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I The Ruston Trader Serving The North Louisiana Hill Country Since 1895 Vol. 66. Follow The Leader RUSTON, LOUISIANA THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1961 Price Five Cente Trenton, Vienna Become One Way Today MRS. F. E.

MORGAN Ruston Resident Patriot's Relative Coat of Arms By Leader LARRY Staff J. Writer FOX Patriot? How would you like to interview the only living granddaughter of a Revolutionary Patriot? This assignment at first seemed very difficult but after talking with, such a gracious and charming personality as Mrs. Zula Penny Morgan, this interview proved very interesting and most: fascinating. When she greeted her interviewer she said, "I thought you were going to be a much older man." This revealed her early cultural training of womanhood which she so well epitomizes, "flatter the male! of the species and keep him on a now a lost art. Her reminiscing would make interesting material for many books, as she has lived and still lives a full life, "Age does not depend upon the years, but upon culture and health.

Some are born old, some never grow old." Mrs. Morgan will be 95 on the 30th of December, and at the close of the interview she extended a special invitation to come to her. 100th birthday. fr you don't believe she still runs household, tends to her flowers acts the perfect just her son Franks who lives with beautiful, home. off 'the highway.

Mrs. Morgan's grandfather, land. He came to James a Penny, was -born inn Scot1775, and the following year, he volunteered, for service. the voluntionary Forces. at the age 3 After the war James Penny moved to Louisiana to a known as "The between Zachary and Baton Rouge.

He died in 1845 at the age of 83. Mrs. Morgan's father, Joseph Penny, was born on the 2nd of January, 1807. Mrs. Morgan had three sisters and four brothers.

Two of her brothersi fought in the Civil War. Miss Zula Penny became Mrs. Frank Elwin Morgan, February escap-28, 1886. The Morgans came to Rusa ton in 1900 where Mr. Morgan established himself in business.

and later organized the F. E. gan and Sons Wholesale Grocery Company, featuring the "Morgan's They had three sons, Frank E. R. F.

and E. two daughters, Helen (deceased) and Judith (Mrs. McLeese of Shreveport). Five grandchildren and five, great grandchildren, One of Mrs. Morgan's prized possessions is the Penny Court Of Arms which she received from Scotland.

The Lynx on the Court of Arms was symobile of Keeper of the King's Gold, and the written inscription on the ment implies, "I trust the hostile, but I fear the friendly." Mrs. Morgan proudly displays a plaque which was presented to her by the Long Leaf Pine Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, on which is inscribed, "'Zula Penny Morgan, in recognitic of the fact that she is the only living granddaughter of a patriot of the American Revolution." The Long Leaf Pine Chapter of the D.A.R. deserves commenda-1 tions for the part in bringing recog nition to Mrs. Morgan, the only living granddaughter of a Revolu- 3 tionary patriot, -000 Dubach MYF Sets Car Wash, Working Day Members of the Dubach Methodist Youth Foundation have scheduled a car wash Friday and a work day Saturday, reveals Patri cia Wilks, club reporter. Anyone who wants their car washed or wants any work done should call AI.

5-0511 or Spring 7- 3996. Miss Wilks said. will pick up your car and deliver it, or you may bring it to the Dubach Methodist parsonage," she added. The group will charge $1.50 for washing a car, Barham Oil Production Confirmed Well Completed To Flow 162 Barrels Per Day A Lincoln Parish well was dually completed as a Hosston oil pay opener and a Feazel gas-distillate pay extender in the Ruston pay field yesterday, according to. the Sheveport conservation office.

The. new pay opener war: Ruse ton--Harvey Broyles and Perry G. Holloway et al No. 1 Mattie Sue Barham, 12-19N-3W. dually completed to flow 162 barrels of 38 gravity oil daily through choke, flowing pressure 290 pounds; from perforations feet in the Hosston, and to flow cubic feet of gas and 53.5 barrels of 55 gravity distillate daily through 12-64-inch choke, tubing pressure 1,700 pounds from perforations feet in the Feazel after drilling to 9.222 feet.

-000- Funeral Services For S. W. Leachman Held Tuesday S. W. (Dub) Leachman, 50, of Choudrant died at 6:15 a.m.

Monday at Ruston Hospital. He was vice president of Choudrant Butane farmer 'and seed and fertilizer. merchant in Choudrant, He was a World veteran. Funeral services were at Douglas Methodist church Tuesday at 3 p.m, conducted by Rev. Dave Corley, pastor of Douglas Methodist church, and Rev.

