The Gueydan News from Gueydan, Louisiana • 1

YD AN NEW VOL. 53 GUEYDAN, VERMILION PARISH, LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1951 No. S'j En GUE $97,043 In P.V RAINS RELIEVE I i Vt' Jf Will 'Blacktop Kaplan Streets SURVEY FOR 50 HOUSING UNITS GETS APPROVAL Thefts Reported I-. 1 A total of 36,000 gallons of liquified asphalt was delivered to the Town of Kaplan last week-end to be used in the new processing cf spreading it on to the streets in a mixture cf water in an effort to keep the dust and to form a hard crust over the streets resembling something like black top. Over the week end the new mixture was spread on West second and third street in a try out to see whether it would mix with the type of Girt we have in this part of Louisiana.

The processing was halted this week because the town is getting the streets in order by grad- i 4 i ROGER I. TANNER RETIRED CIVIL ENGINEER DIES AT ABBEVILLE Roger I. Tanner, 73, prominent civil engineer who surveyed many of the first projects in this area, died Wednesday night at 6 :30 at his residence in Abbeville follow ing a long illness. Funeral services were conducted at the First National Funeral Home) in Abbeville Thursday morning with the Reverend E. P.

Drake, pastor of the Abbeville Methodist Church, conducting the rites. The body was then taken to Bil- oxi, Mississippi, for the final rites over the right eye when struci which were conducted in the Biloxi a Pair of Phers hurled through Masonic Cemetery bv members of the air the blast; Alphonse Brous-the Biloxi Masonic Lodge. was cut on the le and Born December 1. 1877 at suffered a badly torn left green. Louisiana, Mr.

Tanner first hin? when freshly-patched attended Louisiana State Normal! tauck tire exploded AU the injured where he graduated in 1897. He re employees of the service sta-taught school to earn his collese education. After graduating from! It is reported that Fontenot and Louisiana State University in 1906 rt Schexmder were standing as a civil engineer he continued his I thetire afjer "dilating it wuh studies with a post graduate course 40 pounds of air when it ex-at the University of Chicago. Bo were Phed about five He was in service with the United fet 0 the air according to by-States Engineers Corps in Biloxi, senders. Schexmder was thrown Mississippi, and in 1912 he was mar-) against a waU about five feet away, ried to the former Miss Mattie i w3 nc Guice Fontenot said he had inspected ts-i tiro aftpr it had befn renaired SOME SECTIONS OF VERMILION Rains fell in several sections of the parish during the week and partially relieved the long drought period stated Murphy Veillon.

county agent. The rain was localized by areas, and several sections still could use heavy rainfall for rice irrigation and pastures. The salt water situation has not changed very much because the rainfall was not heavy enough to back the salt water out of open streams. Farmers on small streams did not lost time picking up what sweet water they could, following the rain. The rain has been particularly helpful to pastures, rice and sugar cane.

At this season frequent showers is more harmful to cotton than any other crop. Such type weather keeps the cotton from setting fruit and it creates an ideal situation for insect infestation. Cloudy weather and frequent showers is ideal weather to start a heavy infestation of boll weevils. The dry weather has caused cotton to mature fast and some farmers have reported their cotton is beginning to open. However, farmers should watch closely for increased signs of boll weevils.

This is especiaUy so in the case of young cotton. Frequent visits to the cotton fields will enable farmers to keep up with the insect infestation. Several cases of heavy aphid infestation have been reported. Dusting with 3 nicotine and lime or the use of 3-5-40 cotton poison is recommended for aphid control. In cases of very heavy infestation, it may be necessary to use more than one application of insecticide.

Farmers of the 7th ward community organization went out at different points in the Vermilion Bay and collected samples of water to see what the salinity of the water was at different points. These samples were brought to the County Agent's office by Mr. Didier Lacour of' the 7th ward. All samples were taken on the same day. Following is the water salinity taken on July 21, 1951: At 8:30 a.m.

