From files of The Eunice News

From July 1944 files of The Eunice News:

Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Kessler have received word of the death of their son, 2nd Lt. Charles Willis Kessler, 21, killed in action in France on June 14. He was salutatorian of the Eunice High Class of 1939 and entered the Army after graduating last year from LSU.

Memorial services were held at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church for T/Sgt. Francis “Brother” Guillory, a bomber crewman killed on D-Day over France. He had been overseas exactly six months and was on his 23rd combat mission. The entire crew was buried in the national cemetery at Cambridge, England. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Blackie Guillory.

Mayor pro-tem Chester Derbes said the outlook is good for a Prisoner of War camp here this fall. Up to 300 Germans may be housed at the Tri-Parish Fair grounds and used for the fall rice harvest.

Grady Lowe’s Mayflower Dairy began operation on the Crowley Road in February 1941 with 80 cows. It now has a herd of 120.

Gulf Public Service Co. manager Coley Prudhomme asks the public’s patience in trying to meet the demand for ice, which exceeeds his plant’s production capacity.

Tri-Parish Bank reports glowing business numbers in its first six months of operation. Deposits total almost $1 million. Dr Harry Jenkins is bank president.

Eunice is among proposed state sites for new airports, according to the Dept. of Public Works. There are currently 20 air fields in the state with paved runways.