From The Eunice News files

From August 1931 files of The Eunice News.
Suspensions of banks run Louisiana were fewer in number during the first six months of 1931 than in any other southern state, with only four closing their doors. Deposits totaled $971,000.
Laurel Avenue is torn in several places while proper culverts and drainage facilities are installed, preparatory to paving of the highway from here to Swords.
“Trader Horn,” the talkie of the century, is playing at the Liberty. Matinee prices are 10 cents and 15 cents; night prices are 15 cents and 35 cents.
T.L. Harris, formerly of Biloxi, Miss., is manager of Eunice Fish and Oyster which has opened in the old express company office on Park Avenue.
Louis Wright is constructing a $3,000 filling station on Second Street opposite the Eunice bank building. It will be managed by A. Arceneaux and will feature Shell products.
The St. Landry School Board decided to operate a seven-month school year, meaning several hundred seniors will not graduate and several thousand students will not be promoted to their next grade. Teacher salaries will be reduced 10 percent.
The Southwestern Company, an office supply business, has been purchased by Lee Plauche and Willis Johnson, with the equipment being moved to Johnson’s Printing Office in the Liberty Building.
Gov. Huey Long said he will take five trains of students and citizens to West Point, N.Y., for the LSU-Army football game in November. Students will go free; cost for others is $150.