Vaiden Information
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Photos Needed Anyone wishing to Contribute to
the Vaiden Page is encouraged to do so. If you have information or
photos concerning If you send photos or
information via e-mail, PLEASE DO THE FOLLOWING: Send all photos in a .gif
or .jpg, .tiff or .bmp format (.gif or .jpg would take less time to
send). Send all typed information in
Microsoft Word or Corel WordPerfect format. Save your document in the .doc
format (Word) or the .wpd format (WordPerfect). DO NOT convert a document into Web
Page format (.htm or .html). Please
make the pictures as large as possible; I would rather have to reduce them in
size, than make them grainy in appearance by enlarging them. Also, please understand
that I am not a Genealogist (at least, at the moment). I will be glad to help in any way I can,
but you would be better served by contacting the Mississippi Department of Archives and History,
the MS GenWeb Project, Lineages, or the Mississippi Department of Vital Records. PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT ME asking for help
with your computer. I work on
computers all day for my job. Sorry, but
the last thing I want is to have to spend my off-time solving computer
problems. If you’ve gotten this far
and you’re having computer problems, you should be able to solve them
yourselves. My Home Address is as
follows: Ron Collins_____________________________________________________ THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO
CHARGE TO YOU: I am doing this free of
charge, and have spent endless hours in the process. Spend a few of your own,
and record your history for generations to come. My theory is this: One day we will all be gone. Future generations of our family (or
strangers, robbers, etc.) will find photos of Vaiden in our closets, will not
know what they are, and the glorious photos of Vaiden – the town and its
people – will be thrown in the garbage.
HELP PRESERVE OUR TOWN. A copy
of the VAIDEN Site will be periodically given to the Mississippi Department
of Archives and History on a CD or DVD, to be enjoyed by generations to
come. Do You Know
Whose Store This Is ? (CLICK
HERE) [Ed.
Note: This photo was sent to me by
Genie Buffaloe. The man on the left is
thought to be William A. Buffaloe or Rufus Franklin, and the other next to
him could be his half-brother, Thurman.
Rufus _____________________________________________________ Items/Photos/Stories/Memories Needed
Volunteers for Marker Photos Needed – CLICK HERE Crook’s
Grocery Anderson’s
Dry Goods McCorkle’s
Grocery Farrish’s Grocery – PLEASE !!! Vaiden Theater – PLEASE !!! Vaiden
Post Office (when it was on Vaiden
Co-Op Holmes’
Drug Store Braswell’s (in the old
Vaiden. Kopperl & Hawkins Building – or the building itself) – also, when
was this torn down? Cearley’s
Grocery Fullilove’s
Store Vaiden
Hotel Law
Offices (Shands/Boykin/Gilmer) (the one by the front street Post Office, the
one over Lee’s Grocery, and the one on the 2nd Floor of the 1905
Courthouse. Smith’s
Furniture (by Palmertree’s Barber Shop and the one closer to Herman
Johnson’s Service Station Pool
Hall (back street and later, on front street after the one on back street
burned) Saloon
under Crooks/Weir’s/W.W. Milner’s Photos
of benches on The
Vaiden Depot Buildings/businesses
north of Braswell’s/Vaiden, Any
pictures of the older gentlemen sitting on the benches whittlin’ or chewin’ Summers’ Grocery (before
it burned in the early The
old “outhouses” behind Roscoe Rosamond’s Barber Shop/Holmes’ Drugs/the
Theater/Cearly’s Grocery Buildings next to
Summers’ – Pool Hall, etc. WHEN DID THEY BURN ? Vaiden
Bank (present site of City Hall) – ALSO – The “fence and spikes” that were on
top of the teller windows (reached almost to the ceiling) Back
