The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-11-23
News In
Brief AS Told By
Our Reporter

The school children nave oee'i wy Wy
much interested this week III selling
the Red Cross Christmas Seals
~ Mrs, Hortman and daughter, Miss
Treble Hortman, Of Hortman, were
guests OF relatives last week.
Mrs, Daisy Griswald OF Shreveport
soent Sunday with homefolks.
Mr.. Parker and Miss lila Brown
were quietly married at the Baptist
parsonage Sunday morning, Rev'
Gerhing performed the ceremony. Mr.:
Parker is a young business man OF
Arcadia and Miss Brown was a popu-
lar Gibsland girl, a graduate OF the
class 1921 of our high school. Best
wishes to the happy young couple.
Messrs. Sam Burns, K. Z. CAN'T,
c. B. Johnson, Will Colbert, 7: A.
Walker, Wallace Strong, A. B. Hort
man, |obie Miller, w. P, Carter, Ed
win Winlock, Isiah Miller, Everette
Davis and DR.. O. l.. Kidd enjoyed the
annual hunt at Tensas last week.
Rev. II. B. Thomson is attending
the annual conference OF the Method
ist church at Shreveport.
Miss Olive Gerhing, who teaches III
Mississippi, is at home for a shor'
vacation.
Mrs. Girod of Dorig, was recent
guest OF her daughter, Mrs. Leslie
Hammer.
The ladies' OF the Methodist church
will give their bazaar next Wednes
day. Everybody is invited to come
and see the pretty things. Fanc!
| pieces, useful articles. cakes, pies
candies, chickens and other goo(
things to eat will be for sale. Christ
mas is near and this will be time tt
buy gifts for friends.
A little daughter arrived to bright
en- the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Jo'
Payne on November 18th.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Day of Arcadia
spent Sunday with relatives here.
Onnie Hortman and Robt. Colon, o
! l.. P. l., at Ruston, were at home TO
the weekend.
! Mrs. J. H. Woodland Of Taylor, Wis
tied friends here T tuesday,.
w. c. Langiord was a business Wis
itor to Shreveport on Tuesday.
| Mr.. Ernest Poole of Bienville, wa
the guest Of his sister, Mrs. Huckaby
for several days.
! Mrs. Dawkins visited her sister a
Cotton Valley last week.
The little daughter of Mr.. and Mr.:
II. F. Howell is at home for a shor
visit. She has been a patient OF tn
Shriners new sanitarium in Shreve
port for several weeks, and has it1l
proved wonderfully under the treat
ment and a permanent cure is ex
pected.
| Mr.. J. P. Nelson left Sunday TO
Shreveport, where he will spend thi
week attending the Masonic conven
ton and the Methodist conference.
| The girls preliminary contest wa
given at the Baptist church last Thurs
day evening and on Friday evening
eight boys delivered defamation!
Both OF these programs we're gooe
and highly entertained large aud
fence. The judges task Of selectin
the best speakers from the twenty
two members was difficult. Harol
! Martin, f. R. Minchew, Aubrey Baker
Hanslow Ferguson, Kermit Knightor
| Elsie Woodland, Clotile Houck, Mario
Palmer and Irma Brandon we're chos
en- to represent our school at the min
| different high schools OF the parish O
Thanksgiving night.
! The pupils OF Mrs. J. H. Pumphre
rendered beautiful music at each Q
these programs.
| Mr.. G. L. Wren has purchased tn
market department of the Day Groc
cry Co.
Mrs, i'm Calhoun of Rayville, wa
a business visitor last week.
| The large brick store building G
Hbuck Co., is almost completed, an
! they hope to move into it by Jan
uary lst >
! Mrs. Chas. Hammer is visiting he