100 and 75 Years Ago
December 13, 1929
Hickory Grove: Born to Mr. and Mrs. Adron Whitehead, a fine boy on December
1st.
Hickory Grove: Mr. and Mrs. Everett Presley are admiring their twins who
made their arrival on November 26th.
Hickory Grove: The schoolteacher and pupils packed a delicious lunch and
hiked over to Mr. Joe Moody’s pond and enjoyed a delightful picnic. Mr.
Moody showed his kindness by giving them a nice lot of gum and candy, nuts and
drinks.
Bond: Mary Elsie is the name of the fine little lady born to Mr. and Mrs.
Robert McLeod on December 1st.
J. D. Stewart, one of Poplarville’s good citizens, visited his
daughter, Mrs. Joe Mitchell, the past week. While here he also visited his old
home community, Fearn Springs.
Miss Mary Summers Webster of Louisville graduated from Ivey Hospital in West
point as a nurse on the 29th.
Noxapater: B. F. McBrayer is staging a big merchandise sale beginning
Thursday.
Noxapater: The teachers of the public school enjoyed the hospitality of Mr.
and Mrs. Milton Clay at Stallo Saturday evening when they were entertained at a
six o’clock dinner.
Noxapater: J. S. Stokes, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stokes, had the
misfortune to fall and break his arm Monday afternoon.
Noxapater: Mrs. Syl Smyth and baby of Louisville are visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Vanlandingham, this week.
Letters to Santa were received from: Lamar Hurt, James Earl Kelly, Hilda
Hill, Frances Talbert, Dorothy Louise Moody, Mable Carr, Juanita White, Lena
Eaves, Gerald White, Mavis Eaves, Zeno Wall Hurt, Clinton Hisaw, Selby
Sullivan, Leon Smith, Christine Gordon, Marvell Mills, Mary Horton, Clara
Miller, Virginia Webb, Lyles Maud Pearson, Ruel Speed Hurt, Earl Lamar Norris,
Elizabeth Price, Maxcine Carr, Hirmie Pearson, Maudine Allen, Robert Lee
Eubanks, Jackie Woodward, J. D. Dempsey, Alice Clay Sullivan, Freeman Smith,
Imogene Fulton, Maurice Kelley, Carter Ferguson, Jeneva Hisaw, Ida Pearl
Patterson, Clyde Patterson, J. C. Donald, Shank Miles, Pervie Arrington, Nona
Crowell, Otis Woodruff, William Murrah Fulcher, Pete Fulcher, Udell Fulcher,
Dorris Talbert, Billie Crowell, Winford Duran, Gracie Duran, James Ellis, Elsie
Ruth Evans, Opel Romedy, Sarah Ellen Eaves, Cecil Jennings, Marjorie Mayo,
Magdalene Mayo, Cauley Mayo, Troy Sloan, Grover Chappell, Louise Carr,
Gwendolyn Sellers, J. C. Chappell, Marvin Rogers, Tabor Reed, Emmette Carr and
Linda Dallis
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Louis Taunton
For more newspaper excerpts, please see the book by Louis Taunton of Taunton Publishers,
Winston County, Mississippi Newspaper Excerpts from 1880 through
1893.
This book has material from the Winston Index, 1880 (list of over 500 Civil
War Soldiers of Winston County who died from wounds, on the battlefield, or
disease, or as POWs in Northern Prisons), and excerpts from The Winston Signal
(newspaper before the present day Winston County Journal) for the years of
1883, 1890, 1891, 1892 and 1893. It is indexed by surname.
This publication follows his first volume that included excerpts from The
Winston Signal for the years 1882,1885, 1886, 1889 and some issues of 1890 and
which is still available from the author.
Louis Taunton has published
several other books. He has also
published similar columns about Choctaw and
Webster
Counties.
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