Newsletter of the Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation
Winter 2000 - 2001
The Southern Slate derives its name from the rich educational history associated with the buildings of the Southern Cultural Heritage Complex. That teaching tradition continues today with our current mission as a cultural activities center.
Exhibits
Performances
Workshops
Conferences
SCHF Friends And Family
Spotlight on Southern Culture
Southern Film Night Debuts at SCHF
The South on film will be the focus of a new monthly program at the SCHF beginning January 23, 2001. The “Southern Film Night” will feature a documentary or commercial film on a Southern subject followed by an informal discussion of the film by those in attendance. It will be held the fourth Tuesday of every month at 7:00 p.m. in the SCHF’s Academy Building.
The classic documentary, The River, will be shown at January’s Film Night. Produced by the Farm Security Administration in 1937, the film is a record of the Mississippi River from the Civil War to the disastrous floods of 1927 and the 1930s.
Southern blues and gospel music come together in Saturday Night, Sunday Morning, the Film Night’s feature on February 27. This 1992 documentary directed by Louis Guida tells the story of the Reverend Arnold Dwight "Gatemouth" Moore, best known for his blues hit, "Did You Ever Love a Woman?" The film explores the links and tensions of the sacred and secular in African-American culture by chronicling Moore's journey from bluesman to evangelical preacher.
The Southern Film Night is free and open to the public. Snacks and beverages will be provided. For more information, call the SCHF at (601) 631-2997.
Southern Book Club Meets
The Southern Book Club has been going strong since its creation last September! Participants meet regularly on the third Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. to discuss selected books by Southern authors. Books featured at recent meetings were A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America by John Barry, and Victory over Japan by Ellen Gilchrist. For Winter 2001, the club is reading The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love by Jill Conner Browne on January 17, followed by Truth: Four Stories I Am Finally Old Enough to Tell by Ellen Douglas on February 21 and Black Boy: (American Hunger) by Richard Wright on March 21. It’s not too late to join in the fun, so contact Beth Hinson at (601) 631-2997 for more information, or look under “Upcoming Events” on our website at www.southernculture.org.
Letter from the President
On behalf of the board of directors, I would like to begin 2001 by congratulating our organization’s members, volunteers, and staff on a very successful year 2000. Last year the SCHF welcomed over 300 new members to its ranks, installed central heat and air in two of its most historic buildings, and won Harrah’s community development prize of $25,000. In addition to these accomplishments, we offered more free or at-cost cultural programming than ever before.
We need and expect to build on these accomplishments in the coming year. If you are reading this newsletter and have not joined the SCHF, I urge you to do so today. See page 15 or call us at (601) 631-2997 for more information. Our members’ support allows us to offer high quality cultural programming to you and your families.
I am excited about our future, and I look forward to seeing you soon at one of our many upcoming events. May you and your family have a very happy and healthy new year.
Fred Farrell
Letter from the Executive Director
What an exciting year we had in 2000! Thank you for your help in achieving so many of our long term goals.
As we begin a new year, we are both excited and reflective about the educational programming at SCHF. January 2001 sees the beginning of a new monthly program, the Southern Film Night (see page 1). This activity will add to our slate of monthly activities, which currently includes the River Kids after-school arts program, the Humanities Lecture Series, and the Southern Book Club. We are also looking forward to hosting professional meetings for state and national organizations in February (see page 9). Their interest in our organization is gratifying, to say the least.
Sadly, our program coordinator, Julienne Crawford, left our staff at the end of the year. She played a stellar role in all our activities, and we will miss her greatly. We wish Julienne the very best of luck in her future endeavors.
Ted J. Smith
The SCHF Hits the Big Screen!
Check out the new feature film, O Brother Where Art Thou?, which includes scenes shot in the SCHF Auditorium. See page 12 of this newsletter for more details!
