Simpson County News from Mendenhall, Mississippi • 1

3 9 2 El kss? 7ir-th Organ cf County Formerly the Wgstville SewsEstablished in 1872 Oldest Established Business la County Mend hall. Mississippi, Thursday. May 16. 1SS3 Rev. Carey E.

Cox named Interim Pastor 8th annual Liendenliall or ursi Baptist liiiorcri in Llensenhall Dennis Tullos is drowning: victim Dennli Sylvester Tullos, year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clem Tullos cf MrnJenha Route A. rfrUTi A it io bs held Friday Saturday nights a'SorviPiw holri fnr I m. PFC Grubbs Funeral services for FFC Jerry Roe Orubbs.

20 year old Baptist Church In Hattles-son of Kir. and Mrs. Clifton' urg for the Rev, Chester a Rev. Carey E. Cox of Clinton has accepted the call to serve as Interim Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Mendenhall, announces Frank Barrett, chairman of the deacons at the church.

Rev. Cox has already been on the church field here and has filled the pulpit on two Sundays. He Is a native of Georgia but has lived in Mississippi most of the time dur Good fellowship enjoyed at 9th reunion of Simpson County A. II. S.

held here ing the past forty years. He Is a graduate of Mississippi College and attended the Southern Dap; 1st Theological Seminary In Louisville, Kentucky. Former pastorates include Harlchurst. West Point, and rtrnnrfon hn, iW IC, r00' or the Mississippi Baptist Foundation, a position he continues to hold. During his years as a pastor, Rev.

Cox has served as president of the Slate Con vention Board, a member of the Executive Committee, and two years as chairman of the Budget and Allocations Committee. He has served as a trustee of William Carey College, Mississippi Baptist Hospital, and the Mississippi Baptist Foundation. Rev. and Mrs. Cox are the parents of three children, all of whom are college graduates.

He and Mrs. Cox now reside at 1C00 Briarwood Drive in Clinton. ker Crubbs, of Mendenhall. Miss Zulah Purvis of Puckett shared one of her prize Amaryllis lilies with the group. Mrs.

Ada Duckworth Griffith of Mendenhall served as chairman of the registration committee. Guests were registered from Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee and Texas. The. of the late Mr. and Mrs.

W. P. Howell had the largest number present, seventeen. Miss Bertha Harris of Mendenhall served as chairman of the coffee and tea committee and Buster Duckworth was chairman of the cold drink committee. At the noon hour B.

E. Berry of Berwick, who graduated from the school 50 years ago, said grace and a bountiful and delicious lunch was spread from the overflowing picnic baskets. After lunch each class met for a few moments of fellowship and business session. R. D.

Neely and Buford Berry were recognized as graduates 50 years ago. Mrs. Margie Berry invited her class mates, the class of 1926, to come by her home for a social meeting after the reunion. Miss Patsy Munn led the group in singing several familiar songs. The afternoon was devoted to a nrogram and business, with the president, David Patterson of Wesson, presid ing.

The invocation was given by Rev. Guy Little of Crystal Springs. A silent prayer was said in memory of those who (Continued on back page) Horse Show The Bchth Annual Mend- enhall Horse Show will be held Friday and Katurd-iy nlKht's May 17 11 The hoW "gain be held at the City Park In Mendenhall. The Friday performance will start at 6 30 pin. with classes 1 through 18 being shown.

The Friday niht show will feature Quarter and Pleasure horses. Saturday's performance will t-tart at 7 p. m. with classes 19 through 37 being shown. The Saturday night show will feature Tennessee Walking horses and Uie Juvenile and Senior Simpson County Pleasure horse classes.

Robert Revere, rhalrnum of the show, announces that more than $1500.00 In prize money will be given during the two night show along with trophies and ribbons for each class. A color TV set will also be given away during the Saturday night show. Officials for the Friday night show will be Judge, Dickie May of Mendenhall; Master of Ceremonies. Raymond Gower of Jackson: Ring Master will be C. C.

