1st Row: Willer Mae Robert, Austin Foster, Lolita Villavaso, Grace Small, Joseph Arceneaux, Alberta Anderson
2nd Row: Aline Duminy, Audrey Detiege, Marie Harris, Elaine Dejoie, Walter Alexander, Janella Saul
3rd Row: Lionel LeBeaud, Michael Saul, Warren Braden, Joyce Dugas, Ferdinand Delery, Vernel Fournier, Gwendolyn Green
4th Row: Juanita McDaughtery, Warren Bell, Arthur Starck, Mary Rose Edmond, Germaine De Estheornora, Ronald Mason
5th Row: John Jones, Doris Lawrence, Helen Minor, Armand Bertrand, Arnold Benjamin, Anthony Cuillier
[Not in picture]… Roy Moret, Dorothy Batiste, Henry Sindos, Louis McGuinn, Theresa Allain, Mary Alice Doley
1st Row: Roheamon Hall, Clarence Boutte, Ursula Canonge, Joseph Zimmerman, Martha Short, Doris Barnes
2nd Row: Clyde Jupiter, Catherine Richards, Doris Fleury, Leonard Celestine, Yolanda Fontenot, Anna Bell Payton
3rd Row: Lorraine Kipee, L. Celestine, Beverly Bloom, Elaine St. Julien, Marie Zimmerman, Elaine Bell
4th: Row: Willie Dawson, Joyce Lyman, Lillian Crocker, Marilyn Bordenave, Nellie Margin, Yolanda Trudeau
5th Row: Phyllis Charbonnet, Ethel Graham, Ruby Garcia, Mildred Christopher, Gloria Gabriel, Clytie Marchand
Source: Xavier University Preparatory Booklet 1945 (Xavier University Archives & Special Collections)
Lolita Villavasso Cherrie
Clytie Marchand is on the second page, second from the right. Gloria is on the end. Name mixup.
Janet,
Thank you for the correction. Please check and make sure I have Gloria and Clytie’s names properly placed…Lolita
Yes. It is correct.
Thank you,
Janet
Clytie Florence Marchand was my mother. She is pictured on the second page, in the fifth row. She is the LAST picture. The listing was correct when the pages were posted originally. My cousin Janet Julien’s “correction” is in error.
Roslyn Johnson Smith
XUP Class of 1970
Hi. Will you please share picture of Joycelyn Charbonnet. She graduated with that class. She said she was on the inside cover of the book. She and Alvarez Gavin were class President and Secretary.
How do I find the Martinez picture?
Janet…..If you are looking for the Martinez School 1952 graduating class photo just do the following. Go to the main page on CreoleGen, find the “SEARCH” box on the right upper side of the page and type in “Martinez School.” All articles on Martinez will pop up and just click on the one you wish to view. There is also a great photo of the 1939 graduating class also.
Would most be in their 70’s today? I’d love to reach out to some of these women for a book I’m working on.
Most of the graduates from 1945 would be about 89 years old today, not in their 70s…..Lolita
Shellie,
You said that Joycelyn graduated with this class but her photo nor Alvarez’s picture is with the other members as shown above. Maybe, as class president and secretary, their photos were taken separately. This picture was not taken from a regular hardcover book but a paper type booklet. I will check at Xavier University’s Archives where I found it and get back to you.
Shellie,
You said that Joycelyn graduated with this class but her photo nor Alvarez’s picture is with the other members as shown above. Maybe, as class president and secretary, their photos were taken separately. This picture was not taken from a regular hardcover book but a paper type booklet. I will check at Xavier University’s Archives where I found it and get back to you.
Shellie,
I have added the class officers in the 1945 Xavier Prep Graduation group. These 13 students were not pictured in the regular group photo above, just as you said. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Enjoy !!
Amazing ! My mom, Lolita Villavaso Tervalon recently passed and seeing her photo as a high school senior is a delight and a balm.
Sincerely, Jervey Tervalon
To: Jervey Tervalon :
Several of our readers have asked me how your mom and I share the same name, especially since it is such an odd one. My answer is, “I really do not know.” I never met her, but do know that we are from two Villavaso brothers. Charles (your mom’s grandfather) and Alfred (my g-grandfather). From her photo I can tell she was a pretty lady and I’m sure you were proud to be her son.
Lolita, you do an excellent job explaining conflicting names and dates. I enjoy the articles and the pictures but the background that you provide is really appreciated.
Thanks to you and the staff.
Regards,
Helen Johnson
Third on the fourth row of the first picture is Arthur Starck, not Starch. People always mess up our last name. Thank you for posting these!!