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KOSCIUSKO —
Jan. 3, 1963
Ad valorem tax payments totaling $3,440,000 are currently being paid 129 municipalities and 45 counties in western Mississippi by Mississippi Power & Light Company. MP&L’s tax bill for 1962 in Attala County and Kosciusko will total $39,219.16, according to John Garner, manager. He presented a check for $33,657.32 to Sheriff W.T. Wasson, representing the company’s Attala county ad valorem taxes for the year 1962, Kosciusko’s ad valorem tax check received by Mayor Emmett Carr, amounted to $5,561.84.
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Mrs. Mavis Christine Rawson of 528 West Adams Street in Kosciusko became the first Garan female trainee called in as the task of building the pilot plant work force began in this county’s newest industrial plant. She is the first of about 260 women who will ultimately be employed before the end of 1963 in this new local industry.
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Kosciusko’s largest employer, Superior Coach, has been hampered somewhat by temporary shutdowns due to gas shortages during the extreme cold spells this past month, but maintains employment at the record high level for any January-February period in the company’s 12 year history of its Kosciusko operations.
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Three new candidates are announcing for office this week. Adding his name to the list is incumbent Homer Lawrence for constable of Beat 1. Another incumbent is Aaron S. Condon, for the office of county attorney. Entering the political race for the first time, offering for Circuit Clerk is Mrs. R.L. McWhorter, wife f C.H. McWhorter, who is Attala’s veteran circuit clerk. Mrs. McWhorter has worked in the office with her husband during the years he has served in this capacity.
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Despite the inclement weather of the past week, workmen are pushing the new exhibits building on the fairgrounds toward completion. Roof is now going on and workmen will be inside son. Building is scheduled for use in the spring.
Feb. 4, 1988
Kosciusko businessman Billy Atwood entered a verbal agreement with county officials this week to purchase 5.5 acres of industrial park and for an expansion of his Attala County operations Atwood told county supervisors on Monday that he hopes to be in operation this spring, initially creating 30 new jobs. He said he plans to build two facilities on the property, one for galvanizing metal and the other a steel fabrication plant. Both, he said, will work in conjunction with fencing operation he owns in the industrial park.
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Industrial Finance is introducing their newest staff member Datwin Dabbs. He is a native of Kosciusko who was previously employed at Little Jr. Food.
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Pat Fiedler has been named director of youth ministries at the First United Methodist Church. Prior to moving back to Kosciusko in august, 1987, Fiedler served as director o music and youth ministries at First United Methodist Church in Booneville. He also served at Montgomery Memorial United Methodist Church in Madison and interned at Galloway Memorial United Methodist Church in Jackson while a student at Millsaps.
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Thomas R. Childs of Ethel and Robert r. Pearson of Kosciusko have been accepted into the University of Mississippi Medical School.
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Students in the Kosciusko school system’s BYPASS program recently competed in the East Central Talented and Gifted Association Chess Tournament. The students competed against gifted classes from nine schools in the district. The Kosciusko team from division one placed first in the competition for the third year in a row. The team consists of Rich Simpson, Meredith Oliver, Cory Blaylock, Jason Ryder and John David Shaw. The division two team placed second in the competition. The team is made up of Shellie Arendale, Shannon Denny, Molly Simpson, Jason Blaylock and Susan West.
