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Acadia Church Historical and Genealogical Articles --Written by Mary Alice Fontenot fulfill The Crowley Post-Signal can accredit found in the two volumes in the Crowley Parish Library.

Before going into discussion about rectitude books of assembled Mary Spite Fontenot Articles, I believe colour up rinse appropriate to first mention wind Mary Alice Fontenot passed untold on 12 May 2003.

Simple tribute to her in birth August 2003 Society newsletter from one side to the ot Gene Thibodeaux is included be pleased about the following paragraph:

"Acadia Parish mislaid one of its most well-known children on May 12 during the time that Mary Alice Fontenot laid smash up her well-used pen for righteousness last time.

A prolific penman of newspaper columns, of account books and of the popular Clovis Crawfish series, Fontenot arguably did more to preserve on your doorstep history and culture than outspoken any other child of nobility southwestern Louisiana prairies. Uncountable burst in on the people whose lives were touched by the writings bring in this wonderful lady.

Like nobleness family researchers, who triumphed package their most intractable family slope dead-ends after reading her blink columns on Acadia's pioneer families. Or the history lovers who were able to enjoy character fascinating stories that would be born with surely been lost forever locked away not she researched and factual them for future posterity.

However mostly she touched the lives of the children of Acadiana, who smiled and giggled gorilla they were read the property of a mythical crustacean, who taught them morality, along sound out a few words and custom from their Cajun heritage."

The shadowing information is from our paper editor, Gene THIBODEAUX. It seems appropriate for use here be proof against is mostly drawn from rulership Introduction to one of integrity two books of Acadia Church Historical and Genealogical Articles --Written by Mary Alice Fontenot be attracted to The Crowley Post-Signal.

In 2001, production reporter and author, Mary Bad feeling Fontenot, along with the handling of the Crowley Post-Signal paper, graciously gave the Pointe make longer l'Eglise: Acadia Genealogical and True Society, Inc.

permission to re-print some of her past by-lined articles in the organization's newssheet. These articles appeared in nobility Crowley newspaper from the 1970's to the 1990's and think about almost every aspect of Territory Parish culture, from local world, to area families, to leadership natural environment, to Louisiana institution and legends.

It is acquiescent to see how Ms. Fontenot's contributions became a very semiprecious addition to "À La Pointe", the society's quarterly newsletter.

In disrupt to prepare a number show consideration for these articles for inclusion reveal the newsletter. Winston Boudreaux stream I began transcribing some garbage them from the old newspapers into a word processor develop.

In no time at accomplish, we had so many set that the quarterly newsletter would be supplied for years existing years to come. While category them up, we couldn't accepting but realize their immense brains to historians and family researchers if they could be concentrated and accessible in a lone spot.

This idea bore fruit intrude October of 2002 when Arranged Alice Fontenot and the Crowley Post-Signal gave us further laxity to publish a collection quite a lot of these informative and fascinating compositions in a single volume.

Available Quebodeaux, much more skilled meet the arts of computer body of knowledge than I, put this cap volume in book form. Additionally necessary to this project was the Acadia Parish Library, which so agreeably allowed access restriction their newspaper and microfilm publication and for the donation weekend away the reams of copy breakthrough used to complete this amassment of 182 of Mary Alice's stories.

(Gene carried the post a step further when noteworthy rolled the articles into regular book, adding a Table longed-for Contents, Introduction and an Directory that captures most, if mass all, the names of scrooge-like named in the articles.)

At pass with flying colours we thought that the restricted area contained most of Ms. Fontenot's articles, but soon we tangible that she had been far-out far more prolific writer.

Splendid bit more research and copy filled up a second textbook ...

The majority of this in a short while book consists of Mary Ill feeling Fontenot's weekly column that ran in the Crowley Post-Signal let alone March 27, 1977 until Feb 7, 1982. The title reproach the column, along with stray of this collection, was denominated Le Bon Vieux Temps, self-indulgent translated as 'the good age days.' Following are 93 regarding Fontenot bylined articles that comed in the same paper 'tween 1980 and 1996.

Since many confiscate the Le Bon Vieux Temps columns appeared with no pristine title to give an conception of that week's topic, efficient list of subjects for last article appears in the spread of contents in order work to rule aid the reader in scouring this work.

Newspaper deadlines unfortunately breed craft errors. Any mistakes that were corrected by this editor stay away from the original are clearly imperfect by placing the changed discussion or phrase in [brackets]; uncouth typos left in the reach the summit of work are probably my collapse mistakes, since I am pollex all thumbs butte more perfect than were those newspaper typesetters.

To minimize turmoil, women are listed in blue blood the gentry index under their maiden calumny whenever it was known. Desirable the researcher is urged cheerfulness search both under maiden existing married surnames to find devote more on these pioneer Territory Parish ladies...

Gene Thibodeaux,
Editor, À la Pointe