
An Explanation in Regard to Dunlap Orphanage
An Explanation in Regard to Dunlap Orphanage: Since the beginning of the epidemic of Spanish influenza at the Dunlap Orphanage, a number of the Covington people have visited that institution. Some of these who have gone have not only shown their interest by their presence, but have taken with them many things that ...

Ankara, Turkey American Embassy
ANKARA, TURKEY AMERICAN EMBASSY: Showing Advantages… of life in Anchorage, Turkey, the grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Patterson, of Munford, Lisa, Mitchell and Roma McDaniel posed for this picture at the July 4th carnival in Anchorage where the Patterson’s daughter, Mrs. Thelma Jo McDaniel is with her husband at the American Embassy. [The Munford ...

Annual Picnic and Barbecue
Annual Picnic and Barbecue at Tipton, Tenn. on Tuesday, July 27th. Twenty-three miles from Memphis on the L. C. Railroad, also on Jeff Davis Highway. Music will be furnished by six pieces from Memphis. Dancing Day and Night on a 100-ft stretcher. Mr. J. H. Gamble of Millington will manage the dancing. Tipton is ...

Bad Negro Shot Resisting Arrest
City Marshal Dumas Forced to Shoot “Bear” Lewis Officer Called to Quell Disturbance in Colored Cafe – Lewis Opens Fire on Marshal, Who Brings Gun Into Action and Shots Lewis Twice, Who Dies From Wounds – Stray Bullets Hit Three Bystandards. Bad Negro Shot Resisting Arrest: John Lewis, alias “Bear” Lewis, colored, died at the county ...

Barbecue Fans Rallied for Battle
By Ron TaylorJackson, Tenn., Bureau Barbecue Fans Rallied for Battle | MASON, Tenn., – Lawyer Larry Banks wants to know who has enjoyed eating at Bozo’s Barbecue, and he isn’t clowning around. As the attorney for Helen Williams, owner of the 96-seat restaurant here about 40 miles northeast of Memphis, Banks is trying to find people from ...
Barrier Sick with Typhoid Fever
Munford: Mrs. W. F. Barrier is quite sick with typhoid fever.

Basketball Proceeds Go to Goodfellows
BASKETBALL PROCEEDS GO TO GOODFELLOWS | The girls’ and boys’ basket ball teams of the Epworth League and Christian Endeavor, respectively, will play a double-header Tuesday night under the auspices of the Goodfellows Santa Claus Club. The first game will be called at 7:30 o’clock in the gymnasium building of the Byars Hall High ...
Battling Bozo’s
In the late 80s and early 90s the trademark dispute with Bozo the Clown dominated the customer’s attention. It started in October of 1982, when Miss Helen filed to register the restaurant name, Bozo’s, for a Federal Trademark. Larry Harmon, who claimed to be the original Bozo the Clown, held all the copyrights and trademarks ...

Big Flood Seems Certain – The States-Graphic – 4 Feb 1916
The States-Graphic 4 Feb 1916: BIG FLOOD SEEMS CERTAIN Highest Water in 25 Years is Predicted For Arkansas – Mississippi On a Rise Following Rains. Memphis. – Indications here based upon reports from river stations in the Ohio Valley watershed, are that there is grave danger of a serious flood in the Mississippi river. The Ohio river ...

Big Picnic at Brighton, Tenn.
Big Picnic at Brighton, Tenn. Saturday, July 3rd. The First Picnic of the Season. There will be plenty of Barbecue and all kinds of Refreshments, Ball Games and public speeches. Come Out and Enjoy a Day of Pleasure Anyone desiring privileges on this day, apply to Geo. R. Ellis, Jr., Munford, Tenn. [The Covington Leader, Covington, ...

Bonds for Drainage District Taken
McWilliams & Co., Incorporated, the Purchasers Town Creek District Runs From the Mason Road to Pilljerk – Indian Creek District Runs From Brighton to Mouth of Indian Creek. BONDS FOR DRAINAGE DISTRICT TAKEN | Messrs. Wm. Fisher and J. E. Edwards, of Memphis, came up from that city Friday. The former, who is a representative of ...

