The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-08-14
BIG FESTIVAL PLANNED.
Three-Day Entertainment for Benefit
Of K. of C. Council.

A grand festival under the auspices
of the ladies of Donaldsonville, for
the benefit of Ascension Council No.
1887, Knights of Columbus, will be
given Saturday, Sunday and Monday,
Sept. IL, u and 13, at Landry's Park
in Mississippi street. Active prepara-
lions for the event are already under
way. and a listsof attractions and
amusements is being mapped out that
will contain many original features
and make the entertainment one of
the most distinctive and enjoyable
given here in late years.
The object is to raise funds to as
sist Ascension Council in acquiring
possession of the property presently
occupied by the organization, This
was formerly owned by the Ascension
Columbian Company, but was seized
and sold recently to satisfy the mort
gage Indebtedness with which it was
burdened. The present owners have
very generously offered to sell the
property to Ascension Council for the
amount it cost them, provided the
sale is contaminated without delay.
The building is desirably situated, in a
prominent part of the city; is most
conveniently arranged, and makes an
ideal home for the council, and the
price asked is much less than the ac-
tual value of the property. These
facts, combined with the pride which
every member of the order feels in
having his council own it's own home,
have induced the organization to
make a supreme effort to negotiate
the deal.
The committee appointed to devise
ways and means of raising the neces-
sary funds has come to the conclusion
that the only way to secure substan-
tial results is to give a big festival
and invite the members of ne1ghbor-
ing councils to help make it: a sue
cess. The noble-hearted ladies of
Donaldsonville, being informed OF
this intention, have most graciously
come forward and offered to take
charge of the festival and give it in
their name, for the benefit Of the
council, and their offer has been
gratefully accepted.
Permission has been obtained UNI
der the laws Of the order to appeal to
the neighboring councils for the as
sistance which is so urgently needed,
and cordial assurances OF co-opera-
ton have been received from many
Of these organizations. Encouraged
by the cheering prospect thus created,
the members of Ascension Council
proL.ge to work hard and earnestly,
hand in hand with the good ladies OF
the community, to make the festival
grand affair, and the glorious finan-
cial success it deserves to be.
One Of the big features of the en-
tertainment will be a Knights of Col
unabus dinner and supper de luxe,
which will be served Sunday after
noon and night, Sept. II, for the price
Of ST. and which are expected to
bring together in pleasant social inter
course many knights from neighbor-
ing councils. The Texas & Pacific
Railway will run an excursion from
New Orleans to Donaldsonville on that
day, and special reduced rates will be
given BY the railroads from Houna,
| Thibodaux, Napoleonville, Plaque
mine and Baton Rouge. Large num-
bers of knights and their families and
friends from these various places are
expected here for the occasion.
The committees In charge of the
affair are as follows: Ways and
means-Judge Paul Leche, chairman
| r. j. Chauvin, Ulysses Rodriguez, L.
3. Mattingly, J. G. Leblanc, Justillien
Delatte and Pat. Stakelun1. Festival
DR.. P. r. Thibodaux, chairman
John Schaf, K. A. Aucoin, Pat.
/ Stakelum and Gottlieb Wild.