Aug. 22, 1968: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Laiche Jr. of Gramercy are congratulated by Eldress Broussard, right, manager of the T.G.&Y. Store in Gramercy for winning an expense-paid, seven-day trip to Hawaii. C.B. Harrison of LaPlace, supervisor of the Gramercy store, said the trip was one of three awarded in a contest sponsored by the 500 T.G.&Y. stores throughout the nation.

Aug. 25, 1988: Bookmobile winner-Davona Banks, center, was the bookmobile branch winner for the St. John the Baptist Parish Library’s “Summer Safari” summer reading program. Banks received a gift certificate to B. Dalton bookstore for her achievements. With her are librarians Anna Bazile, left, and Ellene Womax.