Local debutante club members attend presentation and ball ceremony
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Miss Lelah Mitchell Bridgforth
Miss Margaret LaVergn Dent and Miss Cary Kathleen DentSpecial to The Herald
Members of the Delta Debutante Club, the oldest in Mississippi, gathered at the Greenville Golf and Country Club on December 29th for the 69th annual Debutante Presentation and Ball.
The Delta Debutante Club was founded in 1942 under the direction of Mrs. Judge Rabun Jones of Greenville, with assistance of Stuart Whitmarsh of New York City, editor of the Debutante Registry.
In subsequent years, club sponsors were: the late Mrs. Warren Jackson; the late Shelby Edwards: the late Mrs. Hazelwood Farish; the late Mrs. Lawrence Paxton; the late Mrs. Robert Joseph Whitfield; and the late Mrs. Hugh Gamble Payne; also, Mrs. William Lonnie Watson; Mrs. Eustace Harold Winn, Jr.; Mrs. Pearman Smith; Mrs. Clark Wynn; Mrs. Elie Ganier; and Mrs. John Culpepper Webb.
Mr. William Kethley Dossett served as the master of ceremonies for the presentation of the fourteen debutantes to an assembly of friends, families, patrons and members of the Delta Bachelors’ Club.
The Danny Blurton Group of Pickwick Dam, Tenn., provided music.
A twilight garden theme was carried out throughout the Country Club.
The ceiling of the ballroom was draped with Georgette fabric and white lights and garden style floral arrangements of Casablanca lillies, Blizzard roses, larkspur and hydrangea were nestled on top of tall columns that outlined the event area.
The buffet tables held tall, glass trumpet vase arrangements in shades of soft pastels, with garden roses, stock, hydrangea, larkspur, Asiatic lilies and lisianthus.
Guest tables featured antique bronze hurricane candelabras with garden sweetheart roses, hydrangea and stock floral centers.
Serving on the floor committee were: Mr. Robert Andrew McGahey; Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Merwin; Mrs. Powers Rush; Mr. and Mrs. Ike Trotter, and Mr. Eustace Harold Winn IV.
Debutantes held gathered clutches of blush pink, ivory, white and flesh colored roses collared with greenery and hand-tied with white satin ribbon.
Debutantes
Miss Lelah Mitchell Bridgforth is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Franklin Bridgforth III of Vaughan. Her grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Murphy James Jones and the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Roger Bridgforth. She attends Mississippi State University and is a member of Delta Gamma Sorority. She was presented by her father and escorted by Mr. William Franklin Bridgforth II of Vaughan.
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Margaret LaVergn Dent, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hayes Dent, Jr. of Yazoo City. Her grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Noel Joseph Hutcheson of Dallas, Texas and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bailey of Yazoo City.
Cary Kathleen Dent, daughter of Mr. Richard Hughes Dent and Stacey Smith Dent of Denver, Colo. Her grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. James Anderson Purse of Dallas, Texas and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bailey of Yazoo City.
Dear Editor,
The decision by the present school board not to renew the teaching and coaching contract of Mr. Archie Carlyle was a planned and calculated act of politics. This kind of thing has been happening for years.
They didn’t follow policies or procedures in this matter. The state’s report on the district asked the board to stop interfering in this kind of situation, but it seems they didn’t get the memo.
My mother always put her 11 children first in making decisions for their futures. It is clear this board did not do that.
Mr. Carlyle’s only crime was putting his students first. I feel like Jesus, when he told the people at the well, “He who is without sin cast the first stone.”
I and the 800 people who have signed the petition calling for Carlyle’s return can find no fault in his dedication to our community. We are being laughed at across the state, and on Facebook and Twitter.
Our community is losing faith in our ability to work in a productive and successful district. The Yazoo Herald’s sports editor called it a “travesty.” I ask the question, where are all those Christian folks, his co-workers, his pastor and his fellow church members?
Where are the athletes, past and present, and most of all where are the parents? He has mothered and fathered when you were unable to make it to a game or on the road, giving your children heart-to-heart talks of motivation and encouragement both in the halls of our schools and on the streets of this community. Now he deserves your support in this critical matter.
This affects us all, black and white, because the future of our community is at stake. I am asking everyone to show as much concern about this matter as they do during election time.
Mr. Clifton Jones, I sat on the school board when you and your wife in a 3 to 2 vote were denied what you rightfully deserved. When you first ran for alderman you were the only politician I ever spent an entire day with, walking the streets because I believed in you. When I ran for mayor as an independent, I endorsed McArthur Straughter in the primary. Many people thought I was crazy, but I was exercising my rights.
Mr. Aubry Brent Jr., I followed you from Vicksburg to Belzoni and saw people commit perjury to defeat you. When citizens support a candidate, they want something in return. As a citizen with the 800 petitioners, we are calling in our wager. Just get the record of the board of that decision, which is public record. Check the timeline of the action, and you will be amazed. Next month you will appoint or reappoint a board member, but before you do we deserve answers.
If you find me wrong I will come back and sit before you and the school board and give a public apology. Everyone deserves their day in court, and Mr. Carlyle certainly does.
What you do or don’t do will determine the caliber of teachers and coaches willing to come into our community and work with our children.
Johnny Staples
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