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The donation from Cabot to the Evangeline Foundation was presented Friday, May 3, outside the facility. From left to right are Cabot Human Resources Manager Claudia Jenkins, Evangeline Parish Schools Supervisor Grace Sibley, Cabot Facility General Manager and Foundation board member Mark Suellentrop, Foundation President Matt Marcantel, Foundation board member Rhonda Butler, Foundation board member Dr. Gwen Fontenot, Evangeline Parish Schools Supervisor Linda LaFleur, and Evangeline Parish Schools Superintendant Darwan Lazard. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Educational opportunities, foster children, and orphans discussed at recent Ville Platte Rotary meetings

Mon, 05/13/2019 - 11:06am

The Rotarians from Ville Platte were the first ones to hear about a donation to help the teachers in Evangeline Parish.

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May 5, 1949- The Immaculate Conception Sodalists are shown above presenting Sister Joan of Arc, of Sacred Heart Parochial School, with a bouquet and gift as she prepares to leave for Mission Work in India. She has taught school here for the past 10 years. She will make the journey by boat and plane. Left to right are: Rita Rae Buller, Norma Latour, Sr. Joan of Arc, Harold Stromer, all of Ville Platte, and Beth Dubus of Lafayette.

Looking Back: May 1929, 1939, and 1949

Mon, 05/06/2019 - 12:58pm

May 11, 1929
Mrs. W. Harvey and Mrs. F. DeRouen sold hats that were Ladies Hats were $1.29, and children’s hats were .98.

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From left to right are Rotarian Kermit Miller, Camille Fontenot from The Hotel Cazan, and Ville Platte Rotary President Peter Strawitz. (Gazette photos by Tony Marks)

Of valves and hauntings

Tue, 04/30/2019 - 1:35pm

After boarding a charter bus for a guided tour of Pine Prairie Energy Center for its Spring Social, the Ville Platte Rotary Club heard from management members of Cameron-Schlumberger in Ville Platt

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April 24, 1969- Gazette editor Sidney Mixon and Managing Editor Johnnie Quinn admire the awards won by the Ville Platte paper in the Better Newspaper Contests at the Louisiana Press Association convention in New Orleans last Friday. The Gazette placed first in General Excellence and third in best use of color in competition with numerous weekly newspapers throughout Louisiana.

Looking Back: April 1959, 1969, and 1979

Thu, 04/18/2019 - 1:07pm

April 2, 1959

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The Diocese of Lafayette’s High School Principal of the Year Dawn Shipp (left) and Elementary Principal of the Year Virginia Morein (right) are pictured here standing in front of the Sacred Heart of Jesus statue located in the high school foyer. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Sacred Heart principals named principals of the year

Mon, 04/15/2019 - 12:03pm

Over the past several years, curriculum and religious formation have undergone changes at both Sacred Heart Elementary and Sacred Heart High School that have resulted in the students becoming more

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