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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1961
Page
6
Extension column covers pest control for pecans including timing for spraying against the casebearer and phylloxera, uses oil with nicotine sulfate in towns, and notes on pasture weed programs, peaches, tomatoes, and poison ivy control. Local notices list community greetings, farm visits, and upcoming Peach Queen promotional events across Louisiana.
A chiropractic column explains asthma as a struggle to draw air during attacks. It suggests misaligned spine segments can irritate nerves and cause muscles to contract, reducing air passages. Dr. D. B. Baillie, chiropractor, Ruston Louisiana, offers guidance.
The Rev. B. T. Milford of Amite Louisiana, a former pastor, visited Mr. and Mrs. Vert Beard on Wednesday to see the brick edifice, the first time since completion. Mrs. A L Price and Mrs. Nettie Alten called on Mrs. Matt Woodard Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. A F Halstead also spent the afternoon with Mrs. Doscia Waits. The Price family and others attended an Atlantic Res Company Barbeque in Magnolia Arkansas Saturday night honoring three retiring em.
William Holdman leaves Thursday for Kentucky with the U S Army for active duty. Graduation exercises occur May 25 at the High School Auditorium at 8 p m. The Civic Club hosted a seniors dinner at the club house and the new Little League and Dixie League fields near completion ahead of May 29 opening.
The Ruston hospital records show Mr and Mrs Jim Boving of Laran community visiting Wedness day last week with Mr and Mrs J BD Odom. Mr and Mrs Lariot Heard announce the birth of their son on May 11 named James William weighing 7 lbs. Maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs James Glover and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Milton Heard.
D'Arbonne area notes Miss Dezzie McFarland is slowly recovering from an illness. The column lists visits from relatives and friends, school events, piano recitals at Farmerville and Marion, and preparations as D'Arbonne mothers ready for the end of the school year. Numerous names and towns appear, reflecting a busy social week.
Isy Mrs d Vernon My and Mrs J W Chandler Miss Mary Dean Patterson went fishing Saturday but didn't have much luck. Mr and Mrs B H Boddie spent Tuesday at Bryslaw with Mr and Mrs Cecil Sutton. Friday Joe Cravin and Jim of Shreveport spent the day with them. Claude Edmiston of Sterlington spent the weekend with W F Edmiston. Toward Halstead spent Sunday with Albert Brewster. John Baddie visited E A Baddie Thursday. Mo o and Mrs A C Potts spend week with Mrs Pitts' parents. L L and Mrs Glyn Madearie spent the weekend with their daughter Sue Sanderson.
Baton Rouge announces two more parishes St James and Webster join the modified brucellosis free area under the state eradication program led by Dr A G Pass. Certification efforts move through Ascension and other parishes as testing targets reach half a million cattle this fiscal year amid calls for funding to cover 100 percent testing.
Thomas Emory received a Certificate of Merit in Farm Mechanics from the Thor Research Center for Better Farm living Huntley TfL. The award honors the senior most proficient in applying farm mechanics and maintaining machinery at Choudrant High School Choudrant La. Neil C. Hurley Jr founder of the Thor Research Center explains the award supports vo ag teachers and local agriculture progress. The center promotes high school vo ag, colleges 4 H clubs and Future Farmers with a Model Farm Shop and over 2 500 tools. Hurley chairs Thor Power Tool Co and helped establish the non profit center in 1956.
Will F. Rogers, son of Mr and Mrs Rogers of Jonesboro Kansas City Mo was selected as one of 160 Army award winners by a panel of Department of the Army judges at the National Science Fair in Kansas City May 12. He received a certificate from the Secretary of the Army and an all expense paid trip to Aberdeen Proving Ground Md to observe Army developments. The 17 year old Jonesboro High School student’s project was in physics and involved an experimental study at researchers director.
Lincoln parish reports 126790 dollars in Series F and Hf Savings Bonds sales through April 1961, reaching 47 percent of its annual goal. Louisiana state totals for January to April 1961 total 14226317 dollars, up 1.3 percent from 1960, as 34.7 percent of the state goal is achieved. Chairman P W Jones praises bond volunteers and parish residents for steady improvement during the 20th anniversary of the Savings Bonds program.
SHREVEPORT Field Office Supervisor Samuel C Wilson of the U S Department of Labor warns employers, teenagers, and parents that the Fair Labor Standards Act restricts certain jobs for under 18. The act sets a 14 year minimum for general work and 18 for hazardous jobs, applies to interstate commerce, and requires age certificates from schools to verify eligibility.
Fort Belvoir Virginia Army PFC Earl R Murray 20 completed a 13 week guided missile electrical equipment installation and repair course at The Engineer School May 5 He is married to Elsie and son of Mr and Mrs Cleo Murray Calhoun Louisiana He entered the Army in October 1959 and trained at Fort Leonard Wood prior to service He worked for Missouri Pacific Railroad in Monroe and graduated Calhoun High School in 1958 from Louisiana Business College one year
Louisiana state education officials announce science workshops for summer 1961. Six sessions run from June 13 to July 20 at Grambling College Southern University University of Southwestern Nicholls State Louisiana Polytechnic Northwestern State College. Four white teachers and two Negro teachers targeted with consultants from WW5 Office of Education. Pre registration expected high attendance.
The Clover Head Weevil, a major clover seed pest, now covers large areas of Louisiana. LSU experts urge seed producers to inspect fields and apply control measures, with methyl parathion as the most effective larval treatment. Sweep nets or sampling of 100 heads guides treatment decisions, with timing to avoid harming pollinators and grazing cattle restrictions after spraying. The pest, first noted in New York 1907, reached Georgia 1953 and Louisiana 1956, with initial Louisiana findings in Richland Parish.
Jamey Mixon of Baton Rouge was named Outstanding forester in Louisiana for 1960 at the Gulf States Section annual meeting. Earnest A. Golden announced the honor, noting Mixon is State Forester of Louisiana and received an engraved plaque for outstanding service. Also honored were Ted Silker of Kirbyville Texas and John Squires Sr of Jackson Mississippi.
Louisiana congressman Otto F. Passman denounces federal aid to education as dangerous and unnecessary. He warns federal control would erode state decision making, inflate costs, and turn education toward a Washington blueprint, claiming states must decide and Washington demands must be met.
M L Bud Kelly, longtime Leader sports writer and editor, died in New York. Known as Shipwreck to local fans, he covered Texas and Big League baseball and North Louisiana Big Eight League, boosting the pastime. Survived by parents in Denver, wife, son, and four sisters in Wyoming and Colorado.
Baton Rouge officials say 5,840 Louisiana farmers have enrolled in the U S Department of Agriculture emergency feed grain program. The state Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Committee notes about 142,000 acres of cropland affected while roughly 79,000 acres will be diverted for conservation under the aid plan.
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