St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-12-30
Work Of the New Ship Build
ing Industry of the Sal :
mems at Slidell.- 7. r
SPECIAL EXCURSION
FROM NEW ORLEANS
Other News of Doings at
slidell:and Personal Notes !
-
and Mention.
-tBy staff Correspondcnt)


S A gala day in SHdell will be Sat
urday.. Dec. 30 (today), when the
first of the big..ships being built for
the Dampskibs Atkrcselskebit, Bal
TIC, represented by Mr.. Van Heine-
. gen, Of the Coast Steamship Co, Wall
he launched. This ship is 227 feet
ldng44 feet wide, 16e feet1in depth,
has an average draft OF z feet; MS
!, built principally of st. Tammany pro,
ducts. by St, Tammany people. under
me direction OF Supt. "A. ID. Canu-
lette. also a St. Tammany product,
and managing director II. B. Saun-
ders consulting engineer. Great
credit Is due Pres. f. w. SalNen, o1
the Slidell ShipbuildingA Co.. who in
auRurated the business, and was
principally active in securing the con-
tracts for work covering a consider
able time ahead and shouldering the
inauguration of a great industry:
"A special excursion will run from
NiawsO Orleans and effort Will be made
Is have the N. O. G. N. make special
ssrztes for the occasion.
The Baptist Sunday School eslc3.
hrated Christmas on Thursday, Deg
Fl for the primary children ana par
ents at which Mrs. F. B. Richard
eon impersonateds Kris kringle and
each child received a token of re
membrance from Old Santa. lm-
bued with the spirit Of the occasion
the children donated over four dozen
pairs OF stockings to be given to the
orphans; and on the next evening,
Friday, Dec. %, ,thesregular Christ
mas exercises for the larger meplDers-
of the Sunday School was held and
an en- joyable program OF music, reel.
tations and white gifts for the King,
including $25 in money, and also1
woolen goods for the orphans. Pins
were awarded for perfect.a tendance
to Spurgeon Mingo. ]. Y::-Crow, Shas.
fWahl. Fraa,k ard Helen Wilson.
Beatrice McGinty, Willard Varn2do,
Stella and Evelyn Crow, GAdys Bal
don and Miss. Alma Frederick 4
Midnight. mass ~at Our Lady, OF
a.ourdes Catholic Church was laGgely |
attended on Christmas eves The
childfen's. choir, accompanied by
Father Thomas organist, rendered
beautiful music. Father Benedict I
celebrated mass and delivered fine
sermon on the ''Birth Of the Savior.
AInong those. spending the hoii-
days here with relatives and friends,
are: III. j. JI4eonhard and wife, OF
New Orleans.,fwith Mr.. andzMr Sc
basaian; Cecil Neuhanser. Prof. OF
Mechanical Art at y. S. u. With Mr..
and Mrs. U.sG. Neuhauser; Min salye
HALEY from Belhayen CoAegN, and
,Miss Sibyl Nelms Of Lafayet With
Mr.. and Mrs. f. F. Haley; JimKing
Of New Orleans. with Mr.. RoNFell
king; Claude Schneider, of Newpr-
leans, With Mr.. and Mrs. HAry
Schneider. e.. Al
Misses Maud, Katherine and u
Murdoch, OF New Orleans. and MN
Nelson De.aune, Misses Flo and Hell
en- Durham with Mrs. J. H. Dunn
ham; Mr.. III. r. Huse, Prof. ofN
French atNewcomb College, with Mr-
and Mrs I'll. U. Baker.
Miss Leah Comfort left TUESDAY
to visit friends in Meridian.
Mr.. Frank Comfort spent Cnrlst-
mas in vicksbnrg visiting his grand
on oneita whiebana, of.sNowasa-.
Okla. Mrs. Roy Baxter and sdaught-
er, Virginia of Logtown, Miss: Belle
and Viola Whichard, ssof sGuHport'
Miss: Miss Jessie Whichard. from
the Normal at Hattiesburg. Miss.
! Mrs. r. l.. Henderson and daughters
OF Hammond, La, are spending fhe
h0lideys with. Mr. and Mrs. Hover,
Contract has been let to II. II
Maysield to repair Lake Road from
the corporation line to Lidd,e Avenue
IA much needed Improvement.
The Methodist Sunday School
Xmas celebration took place ON Sun
day, Decemb ber "a. Rev. IT. j. Em-
bre was assisted by Rev. J. c.. Rons-
sseau and Supt. Geo. A. iCarpenterA
The church was beautifully decorat-
ed for the occasion, the pulpit be'n'
made to represent a child's play
room from which Old Santa, delight |
fsllggAnpe1sonated by Bro. Jno. Pet
ers0n. handed preseAAs TO all schol1
- Pins will be distributed to q
eH0lafs who have perfect attend
sasace record during last year, at an
! ssefiy date. IS
Mrs. and Miss Reber. of Coving-
Z eodg grandmother and aint of the
Catpenter family, visited them -en
Mnte 70 HAttiesburg, where they are