Myra Miller
Lifestyles Editor
The Eunice Centennial Time Capsule was dug up by Mayor Scott Fontenot and city worker Todd Smith on Sept. 14 during Eunice’s 125th birthday anniversary celebration event.
Many different dated items were retrieved.
The following is a listing:
Xi Beta Theta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi addressed a sealed letter, directed to Citizens of Eunice, LA in the year of 2019.
A sealed letter, from City of Eunice, addressed to Eunice City Council.
A sealed letter from City of Eunice, addressed and printed to “An open letter to People of Eunice,” from Mayor of Eunice Curtis Joubert.
A small sealed manila folder addressed, “A note to future residents of Eunice,” from Jerry Hoffpauir, editor of The Eunice News, dated Thursday, Dec. 29, 1994.
A copy of a bond for CC Duson as sheriff of St. Landry Parish dated February 26, 1877.
A typed letter addressed to Janet Marcantel, city of Eunice. The letter stated the the post office would be happy to participate in the Centennial festivities citys 100th birthday, 1894-1994.
A letter handwritten by Palcourt Savage.
Professional photos taken by Tommy Trosclair of the city council and Mayor Curtis Joubert, dated 1994. Photos were of Nolton Poncho Anderson and wife Bernadine, Harry Summerlin and Jeannie, Mayor Curtis and Kristine Joubert, Gil Young and wife Ruby, Ken Peart and wife Sherry, Louis and Jewel Pavur and a group photo of all council and mayor.
Several small business cards, Riceland Crawfish, Moosa Equipment, Hubert Rougeau, Det. Rick Miller, supervisor of Eunice Substation, P. J. Baker Jr. of Tri-Parish Bank, Crawfish Processors & Bait Supply, Inc.
A newspaper copy clipping from Crowley Post Signal, dated Aug. 11, 1894.
A 4x6 photo of the Jean Lafitte Center. Pictured are city officials and park rangers.
A Eunice Community Choir and Band Concert Christmas program ‘The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” dated 1994.
Two cassettes, and a Louisiana Folklife Festival official poster dated November 13-November 15, 1992.
A laminated newspaper clipping of a picture of the first coin of Eunice Jubilee doubloons now being minted.
A small photo album of Centennial 1994 pictures taken by and from Georgie and Allen Manuel.
A Congressional record Senate Louisiana’s Washington, dated Tuesday, March 29, 1988.
A handmade, hand crafted official Cajun Mardi Gras mask by Georgie Manuel.
A 1994 Centennial T-shirt.
An official poster of Louisiana Pure Tradition Louisiana Prairie Folklife Festival, dated October 8-10, 1993.
Several small paper cut out Centennial flags dated 1894-1994 and colored by students from Glendale Elementary. Students were Dion W. Guillory, Nicholas Ellis, Valerie D. Fall, Karmon Moosa and Chad White.
A Louisiana Folklife Festival poster dated November 16-19, 1989, and another poster dated 1988.
A Liberty Center bands schedule listing the month of January of bands scheduled to play.
A poster titled Liberty Cultural Association presents Centennial, A Musical celebration 1894-1994, the Eunice Community Concert Band & Choir Liberty Center for Performing Arts, July 28-29, 1994, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5.
A Courir Le Mardi Gras poster dated Feb. 4-7.
A small laminated program booklet from Xi Beta Theta Sorority presents a Dedication Ceremony of the Eunice Pharr Duson Statue, dated Sept. 11, 1994.
A Ceremonial Prelude, A Centennial Celebration, music book, signed by Quincy Hilliard.
Stagebill poster program, Liberty Center for Performing Arts.
A car trash litter bag, sponsored and printed by Eunice Louisiana Prairie Cajun Capital.
A letter from City of Eunice, dated July 6, 1994, and in reference to the city’s 100th birthday, and a listing of events to happen. Letter was signed by Mayor Curtis Joubert.
A video Exclusive presented by Jean Lafitte National Park “The Cajun Way Echoes of Acadiana.”
A letter-sized paper of Open House from Savoy Music Center, Jam Session, every Saturday morning from 9 until noon.
A hand-written listing of volunteer workers for the Centennial 1994 and a listing of contributors for the Centennial. The list of volunteers were: Charles, Seale, Jewel Stec, Janet Seale, Gary Miller, LeLe LaFleur, Ann Savoy, Dewey Doucet, Ellen and Victor Andrews, Debbie Graul, Freddie Ann Regan, Cheryl Veillon, Circle K LSUE, Employees of Acadiana Bank, Susan McGee, J.C. Labbe & city workers, Leonard Thompson, Cindy Leger, Mark Seale, Doris Stagg, Ray Fontenot, Ison Fontenot, John Pucheu, Jim Forester, Kim LaFleur, Mrs. Sophie Kerstein, Chip Thibodeaux, KEUN.