Bozo and barbecue don’t mix, he says
Bozo and barbecue don’t mix, he says: Mason, Tn.., (AP) – In one corner, it’s Bozo, while in another corner… it’s another Bozo. Which should have the rights to the name? Bozo the Clown or the Tipton County restaurant, Bozo’s Barbecue, named in 1923 after its founder, Thomas Jefferson (Bozo) Williams? The Battle of the Bozos ...

Bozo Boasts Barbecue’s Best
Family Cafe nearly always has a Crowdby Cheryl LevenbrownSun Reporter BOZO BOASTS BARBECUE’S BEST | MASON – This farming town of 500 or so has become famous for one thing: barbecue. Within sight of Mason’s blue water tower, clouds of grayish-white smoke flow in steady waves down U. S. 70, filling the air with the down-home ...

Bozo Disputants not Clowning
Character’s creator finds restaurant plan distastefulBy Ron TaylorJackson, Tenn., Bureau BOZO DISPUTANTS NOT CLOWNING | MASON, Tenn. – Larry Harmon is a Bozo. Helen Williams is related to one. They are both proud of their distinction. Proud enough, in fact, that they are contesting each other’s right to the name. The controversy arose in 1982 when ...

Brad Williams: NPE program benefits cotton farmers
Monsanto’s New Product Evaluator or NPE program, will complete its 10th year in 2017.Forrest Laws I Sep 28, 2017 Brad Williams said he wasn’t very receptive when asked about participating in a new program for Delta and Pine Land cotton growers in 2006-07. “I’m not one to do test or plot work because it is just so ...

Braden Notes – 24 Mar 1911
Braden Notes: The angel of death has visited our neighborhood and claimed as its victim, Jas. Thompson, Benny Garrett and the infant of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Cade. Rev. Boon, of the C. M. E. Church preached a soul-stirring sermon Sunday night. The members of Douglass Chapel have completed the ceiling of their church. Douglass Chapel is ...

Brighton’s Class of 1968 got together for its 50th Reunion
Brighton’s Class of 1968 got together for its 50th reunionPictured are: bottom row (l to r) Nita Joy Blanchard, Nancy Honeycutt Douglas, Patricia Blankenship Williams, Gwen Blalack Farmer, Ann Whitesides Goforth, Alice Sigler Massengill; bottom second row: Linda Kinney, Bobbie Nell Moses Nevils, Aline Ballard Short, Marnell Cates Maxey, Linda Smith Boswell; bottom third ...

Burns Prove Fatal to Poorhouse Inmate
Burns Prove Fatal to Poorhouse Inmate: Mr. Pressly Smith, aged 56 years, who was badly burned about the face and body on November 18, when the cottage on the poorhouse farm, occupied by him and two other inmates, was destroyed by fire, died at midnight last Saturday. Mr. Smith was a native of Hardeman county, ...

Byars-Hall Graduates Class of 1934
Byars-Hall Graduates Class of 1934: Student NamesByars-Hall Graduates, Class of ’34, are pictured at their reunion Saturday. Reading l to r, they are, bottom row, Mrs. Lillian Thomason, Mrs. E. K. Williams, Mrs. O. M. Griffin, Mrs. Sam Gwinn, Mrs. Jack Madden, Mrs. Thomas Hanks; 2nd row, Miss Frances Gibbs, Mrs. Leon Jones, Mrs. ...

Campground Items – 7 Dec 1922
Campground Items 7 Dec 1922: Mrs. T. E. Williams and children spent Thanksgiving with relatives in the Salem community. The Misses Trebin, sisters of our teacher, Miss Trebin, were week-end visitors of Miss Jessie Williams this week. Their home is in Rosemark. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pace, of Drummonds, visited Mrs. Molly Willis, Mrs. Pace’s ...