Looking Back: Recalling events of February 1951

By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Today, we take a look back 75 years ago at the events happening in Ville Platte in February 1951. •A freeze took over Ville Platte, causing $100,000 in damage to the Vidrine Hospital. The Ville Platte Volunteer Fire Department responded to the call amid a “storm of sleet, handicapped by the freezing cold and treacherous high wind.” •The Evangeline Parish L…