have to close due to financial difficulties. However, the high school did not close and in September the enrollment was 260, with 57 high school students. Another teacher was needed, and Father Vernon Bordelon, the assistant pastor, volunteered to teach three periods every day. Father also sponsored and supervised the hot lunch program, conducted the physical education classes for the boys, and directed the Junior Boys' Choir which he had organized at the start of the school year. In 1943 a new pastor, Reverend Alfred Fortin, came to Plaucheville. He began the construction of a new elementary building in 1945. The new school, a brick building, was located between the old elementary building and the school hall, now replaced by the new church. The science room and the classrooms of the old elementary school were converted into a modern lunchroom. In the summer months of 1946 the grammar school was remodeled and converted into a cafeteria at one end while the remainder was arranged as an assembly hall. It is still the same today except that the entire hall is now used as a cafeteria and is sometimes converted into an assembly hall for small gatherings. The Golden Jubilee of St. Joseph School was celebrated on Easter Monday, March 26, 1951. The guest of honor was Monsignor J.V. Plauche, a native of Plaucheville, who received his elementary education at St. Joseph. The official blessing and groundbreaking for the school gym was begun at this time. Monsignor Marcel Anderson arrived at St. Joseph in October, 1961. Under Monsignor's guidance, the existing buildings were remodeled to accommodate the school's changing requirements. Two classrooms in the gym were refinished. In addition, a typing room was added to the high school connecting the two existing buildings. In 1976, an extension to the cafeteria was added. A new church, Mater Dolorosa, was erected for the parish in 1963. In 1967, a new rectory replaced the old one. Also in 1967, the Brothers of the Holy Eucharist, a local diocesan community, brought their apostolate to help staff the school. Brother Andre' M. Lucia, F.S.E., arrived first in March 1967. Brother Andre' became principal of the elementary school in 1980. In 1968, Brother Augustine Brian came to teach in the high school, followed by Brother Paul Casey, who taught religion to the lower grades. Eventually, the Brothers relocated their Motherhouse and formation center in Plaucheville. The elementary