Simpson County News from Mendenhall, Mississippi • 1

SECOND SECTION Simpson County News County Formerly the Westville News- -Established in 1872 Oldest Established Business in County Mississippi, Thursday, Dec. 20, 1956 No. 27 SCENES FROM THE CHRISTMAS PARADE SEATING AROUND and Happy everyone! Your Simpto News staff is tired and next are will be a day late. edition employees (as that need rest. The our will be closed Monday but business resumed on Wednesday mailed The instead of Wedpapers will be Thursday forget the Mendenhall sale Saturday, Decemat the city hall.

Cakes, pies will be sold, with proused for worthwhile baring these will goodies from you members the last minute during rush. annual Christmas Parade Friday was the most ever staged here. This event gets bigger and betyear and congratuare in order to Percy parade chairman. birthday to Marsha Jo on Thursday and to Grubbs on Saturday. Mr.

and Mrs. have wedding anniver Mrs. L. B. Stephens will celebrate their wedding on Sunday and A G.

has a birthday; Monday bring wedding anniversary and Mrs. J. H. GUI of 1 Mr. and Mrs.

W. C. Welch Boggan will also have on Tuesday (Christ Day) Mrs. Red Hill will have as well as F. T.

Munn, Sanders, Carolyn Davis, Alexander, and Mr. and Mrs. will celebrate their weduniversary. aristmas Cantata 1 Baptist Church Mendenhall Baptist Choir, the direction of Willie Mowill present a Christmas "The Wondrous Story," December 23, at Mrs. F.

E. Walker will beta will be Joe Patterson, Archie Magee, Miss Mrs. C. T. May, Miss Cockrell and Mrs.

Floyd choir includes: sopraJames Maxwell, Mrs. um, Mrs. Hoy Patrick, Mangum, Miss Bobbye Peggy Westbrook, stie Cockrell, Miss PatSue Nell Jolly, Mri altos, Mrs. F. T.

Munn, Mrs. N. F. DeA. G.

Sutton, Archie Patterson, W. B. OurW. D. McLeod, C.

Robert Lee. public is cordially invited and will Mrs. A. former observe J. their Mangum, Mendenhall Gold- will December be held 23, Anniversary at when the on home ope Sun- of Mra, Bernice Mangun in from 2:00 until.

5:00 Mangum their Mangum Buckley of parents of of will Howood Menden- Flowood, of Brandon, A Jr. of Wesson, and Jamof Purvis. 1 is the former Miss daughter of the late R. T. Parker of MenMangum is the of and Mrs.

Jim ManThis respected united in and lived here un- Mrs. Mangum To Golden Wedding are being mailed I relatives through this Tigers Take Lion's Share Of Little Dixie All Star Honors The Mendenhall Tigers, Little Dixie Conference Champions, received a lion's share in the All-Little Dixie football selections by the sixteen All Little Dixie for 1956. was Baker, conference statistician. Judging To Be Done In Xmas Lighting Friday Night Judging will be done in the Club's Christmas Lighting Contest Friday evening, December 21, between the hours of seven and nine, according to Mrs. J.

F. Ponder, chairman. Prizes will be given in two categories, outdoor scenes and window or doorway scenes. Following are the prizes: Outdoor scene: first prize, a floor lamp from Mississippi Power Light Company; second, table lamp from Gulledge Furniture Store, and third, Munsey electric oven toaster from Garland Reed Hardware. Window or doorway scene: first prize, Sunbeam electric skillet from Western Auto Associate Store; second, General Electric clock from Thames and Hollingsworth, and third, two oblong covered oven casseroles from Gates Hardware Company.

The prizes are being donated by the above firms and can be seen on display at all the firms. The winners will be notified by telephone Saturday. Tragic Accident Claims Lives Of Magee Teen-Agers Two Magee teen agers, James Clinton Sullivan, 14, and Thomas Edward Sullivan, 12, perished in a tragic accident Wednesday, December 13, when a cave in which they were playing caved in. Funeral services were conducted from Coat Baptist church Friday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock with Rev. Virgil D.

Davis and Rev. Freddie Brister officiating. Interment was in Sharon cemetery with Mendenhall Funeral Home in charge. Both were members of Coat Baptist Church. Survivors include their parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Van Sullivan; five brothers, Van Sullivan, Jimmy Sullivan, Vernon Ray Sullivan, Ricky Sullivan, and Freddie all of Magee; five sisters, Mrs. Bobbie Nell Shotwell, Mrs. Annell Wadell, Mrs. Paul Roberts, all of Jackson, Mary Evelyn Sullivan of Magee and Frances Christine Sullivan of Magee.

Pallbearers were James Robert Magee, Harold Adcox, Dock Adcox, John Billy Stubbs, Jimmy Mcnair, Willie Earl Spell, Harbon Ray Maddox, Cecil Maddox, Roy Smith, Gatho Overby, Jessie Smith, and Paul Sullivan. BAPTIST TOPICS Rev. N. F. Davis, pastor of Mendenhall Baptist church, will speak on "Only A Stone's Throw." Sunday morning at the 11:00 o'clock hour.

Sunday evening the Christmas Cantata will be presented. Barrel Sunday Sunday has been designated as "Barrel Sunday" for the building fund. Every church member is urged to make some gift for the new bullding, and every non-church member enrolled in Sunday School is invited to make an offering. A record Sunday School attendance is anticipated. Wednesday night, December 19, will be the annual chureh wide Christmas party, 7:00 o'clock.