Robinson of Pinola: Paddock Masters will be George Berry and Garrett Mullins of Menden-haall. Buddy Black of Tullahoma, Tennessee, will the Saturday night show. Black Is one of the leading trainers of Walking Horses in the south. Master of Ceremonies will be Irby Doss of Brookhaven with Ring Masters and Paddock Masters serving both nights. Organist for the Saturday night show will bo Lucie Vann Fleming of Jackson.

Admission will be 50 cents for children and $1.00 for Adults. The event is sponsored by the Mendenhall Volunteer Fire Department with proceeds going1 to sponsor the summer baseball and Softball programs for the boys and girls in Services are set for Ike Clark Ike Clark, well known resident of the Shivers community, died early Wednesday morning at the Baptist hospital in Jackson after a lengthy Illness. He had been a patient at Simpson County Nursing Home for more than a year and was carried to the Baptist Hospital a few day3 ago. He was a longtime resident of Shivers and was a retired farmer. Funeral services are to be held Thursday at 2 p.m.

from the Upton Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Bill Moore officiating. Interment will be In the Peacock cemetery near Shivers with Upton Funeral Home In charge. Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Annie Berry of Shivers, Mrs.

Fannie Honea, Mrs. Macbclle Sullivan and Mrs. Myrtls Westmoreland, all of Pinola; eight grandchildren; sixteen great grandchildren; and one great great grandchild. i Museum, Livingston Park Zoo, ttie New Capitol with the State Legislature In session. and a T.V.

statio: station. The trip was sponsored by Jim Cock- relL Citeo Dis tor la I i. ROUND NI) By R. B. The letter from ISO E-8 We Tor.cy, who Is serv-S" in Vlt-t Nam, brought early (wr.r.'.ont.

Mr. Richard A. Kenedy of Mendenhall. Route 4. called us last Thurs-i rr.oroing and stated that he wanted to have the County News sent to ISO Xcnry and a check has already arrived from Mr.

Ken- His many friends will sadly remember that Mr. Kennedy's son, M'Sgt. Glenn A. Kennedy, was killed In Viet Nam on May 6. 1953.

Mrs. Chester Walker, secretary of the Highway 23 Water Association, tells us that the loan check In the amount of $325,000 for the association was received Tuesday morning. This loan has been In process since September of 1SC3. The funds were deposited in Peoples Bank in Men-dcnhail and State Guaranty Bank in Magee. Mrs.

Walker states that well drilling is expected to begin in about a month. Last week we erronously listed Mike Jones, delegate to Boys' State, as vice president of the Senior Clas-s for 1968-69, when it should have been vice president of the Student Council at Mendenhall High School. We misinterpreted the initials S. C. Received a letter and subscription renewal from Mrs.

Wade Redden of Seattle, Washington. She tells us that she is working hi the George Wallace campaign office there, with hopes that we get some real leadership of the RIGHT KIND in our country. She enclosed some Wallace literature. Friends here will remember her as the former Hazel Johnson. Vacation Bible School to begin at Fellowship Rev.

Drew Blanton, pastor, announces that Vacation Bible School will be held at the Fellowship Baptist Church, beginning Monday, May 20, and going through Friday, May 24, each night from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. CITIZENS OF pson County News ci 'tr week as Citizens iuciorrow the Simpson! ut, children pictured wn, Ieft to 4,. A Itm McGuffee, children of Mr. Joe McGuffee of Debra Jone3, 2 Grant I 1 Kcr.

Chester Moulder dies in llattiesburjr re held' Funeral services we Sunday afternoon at Temple Moulder. well-known Baptist minister who died Friday nlKht at Forrest General Hospital in Hattlesburg. He would have been 72 next month. A native of Smith County, Rev. Moulder was a graduate of Mississippi Collepe and at tended New Orleans Theologi cal Seminary, lie taught at Simpson County Agricultural High School In Mendenhall, Clarke Memortal College at Newton, William Carey College, Mississippi College and the University of Southern Mississippi.

