Misc. Newspaper Abstracts

PERSONAL MENTION: Lafourche Parish, La.
Submitted by: Nancy Wright
Source: Daily Comet, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La.

Lafourche Comet
February 14 1914

Personal Mention

Mrs. Eugenie Smith and family left last Sunday for Gretna, where they willreside.
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Miss Martha Thompson, of Lexington, Ky., is the guest of Miss Alma Roger, on Home Cottage plantation.
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Miss Nellie M. Lagreze, who resides above Thibodaux, is spending sometime in New Orleans.
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We regret to hear that Mr. Eugene Fleetwood, one of the deputies in Sheriff Beary's office, has been critically ill since last Sunday.
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Mr. Oleus Mire, the Baker man (or rather one of our former citizens, who now resides at Baker, La., was in Thibodaux last Saturday.
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Mr. E. Finkelstein was called to New Orleans this week on account of the serious illness of his mother. We trust that the lady will soon be restored to health.
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Mr. Edward Morris, road inspector from the second district, and Mr. Walter Parra, road inspector from the third district of this parish, were both in Thibodaux this week, being here, doubtless, to tell the grand jury why the roads are dry in dry weather and why they are muddy in rainy weather.
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A letter and also a dollar bill came to us yesterday morning from Mr. Thos. Legendre, at Beaumont, Texas. The dollar says nothing (merely looks at us smilingly) but the letter tells us that Mr. Legendre is "still doing fine here". We are glad to hear it and hope that he will continue to do well.
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Mrs. and Mrs. Jos. Wink had the pleasure last week of entertaining Mrs. Amelia Smith, Grand Guardian of the Woodmen of the State, and Mrs. W. F. Short and Mrs. C. W. Abbott, also ardent members of the Ladies Circle. After spending several days pleasantly here the three ladies returned to their homes in Algiers.
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We had a pleasant call last Monday from Mr. Argus J. Bourgeois, who resides a short distance below Lafourche Crossing.
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Mr. Bourgeois called to pay his subscription to the Comet. He is one of the farmers of the lower section of this parish who intend to be guided by the agricultural information that Mr. H. J. David can so capably convey.
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Mr. Henry J. Bergeron, who is one of the farmers residing near Lafourche Crossing, dropped in to see us last Saturday just after the farmers meeting at the Court House. Mr. Bergeron, who left us a dollar to settle for his Comet, seems to be very enthusiastic over the ideas and suggestions thrown out by Messrs. Perrin and David, the agricultural agents. He said that he would be glad to see a farmers organization formed in his part of the parish.
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Very Rev. Father A. M. Barbier and his guest, Rev. Father A. Simon, of New Orleans, had a little automobile experience last Thursday that they will not soon forget. Father Barbier was spinning along the Church Avenue or First street when his car began to lurch from one side of the road to the other. He tried to aright it, but the road was rather slippery and before he could get the machine steadied it had capsized with both occupants, who, fortunately were uninjured.The windshield through which Father Barbier crawled out of the car, was smashed and the top was considerably damaged. We congratulate the two estimable priests upon their narrow escape. The Lord was certainly with them. After the mishap it was discovered that two inner tubes, both on the same side, had bursted thus causing the car to turn over.
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Rev. Father J. J. Rousseau, pastor of St. Jules; church, at Belle Alliance, near Donaldsonville, after a brief visit in the city, will leave this morning for his home parish. Father Rousseau is one of the best-known priests in the diocese, having spent many years in the city, administering the affairs of the various churches. He was formerly assistant to the late Bishop Rouxel and was also connected with St. Michael's church. He was administrator at Thibodaux for several months, and was then appointed pastor of Belle Alliance, where he succeeded in building a modern church in that parish. N. O. Picayune.
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Mr. Onezippe Braud, whose home was near St. Bridget's Church, near Schriever, died last Sunday morning, aged 65 years, his demise being due to heart failure. Mr. Braud was a native of Lafourche parish, having been born 9 miles below Thibodaux, but for 39 years he had been a resident of Terrebonne, where he had succeeded quite will in life. He is survived by his wife and his son, his daughter having died 10 years ago in Beaumont, Texas. His body was brought to Thibodaux Monday forenoon and laid to rest in St. Joseph Catholic cemetery.
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WANTED TO BORROW
Wanted to borrow $2000 on town property in business section. Interest paid
monthly. Apply at this office.
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A birthday party was given last Sunday in honor of Mr. Leo Borne. Many of his friends, accompanied by the St. Joseph Brass Band, gathered and gave him a pleasant surprise. Among those in the jolly crowd were: Misses Henrietta and Agnes Leonard, Lucile, Lydie and Irma Toups, Hattie Bourgeois, Theresa and Anna Bourgeois, Henrietta and Alice Ordogne, Gertrude and Julia Lapeyrouse, Oscianna Haydel, Bertha Poche, Lillian and Esther Bourgeois, Edna and Velma Poche, Lillian and Daisy Legendre, Eliza, Bernadette and Helen, Borne, Miss Breaux,
Edna Guillot, Louise, Beatrice and Lucy Borne, Lillian Legendre, Messrs Zenon Bourgeois, Gaston Leonard, Clarence Toups, Harry Arbour, Hennieces Zeringue, Otis Toups, Aurestile Ordogne, Robert Bourgeois, Junior Toups, Hy. Gaudet, Peter Borne, Lawrence Lapeyrouse, Aurelien and Daniel Richard, Thomas Bourgeois, Honore and Andrew Bourgeois, Ellis and Edgar Guillot, Lucien and Camille Bourgeois, Evia and Velma Boudreaux, Louis Borne, Messrs Alfred Poche, Leon Boudreaux, Albert Legendre, Davis Lapeyrouse, Louis Bourgeois, Nick Poche, Frank Richard, Mrs. and Mrs. Oscar Bourgeois, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bourgeois, Mr. and
Mrs. Lovincy Boudreaux, Mr. and Mrs. Teles Ordogne, Mr. and Mrs. Theophile Guillot, Mr. and Mrs. Leed [?] Ordogne, Mrs. Paul Borne, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gladys, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Borne, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Borne. The members of the band were as follows: Messrs Alexandre Poche, Paul Borne, Valerie Bourgeois, Leon Bourgeois, Ernest Bourgeois, Jack and Oscar Bourgeois, Richard Borne. Refreshments were served and games were played.