Upcoming Events
January 8 - March 16 Thirty Years of Living Blues Exhibit
January 11 at 4:00 p.m. Johnnie Billington Blues Concert
January 11 Spring Semester of River Kids Begins
January 17 at 7:00 p.m. Southern Book Club - The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love by Jill Conner Browne
January 18 at 7:00 p.m. Humanities Lecture Series - “Rural Cajun Mardi Gras”
by Carolyn Ware
January 22 at 7:00 p.m. Floral Arrangement Workshop
January 23 at 7:00 p.m. Southern Film Night - The River
February 10 Mississippi Archaeological Association Annual Meeting
February 15 at 7:00 p.m. HLS - “Outside the Lines: African-Americans and the Integration of the NFL” by Dr. Charles Ross
February 21 at 7:00 p.m. Southern Book Club - Truth: Four Stories I Am Finally Old Enough to Tell by Ellen Douglas
February 22 - 24 AASLH “Interpretation Issues and Strategies” Workshop
February 26 at 4:00 p.m. Mardi Gras Mask Workshop
February 27 at 7:00 p.m. Southern Film Night - Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
March 1 Guided Tour Program resumes after its winter break
(Tuesdays - Fridays, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.)
March 15 at 7:00 p.m. Humanities Lecture Series - A Reading by Ellen Douglas
March 21 at 7:00 p.m. Southern Book Club - Black Boy: (American Hunger)
by Richard Wright
March 27 at 7:00 p.m. Southern Film Night
Exhibits
Blues Exhibit on Display at SCHF
The SCHF will be singing the blues this winter with a concert (see page 5), a film (see page 1), and an exciting new exhibit.
Thirty Years of Living Blues, a retrospective from Living Blues: The Magazine of the African-American Blues Tradition, is a compilation of photographs and articles exploring the artists, culture, and history of blues music. It will be available for viewing weekday afternoons from January 8 to March 16 in the SCHF’s Academy Building.
Living Blues started in Chicago thirty years ago and eventually moved to the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi in 1983. The exhibit chronicles the magazine’s extensive coverage over the years of blues music, festivals, and performers.
“Living Blues Magazine is truly an active agent in the Blues genre…it’s the Blues equivalent of Rolling Stone,” said the exhibit’s curator, Susan McClamroch. “The exhibit shows the magazine’s vital life, how it has grown and matured.”
Admission to the exhibit is free. For more information, call (601) 631-2997.
Mississippi’s Ten Most Endangered Historic Places
“Mississippi’s Ten Most Endangered Historic Places,” an exhibit from the Mississippi Heritage Trust (MHT), was on display at the SCHF from December 4 to 21, 2000. The exhibit featured photographs and descriptions of ten sites in need of preservation if they are to survive in the years to come.
“Our intent is to foster the preservation of 10 places per year, so that in 10 years, 100 places that make Mississippi special will be preserved instead of forgotten,” stated Stella Gray Sykes, MHT Executive Director.
The places selected for the year 2000 are the Hotel Irving in Greenwood, Chalmer’s Institute in Holly Springs, the L. Q. C. Lamar House in Oxford, the City of Oxford, the Queen City Hotel in Columbus, the Round Island Lighthouse in Pascagoula, the Taborian Hospital in Mound Bayou, Belhaven and the Belhaven Heights Neighborhood, the Mississippi River Basin Model, and the Westbrook House in Jackson.
For more information, call (601) 354-0200.
Billington Blues Band to Perform At SCHF
Delta blues artist, Johnnie Billington, and his seasoned band of blues musicians will perform in the SCHF Auditorium on Thursday, January 11, at 4:00 p.m. Billington’s band is no group of old timers, but rather four children who range in age from 8 to 12 years old! They play the bass guitar, drums, saxophone, and keyboard.
Billington is a native of Mississippi and shares his knowledge of blues music with many children around the state as a master artist in the Delta Blues Education Program based in Clarksdale. A blues guitarist for more than 30 years, he has performed at clubs, festivals, community concerts, and schools throughout the country as both a soloist and with his band. Billington and his band recently performed for President Bill Clinton at the White House.
The performance is free and open to the public. It is part of the River Kids After School Arts Program, which is held each Thursday afternoon at the SCHF and is supported by a grant from the Mississippi Arts Commission. River Kids explores the cultures and the science of the Mississippi River through the arts.
Holiday Concert Performed by Saint Joseph Orchestra
The SCHF Auditorium was filled with a joyous sound as the Saint Joseph Orchestra performed as part of “Christmas on Crawford Street” (see page 12) on Saturday, December 16, 2000.
