From the Files ... December 1929

From files of The Eunice News
December 1929

The St. Landry Parish Jury has set a 1930 budget of $94,000

Services have been held for City Street Commissioner Chris Johnson who died of apoplexy at age 55. He was first elected town marshal in 1904 and operated a tonsorial parlor for more than 18 years.

J.E Gomer has sold his garage to Standard Oil but will continue to operate it. Price was $6,500.

T.T. May, an official of the Eunice Band Mill, is Southwest Louisiana resident to own his own aeroplane. It is a Parks JX with 165 horsepower and made its first landing at the Legion field near the mill on Dec. 12.

A party of six hunters spent Thanksgiving Day on the Coastal Canal at Nut’s Camp and got their exact limit -- 150 ducks, mostly mallards. The hunters were Wade Guillet, Lawrence Ardoin, Dr. A. Rozas, E.A. Veillon, Eraste Cormier and O.A. LaHaye.

Local music house owner A.J. Wilfert accompanied local French musicians Dennis McGee and Armeda Ardoin to New Orleans where they completed recordings for Columbia Phonograph Co. Six selections were made by McGee, on the violin, and Ardoin on the accordion.

At the urging of Dr. J. Victor Roule, health unit director, the City Council adopted an ordinance providing for strict enforcement of grading of milk and proper maintenance of dairies furnishing the city milk supply.

The first snow in 10 years fell on Eunice on Dec. 19. The coldest weather in years produced about five minutes of a fast and furious flake downfall.