Looking Back: 80 Years Ago: Virgil Vernon’s meteorite drawing attention
Here are a few items of interest from issues of The Kemper County Messenger from one, five, 10, 25, 50 and 80 years ago.
ONE YEAR AGO
(APRIL 15 ,2021)
— East Mississippi Electric Power Association is excited to announce that its fiber broadband subsidiary, East Mississippi Connect, was awarded Eligible Telecommunications Carrier (ETC) status by the Mississippi Public Service Commission.
FIVE YEARS AGO
(APRIL 13, 2017)
— Two Kemper County High School freshman, Kaitlin Drake and Ladacia Hopson, have received a similar honor that comes only to a small group. They each have had two poems published in different publications.
— For the second straight year, Kemper County’s softball team has clinched a spot in the postseason. The Lady Wildcats traveled to Aberdeen last Tuesday and swept the host Lady Bulldogs, assuring Kemper of the No. 3 spot in Region 4-3A.
— From Mail Tales by Hoppy Spinks: Ramona and I attended the Cantata at the DeKalb Baptist Church Sunday night. There was a nearly full church. The singers from the community churches under the direction of Larry Gibson were outstanding. The event was good. Jerry Nelson narrated and again did a great job.
10 YEARS AGO
(APRIL12, 2012)
— Ben Dudley has been working to get Kemper County’s E-911 Address system in place for nearly nine years. Emergency 911 addresses help ambulances and volunteer fire departments along with sheriff’s deputies find people who need their help. It saves tie and can save lives.
— The Kemper Academy baseball team has gotten on the winning track in its past three games. “Maybe it was the new uniforms,” KA coach Jack Bobo quipped after his team improved to 5-6 on the season.
25 YEARS AGO
(APRIL10, 1997)
— The deadline for qualifying for the next municipal election in DeKalb and Scooba came and went this past Saturday, with 11 qualifying to run for the six office seats available in DeKalb.
— From Up Preston Way by Louise Fulton: The Nanih Waiya Kindergarten Class visited Bootsie Hailey’s chicken house last week on their field trip.
— Mr. Lester White, Manager of the East Mississippi Farm Supply-DeKalb store, will be doing more fishing soon. His retirement officially begins this week. He will be missed by many every day.
50 YEARS AGO
(APRIL 13 1972)
— Kemper Academy Board of Directors announce the association of Mr. Davis Glasgow as Headmaster.
— L.C. McRae, owner of McRae Motor Co. in DeKalb, has been awarded an all-expense trip to Athens, Greece fo the selling the most cars and trucks in a two-week period in December and January in this territory.
80 YEARS AGO
(APRIL 9, 1942)
— The Farm Security Administration in Kemper County has orders and is already delivering 7,000 baby chicks to be distributed among some 70 or 75 families.
— The Business Women’s Circles has asked to us to please tell the people to quit gathering flowers in the cemetery. It seems that the love of flowers is a little stronger than good judgment with some few.
— For the benefit of people who do not know much about meteorites, but have been asking questions about the supposed meteorite found on Virgil Vernon’s place on the line of Noxubee, Kemper, and Winston counties some weeks ago, samples are now being tested by the chemist of the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.
— Mr. and Mrs. S.J. Creekmore, of DeKalb, announce the marriage of their daughter, Lannie Flora Creekmore, to Terrell H. Waddell, son of Mr. and Mrs. S.B. Waddell also of DeKalb.
— From Kipling News: Miss Nona McWilliams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter McWilliams of Kipling, who teaches the second grade in the deKalb High School, has been re-elected to this position for the 1942-43 session of that school.
— Dan’s Grocery was selling Liver Cheese for 40 cents per pound and Bologna for 25 cents per pound.