Arbour, Sidney V. (Sidney Vincent), 1914-2011
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Sidney V. Arbour, Jr. was a prominent Baton Rouge, La., resident, World War II veteran and real estate agent. He was the son of Sidney Vincent Arbour, Sr. and Julia Mary Bahlinger Arbour. Julia was the daughter of Julius Andrew Bahlinger and Mathilda Catherine Kornmeyer of Baton Rouge, La. During World War II, Sidney Arbour, Jr. served with both the Atlantic and Pacific fleets as a U.S. Navy gunnery officer aboard the USS HOUSATONIC and the USS SIBLEY. After the war, he was involved in the local real estate market and served on the boards of Bahlinger Inc. and the Kornmeyer Furniture Co. He also served as president of the Florida Plaza Corp., which expanded and managed Bon Marche Mall in Baton Rouge. Arbour married Ann Bryant Wilbert, daughter of Peter M. Wilbert and Mary Lilla Grace of Plaquemine, La. Throughout her life, Ann participated in a number of civic and Catholic organizations and served on several boards and committees. She served as president of the Junior League of Baton Rouge, she was member of the Catholic Diocesan Council of Home and School Associations, and a founding member of the Baton Rouge Eye Bank Auxiliary.
From the description of Sidney V. Arbour, Jr. family papers, 1855-2011. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 772525226
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Subjects:
- Business enterprises
- Carnival
- Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945
- Oil and gas leases
- Real property
- Shopping malls
- Voluntarism
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
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- Real estate agents
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- Louisiana--Baton Rouge (as recorded)
- Louisiana (as recorded)
- Louisiana--New Orleans (as recorded)
- Japan (as recorded)
- Louisiana--East Baton Rouge Parish (as recorded)
- Baton Rouge (La.) (as recorded)
