The Kaplan Journal from Kaplan, Louisiana • 1

rn I BUSINESS AND NEWS PUim Call MIDWAY 3-7122 In Kaplan MIDWAY 3-7122 KAPLAN, LOUISIANA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1958 NUMBER 13 eads Ticket For Better Seeking Toivn Offices Janceaux 40B0aiE0K! LTU B4 ami ffcH IwihwmJ ran (Mi mv E-3 1lS Sidney "Pally" pLA" Tuesday announced a xcj municipal I on in Kaplan on ticket OuaUfied Fri. Emmcli 0'IIeill Dies Suddenly Tuesday Uorning KAPLAN Robert Emmett tJ V.i five aiaormrn -I TWIIIVC onprat- 32 Performance rPIIHU IIIHU on lified mayor Tested Hereford Kaplan Bhrougn Sains Wide Publicity a I-Written Story ONeiH, 64, well-known Kaplan by te following composing Dusinessman, died of a heart attack at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday In an better Government. hS, co-owner of Abbeville hospital. Mr.

O'Neill had returned home Saturday from New Orleans where he had undergone extensive medi Cormier iymg Bulls For Sale ABBEVILLE Some 32 perfor mance tested Hereford bulls will be sold at the third annual livestock sale to be held at the Dean Lee Agricultural Center, Feb. 22, according Murphy Veillon, county "Adlar" Lapointe, car- cal checks. He was striken about 1 ilW no midnight Monday and rushed to (EDITOR'S NOTE Kaplan got a barrelfull of publicity tlirough-out the Vermilion, Acadia, Lafayette, St. Landry, and Jeff Davis parishes area on Jan. 31 through a roundup story and picture com piled and prepared by the Kaplan Journal for the Crowley Daily KAPLAN The political pot in Kaplan boiled over last week as four tickets qualified for the seven municipal offices to be voted in the April 8 Democratic primaries.

Only one ticket had a full slate, including candidates for mayor, aldermen and chief of police. A fourth ticket was short two aldermanic candidates. Candidates still had Wednesday and Thursday to qualify. The deadline is 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb.

20. So far (Tuesday) four men had qualified for the mayor's chair, 18 for the five town council seats and five for the police chief's of fice. Running for mayor are Alderman A. G. La tour.

Curtis Bouil-lion, Sidney Manreaux and Pierre Dartez. All head a ticket. Only Dartez. who lost to Mayor Paul E. Eleazar by more than 300 votes four years ago, did not have his ticket filled out with aldermen.

He was short two council candidates. Mayor Paul E. Eleazar is not Palms Hospital. A native of Donaldsonville. he JVESiri.

carpenter and I itore operator. p. Win, owner and ope- I in rePair ILormand, owner of l-wpported by Whitney who qualified as lived for a long time in New Orleans. Prior to coming to Kaplan, he had operated a French Fashion Shop in Galveston. Signal for use in a special progress edition of that area.

The agent. This will be the only sale of performance tested purebred bulls, there will be offered for sale 8 bred Hereford heifers, about a dozen dairy heifers, 3 Hampshire article prepared by the Journal He and Mrs. O'Neill moved to Kaplan in 1946 and opened the loiiows: Ldi Breutiard For Aldvrman fnr rhief of police. KAPLAN, La. Sparked by in French Fashion Shop, which they tense on activities and a success nave operated since.

Funeral services will be in Fre 7 ormer police chief in '1 I partner in Simon and l-i dragline contractors. ion of good rice crops, the town oi Kaplan appears safely beyond dericksburg, Texas. Catholic Chur rams, 50 Duroc feeder pigs and 6 bred Duroc gilts. This marks the third year that the Dean Lec Agricultural Center has held sales of surplus animals. The tested bulls have been tested in cooperation with the Animal Industry Department of the Lou the population point which enables it to be called a city.

Although it has not obtained city ch on Thursday. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mr. O'Neill was preceded in death by a sister, Mrs. A.

L. seeking re-election to devote bis status otucially Kaplan has an es Cummings of New Orleans. He is time to the presidency of the new bank and to his other business in timatcd population of 6,500 people 1,500 beyond the mark needed to isiana State University and they survived by his wife, the former terests. Meta Schmidtzensky; and a sister, Filing for police chief are Wil Mrs. Peggy Heaton of New Or -St i I 1 I I i) I if.

ft; i i Ij: I 1 'f If rJ i i vf i if i 1 if ft x- leans. 1 son irahan, incumbent; Allison Abshire, a policeman; Arvis Clos-tio, welding shop operator; Whit- The body was taken from Kap will be graded the day prior tf the sale. The sale will get underway ai 1 o'clock when Dr. George L. Robertson, head of the LSU Animal Industry Department, will point out the advantage of using performance tested bulls in their herds and the application of performance lan to Fredericksburg on Wednes day by the D.

