Ruston Leader from Ruston, Louisiana • Page 1

BIBLE DIGEST St H. B. DEAN Lor's wife." Luke 17:32 people pitching their tent tod. Sodom today, would de well. to heed to tho words of this test.

enequally yoked together with Val. 64 Follow The Leader Z. L. Hankins Named Head Of City Red Cross Drive L. Hankins, local insurance agent, has been named chairman of the city Red Cross Drive by Dr.

LaMoyne Bleich, parish chairman. Hankins announced that a concerted one day door-to-door canvas is. planned during March, with cooperation from the members of the fraternities on the Louisiana Tech campus. He explained that Kappa Alpha, Pi Kappa. Alpha, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Lambda Chi Alpha and LamAbda Tau fraternities will make a door-to-door canvas.

Kappa Sigma fraternity plans to conduct a street drive during the campaign. details about the Red Cross drive will be released and the exact date uf the concerted drive given, Hankins disclosed today; Hankins urged everyone to support! the Red Cross drive, which meats so many emergencies, with theiratime, money and efforts. -000- SPORTS AWARD Few Tickets For Banquet Available Coach Joe Aillet, head football coach at Louisiana Tech annountees that he has a limited number of tickets to the Shreveport Chamber of Commerce Sports Award. Banquet scheduled for Friday night, The Shreveport group will honor Louisiana Tech's Gulf States ConTerence Championship football squad at the banquet: Alllet said that the Chamber had 'sent him ten tickets. They are a- vailable for $7.50 per ticket: The banquet will be" held' at the Washington Youree Crystal Ballroom at 7.p.m.

Friday. Additional tickets will be avail able at. the door, Aillet said. Z. L.

HANKINS Polio Shots Available Until 7 P.M. Health service officials all across the country are. perturbed at the number of persons who. have failed to get their polio shots. The local Lincoln purish Health Unit, feeling that the reason many have failed to get their polio shots is that they do 'not have time to come to the unit or go to a family doctor during the day because they are working.

Therefore, during' the month' of February the health unit is remain. ing open every Thursday night unLil 7 p.m. so that all working people might. have an opportunity to become protected frown the dread disease, Polio shots may be obtained from your private doctor or from the health unit for free. Health unit officers.

said that polio shots were available during the day front 8 a. m. to 5 p.m, and that, if a person was able to get his shots in the day to. do so and not wait until Thursday nights. TIPS FROM.

EXTENSION TRIPS Fertilize Your Clover Now, For Best Results, CA Says It is about the time of year for the weather, to warm, up. so that pastures can grow. If you have. not applied fertilizer to your clover now is a good time to do so. Four hundred or.

more, pounds of three, twelve, twelve, per, acre, applied now will let you stop feeding those cows in a few Use nitrate on rye: grass, oats, and wheat, If: you are thinking in terms of using: Chemical Weed Control in your: pastures this year you certainly want to fertilize them. Weeds that have been fertilized and are growing are easier to kill. Speaking of pastures and improved grasses, Howard Barnett says his cows fell off one hundred pounds of milk per day when he stopped feeding Costal Bermuda hay and started feeding oat hay. This was three pounds of milk per cow. Often times you ask yourself the question, can I afford the better quality hay.

DAIRY MEETING You may be in better position to figure the answer relative to these roughages if you attend the Dairy Farm and Home Management Meeting in: the Courthouse 10:00 Friday morning, Feb, 12th. After you have heard the specialist: present the program, you may be able to use some ideas to help you make your business more profitable, CATTLEMENS MEETING Cattlemen will meet Thurs. day 'evening' February 11th. Officers. for.

1960 will be elected and delegates selected for attending the State Meeting in Alexandria to be held Monday and Tuesday of next week. Notices to cattle owners that have not paid their dues for 1960 were mailed a notice of the meeting on pink paper, and members paid up for 1960 received their notice on blue. paper. indicating they were in: good standing. NEW BULLETIN You may be an individual that does not have enough land for a cow and calf program, if you are, you might like to haye a copy of a new bulletin "he Value of Ryegrass Patures For Beef Steers." This is a good bulletin giving you an idea what you might expect from grazing Ryegrass with steers when good fertilization and management is used.

This kind of cattle business present another opportunity to the individual that cannot run cows' and calves, CORN Some. of you may have a variety core that you are proud The Ruston Serving The North Louisiana Hill Country Since 1895 RUSTON, LOUISIANA: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11. $4,000 Forestry Scholarship Offered High School Students For the third. successive year. Hodge has announced it will continue providing a $4,000 scholarship Tit Which two Louisiana Tech forestry students at present are the recipients.

