I have often thought that Itta Bena must be the hub of the universe. I have met so many people with connections to it. A number of years ago I was in a meeting in...
Bill B. replied:
George Steinbrenner spent some summers in Itta Bena as a teenager. He and Harris Magruder of Itta Bena were classmates at a prep school somewhere up north. They were friends, and he would come home with Harris. I asked my Dad if he remembered that, and he said- "Sure. We all used to hang out, play baseball, etc. He was a nice enough kid for a Yankee....":-)
Jonni W. replied:
Bill, I had heard that...I think I read something about it...maybe Clarion Ledger or Greenwood Commonwealth, after Steinbrenner's death... pretty interesting!