Lincoln Parish CD unit directors meet at Court House
Lincoln Parish Civil Defense unit directors met Thursday evening in the Court House to review a government shelter survey. The report found many parish buildings unsuitable for fallout shelters but several can be reinforced, mainly on the Tech campus with others at T. L. James, Bell Telephone, and the parish Court House.
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Parish CD
Lincoln Parish Civil Defense Organization
Court House
Ce Rerae
Tech
Ruston
T. L. James
Bell Telephone
Lincoln
James M. Ball
Jack Alexander
Parish
Barksdale
Louisiana State Singing Convention Sets West Monroe Dates
The Louisiana State Singing Convention will convene November 3 and 4 at West Monroe High School Auditorium Louisiana. Saturday 7:30 to 10:00 p.m. Sunday 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. A Saturday night business session will elect officers and select next year’s meeting location for June 1963. The convention began in the mid 1920s at Downsville and has met twice yearly since.
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West Monroe High School
West Monroe
Downsville
Parish Library Demonstration Well Received
The Lincoln Parish Library demonstration has been well received during its first week. Miss Vaughan says 2592 books are in circulation across two branches and two book mobiles, with 725 cards issued by bookmobile 1 and 593 at the headquarters on West Alabama. The library is drawing groups of schoolchildren and plans adjustments to schedules to serve every area in the parish.
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Lincoln
Vaughan
West Alabama
Ruston
Lincoln Parish
Samuel Acknowledged by God Amid Growing Influence
A Bible digest notes that Samuel grew under the Lord's guidance and that some of his words were fulfilled. It reflects on divine backing for a preacher whose message finds a prepared audience. The piece cites Samuel 3 19 and a saying that God will sustain his words.
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Samuel
Lincoln Parish Civil Defense Announces Transport Unit Activation
Lincoln Parish Civil Defense Director James M. Ball announced the first unit in the parish plan is activated. The transportation unit led by John Kavanaugh of Ruston moved a 200 bed emergency hospital crate Friday aided by Bill Smith. Ball cited mobility potential for emergencies and noted a Civil Defense exhibit in Ruston Hardware’s display window with items for fallout survival. Henry Frazier and Cookie Aycock prepared the display layout as Ruston merchants loaned equipment for about a week.
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Lincoln Parish
Civil Defense
James M. Ball
John Kavanaugh
Ruston
Transportation Department
Kavanaugh
Bill Smith
Ball
Ruston Hardware
Henry Frazier
Cookie Aycock
CD Office
Services For Z. B. Golden Held Tuesday
Z. B. Golden of Ruston aged 60 died in Pasco Washington on Thursday October 25 after a short illness He was a railroad worker and a Methodist and a native of Alabama Former Ruston resident Funeral services will be held Tuesday October 30 at Kilpatrick Chapel with Rev J W Lipscomb officiating Burial will be in Vienna Cemetery under Kilpatrick Funeral Home Ruston Survivors include two sisters Mrs W J Tyree and Mrs Jesse Pilygreen both of Ruston and three brothers W L of Bastrop J W of Dubach and Aurice Golden of Langham
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B. Golden of
Ruston
Pasco
Washington
Golden
Methodist Church
Alabama
Kilpatrick
J. W. Lipscomb
Bural
Vienna Cemetery
Kilpatrick Funeral Home
W. J. Tyree
Jesse Pilygreen
W. L
Bastrop
J. W
Dubach
Aurice
Langham
Louisiana Tech Concert Association restricts capacity for 1962 63
Capacity membership reached forcing LTCA to refuse new members for 1962 63. North Louisiana and Southern Arkansas solicitors are told to destroy unused registrations. Open performances require box office tickets, but some contracts block individual sales. The season opens October 30 at 8 pm with Celedonio Romero and his sons in Howard Auditorium, the first guitarist artist event in eighteen years.
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Louisiana Tech Concert Association
LTCA
Ahltca
North Lousiana
Arkansas
Celedanio Romero
San Francisco “Chronicle
Howard Auditorium
Lincoln Parish Youths Shine at State Fair Beef Show
Lincoln Parish youths excel at the State Fair with 24 entries in beef to win one reserved Grand Champion six first place six second place and multiple top finishes. Winners include William Green Dubach Roy Milam Simsboro Homer McCrary Ruston Cynthia McCrary Ray Hays Simsboro Mike Singleton Dubach and Steve Cook Simsboro with several Angus animals earning top ribbons.
