State Champs - Catholic High School

The 24th Annual Mother-
Son Breakfast was held on
Sunday, January 31, 2010, at the
Crowne Plaza Hotel.
Nearly 900 Catholic High
mothers and sons enjoyed guest
speaker Coach Pete Boudreaux
’59. Coach Boudreaux spoke
about his own mother, adding
that “moms are the most special
people in the world.”
“Coach Boudreaux had
us laughing and crying by
taking us through the life of
his own mother with stories
from his childhood. Her death
Mother/Son Breakfast
Mothers and Sons Enjoy Annual Breakfast
is a reminder to all of us of
the importance of always
saying ’I Love You’ to our own
mothers,” commented Michelle
McMahon, event chairperson.
Breakfast was served as
the crowd was entertained.
The CHS Chorus performed
in addition to Senior Peyton
McMahon.
Michelle McMahon chaired
the event with the assistance
of her co-chairs, Stephanie
Hodges and Beth Bourdier, and
Mothers’ Club President Gwen
Cotton.
(Top) MOTHERS’ CLUB. Front row (l to r) Jacob Cotton ’11; Gwen Cotton,
Mothers’ Club president; Stephanie Hodges, co-chairman; Michelle McMahon,
chairman; Beth Bourdier, co-chairman; and Ben Brown ’10. Back row (l to r) Drew
Kirby ’11; Toni Kirby, Mothers' Club vice-president; Arlene Audiffred, Mothers’ Club
moderator; Hayden Hodges ’11; Cullen Hodges ’13; Peyton McMahon ’10; Susan
Ragan, Mothers' Club moderator; and Brother Barry Landry, SC, CHS principal.
(Far left) Enjoying the Mother/Son Breakfast are Scott Daigle ’10 and his mom
Peggy.
(Left) Junior Gill Walker and his mom Shalonda await the start of the program.
Donations to Archives Reflect History of School
By Margie Alexander
Special pieces have been
donated to the Archives of
Catholic High School. These
special pieces included a
miniature print of the four
Catholic High School buildings,
a Men’s Club barbecue
doubloon, an honor roll
certificate and an elementary
school graduation program,
history of a prom program
cover, a sash and an SVA solid
gold medal, a CHS solid gold
medal and a belt buckle.
Brother Eldon Crifasi,
SC ’39 donated the miniature
print of the four Catholic High
buildings dated 1928. Mr.
Wallace Thompson donated the
Men’s Club barbecue doubloon
dated 1980.
The honor roll certificate
was donated by Monsignor
Gerald Lefebvre ’48. It was
for the week ending November
14, 1941. He also donated an
Elementary School Graduation
program of the Saint Joseph’s
Parochial School and Catholic
High School from Monday,
May 29, 1944.
Charles Domma ’51
donated the wooden sketch
of the Mexican señor that was
pictured on the cover of the
Junior-Senior prom invitation,
class of 1948. Mr.
Domma entered a
school contest for the
drawing that would
be used for the cover
of the invitation. Mr.
Domma also donated
various newspaper
pictures and articles, a
football program dated
September 17, 1949,
when Catholic High
played Holy Cross, his
graduation invitation
and various certificates.
He also gave the Archives
newspaper prints of pictures of
Brothers who taught him.
Dominic Bonfanti ’48
donated his gold and black sash,
his letter C with megaphone
and issues of The Golden Bear
from 1946 and 1947. The sash
and the letter are from Mr.
Bonfanti’s days as a cheerleader
for CHS.
Ben Brown, a 1999
graduate, asked his mother-inlaw,
Mrs. Roslyn Strain Greer,
shortly before his death,
to donate a solid gold SVA
medal marked Excellence
and dated 1925 to Catholic
High School. The medal
belonged to her father,
Mr. Hoyt Strain Sr. ’30,
the grandfather of Ben’s
wife Ragan. In memory
of their father, Mrs. Greer
and her brother, Hoyt
Strain Jr., did just that.
This treasured piece,
which will be placed
in a shadow box and
displayed in the Archives of
the school, was presented to
Catholic High by Mrs. Greer
and Ben’s mother Trisha
Brown, in memory of Ben’s
recent birthday.
The family of Arthur
Orillion Jr. ’35 donated a CHS
solid gold medal with the
words Merit and 1929 on the
reverse side. The family, Mrs.
Marie L. Orillion and her three
sons, Arthur ’62, Mike ’73 and
Terry ’77, visited the school and
brought the medal as well as a
belt buckle embossed with the
number 35. They also gave
the school an ivory colored
satin bow with a small cross,
heart and anchor attached that
belonged to Mr. Orillion. Plans
are to place the gold medal in
a shadow box also and display
it in the Archives Office of the
school. The Orillion family also
donated Mr. Orillion’s class ring
to be added to the collection of
rings that will one day be a part
of the CHS ring display.
If you have an item that
you would like to donate to
Catholic High School, please
contact Margie Alexander by
phone (225) 381-9114 or e-mail,
malexander@catholichigh.org.
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