The concert included Christmas music and carols, with performances by guest vocalists on several pieces. Soprano Clarrisa Davis and alto Karen Sanders sang “Sheep May Safely Graze,” and choirs from Vicksburg churches joined the orchestra for selections from Handel’s “Messiah.”
The orchestra is a division of the Saint Joseph Arts, Inc., a non-profit organization formed in Saint Joseph, Louisiana, in 1995. Members of the orchestra are volunteers from Saint Joseph, Natchez, Vicksburg, Monroe, Winnsboro, and other regional cities.
Just For Kids
Mississippi Trivia
1. What does B.B. stand for in the name B.B. King?
2. One of the largest collections of Blues music is in Mississippi. Where is it?
3. Who is the “Black Swan” and where was she born?
4. What is the oldest land grant college for African-Americans?
5. Mississippi produces 80% of the world’s supply of what?
6. Where is the oldest Holiday Inn located?
See below for answers
The River Kids After School Arts Program begins its spring semester on January 11, 2001.
Kids’ Calendar
January 8 – March 16 Thirty Years of Living Blues Exhibit
January 11, 4 p.m. Johnnie Billington Blues Concert
January 11 Spring Semester of River Kids Begins
February 26 Mardi Gras Mask Workshop
Trivia Answers
1. B.B. stands for “Blues Boy from Beale Street,” a nickname given to B.B. King (Riley B. King) during his days after World War II while he was working as a disc jockey at radio station WDIA in Memphis, Tennessee.
2. The University of Mississippi Blues Archive in Oxford contains one of the world's largest collections of Blues music.
3. Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield was known as the "Black Swan” and was America's first African-American singer of classical music. She was born in Natchez in 1809.
4. Alcorn State University, in Jefferson County, is the world's oldest land grant college for African-Americans.
5. Mississippi produces more than 80% of the world's supply of farm-raised catfish. Each year, in April, the World Catfish Festival is held in Belzoni, which is known as the Catfish Capital of the World.
6. The world's oldest Holiday Inn is located in Clarksdale.
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Workshops
Fresh Cut Flower Arranging
Lynn Johnston, owner of Serenity Floral in Vicksburg, will teach a workshop on fresh cut flower arrangements on Monday, January 22, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the SCHF. Participants will learn about the principals of design, use of color, and flower care.
A native of Vicksburg, Lynn Johnston has been in the floral business for 12 years. She is a member of the American Institute of Floral Design.
The cost of the workshop, which includes all supplies for one arrangement, will be $25 for SCHF members and $30 for non-members. For more information, call the SCHF at (601) 631-2997.
Mardi Gras Mask Workshop
The magic of Mardi Gras will come alive for children ages 6-12 in a Mardi Gras mask workshop on Monday, February 26, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Each participant will make his or her own dazzling mask while learning about traditional Carnival celebrations. The cost of the workshop is $5.00. For more information, call the SCHF at (601) 631-2997.
Gingerbread House Workshop Enjoyed by Children
As a special part of “Christmas on Crawford Street” (see page 12), European trained pastry chef, Heather Burns presented a Gingerbread House Workshop for children ages 5-12 years old on Saturday, December 16.
“Heather Burns is an incredibly talented chef with a tremendous knowledge of gingerbread history,” stated Julienne Crawford, Program Coordinator for SCHF. “This workshop was a wonderful success last year, and we were extremely excited to be able to offer it again.”
Each participant, including Hunter Johnson, shown to the left, took home his or her completed gingerbread house to display and enjoy.
Winter HLS Explores Mardi Gras and NFL’s Impact on Civil Rights
Professors from two of Mississippi’s major universities will be featured in the winter offerings of the Humanities Lecture Series.
On January 18, 2001, Dr. Carolyn Ware, coordinator of the Pine Hills Culture Program at the University of Southern Mississippi, will speak on the Rural Cajun Mardi Gras. She is the co-author of the book, Cajun Mardi Gras Masks, and has served as a consultant and folklorist for such projects as the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the Louisiana Folklife Festival, and the Smithsonian Institution’s Festival of American Folklife. Dr. Ware recently produced a PRM radio series called “Passing It On” that explored aspects of Piney Woods folklife.
The Pine Hills Culture Program is sponsored by the USM’s Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage. It is dedicated to documenting, preserving, and presenting traditions and folk culture of the South’s pine hills region.
