Louisiana Tech Enrolments Tap Ruston and Surroundings
Local daily notes arrive of numerous Ruston and surrounding residents visiting, enrolling, or returning to Louisiana Tech for the new term. Guests include students from Monroe, Minden, Homer, Colfax, and Jena, plus faculty movements and a growing list of new pupils joining Tech for the collegiate year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byhil Allen
Tech
H. A. Bailey
Bunkie
J. A. Jemison
R. L. Bailey
Minden
Freddie Lee
Bellnap Robinson
Louisiana Tech
Robinson
Tennis Club of
Muicipal
Courtney Proffitt
Ouachita
Ruston
Dallas
Texas
Mrs. Profft
Annie Laurie
Swawnee River
Proffitt
Merle Burk
Edith Holt
Haynesville
Houston
Mamie Kelley
Ella Mae Jolley
Scott Jolley
Billy Mays
New Orleans
Sophia Newcomb College
Mildred Mays
Gibsland
J. H. Mays
O. Baughman
J'Hilen
J. W. Taylor
Farmerville
J. O. Baughman
Trig Elder
Henry Widdle Hoddie
Tulane University
J. R. Kavanaugh
Charles R. Keith
Hosston
Esther Carver
Louisiana
Thelma Gaskins
Jena High School
Mary Wilson
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Western State Teachers’ ‘ College
W. E. Upchurch
John Gullatt
Simsboro
Shreveport
Octavia Fomben
Dubach
Dock Files
Oak Ridge
Bill James
S. B. Ritchie
Ellan Gordon
Camden
Arkansas
Ollie Howell
Oak Grove
J. K. Norman
Oil City
Jess Harris
Alice May Huey
Central High School
Delhi
O. K. Huey
Clyde Ellington
A. C. Neilson
Grayson Chambliss
Austin
University of Texas
Katherine Thurman
Mira
A. C. Dominick
Maudie May Thurman
D. M. Atkins
Canada
Great Lakes
Hazel Holt
Vivian
Consolation on Winter Fear From Pioneer Farmer
Monroe News Star quotes J. B. Stokes of Pioneer who urges farmers to trust that cotton bolls will mature before frost. He predicts no frost before October 21 and argues the crop may exceed expectations as warm weather persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer
Monroe News-Star
J. B. Stokes
Katy
Gold Star Mothers Return From France to Ruston
Mrs. H. M. Michael of Cooktown returns home with other gold star mothers after visiting French graves, including Meuse Argonne and Verdun cemeteries. Ship ordeal featured a storm off Ireland and a false fire alarm. 1500 aboard, 1000 seasick, but Michael unused to illness. Five days in Meuse Argonne with officers and nurses. Belleau Woods marked tragedy, many bodies unrecovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raston
France
H. M. Michael
Cooktown
United States
Ruston
Michael
Ireland
Mrs. Michael
Meuse Argonne
U. S
Business and Professional Women's Club Opens New Year
A Chamber of Commerce gathering of business and professional women marked the first meeting of the club year. Mrs John Jones welcomed members and plans were set for a paper drive volunteer committees, a Lincoln parish rule membership blitz, yearbook publication, and two minute talks at the next meeting two weeks hence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
John Jones
Miss Robbie Alexander
Lincoln Parish
Lookouts
Miss Blanche
Wrnters
Blanche Heard
Louella Warren
Fula Kidd
Missy Bennie Kendall
Thia
Centenarian dancer still enthralled by Waltz
Mme Adeline Genee recalls a London dinner where a friend nearly 100 years old remained eager to dance. She described the friend inviting her 76 year old daughter to join a walts heard on a phonograph, though the daughter could not keep up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mme Adeline Genee
Association of Operatic Dancing of
Great Britain
What A Woman 45 to 49 Should Weigh
A weight guidance piece for women ages 45 to 49 urges weighing to compare height and ideal figures. It lists sample heights and weights and advises cutting fats and starches for four weeks, plus Kruschen Salts daily. Milam Drug Co. sells the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam Drug Co
Aged Woman Dies After Years of Helpless Cripple