A program booklet, consisting of 26 pages and color photos, of the Cajun Prairie Preservation Society.
A professional printed legal-size paper of Eunice Centennial Celebration, 100th Birthday party, September 11-18, 1994, along with listing of activities and events.
A printed copy of a map of the Cajun Prairie Habitat Preservation Society.
A laminated copy of Centennial parade entries, 1994.
A letter size copy of Lousiana Prairie Centennial’s map of streets, activities, crafts and music stage.
A copy of a recipe, Chicken sausage jambalaya.
Several newspaper clipping, one from Nachitoches Lagniappe Days, dated July 11-17, in reference to Mayor of Eunice, named Folk Festival Chairman, Curtis Joubert; another clipping Mayor Curtis talks at a Kiwanis Club luncheon in Eunice, dated Aug. 17, 1988 from the Times Picayune.
A newspaper clipping from an editorial column “Our Views” from the Morning Advocate in Baton Rouge, dated Feb. 17, 1989, article titled ‘St. Landry City Points the Way.’ The article was in reference to the Liberty Theater, its beginnings to its overhauled for a public auditorium.
A copy from the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate titled, ‘Eunice, Cajun Town puts State on the Map,’ in reference to Eunice’s Centennial celebration.
The Article: Our Views Editorial, Cajun Town puts State on Map, by Anne Price, Newsfeatures writer. The article read, “The Prairie Cajun town of Eunice is putting Louisiana on the map. When the city government, in cooperation with civic and cultural leaders, decided to restore the old Liberty Theater a few years ago, they started a cultural and economic boom that is reaching beyond the incorporated boundaries of the city.
“We are just speechless,” said Mayor Curtis Joubert, whose firm belief in the value of preserving and promoting the entire town of Eunice.
Eunice Chamber of Commerce, small print out listing of Eunice’s civic clubs and organizations, January 1994 dated.
A small hand-held Inaugural Ceremony printed booklet, the cover was dated Jan. 3, 1991, at Eunice High School Auditorium.
Newspaper clipping, titled Successful Pistol Team Detective Eddie Thibodeaux, Beth Savoy and Lt. Blaine Guillory.
Eunice Liberty Center pamphlet with listing of Eunice sites.
A type written letter size listing from Eunice Police Department, listing a roster of officers, their shifts, all police department and police department heads, sections, and supervisors.
A letter from the Eunice Chamber of Commerce dated Dec. 21, 1994, signed by Lynn LeJeune, executive vice president. The letter was in reference to Eunice’s 100th Centennial Celebration.
A map of Eunice, dated 1994.
Several Eunice News newspapers, dated December 29, 1994, a Eunice News special section Eunice Centennnial, dated 1894-1994, A Eunice News newspaper dated, Sept. 29, 1989.
The following are items cataloged by Aimee Summerlin of Eunice:
Eunice: Small La. Town restoring its old Liberty Theater as Community Cultural Center, from a Sunday Advocate Magazine, dated April 26, 1986.
A guide to Eunice: Ready City, from The Eunice News, dated Oct. 31, 1986.
The Eunice News newspaper, dated Dec. 29, 1994.
Eunice 1894-1994: Centennial Celebration Newspaper Supplement, from The Eunice News, dated Sept. 8, 1994.
Past Photos of Eunice demonstrate the growth of the town, from A Eunice News supplement, dated Sept. 8, 1994.
UK Gift for a Cajun Celebration, from The American, The only newspaper published in Britain for all Americans, dated Sept. 23, 1994.
Louisiana’s Pure Traditions, from The Eunice News, dated Oct. 7, 1993.
Front Page of The Eunice News, dated Sept. 25, 1989.
Louisiana Folklife Festival Scenes from The Eunice News, dated Nov. 21, 1989.
Peregrine Worsthorne’s Week-Our Views: St. Landry City Points the Way, from The Morning Advocate, dated Feb. 17, 1989.
An Editorial: Major Magazine features Eunice, in The Eunice News.
Eunice, Dept. of Interior Preserving Cajun Culture from the Lagniappe, dated May 1, 1988.
Saturday Night Alive, from the Lagniappe, dated May 13, 1988.
A Cajun Journey: Politics in the Kitchen, featured in The Times-Picayune, dated Aug. 17, 1988.
A feature of the Mayor of Eunice Named Folk Festival Chairman, from the Natchitoches Lagniappe Days, dated July 7 - 11.
Where Les Bon Temps Rouler, from the American Way: American Airlines, dated June 16, 1905.