Vermilion Lccks -178 grains per gallon; 8:45 a.m. Schooner Bayou locks 152 grains per gallon; Mud Point at 9:10 ajn. tested 159 grains per gallon; at 9:25 a.m. Red Fish Point tested 157 grains per gallon; at 10:00 a.m. Chaplin Point tested 149 grains per gallon; at 10:20 ajn.

the Delcambre Canal near the Light House tested 152 grains per gallon; at 10:30 a.m. East of Avery Island in Intracoastal tested 158 grains per gallon; at 11:20 ajm. Vermilion Bayou at the mouth tested 165 grains of salt per gallon. Tuesday morning the water in Vermilion River at the Abbeville Bridge tested 125 grains of salt per gallon. That was the lowest test in about a week.

Cattlemen who have not vaccinated their cattle for antnrax or cnar-bon are reminded to do so immediately. The Livestock Sanitary Board has reported that animals in Iberia Parish have died of Ana-thrax. Vaccination is the only preventative against the disease. Anthrax outbreaks frequently follows long period of dry weather. Young cattle under 18 months of age should also be vaccinated against blackleg.

All cattle that grazes where there's low land or where Red-Water is known to have killed cattle should be vaccinated against this disease also. FARM BUREAU COMMITTEEMEN ARE SELECTED Committeemen were named by President Jack VtUien of the Ver- milion Parish Farm Bureau to attend the state convention! of the farm bureau federation which will be held July 30, 31 and August 1 in Alexandria. The delegates are President Vil-lien, Melchoir Campbell and C. H. Brookshire.

Members of the rice committee are Melchoir Campbell, Charles Campbell, J. C. Villien, C. H. Brookshire and V.

H. Schriefer. The cotton committee includes Asa Picard, Shelton Picard, Claurice Duhon, albert Landry, Henry Gau-treaux and Wilfred Boudreaux. Sugar cane committeemen are Howard Pickett, Edvar J. LeBlanc, Dudley Belaire Alvin Hebert, Reuben Bernard, Percy Broussard and Sidney Hebert.

Livestock cornmittee members" are Ray Bernard, Melchoir Campbell, Mayo Baudoin, Whitney NoeL Hampton Greene, Jacques Campbell. Named on the dairy committee are Theogen Brasseaux, Claude Broussard and Lastie Broussard. The membership committee includes J. J. Gillentine, Brady Thi-bodeaux, Didier Lacour, Winfred Foreman.

Joseph Mouton was named to represent the poultrymen and Gladney Hoffpauir the insurance department of the bureau. Associated women named on the committee are Mrs. Lorena F. Duhon, Mrs. Winfred Foreman, Mrs.

Gladney Hoffpauir, Mrs. J. C. Villien, Mrs. Melchoir Campbell, Mrs.

Edvar J. LeBlanc, Mrs. Brady Thi-bodeaux, Mrs. Dudley Belaire, Mrs. Mayo Baudoin, Miss Caledonia Campbell, Mrs.

Reuben Bernard, Mrs. Alvin Hebert. 2- EMILE E. SOULIER, of MLafayeMe who wma recently ap. jointed active vice-preident of ie BnV of Abbeville A 1 mat ompanj will take over bis iutiet August 1 and will have karge of the banking opera.

pons or tne institution, r. W. Kerksieck, president, announ- Iced. jATHER BRISE GETTING 10 BE WEAKER Sews has been received this week bat Father Odilon Brise the former pastor cf the Holy Rosary Catholic Hiarch of Kaplan is still in a criti-1 al condition. Ei a recent letter received by Inss Paula Comeaux from Father rlse's niece she stated that he has his fifth stroke on June 5 hrf hiis Tpsspneri his strpnfft.Tv riier Brise suffered his first YjrAe upon arriving in France two.

tars age, where he was to visit ii iamuy ana country, ana was lien to the St. Clair hospital in fciltzerland where he has been tak- treatment ever since. Although iet people knew that Father Brise a sick man when he left he too hew that the journey might prove ial and he would never be able 3 return to the United States as 2 had planned but he took the iance. Although his health was ad he had a good heart when he atered the hospital but now his -Seart is giving out and he is getting -jraker. He doesn't recognize that is in Switzerland as every time ie wakes up he talks as though he tpould be among the Kaplan people nd the community.

