W hen-from the Teche News files
100 Years Ago October 22, 1926
A Licensed Veterinarian will be here in the course of the coming week to give the Tuberculin test to cows. Those desiring to have their cows tested please get in touch with the County Agent.
Sweet potatoes that brought as much as $8 per barrel at one time are down to $1 a barrel. Some of the farmers are trying to store their surplus while others are ing their crop at the market price.
The Foti Moss Co., is erecting a building on their lot near the Bayou and as soon as completed, will install a Moss gin and press, and will ship their moss by the carload.
The Parish of St. Martin was awarded Third Prize, for the display of all kinds of agricultural products at the Southwest District Fair at Lafayette.
The report for the Louisiana cane crop of October 1, being 51 per cent, which is about 10 tons of cane to the acre. The average in 1925 was 14 tons, which means that this years crop with low prices, will be short.
The new officers of Breaux Bridge Council Knights of Columbus were Grand Knight, P. L. Begnaud; Deputy Grand Knight, Gaston Thibodeaux; Chancellor, Henry Mills; Advocate, Wade Martin; Warden, John Castille; Financial Secretary, Robt. Angelle; Treasurer, Holden LeBlanc; Recorder, Sidney Thibodeaux; Trustee, Alfred Broussard; Inside Guard, Rousseau Patin; and Outside Guard, J.W. Hoffman.
Clarence Broussard graduate of the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, left for Los Angeles, California, where he will embark one of the U.S. Navy Cutters to take his Commission in the U. S. Navy.
Elected officers of the St. Martinville Knights of Columbus were C.T. Bienvenu, Grand Knight; Jas. F. Halphen, Deputy Grand Knight; Chas. J. Gauthier, Chancellor; Leo J. Bulliard, Recorder; Robt. Gauthier, Financial Secretary; R. J. Gary, Treasurer; J.A. Guerin, Warden; Fred Fournet, Inside Guard; Sevigne Bienvenu, Outside Guard; Ubald Melancon, Dumas Bernard and Lawrence Levert, Trustees; Father Peeters, Chaplain; and Jas. D. Simon, Lecturer.
50 Years Ago October 20, 1976
One of the largest fires in the Breaux Bridge community’s history destroyed the main administration building on the Junior High Campus.
Rededication ceremonies were held at the Acadian House Museum in the Longfellow-Evangeline State Park.
Parks Elementary 4-H officers were Denise Roberts, president; Chellie Chitty, vice president; Adria Theriot, secretary- treasurer; Julia Gardemal, reporter; and Stephen Hypolite and Renee Hebert, song leaders.
Francis LeBlanc of Breaux Bridge Senior High was named to the All-State Honor Chorus and District Honor Chorus.
Cecilia Senior High students selected to All State Honoe Chorus were Millie Calais, Greg Gautreaux and Robin Hebert.
40 Years Ago
October 22, 1986
Members of the homecoming court at St. Martinville Sr. High were Dawn Bonvillian, Tiffanie Levert, Claire Bienvenu, Deidre Williams, Liz Duplantis, Karen Broussard, Felicite Leon, Natalie Orphe, Tiffany Blanchard, Tonya Theriot, Stephanie Mc-Neely and Christie Fontenot.
Tonya Stoute of Arnaudville was crowned International Rice Queen.
25 Years Ago
October 23, 2001
At the huge Martin Mills plant just north of St. Martinville, employment went down from a onetime peak of 3,400 to 177 employees, according to the Martin Mill corporate office. Some claimed it was far fewer than that - numbers ranged as a low as 15 still left.
After nearly 35 years St. Bernard School was again fielding a football team.A group of dedicated parents banded together to launch a grade 6-8 team and restore a cherished tradition.