Letters To Editor: Lafourche Parish, La.
Submitted by: Nancy Wright
Source: Daily Comet, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La.
The following letters appeared in the Lafourche Comet, May 2, 1918, page 4, cols.2 & 3

France, April 4, 1918
Mr. John B. Taylor, [Comet Editor], Thibodaux, La.
Dear Sir: - I am feeling fine and very glad to be here. All the boys from Lafourche seem to be happy and they join me in sending best wishes to all friends. We are not going back until it is over, over here. There are many things I would like to tell you, but you know how it is.
Please send me the Comet to the address below, because I want to get news from the dear old United States.
With regards to all friends, I remain,
Your friend,
Robt. J. Pierce
Co. L, 1st Army Hdqtrs, Regt.
A.E. F. via N. Y.
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New Orleans, LA, April 22, 1918
Mr. John B. Taylor, Thibodaux, La.
Dear Sir - Will you kindly forward my Comet to New Orleans, La., 632 Peters Ave.
There is quite a difference in New Orleans now from a few years back. Work is very plentiful and wages are very good. I an sorry to say that I am now a cripple, being laid up at the Presbyterian Hospital. I had the misfortune of stepping on a ship spike during the beginning of last week, which nearly went through my left foot. I am very fortunate, however, as my company bears all expenses at the hospital until I am well. I expect to return to my work in a few days.
Yours truly,
Leonce Riviere
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It's been sometime since the young people of Thibodaux and vicinity had as enjoyable a dance as the one that took place last Friday night in the old Woodmen hall. The committee in charge - composed of Messrs Edward Naquin, H. L. Sims and G. P. Pugh - had much reason to be gratified over the result.
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Mr. Victor E. Fremin, his wife and daughter, of Labadieville, were in Thibodaux last Saturday. Mr. Fremin had the Comet editor in mind when he started for Thibodaux, for he brought us some new Irish potatoes and a mess of fine snap beans. He has a 40 acre farm, but like other farmers, is having a tussle for want of laborers. He is compelled to do the most of his work himself, but this has not had a depressing effect upon him physically, for he displays a rosy complexion and a muscular build that any man should prize. We told him he need not worry so much about the shortage of labor, because we had seen it stated that the business men of Napoleonville had agreed to close their places on "wheatless days," Mondays and Wednesday, and give the farmers a helping hand. He was glad to hear this, he said, but he hoped that the Napoleonville merchants would not gain agricultural knowledge by doing as the fellow who had been sent into a cabbage patch to "clean it up." When the owner went to inspect the garden he found that the fellow had "cleaned it up" so well as to not leave a plant standing having acted the part of the "man with the hoe" just a little too well.

