Simpson County News from Mendenhall, Mississippi • 1

CO o3 215 FAR .1 Mi I Organ of Sisgjon Cccnty Former the Kf Oldest Established Easiness In County Mcndeahallo Mississippi, dixie a Li Turkey Shoot planned HOUND 0 NI) Owners of Pine Timber to meet here Tuesday A mot-ting of Tine Timber Owners Is to be held Tuesday, Radio Station WSJC-FM plans to be on air soon 'AT IT i -4 A By R.B.C. iiecemoer 17, at 1:30 pm. In Radio Station WSJC-FM the Simpson County Court- feOll III IllVICinn will be on the air -uwm An I housp In nt Merit Dec. 21 Turkey Shoot will be held at Merit on Highway 43 between Mendenhall and Pinola, sponsored by the rieas-ant Valley Baptist Church, beginning at 9 ani. and continuing until 5 p.m.

Signs will be pasted at the Merit Grocery directing tho way to the shoot. All proceeds are to be used In remodeling the Sunday School rooms at the church. Sandwiches and cold drinks will be available at the shoot. Everyone Is invited to come. nounces Station Mui'iacrr We already making pre-' The meeting Is for the pur-'LDC TOUmaniCnt discussing ihi i Mike Mathls.

The stn'ltm be broadcastinu with 100,000 watts power, on 1075 for a juration for the annual Chriitmas edition of the Sr. ion County News, which cooperative plywood to l)C l)laVOd IlOrP I MV lJtU Utlt plant In this area. Plyco. this area. Plvco Tne Mendenhall was selected tn be In our paper of Doc-; Mathls stated tint applic play hast to the South Divis ation has been made to the Federal ion Little Dixie Conference basketball tournament by Little Dixie representatives in Commlslon fur dual Identification of the station.

If approved, Identification of the new FM outlet will be WKJC FM, meeting ncld here last Services held for Wednesday night MENDENILLL HIGH Shirley Pickens; back row -SCHOOL GIRLS TEAM -'Deborah Patrick, Marly Dav-Members of the Mendenhall Is. Sammie Mullins, Judy Tigercttes Basketball Team Price, Dianne Workman, Di-are shown above. Left to right' anne Peacock, Gladys Thorn-are, front row Debbie Wig- pson. Not Pictured, Jane Al-lnton. Peggy Everett, Coach exandcr.

Paul Garner, Donna Sullivan, The tourney will be held on Mrs. S. L. Knight Mendenhall and Macee. Wednesday through Saturday, January 22-25.

The over Construction of an auxili c5cr 2Gth. We plan to pub- on Monday, December 23, tr.d gft the papers In the post c.Tice on Tuesday of that week. This will enable our em-plcjtfs to get a well deserved holiday vacation from Tues-ty. December 24, at noon until Friday morning, December 27. Most businesses In Mendenhall plan to be closed en Wednesday and Thursday for Christmas, and on Wednesday and Thursday for New Tear's also.

Funeral services for Mrs. all tournament, matching the top four teams from the Mary Ellen Norrls Knight of Mendenhall were held Monday afternoon from the First has been chartered under the Cooperative Statutes of the State of Mlsslss ppl and plans for the location of the plant arc now being studied. The program is set up in a twenty county area, with the counties to include Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Hinds, Jasper. Jeff Dav's, Jones. Kemper, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Leake, Lincoln, Marlon, Newton, Rankin Scott, Simpson, Smith and Walthall; The meet'ng next Tuesday is sponsored by the Industrial Committees of the Mendenhall Area Chamber of Commerce and Magee Chamber of Commerce.

All Interested pine timber growers in Simpson County are urged to attend thl: South and North tourna ary studio and office is Hearing completion at 233 North Main Street in Mendenhall, and all of the broadcasting equipment, except the transmitter, has already been received and Is In the process of ments, will be played In the Baptist Church In Menden- f1 ft iali. with Rev. James E. Smith p. home gym of the winner of the South Division boys early In the following week.

The officlat'ng. Interment was In being Installed. North Division LDC tourney the Mendenhall cemetery vlth Up', on Funeral Home In "Si V- will be held at Pearl-McLau rln. Mrs. Knight, 87 years old, lied late Saturday night at Principal James R.

Wlgin- We mentioned two weeks ago that Roland Dale appeared to be In line for the position of Head Football Coach at the University of Southern i i k. AJ i St. Dominic Hospital In Jack- ton and Coach Paul Garner extended the invitation to j.J iff I. -1 i I Mr1 on after a lenglhy Illness. 3he was a native of Cokes- loop representatives for the jEsslssippi and the announ-; basketball tournament to be meeting.

held here. had been a resident of Mendenhall for more than forty Work on an addition to the Worker killed in fall from tank near Magee front of the Mendenhall School gym is already under A water tank construction way to provide additional worker, Michael Eugene facilities. Included in the ad yeaTS. She was the widow of the late Dr. S.