L. Meaux Funeral Home. The Kaplan funeral home nev Pete Simon, a former chief; and Wilton G. Mire. Simon is affiliated with the Man-ceaux ticket, and Mire with the Dartez ticket.

Clostio Trahan and was in charge of arrangements. testing to the culling and evaluating of their cow herds. Abshire have not announced any obtain a city charter. Tho most hoartoning aspect of Kaplan's growth within tho past throo yoart, to officials and tho butinots community, it that Kaplan St definitely not a boom town. It't growth hat boon a ttoady month by month, family by family increato, oxcopt for tho 40 to 50 families engaged in oil exploration work.

Because of this steady growth. Kaplan hasn't felt ajiy growing pains such as those characteristic of boom towns. Town officials have Inren able to fit the new citizens comfortably within the planned growth of the town. Just last week, the Kaplan Association of Insurance Agents disclosed that Kaplan now has in Insurable property, all of which is protected by the local agents. This figure represents a Crowley Station A affiliation.

The six town government races are as follows. Latour's Progressive Ticket is IBHS Host For Parish FHA I-Ioel A sponsoring the following aldermanic candidates: Ivan Bourque, Percy Lormand. Sidney M. Broussard. George Dartez.

all incum To Host Pasture, Cattle Meeting CROWLEY The Louisiana bents, and Jule Broussard. Bouillion'a People's Ticket is By Anna Brourd INDIAN BAYOU The Vermil Icglaur Lapoint For Alderman sponsoring the following alderma ion parish F.H.A. held its monthly nic candidates: Adam Leger. Wnr "Pally" Manctaux For Myor meeting in the Indian Bayou Home State University Rice Experiment Station near Crowley will be host to cattlemen from throughout the rice belt at a Beef Cattle-Pasture Emery Vidalier, Dunes Herpin, Economics Department, Feb. 4.

Dennis Simon and Wilson Lent sire. The meeting was called to order Field Day to be held Wednesday, by the president, Mary Faye Lor Maneeaux's Ticket for Better new, modernistic, two-truck fire station, a spacious town hall emergency electric power, and water plant, jail house, parish health unit, and parish library. mand. A devotional was given by Feb. 26, according to announcement by station officials, to Murphy Gwen Foreman, Indian Bayou High School.

Barbara Meyers, parish secretary, Henry, called the roll Goterumtnt has the following candidate? "for- the five aldermanic seats: Lormand, Dallas Bonin, Ledia Broussard, Icglaure La-poiate, and J. D. Fanks Jr. All of the buildings are of brick Veillon, county agent with the LSU Agricultural Extension Service. Cattlemen, rice growers, and al! 1 i A 1 1 YOUNG RULERS Sandra and Ernett Girouard, daughter and ton of Mr.

and Mrt. R. E. Girouard, reigned at Queen Venut VIII and King Apollo VIII at tho eighth annual Girl Scout Carnival Ball of Surpritet ttaged at tho High School Gym recently. (Photo Courtesy Vermilion Parish Studios, Kaplan) and read the minutes of the last others interested in tie progress of fmeeting.

A new method 'tw VhT. tv lin th pnr ni, Jbeaut ful front the two -city- in calling the roll. Taper socks Southwest Louisiana Agriculture, Dartez ticket has uie iouf -ie candidates cc-nril: owned blocks on the east side of are invited to attend the event. were hung on a string with the Paul Vidsr which is described as the first of names of the chapters on the socks its kind to be held at the station. Over 100 Primaries Each girl was then asked to stand, Pasture and cattle feeding ex give her name, school and office In Slaie In April held in local chapter, for the pur periments will be discussed, the station officials said, along with the pasture fertilization tests, win North Cushing, main street.

