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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1929
Page
7
Ruston and surrounding town residents were noted in a long list of visitors, guests, and trips. Many friends from Monroe Arcadia Shreveport and Winnfield called on, attended the State Fair, or traveled for meetings and family visits across Friday to Sunday.
The eleventh day of the eleventh month of the eleventh year of the Armistice, the Louis Moreau Gottschalk Club met at Mrs. Dallas D. Lomax home with Mesdames Thurman and Mr. Rod ney Cline hosting. Mrs. Charles Naylor led the program of chamber music to the delight of twenty eight members. The Flight of the Butterflies by Rinsky Korsakover was performed with beauty, pleasing both familiar and new viewers who saw butterflies and paintings presented by Mr. Robert Seegera.
A music gathering at Mrs Williams home featured performances by Pearl Curran Sallie Robison Kathleen Graham Rebekah Lomax and others. Selections ranged from Schubert to Tschaikowsky with vocal and instrumental pieces. The young pianist and violinists impressed while refreshments and social moments extended well past the hour.
More than forty guests attended a Circle 3 luncheon of the First Baptist Woman's Missionary Union in the church dining room yesterday evening. Members of Circles One and Two plus Sunday school officers and teachers joined the event with evacuation of a six o'clock luncheon before the regular prayer meeting. Two Texas visitors, Mrs Stevenson and daughter Miss Mary Lyn of Houston, stayed with Dr. and Mrs. W. S. Harrell and Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Gayne. Miss Stevenson served as Virginia's sponsor at last year's Confederate Veteran reunion in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The Win One Class of the First Baptist Sunday School met at Mrs. Sam May's home with co hosts Mrs. L K Brooks and Mrs. Sidney B Wallace. Plans were made for a December quarterly social as the group disposed of routine business in an interesting manner. Those present included Mrs. R J Brooks Mrs J A Jemison Mrs Lee Thurman Mrs B D Fowler Mrs S B Wallace Mrs J B Harris Mrs John Thurman Mrs Sam May Mrs John Crawford Mrs Eva Grambling C G Latimer Mrs Yim Hardin Mrs H W L Campbell Mrs Fannie Anderson Mrs J L McKnight Miss May Huey Miss Elizabeth Southern Miss Lela Bates Miss Olive Hury.
The meeting notes describe a Ruffi mage Sale next Saturday the 9th downtown with the location to be announced later. A night PTL meeting and a program are planned for next Thursday evening along with other school affairs.
Monroe Business and Professional Women's Club, unique in the state, owns its own house on Monroe Street. Mrs Bernstein, wife of the mayor, donated a cement walkway completed while members slept, unveiling a white gleaming path to their pretty home.
A past week social hosted by Miss Edna Welson and Miss Sallie Moncrief honored Miss Heloise Griffin. Guests enjoyed games, roasting wieners and marshmallows with bread pickles and popcorn, plus out of town visitors Bert Moncrief and Eloise Hill of Pelican.
Eastland grammar school Parents Teachers League enjoyed a well attended meeting yesterday afternoon. Gustav Fredaine of Tech spoke on Bliteracy, with Dr Predaine’s statistics highlighting Louisiana educational privations. Before the lecture, Marys Cage Tarver and Elaine Milam performed a piano duet. Geraldine Kirk-
Nov 3 report of local social notes describes a Halloween party at the home of Mr and Mrs M T Alexander Priday night with visitors from Coleman Texas. Other mentions include Mr and Mrs Luck Williamson of Hico visiting their daughter Mrs C Upehureh, Miss Clara De Freese of Ruston being weekend guest of Miss Dell Alexander, and Myrtle and Mattie Lou Saint visiting in Shreveport. Arthur Kabb and family visited in the vicinity on Sunday. The Laurence family from Ruston also spent Sunday with relatives.
The Antioch church W. M. S met Monday afternoon with opening singing and a devotional by Mrs. H. J. Liner. Mrs. Frank Trussell spoke on Latin American Homes while Mrs. J. D. Colvin discussed Gospel and Oriental Homes. All officers reported except the secretary. Colvin named prayer leader for next month. A three member committee was appointed to visit Simsboro Parsonage to assess needed furniture for next year.
In Spiro Oklahoma on November 7 steam finally quenched a huge gas well fire that had burned since Monday after friction ignited it. The well belonged to the St Bank Old Company of Tulsa and was reported to have yielded tens of millions of cubic feet daily.
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