Holders of the award are Bobbie G. Blackmon of Logansport, sophomore, and Kenneth Ray Johnson of Athens, a freshman. The scholarship is payable at $1,000 a year for four years of study in the field of professional forestry, It is granted to an outstanding high school graduate from the portion of Louisiana and Arkansas where the donor corporation operates or owns timber lands. Applicants must be interested in forestry as a career, have a better than average scholastic average, must have demonstrated leadership in school, community and church, activities, must be of good character, with a pleasing personality, and must have the ability to do creditable college work. information about the scholarship Application forms and additional may be obtained from high school principals or vocational agriculture teachers.

They must be submitted to high school principals not later than April 1, 1960, Over 5,100 Tags Sold for Autos At Court House Auto license tages were issued for 5,100 automobiles during the period the bureau was open in the court house, reveals Francis Heard of the revenue department. The substation was closed Saturday. noon. Heard revealed that they sold out of car license tags by 11:45 a.m., however, In addition to auto tags, 539 pick up truck tags were sold, he reveal ed. Some 25-50 persons in line to get (had to go: to Monroe for licenses, auto tags were.

turned away and it was revealed: --000- Nazarene Church Ho Revival During This Week Revival services are being held this week, through Sunday at the Church of the Nazarene, corner of Texas and Farmerville streets. Guest evangelist is Rev. Earl Baker of Springdale. Jim Smith of Winnifeld, is the song evangelist. He is a haritone.

Rev. R. V. Dean announced that there would be special music each evening. Time of services is 7:30 p.m, 70 Cartons Cigarettes Stolen Here (Continued on Page 8) ment.

Tech Rifle Team Tons the These members of the Louisiana Tech Rifle Teqm bare been eating VP competition around the country gad have scheduled competition in El Paso, Florida, South Carolina and all across Louisiona. All ore Tech Air Force cadets. Pictured gre (left to right back row) Sgt. Mex Bledsoe, conch. Willigm Sutton, Kemp Morgeo, lack Ramsey, Eugene Walker.

Morgen Matt Crawford, (back row Seances King, Bobby Chapla and (net Hugh O'Donnell. Dr. Dale Newsom, Entomologist at La, State University, recommended that Mr. and Mrs. Goss on the Chatham road use Heptachlor to control moles that were causing trouble in the yard.

Mrs. Goss had tried a number of poison baits with nc results and when Dr. Newsom visited the parish this week suggested the soil insecticide. Pest like the mole are feeding primarily on soil insects, When these insects Leader 11. 1960 Police Jury Turns Down By 6 to 5 Vote After AN EDITORIAL We Ask The Jury RECONSIDER the LIBRARY Selfish greed delivered a killing blow to a Lincoln Parish library Tuesday when the police jury by a vote of 6 to 5 refused to request demonstration by the state commission.

We regret the jury saw fit to follow the dictates of a few wealthy men and deny the people the benefits of a library. The Leader requests this matter be reconsidered at the earliest possible moment and this wrong be righted. This i is serious blow to our parish. We have been told this was the home of educated people, of cultured people where schools and churches were important in their lives. But we are a collection of hypocrites and can never be proud we are from Lincoln Parish until we establish public librories.

We are ashamed to admit our police jury would not even let the tax payers vote on whether they wanted to improve their minds and lives. The average property owner in this parish would have paid less than $10 per year for this service. A two mill tax costs $2 per $1000 of assessment and those who are assessed less than $2000 would pay nothing. A man with $3000 assessment would pay $2 if he lived on his property. Those whom the Lord has blessed with great wealth should be willing to share the burden of any tax upon an equal basis, and not march upon the court house with their followers and demand there be no storehouse of knowledge built in our town.

Opposition to oppressive taxes is commendable but to demand the people not be allowed a library they will completely control themselves is ridiculous. We realize our jurymen voted as they were instructed by the property owners in their wards, but we do not believe the story was completely understood by those who wished to do without a library. There has never been a library here; many adult property, owners grew into manhood without: walking inside Their parents never knew what a library was and their children are being raised without having one to improve their minds or elevate their souls with the combined knowledge of the ages. This is a regrettable fact, but it is also a shame that we do not wish to improve the condition of our children above what we have known: To keep books away from children and young people, to deny adults. access to the printed word, is something we might have expected more than one hundred years ago, but certainly not: in 1960.

