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Elected as associate delegates to the supreme
convention were J. C. Chenevert of Alexandria, Lonnie Reed of Eunice,
George Artigues of Gretna, and A. E. Becnel of Plaquemine. Chosen as
insurance delegates were Connie Ruysenaars of Lake Charles, Charles
Tassin, Jr., of Ville Platte, and Van Landry of Bunkie.
The Financial Secretaries Association
re‑elected Leo P. Daspit of Lake Charles as chairman and J.
Gegenheimer of Gretna as warden. Chosen as vice chairman was C. T.
Bienvenu of Council No. 1276, St. Martinville, and as secretary Eldred J.
Naquin of Council No. 1373, Morgan City.
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Robert E. Tracy of Baton Rouge
succeeded the Rev. M. J. Broussard as State Chaplain, being appointed
June 14, 1950, by Archbishop Rummel of New Orleans. Named Diocesan
Chaplains were the Rev. Charles J. T. Murphy of Baton Rouge, the Rev.
Wilson J. Matt of Evangeline, and the Rev. Joseph Gremillion of Shreveport
for New Orleans, Lafayette, and Alexandria, respectively.
Compilation of the proceedings of the 1950 convention
was considerably delayed when the home of the former State Secretary,
Felix G. Fischer, was robbed twice in six months. Among many things stolen
was his brief case with virtually all the KC literature. With the aid of
reports from the various officers and chairmen a recompiled copy of
minutes was prepared.
Some of the most important resolutions ever approved
at a State Council meeting were adopted. These included the increase of
the state per capita tax, already mentioned; the decision to establish a
KC youth camp at Maryhill, and others that will be described later. State
Deputy Jaubert in submitting his report at the end of his first term said
it reflected the most aggressive year of activities in the history of the
Louisiana jurisdiction to date. Certainly it included no lack of
activity on his part, for he made more than 165 visits to councils and for
other events and traveled more than 30,000 miles in doing so!
As some of the districts were bursting at the seams
with new councils, councils were reallocated to provide for three more
districts. The new total of 19 included four in the New Orleans area.
District Deputies were named as follows: District 1, Wm. T. Crumhorn, New
Orleans; 2, Felix G. Fischer, New Orleans; 3, Everett Collins, New
Orleans; 4, J. Aubrey Gainnie, New Orleans; 5, Thomas N. Ragusa, Hammond;
6, Louis S. Brady, Jr., Gramercy; 7, Floyd P. Landry, Baton Rouge; 8,
Lloyd L. LeBlanc, Houma; 9, J. D. Charleville, Port Allen; 10, Joe
Kobleur, Jeanerette; 11, G. H. Wattigny, New Iberia; 12, Dan Boudreaux,
Lafayette; 13, Frank Lipari, Opelousas; 14, Roy Mattingly, Jennings; 15,
Matthew Fruge, Beil City; 16, Connie Ruysenaars, Lake Charles; 17, E. L.
Gremillion, Alexandria; 18, E. J. Giering, Jr., Natchitoches; 19,
Charles F. Huseman, Sr., Cottonport.
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