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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1958
Page
11
The Lincoln Parish Shest Board adopts a cautious stance urging calm and mutual understanding after the Supreme Court decision on school integration. They doubt forced desegregation will work in the South, urging local people to settle matters peacefully and respect the will of voters while avoiding further conflict.
The Lincoln Parish School Board met in a regular adjourned session Monday September 8 1958 at 9:30 a.m. in the School Board Office Ruston Louisiana with members Felter Green C A Reed Lee Nobles Lamar Colvin C A Terrill T W Green Robert L Colvin J C Ritchie L M Napper Alsen R M Foster L D Alsen present. Minutes of the last meeting were approved as published. Assistant County Agent Fred Hestbeck reported from the extension department. Board approved changes and additions in the teaching staff upon motion by Terrill and seconded by Robert Colvin.
The Lincoln Parish School Board approved personnel changes for Negro schools for 1958-59 including teachers for first to seventh grades, substitutions, and transfers. It also approved lunch and milk programs, free lunch forms, and holiday schedules, with budget notes and upcoming special meetings.
The Lincoln Parish Police Jury convened in regular session on September 9 1958 at 9 00 a m in the Courthouse. Presiding were John A Mitchell C M Mathewes J W Cook M A Woodard H L Henry W B Walker Virgil Frazier R M Entod S Wisr and BE Detony as attendees.
Lincoln Parish Police Jury held a September 18 1958 session opening with remarks by Mr Cook and Mr Frazier. They awarded bids for a diesel motor grader, a diesel tandem drive motor cultivator and gravel for maintenance. A pipeline crossing permit rule set was adopted and salaries and property repairs discussed.
Louisiana officials and industry leaders will discuss how orders, work plans, and styles fit product development as a new panel forms to guide market strategies. Bord says the panel marks a major shift in the metal industry toward customer sounding and standardized practices, with members to be announced after the meeting.
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