The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-01-03
AscensiOn's Entertainment. ::
The Fair and Ball Of Ascension Hook an,
Ladder CQmnanY.

| ASCGHSlOH TLHCtoTtftlHIIIGllCs 8;
| The Fair and Ball Of Ascension Hook anl
| Ladder Company.
Last Saturday evening, the 9th ult.
the fair advertised to be given at Ascen
| sion Hook and Ladder Company's hall
under the auspices and for the benefit o
| that association, was opened By music
from the Crescent Brass Band, and con
night. The usual attractions were offer
ed. In the main hall Of the truck house
were the cake table, fancy table, punch
table and a number Of side tables, while
in the smaller apartment on the right
| where the hook and ladder truck is gen.
orally kept, stood the restaurant table
from which the others were supplied
All were attended by polite and charm.
ing ladies, who exerted themselves with
hattering success to supply the wants
and contribute to the enjoyment Of
guests. Gumbo and coffee were prepared
in the hall-yard, and the bar was located
under an awning on the lot adjoining the
hall on the lower side.
The attendance Of visitors Saturday
evening was very slim and the prospect
for successful fair was dubious. Sun
day afternoon and evening, however,
matters frightened up considerably, al
though there was nothing like the mum
Der Of guests the fremen and their friends
had reason to expect The St. Joseph
Brass Band rendered handsome service
by playing all afternoon and until late
hour in the evening, and the Silver Cor
net Band kindly volunteered similar as
sistance, giving tseveral tunes from the
stage inside the hall.
Monday night the festival closed
with ball, and this was decidedly the
most successful part of the entertain
ment. The attendance was good and
the guests appeared to enjoy themselves
to the utmost. Music was furnished by
the Centennial String Band, and to its
harmonious cadences nimble feet kept
tripping until three hours past midnight.
The net results Of the fair and ball in
IL financial sense were meagre, footing up
only about 5000, but as the expenses
were unusually heavy, the Hooks are to
be congratulated upon achieving even
that comparatively small measure ofsuc-
cess. Mr.. James Teller, the large hearted
patron Of the company, was a liberal con-
tributor, and his estimable lady donated
q splendid cake that was placed in rattle
and Melted q handsome sum- The little
son Of NJ. Tobias, Esq, held the lucky
number that won the cake. The rattle
was conducted by Mrs. Solomon Schon-
berg.
The following ladies assisted in the
conduct of the entertainment, and were
interchangeable i'll their efforts to render it
successful: Mrs. c. Heating, Mrs. 0. Ter
rio, Mrs. Sol Schonberg, Mrs. Noise Lee
w, Mrs. D. A. Weber, Mrs. G. Coughlin,
Mrs. A. Genazzini, Mrs. A. Thibaut, Mrs.
J. Lavigne, Mrs. J. z. Forcha, Mrs. r. j.
Green and Misses Lise and Lutecia Mol
lere, Miss Celine Dugas, Miss Este]le Du-
gas, Misses Coughlin, Miss Georgiana
Dillon and Miss Louise Miller. In case
of any omissions from this list, we shall
take pleasure in rectifying them in our
next issue.
The various committees charged with
the management Of the festival were as
follows:
Committee Of arrangements-Davi
Israel, r. j. Green, Solomon Schonhery,
Henry Cook.
Invitation committee-C. Mollere, G..
Kline, Jacob Blum, Henry Netter, T. w.
Cook.
Reception commttee-Meyer Lemann,
E. Meyer, S. Tobias, Gustave Leblanc.
Floor managers-L. q. Bentley, NJ.
Meter, r. Vacarissas, Henry Cook, Jr.,
+. B. Earhart.
In addition to these, Messrs. John P.
Forcha, r. J. Duke, Baptiste Walker,
Adolphe Grilhe, John Veuille, Henry
Hetber and other members of the Hook
md Ladder Company actively assisted in
he conduct of the entertainment