Lafourche County Louisiana Archives News.....Louis Nelson Boston Christened November 17, 1917
File contributed by: Mary K. Creamer marykcreamer.00@gmail.com
Source: The Donaldsonville Chief. (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, November 17, 1917, Image 3 November 17, 1917

The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis N. Boston, of Thibodaux, was christened in that city last Monday forenoon. Louis Nelson was the name bestowed upon the little chap, the sponsors being Miss Selma Esneault, of Faubourg la Pipe, and F. LeBlanc, of Thibodaux.

TRIBUTE TO DARCUS BELONEY TAYLOR
Source: Times Picayune November 13, 1997
Contributed by: N.O.V.A.

A Quiet Hero

For 96 Years November 13, 1997 Darcus Beloney Taylor is the kind of hero you seldom hear about, but she made a big difference in her little corner of the world. Her funeral in Houma Monday morning was more tribute than tribulation and a time for remembering. "If you didn't know her before, you knew her after," granddaughter Cynthia Hunt said. "They gave her a grand ceremony." She died Nov. 5 at 96, but she lives on in three sons, six daughters, 35 grandchildren, 70 great-grandchildren, 52 great-great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-great-grandchildren. I met the Taylor clan in March 1996 when they came home to Houma from all over the New Orleans area and beyond in honor of Mrs. Taylor's 95th birthday.

It was a huge celebration that spilled out of the house into a sunny backyard rich with the smells of chicken cooking and the sounds of children playing. The combination birthday party, family reunion and group christening for the youngest Taylors was Cynthia's idea. She wanted to do something special for the grandmother who had raised her, and she wanted to show the children what a family is all about. "I want them to understand sharing and taking care of each other and caring about each other," she said.

*** Values at grandma's knee ***

Cynthia learned her values from her grandmother: Love God and value education. "You knew that Sunday you were going to church and Monday you were going to school," she said. Maybe the reason a good education was so important to Cynthia's grandmother was that she and her husband never had an opportunity to get much of one themselves. But they worked. Johnny Taylor Sr. worked for Shell Oil in Houma for 38 years and he was a master carpenter. Mrs. Taylor gardened and baked and sewed for her family and taught her children what was important in life. Cynthia never knew that they were poor. When she was a little girl, she had a wonderful wardrobe thanks to her grandmother's baking. An empty cloth flour sack with a colorful pattern on it always meant a new outfit. "She would call me in from playing, and I'd take a bath, and by the time I was finished, I had a brand new little short set," Cynthia said.

From family to community It was more than family at the funeral Monday morning. Friends, community leaders and church members showed up at New Mount Zion Baptist Church to pay their respects, too. "It was beautiful," Cynthia said. "A big old church with an upstairs section packed to the rafters." When Mrs. Taylor's husband died in 1992, they had been married for 73 years. Together they started the first black Boy Scout Troop in Houma and saw to it that the black kids in town had a playground to play on.

They always gave freely of everything they had: good meals, good words, helping hands. Mrs. Taylor had great faith and was active in her church as a Sunday School teacher, a member of Eastern Star for 57 years and president of the Senior Choir. Monday afternoon was a time for telling all the old stories, for reminiscing and smiling at the memories.

