Programs 2018 January 20: Mary Wheeler and African American Folk Songs of the Ohio River Valley Nathan Blake Lynn, McCracken County Public Library Hotel Metropolitan, 724 Oscar Cross Blvd., Paducah, Kentucky 10:30 am March 10: The Wild World of the Jackson Purchase Richard Dwayne Parker Benton, Kentucky Public Library 10:30 am April 28: Sophronia: A New Castle Pioneer Woman Matthew Meyer Wrather Museum Auditorium, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky 10:30 am July 21: On a Burning Deck: Migration from Graves County to Akron, Ohio Tom Jones, Author, New Braunfels, Texas Purchase Area Development District Office, 1002 Medical Center Circle, Mayfield,…

JPHS President Bill Mulligan called the meeting to order at 10:30 am at the Weldon Public Library, bringing together members of the JPHS, the West Tennessee Historical Society, and other guests.  In a short business meeting for the members of the JPHS, minutes from the July 23rd meeting were approved, the treasurer’s report through October 31st was approved, an update was given by the essay committee led by Bob Lochte, and the JPHS Journal, edited by Jim Humphreys, was made available to members and to those who wanted to purchase a copy. The first JPHS essay contest is well under…