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90 YEARS AGO July 20, 1934 George Wilbourn of the Gray Rock Community left Wednesday for New Orleans to accepted a position on a Marine boat. He will start to work Friday and be gone several months. Mr. Jeff Roberts, who has been in business at Shady Springs, has moved to town and opened up…

Please mark on your calendars!! Vacation Bible school at the Tillatoba Baptist church is July 7th-July 10 th. The time is 6:00 to 8 :00 p. m. We are also having a preregistration Sunday 6/30/24 from 4:00 to 5:30 pm And now we are going to brag on sweet Meg Dave’s a bit! Meg was…

STEM Program & Smokey Bear at Oakland June 26 Adventure Begins at Your Library SLP Program at Oakland Public Library Wednesday, June 26, 1030 AM will be a STEM program. Special guests this week will be Tymple Harrison with the MS Forestry Commission and Smokey Bear. Summer Library Programs are free and open to the…

This week in our “Glad You Asked” series, we consider questions that were asked by the church about prayer. There were three questions asked about prayer. Those questions were, “Does prayer make things happen differently than God intended,’ ‘if you say God does not heal anymore, then why do we have a prayer list,’ and…

Bro. Scarborough told a story at Bro. James Edwards’ funeral last Wednesday that I had never heard. The Coffeeville boys basketball team was playing Wheeler in the playoffs and were by one at the end of the last quarter. At the time Midnight was fouled and had to go to the free shot line for…

Outdoor Adventure SLP at Oakland June 19 Adventure Begins at Your Library SLP Programs at Oakland Public Library are Wednesday mornings in June. This week’s program on June 19, at 10:30, will be Outdoor Adventure. Summer Library Programs are free and open to the public, but registration is required. Children must be elementary age and…

90 YEARS AGO July 20, 1934 George Wilbourn of the Gray Rock Community left Wednesday for New Orleans to accepted a position on a Marine boat. He will start to work Friday and be gone several months. Mr. Jeff Roberts, who has been in business at Shady Springs, has moved to town and opened up…