Cynthia has two grandsons of her own now. She tells her son and daughter they can keep their great-grandmother's spirit alive by sharing their memories of her with their babies. And she intends to see that they do it. "We were blessed and we know it," she said. "I thank God for the 96 years she was here."

Headlines and Abstracts of Town & Country Weekly, LaFourche Parish, La.
File submitted by Donald W. Johnson

Headlines and Abstracts from Town and Country Weekly, Thibodaux,
Louisiana, Volume 1, No. 19, Wednesday, October 25, 1967

HEADLINE - FTN Freshman Class Elect Officers
ABSTRACT - Kathleen GISCLAIR, of Gallian, Freshman Class President at Nicholls State.
Richard J. BRAZAN, Jr. of Vacharie, running mate
Reggie CAILLOUET of Houma, running mate
Gene THIBODAUX of Thibodaux, Vice-President
Candy BUSH of Gretna, Secretary
Vickie SLEDGE of Houma, running mate
Christina SULLIVAN of Houma, running mate
Jack E. SERIGNE, Jr. of Thibodaux, Treasurer
Marilee DUPONT of New Orleans, Senator
Frank JUROVICH of Metairie, running mate
Gerry WAGUEPACK of Napoleonville, Senator

HEADLINE - Chackbay Athletic Club to Give Jackets
ABSTRACT - Ronald G. RODRIGUE, new President
Alvin P. GROS, Secretary
Charles Roy BREAUX, Treasurer
Gerard RODRIGUE, Principal of Ward 6
Father Clemens SCHNEIDER of Chackbay, report on parks Mr. Emmett TROSCLAIR, football team report Sterling DIAZ, Guy CLEMENT, Father SCHNEIDER, Ray TROSCLAIR, Charles Roy BREAUX, Clarence MORVANT, Sr., Arthur GRANIER, Ronald RODRIGUE -- donated jackets.

HEADLINE - Bayou Bouef Parents Club Installs Officers
ABSTRACT - Mrs. Nettie R. WEBRE - President
Mrs. Roaslie G. KLIEBERT, Vice-President
Mrs. Frances C. MARTINEZ, Secretary
Mrs. Margie R. LOUPE, Treasurer

Planning Committee:
Mrs. Nettie WEBRE, Mrs. Wallace ROUGEE and Mrs. Nelta GRANIER, Mrs. Nettie T. BORNE, Rosalie KLIEBERT, Mrs. Leonard HOTARD, Mrs. Eddie KRAEMER, Mrs. Frances MARTINEZ, Mrs. Eugene LOUPE, Mrs. Margie R. LOUPE, Mrs. Daniel GRANIER,  Mrs. Calise CORTEZ, Mrs. Aurelian LOUPE, Mrs. Nolan CORTEZ

Amusement Committee:
Mrs. Philip GRANIER, Mrs. Stanley MARTINEZ, Mrs. Emelien CORTEZ, Mrs. Landreau FOLSE

HEADLINE - B.P.W. Selects Woman of the Year and Boss of the Year
ABSTRACT - Mrs. Leila GRAHAM - Woman of the Year
Mrs. Joe SILVERBERG - Man of the Year
(B.P.W. stands for Acadienne and Thibodaux Business and
Professional Women's Clubs)Mrs. Graham is listed as the manager and designer at Guidroz's Flower Shop and Mrs. Silverberg is employed at Comet-Press Newspapers as publisher.

SECTION - 4-H Clubs
ABSTRACT - Vacherie Jr. High: Charles BOURGEOIS, President; Cindy INNESS, Vice President; Helen FOLSE, Secretary; Winnie GAUTHREAUX, Treasurer;Eve REULET, Reporter; Erkle BECNEL, Assistant Reporter; Sonia INNESS, Song Leader; Vincent REULET, Song Leader.

Raceland Jr. High:
Pam SMITH and Mike GAUDET, led pledges. Jane FALGOUT, old business report.

Holy Savior Central:
Frank BARKER, III, President; Rebecca WEST, President; Andrea BOLLINGER, Secretary-Treasurer; Ann HARANG, Reporter; Mrs. Curtis CHAUVIN, sponsor; Mrs. Edgar HICKS, sponsor.

Choctaw 4-H Club:
Kenneth TABOR, president; Sterline HEBERT, Vice-President; William DELATTE, Secretary; Judy DOMANGUE, Treasurer; Kathy THIBODAUX, Reporter.

PHOTO - Miss Trudy THIBODAUX, d/o Mr. and Mrs. Rivers THIBODAUX of Thibodaux,
marries Robert P. BREAUX, Jr., s/o Mr. Charles BREAUX, Jr. and Mrs. Dorothree NAVARE of Thibodaux at St. Joseph Catholic Church.

PHOTO - Cheerleaders and Majorettes of St. Genevieve School:
Rebecca PREJEAN, Connie HARRIS, Paula BRAUD, Jill BUCKEL, Elizabeth LEDET, Christine DUET, Jennifer BOUDREAUX, Giner BERGERON.

HEADLINE - Nicholls Players Presents "Twelve Angry People"
ABSTRACT - Cast members: Joe LEBLANC of Thibodaux; Bruce FINDLEY of Morgan City; Danny WILLIAMS of Plaquemine; Tody BERNARD of Port Allen; Steve ROBERTS of Metairie; Judy BAGLEY of Thibodaux; Linda DUPUY of Franklin; Ed CALAGNA of New Orleans; Madelaine KRELLER of New Orleans; Ronnie GREICHGAUER of Lockport; Robert RASSMUSSEN of New Orleans.

HEADLINE - Blanchard Named President of Fraternity
ABSTRACT - Mike BLANCHARD, of Plaquemine, President of Sigma Tau Gamma
Hebert HERNANDEZ, of White Castle, Vice President (membership)
Charles STROUD of Zachary, Vice President (education)
Winston GASTON of Thibodaux, Vice Presiden (management)

PHOTO - Acadienne BPW Club Coffee Social
Mayor Warren J. HARANG, Jr.; Mr. Ferd H. BLOCK, President of First Federal Savings & Loan Assn. pictured with club members: Joy KNIGHT, Dionne ST. GERMAINE, Barbara BOUDREAUX, Kathleen DUET.

HEADLINE - Society
ABSTRACT - Mr. and Mrs. Guy R. LEDET - visited relatives in Lafayette, Abbeville
and Marksville; Mr. and Mrs. E.J. BABIN and Mr. and Mrs. Murphy
BARILLEAUX of Thibodaux toured Mexico for 2 weeks; Mrs. Armentine
MORVANT of Thibodaux visited for 4 weeks in Tampa, Florida with daughter and son-in-law, Mrs. and Mrs. Lee SANTANGELO and also her son and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Harry MORVANT.

HEADLINE - Choctaw Mothers Open Club Year
ABSTRACT - Choctaw Mother's Club: Mrs. Morris DELATTE, former president; Mr. Richard BORNE, new principal; Mrs. Joseph R. PIPER and Mrs. Delores CARR, new teachers. ELECTIONS: Mrs. Morris DELATTE, President; Mrs. Jessie TABOR, Vice Presient; Mrs. Martha ZERINGUE, Treasurer; Mrs. Lena TABOR, Secretary; Mrs. Lloyd TABOR, Reporter.

CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere and heartfelt thanks to relatives, friends, and neighbors for the kindness and sympathy shown us at the sudden death of our beloved son and brother, VINCENT STEIN. Special thanks to Doctor Charles DUNIS, Rev. Thomas ALAIN and Sisters of Our Lady of Peace Church, the St. James Parish Sheriff department, Mr. Roy BRAUD, and the American Red Cross. Many thanks for the beautiful floral offerings, Masses and other expressions of sympathy.

The Paul STEIN Family
Typist's note: There is a lengthy article on the pioneer of Thibodaux, La., Pierre LEJEUNE that may be of interest to researchers of this area.