Flashbacks

June 24, 2009 10:12 am

— June 25, 1959
Miss Mary Love of Jackson has been named Associate Director of the Mississippi Library Commission. Beginning July 1, Miss Love will assist in counseling with counties and cities throughout the state on formation of new libraries and extension of library services. She is a native of Attala County, daughter of Mrs. Martha Sanders Love and the late J.P. Love.
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First cotton bloom of the 1959 season was brought to the Star-Herald office this week by Clifton Frazier, who is farming Ernest Peeler’s property on the Thomastown Road.
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Wendol R. Wasson, boatswain’s mate third class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wasson of Route 2, Kosciusko, returned to San Diego, Calif. in the latter part of May aboard the destroyer USS Wiltsie after a seven months cruise with the U.S. Seventh Fleet in the Western Pacific.
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Emmett Clifton of Ethel was elected a national director at the of the Mississippi charter, National Association of Postmasters at the Edgewater Gulf in Biloxi.
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Preparations are being rushed at the Central Mississippi Fairgrounds here to have everything in readiness for Kosciusko’s fifth annual Horse Show which will be staged July 3-4 under the sponsorship of the Central Mississippi Shrine Club and Kosciusko’s Business and Professional Women’s Club. More than $1500 in trophies, prizes and ribbons await he exhibitors of winning horses in the 22 classes to be featured during the show. Ten classes will show Friday night, July 3, and 12 classes will show Saturday night, July 4.
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Mr. and Mrs. H.T. Green of Kosciusko announce the engagement of their daughter, Sara Carolyn, to Tommy Gene Prewitt, son of Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Prewitt also of Kosciusko. The wedding will take place July 4 at 7 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Kosciusko.

June 28, 1984
Only 14 beds were in use at Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital in Kosciusko one day last week, setting something of a modern day record for low occupancy. The patient count stood at 26 on Wednesday, still far behind levels for the same month in previous years. There were 52 empty beds on Wednesday. And according to administrator Thomas Bland, it is the wave of the future, not a fluke. Cuts in repayments to hospitals from the federal Medicaid program and changing insurance company policies are behind a slowdown in hospitalization across the nation, Bland said. He added that industry observers expect the situation to continue indefinitely.
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Gov. Bill Allain has appointed several area persons to state boards dealing with human resources through the Governor’s Office of federal-state programs. Members named to the State Job Training Coordinating Council include H.L. Myricks, John White of Kosciusko and Barbara Woodard of Winona.
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In ceremonies Friday night at Jason Niles Park a new Dixie Youth AA Queen was crowned. Flower girl for the event was Gena Hodge, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Hodge. The trophy bearer was Jeremy Grantham, son of Mr. and Mrs. Scotty Grantham. The 1984 queen crowned was Susan West, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Dan West. She was escorted by Morgan Henry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Abb Henry. Turning over her crown in the ceremonies was Amanda Wynne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Doc Wynne. Her escort was Allen Ramage, son of Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Allen Ramage.
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Mrs. Izella Morris, who has worked with the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) in Attala County for 12 years retired Friday and was honored by the City of Kosciusko at a reception at City Hall. Mayor Freddie George presented her an engraved brass tray as a token of appreciation for her services. She has served as director of the program for the past 11 years.
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The Rev. Carlis Braswell, pastor of Kosciusko’s Second Baptist Church for the past three years, submitted his resignation during Sunday services.