KOSCIUSKO —
Jan. 17. 1963
Attala County voters approved the proposed $400,000 Garan plant industrial bond issue by a whopping vote of 3,638 for to only 25 against, in a special countywide election held Tuesday. It was the first countywide BAWI bond issue to be submitted to the voters of the county, and it was approved by 68.4 percent of the qualified voters. Only 51 percent was required by law to vote in the special election and two thirds of those voting were required to approve.
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Miss Charlotte Hogue, who has served here the past two and one-half years as Attala County’s assistant Home Demonstration Agent with the Extension Service, has resigned her position to accept employment with the Mississippi Power Company.
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Contracts for additional paving on State Highway 19 between Kosciusko and Possumneck are scheduled to be awarded before Spring, according to W.F. Dearman, Central District Commissioner.
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W.C. (Bill) Stewart, has been selected as “Layman of the Year for 1962” in the First Methodist Church of Kosciusko and recently was presented the award in ceremonies at the church. Making the presentation was last year’s winner, Dr. Paul E. Mink.
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William A. (Billy) Mitchell, assistant Trust Officer of the Merchants & Farmers Bank of Kosciusko, was named as Kosciusko’s Outstanding Young Man of 1962 and presented the Distinguished Service Award at the Bosses Night banquet of the Kosciusko Jaycees Friday night at the high school cafeteria. Making the presentation was Dr. John Burge, 1961 winner of the award.
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Civitan officials and civic leaders from Greenwood, Aberdeen, Meridian, Oxford, Ripley, Jackson, Greenville, Columbus and Canton were in Kosciusko Tuesday night for the charter night Civitan Club. The new Civitan Club, sponsored by Civitan Club of Canton, has a total of 27 charter members. The banquet was held in the cafetorium of West Side Elementary School.
Jan. 21, 1988
Kosciusko officials Tuesday night voted to close one of two municipally operated swimming pools, blaming low revenues and increasing liability insurance rates. City recreation director Cletone Pope recommended to the mayor and board of aldermen that the swimming pool at Northside Park be closed and that the city operate only its Hugh P. Ellard Memorial Park pool in the future.
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The destruction in select areas of the Liberty Chapel Community was awesome. It came from a tornado, born of a strong thunderstorm front, which hop-skotched across Attala County Tuesday. The storm struck in at last 21 places between the Big Black River at Goodman and the Berea Community in eastern Attala.
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Volunteers from Helping Hands Ministries in Kosciusko are preparing for “Operation You are Special.” During February volunteers will send cards and letters to Attala’s elderly people and shut-ins “telling them how special they are,” said Jewel Harden, director of Helping Hands Ministries.
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A.M. Veasy was elected chairman of the Kosciusko-Attala Vocational Technical Center in a meeting Tuesday night. Veasy is one of three members of the Attala County school board on the vo-tech board.
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Attala County Civil Defense director Mike Martin said he believes the old Indian legend that Kosciusko will always be spared by tornadoes. That theory was tested again Tuesday when a line of damage from a tornadic storm system skirted just north of the city. Martin said the legend holds that Kosciusko was built on seven hills, which are hallowed Indian ground. Because of that, the town is believed to be protected from tornadoes or other natural disasters. That has proved true thus far in the city’s history.
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May 30, 1963
Forty-three members of Kosciusko civic clubs met in the City Hall Tuesday night. They formed an organization called the Natchez Trace Tourist Attraction Association of the Chamber of Commerce. Jones Woodward was elected president of the new group. He was given the power to pick his associates in the numbers necessary to perform the tasks of the organization. -
The Nation’s Capitol: Ethel High School students see sites in Washington, D.C.
Usually students spend spring break in activities totally foreign to education – not so with a group of Ethel High School students. Although they did not attend classes, ten EHS students feel they furthered their education during the five days of spring break spent in Washington D.C.
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May 23, 1963
When Mary Ellen Scarborough steps across the stage of the Kosciusko High School auditorium to receive her diploma on Friday evening, she will be the third child of Rev. and Mrs. Ben C. Scarborough to finish Kosciusko High with a perfect attendance record. Benjy, who finished KHS in 1959, will be graduating from Mississippi College on June 2. Jack, who finished KHS in 1961, graduated from Holmes Junior College on May 19. All three have been active in student, church, and community affairs and have been honor roll and dean’s list students. -
Relay for Life raises funds
Attala County Relay for Life was held May 10 in the Attala County Coliseum due to threat of rain. The event raised approximately $60,0000. See the photos attached for more about the event.
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Pioneer Day:Annual French Camp event provided activities for all ages
The historic district in French Camp, located adjacent to the Natchez Trace Parkway, was transformed into an area reminiscent of olden days.
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May 16, 1963
The Redbud has been named as Kosciusko’s official tree and the rose as the official flower in a recent promotion of the Kosciusko Garden Club. The project was carried out by the garden club in connection with the Clean Up, Fix Up, Paint Up campaign now in progress. Among other trees suggested were magnolia, dogwood and pine. Running a close race with the rose was the iris, and the dahlia. -
Elvis and a snake. . . Oh my!
Ethel’s 31st May Day brings out people for shopping, food and entertainment Saturday. Here are photos from the day's activties.
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May 9, 1963
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lacey have received notification from the South America Indian Mission that they have been accepted as missionaries. They have been assigned to the country of Bolivia where the mission has been working since 1926. Lacy is presently serving as the Director of Christian Education in the First Presbyterian Church in Kosciusko. -
Long Creek holds motivational rally for upcoming state testing
More than 200 students and parents filled the Long Creek Elementary Gym in Sallis on May 2 for a pep rally to energize students for the upcoming state test.
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Area native remembers her days as Senate page
Alice Faye Roberts Leslie, 95 year-old Weatherford, TX resident, made a recent trip to her native Mississippi and visited briefly in Attala and Leake Counties with relatives and reminisced about days of her youth.
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