Lincoln Parish School Board adopts 1959 60 budget after coach changes
The Lincoln Parish School Board met September 21, 1959 in Ruston to adopt a new budget and handle business. They approved a memorial for Coach James W. Duncan, appointed Leonard Roebuck as Lincoln High coach, Coleman to replace Roebuck, and Robert Smith to teach PE. They also pursued state approval to levy two school tax propositions and granted travel approvals for Grambling and Lincolns officials.
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Lincoln Parish
School Board
Ruston
Louisiana
Felton Green
S. N. Nokiés
William A. Marbury
Simmle Whitlam
William J. Smith
C. A. Terrill
T. W. Green
Lincoln High School
Duncan
Mr. Emmons
Leonard Roebuck
Lin ‘Coln High School
Charles G. Coleman
Coleman
Roebuck
Emmons
Robert Smith
Whitman
Lincoln
State of
State Bond and
Parish
YEAS
L. Felton Green
C. Aitohle
C. A. Teerft
L. Nobles
L. M. Japper
Simmile Whitman
William B. Smith
R. M. Foster
Lamar Colvin
Nonn
Sir
Presdlent &Morelle
Napper
Woard
Gramtbling High School
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Ritchie
Smith
Linegin Parish
Baton Rouge
Green
Mmons
Marbury
Finance Committee
School Board Travel Costs and Industrial Plant Inquiry
The Lincoln Parish School Board directs Emmons to resolve travel expense issues for staff and to draft a letter to W. W. Durden Jr. of the Ruston Chamber of Commerce urging industrial plants to locate in Lincoln Parish. The board adjourned to October 5 1959 and approved a bond tax measure for school funding. A voter registrar notice and land posting for hunting restriction are listed.
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Mr. Emmons
Ritchie
Whitman
Marbury
Nobles
Emmons
W. W. Durden, Jr
Ruston
Lincoln Parish
Hale R. Shadow
Lincoln Parish Police Jury invites bids for two dump trucks
The Lincoln Parish Police Jury in Ruston Louisiana invites sealed bids by 10 00 am October 13 1959 for two new Ford or Chevrolet short wheelbase trucks with dump bodies hydraulic hoists and power take offs. Specifications available from the Police Jury office. The Jury may reject all bids. Eddie Evans Secretary. Ltd lw Sept 18 23 25 30.
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Lincoln Parish
Ruston
Louisiana
Lincoln Paris
Eddie Evans
Ltdlw
Dangers In Home Storage And Bonemeal Details
The page cautions about fire risks from storing cleaners and a hot water tank in the same room and notes possible mower fuel leaks. It discusses bonemeal as a fertilizer, stating it has about two percent nitrogen and is mainly not bought for nitrogen content.
Louisiana Forest Festival Crown To Be Won In Winnfield
Winnfield hosts the 12th Louisiana Forest Festival with Lou Cresvning of Winnfield as First Lady of Forestry guiding the Queen’s contest. C. H. Lewis Jr. serves as master of ceremonies with Camille Woodall and other visiting queens on stage. Local Louisiana girls ages 17 to 28 who have never married may enter, with strict local contests not disqualifying entries.
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Winneteld — Cresvning
Louisiana
C. H. Lewis, Jr
Alexandria
Louisiana Forestry Association
Camille Woodall
Oakdale
Fall Clover Pastures and Livestock Show Plans
The note discusses phosphorus and calcium in bone meal and super phosphate, their liming effects, and advises on clover feeding with phosphate and potash. It urges promoting livestock at a parish fair with judged events by H. H. Annison, W. C. Abbott Jr, CHE Dry, Donald C. Collis, and T. K. Linwoupe, October 4–8.
Lincoln Parish Group Seeks Sustaining Members for Retarded Children
The Lincoln Parish Association for Mentally Retarded Children appeals for sustaining members to support its efforts beyond school funding. President Mrs. Henry Roane announced the drive after the year’s first meeting, noting education for pupils and homebound aid require additional money. Directors include Dr. Bruce Everist, Richart Mechem, and several local leaders.
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Lincoln Parish
Lincoln Parish Association
Don“Ling
Bruce Everist
Richart Mechem
George Edward Jones
W. A. Marbury, Jr
Clifton Huddleston
C. C. Senn
Polio Shots Lagging in Lincoln Parish
Lincoln Parish Health Unit head Mrs June More urges Ruston residents to vaccinate after a child from Clay died of bulbar polio. Details note Clay in Jackson Parish near Ruston and only one paralytic polio case in the parish. Health officials stress completing all four shots for full protection amid wider Louisiana cases.
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June More
Lincoln Parish
Ruston
Edith Gray Negro
Damell Gray
Shreveport Confederate Memorial Hospital
Clay
Jackson Parish
Lincon Parish
Louisiana
Louisiana State Board of Health
East Georgia Street
Passman to Inspect U S Army Bases in Global Tour
Rep. Passman leads a U S foreign aid fact finding mission auditing operations at 12 Middle East and Asia bases. The team includes three subcommittee members and two staff directors. They depart soon and plan to finish the tour in mid October visiting Spain Italy Lebanon Israel Jordan India Pakistan and Southeast Asia including Vietnam Cambodia and Thailand.
