Changes

Jump to navigation Jump to search
2 bytes added ,  01:06, February 25, 2023
Line 26: Line 26:  
A source of oral history on the general Ruston area, Faulk was considered an expert on the 1934 ambush in Bienville Parish of the bandits [[Bonnie and Clyde]], having covered the scene as the young publisher of the ''Ruston Daily Leader''. He was an authority too on the former Camp Ruston, a [[prisoner of war]] facility that held German and Italian inmates during [[World War II]]. Himself classified [[Selective Service System|4-F]] during the war because of severe eye problems, Faulk nevertheless became a first lieutenant in the Home Guard. He was a member of the federal wartime Office of Price Administration, often called the "rationing board". He was the chairman of the Ruston area savings bond drive.<ref name=obit/>   
 
A source of oral history on the general Ruston area, Faulk was considered an expert on the 1934 ambush in Bienville Parish of the bandits [[Bonnie and Clyde]], having covered the scene as the young publisher of the ''Ruston Daily Leader''. He was an authority too on the former Camp Ruston, a [[prisoner of war]] facility that held German and Italian inmates during [[World War II]]. Himself classified [[Selective Service System|4-F]] during the war because of severe eye problems, Faulk nevertheless became a first lieutenant in the Home Guard. He was a member of the federal wartime Office of Price Administration, often called the "rationing board". He was the chairman of the Ruston area savings bond drive.<ref name=obit/>   
 
   
 
   
−
[[Wiley Hilburn|Wiley Wilson Hilburn, Jr.]], then the head of the Louisiana Tech Journalism Department, referred to the Faulks, accordingly: "Not only was Mrs. Faulk a full partner of her husband, Clarence Faulk, in the publishing of the 'Ruston Daily Leader', she was also a one-woman urban development team for Ruston. Her fingerprints are on half the architecture in this town. She had remarkable taste and an eye for design."<ref name=lbpf>Louise Benson Page Faulk obituary, ''[[Monroe News Star]],'' May 24, 2012.
+
[[Wiley Hilburn|Wiley Wilson Hilburn, Jr.]], then the head of the Louisiana Tech Journalism Department, referred to the Faulks, accordingly: "Not only was Mrs. Faulk a full partner of her husband, Clarence Faulk, in the publishing of the ''Ruston Daily Leader'', she was also a one-woman urban development team for Ruston. Her fingerprints are on half the architecture in this town. She had remarkable taste and an eye for design."<ref name=lbpf>Louise Benson Page Faulk obituary, ''[[Monroe News Star]],'' May 24, 2012.
 
</ref>  
 
</ref>  
  
Block, Upload, Automoderated users, edit, move, protect, rollback
57,799

edits

Navigation menu