Announcements: Thursday, August 21-ESL Class at Morton Public Library 5:30.
Friday, August 22 MHS Football Germantown Jamboree 7 p. m.
Friday, August 23 Annual Gospel Singing Jubilee at M agee High School Featuring The Freemans with special guest Andy Gibson 6:30 p.m.
Congratulations to: Ben Rogers named/sponsored by PriorityOne Bank as the Citizen of the Month of August. A graduate of Morton High School and Mississippi College he has been a citizen/businessman virtually his entire life. He and wife Randy raised their children here and have 6 grandchildren.
To: Michael Davis, graduate of Morton High School and football scholarship athlete at Mississippi State University on being promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in the Mississippi Highway Patrol following a long career. Now a resident of Summit, it was reported that he recently visited with family members and friends back “home” in Morton.
Prayers and concern for: Donna Bainey (sister-in-law of Janice Morick), Hiram Richadson, Dean Hatch, Mr. Audrey Marler, Aubry Rogers (8th grade student at BMJ and continued concern for Shirley Roland Sawyer and Bob Laird.
Sympathy to the families of: Sarah Kelly Townsend, Oky Yazmin Negron, Mrs. Otis Williams Denson and Mattie H. Garrett.
Travelin’, visitin’ and such: Dr. Kris Harrell was spotted in town visiting with Morton UMC family and friends. While here he was generous with his musical talents and led the congregation in the song service and performed a beautiful vocal solo.
Traveling will be on all schedules as they follow students around while attending the many/varied music, sports and academic activities throughout the state. May yours/ours be safe and rewarding.
Sittin,’ and thinkin’: As the many shiny school buses are once again rolling along the streets/roads/highways (some even powered by electricity) seeing them brings memories of other days. The buses were usually contracted to serve the routes and were owned by the driver. Most were wooden bodies with benches along the sides and center of the long homemade vehicles. Heat was provided by a wood burning stove and fresh air came through the screenless window openings with only canvas curtains for protection from rain, sleet or snow. The drivers and their routes remembered for the Pulaski Elementary School were: Mr. Preston Derrick southern route almost to Smith County, Mr. Bud Boozer - eastern route almost to Homewood and Mr. Leslie Hunter - north route (Frogtown) and Mr. J. C, Johnson western route and back to Pulaski to pick up those 9th-12th graders to Morton High School. The condition of the roads made it very difficult to pick up and deliver that precious cargo. The structures were very boxy and in one case just a wooden box on a pickup truck bed (Mr. Hunters passengers called it the “Chicken Coop.”
Now to go down memory lane, remember some of these family names and think of those students mentioned who now have children, grands, great grands, etc. speeding along in those previously mentioned shiny buses on paved streets, highways and interstates. Family names remembered: Amison, Boozer, Beatty, Derrick, Hannah, Parkman, Smith, Magee, Stevens, Morehead, Roland, Warren, Harmon, Vaughn, Stokes, Harrison, Crotwell, Fox, Davis, Dunkin, Neal, Green, Livingston, Marler, Moore, Chestnut, Nelson, Powell, Hunter, Keeton, Lindsey, Risher, Faulkner, Massey, Westberry, Lewis, Miles, Rogers and Johnson. If someone was left out of these long ago fond memories, please forgive. This columnist has enjoyed this trip…hope you did.
