Franco-Americans--Augusta (Me.)]]> Franco-Americans--Correspondence]]> Franco-Americans--Authors]]> Franco-Americans]]> Le Club Calumet]]> Franco-Americans--Biography]]> Violette, Maurice]]> 1978-07-17]]> https://beta.francoamericanportal.org/items/show/26]]> Franco-Americans--Societies and clubs]]> Franco-Americans--Lewiston (Me.)]]> Franco-Americans--Catholicism]]> Lewiston (Me.)]]> Youth organizations]]> Catholic Church (U.S.)]]>
The banner reads "BENI SOIT LE NOM DE JESUS / VIVENT SES DEFENSEURS" ("blessed be the name of Jesus, long live its defenders").

Boys' social organization founded by Fr. Antonin Dallaire, o.p. in 1907, for activities in theatre, religion, music, and sports. Affiliated with the Roman Catholic parish of Sts. Peter & Paul in Lewiston, Maine.

Left to right, front row: Jean-Charles Boucher (President); Fr Ange-Marie Côté; Ernest Desjardins (Vice President)

2nd row: A Lavoie; A Desjardins; Lucien Marcotte; A Pelletier; Clovis Lapierre; Léonard Gagné; H Forgue; Arthur Croteau; Delphis Proulx; Amédé Hémond; Edmond Bégin; Philias Perrier; Léo Gernier; R Guilmette

3rd row: D Turcotte; H Labbé; H Pelletier; A Michaud; Willié Cailler; Ronaldo Laliberté; C Jalbert; R Forgues; S Sirois; O Fournier; P Fortier; A Comeau; A Levesque; A Deslauriers; H Turcotte

4th row: H Marcotte; R Blais; D Gauthier; A Paradis; E Gagné; E Houle; A Pelletier; L Jutras; P Croteau; N Beaudry; R Cailler; E Lebrecque; H Jalbert; A Beliveau; A Bedard; M Lambert

5th row: S Rancourt; A Guay; A Morin; T Jalbert; A Marcotte; A Therrien; E Martin; A René; N Fournier; A Daigle; A Fortier]]> Unknown]]> 1917]]> Franco-Americans]]> Franco-Americans--Lewiston (Me.)]]> Snowshoes and snowshoeing]]> Lewiston (Me.)]]> Franco-Americans--Societies and clubs]]> Unknown]]> 1950]]> Digital copy only. Original with donor.]]> ]]> Franco-Americans]]> Franco-Americans--Lewiston (Me.)]]> Ice palaces]]> Lewiston (Me.)]]> Snowshoes and snowshoeing]]> Unknown]]> 1926]]> Book collectors--Canada]]> Lambert, Adélard, 1867-1946]]> Association Canado-Américaine]]> Franco-Americans--Manchester (N.H.)]]> Manchester (N.H.)]]> Franco-Americans--Portraits]]> Folklore]]> Unknown]]> 1927?]]> https://beta.francoamericanportal.org/items/show/7]]> Journal d'un bibliophile]]> Lewiston (Me.)]]> Lewiston (Me.)--Newspapers]]> Franco-Americans--Lewiston (Me.)]]> Second row: F. X. Guay; Albert Bedard; Odule Laplante; Joseph Belanger; N. L. Gendreau; Mr. Runneau.
Back row: Corine Gauthier (Dumais); Loretta Vachon; Blanche Verville (Sutton); Camile Lessard (Bissonnette).

Camile Lessard would go on to write the book "Canuck", which was printed by Le Messager.

Le Messager was the oldest and longest-running French newspaper in New England. It began printing in 1880 and ran through 1966. The later paper moved to a larger location at 223 Lisbon Street in Lewiston, where the outlines of the name "Le Messager" can still be seen on the façade.]]> Unknown]]> 1890]]> Southbridge (Mass.)]]> Correspondence]]> Franco-Americans--Southbridge (Mass.)]]> Sansoucy, Napoleon]]> Sansoucy, Corinne (Harpin)]]> 1909]]> English translation available]]> Acadia--History]]> Acadians]]> Arles, Henri d', 1870-1930]]> Beaudé, Henri]]> Bourgeois, Ulric]]> Franco-Americans--Manchester (N.H.)]]> Franco-Americans--Portraits]]> Richard, Édouard]]> 1921]]> https://beta.francoamericanportal.org/items/show/12]]> Portrait of Henri d'Arles]]> Franco-Americans]]> Franco-Americans--Correspondence]]> Franco-Americans--Lewiston (Me.)]]> Franco-Americans--Authors]]> Le Messager]]> Franco-Americans--Newspapers]]> Franco-Americans--Biography]]> Michaud, Charlotte, 1898-1989]]> 1930]]> https://beta.francoamericanportal.org/items/show/25]]> Militia--Maine]]> United States--Boundaries--Canada]]> Aroostook War, 1839]]> Maine--Boundaries]]> Canada--Boundaries--United States]]> Northeast boundary of the United States]]> Fort Fairfield (Me.)--History]]> Military records]]> Maine. Militia. Infantry Regiment, 4th. Company A]]> 1839]]>