Jessie Bryan pastor of Choudrant Baptist church Burial was in Douglas cemetery under the direction of Spears funeral home of. Ruston. Survivors include his wife, Doris Durrett Leachman, Choudrant; one daughter, Martha Jane Leachman, Choudrant, and five brothers, V. J. of Ruston, L.

L. of Choudrant, J. C. of Alexandria, Rev. T.

W. of Mirden, and S. H. of Bastrop; two sisters, Mrs. D.

M. Holtzclaw and Mrs. Zuelene Hines both of Choud-1 rant. -000 Cocanougher New President Of Rotarians Dr. LaRue Cocanougher, associate professor of Education at Louisiana Tech, was installed as president of the Ruston Rotary, Club Wednesday for the fiscal, year 1961-61.

Other officers elected to serve with him are Dr. Robert W. Sharp, M. D. vice president; Charles D.

Carter, veteran's representative, secretary; Roy Willard, certified public account-1 ant, treasurer. -000- Funeral Rites Set Here For Bastrop Former Resident Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Monday for Mrs. Ben Emory, 50-year-old Bastrop housewife, who died early Sunday morning in Bastrop hospital. Mrs.

Emory, a native of Ruston. was a resident of Bastrop and a member of the Sterlington Baptist Church. Funeral services were held from the chapci of Kilpatrick's, Funeral Home in Ruston with the Rev. Ray Radden and Dr. TomI my Welch officiating.

Burial was in Douglas Cemetery under the direction of Kilpatrick's of Ruston Survivors include her husband, Ben Emory of Sterlington: her mother, Mrs. S. E. Chandler of Ruston; two sisters, Mrs. T.

H. Richardson of Vivian, and Mrs. Cooper of Ruston: four brothers, Ellis of Shreveport, Vietor, Spencer and Preston, all of Ruston. Ready for One-Way Traffic ONE WAY 1869 Chief of Police 0. 0.

Osbon pulls paper covering from the one-way street signs installed in Ruston, getting it ready to start the new traffic routing carly this morning. Traftic will flow sauth on Trenton and north on Vienna streets. (Leader Staff Photo by C. T. Baggett) NEAR MINDEN Tech Acquires Surplus Land For Use by Forestry Branch Approximately 157 acres of $30.812, near Dixie Inn.

in. Webster red.to Louisiana Tech by the Assessments Total Given For Parish May Go Over $23,000,000 This Year Total assessment of real estate and personal in parish this year Is $17.217,230, re veals Charles R. Hightower. This represents a net gain 0 $577,730 over last year's assessments, Hightower said, After the public! servicei proper-, ty is added, this year's total assossment will probably total over $23,000,000, Hightower said. Last year's assessment totaled 000.

The assessor said that the as. sessment books are open now for inspection in case anyone wishes to protest their total assessment, Hightower said. --000- Robert Brooks New President Of LSSA Group Robert Brooks of Ruston been elected president of the Lou isiana Service Station which ended a three-day meeting in Shreveport yesterday. Vice president of the group was Alvin E. Swanner of New Orleans, secreiary is Charles Borne Jr.

of Franklin, and Clark Cosse of New Orleans is treasurer. tis Boisfontaine of New Olreans is general counsel. Lionel Berdou of New Orleans, current president, and Bongivanni of Baton Rouge, district vice president, were named state delegates to the national convention in Denver, Colo. next inonth. Orleans was selected as the site for next year's state convention.

The new officers will take office next month and hold their first official meeting in August. 'The delegates supported proposed legislation requiring sup-! pliers of gasoline and other motor fuels to adjust the gallonage at the point of delivery to retailers on the basis of 60 degrees Farh-. renheit temperature, this would detine a gailon of tuel as a specifie volume at a unitorm temperature, Enforcement Begins At 6 O'Clock Trenton and Vienna, will become oneway thoroughfares beginning at 6 a.m. Thursday, reveals Chief of Police O. 6.

Osbon. "The State Department of Highways informed me this morning that they had inspected the roadways tying the two one-way streets together at the north: and south approaches, and we will begin enforcing the law, which came irito effect May 1, 6 a.m. today," Osbon said. The one-way streets had been delayed when the tie-in streets were found not to meet tions by the Department of ways, were investigated, and res pair work completed and approved. Going through Ruston to tie in with U.

S. Highway 80 east and west; Inflerstate 20 east and west and U. S. 167 north and south, the one-way traffic will move south on Trenton street and north on Vichna Street. The one-way begins Immediately north 'of Interstate 20 as 18Tienters Ruston and extends through the main business district and converge's in front of the Methodist Chidren's home south of town: become a regular two-way street.

