St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-07-09
That Baby Week
This Year Will Surpass
Y
That of Last Year.
CIVIC LEAGUE TO
BUY MOVIE MACHINE
Robbers Caught By Night
Police. Local and Per
sonal Mention.
(By Staff Correspondent

(By Staff Correspondent
The ST. Tammany Chapter of the.
American Red Cross has announced
the program for Baby Week, to De-
gin in slidell, Monday, July IL, and
continue through Friday.
Baby Week will begin Monday, al
D. m., when Mayor A. G. BAkor
Will deliver the opening address at
the Slidell Community House. a
pageant, given by Slidell children
under the direction of Mrs. Carrie
Cunningham, will be followed by an
address by Dr. Maud Loeber, medi~
cal lecturer Of the Bureau OF Ch Ii
Hygiene, louisiana State Board OF
Health. Music and announcements
will conclude the opening program
and the examination Of babies Will
begin Tuesday morn ing, when the
white children will be examined
from 8 to II and the negro children
from to 5 in the afternoon. The
same hours will be used for exami-
nation of babies Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday.
AS the mothers of the town are
taking an extensive interest in the
work, it is expected Baby Week this
year will surpass the splendid record
attained last year, when the work
was first inaugurated under the aus
D ces Of the Red Cross public health
nurse, Miss Janella Lansing.
-Four Arrested in Store Robbery.
Thirty minutes after F. Durham
store had been robbed, four men,
Two of whom pleaded guilty to the
crime, we're asrested by Night@Pol1ce
Officer B. P. Decker and Marshal
Saxon Robert. J.. Rouff and Geo
E. King pleading guilty in Mayors
Court that morning, exoneratlng
Charles Manger and Arthur j. Mar
shardt, arrested with them. The
latter two are being held as danger
Gus and suspicious characters. King
and Rouff are being held for the
grand jury in default of $1,000 BOND.
A discharge from the Louisiana
State Penitentiary, dated May II,
1921, was found on Rouff. The EN-
try to the store was effected by
smashing a large plate glass Win
odw. The men arrested said they
were from New Orleans
Civic League Contemplates Buying
Moving Picture Machine.
On Wednesday night large
crowd assent bled at the Community
House to witness a trial exhibition
of tn moving picture machine Whlca
the local Civic League contemplates
purchasing for the use Of the Com
munity House. Since the establish
ment Of the Community House great
interest has been manifest in it, and
the town does itself honor in sup
porting such an institution.
Slideu Spends Safe and Sane Fourth.
Slidell spent safe and sane 4th,
there being no accidents or disturb
ances. The Redmen gave their
usual aH-day celebration. Howe
Beach was thronged with bathefs
and picnickers. Religious services
were held in all the churches on the
Sd, commemorating independence
Day.
Local Notes.
The slidell Methodist Church held
get-together meeting at the Com
munity House Wednesday night.
Misses Alice and Anita Carpenter
spent several days in New Orleans
last week.
BORN-To Mr.. and Mrs. w. I.
Glasscock, on July 4, 1921, son.
Mr.. w. H. Sullivan, of Bogalusa,
was a visitor to friends in Slidail
last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Bourgeois, cf
New Orleans, were visitors to Slidell
last week.
Miss Mary Touline, of Bay ST.
Louis, Miss, is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Chas.. Schinnie.
Mr.. Newton Everitt and family
are spending the week in Bogalusa.
Mr.. Homer Fritchie returned last
Monday after an extended trip TO
British Honduras and Nicaragua.
Mr.. NJ F. Hinchee was visitor
to New Orleans, Tuesday.
Mrs. F. Salmen and daughter, Miss
Ellarose, visited New Orleans last
Thursday.
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