By Nancy Green
The Star Herald
KOSCIUSKO —
July 28, 1960
Attala County Mental Health Chapter’s application for charter was approved officially by he Board of directors of the Mississippi Association for Mental Health. Roby Coleman as president and Mrs. Ivy Gibson, secretary are the officers of the new chapter.
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First to register for the Mid-South Cheerleader Institute, July 31-August 5 from Kosciusko were Hank Johnston and Henry Hunter Jordan who will be traveling to the University of Mississippi to learn new techniques for encouraging added participation from the “fans in the stands.”
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Attala farmers are battling one of the most prolonged droughts in years but so far this Central Mississippi area is not as “hard hit” as some other sections of the state, according to County Agent Frank Buchanan, who checked crops in various sections of the county this week. There have been scattered showers in areas of Attala that have been of much benefit, while sizzling temperatures and insufficient moisture are taking a heavy toll in other parts of the county. Boll weevils are very few in most cases less than 10 percent infestation. Cotton poisoning has dropped almost to nothing.
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Five Rone youths were involved in a car accident Wednesday night near the Drive In Theatre on Highway 12 east between Kosciusko and Ethel as they attempted to pass an automobile. Injured were Dwight Rone and Dean Rone, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Rone; Pvt. Charles Rone and Douglas Rone, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Burris Rone, and Audley Rone, son of Mrs. Elmer Rone, all of Ethel.
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Repair work is well underway for the streets of Kosciusko with J.C. Rickitts, member of the Board of Aldermen and street commissioner, also Cap Burchfield supervising the work. Purpose of the work is to keep water from beneath the base of the blacktop explained a city spokesman who added that tar and slag are spread then machines roll the mixture in place and continue to “sweep up” as the tar absorbs the slag.
July 25, 1985
The budget for the Attala County school district for the coming year is up by about $600,000 and 170 pages from the previous year. A millage rate to raise county ad valorem taxes to support the school system will not be set by county supervisors until September. The budget asks no increases in the county tax money this year. The tax levy for the 1984-85 school year was 23.6 mills. It raised $434,248.53.
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An Ethel High School graduate has received an offer he said he hopes will lead to a full time job in outer space. The deal made to 19 year old Duane Armstrong is to divide the remainder of his college time between studies at Mississippi State University and on-hands experience at a NASA facility.
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The city has been notified that federal funds totaling $66,451.05 have been approved for purchase and installation of three traffic light systems. They will be installed by city Light and Water Department personnel at major intersections along the five lane section of Highway 12.
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New members of the Mid-Mississippi Arts Council are Mrs. Douglas Langdon, Mrs. W.C. Stewart, Mrs. Abb Henry and Wade Hart. Activities for the coming season include a presentation of “The Messiah” by the Millsaps Singers, a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, staged by he Galloway Memorial drama group, and a return of Ballet Mississippi.
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Frank Simpson accepted the posthumous award made to is wife, Mrs. Doralyn M. Simpson who was employed for 13 and one-half years at Kosciusko City Hall with five of those years as city clerk. The framed resolution was from the president of the Mississippi Municipal Clerks and Assessors Association and cited Mrs. Simpson for her loyalty and faithfulness during her tenure of service to the city of Kosciusko.
