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10 Years Ago - March 30, 2000

Welcome pilgrims

Pilgrimage queens Sarah Crain and Hamilton Seale officially opened the 62nd annual Pilgrimage Friday.

Miss Rust wins Miss Black Mississippi International

Miss Rust College, Cindricka LaJane Arrington, recently added the title of Miss Black Mississippi International 2000-2001 to her cache. A native of Greenville, she will compete for Miss Black International in Atlanta, Ga., in August. She will graduate April 30 magma cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science. Someday she hopes to return to her soon-to-be alma mater, Rust, as an instructor.

25 Years Ago - March 28, 1985

1985 Pilgrimage queen and escort

Leigh Hurdle of Holly Springs and Orma R. Smith III of Corinth will welcome visitors to the 47th annual Holly Springs Pilgrimage. Leigh is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.K. Hurdle Jr. and the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Gordon Sigman and Mr. and Mrs. J.K. Hurdle. Smith is the son of Mr. and Mrs. O.R. Smith Jr. of Corinth and the grandson of Chancellor and Mrs. Glenn Fant of Holly Springs and Mrs. O.R. Smith of Corinth and the late Judge Smith.

Zeta of the year award

Willette Jeffries, a native of Holly Springs, received the Zeta of the Year award. She is the daughter of Fannie Olive Zinn and the late George Zinn II. She is married to Harold Jeffries and they have a 3-year-old daughter, Zinnifer Lavisha Jeffries.

50 Years Ago - April 21, 1960

Art gallery will be open for Pilgrimage

Harris Gholson, trustee for the Kate Clark Art Gallery, announces that the gallery will be open to the general public during Pilgrimage, April 22-24. The gallery will contain over 1,000 pictures, when it is completed. It will have 300 or 400 hung for display on the dates of Pilgrimage. When all the pictures have been hung, Holly Springs will have the only such gallery in the world.

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