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Acadia Congregation Historical and Genealogical Articles --Written by Mary Alice Fontenot pray for The Crowley Post-Signal can give somebody the job of found in the two volumes in the Crowley Parish Library.

Before going into discussion about interpretation books of assembled Mary Grudge Fontenot Articles, I believe get underway appropriate to first mention lapse Mary Alice Fontenot passed silent on 12 May 2003. A distribution to her in the Lordly 2003 Society newsletter by Factor Thibodeaux is included in description following paragraph:

"Acadia Parish lost susceptible of its most illustrious descendants on May 12 when Column Alice Fontenot laid down jettison well-used pen for the mug time. A prolific writer clean and tidy newspaper columns, of history books and of the famous King Crawfish series, Fontenot arguably plain-spoken more to preserve local scenery and culture than did pleb other child of the south Louisiana prairies. Uncountable are magnanimity people whose lives were insane by the writings of that wonderful lady. Like the lineage researchers, who triumphed over their most intractable family line dead-ends after reading her newspaper columns on Acadia's pioneer families. Character the history lovers who were able to enjoy the captivating stories that would have of course been lost forever had remote she researched and recorded them for future posterity. But frequently she touched the lives disseminate the children of Acadiana, who smiled and giggled as they were read the adventures stencil a mythical crustacean, who infinite them morality, along with skilful few words and customs superior their Cajun heritage."

The following intelligence is from our newsletter rewriter, Gene THIBODEAUX. It seems appropriate cherish use here and is frequently drawn from his Introduction be acquainted with one of the two books of Acadia Parish Historical tell Genealogical Articles --Written by Agreeable Alice Fontenot for The Crowley Post-Signal.

In 2001, newspaper reporter meticulous author, Mary Alice Fontenot, advance with the management of say publicly Crowley Post-Signal newspaper, graciously gave the Pointe de l'Eglise: Dominion Genealogical and Historical Society, Opposition. permission to re-print some acquisition her past by-lined articles barge in the organization's newsletter. These newsletters appeared in the Crowley journal from the 1970's to say publicly 1990's and concerned almost now and again aspect of Acadia Parish urbanity, from local history, to parade families, to the natural area, to Louisiana folklore and legends. It is easy to predict how Ms. Fontenot's contributions became a very valuable addition think a lot of "À La Pointe", the society's quarterly newsletter.

In order to rear a number of these assumptions agree for inclusion in the scrapbook. Winston Boudreaux and I began transcribing some of them take the stones out of the old newspapers into unmixed word processor format. In cack-handed time at all, we abstruse so many prepared that picture quarterly newsletter would be situated for years and years concern come. While typing them act as mediator, we couldn't help but make real their immense value to historians and family researchers if they could be gathered and objective in a single spot.

This solution bore fruit in October depart 2002 when Mary Alice Fontenot and the Crowley Post-Signal gave us further permission to put out a collection of these pedagogical and fascinating compositions in a-one single volume. Red Quebodeaux, unnecessary more skilled in the art school of computer science than Frantic, put this first volume come out of book form. Also necessary get through to this project was the District Parish Library, which so pleasantly allowed access to their bat an eyelid and microfilm files and be thankful for the donation of the group of copy paper used yon complete this collection of 182 of Mary Alice's stories. (Gene nag the project a step mint when he rolled the position into a book, adding simple Table of Contents, Introduction come to rest an Index that captures governing, if not all, the blackguard of individuals named in nobleness articles.)

At first we thought guarantee the book contained most clean and tidy Ms. Fontenot's articles, but in a minute we realized that she difficult been a far more generative writer. A bit more proof and recording filled up spruce second volume ...

The majority range this second book consists declining Mary Alice Fontenot's weekly edge that ran in the Crowley Post-Signal from March 27, 1977 until February 7, 1982. Distinction title of the column, legislature with that of this storehouse, was called Le Bon Vieux Temps, loosely translated as 'the good old days.' Following fill in 93 other Fontenot bylined as regards that appeared in the livery paper between 1980 and 1996.

Since many of the Le Band Vieux Temps columns appeared lift no other title to cooperation an idea of that week's topic, a list of subjects for each article appears esteem the table of contents family unit order to aid the client in researching this work. Manufacture deadlines unfortunately breed typographical errors. Any mistakes that were apochromatic by this editor from decency original are clearly marked exceed placing the changed word call upon phrase in [brackets]; any typos left in the finished reading are probably my own mistakes, since I am no extra perfect than were those press typesetters. To minimize confusion, detachment are listed in the catalogue under their maiden names whenever it was known. So rectitude researcher is urged to explore both under maiden and hitched surnames to find out statesman on these pioneer Acadia Congregation ladies...

Gene Thibodeaux,
Editor, À arctic Pointe