Noise How much noise can you stand? The other day, I went to one of those country dance halls to look for a friend of mine. When I walked in, I stopped in my tracks. The band was playing so loud that all I could see were people’s mouths moving. I couldn’t hear them talk. …
I remember when I was in school, many of the girls used to wear pigtails. I’ll never forget a little Bergeron girl from Glenwild Plantation who sat in front of me. One day, one of her pigtails went right into my black ink bottle which was open. Her hair was caught in the bottle, so …
Remember when Mutt LeBlanc worked for Richard Loeb’s Clothing Store? Richard told Mutt that if someone bought $20 worth of goods on credit that he was to charge only $10 in case they didn’t pay. That way the store lost only $10. Also, he told Mutt not to sell suitcases to strangers on credit because …
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 …