100 Years Ago in Amite City

From The Times-Picayune March 8, 1916

ELABORATE FLOATS IN AMITE CARNIVAL

  Two Thousand Tangipahoa Residents See Pageant. Business Houses Close.

 

Amite, City, La., March 7.--The Amite Carnival, which this year was under the management and direction of the Woodmen of the World, took place here today. Ideal spring weather prevailed and the pageant, which included some fifty gorgeous floats, was witnessed by fully two thousand persons. All places of business were closed.

The parade was led by Grand Marshal H.N. Saal and the following assistant marshals: Dr. J.H. Beatty, ex-Mayor Mixon and G.M. Scarle. Then followed the Woodmen of the World brass band, the Tangipahoa Scouts, under the command of Capt. Davis and Lieutenants Burnham and Sanders, and the Boy Scouts, commanded by Scout Leader Helmich. A.S. Cartwright was king. He rode in a chariot of royal purple and gold and the keys of the city were turned over to him by Mayor Kopfler, who delivered a brief address of welcome. Miss Mina King was queen and the following were her maids: Misses Annie Sternberger, Althelea Saal, Corinne Akers, Helen Bostick, Clotilde Stanfield, Lillian Belle and Frances Turner.

The carnival concluded with a masquerade ball in the armory of the Tangipahoa Scouts with the king, the queen and their court