The Star Herald
KOSCIUSKO —
August 30, 1962
Contract has been let by Attala County’s Board of Supervisors to Mitchell Engineering Company of Columbus for the metal (steel) prefabricated building which will be erected on the Central Mississippi Fairgrounds for the purpose of housing and exhibiting beef cattle, dairy animals and other livestock, according to T.L. Reynolds, county engineer. Estimated cost of the building is $30,000, including an arena and two sheds – one for beef cattle and one for dairy cattle. The arena will have a stage, bleacher seats, facilities for an office for sale of tickets, also a concession stand, and rest rooms.
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This year’s campaign by World War I veterans to obtain a special pension of $102 a month from Uncle Sam brings up the question of how many Attala County residents would be affected by it. A report by the Census Bureau shows that 24.6 percent of the local male population who are 14 years of age or older have served in the country’s armed forces during wartime. Of the male population in the 14 and over age group, 1,708 are listed as war veterans and 5,226 as non veterans, as of 1960. The largest proportion of the veterans, 1,036 of them, saw service in World War 2. An additional 27 were in both that war and the Korean War. Those who were in the Korean War, solely number 21l.
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The 1957 orchid Chevrolet sedan, stolen from the home of Mr. and Mrs. B.B. Brantley some time Sunday night was found abandoned on Highway 16 between the Natchez Trace and Canton, Kosciusko officers disclosed. The car had been damaged and the motor “burnt out” they said.
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Penney’s fall coat caravan has arrived in town and Talmadge Bain helped unload the large selection of fall coats to be offered to fashion conscious women in this area. Penney’s space age version of a caravan will give women here a chance to choose fall coat wardrobes from a complete and economical section as any shown in the larger fashion centers, Clint Hicks, manager stated. Caravan will remain here until September 12 before moving on.
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Jack Brunt has been named plant manager of the Kosciusko Division, Kosciusko Hosiery Mills. He joined the Kosciusko Mills in January 1957 as office manager and was named plant administrator in June 1961, when Thurston Taggart was transferred to the Wayne home office in Humboldt, Tennessee.
August 27, 1987
A Kosciusko woman who died last week gave most of her estate worth almost $4 million to two church related schools. The will of Mrs. Charlotte Kennedy was filed in chancery court in Attala County this week. In it she instructed that several relatives’ small bequests be filled and that the bulk of her estate of $3.8 million be most evenly divided between French Camp Academy and the Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson. She gave amounts of up to $10,000 and certain furniture to several relatives, left $125,000 to Mrs. Margie Fox, her housekeeper for the past two years, and set aside $10,000 for the care of her Persian cats.
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The Kosciusko High School class of 1988 has been declared the smartest in the state, according to the results of the Functional Literacy Exam taken by all juniors in the state each year. Terrilyn Atterberry, Molly McCafferty and Tracye Bland made perfect scores on the test.
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Attala voters have named 20 year veteran Charles England as chancery clerk; Troy Steed as sheriff; Jim Edwards, superintendent of education; Rickey Thornton, coroner nominee; Emmette McCrory Jr., beat one supervisor; Troy Hodges, beat three supervisor; Wade Shumaker, beat five supervisor; Bill Womble, east justice court judge; Robby Robertson, west justice court judge; Dwight Brantley, east constable; Willie McDaniel, west district constable.
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There are “no organized gangs” operating in Kosciusko, insisted Police Chief Bill Cummins, who refuted frequent talk that several incidents of youth violence lately is “gang related.”
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A crowd of over 500 people contributed approximately $58,655 for WFCA radio station at Tower Day, held at French Camp Academy Saturday. Academy officials planned the all day event to gather funds for raising the tower at radio WFCA FM 108 from 640 feet to 1,000 feet.
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