In addition, Kaplan hat located on its Abrom Kaplan Memorial Park property, a swimming pool for white, children's playground, a Little League park, and Boy Scout hut. A modernistic swimming pool for the Negro citizens of Kaplan, representing about 10 per cent ofl pose of getting better acquainted Four Gueydan Boys Planning Philmonl Trip Two guests from Mount Carmel of Abbeville were included Mary Faye Lormand asked for ter tests, and beef cattle pasture-rice rotation tests under way at the station for the past several years The present beef cattle research BATON ROUGE Secretary of State Wade O. Martin Jr. said last week more than 100 municipal primaries will be held in early April. suggestions for ideas for future meetings from the different schools the population, will be completed GUEYDAN Four Gueydan boys The chapters that didn't have them are asked to mail them to in time for swimming this sum mer.

are among the ten Boy Scouts and Explorer Scouts from Acadia and uer ana Mmeon rem. Citizens of Kaplan have until Saturday noon, March 8 to register to vote. The registrar of voters, Wallace Vincent, urges all unregistered citizens who plan to register not to put it off to the li si week. All candidates in the various races are also urging the citizens to register to vote. Secretary of State Wade O.

Martin Jr. said that numbers for the candidates will be assigned on Feb. 25, and that they could learn the members given them from their parish clerk (Clerk of COURT Irby Hebert in Abbeville) of court after that date. Martin said the deadline for withdrawing a name for the ballot is Feb. 25.

The local Democratic committee must be notified and it He warned the candidates who project was inaugurated at the station in 1955. Cattle handling and research facilities have been built and nearly 300 bead of cows, cal ves. steers and heifers are now Vermilion parishes who have filed her. Evaluation sheets from Activity want to drop out before the first By the fall of 1959, Kaplan will be able to boast of four school applications for the 1958 Philmont primary election must say so by plants. Work began in December Day were read by the president.

As a whole everyone enjoyed the expedition, according to Courtney being used in eight experiments on a $450,000 contract to construct meeting. h. coiling, advisor. The ten include Mike Hair which include creep feeding, feeds and systems for fattening and win Whitnty "Peft" Simon for Chitf of Poliet Eliot Lormand For Aldorman Two skits were acted out by the a 26-room elementary school just outside of town r.xt to the public Kenneth Touchet, Donald Overly Henrv and Gueydan chapters. Lit tering, cattle grub acontrol and winter pasutres.

housing project. The Negro school tie Nacny Learns the Functions of and Charles Rabalais of Gueydan; Eugene Bihm and Lionel Boud- Wilkms-Stroud Elementary school Details of the program will be F.H.A. was given by Uie Henry is a newly constructed plant. Mai reaux of Rayne; Charles Gottv John announced later. trait Memorial Elementary School, chapter.

Program chairman was Juliette Toups. Participants were Peggy Thibodeaux, Judy and Bar a Catholic institution, is also a new school. xsreaux ana Kicnarn rremaux. Crowley; and Bobbie Gill of Crowley. Although the ten filled the quota in turn notifies Martin.

bara Meyers. They Gueydan cnap Next year, the present Kaplan ter put on a Valentine skit "Heart Feb. 25, or they will be assigned numbers and their names will be printed on the ballots. The 100 elections are scheduled on April 1 and April 8. "Since law requires absentee ballots be in the hands of parish clerks of court well in advance of the elections, my office will have to proceed with the printing of ballots by Feb.

26 at the latest." Any candidate who wants to withdraw from a race and wants his name taken off the ballot should notify the chairman of his municipal committee at once. The chairman will notify Martin immediately. No names can be removed from the ballots without authorization elementary and high school plant Trouble." Song leader. Phyllis Dronet, Enolas Heaux, 56 Dies In Crovley 4 for Acadia and Vermilion parishes it is possible that other Scouts and Explorers from the two parishes will be able to attend, District on North Cushing will be used for high school students only. Theriot Opposed rath led the group in playing cha- Alto planned in tho immediate frades.

The object was to guess i 1 i i future it a 31 -bed public hospital, financed by a $350,000 public bond KAPLAN Enolas Meaux, 56, By Independent AP.P.EVILLE Earl J. Fritz, issue and matching funds from died at 6 a.m. Wednesday, Feb federal Hill Burton aid. Added 12. at a nursing home in Crowley Scout Executive Bob Bentley said.

He explained that Lafayette parish had not yet filled its quota and that prompt application by boys from Acadia and Vermilion parish might bear fruit. They had until Tuesday, Feb. 18, to file. The group will leave July 28 and sewing machine retailer, qualified inrtonpnrient candidate in the Funeral services were read at a.m. Thursday in Holy Rosary to tho privately owned Kaplan Clinic, thit will give Kaplan 51 hospital beds to servo tho hospital songs with "Heart" in it.

