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Anonymous CNHI The Star Herald Thu Mar 21, 2013, 11:11 AM CDT

KOSCIUSKO — March 21, 1963

Sheriff W.T. Wasson and Deputy Billy Horne found a 38-barrel still in the woods in southeastern part of the county. It was estimated that the equipment was worth some $2,000. The bootleggers were caught before they could make a run of whiskey and the whole operation will be a dead loss to them. Still was capable of producing an estimated 20 gallons per hour or of producing $60 of revenue per hour.

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Technical Sergeant Paul E. Fleming of Kosciusko received the United States Air Force Commendation Medal during recent ceremonies at Sculthorpe RAF Station, England. He was cited for his meritorious achievement while affecting the heroic rescue of women and children during a severe storm in Rantoul, Ill. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bryce Y. Fleming of West. He attended Kosciusko High School, and entered the service in January 1951. His wife is the former Gwendolyn Burchfield of Ethel.

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Mrs. Hugh Ellard, Kosciusko’s entrant in the Mrs. America contest, was notified this week that she has advanced to finalist in the state contest. Her children are Irvin, age 2, Pamela, 4, and Hugh Jr. 6. If she is the winner in the state contest she and her family will be given a week’s vacation in Florida where she will compete for “The Nation’s Outstanding Homemaker.”

March 24, 1988

The Attala County Wildlife Club was named Mississippi’s Group Award winner in the National 4-H Conservation of Natural Resources Awards program recently. The Wildlife Club completed a group record on their projects for the year that included the placing of squirrel nesting boxes in the city parks. The group was awarded $50 from the Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service. Among club members are Russell Miller, Allen Warrington, Robbie Pettit, Rufus Miller, Barry Patton, Jessie Miller, Brita Miller and Pam Adcock.

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Area residents by their contributions of money, material, and work are playing an essential part in the transformation of the former First Presbyterian Church into the Kosciusko-Attala Cultural Center. The renovation is a project of the Kosciusko-Attala Historical Society, which purchased the church. The society has received $105,000 in donations that has helped pay for much of the renovation work.

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A Natchez nursing home operation is building a nursing home in Durant, thus meeting what is called a desperate need for a personal care home in Holmes County and the surrounding area.

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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.

May 30, 2013
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.

May 23, 2013 2 Photos
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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.

May 22, 2013
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.

May 22, 2013 6 Photos
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.

May 15, 2013 5 Photos
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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.

May 15, 2013
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.

May 10, 2013 5 Photos
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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.

May 9, 2013
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.

May 8, 2013 1 Video
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.

May 3, 2013 2 Photos
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