July 16, 2024
25 Years Ago - July 20, 1999
A 30-year-old Falmouth woman was murdered July 17 in her Chapel Street apartment.
Kelly Taylor’s body was discovered by police officer Marty Hart when he and other Falmouth police responded to a domestic violence complaint at the residence just before 2 a.m.
Taylor’s husband, William D. Taylor, 30, was found by Kenton County police and transported back to Falmouth, where he was arrested and charged with murder in the first degree.
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Falmouth Mayor Jim Hammond on July 13 vetoed a city council ordinance that would have granted a state retirement plan for city employees.
The ordinance would have provided state retirement to city employees, hazardous duty retirement for Falmouth police and a 401(k) plan for employees. The city would have been responsible for a percentage and employees would have a percentage deducted from their paychecks.
Hammond said he believed the city was missing details of how the plan would work, so he would sign the ordinance.
50 Years Ago - July 19, 1974
Pendleton County will be without an ambulance service come Aug. 1.
The Pendleton County Fiscal Court and Judge David Pribble have announced that effective that date, the Fiscal Court has lost federal funds which were available to the county for ambulance drivers.
Inasmuch as these funds have been cut off, Pendleton County wants to get out of the ambulance business.
There have been six men working lately. They were on duty 24 hours and off duty 48 hours.
Pribble said that roughly 55 to 60% of the people were paying their bills for ambulance service from their doors to the hospitals.
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An ice cream supper will be given Aug. 3 at Mount Auburn School. There will be live country music and door prizes.
The social is sponsored by the Pendleton Wildlife Club.
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Falmouth Christian Church has called a new pastor, the Rev. Edward Roberts of Greenville, Ky.
He is a graduate of Vanderbilt University, is married and has five children.
He will accept his new appointment on Aug. 16.
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Mr. John Carpenter sold his nine-acre farm two miles from Boyd at public auction to Mark Lindsey of Boyd at his high bid of $4,500.
All personal property sold high. A 1974 135 Massie Ferguson diesel tractor sold for $3,000, and a back hoe brought $430.
75 Years Ago - July 22, 1949
The Citizens Telephone Co. on Wednesday filed an application with the Public Service Commission at Frankfort, requesting authority to increase its rates and charges for services rendered in Kentucky.
Rates for residence telephones in Grant and Pendleton counties would be increased 50 cents a month. Business telephones in base rate areas would increase by $1.50 a month, and rural business telephones by $1 a month.
In the Butler, Falmouth, Independence and Thatcher telephone exchanges, the rates will be: business, individual, from $3.50 to $5; residence, $2.25 to $2.75; and residence, two-party, $1.75 to $2.75. The rural rate will be business, $2.75 to $3.75 a month, and residence, from $1.75 to $2.25 a month.
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It is now time to wean all lambs that have not been marketed and change them to clean pastures.
During the hot weather in July and August, the lambs make more rapid gains when placed on good pastures away from the ewes.
This also permits the breeding flock to regain its weight and condition for breeding time.
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Col. Solon F. Russell, state director of Selective Service for Kentucky, called attention to the fact this week that failure of any young man becoming 18 years of age to register for the draft is a violation of the law and makes the delinquent liable to penalty.
Any man becoming 18 is required to register at the local draft board within five days of the date of his 18th birthday.
The maximum penalty for violation of any of the provisions of the Selective Service Act of 1948 is five years in prison or a fine of $10,000, or both.
100 Years Ago - July 18, 1924
A determined effort is being made to have a great song service at the farmers picnic, which will be held at the fairgrounds Aug. 24. Every community in the county is urged to take part in this community song services, with the view that there will be more than a thousand voices to render the song program.
To assist everyone who wishes to take part, N.O. Hitch and W.G. Fryer have selected Watkins songbook, and the following songs will be sung at the picnic: “America,” “My Old Kentucky Home,” “Good Night, Ladies,” “Star-Spangled Banner,” “Darling Nellie Gray” and “Dixie.”
Every community in the county should get their warblers together and help raise this paean of melody to the skies and make this the greatest community singing event ever heard in Pendleton County.
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F.T. Chipman of Falmouth advertised the Willys-Knight for $1,195:
“No car like it! 42 horsepower! 50 miles and more an hour — hour after hour — without overheating — without loss of power — without carbon cleaning!
“And at the end of a long-sustained high speed, your motor will be cooler, will need less water than any similar-sized poppet-valve engine.”