April 11, 1968
The Attala County Board of Supervisors has re-named all five members of the board of trustees of Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital to serve new terms. They are Clarence E. Morgan, W.C. Leonard and Leslie Jordan, all of Kosciusko, Lamar Gowan of McAdams and Don Milner of Berea.
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Attala County’s new practical nurse training program winds up its first year Thursday with commencement ceremonies for eight graduates of the 12-month class. They are Emily Dodd, Faye Simpson, Frances Davis, Era Jean Crowson, Janette Nowell, Loette Poole, Helen Blue and Margaret Kendall.
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Charles Cecil Ford pleaded innocent to a charge of armed robbery in the holdup of the Ethel branch of Merchants and Farmers Bank at a preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace Claitor H. Moore.
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Attala County farmers are expected to plant about 250 acres to cucumbers this spring and harvest a crop worth $50,000 – almost double last year’s output. Income for the harvest last year was estimated at $28,000, according to County Agent Dake Swoope.
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Kosciusko High School Band claimed superiors in concert, marching and inspection and Drum Major Harry Middlebrook drew a superior rating for his performance at the state High School Band Festival in Jackson.
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Honored guests at a “Bon Voyage” party at the Kosciusko Country Club for members of the Kosciusko High School Class of ’68 were John Evans, June Hester, Winfred Shelton, Sissy Jordan, Ray Dowdle, Linda Crosby, Stephen Cheek.
April 15, 1993
Bernice Bennett of Carthage, has been named Kosciusko postmaster replacing Joe Brewer who is moving to the same position in Grenada.
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Kosciusko stands a “reasonably good chance” to be the site of a 150-bed veterans nursing home, but faces “fierce competition,” according to Jimmy Foster, a member of the State Veterans Affairs Board and a resident of Kosciusko. He said there are 12 cities vying for the facility that would have 120 full-time employees. In making their official bid, Kosciusko will be competing with Meridian, Vicksburg, Lexington, Yazoo City, Morton, Philadelphia, Carthage, Newton, Louisville, Canton and Macon.
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A festival within a festival is shaping up with the Moomba, the portion of the Natchez Trace Festival designed for children. The section of South Jackson Street between Boyd’s Drug Store and Citizens Bank has been reserved for attractions appealing to children of all ages.
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Bennie Thompson defeated Hayes Dent Tuesday night to become congressman from the Second Congressional District.
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The Kosciusko Parent-Teacher Association expects to have a tutorial program established when schools open for the 1993-94 school year.
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Details of the proposed $535,000 renovation project for the Kosciusko City Schools were presented by architects to the Board of Trustees. Following the presentation by the architectural firm of Johnson, Bailey, Henderson and McNeel of Tupelo, the board voted to advertise for bids. Work is expected to begin by June 1.
