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No luck finding time capsule


Posted: 04/29/09 - 12:14:52 pm CDT

LIBERTY — Efforts have been unsuccessful in locating a time capsule for a ceremony Saturday at the Amite County Bicentennial.



The capsule was buried beside the courthouse in 1978, but the key people involved are dead and no records can be found that tell the exact location. And a historical marker used as a reference point was moved in 1984, said Mayor Ricky Stratton.

People have been using probes, shovels, metal detectors and posthole diggers seeking the capsule. “That part of the courthouse lawn is well-aerated,” Stratton said.


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1978 wrote on Apr 30, 2009 10:12 AM:

" They want to see stuff they buried in 1978? I got pants older than that. "

Bill wrote on Apr 30, 2009 7:41 AM:

" Hey...it's MISSISSIPPI...they probably put the only map in the time capsule when they buried it! LOL "

Tbone wrote on Apr 30, 2009 7:11 AM:

" Congrats! Saw this story on Yahoo's Odd News. "

ONE TIME...... wrote on Apr 29, 2009 8:21 PM:

" my dog dug a hole and i did not find a time capsule. So, i guess he will not be much help. "

Chad wrote on Apr 29, 2009 5:43 PM:

" I agree.... W took it! He's been blamed for everything else, why not!? Let's see.... he blew up the levy, he caused Katrina, he took down the world market, and he caused the French to hate us. Oh and he caused global warming and terrorism. Busy fella huh? "

I GOT IT wrote on Apr 29, 2009 5:42 PM:

" It's on the OTHER SIDE PEOPLE!!! "

Thank goodness wrote on Apr 29, 2009 3:32 PM:

" I'm not the only one who forgets where I put something. My neighbor once had a dog and, if that sucker were still alive, you could have chained him to the courthouse and after he finished digging holes the time capsule would be found. "

local 123 wrote on Apr 29, 2009 2:56 PM:

" O. K. W.....give it back....we have got to have it..... "

local 123 wrote on Apr 29, 2009 2:10 PM:

" Come on ya'll ,everyone from 1978 can not be dead and gone, what about the 1984 people who moved the marker, someone has got to know......Come on Gerald, Reece, put your thinking caps on.
We all would love to see what was put in there from 1978, although that really has not been THAT long. What year did they remove the white plaster? "

W took it wrote on Apr 29, 2009 1:28 PM:

" Why not? He gets blamed for everything else. "

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