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Dec. 11, 1958
A truck-trailer collision with an Illinois Central freight train here at a crossing on North Natchez Street about 12:45 p.m. Saturday caused considerable damage to property but no one was injured. The freight train was moving west and the engineer said he sounded the whistle for the crossing. The truck and its driver cleared the tracks, but the diesel engine crashed into the rear of the long trailer. The impact threw the trailer 51 feet from the tracks to the Nowell Grocery Store, smashing the front porch and glass window, also side swiping a taxi cab owned by Moore Taxi Company that was parked at the store.
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Sammy Guyton of Kosciusko, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl E. Guyton, senior, as president will preside at the annual fall meeting of the Mississippi Intercollegiate Conference to be held at Blue Mountain College.
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Attention was focused this week on the new and expanded facilities of the Attala County Library in Kosciusko with a Christmas open house held at the building on Goodman Street. Assisting the library staff with receiving were the members of the Board of Trustees of Attala composed of Mrs. A. A. Long, Sallis; Mrs. B.B. Boyd, McCool; Mrs. Percy Allen, Kosciusko, Mrs. Ray Thomas, West, and Mrs. Earl Reynolds, Ethel. Others assisting were Margaret Gilliland and Mary Faye Braswell.
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On Wednesday evening Nov. 25, at the Sallis Methodist Church in a candlelight ceremony of beauty and dignity, Betty Bo Holmes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M.B. Holmes of Sallis, became the bride of James Donald Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emmit Davis of Kosciusko.
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With the organization of a new HD Club in Kosciusko, the total number of clubs in Attala County now is 19. The new club is located in West Kosciusko and will serve that section of the town. Charter members are Mrs. Fred Barfield, Mrs. Calvin Bingham, Mrs. Joe Brown, Mrs. Leslie Falkner, Mrs. Lena Felder, Mrs. R.H. Murray, Mrs. John Pennick and Mrs. Shirley Pullen.
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Nearing completion in the Sallis community is one of the finest new Negro high schools of the South. The construction is in charge of Sullivant & Ramsey, Kosciusko contractors with W.I. Rosamond & Associates of Columbus as architects. Cost of the building, about 80 per cent complete, is estimated at $355,531. The new building will house about 300 Negro students, grades 1-12 and is a project of Attala County School district. Funds were allocated for it construction for the equalization of white and Negro school facilities in Attala by the Education Finance Commission of the state.
Dec. 15, 1983
Unless the United States Justice Department exercises its option to ask for more time, the agency apparently will rule on a redistricting plan for Attala County by the end of next week. The plan divides Attala into five districts, with all but beat four coming into Kosciusko. It gives beat four a black population advantage of over 60 percent and beat two a black majority of slightly over 50 percent. Judge Senter said he will set special election dates when a redistricting plan is finally approved.
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The Kosciusko-Attala Chamber of Commerce and Industrial Corporation welcomed four new doctors to Attala County at a reception in their honor at Kosciusko City Hall Monday afternoon. They are Dr. Joseph J. Joseph, Dr. John Wade, Dr. Cherilyn Wade and Dr. Edward Bryant.
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The Kosciusko Heritage Foundation has entered its third phase in inviting donations for the Museum and Information Center on the Natchez Trace Parkway. The project began with funding from businesses and industries in June of this year, followed last month with donations and pledges from area clubs and organizations, said W.C. Stewart the Foundation’s finance chairman. Cash and pledges have reached a total of $138,000 to date, Stewart said. The Foundation’s goal is $250,000.
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Michael Robert Myers, son of Dr. and Mrs. W.M. Myers of Kosciusko, will receive the master of divinity degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth,. Texas on Friday. Myers will be among 305 graduates of the world’s largest seminary, to receive degrees from President Russell H. Dilday Jr.
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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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