100 YEARS AGO,
AUGUST 1919
Our paper was presented a large white fleecy boll of cotton this week by Mrs. Shaw who lives just North of town. She is generally known as “Aunt Patty” and is a progressive farmer. She manages her farm in its entirety and when Aunt Patty cracks the whip, everything in the place must move
T. F. Fletcher of Fletcher Bros. left Wednesday for Rome, Georgia to be gone a few weeks.
On July 2, the Distinguished Cross was awarded to Lt. Daniel Dwiggins, an old Drew boy, for gallantry in action.
FROM DEVERE GILMER, MANAGER OF MERCHANTS AND PLANTERS GIN: For the past few years, we have ginned the first cotton to come to Indianola and have always named the opening price on cotton seed. This year we are going to open with a record price. We are going to pay $100 per ton for the first bale we gin.
W. W. Gresham and L. T. Chandler attended the dance in Clarksdale Wednesday night.
50 YEARS AGO,
AUGUST 1969
FROM THE SOCIETY COLUMN: Mr. and Mrs. J. B. McGregor, Jr., Scottie and Jimmy visited relatives in Calhoun City last weekend.
Mrs. Joe Clements and Leigh spent a few days visiting relatives in Alabama.
COLLEGE NEWS: Miss DeLynn Worley and Miss Jo Cathy Brownlee have returned from six weeks stay in Hawaii where they attended summer school at the University of Hawaii.
INVERNESS NEWS BY MRS. ROBERT WARREN: Jack Catlette and Nicky Jones have been visiting Yellow Stone Park and other points of interest of the West. Ben Catlette is working at the park this summer.
BUSINESS NEWS: Odell Godwin Executive Vice President of First Savings and Loan Association of Indianola has been reelected Vice President of the Mississippi Savings and Loan League.
AD; LABELLA’S CAFÉ, HAMBURGERS 5 FOR $1.00.
OUR CITY BEAUTIFUL BY MARIE HEMPHILL: Willie S. Betts is performing a service to Indianola. This energetic gentleman is dismantling the burned-out home at the corner of Park Avenue and Gresham Street and will replace it with a pretty three-bedroom home.
25 YEARS AGO,
AUGUST 1994
Members of the Indianola Recreation Department’s TBall team sponsored by Delta Pride are Shondell Dale, Cortez Hannah, Jeremy Floyd, Jarkaneisha Catlidge, Cordero Jones, Timothy Young, Amos Kent, and Jeffrey Lee. The team is coached by Sylvester Pomerlee
FRONT PAGE ARTICLE: After seven postponements the preliminary inspection of the new Sunflower County Jail has been rescheduled for August 15. Electrical problems have caused the delay.
COLUMN BY REV. ALLEN BAILEY Did you know that August is the only “no holiday” month. For all the heat we had in July the old August sun seems to begin each day a bit tired.
14 YEARS AGO,
AUGUST 2004
District 2 Supervisor Mary Kent is featured in a photo trying on a gas mask with the help of District 3 Supervisor Dennis Holmes. They were inspecting one of the county’s two new hazardous materials response trailers.
FEATURE ON DR. RAY MATTHEWS BY THIS WRITER: Dr. Leslie Ray Matthews grew up in Indianola. He graduated from Gentry High School, the University of Mississippi and the University Medical School. He has received many accolades in medicine, the latest being a surgical care fellow at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
DR. MATTHEWS CONTINUES TO MAKE HISTORY IN THE FIELD OF MEDICINE
Dr. Ray Matthews is a prime example of a small-town boy making good. He is known worldwide for his research on Vitamin D. He has been presented with the distinguished Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. He has been elected Fellow of American College of Surgeons and is a member of the Royal Society of Medicine, among other national and international awards.
Despite his fame as a physician, he remains the same congenial young man that he was growing up in Indianola. He says when he gets an opportunity to relax, he enjoys Jazz and R&B music, watching old movies and playing tennis.
Despite all of his accolades, he will proudly tell you he is from Indianola and the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Maatthews.