In her letter talks as though he may pass Tay any time. 'omposer Of Joli Hon Dies In Jail AUSTIN, Tex, Harry Choates, ze Louisiana fiddle nlaver who fpmposed "Joli one of last pars most popular folk songs, is Maad. ChnatM 59 riiorl lie Tr-iocHo ir in i pa vis county jail, where he was Tig held on a contempt of court arrant from Beaumont, Jefferson 3unty, in a wife-and-child de-etion case. Prisoners told jail attendants "ioates looked ilL He died before I ambulance arrived. An inquest as King conducted.

Choates came here from Louisi- 1 about three years ago. He had playing the fiddle with Jesse ames' hillbilly band here. uioates was a native of Ibena ansa, Recovering From broken Collarbone fcttle Miss Sandra Louise (Pa- pose) Breaux. two vear old daueh- of Mr. and Mrs.

Ralph Breaux, reported to be doing fine after ing broken her collarbone at her hEe in Monte Sano, Baton Rouge. The VOunz tnt f11 nff the stairs July 11 and was rushed to the physician where upon notic es ntr cone was broken she was phed to a bone specialist where was treated and allowed to reps home. lsides Sandra Louise, the feaux's have a four month old son, pMiie MichaeL The Breaux's are fraier residents of Kaplan. Visit- i3 iuem tins week in Baton Rouge Lodise Meaux, son of Mr. a Mrs.

Lodi r.Tne Meaux of lplaa. Republican Will un For Governor I Harisoa G. Bagwell, Baton Rouge B-uuc fartv v. Vila qui TT fr Governor of Louisi-tA046 of Grant Parish, Mr. is 37 years old.

ro.j..8..g...i,.,.j.1ii,1iui;Wiiti'.iiiiutfiiAiaiKi1i,,L Miiiimwa)M or or jj- n- i i I Acknowledgement has been re- i ceived this week that the prelimin- ary survey recently conducted in the 1 Town of Kaplan to determine the i number and need of low rent hous- ing units to be built for white and colored citizens of Kaplan has been approved by the Public Housing Administration, it was announced by Mayor Paul E. Eleazar. The approval was made for a total of 50 units to be built in Kaplan which 44 has been designated for white residents and 6 for the colored residents. The low rent i housing project is a project directed to the low income bracket citizens of Kaplan and to help fight the low standards or living in the coun try as well as in our own commun ity. A site for building the units for the white residents have been selected by the Board: of Commissioners of the Kaplan Housing Authori-tv and is now awaiting for Federal approval.

Mayor Eleazar went on to say that several colored citizens were contacted to seU lots so that these colored units may be built, but to now it has been unfavorable. He has requested that any persons having lots in the colored section West of the East Side addition for sale to contact him should they wish to seU their lots, as it is necessary that the Kaplan Housing Authority purchase two corner lots or three middle lots so as to build the colored units. Dr. G. Abshire Opens Office To Practice Medicine rir oanlman Ahshi a r.ntivp of Cow Island and a recent graduate of Tulane University in the field of medicine, has begun his practice in the office adjoining Dr.

D. K. Harmon in Kaplan this week. Dr. Abshire who is a graduate cf Broussard High school in the class of 1933 entered Southwestern Louisiana Institue where he began studying medicine.

In December 1941 he enlisted with the TJ. S. Navy and served on an L. C. I.

Gun Boat for four years. While in the service he took part in the invasion of Iwo Jima and Okinawa and upon discharge in October of 1945 he reentered at S'. L. I. that same month and studied medicine up to 1948 when he entered Tulane University in New Orleans.

In June 1950 he received his degree in medicine and took his internship at the Charity hospital in July and in July 1951 he began practicing medicine in Kaplan. Although he is located in the same building as Dr. D. K. Harmon he stated that they are not partners but that they will work together.

He was married to the former Helen Saynoff of Fort Wayne, Indiana, in February 1944 and has two children one boy, Stephen Garner, five years old and a daughter, Linda Sue, two years old. Vincent Reports For Navy Duty Joseph L. Vincent, son of Mr. and Mrs. Euchariste Vincent of Kaplan, has reported to the Eighth Naval District headquarters for active Navy duty.

