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May 6, 2009

Anonymous The Star Herald Wed May 06, 2009, 01:56 PM CDT

May 1, 1958

Selected as speakers for graduating exercises of Kosciusko High School by members of the senior class are Mary Katherine Jordan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gaston Jordan, and Jeanette Furr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Furr. The commencement program will be held in the high school gymnasium May 23 at 8 p.m.

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Two Kosciusko High School freshmen, Sylvia Germany, and Jane Ellen Simmons won superior ratings with their performances at the State High School Piano Festival at Millsaps College in Jackson on April 26.

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A large delegation representing 10 or possibly more of Kosciusko’s civic and social clubs met with the city’s Mayor and Board of Aldermen Tuesday night to request immediate action on a zoning ordinance. The meeting was precipitated by the announced intention of Mrs. Addine Betterton to begin construction of a trailer park on her property on East Jefferson Street across from the entrance to Highland Park subdivision and in one of the city’s finest subdivisions.

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Services were conducted Saturday morning at 11 at Jordan Funeral Chapel for Lucius Walton Jordan Sr., Kosciusko’s second oldest business man in length of service and point of age, who died at Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital Thursday afternoon after an illness of several months. He was 84.

May 3, 1984

As rain fell all around Attala County, Kosciusko smiled under a magic umbrella Saturday while thousands of spectators walked around the Square looking at exhibits, sampling the food and participating in numerous events during the 14th Natchez Trace Festival.

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The sale of motor parts on Sunday, unless directly involved in repairs, is illegal under existing city ordinances and an attorney general’s opinion, according to Kosciusko officials. In light of that ruling, the owner of a new parts house said he will reassess his plans for Sunday openings, possibly eliminating what potentially could be a major test of the state’s “blue laws.”

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Mrs. Grady Graham of Starkville, the former Frances Craft of Kosciusko, has been named one of three recipients of the Mississippi Jaycees’ Outstanding Young Woman Award for 1983.

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A new policeman has been hired in Ethel. Lee McGlothin of French Camp, was approved for hiring by city officials last month.

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Penny Suzanne Payne and Rebecca Sue Tavares will graduate Friday at 7 p.m. from Attala Christian School.

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Leslie Ables, a senior at East Holmes Academy, was honored with an old fashioned Easter egg hunt at the home of Mrs. Arthur Ables Sr.

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Mr. and Mrs. Billie D. Pace of Carthage announce the engagement of their daughter, Paula, to James D. Patterson, son of Mrs. Mary K. Cooke of Kosciusko and the late Jack E. Patterson. The couple will exchange their vows in a private ceremony on June 28.

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The Girls Auxiliary at Kosciusko First Baptist Church was recognized during the church’s Wednesday night service on April 25. Those honored were Melanie Burnham, Jackie Frost, Kimberly Wiggers, Amanda Williams, Carrie Bryant, Amy Crowe, Angela Price, Molly Simpson, Lisa Vanderford, Rachel Ballard, Kathy Montgomery, Ginny Eaton, Cassandra Rutledge, Shonna Harvey, Amanda Weaver, Brandi Hanson, Amy Loftin, Sandra Gooden, Tamara Simpson, Susan West, Amanda Price, Christie Autry, Julie Burnham, Renee Dorrill, Elizabeth Weaver and Amy Bland.

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Kosciusko held its second Volksmarch Saturday in conjunction with the Natchez Trace festival and it was deemed a success by co-chairmen Wade Hart and Johnnie Jenkins.

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