Published: December 16, 2009 11:21 am      

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Dec. 17, 1959

J.C. Maxwell, owner and operator of J.C. Maxwell’s Store and pioneer Kosciusko merchant, has announced that he will cease operation of his business on the south side of the square after his present stock of merchandise, and fixtures are sold. The firm, operated as a sole proprietorship since the death of a former partner in 1956, carried on business here since 1928 as Maxwell and Jennings. The present owner first entered business here in 1911, going to work the day after graduation from high school in Kosciusko, for the W.B. Potts & Sons firm. Maxwell also worked a while for the Merchants & Farmers Bank, for the Alexander Mercantile Co., then about ten years for W.C. Leonard, before going into business for himself in 1928.

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A reunion of the Kosciusko High School state championship team of 1929, marking its 30th anniversary, is being planned as a holiday event here on Saturday, Dec. 19, at the Kosciusko Golf Club house at 6 p.m. A festive dinner will be served with out of town grid members of the team being guests of the Kosciusko team members, according to Billy McMillan, chairman of the reunion committee. Assisting in arrangements are Sam Power, H.E. Jordan and Hamlin Pope.

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Mississippi’s sheriffs-elect closed a five day short course at Ole Miss recently by receiving their graduation certificates. Attending from Attala were W.T. Wasson, Emmett Carr, Billy Horn and Ben Miller.



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On Nov. 28, Mrs. Mabel Weir, chief operator for Southern Bell in Kosciusko, received her 30-year service anniversary pin from the company. Mrs. Weir began her career with the telephone company as an operator in Aberdeen in 1926. She was appointed chief operator in Aberdeen in 1945 and since that time has served as evening chief operator in Canton. She has been in Kosciusko almost three years.

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Two extremely important labor surveys are being conducted in the Attala County area, one of which may lead to employment with an industrial concern to be located in Ackerman. The other survey is being conducted by the Industrial Development Corporation of Kosciusko at the request of an industry requiring the information.



Dec. 20, 1984

A brewing dispute over a 24-hour television news station apparently ended peacefully in Kosciusko Wednesday when Clear Vision TV officials returned Cable News Network to the company’s basic service package. That came less than 24 hours after the Mayor and Board of Aldermen challenged the company’s right to reduce service without the approval of city hall. City officials said they acted after receiving numerous complaints about the removal of CNN.

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Area school officials were largely reserving comments while they study consolidation proposals announced this week which, if implemented, will merge the Attala County school district into the Kosciusko municipal separate district by the 1986-87 school year. Consolidation by July 1, 1986 is mandated as a part of the Education Reform Act of 1982 as the law is currently written. Area legislators contend a major effort will be made in the upcoming legislative session to extend the 1986 deadline.

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Harold Martin didn’t say goodbye at a retirement party held in his honor at the Attala County Office Building. He said there are two more weeks for him as Attala’s district soil conservationist, bringing to a close a 36 year career with the federal agency. He has been in the Attala office for 19 years. Other places he has worked with the agency are Vicksburg, Yazoo City, Greenville and Simpson County.

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Kosciusko Skill Center instructor David Jones has been promoted to the position of supervisor of the adult training facility in a move announced by Holmes Junior College.

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Dr. and Mrs. Don Weaver claimed top honors Monday night in judging of the annual Kosciusko holiday lighting contest with decorations at their home at 608 Hickory Hill Dr. The entry was judged most outstanding and was awarded the $35 top prize.

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Mark Dwight Clark of Kosciusko is among 49 students from Delta State University selected for inclusion in the 1985 edition of Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.