Carnival Ball - 1939, Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa Parish, La
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(Source:  "The Enterprise", Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa Par., LA, February 24, 1939)

Carnival Ball Wins Approval From Spectators

Queens Audrey Hoover And Georgia Pearson And Kings Francis Drott 
And A. J. Bodker Rule

        Dressed in gay masquerade the royal family of Ponchatoula reigned over the 
first carnival ball held at the City Hall last Friday night.  Two queens, one 
from the high school and one from the grammar school were selected by popular 
vote to rule the city for a night.  The queens were Miss Audrey Hoover from the 
high school who selected Mr. Francis Drott as her king, and Miss Georgia Pierson 
from the grammar school who selected A. J. Bodker as her king.

The ball was given under the auspices of the Parent-Teachers association and the 
personal supervision of Mrs. Allen B. Pierson, president of the P.T.A. and Mrs. 
Robert All, direct of the ceremonies.

        "Happiness" was the theme that was depicted by the high school pageant.  
The maids, also selected by popular vote, and their dukes were Catherine Agaisse 
and Clyde Tucker, Julia Morse Fannaly and Roy Bergeron, Meldean McCoy and 
Raymond Schaefer, Mary Kiiper and Marion Williams, Nelvis Legendre and Mardis 
Cowen, Hollyn Howes and Buster Hagg, Shirley Albert and Pertrine LeBourgeois, 
Marjorie Sullivant and Donald Burris.  The dukes were dressed to represent 
Mirth, Joy, Fun, Sports, Jokes, Art, Music and Dance.
        
Three debutantes were presented to the royal court.  They were Jewell Drott 
escorted by Dick Burris, Norma Elliser escorted by LeRoy Decoteau, and Mattie 
Ozement esecorted (sic) by Richard Drude.  Little Tommy Davis was the Page and 
Kathleen Smith and Marjorie Roussel were train bearers.

The "Mother Goose" rhymes was the theme of the grammar school pageant and the 
dukes were dressed to represent figures from the nursey (sic) rhymes.  The maids 
were dressed in old-fashioned costumes.  They were Misses Nanette Hansen, 
Georgianna Craig, Gloria Bradley, Erie Lee Parent, Peggy Jane King and Milderd 
(sic) Burns.  The dukes were Dickie Lamp, Robert Earl Dudley, Ronnie Smith, 
Milton Lefont, George LeBourgeois and Harold Baker.  Two couples of the Catholic 
school were also of the grammar school court.  They were Joy Tucker and Roland 
Yokum and Betty Liebert and Oscar Vitters, Jr.  Train bearers from the grammar 
school were Ann Allen and Cassa Jean Lewis.  Cage Harris, Jr., was the Page.

Much credit is due to Mesdames C. H. Wilkins, Joe Sellers and Winston Bradley 
for making the beautiful flower corsages that were worn.