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In 1976, Dumas organized a Baton Rouge celebration commemorating the American [[General]] [[Claire Chennault]] of the "Fighting Tigers" of [[World War II]]. Chennault's second wife and widow, Anna Chennault, was present, as were Governor Edwin Edwards and his then wife, [[Elaine Edwards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=any&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=/LHP&CISOBOX1=Special&CISOSORT=title%7Cf|title=Louisiana Historical Photographs Collection of the State Library|publisher=louisdl.louislibraries.org|accessdate=November 27, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616152003/http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=any&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=%2FLHP&CISOBOX1=Special&CISOSORT=title%7Cf#|archive-date=2011-06-16|dead-url=yes|df=}}</ref>
In 1976, Dumas organized a Baton Rouge celebration commemorating the American [[General]] [[Claire Chennault]] of the "Fighting Tigers" of [[World War II]]. Chennault's second wife and widow, Anna Chennault, was present, as were Governor Edwin Edwards and his then wife, [[Elaine Edwards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=any&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=/LHP&CISOBOX1=Special&CISOSORT=title%7Cf|title=Louisiana Historical Photographs Collection of the State Library|publisher=louisdl.louislibraries.org|accessdate=November 27, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616152003/http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=any&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=%2FLHP&CISOBOX1=Special&CISOSORT=title%7Cf#|archive-date=2011-06-16|dead-url=yes|df=}}</ref>
In his last election as mayor-president in 1976, Dumas defeated the Democrat [[Pete Heine]], the mayor of Baker from 1964 to 1976 and again from 1981 to 1992, and the Republican choice, Jack Breaux, the mayor of Zachary (no relation to [[U.S. Senator]] [[John Breaux]]).
In his last election as mayor-president in 1976, Dumas defeated the Democrat [[Pete Heine]], the mayor of Baker from 1964 to 1976 and again from 1981 to 1992, and the Republican choice, [[Jack Breaux]], the mayor of Zachary (no relation to [[U.S. Senator]] [[John Breaux]]).
In 1990, Dumas was an honorary pallbearer at the funeral of Edward Grady Partin, the controversial business agent of the Teamsters Union in Baton Rouge, who immunized testimony in 1964 had sent [[Jimmy Hoffa]] to prison for jury tampering.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barlowgenealogy.com/Louisiana/laobituaries.html|title=Obituaries: Barlow and Related Families|publisher=''Baton Rouge State-Times'', March 12, 1990, p. 6|accessdate=May 7, 2010}}</ref>
In 1990, Dumas was an honorary pallbearer at the funeral of Edward Grady Partin, the controversial business agent of the Teamsters Union in Baton Rouge, who immunized testimony in 1964 had sent [[Jimmy Hoffa]] to prison for jury tampering.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barlowgenealogy.com/Louisiana/laobituaries.html|title=Obituaries: Barlow and Related Families|publisher=''Baton Rouge State-Times'', March 12, 1990, p. 6|accessdate=May 7, 2010}}</ref>