New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1906-10-06
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tonight for the opening. u
storm Yesterday was severe bu
the tent successfully withstoo,
the high wind. Had it no
been for the driving rain Their
would have been no reason t,
delay further but it was bIowi
in upon the interior in som
places. This will be all drlet
out by tonight and the voun|
folks can enjoy them selves t'
their hearts content.
There will be no skates fur
nished at the park, but this i
not regarded as necessary since
all who desire to skate have
been practlclng already on then
own property. There will, how
ever, be charge for the use o
the floor, both for the children
and the grown persons. The
charge for children will be &c
cents, and for adults over It
years Z cents.
There will be a plentiful sup
ply of refreshments on hand
both day and evening and the
indications are that the season
will be brilliantly opened.
1t is regretted by the manage
ment that the date had to be
fixed so as to conflict with that
set by the ladies of the Auxllia-
ny of Fire Company No. 4 but
it was impossible to do other
wise on account of the weather,
Mr.. A. f. Decourt has re-
moved his barber shop to the
DeIahoussaye building in Main
street where many improve
ments have been made, There
are four chairs in operation and
a corps of experts with the razor
that are counted as among the
best in this part of the state.
Mr.. Decourt has always been
noted for bring up to date in
his tousorial methods and the
new departure is an evidence of
his progresslveness.
There will be skating this
afternoon and evening at
the hall or Fire Co. No. 4.
The Ladies Auxiliary has an
nounced that it will give the at
fair for the opening of the skat-
ing season in that part of the
city and the young boys and
girls can have the use of the
floor from a. to E ?. Nj. while
the elder portion of the commu-
nifty will have it from 7 to 9
when dancing will be substituted
The East Side Concert Band
will be present and if the
weather is at all favorable there
will be large crowd present.
Mrs. w. ]. Durand has just
completed a two story addition
to her home on Iberia and
Hacker streets together a library
and automobile carriage house
also a modern sanitary bath
room. The Carpenters at the
head OF the work were Messrs
Flory and Fielder, the latter
one of our new corners.
There will be meeting oil
the Unsectarian Aid Society In
Elk's Hall on Monday after
noon at four o'clock to take aC-
ton on some very important
matters. The City Council al
its meeting on Monday appro-
priated $50 for most worthy
purpose of the Society and it is
probable that this will come up
for consideration.
MIR. Chas. E. Reggie a
prominent planter of Jeanerette
was visitor to the city today,
He reports that the road be-
tween Rosedale and Olivier is
in very bad condition. Proba-
bly, when the new plan of keep
ing the roads in repair is
adopted this state of affairs will
be remedied.
Miss Eugene Lacour who
won the choice of trips in the
ENTERPRIsE-LEADER contes
started for Washington. She
is accompanied by her sister
Mrs. w. H. Durand.
The Cherokee Club held q
pleasant dance Thursday evening
in the City Hall. The young
folks fortunately adjourned to'
home before the storm began ir
earnest.
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