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The first document we are proposing to you, in these times of much talk about politics, and with election deadlines approaching, will immerse us in the 1925 municipal election campaign. From 1912 to 1923, for 11 years, Clairac met the same mayor, Arthur Pauvif. In 1923, Joseph Élie Nicouleau succeeded him for two years; but in 1925, the Clairacais were again called upon to vote.
Among the candidates, the one who was to become the new mayor of Clairac: Laurent Delon, pastry chef. Born in Nîmes in 1862, son of César Delon, also a pastry chef, and Mira Gibelin, without a profession, he married Marthe Martinet on 29 December 1885, born in Clairac in 1863; she is the daughter of Jean Martinet, deceased, and Anne Chambard. The witnesses are not relatives and friends of the young spouses, but municipal officers: Daniel Faragou, mayor's secretary, Guillaume Girou, under-secretary, Jean Touron, appariteur and Jean Gaillardet, garde-Champêtre.
In 1925, he was 63 years old, and the little leaflet we are proposing to you evokes with a lot of humour the job of the candidate, between Jesuits and brioches, diplomats and babas... This changes the tone of some contemporary electoral campaigns: let's take a look at it for 2020!
Among the candidates, the one who was to become the new mayor of Clairac: Laurent Delon, pastry chef. Born in Nîmes in 1862, son of César Delon, also a pastry chef, and Mira Gibelin, without a profession, he married Marthe Martinet on 29 December 1885, born in Clairac in 1863; she is the daughter of Jean Martinet, deceased, and Anne Chambard. The witnesses are not relatives and friends of the young spouses, but municipal officers: Daniel Faragou, mayor's secretary, Guillaume Girou, under-secretary, Jean Touron, appariteur and Jean Gaillardet, garde-Champêtre.
In 1925, he was 63 years old, and the little leaflet we are proposing to you evokes with a lot of humour the job of the candidate, between Jesuits and brioches, diplomats and babas... This changes the tone of some contemporary electoral campaigns: let's take a look at it for 2020!
You may remember the Delon pastry shopThe famous “sponge finger biscuits” of Clairac!
You can find this illustration in the “Memory of craftsmen and merchants” section. and especially the Martinet pastry shop, which was very active until the 1980s...
Good appetite!