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Nov. 26, 1959
Kosciusko Lodge No. 1946, Loyal Order of Moose, will institute Sunday, Nov. 29th, at the VFW Home, 1:30 p.m. with about 150 charter members, according to a spokesman for the group who adds that Kosciusko Lodge will be the 14th Lodge in Mississippi, with over 1900 lodges in English speaking countries.
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Preparations are being rushed for a sparkling parade of 47 units to usher in the Christmas season in Kosciusko on Tuesday, Dec. 1, at 6 p.m. Hundred of Yule lights will festoon the streets of the business section, and light standards along the line of march will be decorated with Christmas trees to make an attractive setting for the procession. Long before the hour set for the parade to start, throngs of the young and young-at-heart citizens of this whole Central Mississippi area will fill the streets and jam every available bit of space to view the spectacle.
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Clint Hicks, manager of Kosciusko’s Penney store, announced today a special Christmas payment for store associates. The payment will include all regular associates employed on or before Oct. 1, 1959. Participating in the local store will be Mrs. Bessie Patterson, Mrs. Lacie B. Allen, Mrs. Stella Hutchison, Mrs. Yverlette Newell, Mrs. Eleanor Scrub, Mrs. Lorena Parker, Mrs. Onie Bailey, Mrs. Myrtle Young, Patsy Fryery, Sandra Kea, Talmadge Bain and Charles Ray.
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Following in the footsteps of Pilgrim forefathers, Kosciusko citizens will observe Thanksgiving Day with religious services at the First Methodist Church at 10 a.m. The community-wide services will include congregations of the host church, the First Baptist and First Presbyterian churches. Sermon of Thanksgiving will be preached by the Rev. Lloyd A. Sparkman, Baptist pastor, with the Rev. W. R. Richerson, host pastor, and the Rev. E.L. Jackson, Presbyterian pastor, assisting.
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Census takers scheduled to take the 1959 Census of Agriculture are: Mrs. Annie M. Trimble, Mrs. Patsy Brown, Mrs. Opal Ramage, John E. Jones, Rev. James W. Carpenter, Elon Thornton, Percy G. Rainey, Gladys Lansdale, Johnny A. Belk, Kenneth Chennault, Homer L. Duncan, Rev. William M. Scott, L.Z. Cook, Emmett Davis and C.L. Oliver.
Nov. 29, 1984
Attala County supervisors say they agree that values being set for tax purposes on flood prone land are too high, but told people who complained about it last week that their hands are tired. The $195 value placed on such land is set by the state and outside the power of the board of supervisors to alter it, supervisors noted during three days of tax hearings.
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Michael E. Goff, District Forester for Weyerhaeuser Company at Kosciusko, has been promoted to the newly created post of Area Resource Manager, Kosciusko area.
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Sheller-Globe Corporation has reported that sales and earnings in fiscal 1984 were the highest of any year in the company’s 55-year history.
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Larry Terrell has been elected to serve as 1985 president of the Kosciusko-Attala Chamber of Commerce and Industrial Development Corporation by the agency’s board of directors. At the same time, the board promoted Scott Wiggers from vice president to president-elect, selected Dr. Don Weaver as vice president and re-elected William Mitchell as treasurer.
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The Kosciusko Museum and Information Center located on the Natchez Trace Parkway attracted 758 visitors from 27 states, Australia and Japan during its first week of operation. The center was dedicated Nov. 1 in ceremonies with Hugh S. Potts Jr., who headed the sponsoring Kosciusko Heritage Foundation, presiding. Edward Piszek, a Philadelphia, Pa., businessman was the principal; speaker at the formal dedication. During the center’s opening day, Frances Roby, Sylvia Jordan and Charleen Woodward served as hostesses registering 38 people representing seven states.
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After all these years: Shady Grove couple blessed to be married 69 years
Hilmon Flint, 98, and his wife, Ora Belle, 92, of the Shady Grove Community of Attala County could well be described as record setters.
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September 1, 1960
A Sunday morning fire that could have been disastrous if discovered just 15 minutes later, according to firemen who stopped the blaze, resulted in considerable water and smoke damage to the Strand Theatre in Kosciusko, located just off the square. -
PHOTO GALLERY: Central Mississippi Fair
The 101st Central Mississipp Fair came to a close on Saturday night with rides shutting down at midnight. Throughout the week there were exhibits, a pageant, sports challenge, musical entertainment including the state finals of the Colgate Country Showdown and a livestock show.
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August 11, 1960
Two new members and two promotions are being announced in the personnel of the Attala County Extension Service staff. W.M. Swoope, who has served here about four years as associate county agent, has been promoted to the position of assistant extension animal husbandman at Mississippi State University. -
Rebuilding history: Community raising funds for Hesterville lodge damaged by storm
The tornado which dealt a blow to the area on April 24 left its mark on the historic Palmer Hall in the Hesterville Community. An effort is underway by a group to raise funds for restoring it for use as the meeting place for Bethel Masonic Lodge and the Hesterville Order of Eastern Star (OES) Chapter. It is also used as a voting precinct.
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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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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. -
Hilltop move: Couple moves home from Carroll County to Attala
The two story home of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Evans makes a striking pose from its hilltop setting in the Carmack Community, several miles from its original location in the Carroll County town of Vaiden.
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‘Make a Splash Read:' Hundreds take part in summer reading program at the Attala County Library
The Attala County Library was host in June and July to 373 youngsters who enrolled in the summer reading program following the theme “Make A Splash Read,” according to Charla Chandler, children’s librarian and director of the annual event.
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