People's Drug Store
At Rayne's founding, Dr. James Morris built his
Star Drug Store here in 1883, subsequently turned
into Alphonse Duclos Drugs, housing both telegraph
and postal services. It then became People's Drug
Store under Dr. John P. Mauboules and Dr. Marion
Young, before being acquired by progressive
druggist, Arnold Kahn in 1914. Compounding his
own nostrums, Mr. Kahn turned People's into Rayne's
social center with a soda fountain featuring his
unique pink cochineal nectar in 1926, and
introducing air conditioning to Rayne in 1941.
Sold by son, Alfred Kahn, People's was operated
from 1981 to 1996, by Randal Girouard.