The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-07-04
Loo al and
Personal
News of Week as Told
az by the Banner Reporters

July seems to have borrowed IA week
from April or May.
To-day being the 4th. a legal holiday.
the regular July meeting Of the SciOOl
Board was held here yesterday.
Mrs. Henry Carter of New Orleans.
spent several days of last week in Ben
ton as Il guest of her step-daughter.
Mrs. j. \. Edwards.
Mr.. r. 4. Wyche. Of Shreveport. and
Messrs Jas. NJ Henderson and w. q.
Burt. of this place. are expected home
to-day from Joplin. Mo-. where they
spent several days on business.
Miss Dorothy Simmons, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Simmons, OF the
Caney Creek School community. eX-
poets to leave tomorrow for Shreve-
port to enter the Highland Sanitarium
to take the course of Il nurse.
If any of your live stock goes estray
advertise for it in the Banner. 1t only
takes - cents to pay for one Insertion
of an inch advertisement-5U cents for
two weeks. - cents for three weeks.
and so on. And we find the stock, too.
Mr.. +. \. Youngblood. of Marthaville,
accompanied by his little daughter
Alma. spent the past week in Benton
with his son. Mr.. +. +. YOungblOOd,
but has since returned to his home.
While here Mr.. Ioungblood helped his
son with his shop work.
The protracted meeting ut the Pres
byterian Church came to Il close with
the service of Sunday evening. There
were no accessions t. the church as a
result of the meeting, but the several
sermons of the visiting minister, Rev.
McIain. attracted attention and We're
favorably commented on by IA number
of those who heard them.
Miss Catherine Cabeen. who for sew
eral weeks past has been in Benton
and the community on visit with rel
atives, left yesterday for Little Rock,
Ark. to spend some days with All old
friend. She will also perhaps visit III
Hot Springs, that state, before pro.
ceeding to Dallas. Texas, to spend sew.
eral weeks at the home of her uncle
Mr.. w. ii. Scanklnd.
We learn that DR.. f. Il. Simpson
long ii resident of South BOssier, now
in the service Of the Government, has
been given the rank of lieutenant anC
made head surgeon of the ClarksOl
Polytechnic Institute at Potsdanl. n. Y
Mrs. Simpson and their son. Eugene
were recently in Shreveport OH u visit
but by this time have 10 doubt jOinet
the Doctor at his new post of duty.
Mr.. J. Y. Brown and Mr.. +. +. Wick
ers. 10th of the Bellevue community
were visitors yesterday. They relOrte'
recent good rains and excellent GRO
prospects. tnon being asked. MI
Vickers said he could hear of no Oh
catching any fish to speak Of out o
Bodcau recently. He thinks that fO
the present that stream has abOu
played out as Il resort for the angler
We wish to take occasion to congra
ulate Mr.. II. &. Dowell Of Mansfield
an erstwhile resident of Alden Bridge
and long one Of the Banners reader
and friends. He has recently been nj
pointed general superintendent of til
FroSt-Jphnson saw mills located in ID,
Soto Parish. He has long been an ell
ploye of that company. CONSTANT
working his way up. There is no doul
within the mind Of the writer but til;
the new promotion is deserved.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. |. Hanks Of Dixi
We're visitors in Benton Sunday, con
ing over for their two daughters, wi
spent the week in Benton and it's col
nunity with relatives and friends. W
acknowledge an appreciated call fro
Mr.. Hanks. He says he is busy putin
in an exceptionally fine fOur-stand q
plant in bis home town for Messr
Douglas u North 1t is one and
half story brick building. 1t is e
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