Dr. Charles Ross, Assistant Professor of History and Afro-American Studies at the University of Mississippi, will be the HLS speaker on February 15, 2001. In honor of Black History Month, he will discuss his book, Outside the Lines: African Americans and the Integration of the National Football League, which examines the impact of the NFL’s integration on the Civil Rights Movement.
The Humanities Lecture Series will be held the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Convent Parlors located at the corner of Adams and Crawford streets. The program is free and open to the public. A reception and book signing will follow both winter programs.
For more information, call (601) 631-2997.
Gift Ideas
Looking for a unique birthday, anniversary, or Valentine’s Day gift? Consider giving a gift of Southern Culture!
The SCHF offers a variety of items, from Red Tops CDs and commemorative posters to books written by speakers from the Humanities Lecture Series. Titles include:
Images of America: Vicksburg by Gordon Cotton
Due South: Dispatches from Down Home by R. Scott Bruner
Southern Belly by John T Edge
Roads from the Bottom by Charles Chiplin
Lost Revolutions: The South in the 1950s, and Deep’n As It Come: The 1927 Mississippi River Flood by Pete Daniel
Ten Point: Deer Camp in the Mississippi Delta by Alan Huffman
American Dreams in Mississippi: Consumers, Poverty, and Culture 1830 – 1998 by Ted Ownby.
Stop by our office today, visit us online at www.southernculture.org, or call Beth Hinson at (601) 631-2997 for more information.
Conferences
State Archaeology Conference to Be Held
Archaeologists from around the state will gather at the SCHF Auditorium to discuss cultures of the past at the Mississippi Archaeological Association’s Annual Meeting on Saturday, February 10, 2001.
The Association is an organization of professional archaeologists and lay people actively involved in archaeology and archaeological preservation. One of the important objectives of the Association is to encourage scientific archaeological investigation and to support the dissemination of information from these investigations to the general public.
The conference is free and open to the public, and anyone with an interest in the cultural heritage of the state is invited to attend. For more information, visit the MAA web site at http://www.mdah.state.ms.us/misc/maaflyer.html or contact Doug Sims at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History at (601) 359-6945. A link to the MAA web site is provided on the SCHF web site at www.southernculture.org.
SCHF to Host National Workshop by AASLH
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) will present a workshop on “Interpretation Issues and Strategies” at the SCHF, February 22 through 24, 2001. This is one of four professional development workshops being offered by the AASLH across the nation this year.
Thomas Woods, director of Old World Wisconsin with over twenty-five years of administrative experience in living history museums and academic teaching, and Candace Matelic, a consultant focusing on organizational development and museum interpretations, will lead the workshop. Participants will learn how to systemically approach elements of interpretation such as planning, research, content, audiences, techniques, and evaluation.
The cost set by AASLH is $250 (with discounts for full-time students) and includes two and a half days of seminar-style instruction, two lunches, all breaks, and a 500-page curriculum notebook.
The registration deadline is January 22, 2001. Call the AASLH at (615) 320-3203 or email batte@aaslh.org for more information.
SCHF Friends And Family
Editor’s Note: From time to time, beginning with this issue, The Southern Slate will offer short biographies of the people who make the work of the SCHF possible.
Fred Farrell Elected SCHF Board President
Fred Farrell was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and grew up in Brinkley, Arkansas, where he still has family. He graduated with a B.S.B.A. degree in Marketing from the University of Arkansas in 1970 and worked for trucking and finance firms before moving to Vicksburg in 1978.
Fred and his wife, Kay, were married in 1970 and have three children, John, Ann, and Matthew. John lives in California, Ann resides in Vicksburg with her husband, Marion Roberson, and Matthew attends the University of Notre Dame.
Fred is the president and co-owner of Falco Lime, Incorporated, and the Vice President, the Director of Sales, and a majority shareholder in Polyvulc, USA, both of which are located in Vicksburg. In addition to his role as president of the SCHF, he serves on the board at Vicksburg’s Trustmark National Bank and YMCA and is the co-chair of the Vicksburg Catholic School’s current capital campaign.
