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Thursday June 13, 1985.4th Year, Number 37
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820 lake chart tells history's secrets
shore of the Lake Maurepas, with
another Indian settlement near the
mouth of the Tickfaw River.
The "Indian Village" of an unnamed
tribe which was located between the two
lakes appears to be in the same location
as the village discovered by the builders
of Interstate 55, who unearthed it while
rebuilding.
Those who thought that Ruddock
was just an isolated town of Germans
should be interested in the chart's identi-
fication of the area between La
Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River
converged at what for early traders wast
the last stop before crossing the lakes.
Modern fisherman and crabbers can't
be faulted for looking twice at the
sounding figures for lakes Pontchartrain
and Manchac. They show depths in
Maurepas of up to 121 feet. One
reading in Lake Pontchartrain shows
the lake being 171 feet deep. Current
depths in either lake are only 16 feet at
the deepest.
Area rivers, which could not expect
to change much regarding depth or
breadth over the years, show readings
as a large "German Settlement" with a substantially different from those on
German for that was old in 1920. ent navigaitonal charts.
of Madlsonville on the Tchefuncte change in the lakes over the past 165
River, long a trading center where three years is encouraged to share the infor-
main Indian trails including one which mation with readers of The Ponchatoula
ties in with the Natchez Trace Ta,nes by contacttng the editor at 386-2877.
By BRYAN T. McMAHON
Editor & Publisher
The old lake chart at first glance didn't
so special, but closer inspection
it had quite a story to tell.
a Lake Ponchartrain nearly
deep. Lake Maurepas over a
feet deep, with villages of
Indian tribes 'situated around
waters, an "Old German Fort"
the town of Ruddock, long before
was leveled by the hurricane,
two years after a young William
moved to Bookter's Landing
Springfield) and a full 12 years
he bought the lan d which is now
lake chart in question was
January 1, 1820, a scant ten
after local citizens overthrew
rule, took the Spanish fort in
Rouge, declared West Florida a
sovereign republic from Baton Rouge to
the Florida panhandle, only to have the
United States seize control of the new
republic and take it in as part of the
emerging American nation.
The chart was printed 49 years before
the creation of Tangipahoa Parish
(formed by taking parts of Livingston,
Washington, St. Helena and St.
Tammany parishes). It came to the
attention of Dr. Curtis Wilcox of
Hammond, who shared it with
Ponchatoula's Stanley Cowen, who in
turn off'red this newspaper the
opportudity .of copying it for the
enjoyment of our reader.
,, @.f the notatirare difficult to
make6,pt.with"the use oi a
magrf,drtgl'glass, bufthe village of the
Pascagoula Indians can be seen on what
appears to be the banks of the Amite
River and the village of the Biloxi
Indians is notated on t'ne southwest
er makes this area state soccer capital
enthusiastic when asked to confirm that
a merger had taken place:
"As president 1 had three goals: find
one location for all the games so families
wouldn't have kids playing at the same
time all over the parish, merge the
leagues, and reorganize STYSA."
He has apparently succeeded in
accomplishing all three goals.
Gregoire said that Holiday Inn officials
will soon sign an agreement turning
over 23 acres of land adjacent to the
hotel to STYSA for only $10 a year, a
two year renewable lease. Contributions
will include office space, lavatories and
lighting for four of the fields, he said.
Gregoire joins Mrs. Burdett in
praising the benefits of the league
merger, which both say will have the
affect of allowing players to comipete
against, and grow up in the sport with,
children their own age.
And work is now being done to
formally restructure STYSA, which has
been incorporated as a non-profit
organization. Gregoire will preside over
a post-merger board consisting of 16
members, assisted by Vice President
Vicki Cavaretta. The new corporation
status is expected to attract business
contributions to the league•
STYSA already had over 670 players
on 30 teams before the merger and the
current expansion. Hammond Soccer
Club brings to the merger its 170
members on nine teams. The two
leagues had split over two years ago
when Hammond Soccer Club broke
away from the older league in a
difference of opinion over league rules
which have since been worked out,
according to Hammond Soccer Club
officers.
"The main reason we're merging is to
promote soccer even more. Now we'll
have the numbers we need to separate
the kids according to age groups so they
can advance in soccer year-by-year,
By BRYAN T. McMAHON
Two rival soccer associations on
night quietly merged into a
club serving an area including
Springfield, Albany,
and Independence.
merger, coupled with reports
y Inn on Hwy. 51 Bypass
just donated a 23 acre soccer
gives proof of the
success of soccer in this
and catapults the new unified
into a leadership position
of the credit goes to Ronnie
of Pumpkin Center, President
South Tangi Youth Soccer Associ-
(STYSA). It was "Gregoie who
the door for the Hammond
Club to rejoin STYSA,
to Ponchatoula's Mrs. Gna
hopefully with the same coach," said
Mrs. Burdett.
