State Trooper and student hurt in head-on collision
State Trooper Raymond M. Frost and La. Tech student Ronny Gresham were in a head-on crash on Monroe Road Saturday night Nov 14 near Ruston. Gresham escaped with bruises. Frost suffered a broken ankle, cuts and bruises. Both were treated at Ruston Hospital, Frost later moved to Monroe. Rain and poor visibility blamed. investigation pending. Damages about $1,000 per car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tech
Raymond M. Frost
Ronany Gresham
Monroe Road
O. Oshon
Gresham
Ruston
Monroe
Lincoln Parish Democrat Primary election officials named
Lincoln Parish Democratic Executive Committee met November 7 1959 to appoint election officials for the December 5 1959 Democratic primary in Lincoln Parish. The roster lists precinct by precinct names and addresses for ward one through eastland school with deputies noted for each precinct.
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F. E. Phillips
Court House
Ragan Madden
Lincoln Parish
Democratic Executive Committee
Ruston
Touisiana
Charlie White
Arizona
Fred N. Gray
Trenton
Prentiss Frazier
Vienna
Co. W. Edwards
South Line
J. A. Norris
Jennie C. Spencer
West Louisiana
C. B. Hicks
West Nelson
W. T. Dillard
Pinewood Lane
L. P. Moreland
Tech Drive
R. E. Causey
Reese Hall - Tech Farm
C. G. Hays
Wesley Chapel Road
D. Baker
Dubach
W. HH. Moving
Shreveport Highway
Sim Strezier
Rube Beatty Road
William Martin
RFD
Ruston High School
Audrey Cool
Brown Stokes
L. W. Williamson
Cooktown
J. R. Hilton
A. P. Hass
Jasmine
C. H. Elkins
West Alabama
Ruston Junior High
J. W.thompson
North Minden
C. N. Patterson
West
Mississippi
Quidd
Valentine
Ruton
R. D. Campbell
North Trenton
Paul Davison
Ruston City Hall
Charlie B. Jones
Ruston Lea
Joe Meritt
J. ‘T. Buckner
Pinecrest
Ruston la
Fred Price Colvin
Thelberg
Kidd
West Georgia
Mattie Ross
Eastland
I. L. Fallen
South Farmerville
Wilbur Williamson
World Services to Hold Nationwide Thanksgiving Observances
Millions of Protestant Americans will join in nationwide Services of Thanksgiving next week. The program supports Share Our Surplus to distribute over 300 million pounds of surplus food to the needy overseas. The National Capital Service at Washington Cathedral on Sunday November 22 will launch the observances with prominent preacher Canon Bryan Green of Birmingham Cathedral delivering the sermon.
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Church World Sevises
Brotherhood of Man
National Capital
Washington
Bryan Green
Birmingham
Birmingmost
England
Trash fires burn acres in two forest blazes
Ranger Frank Gibson reported two forest fires this week denting a fair to medium burn average. On Tuesday near the Arkansas Fuel Oil plant two and a half acres burned, possibly set by hunters. By Friday seventy seven acres burned near Dowling Place on Continental Can land as a woman burning paper let the fire escape.
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Frank Gibson
Arkansas
Corty
Dowling
Continental Can
Teenagers in Fashion Show at Choudrant High
Armistice Day fashion show at Choudrant High School showcased all day wear for teens with Sears Roebuck in Ruston sponsoring. Live models and color film glides featured boys and girls wardrobes from casual to evening wear. Commentator Viván Marcelli led the program with music, listing student models and organizers.