SCHF Welcomes Three New Board Members
The SCHF welcomes the following three community leaders to its board of directors:
Colonel Robert Crear, a native of Vicksburg, is the Commander and District Engineer of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Vicksburg District. The Vicksburg District is one of the largest civil works districts in the Corps with a workforce of 1,200. He graduated from Jackson State University in 1975 and received an M.A. degree from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in Washington, D.C. His wife, Reatha, and he have four children, Kristi, Kimberly, Robert Jr., and Reginald.
Linda Parker grew up in Vicksburg. After living in Hawaii, California, Texas, Louisiana, and on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, she moved back to Vicksburg in the 1980s. Her husband, Rod, and she have five children and fourteen grandchildren. Linda has a special interest in the SCHF, since her mother attended school at Saint Francis Xavier Academy.
Penny Varner grew up in Greenwood, Mississippi. She graduated from Millsaps College with a degree in elementary education and taught school in Oxford and Vicksburg. Her husband, Mack, and she have lived in Vicksburg for over thirty years. They have two daughters, Betsy McIntire and Emily Shelton, both of whom attended Saint Francis Xavier Academy and now live in Jackson, Mississippi.
O Brother Where Art Thou?
The SCHF’s historic Auditorium is featured in a new movie from Joel and Ethan Coen, the brothers who produced and directed such hits as Raising Arizona, The Big Lebowski, and Fargo. O Brother Where Art Thou?, a modern spin on Homer’s Odyssey, is scheduled for national release on January 12, 2001.
The film, starring George Clooney, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, John Turturro, and Charles Durning, was shot at several locations in Mississippi. The Auditorium is the setting for a banquet in the film, and over 200 extras, many from the Vicksburg area, are featured in the scene.
This is the second major motion picture to be filmed at the SCHF complex. Mississippi Burning, starring Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe, used the Sisters of Mercy Convent for a scene at a hospital.
“Lights, Camera, Action!”
A scene from O Brother Where Art Thou? being
filmed in the SCHF Auditorium in July, 1999.
(Photo by Mike Calnan)
Christmas on Crawford Street
For the second year in a row, the SCHF joined with its Crawford Street neighbors on December 16 to present “Christmas on Crawford Street,” an afternoon filled with holiday music, art, and activities for the whole family.
Open house at the Balfour House, Baldwin House Restaurant, Crawford Street Studios, Pemberton’s Headquarters, and the SCHF drew many visitors. The SCHF also provided activities for children, including a gingerbread house workshop led by pastry chef Heather Burns.
Exhibits and demonstrations by local artists and a performance by the Saint Joseph Orchestra were other highlights of the day.
Participants in “Christmas on Crawford Street” activities learned to make Victorian decorations in the Convent.
Guided Tours
Please Note: The SCHF Guided Tour Program will resume its normal tour hours in March after its winter break.
Spotlight on Southern Culture
Fresh Bread Nippin' at Your Nose
by Daniel Boone
Like many towns in the south, Vicksburg is well acquainted with historic preservation and restoration. Many a landmark home and public building here is under protection for its unique architecture. Keeping our buildings and streets looking a certain way is important to us. But there are other senses than visual, and sometimes I think we are forgetting how important they can be. There is something our town has lost in the last half of the twentieth century. Something that disappeared one day from the landscape of all our senses: the overpowering fragrance of freshly baked bread.
There was a time in the ‘50s and ‘60s when a drive down Clay Street could be a heavenly experience. Visitors from the East would enter our town by driving through a beautiful stone arch which spanned Clay Street (just about where the new Pizza Hut is going up.) Within a few blocks a wonderful yeasty odor would envelope them as they approached Koestler’s Bakery on the corner of Clay and Hosseley Street (now known as Mission 66). If you were here then, you can smell that bread now. I know I can.
If you never smelled the freshly baked bread from a city bakery, you probably can’t imagine how intense and exquisite it was. There are certainly businesses around today that emit smells, but not many will be so fondly recalled. During the holiday season, Koestler’s Bakery is fondly recalled by most of my generation for another reason.
Our parents would round us up on a December night, and we’d park at the Rose Oil station across the street from Koestler’s. As soon as we’d open the car door, we’d hear Jimmy Boyd singing “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” or maybe Gene Autry’s “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” blasting from concealed speakers. The first thing we would see was snow! A blanket, or maybe more literally a quilt, of white, padded “snow” covered the low terrace that the building was situated on, and the genuine evergreen trees that grew against the walls of the bakery enhanced the illusion. It was breathtaking. And there he was, the man himself: Santa with his sleigh full of wrapped packages being pulled by the full complement of reindeer.
