The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1921-08-13
Burnside Notes.

Inc popular and reliable and
palnstaking veteran, Captain P
T. Babin, was clerk on the
Vlrgie for ten years, having previous
ly served in the same capacity on the
steamer Oracle Kent for five years.
On his retirement he was succeeded
| by Captain J. J. Hickson, who sub
| sequently became master and pilot
of the boat. Then the war came on
and during the short period of whip
ping the Germans, five different men
held the job. For the past year the
position has been acceptably filled by
Robert Michel.
For twenty years-1893 to 1913
the Houmas Central factory at this
place, was to Donaldsonville and
ether sections of the parish what the
Standard Oil Plant is to Baton Rouge
today. 1t furnished employment all
the year to mechanics and helpers
coming over every Monday, by the
Virgie, returning home on Saturdays.
Joseph Guinchard with carpenters !;
Pat Stakelum with boilerma kers; Will
liam Dill with iron workers; Louis
Melancon (now deceased) of Smoke
Bend, headed the brickmasons, and
Jos. Cafiero "took down and put up"
Now the contents of the abandoned
factory have all been removed, parts
going to Canada, others to Mexico,
and others still to Amant and New
Hope. Alas! Never again!
It is said that it is about as hard
to get drink of ''liquid hospitality"
in New Orleans now, as it used to be
| in Donaldsonville before prohibition,
when the Sunday law was in force.
Comprenez-vous? ...
Sixty years ago I learned to read
from the newspapers. The Picayune
was my speller and reader. Then, the
front pages of the daily papers were
not filled with headlines referring to
affinity, divorce, Opponents, divorce
stunts, suicides and the like. AS for
"shimmy," I never sw it in
print except in dictionaries, un-
til the elevated period of the
world war. Nowadays such vul-
garities are used by "vamp" song
writers, in homes and music halls set
to jazz" You can find such ele-
giant songs as "You Cannot Make
Your Shimmy Shake on Tea" or
"You Cannot Shake That Shimmy
Here Thus is the home defiled by
obscenity. The Dearborn Independ,
ent is engaged in a cleanup cam.
paign of the peoples songs. May il
succeed.
History of Burnside Chapel, Con.
tinued: "A building committee of five
members was appointed by Mr.. Coyle
composed of the following: DR.. w. P
Miles, DR.. B. A. Colomb, DR.. J. T
Bringier, C. S. Mcfarland and Hy
&c. .Braud. Mcfarland was made chair
man of the committee and Braud wa:
|chosen to act as treasurer. This com
|mittee was given full power to select
Iplans and erect building within such
limits of cost as could be met. The
subscriptions from the list presented
at the meeting, with some additions
made afterwards, showed the fune
linn ediately available to be $658.25
The amount of subscriptions were a:
follows: Mr.. Miles, 500; DR.. Miles
1850; Misses S. B. and B. B. Miles
each, $50; Miss Mary Johnson, $50
DR.. B. A. Colomb, $50; S. J. Boote
DR.. and Mrs. J. T. Bringier, H. c
Braud and Miss Linda Miles, each
1895: J. C. Green, $40; H. C. Smith
J. W. Stephenson, Alfred Beckner, c
Is. MacFarland, William Green, ant
1916; Miss S. A. Miles, Mrs. John Raj
| ston, I. R. Rathrock, J. M. Breaux, J
II. Lahey, Mrs. w. J. Chisholm, eacl
1910; J. P. Armitage, $3.50; J. F. Sax
on, Percy Saxon, Elmer Hunt, D. A
Blouin, George A. Turner, E. J. Nc
Dermott, P. R. thinner, J. M. Giles
pie, Salvador Difatta, each IS; Car
roll and Clarence Boote, rs cents.
ITO be continued.)