Chapter 2 and 3 Endnotes
CHAPTER 2-A Boy!
1 Ruth E. Mabus,1894-1977, ancestory.com, “Born in Mississippi on 29 Jan 1894 to Elmer E Mabus and Helen A Scoggin.”
2 Choctaw Lake, thedyrt.com, “Scenic Choctaw Lake Campground wraps around Choctaw Lake in the Tombigbee National Forest of Mississippi. Its location provides visitors with ample opportunities for recreation, including fishing, boating, hiking, and biking. A day-use area is popular for picnicking and has a swimming beach.”
3 1979 Easter Flood, mema.org, “From April 11-12, the Jackson metro received 4-5 inches of rain. Other areas of the state received anywhere from 8-20 inches of rain.”
4 Yockanookany River, Choctaw County Chronicles, p. 19 “The altitude of Little Mountain, on the Natchez Trace, is 603 feet above sea level. The airport, three miles southwest of Ackerman, is at an altitude of 552 feet. The county generally is at as high an altitude as is to be found in Mississippi. It is drained by three distinct watersheds, flowing into three different river systems. Yockanookany, Beech Chitta, Tilby, and Lobutcha flow ultimately into the Pearl, thence to the Gulf of Mexico at the Mississippi-Louisiana border.”
5 Ross Barnett Reservoir, Wikipedia, “The Ross Barnett Reservoir is a reservoir of the Pearl River between Madison and Rankin counties in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The 33,000-acre lake serves as the state's largest drinking water resource and is managed by the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District. The lake features 105 miles of shoreline impounded on the south by a 3.5-mile man-made dam and spillway. The western shore is bounded by the historic Natchez Trace Parkway. Named for Ross R. Barnett, the 53rd governor of Mississippi, construction began in 1960.”
6 Ty A. Cobb, Moon’s friend and eventual Superintendent of the Choctaw County, MS public school system.
7 Gradie F. Erin, My 6th grade science and PE instructor. At the time of this writing, still a resident of Ackerman.
8 “Memories of Camp Palila”, scoutingmagazine.org, by Jack Slay, “Palila was a small Boy Scout camp just outside Louisville, Miss. Surely no more than a hundred acres, it contained a lake, boy-sized; a handful of spider-webbed and log-hewn cabins; and trails that bred dust by the mouthful during dog days and that became, instantly, mudslides with the slightest of showers. Mostly, though, the camp was woods and time and autonomy. Every summer for four weeks, Palila became summer camp to hundreds upon dozens of Boy Scouts, all in some way tenderfooted and anxious and filled to brimming with sap and savvy and boyness.”
9 Big Black River, Wikipedia, “Big Black River is a river in the U.S. state of Mississippi and a tributary of the Mississippi River. Its origin is in Webster County near the town of Eupora in the north central part of the state. From there it flows 330 miles in a generally southwest direction until it merges with the Mississippi River 25 miles south of the city of Vicksburg.”
CHAPTER 3-Entrepreneurial Fever
1 Lake Washington, Wikipedia, “Lake Washington is an oxbow lake in Washington County, Mississippi. Once part of the contiguous Mississippi River, Lake Washington formed when the river changed its course about 1300 AD.”
2 Heddon River Runt, askaboutflyfishing.com, “The Heddon River Runt first introduced in wood in 1929, by James Heddons’ Sons, the premier manufacturer of artificial baits in the world. The River Runt vaulted to the forefront of the American angler's thoughts in 1933 when it was released in plastic as the River Runt Spook. It soon rose to become Heddon's best-selling family of fishing lures, and one of the most famous (and productive) lures in history.”
3 Hawaiian Wiggler, The Fred Arbogast Company Fishing Lure Collector's Guide-The Hawaiian Wiggler Family, barnesandnoble.com, Overview: “As business grew in the 1930s during the Great Depression, Fred Arbogast, who was a tournament casting champion and lure inventor worked with his father, John A. Arbogast, to create one of the most unique spinning lures of all time, the Hawaiian Wiggler. Fred started tinkering with using rubber in his own fishing lure creations as early as 1916 and in the next twenty years, he and his father developed the infamous Hula Skirt which was a rubber attachment for this new brand of fishing lure. Fred Arbogast and John were no ordinary inventors, but knew to be successful in fishing, they had to develop different products for different needs. As the product line was a sure hit, it became popular among American fishermen in the 1930s and remained in the company's inventory until 1997.”
4 The New Deal, Wikipedia, “The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1939. It responded to needs for relief, reform, and recovery from the Great Depression. Major federal programs and agencies included the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)... it was one of the most successful New Deal programs. It existed for fewer than 10 years, but left a legacy of strong, handsome roads, bridges, and buildings throughout the United States. Between 1933 and 1941, more than 3,000,000 men served in the CCC.”
5 Sardis Lake, Wikipedia, “Sardis Lake is a 98,520-acre reservoir on the Little Tallahatchie River in Lafayette County, Mississippi. Sardis Dam was the first of the Yazoo River headwaters projects to be built by the federal government for flood control. Authorization for the project came when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Flood Control Act of 1936.”
6 Grenada Lake, Wikipedia, “Grenada Lake is a reservoir on the Yalobusha River in the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is one of four flood control lakes in North Mississippi constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Grenada Lake was constructed to help control flooding along the Yazoo River Basin. The dam is located on the Yalobusha River approximately 3 miles northeast of Grenada, Mississippi.”
7 H & H, texassaltwaterfishingmagazine.com, “H&H Lures celebrates 60 years in the fishing tackle business this year. H&H was started by Bill Humphreys Sr. in 1959, working out of a secondhand bread truck with $2000 as a wholesale distributor (Humphreys Wholesale Sporting Goods) and lure manufacturer. About three years later he had to choose the business that had a more promising future. He phased out of the wholesale business to concentrate on lure manufacturing, specifically the Original H&H Spinner which was America’s first spinner lure.”
8 Dr. Edward Pennington, a member of Mississippi Medical Association and Mississippi State Licensing Board of Physicians, served as physician and surgeon in Ackerman for 41 years.