2004-2005 National Hobo Queen Sunrise, Dawn DiVenti of Rockford, Illinois.
Members of the Hobo community helped out Saturday morning during a fund drive by
Water Valley High School East Lab students who were raising money for the medical
expenses of Tonya Stone, who was injured in a recent car accident. Collecting on Main
Street in front of the Water Valley Casey Jones Railroad Museum were Mama Jo LeCount
of Blue Springs, Missouri, (left) and Miss Charlotte O’Briant of Amory, Mississippi,
(right) along with local volunteers Bill Norris and WVHS student Cassie Rockette.
The hobos performed Friday afternoon for patrons at the Blackmur Memorial Library
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Mama Jo LeCount of Blue Springs, Missouri, (center) and Miss Charlotte O’Briant of
Amory, Mississippi, (right) show local youngsters Jared Tolbert (left) and his brother
Johnathan Tolbert the art of toasting marshmellows Hobo style during the campfire
Saturday night. This photo appeared in color on the front page of the North Mississippi Herald.
Saluting the four winds at the opening night campfire. The reading was done by Redbird Express, Special Hobo Ambassador to the Water Valley Casey Jones Railroad Museum.
Virginia Slim, Steve Anderson of Richmond, Virginia, and National Hobo Queen Sunrise,
Dawn DiVenti of Rockford, Illinois, entertain residents at the Yalobusha County Nursing
Home on Saturday. Captain Dingo also performed.
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