FLASHBACKS
May 26, 1944
The Neshoba County Democratic Convention met in the Courthouse in Philadelphia May 23rd. J.B. Hillman was elected as temporary and permanent chairman, and Dees Stribling as temporary and permanent secretary.
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Neshoba County will get five new all-steel school bus bodies of the 268 which have recently been allowed by the War Production Board for the State of Mississippi, according to Superintendent B.J. Milling.
May 27, 1954
Chancery court will suspend for the spring term Friday after having allowed 28 divorce decrees, permanently padlocking several night spots. Chancellor J.K. Gillis, Chancery Clerk I.D. Darby, Sheriff Madison Spears, and other court officials were present for the term.
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The bond issue election will be discussed by a group of ladies of the city at 9:45 Monday morning over WHOC, during the "Woman's World" program, conducted by Mrs. Howard Cole.
May 29, 1964
W. Gully Yates of Philadelphia was low bidder on the construction of a new sanctuary building for the First Baptist Church at the opening of bids last Friday. Yates' low bid was $148,072.
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At least six Alcohol and Tobacco Tax agents of the Treasury Department of the federal government, along with Neshoba County officers, seized one of the largest whiskey stills ever discovered in this area Monday afternoon.
May 24, 1974
Mrs. Richard Stribling, president of the Philadelphia High School Band Parents Organization, has announced a drive is underway to acquire new uniforms for the Philadelphia High School Band.
May 25, 1984
The U.S. Department of Justice has approved the redistricting plan of the five supervisor districts of Neshoba County. The new district lines were drawn earlier this year by the Board of Supervisors in order to equalize population in accordance with the 1980 census.
May 26, 1994
James A. Young, former director of the Neshoba County Emergency Medical Service, was recently named "EMS Administrator of the Year" by the Mississippi Emergency Medical Technicians Association.
May 21, 2004
If Mississippi can secure $8 million from federal sources to four-lane Mississippi 19 to Collinsville, the state will come up with the remaining $41 million, officials here were told Tuesday.
May 21, 2014
A Neshoba County teenager who died last week in a go-cart accident was remembered as a good person who liked being outdoors. He enjoyed riding horses and bulls and, according to an uncle, had a genuine love for his family. Daranger Beckham, 15, died after the go-cart he was driving collided with a car on Tuesday, May 13 on Road 541.