1 gain. "We will take off: the masking hover the one way signs tonight and remove the barricades the tieins," the chief of police said. "We will have tour or five men working and a couple of squad cars on duty for the first few days: help folks get used to the one way streets and to get used to them outselves," Osbon said. "The two patrol car's will patrol those two streets only in an attempt to keep an even flow of traffle." "We will not be issuing tickets, merely reminding folks until they get used to the new traffic pattern." Osbon said. The orte-way streets in Ruston come after five years of battling by businesses on the two routes, delays to give the businessmen.

time to plan for the new routes, and delays because of faulty pave ing and repairs. The state Department of High. wAys built the one-way tie-ins, and added hot-mix surfacing to the Ruston streets as part of their terstate system access roads program. One-way streets were first suggested by highway engineers 1955 when they brought preliminary plans tor Interstate 20 through Ruston to the attention of the council, One-way streets were later proved to go into efteet on November 1, 1959, but were postponed the request of local businessmen to give hem time to plan for change. The target date was sel by the city council for May.

1961, and the law went into eftect at that time. But trouble with the contract faults in the paving work caused the opening to be delayed in forcoment until the faults were rected. The signs were put up several weeks ago, but rain began to wash the paper covering off they were taken down, but put up again last week, this to stay, Extra Patrols To Be Put On By City Police Two of Ruston's main streets, 1:: Mrs. F. E.

Morgan only, living granddaughter of a Revolutionary War patriot in Louisiana, displays her family's coat of arms. Her grandfather is the only Revolutionary War veteran buried in Louisiana. (Leader Staff Photo by Larry Fox) COMPANION KILLED Area Man Death From Barry E. Teagle, his wife and ed death from a lightning bolt boat with them Saturday on Roxy. Dancy, 34, died from acci-l dental electrical shock when the lightning hit the boat be was driving between 6 and 6:50 p.m.

Saturday. Barry and Teagle operate the Rose, Beauty Salon in Ruston. Their children, in the boat with them are Bari Lynn and Lana Ruth. 1:. Teagle was.

knocked unconscious by the bolt, and sustained slight burns. Mrs, Teagle the chil dren were Tengle was kept overnight in a Ruston hospi tal. Dancy, 'his' wife and three children had tied their house boat on the river for the weekend, accord ing to friends. Lute Saturday afterernoon ho left the craft in a foot speed boat to pick up the Teagle family who were to spend the weekend with the Dancys. Deputies said Dancy had picked the Teagles up and was en route to the house boat when, Teagle deputies, there WIIS a Hush in front of the speed boat.

Teagle was knocked momentarily unconscious. When he came to, he found Daney slumped over the steering wheel. of the boat. Teagle -tried 10 revive Dancy with mouth-to-mouth. resuscitatior before he and three other men in a nearby hoat rushed the victim to the Monroe boat dock, from which he was taken to the hospital, Services are slated for 4 p.m.

Monday at Roseneath Funeral Chapel in Shreveport for Dancy. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Louise Dancy, Monroe; two daughters, Sandra Lynn and De-! bra Louise, both of Monroe; sons, Roxy Ray and Richard Roy, both of Monroe; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Dancy, Shre-1 veport; one brother, Eugene Dancy, Shreveport; and two sisters, Mrs.

Kathleen Cook and Mrs. Willie Willis, both of Shreveport. He wit.he buried in Forest Park Cemetery in Shreveport under the direction of Roseneath Funeral; Horne. Water Safety Instructor's Course water Slated surplus forest land valued Parish, has been transferFederal government. Delivery 'of the deed' was made -in -the offlee of Dr.

R. L. president; by Ralph Oneal Dallas," representing the regional. office of surplus property, utilization division, of the U. S.

Department of Health, Education and Welfare. The presentation also was attended by Carton Jones, state agency for surplus. property, Rouge, and L. P. Blackwell, head of the forestry department a' Tech, Tech was authorized to apply the surplus forest land by the Board of Education on Jan.

30 of this year. Al that time the property was described in a resolution by the state board as being, owned "by the United States of America and consisting of an estimated 157 acres comprising a strip of forest land about one and threefourths miles in length and varying width from 300 feet to 700 factand at. the junction of U. S. Ilighway 20 and U.

