Looking Back: Eighty Years Ago: General Andrew Jackson artifacts found

Here are the 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

(MAY 6 ,2021)

— Sharon Thompson, East Missis­sippi Community College’s Director of Athletes and Women’s head bas­ketball coach, has been selected to Mississippi State University’s Sports M-Club Hall of Fame.

FIVE YEARS AGO

(MAY 4, 2017)

— East Mississippi Community Col­lege sophomore Brittany Turner, 19, is an honor student, a member of the college’s Eastern Belles dance team and a martial arts instructor who will represent the U.S. in the 2017 World Martial Arts Games in September.

— For his complete-game no-hitter against Pearl River 10 days ago East Mississippi Community College soph­omore Bubba Stockstill has earned MACJC Pitcher of the Week honors.

10 YEARS AGO

(MAY 3, 2012)

— Tyler Watt, the son of Louis and Janice Watt of Geiger, Ala., and a stu­dent a Kemper Academy, has signed a national letter-of-intent to join the East Mississippi Community College rodeo team in the fall of 2012.

— Darryl Carter, who in three sea­sons turned the Kemper County Wildcats football program into a play-off contender, has resigned to become the new head coach of the Shannon Red Raiders.

25 YEARS AGO

(MAY 1 1997)

—A big crowd gathered last Thurs­day in the cafeteria at Kemper County High School in a break­through event for education in the county. The first-ever Kemper County Business and Education forum brought together the county’s leader with four objects in mind. Those ob­jectives included: Laying the founda­tion for a continuing partnership between business and education; sharing the employment needs of business representatives with educa­tors; sharing the needs of educators with business representatives; and endorsing that s=business represen­tative and educators are award of the series and training programs avail­able through East Mississippi Com­munity College.

— Dr. And Mrs. Authur Coleman Pickle of Kosciusko announce the en­gagement of their daughter, Karen, to Kenneth Dale Peay of Maben, son of Mr. Jeff Alonzo Peay and the late Mrs. Minnie V. Peay of Maben.

— Congratulations to Kemper Academy’s Chelsey Rushing, a K4 student, who placed fist in the MPSA State Art Contest. Chelsey is the daughter of Bryan and Pam Rushing of Scooba.

50 YEARS AGO

(MAY 4, 1972)

— Becky Johnson of DeKalb, stu­dent at the University of Mississippi, has recently been named to Who’s Who in Greek Fraternities and Soror­ities in American Colleges and Uni­versity. Becky has again been selected as a Rebelette with the Ole Miss Marching Band for 1972-73.

— Sen. John C. Stennis announced today the approval by the Ap­palachian Regional Commission of $183,960 in federal funds for the re­construction of the Zion access road in Kemper County, leading to Okati­bbee Reservoir.

— The engagement and approach­ing marriage of Miss Linda Nester and David Darnell is announced today by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard . Nester of Gholson. Parents of the prospective bridegroom are Mr. and Mrs. Guy Darnell of DeKalb.