-Remember
W hen-from the Teche News files
100 Years Ago July 3, 1926
The Louisiana Legislature passed a bill introduced by Representative LeBlanc, appropriating $10,000 to help the work of the Longfellow Evangeline Memorial park. This amount is much smaller than expected by the committee, but nevertheless, this is a good start, and more will be coming later on.
The Southern Pacific have completed a potato shed at Champagne Switch near Cecilia. The carpenters will soon begin on the potato shed here in order to be ready to handle the crop this season, which is expected to be a much larger one than last year’s.
Last Sunday afternoon during an electric storm, lightning struck the Catholic church at Arnaudville, and caused damage to the building.
Commencing July 1st, the Teche Transfer commenced to handle the Star Route mail from St. Martinville to New Iberia. The mail leaving St. Martinville at 1:30 p. m., and arriving here at 5 p. m.
The cane borers are doing considerable damage to the corn crop in several sections of this parish. On St. John plantation they are cutting down and feeding mules with all stalks affected.
A new type automobile headlight, radically different from any now in use which will give long range without glare and illuminate the ditches along the side of the road by a wide side beam, has been developed by the General Electric laboratory after three years of experimenting.
The large oil painting of St. Martin for years had been in the left wing of the Catholic church here has been remounted on a new frame and placed on the left wall of the sanctuary this week.
50 Years Ago June 30, 1976
St. Martinville officials received word that the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation authorized the transfer of the old post office building (Maison Duchamp) to the city for use as a historical site.
Officers of the Arnaudville Sertoma Club were Gary Kidder, president; Tony Kidder, vice president; Don Frederick, membership vice president; Howell Phillips, treasurer; Stan McGee, secretary; and Mike Williams sponsorship vice president.
Officers of the Arnaudville chapter of LaSertoma were Mrs. Jim Cascio, president; Mrs. Stan McGee, secretary’ and Mrs. Don Frederick, treasurer.
Leah Barron of Breaux Bridge was crowned Miss St. Martin. Ann Newland was named first maid, and Lola Chiasson, second maid.
Blue ribbon winners in the school and casual dress category at State 4-H Short Course included Cathy Coles of Breaux Bridge.
Tommy Huval of Parks was the recipient of the State Squire of the Year Award.
Shelby Hypolite attended the world famous Harlem Globetrotter tryout camp.
Breaux Bridge Youth League officers were Ricky Cormier, president; Gerald Blanchard, vice president; Elaine Buckner, secretary; and Addie Boyer, treasurer.
40 Years Ago July 1, 1986
Installed as officers of the St. Martinville Rotary Club were Henri Bienvenu, president; Pat Theriot, president-elect; Joey Roger, secretary; Paul Durand, treasurer: and Dalton Hebert, sergeant-at-arms.
Jane Dunham of St. Martinville was selected to the 1986 100 voice All-State Baptist Youth Choir.
Celeste Castille, a senior at Arnaudville High School, placed first in public speaking at the Business Leaders Association’s National Leadership Conference in Washington, D. C.
25 Years Ago July 3, 2001
While most of St. Martin Parish recovered from the flooding that accompanied Tropical Storm Allison, Lake Martin residents were still wading through the muck.
Valerie Haaga began her term as St. Martin Parish’s first woman superintendent of public schools. Haaga, who had more than 30 years in the parish, mostly at St. Martinville Sr. High, stressed her vision of “togetherness” for the parish school system.
