Joseph Soucy (1906-1983) (am_1689)

Nicknamed Jos électrique, Joseph R. Soucy was manager of the Maine & New Brunswick Electric Co. He was married to Hattie Martin and father of Norman, Jeanne (wife of Claude Picard), Fernand, Gaëtane (religious hospitaller), Noëlla and Énoïl. Being a generous man, Jos Soucy devoted himself to the construction of an arena in Saint-Basile in 1953. It was also him who installed lighting on the site of the Marian Congress in 1951. Photo taken around 1950.