The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-09-16
| News Notes
of the Week

Mr.. G. Fletcher Elder of Alden Bridge
left on the 18th for Baton Rouge to re-
enter L. S. u. as student.
Mr.. w. v Logan of VAUDEVILLE left
Yesterday for New Orleans to re-enter
Tulane University as student.
Mrs. w. E. Ivey left yesterday morn
ing for Shreveport, where she will spend
two days with her cousin, Mrs. Belamy.
Miss Eula Hanks has returned home
! from Mooringsport, where she spent
several weeks with her sister, Mrs.
]. D. Scoggins.
r13g~ 1t is not too late even now to
secure a copy of the Parish Fair cata-
lopue and decide upon exhibits you
would like to make.
Master James B. Ivey, son of Mr..
w. E. Ivey, who resides near this place,
left yesterday morning for Fayetteville,
Ark, and will enter the Peabody Nor
NAL School located there.
Miss Leila White left this morning
for Bayou Chicot, Evangeline Parish,
where she will teach during the present
scholastic year. She was accompanied
by her niece and namesake, Mr.. w. P.
Whites little girl.
If Bossier Parish didn't have an ag-
ricultural fair every year everybody
would be wishing we could do SO. But
we have the fairs-and good ones, too
and that for 1915 is nearly due. So it's
in turn for all of US to get busy!
It seems that fair progress is being
made on the ", S. and P.'s new bridge
across Red River at Bossier City. From
distance, two spans seem to be COM
pleted and work is being pushed on a
new pier out near the center of the river.
The next regular meeting OF Cypress
Lodge, F. and A. NJ, will be held at the
lodges hall in this place next Thursday
night. Also, it is the writer's impress
sion that an important meeting of the
local chapter, Order of Eastern Star,
will be held at an early date.
Sportsmen from this place and Plain
Dealing, who have established two
camps for day or so near Midway to
hunt deer, yesterday bagged four. One
was killed by Mr.. T. J. Taylor of this
place and another by Mr.. L. F. Whit
tington of near Bossier City. The other
two were killed by members of the
Plain Dealing camp, but we did not
learn their names.
Mr.. w. P. White has resigned his po-
sition as carrier on Rural Mail Route
/ No. out of this place and has for the
time been succeeded by Mr.. H. Mont
gomery. Mr.. White has gone to Keat-
chic to locate and will engage in the
dairy business and the raising of beef
cattle for the market. He left at an
early hour yesterday morning, having
his household goods moved in wagons.
An entertainment pleasantly antici-
pated by residents of Benton is that to
be given tomorrow evening at the K.
of P. Hall, under the auspices of mem
bers of the Ladies' Aid Society. Games
at rock, etc., and other amusements will
be freely INDUCED in by all. Refresh
ments of cake, ice cream and sherbet
will be offerde for sale and the fund so
derived will be devoted to church work.
Mrs. L. S. Gribble, aged about forty
years, native of this parish, and
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. Stray
han, now deceased, died yesterday morn
ing in Denver, Col, where she went
some time ago for the benefit of hel
health. She is survived by two brothers
and two sisters, who are residents oi
Bossier Parish. They are Messrs. J. F
and S. R. Strayhan and Mesdames H. c
Spruin and F. G.. Allen.
gg Beginning with January 1, 1916
cash in advance will be demanded for al
subscriptions to the Banner. This an
nouncement was made in the first issue
of the Banner to appear this year ane
has been repeatedly announced, which
was to give publicity to the change il
policy in advance, and with desire, a
always, to be fair by our subscribers
When the new year comes the chang
will be enforced, and all subscribers viii
be treated alike.
a The 1915 PARISH FAIR will b
held in Plain Dealing October 10Th t
2ist three days. Tuesday, the 18th
will be School Children's Day; Wednes
day, the Goth, will be Veterans and OIL
Fiddlers' Day, and Thursday, the 10Th
Everybody's Day. There will be hors
races during the afternoon of each da
and one basket ball and two baseba
games during the first two days, an
other amusements. The date is near d
hand, so join in the spirit of the caus
now. Begin to cast around and Sc
what you can offer as exhibits.
Mr.. John Heifner of the Alabama Set
Element {north of Plain Dealing) is per
haps the Oldest male resident of Bessie
Parish. On Monday of next week
should he be spared to see that day, b
will celebrate his 91st birthday ami
yersary. We are told that he still lead
an active life and is most satisfied whe
engaged in light work around his prem
ases. Mr.. Helfner has four living chi
dfen, and last Sunday had the pleas
uFe OF having them all present to dir