Carl A. Barr
Grand L'Editeur -- Louisiana
carlbarr@bellsouth.net

La Societe des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux
(Forty & Eight)

This Web Site is maintained and paid for by L'Editeur Carl A. Barr

This page was last updated: August 8, 2011
Past Grand Chefs de Gare
Grand de la Louisiana
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Chefs de Chemin de Fer
(at Cajun Wreck 2006)
Standing: TomStockmall 2006, Grand Chef de Gare 2006 John Cobbs, Paul Landry 1992
Seated: Frank McCalla 1997, Vern Eccleston 1999, Bob Kaseman 2002
John Digilio 2003, Joe Jamnick 2004, Mac McCarthy 2005
Hank Kwiatkowski
Grand Correspondant since 1996
Chef de Chemin de Fer 2011







































Voyageurs, we meet with memories.  Memories of service rendered and comrades made.  Many of those comrades of ours have preceded us, to fall silently in their place, in ranks before the Great Commander, that we might meet again.

Their memories are imprinted in our hearts; their deeds written into the history of our country; while those of us left to assemble here stand with bowed heads and loving hearts in reverence.




From the Calvin Kain Memorial Service





Ceremony at Voiture 137
11 November 2006
Photo by Carl A.  Barr


Terry Sharp
Cheminot National
National Historien 2011
Don Schreiber
Alternate Cheminot National
Past Grand Chef de Gare '11
"The Cajun Link"
"The Koran Iron Horse"
Issues for the past year
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Grand Voyageur of the Year 2011
National Voyageur of the Year 2010-11
Milton C. Harrison, Voiture 137
Plaque presented by Don Schreiber
(then Grand Chef de Gare)
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Promenade Nationale 2011
13 - 17 September
Hilton Hotel -- Vancouver, WA
Three Voyageurs have announced their candidacy for the office of Chef de Chemin de Fer 2011-12
Barry K. Bovee of Michigan
Robert Molina of Arizona
J J Ser III of Virginia

Louisiana Grand Officers for 2011-2012

TITLE    NAME           VOITURETITLE             NAME     VOITURE
Chef de Gare Kenneth LaFleur  1351Commis VoyStuart Neitzel 1588
Chef de Train Milton Harrison     137 Historien      Carl A. Barr    1588
Chef de Train Daniel Leonard     201        Drapeau       Don Vallery             137
Correspondant      Henry Kwiatkowski      1588Chem Nat'l    Terry Sharp       224
Sous Corr.    Dudley LeBlanc    1038Alt Chem Nat'lDonald Shreiber       137
Comm. Intend       Cliff Kershaw         309 Cheminot       Charles Rodgers    1588
Medicin         James R. Johnson       1588Cheminot       Steve Tucker  1584
Avocat          Richard Jakubiak    309Cheminot       Henry Montgomery 1532
Conducteur   Dennis Engdahl      137Cheminot       Johnny Keel    274
Gard de la Port     Gil Lovelady          1588Cheminot      Richard Larned        137
Lampiste       Alex Gueho           340Aumonier      Ray Blanchard         1038

** Photos of some of the officers are posted below
Dr. Kenneth C. LaFleur
Grand Chef de Gare
National Directeur Nurses Training
Louisiana's National Voyageurs of the Year
Henry A. Kwiatkowski 2005-06
Milton C. Harrison 2010-11
Archie Boyette 2008-09

