THE DAILY LEADER / KIM HENDERSON / These keepsake wooden nickels available to Saturday night’s partygoers were replicas of similar ones given away at Wesson’s centennial celebration 50 years ago.

Gene Anding shows off his prize-winning beard and the blue ribbon it captured Saturday as part of a contest conducted during Wesson’s sesquicentennial celebration.

Contents of a time capsule placed in a cornerstone of the Old Wesson School were revealed during Saturday night’s festivities.

The Dixieland Cloggers take the stage at the Old Wesson School Saturday evening as part of the town’s sesquicentennial celebration.

Public Works Employee Joe Glasper and Mark Brown, Department Director, take a break after cooking more than 200 hamburgers, 100 hotdogs, and 60 pounds of sausage for guests at Wesson’s birthday bash.

Vocalist Babs Woods entertains the crowd assembled outside the Old Wesson School during birthday events Saturday evening.