The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-04-10
SCHOOL SITE SELECTED.
Citizens of New River Wards Decide Upon
Gonzales as Most Desirable Location
for New Agricultural school.

Gonzales as nj ost Desirable Location
for New Agricultural school.
A mass meeting of the citizens of the
seventh and eighth wards of the parish
of Ascension was held at Duplessis, in
theeighth ward, last Sunday afternoon,
for the purpose of discussing the loea-
ton of the agricultural school which
the parish school board proposes to
establish in the New River section
within the near future. It had been
proposed to locate the school at Dutch
town, in the eighth ward, but the resi-
dents of the two wards, learning OF
this decision, determined to hold an
open meeting at Duplessis, when the
patrons of all the schools in the wards
interested could discuss among them
selves and finally decide as to the
most suitable location for the proposed
school.
The meeting was called to order by
E. D. Dixon, of Hope Villa, one OF
the largest planters and most promi-
nent citizens of the eighth ward, who
called to the chair P. E. Braud, Sr.,
an influential and highly esteemed
citizen of Dutchtown. Messrs. L. B.
Duplessis, of Duplessis, and E. B.
Daisle, of Prairieyille, were named
as secretaries.
Upon assuming the chair Mr.. Braud
called upon Hon. A. A. King, parish
assessor, who is resident of Dutch.
town and patron of the school there,
to explain the object of the meeting.
MIR. King, in forceful and eloquent
address, stated that while it had been
proposed to locate bhe new school at
Dutchtown, he as resident of that
town and ward believed that the Con
zales high school at Gonzales, ia the
seventh ward, was the most centrally
located site for the school, since
the facilities for reaching Gonzales
were better and more adequate than
those offered any other location.
At the conclusion of his address
Mr.. King moved that committee on
resolutions be appointed to be com
posed of one patron from each school
n the seventh wards. Chairman
Braud appointed the following to con-
stitute the committee, all of whom are
prominent farmers in their respective
localities: A. A. Killing, chairman;
P. E. Braud, Sr., Dutchsown school;
Police Juror Il. A. Webb, Oak Grove
school; L. A. Duplessis, Calbasse
school; c.. Daniel Blouin, Gonzales
school; q. E. Spurgeon, ST. Amant
school; J.. A. Gonzales, Walker
school; Henry A. Martin, Fairbanks
school; John Dyer, Brittany school;
Joseph Pertuis, Melaneon school; JOS.
Trabeau, Conway school; z. J. eau
sey, Mount Zion school; Peter Seva-
rio, Galvez school; William Smiley,
Lake school; James Singletary, SIN
gletary school; Wiley johnson, John
son school; E. P. Leblanc, Black
Bayou school; NJ. B. Gautreau,
Carencro school; Robert J Brous
sard, CornervieW school. The com
mittee withdrew and in short while
returned aud submitted the following
resolutions, which were read by Chair
man King and unanimously adopted:
Whereas, We the undersigned taxpayers and
citizens and school patrons of the public schools
of the seventh and eighth wards OF the parish OF
Ascension, have been advised and informed that
it is the purpose of the school board to establish
an agricultural school in and for the seventh and
eighth wards of the parish of Ascension, and
Whereas, As we are all vitality and directly IN
terested in this movement: and, Whereas If sl1ch
school is to be established, the same should be
located in the most central and accessible p1aeS
for the children of the contemplated districts OF
said agricultural school, and,
Whereas Believing and knowing that Con
zales is the most central location IN point OF
geography, as well as the center OF population
insofar as the said two wards are concerned, and
having both railroad and dirt road facilities,
therefore,
Be it resolved, That we request and earnestly
appeal to the school board of the parish OF AS
censlon, that should they establish said agr1-
cultural school for said two wards that the same
be located at or near Gonzales, IN the seventh
ward.
Be it further resolved, That we ask Of our rep
resentatives on the school board that they cast
their votes in support of said location.
The chair appointed the following
vice presidents for the meeting: j. A.
Leblanc, George E. Bonicard, Albert
Osterberger, H. A. Webb, Judge Il.
L. ames, J. Wesley Evans, Caliste
Braud, L. A. Duplessis, f. S. Landry,
Leufroy Daigle, o. V. Baoin, E. F.
Babin, Edmond Landry, Joachim
King, ST., Arsene Decoteau, W. 2.
Dixon, James B. Marchand, Eugene
Babin, Sylvanie Gautreau, NJ. A.
Duplessis, j. E. Gonzales, Joseph
Traheau, q. j. Causey, Ruby Dixon,
Adelard MiIlet, Nick Marchand,
Louis Lambert, j. 7. King, Hillary
Miller, Lucien Gautreau, Seville
Gautreau, German Nargassans, J.
r. Singletary, j. A. Gonzales, Sam
B. Barman, M. G. Savario, VIM. A.
Aey, George W. Rice, Henry
Melancon, T. H. Dyer, P. Sidney
Berteau, John Dyer, S. S. Ferguson,
Jules Leblanc, j. D. Elliser, r. j.
Broussard, Simon Gautreau, E. P.
Leblanc, William Smiley, George
Henderson, NJ. B. Gautreau, Adam
Braud, Jr.
A resolution was adopted authorize
ing the committee on resolutions to
represent the people of the two wards