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The Charleston Sun-Sentinel from Charleston, Mississippi • 1

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OF AHCHIEVES HIST i'j bo- HS nn JLMn hk cn mmo raffs esmomboe rutall mitlata wvm 1 ai isiial Hia county Om of Discount Auto Porta ta CharladocL Steve Cm also opened providing tho for with atamtoam to aafl than locally at comprtMvo prices The In to land a satellite complex which being proposed ta attempt to crowded it tho state pens 1 farm at Parcbman The proposed 506-inmate backed by some OaUanders opposed by others The State Building decided in June to locate file complex at Fnrchman after a feasibility survey riiowed that constructing toe rt Oakland would porii toe price tag above the desired amount Tallahatchie County became one of toe Brat five ta toe state designated in October The itnsignstinn wt Out TnUahotebie County could offer industry some incentives other could not incentives which would hopefully steer try toward this i AS THE YEAR INI Nronch- tta end it bocom-appropriate to raftaet tho momonto and events which modo toe year what tt mo 'Tho following an non thta wriUr-Mt wd top priority in tho rating acate They on not placed In any certaia order THE WEATHER waa a dodrivo factor ta Tallahatchie County la 1IO toriun-Oal ratao and domtaUai atonna unapt through many anaa of tho coonty capping damage to cropa and dtarqpt-ing tho Una of many In SPORTS FANS WERE somewhat (ten- wafWi area school's football Charleston High School finiihed with a 0-10 season to claim tho word record ta toe county- They loot too battle to Wed Tallahatchie 144 Stridor Academy Rama finished the aeaaon with toe bed record in tho county this year at though it waa still toe school's word record Wed Tallahatrio'o Choctaws finished the season with an iafaetween 1-7 record Stilly fullback trice Pickett managed to rarii for over LON yards thoyoar Charleston did have one bright ipot far records go in UN The Kortb-ead lfiaa Youth Track dub made op of about local athletes and ten from Grenada and Marritall counties shattered records left and right they picked up nearly DO medals in five meets held briireen May 29 and July I The troop coached by Charleston Middle School football phyrical education and track coach Cfcalg Walker Members of toe track team ages 10-lf 'Journeyed as far as New and Baton Rouge La with a fourgirl relay team from toe group Journeying to Day-ten Ohio to participate ta national Al Joaaa of High School and Alcan State University pitching star who had pitched for the Foxeo an affiliate and minor league branch of toe Chicago White Sou elevated to toe major ta early August A lSto round (haft pick by the White ta 1NL became flnt player to receive a call to play major IN OTHER NEWS The Rev Jaa-Jni) i i People United To Save Humanity PUSH) and now a democratic- presidential candidate made a atop at tho Tlalla-hatchie County ta June I to push for black voter regiatration atoo lashed out at the FaymsuMMUnd and the dual law Oakland residents had opportunity moFGhmtis plemed In mid-November a Michigan-baaed firm announced tort it may decide to locate an tipinsivi facility ta Charleston The buildtag supply company apectaUstag ta ataminum and products such storm windows and doors wnnmifc-atii with state and county industry eWriaia through a Memphis-based mediator Tentative of the firm are to employ IN people at this southern facility That number could riaafl 4N or 5N if the developed planned The site -moat likely to bo setactad would bo toe Industrial Park Became toe industry reportedly expansion project uwkrway ta Utah at the present time company officials have derided to watt until toe completion of that project (around early February 1914) before they release their final dedakn toe southern project Tallahatchie General HoupttaT completed their f6000N renovation end expansion project ta the tart quarter of tho year The facility now been updrted to a facility according to aBMiit included the of patient rooms toe addition of new medical diagnostic and treatment equipment and toe addttkn of some square feet toe east ride of the building and toe of new patient medical services The Tallahatchie County Medical waa established contributions can be made to toe hospital or toe extended care facility of the hoepital ta mmory or ta honor of a friend or loved one Pledges can be made a yearly basis Investment in securing toefutureof quality health care ta Tallahatchie County member of toe Tallahatchie Daughter! of toe American Revolutkn and she held various offices during her membership Rev McElrath minister of toe First Presbyterian Church of whore Mrs Bantam was a member officiated ral at I pjn Wotawodoy Doc 21 at Newoom Funeral Home ta Charleston Burial was ta too tery Survivors tadadt son Dick Barnhill Jr of Beach Fla and bar liter Ifrx MUdrad Ctadg of Memphla Prtlbaarera wwa Bwyn Shackleford Bobby Drtlcy George Jomtaga Ray Stridor George Bailey Feted Lany Hardy and George wltih Clhirlsffmm ia MMy to coonty roaik and an eattmatad NNN9 in damago to apprahnatoy UN acna of cropa principally Don Briley of tho Bril Cons Sorvice aaid about If to