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Medicine and Home Remedies By Mike Robinson
I am sure everyone who grew up in the 1950’s and 1960’s has their own memories of medicine and home remedies that were used and usually dispensed by parents or grandparents. We had a clinic in Oakland and some fine doctors whose services were most often used for serious ailments and setting broken bones and…
Read MoreLiving Well By Pamela Redwine
Container Gardening and Cooking with Herbs. That is what Water Valley Housing Authority residents learned about Friday when Missy Burney and Pamela Redwine visited with them. They planted tomato plants in a 5 gallon bucket and talked about how to help them grow and stay healthy. They also learned about several different fresh herbs that…
Read MoreTillatoba News By Patcie Deck
Grenada lake BFL this weekend! Water is high and the fish are biting says JR Dukes. Go get them while they are biting, JR. Congratulations to Kason Croy who made the Principles List at Coffeeville Elementary School. Doris Hoop is one happy grandmother. Joey and Katelyn McClanahan and friends Shelby and JK of Jackson visited…
Read MoreOAKLAND NEWS
OAKLAND NEWS Written by Minnie Burns and Mother Taken from Thursday, August 30, 1962 Services for Charles Milton Willingham were held Saturday afternoon at 3 at Garner Bros. Funeral Home in Grenada, with burial in the Enid cemetery. Mr. Willingham died early Friday in Tallahatchie Hospital in Charleston, following a long illness. He had farming…
Read MoreCoffeeville First Baptist Church By Craig Baker, Pastor
The question this week in our Glad You Asked series is “Will You Explain Election and Free Will?” Throughout much of church history there have been controversies over certain doctrines. Mostly these doctrinal controversies have done nothing but divide and confuse believers while driving nonbelievers away from the church. This is the reason we have…
Read MoreLooking Back
90 YEARS AGO May 11, 19434 On Sunday afternoon of this week, Mr. A. P. Hudson of Water Valley, age 71, died at his home after a illness of a few days. Wednesday of this week, Mrs. Mary Willie Hamblet, age 78, died at the home of her daughter, Miss Luther Langham, of the Hopewell…
Read MoreTillatoba News By Patcie Deck
With all the storms and bad weather last week, beautiful weather has been welcomed for the past few days. While sitting out on my front porch, I could hear the lawnmowers going in all directions. It reminded me of the old English proverb saying, “Make hay while the sun shines.” Emily Tillman Donovan says she…
Read MoreCoffee Time By Sarah H. Williams
Forty years have passed since the Coffeeville Public Library was opened in its new location. Librarians Patty Bailey and Joyce Snider plus others have worked diligently for the library. Congratulations to everyone who has helped through the years and the programs they were responsible for promoting like “First Books For First Readers” and Summer Reading…
Read MoreLibrary News By Patty Bailey
Plant Swap April 18 @ Coffeeville Public Library Get your seeds and plants ready! Coffeeville Public Library will host our second annual Plant Swap this Thursday, April 18, 4:00 – 6:00 PM. This FREE event is sponsored by Friends of the Library and open to the public. We are partnering with Yalobusha County Extension Service…
Read MoreLiving Well By Pamela Redwine
We had such a fun time Thursday night at our FCS After 5- we enjoyed a delicious taco bar for dinner and this month we learned a few helpful tips and techniques for decorating cakes. We also learned we need more time and more Icing!!!! So be on the lookout for another cake decorating class…
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