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Nigh
College Sc
Chowdrant High School
Sears Roebuck and Company
Ruston
Vivan Marcelli
Record
Francecs Pesnell
Ray Ambrose
Virginia Emory
Annette Caldwell
Glenda Dugdale
Andrea Taylor
Mary Smalling
Lucy Holder
Larry Pengell
Raymond McVay
Judy Dugdale
Mary Baker
Mickey Norris
Willie L Crook Buried In Greenwood Parish
Funeral services for Willie Lynch Crook 68 were held at Temple Baptist Church with Dr Rel Gray officiating. Burial followed Greenwood Cemetery under Spears ton He was a city employee who died of a heart attack while driving north of Ruston on Highway 167. Survived by widow Martha, son W L Crook Jr Baton Rouge, daughter Mrs William Richardson Shreveport, and four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Lynch Crook
Temple Baptist Church
Rel Gray
Greenwood Cemetery
Spearston
Kimbell Funeral Home
W. L. Crook, Jr
Baton Rouge
William Richardson
Shreveport
Archery Club Closes Till Spring Comes
Ruston Archery Club director Sterling Harrell says bad weather has forced closing the archery range until spring. He notes strong attendance but says exposure to elements risks younger members’ health in current conditions.
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Ruston
Sterling Harrell
Archery Club
Harrell
Tips From Extension Trips High Cotton Yield
County Agent F O LeVasseur advises on protein and minerals for cattle. Mix three parts meal to one part salt for young animals. Cottonseed meal provides high protein and digestibility. Cattle grazing dead grass need protein, with guidance on salt intake and free choice minerals. Directors plan a November meeting to discuss 1960 membership and representation concerns for the association.
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F. O. LeVasseur
Plans for Blacktopping Riser Road Progress Steady
Initial steps toward blacktopping Riser Road were taken by the on com Parish police jury in their November meeting. This will be a cooperative program with the Jackson Parish police jury and will be started after the Jackson group has passed similar resolutions. The state department of highways will also work with the two police juries and finish necessary materials and complete the hard surfacing. The two parishes will jointly perform one half the work of building base of the road and preparing the ditches. Each parish will improve 1.10 mile along the line between the two parishes. The two juries will assume responsibility for maintenance of the construction work performed there joint agreement. The state is to furnish the necessary bituminous material cov er stone, labor and equipment to surface treat the Riser Road for a total distance of 2.2 miles after the jury of Lincoln and Jackson have completed their work. In other resolutions they requested a refund of $20,000 from the state for cost of construction and improvements to eight miles of roads in the parish. This work was one in wards 1, 4 and 8 and is part of an annual program where the parishes do the work and the state will refund an amount up to $20,000 annually.
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Oncom Parish
Jackson Parish
Jackson
State Department of Highways
Iis
Lincoln
Federal aid assured for building new parish hospital
Federal aid for a 72 bed hospital in Ruston was approved for 717000 by HEW. Total project cost reached 1461000 with land acquired from parish funds. Construction to start after year’s beginning and the present Ruston Hospital to be repurposed during the transition.
New Plant Opens In Ruston For Meat Packing
Ruston processing plant launched by Sherri Poole Riser Suave at the former Poole Riser Grocery on Old Jackson Road converts to slaughter and packing. It handles beef and pork, offers Oil Fashion sausage, quick freeze, home delivery, and daily packages from whole to single steaks. Two new workers join Shervill and Riser. public invited for processing and pickup services.
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Owl
Sherri
Poole Riser
Ruston
We Men
Jackson Road
Shervill
Riser
Texas Crash Wipes Out Eight in Family Of Former Ruston Man
A Texas crash killed eight members of the Doyle Patton family from Ruston including Patton and Bryant relatives. The wreck occurred Saturday night when a truck collided with a train at an unlighted crossing near Houston. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Church of God in the nearby community, with two ministers officiating. The report notes census data on Lincoln Parish agriculture from 1954 and 1959 census underway.
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Texas
Ruston
Doyle “Patton
Dvifi
Juant
Chien
Stanly
Ho Ton
Church
Police Jury Adopts 1960 Budget for Lincoln Parish
Lincoln Parish Police Jury set a 1960 budget totaling about 595700 estimated expenses and matched revenues. The plan allocates salaries 39947.56, fees 18000, courthouse upkeep 13400, general expenses 111912.44, contributions and grants 26740, with total expenditures around 210000 plus special road funds 100000 and other road and bond sinking funds. Hospital bond sinking adds 27000, interest 35403.74, assessor 2000 and miscellaneous 296.26, totaling hospital expenses 67400. Revenue forecasts include general fund 210000, special road 100000, road maintenance 90000, road construction 96000, courthouse sinking 4100, hospital sinking 64700 to balance the year’s budget.