At Southern he was Baptist Student Union secretary and teacher of Bible for ten years. The Rev. Moulder was ordained to the ministry In 1920 and had served as pastor of a total of thirty-two Baptist churches until ten years ago when he retired from the active pastorate. He had continued to preach by means of radio, television, as a pulpit supply and revivals. Survivors Include his wife, Mrs.

Ruth Dukes Moulder of Hatliesburg; a son Chester 8 Jr. of Hattlesburg; four daughters, Mrs. Ruth Boteler of Hattlesburg, Mrs. Joyce Math-Is of Pascagoula, Mrs. Hazel Cothcn of Jackson, and Mrs.

Bobble Nell Taylor of Petal; two sisters; four brothers; and eight grandchildren. Pinola boys get 5th in state track meet The Pinola Bulldogs track team entered six events In the State Class track meet at Madison-Ridgeland on a wet track last Friday, and they finished In fifth place In the meet. Utica won first place, Duck Hill second, Puckett third, Nanih Walya fourth and Pinola fifth, with nineteen other teams also scoring. Bobby Nell Lee won first place in the mile run with a time of 4 38.7 as the only blue ribbon winner for Pinola. Willard Blair got second place in the high Jump, Mack Berry third place In the 880 yard run, and Billy Cooley fourth place In the 100 yard dash.

Two State Class records were tied by Mack Calhoun of Puckett, with a time of 15.8 to win the 120 yard high hurdles and a winning time of 21J in the 180 low hurdles. In the Class A and AA meets held at Hinds Junior College, John McGowan of Mendenhall got third place in the State Class A 180 yard low hurdles and Janet Jones of Magee got fourth place in the State Class AA girls high jump. MAKING TOUR Memb- ers of the Bowie Boosters 4-Hj Club are shown above ready to leave Wednesday morning; for a tour of Jackson. Visits: were tlanned to the Old CaiH niuil' gravel pit near Hattlesburg ar ILittiesburg late Sunday afternoon. 'um8 rCS4- ViOt.m.

dent of the Athens commu- a 13.5 graduate of High School and a 19C7 Junior College. He vas a stu dent at the University of boumern Mississippi this year. Funeral services were held from the Athens Baptist Church Tuesday morning with Rev. Quenton Floyd. Rev.

Johnnie Jones, Rev. C. M. Grayson and Rev. Albert Flynt officiating.

Interment was In the Athens cemetery with Mtms Mitchell Funeral Homo in charge. Survivors include his parents; ono brother, Sammy Tullos of Brookhaven; and the maternal grandmother, Mrs. Lee Grubbs of Mendenhall. SCS Commissioners have supper meeting The SCS District Commissioners of Simpson County met last Friday night at A A Fish Camp near Magee for a supper meeting along with Invited guests. Chairman Jack A.

Warren, Jr. presided and an informal program was presented, along with the annual report of the district. Present were Commissioners Jack Warren, John W. Hughes. Frank D.

Grantham, Maurice Laytonl Retrling Commissioner D. Yelver-ton, and Commissioner-elect Wiley Ainsworth; Supervisors C. G. Baldwin, Garfield May and Robert Lee; District Conservationist R. C.

Flanagan; (Continued to back page) Services set for Mrs. Derrick Funeral services are set for Thursday morning at 10 o'clock from the Dlo Methodist Church for Mrs. Ellie Mae Derrick, 83 year old resident of D'Lo. Officiating ministers will be Rev. James C.

Dress, Rev. L. R. Alford and Rev. Carter.

Interment will be in the Raleigh cemetery. Mrs. Derrick died Monday at Briar Hill Nursing Home near Florence after a lengthy illness. She wras a longtime resident of the Trenton community In Smith County and had been living with her daughter in D'Lo for several years. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs.

John W. Mangum of D'Lo; a son, Delton Derrick of Jackson; a brother, P. S. Mangum of Austin, Texas; six grandchildren; and eleven great grandchildren. Cashier.

