Vance Plauche; Avoyelles, then Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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Vance Plauche.  True success in the legal profession does not come to a 
man possessed of ability and perseverance alone.  Back of these 
necessary qualifications must be devotion to clients and honesty of 
purpose which looks beyond the mere winning of one case to the 
client's future.  Counsel and advice which money can not pay for and 
which never appear in the attorney's bill for services, must ever be 
present.  The possession of the qualities named have assisted in the 
advancement of Vance Plauche, for while he is still one of the younger 
members of the Calcasieu bar, he has already made rapid strides in his 
profession and has won the confidence and esteem of his fellow-
citizens at Lake Charles.

Mr. Plauche was born in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, August 25, 1897, 
and is a son of Hon. Etienne Arthur Plauche.  The Plauche family traces 
its ancestry in Louisiana back to the year 1796 and many men bearing 
the name have reached places of prominence in business, public and 
professional life.  Etienne Arthur Plauche was well known in Avoyelles 
and Evangeline parishes, was vice president and cashier of the 
Evangeline Bank and Trust Company, at Ville Platte, served as clerk of 
the court for eight years, and represented his district in the State Senate.

The public and private schools of Marksville, Avoyelles Parish, 
furnished Vance Plauche with his early educational training, following 
which he pursued a course at St. Francis Xavier College.  He then 
entered Loyola College, New Orleans, where he received the degree of 
Bachelor of Laws as a member of the graduating class of 1918.  While 
a Student at Loyola he served from 1916 to 1918 as Secretary to 
Attorney General A. V. Coco, and also as secretary ,to the board of 
pardons.  On June 5, 1918, he enlisted as a private in Medical Corps B, 
hospital 102, Loyola Unit, and saw nine months of active service in 
Italy.  He received his honorable discharge from the army May 2, 1919, 
and at once located at Lake Charles, where he has been engaged in the 
practice of his calling, having enjoyed a constantly increasing clientele.  
He has already been connected with several important cases, his 
treatment of which has served to gain him the confidence of the people.  
His practice is general in its character, as he is equally conversant with 
all departments of the law, and his offices are maintained in the First 
National Bank Building.  Mr. Plauche is a member of the Louisiana Bar 
Association, and as a fraternalist maintains membership in the 
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and is a fourth degree Knight 
of Columbus.  He likewise belongs to the Kiwanis Club, and is a ready 
and generous supporter of all movements inaugurated for the 
betterment and progress of Lake Charles.  He has not had time to 
engage in public life.  Mr. Plauche continues to be a close student and 
makes somewhat of a hobby of his study of ancient and modern history.

On September 24, 1923, at New Orleans, Mr. Plauche was united in 
marriage with Miss Amire Bush of that city.

A History of Louisiana, (vol. 2), p. 265, by Henry E. Chambers.  
Published by The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New 
York, 1925.