Listed as content of “Succession Sale” of the deceased in the St. Landry Clarion, November 18, 1916 http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064250/1916-11-18/ed-1/seq-6/ ...

Newspaper items about bazaar and wedding dances held there, 1919: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064250/1919-12-20/ed-1/seq-5/ : http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064250/1919-12-13/ed-1/seq-5/ : 1920: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064250/1920-01-10/ed-1/seq-5/ ...

Photo courtesy of James Perry 1940s- Freddie Hanks: Dana Olivier: The Happy Landing, located on Highway 741, Arnaudville (its actually located in Pecaniere). It still stands but is now a Woodmen of the World hall. “It used to be a wood building, then remade with concrete blocks. They stapled numbered tickets to your collar while dancing- they would draw for door prizes after the dance- case of beer, fifth of whiskey, stuff like that. I’d always try not to get my collar stapled- I’d dance away from them and they’d try to catch me.” Ray Brassieur: The first time I went in there- an older man was looking at me and studying my face. He finally asked in French: “You a (insert Cajun surname)?” I answered “No Sir- Brassieur.” He looked at me again and said: “Oh yeah- the ears.” Edmund Stelly: “Happy Landing was originally owned by Lekay Lalonde. The building is now home to Woodmen of the World.” ...

Newspaper mention of dance in the St. Landry Clarion, November 23, 1912 http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064250/1912-11-23/ed-1/seq-1/ ...