In 1954 the theatre renovation was complete. A new wide screen, new sound, new seats, and a new name; "Showplace of the River Parishes". He never forgot the fact that he made his living from the community. He was always giving something back. There were nickel matinees on Friday's for school kids, Wednesday nights were free to widows and orphans, or he would have matinees in which all the proceeds would go to a school. In those days the nuns at St. Peter's weren't allowed movies as recreation. But they could chaperone the children. So he would have matinees in which the school kids would pay a nominal fee and their "chaperones" went in for free.  Also interested in the children's education, he worked very closely with Msgr. Jean Eyraud to build the St. Peter Parochial School in 1930. He was very active in the St. Peter Catholic Community. He furnished educational materials to many of the public schools in the parish.