St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-05-11
CITY DADS START
BALL ROLLING FOR
TWO MORE YEARS
Regular Monthly Session of Council
Held Tuesday Night and Ap-
pointive Officers Chosen
OCTAVE DuRIo BECOMES
THE STREET COMMISSIONER
Few Changes Made in Personnel of
custodians of opelousas' Gov
ernmentai Affairs for
Ensuing Term

The newly elected mayor and city
council met Tuesday night in regu-
lar monthly session and settled the
question who would occupy the ap-
pointive positions for the term.
There was practically No Wrangling
land the matter in hand was quickly
and quietly settled by the election of
the following:
]. ]. Perrodin, city clerk and tax
collector.
L. A. Gosselin, alderman-at-large,
mayor pro tenn.
Leopold Dejean and Joseph An
slem, night police.
A L. Hollier, special day police
and health inspector.
p G. Richard, ianitor of the city
hail.
DR.. R. M, Litteli, city physician.
A. Leon Dupre, city treasurer.
r. NJ Hollier, city engineer.
p R. Sandoz, city attorney.
Octave Durio, street commissioner
A. G. Jones, superintendent of the
power plant.
Drs. B. A. Litte1l, ]. A. Haas and
G. F. Boagai and Messrs. Charles
ventre and L. H MornhinFegg, mem
bers city Board of Health
The only changes are in the street
commissioner and the janitor. Mr..
Durio succeeds Mayor Halphen who
has held the place for several years
before being elected to the office Of
mayor some time ago. Mayor Hal
phen made his campaign on the plat
form of consolidating the offices Of
mayor and street commissioner II
the, council saw fit to take such ac-
ton but shat body did not combine
the positions and II then became nee
Assary to select est e0lalliis
sioner to succeed Mr.. Halphen.
Octave Durio fbetter known as
!" 'Tave' and Pie" by his numerous
friends and associates) was the only
applicant for the position and the
council elected him. The body could
not have made a wiser choice for
'Taye is amply fit and will prove
capable successor of Mr.. Halphen.
He qualified Immediately and is
already actively on the work Of
keeping up the streets and drains
of the city.
The routine business trans
acted by the council consisted In
appropriating s25 per month for the
janitor of the high school during the
summer months, $1,000 for needed
repairs at the electric plant, and
the appointing of committee with
full authority to act in the matter OF
selling or otherwise transferring the
interest of the city in and to the old
high school building and grounds, or
of the building alone, or by donation
to provide a school building for the
colored people of the city. On this
committee are the following: su-
perintendent Prescott, Mayor Hal
phen, ]. Austin Perkins, H. D. Lar
cade. Jr.. Professor Perrault, L. =.
Danel and M. A. Field The mayor
was authorized to execute formal
act of donation of the city's property
known as the Academy grounds,
located near the public cemetery,
and $3.50 was appropriated to aid
in the building of a school for the
colored people. A committee was
appointed to see into the opening OF
College avenue from Grolee street
south to Julia street.
The official proceedings will ap-
near in next weeks issue OF The
Clarion, the council meeting again
within a few days and the clerk haV-
ing decided to hold back the min
utes until he could furnish them for
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