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Be my Valentine?

Tango wants to be your Valentine! She is a lovebug and willl make a wonderful gift for Valentine’s Day. To adopt her or any of our other puppies, dogs, or cats, call the Humane Society at 901-212-6066 or 552-564-2900. 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.

Recipes from Martha Ruth Leonard
Pleasing Preparations
Catfish Gumbo
1 lb. catfish filets 1/2 cup celery, chopped 1/2 cup green pepper, chopped 1/2 cup onion, chopped 1 clove garlic, chopped 1/4 cup melted butter or oil 2 beef bouillon cubes 2 cups boiling water	16-oz. can tomatoes 10-oz. pkg. frozen okra, sliced 2 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. pepper 1/4 tsp. thyme 1 whole bay leaf dash liquid hot sauce 1-1/2 cups hot cooked rice
Cut fish into 1-inch pieces. Cook celery, green pepper, onion and garlic in fat until tender. Dissolve bouillon, tomatoes, okra and seasonings. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes. Add fish, cover and simmer for 15 minutes longer or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork. Remove bay leaf. Place 1/4 cup rice in each of six bowls. Fill with gumbo.
Spinach Madeleine
3 pkgs. frozen chopped spinach 4 tbsps. butter 2 tbsps. flour 2 tbsps. chopped onion 1/2 cup evaporated milk 1/2 cup vegetable liquor	1/2 tsp. black pepper 3/4 tsp. celery salt 3/4 tsp. garlic salt (to taste) 6-oz. roll jalapeno cheese 1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce red pepper to taste
Cook spinach according to directions. Drain and reserve liquor. Melt butter over low heat, add flour, stirring until blended and smooth, but not brown. Add liquid slowly, stirring constantly to avoid lumps. Cook until smooth and thick. Continue stirring, add seasonings and cheese. Stir until cheese melts. Combine with cooked spinach. Put into a casserole, top with buttered crumbs. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Can be kept overnight before baking. Serves 5 or 6.
Mama’s Old Fashioned Teacakes
3 eggs 2 cups sugar 4 tbsps. buttermilk 1 cup shortening 1 tsp. vanilla	4 cups flour 1 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. soda 1/2 tsp. salt sugar
Cook spinach according to directions. Drain and reserve liquor. Melt butter over low heat, add flour, stirring until blended and smooth, but not brown. Add liquid slowly, stirring constantly to avoid lumps. Cook until smooth and thick. Continue stirring, add seasonings and cheese. Stir until cheese melts. Combine with cooked spinach. Put into a casserole, top with buttered crumbs. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Can be kept overnight before baking. Serves 5 or 6.

Pages from the Past

10 Years Ago - February 12, 1998

Marshall County spelling bee

The Holly Springs alumnae center of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority held their annual spelling bee Jan. 31. The winner will advance to the Mid-South spelling bee in Memphis, Tenn. Winners were: Susanna Moore, first place; Julie Sparkman, second place; and Elizabeth Lemons, third place.

Holly High running-back Corey Yates to become Golden Eagle

Corey Yates officially signed his desire to become a Golden Eagle on National Signing Day, Feb. 4. The signing took place on the Holly Hi campus in the Vo-Tech Center. Present at the signing were the Hawks’ head coach Sammie Greer; his mother Betty Yates and Holly Springs Mayor Eddie L. Smith.

Quail Unlimited scholar

Josh Work, a senior at Marshall Academy, was selected to receive the first Joe Hurdle Chapter Quail Unlimited scholarship. Work was presented the scholarship by Ronnie Jones, chairman of the scholarship committee.

25 Years Ago - February 20, 1983

LPN grads receive nursing pins

Debbie Trealoar, instructor, presented pins to the latest graduates of the Northwest Junior Allied Health Center on Jan. 14 during a pinning ceremony. Among the graduates were Darsie Ivy of Potts Camp; Shirley Keel, Emmajean King, Ollie Dowsing, all of Holly Springs.

Miss Robison Chi Omega initiate

Eleanor Huntington Robison, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lanier Robison of Holly Springs, was initiated into Chi Omega sorority at Ole Miss Feb. 9. Eleanor is a freshman at the University of Mississippi and also a member of the Committee of 100, the Association of Women Students, and the Committee of 82. She is a Little Sister of Kappa Sigma fraternity.

Tour phone facility

Members of the Holly Springs Chamber of Commerce were given a tour of the South Central Bell facility here. Technician Lake Johnson explained the function of the office which controls telephone operations for the 252 exchange.Wires from every telephone in the exchange come into the building, which has been built with 12-inch solid concrete floors and is constructed to withstand tornadoes.

50 Years Ago - February 13, 1958

Moscow correspondent speaks tonight

Daniel Schorr, Moscow correspondent for the Columbia Broadcasting System, will address a public audience in Fulton Chapel on the University of Mississippi on Feb. 13. His topic, a most timely one, will be “Can We Live With Russia?” Schorr was one of three American reporters who fired questions at Nikita Khrushchev on June 2, 1957, in the unprecedented television debut of the big, blustering boss of Soviet Communism. The unrehearsed interview allowed the Soviet leader to be heard in millions of American homes and aroused a storm of controversy.

Three MI College seniors at Ole Salem Hi

Three Mississippi Industrial College seniors are doing their on-campus teachers’ training at Old Salem High School in Benton County. The teachers are Knowledge Gipson and Glenn Currie of Holly Springs and Albert Johnson Jr. of Florida. They are biology, health and physical education majors.

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