robert Ju- Han
Edwin Freeman
Wilson
Louis Freeman
Angola
Hazel Freeman
Lacey Abar
Norsgood
Hillcrest School Presented Flag By Congressman
Hillcrest Elementary will observe flag raising Friday morning at :30 o clock. The sixth grade will present a 50 star flag flown over the United States capitol. The flag was presented by Congressman Do Pass man. Sixth graders under Mrs Lucille Dring will lead the ceremony. Friends and patrons are invited.
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Hillcrest School
Hillcrest Elementary School
United States Capitol Building
Washington D. C
Do Passman
Lucille Dring
Poloron Tech Establishes Lincoln Parish Scholarship
Poloron Products of Louisiana Inc. funds a $600 yearly scholarship for Lincoln Parish high school graduates to attend Louisiana Tech University. The four $150 payments depend on maintaining a B average. First award goes to Ruston High School graduate at May 30, 1961 ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poloron Products of Louisiana Inc
Poloron Products Inc
New Bachelle
New York
Lincoln Parish
Louisiana “Tech
Tech
Ruston
Dubach
Choudrant
Hico
Simsboro
Poloron Products of Louisiana, Inc
Poloron Products of Louisiana’ Inc
Forester
Frank Gibson
Tues
Louisiana
Polovan Products Inc
Louisiana Tech
Death Notice of C H Skipper 52 in Ruston
C H Skipper 52 a carpenter for Ivon construction died at 11 00 p m May 17 1961 after a short illness He was a Franklin Ga native Burial was at Walnut Cemetery Simsboro under Kilpatrick Ruston Survivors include his wife three daughters Mrs Curtis Sherrill Ruston Mrs Harold Loliy Vienna Mrs Doris Throdus Shreveport one son Archie Lee Skipper USS Marine Corps one brother Oliver Skipper Ruston three sisters Mrs Dollie Colvin Dubach Mrs Kate McCrary Alessa Tex Mrs bessie Henry Downsville and his mother Mrs Man Emmanual Dubach
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Skipper
Carpenter For & Ivon) Construction Company
Ruston Muspites
Franklin, Ga
Curtis ~ Sherrill
Ruston
Harold Loliy
Vienna
Doris Throdus
Shreveport
Archie Lee Skipper
USS Marine Corps
Oliver Skipper
Dollie Colvin
Dubach
Kate McCrary
Alessa
Tex
Bessie Henry
Downsville
Man Emmanual
Simsboro Cemetery Memorial Day Services Planned
The Simsboro Cemetery Association announces annual Memorial Day Services for Sunday, June 4 at 11 a.m. in the school auditorium. President F Wilford Robison urges contributions and asks attendees to bring a basket of food to share after the service with old friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simsboro Cemetery Association
F. Wilford Robison
Damage hits one acre at Charlie Colvin place in Mineral Springs
Gib son reports one acre damaged at the Charlie Colvin place in Mineral Springs. He notes that rain early this morning and last Saturday helped lessen fire risk, but urges extreme caution as the dry season begins.
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Charlie Colvin
Mineral Springs
Gibson
Three Fined In City Court By Judge Jones
Judge Fred Jones presided Monday over city court where B C Goss was fined 15 dollars and costs for disturbing the peace while intoxicated in public. Dewey Frazier, a Negro, was fined 25 dollars and costs for simple assault. Lemon White, a Negro, was fined 2 dollars and costs for discharging a firearm in public.
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Fred Jones
B. C. Goss
Dewey Frazier
Lemon White
Negro
Ecosis
Mayor announces Poppy Day observed in Ruston
Mayor T. C. Beasley announced Poppy Day will be observed Saturday May 27. The annual memorial to American war dead, sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary, will last all day with volunteers on street corners offering poppies to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Beasley
American Legion Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Ruston
Ruston High Graduates Number 14
Ruston High School will honor nine top graduates at commencement with nine honor laurels. Mary Ellen Blackwell Peggy Jean Brooks Nancy Elgin Garrison Martha Kavanaugh Hood Doris Faye Jiles Patricia Ann Jones Thomas Glenn Larance Jr Carolyn Jeannette Rasbury Joel Barton Tell nghuisen lead the list. A full graduates and pictures section appears in the Leader today courtesy of local merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruston Uigh School
Mary Ellen Blackwell
Peggy Jean Brooks
Nancy Elgin Garrison
Martha Kavanaugh Hood
Doris Faye Jiles
Patricia Ann Jones
Thomas Glenn Larance Jr
Carolyn Jeannette Rasbury
Joel Barton ‘Tell'nghuisen
Two Are Honored At Jaycee Meeting Here On Monday
Ruston Junior Chamber of Commerce honored Jerry Norris for winning the special award from the Atoms Commission for outstanding work in the Atoms for Peace project. Norris led in a four state area in the national Jaycee project. George Smith, son of Dr and Mrs Joe Smith, was voted outstanding Junior Champion for four restraint place ribbons at the City Wide Track Meet. The luncheon sponsor is the Ruston Jaycees. Guest speaker was Ludley Cavendar, incoming Ruston Chamber of Commerce executive secretary.
