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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1957
Page
1
Parish of Lincoln Louisiana sheriff seizes and to sell at auction a 1951 Chevrolet Forder serial 30K5106262 motor JAM-126151 owned by Andrew Richard under writ. Sale to satisfy writ and costs cash only no lien or appraisement. Seizure dated Sunday September 1957 by Sheriff J. Rishor.
Auction conducted by Sheriff Jesse J. Riser, in Ruston, Lincoln Parish, offers 40.05 acres of SW quarter of NE quarter in Section 27 Township 20N Range 2W Louisiana Meridian, state-owned land. Terms: cash. price per acre under six dollars. Register Lucille May Grace notes approval August 12 1957.
Mineral Springs community notes several family visits and greetings as residents share updates. Betty Jo Otwell, Mrs. Garland Duke, and Mrs. Thomas Hi wand help with corn. Buster Brown and wife welcome a daughter Debra Lynn. Visitors include CH. Duke and family from Texas, Jim Duke’s family, and relatives from Shreveport and Ruston. Families John W Franklin, Walter Franklin, and others host kin from Michigan Wisner Newellton and Texas in extended gatherings.
August 24 shower at Mr. and Mrs. G W Duke home for Miss Myre Dutton bride of Jerry Trarvis to be married August 31. Myrtle received many gifts. cake cookies and drinks served by local hosts. A second shower August 27 at South Side Baptist Church Shreveport Louisiana where Myrtle and Jerry are members. Religious and social ties noted with prayers and well wishes from Rev and Ms Norsworthy and others.
Mrs V Larance and Rev Byagh spent the day with Mr and Mrs C Larance visiting Mr and Mrs W Sy. Sis from Vienna hosted Lula Halloway and her daughter Is Da joney Tange i Bas.
An item reports Mrs Bartha Manphy feeling better after an illness and Mrs Fae King breaking her hip Friday night, now at Homer Hospital. It notes visits by A F Holstead and family, Mr Wht Watson and Samir Tugwell of Akcadia with relatives, and social calls by Loy Hedgepeth and Alvin Tolstead. A parish prayer excerpt closes the note.
Fragmented OCR text discusses the Smith Lever Act and Extention service, its funding, purpose, and democratic, practical extension work. It references college appropriations, voluntary participation, and the goal of spreading agricultural knowledge to residents and farmers. It weaves in a quote from Kahil Gibran about work and harmony with the earth.
The Law And You provides public service legal information prepared by the Louisiana State Bar Association and printed by the Leader. The piece notes it informs readers without asserting facts and mentions a crew member, James Brown, aboard the 85 Whale near Boston on January 5, 1956, who later reported illness in New Orleans.
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