He will remain at headquarters here pending assignment. Vincent first joined the Navy at Lafayette, Louisiana in 1944 and spent 30 months overseas during World War II aboard the USS General C. G. Morton, a Navy transport vessel-Vincent Is a member of the Legion post in Kaplan and was in the inactive reserves. Eyelie flargraye Dies Suddenly Funeral rites were conducted Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock for Evelie Hargxave, 56.

who died suddenly at Kaplan Sunday at noon. The rites were conducted in the Catholic church in Kaplan and burial was in the Greene Cemetery at Cow Island. Surviving are his wife, nee Al-phonsine Marceaux; his mother, Mrs. Olivier Hargrave: two brothers, Leodias and Arthe of Kaplan; five sisters, Mrs. Claude Breaux, Mrs.

Evest Breaux, Mrs. Columbus Hargrave, Mrs. Ovilier Harrington, Mrs. Andre DeBlanc of Kaplan. The funeral arrangements were in charge of D.

L. Meaux of Kaplan. Andrew-Indian Bayou Highway Work Scheduled Authorization to proceed with the Andrew-Indian Bayou highway project has been issued by the State Department of Highways. The project on Route 177 provides for the replacement of existing bridges with spans on the high way in Vermilion parish at an esti mated cost of $16,019.09. R.

T. Brooks, district maintenance engineer of Lafayette, state department of highways, is in charge of the work. i Another charge of theft by stealing rice has been lodged against Preston J. Gaspard, about 40, of Kaplan, raising his bond to a record breaking $35,000. The latest charge filed was by J.

E. Bourgeois of Lacassine for rice valued at $4,516.90. This makes the seventh Jeff Davis parish farmer that has placed charges tgainst Gaspard, bringing the total to $27,043.90. Gaspard. who was an operator of a rice mill in Kaplan, is still in Jeff Davis parish jail in default of the bond.

Five of the others who filed charges were from Elton and the sixth was from Thornwell. Sheriff Azenor Buller said the Kaplan man is alleged to have obtained the rice by fraudulent methods. The sheriff did not explain further what was meant by fraudulent methods. According to the affidavit of charges, Gaspard, about 40 years old, had taken rice from the following: J. H.

Saba tier, Elton, $6,400. Seward LeJeune, Elton, $1,350.36. Oliver Victoria, Elton, $1,590.36. Karl Goebel, Elton. $1,067.40.

R. W. Tonn, Elton, $4,234.91, rice for several farmers. Ralph R. Lyon, Thornwell, worth of rice belonging to several farmers.

The case may be tried in Nov ember. Give Chalice In Memory of Late Felix J. Samson The Reverend Alois Resnicek, displaced Czechsolvakian priest who was name dassistant pastor of the St. Mary Magdalen Catholic church in Abbeville Sunday night was presented a chalice by members cf the Bishop Dubourg Assembly of the Fourth Degree Knights of Co- lumbus. The presentation was made by i Frank Lapari of Opelousas, Faithful Navigator of the Bishop Dubourg Assembly.

The Fourth Degree Knights have inaugurated a custom of presenting a chalice to the widow of a member of the organization. This year the chalice was presented to Mrs. Felix J. Samson who in turn donated it to i Rev. Resnicek.

Participating in the ceremonies with Lapari were Paul Pavy of Opelousas, Rt- Rev. Msgr. Paul Fusilier of Abbeville, Chairman Alfred Thomas of Abbeville, Rev. Emery Labbe of Abbeville, and Mayor J. E.

Kibbe who officially welcomed Rev. Resnicek to this community. In accepting the chalice, the Rev. Resnicek who is just learning to speak English declared: "It is my pleasant duty to convey to Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus my sincere thanks for this expression of your kindness and generosity, in presenting to me this beautiful chalice. I also wish to use this occasion ito say how grateful I am for the I wholehearted welcome from the people of the United States of America.

My thanks belong first to His Excellency Jules B. Jeanmard, bishop of Lafayette, who received me in his Diocese. I also wish to thank Very Reverend Msgr. Fusilier for his fatherly welcome and finally my heartfelt thanks go to all the parishioners for the many expressions of their kindness. Everywhere I have met with cordiality and sincerity, of which I have been deprived during my stay in various refugee camps.

I am happy to be in the United States because it is a country of true democratic liberty and well-nigh the last fortress of real peace and Christian ciUture. will try to prove worthy af your esteem and confidence fcy fulfilling all my duties in the care of souls to the best of my ability." The program for the presentation of the chalice to Rev. Resnicek was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Marlon Faulk.

