St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-02-24
CONVENTION .
Of CATHOLIC
WOMEN
Catholic Societies of Women
Of St. Tammany Parish
Meet in Convention in Mande-
vile by the Lake.
Forty or Fifty Delegates at
tend from the Towns.
All the Different Societies of
the Parish Represented.

Tne nfSt convention or the Cath
olic Societies of Women of St. Tam
many Parish was held in Mande 7ille
Thursday. February %. 1912. The
meeting took place in the school
house of Our Lady of the Lake,
which had been appropriately dec
Grated for the occasion. Many Wis
itors arrived on the train and on the
motor line, coming from Covington,
Abita Springs, Slidell, Madisonyille
and other towns, besides the forty or
Atty delegates in attendance.
A committee of ladies of ST. Mar
garet's Daughters of Vaudeville en-
tertained the visiting ladies. Fol-
lowing was the reception committee:
Miss Bertha Rub, Miss Christina
Huber, Mrs. NJ. Smith, Mrs. E. Car
michael. Miss Florence Lavelle, Mrs.
4. Hartman, Miss Alma Lavclle, Mrs
H. Borey, Miss Charlotte Lavelle.
The delegates were:
Daughters Of Isabella.
Delegates-Mrs. /. Alfonso Mrs. j.
BoHenf0hr. Alternate-M H.
Wallis.
St. Peters Church.
Delegates-Mrs. L. Champagne,
Mrs. VIM. Bodebender, Mrs. Franz,
Mrs. Robert Aubert. Alternates-
Mrs. Mattingly, Mrs. Finey, Mrs. z.
]. Frederick, Mrs. Sandiez, Mrs. L.
L. Morgan.
Madisonyille Altar Society.
Delegates-Mrs. Anna Milloit,
Mrs. Charles Oulliber, Miss Julia
n,,1D2hnr Mics Iul;o Koovr
Abita Springs.
Delegates-Mrs. Kcte Summers,
Miss Florence Terrebonne.
Chinchuba Deaf Mute Institute.
Delegate-Rev Father Beda Mailer
o. S. B.
St. scholasticas Convent, Coyington.
Delegate-Rev. Jos. Koegcrl.
League Of the Sacred Heart, Mande-
vile.
Delegates-Mrs. Ernest Carmich-
ael, Mrs. Louise Labat, Miss Bertha
Ruh. Miss Alma Lavelle. Alternates
Miss Charlotte Lavelle, Miss Marie
Duffour, Miss Lizzie Strader, Miss
Celine Smith.
Altar Society.
Delegates-Mrs Margare. Smith,
Mrs. Anthony Hartman, Mrs. J. l..
Lavelle, Mrs. Arthur Colomb. Alter
nates-Mrs. Robert Wise, Mrs. Kate
Cavalier, Mrs. Mamie Louis.
st. Margarete's Daughters.
Delogates-Miss Florence Lavelle,
Miss Bertha Ruh, Mrs. Geo. McEIardy
Alternates-Mrs. Chas. Scheffer, Mrs.
Louise Labat, Mrs. Herman BOrey.
Young Ladies Sodality.
Delegates-Miss Christina Huber,
Miss Marie Duffor. Alternate-Mrs
Gertrude Smith.
Ladies' Altar Society, Co.i;lcton.
Delegates-Miss S. Siler, Miss S.
Bokenfohr, Miss N. Hennessey. AL
ternates-Miss j. Charropin, Mrs. c.
Warren, Mrs. A. Trepagnier, Mrs. F.
Bachemin.
The following committee of the
Holy name Society were appointed
to entertain the guests and to take
part iH the dinner.
Mayor Anthony Hartman, Herman
Borey, Albert c. Bossy, Arthur Par
isy, Ernest Carmichael, Eugene Es-
Quinance, Paul Esquinance, William
Peters, William Tucker, Charles
David, George G. McHardy, Norman
McHardy, H. A. Verret, w. w. Peters
Murphy Smith, E. Kelley, Nick
Smith, Rev. Leander NJ. Roth.
The members of the executive
board of the American Federation
Of Catholic Societies of the Florida
Parishes are:
President, Geo. G. McHardy. of
Vaudeville; first vice president, J
keenan,, of Ramsey; second vice
president, Charles David, of Mande-
Vile; third vice president, Jos. b.
Lancaster, OF Covington; Secretary,
J. Louis Smith, of >Covington; treas
urer, Julian Smith, Of Covington;
Executive board, Dr.. J. H. Buquoi,
Charles Yokum, Anthony Hartman,
Henry Ostendorf, Albert J. Bossey,
William Peters, VIM. Kingsley.
The convention was called to order
ct 2 o'clock p. m, Mr.. Geo. G. Nc
Hardy. president of the Florida Par
ishes Federation, presiding.
Following is the order of business:
I. Opening prayer by the Rt. Rev.
Abbot Paul, O. s, B.
2. 1.-The Object and Aim Of the
Federation of Women cf the Catholic
Societies." by the Rt. Rev. Leander
n. Roth, pastor of Vaudeville.
3. Report of committee on Gre
dentials. Roll call.
4. Appointing of committee. on
constitution, resolutions ana norii-
nations.
s. The "Womans Question" By
Rev. Beda Horsa, o. s. 3.
6. Report of committee cn con-
stitution and adoption Of same.
Z. ''WOrk of Women in our Cath
CONTINUED on page two.)