From the Files ... June 1927

From files of The Eunice News:
June 1927

Three hits from the delivery of Barham, and a circuit clout by McKinney, the third sacker, were too much for Mowata as a large gathering watched Eunice defeat the home team by a humiliating 4-0 score.

A fight between two women on Second Street drew a large crowd of onlookers on a recent Saturday night. They were allegedly at odds over the attention of the same man. They were each fined $15 and costs for their battle royal.

About 400 refugees from the levee breaks at Melville and Bayou des Glaises have been removed from the Farmers Warehouse facility in Eunice and returned to Opelousas. About 1,200 remain at the city’s other shelters, waiting for Mississippi River flooding to subside.

The fire department will move into its new quarters at City Hall once the last of flood refugees has left the shelter created there.

Misses Sue Tate, Vinnes Brunet and Bernice Miller are the first to complete the four-year course at St. Edmund’s since it became a state-approved high school.

A fire gutted the Bevan Studio and destroyed everything in Thomas Bevan’s establishment, including dozens of images taken by him and his late brother George.

Gomer Chevrolet is Eunice’s newest auto dealership. J.E. Gomer has been in the garage business here for several years. His brother, L.H. Gomer, will come from New Haven, Conn. to take up duties with the new company in what was formerly City Hall.

The Magnolia Service Station is moving from its north Eunice site to Vine & Second Streets in the building now occupied by Plez-All Filling Station. The Vidrine Service Station will be its new name, according to H.J. Vidrine, owner.