Looking Back:

By News Staff on Monday, April 20, 2026
Recalling events of April 1946
  • EP 4-H STUDENTS ATTENDED JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW - Jerry Veillon (left) and Jerome Buller (right) were among the members of the Evangeline Parish 4-H Dairy dairy calf club who had a great showing at the Junior Livestock Show in Baton Rouge in April 1946. (Gazette archive photo)
    EP 4-H STUDENTS ATTENDED JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW - Jerry Veillon (left) and Jerome Buller (right) were among the members of the Evangeline Parish 4-H Dairy dairy calf club who had a great showing at the Junior Livestock Show in Baton Rouge in April 1946. (Gazette archive photo)
  • EP 4-H STUDENTS ATTENDED JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW - Jerry Veillon (left) and Jerome Buller (right) were among the members of the Evangeline Parish 4-H Dairy dairy calf club who had a great showing at the Junior Livestock Show in Baton Rouge in April 1946. (Gazette archive photo)
    EP 4-H STUDENTS ATTENDED JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW - Jerry Veillon (left) and Jerome Buller (right) were among the members of the Evangeline Parish 4-H Dairy dairy calf club who had a great showing at the Junior Livestock Show in Baton Rouge in April 1946. (Gazette archive photo)
    By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Today, we take a look back at the events happening in Ville Platte 80 years ago in April 1946. •Captain P.W. LaHaye, in a letter home to his parents, shared what it was like in Japan following World War II. He said, “The black market rages here, with $45 for a pair of shoes and $25 for a carton of cigarettes.” He added, “Tokyo has been completely de...

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