Fourth Degree Knights, their wires and the visitors were entertained at a barbecue following the program. Generating Plant To Be Erected By Utilities Company Plans for the construction of a multi-million dollar electric power generating station near Scott were announced Wednesday by H. C. Leonard, vice-president cf the Gulf States Utilities. Purchase of a 253 acre plant site, one mile east of Scott and six miles west of Lafayette, was completed at a meeting in Lafayette Wednesday morning.

Lawrence Bessard Sought By Board The Vermilion Parish Selective Service Board in Abbeville is seeking to locate Lawrence Bessard whose address was given as Abbeville. Any person knowing the whereabouts of Bessard is asked to give this information to the draft board in Abbeville. mg them down and making it a ruce street before the mixture is put down on it. Just as son as several streets will be ready for the appli-! cations the job wiU again get under 4 1 Before it is to make a good job, several applications will have to be made within a certain period oi time allowing each application time for it to settle among the dirt and gravels. The first applications consists of a mixture of one gallon of liquified asphalt and eighteen gallons of water and as the process goes on the less water will be used.

The process was observed in several other neighboring communities and it has done a wonderful job. After the required number of applications the streets will look like it was black topped. Three Gueydan lien Injured As Tire Explodes An exploding truck tire injured three men and endangered five others at a service station here Fri- day afternoon. T. J.

Fontenot suffered a bad r- and had crdered more air to be put in the tire was feg inflated if. suddenly blew up, he said, fcvia-ently the lock rim had been sprung the air pressure caused it to slip, Fontenot stated. Standing nearby when the blast occurred but uninjured were J. D. Simon, Burnell Hardee, Joe Von-censtein, Leonard Gayle, and Claufe iSirmon.

I Meaux and Broussard were taken to the Gueydan hospital but were released following treatment. Kaplan Airman Is Assigned To Base Sergeant Lloyd L. Dailey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Bailey, of Kaplan, has been assigned to the 123rd Fighter Bomber Wing, Godman Air Force Base, Fort Knox.

Kentucky, it was announced this week by the commanding officer of that base. Sergeant Dailey first enlisted in the Air Force on June 2. 1943 and served on the Island of Guam and Okinawa in the Pacific from October 1943 to August 1950. He will be assigned to the 123rd Maintenance Squadron at his new Kentucky base. Kaplan Firm Gets Trade School Work BATON ROUGE.

La. The Louisiana Board of Education has approved contracts tor school construction totalling $598,939. At a meeting yesterday, the board approved construction of Iberia Parish Trade school. New Iberia, and Vermilion Parish Trade School. Abbeville, combined total of $254,880.

Building Mater- i ials Kaplan. latter 'was one proposed by Mr. Stanley Pearson and ratified and modified by Mr. Shell Morgan. Harry Brookshire was elected president of the Southwest Louisiana Water Control Association, and D.

L. McPherson was elected Honorary President in recognition cf all the fine work he has done to bring the project to the organizational stage. A Board of Directors was named from representatives, selected by Police Juries of the various parishes. These include V. H.

Schriefer of Vermilion, Alvin Dyson of Cameron. L. C. Chalkley of Calcasieu, H. F.

Kane of Allen, John A. Haas, St. Landry, Fred Voorhies Continued on back page PURVIS J. THIBODEAUX, Marine Sergeant, son of Mr. and Mrs.

P. J- Thibodeaux, 20S North Gertrude Avenue, Abbeville, was reecntly congratulated by his commanding officer after he presented him with the Commendation Medal with Ribbon and Combat for his heroism while in action against the enemy in Korea. JAYCEES THANK ALL WHO AIDED IN JULY FETE Newly elected Kaplan Jaycee pre sident, Ray Romero, presided at his first meeting at a special session called Tuesday, July 24. at Bouil-licn's beginning at 7:30 p.m. to au-thoize the newly installed Jaycee treasurer to pay the bills of the last Farmers Day Celebration of July 15th.

Romero opened the meeting with the regular procedure and proceeded to look into the bills submitted for payment. A motion was made that all bills presented at that time be paid. A summary was given as to how much had been collected from various activities throughout the day but a profit could not be estimated as all the bills are not yet in and some of the donations are still out. However President Romero stated that at the next regular monthly meeting he hoped that all the bills donations would be in so that the organization would see what was profited. Walter Vincent was elected to replace Harold Lyons for external vice president who resigned the office and organization due to his moving to Mississippi where he is operating a rice dryer there.