Miss Emma Robertson mourns the death of her mother Mrs. Robertson a Confederate widow who had been bedridden and later rolled in a wheelchair after a hip break and knee injury The two lived in South Palmerville street receiving government pension aid neighbors recall her patience and the daughter’s devoted care Death came peacefully at twilight after years of suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Robertson
Miss Robertson
Robertson
Igin
Palmerville Street
Extended thanks for kindness to Mrs Robertson in Ruston
Mrs T J Robertson of Bentleman was buried beside her soldier husband in Greenwood Cemetery Ruston last Friday. Foster son Judge Charles Porter and daughter Miss Emma Robertson thank friends and neighbors for years of help with her illness and care. Prayer and gratitude accompany mentions of Mrs L F Marbury Mrs Lou Plourney Mrs Marle Booles Adams and Dr Harrell who aided and supported them through the years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erts
Wick Medica
York Sheppard
Clyde Russell
May Reed
Evelyn Smith
Boston
Massachusettes
Boston University
Hedrick
Oak Grove
Margaret
Tech
Daisy Hedgpeth
F. N. Breageale
Misa Mary
Pelican
Mary
Louisiana ‘Tech
Henry Robertson
Rosa Pearl Terrill
Fort Worth
Texas
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Mr. Smith
Louisiana Tech
University of Texas
Simsboro High School
Warner Memorial University
Eastland
Smith
J. R. Edwards
Dubberly
J. H. Mays
G. W. Kelly
Choudrant
J.O. Hebert
Annie Davis
New Orleans
Cooley
Monroe
Elizabeth Moss
Simsboro
Ruston
S. M. Lewis
E. Glover
Kathleen
Mansfield
Truman Enete
Eula Enete
Jonesville
Vera Williamson
Ruston-Lincoln Sanitarium
J. W. McGehee
Collinsville
Fairbanks
Keeley Brown
Swartz
Miss Hill
K. W. Dodson
Methodist Church
Arcadia Church
Little Rock
Ark
Dodson
Helen Pyburn
Connie Baldridge
Minden
Sheffield John
Krousel
America
Lillie Krousel
Germany
Miss Krousel
Europe
Armour Kilpatrick
Martha Clayton
Nancy
Kilpatrick
Mr. Kilpatrick
Louisiana Hills
Nell Thompson
Harvey
West Monroe
Mary Thompson
Marthilde Burroughs
Junction City
C. Gus Engel
Shreveport
L. K. Brooks
R. W. Davis
Mary Olive
Bay View
Michigan
Rutledge
Mississippi Avenue
George Eastering
B. W. Haltom
Houston
Annie Lee
Bert Lomax
Cannon McLaughlin
Antioch
Antioch Cemetery
W. D. Davis
W. J. Bolin
Manley E. Weaver
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Weaver
Blocton
Alabama
Thad Ellington
Betty June
Homer Mathews
Ellington
Jim Cole
Perry Cole
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Louisiana State University
Wilbur Dodson
W. K
Dora Brittain
James Brittain
Bastrop
Edgar Brittain
Vicksburg
Brittain
Miss Brittain
T. J. Robertson
Greenwood
Robertson
Charles Porter
Natchitoches
L. F. Marbury
Lou Plourney
Marle Booles Adams
Harrell
Fisherman's Turtle Goes Wild And So Does Car
Pittsfield Massachusetts September 16 George B Maddocks caught a 20 pound turtle wrapped it in a coat and placed it in his car back seat The turtle escaped its moorings and bit Maddocks in the leg The car then bit two others in the carriage way prompting a court action for operating a vehicle endangering life
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Mass
George B. Maddocks
George
Ufe
Cary
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W. R. Gilfon
Omegaurvived
Major
Allan Scholars
George Nicol
Capt
B. L. Kidd
Iva Kennedy
Margaret Whipp
J. 5. Wayne
Avis
Biloxi
Missisppi
St. Joseph
J. M. Kirkland
H. E. Fuller
San Antonio
Camp Perry
Ohio
D. 8. Calhoun
Bill Snyder
Winnsboro
Harry Roundtree
Gilbert
Agnes Chandler
Oklahomaniversity
Norman
Oklahoma
Candler
J. T. Sanderson
Co. M. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Joe Bertie McKnight
Colfax
McKnight
Stanley Smith
Pauline
Mavis Emmons
Mary Lane
Memphis
Tennessee
Marbury Drug Company
Jack Dewees
Serpel White
Homer
Shelby Chambliss
University of Oklahoma
J.henry W. Hodde
Tulane
Medicine
Hattie McClung
Henrietta Boyd
Louis Berry
Sibley
Webster Parish
Jine
Gertrude Gill
Gill
Wyannie Cox
Olia
Louisiana Tech J
Cox
Ruth Haltom
el Dorado
W. A. Odom
Hter
C. J. Wilson
Tullos
Hot Springs
Harris
Billie Hightower
Hasseltine Brooks
Miss Hightower
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