May 7, 2024
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25 Years Ago - May 11, 1999
Bids for an addition to Sharp Middle School were discussed at a special board meeting May 7.
The construction project will add nine classrooms, a gymnasium and a multi-purpose outdoor sports field.
Estimated cost of the project was set at $2.67 million. The final bidded amount was $2.92 million, about a quarter of a million dollars more than anticipated.
Tom Gumm, representative for construction management team Alliance Corp., asked that some of the items be rebid, including asphalt paving, masonry, and concrete and general trades.
New bids will be opened May 27.
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Two Pendleton County residents will visit the People’s Republic of China during a two-week tour May 12 to 25.
Julie Ackman, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Ackman of Falmouth, and Bryan Schultz, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Greg Schultz of California, will perform with the Morehead State University Symphony Band.
Ackman is a junior at Morehead and Schultz a freshman.
50 Years Ago - May 10, 1974
After passing the necessary ordinances, Butler city officials have been notified that residents within the city limits are now eligible for flood insurance coverage.
Conrad Insurance Agency has a company that will underwrite this flood insurance.
The company will be at city hall between 6 and 9 p.m.May 10 and May 17 to answer questions and take applications for coverage.
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Work on the Pendleton County Courthouse continues this week and should be completed in June, all except the fire doors, which are on order.
Workmen are now beginning to shape up the Circuit Courtoom. The woodwork has been painted a Colonial Williamsburg blue, the walls are being papered a vinyl yellow (cream) and red carpet has been installed on the floor.
The day of the spittoons and ashes on the floor are over with.
All the seats are out of the courtroom at this writing, being refinished by Mike Moore.
When completed, the courthouse is going to be the prettiest in Kentucky.
75 Years Ago - May 13, 1949
The 50th annual commencement week for Falmouth High School will begin Sunday, May 15. There will be 23 graduates in the Class of 1949.
The first graduating class held its exercises in May 1900. There were two graduates that year.
The list of graduates has now reached near the 800 mark.
Rev. Russell R. Patton, district superintendent of the Covington District Methodist Episcopal Church, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon Sunday night, May 15, at 8 o’clock in the school auditorium.
Special music for baccalaureate will be furnished by the high school chorus under the direction of Mrs. Claude W. Godman.
The class night exercise will be held Tuesday night, May 17, at 8 o’clock. The class night theme will be “Our Dream Garden.”
Commencement exercises will be held Thursday evening, May 19. Dr. William B. Dern, noted minister, lecturer and humorist, will deliver the address.
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Mr. and Mrs. Carson Collins, who reside on Ash Run Road, two miles east of Butler, suffered the loss of their home and all of their belongings Sunday morning about 12:10 a.m.
Mrs. Collins and her eight children were home at the time and escaped unhurt.
Mr. Collins works in Cincinnati.
100 Years Ago - May 9, 1924
A Democratic mass convention will be held at the courthouse in Falmouth at 2 p.m. May 10 to select delegates for the state convention May 14 in Lexington to select delegates to the National Democratic Conventions to meet June 24 in New York City for selecting a Democratic candidate for president and vice president, and adopting a Democratic platform.
Every Democrat should attend this convention.
Pendleton County is entitled to 13 delegates.
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T.B. Purdy and son, George, well-known farmers of the Morgan Pike, have purchased of G.F. Barnard of Peach Grove a registered shorthorn bull, and from W.H. Ramsey three registered shorthorn heifers.
Mr. Purdy and son are laying the foundation for a herd of the best cattle they can find.