Members of the Lintonia Garden Club recently attended the River Road District Fall Meeting of the Garden Clubs of Mississippi, where they received several awards. Pictured from left are Elouise Upchurch, Louise Dixon, Lois Ward, Peggy Saxton, Donna Powell, Marietta Wilkinson, Ruby Gilliam and Dianne Collins.Special to The Herald

The River Road District Fall Meeting of the Garden Clubs of Mississippi Inc. was held recently in Stoneville at the Capps Building. This event was hosted by the Leland-Deer Creek Garden Club, and there were 89 attendees present. Lintonia Garden Club of Yazoo City had nine ladies in attendance. The theme was “Gardeners’ Hands in Service.”
During the awards presentation, Lintonia Garden Club received the following awards: Certificate of Appreciation as a Blue Ribbon Club, Certificate of Merit for Garden Therapy, Trees and/or Urban Forestry and Community Service. A Certificate of Appreciation was given for the Governor’s Mansion Landscape Fund and the Lanoux Youth Nature Camp. A Participation Citation was presented for the Plantings for Public and Special Places by the National Garden Clubs Inc.
An invitation to the 2013 Spring Workshop was given by the Four Seasons Garden Club President, Ms. Jeanne Santmyer, and Lintonia Garden Club President, Dr. Elouise Upchurch. Door prizes were given, and the luncheon concluded the meeting.

TownselJi’Meria Townsel, daughter of Nicole Townsel and Danvesse Rucker, both of Yazoo City, will celebrate her eighth birthday on Oct. 6, 2012.
She is a second grader at McCoy Elementary School.
She will celebrate her birthday along with her two siblings.

Miss Helen Duell and William EdgarMr. and Mrs. Marshall Duell Jr. of Yazoo City announce the engagement of their daughter, Helen Rennae Duell, to William Edwin Edgar, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Edgar III of Yazoo City.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. Selma McBeth and the late Earl McBeth of Yazoo City and Mrs. Mary Stewart of Decatur and Mr. Marshall Duell Sr. of Quitman.
Miss Duell is a 2008 graduate of Yazoo County High School. She is presently employed at the Pampered Pooch in Yazoo City.
The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Mrs. Mollie Edgar and the late A. E. Edgar Jr. of Yazoo City and the late Mr. and Mrs. James Elkin Hearst of Benton.
Mr. Edgar is a 1997 graduate of Manchester Academy.  He earned a Bachelor's degree in History from Delta State University. He is employed as associate producer at WBYP Power 107 in Yazoo City.
The couple will exchange vows October 20, 2012, at 3 p.m. at Center Ridge Baptist Church. Rev. Daryll Oster will officiate the double ring ceremony.  
A reception will follow in the fellowship hall of the church.
No invitations are being sent locally. All friends and family are invited to attend the ceremony and reception.

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The Yazoo Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will honor all Yazoo area Girl Scouts on their 100th anniversary. The event will take place on Sunday, Oct. 7, at 3 p.m. in the auditorium of the Triangle Cultural Center across from the Yazoo City Post Office. A reception will follow for the Girl Scouts, the troop leaders, their parents and all former Girl Scouts.
2012 is called the “Year of the Girl” by the Girl Scouts of the USA. The following troops and their leaders will be recognized: Troop # 5064, Troop # 5362, Troop # 5442, Troop # 5462, Troop # 5479, Troop # 5488 and Troop # 5497. These troops have a combined total of over 80 very capable, eager members who will prove “when girls succeed, so does society.”
The Girl Scouts of the USA was started by Julie “Daisy” Gordon Lowe on March 12, 1912. She assembled 18 girls from Savannah, Ga. for the first Girl Scout meeting. Within a few years, Daisy’s dream for a girl centered organization was realized. Today, the Girl Scouts of the USA has a membership of 2.3 million girl members and 890,000 adults working as volunteers. This is the largest educational organization for girls in the world. There are more than 59 million women in the United States today who are Girl Scout alumnae.
Girl Scouts build girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place. The Girl Scout Promise: “On my honor, I will try: to serve God and my country, help people all the time, and to live by the Girl Scout law.” The Girl Scout Law: “I will do my best to be honest and fair, friendly and helpful, considerate and caring, courageous and strong and responsible for what I say and do, and to respect myself and others, respect authority, use resources wisely, make the world a better place and to be a sister to every Girl Scout.”
Yazoo Chapter NSDAR looks forward to welcoming the present day Girl Scouts and troop leaders, their parents and all former Girl Scouts on Oct. 7 at 3 p.m. at the Triangle to celebrate this 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts of the USA. There will be a few tables to display present day or former Girl Scout memorabilia if members and alumnae would like to bring such items or pictures. After the event, look for more articles, pictures and information on each of the seven Yazoo Girl Scouts of the USA Troops.