The Morgan City Daily Review

Board of Health Permits
Merchants to Extend
the Saturday Night
Closing Hour.

Resolutions of Appreciation Ad-
dressed to Epidemic Work-
ers Passed at Meeting
Held Monday.

At a meeting of the City Board
of Health held yesterday after-
noon, permission
was granted
the merchants of Morgan City
to extend the Saturday night
closing hour from 7 o'clock to 9.
In its official announcement the
board states this concession is
granted with the distinct und-
erstanding that there must be no
crowding and that all merchants
will take necessary measures to
prevent any such conditions aris-
ing by reason of such change.
In fact, according to Mr. Lewis
J. Bass, member of the board,
the order permitting the exten-
sion of Saturday shopping hours
was given to obviate present con-
ditions, as noted by
members of
the board. It was stated that
under the former ruling
much
congestion resulted during
the
last hour, caused by after-supper
shoppers arriving at the stores
about the same time. Under the
new ruling two additional hours
will be given the buying public
on Saturday nights and the mer-
chants are expected to request
their customers to co-operate in
order that a proper application
of the new ruling may be made.
The board while in official ses-
sion also passed the following
resolutions:
Whereas. It has pleased Al-
mighty God to call from earth
to her Heavenly home the be-
loved wife of our president. Dr.
C. C. deGravelles. and we, with
the entire community, realizing
the loss that we all have suffer-
ed, and wishing to ever keep
alive the memory of her unsel-
fish devotion to her God, her
family, and the community,
therefore,
Be it resolved. That we tender
our president. Dr. C. C. deGra-
velles, our sincere sympathy in
his sorrow, and pray God to give
him comfort and strength.
Resolved. That we appreciate
the untiring efforts given to the
welfare of the community dur-
ing the illness of the president,
and when the Grim Reaper ap-
peared within his own home his
services still continued for the
welfare of others.

Resolved. That in the demise
of Mrs. Mary Nation deGravelles
the community loses a citizen
whose every act was one of kind-
ness, and whose love and devo-
tion to the higher ideals of life
was in perfect accord with her
Creator.
Resolved. That a copy of these
resolutions be placed upon our
records, one sent to our presi-
dent,, and a copy to the daily
paper.
M. D. SHANNON,
Mayor.
DR. J. H. O'NEILL.
DR. BERNARD.
SAMUEL BLUM,
LEWIS J. BASS.
Board of Health.
Whereas, services of inestim-
able value. entailing much per-
sonal sacrifice and unrelenting
efforts. have been rendered by
the physicians. Red Cross work-
ers . Boy Scouts volunteer nurses
and. other public-spirited men
and women of Morgan City dur-
ing the epidemic of influenza
while at its height, therefore,
Be it resolved. That we pub-
licly extend our sincere appreci-
ation to these individuals. ac-
companied by the statement that
their unselfish devotion to the
welfare of this community will
always be remembered not only
by this board but by every true-
hearted citizen.
Resolved. That a copy of these
resolutions be placed upon our
records, and a copy sent to the
daily paper.
DR. C. C. deGRAVELLES.
President.
LEWIS J. BASS
Secretary.
The meeting was attended by
Dr. C. C. de Gravelles. president
Sam Blum and L. J. Bass. mem-
bers. and Mayor M. D. Shannon
and Dr. J. P. Lobenhoffer. mem-
ber of the State Board of Health.
Dr. A. A. Bernard and Dr. J. H.
O'Neil, members of the city
board, were absent.