100 Years Ago – April 9, 1920
TWO VALUABLE ENTERPRISES: Messers. Finis and Milt Woodward are now conducting a planing mill in conjunction with their ice and light plant. They also have a saw mill. The Fair Company’s big planing mill just south of town is nearing completion and will be one of the largest in this section.
The front page included a picture of the proposed Soldier’s Monument for Winston county, which has been contracted for and is now under construction, and will be ready for unveiling this fall. It is 25 feet high, and contains inscriptions for the Confederate Veterans, the Spanish-American War and World War soldiers. It is a beautiful marble.
LOUISVILLE: Mr. E. F. Egger was over from Macon yesterday on business. - Philip Peters left for Key West, Fla. Monday, after spending several days with home folks. - Mr. W. B. Landers of Hinze, visited his daughter, Miss Hattie, one of the popular sales-ladies at J. R. Holmes store, this week. - Mrs. Kate Woodward was called to Greenville Sunday, to be with her son, Judge Woodward, who was operated on for appendicitis. He underwent the operation fine. - Ground was broken this week for the new building for the Louisville Home Bank, which will be located between the T. J. Lee store and H. Morris’s Jewelry store. - The continued rains have been a source of wonder to the farmer for some time, but now the thing is looking desperate to many. It means about 14 hours per day to the farmer when it does stop raining if he makes much crop. - Our people extend a hearty welcome to Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mitchell and family, who recently moved here from Estes, where they have resided for several years. Mr. Mitchell purchased the Campbell place, one of the nicest homes in the city. Mr. Herington, Mr. Mitchell’s partner in the Mill business at Estes until they sold out recently, will go to Ellisville for a short time and will return here to reside, we are glad to know. - We welcome Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Koonce of Morton, who are now residents of our town. Mr. Koonce has charge of the Woodward Brothers planing plant.
MARRIAGES: On March 21st, Mr. Earnest Fox and Miss Annie C. Presley, E. L. Chiles officiating. The above young couple are among Beat Two’s most popular young people. - Married, on April 3, 1920, Mr. J. T. Whitten and Miss Eddie Dempsey, W. E. Dempsey officiating. The happy young couple have the best wishes of friends. - Mr. Foster Whisnant and Miss Cleo Humphries, two popular young people of Noxapater, were united in marriage Saturday evening, April 3rd at the Methodist parsonage, Rev. J. A. Goad officiating. The couple are at home to their friends in the handsome home of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Hunt.
NOXAPATER: Mr. and Mrs. Homer Fancher and children visited relatives at Weir the past Sunday. - Mrs. Henry Hollinsworth of Kosciusko was a guest of her sister, Mrs. Joe Carter and other friends here first of the week. - The box supper given by the Boy’s Hi-Y Club Friday evening was quite a success, both from a social and financial standpoint. - Mr. B. F. Kilpatrick of Neshoba spent several days here this week with his sons, Dr. T. F. and W. N. Kilpatrick. - Mr. N. W. Webb was called to Laurel last Thursday by the critical illness and death of his brother, Mr. R. L. Webb, whose remains were carried to Ackerman for interment Friday.
75 Years Ago – March 30, 1945
FRONT PAGE: Pfc. Thomas L. Crenshaw was reported killed in action in the European area. - Mr. and Mrs. J. B Gully, who were married in Louisville in 1895, quietly celebrated their Golden Anniversary recently at their home in Jackson. [Photo included] Both Mr. and Mrs. Gully are natives of Winston county and lived in Louisville until Mr. Gully was elected as state tax collector in 1942. “Uncle Jim” and “Miss Molly” are two of the state’s most loveable citizens.
DEATHS: Funeral services for Mrs. Newt H. McCool, 72, were held at the Doty Springs Baptist Church Friday. She passed away on the 14th at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R. L. Shumaker. The former Lucinda Jane Cummins was born May 18, 1873. She was preceded in death by her husband and a younger daughter. She is survived by eight children, 66 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
LOUISVILLE: Mrs. M. E. Rivers of Blue Mountain arrived Wednesday for a visit with her daughter, Mrs. James G. Graham. - Mrs. Jack Patterson and daughter Janie returned to Louisville Thursday following a week’s visit with Mrs. Preston Winters. - Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Luke were called to Philadelphia Sunday by the serious illness of their father, Mr. M. A. Luke, who is a patient in Harrison Hospital. - Mr. and Mrs. William Rhodes and daughter of Mendenhall, visited their parents here this week.
WEDDINGS: Dr. and Mrs. E. Lovorn of Louisville announce the marriage of their son, Pvt. William Ralph Lovorn to Miss Mildred June Douglas of Bethany, Oklahoma. Rev. W. O Fisher, pastor of the First Church of the Nazarene in Shreveport, La., performed the ceremony in the church parsonage Jan. 23. The couple is visiting the parents of the groom during his furlough.
NOXAPATER: Joe Dennis Herrington of Ackerman spent the week end here with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Oldham. - Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Richardson of Louisville were guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Carter here Tuesday. - Mrs. Glennie Holloway has returned home from Union, where she was the guest of her daughter, Mrs. C. E. Jenkins and family.
