Adras LaBorde
| Adras Paul LaBorde, Sr. | |
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Sketch of LaBorde by the late Pap Dean from the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield
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| Born |
December 12, 1912 Bordelonville in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana USA |
| Died | March 6, 1993 (aged 80) Alexandria in Rapides Parish, Louisiana |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Managing editor and executive editor of Alexandria Daily Town Talk newspaper |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Blanche Bordelon LaBorde (1913–2004) |
| Children |
Joyce LaBorde Cessac |
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(1) His "Talk of the Town" column covered Louisiana politicians in depth, but LaBorde was a crusader for the environment, too. |
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Joyce LaBorde Cessac
Adras LaBorde, Jr. (1943–1972)
(1) His "Talk of the Town" column covered Louisiana politicians in depth, but LaBorde was a crusader for the environment, too.
Adras Paul LaBorde, I (December 12, 1912 – March 6, 1993), was a reporter, managing editor, and columnist for the Alexandria Daily Town Talk, the largest newspaper in Central Louisiana. He was active from the mid-1940s into the early 1990s. Considered an authority on 20th-century Louisiana government and politics, he wrote some ten thousand columns under the title, "The Talk of the Town," a play on the name of the newspaper. LaBorde wrote about the strengths and the foibles of the states politicians. In 2012, he was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame.
LaBorde was born to Enos LaBorde, Sr. (1886–1962), and the former Lily Bordelon (1891–1955) in Bordelonville in Avoyelles Parish south of Alexandria. He graduated at an early age from Bordelonville High School. As a young man, he worked as a radio operator on a ship. During long voyages at sea, he developed his interest in serious reading. Largely self-educated, LaBorde read encyclopedias and serious works of nonfiction, always learning and eager to improve his employment prospects.
He married Blanch Bordelon, also of Bordelonville, and they started a family. Later, while living in New Orleans, LaBorde did a newscast in French for radio station WWL. He also wrote a training manual on radio language for pilots, which was used by the military during World War II. The manual was called Roger, Wilco.
During World War II, LaBorde served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps. Married and with two children, he was assigned to posts in the United States. Blanche and their two children (a daughter and son) accompanied him to his stations: San Antonio, Texas, Arkansas City, Kansas, and Abilene in Taylor County, Texas. A second son, their third child, was born after the war, when they had returned to Louisiana and settled in Alexandria.
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