100 and 75 Years Ago
November 22, 1929
Mrs. Sudie Hight of San Antonio, Texas, who has been visiting on the Coast,
is the delightful guest of her sister, Mrs. W. J. Newsom and other relatives
here.
Mr. and Mrs. Berlin Sharp and son Don returned Tuesday from Memphis where
they went to purchase furniture for their handsome brick home on East Main
Street and visited relatives while there.
Clem McNeel, who has been taking a business course at Bowling Green, Ky.,
returned home last Friday, having completed his course with honors.
Messrs Chester Woodruff and Everett Sharp this week bought out the Hunt
Motor Company at Noxapater, and will continue the business under the name of
the Sharp-Woodruff Motor Company. Messrs. Sharp and Woodruff have been employed
by the H. E. Hunt Motor Company at Louisville for a long time and understand
the automobile business. They are each clever, accommodating men and we predict
a successful business for them.
Sulphur Springs, Texas: Married at the Methodist Church on November 7, Mr.
Robert Triplett “Trip” Smith of Louisville, Miss. and Miss Madeline
Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Smith of Como with Rev. G. A. Lhenhoff
officiating. Mr. Smith attended San Marcos Academy and is now a prominent
businessman of Louisville, Miss. After a wedding trip, the couple will make
their home at 718 Church Street in Louisville.
Mrs. Grafton Bennett was the hostess to the Fortnightly Club on November
16th.
The Mother’s Club met on November 16th at the home of Mrs. A. L.
Catledge. Mrs. Wheeler Cagle gave a report on Better Book Week. Her daughter,
Mary Frances and Mesdames Craig and Cagle, in serving the guests a salad plate,
assisted the hostess.
The Twentieth Century Club met on Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Henry Greer. The program was scheduled to be by Attorney Frank Reich, but was
unable to attend and he sent an excellent paper on citizenship, which was read
by Mrs. Robinson.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Richardson were called to Fearn Springs Monday, where
they attended the funeral of their uncle, Mr. Sullivan.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hathorn of Jackson were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Harris, Sunday.
H. E. McCully accompanied the remains of Rev. W. A. Overton to Centerville,
Ala., on last Friday, returning home Sunday.
Mrs. Jeff Stewart of Poplarville is visiting in the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Joe Mitchell.
I need to appeal to the readers of this column. Pictures of old county
schools, both of the white and black communities, are needed for copying.
Especially needed is any pictures of Lobutcha, Smallwood, Mars Hill, Plattsburg
of the western part of Winston County. If you own pictures of any old school in
Winston County, please contact me at 773-5078 after 5 PM. Thanks for your
assistance.
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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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