Lewis Knight and for many years had been active in church, club, community and business activities In Mendenhall. dillon will be space for the Sharble, wa3 killed last Thursday when he slipped and fell from the new water tank for the Smith Crossing concession stand and for rest MENDENHALL HIGH Walter Rock, Donald Craw-SCHOOL BOYS TEAM ford; back row Mark KU-Shown above are the memb- lingsvvorth, Allen Glisson ers of the Mendenhall Tigers Ricky Maddox, John McGow-Basketball Team. Left to1 an, Gary Paul Sullivan, Tom- ment was confirmed more than a week ago. Dale Is a native of Magee and a graduate of Magee High School in the Class of 1943 and was an outstanding tackle for the Ole Miss Rebels in 1947-47. He spent three days at USM early last week and Is now back at Ole Miss, where he has served nine years as an assistant coach.

He is helping to get the Rebels ready for the Liberty Bowl game Saturday in Memphis, when the Rebels meet Virginia Tech. Mike Mathls. who has been appointed manager of WSJC-FM, has been associated with Southeast Mississippi Broadcasting Company for more than 10 years In the operation of WSJC at Magee. He will arsumc h's new duties on or about January 1. Mathls Is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi and has completed one year of work on his Masters degree In Radio and TV at the University of Alabama.

He Is married to the former Janlco Jones of Mize, and they have one daughter and one son. In announcing the proposed schedule for the station, Mathls said the operating hours would be from 4 a.m. to 12 midnight, with easy listening stereo music scheduled from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.

He further stated that there would be a heavy concentration on local news, sports and community activities. The present target date for on-the-alr broadcasting Is January, 1909. Transmitting equipment rooms, both of which are badly needed. Mr. Wlglnton states that he expects the survivors include one son, Water System Just off High way 49 near Sanatorium.

Sharble, an employee of Pit ngnt are, front row Jim- my Dale Keen, and Coach Dr. Norris C. Knight of Jackson; five daughters, Mrs. work to be completed before the LDC tournament Is held, C. Crabdree of Mendenhall, tsburgh Sleel Company, was 23 years old and was a resi Mrs.

B. T. Robinson of Jack dent of Birmingham, Ala, It son, Mrs. B. D.

Statham of was reDorted that this was Magnolia, Mrs. Dunbar Fisher Polled Hereford sale to be held Saturday my Baldwin, Clint Rotenber- Paul Garner, ry, Joey Brown, Paul Magee, Mendenhall Invitational Tournament being held Wednesday thru Saturday The Mendenhall Invitat-j 9 p.m. his first tank construction job and Mrs. Robert Baker, both and that his brother was of Houston, Texas; one slst JACKSON The Mississip foreman of the project. ir, Mrs.

Louis Campbell of pi Polled Hereford Assoclat He was pronounced dead on Vorfolk, fourteen grand and six great ion will hold its annual bull sale on Saturday, December arrival at Magee General Hospital. uaciw4u luuiiiaiiiciiu 0n Tnursaay, Pinola giris grandchildren. 14, 1968, at Edwards, Missis Local boys win three; ifirls get two and one The Mendenhall Tigers basketball teams were win-; aers to three games on the wad during the past week, ihile the girls team won two and lost one. sippi, according to W. R.

New man of Jackson, Chairman of the Sale Commission. and studios for WSJC-AM win De piayea at tne Menaen- wili piay tne prentiss-Men-hall gym Wednesday, Thurs-j denhall winner at 5 p.m., Pin-day, Friday and Saturday, 0ja boys will piay th? Mend-December 11-12-13-14. Nine enhall-Prentiss winner at 6, girls teams and nine boys Magee girls and crystal Spr-teams will be entered in this mgs at 7( Magee boys and tournament. crystal Springs boys at 8, and The opening game is being Puckett girls and Florence at The sale this year will feat ure 50 top quality Polled FM are located on iisgnway 28 East In Magee. ai Monticello the Tigers won 59-47 with John McGoW' an getting 20 points and Wal Hichwav 80.

between Vicks- Rook 14. The Mendenhall Hereford bulls, all serviceable age, ready to go to work In the pasture. Twenty of the top Polled Hereford herds In Mississippi are consigning bulls to this sale, which, according to sale officials, should be even better than last year's outstanding sale. The sale will begin at 12:30 P.M. at the Hinds County Livestock Pavillion, Edwards, Mississippi, located on U.

S. played at 5 p.m. Wednesday with Prentiss girls meeting' The semi-final games wll Mendenhall. Prentiss boys are begin at 5:30 p.m. Friday and playing Mendenhall at 6 p.m., the finals at 7 and 8 o'clock Raleigh and Harrisville girls Saturday night, at 7 p.m., Raleigh and Har-I Admission is 50 and 75 risville boys at .8 p.m., and cent for each night.

