Midnight Marauder Caught After Store Break-in at Brozville
In Brozville Sunday night a White man named Hoy Patterson, 55, was captured after breaking into Kelly Frost’s store. Patterson, an itinerant, claimed no fixed home. Sheriff Ellis and Deputy Roach transported him to Lexington jail. Local residents reported a suspicious car seen nearby during the incident.
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Kelly Frost
Brozville
Hoy Patterson
Frost
Hind Dog
Moto
Althot
Community Hospital Posts Record Patient Intake at New Site
Holmes County Community Hospital reports a record weekly patient intake since moving to the new location. Staff note most rooms are in use with operating suites ready, and several operations have occurred. A list of patients includes both white and colored individuals, with nurses and supervisors named. a burglary at a nearby store is described with lost goods.
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Holmes County Community Hospital
Altho
Cridge
Lois Brady
Lexington
Myrtis Marks
Howard
J. T. Wallis
Tehula
William Green
Edward McRae
Harriston
Ark
James Roscoe Rossom
P. H. Williams
J. W. Edwards
Louise Edwards
James Nash
Dry ‘Tehula
Alex Calihan
Roosevelt Bonks
Durant
Alberta House
May Jane Bailey
Priscilla Woodson
Pocahontas Andeson
Acona
Katie Buchanan
Mary Glover
George Davis
Mary Lou Johnson
Margaret Gregory
Neil Downs
Hilda Downs
Ruth Robertson
Jridge
Roxe Green
Palestine
Farr
Tehula Masons
Legionnaires Banquet Planned After Victory July 7
The Holmes County American Legion post voted to host a banquet on July 7 to celebrate the winning side led by Captain J. G. Robertson Jr with 24 members, edging Captain J. H. Warner’s 19 new additions. Delegates to the state convention were named, and a baseball game with Kosciusko was proposed.
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American Legion Post
J. G. Robertson, Jr
J. H. Warner
Holmes County
E. T. Neilson
W. B. Kenna
Biloxi
Boans
W. C. Thompson
Morris Flink
J.D. Williams
B.C. Moore
C. Powall
T. Neilson
Lexington
W. E. Hays
Guy Sharpe
Tchula
Earl C. Lucas
Ebenezer
Jessie F. Edwards
Coxbury
H. ©. Diggs
Acona
Tehula
Roland Hart
Pickens
Willie Spencer
Tolarville
J. W. Watson
B. F. Rose
Kosciusko Post
Rose
Attala Post
Kosciusko Legionnaires
Holmes County Boys
Chancellor Dismisses Petitioners in Tchula Lake Drainage Dist
Delta landowners in Holmes and Yazoo counties faced a ruling in chancery court when Judge Montgomery dismissed the petition to form the Tchula Lake Drainage District. The proposed district would span about 68 000 acres from Tehula west to Humphrey county line and north to Old River Cruger. The decision ends the current petitions but allows new petitions to be filed later.
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Tchula
Cruger
Tchula Lake Drainage District
George Buck
Als
Chancellor Montgomery
Tehula Lake
Tehula
Humphrey County
Old River
Tehila
A. M. Pepper
Ruff
Johnson & White
City
J. W. Bradford
Tita Bena
D. G. Holmes
Yazoo City
P. P. Lindholm
Lexington
Holmes County Board of Supervisors
Chancery Court
Montgomery
Tchula Lake
Vacant plots in Lexington could boost farm income
A Lexington truck farmer urges turning vacant weeded plots into strawberry and bean crops to generate up to 15 000 dollars daily at carload values. He notes 200 hampers of beans sold last weekend plus local demand, employment for women and children, and calls for business backing to form a supporting organization and revive revenue during off crops seasons.
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Lexington
Lexingto
Carl
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Swinney Hardware Coo
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Community Hospital
Elizabeth Beall
Mary Harris Roberts
Legionnaires
Manor
R. M. Bridgforth
C. 0. O'Bannon
W. C. Rayner
Doe Maggio
P. C. Foose
A. R. Vandiver
W. J. Henrich
L. H. Smith
T. L. Smith
Floyd Patton
J. M. Yarborough
W. H. Shoemaker
E. F. Mansell
J. Musk
Nixon
R- T
Hart
Hood May
F.T. Worthey
D. L. Mansell
FP. C. Cooper
Roy Garnett
White’s Corner Grocery
Mississippi
Holmes Masonic Club
Tchula Lodge
Holmes County Masonic Service and Study Club
J. K. Young
C. C. Pahlen
W. E. Farr
King Solomon's Temple
Welcome Inn
An Harding
East Lynne
Lexington Theatre
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