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Lincoln Parish
Bruce Frazier
Frazier
William Green
Dubach
Roy Milam
Simsboro
Angus Bull
Angus Heifer
Homer McCrary
Ruston
Cynthia McCrary
Ray Hays
Simshoro
Mike Singleton
Dulach
Steve Cook
Lincoln Parish oil news reports new well in West Simshore field
In Lincoln Parish oil news a new location is reported in the West Simshore field. The No. 1 Lorraine Haart drilled by J. C. Trating Drilling Contractor will be drilled to 8,369 feet for testing. Other parish news lists multiple wells to be tested and drilled in Ruston and surrounding fields with depths from 6,515 to 9,075 feet.
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Lincoln Parish
West Simshore
J. C. Trating Drilling Contactor
Parish Oil News
Ball Ana
Heard
Ruston
Richard C. Dodson
Linealy
Wildesats
Sinray
DN Oil Co
Troberts
J O'Neal
Sibley
Chordrant
Calif. Co
Whtel TH. Emory
South Downsville
Grivsby-McCior
Branks-Gilster
R. Veard
Crow Drilling & Producing Co
Alice Hines
Lorraine N. Howard
Ste
J. GC
Trahan Drilling Contractor Inc
State House
Sir
Lincoln Parish crisis unit moved to Carson-Taylor Hall
Emergency crews from Lincoln Parish and Texas Tech assist in relocating a 200 bed portable hospital to Carson-Taylor Hall on the Tech campus. The unit will serve Lincoln General Hospital and Ruston Nursing Home in case of a nuclear attack, with evacuation plans and two hour operability.
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Alexander
Tech
Carson-Taylor Hall
Court House
Lincoln Parish
Lincoln aPrish Civil Defense Office
la, Tech
Frank Jerome
Lincoln General Hospital
Ruston Nursing Home
Charles Smith
James M. Ball
Parish
Jerome
Lincoln Gerigtt
Casson-Taylor Hall
Frank Jernow
Lincoln Gener Hospital
Tech Chemistry
Funeral Services Tuesday For Nannie Couch
Mrs. Nannie Couch of Bernice Mississippi, 64, died Sunday night in Arcadia after a brief illness. A Bernice native and Pissh Baptist Church member, she was laid to rest in the Pissh Cemetery after services at Kilpatrick Chapel led by Rev. A. S. Newman. Survived by a brother John Seals of Jackson, Mississippi.
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Nannie Couch
Bernier
Arcadia
Couch
Anondale
Miss
Pissh Baptist Church
Bersnice
Too
Kilpatrick Chapel
Bernice
A. S. Newman
Pissh
Kilpartrick
Berker
Couel
John Seals
Jickson
Notice To Weekly Leader shifts publication day
Beginning next week the Ruston Leader will be issued one day earlier for subscribers in the mails on Wednesday. The paper will print on Tuesday afternoon and include a new page of news and business ads from Dubach. Community correspondents should mail news a day earlier to aid publication.
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Ruston Leader
Leader
Weekly Leader
Dubach
Civil Defense Director Bell Urges Safety Preparations
CD Director Bell urges residents to prepare for safety in case of an attack. Jenne M Robb stresses prewar drills and family readiness to protect homes and community.
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Bell
Jenne M. Robb
Jury Returns Verdict Of Guilty In Local Case
A jury found the defendant guilty after trial in the parish court. Details are obscured in the text but the verdict stands.
Homecoming events at Louisiana Tech versus Southeastern Louisiana
Louisiana Tech schedules homecoming activities against unbeaten Southeastern Louisiana College at 2 p.m. Alumni from years ending in two will be honored at halftime. Berry Hinton announces events, including three morning coffees and a campus coffee and registration period.
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Louisiana Tech
Tech
Southeastern Louisiana College
Berry Hinton
Formal Opening At Nursery Begins
Placeholder text appears to be garbled OCR output. The content mentions a formal opening at a nursery and references various misread words and names without coherent facts or identifiable entities to summarize into a complete news item.
Services Thursday for Bobby Hollis
Spelled out in an obituary style notice, services are planned for Bobby Hollis on Thursday. The notice provides partial location details and confirms the formal obituary context for family and friends to attend.
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Bobby Hollis
Lincoln Parish School Board Awards Park Upper Elementary Bid
The Lincoln Parish School Board awarded Lincoln Builders the base bid of 208 208 for the Park Upper Elementary School building to be near Lincoln High School in Ruston. Seven bids were received with alternates. the board approved base bid plus Lincoln Builders alternate of 22500, beating bidders from Farmerville Si Island Ruston Alexandria Monroe and Farmerville.
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Lincoln Builders
Park Upper
Lincoln High School
Ruston
General Contractors
F. C. Barron
Farmerville
Don 4. Baxter and Son
Si Island
Cooley Construction Company
R. J. Jonge and Sons of
Alexandria
W. C. Salley Munroe
Terral Construction
Morelle Eninuis
Lix Parish
We Rivers and Heuer of
Manrom
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