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Anonymous The Star Herald The Star Herald Thu Sep 27, 2012, 08:47 AM CDT

KOSCIUSKO — Sept. 27, 1962

The 1962 edition of the Central Mississippi Fair which closed on Sept. 15 was marked down as a financial success, according to Billy Mitchell, chairman of the fair committee. “With all bills paid and all money accounted for it looks like we will be able to turn over approximately eight hundred dollars to the 1963 committee chairman,” Mitchell said.

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God and Country awards were presented Sunday night to Larry Gates Nesbit, son of Lamar Nesbit and the late Mrs. Nesbit, and Earl Bryant, son of Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Bryant, in impressive rites at First Baptist Church as part of the regular services.

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Ground was broken here Monday afternoon at the tree shaded site on North Jackson Street, adjacent to the present Southern Bell building, for the new $100,000 building of the company. “This marks the first step in the inauguration of a $1,000,000 building program for Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, and installation of the newest and most modern equipment for the dial system, revealed E.B. Goza, Kosciusko plant manager.

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Sleek, new models of 1963 passenger cars were viewed by a record number of interested Kosciuskoans and Attalans when they visited showrooms of three dealerships this week. First dealers to show the new model cars were Mid State Motor Company, Jordan Chevrolet Company and O.K. Power Inc.

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The senior class of Zama High School elected officers for the coming year. They are: president, Raybon Steed; vice president, James Sanders; secretary, Johnnie Tolleson; treasurer, Mary Pettie; reporter, Carol Brock.

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The largest herd of elephants with a traveling show will be seen in Kosciusko when the Al G. Kelly and Miller Bros. Circus erects its mammoth tented city at Kosciusko’s fairgrounds here Tuesday.

Sept. 24, 1987

State Superintendent of Education Dr. Richard Boyd praised Kosciusko parents and teachers for the city school students high scores on the Basic Skills Assessment Program and Functional Literacy Exam taken last spring.

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The Attala County Board of Supervisors has delayed the date for installing a central purchase system but has decided to enlarge the plan to include a county-wide repair shop.

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Joanne Reid, a science teacher at Weir Attendance Center, has been appointed to the Space Program Advisory Board of the National Science Teachers Association.

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Area schools cranked up over one month ago and administrators say the enrollment figures are fairly accurate for the rest of the years. Enrollment in the Kosciusko schools has changed little since last year. Kindergarten has 101 students compared to 41 last year. First grade has gone up from 200 last year to 213 this year. Total enrollment at East side School is 503 this year and was 409 last year. West Side enrollment is down from 371 last year to 336 this year. There has been an increase at North Side from 264 students last year to 315 this year. Junior high has 168 enrolled in seventh grade, 126 in eighth grade, and 146 in ninth grade. High school enrollment is down from 390 to 371 this year.

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