We cannot put a library on a "no more taxes! basis, not when the "poor mouthing" Is being done by wealthy property owners. The Leader printed the names of organizations representing more than one' thousand who wanted this library, most of them property owning, tax paying citizens. They wanted a library, they were not so ignorant they did not realize they must pay for what they have, and. they still want the opportunity to vote on' this issue. We cannot pass lightly over the demand of.

large boys don't want. The Leader humbly asks the police jury body of our people for a civic improvement some 'of the big to reconsider their action. Let us put this question to a vote of all the people where we can express our opinion individ: ually. We believe there is a thirst for knowledge 'here; a demand for the better things in life. We know these people who live in the atomic age are willing to pay a few paltry dollars per year to raise their standard of living.

We want to. be able to face the future with a pride in this parish and not blush with shame when we tell the sorry story of what happened when we had a chance to have a public library. Stowe, Cypress Creek Plans Aired by Chamber of Commerce Representatives of the State Soil Conservation Service were at the mecting of the Chamber ot Commerce board meeting last night to explain their plans for Stowe and Cypress Creek Watershed projects. Alton Mungum of the scs explained that the idea behind the program was to prevent flooding and that the federal government was willing to build flood control reservoirs at four points on the two creeks, providing a survey heing made now proves it feasible and providing casements call be obtained. He pointed out that the construction and engineering is all free, but that local persons must acquire all casements and that the local people must look after maintenance of the controls after construction.

The present survey of the projeet should be completed in about two months, Manguin said. Also present from the SCS were Paul McGowan, a Mr. Green and Don Spencer of the D'Arbonne SCS. In other activity, the hoard voted to have 1 the proper committee buy a 50-stur flag Chamber. Tom Judd uppointed Paul HenJo unwind joys.top mittee, Lucius McGehec, chairman of the agriculture committee: Buddy Kendall, membership committee and Bill Carter, Athletic Committee.

Ed Edmonds, chairman of the retail merchants roported were shaping up for special George Washington's Birthday sales, Also discussed were the follow. ing topics; downtown parking; the need for a new post office, and the decision of the police jury on the library, On the topic of the library, It WAS the concensus of the board that further education of the people of the parish as to the need for a library will be necessary, It was agreed to uppoint a library committee and let them continue working Ull the issue, Win Trip to Chicago Mary Fowler and Chuck Anderson receive $25 checks from left Blondio, President of Lincoln Perish Farm Bureau. Mgry and Chuck today for 9a 9n all expense, paid trip as 90 award for being two the nine State winners in the "Better Breakfast Contest." sponsored by the La. Farm Bureau Federation. Get Pollo Shots HARAN all walking part unity to this not had your or Lincoln Unit: on from These Voted For Library The following Police.

Jurors voted in favor of asking for. library demonstration: B. Walker, Ward J. Richardson, Ward L. 1: J.

W. Cook. Ward Henry. and John A. Mit thell, Ward 1.

These Killed The Library The following mambers of the Lincoln Parish Police Jury voted against a asking for a demonstration library: J. E. Delony, War.l Virgil Frozier, Ward M. Enloc, Ward S. E.

Wise, Ward M. A. Woodard, Ward 2, and C. M. Mathewes, Ward 1, Cecil T.

Burdine Funeral Services Held Wednesday Funeral services were held at Wednesday nt the Rocky i Springs Church for Cecil 3. p.m. Truman Burdine, 52 year old Baptist enployee of local gasoline company. resided at Lisbon, and was dencon in the Rocky Springs Raptist Church, Ho was born in Mugnolia, Ark. Final services was cortucted by Dr.

Gray Allison, assisted by the Rev. Clint Irvin. Burial was in the Sharon Cemetery, under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Ruston, his widow, Survivors Include Mrs. (. T.

Durdine, Lisbon one daughter, Mrs. Glynn Aycock, ens; one sister, Mrs. B. W. Yentes, llomer: three brothers, R.

E. Burdine, blugo, Jessie Burdine, Homer; Clyde Burdine, Orange, Mary Fowler, Anderson On Chicago Trip Ardistine Fowler, of the Mary 4- HClub, and Chuck Anderson, of the Industrial Arts Club have been selected State Winners in the Belter Breakfast program, according to Mr. C. S. Shirley State 4-: Ciun Agent, and Mr.

H. 0. Thomas, Supt. of Industrial Education. Mary and Chuck will receive a trip 10 Chicago where they will present their ideas on focusing attention of teenagers on the need for mor3 adequate nutrition to the National Youthpower Congress which meets February 11-14.

