100 Years Ago – June 6, 1919
LOUISVILLE: Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Parkes and sons Bill and Kindol visited Memphis this week. - Mr. C. A. Gillock made a visit to his Delta farm this week. - Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Gully attended the closing exercises at the I. I. & C. where their daughter Miss Mary Kate graduated. - Mrs. Joe Hollingsworth and son Joe, Jr. returned home Saturday from a pleasant stay with her mother in Houston, Miss. - The Ball game played at Louisville last Friday between Philadelphia and Louisville was quite entertaining, the score being 18 to 0 in favor of the home team. - Miss Katherine and Walter Spiva attended the closing exercises at the I. I. & C. where their sister Miss Madge graduated and returned home with them. - Miss Eva Clark and little nephew Jack Dempsey left last week for Shreveport, La. where they will make an extended visit with the former’s sister, Mrs. J. D. Townsend.
MARRIAGES: At an early hour June 1st, at the home of the groom’s father, Mr. J. H. Scott, Mr. Irvin Scott and Miss Myrtle Higgason were married, D. A. Lucius officiating. Both are citizens of Pleasant Hill community.
NOXAPATER: The heavy rains of the past week have retarded all kind of work most especially that of the farm. - Miss Claud Curtis left Saturday for a visit with relatives at Calhoun City, Shaw, Greenville, and Jackson. - John H. Reed, Jr. of Wiggins visited his father Mr. J. H. Reed here the past week. - Grover C. Slaughter who recently returned from France, arrived home Saturday from Camp, having been discharged. - Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Oglesby arrived here this week, the former is just home from France. - We are glad to report Mrs. H. N. Young, who has been ill for the past week, is better.
75 Years Ago – June 16, 1944
DEATHS: On May 30, Little Miss Jane Aldine Hailey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Hailey, passed away at the Louisville Hospital. She was nine years and seven months old. She was taken with Tetanus and rushed to the hospital Sunday night. She leaves her parents, five sisters, and three brothers.
LOUISVILLE: Shelby Woodward was called to Mobile Monday night by the illness of his daughter, Miss Dorothy Woodward, who suffered an attack of kidney stones. She is now improving. - Buddy and Gwen Harris of Bessemer, Ala. are visiting with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Harris. - Miss Dane Patterson of Jackson was called here Monday night by the illness of her mother, Mrs. Earl Patterson, who underwent an appendectomy operation on Monday. - Miss Ella Mae Mitchell will leave Monday for Chicago where she will attend the American Conservatory for six weeks. - Mrs. George B. Bradford, after being confined to bed for the past three months which included a hospital stay, has just returned from Memphis, at Dr. Rudner’s Clinic for examination and diagnosis. His report to her is quite encouraging and she should be better soon.
WEDDINGS: Miss Margaret Elizabeth Chapman became the bride of Lt. James M. Ellis, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Ellis, yesterday evening, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Chapman, Rev. W. L. Day officiating. - On June 10th, Miss Annie Landers, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Landers of Hinze, was married to Rev. Ethel Beall of Philadelphia at the home of Rev. Glenwood L. Taylor in Philadelphia. - Miss Nell Copeland of Indianapolis, Indiana and Mr. Charles Howard Thomas, Jr. were married April 20th in Norfolk, Virginia. The groom is the son of Mrs. Earl Ivy, formerly of Louisville. - Mr. Johnnie B. Hollis, son of Mr. Jack Hollis, and Miss Fannie Mae Dempsey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dempsey, were happily married at the court house recently. The groom is from the Macedonia community while the bride is from the Ford community.
NOXAPATER: Mrs. Addie Wooten, who is nearing her 100th birthday, is improving from her serious illness. - Little Patricia Ann Quinn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marcellus Quinn, had the misfortune to get a quarter stuck in her throat. She was carried to New Orleans, where an incision was made and the coin was removed. She is back home and all is right. - Mrs. W. S. Permenter has returned home from Memphis and is much improved from her throat surgery.
