Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-08-12
TENSAS BLUFF PICNIC.

The picnic given at Tensas Bluff
school house on Tuesday, by patrons
and friends, was largely attended,
sections far and remote being rep
resented.
The Tensas Bluff school was or
ganized last year and q very nice,
large and respectable looking school
house has been erected, which Is
well equipped with modern seats,
blackboards and other essentials so
necessary to the successful conduct
of the rural school.
This school was taught last year
by Miss Jessie Darlington with an
enrolment of about %, but as yet a
teacher has not been secured for the
1929 session. By agreement with
Prof. Hendon, acting parish super
intendent during absence Of Supt.
Barrow, Prof. Vonodeaux, of Wins
boro to whom this school has been
offered, this year, met him at the
picnic, accompanied by Mrs. Vono-
deaux, and they seemed favorably
impressed with the school and sur
roundings, but Prof. Vonodeaux did
not state positively that he will &C.
cept, but would take the matter under
advisement and announce his deter.
mination later.
Tables were spread beneath the
beautiful shade trees and the Assem-.
blage was invited to dinner. And il
was some dinner; we repeat: when il
came to the eats it was there! In good
old-time country fashion, not here
a little and there a little, but in abun-
dance and to spare. Quantities of fish
had been caught in Tensas river and
were served the guests hot right off
the Goals. Ices and sweets concluded
the repast and everybody seemed sat
isfid and happy.
Following the dinner Prof. Hendon
made an address to the gathering on
the advantages Of education and ne
cessity of the patrons supporting the
public school system by giving the
teachers and superintendent all the
aid possible in the performance of
their duty. He especially appealed to
the patrons to uphold the hands of
teachers in all school controversies
stating clearly that when the parents
side with the child against the teacher,
from that moment the teachers in
fluence is weakened and prestige at
fected. From expressions of the au-
ditors it looked like the people were
in sympathy with the professors ad-
vice and meant to follow it.
Those in attendance were: L. C.
Lovejoy. and wife and children,
Claude, Noble, Britton and Vance;
Roy Modem and wife; w. F. Ford
ham and wife and children, George,
Gertrude, BERTHE William and Miss
Annie Pruitt; Mrs. Lazina Gasl<ins;
J. T. Glass and wife and children,
Annie, Fred, M'ler and Mary; H. T.
Gossett and wife and children, Nancy,
Maggie, Robert, Jack and Henry; s..
J. Burnett and children, Elizabeth,
George, Alberta and Ella; Percy
Johns and wife, and baby Guy; Lee
Johns and wife and children, Robert
and Alberta; A. B. Parker and wife
and children, John, Lee, Clark, Ben
ME, Mabel and Walter; w. n. Par
ker and wife, and daughter Allie;
j. M. Eskew and wife and children,
Laura Bell, Louis, Dixie and baby;
B. Eskew and wife and daughters,
Bessie and Edna; Jim May and wife
and daughter Mayhem; Ebert Car
ter and wife ard childrea, Case,
Dave, Luther and Birdie; W. H. Nc
Coy and wife and children, Louise,
Mary, ~. W.. Howard and Julian;
Bolton Mcdaniel and wife and son
Geo. Clinton; and George McCord.
As the evening sun approached the
west the gathering dispersed, every
body expressing pleasure Of the &C.
casion and voting it to be the end
of a perfect day.