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CLUBS

GREEN HILLS GARDEN CLUB Annual benefit bridge; 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Jan. 30; Balfour House; reservations required; $10; Lois Sullivan, 636-8909.

W.H. STEVENS LODGE NO. 121 F.C. Degree; 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

PHI BETA SIGMA FRATERNITY INC. Founder’s Day program; 3 p.m. Sunday, Wesley United Methodist Church.

AMERICAN LEGION Department of Mississippi Mid-Winter Conference; begins 2 p.m. Friday and continues through Sunday; Battlefield Inn; Cmdr. R.V. Martin will call the conference to order.

NAACP 7 p.m. Wednesday; executive meeting at 6:30; 902 China St.

LIONS Noon Wednesday, Maxwell’s; Coroner John Thomason will speak.

PUBLIC PROGRAMS

WAYSIDE HOMEMAKERS 9:30 a.m. Wednesday; home of Katherine Massey, 800 Belva Drive; Police Chief Mitchell Dent and Sgt. Beverly Prentiss will present the program.

RURAL CAJUN MARDI GRAS Presentation by Dr. Carolyn Ware; 7 p.m. Thursday; reception will follow; Southern Cultural Heritage Complex; free; 631-2997.

PUBLIC LIBRARY SCHEDULE Wednesday: 10:30 a.m., celebrate “Pooh Day” with stories, fingerplays and a craft project.

ACT WORKSHOP 8:30-noon Saturday and Jan. 27; Vicksburg High School; sign up with high school guidance counselor; free of charge; sponsored by the Vicksburg-Warren Alcorn Alumni Chapter; 638-7812 or 634-6349.

BOWMAR MAGNET PTA 6 Tuesday night; guest speaker will be Dr. Bonita Potter, bureau director of reading and language arts in early childhood at the State Department of Education.

HOME FRIENDSHIP GROUPS 7 p.m. each Tuesday; Christian fellowship, help and friendship; adult and youth groups; Linda, 661-8089.

VICKSBURG SENIOR CENTER Wednesday: 10 a.m., NIA exercise; 10, T.R.I.A.D.; 11-noon, advanced computer; 1:30-3:30, beginner acrylic art; Thursday: 8:30 a.m., NIA exercise; 9:30, beginner bridge; 10-11, beginner computer; 11-noon, intermediate computer; 1 p.m., SuperValu/Sack & Save bingo; 9:30 a.m., River Region Health System breakfast and a movie; 11-noon, advanced computer class; 1-4 p.m., open play dominoes and Canasta; 7-10, dance featuring Southwind Band, bring finger food.

CHURCHES

ST. PAUL M.B. Minister Oscar Thompson will deliver his first sermon; 5 p.m. Saturday; Tyrone Dickson is pastor.

FIRST UNITED PENTECOSTAL PRAYER REVIVAL 7 nightly through Wednesday; 6541 Paxton Road; the Rev. Don Tipton is pastor.