The program i3 under the supervision of Tommy Mansrum, Simpson County Public Director I Prcgran gcs fcto effect. swimming in a pond at i vf F. Grubbs. Sr. of Mendenhall.

Route 2, were held Monday afternoon from the Jupiter Baptist Church with Rev. W. C. Hallmark. Rev.

Homer Ainsworth and Rev. Taul Rob erts officiating. Interment was In the Jupiter cemetery with Upton Funeral Home In charge. FFC Grubbs died while In action near the DMZ In Viet Nam on April 20. He was first reported missing In action and the family was later notified that the body had been recovered.

He was a graduate of Mendenhall High School and had entered the army in July of 19G7. He was a lifelong resident of the Jupiter community. Survivors Include the par ents; two brothers, C. F. Grubbs, Jr.

and Douglas Grubbs, both of Jackson; and two sisters, Mrs. Nell Greer of Jackson and Mrs. Madonna Sullivan of Mendenhall and Hattlesburg. I Major recreation areas planned on Pearl River CRYSTAL SPRINOS Community leaders of Simp son and Copiah Counties have Joined forces to create a maj or recreation development on the Pearl River between the two counties. At a joint meeting In Crys tal Springs leaders from the two counties and the Pearl River Basin Development District discussed plans for launching the massive recreation program in the near future.

The central theme of the meeting was to create a high standard facility designed to attract week-enders from a wide area of Mississippi and surrounding states. Attractions that were dis cussed Included launching facilities, a retirement village, camp site, marina site, nature trails, a foot bridge across the river, and other related, recrer.lion facilities. The group elected Mr. John: D. Smith, Mendenhall, and Jim SJngily, Hazlehurst, as Co-chairmen to proceed with planning.

Lay Witness Mission at D'Lo Methodist "In a time when everyone Is condemning the young people of our society and asking what the church can do about them, we find a group of young people standing up for the teachings of Christ. Ted Giordano, Youth Director, and ten young people from Hinds Junior College, are go-j ing from church to church wherever they can witness for Christ," states Rev. James Dress, pastor of the D'Lo Methodist Church. Rev. Dress states that the D'Lo Methodist Church is proud to announce that on Sunday, May 19, at the 11 o'clock worship service, this sroup will be bringing their message to the people.

Everyone is urged to come and hear these young people tell how Christ has helped them and how He can help other! Brown Family reunion The members of the Spekl- ed Sol Brown family will hold to roTr.e bring a onnnal reunion on fcun- It was a wonderful day of fellowship, reminiscing, and fun, when the alumni, teachers, and friends of the Simpson County Agricultural High School met on Sunday, May 5, at Mendenhall School Cafeteria, on the site of their former school, for their annual reunion. For the class of 1026. -who sponsored the school organization, it was their 17th meeting, and for the school this was the 9th annual reunion. The fellowship each year has been a wonderful experience and has bound them together and helped them keep in touch with friends of yesterday. The school was known as the Simpson County A.H.S.

from 1911-1932 and graduated many leaders in their community, state and nation. Many are ministers who felt the influence of Christian teachers and friends. The morning was devoted to registration and fellowship. The cafeteria was beautifully decorated by Mrs. Lucile Wal- TOMORROW Jr," 4 years old, children of Mr.

and Mrs. Grant L. Jones of Mendenhall; bottom photo and Amy Eooks, 4 years old, children of my Eooks Melissa Bar: and Paula Barlow, 6 years old, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Barlow cf Karrisville.

Mr. and Mrs. of i jtu tfo-; i 1 BirinMipiiiMiwiwiiiiMiwii urn "invirr i -Yrrt FOOD STAMP CERTIFICATION BEGEMS Certification of those eligible to receive Food Stamps underway in Simpson County with the first stamps to be itor ana dv Vlsifnr I. Not CiC- Ure'd is'irs. Joyce IT ftScSe.

shown in the day, May 25, at the home of MenderdiallPij- te given to Mr. Joe Brown in the Corinth c.ft. Mrs. Jianija imij, itol lUsvxz, the WUdelMeELder-hall..