LIFE IS NOT A DESTINATION BUT A JOURNEY
School Colors - Purple & Gold
Class Colors - Pink & Blue
Deceased*
1. Annette Bouquette
2. Lucille Broussard*
3. Goldie Cessac
4. Theresa Cessac
5. Henrietta Dillard
6. Ethel Ducrest*
7. Helen Durke
8. Nancy Foley
9. Vivian Frederick
10. May Garber*
ll. Laura Mae Gautreaux
12. Margaret Rose Griffin
13. Marie Griffin*
14. Goldie Guidry*
15. Virgie Guidry*
16. Annie Mae Haden
17. Bootsie Harkins*
18. Cecile Hebert
19. Wava Hebert
20. Nola Mickey Hebert
21. Theresa Heimendinger*
22. Mildred Libersat*
23. Vernon Mayard
24. Marian Moist*
25. Ida Ruth O'Bryan*
26. Helen Palombo*
27. Hazel Prejean*
28. Rexine Primeaux*
29. Jeanette Stansbury*
30. Virginia Stansbury*
31. Wanda Thibodeaux*
32. Dorothy Rose Hebert
33. Maudry Meaux
34. Willie Mae Durke*
35. Paul "Celery" Bergeron
Thanks to Paul Bergeron for all he has done for the web site in keeping
it current and submitting information.
36. Chestin Boudreaux
37. Hector Breaux*
38. James Broussard*
39. Jean "John" Dartez*
40. Summerall Martin Guidry*
41. Cleve Hebert*
42. Melvin Hebert
43. Raymond J. Hebert*
44. Wilfred Hebert*
45. Richard Kibbe*
46. Roy Lewis*
47. Bernard Libersat Jr.
48. P. J. Miller*
49. Bernard Morgan
50. Marvin Morgan (Younger brother of Otha Morgan and a twin of Burt Morgan*)
51. Charles New*
52. Lawrence Noel
53. Alvin Primeaux*
54. Alvin Richard*
55. Elton Richard*
56. Bertrand Romero*
57. Lloyd Sagrera*
58. Alvin Sandoz*
59. Claude Sirmon*
60. Albert Steen
61. Warren Theall*
62. Lloyd Veazey*
63. Manson Vice*
64. Emery Hebert*
65. Philip Pickens*
GRADUATES WHO DIED IN MILITARY SERVICE DURING WORLD WAR II
Jean "John" Dartez*
Raymond J. Hebert*
Warren Theall
Raymond Hebert KIA WWII
Our boxer was Raymond "Cooking Oil" Hebert. He won three district championships
and in his only appearance at the state tournament won the state championship. He
attended LSU for a short time then enlisted in the Army Air Force. He was stationed in
the Philippine Islands when the Japanese attacked. Like all the other military personnel
he wound up fighting the Japanese in the Bataan Peninsula. When the Americans
surrendered, he evaded capture and joined the Filipino guerrillas. He lived and fought
with them for a time but eventually a Japanese patrol caught up with him and killed him.
(Paul Bergeron Comment)
ABBEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1939 AT THE 30th YEAR REUNION
Hazel Palombo; Goldie Guidry; Virgie Guidry; Annie Mae Haden; Willie Mae Durke
O'Bryan; Jeannette Stansbury; Emery Pierre Hebert; Marie Griffin; Freida Weill (Teacher);
Ruth Johnson (Teacher); Lawrence "Snow" Noel; Richard Kibbe; Lionel Berry (Teacher)
Primeaux; Preston Williams (Teacher); Alvin "Doc" Richard; Bert Romero; Manson Vice;
Albert Steen; Roy Lewis; Cleve Hebert; Bernard Libersat; Lloyd Sagrera; James; Broussard;
Claude Sirmon; Paul Bergeron
AHS CLASS OF 1939 50th YEAR REUNION
Front Row: Dorothy Rose Hebert; Paul Piazza, teacher (deceased); Lucille LaBauve Frederick,
teacher (deceased); Heloise LaBauve, teacher (deceased); Anne Edwards Boyington, teacher
(deceased); Ruth Johnson, teacher; Goldie Cessac; Vernon Mayard; Goldie Guidry
Second row: Ida Ruth O'Bryan; Theresa Heimindinger (deceased); Laura Mae Gautreaux;
Hazel Prejean (deceased); Anna Mae Haden; Vivian Frederick; Nancy Foley; Margaret Rose
Griffin; Claude Sirmon (deceased); Emery Pierre Hebert (deceased).Third Row: Summerall
Guidry (deceased); Bernard Libersat; Paul Bergeron; Mildred Libersat; Marvin Morgan; Marie
Griffin (deceased); Wanda Thibodeaux (deceased); Chestin Boudreaux; Alvin Richard (deceased).
Fourth row: Albert Steen; Lawrence Noel
at a dinner at the Riverfront Restaurant. Shown in the photograph are: (Front), left to right, Vernon Mayard
Sellers, Anna Mae Haden Broussard and Laura Mae Gautreaux Morgan. (Back) left to right, Bernard Libersat,
Paul Bergeron and Dr. Chet Boudreaux. Other participants were Isaac Broussard, Audrey Bergeron, Nell
Libersat, Arthurine Sirmon, Beverly Collatt, Harold LeBlanc, and Marie Richard. After dinner most of the group
retired to the home of Paul and Audrey Bergeron for refreshments and more visiting and reminiscing. Other
classmates and teachers were fondly remembered. There were many amusing stories about home-made school
buses, long walks in the rain and mud to meet those school buses, teachers with paddles with holes drilled in
them, and the "big ham" bologna sandwiches available for a nickel at Jacob John's (Miss Joe's?) across the street
from the school. Everyone had a great time.
9-23-1939
FIRST NIGHT FOOTBALL GAME HERE WILL CLAIM INTERESTArrangements are being completed for the first night football game in Abbeville which will be played Friday,
October 6, at 8 o’clock p.m., when the Cathedral high School team of Lafayette meets Coach Paul Piazza’s
Abbeville High School team. The night game will be played under the floodlights in the Abbeville Baseball
Park on the grounds of the high school.
Coach Piazza has been sending the candidates for the Abbeville team through final stages of their training
period for the opening game set for September 22 in Franklin. The Abbeville High School Wildcats defeated
the Cathedral Tigers of Lafayette 25 to 0! The Abbeville team played to a 0-0 tie with the Franklin team, and
defeated the Opelousas team 13-0! The Abbeville Wildcats played mostly in the Cathedral side of the field
and had 8 first downs to the Cathedral’s 2 first downs.
Left to right: Mr. Harkins; Leo Paul Bergeron; Emmick Broussard;
Roy Lee; Xavier Bergeron; Leonce LeBlanc; George Borel
1939 LaSalle Convertible Coupe