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TERMNAMEHOME TOWN
1921-22I. A. Faulk    Monroe
1922-23R. H. GouauxNew Orleans
1923-24Dr. J. M. Gordon   Shreveport
1924-25J. O. Middleton     Baton Rouge
1925-26E. B. Mason        New Orleans
1926-27W. C. Flournoy     Alexandria
1927-28L. M. Williams      Baton Rouge
1928-29W. H. Hamley      Lake Providence
1929-30Seymour Van Os  Shreveport
1930-31C. M. Mitchell       Monroe
1931-32Frank Burton         Alexandria
1932-33Aaron A. Selber    Shreveport
1933-34James C. Casserley     New Orleans
1934-35B. L. Spahn         Baton Rouge
1935-36Ernest L. Hawkins       Shreveport
1936-37Dr. C. L. Memgis  Monroe
1937-38W. H. Horstman   Norco
1938-39Edwin L. Meyer   Thibodaux
1939-40Frank H. Hetger   Baton Rouge
1940-41Pete Dedoux        Baton Rouge
1941-42Charles F. Stiffel   New Orleans
1942-43Fred Simonson    Metairie
1943-44Sam Ruben        Monroe
1944-45Chester P. Derveloy     Alexandria
1945-46Howell May         Baton Rouge
1946-47Wells S. Ely       Shreveport
1947-48Sylvester C. Spengler  Alexandria
1948-49Joe W. Warner   Shreveport
1949-50Harold T. Bond    New Orleans
1950-51George W. Rollosson  Crowley
1951-52Dr. Malcolm E. Kaffie  Shreveport
1952-53Joseph B. Exnicios     Metairie
1953-54Percey A. Shipp Shreveport
1954-55Lloyd Adams      Bennettsville, S. C.
1955-56Harry Robertson  Metairie
1956-57Sam Orchard      Monroe
1957-58Maurice Pender  New Orleans
1958-59Percy Lemoine   Baton Rouge
1959-60Maurice McKenirMetairie
1960-61Raymond F. Canus    Shreveport
1961-62M. C. Gehr         Alexandria
1962-63Charles N. Thompson New Orleans
1963-64John El Seeger  Metairie
1964-65Lester J. OrgeronHouma
1965-66Leonard G. Walters    Baton Rouge
1966-67L. Calhoun Allen, Jr.   Shreveport
1967-68Walter J. McNulty      Metairie

TERMNAMEHOME TOWN
1968-69Alfred J. PetrusShreveport
1969-70Melvin Jeanne  Metairie
1970-71Cooper Hall      Bogalusa
1971-72Carroll B. Fields**              Alexandria
1972-73John B. Brown  New Orleans
1973-74Joseph S. Dellucky  Gretna
1974-75Jim Wing  Sulphur
1975-76Warren Dale Barbay Plaquemine
1976-77C. E. Joe Ware         Lafayette
1977-78Anthony D'Amico      Metairie
1978-79Wiltz Hymel      Metairie
1979-80Sterling Percle           Thibodaux
1980-81Raymond Davis        New Orleans
1981-82William Calgreen     Lake Charles
1982-83Cecil Faries        Alexandria
1983-84Paul L. Landry    Lafayette
1984-85Elton Bourque     Rayne
1985-86Henry Glory      New Orleans
1986-87Marvin Dickens Pearl River
1987-88Billy Sanders   Shreveport
1988-89Harold Deshotel  Elton
1989-90L. J. Taliancich   Metairie
1990-91George W. Hatcher  Alexandria
1991-   Joseph Liebel, Sr.    Jefferson
1991-92Shelton Boone    Eunice
1992-93Cliff Kershaw      Alexandria
1993-94Ronnie C. Perry, Sr.    LaPlace
1994-95Ralph Farris      Shreveport
1995-96Larry J. Lobre, Jr.     Metairie
1996-97Richard L. Jakubiak    Alexandria
1997-98W. H. Miller        Broussard
1998-99Asa Stewart**           Morgan City
1999-00Earl Breaux        Raceland
2000-01Henry Kwiatkowlki      Doyline
2001-02Harold Burson    Shreveport
2002-03Gilbert Lovelady         Columbia
2003-04Robert Vercher           Natchitoches
2004-05Archie Boyette           Alexandria
2005-06John H. Cobbs           New Iberia
2006-07Edwin Grow             Morgan City
2007-08William Bayles        Morgan City
2008-09Joe Caldwell      Vivian
2009-10Halbon Terry Sharp    Bush
2010-11Donald K. Schreiber   Bossier City
2011-12Kenneth Lafleur         Opelousas
2012-13
2013-14

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