The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1907-02-09


directors room and when the work is
completed and painted, the apartment
will be one of the finest and best fitted
up in the city.
DR.. and Mrs. Sidney Vegas baby
daughter was christened at the Catho.
lie church last Sunday afternoon, be-
ing given the pretty name of Flora
Nell, The sponsors were A. D. Vega,
Jr.o and Miss Lucille St. Martin.
A. j. Harding returned this week
from a fortnight's trip through lower
Assumption, Lafourche and Terre.
bonnie parishes, and reports that the
crops throughout that section are
showing up exceptionally we'll FOR this
season of the year.
j. T. Guyton, man ager of the MUIR
rell Company's Augusta plantation at
Bayou Goula, Iberville parish, visited
Donaldsonville on several occasions
during the past week and was COR
daily greeted by his host of friends
and acquaintance.
Pierre Blanchard $ legion of friends
will be delighted to learn that he is
steadily recuperating from the severe
attack OF illness with which he has
been suffering for the past several
months, and will shortly be able tc get
around once more.
L. E. Bentley, special deputy 2oi.
lector of customs at the port of New
Orleans, visited Donaldsonville We'd
nesday for the purpose of attending
the final meeting of the Ascension Club
and the regular monthly session OF the
Bank of Donaldsonville's board OF
directors.
The Peoples Lumber Yard, o. A.
Folse, proprietor, was awarded the
contract for furnishing the material to
be used in constructing the new school
building at Belle Rose, and delivery
has already been made. The structure
is to cost S4813, and the contractors,
Daigle & Blanchard, expect to have it
completed by July l.
J. C. Braud, prominent business
man and influential citizen of Thibo.
daux, passed through Donaldsonville
Monday forenoon en- route home from
Baton Rouge, where he spent several
days very pleasantly as the guest Of
relatives. The Chief enjoyed the pleas.
ure of visit from Mr.. Braud during
his brief stay in town
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs,
Henry Goette was christened last Sun
day afternoon, the interesting cere'
mony being performed at the Catholic
church By Rev. L. G. Baudin, with
Mrs. Henry Schatf, ST., and her cid
est son, John schaff, officiating al
sponsors. The name of Edwin wal
was bestowed upon the sturdy young
stera
The Chief is indebted to JOSEPH
Boudreaux, the talented young son o
Mr.. and Mrs. Baptiste Boudreaux, O
Darrow, for copy of the February
issue of the Ozone Pelican, brigh
little magazine edited, printed and pub
lished by the students OF st. Joseph
College, Covington, at which institu
ton Mr.. Boudreaux is pursuing /
course of studies.
The Chief is indebted to Habib Sha
heen. an enterprising Syrian merchan
of Donaldsonville, and VIM. o. Day
the courteous manager ofthe Mononga
hela River Consolidated Coal ant
Coke Company's Baton Rouge depart
ment, for calendars of the curren
year that are among the handsomes
and most attractive we have received
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. Gouaux are en-
toying visit from Mr.. Gouaux's al
| tractive nieces, Misses Edna and Id
| f6Tfelbs Oi Ite DIuHi ai duso R@
arrived this week and will renal
some time. Mr.. and Mrs. Gouaux an
their winsome guests will leave TO
New Orleans next Monday to partici
pate in the carnival festivities, return
ing during the latter part of the week
Mrs. g. A. Gondran entertained th
Married Woman's Whist Club yer
charmingly Wednesday afternoon {
her pretty home in Chetimach Stree
Mrs. E. K. Sims scored the highe!
| number of points in an interestin
series of games and was awarded ii
prize, very handsome cut-glas
on.4. nyhaso vvho anioyed Mrs. Gnr