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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1959
Page
2
Cheryl Moody and Allen Tuten were elected Miss and Mr. Junior High of 1959 by Ruston Junior High students. The honorees included Cheryl Moody, an honor roll student and cheer reader, daughter of Mr and Mrs H S Moody, with peers selecting on scholarship and citizenship traits.
For sale new and used Singer sewing machines and vacuum cleaner. Carl C. Parks Jr. advertises sales and service. Also notes thanks from families after illness and death of a mother and mentions local honors and a student recognition event sponsored by the Student Council featuring eight boys and eight girls nominated for an honor.
Mrs. Harold Griffin notes Grandma Colvin improving after pleurisy. Her sister-in-law Mrs. Sam Colvin of Start died Monday and will be buried in Dubach today. Laster Green also feeling better. Martha Jean Green Reichert and Art surprised Watson and Eva Green, arriving from Del Rio, Texas before they awoke, then left for home.
Mrs. L. E. Head visited relatives in Plain Dealing this weekend. Mrs. J. M. Beatty left for Houston where her daughter Mrs. Clint King is. Mr. King is in the hospital awaiting surgery this week.
A Ruston reader recounts a week of graduations and cheers. Bobby earns a high school diploma while Billy completes a BS from Louisiana Tech on Monday, June 1. Glenda Gale Griffin graduates from West Monroe High School on Tuesday the 26th. Relatives from Kalmazoo, Michigan, San Antonio, Texas, and local friends visit, share meals, and gossip about community happenings.
Donald Gene Spencer Larry Clinton and Howard Willis received diplomas from Ruston high school Tuesday night Waden Sizemore earned a diploma from Quitman high school that same evening Miss Louise Westbrook daughter of Rev and Mrs V L Westbrook of Clay was selected for the National Science Foundation Summer Science Institute at La Tech June 29 to Aug 14 Wedding plans loom for Glenn Neaville and Jo Ann McElduff with families active at Clay church Baccalaureate services were held in Quitman Ruston and nearby towns Mrs Annie Atkins is seriously ill in Jonesboro hospital Sympathy extended to K F Oxford family on Lois Williams death in Shreveport funeral held in Jonesboro Mrs V L Westbrook attends La Annual Conference in Shreveport Mrs Eugene Gray of Ruston visited Ruth Kavanaugh and dinner guest Mrs Kavanaugh hosted visitors on Sunday
A community wedding united Polly Riser and Wayne Liner on Saturday afternoon at the Presbyterian church in Ruston. Out of town guests included A. J. Turnbow, the Hammetts, Jack Nelson, and Bill Shotwell among others. weekend visitors stayed with Rev. and Mrs. F. B. Henderson and relatives from Lake Charles to Jonesboro and Monroe.
Garland Duke dined with Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Franklin on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Chrisman visited Shreveport over the weekend, meeting a new grandson in the Billie Chrisman home. Rev. Tuck Roberts of Monroe joined Mr. and Mrs. William Franklin for Sunday dinner. Elizabeth Spanold and Joyce Wil ait ke deen.
Miss Nancy McConathy hosted guests visiting Winnfield and Atlanta with Mrs Carrity Bennett Miss Rosé Melba Stewart Mr and Mrs John C Jones and Sylvia visiting from Ruston Shreveport families call on Mr Peters and Mrs Peters sister Mrs J B Beard two grandchildren from Shreveport Mrs Shilly Barber convalescing in Ruston Hospital well wishes Mrs Ela Watts back at Quitman Methodist Church after absence friends of Mrs Rosia Carr in Ruston Hospital speedy recovery desired. Bert Odenbaugh welcomed a baby Hoy Dennis Peel visited brother J D Peel in Winnsboro while en route to Monroe Hospital Quitman Methodist and Baptist churches welcomed visitors Jane choice Sunday Madden attended church
Clifton Davis of Chicago spent last week with his mother Mrs Mae Davis and family in New Hope. He visited old friends including the Dugdale and Posey families in Dubach and West Monroe before returning home via Indianapolis. Local gatherings featured Home Demonstration Club planning at the Ruston courthouse, fishing at Chenicr e Lake, and multiple visits among neighbors.
West Side residents report social visits among Thelma Orman Avi Froéscher and Ruston relatives. Mrs. F. Heard and family spent weekends in Pitkin and Alexandria while Mrs. Walter Oxford enjoyed Sunday visits with Billy Foster and a sister. Gerald Froescher prepares for a seven week Mediterranean cruise aboard USS Dendola. W. F. R. Quarles suffers a heart attack.
A jumble of social notes reports on Mr. and Mrs. Colvin hosting a senior class party last Friday night near Testor Wipe. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Tom Brice, Miss Tridgehe Mitchell of Ruston, and Wayne Liner with Folly Riser at a wedding. Local families share barbecued meals, and junior Berry and Jimmy Rex Colvin just returned from their senior trip to New Orleans. The column mentions state cigarette tax in Louisiana as eight cents per pack of twenty.
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