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Jaycee Meeting
Jaycee
Jerry Norris
Ruston Junior Chamber of Commerce
Atoms Commission
Atoms For Peace
Norris
George Smith
Joe Smith
George
The
Ruston Jaycees
Ludley Cavendar
Ruston Chamber of Commerce
Peach Growers Contests Readied For Louisiana Peach Festival
Louisiana Department of Labor to aid Lincoln Parish peach harvest with a seasonal Farm Placement Office at 112 W Alabama St Auston. The 7th annual Louisiana Peach Festival in Ruston June 22-23 features parade and flower show with Queen and Princess contests. Lincoln Parish growers forecast a bumper crop under County Agent L O LeVasseur, with several commercial firms listed in the patch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bankers Farm Clinic
Bossier Parish
Buck Green
W. G.kelly
Bank of Chaudrant
Larry Pennell
David Sanderson
Chaudrant Fra
J. B. Jenkins
Ruston Ffa
Howard Smith
Ruston State Bank
Lamar Oxford
Williamac
Donald Lozorut
Lincoln
Louisiana Department of Labor
Lincoln Parish
Col. C.T. Baird
Monroe
Alabama St. Auston
Ruston
Lincoln Pariah Peach Browers
L. O. LeVasseur
Homer Beast
Bingham
F. W. Borland
Elmer’ Hollis
Fowler
Tatum
Newt .Kevyanaugh
A. B. Laranchest
J. E. Mitcham
7. C
Derints Owens
Sumrail's
Orchard
Roscot Tullos
Tech Geologist To Attend Course At Colorado State
Dr. Troy J. Laswell of Louisiana Tech will join 39 other geologists for a four week course titled Statistics for Geologists at Colorado State University Fort Collins. The program runs July 31 to August 25 and is sponsored by the National Science Foundation with lectures by visiting scientists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy J. Laswell
Louisiana Tech
Colorado State University
Fort Collins
National Science Foundation
Tech
United States
Mrs H M Michael Dies at 88. Funeral Wednesday
Mrs H M Michael died peacefully Tuesday at her Cooktown Road home at 88. Widow of Rev Michael, early Cook Hantist Church pastor, she helped in church and civic life and led five generations of her family. Survived by five daughters, eight grandchildren, thirteen great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild. service held 4:00 Wednesday at Spears Funeral Parlors with interment at Alabama Cemetery, east of Arcadia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Michael
Cooktown Road
Michael
Cook
Ora Childress
Bator’ Rouge
Beulah Tatum
Dubach
Ruth Chapman
Merle Bridges
Eleanor Michael
Ruston
Spears
Alabama Cemetery
Arcadia
Missionaries in Bolivia Face Hail Storm and Challenge
A letter from Carl C Williams Jr and Julia Williams, agricultural missionaries in Carabuco Bolivia, describes moving from Ancoraimes, a 4 inch hail storm that ruined barley, witch hunts by locals, and pressure to leave. Authorities supported the church, aiding later outreach with films and health education. Attendance grew from 135 to over 200 before weather reduced crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Methodist Church
Carl C. Williams Jr
Julia
Bolivia
Carabuco
McAdeng
Ancoraimes
Methodist Church
U. S. Information Service
Dubach High School Graduation Exercises Monday May 29
Graduation exercises for twenty six Dubach High School seniors will be held Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the school auditorium. Valedictorian Betty Anal Me Jackie Hunt and a list of graduates including Paul Green Phillip Smith Larry Holcra Jo Givens Martin Searer E Jones Nailcyeet ton Patricia Bell Mic Ann McGee Bettys Ann are named.
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Dubach
Jackie Hunt
Green
Phillip Smith
Larry
Givens
Matin
Searer E
Jones
Nailcy
Eetton
Patricia
Bell
Mic
Bettys
Ann
McGee
Ruston To Be Represented As Methods Meet
The 16th Louisiana Methodist Annual Conference will be held at Cententary College Campus from Tuesday through June 2. Representing Trinity Methodist Church are Rev. Doug McGuire Rev. Eddie Morgary Dr. J. B. Wilson and Cecil Crowley. Grace Methodist Church is represented by Rev. George Rose and Jimmie Howard. The center is open to the public for any session. Inspirational highlight will be sermons by Rev. Arthur Moore each evening at the First Methodist Church at 7 30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cententary Colle
Sirr
Arthur Moore
Theas
Tri-Parish Singing Convention at Vérton Baptist Church
The Tri Parish Singing Convention will meet at the Ver tonist Church on May 27 and 28. Caldwell Winn and Jackson parishes will be represented with noted southern songwriters including Sherry Williamson, Garland May, Luther Craighead, and Irene Lindsay. Special groups attending include the Rhythmettes Ruston Ta nettes Barnette Family Crossett Rhythmaires Quartet Monroe. The church is off the Ruston Chatham highway.
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South
Sherry Williamson
Ruston
Garland May
Mothroe
Luther Craighead
Farmerville
Irene Lindsay
Camden
Ark
Rhythmettes
Tanettes
Quitman
Barnatte
Crossett
Rhythmaires
Monroe
Ai Rustun-Chathayy Highway
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Tate Highway Board
Jimmy Howard
Fifth District
W. A. Sanderson
Heart Center
North Western
Natchitoches
Daily Leader
Mayo Brothers
E. H. Freeman
Poloron
Gelves
C.H
Riles
Walnut Cemetery
Kilpatrick of
Ruston High
Ruston Junior, Chamber of Commerce
Garden Club Council
Colorado State
Carl C. Williams, JR
Betty Anal
Tri-Parish
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