Profiles appeared in and are courtesy of the St. Charles Herald / St. Charles Herald-Guide newspaper.
1989
Remembering the past
September 14, 1989
Check’s history proves lust for life
September 21, 1989
Nick – A life on the run
September 28, 1989
Joe Catarina – Serving through life
October 5, 1989
Songy stands for education
October 12, 1989
Gassen – Remembering Gassenville
October 19, 1989
Lena – 90 years young
November 2, 1989
Carver – A school with history
November 9, 1989
L.T. St. Amant – A frog’s leap into history
November 16, 1989
Sam Vitrano – Part of a winning breed
November 23, 1989
Lillian Friloux – Second smartest
December 14, 1989
Paradis – A community with a plan
December 21, 1989
Ned Lowry – Shaping the future
December 28, 1989
1990
The Barbaras – A tale of two brothers
January 11, 1990
Lagarde-Hymel – Joining history
January 18, 1990
Simon Troxclair – Building the future
January 25, 1990
Harry Zeller – A truly nice person
February 1, 1990
The real Joe Vitrano is revealed
February 8, 1990
Triches – Recorders of history
February 15, 1990
Much more than a weekly newspaper, a part of history
February 15, 1990
Shell Oil – In the early days
February 22, 1990
Lloyd Landry – batting a thousand
March 1, 1990
The 1929 Refinery
March 8, 1990
Schaubhuts – The memories live on
March 15, 1990
The Lambert Family in early St. Rose
March 22, 1990
Polivars come to Flagville
March 29, 1990
Driving Miss Ethel…
April 5, 1990
A ‘Price’less treasure
April 12, 1990
Schexnayderville, USA
April 19, 1990
Ghosts of Luling past
April 26, 1990
Ormond Plantation – A mysterious past
May 3, 1990
On high ground
May 10, 1990
Looking through 250 years
May 17, 1990
Mex-Pet to rose grower
May 24, 1990
An interesting ‘prospect’
May 31, 1990
Finger counting
June 7, 1990
The house Charles built
June 14, 1990
‘Cornpatch’ in Luling
June 21, 1990
Riding the hack
June 28, 1990
Old school pictures
July 5, 1990
The price of progress
July 12, 1990
Life floating on the bayou
July 19, 1990
A friendly wave guaranteed
July 26, 1990
Tante Keet’s orchestra
August 2, 1990
A tankerman is what?
August 9, 1990
The tooth doctor
August 16, 1990
After Modoc Plantation died
August 23, 1990
Growing webbed feet
August 30, 1990
The Montz to Diamond trail
September 6, 1990
25 years later, memories of Hurricane Betsy still linger
September 13, 1990
From Montz to Egypt
September 13, 1990
Up the bayou
September 20, 1990
The bucket of blood
September 27, 1990
Mrs. Becnel’s ground meat sandwich
October 4, 1990
Life around Bois Choctaw
October 11, 1990
Echoes from 1931 at DHS
October 18, 1990
The Sellers-Youngs connection
October 25, 1990
The boat people, the other side
November 1, 1990
A Killona love story
November 8, 1990
Desert Shield footprints
November 15, 1990
The Horn of plenty
November 22, 1990
Mamzelle now cashing checks
November 29, 1990
HCS – A ring, no diploma
December 6, 1990
The first refinery house
December 13, 1990
Have scissors, will travel
December 20, 1990
Years in review – 1919-1925
December 27, 1990
1991
Mex Pet memories
January 3, 1991
Kellers everywhere
January 10, 1991
Some of them cry, some wait
January 17, 1991
Once upon a time…
January 24, 1991
I caught me that heart attack
January 31, 1991
Even at 90, you can be young
February 7, 1991
Just a blacksmith’s son
February 7, 1991
“Marcus Welby, M.D. tutor,” practices, makes house calls
February 21, 1991
Hahnville Consolidated becomes Hahnville High
February 28, 1991
Playing tag at Ormond Manor
March 7, 1991
From Little Heaven to Big Heaven
March 14, 1991
She taught School at Ormond, heard the bell at Diamond
March 21, 1991
Moving to Sellers
March 28, 1991
Luling bids for courthouse, high school
April 4, 1991
Selling silk socks as a door salesman
April 11, 1991
Born on Star and Trinity plantations
April 18, 1991
1931 – A banner year in baseball
April 25, 1991
Everybody is related so be careful
May 2, 1991
Towards the 29 cent stamp
May 9, 1991
Early days at Hahnville High
May 16, 1991
Amen to Salaman
May 23, 1991
Why the name Killona?
