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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1929
Page
8
Wednesday through Friday social items from Ruston list residents visiting relatives in Winn, Minden, El Dorado and Shreveport. mention operations for tonsils, influenza cases, and local lectures. Several visitors from Monroe Farmerville and Haynesville appear, along with eliminations and recoveries, and notes on local church and civic activities.
Miss Jen Moore of Shreveport will wed Attorney Huffman Lewis native Ruston man and son of the late C K Lewis of Ruston and Mrs Lewis of Shreveport The Times reproduces a full page bride picture and writeup noting Miss Moore as an attractive popular Castle graduate who has traveled Europe South America and the Hawaiian Islands Mr Lewis the son of Mrs Charles Kidd Lewis and a Wilkin son Wilkinson attorney at law LSU graduate high honors and a former Carnival king who served as WWI captain The union links two prominent Shreveport families and holds social interest in Louisiana and Texas.
Dr. Winan W. Drake officiated at a private 2:30 PM ceremony uniting Mrs. Olivia Moody of Vienna and Mr. Charles Peterson of Homer at the doctor’s home. The couple, now at Mrs. Moody’s mother Mrs. May Sims, plan to manage farm interests in Homer and with Mrs. Sims.
Louis Fuhrmann of New Orleans died at 2342 Camp Street after months of illness. For years he sold millinery to Ruston patrons and was highly regarded for his generosity and pleasant business manner. He leaves a wife and young daughter. Ruston friends extend deep sympathy.
Dreamers of dreams would find it difficult to patch together a more colorful fantasy than the Cosmos Club Travel Tea. The annual reception, a unique expression of the club, showcases travel and study from one country to another as members revel in literature and art. Friends of the Cosmos Club look forward to this well traditional event all year.
The marriage of Miss Lucile Hinton of Calhoun to Mr. Oltiz G. Byrom of Camden was announced as an October event. Miss Hinton, a former Louisiana Tech junior college student, teaches in Union Parish. The couple will reside in Monroe where Byrom works for Ouachita National Bank. he is a West Point appointee from Rep. Riley J. Wilson.
Mrs W H Cook was hostess on Friday at a bridge luncheon at her home on North Vienna Street. The article notes the charming setting and Mrs Cook’s hospitality on a dark and dreary afternoon.
Fourteen members of the Business and Professional Women's Club met last evening at the chamber of commerce to discuss upcoming events including a Mulligan or Hobo stew in two weeks and an oyster supper to raise funds. Music was selected for the next gathering, and several members were noted as absent due to hives. Also mentioned is the new minister’s debut and a list of attendees. Baby Irma Jeune Loyd is laid to rest in Cooktown after a brief life born November Sth, with family gratitude for community sympathy and support during their sorrow.
A jury in Opelousas Louisiana acquitted L. B. Tentun on the arson charge in the Melville hotel fire that occurred about a year ago. He had faced a murder charge regarding the same incident, but that count was dismissed.
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