Jan. 9, 1969
A 43-year-old Attala County Negro woman who already had 10 children gave birth to triplet daughters in Kosciusko Saturday night. She is Iressee Collins of Pullen St., Kosciusko. It was the first set of triplets born in Kosciusko in 17 years old timers of the hospital recalled. The girls have been named Barbara, Betty and Bonnie.
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The Attala Company is most happy to welcome to Kosciusko, Gerald L. Tomasovsky from Gulfport where he was attending Jefferson Davis Junior College.
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Chancery Clerk Charles England issued the oath of office to Attala’s new election commissioners. Members, appointed by the governor until now, were elected by a county-wide vote in the November general election. They are A.K. Curtis of Beat Two, Mrs. W.I. Peeler of Beat Five, J.D. King of Beat Three, Mrs. Eudora Smithson of Beat Four and John D. Guyton of Beat One. Mrs. Peeler was elected commission chairman and Guyton was named secretary.
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Kermit Marlin Ivey, 53, lifelong resident of Kosciusko and owner of Ivey’s Electrical and Plumbing Co. died Jan. 2 at the Baptist Hospital in Memphis following an illness of two days.
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Mayor Doty Jackson this week reviewed the goals of the past year and at the same time announced that construction in the city hit an estimated $2 million during 1968. Building permits issued at City Hall, he said, totaled $901,000. He said this was estimated at half the cost of actual construction.
Jan. 13, 1994
Wilfred L. Sullivan, 89, of 103 Galloway Drive, died as the result of burns she suffered after her clothing caught on fire Saturday morning, Kosciusko police said.
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The gun used in the alleged murder-for-hire slaying of Jerry Tavares on May 12, 1992, has been found in a Clay County creek, according to Attala County Sheriff Troy Steed.
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Garbage service has been resumed to about 40 percent of an estimated 1,000 customers in rural Attala County, who had never paid their bill, says Rodney Smith, local manager of Waste Management of Northwest Mississippi.
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Promotions at Southern Security Life Insurance Co. have been announced by Harold B. Nowell, chairman and H. Benard Nowell Jr., president. They are Mrs. Hubert (Kay) Robertson promoted to manager; Mrs. James (Frances) Hughes, assistant secretary; Ronnie Ables, treasurer.
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The third house in Kosciusko to be built by Habitat for Humanity is under construction on North Street. It will be occupied by Lowell and Toni Carter and their two children. Cost of the home is estimated at $20,000 to $24,000 and it is expected to be completed by spring.
