Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-25

graduation exercises of the St. JOSEPH
High School.
Miss Ida Hornsby has returned from
L'Argent upon the close of her school
Miss Elizabeth Crothers has re-
turned from LaSslle parish, where she
has been teaching the past winter.
Mrs. j. E. Byram and little son
Master James Edward, are visiting hel
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Losey.
Mr.. Jas. A. Denny, rising young
attorney of Shreveport, is spending
several days in st. Joseph with Mr.
Thos. M. Wade, Jr.
MIR. and Mrs. Wolf Pasternack, OF
Ferriday, motored up to st. Joseph
last Sunday and spent the day with
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Blackman.
Rev. Geo. Fox and Mrs. Fox and
little son, Master George Andrews,
spent last Sunday at st. Joseph as
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. German Baker.
Mr.. Wallace Paul is enjoying a
months furlough from the National
Soldiers Home at johnson City, Ten
nessee, which he is spending with his
mother at st. Joseph.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Mccoy and
DIR. T. L. Mccoy and Miss Sadie Riggs
of Alto, La, stopped at St Joseph
Tuesday night while motoring back
home from a visit to Natchez.
Mr.. Spencer Jones left for jackson,
Miss, where he goes for second ex-
animation for enlistment in the U. 8.
navy. He will probaly be sent to Nor
FORK, Virginia, for training service.
Mr.. w. T. Lanius, who is at present
employed at Monroe, was q visitor to
Waterproof and st. Joseph this week,
having come to attend the commence
ment exercises of Waterproof High
School.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. @. Grace and child
rem, Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Morris and
daughter, little Miss Jennie, Miss Rosa
Elgutter and Miss Lucille Jacoby mo-
tored down from Newellton for couple
hours visit Monday evening.
DR.. j. G. Lilly with DR.. Alfred
Lewis, inferno at Natchez Charity
Hospital, was visitor to st. Joseph
this week. DR.. Lewis is q brother to
Miss Brunette Lewis of our town and
and came mp to bid his sister goodbye
before enlisting as a surgeon in the
US. army.
Mrs. w. M. Davidson and daughter,
Mrs Baxter, and her little son, Mas
ter Beverly Baxter, ane Mrs. R. H.
Whitney and son, Master Richard,
and chauffeur, Griffin Nellum, left,
Wednesday, on a long and delightful
trip to Washington City.
They will be away several weeks.
The Gazette is indebted to Miss
Ruby Smitha aud Miss Alma NARROW
of the class of 1917 for invitation to
attend the graduation exercises of the
st. Joseph High School on the even
ing of Thursday, May s1st, at the
Masonic Hall. The young ladies have
our congratulations on their grad
uatiOn.
Mrs. H. U. Morgan and children OF
have returned home after
a pleasant visit to Mrs. Helen Abrahm
in st. Joseph. Mrs. Abrahm also had
as her guests, her daughte-in-law,
Mrs. Salo Abrahm, and her infant
OF Vicksburg, and her sis
ter-in law, Mrs. Rosa Jacoby, of Wa
The entire parish has suffered for
rain for some time but on Monday
night the northern section was visited
BY q very good rain, but which did
not extend down as far as st. Joseph.
sharp wind blew the same night and
twisted huge limb of a big tree
in the Court House yard, but did no
other damage.
Mrs. R. L. Wimberly attended the
exercises of Jefferson
College at Washington, Miss,
this week. Her son, Robert Wimber-
|y, Jr., is an under graduate Of this
famous old college, one of the most
institutions of learning in
the South and which has given to the
nation some of her ablest statesmen.
Messrs Robert and Bracket Owen
of Paducah, Kentucky, who have re-
Gently purchased the "Helena" plan
tation, in the 9th ward, were visitors
to st. Joseph this week, and were &C.
complained by DR.. H. M. Childress,
also of Paducah, who is enjoying Q
of several weeks with us. All
three are clever gentlemen and we
hope they will conclude to locate in
this parish.
The Rev. Walter Lennie Smith of
will be with us again next
Sunday and will hold communion ser.
vice at Christ Church at o. clock
,. m. but will dispense with the II o.
clock service that his congregation
may have opportunity to attend the
Union Church to hear the bacca-