The St. Mary banner., 1922-09-30


the organization of a $1,000,000 lum-
Der and construction company IN Ne"
Orleans to operate in Peru were an
nounced recently by Victor Pezet,
Peruvian consul While the project
is yet in formative stage, Mt Peo-
ct stated that steps had progressed
to the point where sufficient capital
had been obtained to make the com
pany assured before the end of the
year.
New Iberia, Lain accordance
with the program outlined by DR.. E.
L. Stephens, president of the Alumni
Federation OF Louisiana State Uni
versity, the alumni of Iberia at Hotel
Frederic. Permanent organization Of
the parish alumni was effected with
a nucleus Of twenty-three members.
singing convention has been organ
lied by number Of church denomina-
tions Of this section with J. D. Smith
IS president, L. S. Antley secretary,
j, T, chatham vice president. w. NJ.
Pace, assistant secretary and NJ. o.
formed by the Rocky Branch, Antioch.
New Enterprise, Hill, Providence,
White, Mt Ararat, Cross Roads and
Wards Chapel churches.
Winnfiled. lathe parent-Teach
er Association was organized here
Friday, and the following officers
were elected: Mrs. A L. Mcdonald,
president; Mrs. V. L. Brumfield, vice.
president; Mrs n c. Woody, secre-
tary-treasurer, and Mrs. r. l.. Gov
ington, reporter.
Oakdale, LA parish-wide auto
mobile tour in the interest of the AL
len parish fair will be conducted un-
der the direction Of the Chamber Of
Commerce of Oakdale The timer
ary will include stops at Oberlin,
Kinder, Emad and Reeves, Earl Dion
ne, president and secretary respec-
lively Of the Chamber Of Commerce,
and others viii make the trip.
Houma, La.-Agricultural and nat
ural products Of Terrebonne parish
will be exhibited not only at the
South Louisiana and state fairs this
year but, first of all, to the people
of this parish, who will compete, ac-
cording to the fair committee of the
Houma-T -Terrebonne Association of
Commerce.
Lake Charles, LATHE Powell
Lumber Company of this city an
nounces the purchase of the Mona
LUMBER Mills Company at Leesville,
La, for approximately $3,OOOOOO. The
plant has capacity Of 125, 900 feet Of
lumber daily. About 2O,O0O,OOO feet
OF virgin pine timber on $4,000 acres
of land in Vernon and Beauregard
parishes were included in the sale.
Lafayette, La-Three days pro-
gram opened in the Southslde school
auditorium, attended by the teachers
OF the public schools Of the parish.
The opening address of welcome was
by Mayor Robert L. Mouton; response
by Principal Oden Herbert; musical
selection by Mrs. Harvey Hopkins.
and announcements by Parish School
Superintendent Faulk.
Lake Charles, LA stock COM
pany has been chartered to manufac-
ture cattle feed out of water lilies at
Welsh, La. An invention was re-
Gently patented by these jefferson
Davis parish men which would con.
vert lilies into feed said to be as
high in food value as alfalfa
Shreveport, Lain honor of ex-
service men, the management has de-
signated one day as American Le-
gion Day" at the 1922 State Fair,
which opens October - and runs
eleven days. 1t will be the day i'm
mediately following the close Of the
national convention of the Legioners
in New Orleans, so as to give the del
egates and visitors to that great gath
ering opportunity to attend the spec
ial program that is going to be pro-
vided in their honor at the State
Fair.
Alexandria, lathe Red river.
Atchafalaya and bayou levee board
have sold 100000 of bonds recently
issued by this levee district to L. e.
French and Company Of Alexandria.
Houma, La.-Work on the Houma-
Gibson link Of the Old Spanish Trail
and Pershing Way routes through
Terrebonne parish is progressing rap
idly. This link is about twenty-five
miles in length and leads westward
from Houma toward Morgan City.
Opelouaas, Lain an afport ~