I cannot cite the newspaper which these articles were taken from since they were cut out and pasted in a scrapbook. I have typed the articles and cropped the pictures in an attempt to make the files a reasonable size for display. Contact me if you would like a copy of the original scan that Talea provided.
 
 

"Miss Lucie Catherine GATES of Philipp, was chosen 'Miss Tallahatchie' at the Tallahatchie county beauty review recently held at Charleston. Miss Gates won over a field of twenty-three contestants. She will represent Tallahatchie county at the Cotton Carnival at Clarksdale and at the Tri-State Fair at Memphis. Miss Gates attended the Greenwood High School, graduating with the class of 1936. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Gates of Philipp."

"Martha Ann WILLIAMS of Savannah (left), will be 'Miss Hardin County,' and Doris HENRY of Greenwood, Miss., will be 'Miss LeFlore county,' in the Mid-South Fair Beauty Contest here."
 
 

"Progress in lighting the home during the past 100 years was traced in the Mississippi Power & Light Co.'s colorful float. Holding torches, candles, lamps, and ultra-modern electric lamps on the float were (left to right) Marjorie DOTY, Marthat MICHIE, Josslyn JOHNSON, Dorothy SHANDS and Phyllis FINCH."