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Cop57rht 1986 The Ponchatoulsles
THE PONCHATOULA TIMES. NOVEMBER 20, 1986, PAGE
Part Two
By ROBERT TROYER
By ROBERT TROYER
It seemed so simple in the beginning•
We were going to have a local Oktober-
lest in Ponchatoula. German beer and
German sausage would be served and
there would be an Urn! Pah! Pah! bandi
That first Oktoberfest was the start of
a two year (so far) research project
centering on the origins of German-
speaking settlers in this region of
Louisiana, and especially in the
Ponchatoula area.
If you look in the Ponchatoula phone
book you find hundreds of German
names; names like Kupper, Kuhn,
Kolwe and Shaefer.
Then you go to the local cemeteries
and you find the grave of Anton Kupper
with the inscription, "born at Achen,
Germany on January 9, 1871."
People came by and gave me infor-
mation, for which I thank them. The
Gabriel family has a German Language
Prayer Book with the notation, "Eva
Rosalie Fischer, born May 4, 1814,
Kissingen, in the Kingdom of Bavaria"
Le pote G O. Arnold.
Arnold
and Margaretta Lisabetcha Muller, born
15 April, 1848, Kissingen.
You find the burial place of Andrew
Stanga and the tombstone indicates he
died in 1804 but it gives you no hint of
his birthplace. But while you are
standing there Francis Stanga intro-
duces himself. He says Andrew Stanga
came to the area from Biloxi. Biloxi is
the place where many of the original
Germans and Alsatians landed between
1721 and 1768. Could he have been
one of those ships?
Are the Kuhns in this area of German
ancestry or are they Alsatians? The
"Directory of Famous Men of Alsace,"
Volume II, describes three men named
Kuhn. Joachein Kuhn was born in 1647
in Grerfswold, Alsace. He was highly
educated and a scholar of Greek. Jean-
Gaspard Kuhn was born in Saaebruck
in 1655 and died in Strassbourg on Oct.
7, 1720. Louis Armand Kuhn died
while serving Cardinal Rohan of
Saverne, Alsace in 1749.
Margaret Wolfe Brecher is buried in
one of the local cemeteries and died on
July I, 1933. Is she a descendant of the
same family in Alsace that produced
Pierre Wolfe, a Jesuit priest born in
Molsheim in 1709 or Thomas Wolfe
born in Eckobolshem who was a great
scholar of the Alsatian languages?
Names, I have discovered, are not as
easy to put genetic tags on as I thought.
Maybe it's because we Americans have
a tendency to be rather colloquial in our
view of geography. We tend to think of
geography as being somewhat static.
Afterall, the shape of the individual
states of the United States have
remained basically the same since the
beginning and there has never been
much confusion about where the
boundaries of the United States are or
where they were. But the boundaries in
Europe have shifted like overlapping
transparencies for hundreds of years
and have continued to do so even in
this generation. It is therefore risky to
assign a nationality to a name.
There is a great hero of Strassbourg.
He is depicted in stone mounted on his
horse, sword in hand. One of the most
Baby's first two years are the most important
By DR. BETTY STEWART
Associate Professor
LSU School of Social Work
When a new baby is born, parents
should prepare themselves not only for
some of the most delightful moments of
their lives but also for some of the most
exasperating times they'll ever have.
New parents will have many oppor-
tunities to repeat over and over
"patience, patience, patience."
This need for patience is especially
important In a child's first two years of
li5: and once infants become toddlers
parents may have moments when they
wonder if they were cut out for the job.
Although it may be difficult, some
extra effort in the first two years of a
child's life will be more than repaid later
because these are the years in which
ood parent-child relationships are
rmly established
I believe in the first year of life parents
should not worry about spoiling their
baby. Babies need to be held, rocked,
cuddled, and hugged a lot. They should
not be allowed to cry for long periods of
time. Studies have shown that children
who are given to a lot in the first year of
life usually grow up to be the most warm
and generous adults. Babies who get a
lot of loving attention grow to be more
alert, learn better, and are healthier.
Parents who want their children to
grow up to be able to solve problems
and get things done can encourage this
very early, between 10 and 18 months.
As much as possible, children should
not be kept in playpens. They should be
allowed to crawl around and get into
things, with mother keeping an eye on
them and ready to help them solve their
problems rather than solve herself. She
can help her child learn how to get
down off the table rather than just pick
him up and put him down.
New mothers should be willing to
relax their standards a little and not get
upset if the child messes up the house.
Parents should realize that in crawling
around and exploring, a child is learning
a great many things about the world•
For good reason toddlers are referred
to as being in the "terrible two's," or as
the Germans say, "the age of stubborn-
ness." During this stage of development
it is normal for toddlers to begin asserting
their independence and sometimes
"NO!" is their favorite word•
Parents should avoid power struggles
where they are constantly arguing with
their small children• Parents, as adults,
can force little children to do things but
these negative situations can poison a
parent-child relationship for the rest of
their lives.
