100 Years Ago – April 18, 1919
Louisville High School ranks second among the schools in Mississippi in per capita of War Savings. The December 31, 1918 report lists the three largest per capita sales and purchases of the War Saving Stamps: Port Gibson High School, Mrs. C. W. Ramsey, Principal - $19.50; Louisville High School, John Rundle, Supt., - $21.54; and Edwards High School - E. M. Coleman, Supt., $44.00.
LOUISVILLE: Remember the Easter Egg hunt to be given by the Baptist Ladies, Circle No. 1, at the Masonic Park, Saturday, April 19th. Admission 10c. - J. Ed Haggard has sold his Winston Telephone line to Judge Lee Carroll. - Sheriff Hull and City Marshal McCreary made a couple of good hauls this and last week in the way of murderers, having captured one wanted in Columbus and one wanted in Arkansas for shooting people. Mr. W. B. Carter located and assisted Sheriff Hull in capturing the latter. - Mrs. Nona Dempsey now has her sewing room in the upstairs of the Lee Building. - Gordon Bennett left Monday for Russellville, Ala., to take a position as head of the bookkeeping department in a large mercantile establishment.
MARRIAGES: Married at Harmony Church April 6th, 1919, Mr. Otto Slawson and Miss Lydia Fox, Rev. Z. B. Kitchens officiating. This is a popular young couple.
Memorial Services will be held at Liberty Universalist Church April 26th, Saturday before the 4th Sunday. Rev. A. G. Strain will preach. Dinner on the ground and everyone is invited to come. - There will be Memorial Services held at Poplar Flat Church Saturday before the first Sunday in May. Rev. J. E. Wills will deliver the sermon. Everybody invited to attend and bring a basket.
News reached here last Friday that the home of Dr. A. A. McNeel at Handle in the southwestern portion of our county, was destroyed by fire on Thursday, together with almost the entire household effects, with no insurance. The house was under such headway when discovered that little could be saved. Dr. McNeel is the father of Tax Assessor McNeel.
NOXAPATER: Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Wilkes Johnson on the 11th, a fine boy. - Dr. Dorsey of Camp Upton, New York, spent a few days here on a visit to his mother and sister. He left Wednesday for a visit with relatives at Eupora, accompanied by his mother. - Andrew Johnson of U. S. S. Albert is at home on furlough. - Mrs. R. H. McGraw of Louisville was a guest of her aunt, Mrs. C. C. Gunn last Friday. - Grady Hickman, who has been in the U. S. Service for the past several months, much of which was spent in France, arrived home Monday.
75 Years Ago – April 21, 1944
FRONT PAGE: A February 18, 1944 letter from T/Sgt. Henry Hudson, Jr. (a prisoner in Germany) to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Hudson of Louisville, was published. He thanked them for his parcels and asked for a good pipe and about 12 of the latest records by Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, Bennie Goodman along with needles. He asked for vitamin tablets and a couple of decks of cards. He also thanked them for the pictures they sent, thanked his father for writing knowing he didn’t take much time for writing. He closed by saying it was cold and snowing, signing Love Always, Junior.
BIRTHS: Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Legg of Hattiesburg announce the arrival of a baby boy, Walter Monroe, April 1st. - Pvt. and Mrs. Roger G. Miller are the parents of a son, Robert Gerald, born April 12th. Roger is currently in England; Mrs. Miller is at home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Hill. - Pvt. and Mrs. James Black announce the birth of a daughter, born April 16th. The father is currently stationed at Fort Ord, Calif. and should be home soon.
Next Friday, April 28, is the date for the Formal Grand Opening of the Community House for all teen-agers of this vicinity.
DEATHS: Funeral services were conducted by Rev. C. C. Weaver at Liberty Baptist Church for Mrs. Verna E. Wilkes, 58, April 10. Burial was in the church cemetery. She passed away at home after a long illness. Surviving are her husband, Arthur E. Wilkes, four daughters, three sons, four grandchildren, four sisters, and two brothers.
WEDDINGS: On April 8, Miss Bessie Suttle and Mr. Jep Moody were married at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church in Noxapater. - The marriage of Miss Pollie Lovorn and Mr. James Fox was solemnized April 15 at the home of Rev. W. C. Kitchens.
Three sons and one son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Bridges of Noxapater are currently in service. They are Kenneth Otis Bridges, Romeo C. Bridges, Theo F. Bridges, and Henry W. Taylor. - Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Eaves currently have two sons in service, PFC Clinton Eaves in the Army and S2/c Lambert Eaves in the Navy.
