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Calendar of EventsWednesday • PTA MEETING Holly Springs Intermediate School, Wed., March 21, 5:30 p.m. in the library. Sherna DeBerry Stone, PTA president. Thursday • 4-H MEETING Junior members only (ages 8-13) of the Lessye Lee Davis 4-H Club will meet at the Marshall County Library, 6 p.m. Anyone interested in joining, please come. • MEETING The Potts Camp School class of 1977 is having a planning meeting for their 30 year class reunion at Flick’s Restaurant (Dutch treat) in Potts Camp at 7 p.m. on March 22. Classes of 1975, 1976 and 1978 are invited to join. Call Lisa Shaw Liddy at 252-3842 for more info. Friday • FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHT Kimbrough Chapel Church, 7 p.m. Guest speaker Rev. Hoey and Pleasant Hill Church. • BENEFIT for Bradley Reece will be held at the Oak Palace, 4-8 p.m. Barbecue plates will be sold. Tickets may be purchased at the door or at The South Reporter. Dine-in or take-out. Also, collecting donations for raffle. Donations may be made to Bradley Reece Benefit, c/o M&F Bank, 650 Hwy. 7, Holly Springs, MS 38635. For more information, contact David Hinshaw, 274-0488 (after 5), Jeana Rowland, 252-4515 (after 5), or Lisa Jones, 252-2857 (after 5). • FUNDRAISER Nola Obergfell and Carrie Corn of Potts Camp are holding a Relay for Life fundraiser, Fri., March 30 and Sat., March 31 — until all 125 of the Boston butts donated by Flick Ash are sold. Price is $25. You may pre-pay and reserve yours anytime before the event date at Flick’s Amoco. Flick’s Amoco and Restaurant are sponsoring the event, to be held on the premises. Saturday • HORSE SHOW March 24 at the Marshall County Fairgrounds. Gates open at 2 p.m., show begins at 4 p.m. For more info., please call 252-5441. If ice or snow, show will be cancelled. • SINGING Fourth Sat. night singing, Evangel Full Gospel Assembly, featuring local guest singers with congregational singing for all. Everyone is invited. 7 p.m. • STORK’S NEST OPENING Zeta Upsilon Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority announces the Stork’s Nest opening, 2nd and 4th Saturdays, 10 a.m.-12 noon at 160 S. Spring St. (Literacy Council building). Free pre- and post-natal services for expecting mothers through age 25. • SPECIAL SERVICE New Hope Baptist Church Hwy. 72 Slayden will be having a special event Saturday night March 24, starting at 6 p.m. Featured guest will be Bro. Faron Ash and his members from Bluff Springs Baptist Church in Ashland. They will be singing and putting on a puppet show with a message from Bro. Faron. It is an inspirational blessing for all ages. Bro. Billy Adair and congregation invite everyone to attend this special event with them. There will be a fellowship supper afterwards. • SINGING Rice Chapel Methodist Church, Hwy. 72, will have a singing with the Mink Family from Baldwyn. Fellowship will be at 6 p.m., singing at 7 p.m. Everyone is invited. Rev. Walter Myers is pastor. • Benefit program for Cordell Todd will be held at St. Paul M.B. Church, Hwy. 309 S, Byhalia, 6 p.m. Rev. Andrew Cheairs is pastor. • HOSPITALITY WORKSHOP The hospitality department of the Latter Rain Church will host its annual Hospitality Workshop at 10 a.m. Registration is $10. Refreshments served. For more information call Karee Heath at 544-3876. Elder Joseph Selman is pastor. • SINGING Evangel Full Gospel Assembly, featuring guests and local singers, with congregational singing for all. Singing, 7 p.m., everyone is invited. • VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE Sat., 10 a.m.