February is Genealogy/Local History Month at the Winston County Library. Each week we will highlight something of interest from our collection to the public. This week we are announcing the acquisition of Rotary Club Newsletters from 1944 in Louisville, MS. Five Rotary Newsletters are included and were mailed to Louisville native Bernard T. Hickman, Sgt. 1st class while stationed at the Naval Hospital Corps School in Bainbridge, MD. These newsletters were mailed to men and women from Winston County serving in the military all over the world.
Louisville Rotary Club officers in 1944 – Walter Bennett, President; Walter Darby, Secretary/Treasurer; Bill Day, Claude Fair Program Chairmen; Bill Bennett, C. P. Thrailkill and Charlie Irwin, co-editors of the newsletter. Winston County locations mentioned are The Community Center (now the Chamber of Commerce/Economic Development), The Teen Tavern, Blackwood’s Barber Shop, Old Parks Hotel and Doyle Lake.
“The newsletters are quite humorous and speak of so many old family names in Winston County.” said librarian Beth Edwards. “Bass fishing on Doyle Lake; dances at the Community Center; interesting programs at Rotary meetings such as Mr. Charles Fair working for the F.B.I in Cleveland, New York and Detroit; farming conditions in Winston County and so much more.”
Photocopies of the letters are available for the public to read.
Check It Out At The Winston County Library!
FEBRUARY 2020
The following FICTION books are now available for checkout at the library:
Danielle Steel – Neighbors
Ace Atkins – Robert B. Parker’s Someone to Watch
Thomas Perry – Eddie’s Boy
Robin Lee Hatcher – How Sweet It Is
Melody Carlson – The Christmas Swap
Helene Tursten – Snow Drift
Paige Shelton – Cold Wind
Stuart Woods – Hush-Hush
Laurie King – Riviera Gold
Christina Dodd - Wrong Alibi
Jayne Ann Krentz – All the Colors of Night
Jeff Lindsay – Fool Me Twice
Karen Harper – Under the Alaskan Ice
J. K. Rowling – The Ickabog
Ashley Antoinette – Butterfly Book 3
Tracie Peterson – Endless Mercy
Darby Kane – Pretty Little Wife
Lorelei James – Spun Out
Joanna Trollope – Mum and Dad
Sara Foster – You Don’t Know Me
Jane Smiley – Perestroika in Paris
Ashley Audrain – The Push
Rachel Ryan – The Woman Outside My Door
James Grippando – Twenty
Emma Rous – The Perfect Guests
Michael Farris Smith – Nick
Patricia Cornwell - Spin
The following NON-FICTION BOOKS are now available for checkout at the library:
Do You Feel Like I Do? - Peter Frampton
The Truths We Hold – Kamala Harris
We Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal
Deception and Murder – M. William Phelps
Happiness Becomes You: A Guide To Changing Your Life For Good –
Tina Turner
Answers In The Form of Questions: A Definitive History and Insider’s Guide to Jeopardy! – Claire McNear
What Color Is Your Parachute 2021? – Richard N. Bolles
Mississippi Legends and Lore – Alan Brown
Merchants on Issaquena: Avenue of the Blues in Mississippi – oMargery Kerstein
Elanor -
David Michaels
Uninvited: Living Loved When Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely –
Lysa Terkeurst
Don’t Settle For Safe – Sarah Jakes Roberts
How To Attract Birds To Your Garden – Dan Rouse
