Civic Activities
Angers was a member of the St. Pius Catholic Church of Lafayette. He was also affiliated with a plethora of organizations, including the journalism society, Sigma Delta Chi, the New Iberia Port Commission, the Kiwanis Club, and Rotary International, which endowed a Paul Harris Fellowship in his name. He was the founding secretary of the trade association, the Louisiana Intracoastal Seaway Association, and a charter member of the Caribbean-American Freedom League, which worked with Cuban exile groups in unsuccessful efforts to overthrow the communist government of Fidel Castro. Angers was a director of the Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival and the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana. He was a former president of the Louisiana Press Association, the Franklin Chamber of Commerce (1953), and the Louisiana Jaycees (1949). He founded and served as the first president of the interest groups, The International Relations Association of Acadiana (TIRAA) and the International Good Neighbor Council. He founded these organizations to promote trade, tourism and goodwil in French and Spanish-speaking countries. Angers received the George Washington Honor Medal from Freedoms Foundation in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Prior to his death, he received the Lafayette Board of Realtors "Good News Award". He was also cited by the Louisiana Farm Bureau for its "Special Press Award" for his lifetime endeavors of promoting and writing about agriculture.
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