The Donaldsonville chief., 1918-03-30
ASCENSION READY.
ORGANIZATION Completed for Third
Liberty Loan Drive.

Liberty LodH StASe'
! The campaign for the third Liberty
loan will open next Saturday, Aprl
S, the anniversary of the declaration
of a state of war between the United
States and Germany. Secretary NC
Adoo chose this date as the most fit
ting to call for a patriotic response ts
SyIhe summons to duty to every Amer
can--to ask from the people at home
the same fervent patriotism that &C
tuates our gallant sons On the battle
| fields of France and on the waters OF
the Atlantic.
The amount of the loan will be S3,'
0OO,O00,000, and the bonds will bear
interest at IA per cent.
Ascension's pro rata has not been
| announced, but is expected to be IN
| the neighborhood of $100, 900, based
| on the amounts allotted to this parish
! in the previous loans Albert Delery
president and cashier of the Com
nercial and Savings Bank Of Donald
sonville, who directed the campaign
| in Iberville, Ascension, st. James and
St. John on the occasion of the last
loan, will again head the drive for
subscriptions to the bonds, but this
time will have only two parishes un-
der his jurisdiction-lberville and
Ascension.
Committees of representative citi-
zens have been named in each COM
munity, to the end that everyone may
be reached and induced to do their
patriotic duty by buying bonds to the
extent of their ability. 1t is desired,
and is absolutely essential to the sue
cess of the loan, that everybody
should feel the responsibility resting
upon them individually in the present
crisis, and confidence is felt that, as
in the preceding campaigns, Ascen-
sion and Iberville will do their full
part and generously oversubscribe
their respective allotment of bonds.
Plans are on foot to hold monst&
mass meeting in Donaldsonville neM
Saturday afternoon to mark the for
NAL Inauguration of the campaign,
and developments along this line will
probably be announced within a few
days. 1t is hoped to secure as speak
ers French and British army officers
who are presently in this section on
special duty, end WHOSE authoritative
statements concerning conditions at
the front should have a strong in
fuence in awakening our people to
the urgent necessity of supporting the
pending loan to the limit of their re-
sources. If the arrangements under
consideration are successfully COM
pleted, the meeting will be held in
City Park, at p. M, and will proba
bly, be preceded by parade and ex-
hibition drill by the high school
cadets. ;. D ,z,;+.na boz noen ssa,c+.
ed by Zone Chairman Delery to lead
the workers who will conduct the
campaign on the west side of the
river in Ascension, and Hon. A. l. Pi-
cardNvill act in similar capacity on
the opposite bank. The committees
appointed for the western territory
are as follows:
Executive Committee. Leber-
muth, chairman; VIM. Blumenthal,
DR.. E. K. Sims, Ferdinand B. Le-
mann, Albert Delery.
Publicity Committee-R. S. Vlck-
ers, chairman; Fl. p Broussard, A. E.
Truxillo.
Four-Minute Men Committee
Walter Lemann, chairman; DR.. E. K.
Sims, G. D. Bentley, Rev. r. H. Pros
ser, Rev. C. M. Chambon, Rev. w. F.
Henderson, Jr., Weber, Edmund
Maurin, "A. Marchand, Clyde st.
Amant. B. j. Vega, r. j. ChauEin,
Karl Leche.
First Ward-Karl Geist, chairman;
Emile Dugas, w. E. Tearney, Ernest
Leblanc, Rodolph 2. Landry, Emile J.
Dominique, Z. Schuster, Geo. B.
Reuss, A. S. Crawford, Schuyler Bras
set.
Second Ward-E. H. Barton, chair
man; Dennis Cassard, Felix Acosta,
Jos. J. Falcon, Augustin Corbo, jules
Ayraud.
Third Ward-Alex Bloomenstiel, F.
P. Blanchard, M. F. Bloomenstiel, Joe
CamMgno, ]. C. Dabadie, ToNy Fal-
setto, Paul Fontana, Paul Gisclard,
DR.. T. H. Hanson, G. E. Harrison,
David Israel, A. Kahn, Myer Lemann,
Jos. Maniscalco, Chas. A. Maurin, Sr.,
B@nard Mistretta, Adolphe Ne6 ter,
Bruno Savoia, DR.. P. T. ThibodAux:
Jasmin Tobias, W. D. Williams.
Fourth Ward-C. H. Landry, Sr.,
chairman; Paul Braud, A. A. De-
laune, W. P. Waguespack, Henry Du-
gas, Achille Hebert.
On the east side of the river the
following citizens will have charge Ct
the campaign:
Geismar-Leon Newman.
Galvez-H. A. Morgan.
Gonzales-E M. BEARD.
Brewerton~J. Fl. Beaverton.
Darrow-L. W. Armitage, DR.. D.
C. Brumfeld
Burnside-J. F. Saxon, Dr.. J. T.
Bringier.
Sorrento-M. S. Eby.
Brittany-John Dyer.
n Belle Helene-W. B. Stuart.
i Acy-A. NJ. Marchand. r
? CornerView-A. A. King. y
Lake-W. I. Smiley.
St. Amant-J. G. Nargassans.
Dutchtown-L. R. Kennedy.
Hope Villa-Ed. F. Babin.
Prairieville-J. N. Delaune, Frank
Opdenweyer.
Duplessis-J. W. Gautreau.
Hobart-W. j. Burns.
DR.. J. H. Lowery, Rev. W. Scott
Chinn and E. D. Wright have been
delegated to carry the work among