August 27, 2024
25 Years Ago - August 31, 1999
Butler Festival pageant winners for girls ages 8, 9 and 10 were Megan Amber Dawn Wilson, 8, daughter of Paul and Barbara Gross of Butler, first place; Ashley Star Webb, 10, daughter of Kim Webb of Florence, second; and Kaylan Vanlandingham, 9, daughter of Steve and Tabitha Wade of Falmouth, third.
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At a special meeting Aug. 26, Falmouth City Council appointed Councilman Gene Flaugher to fill the unexpired term of Mayor Jim Hammond, who resigned Aug. 10.
The vote was split 2-2, so Mayor Pro Tem Virgiline Moore cast the deciding vote in favor of Flaugher.
Council also discussed building a low level weir dam on the Main Licking River near the Falmouth Water Plant at an estimated cost of $411,458.
The dam would assure the city in drought periods, if water is coming down the Licking, that water would be backed up sufficiently to withdraw a needed supply.
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Kincaid Lake State Park will host a Pendleton County Camper Weekend Sept. 24 to 26.
Kentucky Express will play music from 7 to 10 p.m. Sept. 25, and the recreation will be open Sept. 25 and 26.
50 Years Ago - August 30, 1974
There will be a softball tournament called the Jimmy Gregg Invitational starting the week of Sept. 21.
Jimmy was paralyzed from the neck down following an injury while playing in a tournament at Vater’s Playground. He is recovering rapidly, but due to the intensive care, the hospital and doctor bills are numerous.
All trophies, umpiring and refreshments are being donated and all proceeds will go to Jimmy.
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A snippet from Sen. Dee Huddleston’s (D-Kentucky)column in the Outlook 21 days after Richard M. Nixon resigned and Gerald R. Ford took over as U.S. president: “I was asked by a reporter the other day if President Ford had brought a new atmosphere to Washington. I responded that the president has been like a breath of fresh air.
“In fact, Gerald Ford seems to have just the kind of qualities this nation needed and wanted at this particular time — candor, integrity, humility and openness.
“Gone from Washington, at least for the time being, is the bitterness and tension of the last few months. Gone are the suspicions and distrust. In its place, we are beginning to see more cooperation, conciliation and mutual willingness to compromise by all branches of the government.”
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Steve Craig has been named as freshman basketball coach at Pendleton County High School. He replaces Mark Browning, who is on leave of absence to attend Morehead State University.
Craig, a 1965 graduate of Falmouth High School and a 1970 graduate of Eastern Kentucky University, will teach American history.
He began his teaching and coaching career at Butler Elementary School, and the previous two years, taught physical education and coached at Pendleton Middle School.
75 Years Ago - September 2, 1949
Sheriff Alvin Thompson and a state trooper acted swiftly at the Falmouth Fair Friday night when they arrested June Bishop of Route 4, Falmouth, and charged him with possession of a selling intoxicating beverages.
Bishop was tried before County Judge Early Cummins on Saturday and pleaded not guilty. He was fined $100 and costs, and giving 30 days in jail.
Taken in the haul were three cases of bottle beer, a bushel basket filled with bottle beer and ice, and three cases of can beer.
The beer sale was taking place near the barn stables at the fairgrounds, Thompson said.
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James Carpenter has purchased a new, custom two-door green Ford from Keith Motor Co. of Falmouth. It is understood that Mr. Carpenter is being transferred to Los Angeles.
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A back-to-school sale ad for Pressman’s Department Store in Falmouth offered cotton dresses, guaranteed washable, girls sizes 7 to 12, for $1.77 each; Sanforized denim dungarees, boys sizes 6 to 16, $1.37; two-ring notebook binders for 39 cents; and notebook filler paper, three packages for 10 cents.
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Playing at the Falmouth Theatre, Bob Hope and Jane Russell in “The Paleface,” Sept. 4 and 5; Johnny Sheffield in “Bomba the Jungle Boy,” Sept. 6, 7 and 8; and Monte Hale in “Outcasts of the Trail,” Sept. 9 and 10.
100 Years Ago - Aug. 29, 1924
A bob-haired girl worked an old trick on Beverly Watson, who conducts a store at Four Oaks, south of Falmouth, and robbed the cash register of a few dollars and a revolver one night last week.
Two young men and a two bob-haired girls motoring south on the LLL Route stopped their car about 9:30 p.m. after cross the Blanket Creek bridge at Four Oaks.
They went into the store and bought a quart of oil for their car. One of the men asked Mr. Watson to be shown to the toilet, which is located near the store, and in his absence from the store, one of the girls rifled the cash drawer of its contents. The girl was coming from the counter as Mr. Watson re-entered the store, and then he realized he had been tricked.
Mr. Watson said the girls were nicely dressed and wore bobbed hair, and did not appear to be hardened crooks.
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Miss Mary Klee has purchased of John Thomer his fruit, vegetable and grocery store on Main Street in Falmouth.
Miss Klee has been connected with this store as a sales lady for a number of years, and is well experienced in this line. She is very popular with the customers of this store.
Mr. Thomer has a store of this kind in Cynthiana and will also sell it. He has not decided where he will locate.