January 17, 2023
25 Years Ago - January 20, 1998
State Rep. Tom McKee announced January 14 at a special-called park board meeting that Gov. Paul Patton has committed $3 million for a nine-hole golf course at Kincaid Lake State Park.
After a lengthy discussion and information presented by Greg Latham, attorney for the Falmouth Housing Authority, and Lisa Beran, staff assistant for Northern Kentucky Legal Aid society, council voted not to take any action Tuesday night. The city will contact all agencies involved with the buyout funds and have them state in writing how their decision to annex or not annex will affect the city’s buyout monies.
In honor of Pendleton County’s “rebound” from the 1997 flood, the St. Luke Hospitals are sponsoring The Rebound Bowl for the basketball teams at Pendleton County High School.
The market for burley tobacco was not as strong during the fifth week of auctions. Most grade bids declined, and loan receipts escalated.
Mrs. Sue Bradbury, Mr. Dennis Seever, Mrs. Ruby Wyatt, Mr. Larry Bradbury, and Mrs. Joy Downard were recognized by the Pendleton County School Board upon their retirement.
50 Years Ago - January 19, 1973
Earl A. Gillespie, 47, Route 2, Falmouth, who lives on old U.S. 27 just south of the McKenneysburg Road, Mt. Vernon, was shot in front of his home at or on the edge of the highway Sunday afternoon, January 14, about 4:40 p.m. Charged in the shooting is Raymond T. Aulick, 60, of Falmouth, Rte. 2, who resides at McKenneysburg. Mr. Aulick is an uncle of the victim by marriage. Gillespie was relased from the Pendleton County jail after posting a $10,000 bond and is charged with Willful Murder.
Sandsuck magistrate and businessman Pall E. Hall announced his candidacy for County Judge/Executive.
Pendleton County schools were closed Monday, January 15, due to the furnace at Pendleton Middle School at Falmouth being incapacitated. Both Northern and Southern Elementary and Pendleton High School were also closed to make for an even schedule.
Thieves entered the front door of the home of David Armstrong on Ivor Road near Carntown Sunday afternoon about 5 p.m. but obtained nothing. They ran when neighbors arrived on the scene. Sheriff Victor Moore investigated the attempted robbery.
Falmouth Council elects Tex R. Jett as new policeman.
Mayor Max Goldberg announced he had a prospect for a new electronics factory for Falmouth. He said they were from Wisconsin and would employ 200 people.He said he was in favor of putting the next factory in Falmouth so the city could sell them electricity.
After deliberating almost two hours, a petit jury found Kenneth Coffee guilty of receiving stolen property, an automobile. The jury gave him one year in the penitentiary.
75 Years Ago - January 16, 1948
The Kentucky burley tobacco average climbed to the highest of the season Monday, $31.99 per hundred pounds, the Kentucky Department of Agriculture reported.
Farmers Bank of Butler will close all day Monday, January 19, in observance of Robert E. Lee’s birthday. Patrons of the bank are urged to arrange their business in compliance with this closing.
100 Years Ago - January 19, 1923
The fire department was called twice last week, but fortunately no damage was sustained by fire. Thursday morning, the roof of the residence of Dr. K. B. Woolery on South Main Street caught on fire from a defective kitchen flue. Saturday night, a lamp exploded in the kitchen of C. N. Johnson near the fairgrounds after the family had retired. The house was filled with smoke, but no damage was done.
A flock of sheep belonging to William Carroll of Lightfoot’s Fork was raided by dogs Monday night. Three sheep were killed and a number were crippled. The dogs raided the flock at 1 o’clock and were driven away. They returned at 5 o’clock the same morning to complete their deadly work and Mr. Carroll and some of his neighbors followed the dogs to the farms of John Klaber and C. W. Blackburn.
Sol Goldberg has moved the New York store to Mt. Olivet, and his son, Morris Goldberg, will go to that place to manage the store. John True and Fred Allen have leased the corner room vacated by the New York Store and will start an up-to-date restaurant and soft drink establishment.
A committee composed of Judge John B. Colvin, Sheriff C. B. Peoples, Judge L. P. Fryer and Judge M. S. Mills attended a meeting of the State Highway Commission at Frankfort recently and received encouragement that Pendleton County would secure state aid this year for her roads.
Col. John Brawley, well-known citizen of near Lenoxburg, was a Falmouth visitor Saturday for the first time in several months. Mr. Brawley is 72 years of age and does not get around with a spring in his heel as he did 30 years ago. He has four sons who are out in the world hustling for themselves and doing well. While in town, he called at our office to have a pleasant chat and renew his subscription.