Minnie Pearl and Morrison Set Ruston Show Saturday
Minnie Pearl a Grand Ole Opry star will appear in Ruston with Morrison Saturday at City Park at 11 o clock. They will speak to residents and distribute turkeys and hams to the audience. The audience will also meet Morrison and his campaign group and enjoy entertainers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Peay
Grand Ole Opry
Nashville
Tewn
Ruston
Morrison
Morrison and
City Park
Minnie Vears
Robert B. Sims Seeks Central Committee Seat in Lincoln Parish
Robert B. Sims runs for the Democratic State Central Committee in Lincoln Parish. A Ruston native and Navy veteran, Sims details his background including education at Ruston High School and Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, church and civic ties, and real estate and insurance business. He appeals to voters to back a Jeffersonian Democrat in the December Democratic Primary.
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Citizens
Lincoln Parish
Democratic State Central Committee
Louisiana
Parish
Ruston
South Pacific
Supply Corps
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ruston Kiwanis Club
Trinity Methodists Church
National Association of Real Estate Boards
T Am
Robert B. Sims
Two Windows for Cotton Growers If Market Quotas Pass
Lincoln Parish Agricultural Stabilization official A P Larrance says if marketing quotas are approved in the December 15 1959 referendum two distinct allotment and price support plans will be offered for 1960 cotton. Choice A sets a smaller allotment with price support below parity while Choice B provides an allotment 40 percent larger with support at or above 60 percent parity. Farmers will pick by the referendum and notify parish office before planting time.
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Devenster 15Th
A. P. Literance
Lincoln Parish
Larance
Ward
Lincoln Parish aay for i ty gene are ay for ents ea T into the
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a Lincoln Parish event or note with unclear details. Names and specifics are unreadable, leaving only disjointed phrases and stray terms like Eidny and 30¢, offering little factual content to summarize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln ‘Parish
Rene
Alumni Officers Re-Elected by Registry Association
Officers and board of the Alumni Association were re elected for another term. Pat Birather of Milton and Willport were named vice presidents with Ruston’s ranes? Milton as secretary treasurer. Of 22 members, most were retained on the executive committee. Don Hathieway of Shreveport elected as a new member. Dr. R. and Mr. Mervin received welcome and applause for proposals on membership and improvements.
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Regisiang
Tach
Pat ‘Birather
Ae Dent
Milton
Williport
Rane Iin
Ton
Ruston
Xecutl
Don Hathieway
Shreveport
R. Ie
Charles ‘A. Mervin
Pepi al . Maj
Hina
Etree
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Flection
Choudrant
Yvonne Sisemore
Nancy Kinman
Joyce Kinman
Brenca Thompson
Cheryl Younse
Joan Moore
Annette Kirkham
Jeanette Ford
Dreses
W. L. Crook
Greenwood Man
Louisiana Tech
Martha Hardy Trimble
Atkins Ave
Kathleen Graham
Vienna St
Graham
DAV
Thur
VFW
Henry C. Riser
Bill Ashley Riser
Memorial Park
National Dav Organization
Jocal Chapter
Commandery
Veterans Administration
Journal of American Medical Association
George B. Armatrong
U.S. Army
Veterans Adinistration
Tr. Armstrong
Armstrens
Rustan
Department of Heath, Education and Welfare
Allen J. Eilender
Russell Long
Matio J. Follow
Robert J. Ilwiter
Eddie Ryans
Louisiana Children’s Home
Ruston Hospital
Ned Rapier
J. W. Evans
Fred Wilder
Jack Thigpen
Trinity Methodist Churet
Old
Ps Diane
Dan Laverne
Dra Sue
Handy -Dald
Irs
Pattoy Rena Bryant
Lieney
Bryant
Patton
Ata
Minnie Pearl
Robt. Sims
Central Committee
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