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______________________________________________________________________________ A. L. MCCOY DIES IN MEMPHIS A. L. McCoy, last of 12 children of James McCoy and Martha Hughes McCoy, who was born in Tishomingo County, near Iuka, died on October 20, 1958, in Memphis, after about a month’s illness. He was 83 years old, a Mason and a member of First Methodist Church. He leaves his wife, Hattie; two daughters, Misses Corinne and Beulah McCoy; a son, Capt. J. M. McCoy, all of Washington and one grandson, Jimmy Hurst McCoy, who is a Midshipman at Annapolis Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. He was buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis. His wife will reside with their daughters at 1445 Park Road, N. W. Apt 302, Washington, 10, D. C. ______________________________________________________________________________ ANNUAL STAFF TO STATE BEAUTY REVUE ALL HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS ELIGIBLE The Annual Staff of Iuka High School will stage its annual beauty revue on Friday night, November 14, 1958, at Howard Memorial Auditorium, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Here-to-fore those participating in the contest were elected by the students. This year the contest will be conducted on a different basis. It is open to any Iuka High School girl who wishes to enter. Held in conjunction with the beauty revue will be the contest for little Miss Iuka. Four students from each of grades 1 through 3 will be selected to participate in this event. There are 2 first grades, 2 second grades and a third grade. Bill Pyle will serve as emcee and will also introduce some fine entertainers who will perform while judges are making their eliminations. ______________________________________________________________________________ CHURCH BUILDING COMMITTEE TO MEET AT PLEASANT HILL Those on the building committee of Midway, Snowdown, Mt. Evergreen and Pleasant Hill churches will meet Wednesday night, November 12, 1958, at Pleasant Hill at 7 p.m. for the purpose of discussing plans and building of a parsonage. This committee is made up of 4 representatives from each of the above named churches. It is of utmost important that all members be present at this meeting.
______________________________________________________________________________ LIGHT VOTE RECORDED IN COUNTY TUESDAY Less Than One-Fourth of Qualified Voters go to Polls to Cast Ballots Less than one-fourth of the more than 4,000 qualified voters in Tishomingo County went to the polls on Tuesday of this week to cast ballots in the November 4th General Election. Congressman Thomas G. Abernethy polled the greatest number, his count being 708 of the county wide vote. Next highest on the general ticket was Senator Stennis with 699 votes. Heaviest voting took place in the Third and Fourth districts where contest were waged for school board members. Re-elected from the Third district was Clyde Bingham, his vote being 151 to 108. Re-elected from the Fourth district was W. R. Nettles of Tishomingo. His vote was 257 to his opponent E. L. McNatt’s 126. Mr. Nettles won by a plurality of 131—better than 2 to 1. He has served as president of the County Board of Education since its formation in 1956. Six hundred and forty-two votes were cast in the Third and Fourth districts. Tabulation of the votes in these two districts, by precincts, gives: Third District Bingham Jourdan Rutledge Salem 35 7 Holcut 46 57 Spring Hill 70 44 Totals 151 108 Fourth District McNatt Nettles Tishomingo 49 121 W. Tishomingo 58 83 Paden 19 53 Totals 126 257 ______________________________________________________________________________ CLUB PREPARES CHRISTMAS SEAL LETTERS TB Drive Opens November 14 Members of the Lucy Rowe Study Club devoted their meeting held on Tuesday night at the Power office to stuffing Christmas Seal letters in preparation for the 52nd Annual Christmas Seal Sale which opens on November 14. This is a project sponsored by the club that requires many hours of work to prepare the letters, stuff them with seals, address with names from a special mailing list, and then seal. Members on hand to help with the project were Mrs. Ben McRae, Mrs. Merle Nelson, Mrs. Sidney Boyd, Mrs. Charles Norton, Mrs. Ward Pruitt, Mrs. Basil Wheeler, Mrs. J. C. Byrd, Mrs. Levi McHaffey, Mrs. Charles Edmondson, Mrs. Paul Edmondson, Mrs. W. C. Hamilton, Mrs. Leon Phillips, Mrs. E. C. Holtsford, Mrs. Dayton Pruitt, Mrs. Luke Robinson, Mrs. Allen Layson, and Mrs. Hays Wood.
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