May 30, 1991
Four brothers settle in Good Hope
June 6, 1991
Rich man with no money
June 13, 1991
Lines at the celestial barber shop
June 20, 1991
A place to live and dream – The Triche House
June 27, 1991
Peter Riley ruled his flock his way
July 4, 1991
Keeping the Waterford lamp burning
July 11, 1991
They choose Ormond, not LaPlace
July 18, 1991
She can’t read, but she can count money
July 25, 1991
The first 25 years at SCB
August 1, 1991
Rabies on Old Spanish Trail
August 8, 1991
Elfer of Montz, Modoc, St. Rose, Pecan Grove
August 15, 1991
By George, times have changed
August 22, 1991
Porteras – Long may they live
August 29, 1991
He treated everybody like somebody
September 5, 1991
If Perry Como comes in…
September 12, 1991
Making house calls on a house boat
September 19, 1991
Winning the 103 year dash
September 26, 1991
Watching communities grow and die
October 3, 1991
He walked the thin line in between…
October 10, 1991
O-ferry-o… o-ferry-o
October 17, 1991
Fifteen years mark ferry disaster
October 24, 1991
Voila! L’Eglise St. Jean Des Allemands
October 31, 1991
My dad, my partner, my best friend
November 7, 1991
Blossom comes home
November 14, 1991
Luke visited Mrs. Paradis when he was a child
November 21, 1991
A cup of coffee for the teacher
November 28, 1991
The Yankee Houses of Paradis
December 5, 1991
Maude, the paper lady
December 12, 1991
James Gaubert cheats
December 19, 1991
The Jack Rabbit a/k/a No. 32 or No. 33
December 26, 1991
1992
She found the Matterhorn in Des Allemands
January 2, 1992
When Sarpy’s Mayor blew out Norco
January 9, 1992
Morning Flower leaves Little Shadow
January 16, 1992
Sheriff Ory waved at Fashion students
January 23, 1992
The Orphans like Dag
January 30, 1992
Watching the Old Spanish Trail wither
February 6, 1992
The nicest postal lady in the U.S.
February 13, 1992
Doing the most with a short life
February 20, 1992
It lasts longest in the hearts of many
February 27, 1992
Still going strong at 78
March 5, 1992
Mimosa Park – anatomy of a school
March 12, 1992
Big Bang – gnat landing on cotton bed
March 19, 1992
The Lord issued a call and he answered
March 26, 1992
His 19 years on Cortez Island
April 2, 1992
Remembering the Shell jitney from Modoc
April 9, 1992
Castle born, he found home in Mosella
April 16, 1992
The IA in Chiasson stands for bromeIAds
April 23, 1992
Two missionaries find home in Des Allemands
April 30, 1992
His hobby is taking care of old folks
May 7, 1992
Begin with Du in Des Allemands
May 14, 1992
Turning $35 into over $26 million
May 21, 1992
Old servicemen fade into the Legion’s traditions
May 28, 1992
Moving chickens and hogs from Wade St.
June 4, 1992
She remembers first ferry sinking
June 11, 1992
With gusto from the street car line
June 18, 1992
Fighting for Bethune High School
June 25, 1992
At the end of the rainbow – 60 Bernice, Luling
July 2, 1992
A return visit to the refinery gas station
July 9, 1992
All along railroad tracks waiting for a job
July 16, 1992
Going from ‘Kinder Gardens’ to Kindergarten
July 23, 1992
Making groceries in the age of super stores
July 30, 1992
School days at MexPet private school
August 6, 1992
His kingdom requires a milk cow
August 13, 1992
Jefferson College’s Hall of Fame includes Nick Sardegna
August 20, 1992
Aunt Mag knows from whom to get information
September 3, 1992
Fresh bread, delivered to homes daily
September 10, 1992
Tee Kerm on performing to a paddle’s beat
September 17, 1992
Going by train, from Boutte, to marry
September 24, 1992
Keeping Montz alive in St. Charles Parish
October 1, 1992
Remembering her mother’s last ‘thank you’
October 8, 1992
Remembering the golden years
October 15, 1992
Hitting the library jackpot
October 22, 1992
With the bases loaded, he left
October 29, 1992
How to enjoy the Autumn years of life
November 5, 1992
Involving Norco in the presidential race
November 12, 1992
Capt. Otto is gone, but the Candies saga lives
November 19, 1992
Subdivisions die as others rise
November 26, 1992
Everybody knows where Steve lives
December 3, 1992
All the world needs light
December 10, 1992
When Hiland Park was a lake
December 17, 1992
The rise and struggles of the Good Hope Church
December 31, 1992
1993
The schools of yesteryear
January 7, 1993
He’s only a coal miner’s offspring but…
January 14, 1993
Winston Churchill gets the credit for X…
January 21, 1993
Old churches, never die, the silently fade away
January 28, 1993
When I was president of the school board…
February 4, 1993
Bring own container to get the real Mayo
February 11, 1993
“Bienvenu, mon ami,” the bishop tells the novice
February 18, 1993
