The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-04-17
FENToN TOPICS,
Fenton, La, April 4, 1920,

J flaw in the pipe caused the break
Work on the well was delayed up tt
Tuesday morning, but the driller ex
poets to pick the disconnected pipe
up and go on with the we'll as soon a
they can make preparation with TIT
proper tools to fish the broken pipe.
The FentOn P. H. ball team and the
Oberlin o. T. team crossed bats a
Oberlin Sunday, the 11th., for the din
ner. AS the score stood 7 to in the
last inning it looks as though eacl
player should have paid his own din
ner, but the Oberlinites lost by ter
dinners, and the P. HIS were certain
| ly hungry
Mr.. John Batiste Fontenot and Miss
Lorena Chaisson motored to Jennings
Tuesday to get a matrimonial coup
ling. While they escaped the verdict
lof Judge A. V. Peloquin, we wish them
much success, happiness and joy il
the journey of love and marriage.
AS pleasure trip Sunday Mr.. Ad,
rien Augustine, Mrs. Alex Miller. Mrs
Colin Ledger and their children, Ed,
win Miller, Isabel and Clinton Ledger
motored to Sulphur, making stops al
Lake Charles, West Lake and Sulphur
They report that the roads are very
fine and the trip was much enjoyed.
A big dance was given Sunday night
at Fenton at the home of Mr.. PAU
Reed in honor of the Fenton P. H
boys, on the strength of the tie game
All had good time.
Mrs. j. G. Singleton and Mrs. Harold
Miller went to Kinder Tuesday to do
some trading.
Mr.. FrOb Reed had the little finger
.of his left hand broke Sunday while
at the Mclaughlin oil well. 1t appears
that he and the drum man got mixed
on the signals and Reed got into the
pulley.
Mr.. Jake Cline of Fenton moved to
Lake Charles one day last week. While
we regret to lose Jake we hope Lake
Charles will appreciate his change of
home.
Mr. Harold Miller while disking
Monday found a swarm of honey bees
settled on one of the levees in his
field. A box was prepared and the
to Mr.. Miller by Octave Peloquin and
Alex Miller. If no bad luck befalls
them there will be some 'swweetnin'
here by fall.
Well, Mr.. Editer there seems ter
be sumthing wrong last week, fer if
yer recollect there was no sunshine
in Their Journal. reckon Uncle Zeke
No. is sure enough gone ter sum
foreign kuntry fer he amt been ter
Fenton, nor ter Mr.. Oscar Miller's
an he amt ter Woodlawn neither, kuz
he didn't write.-Sarah Jane
Fenton, La, April Z, 1920.
(Omitted from last issue)
Mr.. Dock Witherwax's saw mill on
the D. S. Williams farm, operated by
Mr.. F. C, Benning, burned to the
ground Tuesday night. At 6 o'clock
after the run was over, the engineer
Clarence Burk, claims that no sign oil
fire was visible, and at 800 a. m.
Wednesday Colored man living near
the mill saw the fire and went to the
scene. By hard work he saved about
fifty thousand feet of lumber by cut.
ting the lumber yard in two parts,
which kept the fire from following
the runway from one end to the other.
The origination of the fire can not
be accounted for to this date. The
saw frame and carriage track were
consumed and about fifteen thousand
feet of very fine lumber valued at
about $4,000 per thousand.
Accord Fontenot and Miss Eva Chais-
son were married by Judge A. V. PeIo-
quin on March 31st. Mr.. Fontenot
being widower, they chivaried him
in great style, as a remembrance of
second love.
Sunday April 3rd, the Fenton P H.
base ball team CROSSED bats with the
Oberlin 0. T. team. The tally sheet
at the end OF, the 9th inning showed
2 to 10 in favor of the Oberlin O.. Us
Fenton P. H. team has agreed to cast
their lot for victory in Obelin with
the o. T. again on the 18th. You had
better do little more practicing Mes
srs. P. Fl. or the o. T. will get you.
Mr.. JOAN Fontenot and Miss Mayo
Reed were married Easter Sunday al
s p. m. by Judge A. V. Peloquin. The
wedding was celebrated with a big
dance given for their friends at Fen
ton Sunday night The newly WEEDS
will make their home near Fenton al
the home of Columbus Peloquin.
Sunday was Easter Sunday and we
cracked eggs. Monday was a cold day
and we cracked ice, and the gardens
look as though they had Arkansas
chills and fever.
The wind is blowing very hard and
we cannot distinctly tell what the
sound is we hear, but judging from
that old familiar tune we have heard
we think it is a long distance wedding
bell 1t may be nearer than we think
Your scribe with Misses Agnes Vid
rine and Kate Peloquin made a flying
trip to Kinder for Easter repairs fol
the girls-hats, shoes and dresses fol
Easter program,
Several Of the young folks from il
and around Fenton motored to low:
Sunday night to the dance. All repor
good time, but very cold ride back
With very best regards ter the
editer and Their Woodlawn No. 2, an
rite here in Fenton just as | ulster b.
only / mite have a few more frecklei
from helpin paw plant pertaters ant
| furst one thing and another since
wrote ter Uncle Zeke, Their scribe a
Woodlawn. Sarah Jane.
A box supper will be given at tn
Fenton high school Wednesday nigh
for the benefit of the library fund
Everyone is urged to attend. 1t is an
ticipated that Sunshine" will be tn
iauctioneer.
Sunshine.
WOODLAND NOTES.
W00d1awn la Auril 1920