St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-05-21
The "Mollie Lee" Begins a
Service That Connects
Slidell and N. 0.
SUCCESSFUL YEAR
FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Canulette shipbuilding Co.
Will Saw It's Own
Timber.
(IBy Staff Correspondent

The East Pon:Chartrain Ferry Co.,
Inc, operationg the Steamer Mollle
Lee, under the management or Capt.
Geo. Favre, began its ferry service
Tuesday, May IL. connecting Slideil
and New Orleans, thus afford -ng a
means of reaching New Orleans
through Slidell and saving many
hours. Many tourists come through
Slidell every yea1 and heretofore it
has been necessary to ship their car
by fre ght to New Orleans or detour
around Lake Maurepas.
The Mollie Lee is equipped with
heavy duty Fairbanks-Morse en-
CINE, sixty horsepower, made to burn
both gas and kerosene, and has az
cOmmodatiOns for ten or more cars.
It's construction IS such that it will
Oe able to cross safely the lake IN
: almost any kind Of weather. Beside
the regular equipment required Dy
u. S. Steamboat Inspection Service,
the boat carries all manner of fire
fighting apparatus which lnsures
absolute safety to automobiles. Also
the UnedrWriteI''s certificate as to
seaworthiness.
Temporarily the Mollie Lee is rur-
ming out of Slidell; however, just
as soon as the canal at Howze's
Beach can be dredged they expect
to run from that point to Chef Men
teur, making the trip in one hou:
and forty minutes. @..
The Slidell Garage Co. has pur-
chased sites at both Picayune and
Poplarville, Mss, and expect to
operate branches there. 1t is under
stood that Mr.. T. J. Eddins will go
to Poplarville 20 have charge Of that
branch.
The S. S. Pleasure Boy is, now
docked at the Canulette Shipyard.
undergoing repairs.
: The Slidell High School closed a
most successful year Thursday, May
10th. There were ten in the gradu-
ating calss, as follows: Misses Stella
Crow, Thelma QUave, Grace Larro-
bee, Jessie Mayfeld, Alice Carpen-
ter, Eleanor Wigginton and Messrs.
Ferguson Smith, Roland Bousquet,
Marshal Thompson. At the COM
mencement exercises held in the Clio
Theatre, Messrs. R. L. Long and C.
M. Liddle were the speakers OF the
evening. The diplomas were pre-
sented to the graduates by Parish
Superintendent E. E. Lyon. Several
musical numbers were presented. A
gold meadl offered by c. M. Liddle
to the member of the senior class
writing the best essay on Safety
First was presented to Miss Alice
Carpenter. Meritorious medals were
also presented Miss Jessie Mayfield
and Frank Smith. ~
DR.. J. K, Griffith was home for the
week end from New Orleans where
he is taking a special course at
Tulane Medical College.
Mrs. j. r. Wakefield and two
daughters are here on a visit to Mr.
and Mrs A. D. Carpenter.
Mr.. e. F. Haley, Grand Chance:-
lor of x. Of P, will leave for the
meet'n Of the Grand Lodge in Lake
Charles, Sunday.
Miss Laura Currie was home for
the week end.
Mr.. A. d. Carpenter will leave
Saturday for Lake Charles as a dele
gate to the GraGd Lodge meeting OF
the K. of P. Mrs. Carpenter and
"Baby June" VII accompany him as
far as New Orleans to visit rela-
tives.
Messrs. w. Il. Sullivan and w. H
Cassidy, of Bogalusa. were business
visitors to Slide!l this week.
Sl:dell has new saw mill, the
Canulette ShipbuiIding Co. having
erected a small band mill at the'.
yard They. will cut timbers Tor
ships and barges being built in their
ward. and also for the general trade.