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  Jan. 3, 1963
  Ad valorem tax payments totaling $3,440,000 are currently being paid 129 municipalities and 45 counties in western Mississippi by Mississippi Power & Light Company. MP&L’s tax bill for 1962 in Attala County and Kosciusko will total $39,219.16, according to John Garner, manager. He presented a check for $33,657.32 to Sheriff W.T. Wasson, representing the company’s Attala county ad valorem taxes for the year 1962, Kosciusko’s ad valorem tax check received by Mayor Emmett Carr, amounted to $5,561.84.

  January 30, 2013

• Snow day

  Snow fell on Attala County January 17. Here are some of the photos from the morning snowfall.

  January 24, 2013 4 Photos

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  Jan. 24, 1963
  Attala County’s veteran Circuit Clerk C.H. (Cliff) McWhorter, has announced that he will not be a candidate for the office in the coming election. At the end of this year McWhorter will have completed 28 years, the longest period of continuous service of any public official of record in Attala County.

  January 24, 2013

• ‘From scratch:’ Kosciusko man considers making knives more play than work

  Todd Davison says he never works a day, yet he spends the hours from 4 a.m. to 4 p.m. in a shop in his back yard making knives.

  January 18, 2013 2 Photos

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  Jan. 17. 1963
  Attala County voters approved the proposed $400,000 Garan plant industrial bond issue by a whopping vote of 3,638 for to only 25 against, in a special countywide election held Tuesday. It was the first countywide BAWI bond issue to be submitted to the voters of the county, and it was approved by 68.4 percent of the qualified voters. Only 51 percent was required by law to vote in the special election and two thirds of those voting were required to approve.

  January 16, 2013

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  Jan. 1, 1983
  Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock for Dr. Charles A. Pender, 81, pioneer Attala County physician, who died Saturday after a short illness at the Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital in Kosciusko. The Rev. J.C. Christian,  assisted by the Rev. Carl Wasson and Rev. E. L. Jackson officiated.

  January 2, 2013

• Christmas in Durant

  The Durant Christmas Parade was held December 13 in the downtown area. The following are photos from the event.

  December 20, 2012 6 Photos

• Trees of Christmas: Attala County Library holds Sunday open house

  The Trees of Christmas and musical entertainment were featured at the Sunday afternoon open house held at the Attala County Library.

  December 13, 2012 5 Photos

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  Dec. 13, 1962
  Edwin Triplett, owner and manager of Ben Franklin Store in Kosciusko, has accepted the chairmanship of the 1963 Chamber of Commerce membership committee.

  December 13, 2012

• The Joy of Christmas: Town of Ethel celebrates the Christmas season with parade

  The Town of Ethel  celebrated the “JOY of Christmas” Saturday evening with the Ethel High School Marching Band performing Christmas tunes at the town pavilion.
  A well-attended parade began at 6:30 on Ethel’s Main Street.

  December 6, 2012 8 Photos

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