MSU marks 139th year with campus party Tuesday
Mississippi State University will celebrate the 139th anniversary of its creation with a Tuesday [Feb. 28] birthday party given by the university’s alumni association.
Happy Birthday from the Halls of Congress
Irene Burrow Lancaster turns 89 today and along with birthday greetings from friends and family — two children, six grandchildren, five great grandchildren — the retired junior high teacher also heard from a former student.
Michelle Obama turns 50, shows off AARP card
Michelle Obama turned 50 on Friday and promptly showed off her AARP card.
Bob Barker celebrates birthday on ‘Price’
Bob Barker’s 90th birthday present is urging one more contestant to “come on down” from the audience on “The Price Is Right.”
Mandela ‘steadily improving’ on 95th birthday
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa celebrated Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday on Thursday, a milestone capped by news that the former president’s health was improving after fears
Starkville’s 175th birthday culminates with Saturday parade
The year-long celebration of Starkville’s 175th birthday will culminate Saturday with a parade down Main Street beginning at 9 a.m.
Starkville celebrates 175 years
The trouble with a 175th birthday party is no one is around to remember the birth.
Mississippi State University celebrates its 134th birthday
The rain may have silenced the band, but the party didn’t slow down.
Mississippi State University celebrated the 134th birthday of the school on Tuesday with food, drinks, music, giveaways and a four foot tall cowbell cake in the Junction.
David Creel: Birthday? Bring it on
With my 40th birthday quickly approaching, I have been staring in mirrors a lot longer lately. The face I had in my 20s and 30s is vaguely recognizable amidst the strangers that have moved in around my eyes, forehead and mouth.
Columbus receives gift of Williams furniture
In Monday’s dark, pre-dawn hours, a U-Haul truck and a car occupied by four early risers pulled out of The Friendly City on a mission. The volunteers bound for Collinsville, Ill., very near St. Louis, returned after midnight with a cargo they considered precious — a collection of furniture from the estate of Edwina Dakin Williams, Tennessee Williams’ mother.
Centennial celebration: Columbus leads nationwide observance of Tennessee Williams’ 100th birthday
On a March Sunday one remarkable century ago, in a small Columbus hospital — not far from where the Tennessee Williams Welcome Center and Museum oversees the west end of Main Street today — a baby boy came into the world without any of the fanfare that will attend the 100th anniversary of his birth.
‘Charlie’s Angels’ reunite for Waldron’s 96th birthday
When Charles Waldron came to Mitchell Engineering Co. (later CECO Corp.) in Columbus in 1965 as general sales manager, he had no way of knowing some of the colleagues he met that year would be helping him blow out birthday candles 45 years later.
Birney Imes: Birthday ruminations
A birthday is a time for reflection. I hope you will indulge me.
Growing up in Columbus, my favorite pastime as a kid was cruising all over town on a bicycle. Across the river was off limits, so naturally, that’s where we went. In those days all the honky tonks and beer joints were over there. We were more interested in the curb markets that sold firecrackers. I still fancy myself an explorer.