St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-04-04
VAUDEVILLE NOTES.


MANDEVILLE NOTES.
/ The Women's Progressive Union
will conduct cake, pie, candy. salad
and egg sale, Saturday. April 18th,
from II a. m. until sold out, in the
bank building, affording excellent op-
! portunity to provide oneself with
homemade and fresh da1nties for
Easter. The proceeds OF this sale, as
also of the last one, VIII be donated
| to fund now being raised with
view of continuing the public school
term from April to June, two months.
| For some reason, as inconceavaDle as
| unjust, our public school is only
granted a seven months term, and it
is certainly not complimentary to
whatever officials are responsible
therefor, to necesS!tate these noble
women, who, worked up by civic
pride and a stubborn but plausible
determination to see to it that edu-
cation. annually (this same thing oc-
CURED last year, humiliate them
selves by giving enterta lnments and
soliciting subscriptions to accomplish
that which by all that is right and
legal in the full, just and compul-
sorry duty of the Parish School Board,
and right here let it be stated that 1T
would not be amisS for that body to
give the matter its attention. This
matter becomes painfully prominent
when we consider the fact that were
IN of
months term, the scholars would not
be eligible to promotion, full term
being required, which would mean
discouraged teachers and dishearten-
ed children.
T. F. A. B. Dramatic Club, will, on
Saturday. April 18th, give m;nstrel
show that promises to be ''corker.'
1t will be worth twice the price of adj
mission to see these ladies change
from powder and rouge to burnt
cork.
The Smelling of the 1000 feet of
sidewalk, adjacent to the Catholic
church, done under the auspices of
the Cooperative Society of Our Lady
of the Lake Church, IS completed.
IT'S much needed and great inn
provement, and the society deserves
the thanks of the Pensioners who
found it rather inconvenient walking
on the unimproved sidewalk during
bad weather.
Vaudeville Fire Company No. 1,
through the kind intercession of
Father Placlde. O. S. B., was given
permission by the Rev. Abbot Paul,
O. S. B., to use lot of ground 5Ox10O
feet on the church square, corner of
Jefferson and Carol streets, on which
lot the company will soon erect
modern two story building, the lower
floor to be used as an engine house,
the upper one for meetings and en-
tertainments. Through the efforts
of our energetic and irresistible sec
rotary, Mr.. F. A. Jones, ST., there has
been subscribed about 500 to the
bui lding fund. Many Of the New Or
leans residents are on the list. Mr.
Poitevent, of the Poitevent-Favre
mill. has donated the first 10000
feet of lumber put out by the new
mill. The town has been laid off in
fire districts and the company is do
ing a regular weekly fire drill, i. e.,
answering alarms. draw ng the en-
CINE and hose carts to the scene of
the supposed fire, lying out hose and
directing streams Of water, all under
the command of the fire officers.
The rapidly and efficiency with
which the boys are doing the work
proves the wisdom of these drills.
Next meeting Of the Fire Company
will be Monday, April 13, 1880 p. m.
at the Town Hall.
The town council, at special
meeting held last Monday night, af-
ter much discussion pro and con,
granted Mr.. Jas. Band permit to
open a cafe and restaurant at the old
place on Jefferson street.
Mr.. Gus Hotstream, ST., and his
two amiab1e daughters, Misses Hazel
and Aline, will spend the Easter holt
days with the other members of the
family in New Orleans.
Twelve Mandevillians, including
two ladies, took the examination for
local postmaster, at Covington, Sat-
urday, March IA.