The first general meeting of the
combined leagues was scheduled for
this past Tuesday at the SLU Student
Theatre.
"This thing is mushrooming,"
Gregoire said of the soccer movement.
He said that the Holiday Inn complex
will, with STYSA's plans to use
moveable goals, be capable of hosting
several games at the same time, with
the following combinations possible,
depending on field size requirements for
the various age groups: up to 12 under-
six games, up to nine under-eight
games, up to 7 under-ten games, or six
college games.
With this quality a soccer complex
made available, he said, plans are
already on the boards to host "eight to
ten tournaments a year," attracting
thousands of visitors to our area.
obviously pleased Gregoire was
bert brings home the road projects
interstate highway, I-12 east of Hammond
is scheduled to be restored later this year.
• Plans are being completed now to
resurface 1-12 from Hammond to the
St. Tammany parish line, and Pistorius
says that the state will advertise for bids
within three months.
• The multi-million dollar contract
will call for "cold planning"; that is,
shaving 11/2 inches off the road surface
and adding 2 new inches of asphalt,
Pistorius said.
• The state wiU soon begin a $416,000
paving project at the Hammond airport,
the DOTD engineer said. This will
create a new parking apron for airplanes.
Later the state hopes to strengthen
and old, unused runway into a taxi-way
at the airport, located just east o(the city.
• Later this year two of the largest
this $650,000 project are to be received
this summer.
Later this month the state is
scheduled to receive bids on a new,
higher Ponchatoula overpass over 1-55
on La. 22 at an estimated cost of
$1,292,000.
Just south of Ponchatoula a mile and
a half of I-5 is to be resurfaced by the
state this year. This notoriously bad
stretch of interstate will be restored and
a new overpass will be built under the
$1,157,169 contract, Pistorius said.
Hebert's District:
• The state is planning to overlay
La. 445 in Robert from La. 22 to U.S.
190. This 5-mile, $605,000 contract
will also be awarded this summer,
Pistorius said.
• Another section of badly worn
Well-known priest dies in crash
"Father Bill," as he was affectionately
known, served as Associate Pastor ot
St. Joseph Church from 1973 to 1976,
according to church records.
The Dominican priest was to have
celebrated his 25th year in the
priesthood on Saturday at the Knights
of Columbus hall in Hammond, where
he was stationed at Holy Ghost Church.
SEE PAGE TWELVE
and most long-sought road projects In
the Hammond area will get underway:
SEE PAGE EIGHT
Rep. Dennhs Hrt (right) talks
over plar (or a Jimmy Dav concert
for local K, nlor dti=eM ad'th fellow
Lions Club member Stanley Cowen.
Hebert Is successfully attracting
millions of dollars in road funds to the
Ponchatoula area.
(Titan Photo)
By Ken Benlte
Special to the Times
The overlay of heavily-traveled
Rd. is nearly complete, and
Representative Dennis Hebert
many other state-funded road
will soon get underway in his
two months ago Range Road
known as the most dangerous road
parish.
Hebert asked Governor Edwin
appropriate money from the
funds to resurface
Range Rd. and Pumpkin Center
which was recently completed.
only work remaining on the
106 Range Rd. contract is
dressing, and this finishing
should be completed this week,
Hebert said.
-'anwhile, another state-funded
project, the four-laning of Pine
in Ponchatoula is more than
complete, according to
of Transportation and
)ment Engineer Melvin
$1,847,147 contract will provide
thoroughfare with a fifth
lane most of the way.
a mile of roadway is being
1-55 to the ICG railroad.
10 miles of La. 22 from
will be ovrlayed
this year, said Pistorius. Bids on
A popular priest who served the St.
Joseph Catholic community died in a
fiery airplane crash at Central Louisiana
State Hospital in Pineville Friday
morning.
Killed with Fr. Bill UpDeGraff, 58, in
crash was Hammond businessman
Joseph Pirosko Jr., 48. Both men were
licensed to fly and investigators said
Ptrosko was at the controls at the time of
the crash.
Ex-Governor Jimmy Davis will
perform in a free concert appearance
for area senior citizens scheduled for
Friday, July 12.
Sponsored by Rep. r Dennis Hebert
and the Ponchatoula Lions Club, the
free concert will be held in the
Ponchatoula Auction Company
building.
Senior citizens wishing to attend the
event should contact H.P. Hoover,
local Legionaire who has been
working with Rep. Hebert for two years
in an attempt to arrange the Jimmy
Davis concert. Hoover's ohone number
is 386-2580.