The better breakfast program is 8 nation-wide- program 10 try to improve the eating habits of our teenagers. This is being done in enoperation with Louisiana Furm Bureau, and the many organized Youth clubs throughout the state. There will be five girls and four boys going to the Congress from Louisiana. Mrs. Bertha Bryson, Specialist with the L.S.U.

Agricultural Extension Service, and Mr. W. J. Parent, Executive Assistant for Vocational Edueation with the Department of Education, will serve as chaperones, In conducting their campaigns for promoting better breakfasts a survey was run at Ruston High School, Simsboro 4-H Clubs, and Rustou Elementary 4-11 clubs to determine the breakfast habits of students before the campaign gan, The main reasons students gave for not eating breakfast was because they did not have enough time, or were not hungry. Only about 50 per cent of the students tested ate some fruit or juice for breakfast.

After the first survey was run campaign was begun to encourage the eating of bettor breakfasts. The campalgn was promoted by posters in the various schools in the parish, newspaper articles, radio group talks, class discussions, exhibits, and distribution of phamphlets, Those who helped with this part of the campaign were Dottie Rostron, Betty Koss, Betty Berry. man, Peggy Roberts, Mary Norris, John Fowler, Mary Lynn Shelor, Dorothy Fowler, Ancie Smith, Linda Jones, Jeni-Su Lee, Laine Floyd. Shirley Latham, Glen Wright, Mike McKee, Elizabeth Les, David Smelley, Mickey Watler, Glenda Woodard, Velma Petorson and members of the Ruston High School Industrial Arts Club. Then a second questionnaire was submitted to those previously losted to determine the elects of the campaign on the eating habits of those cooperating.

Through the resuits of this study, Mary and Chuck found that an effective display is beneficial toward increasing better breakfast habits. Price Five Canto Library Trial Lengthy Debates 'Shrew' Play Performances Set at Tech William Shakespeare's popular comedy, "The Taming of the Shrew," will be presented in two performances at Louisiana Tech by the Canadian Players in Howard Auditorium on Wednesday, Feb. 17, A program for the students is booked for 2:15 p.m. and a presentation. for the general public will be given at 8 p.m.

The appearances are under the auspices of the Tech Concert Association, "Kiss Me Kate," 2 Broadway musical, was taken from this play. The story concerns two sisters, Katherina and Bianca. Katherina, the elder, is bad-tempered and no one wants to marry her. Her fathor, Baptista, vows that popular Bianca will remain single until Katherina marries. Bianca's many suitors persuade their friend Petruccio, who is ing for a wife, to try to wed the wealthy shrew.

How Petruccio tries to win and tame her makes the play one of Shakespeare's most delight? comedies. Playing Petruccio will be Max Helpmann, an Australian actor, who has performed with such stars as Yul Brynner and Sir. Laurence Olivier. Opposite him in the role of Katherinn, replacing Kate Reid, is Miss Trudi Wiggins, who is considered by manv to ho one of Canada's most brilliant young. actresses.

Gene S. Brazell, Dubach Resident Will Get Degree Gene Sherill Brazell, Dubach, completed work toward a degree in the division of Biology at North-4 east State College with the closing of the fall according 10 Registrar Buel be S. graduated Hamner, formally and receive her degree May :30, since Northeast has no midyenr commencement exercises. -000-- Funeral Rites Slated Friday For Mannings services will be held at Funera: 2:30 p.m. Friday at Temple Bapchurch with Dr.

Rel Gray and tist Rev. Virgil Morris officiating for three members of the John Cooper family, Burial will be in Manning Greenwood cemetery. An entire Ruston family was killed in the fiery crash of a Lloyd airlines planes in Bolivia Friday. Carried to their death in the crash that took 5 lives, were Mr. and Mrs.

John Cooper Manning and their five-year-old son, Johnnie, who were on the first leg of a trip back. home to Ruston, The couple are Ruston natives. Both attended Ruston high school and Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, Time of funeral services arc pending the arrival of the bodies here, Funeral services will be held 'at Temple Baptist church with Dr. Rel Gray and Rev. Virgil Morris officiating.

Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery under direction of Spears-Kimbell funeral home of Ruston. Manning was -a junior executive of the Delta Exploration company ing contracting for a short while. Later, he returned to working for Delta Exploration company, who had employed him prior to the war. Mr. Manning's survivors include his mother, Mrs.

Irene Manning; one brother Leon; two sisters, Mrs, J. C. Ross and Mrs, W. S. Collie.

All are of Ruston. Mrs. Manning's survivors include her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Don Davis of Ruston; one sister, Mrs.

