The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-04-27
ASCENSION TRIUhiFPHAH


Track Meet Of Sugar Belt Assoc
citation, and DonaIdsonviiIe Stars
in Literary Features-Ra!'y
Splendid Success.
The annual meet CT the Sugar Belt
Athletic and Literary Association,
which was held in this city last Sat
urday, was attended by several hun
dred students and teachers Of yarl-
Gus high schools in Ascension, AS
sumption. Lafourche, Terrebonne and
ST. John parishes, and proved an en-
tire success in every particular.
special train from Thlbodaux over
the T. and p Railroad brought q
large crowd from Assumption, La
fourche and Terrebonne, and other
delegates and spectators arrived by
train from St. John parish and by
vehicle from DutchtoWn and Gonzal-
es. in Ascension. Contestants in the
athletic and literary events repre-
scented the following schools: Re
serve, Evergreen and John L. DRY,
m st. John parish; Donaldsonville,
| Dutchtown, Oak Grove and Gonzales,
| in Ascension; Labadieville, in AS
SUMPTION; Thibodaux and Lockport,
| in Lafourche; and Houma and Bourg,
in Terrebonne.
The visitors were cordially re-
ceived and entertained, and every
citizen of the town co-operated to
the fullest extent with the local
school authorities and the Woman,s
! Civic League in looking after the
comfort and convenience of the COM
nunity's guests and seeing to it that
| Donaldsonyil1e' Well-earned reputa-
ton for hospitality was maintained.
| The entertainment program arranged
for the occasion was carried out with
| out a hitch, and the committees en-
| trusted with the management or the
meet left nothing undone that could
in any way have added to the sue
cess of the rally or promoted the en-
| ioyment of those who attended.
Dinner and supper were served to
the visiting school children and
teachers by the Civic League, the
bountifully-laden tables being spread
in Ascension Hall, which had been
attractiVely decorated for the occa-
sion The menu comprised chicken
fricassee. baked chicken, boiled ham,
lsalads, ham and chicken sandwiches,
/ ice cream and cakes, lemonade, and
numerous other delectable dishes anG
| beverages, practically all of which
had been contributed by the business,
men and citizens Of the town.
| The weather was somewhat cloudy
and threatening throughout the day
and rain seemed imminent, but for
/ tunately the unWelcome visitation was
ayerted until after the outdoor fea-
lures of the program had been con-
i Guided Light showers fell at night,
but the precipitations We're not suffi-
cient in volume to materially affect
the attendance at the entertainment
in the high. school auditorium, When
the literary features We're presented
The field and track meet. took
place at Cleveland Park. at q o'clock
D. M, aud all the events We're close
" contested and proved very inter
], estiEs5 A large crowd was IN at
4 tendance, and much school spirit and
81 enthusiasm was manifested. The en-
les. were as follows:
Labadievil1e-Harry Achee, Imac
Naquin.
II Lockport--Louis Legendre, Maxine
Rigan, Maurice Hargis, Sylvere Bourg
y Lionel Scott, Charles Bourg.
Il Oak GroFe-Murphy Webb, Ira
) sttampley, Janssens Daigle, Eugene
t WEBB, Lancie Dixon, Charles Brown.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Williams, Fer
nand Gouaux, Russell Pregeunt, Abby
Stevens, Willie LaGarde, Robert
Stevens, Vandon Boudreaux, Norman
+ Kent, Henry Leblanc.
Bourg- Claude Ellender, Jesse Bou-
) dreaux.
/ Evergreen - LAME songy, Lezin
) Rome, Ferdinand Abadie, Lucien
Duhe, Henry Borne, Sidney songy.
: Gonza1es-Emory Walker, Harrison
; Young, Albert Leblanc.
DO. aldsonyi1le - Leroy Stockwell,
Eddie Cox, Chandler Oubre, Jeo. Ter
mine, Julius Folse, John Pfister, Will
liam Hanson, Wilbert Reiger.
!, Houma-Albert Leconpt, Louis Bou
dreaux, Jim Haygood, Alex COMEDY,
Lawrence Porche, Sam. Pertuit, Har-
ris BeIger.
utchtown-Severin Braud, Ber-
trand Landry, Walton Braud, Leslie
;, LSDlduC, 1NbdI Ldliui y, S1et4 Ci1AC MICA
cnand, Alexis Hebert, Leon Gresham,
Leyton King, Andrew Babin.
John L. Ory-Lester Montegut.
Following is the order in which the
7 events were run off, and the place
! winners in the various contests:
+ 1O0-yard dash-Vandon Boudreaux,
J. Thibodaux, first; Bertrand Landry,
/ Dutchtown, second; SEVERN Babin,
!, Dutchtown, third. Time, IL seconds.
: High jump-Walton Braud, Dutch
4 town, first; Jesse Boudreaux, Bourg,
Z second; Murphy Webb, Oak Grove,
/ third. Height, feet 1 inch.
t 220-yard dash Walton Braud,
t Dutchtown, first; SEVERN Babin,
Dutchtown, second; Abby Stevens,
Thibodaux, third, Time, 26 20. sec
Onds.
F. Shot put-Jesse Boudreaux, Bourg,
c 80 feet, first; Leroy StockweH, Dom
: aldsonville, IS 5 10 feet, second; Muir