Street Life – “whittlers sitting on benches” Hambrick’s
Blacksmith Shop Caddess’ Television
Repair Hearse
House (located where Water Department is now) Courthouse
on busy days (elections, during trials, etc.) Gristmill (behind
Summers’ Grocery) – PLEASE !!! Sanders’
Tavern Boykin’s/Lee’s
Grocery (while in operation) Any
pictures of the older gentlemen sitting on the benched whittlin’ or chewin’
or just shootin’ the breeze Other
Information: ANY pictures of the band The “Livin End” (Photo
1 – Photo 2) or “Magnolia
Blue.” The Livin End included Jack
Fullilove, Ronnie Collins, Kenny Loftin, Van Simpson and Mike Simpson. Magnolia Blue included Kenny Loftin, Larry
Parker, Van Simpson, Eddie Mikell, Earl Bishop Aldridge and Ronnie Collins. These photos can be of a live event, or
just an individual or group photo. Pictures of the Pictures
of the original Photos of the “ Pictures
of Class Rings (I’ll take the pictures, if you still have the rings) Copies
of School plays, or other functions Words
to Football/Basketball cheers “Donkey Basketball, ” “Tom Thumb
Weddings,” “Womanless Weddings,” “Powder Puff Football,” “Mess Pictures
of any Vaiden Graduation – no matter what year it is. Football,
Basketball, & Track schedules & records with wins/losses & scores
for as many years as possible, including any bowl bids – pictures too !!! Pictures
of Dr. Vaiden & Mrs. Vaiden Volunteers for Marker Photos Needed – CLICK HERE List of Burials in Pictures
of Doctors/Dentists/Veterinarians/Outlaws/Town Leaders Pictures
of Law Enforcement/Political Figures and Elected Officials Pictures
of the Any
pictures you have of the Vaiden
Homes – ANY !!! -- interior or
exterior – residents/owners included Pictures
of Black Businesses and/or their owners Pictures
of Mr. & Mrs. Ruffin or of Ruffin’s Bakery Pictures
of Silas
Weeks, Ethel Maude Williams, Rial Woods, Any
pictures of merchants, customers, stores, visitors, etc. Lowry’s
Citgo Barber
Shop under Lee’s Grocery/Boykin’s Store Roscoe Rosamond’s Barber
Shop – PLEASE !!! Millinery The
“mail catcher” arm on the railroad track Vaiden
Gin (any of the gins) Vaiden
Lumber Company Vaiden
Depot John
Z. Herring House (at intersection of Hwy. Mr.
Hammond Conner’s House Mrs.
Lynn C. Hodges’ house House
on south side of street (across from Mrs. Lynn Hodges’ house House
on east side of Mrs. Lynn C. Hodges’ house Glenn
Mann’s house (next to Mrs. A.C. Long) Houses
at corner of Hwy. Pictures
of Shongalo spring Pictures
of Shongalo Junk Yard Pictures
of Taylor Everett House Pictures
of any of the houses that were blown away in the Mr.
Jimmy Fullilove’s house Mr.
Bingham’s house Mrs.
Ely’s house (later Bobo Welch’s house) John
D. Hawkins’ house Old
houses along Hwy Nelms’
Grocery on Hwy. Briarwood
Vaiden
House ( The Ice House – PLEASE !!! Armstrong
House/Old Baptist Sunday School/Educational Building Information
on or pictures of the Information
on the Applewhite Guards Information
on the Information
on the town of Gerenton Information
on the town of Shongalo Information
on the town of Middleton Businesses
down Highway Yates’
Grocery Smith’s
Grocery (Mart Vaiden
Cotton Warehouse (by old Vaiden Bank) Vaiden
Yearbook/Annuals before Vaiden Train
Derailment/Fire of Vaiden Ice Storm of Information
about the stagecoach routes through Shongalo and the Vaiden areas – where did
they originate; where was their destination; when did they run; who drove them;
how long were they in business; did they carry money as well as passengers ?? Information
on the old Vaiden/Winona road (about Hwy.
Glenn
Mann’s DX station on Hwy. Pictures
of old highway ANY
old road routes ANY
houses that are no longer standing – PLEASE !!! Volunteers for Marker Photos Needed – CLICK HERE Sound Like a lot ?? You ain’t seen nothing yet !!! Ron Collins |
