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July 21, 2010

Anonymous The Star Herald The Star Herald Wed Jul 21, 2010, 08:38 AM CDT

KOSCIUSKO — July 21, 1960

The hottest, driest weather for several years in Kosciusko has caused an increased demand for water and electricity which already is over last year’s peak usage, according to W.A. Lewis, superintendent of Kosciusko’s Light and Water Department. Water pumped for use of Kosciusko citizens and businesses totaled over one million gallons from the June 15 to July 15 period, with extra water presumably going for gardens, lawns, shrubs and flowers, and other uses. With four wells already in use here, another well will be added to meet the heavily increased demand, Lewis said.

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Triumphant over three other teams of the VFW Pony League with eight wins and four loses for the season are the members of Scarborough Lumber Company’s team. They are Wyatt Dendy, Jimmy Bowles, Mark Jennings, Charlie Hudson, Robert Wright, Terry Hansford, David George Wasson, Ronnie Page, George Jones, Cecil Bryant, Jimmy Cummins, Jerry Scarborough, Jimmy Bailey, Jodie Montgomery.

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Mr. and Mrs. James C. Rachel of Ethel, announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Jimmie Nell Rachel, to Charles Norman Rawson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mack Rawson of Carthage. The wedding will be an event of August 27 at the Ethel Baptist Church.

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William and Jerry Newell, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Rubel Newell of Kosciusko, enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and left for Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas, where they will complete their basic military training together.

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Among charter members of the Samuel G. Peeler Chapter, Children of the Confederacy, installed at recent ceremonies are Priscilla Jones, Beth Hines, Peeler Lacey, Elmo Peeler Jr. They were installed and the charter was presented by Mrs. Allen D. O’Brien of Memphis, an official of the UDC, and granddaughter of Samuel Peeler.

July 18, 1985

Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital will operate on the same amount of money in the next fiscal year as the current one, trustees have agreed. In working up a new budget for the fiscal year that begins October 1, trustees told administrators to stay within the $4,704,700 budget figure for the current spending year. Administrator Thomas Bland proposed a lengthy list of new hospital programs, some to raise money, and others to streamline services and improve the general appearance of the facility.

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Kosciusko High School will extend its foreign language program to include German this year and students in the seventh and eighth grade will have to concentrate more on English.

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Fines collected from tickets written by Attala County state troopers last year brought in considerably more money than several larger counties, according to data released by the Highway Patrol. A pamphlet published by the agency lists total collections from tickets written by troopers in 1984 at $123,519 in Attala County. That was second in the Starkville based district only to Lowndes County and 22nd in the state.

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Attala County Agent Dake Swoope surveyed what he called the worst crop damage he has ever seen from a hail storm. The 125 acre cotton field being grown by Willie B McCrory Jr. appeared to be on the way to a good yield when a Monday night hail storm zeroed in on the Jenkins bottom near Sallis and destroyed the crop. The same storm heavily damaged about a third of a nearby 80 acre cotton patch cultivated by Tony Aldy and damaged 80 acres of sorghum belonging to Paul Burnley. Residents in the area said the hail was marble size.

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