Kemper County, Mississippi
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Finding Madge – Kemper County, Mississippi

Finding Madge – Kemper County, MississippiWith Miss Thelma’s canned goods safely tucked in the back seat, we headed off to the 'big city' of DeKalb, county seat of Kemper County, Mississippi.   Our destination?  The Kemper County Historical Museum.   Miss Thelma put in a good word for us since the m...

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Back to Mississippi
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Finding Madge – Back to Mississippi

Finding Madge - Back to Mississippi

That spring Madge was back on the road. A social commitment in Dallas allowed a road trip through Mississippi. The plan: spend a couple of days in Scooba plus do some archival research in Jackson. It was finally time to try to put the pieces together on grandmo...

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Scooba Update
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Scooba Update – Progress at Last!

Scooba Update - Progress at Last!  When visiting Scooba last year, the downtown was in ruins.   What was once a vibrant commercial district now was literally falling down.

 

Now I'm pleased to report that a group of concerned citizens has formed the Scooba Focus Group to foster economic g...

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It’s a New Year and Madge Looks Back

Well it’s a new year and Madge is raring to go.

Back in February, 2012  Madge had a modest goal:  Clean out a closet full of vintage treasures. Who knew then where that one item on my to-do list would take me?
I Grew Up Vintage
Some of my earliest memories were of my mom and me climbing u...

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Finding Madge – Chanute, Kansas

For those of you following along with my journey to find the history of grandmother Madge's career as a milliner, you might remember a previous post that included a letter from Mrs. Margaret Steely in Chanute, Kansas.   That letter was one of the first clues I had about Grandmother Madge's hat shop....

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Finding Madge – Scooba Mississippi

Madge and Mr. Madge left Atlanta on Friday for our trip to Scooba Mississippi to find my grandmother's hat shop.  We made it to Birmingham, Alabama by lunch.   Then, for several hours we wound through the rest of the state on scenic two-lane roads until we were over the border and in Scoob...

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