Puckett boys and Florence at burg and Jackson, Mississippi. Lunch will be available at the sale location, and prospective buyers are urged to come early and look at the bulls before sale time. For sale catalog or other Information, write W. R. Newman, P.

O. Box 1729, Jackson, M'sdssippl. firls won 56-49 with Sammie Mdlins scoring 28 points, De- Patrick 14 and Marty Davis Saturday night at Crystal Springs the Tigers won 56-36 Jrtta McGowan again leading Tigers in scoring with 18 Pomts followed by Allen Glis- with 15. Mendenhall girls aped 6ver Crystal Springs with Patrick scoring 29, 20 and Davis 6. The aendenhall J'uilor ffigh girls won their game 26-8.

Monday night at Hazle-; test the Tigers again won, tone 63-55 with McGow-f-ting 18 points and Gary Sullivan 16. The Men- HARRISVILLE BEAUTIES-, Barlow, Linda McCain, Most Pictured left to right are Beautiful; Connie Terrell, Barbara MacMillan, Judy' and Sue Neely. Harrisville High School beauties named Lf -rZL, Ami II 1 1 The Beauty Review at Harrisville was a highlight of, the season. The theme was "Stairway to the Stars." The stage was beautifully decor Barlow was the first alternate. Don Earlow, Mr, H.

II. crowned Linda and presented red carnations to her. The judges were three members of the faculty at Seminary High School and a businessman from Florence. fu girls suffered their ss of the season with i Jeh'Wt winning 70-67. it sl 18 i scored 40, Davis, I Patrick 8.

ated with a stairway wnicn was covered with red "carpeting," angel hair, and gold stars. The background of the stage was blue with gold and silver stars. Fifteen contestants model ed sportswear, dressy clothes, and formal attire. The contestants were Deborah Sandi-fer, Barbara McMillan, Janice Bennett, Becky Lewis, Unices held for fc. Emma Carr Jeral services lor Mrs.

OKverCarr of Magee Wednesday after-Jfrom the First Method- Hightower officiat-fcuennent was in -the Anderson Box Co. lifts Lay ton to Operations Mgr. Anderson Box Company has announced the appointment of Ray Layton of Mendenhall as Operations Manager, South Central Area. This includes the states of Mississippi and Louisiana. His 1 T.inda McCain.

Sandy Dear, Stella Bridges, Sue Neely, Gloria Dossett, Connie Ter- 1 ti CmitVl Inlll responsibilities Include sales 'erai Home in I i i i- development, branch operat ions and installation and ser .1 Carr. 83 vmt ai Ward, Faye Garrett, Dianne Hughes, and Judy Barlow. Cindy Aultman of Seminary and Linda Magee of Mendenhall did the entertaln-mnt for the pageant. The class beauties and run-ners-up were as follows: Senior Beauty, Judy Barlow; run- uiu, U1CU at the Simpson Cou- 1 niirsinu tt m. AIIO HISS MENDENHALL JUNIOR HI vice activities.

Layton has been a sales representative for Anderson a i 1 mo. 1 7' ess. She resident of wa.i a Mr. gee r.er-nn Joan Ward; Junior x. ffiemir of the he of Seen in Kendall Christmas Parage Beauty-Connie Terrell, run npr-un-Donna Smith; Sopho- for over four years and has Allana Kay Morgan was el-j handled Anderson's complete! ected Miss Mendenhall Jun-line of poultry equipment and ior High School and Joe Boy-packaging supplies for hatch-Mes was elected Mr.

Menden-eries, poultry processors and hall Junior High School for egg packers. 1S63-69 in the recent Who's Layton and his wife, the Who election. former Tommie Cowart, re- Allana Kay Is the daughter side In Mendenhall, where cf Mr. and Mrs. T.

H. Morgan and the Junior F. II. A. Last year she was a Junior High Cheerleader.

Joe is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Boyles of Mendenhall. He Is a member of the Junior High football, basketball and baseball teams, and Is very active in school cv nf the enhall Area Chamber cfjmore tutr Sue Neely; floats in "the Mendennan wmmene 7 5 delude one fn-sei a vf" Csanor Carm'di- sv 1 two B. srateeandA.F.Carr nine vM trprf- shews US r.xoiiipi Mc.ui-ian, ruxLuei-u Mills of Hat-'gennett.

nonxT: shnrtlv' before" press, is Miss Lina was naing on. chosen activitlvities. time tiesburgwho st -u inihrold Santa the Peopies Bani Linda Mccain was Rao- seven tzi. July Tarthose is located. ter of the Mendenhall BaadJ (SCN Phsto) "Most Eea-tLf'J," srea.

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