The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-03-28
IOCa and
Persona
:. News of Week as Told
S~ by the Banner Reporters
Cloudy and threatening.

Cloudy and threatening.
The martins and swallows have re-
turned so we will have to admit that
spring is here.
A much needed rain fell here last
Friday. The ground had become SO
thoroughly dried out that a good soak
ing rain is now needed.
Mr.. j. f. PiIkinton has made lie re-
mttance and ordered the Banner mail
ed to himself mt Atkins. You'll get it.
jim: and we are obliged to you for
your order.
Mrs. X. Nj. Burton and children. of
Arkana, came in to-day and are guests
of Mrs. Burton's mother, Mrs. Matte
Adger. They will perhaps remain in
Benton several weeks.
"A post card has just come from
Mrs. ScanIand. now in Charleston, w.
Va. at the bedside Of her brother. Mr..
+. w. Ahney. and in which she says
that his condition renlainS about the
same. He has been quite i'll for some
weeks and his permanent recovery is
not expected to follow He has Bright's
disease.
One of the daughters" has au-
thoriZed the following reader: "A reg
ular meeting Of Il. J. Hancock Chapter.
L. ID. C.. will he held Friday of next
week, April 9TH, at the home of Mrs.
II. +. Wycie. AS there is business Of
nj, t,,
all members who possibly can are
asked to lie present.
Mr.; blanchard carstarphen, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Il. NJ. Carstarphen. Of
Plain Dealing. and who is now in
France. has forwarded us Il copy of
The stars ami Stripes. the official news
paper Of the American Expeditionary
Forces in Europe. We thank him. and
wish to assure him that when Sunday
comes we shall find much pleasure in
closely reading its columns.
We have employed one other news
paper man. said to be Il good one and
well trained. He is now in MISSISSIPPI
ri. where he has been employed for
visit New Orleans and proceed to Ben
ton the first of next week. Should he
prove efficient, and Il man who can well
fill the Position open in this office, we
expect that he will remain with us per-
nnnently. In that event. the readers
of the Banner may expect to see it out
on time every week in the future.
Mr.. &. w. Sentell, jr. son of Mr..
n. w. Sentell. of Colinsburg. has writ
ten the Banner that he has been trans
ferred FROM the mine sweeping force to
aviation work. He says: = did duty
on the Lawrence for six months. and
we certainly did see some hard winter
Seyeral times we were frozen up in the
ice and couldn't move. We also did
some relief work. With the temporal
ture twenty below and the wind rag
ing, it VAS very cold" His address is !:
Us Naval Operating Base. Aviation
Reg, Co. II, Hampton Roads, Va
Tuesday afternoon IL number Of
the residents of Benton and BOssier
City had the pleasure of witnessing
Sdiiie VI hitSheI biIi DeJWeeN SIFl
students of the schools of the two
towns. and played on the campus Of
Bossier City High School. 1t was IL
snarpy and clean game. well worth
seeing, and If there We're errors worthy
Of note we failed to observe them.
The girls llay good ball and appar-
emily take great interest in the game.
The score this time was - to II in
favor of the Benton team. Other games;
are to he arranged for.
A caller ut the Banner office one
day the latter part Of last week was
DR.. \. NJ. Eichelherger. of Shreveport.
who WAS accompanied by DIR. &. A.
Cunningham. DR. Eichelberger stated
that he is to he succeeded in his veter-
mary practice in this territory by DR..
Cunningham and that lie would soon
leave for Canada, where lie recently
purchased an interest in large stock
and wheat ranch. Should he later re-
turn to Shreveport. as is his intention
the two viii form a copartnership for
the practice of their profession. DR.
Cunningham Is himself from Canada
and comes well recommended He has
had about fourteen years experience as
practitioner, and recently was EN-
ployed by the British Government to