The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-11-01
cAREucPo VOTES.

Last Sunday was f1remen 8 Lay
in our little burg and we feel sure no
one will accuse us of "inverting the
truth" nor of belonging to the Anna
MAS Club" when we say that fully
two thousand peoDle responded to the
invitation of the Eagle Fire Company
10 attend the rare and unique dual
ceremonies of the blessing of the fire
bell and banner.
Promptly on the stroke OF the
church bell the fremen fell into ranks
and marched to church and attended
mass. Standing in the center aisle
they remained motionless throughout
the mass, bendin- their knees in
alteration only at the Elevation,
thereby showing their Consciousness
Of the immediate presence OF their
God. IN their han1sOEe new dark
blue uniforms they made an impress
s,ve sight and were congratulated by
our worthy pastor for having begun
the festival in such a Christia and
worthy manner After mass the fire.
men raarthed in a body to Sibille's
hall where refreshments were serv-
ed throughout the day. In the az
ternoon at 3 o'clock Immediately up
on the arrival of the train which
brought the band, two companies OF
firemen and many visitors from Lar
ayette the parade formed at the de
pot and wended itse way TO the
church. There in the presence OF the
men whose emblem ii Is. and sur
rounded by their comrades and
friends and borne by that gallant
veteran, Mr.. Numa Breaux with five
little girls holding the ribbons the
Banner" of the Eagle Fire Co. was
blessed, Father Grimaud performing
the ceremony in a very impressive
manner A special musical program
vas rendered by the choir under the
able direction of Mrs. A. Bechet. At
forwards the parade preceded by Rev.
Grimaud and the altar boys proceed
ed TO the fire bell which had been ar
t~istically decorated for the occasion
by Mr.. Clifford Estilett, and the in
teresting ceremony of the blessing OF
the bell took place. Little Miss lnez
Dugal ~resplendant in a gown OF
white satin was the godmother and
crowned the bell with a beautiful
wreath of white roses. Father Girl
maud deliveed a mastery address
on 1.-THE Bell" which was highly in
teresting. Hon.. Geo. J. MelchiOr, our
progressive mayor and the Godfather
of the bell, was the next speaker. In
a few well chosen words he congrat-
ulated the firemen for their public
spirit in forming a fire company; he
knew that to do so they had had to
overcome several obstacles and he
was glad they had succeeded and
pledged them his support in future as
in the past and begged them to be-
lieve that during the past eight con-
secutive years he had been their may
or that If in their JUDGMENT he had
erred at times it was "errors of the
head he had committed and not OF
the heart" After thanking Father
Grimaud, the Lafayette Band and Wis
iting firemen for having helped to
make the event such a great success,
he called upon Hon Chas. o. Mouton
Lafayette to address the crowd in
Mr.. Mouton spoke in his
usual ~forceful and convincing man
ner and was listened to with close
attention. The order of the parade
was as follows: The color bearer
Mr.. Numa Breaux with Misses Mil
bred Bechet, Thelma Miller, Isaure
Trahan and May Prejean, all Of
whom wore pretty white dresses with
pink ribbons. Next came. the Lafay-
cite Band, The Eagle Fire Co., car
rying their truck which was nicely
and seated therein was
their mascot, Master Milton Prejean.
The two fire companies from Lafay-
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the sponsor, Miss Inez Dugal and
Mayor Geo. Melchior in an auto
which was decorated with American
flags. The float following was got
ten up by Estilette & Son and Gull
beau and Estilette. It consisted of
. nne display or hne cnalrs an0 Otner
furniture, also displayed a canning
outfit. The little children who rode
ip this float were very beautiful and
dainty costumes. They were:
Joicy Broussard, Alma Broussard,
Mary Pefferkorn and Iris France.
Following was a wOgonette decorated
With butterflies and bunting In which
ode a dozen or more "CarencrO
Beauties and last but not least was
Mr. S. J. Breaux' elegant Overland
ar which was decorated in yellow
md white crysanthemums and was
cry, very pretty and in which Mrs.
J. J. Breaux and her daughters, Mrs.
7. Guidroz and Mrs. V. Breaux rode
nd becomingly gowned. The ~festiv-
ties ended with a grand ball at night
was largely attended and last
d until the wee small hours. Fire
Day has passed into history
ct ever. XXX.