Yesterday's News

MEETING TO BE HELD IN OBERLIN ON IRRIGATION PROJECT

1934 - A big mass meeting will be held at Oberlin at 3 p. m. Monday by farmers from Jeff Davis, Allen, Beauregard and Evangeline parishes to push plans for the big irrigation association which will give a guaranteed supply of fresh water at all times. Farmers of these parishes are seeking to fulfill this project’s aim of providing fresh water for this section at all times of the year to make rice farming safe from the dangers of salt water which annually besets them.

K. OF C. 15TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED

1934 - The 15th anniversary of the establishment of the order of Knights of Columbus in Jennings and local members and friends will celebrate with a banquet at the lodge home, above Robert’s store tonight.

HUNTERS WARNED THEY CANNOT SHOOT RICE BIRDS

1940 - Jennings and Jeff Davis hunters were warned today that they are liable to arrest if they attemp to shoot the “Blue Peter” commonly known as rice birds, now protected by the federal game law.

MATERIALS NEEDED

- Scrap Iron and steel.

JUNK MAKES FIGHTING WEAPONS

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“What’s it good for?”

Thoughts For Today

When you reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy har - vest... Thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the Lord your God.

BUY U.S. WAR BONDS AND STAMPS HELP WIN THE WAR!

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1942 - This theatre has been selling you entertainment and relaxation for years.

SCHOOL BOYS MAY HELP IN RICE FIELDS

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1942 - Farmers from Rice Belt met here to air labor shortage situations.

ST. SWITHIN’S DAY BRINGS BIG RAINS

August 1942 - 7.19 Inch Fall in Jennings Area Since Last Thursday FORTY DAYS

Jackson Brewery, New Orleans, LA

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The brewery was founded by Lawrence Fabacher in 1890 as Jackson Bohemian Brewery; its name was later changed to Jax Beer and finally Jackson Brewing Company, after Andrew Jackson and Jackson Square. It soon grew to be a prominent regional brewery and it, along with Dixie, were the only New Orleans breweries to survive prohibition.