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and State Warden, Homer Comeaux, Council No. 1318,
Crowley. Chosen insurance delegates were S. E. Robichaux of New Iberia
Council 1208, N. O. Couvillon of Baton Rouge Council No. 969, and T. R.
Daigle of Church Point Council No. 2504. Named associate delegates were
District Deputy Leo L. LeBlanc of District No. 5, District Deputy Albert
L. Quina of District No. 13, and Eugene J. Mallett of Kinder Council No.
2893.
Officers chosen by the Financial Secretaries'
Association May 16 were: Chairman, Charles A. Ibert of Franklin (re-elected);
vice chairman, T. J. Robichaux, Council 1425, Jeanerette; warden, Homer
Comeaux, Council No. 1318, Crowley; and secretary, Leo P. Daspit of Lake
Charles (re-elected).
Bishop Greco, asked to name a State Chaplain from the
Alexandria diocese to succeed Father Irving A. DeBlanc of the Lafayette
diocese, who had served since 1944, appointed the Rev. Milburn J.
Broussard, pastor in Cottonport. A native of Plaucheville, ordained in
1933, Father Broussard spent four years as military chaplain in service in
World War II. His three years overseas were spent with the Ninth Air Force
as command chaplain with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He took part in
the invasion of Normandy on D Day and was awarded three citations, two of
them for work with displaced persons. Father Broussard obtained the
reappointment of the Rev. Wilson J. Matt of Opelousas and the appointment
of the Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. V. Plauche of Shreveport and the Rt. Rev. Msgr.
Robert E. Tracy of Baton Rouge as Diocesan Chaplains for Lafayette,
Alexandria, and New Orleans, respectively.
Councils in New Orleans were divided into two
districts, increasing the number in the state to 15. Named District
Deputies by Mr. Foret were: District 1, Charles G. Escher, Jr., New
Orleans; 2, Jules Avrard, New Orleans; 3, Manuel P. Ott, Gretna; 4, D. F.
Vavasseur, Bogalusa; 5, Floyd P. Landry, Baton Rouge; 6, Lloyd L. LeBlanc,
Houma; 7, Paul E. Marionneaux, Rosedale; 8, Arnold Trahan, Morgan City; 9,
Dalton Babineaux, New Iberia; 10, Charles C. Jaubert, Lake Charles; 11,
Charles J. Benoit, Welsh; 12, Emile Reggie, Crowley; 13, C. J. Tassin,
Ville Platte; 14, E. L. Gremillion, Alexandria; and 15, George M. Tonore,
Monroe.
State Chairmen appointed by Mr. Foret were: General
Program, Win. J. Kirn, New Orleans; Catholic Activity, Jack J. H. Kessels,
K.S.G., Gretna; Council Activity, Lloyd J. LeBlanc, Donaldsonville;
Fraternal Activity, Edmund P. Melancon, Baton Rouge; Membership, Everett
G. Collins, New Orleans; Publicity, Frank Lipari, Opelousas; Laymen's
Retreats, J. Cleveland Fruge, K.S.G., Ville Platte; Youth Program, Fred C.
Darragh, Covington; Catholic Student Centers, Edw. A. Winter, New Orleans;
Insurance, J. E. Fleming, New Orleans.
L. P. Terrebonne, State Historian, reported that
State Council records made available to him were classified, catalogued,
and filed. Proceedings not printed were bound by convention years. The
file was being placed in the LSU Catholic Student Center, He noted that
records were not complete, especially prior to 1924, and that there were
no proceedings numbered as the 26th annual meeting. The year 1932 should
have been recorded as the 26th meeting instead of the 27th. If the series
were corrected from this point, the 1948 convention would be the 42nd
annual meeting instead of being numbered the 43rd.
The convention resolved that records of the State
Council be moved from the Catholic Student Center in Baton Rouge to the
office of the State Director of Activities in New Orleans so as to be
accessible to all State Officers and increase the efficiency of the
director's office. As this move made the office of State Historian
unnecessary, this chairmanship was eliminated.
For more effective consideration of resolutions, it
was decided after some debate that the State Deputy in the future request
councils to submit proposed resolutions about 120 days before the coming
state convention, that he appoint a committee to consider them 90 days
before the convention, and that mimeographed copies of resolutions be sent
to each council 30 days prior to the convention.
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