It was that way from my earliest memory, but it seemed to get bigger and better each year. Eventually a giant Frosty the Snowman was added at the corner of the building. And another Santa was added who actually handed out stockings filled with toys, candy, and fruit to all who were brave enough to sit in the man’s lap for a few moments while he asked us one simple question. Back then we usually had an answer when asked what we wanted.
The questions and answers are less simple today. Where did the bakeries go? Where does the bread come from now? What happened to Santa and Frosty and the “snow?” I’ve been told that the unimpressive, painted plywood Santa and reindeer on the terrace at City Hall are the very same ones. I’m not buying that story. It just doesn’t smell right.
Seemingly some people don’t think of Clay Street as a beautiful place today. And maybe there were those who thought the brightly lit Christmas display at the bakery was gaudy or tacky. But we kids knew it for what it was. A recent movie entitled After Life (I didn’t see it) had as its premise the intriguing concept that somehow a person could create their own Heaven by choosing a memory from their past and reliving it for eternity. In the running for mine would have to be the moment when I was about halfway across Clay Street, holding my mother’s hand, walking towards a winter wonderland. Breathing deeply.
Daniel Boone, an artist and amateur percussionist, is a native of Vicksburg. His wife, Lesley Silver, and he own and operate the Attic Gallery on Washington Street.
Folks Who Made a Difference
Volunteers are vital to the success of the Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation. The SCHF’s board and staff are especially grateful to the following folks who have volunteered their time and talents in recent months:
Vicki Abraham, Denny Allman, Camilla Atwood, Glenda Banta, Bruce Baldwin, Marion Baldwin, Daniel Boone, Lonnie Boykin, Jean Blue, Tracey Breeden, Sam Brookes, Randy Brown, Heather Burns, Laura Callaway, Robin Callaway, Mike Calnan, Cecile Cockrell, Becky Cook, Betty Dorman, Bill Dorman, Whitney Doiron, Carol Eaton, Meghan Eaton, Sarah Eaton, Edna Edmonds, Randy Emrick, Barbara Faulkner and her class, Minor Ferris, Dr. Janet Fisher, Baird Fortson, Joanne Fortson, Fowler Christmas Tree Farm, Jan Freedman, Hobbs Freeman, Charlie Gholson, Joyce Harden, Connie Hinman, Elaine Hughes, Sharon Humble, Betty Jackson, Ann Jones, Valeria Johnson, Lynn Johnston, Ed Kirst, Sally Kirst, Katherine Lawler, Ed Lawler, Laurence Leyens, Clarence Lovette, Emma Mack, Ann Mahoney, Angela Marcus, Joyce May, Carol McAnally, Jimmie McGuffie, Jeanne Miller, Tom Mitchell, Virginia Monsour, Flavia Overman, Linda Parker, Rod Parker, Betty Pendleton, Charles Pendleton, Fred Peyton, Alice Portwood, Susan Price and her class at All Saints Episcopal School, Mary Qasim, Margaret Jo Rose, Becky Richardson, Frances Simmons, John Smith, M.K. Smith, Gay Strong, Mary Sweet, Pat Tucker, Linda Walker, Nancy Watkins, Dannie Weatherly, Jim Wojtala, and Watkins Nursery.
Additional volunteer help is needed with a variety of SCHF activities. If you are interested in volunteering, please call Beth Hinson at (601) 631-2997.
A Fond Farewell
…to Julienne Crawford, SCHF Program Coordinator, who left her job at the end of the year to move to Little Rock, Arkansas. Julienne joined the SCHF staff in October 1999 and has played a key role in expanding the organization’s educational programming. Just in the past year alone, she planned and implemented over thirty different programs for children and adults! Her talents, energy, and enthusiasm will be sorely missed by the Foundation’s board, staff, and volunteers, as well as the community she has served so well. Your friends here in Vicksburg thank you for all your hard work, Julienne, and we wish you the best of luck in your new life in Little Rock.
Julienne Crawford working with children at last year’s Mardi Gras Mask Workshop.