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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1959
Page
12
A trade writer and Fred Gray debunk an outrageous price claim for a $155 boat offered at $99.50. They note the manufacturer prefers high volume and cite the boat as light, steady, and safe with a lifetime aluminum claim. The column pokes fun at pressure selling and appeals to Southern buyers.
Adrian Haneed and family details as U S Navy member back from Guam and stationed in San Diego. Visits include J P Jones of Blenville with Durret and Murphy families. Culbertson gatherings with Jon Martin and I R Hays relations. Funeral of J W Dodd in Arcadia noted. Mrs George Simpson and son Tetwin visit Aubin Wheeler in Shroveport.
Corinth residents recalled friends and loved ones as Memorial Day events spread across towns. Relatives from Ruston Monroe and Lisbon joined a trip to Talorado for Janice Brazel’s nursing school diploma, with many local families visiting and sharing news. The column notes deaths, local tributes, and a brief legal tax history mentioning the 1936 luxury sales tax and last year’s Louisiana horse racing tax yields.
Mrs May Hooter of Dallas visits her sisters Mrs J I Nobles and Mrs T C Alexander. Mr and Mrs W J Madden host son Ray and Virginia and Nancy from Atlanta. James Carroll Waldraits at home 15 days from San Diego and to 6 weeks more training then sea duty. Mrs Tomer Bost’s brotheruel Lewis of Dubach dies, funeral in Heo Baptist church and Henry Cemetery. Mrs A B Cochett visits sister Mew Ben Poisse in Shreveport. Lille Mad Gésdinadame accompanies son Beriant to Blake Lake camp for weekend.
A University of Michigan professor, Robert GeiCenig, studies materials that improve denture grip. The fragment notes Louisiana paid its governor $4 a year a century ago, while today he earns about $14,000.
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