This Week In Terrebonne History: Street Paving and Sports

 Let's reach back into our parish's history by grabbing headlines and other information, getting a little peak in to the way things were.

50 years ago... Friday, September 3, 1965

Headlines

• The above image is Elysian Fields School construction. Seems some flooding conditions where halting the work and water had to be pumped out before they could continue.
• The Terrebonne Parish School board voted to allow tire chains on buses conveying children from the lower Dularge area due to hazardous bayou conditions.
• A streets paving program costing $8 million began, allowing 44.85 miles of Houma roads to be paved in several phases over five years. The first phase included Morrison Avenue, Jefferson Davis Street, Sixth Street, Williams Avenue, Gum Street, and several more.
• New non-teacher salary raises were allowed for Terrebonne Parish School employees, including janitors, drivers, clerks, and secretaries. The only salaried mentioned were construction foreman who received $2.50 an hour and construction helpers who received $2.00 an hour.

At the Movies

• Shenandoah starring James Stewart at The Park
• John Ford's Cheyene Autumn at the Fox
• How to Stuff a Wild Bikini at the Bijou
• Disney's Monkey's Uncle and Bridge on the River Kwai at the Houma Drive In

At the Market

• Zenith Color TV for $359.95 at Houma Electrical Appliance and Furniture Co., Inc on E Main and Grinage Street
• The A&P had a 4lb cooked canned ham for $2.99 and a 1lb box of potato chips for 49 cents.

25 Years ago... Sunday, September 2, 1990

Headlines

• Alligator season opened
• Iraq freed 750 international prisoners while President Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev met to discuss cooperation with the Iraqi crisis in the Middle East.
• The "$40 Million Dollar Fish Tank," the Aquarium of the Americas, opened in New Orleans.
• The Nicholls State University Colonels beat McNeese State University, 31-24.
• The Terrebonne High School Tigers beat the South Terrebonne High School Gators, 31-6.

At the Movies

• United Artists Southland was playing Flatliners, Exorcist III, Presumed Innocent, and Witches.
• United Artists Plaza was playing Ghost, Young Guns 2, Air America, and My Blue Heaven.
• United Artists Twin was playing Men at Work and Taking Care of Business. 

At the Market

• 32oz bottle of ketchup was 89 cents for Labor Day Sale
• Corn was 19 cents an ear
• A cellular car phone could be rented for $9.95 a month