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 on 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 Collins769.218.4565 (home) ** OR ** _____________________________________________________ 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
NOTE: THE ITEMS IN BLUE ARE NEEDED THE MOST Crook’s
Grocery Anderson’s
Dry Goods McCorkle’s
Grocery Farrish’s Grocery Vaiden
Theater 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 – I believe it was a Pan-Am 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” Austin’s Dry Cleaners 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) – It sat on the lot now occupied by the Vaiden Bank
Parking Lot 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. Any
pictures of “Coldfire.” Coldfire included
Kenny Loftin, James Allen Gant, and Ronnie Collins. Pictures
of the Pictures
of the original Photos of the
“Franklin” house, formerly located where the current (2007) Vaiden Library is 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 Yearbooks (“Annuals”) of the Vaiden School – I already have
the issues for 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1970. Any issues
other than the ones I have would be greatly appreciated. You will get these back, but it may take a
while for me to scan them. Each and
every page of each and every Vaiden School annual that is available is
currently being scanned and posted to the website by the years as listed on
the annual covers. See these at http://www.vaiden.net/vaiden_annuals.html.
List of Burials in
Colored Cemetery Section Pictures
of Doctors/Dentists/Veterinarians/Outlaws/Town Leaders Pictures
of Law Enforcement/Political Figures and Elected Officials Pictures
of the Vaiden Colored School, formerly located on the hill by the Vaiden
Cemetery and later (around 1964-1967) to Highway 51 north, where it was used
as the Vaiden Community Center (by the baseball field) and any school
“annuals” or student pictures that might be available. Any
pictures you have of the Pictures
of the baseball field and/or any games being played there Pictures
taken at football games that show the bleachers, concession stand, football
field, etc. Tickets
to football/basketball/track or any other sport or play that was played in
Vaiden Vaiden
Homes – ANY !!!
-- interior or exterior – residents/owners included Pictures
of Black Businesses and/or their owners Pictures
of Mr. & Mrs. Ruffin and/or 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
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 – I believe that Attorney Luther
Gilmer lived in this house for a while) Small
house directly across the street from the house listed above). Glenn
Mann’s house (was next to/west of Mrs. A.C. Long/Mary Ann Long’s house) Pat
Riley’s house (burned in 1964) 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 – this sat
at the end of the driveway of the Canon house (now the Heritage house) – it
had a drip pool underneath that had large red fish in it 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 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 /Boyles DX station on Hwy. Pictures
of old highway ANY
old road routes ANY
houses that are no longer standing Sound Like a lot ?? You ain’t seen nothing yet !!! Ron Collins |
