Published: April 30, 2008 11:48 am         

Flashbacks

May 1, 1958

Services were conducted Saturday morning at 11 at Jordan Funeral Chapel for Lucius Walton Jordan Sr., 84, Kosciusko’s second oldest businessman in length of service and point of age, who died at the Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital Thursday afternoon after an illness of several months. He was in public life for many years serving as a member of the Board of Aldermen for 18 years, and as an Attala Country Election Commissioner for 12 years. He also served as acting mayor when Mayor L.S. Sanders was called into the service. He had been living in Kosciusko since 1904 when he entered the furniture-undertaking business with his brother, the late Dewitt Jordan.

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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 Jeannette Furr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Furr.

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Aiming for a cleaner Kosciusko, the Board of Mayor and Aldermen has purchased a new and modern garbage collection truck which arrived here this week and is being put into service Monday. Cost of the truck and body was slightly under $8500.

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Merchants & Farmers Bank of Kosciusko and Associates were the successful bidders at the sale of $350,000 hospital bonds of Attala County at the courthouse here Wednesday.

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Crowned as King and Queen of the KHS Tide Club at the annual employer-employee banquet held in the high school cafeteria were Marvin Lawrence, son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Lawrence, and Linda Flanagan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Flanagan. Crowning them were Sara McBride and Algeron Page, last year’s royalty.

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Sunflower Food Stores – Bananas, 10 cents lb.; turnip greens, 10 cents bunch; Maxwell House coffee, lb. can 79 cents; bacon, 59 cents lb.; LuVel milk, half gallon, 41 cents; bread, king size loaves, 2 for 35 cents; pole beans, 25 cents lb.

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May 5, 1983

An attempt to build a visitor center and museum on the Natchez Trace at Kosciusko intensified this week with approval of the plan by the U.S. Park Service. Regional officials of the Park Service have given their nod to the idea and set proposed agreements this week to the Kosciusko-Attala Chamber of Commerce for its approval. The chamber hopes to receive from the Park Service the right to use a three acre plot at Highway 35 and the Trace for the center. It would take up the area bounded by the Parkway, highway and a Parkway exit-entrance ramp. Supporters have received a state charter, the Kosciuszko Heritage Foundation, to serve as a rallying point. W.C. Stewart will lead the finance committee. As a result of opening additional Natchez Trace Parkway mileage in Tennessee and progress toward completion of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway in northeast Mississippi, Trace importance will increase.

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The 1983 Natchez Trace Festival lapsed into history Saturday night after drawing thousands of people to its varied events. It was the 13th annual edition of the festival and the number apparently was a lucky one for organizers. By virtually any accounting the event surpassed previous festivals.

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Rainfall has dominated Attala County’s weather picture so far this year. Weatherman Ed Reese has recorded 35.33 inches to date. Total for April was 13.31 with rainfall listed on 11 days. The April figure was the largest in a single month since April 1979 when the Easter flood swelled the reading to 18.96 inches. Reese’s other totals for the year are: January, 7 inches; February, 9.49; March, 6.53.

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Billy Warren Price will be among the 447 individuals receiving degrees in the 157th Mississippi College commencement program scheduled on Sunday.

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Mark Clark, a Kosciusko resident and Holmes Junior College sophomore, signed a basketball scholarship with Delta State University last week. Clark, a 6’6” forward who averaged 9.2 rebounds under Bennie Kimble added 31 assists and blocked 32 shots while getting 47 steals as a sophomore. Clark averaged 10 points, 14 rebounds, three blocked shots while prepping under Gerry Mims at Kosciusko.

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Angela Prewitt of Kosciusko will be crowned the May Queen at 2 p.m. during Annual Wood Junior College May Day-Alumni Day celebration Among the Pines Saturday.