Remember when Jerome Pizzo had his fruit stand on the corner of Third and Canton streets, across the street from Louella Smith’s home? His garden also extended from the corner of Canton Street to Utah Street, exactly one block long. Jerome Pizzo had five sons, Modeyon, Lawrence, Tony, Frank and Sam. We called them the …
The other day I met a friend of mine, Sidney Jambois, at the post office. Sidney asked me why I didn’t write more about my experiences with Tarville Davis. I knew that my brother, Baby, and I and Tarville used to go to all the football games that Berwick played and also to LSU’s. Also, …
I had a long conversation on the phone with John Henry Poncio recently. I understand that since then John has not been feeling well. But let me tell you about John. He is a very interesting person to talk to. He had quite an experience in the war against Japan. He was in the Bataan …
Now our governor, as everybody knows, is from St. Mary Parish, so we shouldn’t have any problems. If all the business places would contact our officials, this would be to their advantage. Someone told me that the biggest portion of all the gambling money goes into the General Fund. The General Fund must be as …
Remember Gillis and Pom-Pom, two brothers who lived in Rose Hadda’s apartment? I’ll never forget that large magnolia tree that was in their front yard. Gillis and Pom-Pom would sit on the side of me in school. Every day they brought their lunch, which consisted of sardine sandwiches and sweet potatoes. Those sardines stunk to …
Remember When: How many of you remember your first love affair? When I was about 10 or 12 years of age, I had a crush on Mary Guillory, the sister of Eula Guillory and Lloyd Guillory, the architect. She lived on First Street and I worked at the theatre, which was also on First Street. …
I was talking the other day to one of my Holiday Inn coffee drinkers, Leo Ghirardi, who visits his wife every day in the nursing home in Morgan City. Leo told me there was a lady in the nursing home who is 89 years old and who knew me. Her name is Goldie Robicheaux. I …
So many people have called me asking that I write more about my travels with Tarville Davis. My brother and I were very close to Tarville. He was excellent company and always good for laughs. Well, here goes one more of our escapades. My brother “Baby,” Arthur Bergeron, Tarville and myself were on our way …
Did you recently see all those creeps who were heckling Mrs. Madeleine Albright, our secretary of state? She looked perfectly astounded as if she couldn’t believe her ears – those young people were so rude. Don’t they have sense enough to see that Saddam Hussein is not building all those guns, tanks, rockets and making …
I’ll never forget the time when someone gave Benny Stansbury a $5 bill and the wind blew it out of his hand into the river. June Faslum was on the ferry and he saw that $5 bill blow into the water. He dove into the river after it. Well, the $5 bill disappeared – and …