Everyone who comes should bring a gift suitable for himself. EVENING I were. The only trouble with youth is that they don't have parents who are smart enough to keep up with them." most enjoyavie program was rendered by five Mendenhall High School majorettes, Ann Toland, Betty Nell Parker, Annie Mae Massey, Ruby Nell Meadows, and Elizabeth Ann Hollingsworth. A guest, Dianne Everett, twirler of the MaHigh School Band, gave the (Coattaned from Front Page) coaches in the loop. The announced Sunday by Lee (SCN Pastes) LOCAL LIONS The annual Lions Club Night was held at Mendenhall School Cafeteria Monday evening seven o'clock.

As usual, this festive event was studded with delicious food, outstanding talent, and notes of the later being provided by District Governor Cecil H. Willetts of Clinton. Cafeteria was beautifully in the Christmas theme. Upper photo shows jolly ole' Santa waving from the Jaycee float in last Friday's Christmas Parade. Adding beauty are Homecoming Queen Becky Millis and Patsy Grantham.

Second photo, left, shows a decorated jeep entered by Mendenhall Study Club and directly behind is decorated station wagon from Mendenhall Motor Company. Second photo, right, is the beautiful Simpson County 4-H Club Float. Riding are 4-H Queen Rebecca Layton of Magee, and Jesse Duckworth of. Pinola, member of the Ill-Lighter Club, and second vice-president of the 4-H Junior Council, Third 1 photo, left, shows the beautiful Peoples Bank float. Two eager little girls, Deborah and Jean Davis.

daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Davis, waved to the crowds during the parade. Right, third photo, is shown the Modern Day Club's entry. "An old fashioned Christmas" theme was carried out with who indisputedly looked like "Judge" Pat Patterson, and "Mama" who mbled Mrs.

Billy May, and load of children graced this entry. Fourth, bottom, is shown the Club's decorated carrying the TB Christmas Seal theme. Other parade pictures shown elsewhere in this edition. THEIR LADIES MONDAY (youth, community and fellow man. He said, "perhaps we have forgotten to make people happy in our own sphere of influence.

Let's not forget there are people we can help, not only during Christmas time but throughout the year." He said, "a job well done is a personal satisfaction because you did it." And in discussing the youth, he said, "the youth today in tact they are one Wally Beach, who directed the Tigers to eleven straight wins during the season, was named "Coach of the Year" and Guard Frank Massey was selected as the "Most Outstanding Lineman," while total of six Mendenhall players made the All-Little Dixie first team and two others were on the second team. Pearl High's Tommy Glordano, who has many friends in Mendenhall and whose mother is a native of Mendenhall, was named "Most Outstanding A majority of the Little Dixe coaches honored Beach As their selection for "Coach of the Year" honors, with Mercer Miller of Hazlehurst, Roy Burkett of Clinton, and Arthur Baugh of Pearl also in contention for the honor. Center Dewitt Fortenberry of Mendenhall gave Massey his strongest competition for "Most Outstanding Quarterback Charlie Furlow and Fullback Tommy Dykes gave Giordano some competition in the "Most Outstanding Back" race. Mendenhall placed End Rex Broadhead, Guard Frank Master, Center Dewitt Fortenberry, Quarterback Charlie Furlow, James Balley and Fullback Tommy the South Division included Dykes on the All- Little Dixie Other first team cholces (Continued on Back Pagei Local Firms To Close Wednesday The following Mendenhall bus. iness firms will be closed on Wednesday, December 26, with bustness to be resumed on Thursday: Western Auto Associate Store Service Drug Store, Palmeri Shoppe, Jitney Jungle, Mrs.

ert Grubbs Grocery and Market. Munn's Cleaners, City Barber Shop, TWL, Gates Hardware, Dr. E. E. Bennett, Edwards Dept.

Store, Garland Reed Hardware, Mendenhall Furniture, White Swan. Cleaners, Stephens Mercantile Lloyd's Stiye Shop, Gulledge Furniture Store. Grubbs Fairway Grocery, Boggan, Radio TV Service, Mendenhall Drug Company, Valentine Jewelry, Whittington Insurance Agency, Thames Hollingsworth, Varlety Store, R. L. Mason, Walton's RadioTV Service, Slay's Barber Shop," Mendenhall Grocery and Grain, George Alexander, Dr.

R. V. Ma haffey, Simpson County Clinie, Mendenhall Clinic, and Casey's. Last Rites Held For D'Lo Resident Funeral services were conducted from Mendenhall Funeral Chapel for C. C.

Hopkins of D'Lo Tuesday at afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Officiating ministers were Rev. N. B. Langford, and Rev.

Marshal Burnett. Interment was in denhall cemetery. 3. Mr. Hopkins was, 65-years of to age and was a member of the tist church.

He was a veteran of World War I and a Mason, vad Survivors include his wife, cd Juanita Hopkins of D'Lo; 4 his mother, Mrs. Nora Hopkins of 3 one brother, E. E. Hopkins of Mendenball, and two sisters, Mrs: MotH lie Everett of D'Lo and Mrs. Goldie Phillips of D'Lo.

Pallbearers were -Bob Brewer, Charlie Griffith, R. M. -Grubbs, P. Sharver, Herman Duck worth, and D. A.

Johnson. 1: ENTERTAIN Lion M. W. Edwards; invocation by Lion President Gilbert L. Oliver: welcome by Lion C.

G. Rotenberry: response from the ladies by Mrs. Bill Scarborough. District Governor Willetts was presented by Lion Royce B. Caughman, who commented that the distinguished guest speaker had "rendered outstanding service in the field of Lionism." The district governor ad the local Revival To Begin 5 At Jupiter Wednesday -A revival meeting will be held at Jupiter Baptist Church beginning Wednesday night, Deer 20 seven o'clock and will contino through Sunday night, Only night services ducted.

The speaker will be Ret Fates, the pastor. The jcordially invited to.