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A local Acadiana family lost a loving mother, grandmother, sister, and aunt, and Winn Dixie lost a loyal and dedicated florist in Crowley, LA on Sunday, September 3, 2017. Phyllis Cecilia Reed Pousson, aged 62, died with loved ones at her side after a fierce fight against inflammatory breast cancer.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Iota, and burial will take place afterward in the church cemetery. Father Jude Thierry, Pastor of the Church, will officiate for the services. The family requests visiting hours at Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home in Iota on Wednesday from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. and on Thursday from 8 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. A rosary will be recited at the funeral home on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.
Pallbearers will be Kevin Schexnider, David Foreman and Mike Foreman of Ebenezer, Danny Frey, Phillip and Michael Reed of Iota. Honorary Pallbearers are Alex Frey of Iota, Luis Martinez of San Antonio and Martin Dwayne Pousson of Los Angeles.
Her considerable strength passes on to her two loving daughters, Sheila Pousson and Shannon Pousson Johnson, fathered by Daniel Pousson of Iota, as well as to her three loving grandchildren, Fernando Martinez and Chrislynn Johnson, both of San Antonio, Texas, and Chloe Pousson, of Iota. “Aunt Phyl” and “Phyla” also is survived by her sisters and brothers-in-law, Alice and Danny Frey of Iota, James and Margie Reed of San Antonio, Willie Mae and Ivy Ray Scott of Iota, Carolyn Reed of Iota, Madeline and Donald Domingue of Ebenezer, Abigail and A.D. Foreman of Ebenezer, and Susie Reed of Patterson.
She was preceded in death by her father, Murray Reed, Sr, her mother, Cecilia Reed, and her brother, Murray Reed, Jr. She will be missed by all her friends, coworkers, and family, who now cherish and honor the lasting memory of her life.
Words of comfort can be sent to the family at www.geesey-ferguson.com
Arrangements have been entrusted to Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home, 509 Duson Avenue, Iota, LA 70543, 337-779-2669.
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RAYNE - The excitement for the season opener for the new football season was short-lived, thanks to Hurricane Harvey.
Rayne High joined many schools around the area who were forced to cancel their season opener and wait until this week to begin play.
The Wolves, along with Notre Dame and Church Point were the three Acadia Parish schools forced to canel their season openers.
“We are definitely behind the eight-ball,” stated Rayne High Head Coach Curt Ware of this week’s game against Lake Charles College Prep.
“Nothing against the school, but they (Prep) enter the second week with a game already played plus a win,” Ware continued. “In addition to not playing our opener and get a game under our belt, we were very limited in what we could actually get done last week. There’s only so much you can do in the gym -- an entirely different atmosphere than being on the field.”
LCCP will visit Rayne High on Friday at 1-0 after claiming a 16-7 win over Pickering.
“They are already a game ahead of us before even stepping on the field,” noted Ware of Friday’s contest. “Offensively, defensively and special teams -- we will be at a disadvantage.”
“But, I have confidence in our guys. They have been working hard and trying their best. We will see where that brings us to on Friday.”
Pioneers
The Notre Dame Pioneers were put into the same predicament as the Wolves by Hurricane Harvey -- canel their first regular game of the season due to weather.
The Pios were slated to meet LaGrange last week in their seaosn opener, but Harvey put an end to that as the hurricane made landfall just southwest of Lake Charles.
ND will travel to Lafayette FRiday where they will meet Teurlings.
It’s harvest time and that brings to mind the approaching 2017 Roberts Cove Germanfest planned for Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 7 and 8, on the St. Leo IV Catholic Church Grounds in Roberts Cove.
Likewise, activities are picking up at the German Heritage Museum in Roberts Cove with plans to showcase yet another area of German traditions and activities.
Two activities of special interest are in the making for the museum this year at Germanfest:
1) St. Leo School Alumni Reunion; and
2) World War I Remembrance.
The Germanfest will also honor three original families who settled in Roberts Cove — the Arnold Joseph Janssen family, the Joseph Hubert Knipping family and the John Ferdinand Stamm Sr. family.
For more information on this year’s activities, contact Dr. Philip Fabacher at the Germanfest office at (337) 334-8354 or email the new Roberts Cove German Heritage Museum email address at info@rcghmuseun.com.
St. Leo School
Alumni Reunion
(1883-1951)
1 p.m. Germanfest Saturday
Before Father Charles Zaunbrecher died in 1996, he and Josie B. Thevis arranged, by year of birth, students who attended the school in the earlier years with the help of baptismal records of St. Leo IV Church and also by contact with people who attended the school.
According to records, out of more than 325 students who attended the school, there are fewer than 50 students still living.
Before more time passes, the Germanfest would like an opportunity for those remaining students to meet and greet. All will have this opportunity on Germanfest Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Museum.
The museum is looking for artifacts or stories from these former students. Sister M. Crescentia, MHS, offered many memorable opportunities for the students, for example: plays and poem recitals at Christmas time upstairs in the old school.
Do you remember poems you recited or plays you participated in, or other favorite memories of school?
World War I
Rememberance
One hundred years ago this year, international world conditions and unrest landed us the United States in World War I. This year the Germanfest is honoring the memory of those “dough boys” who were part of the original German families.
Known soldiers who served the U.S. include Casper Berken, August Leonards, Henry Knipping, Joseph Knipping and Albert Fabacher.
The Association is asking family members of these individuals or of others who served at this time to loan to the museum artifacts or other “memories.”
Stories or recollections the family may have are welcome.
Everyone is invited to visit the Museum during the Germanfest and learn more stories of triumph and determination.
For just over three hours Tuesday night, the city of Rayne and other areas of Acadia Parish, was thrown back into the dark ages.
Electrical service to the entire city stopped at about 5:40 p.m. Most people regained power at just after 8:50 p.m.
“Entergy’s down,” said city utility workers called back to the power plant. Most of the employees were on hand, but there was little they could do until the service line was rerouted.
“What happened was, Entergy’s main transmission service line — the one that services Rayne, rural east Crowley, Ebenezer, Duson and the western area of Scott — developed loss of power from an unknown source,” Mayor Charles “Chuck” Robichaux said Tuesday night.
“Entergy’s Ted Johnson told me they assumed it happened between the Dischler Substation and the Frog Substation, which is near Econo-Mart.”
Robichaux said Entergy linemen had to backtrack the lines from the areas that were affected to try to find the problem.
Workers reportedly isolated the cause of the problem between Ebenezer and rural parts of Rayne.
On the home front, “Our service people were out within minutes of the 5:38 (p.m.) outage and remained out beyond 8:57 (p.m.) when the power came back on until the Entergy people were through in case they needed our help,” Robichaux said.
The mayor explained that local personnel remained “on call” to ensure a quick response in the event of another outage.
“The city of Rayne apologizes for any inconvenience this outage may have caused its citizens,” Robichaux said, “but some things, like this incident, are out of our hands.”
Rayne wasn’t alone in this outage. All of Duson, parts of Ebenezer, U.S. Highway 90 from Rayne towards Crowley, parts of east Crowley (in the rural areas — Crowley proper is served by Cleco), and La. Highway 35 South in Rayne going towards Indian Bayou were in the dark.
Crowley Post-Signal
602 N. Parkerson Ave, Crowley, LA 70526
Phone: 337-783-3450
Fax: 337-788-0949
Rayne-Acadian Tribune
108 North Adams, Rayne, LA 70578
Phone: 337-334-3186
Fax: 337-334-8474
Church Point News
c/o The Eunice News, 465 Aymond St., Eunice, LA 70535
Phone: 337-457-3061