Two little Red Churches stood beside the river
February 25, 1993
‘Love you always,’ writes one of hundreds of her children
March 4, 1993
Fr. Strassel joins Fr. Basty as a legend
March 11, 1993
Don’t wait for Gabriel to toot his horn…
March 18, 1993
Harold still follows the old ways
March 25, 1993
Circus performer’s son looks back on life
April 1, 1993
Korean War – assignment Paris, France
April 8, 1993
Twelve apostles kept Christianity alive
April 15, 1993
When politics in St. Charles was between friends
April 22, 1993
Others owned most of the stock, but it was Mr. Charlie’s bank
April 29, 1993
He handled a disaster, looks back without bad feelings
May 6, 1993
In retirement, he uses pit bull tenacity to be a winner
May 13, 1993
Human meatballs in a mound of spaghetti
May 20, 1993
“Wonder Kid”
May 27, 1993
The pursuit of vocations does wonders before settling
July 4, 1993
Kitten had competition, but won Frank
July 11, 1993
Moving the levee changed Luling like Hwy. 90 did
July 18, 1993
Magnolia Ridge doors locked with two by fours in slots
July 25, 1993
Bethune – a proud school in troubled times
August 1, 1993
I wish they would turn the TV lights off when I speak
August 8, 1993
Rejected twice, he refused a third time
August 15, 1993
Seal moved in when Menezes changed to HHS
August 22, 1993
A faint relationship links Bois Choctaw and Turtle Pond
August 29, 1993
Managing a ward was a one, then two man job
September 5, 1993
Dogs and sheep don’t mix – His lane lasts forever
September 12, 1993
Her world existed in her newspaper voice
September 19, 1993
From Red Church to Our Lady of Grace
September 26, 1993
Maloney’s boys recall glories of Bois Choctaw
October 1993
Hobo Roy’s last ride
October 10, 1993
After World War II, Alvin Roussel picked up his ‘laundry’
October 17, 1993
‘I never raised the hood of a car’
October 24, 1993
His mother didn’t like the name ‘Pierre’
October 31, 1993
He never ate on Friday
November 14, 1993
Resting with parish leaders – He took things the way he found them, worked for change
November 21, 1993
John F. Kennedy – 30 years later – Old words have a different meaning in 1993, but what is it
December 2, 1993
Collecting firewood in a skiff – Zoot, Coffee, Bully, Mule, Brick, Noon, Teenie, Chick, Big Dime
December 5, 1993
Two hundred and fifty years in St. Charles – Some keep the ‘s’ but others don’t
December 12, 1993
1994
Memories of three special friends – Doe Rouselle, Doc Roberts, and Howard Beebe
January 6, 1994
Two Oaks Bay – From picking moss to issuing driver’s licenses
January 13, 1994
Kingfish and Hahnville Boy Scouts
January 27, 1994
‘Jury’ taken to task in Eual Landry case
February 17, 1994
A big, quiet man, he led by example
March 3, 1994
He pointed birds for Paradis’ oil, gas fields
March 17, 1994
Mooring received a state license without a test
March 31, 1994
Harvesting sinker cypress from Lake Salvador
May 12, 1994
Ben Ferdon said, ‘Go talk to Larry Babin’
May 26, 1994
Norco’s Trepagnier Maison as it might have been
June 9, 1994
The bread of life
June 23, 1994
The Horn of plenty
July 7, 1994
A second childhood
July 21, 1994
Moving to Sellers
August 4, 1994
Mr. Luling buys a home
August 18, 1994
Luling Lumber Co.
September 1, 1994
Mex Pet’s finest hour
September 15, 1994
Mother knows best
September 29, 1994
The Funk and Youngs saga
October 6, 1994
Ellington’s ghost story
October 13, 1994
Simpler days in the parish
November 3, 1994
St. Rose’s best kept secret
November 24, 1994
Schools in the Big Depression
December 8, 1994
1995
St. Charles landmark going home
January 5, 1995
Revenuers K.O. moonshine in St. Charles
January 12, 1995
Aunt Lena, Gus strike gold in Klondike
February 2, 1995
Memories still alive at St. Rose Tavern
February 23, 1995
Resident recalls a more ‘Fashion’able life
March 23, 1995
Remembering 50 years ago
March 30, 1995
Contrasts near the Manor House
April 20, 1995
A Vietnam legacy – overcoming adversity
May 4, 1995
Is bingo a game of chance or choice?
June 1, 1995
Golden Cross-ties then, but not now
June 22, 1995
Rabies once was an ordeal in St. Charles Parish
July 6, 1995
Claudy, a barber with a love for animals
July 20, 1995
He walked the streets of Hiroshima in 1945
August 6, 1995
Hurricane Betsy 1965: Lest we forget
September 21, 1995
Frog legs – a big leap to gators
September 28, 1995
The house that Charles built
October 12, 1995
“Do for my son as you would do for own!”
October 25, 1995
Pictures can tell a story better than words
November 9, 1995
Seeing Esperanza over the shoulder
November 23, 1995
They don’t look like this today, but remember when
December 7, 1995