Tuesday Sept. 27,
2011
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Daily Corinthian Vol. 115, No. 230
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• Corinth, Mississippi • 16 pages • One Section
Vietnam Wall won’t return without support BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Local veterans are calling on the community to step up and help make the return of the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall possible. Event Chairman Tom Chartres said the wall appearance has a budget of $15,000, and donations are needed to make it happen. The wall’s return, sponsored by Veterans & Family Honors, is scheduled for June 22 through June 25 at property adjacent to North Corinth Baptist Church. Representatives of groups such as the American Legion, Marine Crops League and VFW met Saturday to continue planning for the return of the three-fifths-scale replica of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. Site Coordinator Bobby McDaniel said getting involved with the memorial is “one of the most fulfilling experiences you’ll ever have” and “you will come away a better person.” He told of an experience he had during the traveling memorial’s time in Corinth last year, when he helped a man locate a name on the wall. The man could not remember the full name, but McDaniel was able to find it in the database. “I said, ‘Did you serve with this young man?’ He said, ‘I was holding his hand when he died,’” McDaniel recalled. Later, he heard the man telling his family members about the experience. Staff photo by Jebb Johnston
Visitors look for names on the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall during its 2010 visit to Corinth.
Group honors last sons of Rebel soldiers BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com
This weekend a number of heritage groups will join forces to pay tribute to two actual sons of the men who wore the rebel gray in the American Civil War. On Sunday Corinth’s Col. W.P. Rogers Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans will hold memorial services for Mississippi’s last two “True Sons” who died earlier this year — Willie Cartwright and James Nelms. These two sons of Alcorn County and the Confederacy were cousins as well. “Both of them passed away in the summer and we knew we wanted
Oakland School bridge reopens
to hold a memorial for them when the weather cooled off,” explained Buddy Ellis, Second Brigade Commander for the Mississippi Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. “I’ve been telling people these guys were the last two True Sons of Mississippi — there are no more, and there will be no more, so we’re going to really try to do something nice for these guys.” Cartwright, who passed away on May 7 at the age of 94, was the son of Private John Harvey Cartwright of the 1st Mississippi Infantry. Private John Harvey was wounded twice in Please see SONS | 2
Booneville aldermen adopt city budget BY BRANT SAPPINGTON bsappington@dailycorinthian.com
Booneville aldermen have approved a barebones city budget that avoids a proposed tax increase but will require a tight rein on city spending. Board members voted unanimously last week to approve a budget for the 2011-2012 fiscal year that includes no increase in the city’s ad valorem tax levy, keeping it at the same 30.15 mills as the previous year. The budget includes total budgeted rev-
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Staff photo by Jebb Johnston
Street Commissioner Jim Bynum (left) and contractor Buddy Ayers discuss opening the new Oakland School Road bridge. The extended closure, which began Dec. 30, ended on Monday.
New bridge wider; adjacent areas to be paved
enues of $6,206,600 and expenditures of $5,805,370. It predicts the city will end the 2011-2012 fiscal year with approximately $400,000 in cash reserves, almost the same as they are expected to have on hand at the end of the current fiscal year on Sept. 30. Aldermen had initially considered increasing taxes by 3.85 mills to offset lower than anticipated ad valorem tax collections, but instead chose not to increase the millage rate
BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
The new Oakland School Road bridge is open for traffic. Workers placed and smoothed fresh gravel on
either side of the bridge and removed “road closed” signs about noon on Monday. The areas of roadway adjacent to the bridge will be paved later.
The new concrete bridge is a little wider than the old wooden bridge, which had a width of 16 feet. “It’s still a one-lane bridge, but it is wide enough that
two small cars could meet,” said Jim Bynum, street commissioner. New guard rails and sigPlease see BRIDGE | 2
Annual car show revs up this weekend BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com
This weekend the 43rd Annual Magnolia Antique Car Show will be held in Corinth. The show’s sponsor,
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the Magnolia Antique Car Club, is the second oldest of its kind in the state. Two “Best of Show” trophy plaques will be up for grabs, one for
production cars and trucks, and the other for modified. The car show will also feature door prizes and cash drawings, with $100 to be given
away each hour until 1:30 p.m. A grand prize drawing will be held for $500. The open show’s con-
On this day in history 150 years ago Sept. 27 — President Lincoln and the Cabinet get into a fiery argument with Gen. McClellan about resuming military operations in Virginia. The administration is under pressure to fight but the general says the Army of the Potomac is not ready.
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