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Opening day at the new skating rink in 1954.
The skating rink located in the North End Recreation Park opened Monday, Aug. 2, at 7 p.m. It would be open each day following – except for Sunday – from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. There would be two sessions at night; from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. and from 9 p.m. until 11 p.m. Only one session was scheduled for Wednesdays, from 9 p.m. until 11 p.m.
Admission was 35 cents for strap-on skates and 70 cents for shoe skates. Cold drinks would be sold and the city had installed a water fountain just outside. Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Skinner were appointed park managers and would be on duty at the park at all times.
Through The Years From The Herald
• 15 years ago, July 30, 2009 – Shirley Riley was pictured on the front page with a cake made from her prize-winning dessert recipe that she had turned into a commercially available cake mix. The sweet potato cake with lemon cream cheese frosting took top honors in the Mississippi Magazine recipe contest.
Davidson High School’s Class of 1970 celebrated 39 years with classmates Diane Cox, Quay Reed, Jerry Jenkins, Geraldine Booker, Carolyn Wright, Delice Reese, Cleveland Hoskin, Barbara Kuykendall and Emma Gooch.
• 20 years ago, July 29, 2004 – Two capital murder cases were on the August Circuit Court docket. The trial of Billy Bonner and Cassie Beckham was set for Aug. 16 and the trial of Jimmy Dale Story was set for Aug. 23.
Carl “Bit” Latham, Valley native, was elected President of the Mississippi Funeral Directors Association.
• 30 years ago, July 28, 1994 – Recipients of the first Yalobusha County Habitat Home were Ann and Charles Gordon Jr. and their four children.
Volunteers J. K. Gurner and Bill Forsyth were pictured with the eagle weather-vane from the old Bank of Water Valley building. Gurner did the metal work and Forsyth painted the eagle. The project was started by Paul Parker.
• 40 years ago, Aug. 2, 1984 – Kris Aune of Water Valley was one of three electrical engineering students at Ole Miss who built a telephone intercom system that tied together 20 offices in the Department of Electrical Engineering.
Tammy Foster and her pony, Doc, won the pony barrels class at the Northwest District 4-H Horse Show.
• 50 years ago, Aug 1, 1974 – The Water Valley courthouse took some hard criticism from the grand jury when they issued their report. The members wrote: “We do not have enough paper to write down all of the repairs that are needed.” They called its condition “deplorable” and called on the Board of Supervisors to take immediate action to secure plans for the erection of a new courthouse. “It is a disgrace to the City of Water Valley and Yalobusha County.”
Country Music World was celebrating its 10th anniversary with a special “super show” at their home in the old skating rink building.
• 60 years ago, July 30, 1964 – Editor Edward B. Shearer noted in his “Shearings” column that the Herald had been honored for an editorial on the subject of Barry Goldwater for President.
• 70 years ago, July 29, 1954 – City records showed that during June, 45,000,000 gallons of water were pumped through the system and the city only received pay for 6,884,350.
Herald editor Edward B. Shearer warned not to be surprised if the city installed meters to each and every customer.
Mississippi reported 21 traffic deaths during the month of June. Twenty of those were on rural roads. The total represented a decrease of seven from the previous June when 28 were killed.
• 80 years ago, July 27, 1944 – Senator Theodore G. Bilbo boarded the Panama Limited at Jackson for Chicago and the Mayo Clinic. The senator had jaundice and gall bladder trouble and said that he would “make a paperweight out of it” if they operated on him for gallstones. Some suggested that many who went to the Mayo were there to have the hot air let out.
• 90 years ago, Aug. 3, 1934 – Miss Dorothy Brown, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. George Brown, was selected as Miss Water Valley. She would be a hostess during the upcoming Watermelon Carnival.\
The 1994 Bondafoam team members were (front) Travis White, Lee Whiteside, Adam Morris, Casey Rogers, Devin Nicholson and Jeffrey Townsend; and (back row) Coach Roy Vance, Demetri Bratton, Adam Shaw, Clint Whitehead, Jeremy Vance, Josh Cohea and B. J. Potts. Not pictured were Marcus Hervey and Nathan Massey.
