Tuesday, September 15, 2009

1979 Brown Bag Pageant?



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September 19, 1979
Brown Bag Pageant?
June Harrell was chosen queen at the Beta Sigma Phi Brown Bag party. How many do you recognize?

Others that week: Football,Welcome Center, 4-H group, FHA, Band Backers, Johnnie Moring, Patsy Poole.

1974 Twenty-One Rattlesnakes in a Gopher Hole



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September 18, 1974
Twenty-One Rattlesnakes in a Gopher Hole
When a horse shied away from an old gopher hole at Mrs. J. A. Spivey's farm, they gassed the hole, and look what crawled out. Be careful these days, some rattlers haven't found a wintering hole yet.

Others that week: Football, Sound Off pics- Ruth Ann Cullens, Robert Hardy, Lewis Moxley, Wesley Crowe, Graydon Ware, Dennard robbery,pumpkins.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

1979 Garden Club's Roses



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September 12, 1979
Garden Club's Roses
The Soperton Garden Club put the railroad roses ready for winter, including Mrs. Mary Ida, Mrs. Dicy Kate, Mrs. Loutrelle, and more.

Others that week: 50th anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Foskey, nursing home, car fire, Mrs. Nannie Foskey, Lisa Morgan, W. J. Kea at 94, and football.

1974 Steer Banquet



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September 11, 1974
Steer Banquet
Six FFA members who had steers held a steak dinner for their parents and Advisor H. H. Glisson. Bubba Rogers, Al Garner, John Elllington, Eugene Thigpen, Cleon Brown, Chuck Ellington, Livestock Specialist Calvin Alford.

Others that week: Soperton Police Department addition, Virgil Price, rail accident on Wommack Ave., Boosters fish fry, pine infection, cheerleaders, football.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

1979 Dr. McNair's Bird Hunt



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September 5, 1979
McNair Bird Hunt
Over 50 people at Dr. McNair's Bird Hunt on the opening day of Dove Season.

Others that week: The historic Gillis house burned leaving tall chimneys and the brick ice house, and the double level well curb, football game, Gillis Springs house, bucket of snakes.

1974 Sandhill Lake



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September 4, 1974
PFA at Sandhill Lake
The Public Fishing Area had been opened at Sandhill Lake, and the resident Poole family welcomed visitors.

Others that week: I-16 construction, Scout hut, schools open, a wreck, election at Courthouse, Nursing Home staff.