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Daily Corinthian Vol. 117, No. 37
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• Corinth, Mississippi • 16 pages • 1 Section
SCV prepares for show
Burglar caught in the act
BY BOBBY J. SMITH
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BY JEBB JOHNSTON A Barnstable Road resident caught a burglar in the act Monday, leading to two arrests. Corinth Police Department Detective Capt. Ralph Dance said the two suspects are being held for questioning in several burglaries and charges are pending. The arrests happened after a Barnstable Road resident was alerted that an alarm was going off at his residence around noon Monday. He went home to check on the situation and encountered a man leaving his residence in a gray GMC pickup. After the resident called 911 with a description of the vehicle, Dance said Officer Michael Suitor spotted the
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Members of Corinth’s Col. W.P. Rogers Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans are working hard to put together the Corinth Civil War Relic & Militaria Show and Sale, coming in March to the Crossroads Arena. Local SCV members are currently signing up dealers for the show and placing advertisements in newspapers and on television stations throughout the region. Event organizers have placed media ads in Mississippi, Tennessee and Alabama. They are also tending to the myriad details of putting on what has grown to be a highly respected show and sale among collectors and military buffs. “The logistics of getting an event like this together can get cumbersome,” said SCV President Larry Mangus. “But we’re in good shape.” A variety of dealers have already signed up for the show, including dealers from as far away as Oklahoma and Georgia. On the relic show side, organizers have confirmed that Col. W.P. Rogers’ sword will once again return to the event. Col. Rogers was a Confederate officer from Texas killed in the penultimate charge during the Battle of Corinth. He is the namesake for the local SCV camp. The sword and its scabbard were purchased a few years back by Alan Wandling, a collector from St. Louis. Wandling brought the sword back to Corinth last year for the sale. It was the first time the sword has returned to Corinth since it was stripped from Col. Rogers dead body by victorious Federal soldiers 150 years ago. “It’s always exciting to have the sword back,” said Mangus. “People always like to see that.” Wandling will also bring a recently-discovered photograph showing a new view of Col. Rogers’ body in the aftermath Please see RELIC | 2
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Staff photo by Steve Beavers
Junior Auxiliary of Corinth members Lesley Bain (from left), Candace Marlar and Kacie Hudson put up the 2012 Outstanding Citizen banner at the home of Havis Hurley. Bain is the chairwoman of the 2013 Charity Ball where the citizen award will be presented. Marlar is the president of the organization and Hudson is co-chairwoman of the Charity Ball.
Junior Auxiliary will soon honor Outstanding Citizen BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
The 2013 outstanding citizen will be honored during “An Evening Under the Mississippi Moonlight” at the Crossroads Arena. The Junior Auxiliary of Corinth 51st citizen award will be handed out Saturday, Feb. 23 during Charity Ball 2013. Members of JA ware busy Saturday hanging banners at the homes of previous winners. The banners will be displayed two weeks prior to the ball and two weeks after. “We had several good applicants,” said club president Candace Marlar. Individuals were nominated by civic groups, church groups and individuals. Criteria used in the evaluation of nominees included attainments in personal life; participation in church, civic and other organizations; work
with youth, underprivileged and/ or handicapped; contributions to the community; and potential for continuing achievement. A banquet to honor the organization’s top citizen is set for 6:30 p.m. Entertainment, provided by Delta Crush, begins at 8:30. Charity Ball is the sole yearly fundraiser for the Junior Auxiliary. All money collected from the event directly benefits the children of Alcorn County. Past winners of the outstanding citizen award include: the late Mrs. W.W. King, the late Dr. R.B. Warriner, Sr., the late Mr. B.F. Worsham, Sr., the late Mr. Paul T. Jones, the late Mrs. Mae Weaver, the late J. Everett Meeks, Mrs. Roy Goforth, the late Mrs. Fayette Williams, the late Dr. Frank Davis, the late Mrs. Robert Anderson, the late Mrs. John P. Davis, Sr., the late Dr. R.B. Warriner, Jr., the late Mrs. Carl Norwood, Sr., the late Mrs. R.C. Liddon, the
late Mr. Buddy Bain, the late Mrs. Leon Dutcher, the late Mr. Robert C. Liddon, the late Mr. Tommy Cooper, the late Mrs. Sara Hinton, the late Mr. John C. Stanley, III, Mrs. Robert W. Dalton, Mrs. H.L. Williams, Jr, the late Mr. Robert Anderson, the late Mrs. R.B. Warriner, Jr., the late Mr. Carl G. Howell, Mrs. Fred Rogers, Mr. Clifford Worsham, the late Mrs. Plummer Hussey, the late Mr. John D. Mercier, the late Mr. E.S. Bishop, Sr., Mrs. Nita Dees, Mrs. Herman Gray, Mr. Arthur Boren, Mr. David Palmer, the late Mrs. Mary Francis Stephens, Mr. H.L. Williams, Jr., Mrs. Marie Anderson, Mr. Herman Gray, Mr. James E. Price, Jr., Mr. Richard Milam, Mrs. Corinne Pierce, Mr. Terry Cartwright, Mr. Gary Caveness, Mr. Kenneth Williams, Mr. James Boyd, Ms. Betsy Whitehurst, Mrs. Richard Sharp, Mr. Tom Rogers, Dr. T.L. Sweat and Havis Hurley.