A list of the next meetings was given by the President. April 8-Gueydan, May 12-Erath, September-Henry, October-Kaplan. The September and October dates will be decided later. After the business meeting Jan Reaux, Indian Bayou, read an in-terperative reading. Jan Reaux moved the meeting be adjourned.

Catholic Church. Burial was in from the municipal committee. district composed ef parts of Ver the church cemetery, under direc milion Wardt 5, 9, 7 and of Ward return Aug. 14. Abbeville mayoralty race on April 8.

Mayor Roy R. Thcnot qualified with three members of his council and two first-time candidates. On his ticket are Deley L. Le- tion of D. L.

Meaux Funeral Home. He is survived by his wife. Nella 6, with a "population of 12,500 per i sons. The bondt have already been High point of the trip will include visits to the Alamo. Villa Acuna and Coahuila, Mexico, Carlsbad Guidrv Meaux: two sons, Francis Martin noted that this applies only to removal of names from ballots.

Candidates may withdraw any time before the election, but after the deadline their names will appear on the ballots. of New Iberia, and Eldndge of told at 3.87 per cent and delivery wat made latt week. Construction should begin within tho next two Caverns, Taos Indian reservation, Blanc, Russell Hebert, Thomas Delicious refreshments were ser Mermentau; a daughter, Mrs. Andrew Guidry of Crowley; a sister, ved by the Indian Bayou chapter. or throo months.

Fleming, incumbents, Wiuiam v. Gooeh and G. E. Summers. Also Qualifying before the Thurs Mrs.

Alpha Hebert of Kaplan; and and the encampment at Philmont Ranch near Cimarron, N.M. Only Boy Scouts and Explorers who will be 14 years, or older on A newcomer to Kaplan has join four great grandchildren. ed the parade of progress in this little city lending encouragement L. H.k, Jr. Aldarman Aug.

are eligible to make the trip. Dallas P. Bonin For Aldorman and help in the recent growth by day 5 p.m. deadline were Marcus A. Broussard, James C.

Wor-hoff. C. T. Hill, Young A. Broussard, and J.

C. Rogers, candidates for the city council. They helping to solidify the trade area of some 15,000 persons into a com Horse Oificials Analole Lener Expires Feb. 11 LAKE CHARLES Anatole Le- George II. Hebert Taking Part In German Training Desholels Represent Face Opposition qualified as a ticket.

Young A. Broussard is an incumbent. Police Chief Nelson P. Hollier Is being opposed by Alcide L. Lene, ger 85, resident of Fannett, Texas, died Tuesdav.

Feb. 11. at St. Pat MORSE Incumbentg will be Kaplan Lions CInb Al Jennings Heeling rick's Hospital after a three-month a Theriot supporter. Lene lost to Hollier four years ago.

Jso Injured In Crw Accideni to toe ifIPete'' Guilbeaux sus-cturedfoot and bark. MAINZ, Germany Army Specialist Third Class George N. He opposed down the line in the April Democratic primaries set In the village of Morse. illness. Mr.

Leger. a native of Kaplan, bert, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. bure JENNINGS Leo Deshotels of was visiting his son, Emile when Two Tickets Se! For Rayne Voling RAYNE Two tickets qualified for the Rayne municipal election to be held April 8. The administration is being opposed by a ticket headed by Marcus D.

Bordelon for mayor; Del pha Stelly for police chief; Denald Beslin, Isaac J. Hanks, Clifton Du-pont. Isaac Hanks, and Dr. Elmo E. Petitjean.

Qualifying earlier wpt Mavnr Lerov Chaisson has filed the chalr Kaplan, Jack Hayes, Sheldon Blue he became ill. He was a retired tte Hebert, RFD 2, Kapian, is par ticipating with the 42nd Field Art occupied by Mayor kidney Bonvu- i and V. B. McCutcheon were members of a panel moderated by Roy R. Theriot Friday at the mid-wint illery Group in "Sabre Hawk," a Spvpnth Armv maneuver involving uon.

Three men have filed for high land farmer. Funeral services were conducted at St. llary's Catholic Church in Hamshire. Texas. Burial was in i marshal's post, including Chief pact community which bas become aware of itself.

