100 YEARS AGO,
APRIL 1920
LEGAL NOTICE: There is a $500 license now to serve cider, Mexican hot, near cider or for any drinks sold as cider.
EDITORIAL: Our blackberry winter is over, and we can prepare for a siege of warm weather. We will trade the coal man’s warmth for the ice man’s frigidity any day.
Indianola has one of the best light plants in the state as far as satisfactory service. Mr. Sexton, the owner understands electricity thoroughly and spares no expense to have first class service.
50 YEARS AGO,
APRIL 1970
AROUND THE TOWN BY MRS. R. M. YARBROUGH
Mrs. Martin Burstein arrived Saturday for a few days visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sol Klumok.
Mrs. John McPherson and Mrs. Rogers Brashier attended the Chi Omega Alumnae State Day at the University of Mississippi last week.
The Mississippi Cosmetologists Associates meeting was held in Jackson over the weekend. Attending were Mrs. Marion Towery, Mrs. Warren Kelly, Miss Beth Pickens and Mrs. Clifford Weeks from Towery’s Beauty Salon; Mrs. V. H. Blumberg, Mrs. Janet Cave and Mrs. Sue Jones from Shirley’s Salon a well as Mrs. Sue Kimbrell and Mrs. Leo Morgan from King Sisters.
25 YEARS AGO,
APRIL 19
IA SPORTS
An eighth grader has set a school record at Indianola Academy. Rachael Sudduth is undefeated in the West AAA division. She is seeded number 1 in the AAA playoffs.
MOORHEAD NEWS: The 85h Annual Johnny Russell concert will be held in the Mississippi Delta Coliseum. Appearing with Russell will be country music stars Bill Anderson, George Hamilton, IV, Jan Howard, and impressionist Johnny Counterfiet. TENNIS NEWS: The Delta Invitational Tennis Tournament will be held Saturday. The event is sponsored by Planters Bank and Trust Company. This year Governor and Mrs. Kirk Fordice will be the honored guests at the social activities.
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY NEWS: Four Sunflower Countians were honored for academic excellence at the recent Honors Convocation. Receiving recognition were Angela Aldridge, Melanie Zachary. and Lamondra Hamilton, all of Indianola, and Carolyn Hamilton of Moorhead.
15 YEARS AGO,
APRIL 2005
Isabel A. Lee, 99, died April 1. She was a pioneer in minority and women’s rights. She was very proud that she was the first minority to hold the position of Girl Scout Field Director in Mississippi.as well as Supervisor for the Health Department and a member of the Board of Trustees for the Indianola Pubic School District. She received her AB degree from Clark University and a master’s degree in Public Health from Yale University.
UPDATE ON DREW McDOWELL.
In last week’s column, 50 years ago, Drew McDowell was featured. He was a senior in high school and was holding his recital at First Baptist Church in Inverness. Today, Drew McDowell is First Vice President of Planters Bank and Trust Company in Indianola and still making music. His first instructors in piano were Ann Wall and Priscilla Lester.
“Priscilla had an organ and piano at her home and started showing me about the organ at the time I was taking piano. I loved both and played at First Baptist Church in Inverness at times. When Rose Harper retired at First Methodist in Indianola in 1986, they asked if I would play until they found someone. I guess they found someone, I have been there since. I am often asked to play at weddings and funerals which I am happy to do,” McDowell said.
He said that music is his hobby but he enjoys crossword puzzles and has recently gotten into genealogy. He and his wife, Dianne have two sons, Andrew and Morgan.
