Feb. 27, 1969
Dr. William Walker McBryde, an Ethel physician for 63 years, died Tuesday at Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital. He was 94. In 1952 residents of the town turned out on a Saturday afternoon to hear him talk of horse and buggy calls throughout the countryside and to honor him for 50 years of practice in the area. He was a native of Newton County and a l902 graduate of Vanderbilt Medical School. He practiced at Ethel until about four years ago. He was an elder in Stonewall Presbyterian Church and a member of Carnot Posey Masonic Lodge.
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Sheriff W.B. Montague said that under a new procedure drivers license renewal notices are now mailed from the state Highway Patrol 30 days before a license expires. The sheriff’s office will no longer be the place to renew.
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The eight top class BB girls basketball teams come to Kosciusko this weekend to see who is the best in the league. Students in Kosciusko schools get the afternoon off Friday to make way for spectators expected at the tournament. Superintendent A.D. McBeath said spectators at the tournament would have crowded the school grounds.
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Mrs. Birdie Mae Stonestreet received the BPW Club’s Woman of Achievement award and was presented an engraved silver tray. Making the presentation was Dr. Nell Niles who was the first recipient of the club award.
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The Ethel High School team was proclaimed winner in the Big Black Conference FFA parliamentary procedure contest held at Lexington. Team members are Ken Breazeale, David Hamby, Eric Faurot, Jimmy Lepard and Clanton Lindsay. Charles Newman is coach.
March 3, 1994
“An Evening With Morgan Freeman” will feature the acclaimed actor and a program featuring local talent. Freeman, perhaps best known for his role in the movie “Driving Miss Daisy,” will appear at the Kosciusko High School Auditorium on Friday night. Also appearing will be ventriloquist Dana Collins, Lola Crittenden, Susan Comer, Charnelle Brown, Lillian Stewart, Mandi Nelson, the Attala County Youth Choir and the Kosciusko Junior High Chorus. Preston “Buster” Hughes will be emcee.
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A much anticipated federal law that requires anyone who wants to buy a handgun to wait up to five working days went into effect Monday. Yet Kosciusko Police Chief Dirk Thayer is doubtful that the law will have any major effect on crime. Thayer, who attended a conference last week in Oxford on enforcement of the new law, said it has some loopholes.
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Joy Withers was selected Miss Natchez Trace Festival Saturday night in her third attempt at the title. Melyn Prewett was first alternate to Miss Withers, who also won the talent preliminary. Miss Prewett and Natalie Sykes tied for the swimsuit honors.
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Additional volunteers, an active board of directors, and Pat Rice’s efforts as acting director have brought new life to Helping Hands Ministries. Its closing was threatened last fall because of the lack of volunteers to receive and sort clothing, process applications and provide their requests. The board of directors agreed that no action be taken on closing until March.
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An adjoining room of the Back Pew Gift Shop in the Kosciusko-Attala Cultural Center has been renovated and stocked with antiques and gift items.
