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85 YEARS AGO April 5, 1940 The following compose the senior class who will be graduating May 1: Homer Dale Arrington, Wyomah Brooks, Billy Crowson, Alice Johnston, Robert Langham, Lelia Petty, Sudie Rounsaville, Fred Vick, Robbie Wortham, Marie Young, and Jack Speir. The seniors of Oakland High School will present their annual senior play in the near future. The name of the play is “The Old Crab”. Those taking part in the play and arrangements thereof include: Carson Hughes, Jr., Nancy McSwine, Sue Gordin, Marilyn Walker, William Davidson, Russell Hartley, James Sayle, Hugie Sivley, Martha Jane Sayle, and Carolyn Gordin. 80 YEARS AGO April 6, 1945 The Bronze Star medal is awarded to Wanda C. Johnson for heroic achievement in connection with military operations against the enemy February 10, 1945 in the vicinity of Honsdorf, Germany Mr. and Mrs. Fred McCormack are the happy parents of a fine boy born in the Oxford Hospital Wednesday, April 4. After spending spring holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Irving Shaw, Miss Wylene Shaw returned Sunday to Northwest Junior College at Senatobia. 75 YEARS AGO April 6, 1950 Mr. John W. Pendergrass of the Sylvan Knoll Community died suddenly of a heart attack Wednesday afternoon, April 5. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Madison Friday morning of the last week a 6 1/2 lb girl who has been christened Beverly Ann. The Yalobusha County 4-H team won first place in the general livestock judging contest at the Batesville Northwest Districk Livestock Show. They are Elbert Sides, Billy Benoist and Bobby Burney, all of Coffeeville and J. B. Massey of Oakland. Mr. E. O. Sessums is Assistant County Agent. 70 YEARS AGO MARCH 31, 1955 Thomas Dawkins and John Ewell Kimbrough were among the six new pledges of the Mississippi State College Chapter of Sigmi Phi Epsilom. “Swing Your Partner” the senior play will be presented April 2. The characters are Margaret Burns, Joanne Shannon, Jimmy LaCook, Jane Walker, Sue Pittman, John Stone, Delores Boland, Mary Alice Hooper, David Brower and George Miller. Horris Holloway, representing the FFA of CHS, won top honors in the District Public Speaking Contest held at the FFA Camp in Grenada Wednesday. 65 YEARS AGO April 7, 1960 Larry Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Columbus Davis, won the County Spelling Bee Friday at the local school. Among the twenty basketball players picked for Mississippi’s 1960 North South All Star team is Billy Wayne Chandler, a senior at Coffeeville High School. 60 YEARS AGO MARCH 25, 1965 Nancy George, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morris George and a freshman at MSCW was entered in the annual Miss W Pageant recently. Marily Jones and Delores White, eighth graders, will represent Coffeeville School in the annual Yalobusha Spelling Bee Thursday, Apirl 8. 55 YEARS AGO April 2, 1970 Mrs. Jean Scobey, Mrs. Vivian Purdy, Mrs. Jenny Lynn Fernandez and Mrs. Curt Pipkin, all of Coffeeville spent two days, Monday and Tuesday of this week in a training session in Water Valley learning how to operate as official census takers. Miss Joy Arrington, a senior at MSCW began her student teaching in an elementary school in Aberdeen Monday, March 30. Dianne Logan, 15-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Logan and a sophomore in Coffeeville High School particiated in the District Piano Festival at the University of Mississippi Saturday, March 21, and judges scored her “excellent. 45 YEARS AGO April 3, 1980 Deborah Burnett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sonny Burnett and a freshman at Northwest Junior College was chosen as Miss Polk Sallad for 1980 at Water Valley High School Saturday night, March 29. 40 YEARS AGO April 11, 1985 On Monday, April 8, the Town of Coffeeville Election Commission met to examine the petitions of those seeking to get their names on the ballots for town offices in the June 4 election. Incumbent Mayor Dean Arrington qualified for reelection as Mayor and will be unopposed for another four year term. There were eight candidates for Town Alderman who qualified and will be listed on the ballot. They are Joe Bourn and Billy Dean Fielder for reelection; Danny Adams, John Devault, Willie Harris II, Debra Longstreet, Steve Nichols, and Bobby Ross. Christopher Corace Chapman died Thursday, April 4, at Yalobusha General Hospital in Water Valley.
