The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1886-01-02
Successful Entertainments.

Successful Entertainments.
Tic Fair ard Cencerts far the benefit sof
Gus Caths,ilc Eree scllnols.- SLIGO 1.c-
alizee,.
The fair heldon the srsnnds of tneJath
Ole Church of this place last Saturday,
Sunday and Monday, as well as the mu-
steal and dramatic entertainments which
took place at St. gcseph's Academy Sun
| day and Monday evenings, attracted large
attendance of people and achieved meas
| ure OF financial success larger than the
| most sanguine friends of the movement
| had anticipated. The object in view was
| to raise funds for the benefit of tile Cath
Ole boys schoolgirl st. Josepli's Academy
and the girls free school at ST. yincent's
Institute, and to this worthy purpose the
gratifying results attained were undoubt-
ly largely due.
The fair proper was conducted under the
large she'd attached to the upper side. of
the Academy building, and the various de-
partments were admirably conducted by
the following named ladies aud gentlemen:
RestaIrant-Mrs Maurille BRAID, super-
intendent, Mines. Phillip Constock, Emile
BnYnoi, Z. Marriette, assistants; Miss NAL
VIVA 1hibaut, cashier; Misses Louise and
Marie D!anchy, checkers.
Cake Table-Mrs. j. Adelard Braud SUI
perintendent: Mines. d. A. Weber, Gus.
Gre, l.. A. Landry and J. Lavigne. assist
ants.
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Jno. j.. Terrio, Leon Vessier aud Jas. l..
Punch Table-Mmes. Jno. F. Park, C.
Heating, E. Bergeron, Fl. s. Boudreaux and
Miss Clara Heating.
Table Attendants-Misses Marie La
vigne, Ella Maurin, Carlisle and Mana Gau-
threaux, Eugene Esneault. Mathilde Braud,
Alice Babin, frankie Bercegeay. Lille
Comstock, Aline and Elisha Gre, Odile and
Weber and Mrs. Oz6me Yentzen.
Bar-Messrs. Dominique Gentil, Elphege
Capbern, Henry F. Braud, Frederick Lam
dry.
Committee on Bar stores-Messrs A. D.
Vega, chairman; DR.. Jno E. Duffel, Jules
A. Gondran.
In addition to these, Messrs Emile
Bnquoi, Cecilien Braud, Frederick Duffel,
Hubert Treble, Alfred Esneault and
number of other gentlemen rendered indie
fatigable service, while Rev. Father Duber-
nard exercised general supervision over
the entire affair.
More than 500 people assembled in the
Academy hall Sunday evening to enjoy
tho admirable rendition of an interesting
programme comprising music by the In
dependent Brass Band and an orchestra led
by Mrs. NJ. A. Gaudet, singing by Misses
Ch,o;ilde Comstock and Marie Gauaet, rec
itation. the Downfall of Poland; by
Mr.. Henry Comstock, and the amusing
farce, IS My Turn Next +" with :he following
cast of characters:
Teraxicum Twisters Prof. J. E Leblanc; j..
Tim Bolus. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. w. D. Park
Tom Trap. .....................G q. A. Gondran
Farmer arm "hsatear Nh H. ;, Gom msz
l!ydla Miss III. Gaudet
Ciceiy. .......................M Miss C. Heating
Peggy. Miss &, COmstock
Monday evening the audience was not
quite SO large, numbering between 800 and
400 people. The programme comprised mu-
sic by the band as before, vocal selections |
by Mrs. Paul Leche, Miss Marie Gaudet, |
Messrs. Henry Constock and Gus. Eichel- |
berger, and the Imaginable comedy of
Turning the Tables with the subjoiLe
east:
samuel Kaibbs. ....... Prof. J. E. Leblanc Jr.
Cigar Def onrsey. Henry Go1nstociz
jeremiah Bumps. ..............G &. A. Gonaras, /
'Iizs SaIlis Kaibbs Miss D. Clara i a PARK
Yrs. HUMPHREYS. -..e-...-... Miss Mary Gaudet
+ atty Larklns.. Miss Clara Heating
The drawing of the tonbola after the
;ioss of Monday evenings entertainm ant
vas conducted by Messrs. Frederick Duffel,
\. D. Vega. David Israel and F. n Gray,
sho announced the following list Of prizes
md winning numbers: