-Remember
W hen-from the Teche News files
100 Years Ago March 25, 1926
As will be seen in this paper, there is a proposition to discontinue the improvement of the Teche from New Iberia up, and the abandonment of the Keystone locks. If this is done and no provision is made to close the Ruth Canal, we can expect the water in the Teche from Ruth down to run very low, and to be of much inconvenience to the rice interests.
Monday, following the heavy rain, which filled all streams and low places, caused Buffalo fish to run up stream and fill those places with fish of large sizes, and hundreds of persons were after them, thousands of fish were caught, all kinds of instruments were used to kill them, the fish running in shallow water and ditches, were easy victims for those going after them, many people enjoyed catching them for the sport.
Last Saturday morning the people of St. Martinville enjoyed the short visit of the Professors and pupils of Centenary College of Shreveport, who are much interested in the Poem Evangeline, the land of Evangeline and the proposed Longfellow - Evangeline Memorial Park:.
Rain! Rain! Rain! it rained all day Monday and all day Tuesday, all outside work has been suspended during nearly all of March, which was perhaps the most rainy March on record.
50 Years Ago March 24, 1976
David Broussard of Arnaudville was selected to participate in the “America’s Youth in Concert” 1976 program sponsored by the University Academy for Music, Princeton, N.J.
Anne deMahy of Mercy High Sailors was named to the 1976 Class B All-State basketball team selected by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association.
Jimmy Morrogh of Breaux Bridge was named administrator at Gary Memorial Hospital.
Gwynn Fruge and Mark Olivier both of Cecilia were chosen grand prize winners in the Region VI Science Fair held at USL.
Jacques Lasseigne of St. Martinville was elected 2nd vice president of Kappa Delta Pi education honor society at USL.
Mark Henson of SMSH took grand champion honors (at the State Livestock Show in Baton Rouge) with his entry in the Santa Gertrudes Division.
40 Years Ago March 26, 1986
It was about as close a vote as you could get, but the school board defeated an effort to include a holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King on next year’s calendar.
Members of the St. Martin Sheriff’s Department honored long-time Deputy Annessey Benoit at a reception at Sheriff Charles A. Fuselier’s camp. Benoit retired after 37 years of service.
Louisiana was the leader in crawfish production in the United States with an annual harvest over 50 million metric live weight. The harvest tons, involved some 100,000 acres of cultured ponds and another 150,000 acres of wild waterways.
Model airplanes made by Darcies Bernard of St. Martinville drew a curious crowd during the first “St. Martin Square” exhibit of arts and crafts on the St. Martin de Tours Church Green. The event was sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce.
25 Years Ago March 28, 2001
Members of the audience applauded after St. Martinville Sr. High principal Valerie Haaga was named superintendent of St. Martin Parish schools by a 6-3 vote of the school board.
Kayli Champagne of St. Martinville was crowned queen during the 2001 Jr. Miss St. Martin contest sponsored by Beta Sigma Phi. Named 1st alternate was Alana Landry and 2nd alternate Courtney LeBlanc.
As of last Thursday, the Cypress Island Preserve near the Lafayette/St. Martin parish lines is now 8,700 acres strong. Texaco donated 6,000 acres of woodlands south of La. 353 (Prairie High-way) to add to the approximately 2,700 across the highway that includes the 765-acre Lake Martin, home to one of North America’s largest water bird rookeries.
Winners of the Catahoula Cub Scouts, Pack 282, Raingutter Ragatta Sailboat Race were Treylin Albert, 1st, Tigers; Bastian Russo, 1st, Bears; Jarrett Devillier, 1st, Webelos; and Caleb Courville, 2nd place, Tigers.