-3 p.m., at 578 J.M. Ash Dr., across from First State Bank. Free hotdogs. Sunday • TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL PROGRAM Free Branch MB Church, with minister Kirby Holloway as the morning speaker, 11 a.m. service and pastor A.V. Warren Jr. as the afternoon speaker at 2 p.m. Many churches have been invited. Bible study, Wed., 6 p.m. • MEN & WOMEN’S DAY Kimbrough Chapel Church, Sun., March 25, 11 a.m. Pastor Rev. J.W. Smith Jr. Speaker, Rev. James Green, Finley Grove. • ANNIVERSARY Hopewell No. 1 will celebrate their 140th anniversary, Sun., March 25, 10:45 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. Rev. Dedrick Lesure will be the morning speaker. Dr. John will be the afternoon speaker. Macedonia Baptist Church of Memphis will be guests. Deacon Michael Crittle, chairman, Rev. Leroy James, host pastor. Everyone is invited. Glen Falkner will play his saxophone melodies. • MEN & WOMEN’S DAY Community Temple Church, March 25, 2:30 p.m. Guest speaker, dinner served. Host pastor, Elder Frank Moore. 851-3388. • SPECIAL SPEAKER Elder Morris Riddle of St. Louis, Mo. will be the speaker during the morning service at Gray’s Chapel CME Church at 11 a.m. Pastor is Harold Stanfield. • FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM will be held at Anointed Truth Outreach Ministries International Church at 3 p.m. Pastor Jerry Christian of Yarbrough Chapel and members will be our guests. The church is located at 28 Tyro Road, Chulahoma. • WOMEN’S DAY The Heart to H.A.R.T. Ministries of the Latter Rain Church will have their Women’s Day Service at 3 p.m. The guest speaker will be Prophetess Fannie Hightower of Greater Community Church of God. For more information call 252-6350. • MEN’S DAY PROGRAM St. Paul CME Church, Lake Center, Higdon Rd., Sun., March 25, 3 p.m. Guests will be pastor Ronnie Franklin and Greenwood MB Church. Host pastor, Tony Wilkins. March 28 • REPORT CARDS Holly Springs Intermediate School will have report card pickup, Wed., March 28, 2-6 p.m. The parent center will be open until 6 p.m. • SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAM The Marshall County Humane Society’s low cost spay/neuter program will be open at 646 Old Hwy. 78 E. Call 252-6196 for the necessary appointment. March 29 • ADULT SOFTBALL The Holly Springs Parks and Recreation Department announces the beginning of the 2007 men’s and women’s softball season. Registration fees are due by March 29 at the City Hall. Office hours are from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Coaches meeting set for 7 p.m. For more information call 252-4807. • MEETING The quarterly Forestry Landowner meeting will be held on Thurs., March 29 at the Marshall County Fairgrounds, 1569 Hwy. 7 North, Holly Springs. Registration, 6 p.m. Matthew Raff, loan officer and registered forester with Land Bank of North Mississippi will speak on land financing, appraisals and sales. Call the Marshall County Extension Office at 662-252-3541 to register by Friday, March 23. March 30 • WOMEN’S CONFERENCE will be held at Giver of Abundant Life Ministries, Inc., 1063 Highway 7 South, March 30-31 and April 1. Conference host is Pastor Lovvaner Cooper. • CONCERT “Lil Boosie” will be in concert, at Dreamland, Fri., March 30, 9 p.m. Tickets available at Christine’s, 252-6666. March 31 • BENEFIT PROGRAM Pleasant Grove MB Church, pastored by Rev. S.A. Phillips, for Deacon Wavie C. Hall and Mrs. Odessa Hall, March 31, 6 p.m. For more info. call Frankie Bell at 252-2148. All family and friends are asked for their support. • BREEDING SOUNDNESS EXAM DAY Marshall Co. Cattleman's Association, Steve Elgin, president, announces a Breeding Soundness Exam Day on March 31 at the Marshall Co. Fairgrounds. For more information contact the Marshall Co. Extension Office at 662-252-3541. • EASTER EGG HUNT Faith Baptist Church, Hickory Flat, Sat., March 31, 2 p.m. Lots of games, prizes, refreshments, Easter basket decorating, face painting and fun for all ages. Rain date, April 7. For more info. call Rhonda Ash, 333-4193 or Deborah Thompson, 333-7985. • EASTER EGG HUNT will be held at First Southern Baptist Church in Victoria at 4 p.m. Children 12 and under are invited. • REUNION Ashland high school alumni are