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Seasonal community open houses and markets abound
The Christmas Holiday season is in full swing and three annual events that are held traditionally at this…
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Tree farmer remembers Christmastime fondly
Christmas is just around the corner. As Charlie Brown once said, “Any kind of natural tree will do…
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L.Q.C. Lamar elected back to Congress in 1873
With the Congressional elections this past week, I thought I would pass along some historical data on Lamar’s…
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Oxford artist has been painting for 40 years
Dirk van Oostendorp, 82, has always had a keen artistic eye for his surroundings. Recently, one of his…
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Campus housing a problem for the university post WWII
By Jack Mayfield Sense of Place Each year when the University of Mississippi opens up for the fall…
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‘So fearful a noise’ — Rebel Yell
By Jack Mayfield One thing that most people in the SEC do at a game had its origin…
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Centers of rural life now just memories
A few weeks ago, I made reference to an extinct town across Sardis Lake on the north side…
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Turkey, pumpkin pie and cousins
Not everyone has brothers or sisters and for years I’ve been trying to figure out if that’s good…
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Col. James Gordon — ‘a gentleman of the old school’
Last week I wrote about a new dormitory on campus constructed in 1909 and an “official” Homecoming was…
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Finding snakes, hornbills and love in Rumbai
By Joanne Wilkinson Home and Abroad After teaching for three years in Caracas, Venezuela, I felt it was…
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Ole Miss’ first alumni homecoming – circa 1909
A week removed from this year’s homecoming festivities at the university, I thought I might give you a…
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No need to spoil cats; they’ll eat anything
Some cats get lasagna, but my cats don’t. I grew up with dogs, outdoor dogs, that ate scraps.…
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Mayfield: DAR honors Revolutionary War veteran
By Jack Mayfield I want to tell you the story of one earliest immigrant to Oxford. He holds…
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Being ‘next in line’ can make one appreciate life
Remember all the times you heard the words: “Next in Line.” You might have been at City Grocery…
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Sometimes faith is all we have to cling to
It’s Sunday morning, September 11, 2016 and I’ve been watching TV coverage of the fifteenth anniversary of the…
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Being born in the ‘90s makes it hard to remember the ‘90s
Growing up in the post-millennial age, I was always told my generation are the kids of the ‘90s.…
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Sailing on the ‘Oxford Ocean’ in the ‘Ring Dove’
By Jack Mayfield Most “old folks” in Oxford remember a house boat that William Faulkner and his close…
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Jack Mayfield on history: Chancellor’s loyalty questioned
While doing some reading on Oxford and the University of Mississippi on the eve of the Civil War,…
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Meet Frazier: Good dog looking for good home
Don’t feel too bad for Frazier. He has a good dog heart and a forgiving soul. A new,…
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Dr. P.W. Rowland and the ‘frog story’ a local favorite
Back in 1936, Dr. Peter Whitman Rowland, a local drug store owner and University of Mississippi School of…
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Summer internship at EAGLE has been a blast
Working as an intern for the Oxford EAGLE has really made this summer worthwhile. With school just around…
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Say a prayer for the children tonight who lost parents in tragic plane crash
Say a prayer for the children tonight. They are going to need it, the 11 Oxford children who…
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