From the files of The Eunice News

From July 1951 files of The Eunice News
Maps showing the proposed zoning of Eunice property are on display at five places in the city, according to Zoning and Planning Chairman Jack Eaton.
Three children were killed and another critically injured when a train hit a stalled pickup at the Swords crossing. Nine other children and their mother were also injured.
Services were held for Austin Anderson, the first local casualty of the Korean War. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Furnes Anderson, he was wounded in August 1950 and died in September. His remains were brought home for burial this month. He was with the 24th Infantry.
Eli Ardoin holds the distinction of being the first to purchase a membership in the recently organized theatre group, The Playhouse. The membership will be capped at 500. The first production, “John Loves Mary”, will be staged in the City Hall auditorium.
Sites for construction of two federal housing projects in Eunice have been purchased by the Housing Authority. Construction by Horace Rickey of Lafayette will begin soon. One project is 80 units, the other is 20.
Dr. Jack Staff has opened his dentistry office here, in offices formerly occupied by Dr. J. T. Thompson, M.D. on Park Avenue.
A 3-year-old Eunice boy drowned in the Calcasieu River on a sandbar at Indian Village on the the Fourth of July, when he disappeared while his father was rescuing three youths who’s inner tubes had drifted into deep water.
A 6-year-old Eunice boy drowned in a rice irrigation pump canal near Kinder during a family outing at the pump.
The City Council rejected a request by the St. Landry School Board to close South 9th Street from Oak to Maple in order to unencumbered use of the area by the school system.
The City Council adopted a budget which includes a 10 percent pay raise for employees paid by the month.
Maj. J.M. Charlton, Jr., who parents reside in Eunice, has received his bachelor of laws degree from Harvard University.
Basile’s new dial phone system will be in operation by Sept. 1. There are currently 115 subscribers, according to Joe Nelson, district manager of Southwestern States Telephone. The system will replace the hand crank one now in use.