The Donaldsonville chief., 1922-10-21
FAIR TREMENDOUS SUCCESS.
Attendance ON Closing Day Breaks
All Previous Records.


The tenth annual South Louisiana
| fair which closed here last Sunday has
| rome no record as the most brilliant
and successful in the history of the
| association. The closing day was
DESIGNATED as American Legion Day,
and the attendance broke all previous
records being over $4,000, many Of
| whom were legionnaires, from Iall
parts of the state. The number of
automobiles at the fair was so great
that parking facilities within the
grounds became congested early in
| the afternoon, and large number
were parked in the vacant lots IN
front of the fair grounds and even
| these became taxed to the fullest
capacity. 1t is estimated that there
were fully $500 automobiles inside
and outside of the grounds, having
! come here from all sections on both
| sides of the river; Both sides of Bayou
Lafourche, and from all points in
the interior The weather was fair
and cool and the highways in good
condition, and every road leading to
Donaldsonville was lined for a dis
tance of many miles all day Sunday
with a string Of cars of all makes,
headed for the fair city. There was
a tremendous outpouring of people
from all of the parishes comprising
the fair association as we'll as from
outside cities and parishes and Don
jacksonville was virtually sWamped
with visitors.
The elaborate program of enter
tainment and festivities prepared
for the occasion, was carried out to
the letter. At II o'clock there was
a grand parade of legionnaires which
started from the Elks' Home and led
to the fair grounds. A large crowd
of people assembled along the
streets and cheered the paraders as
they marched proudly by. Patriotic
addresses were delivered by Con-
gressman George X. Favrot, of Baton
Rouge and George S. Guion, of Ma
poleonville, assistant attorney gen
eral. Lunch was served to the ex-
service men by the ladies of Donald
3onville at l2 o'clock noon.
A game of baseball was played be-
tween White Castle and the Norcos
| The battle was hotly contested from
| beginning to end and resulted in q
| tie. There were pony and horse races
| which proved interesting and enter
tanning to the big crowd. The free
acts consisted of vaudeville, highwire
. and trapeze acts, balloon ascension
| etc.
| The feature of the afternoon wa:
| the horse show, which proved highly
| entertaining and elected much ap
plause and favorable comment. Ir
the roadster class, the entry of E. J
Mccall was first and that Of Mr.
Maestri, second. In the fve-gaiteC
class for women, first honor was won
by Miss Rowena Prejean, Of Belle
Alliance; second by Miss Enola Ri
chard of Donaldsonville, and third by
the five-gaited class for men, Arthur
Foley of Napoleonville, won the blue
ribbon, with E. P. Munson also OF
Napoleonville, second. Willard Foley
also of Napoleonville came third
Mrs., Ida Prats of New Orleans wor
the silver loving cup for outsiders ano
Mrs. F. H. Rhodes won the cup fol
locals. In the walk canter for wo
men, Mrs. Prats' entry won first place
with Miss Enola Richard second anc
Miss Prejean third. In the walk can
ter for men, first honor was won BY
Arthur's Foley's entryi second by
Willard Foley and third by w
Smythe.
/ The features Of the night show con
sisted of a grand and spectacular
display of fireworks, the best eve1
! ! seen in this part of the country ane
a radio concert, with Joseph Fuller
Of Houma in charge. Concerts were
d received and reproduced from Allan
y ia, Ga, Detroit, Mich, Pittsburg, Pa.
e and other places and thrilled ant
! delighted the vast audience, who wer'
S spell-bound by the wonderful per
S formancess of this the greatest inven
: ton of the age. In the course o
e the day Walter Lemann, one of tn
|, directors of the fair association, sen
S Il telegram to the Atlanta Journal
5, which paper had broadcasted con
: certs, ETC., during the week, thanking
x the paper for the publicity given tn
q South Louisiana fair. At II o'cloc
IS at night, the telegram was broadcast
/ ed from Atlanta and was distinctl
IS heard by every one at the fair.
e The free shows were repeated a
o night, and dancing, sideshows an
S midway attractions continued until
It a late hour.
n Tt is estimated that fully 1000