Alumni 1959

Graduates:

Graduate (married name in parentheses)

Contact Information

Gladys Thibodeaux*

*(Gladys was the first TCH graduate. She had earned enough credits to finish at the end of the first semester)

Charles Ancelet

Connie Benoit (Bannigan)

Earline Broussard (Hollier)

Pearl Broussard (Baudoin)

Shirley Broussard

Joylynn Cormier

Cleveland Daigle

Benny Albert Daspit

Diane Derouen (May)

Valerie Domingue

Patsy Dronet (Bajat)

John B. Duplantis

Barbara Gremillion (Meager)

Eva Dell Guidry (Sweeney)

Genevieve Guidry (Ancelet)

Velma Hebert (Ebner)

Raymond Johnson

Manola Lalonde

Linda Laurents (Savoy)

Semmes Lynch

Michael P Nemzek

Mary Ellen Stoute (Piccione)

Sidney J. Thibodeaux

Class Photo:

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TCH's 4th school year.

TCH's 1st graduation class.

School Name: Father Teurlings High School

Grades: 7 - 12 and the school became officially accredited by the State Department of Education

Enrollment:

Principal: Sister Angelle Bell

Faculty:

School Board Members:

Student Council President:

Student Council:

Homecoming Queen: Earline Broussard

Homecoming Court:

Shirley Broussard (Sr.), Barbara Gremillion (Sr.), Linda Laurents (Sr.), Gloria Badon (Jr.), Alberta Castile (Sophomore)

Mr. TCH:

Miss TCH:

Top Honor Graduates: Genevieve Guidry

Salutatorian: Mary Ellen Stoute

Rebel of the Year:

Monsignor Teurlings Award: established 2000

Football 1958

(1st season of Eleven Man Football)

Head Coach: Billy Michot

District: None

Record: 4-3

TCH Score

Opponent

Opp. Score

at Berwick

vs. Kinder

vs. Elton

vs. Catholic (New Iberia)

at St. Francis (Iota)

at St. Bernard (Breaux Bridge)

vs. St. Joseph's (Rayne)

Music

What our students were listening to on the radio graduation week:

1. The Battle of New Orleans - Johnny Horton

2. Dream Lover - Bobby Darin

3. Quiet Village - Martin Denny

4. Personality - Lloyd Price

5. A Teenager In Love - Dion and the Belmonts

What our students were listening to on the radio that school year:

September: Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu) - Domenico Modugno

October: It's All In The Game - Tommy Edwards

November: It's Only Make Believe - Conway Twitty

December: To Know Him Is To Love Him - The Teddy Bears

January: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - The Platters

February: Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price

March: Venus - Frankie Avalon

April: Come Softly To Me - The Fleetwoods

May: Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison

News

Top news stories for that school year:

The British airline BOAC launches the first jet service across the Atlantic on October 4, 1958.

The first "stereo" records hit the market.

Fidel Castro overthrows Fulgencio Batista after 2 years of guerrilla war and declared a new government on January 2, 1959.

January 3, 1959 - Alaska becomes the 49th state.

On February 3rd, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and "Big Bopper" Richardson died in a plane crash in Iowa.

In February, Mattel toys launched the "Barbie Doll" at the American Toy Fair in New York.

March 21, 1959 - Hawaii becomes the 50th state.

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