The term of office had just begun tut so far there has been no regular monthly meeting. Past president, Chester Hebert, has been named chairman to make a scrapbook of the Farmers Day Celebration of 1951 which will consist oi newspaper clippings, pictures and a digest of the annual celebration with the idea that it will be entered as a project of the year and a money making project in the scrapbeok contest in the state and national contest. July 15th celebration chairman, Pat Thompson, expressed his thanks to the members for having co-operated is very much in this July 15th event and also thanked the many outsiders who helped so much in making the Farmers Day Celebra tion a terrific success. Queen Barbara Seeks National Queen's Title Queen Barbara of Dairy land has entered a contest representing the State of Louisiana for the title of American Butter Queen. Her Majesty will be sponsored in this contest by the Louisiana Dairy Festi- val and Fair Association.

The con- test is national in scope, and is under the auspices of the American Butter Institute of Chicago. Queen Barbara, otherwise Barbara Perron, will enter her photograph for preliminary judging, from which finalists will be chosen. If successful in entering the finals. Barbara will go to Chicago for the judging on July 31. The American Butter Queen will receive an all-expenses paid trip to New York City, and will be nationally publicized by the American butter institute.

Pageant Helpers Are Entertained Mrs. Rene Simon entertained at a coffee party Wednesday morning at her home on LeJeune avenue in honor of the ladies who helped with the summer pageant held in June. Those enjoying the occasion and the refreshments served on a coffee table set out on the lawn in the back yard are Mrs. Robley Duhon, Mrs. Elise Manning.

Mrs. Ray Broussaroi Mrs. Clifton Thesriot, Mrs. B. J.

Bordelon, Mrs. Edes Cormier, Mrs. Ulysse Benoit. Mrs. Wilfred Mire, Mrs.

Chester Hebert, Mrs. Elizabeth Bommann, Mrs. Ann Sellers, Mrs. Rita Moreland, Mrs. Pearl Simon, Mrs.

Ozite Blanchard, Mrs. Jack O'Quinn and Mrs. Lucille Comeaux. Sandwiches and cookies were served with the coffee. umui LU -n-uuevmc irum Biloxi, -Mr.

Tanner and his rt 1.1 i operated the Grand Marais Rice Farm in the Seventh Ward of Vermilion parish. In 1919 Mr. Tanner moved to Abbeville and was joined afterwards by his mother, Mrs. Stanley Tanner, and his sister. Miss Eunice Tanner, who resided in Abbeville at that time.

Mr. Tanner opened his civil engineering office in Abbeville in 1919 in the Edwards Bunding in Abbeville and operated it continuously until his retirement in 1943 because of ill health. He served as city and parish engineer for many years and established most of the earlier canals, drainage systems and road systems of the parish. Several of his earlier maps are still in use in this area. A member of the Abbeville Masonic Lodge, Mr.

Tanner was active in civic, religious and business affairs of the community. The active pallbearers were D. L. McPherson, Jr, Matthew B. Gordy, W.

P. Edwards, Jr, Roger C. Ed- Continued on back page) Kaplan-Crowley Highway Froject Order Announced The department of highways has announced the issuance of orders for a $577,240.85 project on the Kap-lan-Crowley highway. The project includes 6.900 miles of grading, drainage structures, R. C.

D. G. bridges, and Portland cement concrete pavement on State Route No. 26 in Vermilion parish. The work order was Issued to T.

L. James and Company of Ruston. ORGANIZATION TO PROVIDE FULL FRESH WATER SUPPLY IS FORMED The organizational meeting of the Southwest Louisiana Water Control Association was held in Abbeville Wednesday afternoon at the elementary school gymnasium with representatives from ten of the twelve parishes present. With the stated purpose of "obtaining fresh water for agricultural interests of the area as their slogan, the group elected officers named a legal advisor, and heard various proposals to eliminate salt water intrusion, ranging from one to close Southwest Pass and dam off Schooner Bayou, thus making a vast re-servior of Vermilion Bay, to far more practical ideas to bring a fresh water supply into the area from the North. Outstanding among these.