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Bundle of energy!

Meet Archie — he only weighs 13 pounds but he’s a little bundle of energy! If you want a fun companion to run outside with or take on walks, he’s your man. He’s a little, tan, dachshund and wants to go home with you!
Please call the Marshall County Humane Society at 662-564-2900 or email dogsncats11@gmail.com for more info. See Petfinder.com for a complete list of animals for adoption.

Recipes from Martha Ruth Leonard
Once Upon A Table
Women’s Auxiliary, Pittsburgh, Penn.

Hot Chicken Sandwich

10-3/4 oz. can cream of chicken soup
3-oz. jar capers
1 hard-boiled egg, chopped
12 slices sandwich bread
2 cups cooked chicken, sliced

1 cup sour cream
3 oz. chopped mushrooms
3/4 cup mayonnaise
1 large stalk celery, chopped soft butter

Combine first 7 ingredients several hours ahead of time to blend flavors. Decrust bread and butter all sides. Lay 6 slices in 9x13 pan. Cover with chicken. Top with remaining 6 slices bread. Pour sauce over and bake at 350 ° for about 30 minutes. Serves 6.

Williamsburg Orange Cake

1-1/2 cups sugar
3/4 tsp. salt
1/4 cup shortening
1-1/2 tsp. vanilla
1-1/2 cups buttermilk
1/2 cup chopped nuts

1-1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 cup butter, softened
3 eggs
2-1/2 cups sifted flour
1 cup raisins
1 tbsp. grated orange peel

Blend sugar, soda, salt, butter and shortening. Add eggs and vanilla and mix well. Add flour and buttermilk alternately in thirds, mixing after each addition. Stir in raisins, nuts and orange peel. Pour batter into 2 greased, floured 9” cake pans. Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes. Ice with Williamsburg Butter Frosting when cool.

Williamsburg Butter Frosting

1/2 cup butter
4-1/2 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar

1 tbsp. grated orange peel
4-5 tbsps. orange juice

Blend all ingredients well, adding enough orange juice to make a good spreading consistency

Pictures from the Past

Many of the pictures in the newspaper’s old files have no names or dates. If you know anything about the photo and would like to offer the information to our readers, please call 662-252-4261 or send an email to southreporter@dixie-net.com. Pictured above are (left) Pam Kloha with Will Norton. Pam, the daughter of Ruth Kloha, formerly of Holly Springs, and the late John Kloha, received a journalism award from the University of Mississippi, presented by Norton.

Last week’s photo:
Everyone recognized Lucy Carpenter. The lady in the middle is Carole Cobb. The lady on the left is Wilma Jones, a long-time participant in the Extension service programs. Wilma Bolden said that Ethel Simmons, the previous Picture of the past (August 9 issue), was her school teacher.

Pages from the Past

10 Years Ago - August 1, 2002

Ed Horwath gets hole-in-one

Ed Horwath aced the 207-yard 13th hole at Holly Springs Country Club on Sunday, July 28. He used a driver. The hole-in-one was witnessed by Lanier Robison, Bill York, Bill Boone and Ed Bounds.

Nope, Elvis won’t ever die By Sid Salter

Elvis? Still dead. That’s their story, and they’re sticking to it. Me? I don’t buy it! There are those who point to Elvis as a role model for everything bad in rock-n-roll, but I’m not one of them either. His music was rich and pure and enduring. Want to feel close to God? Listen to the King sing “Peace in the Valley.” Elvis was just a good ole’ boy with a golden voice who loved his momma and high cholesterol foods.

25 Years Ago - August 20, 1987

Laying the concrete

Concrete is being laid on the final three-mile stretch of Hwy. 78 between Red Banks and the Holly Springs bypass. The stretch is planned to be open for traffic in October.

Local graduates

Local students who graduated Aug. 14 from the licensed practical nursing program at Northwest Junior College - Oxford Center were Sheila Ingram of Holly Springs, Maxine Shaw of Laws Hill and Jane Thomas of Harmontown.

50 Years Ago - August 16, 1962

Compress ready for cotton season

Mr. E.B. Tolleson, manager of the Federal Compress and Warehouse at Holly Springs, announces that the sheds have been emptied of last year’s crop and the compress is ready for the 1962 crop.

What’s your phone number?

Do you know your long distance phone number? Folks forget we have two phone numbers -- local and long distance. Long distance is your area code plus your local number. The Mississippi area code is 601. There are now well over 100 of these numbering plans throughout the United States.

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