Pictured on the left in the main photo is Danyelle Reed inside of her school on the corner of Chataignier and East Washington Streets in Ville Platte. She has been owning Danyelle’s Early Development Center for the past 35 years. In the top right photo is Jacques Fontenot, and in the bottom right photo is Audrey Caulkins on her birthday as they tried to capture rings in the school’s version of the running of the Tournoi on Friday. (Gazette photos by Tony Marks)

A cultured labor of love
From the beginning of time, civilizations have passed down their respective cultures to the younger generations. Before the written word was developed, this was done through oral tradition. The civilizations that have not continued this custom have...

n the shadows of a water tower that welcomes visitors to Ville Platte is the new location of Teet’s Food Store on the west side of town. The new store that is currently being constructed is one of many such projects that are going on at the same time within the city. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

A growth spurt
A movement is underway in the City of Ville Platte that will affect the residents in the short term with the availability of new jobs and in the long term, as well, with more tax revenues coming into the city’s coffers that will benefit services...

Pictured here is the current set of the Three Little Pig signs that are outside the Mamou gas department office at the intersection of La. Highway 13 and La. Highway 104. These signs were done by Savoy Medical Center pharmacist, Kasey Duos after previous signs have been stolen on three occasions. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Once upon a time in Mamou
From the statues of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox and statues of dinosaurs to the biggest ball of yarn, motorists across the country, who travel off the beaten path, pass by roadside attractions that have become cultural icons. One such...

Ninety-two-year-old Ronald McCauley holds up a glass of water while sitting in his home on West Main Street in Ville Platte. He retired last month from the same Te-Mamou Water District that he helped create in the mid-1960s. He also served as the board’s secretary-treasurer for more than five decades. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Flowing into service
Towering high over the area located between Ville Platte and Bayou Chicot is a water tower that serves the customers of the Te-Mamou Water System. The system was created in the mid-1960s in part by an individual who served the board as secretary-...

Pictured on the left in the main photo is Danyelle Reed inside of her school on the corner of Chataignier and East Washington Streets in Ville Platte. She has been owning Danyelle’s Early Development Center for the past 35 years. In the top right photo is Jacques Fontenot, and in the bottom right photo is Audrey Caulkins on her birthday as they tried to capture rings in the school’s version of the running of the Tournoi on Friday. (Gazette photos by Tony Marks)

A cultured labor of love

From the beginning of time, civilizations have passed down their respective cultures to the younger generations. Before the written word was developed, this was done through oral tradition.

Motorcycle pursuit leads to one arrest by the EPSO

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office has reported the arrest of one individual following a motorcycle pursuit that occurred last weekend.

Above, former Ville Platte Mayor LeRoy Veillon, wearing the costume of 1858, poses beside the granite monument of the time capsule which is set to be opened in 2058. This massive stone sits atop a concrete box that has a copper container inside preserving things from the past such as newspapers, photographs, and tape recordings. The photo was taken by Johnnie Quinn and was published in the September 18, 1958, edition of the Ville Platte Gazette. (Gazette archive photo)

A bearded centennial

On March 16, 1858, Act Number 97 of the Louisiana Legislature was approved by the Speaker of the House of Representatives William W.

Slaughter

Defendant in “Mop Bucket” murder pleads guilty to manslaughter

On Tuesday, a murder trial, which has come to be known as the “Mop Bucket” murder, was set to commence in Judge Gary Ortego’s courtroom of the 13th Judicial District Court.

Perdices

Candidate announcement

I, Charles Perdices, am pleased to announce my candidacy for Chief of Police for the Town of Mamou.

Sports

Ville Platte High quarterback Terrian Roy (3) looks for space against Pine Prairie earlier this season while Jahamal Byers (2) and Dave Arvie try to get a block for him. The Bulldogs are 1-2 on the year and will face Pickering tomorrow night in hopes of evening their record on the year. (Photo by Yvette Jagneaux)

Balancing act

VILLE PLATTE -- It definitely has been an up and down season for the Ville Platte High Bulldogs in 2018.

Sacred Heart hosts Menard in game to replace False River

VILLE PLATTE -- This past offseason, the Sacred Heart Trojans found out that False River Academy had dropped their football program, leaving a hole in their schedule for week four of this season.

Basile Bearcats, St. Ed’s Blue Jays renew heated rivalry to seize early district lead

By: TRACEY
JAGNEAUX
Sports Editor

Pine Prairie battles Church Point on the road

CHURCH POINT -- A tough task awaits the Pine Prairie Panthers tomorrow night, as they travel to battle the perennial playoff contender Church Point Bears in the first district game of the year for

Mamou seeking first points of the year as they face Port Barre

PORT BARRE -- It has been a struggle on the offensive side of the ball for the Mamou Green Demons in 2018.

Lifestyle

From left to right are new Chief Executive Officer of Mercy Regional Medical Center Calvin Green, Rotarian Barbara Buroker, and Rotary President Richard LeJeune. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Rotary refines its image and learns about hospitalization

Over the course of the Rotary Club of Ville Platte’s previous two meetings, club members heard from representatives of organizations who are in the business of caring for the needs of other people.

By TONY MARKS Associate Editor

Miss Tournoi Queen- Taylor Grace Perrodin. She is the daughter of Brandon and Shannon Joubert and Rory Perrodin. (Photo by Mable Foreman)

PPHS’s Perrodins named 2018 Tournoi Pageant Queens

New royalty was crowned Saturday at the Louisiana Tournoi Pageant. The newly crowned queens were Miss Tournoi Queen Taylor Grace Perrodin and Teen Tournoi Queen Riana Perrodin.

By By: TONY MARKS Associate Editor

September 14, 1978- Jules Ashlock, Ville Platte attorney and former newspaper publisher, dropped this world record lion while on a hunting trip in Rhodesia in July. This is the largest lion ever killed in the world, measuring nine feet, eight and a half inches and weighing 530 pounds. It was killed with a 270 caliber rifle.

Looking Back: September ‘58, ‘68, and ‘78

September 4, 1958
•Ville Platte High School, along with all other parish schools, will open Monday morning at 8:30 for the 1958-59 session, according to Principal J.D. LaFleur.

By ALI MORAS Editorial Intern

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