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February 7, 2007

Compiled by Nancy Green The Star Herald Wed Feb 07, 2007, 11:09 AM CST

Feb. 7, 1957

Two Leake County men who escaped from Attala County’s jail in Kosciusko, where they were being held on robbery charges, are still at large after a wide search has been conducted by Attala Sheriff Roy Braswell, assisted by Leake County’s sheriff. The two chipped a hole in a wall of the crumbling jail and lowered themselves to freedom from the second story sometime Wednesday night, Jan. 30.

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Mrs. Edward Coleman Fenwick has been named as Attala County’s outstanding citizen for 1956, with representatives of 25 civic clubs and organizations of Attala participating in the selection at a meeting in the court house in Kosciusko Tuesday afternoon.

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Guy Ray Braswell was recently elected president of the Sigma Alpha Sigma, an honorary scholastic fraternity at the Southern College of Optometry, Memphis where he is now a senior. He is the son of Mrs. Ira Parish of McCool.

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Four more outstanding Attala girls have been selected as good citizenship girls by the Samuel Hammond Chapter of the DAR. Those chosen were Ethel Marie Eubanks of McCool High School; Paula Thrasher, Zama High School; Carol Jeanette Cain, McAdams High School; Margaret Bond, Ethel High School.

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The home of the Rev. R. Martin, Baptist pastor in Jackson, was the setting for a quiet wedding on Jan. 15 at 7:30 p.m. when Hilda Fay Peoples became the bride of James Newton Crowe. She is a graduate of Madden High School and the Gilfoy School of Nursing at the Baptist Hospital in Jackson. He is a graduate of Kosciusko High School and is now employed at Central Mississippi Office Supply.

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Kosciusko Rotarians are planning to join more than 9,200 other cities and towns’ Rotary clubs throughout six continents to observe the 52nd anniversary of the founding of Rotary on Feb. 23 . Sidney Watson serves as president; Gordon Misch, vice president; Bob Henry, secretary-treasurer; and directors are Claude Woodward, Harold Teasley, Reggie Smithson and Billy Leonard.

Feb. 11, 1982

Hundreds of farmers and agricultural related people are expected in Kosciusko next week for a two day program billed as the Mid-Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Show. Sen. Thad Cochran, Rep. David Bowen and State Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Jim Buck Ross are among the speakers.

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Marvin Chapel United Methodist Church, on the Kosciusko Circuit, will hold a dedication service for the new fellowship hall on Sunday. Rev. W.V. Kemp, district superintendent, will be the speaker.

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A $200,000 renovation loan has been approved by the Farmers Home Administration for the District Two Hospital in Durant, it was announced this week.

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Mrs. Patricia G. Bruce has been named postmaster at Vaiden where she has worked as a clerk since 1971. She has also worked in the Goodman, McAdams, West and Durant offices.

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Employees of the Attala Nursing Center having three and five years of service were presented certificates during ceremonies at the nursing home last week. They are Mamie Shelly, Cecelia Nabors, Mable Smith, Betty Self, Eula Rigby, Phyllis McGee, Shirley Prince, Collie Beauchamp, Rosie Teague, Margaret Gilbert, Theresa Russell, Genell Summers, Sadie Stephens, Walterine McCool, Agnes Newton, Vida Mae Simms, Josie Gamble, Maggie Branch, Christine Robinson. Myrene Hughes, administrator, took part in the ceremonies.

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Voters in beat two of Attala County will go to the polls Tuesday to elect a Justice Court Judge with a field of six candidates to pick from. The election was set by county supervisors to pick a successor to Judge W.F. Morgan, who died in office on Dec. 23. Candidates are Janice Thompson Black, Fred “Doc” Brown, Weldon F. Kyle, Lawrence Lindsay, Percy Rainey and W.M. “Bill” Womble.

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