V. G. Phelps of Smyrna, two brothers, W. of Beaumont and George of Tallulah. of Jackson, Miss.

Mrs. Manning was the former Flora Mae Davis of Ruston. R. W. Edwards In Critical Condition Following Attack R.

W. "Lum" Edwards was admitted to Ruston Hospital last night following an attack of a vas-: cular condition while making an arrest at the bus station. He is listed in a critical condition and is being flown to a Houston hospital to a specialist in his type of ailment, doctors disclosed at Ruston hospital. The Lincoln parish police Jury voted down a demonstration: libra ory here Tuesday by' a close 4 'to 5 vote. The group moved into.

the court roont to hold the meeting when large delegation of people objecting to the library and representalives of those favoring the library over-crowded the jury room. Presenting resolutions from.25, or more organizations favoring the demonstration was Tom Judd. of the Ruston Chamber of Commerce. Leading delegation opposed 'to the demonstration were Fate Mabry (who presented a number of letters from taxpayers to 10), C. Burham, J.

M. Arne strong and Glen Shadow. Present was Miss Sallie Farrell of the State Library Commission, who helped clalify questions about the library. In other action the Lincoln police Jury asked the stute department of highways to: let a contract for a rond from Highway 167 to the Tech Furm Road, Members of the Police Jury ac'copted bid of $2.49 per cuble yard for wash gravel at. their meeting.

yesterday. Ouncliita Gravel Company, of Monroc was low bidder over three other companies, It was reported. Mra, June Moore wha re- appointed a five-year term as a momber. of the Lincoln Parish Board. A resolution was passed asking the highway department to put topping on three-fourths: miles of streets in Simsboro after the Police Jury had prepared it and put base materials on it.

The Grambling proposed voting discussed precinot.at was and action on It was tabled until after the that general election on the premise it would be too late to set lip the procinct, before that election, Copies of the Public: Affairs. Research. Council's Police Jury Manuul wore passed out to jury members. The books are compilations of the duties and functions of the Police Jury. voting down the parish library demonstration by a vole of 6, to 5 the police jury gave as their teasons: The upooming school bond eleclions, the nine-mills of taxes voted in the past three lack of years, enough, time to fully consider the issue, and that the people in their wards did not want.

a library. A that may have been in the family for: generations. The University would like to. have some of this corn to be used in future breeding programs for hybrid seed. Arrange.

merits have 'been made to store some of these foundation seeds at the National Seed Storage Laboratory at Fort Collins, Colo. If you have a good corn that you think could be of value to the industry in' the years to come. and would like to give some of the seed to the project, leave from one to five pounds at the Courthouse, with what ever information you feel would be of value relative to the corn, and your County Agent will be glad to send it to the LSU Agronomy Department, MOLES -000 Revival Being Held Al Dubach United: Pentecostal Church A revival is now in progress at the Dubach United. Pentecostal church with Rev. and Mrs.

Glen Chunce announces serving as guant evangelists, W. R. Lowe; pastor, Rev. Chance: is pastor of the United Pentecostal church of' Mon100, Mrs, Chance plays the accordian, Services begin. cach: evening -at 7 p.m.

Burglars broke into Anderson's Supermarket some time last night and stole cigarettes and an assortment of deodorant, discloses Ruston Police Chief 0. 0. Osbon. Some 70 cartons of cigarettes were taken, the chief said. Helping him with an investigation of the theft is George Simonion of the Lincoln Parish Sheriff's depart- Durden to Attend 'Industrial Meet At Baton Rouge W.

W. Durden, manuger of: the Ruston Chamber of Commerce will attend Louisiana's. eventh. Annual Industrial Development Conference to be lield in Baton Rouge tomorrow, More than 100 persons have ready registered for Loulsiana's gal. Seventh Annual Industrial Developmont Conference to be held here next Thursday, Curt Siegelin, executive director of the Department.

of Commerce and. Industry, sald more than 300 persons are expected to attend the conference, a highlight of which will be a poon address by Governor Jimmie H. Davis on "My Plans for Indistrial Development." Davis, Democratic nominee for governor, stressed the need for fur. ther Industrial development of the state during the torial campaign, Community leaders from through. out the state are expected tp attend the one-day conference at the Capitol House Hotel from 8 a.m.

to 4 p.m; General chairman of the meeting is Dr. P. F. Boyer, director of the search, which annually ca-sponsors the conference with the ment of Commerce and Industry help local communities help themselves" by outlining methods employed in successful industrial development programs,.