The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-04-30
TOPICS of a Week
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Mr.. A. A. Martin, of Rocky Mount, was bust
ness visitor Monday.
Mrs. G. B. Terry, of Shreveport, is guest of her
mother. Mrs. Sallie White
Mr.. lack Gardner, of Plain Dealing, while here
r,asdav called to pay short visit.
pobt now. while lumber and labor are cheap, is
tho time for us to build our school house.
pev. J. M. Brown announced Sunday that here
.fer evening services would begin at Sis o'clock
4 call meeting of the School Board will be held
here tomorrow to consider the bids made for the
custody of the school funds
Mr.. E. A. Chapman, OF the Hudson Chapman
comnany, and Mr.. D. L. Jones, both of Shreve-
mort spent Sunday here with friends.
Miss Annie Johnston, who is still teaching a
school on the Caddo side of the river, was here the
latter part of last week on visit to her parents,
prof. and Mrs. Jos. E. Johnston.
Mr.. J. R. Durbin, formerly resident of our
narsb has written us to forward the Banner to him
at Needles, Cal where he is now living. We hope
you'll never go to a hotter place, Mr.. Durbin.
Mr.. Victor Thomas, grandson of Capt. S. M.
Thomas, who lives this place, and Miss Parolee
Bridge were united in marriage in Shreveport one
day last week.
The Police Jury will convene here on the first
Monday in June to review the parish assessment
roll. The legal date for such meetings of the vari
ous police juries of the State formerly the first
Monday in July.
Mr.. w. P Schenks and family, who for some
wears past have made their home in Alden Bridge,
have moved to a point near Acknowledgement
Whited Wheless new saw mill is located. He is
still working for the firm.
Baga Before another issue of the Banner our sub
scrption list will be revised and all those whose
subscriptions paid only up to some date during
May of last year will be placed on our suspended
list We hope you are not included.
We have been requested to state that the closing
exercises of Caney School (near Mr.. L. c. Bulkley's
farm) and picnic will be held at the school May
9Th. Miss Tommie McCranie, the efficient teacher
hopes to see all old friends and patrons of the
school present on that occasion.
severe wind, rain and electrical storm, lasting
for about hour, crossed our parish last Thurs
daylight. One cabin on Buck Hall plantation and
seven on Kingston plantation (south of Benton,
we're blown down. Other damage to property and
live stock is mentioned in our correspondence
column. No lives were lost
We are told that Messrs. A. r. Thompson an6
W. E.Ivey will levee Silver Lake and stock it with
game fish. The levee would raise the water leve
several feet and make it an ideal place for fish
The lake is small body of water about three mile
west of the Arkansas road and about six miles from
Collinsburg. 1t is fed mainly by springs
Capt. D. w. Adams, known to nearly ever.
one of our readers living in Bossier, was Gale
last Thursday. The Captain now lives in Arkan
sas-ust across the ine-but still feels at home il
Bossier. He was seventy-six years old on the 18th
but looks as young as he did fifteen years ago. H
is now homesteading tract of land and hustle
around like man just entering his primes.
Meetings of citizens were held at the Cour
House Tuesday and last nights to discuss the cree
ton Of new school house in Benton. All prelim
mary steps have not yet been perfected nor hav
plans been agreed upon, but we feel safe in ad
vancing the prediction that it will be built, an
that it will be such building as will stir the prid
Of the entire community. 1t is proposed to expen
about $1,000 on the site and building. The sit
fixed upon includes that at present occupied by tn
Presbyterian Church and the two blocks immedi
atey east of it.