1972-1977

PI=:. At Decatur A Neshoba County na- tive, Mrs. Carol Fari* Vickers, has been ham& Star Teacher for 1972 i n I the Decatur School Sys tem. This i s a part of thl Mississippi Economj .u--.. /, . / / - J & - upervlsors ASSOC* meets at ECJC

xl legislatic ilng su- pervisors and the Impact of the revenue sharing income was led by mayat, Executive Secretary. A noon meal was provided by the college before adjourn- ment.

The Mississippi Association -- of Supervisorsheld its district meet& in the Fine Arts

Building on the campus d East Central Junior College, Decatur, on Thursday, Ocb- ber 26. Key figures at the meet* were Eddie Khayat of Pasca- goula and J.S. Harris , Jr. oP Madison. The meeting was attended by the Board of Attornies, Chancery Clerks, and Legislators andSUW~V~S - ors in the district. Harris, who serves as pres- ident of the association, pre- sided over the business ses- sion. A discussion onthepro- t i J C Teacher Speaks Tonighi 4t Meet Here I The Leake County Historic &clety wlll hold its regd monthly meeting at the Car- - age-leake County Library a+ p. m. tonight. Guest speaker will be Ovid ckers, faculty member at ast Central Junior College. 1s subject will be "Folklore, lperstitutlons and Myths." All members are urged to ue re:cnt for this important leetlng ..tnd others interested thLq subject matter have a nopi 21 invitation to attend.

Council's Star Studenl Teacher Program to re cognize outstanding stu- dents and teachers in the state. Each year in schools across the state, the a- ward of Star Student is I given to the student with ' 1 the highest. academic average who scores high- est on the American Col- lege Test. The student in turn chooses as the school's Star Teacher, the teacher who, he feels, has contri- buted the most to his aca- demic progress and col- lege preparatory train- ing. Decatur's Star Stu- dent this year i s Miss Susan Johnson, daughter ~ ,+ of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. J Johnson, and Susan chose as her Star Teacher, Mrs. Carol Vickers, her Eng- lish teacher. Mrs. Vickers, wife of Ovid Vickers of the East Central Junior College English faculty, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Obe S. Farish of the Stal- lo community i n Neshoba

First muzzle-loading shoot i successful for Rudolph Maye An English instructor at East how couldn't do his best Central Junior College at De- this match. catur, Who spends most Of his He finished first in the sj leisure time hunting or tar- inch ~ u l lat 25 yards, fil get practicing, was the recent in the Crow target at winner of f w r trophies in a yards, first in the big B, club muzzle-loading shoot. at 50 yards, and fourth in t Visiting at the Jackson Muz- woodchuck. z l e - l oadk Club, Rudolph Off-hand shooting, which 1s Mayes of Decatur entered the firing from the standing po- club's recent shoot at their sition without rest, was used Mayes uses a 45 caliber first place trophies in three Thompson - Center muzzle of the four individual n~atches loader andmakes his own balls and the large first pl&e ag- of lead for firing. He became gregate trophy for having the interested in this type sport highest overall score. through his love for hunting. This was his first time to Since purchasing the gun in , ever shoot competitively. December of 1971, Mayes has When asked about the fourth won four trophies and killed match on the bfxichuck tar- one deer. Not a bad stw get, Mayes, a basically shy at all person, indicated that he was -- so embarrassed at havingwon the other three that he sorne- sh- grounds located south and brought home in each of the matches. of Jack-

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County. She is an honor graduate of Noxapater High School, East Central Junior Col- lege, and the University of Southern Mississippi. She will recieve the Mas-, ter of Science degree in English from the Univer- sity of Southern Missis- ~ i p p i in the May, 1972 --