The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-06-20
Local end
Personal
News Of Week a. Told
~ by the Banner Reporters

Rev 7. J. Holiday. of Plain Deal
appointments at the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Delilah Rogers expects to leave
Saturday for White Apple. Miss. for a
visit of several weeks with her son,
Mr.. &. {. Smith.
Plant some wheat next season SO
you will he prepared to have flour that
is from your own place. That's the
best kind. anyway
Miss Matte Cummins, Mrs. Broad
max and Mr.. All Cavett, all of Shreve-
port, spent Sunday afternoon in Ben
ton as guests of Mrs. f. HI. Belcher.
Mrs. J. A. Larkin expects to leave In
the near future for Dallas. Texas, to
make her home with her daughters.
Misses Nellie and Jessie. who are doing
stenograEhic work in that city.
Mrs. Alabel Ogden and daughters.
Misses Ruby Scott and Margery, of
Dixie, accompanied by Mr.. Frank
stroud. of that place. We're visitors
Sunday at the home of Mrs. Teresa
Ogilvie.
A number of the good ladies of this
place have actively engaged in doing
sewing, etc. for the Red Cross Society.
The meet regularly for this purpose
several times each week in one Of the
rooms Of the local school building.
4 paragraph from the personal col
umn of Tuesdays issue of the ShreUe-
port Times reads: Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter Colquitt. of Booster. have left for
Mineral Wells. Texas, making the trip
by auto. They were accompanied by
their three children. Walter. Harriet
and Robert.
Sheriff J. +. Edwards has just re-
turned home from Shreveport. where
he spent Il week recuperating at a san
itarium. He did not become Il patient
at the sanitarium because Of illness,
but rather that he fehred general
breakdown from the strain of the
many duties of the Local Draft Board.
MIR. and Mrs. w. 4. Keith. of the
Linton community. passed through
Benton Tuesday Ell route to Shreve-
port to visit their little granddaughter,
Bernice. fifteen months old child of Mr..
and Mrs. W. l.. Keith. Of this place.
The little ONE was taken to SANTA
rum in that city more than Il week
ago. then quite i'll. but is now said to
he much better
Two weeks ago we announced to the
readers Of the Banner that the story
Confessions of German Deserter.'
would be run in these columns, and
that they might expect soon to see the
first inStallment III print. Plates for
the story had then been ordered sew
eral days, Eut as yet the same have
not reached us. When they do come
in we expect to promptly begin the
publication of the serial.
Some here and there will call to
mind that the editor of the Banner
gave to school children Of the parish
il arse of so as Il reward for their
efforts i'll selling War-Savings Stamps
during the February March contest
among the schools. The officers Of the
Bank of Benton have decided to split
with us and have just mailed a check
in the amount of $40 to the writer.
which is cheerfully acknowledged. We
don't mind being shared with in this
way. but we We're determined to see
the offer made at the time it was even
If no one came in with us, as the Su-
Eerintendent of Schools suggested
would more than likely result
Mr.. w. g. Burt has Just purchased
and installed in this place threshing
machine and has already threslled a
quantity OF wheat for several of the
farmers of the community. Some Of
this same wheat was converted into
flour on MI. Burt's grist mill. and he
stated to the reporter yesterday that
1t looked as good as any flour. So
there is the chance for home-ground
flour and the old-fashion homemade
biscuit-and we are glad of it. BY
next season Mr.. Burt expects to be
well equipped to mill the entire wheat
production of the community, stating
that he will have installed an outfit
that wi turn out twenty-five barrels