Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-12-15
Hundreds Attend
EIks' Duck Supper
CBy Vera Willey)

(By Vera Willey)
Many banquets have been staged
in Bogalusa for various reasons, but
never one more enjoyable or for a
nobler cause than the duck banquet
given by the Elks' Christmas Basket
Committee at the Armory last Satur-
day night.
The idea for the banquet originated
with DR.. ]. H. Slaughter while hunt
ing ducks on a much-needed vacation
spent in the Louisiana Marshes. All
of the nearly three hundred ducks
killed by DR.. Slaughter and his COM
panions, Max Wilson, Charles Percy,
| j. E. Guidry and John Christian,
were sent to cold storage and on re-
turning to Bogalusa, so enthusiastic
and persuasive was he that the fol-
lowing prominent gentlemen agreed
to defray the expenses of the ban
quet and became, with DR.. Slaughter,
| hosts for the evening: Mayor Sulli-
van, ]. H. Cassidy, d. T. Cushing, M.
L. Wuescher, G. A. Townsend, ]. n.
Friend, w. S. Gardiner, w. NJ. Bah
ington, j. G. Mills, E. H. Firth, H. E.
Roster, S. Lacy Dickerson, George
Fields, J. P. Starns, S. Cohen, D.
Bienn, G, w. Ames, F. w. Watts, M.
Marx, Berenson Brothers, Paul Lee
vert, E. R. Cassidy, J. B. Lindsey,
G. E. Gill, c. S. Moss, J. A. Spoken
hier, Max Wilson, John Christian, C.
E. Percy, J. E. Guidry, Charles War
nick, Bogalusa Stores and The Fam
lily Bakery.
Beneath holiday decoration of red
and green, three beautifully decor
ated tables extended the full length
Of the Armory-and seated at the ia
bles more than two hundred guests
partook Of the following delicious
menu:
Almonds Olives Celery
Roast Wild Duck
Claret
Rice Dressing Gravy
Lettuce Salad
Ice Cream Coffee
AS POSTMASTER, DIR. Slaughter first
read the list of hosts, then told of
the Christmas Basket Committees
gratitude to the following ladies for
their indispensable assistance in pre-
pairing and serving the food: Mrs.
J. NJ. Lindsey, Mrs L. E. Guerre,
Mrs. G. E. Gill, Mrs. J. A. Spekenhier,
Mrs. G. E. Percy, Mrs. C. s. Moss,
Mrs. j. I'll. Slaughter, Mrs. Blanche
Roach, Mrs. Bertonfere, and Mrs.
Edith Boensch.
DR.. Slaughter then introduced the
first speaker of the evening, j. A.
Spekenhier.
Mr.. Spekenhier in his interesting
talk, corrected a mistaken impression
that some folks seem to have as to
the "wildness" of an Elk. He inn
pressed the banqueters with the idea
that though in no sense narrow, the
Elks were also in no sense round
ers," but were just what they claimed
to be, "the best people on earth"
Mrs. L. F. Brignac spoke next on
the necessity for the Christmas bas-
kets donated each year by the Be-
galusa Elks. She told in well chosen
phrases of the heart-breaking sadness
and the keen disappointment of the
little children where there was no
good Christmas dinner to cheer and
make them merry.
Dave Bienn followed Mrs. Brignac
and expressed the committees graft
tude to DIR. Slaughter for both the
banquet idea and the ducks. He
closed with the remark that ''for
once, DR.. Slaughter certainlr lived up
to his name"
In poetical vein, Mrs. C.. E. Gill,
the next speaker, compared in verse
the modern specie of Bogalusa Elks
with their wild namesakes.
Following the delightful poem of
Mrs Gill, Ed Harms made the con-
Guiding speech Of the evening. With
an air that instantly proclaimed him
a natural orator, he told impressive
ly of the principles of Elkdom.
The postmaster called on J. b.
Lindsey and said he would make a
speech. Mr.. Lindsey went all the
way to Montana, to Eurelia, and with
the assistance of a conductor and
brakeman, told the postmaster he
was a =.
During the banquet F. T. Wright,
accompanied on the piano by Miss
Inez Blanchard, sang expressively,
''That Tumble Down Shack in Ath-
lon" and "Uh, Huhw
The banquet over, the music from
Blanchard's Orchestra proved an in
vitation to dance that very few of
the guests refused, and till the wee
sma' hours of morning they still
danced on, regretting to bring to a
close so delightful an evening.
A.