Sun-Journal from Lewiston, Maine • 1

1 "'V -v- jVJ i (63 IN COUPONS: Guaranteed with this weekls home delivery I I Economy Sports EsiBcr -u- yt'r7 Q4 -s 'I-Ss-S- -v 3cf- -4 3-: i 1 aj-j i I 'Ill 1 A 4 VV-' SV' 4 -4 i v-v 1 Sunday November 9 1997 11-80 rj: 'i' -T-v- -A i i 4 -s I v' -r: wmmm' 'K Jl it 'i 1 A It i VI -i i '(r rc Ki il -TT i i Abroudimaffe emerges for I anco-Americaht i Vv i -v 1 jo--' i-Tfr By BONNIE WASHUK AND CHRISTOPHIB WILLIAMS StaffWriten MOuil Id onparie francais 'Pienvenuerprodaim the posters tacked to dormtovm store windows A giant slab ot granite in Heritage Park etdied with the historic Grand Think Station pays tribute to the tens of thousands of Pnench-Canadlans who streamed to this city bylrrintoworkinttsmUbandbctoriei' Record crowds flocked last summer to the ethnic Festival de mew Joie recognizing the contribution of those immigrants and nearly 1000 people turned out in October for "Sur the flat eshib- it in an cmgoing ft Jles at Lewiston- Auburn GoBegecele- braring: Franco- 1 American life -'fV Last month' the newly formed US "ir newly formed UA'V jii-f i CrraTOootntTHYorftAmo-AMUucMRumNGiuxML-ACcxijni Chapter of the Forum Francophone des Af- WtCRSUAUSTAinvlklbxtleworlcerarBCsntiylmmiSBtbdfrbmCanacfat pose for a group photo atttieWSUbbeyMHIintheeai1yl900s -CrireslFFAl-r-aninteniatioiialgroipnxnot- O' SSr' v''- ing trade between French-qieabng countries ly drdee ethnic chibs and parochial achoois thelr young adulthood Worried about their S- Students segregated naturally between ptekeddowntown Lewiston for the national which provided eaapeftom die public de-fRenchiootai-' co and non-Franco and the two groups didn't headquarters espping a series of recent events AP I 4 i i'-'i guns on -Vi ft tt'-ikvl Thiereisno 1 -j says Aziz -v BAGHDAD Iraq Iraqis suednewdemamaSamrdaycall- lng for more among na- tfcms represented on UJf weapon -Inspection teams and reheratlng that it will shoot down any UA-op-eratedsurveillanceplaneq Iraqk Deputy Prime Minister Tkriq Aziz was heading to NewYbdt on Saturday Wflerlecelving to make hla Casein' front of the UJl Security Couhcfl: i 't Egyptk official Middle Eaat News Agency reported from Baghdad i i V- no end In right There will be no treat by Iraq unless "gp made'VAziz told Cable News Net- 77 work fax the Iraqi capitaL "'4 He said anti-aircraft sites in were In a mode warned that if US pilota resume If surveillance iUghts over Iraq aa scheduled on Mondavthey -v 1111 (' PLEA8ESEE IRAQ PAGE A8 r'1 PJ I -7 REDESIGN Our new Tbday the Sun loumal unveils a new lqok designed to cany the 150- year-old community newspaper bio the next centuty The new design is built upn's yrere of gathering fcqwt from reark' ere through surveys and focus groups according to Sun foumal Pubthher JameaR GoattOoSk -1 organised and easier to read Costello said We are proud to pre- sent tiiese improvements to our The principal architect of the new design wu ani? award-winning newspaper er baaed in Montreal who served at consuhant for die Sun Joiunalkr project 1 Lacava has been praised in th newspaper industry for-her re I designs pf severel Canadian pqiere and her newspapers -f wonahoat Of design avvanis Graphics Editor 11m Frank and Managing EditorNighta Ben SEE REDESIGN PAGE A8 r' iV- NEXT WEEK IN Sunday ThanktvingwltluHita turkey? Breast of soy bean and tofu drumsticks? Not 1 quite but more and more vegetarians are finding satisfying alternatives FORECAST SUN INDEX s' tS PHI t- I i 1 acknowledging the hnpntance of the Franco- But tiiese institutionswere hulipg asthe howenteringLewistonltiiScfaoalintheear- American Influence on the dtp popular American culture of televlaiQn dmnl- ly '60s was a rude awakening Until then hie Times it appears haws changwd MtwH rti Hvtng wvwri wriiginn rhaiLwyiH had enjoyed the sense of belonging offered by nitygrappledwithitsriiiftlngideiitltp 'S -y1-: i 33 li neRmuxa tried to be mper-Jmerlcmu and chanted' cap They endured gibes and jokes were KOIBrni WcTeflOlATlffO rtu'eatU ZV -H 0 'm Ts 73 vv 1 3 i IV 4 ir- j-- "socialize he said Non-Franco gliu turned him metogooutwithFrenchl Unsibie to cope with the stress of being ostra- dzed some doee to Benaud dropped out of schookothers inducting his sister tons- fsrd51 remembers the nickname given him about speaking with a French accent" said Richard Courtemanche state manager for by hla hew classmates at Lewiston High School "Ihey would sap part of Canada are you "lMmout a doubt we were embarrassed Modem Vfoodmen of America insurance com- parry Courtemanche said he went to St Do- minic Regional Tfirii School to avoid those not ofhisbaaground'WBthoughtitwasahandi- CqxVfewerefnevertryingtohideit People used to put Renchmen 'j Please see renaissance page as A Franco time line I80s First Canadtans to LewbtntAubum Si Peter and Raul Parish eetabttshed 1878 Soeurs Grises (Grey Nuns) arrive from Quebec i888s-r-MasseNodusofFiencivCanadlansto Maine seeking work hi Lewiston miss UMessagerRnsnch-langLJage daffy neunMiuw KaolnA fwiHaMrW