Parents should be firm in setting limits
but a good method of avoiding some
problems with toddlers is to give them
choices while setting limits. Give
children options, such as eating their
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An early Kliebert?
supper with a fork or a spoon, or being
,put to bed by mommy or daddy,
rather than telling them they have to
eat, or they have to ]o to bed.
Parents are a young, child's best
teacher but they shouldn t force their
children into any strict and intensive
academic program. Very young
children can be pushed too hard and
will lose interest in learning later on.
Parents should talk and read to their
children, listen to music with them. and
play with them as much as possible.
Many mothers must work and cannot
stay at home with their children. There
is no evidence of any kind that a mother
working is harmful to her children.
Parents should, however, see to it that
their children get the best day care pos-
sible.
Parents of small children also need to
spend some time away from their
children doing things they enjoy. One of
the causes of child abuse of pre-school
children is young mothers being cooped
up in a small space with their children
until the stress level gets so high they
explode in anger.
When I hear couples say. "We do
everything with the children. We never
leave them at home," 1 begin to worry
about their marriage. It's not good for
the children or the parents to spend all
their time together.
[ think being a parent is the toughest
job in the world
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after him. He was a general of-great Alsatian that he wrote his poetry
importance. He was an architect, a other works in the Alsatian language.
scholar, an administrator. In short, he fact, he is given credit for being
was the architect of the greatest city in foremost writer of popular poetic
Alsace and one of the most important in the language. He was also the
cities of Europe. His name is familiar to professor of civil law in Koblence and
us as Kliebert, but in Alsace he was professor of history at the "Faculte'
Jean-Baptiste Kleber born in Strass- LettresdeStrassbourg"in 1810
bourg and educated in Munich. According to the documents on file4
Sebastian Dupont was a famous and the University of Southeastern
successful lawyer. He was official Library in Hammond, Louisiana in
counselor to the King of Alsace in 1712. I, Folder 37 there is some local
Eckbrect of Durcheim was a member nection between the Arnold family
of a very old family of nobility. The the Friedricks. John August
family was known for its kindness and was born on May 7, 1857 in
fair treatment of their peasants and they according to those documents
held many important positions through- married Mary Pimilia Lindsey of
out the Kingdom of Alsace. ˘hatoula on August 12, 1874.
On January 17, 1798 one of the Arnold born 1830 married
most brilliant sculptors of Europe was Friedricks. born 1834, but the
born in Ribouville. Andre' Friedrick was ments are not clear as to when
the son of a sculptor and must have marriage took place or wh,
learned his art well. Many of the statutes However. the information is
of the Vatican were created bv him• under the geographical heading of
He placed his art in Munich, Vienna, Tammany Parish, Louisiana.
Dresden, Berlin, and in Strassbourg Much of the migration frorr
where he died on March i I, 1877. was prompted by religious
A name tna came as a surprise since and unrest. The next article will deal
I would not have associated it with part with that subject.
Alsace was Arnold But there in the
"Directory of Famous Men of Alsace" TO BE CONTINUED
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"The state education cuts are a real
problem, l have kids in school and l
know. But this (the proposed state
health care cut) is literally a question of
life and death."
The speaker was Ponchatoula's Paul
Guitreau, administrator of Belle Maison
Nursing Home. Guitreau is quick to
point out that the proposed $81.3
million cutback in state health funds
affects everyone receiving those funds,
not just those receiving nursing home
care•
"I don't want to sound like this is only
affecting us. Everyone at home de-
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warning:
"We are going to have a scandal in
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opponents of the governor's 10 percent
cutback in state funds to the Depart-
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say the total affect will be a loss of $130
million in total health care dollars to the
citizens of Louisiana.
The hardest blow to convalescing
seniors under the cutback could be in
the area of medication, with a large
number of drugs formerly approved
under the program now removed from
the list. Some nursing home residents
needing routine hospital care will find
under the cutback that what was once a
covered base hospital cost is now a due
bill to the patient. Under the cutback
Guitreau says there is no way to
guarantee the returning hospital
patient will find his nursing home bed
available.
"We have had some panic discharges-
and I don't blame them. Their needs for
care are at one end and their means are
at the other. The cutbacks mean that
people in real need of nursing are,going
to have to fend for themselves, said
Guitreau.
The state insists we discharge patients
who we cannot treat in the manner pre-
scribed by their physicians. If the doctor
orders medication that we cannot
provide we will be forced to discharge,"
said Guitreau.
He commented on the need not to
upset ]ongtime nursing home residents
whose cut in benefits will make it impos-
sible to go on paying for nursing home
care when the cutbacks begin.
At the same time, he says there is a
need to alert nursing home residents,
their families, and all others convalescing
at home that the "cutbacks are cata-
strophic."
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