Published: April 22, 2009 11:37 am      

Flashbacks

April 23, 1959

• The church building of St. Matthews Episcopal Mission in Kosciusko, will be dedicated by the Right Reverend Duncan M. Gray, Bishop of Mississippi, on Friday night, May 1, at 7:30 according to a spokesman for the church. The church building, originally built in 1907 at West and known there as St. Mary’s Chapel, was moved to Kosciusko last August. It was re-located on a beautiful lot facing Jason Niles Park in Kosciusko.

• Kosciusko will play host on Tuesday, April 28, to some 50 representatives of the Jackson Chamber of Commerce who are touring 43 Mississippi communities as a part of their Colonel MIM (Money in Mississippi) Program.

• The 40th anniversary of the organization of the Fred Wasson Post No. 44 of the American Legion will be celebrated by the Attala post Thursday night, April 23, at 7:30 at the National Guard Armory here. In charge of arrangements for the outstanding event are Elmo Chapman, commander, and W.S. (Monk) Fowler, membership and program chairman. The Attala Legion post now has a membership of 262 veterans, the largest number enrolled in recent years, and is staging a strong membership drive to aid the Mississippi Department to lead the parade at the national convention.

• The McAdams Vocational Shop building project has been approved by the State Educational Finance Commission, according to Johnnie E. White, superintendent of education. The building of brick and concrete blocks will contain 3,200 sq. ft. of floor space.

• Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Hamilton of Kosciusko announce the marriage of their daughter, Martha Faye, to Edward Gene Schroeder, son of the late Mrs. Nella Mae Schroeder. The wedding was held March 16 at the home of Rev. W.R. Richerson.



April 19, 1984

• Louisville lawyer James Mayo and a delegation of four school patrons attended a meeting of the Attala County School board Tuesday afternoon to request the board to reconsider on closing the Zama School. The board voted in their last meeting to close the school after the end of the year because of economic reasons. Board members decided at this week’s meeting not to rescind their decision. When the school closed in 1970 and reopened in 1972, there were 115 students attending at Zama. This year enrollment had dropped to 56 and the pre-enrollment figure for next year is about 45. The cost of operating the school is too much for too few students, board members contended. Requests from Zama residents to rent the school building and grounds and use it as a community club meeting place have already been made to the school board, but no decision has been made.

•James “Bud” Culpepper, 55, of Sallis suffered chest injuries Monday afternoon when the pulpwood truck he was driving and an Illinois Central Gulf freight train collided at the intersection of Highway 429 in Sallis. He is in satisfactory condition in a Jackson hospital. Culpepper was alone in the north bound truck when the 12:40 p.m. mishap occurred. Wheels from one car on the train jumped the track during the accident, blocking traffic on Highway 429 for nearly two hours while ICG crews rerailed the car.

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Takes karate trophy – Scott Cockcroft went to Starkville Saturday and competed in the Starkville Open Championships and came home with a third place finish. Cockroft fought in the 16-17 Advanced Mens division and won two of three matches.

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Mr. and Mrs. William Patterson Black of Gore Springs announce the engagement of their daughter, Laurie Ann, to James Michael Ward, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Thomas Ward of McCool. The wedding will be June 9 at noon at the Chapel of Memories, Mississippi State University in Starkville.