COLUMBUS Two students from Houston, Miss., were recently honored in the annual, nationwide youth essay contest sponsored by The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW).
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Recent visitors include George Bogardus of Saltillo; Â Crystal Ellison, Dixie Ellison and Alexis Ellison (daughter and granddaughters of Sharon and Danny Bailey who work in the Town Square Post Office) of Woodland, Miss.; Â and Mark Rogers of Lauderdale, Miss. who was researching and viewing the history and artifacts on display of his ancestor Columbus Ware Stegall, who served in the 41st Mississippi Infantry Regiment during the Civil War.
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Lynda Tinsley donated jewelry that had belonged to her mother in the mid 1900s. The jewelry is a set including a necklace, bracelet and earrings of blue stones set in antique gold.Â