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Oakland Friends Meet Sept. 4 Oakland Friends of the Library will meet Wednesday, Sept. 4, at 2:00 PM at Oakland Public Library for their quarterly meeting. Current members and prospective members are invited to attend and help promote and support Oakland Public Library. September Grab & Go Bags Yalobusha County Public Library System provides free…

On Lucky 13 one day last week was the question: True or False – Condolisa Rice was the first Secretary of State. The question was false. I got it right. Madolyn Allbright was the first Secretary of State. The contestant had it wrong. She said Condolisa Rice was the first one. Another question I answered…

90 YEARS AGO OCTOBER 5, 1934 Mr. H. L. Smith was elected Mayor of Oakland Tuesday; Mr. Johnny Green, Marshal; and Mr. R. L. Matthews, Mr. W. E. Swearengen, Mr.George Pritchard. Mr. Pryor Bailey and Mr. Wallace Pritchard, Alderman. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Benoist and family, who have been living in Memphis where Mr.…

Misses Mary and Ruth Donaldson were co-hostesses to the Delta Kappa Gamma at the Uniaversity of Mississippi recently. Last Saturday Dr. and Mrs. Frank Donaldson of Jackson, ate dinner with the James Donaldsons. Since Frank Fernandez left for duty in his branch of service, Mr. Avent has been elected to fill his vacancy in teaching…

This week we continue considering some questions in our “Glad You Asked” series that can be addressed with a brief answer. The first question we will consider is, “Thomas had to put his hand in Jesus’ scars to believe, so does that mean we have scars/wounds after death?” This question is related to the question…

Love and sympathy to the Joy Calder Walton family. Mrs. Alvia Joy Calder Robinson Walton, 73, of Tillatoba, passed away Wednesday, August 21, 2024 at the Baptist Hospital in Oxford. Joy was laid to rest at the Union Cemetery in Tillatoba. A surprise visit this week was from our friend, Elizabeth McKinney, and her son…

Libraries Closed Sept. 2 for Labor Day Coffeeville and Oakland Public Libraries will be closed Monday, Sept. 2, for Labor Day, a state and federal holiday. Oakland Friends Meet Sept. 4 Oakland Friends of the Library will meet Wednesday, Sept. 4, at 2:00 PM at Oakland Public Library for their quarterly meeting. Current members and…

As usual Tammy takes me riding down Okahoma Street past the Dollar General Store almost every day. We love to look at Coley Little Bailey’s cotton patches. Saturday afternoon we were thrilled to see that bolls of cotton had popped out. I guess the next phase will be the defoliation process. We had looked forward…

90 YEARS AGO SEPTEMBER 28, 1934 With the arrest of Bruno Richard Hauptman, a German carpenter, in New York state, just across the line from New Jersey, last Friday, it is believed that the famous Lindbergh baby kidnapping of two years ago has been solved. Miss Thelma Pipkin was elected to represent our county at…