These pages are dedicated to Nina Guzzetta who comically captured a little of the lost history of the small community known as Berwick, Louisiana, as well as linking the history and personalities of its surrounding cities. September 1997 January 1998 February 1998 March 1998 May 1998 June 1998 July 1998 October 1998 November 1998 December …
Young and Restless I’ll never forget the time when Laurie Toups and I were going to school. Laurie was working as a druggist at Hebert’s Drug Store in Berwick. We were on the ferry and instead of going to school, we hitch-hiked a ride to New Orleans. We must have had all of 90 cents …
Do you remember Hurricane Andrew? How can anybody forget it? It was so devastating, with so much property damage. Without a doubt, this was the worse storm I have ever seen. I have stayed in my house for every storm dating from 1927, but Andrew was the worst! It sounded like three or four helicopters …
Going to a party with your wife is like going fishing with the game warden. **** My wife had cooked me so many TV dinners that when I don’t feel well, I call the TV repairman. **** I met Qunita Patterson in the store a while back. She was surprised to see me. She told …
Annette Bowman had a lovely birthday party at her home for Esther Geisler on Nov. 15. The house was decorated most tastefully with Christmas ornaments. Refreshments included coffee and a delicious homemade cake. Those in attendance were her sister, Ann Williams, and Maggie Blum, Mildred Boudreaux, Dixie Roder Williams, my wife Ruth and myself. We …
In 1840, Beverly Berwick inherited the Town of Berwick. After the Civil War, times were hard and he was unable to pay the $1 per lot tax and lost his property to the Yankees. He was later married to the late Marry Belle of New Orleans and she was the first teacher to open a …
The highlight of our Christmas activities was the Christmas party held at Fanny Vidos’ house Dec. 22. First of all we were greeted at the door by Fanny’s daughter, Molly Ann Kuntz of Charleston, S.C. I had not seen Molly since she was a teenager and the meeting was one of joy and fond remembrances. …
One day there was a beach-comber walking at Grand Isle. He was a bottle floating toward land. He picked it up, wiped it clean and then uncorked it. Then, a small Genie came out and thanked the beach-comber for letting him out of the bottle. He told the beach-comber that for his reward for letting …
The other day the coffee drinkers that meet at the restaurant every day at 2 o’clock were discussing and commenting on how many of our gang had passed away. We have been meeting every afternoon for about 30 years and many, many have left us. Among them were Tarville Davis, “Baby” Guzzetta, Clyde Stansbury, Floyd …
I will never forget the day that I was at the Ber Theatre all dressed in my white suit, ready to go out, when I forgot something in my locker, way up on the top shelf. When I reached up on the shelf, I knocked over a gallon of red paint all over my head …