S. Highway 80, land lying between these highways for approximately one mile in the county (parish) of ster." The resolution pointed out that Tech "is in need of said property and can utilize the same for use of the forestry department" for vari-1 ous studies and functions, including forest fire, disease and insect protection, measurement of trees experimental research and related subjects. The state board authorized the Tech president "to do any and all things necessary and proper procure acquisition of, and to ac-! cept, the property approved for transfer by the U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare for Louisiana Polytechnic tute." The board resolved also that Tech "is ready, willing and able, and is hereby authorized to pay all external administrative expenses incident to the transfer of said property and to assume immediate care and maintenance thereof." -000 Lee Resigns As Pastor Of First Baptist struction will' be given by 'the Red Cross swimming class if there is enough demand, reveals Mrs.

Nelda John al. the municipal pool. The instructor's course is open for any Interested person 18 years or older settlor Life Saving, Anyone interested should contact Mrs. John at the city, pool from 8 to :10 or call. AL 5-3200, or contact Mrs.

Ben Clements at the Dubach Senior life saving will be given from July 24 to August 4, Mrs. John said. The third session of swimming lessons will begin July 10, with registration held Friday, July 7 in Ruston from 8 to 10 a.m. and in Dubach from 10:30 to 1.2 noon, Kiwanis Sets Dedication Of Tree Farms Jason N. Kutack; Regional Conservation Forester of International Paper Natchez, will bel the featured spaker on when the Kiwanis Club dedicates 11 new Tree Farms for Lincoln parish.

new Tree Farms, totaling 1,520 acres, will bring the parish total to 62 certified properties, according to A. W. Reed of International Paper district Tree Farm chairman for the Louisiana Forestry Association. President J. J.

Thigpen will preside at the meeting, which will cognize the following forest landowners for their forest management practices: W. A. O'Neal, B. Fallin Miss Louise Hogan, Ruth Dalton Smith, O. L.

Baker, A. P. Telford, J. D. Whitman, Jack Wade, B.

H. Rainwater, J. W. Hammett, Mrs. J.

F. Sanderson. Lindsey Rites Held Tuesday At New Hope First Baptist Burial was in the New Hope Ce- recent board the metery, under the direction of Kil- At a meeting Dr. G. Avery Lee, pastor of First patrick's Funeral Home, Directors of the Ruston Building Baptist Church of Ruston for the Mr.

Lindsey is survived by three and Loan Association declared past 13 years resigned at church sisters, MIs. Susie Whithead of of dividend 1961 at for the the first annual six rate of months services Sunday night effective, Choudrant; Mrw. Lizzie Harper and both of Monroe: per cent. August 31. Mrs.

Cora Raley of and four bruthers, Louis J. of Mon- The dividend will amount to over He will assume the pastorate re: John of Bryan. Texas: J. C. SI.

Charles Avenue Baptist church $95.000.00 and is payable on the hi New Orlenns, it was revealed. of Ruston; and Willis of Bossier first of July, 1 city, Thomas A. Lindsey, retired far. mer, died Monday, July 3, at 2:30 p.m. in the Ruston Hospital.

A native of Choudrant, decensed was a member of the New Hope Baptist Church. Services were held Tuesday at the New Hope Baptist Church, with the Rev. I. B. Stewart, pastor, officiating.

to Narrowly Misses Lightning Bolt two children narrowly that killed a companion in Ouachita River at Monroe. Mrs. Richardson Funeral Rites Held Al Alabama Tuesday Mrs. Eula Richardson, 69, Ruston, died Sunday at 5:10 p.m. lowing a heart attack at the home of a friend.

She was a native of Ruston and a member of New Hope Baptist church. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m, Tuesday in Alabama Presbyterian church with Rev. H. B. Stewart and Dr.

F. E. McFaddin officiating. Burial tonk place in Sibley cemetery in under direction of Kilpatrick fune ral home of Ruston. Survivors include orte daughter, Mrs.

Ila Drake if Santa Ana, one son, Evans Robinson of Louisville, one sister, Mrs. W. Calk of Coleman, three brothers, Thomas of Choudrant, J. J. Norris of Ruston, and Edgar of Shreveport, eight grandchildren, one great-grandchild and nieces and nephews.

Remodeling Of James Building Front Is Begun Begun T.L. James Co. has the ricades up in front of their office building off East Mississippi this week as they begin remodeling the front of the building. J. C.

Love, company secretary, revealed that they are planning to put in a modern "store front" with metal-framed doors and windows. The building front will have al granite facing up to the second floor level, and porcelain paneling Oli up to the bottom of the third floor, two In- In city apon the then 1, and 'engor- 80 were time -000- Dividend Declared By Building, Loan For First 6 Months.