planning class reunions for this June. Reunions include all graduates of 1960 through 1969. One representative of every graduating class from 1960 to 1969 is asked to be present. The next planning meeting will be held at Burton Sugar Farm on March 31, at 1 p.m. Please notify everyone you know that graduated during the ’60s of this meeting. Also, we need addresses or phone numbers so we can contact as many graduates as we can. For more info. please call Sandra Scarth Wilkerson at 662-224-8165 or Beverly Estes at 662-224-8132. March 31 • ART SHOWING Hosted by Ida B. Wells Barnett Museum, for Gloria Gipson Suggs, a Crayon folk artist from Marshall County. She will be showing 10 new originals, along with four commissioned paintings. The public is invited, Sat., March 31, 12 noon to 5 p.m. The museum is located at 220 N. Randolph, Holly Springs. For more info. call 252-3232. April 2 • MEETING Marshall County Water Assoc. will hold their annual meeting Mon., April 2, 512 Wingo Rd., Byhalia, at 6:30 p.m. April 4 • SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAM The Marshall County Humane Society’s low cost spay/neuter program will be open at 646 Old Hwy. 78 E. Call 252-6196 for the necessary appointment. April 6 • FISH FRY Cayce Fish Fry will be held at the Fire Station, 30 Lee Creek Road., 4:30 to 7 p.m. The fish will be cooked by Kenny Dickerson and his crew and includes fish, fries, hushpuppies, slaw, tea or coffee and dessert. Call 662-851-7384, 851-7634, or 662-851-7922 for more information. • Good Friday Service, Friday, April 6, at 12 noon at Newell Chapel CME Church on Moore Road in Victoria. Rev. Q. H. Whitlock will be the guest speaker. Rev. Spencer Mathis is the pastor. All churches and choirs are invited to come and participate. • GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE Barton United Methodist Church, 3229 Hwy. 309 N., invites all. Fri., April 6, 12-1 p.m. April 8 • EASTER SERVICE will be held at Macedonia Baptist Church beginning with Sunrise Service at 6:30 p.m. with breakfast following. Worship service will be held at 11 a.m. The church is located at 14910 Cathy Road, Byhalia. • EASTER SERVICE Barton United Methodist Church invites everyone, Sun., April 8, 10 a.m. April 11 • REVIVAL- True Vine MB Church, April 11-13, 7 p.m. nightly. Pastor Robert Jones of Keel Avenue Baptist Church, Memphis, Tenn. will be the guest speaker. All are invited, Rev. Darrell E. Cunningham, host pastor. • SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAM The Marshall County Humane Society’s low cost spay/neuter program will be open at 646 Old Hwy. 78 E. Call 252-6196 for the necessary appointment. April 14 • Second Saturday, the Marshall County Humane Society’s farmers’ and flea market, will be open from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the VFW in Holly Springs. Call Lynn Pullen at 901-490-8553 for information on getting your own booth. April 17 • MEETING The Marshall County Humane Society will have its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. in the public library in Holly Springs. Everyone is welcome. April 18 • SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAM The Marshall County Humane Society’s low cost spay/neuter program will be open at 646 Old Hwy. 78 E. Call 252-6196 for the necessary appointment. FYI • REUNION The Byhalia High School Class of 1997 is trying to locate classmates for the fall reunion. Please contact Tameral Hearn at 901-219-4901, Kerry Porter at 901-299-7051 or Alison Polk at 901-299-8225. You may also email byhaliaclass97@yahoo.com. • REUNION Byhalia High School Classes of 1980-1981-1982 and 1983 is planning a reunion. Please contact Paula Wheeler-Davis 662-838-7194 or newspdavis@yahoo.com, Vivian Rogers-Gulledge 901-870-1210, or Ruby Shaw-Blackmon 662-838-6996 or Martha Jones-Rogers, 901-361-8480 for more details. Report News:
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