The evening of music will begin at 5:30
with an hourlong concert by local
musician and recording studio owner
Butch Meyn and his group.
Jimmy Davis, whose "You Are My
Sunshine" is an American music classic,
will begin his performance at 6:30 p.m.
and is expected to play until about
9p.m
Since the concert is intended for
senior citizens, they will have first claim
on the concert hall's 2,000 seats,
according to Hebert and to Lion Stanley
Cowen. who worked over the weekend
with the state representative and fellow
Lions Club member to finalize the date.
MY PONCHATOULA
By OLE HARDHIDE
The Alligator
Hey, is anybody here? (No reply) 1 say Hey, is everybody gone? (Yup) 1
guess Ponchatoula's on vacation.
And everybody has his or her own idea as to what vacationing really means.
Stanley Cowen is a fine example. He tried to get away two previous times
in his big cruiser (so aptly named). The first time he managed to find a
sandbar in South Pass (could have been one of Pinchpenny's manatee
mermaids). The second time, with the full cooperation of oldest son Ley, he
managed to winch in about 20 feet of thick rope, using his propeller shaft.
Know what the skipper's final vacation turned out to be? He is cruising,
ever so slowly and carefully, from Ttckfaw Marina to the mouth of the Tickfaw
River and before anything else can happen he's going to anchor, slide over
the side into a nice propeller-free rowboat and head for the nearest safe beach
to camp out with the boys.
Joe Singerman's idea of a fine vacation is driving around town in the
"Mayor r' Lincoln enjoying Doc Get-tt-on's air conditioning while Do(: uses
Singerman's van to travel incognito to Tennessee (how many are waiting for
the full report upon his return?)•
Ask Lawyer Troyer where he's headed for vacation, but first make sure
you've visited the bathroom and taken the time to pack at least three picnic
lunches to sustain you through the dawn to dusk descriptions of the
fatherland (When the Ruskies learn Troyer is on his way to Western Europe
do you suppose they'll buckle under and withdraw their SS-20's?). He'll
probably look up a few of his French movie star lady friends from his earlier
trip there (back in the days of silent film.
Buddy Rottmann is reportedly planning a tour of Hammond for his big getaway,
Sonny Wells was said to be packing for a trip up North, as far as Amtte from
what I hear.
I'll bet Harry Lavigne is well on his way to some far-off spot where few
tourists ever go, and die Harry wasn't planning on going anywhere at all
before Sunday's big softball game at Kiwanis Park.
At least he'll have fellow Lion Maurice Hall as a companion, and it could be
a very long vacation. Let me explain:
Mrs. Yvonne Felder (wife of the next parish assessor and mother-in-law to
Maurice) is a nice lady, but practical. She doesn't loan out the new Toyota to
even (especially?) her own kids, but what the heck, Mautice was only driving
it over to the park, and he did need it to tow the batbeque pit Assessor Lester
bought to draw attention to his candidacy. What could possibly happen to the
Iruck or its bright new windshield in just five short b:dls? (Answer: Lavine).
Ahhh it was a hot sunny day when mighty Harry came to bat. And what
made it worse was the sun bouncing off the windshield of that new Toyota
truck parked just outside the third base line. The thought was probably
subconscious, but it affected mighty Harry's swing, which was the most
powerful he had mustered since that big homer in third grade.
You know what you get mixing beer with baseball?. Tinkle, tinkle went the
windshield.
So if you happen to go visiting Miss Ruth over at the Greyhound Station,
those two mysterious fellows bundled up in hot trench coats with wide brim
hats pulled down over their sunglasses are probably just Maurice and Harry
waiting for the next bus out of town. (Don t leave Harry. Sherman lares
needs you).
I was able to duck out of the cage just long enough to visit My Lions at their
picnic, but I couldn't leave the cage unattended for long so I just stopped long
enough to chat with Mrs. Evelyn Hebert, who assured this alligator that her
group of Betsy Rosses will have the last threads in place in the nation's largest
American Flag in time for the big flag raising July 4th. (Swell ladyt)
My newest Millvillians are Percy and Belle Boute' (Dalgleland is what they'll
be calling the place soon if Doug and Johanna continue their program of
manifest destiny).
That soft weeping you hear out Wadesboro way comes from the big stuffed
chair in the front room of the Teddy Kraft house where the legendary
catflsherman is getting over the loss of his daughter Lisa to marriage, it all
starte8 when they handed Teddy the bill.
Apparently Teddy's delicate and refined Irish wife Patsy was able to put
him in a sufficiently painful wrestling hold to squeeze the toast o( the sport=
fishing set into a (get this) tuxedo. She had him halfway to church when it is
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