The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-05-20

DeStIlHS. Is d NlSAtOi At pIestuI Ut Tie
country home of Mr.. w. L. Ivey.
Miss Val Rurch, of Shreveport.
spent Monday night and Tuesday in
Benton as a guest Of Miss Maylne T.
Burt.
Mr. and Mrs. Beverly Kelly, of
Minden, are here Oh a visit with Mr..
Kelly's mother. Mrs. B. A. Kelly, ST.,
and other relatives.
Miss Bessie Crawford. of Natchi-
tocles. is here on a visit with her
sister. Mrs. Gillum Wyche. She came
in last Saturday morning.
OF the several teachers in Benton
High School Mr.. Il. W. Eygleston. prin-
cipal, and Miss LeOla Greer have con-
scented to return for the 192O-21 session.
Mrs. j. J. Bogard is now here with
her husband. who for some weeks past
has been employed in doing clerical
work in Clerk Of Court IIendersOn's
Office.
The Presbyterian Church in this
place is to be repainted-three coats
outside and two inside. Slight repairs
| on its windows, etc., We're made last
week.
Miss Mary Humble. who some time
ago resigned her position III the local
school defective upon its closet expects
to leave Saturday for her home in
Monroe.
Miss Gladys Thompson. who was
operated on for goiter April 18th at Il
Shreveport sanitarium. continues to do
well and returned home Wednesday of
last week.
Mr. w. G. Burt left the first of
this week for Melville, st. Landry Par
ish. where he went to bid on some
levee construction work. He is eX-
pected home to-day or to-narrow.
Mrs. Harvey Spruill. of the Hughes
Spur community, was reported quite
sick Sunday from something like an
attack of acute indigestion. 1t was
necessary to call in Il doctor to see her.
We are obliged to Mr.. Robert Wal
lace for an extra nice cabbage. brought
in yesterday morning. 1t is larger and
better headed out than we expected to
see cabbages of any variety this early
In the season.
Drilling was begun one day this
week at the Boissean prospect well No.
2. Operations are also still under way
at the new Bill Rowe site. near by.
Both locations are some six or seven
miles SOutll of BENTON
The young people of Benton plan
to give dance Thursday night of next
week. One of the young ladies' has
requested the reporter to say that the
| same Shreveport band that furnished
the music for the last dance will not
he engaged for this occasion.
Miss Earline Hester. Of Terrell,
| Texas, remembered as IL former teacher
! in the local school. came in Sunday
evening for Il visit of some days at
the home Of Mrs. ]. Il. Adger. ST. She
is just from New Orleans. where she
is said to have spent the, past year for
the benefit of her health.
| -Mr..y. V. Wilmington, during the
IClHI JUST CiUScu DIhhCAlNt1 VI 1SOSSAcl
| City High School. was here last Satur-
| day looking for house-to either buy
or rent. we presume. He is to he the
| Office deputy for Sheriff-Elect j. +.
Adnir and wished to make arrange
nlents to move here within the next
few weeks.
The reporter was told on the
| streets this fofenoon that Mr.. c. J.
Edwards, who left last Friday for a
visit in South Louisiana. has since
been united in marriage to a young
lady whose home was in Plaquenline.
They are expected here before the week
closes. Mr.. Edwards has employment
with the Louisiana Abstract and Title
| Guaranty Company. Of Shreveport and
New Orleans, and his work has been
in Benton for about four months past.
| He has number Of new friends in
| our midst who will he pleased to con-
graduate him upon his return.
There has come to the editor this
week an invitation to he present ut the
commencement exercises Of the Florida
State College for Women. Tallahassee.
to he held June I'd. Enclosed with the
neatly printed announcement was the
| card by Miss Mercer Virginia Gayle.
second daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. C. 0.
Gayle. of Shreveport. but for many
years residents of this place. Miss
Gayle's name appears among the long
list Of the fortunate young ladies who
are about to graduate from the insti-
tuition. and we welcome the opportunity
to congratulate her Oh so suspicious an
occasion.
Flood warnings to residents of Red
River bottom were issued the lrst Of
this week from the weather bureau
office in Shreveport. The flood stage
at Shreveport is 81 feet and stage of
81 feet was predicted. In North ROssier
hack water from the river has flooded
much unprotected lew land. parti-
cularly that of the Phelps Lake dis
! trfct. Considerable bank clving just
above the Bossier City traffic bridge.
/ on the Bossier Parish side of the river
continues. Monday. not far over tile
state line. IN Arkansas levee broke,
resulting IN the flooding of thousands
of acres Of cultivated fields.
MIR. l.. c. Davis. the Shreveport
Delco-Liglt dealer. was d visitor in
Benton again Tuesday OF this week and
called by the Banner office for short
visit. as is his custom. We learned from
him that he had just appeared before
the Police Jury with view of selling
to the parish a 10 volt plant for lights
and power at the Court House and Par
ish Jail The Police Jury, lie said. has