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U. S
Otici
Passman
Monroe
Spain
Italy
Beirut
Lebanon
Israel
Jordan
India
Pakistans
Mid-East
Southeast Asia
Thailand
Siam
Viet Nam
Cambodia
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Formosa
Japan
South Korea
United States
Louisiana
House Foreign Operations Appropriations
Appropriations Committee
Rep. Passman
State 4-H Sets Dairy Animal Show
Louisiana 4-H Club and Future Farmers of America members will display 32 top state dairy animals at the National Junior Dairy Show in Memphis September 25 to October 3. Jerseys Guernseys and Holsteins will be shown by numerous 4-H youths from Baton Rouge Zachary Arcadia Ruston and other towns. The year’s livestock were selected in statewide elimination shows September 11 in Ruston and September 12 in Baton Rouge. Exhibitors will travel expense paid by bus, observe judging September 28-29, and return September 30.
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William A. Marbury, Jr
Terrill
State Bond and Tax Board
Parish of
Lincoln
State of
Louisiana
State of Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Linscoln
J. PB. Blonbin
Andie Smith
North la
Memphis
State
4- H Club
Future Farmers of America
Tenn
Bobby L. Kilpatrick
LSU Agricultural Extension Service
Jeannette Mire
Ralph M. Kelton, Jr
Cheryl Ann Alford
Lynell Alford
Baker
Rita Agnes Millican
Zachary
Randy Messer
Greenwell Springs
Kenneth Peltier
Charles Thibodaux
Exrl Tregre
Labadieville
Louise Fulmer
Patesy Letlow
Elliot E. Letlow, Jr
Arcadia
David Lousteau
Napoleonville
Ancie L. Smith
Joe David Blondin
Ruston
Bennie
Burke Burris
Larry Gere Daniel
Franklinton
R. Franklin Millican
Gloria Londsey
Shreveport
Wayne L. Ranier
Kelthviile
Ronald Tamer
St. Bernard
Ronald E. Elkins
Oak Grove
Wanda Joyce Smith
Husser
Rainach Ticket Begins Stumping Tour on Friday
State Senator William M. Rainach and his gubernatorial ticket start a three day stump tour Friday through Sunday. The schedule lists stops in Farmerville Sterlington Moon Bastrop Met Rouge Rayville Columbia Olla Tullos Jena Pollock Markaville Mansura Cottonport and other towns with specific times each day.
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William M. Rainach
Farmerville
Sterlington
Moon
Bastrop
Met Rouge
Rayville
Columbia
Olla
Tullos
Jena
Pollock
Markaville
Mansura
Cottonport
Fin
Ruston Men Elected to Louisiana Forestry Board
L. P. Blackwell H Burkhalter and A. T. Hunt Jr of Lincoln parish were elected to the Louisiana Forestry Association Board of Directors. The term began at the annual meeting held September 9 10 at Hotel Bentley Alexandria. The election was by mail ballot with representation from 25 parishes. Leon Walker Tay lor announced the results.
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L. P. Blackwell
H . Burkhalter
A. T. Hunt, Jr
Lincoln Parish
Louisiana Forestry Association
Leon Walker
Taylor
State-Wise Group
Hotel Bentley
Alexandria
Walker
Louisiana
Ruston Air Force Reserve Squadron Opens Classes
Ruston Kugat of the Air Force Reserve Squadron led the first class of the fiscal year Monday at 7 30 in Bogard Hall Louisiana Tech. Lt Col James W Mize flight commander announced Sgt Jesse Pace of the Monroe office will attend and welcome new joiners. Training officer Major Carroll Biggs and instructors Captain Aylmer B Post Jr present. Volume II of the Instructor's Course on structure will be studied.
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Ruston Kugat
D7apth Air Force Reserve
Bogard Hall
Louisiana Tech
James W. Mize
Laisann
Jesse Pace
Monroe
Air Force
Sgt. Pace
Carroll Biggs
Aylmer B. Post, Jr
Air Forge
Commendation for Louisiana Tech Historian Dr G W McGinty
Dr G W McGinty head of the social sciences department at Louisiana Tech was commended by the Mississippi Valley Historical Association for a three year state leading membership record. W D Aeschbacher wrote of the strong service and thanked the professor on behalf of the association.
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G. W. McGinty
Louisiana Tech
Dr. Acdehbacher
Optometric Leader Dr Sandefur Joins National Group
Dr Robert Sandefur of Ruston has been accepted for active membership in the American Optometric Foundation. The foundation pursues better visual care through research education literature and professional advancement. Sandefur currently serves as vice president of the Louisiana State Association of Optometrists and is the immediate past secretary-treasurer.
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Robert Sandefur
Wna
Oriv Uees Optometry
Ruston
American Optometric Foundation
SH Nh
Sandefur
Louisiana State Association of Optometrics
Vision problems handicap schoolchildren in Louisiana
Dr Dupuy, president elect of the Louisiana State Association of Optometrists, warns that youngsters who read by finger tracking may have vision issues. Modern exams assess near and far acuity, binocular coordination, and field of vision to determine needs for glasses or vision rehabilitation.
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Bucten P. Durpuy
Louisiana State Association of Opto Meatrists
Dupuy
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