The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-04-03
Loo al and
Personal
:. News of a Week as Told
sS by the Banner Reporters

An appreciated caller Monday was
Mr.. o. Longino. Of Bradley, Ark. He
WAS returning home from Il business
trip to Shreveport.
Mr.. \. Batenian. who has been at
tending to matters on his farm. near
Midway. passed through Benton yes
terday Oh his WAY home.
Mr.. w. A. Elder. Of TeXarkana. Ark.
Il brother of Mr.. |. +. Elder. of Alden
Bridge. WAS seeing his Benton friends
in Il business way yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs +. II. Relcher. of Cur
tbs. accompanied by their three chill
dren, We're visiting Mrs. j. +. AdSer.
Mrs. Relcher's mother. last Saturday
and Sunday.
Mrs. L. H. Hendrick, of Shreveport
and her sister. Mrs. $. q. Holmes. of
Abilene. Texas. arrived yesterday af
ternoon to he guests of their cousin.
MIS-. theresa 'SllNle.
Every time Mr. +. J. LovS'e SubScrip-
ton to the Banner almost expires he
sends in another remittance. We are
obliged to You sir. He is still resi-
dent of Los Angeles. Calf. and in his
note to the Banner wishes all his old
RosSier friends well.
\ regular meeting of the Parish
School Board was to have been held
here to-day. but Il quorum was not
present. Those members who came to
he ut the meeting were MeSSrS. w. +.
Conncll. J. w. Wallace and y. w. Sen
tell. of Wards one Two and Three.
respectively. AS Il quorum was not
present and as the State Superintend
ent of Schools wishes to he present ut
IN early meeting of the Board. it was
decided to hold the meeting Oh Thurs
day Of next week.
\ caller Tuesday was Mr.. \. Curtis.
IL representative Ward One planter.
Mir. Curtis is also still Chairman of
the Liberty Loan Organization for this
praiSh. and stated that in the very
near future he will begin work in
earnest for the success locally of the
Victory Loan. One of the first duties
he will undertake. so he said was the
placing of posters in the places of
business in the larger towns of the
PARISH Subscriptions to the coming
loan will be assessed in keeping with
what the individual is actually worth.
Dr. J. :. Alison. who for Il number
of years practiccd his profession i'll
South Louisiana. recently came to the
home of his parents. Mr.. and MrS.~I. =
Alison. residing some miles south OF
Benton for Il well-earned rest. In
fact. we were told that the Doctor
temporarily gave up the practice OF
medicine because of failing health
That WAS month or so ago. and he
is now much better. and must have
learned to like RosSier Parish as !;
home. for we are told that he ha.
onened an office on his fathers planta
ton and will perhaps permanently re
main there AS side lines he is engag
ed to some extent in farming and alst
III npme attention to the growing OF
Luck to you. Doctor.
Frank FortSon. jr.. of Denver
nephew of Mr.. w. \. Fort>on
here this week on Il visit with hi.
and left yesterday morning t.
Id few days in Vivian with rela
Is before returning home. MIR
IrtSon has recently been discharged
um the Army after two months o
ervicc overseas. He is not well pleas
ed with his luck. he says. us he vOlun
teered about Il year ago in the avia
ton rpS-olDServation department
and after months Of hard training. tive
months of which was spent behind thu
lines in France. the armiStice came he
fore he had heard Il gun. He was II
England. hut did not see London. ant
his orders never took him near Pari
while in France. However. Mr.. Fort
son is yet young man and his train