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August 6, 2010

Anonymous The Star Herald The Star Herald Fri Aug 06, 2010, 11:07 AM CDT

KOSCIUSKO — August 4, 1960

A special election has been set by Kosciusko’s City Election Commissioners for Sept. 27 to fill the position of City Clerk, following the resignation of Miss Victoria Lee Niles, who is serving her third term in the post. If a second primary if needed, it is scheduled Oct. 11. Members of the commission are J. Will Owen, J.W. Crawford and Mrs. Guy B. Barrett. Miss Niles, resignation is effective Sept. 30, which is the end of the fiscal year for city business. She has accepted a position with the new Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital as bookkeeper and accountant, and will assume her duties there about the middle of October.

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The Rev. Fred Z. Browne, native of Kosciusko, now of Tyler, Texas, is supplying the pulpit of the First Presbyterian Church here during the absence of the Rev. E.L. Jackson, pastor, on vacation.

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George Thornton of Kosciusko, and Braswell Allen of Grenada, former Attalan, were among the group of 39 Baptist laymen who made a weekend religious crusade in the area of Denver, Colo. Baptist work in the area only began in 1951, and since that time 39 new churches have been established. The Kosciusko laymen said that plans were already underway for a return visit next year to the Denver area.

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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.

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First Founders Day exercises will be held here at Central Mississippi College auditorium Aug. 10, starting at 10 a.m. discloses Mary E. Carr, chairman of arrangements. In attendance besides the local group will be a large group of alumni of the college, former presidents, and other out of town guests. Now serving a president of the Negro college is Carrie Garland. The school was operated since 1892.

August 1, 1985

Attala County tax rolls have been delivered on time to the board of supervisors, promising a much more orderly budget process than a year ago. At this time last year the county was still going through reappraisal of property and rolls were not completed until December. Supervisors had to set a millage rate in September using only an estimate of the total assessed valuation of the county. County tax assessor-collector Kempe Hodges has turned over property tax rolls totaling $61,288,734 up slightly from the previous years.

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A job that began 41 years ago for Mrs. Ganier Russell was scheduled to come to an end at 11 p.m. Wednesday night when she punched the Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital time clock for the final time. She started as a practical nurse at the old Kosciusko hospital on April 12, 1944, working on the floor for five years before moving to surgery where she remained for the next 36 years. She said her initial pay was $50 per month, 14-hour days were considered short and weekends off were unheard of.

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Winfred Shelton and Gary Hamilton accepted the trophies for winning the 13th annual Newton E. Love III Memorial Four Ball Golf Touronament. Presenting the trophies were tournament co-chairmen Wayne Heilbronner and Owen Oliver. Shelton and Hamilton shot a 65 both days of the tournament for a 130 that netted first place by only one stroke.

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The 1985 version of the East Holmes Academy varsity cheerleaders recently attended the national Cheerleader Camp held at Hinds Junior College at Raymond. In competition at the camp, the EHA group picked up one superior award, three excellents and a spirit stick. Members of the group are Wyndy Aldy, Charlene Shaw, Sonja Vaughn, Sherri Lewis, Mary Gene Riley, Tess McLellan, Christy Sullivan, Paula Haley. The EHA cheerleader sponsor is Terri Farmer.

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Members of the Tipton Street High School (now Kosciusko Junior High) Class of 1960 recently held their 25th reunion. Theme of the program was “Twenty five Years of Progress.” Sponsors included Mrs. Everlee Presley and Mrs. Beatrice Street Hampton.

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