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Slocum donates book in Dr. White’s memory

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On Thu, 03/05/2020 - 10:47 AM

NORTH CARROLLTON -- Former Delta Electric Power Association receptionist Dianne Slocum was doing something lots of folks do periodically earlier this winter, when she re-discovered a treasure -- an copy of “Up From A Cotton Patch” given her decades ago by the wife of Dr.

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In memory: ‘To Elizabeth, with love’

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On Fri, 02/21/2020 - 11:35 AM

NORTH CARROLLTON -- Hunter Cole, who was master of ceremonies Saturday, Feb. 15, for the memorial service honoring his friend, the late Elizabeth Spencer, said the writer now belongs to the world of readers.

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McCaleb wins ‘oldest’ nod again

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On Thu, 10/17/2019 - 10:53 AM

Old times there are not forgotten, but the numbers of the schoolmates from Valley School are dwindling, Dean Blakely said during the annual "Valley Day" reunion held Saturday at the Carrollton Community House.

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Spencer to be honored

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On Fri, 10/04/2019 - 09:55 AM

Speaking over the phone from her home in Chapel Hill, N.

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Hot times in old Black Hawk

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On Thu, 06/27/2019 - 01:45 PM

BLACK HAWK -- Jesse Salter, one of approximately 400 who worked the sweltering midway June 22 during the Old-Fashioned Political Rally, hadn’t yet taken the podium to ask Beat 2 voters to consider his candidacy for supervisor. He might’ve been pleasantly surprised to find out he hadn’t melted before he climbed the steps of the bandstand.

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Gray, Tanner dedicate Old Liberty marker

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On Thu, 05/02/2019 - 02:44 PM

JEFFERSON -- A respectful quiet fell early Saturday afternoon as the members of the Lott Reunion gathered around the historic marker a county crew installed recently near the gate to Old Liberty Baptist Cemetery, as Bro. Gary Tanner, pastor of Liberty Baptist Church, and Bro.

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Veterans Helping Veterans hold town hall meeting

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On Thu, 05/24/2018 - 11:18 AM

Gwen Ford James, left, received a Vietnam Service pin from Dr. David Walker, director of the VA hospital in Jackson, who conducted the town hall meeting on behalf of veterans and dependents. Gwen's husband, the late David F. James, Jr., served with the U. S.

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Lots of Lotts head to Jefferson Community of Carroll County for family reunion

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On Thu, 04/26/2018 - 10:52 AM

JEFFERSON -- Ancestors of many who assembled at the activities center of Liberty Baptist Church April 21 for the Lott Reunion arrived together by wagon train to this area in the early 1830s, not long after the Choctaws ceded lands to the federal government.

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