The newcomer, of course, is the Kaplan Journal, a weekly newspaper, printed in the Daily Signal plant, which goes into the homes of 1,700 Kaplan families. Kaplan also boasts of the finest telephone service available. The Kaplan Telephone an independent company headed by Mr. and Mrs. L.

C. Turnley, installed the latest automatic equipment during the latter part of 1956. Kaplan has had dial telephone service since October, 1956, and the system has been ready for nationwide dialing since early 1957. The telephone company and the nowtpapor have boon keeping nock and nock in acquiring subscriber! Beth are reaching for the 1800 mark. The rice industry is the backbone of Kaplan's economy, but it (Continued On Page Two) er Lions International meeting in Jennings.

more than 100,000 troops in Germany. The. maneuver, designed to test John Roy Broussard, 1 a i the Landrum Cemetery in Fannett. Meaux and Whitney Chaisson. Seven men have filed for the The first mid-winter conference of Lions in District 8-0 met at the Survivors are three other sons, Louis and Calice of Fannett, and qJJ.

Willie Hebert had wtta- Bot re hospita-S SS Ason the combat readiness ot bevenin Armv units, is the largest winter R. E. Leger of Beaumont; three J. Gossen. Police Chief E.

E. Mor exercise ever held in Germany. Zigler Hotel Alcee F. Maxfield moderated a panel for presidents, vice presi daughters, Mrs. A.

Logan Leger A welder in the 559tn ieia Art three-man board of aldermen. They are Leonard Breaux, Joseph K. Le-Blanc, and Joseph Richard, incumbents; Selias Simon, Joseph Chaisson, Elmer Guidry and Eltoa J. Prejean. gan, and Aldermen Romain Navarre.

Arnold Kahn. Lionel P. Si-moneaux. Swnv mH illery Battalion's Headquarters ana "we woriong on of Bosco, Mrs. Joe Lavergne ol Vidor, Texas, and Mrs.

R. J. Reitz Jr. of Las Vegas, 22 grandchildren; four half-brothers and four half-sisters. Service Battery, Hebert entered tho armv in October.

1956. He Ted Cobena. dents, and directors, which Included Allen Durand, William Sonnier of Rayne, and Oswald Mestayer. A business panel convened at 2 7. completed basic training at Fort Bliss, Texas, and arrived in Eur Ion p.m., conducted by District Gover nor Ralph V.

Conover. Mr. Leger had lived in the lan-nett area for 38 years. ssey Oouillion, Mrs. Monte ope in March, 1S37.

Hebert is a 1952 graduate of Kaplan High School. His wife, Hannah, is with him in Germany. nn IT I I Art ornery Here Jed lllardi Gras EJoyalty apian no imost irranuiin re. iy (P I ITdl I t- Rayne Hospital ujuiccAw vi Bouillioa decona tisiria nayoir yams ChYe ruler Is Opened Sunday ivwp The new half -million tAsdfy after- Of spectator District 5-A playoffs by defeating the top team in the eastern divi KAPLAN The Kaplan Pirates were to meet Franklin at the O. H.

Deshotels Jr. served as master of ceremonies for the annual fun-filled crowning and unmasking ceremony at the reviewing stand at Third and Cushing. The people of Kaplan began warming up to the task of masking slowly Tuesday morning. Bv Ume North Cushing was ai-most a huge traffic jam as festival workers and town employees began blocking afreets for the parade. Because the events falls as the Journal goes to press, no pictures or a detailed account of the parade and other phases of the festivities were available for this week's issue.

A complete report will be carried in the Feb. 27. issue of the Journal ALLISON ABSHIRE, policeman en tho Kaplan forct for tho past 18 months, has announced hit candidacy for the chief ef police pott in tho April 8 primaries. Mr. Abshiro is married to the former Anna Bella.

Ho served for four years as deputy in the Vermilion Sheriff's Department Kaplan High gym at 7:30 p.m. sion, Mt. Carmel of New Iberia, SSde ig the flavor pi t. Thursday in the first game. If Kaplan wins Wednesday, a flip of a coin will determine the site for the third game which is scheduled Friday night.

Coach Mildred Foreman's girU team won their first game In the dollar Rayne Branch public hospital held an open house Sunday to open the 30-bed hospital. Miss Thelma McBride of Church Point will administrate the hospi Saturday afternoon. Wednesday night in the second game of the three-game District The two teams will meet again 5-A playoffs. Thursday in New Iberia. Kaplan lost to Franklin 73-54 tal.