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Daily Corinthian Vol. 116, No. 272

• Corinth, Mississippi •

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City moves on 6 board appointments BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Corinth aldermen recently acted on six board and commission appointments. Half are new appointments, including two on the board of directors of the Corinth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. For

County acts on Farmer’s Market shed idea

a city appointee slot on the board, aldermen appointed Pauline Sorrell, replacing Jason Grisham. For a restaurateur slot on the board, aldermen appointed Phil Little, replacing Melissa Carson. For a hotelier slot on the board, aldermen voted to reappoint Luke Doehner. The appoint-

ments of Doehner and Sorrell will also require action by the Alcorn County Board of Supervisors. The appointments are for four years. The board appointed Lee Thurner to the planning commission/board of adjustment, replacing Jeff Treadway, who

was ready to step down from the board. Aldermen also reappointed Kim Ratliff to the board of directors of the Corinth Housing Authority and Myrna McNair to the board of trustees of Magnolia Regional Health Center. McNair is a joint appointment that was

approved by the Alcorn County Board of Supervisors on Monday for another five-year term. In other business: ■ Public hearings on property cleanup resulted in continuances to Nov. 20 for the Bonds property Please see BOARD | 2A

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Remodeling jobs stress permit activity BY JEBB JOHNSTON

Design calls for a 40-by-100-foot pole barn located on Fulton Drive

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With few new residential and commercial starts, remodeling projects dominated the last quarter of building activity in the city. Corinth issued permits for construction jobs totaling $2,016,760 from July through September, down 35 percent from the third quarter of 2011, but right on par with 2010’s third quarter total of $2.013 million. Last year’s figure included a large permit for a hospital project. Housing starts continued at a slow pace, with one new construction permit in September and none in July and August. The third quarter of 2011 also saw just one new home start. The commercial sector saw a restaurant, Jimmy John’s, begin construction on Highway 72 East. The Corinth School District had the biggest project value of the quarter with roof work at Corinth Middle School. The quarter’s permits include the following:

BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

A proposed design is in hand for a vegetable shed at the Farmers Market #2 on Fulton Drive. Cook Coggin Engineers recently submitted the design to the Board of Supervisors, and bids are being taken through Nov. 19. “Once we get the quotes, we will decide whether we want to proceed,” said Board President Lowell Hinton. The design is for a 40-by100-foot pole barn that would go on the city-owned property where the recycling bin is located across from the Corinth Theatre-Arts' Crossroads Playhouse. The structure’s open-air design will allow water to flow through in the event of flooding. This type of design was required because of the property’s flood status. The city has also had input on the plans. The contract, if awarded, will call for construction of the shed within 30 calendar days. Farmers market supporters believe the shed will be a plus by getting growers and customers out of the direct Please see MARKET | 3A

September ■ 1506 Fulton Drive — Remodel by Geartek; CIG Contractors; $319,000 ■ 1000 S. Cass — Roof work at Southgate Shopping Center; Village Roofing; $80,000 ■ 3100 Wildwood Drive — Residential remodel; Preston Knight; $75,000 ■ 1999 Hwy. 72 E. — Commercial sign; Roger Dilleng-

Staff photo by Steve Beavers

American Legion Post 6 member Mike Hurst takes his turn stirring Brunswick stew being made by the local post over the weekend. Around 550 gallons of the stew will be served on Monday in celebration of Veterans Day. The public is invited to eat with legion members at the Tate Street location free of charge following the Veterans Day Parade. Carry-out orders of the stew will be also available for $5 a quart.

Please see PERMITS | 2A

World War II veteran Weaver once drove for General MacArthur BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com

Glen resident Willie Joe Weaver will be 91 in March. Since feeling and realizing “the call” in 1957, Weaver served as

a minister for many churches for many years, from South Corinth Baptist Church to the First Baptist Church of Walnut Springs, Texas. But before Weaver’s days

serving his congregations, he served his nation in the U.S. Army during World War II. Today being Veterans Day, Weaver represents the “Greatest Generation” who answered

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the call of service during the Great War. He agreed to share his story and his life, including the period when he was General Douglas MacArthur’s driver in Australia.

Early years Weaver was born to Robert Jesse Weaver and Martha Alice Robertson Weaver on March Please see WEAVER | 2A

On this day in history 150 years ago Chaplain John Eaton Jr. is ordered by Gen. Grant to gather up all the stray blacks in the vicinity of Corinth. “Shelter, feed, and clothe them, and put them to work for the benefit of the government.” It is the birth of the Corinth Contraband Camp.

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