The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-07

Nu111 AL :.
Miss Enola Fernandez spent the
past weekend in New Orleans as
the guest of her. cousin. Miss Ada
Terrio.s" She was accompanied home
by Miss Terrio, who will be her
guest for a short while.
Services in honor Of Hanuka, the
festival of dedication, will be held
in Bikur Cholim Synagogue at 6
o'clock tomorrow evening, with Rabbi
H. Rosenwasser officiating. The
public is invited to attend.
MIR, and Mrs. Frank Sims and their
baby daughter, Ernestine Elizabeth,
spent Monday in Baton Rouge, to
which city Mr.. Sims was mmoned
for jury service in the United States
district court. They returned home
Tuesday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand B. Lemann
entertained at delightful dinner
party on Thanksgiving, their guests
being DR.. and Mrs. John D, Hanson,
Misses Marjorie Hanson and Mildred
Winship, and ,Messrs.. Percy Lemann
and Charest Thibaut.
Mrs. Lavinia B. Sims, of st. Emma
left recently for Asheville,
N. c., to join her mother and sister,
Mesdames e. H. Barton and G.. B.
Slemp, who have been at the resort
for the past. several months. The
family will return home shortly.
The monthly meeting of the La
was scheduled to be held yesterday
afternoon at the residence of Mrs.
G. Donnaud Bentley, with Mrs. Bent
ley and Mrs. Clerville Himel, of Lau-
derdale, as hostesses, but owing to
the Indictment weather the affair was
Miss Elma Melancon ntertained a
few friends at a birthday party Tues
day night, those present being little
Misses Velma Fortier, Matte Com
stock, Agnes Landry, Laura Blanch-
ard, Clara and Ethel Park and Eloise
Gre, Masters Carlton Guillot, Kline
Sims, George Blum, Joe Blanchard
and Peter Melancon. Various games
we're played, after NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
we're served.
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The steamer ST. James arrived at
Dona1dsonyille Tuesday evening with
a cracked shaft and remained at
the local wharf until Thursday after
noon, when she left for New Orleans
in tow of a tug which had been sent
up from that. city to get her. Tenn
porary repairs to the damaged shaft
were made at Aliens Foundry, in
this city. The ST. James freight for
points above DonaldsonYille will be
taken to it's destination by the
steamer j. H..<Menge.
Messrs. r. N. Sims, Alex. Bloom
anstiel, K. A. Aucoin, Frank K. Sims
and Percy Lemann, of DonaldsonVllleii
George Bonicard, of DutchtoWn, and
NJ. G. Savario, of Acy, were members
Of the jury panel drawn for the SEES
sion of the United States district
court held at Baton Rouge last Mon
day. The docket of the8court was a
light one, comprising only two COM
laratiyely unimportant cases, and
the veniremen were enabled to re-
turn home Monday evening.
Reese Durham, 25-year-old negro,
while attempting to board freight
rain on the Texas and Pacific Rail
road at Peytavin spur, a short dis
lance below Donaldsonville, was run
over and fearfully mangled at about
) O'Clock Thursday afternoon. Both
egs We're cut off at the knee, and
he unfortunate man died an hour
md a half after the accident. His
parents reside on the Mccall Com
oany's McManor plantation, to which
place the remains were shipped on
The 7:42 p. m. west-bound train.
j A crowd of young folk, chaperoned
by Mrs. Robert Landry and A. D.
iyme, enjoyed trip to the New
Hope sugarhouse last Saturday night.
Those present were: Misses Olive
and Ada Landry, Ethel, Pearl and
Mary Rochelle, Adolphine, Donnie,
and Noemie Becknel, Norma and
Noene Oufnae, Laura Constance,
Clara Parker Adele Duhon, and
Messrs Van Gaudin, Ir., Noah OUT
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