School trustees discuss safety BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
The Corinth School District is among many across the nation assessing the safety of campuses after the Sandy Hook school massacre. Superintendent Lee Childress detailed a number of measures the district is considering in a meeting of the board of trustees Monday evening. “We have asked the staff for some recommendations because nobody knows the buildings better than the staff,” he said. The board passed a motion to have a third-party safety audit of all campuses prior to requesting a state safety audit. Please see SAFETY | 2
CT-A plans Family Fest, Black History Cabaret, 2 productions BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com
Corinth Theatre-Arts will stage a variety of productions in the next few weeks. From wonderful wizards and a night for the family to a program on black history, there’s something for everybody just around the corner. According to Technical Director David Maxedon, February is always a transitional month at CT-A. “We are coming out of the Christmas/youth season now, and all rebuilding is now complete. But transition certainly doesn’t mean static,” Maxedon explained. “Black History Month, Family Fest, ‘Pooh Corner,’ ‘Wizard of Oz’ and the Cabaret, which is still going strong. There are so many things going on — so many irons in the fire.” Family Fest First up, on Saturday, Feb. 23, is Family Fest. “This is something that the Youth Action Committee is organizing before the Saturday performance of ‘House at Pooh Corner,’” said Mikaela Hancock, president of the Youth Action
Committee and youth representative on the CT-A board. “Since Winnie-the-Pooh is a play for everyone, we’re trying to direct it to families and get the entire family involved.” Beginning at 6 p.m. at the Crossroads Playhouse, students and their families will participate in games and crafts themed toward Winnie-the-Pooh and “The House at Pooh Corner.” The Youth Action Committee will lead the experience prior to the show at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free with tickets to the play. Other showtimes for “The House at Pooh Corner” are 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 22 and 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 24. Black History/Cabaret CT-A will present a selected reading from the play “Gee’s Bend” in observance of Black History on Friday, March 8, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Crossroads Playhouse. The Macedonia Baptist Church of Corinth praise dance team will also present a special performance, and Alberteen (featuring Peaches Warren, Andretta Morrison Dilworth and
others) will take the stage for some down-home singing. Admission is optional for this event. “We suggest a $5 to $10 donation to help us continue the mission of the theatre as we strive to celebrate our diversity and the talent of our performers through a cabaret-style presentation,” said Artistic Director Cristina Skinner. The Wizard of Oz The non-musical youth production of “The Wizard of Oz” — a student-version of L. Frank Baum’s story — will appear in area schools, including Rienzi, Biggersville, Kossuth, Corinth Elementary, Glendale and Alcorn Central, as well as one performance at the Crossroads Playhouse. “The show only has one public performance, as its mission is to spread performing arts through touring,” explained Skinner. The in-house performance will be March 2 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are limited and reservations are required for the show. (For more information visit www.corinththeatrearts.com.)
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Staff photo by Steve Beavers
Kennedy Curtis reads his part Saturday at the Corinth Library during CT-A’s cast reading for “The House at Pooh Corner.”
On this day in history 150 years ago Naval action! The CSS Florida destroys the clipper ship Jacob Bell and a cargo worth $2 million. The USS Conestoga captures a pair of steamers on the White River in Arkansas. And in a bizarre encounter on the Red River, the USS Queen of the West destroys a Confederate wagon train of twelve wagons carrying barrels of beef and ammunition.