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DAJDESIGN <br />ARCHITECTURE+INTERIORS <br />Motckly NUMMUw 97OAI[S, <br />FRONT <br />John Stevens (1901-1974) was a miner who advanced to become the mine foreman of the Centennial Mine. He <br />was also a city councilman and mayor of Louisville in the 1950s. (John Stevens' brother, Tom Stevens, lived <br />three doors to the south on La Farge and was one of the eight miners killed in the Monarch Mine explosion in <br />1936). Helen Romano Stevens (1903-1937) was also active in politics, serving as an election judge and <br />delegate to Republican assemblies throughout the 1950s and 60s. John and Helen Stevens are also listed in <br />Louisville directories for various years as working at the Romano Restaurant, which was still known informally <br />as "Celeste's." <br />Helen Romano Stevens passed away in 1973, and her husband John died in 1974. Their daughter, Vivian <br />Stevens Dhieux (1923-2007) married August William "Bill" Dhieux (1918-2010) in 1940. Vivian Dhieux worked <br />for many years as a secretary for Louisville schools and was part of the first administration at Centaurus High <br />School in 1972. In the 1970s, Vivian also served on Louisville's City Council and on the Planning Commission. <br />Vivian and Bill Dhieux are listed in Louisville Directories in the 1960s as living at 825 La Farge, so they may <br />have rented the house at 1040 La Farge throughout the 1970s and 80s. <br />1040 LaFarge PAGE - 8 <br />