100 YEARS AGO,
AUGUST 1919
AD FROM INDIANOLA DRUG COMPANY: In every home where there is a baby, there should be a bottle of McGee’s Baby Elixir. It may be used at anytime to correct sour stomach, colic or diarrhea. It is wholesome and contains no opium or morphine.
Miss Lynda Stuart of Kemper County has been appointed Home Demonstration Agent by Miss Susie Powell. She is presently domiciled at The Cottage Hotel.
Miss Stella Duckett, stenographer for Goodrich Rubber Company of Jackson was united in marriage on August 18th to Mr. W. H. Moore.
EDITOR’S NOTE; The best way to manage a wife is to let her have her own way.
50 YEARS AGO,
AUGUST 1969
The Sunflower County Farm Bureau announced the 1969 Scholarship winners. They are Debra Weed daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Weed of Ruleville and Nancy Dale, daughter of Mrs. Inez Dale of Indianola
SUNFLOWER NEWS BY MARY ALICE WOFFORD: It is Monday morning and at last it is raining. The wind is also blowing, waving my tree limbs so stoutly that one of them just fell over so strongly that it ripped a power line leaving me without electricity. Oh well, into each life some rain must fall. (Note: Aftermath of Hurricane Camille)
OUR CITY BEAUTIFUL BY MARIE HEMPHILL: Mayor D. L. Cole says that keeping Indianola clean is a big and expensive job. He also states that he is perfectly aware of all that needs to be done.
SOCIETY: Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Webb and Mr. and Mrs. Jack McGregor hosted a supper at Lillo’s Supper Club honoring Beth Allen and Rupert Lyon.
25 YEARS AGO,
AUGUST 1994
An icon of the Mississippi National Guard is no longer in uniform. After four decades, Sgt. Major Jack Rowe of Indianola has decided to turn in his armor and begin a non-military life. His career began in 1954 when he joined the Moorhead Guard unit as a buck private. He retired as a Command Sergeant Major of the 2nd Battalion of the 198th Armor.
Marsha Wooten, president of the Mid Delta Arts Association announces that auditions for their next production, “A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream” will be held on August 25th.
15 YEARS AGO,
AUGUST 2004
FRONT PAGE ARTICLE BY CHARLOTTE BUCHANAN; A standing room only citizens meeting in the Ruleville Community House left Police Chief Ron Robinson with an apparent vote of confidence over the “get tough” tactics he has ordered for law enforcement there.
FRONT PAGE ARTICLE BY DAVID RUSHING: Working on a tip, the Sunflower County Sheriff’s Department descended on a Doddsville business Monday night. They seized 14 illegal gambling machines, eight of them being played at the time of the raid.
Martinese Hamilton, a 2004 graduate of Gentry High School received a $500 scholarship from AmSouth. Four hundred applied for the scholarship and Miss Hamilton was one of the 41 accepted. She plans to attend the University of Southern Mississippi
UPDATE ON JACK ROWE
Jack Rowe may have retired from the Mississippi National Guard 25 years ago, but he is still a huge supporter of the Guard. “It offers wonderful opportunities for young people, they will help finance an education, there are health benefits and many other advantages. The Guard is periodically called to serve overseas just as regular Armed Forces. If a person is inclined to do that, the Mississippi National Guard offers wonderful opportunities,” Rowe said.
He may be retired, but he is far from idle. He is a technician for the voting machine company that serves Sunflower county and other places. “I spend a lot of time in Jackson with my wife, Patsy, she has been in a nursing home there for five years. We have two daughters in Jackson and one in Arizona and we have five grandchildren,” he said.
When asked if he had hobbies, he chuckled and said, “Not unless you count going to Planters Bank every morning that I can to drink coffee. I enjoy going there so much.”