neWSpapBi uegRRipilMBIHr Dominican fathers bnmWstty at Ss 1 Peter and Paul Church StJeandeBaptisteParadsbeglnsas 3-r- annual event- 1888 Soeurs Grtses receive hospital charter Dominican ststenarriva from Ranee Marcotte Home for the Aged opens 1841 Dominic High School opens St Jean de Baptiste parade ends leMessager folds St Dominic iffgh School history project leads to Centre dHerttageRancoiAmeilcaln Observation a bilingual newspaper Is launched and folds within a year 1878 PestM RancoAmerfcain begins as a yBarty event l7irurmamomniy newspaper siani publishing runitestapspubiishing" Festival RancoAmericsin ends Centre (THerttags RanooAmericain folds Centers coffection goes toL-ACoffege FesdvaldeJoiehfounded FrancoAmerlcan exhibits begin at LewtetorvAubumCoaegs 1887 RancoAmerican monument paying tribute to Ranch Canadtan immigrants is un-' veiled in Heritage Park 1887 Lewiston is picked for ULS chapter of Forum Francophone des Affaire O' HI 0 i 'S' I I S-T Cl mand to conform -ly 'j and parochial schools became luohibitivdy eqxinsive for many according to Franco- American historians 'vv1 -7 1 -fVW Times it appears have changed RCCeilt Many second-generation Franco-Ameri- cans reoll painful experiences bom high school in the 1950s and '60s where tiiey learned diet their language and lineage were viewed as second-dam Some spent much of 'TrJy STtowere40rfiiinfoat he says learned my alphabet way before i 1 Sesame Street wis thought move meant a new school St Peterk It wps the ere before television Radiowu bigaiwubome-grown music 3 were brought up in a musical fiunily Reniudeaya Wb sangWs had a good forced to speak English felt it necessary to 1 diBBp hflr yBnm amt writ rtiiHr n-ponti and generally grew up believing their Uneage made them inherentiyinferin A melting-pot cuhnre gradually imixessed them the stlg- mMfbeing different The belief they were devalued was drummed intothem by a society that stressed assimlla- tion' and shunned diversity some observed Andit was passed along through generations who hoped their cUkhenndg sidestep the stigrha In the 1960s pianyFrancO-Americans tried to retreat to the traditiraal safe havens of fsmi- iV O' VW- BY BONNIE WASHUK StaffYfrUer: Norm Renaud 53 grimaces as he recalls load Rench-CathoUc schools and communltp EvayonearoundhimkpokeRendi But public achool was diffiErent had French accents? he recalled "Wb spokeRenchtosomectfourfriendsintheball-' ways and the Anos and WASPi would point their fingers at us and say We don't speak French We were Francos so we didn't fit in with ie well-dressed the mill kids the shoe-shop foremanb kids or the retail kids We felt vibes HUUDOiJNOlUMSUNXlUllIUL NORM RENAUD: Pictured in front of Saints Peter and Paul Church where he sang In the choir as a boy j't' which included numerous aunts uncles cousins and grandparents yvere dose "We lived in a huge tenement building with 20 LEWISTON Tbday Norm Renaud 53 ''apartments Benaud says All of the occupants hlc nH with hlgKlpnmwnwH Bnwv-h dig- wr Pwwh rjnarflanB whry mrlcwl IV th Hilaries and businessmen aa he promotes ndOs at shoe shops: Thd apartment building fop dtybdevdoping American Association of 'had a Utde neighborhood storemen 12 boon the Forum Francophone des Affaires (FFA) Vj- chapter "y-aom the street Bred some Greek and ftal- As chairman of the AAFFABusineuDevel- ianfunilieaNeartwwassGmdLcahdystnre it Committee Jie also spends slot of H-lheBanbudfbnmy lived on die first float jlia te preaching to educators business' parena walked tio trade in the shoe fbetories in people and dvic leaders about the need for a Auburn At the se of 5 Benaud began prs-renaissance of the Flench language in die school taught by Madame Paquette on Oxford Wewere introspective community His role as diplomat business leader and community cheerleader ia a for cry bom what he aa a teea-agst thought hbd be doing after high school: woridnginashoeshop But it wasnlt always that like many others in his age groiqi Benaud was se- because qf our oti He leamed to read in setf-consciousnesL ftwu brfMe he went to school After pre-school he NomRmaud and his aibllngB attended St Marvk School By the time he was 10 his parents built their own sin- curein Ms Ftarwo heritage as a child but be- gfo-family home on Androscoggin Avenue It came ashamed when he entered high schooL took hiafiufaer one year to buildtiie house The Benaudb parents migrated from Cuuda when they were teen-agenTfisfiuiifly grew up In little Canada on Lincoln Street Tte local CathoUc pariah St Maryk was the anchor for that mmmuntty -Vt V-m 5040 MON 5040 It wu a real institution Renaud says Everyone sent their children to St Maryk '1'" Life on Lincoln Street was hqipyFunilies: 1 We were not aware we didn't have any money because everyone around ua didn't have any 'etthec Back in those days entertainment was traditimal fiunily gathoinge)ecially around 1 1 7 1 1 AainqxxtantaafiunilywasreUgkxcpariahea PLEASE SEE RENAUD PAGE Af "4 1 1 I 'vvZTj fB I ILL- i I 4 1 Vl i -A -4 0 -y J- 4 --W 8.