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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1930
Page
9
Community scraps recount visits and greetings from Haynesville to Arcadia and Hammond. Readers note travel, holidays, illnesses, and local business activity as residents socialized, hosted relatives, and prepared for seasonal shopping.
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for sympathy, flowers, and care after a death. A birthday party for Yvonne King, age seven, featured Hallowe en caps, games, prizes, and a decorated dining area with a birthday cake and candles. Attendees included Lanier Hightower Judene Lyles Pred Barr Dorothy Hightower Frederick Richardson Merle Harmon Florina Builth and others.
A $50 reward is offered for information leading to arrest and conviction under state law for thieves who damaged pecan trees on the Hancock place along the Farmerville and Monroe highways on a Friday. The Cosmos Club met Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. H. Cook with hostesses Mesdames Cook and Thurnman, enjoying a program on the South and a book review.
The text paints a garden tableau with Margie Nelson and LaVerne Taylor among others, noting the Princess Jermy pink dahlia, white dahlias, lavender varieties, and rose blooms. It describes a formal President rose as a standout, with marigolds and petunias forming a vivid spectrum, all framed by dark shrubbery and foliage.
Hallowe'en fast approaches on October thirty first as fun and mischief rise worldwide. The piece recalls Scottish tradition and the haunting verse of Haints that walk and skeer ye, noting it as innocent, lighthearted entertainment that brings laughter without harm.
Joe B. Pollard longtime Ruston druggist died yesterday in Leesville and will be buried in Bastrop. He leaves a wife and several children, and is uncle to Brewton VanHook Ruston Clarence Van Hook Henderson Texas and Bailiff VanHook Leesville, all formerly of Ruston.
Julia Robinson Circle met Monday afternoon in the home of Mrs H T Rogers for missionary study led by Mrs J G Davis. After the lesson, members gathered for a party at College Pharmacy with refreshments by Mr Rogers and staff. Members listed include Mrs J G Davis and many others.
About twenty home economics members met after school in front of Ruston high school to hike to Roberts pasture. They paired up, played games, shared lunch, and returned by 5 30 pm. Teachers Misa Whittington and Elise G Willis chaperoned.
Pulaski Virginia tale of a railroad engineer relieved of stomach trouble after suffering in 1917. C K Nelson recalls crippling chest tightness and nausea before using Black-Draught in small doses after meals. He reports long-term relief and return to work without repeated attacks.
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