tt percent of land waa water that they did On roll about L4 mflUn acna of Miaalarippl land nnder waterin tho opening wooka of January and mach of thia land remained undor water for aenral montfafc The lflaaMppi Emergency Managment Agency eatfanatod that damage around tho state from tho flooding amounted to NO million In May a devastating tornado cot a swath a quartermOe wide and three-quarters of a mile tang tfaroogh tho middle of tho Philipp wmmwwtty op-rooting trees downing powor and telephone and sending and tin sailing throogh tho air Damage from tho twiater was estimated at NSOOO-a homea and four brad due to the PhfflppFreabyterlan Metoodlrt Chnrch anatrined tftoof damago and an amply grain atorago bin at tho Shipley Grain Elevator hit and budded by tho twister: The only Injury reported invrivod a U-yeoimld who only minor cute to hia fonhoad and ahoddar The tornado aaid to have tho flnt to atriha Philipp in at least years Heavy May rains lunging from two to in aomo of tho county a drastic- redaction in crop iacna of i flooded and County Agent BQly oothnotod tort 76 percent of of that heavy flooding Preaidant Reagan dadand TaHahetchl County -a disaster area Jana 1 The county become one of to the state oHgfido tar dtaaatar raUaf In midOacombar touched mach of the state storms rambled tho county damping much two of i ta aomo areas Shot made driving tho asto mark gave taste of wintar condtUone POLITICS PLAYED a big rota ta UN nows woD and state and coonty provided well the county for tho AngoatS Democratic Primary in attempt to monitor tho procodarao and hoop voting ta Hm with tho law In tho Mov I Gananl Election tenant nlmgjar in tho coonty and state Locally tarambant Sheriff Eilat! radaction Many otter to-for thia dse- Dk Shydar tadby Unnd II but It goto down to aero not much you do to keep tho water from and tho pip- from Wb- naked about how tho rtfltty colta Mrs Shook aaid an taking cere of the eeHa they coma in 1 aha aaid "We'N-culIMboaraadayandwuVe atffl-gotthw can right aftar tho Mrs Louise Barnhill died Tuesday Dec 20 jnd Icy contributed to a lotaffro-n pta-tathoeonutyo-rthowoshandand tato tMa week Accordinc to Mamie Shook of ton DUUItaa tho water service interrupted to tho water and or bunted pipes received call right after tho aha aaid thepast nights hadalot Mud nf llnan ta the real our ayatana But we bora to go and cut tho water off of ten said con qjIqs The is wSh-flna ta tho rty though Several hoc afacotarilMdnyA: were corn od by wood Mcordtag te a alpv Dopanaaa The Mnfflsr Shop which to a ta tho old Ford MotorCompeny bofldtagfa Charleston caught fin Monday-to a arodtamtag head ta Brum warn able to aathwulah tho bla-and save tho Tho county sow up to two of anow baCoro wtatarbnd offletafly arrived Icy mads travailing b-ardono by toot or by oarihr thia weak The down vary to tho of tho county weekend and tho Ratkaal Weather Sarvtoo pndtataanuch of tho aame after a MBw cf 1 Radla Shack aaid tan ware "up torOwraBtau woreUorN bo -tod F-said aoi-of own down Nniptyihta roar coutributtag to uonandtal of a break own with iad County reuidonto mourned toe death of Mrs' Lori- Steele Baruhm a Ufrioug resident of Tallahatchie Coonty -tart Dec 29 To many of her friends riw was tort and moot lovable of toe commantty She "om of rare aaj mIui Og anal aa wniv iw oomomm accepted and anjoyed by all agt She wm the widow of MUtea Barnhill who waa a pharmacist for many yuan ta too county and waa of Mrs Bantam worked a book- for many years After tort riw by Gw Trilahrtrhto System Shu a Subrcozing flomporofluroc crooked problems in county el tho mngwaj nfflre kl there era probtau a raarit of tho won Ihsr ta lUtahatahto Coonty-Be said tho otary which wen ta were toot there to -danger of power a readt of tho aataa cams ta they-r were ap a BaroMBroo raf I than ta UN aUtau he tta this peart aal-wfll -ms ad to ho mo tadyaart too Wiw CWbowB owner of CHauriTa Bomo FmMdnga reported thd M3 aataa were Ubetat a-lClantaa Tte inra overaU lortoe hoflday well for the year a whole to Joyce Maul aariataut for Fred1! du-tawnt aton some ovor lad monildayoa rthoa last Ataowoboda of feeds alttlobtt y-ran do Jt nbd y-did tho Solos tax Intake up tax for too rirto of NfS71 Mfrri-tart ta totwOnd tax lari fO iaq as of NNJ72J9 to above tho November 19N ovor tart Movwnbw ftyuro of tatahe That wort ride dty raked taoome NNLDMki accordtas to from 9LS07Jltaaol tax last month to Mtariarippi Drto Tax xnterioa ibortNJNJt ta afro topped collodion dahe tar tho morth of TOrtoba froppad off drastically ta Lart mooto tta dty Mow compared to tart yoort recorded NLNTTI of ratao tax cdtarip tatdm iona aomo NJNJB above tart yuart Trtwflorooticodoi N4T44N for the aonw month cdtacUoao of state Gkndora'a mordwafe -wttnomad month That dtrt i ta aataa tax ceflactloao Thd to NJ1MS ap N7U1 ovor tart towa reported tatahe of H2L71 tart SLUMS hr the iobm period month down aomo fMUl from tart Wobb otao revealed yoart November NNN tacraa-tart month That dty took ta iuaii ibb flolliClIoM MBi ITAUIIb MMt nisi tit nmbml SraSHtea-moNaMgtoNffJIfraB up N44AI onr tart yoort N71T9 hr tart mbrtV flfxv of.

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