The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-04-17
proceedings throughout we're Of very

ceSsfnI and eE10yaDIe fuucIlOns 1
had been originally contemplated Il
make the dance an open-air affair,
large platform having been con
structed for this purpose. beneath TIN
trees in the northwest corner of Lou
isiana Square, but the heavy raiE
which came up shortly after nightfal
and continued necessarily for the en-
suing several hours rendered this plaI
impr actieable and necessitated {
change of location at the eleventh
hour. Music was furnished by vii
liams' Orchestra and dainty refresh
ments were served in abundance
throughout the evening.
TUESDAY S PROGRAM.
At the morning session of the great
council on Tuesday, the following
chiefs were elected for the ensuing
year:
Great sachem- Emile Louis. of New Orleans.
i Great senior sycamore j. MuIIin, OF Monroe
Great junior sagamore-Alfred GWinn, OF
Brnsly.
Great prophet-Robert Mogul, of New Orleans
! treat chief OF reeords-R. 1t. Dubroea, OF ba-
/ ton Rouge.
Great keeper of wampum-Louis N. Boston, OF
/ Donaldsonyille.
treat representative to the great council OF
! United States-deorge A. Treadwel, of New Or
! leans.
treat trustee-PhiI. Draiss of Shreveport
The other members OF the board of
trustees are j. P. Kennedy, Monroe,
and A. A. Freed, New Orleans, whose
terms hold over.
The entire time Of the forenoon ses-
sion was devoted to the election of Off
GERS and some spirited balloting de-
Veloped in several instances. At 1890
O'Clock p. m. the great council ad-
iourned for dinner and proceeded in a
body 80 the Donaidsonville high
school, where group picture of the
body was taken. The school children
were assembled on the steps leading to
the main entrance Of the building in
Railroad avenue, forming back
ground for the delegates, who we're
lined up at the foot of the steps. After
the picture had been taken the school
children were granted half holiday
by Principal j. L. Rusca in honor of
the occasion.
The great council reconvened at
2:30 clock p. m. for the final busi-
ness meeting of the session. The
chiefs elected for the coming year were
formally raised to their respective
stumps, the pretty ceremonies Incl.
dental to the occasion being conducted
by Past Great Incohonee Andrew e..
Patton, acbing as great incohonee, as
sisted By Great Representative Fl. j.
Feltus, Past Great Saehem Phil. L.
Asher and Great Representative Gee.
A. Treadwell, the latter acting as
great tocakon. Upon assuming his
chieftaincy, Great sachem Emile Louis
announced the following appoint.
ments:
Great sannap-A. NJ Melancon Of Seminole
Tribe No. 81, IIItcher
Great misheneWa-Tim RaIahan of Michigan
Tribe No. %, DeRidder.
Great guard Of Wigwam-H. Fl. Klein of Nat
chez Tribe No. Ii, New Orleans.
Great guard of forest-Wm. Weinsbach of Bon
fouca Tribe No. 81, Slidell.
Board Of appeals. Il. Mornhinveg of Ope-
lousas Tribe NO -. Opelousas. and K. A. Reed
of Geronimo Tribe No. Is, Shreveport,
The membership OF the standing !
committees will be announced within
the next few days.
Resolutions were adopted thanking
Mohawk Tribe and the citizens of Don
for their cordial hospital
ity and the retiring great chiefs for |
their Jealous and untiring efforts in
The interest of the order, after which
the great council adjourned. Quite a
number OF the delegates left on the
evening trains over the Texas and
Pacific Railroad, but the majority of
hem remained over to witness the de-
gree team competitive drill held at the
xigwam at 7:30 p. m. and to attend
he banquet at the K. of G. Hall at
$50 p. m.
The degree team drill was partici-
oated in by the crack teams of Hia-
gatha Tribe No. Is of Baton Rouge,
0uaehita Tribe No. 10 OF Monroe, and
Tribe No. 50 OF Donaldson
lille, and was won by the Baton
Souge competitors after a heated and
interesting contest. The judges were
leo. A. TreadWell OF NV Orleans,
Phil. L. Asher OF 0pelousas, z. ].
Dupont OF Houma, DR.. ). &. Doussan