Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-03-18

was week. end visitor to St. Joseph.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brent Of Vicksburg
are visiting his father, Mr.. J. M.
Brent, of Locust Land.
Mrs. C. E. Ford Of Shreveport, is
visiting her brother and sister-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. D. A. O'Kelley.
Miss Rebecca Whitaker Of Tallulah
spent last weekend with her brother,
DR.. Whitaker, at st. Joseph.
Services will be conducted at st.
Joseph on next Sunday morning and
evening by Rev. R. F. Harrell.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Gentry Of Bowie
Tract, on Lake Bruen, are receiving
congratulations on the arrival Of an
S-lb baby girl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Levy and two
interesting children, Master Loris and
little Miss Elaine, are visiting rela-
ives in New Orleans.
AS will be seen by notice Of the
superintendent, a meeting Of the
school board Of Tensas parish is called
for Thursday, April 7th.
Mrs. Jack Parkman has as her
guests her mother, Mrs. McCarver,
of Ferriday, La, and her aunt, Mrs.
C. C. Dentsey, Of Marshall, Texas.
Easter services will be conducted at
st. Joseph by Rev. M. ]. McLain at
the Union Church and by Rev. Walter
Lennie- Smith at the Episcopal church
A gravel train was wrecked below
St. Joseph last Saturday, when sever
al cars went off the track, interfering
seriously with train servic~next day
Happily no body was injured.
Miss Anna Moffitt hass returned
to her home at Fayette, Miss, aftel
pleasant visit to her sister, Mrs
w. w. Dent, at St. Joseph. She wa
accompanied home by her sister ant
her two children, for visit Of severa
days.
A. P. Merrill, IS Myrtle Ave., Nat
chez, is advertising two pens Of fin
white Wyandotte chickens (16 hen
and two cocks) and also Rhode ISLAM
Red and White Wyandotte eggs a
$3.50 and $500 setting. See ad. else
where.
Mr.. A. B. Metcalfe, the enterpris
ing transfer man at st. Joseph, ha
been confined to his bed for som
two or three weeks with sever
attack of rheumatism, and has sui
fered greatly. We sincerely hope h
will soon be recovered and able t
return to his business.
Mrs. Will Abrams and children re
turned from a visit of several week
to relatives in New York City. MI
Abrams new home is now PRACTICAL
finished and he will move in With
next few days. His home is one o
the prettiest in town and is quite a
ornament to our community.
Mrs. Adams, Of Ruston, La, Gran
Worthy Matron of Eastern Sta
Lodge of Louisiana, will visit Tel
sas Chapter No. 116, at st. JOSEPH
on Wednesday, March 23rd, for pul
pose Of instructing the members.
is therefore hoped that the attent
ance will be large at this meeting
Waterproof girls basket ball teal
and boys basket ball team came
ST.. Joseph on Friday and played S
Joseph teams. The Waterproof CIR
defeated the st. Joseph girls b
score 13 to II, and the Waterproof
boys defeated the st. Joseph boys /
score of 16 to 9. st. Joseph says j
not going to be that way next tim
The Police Jury Of Tensas pari!
held a special meeting on Friday,
hear complaints about the buildir
of the gravel roads in the paris
both sides being given opportunr
to state their cases. Mr.. Newell, clel
of the Police Jury, is sick in bed Al
could not attend the meeting, and Il
proceedings therefore cannot be pu
lshed until next week.
An Easter program for the chill
rem Of the Union Sunday School
!. being arranged by the teachers, u
der direction Of Miss Saunders, al
: recitations appropriate to the occ
sion will be offered by the little on
and Easter carols sung by the scho
The exercises will be fixed for
hour in the afternoon, exact time
be announced later.
II Mr.. w. D. Brewer, late of Gho
n Ark, has accepted the position
/ agent for the M. H. & L. at st.
| seph. Mr.. Brewer was stationed hi
some years ago and is known to q
| people and we ara glad to have b
: back with US again. He expects
remain at st. Joseph permanently q
is DESTROYS of getting a house la
in the summer after the close
school.