September 17, 2024
25 Years Ago - September 21, 1999
Gene Flaugher was sworn in as the new mayor of Falmouth, filling the vacancy left by Jim Hammond, during the Sept. 14 City Council meeting.
Flaugher was voted in as a councilman in last November’s election.
Flaugher said his main goal is to make Falmouth more livable.
“I want the city government to be more responsive to the needs of the citizens and not wait till it’s brought to us, but be the leader of the cause.”
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Pendleton residents will get a small increase on the county tax rate but will gain it back with tax on mental health/mental retardation being reduced, Judge Executive Henry Bertram said.
One resident questioned the increase at the Sept. 16 public hearing for a four-tenths of a percent increase for the county tax rate.
Bertram told magistrates that he lowered the MH/MR tax rate due to an overage in that account.
50 Years Ago - September 20, 1974
William H. Sloan was sentenced to seven life terms, plus 68 years, in prison Thursday for his part in the robbery and killing of three men, Elva Harper of Falmouth, and Monroe and David Sizemore of Hyden last Oct. 2.
The killings took place at Fisher’s Motel on Highway 27 in Falmouth.
Harper was the night manager at Fisher’s and the Sizemore brothers were guests.
The sentences, handed down after a Pendleton Circuit Court jury deliberated about two hours, are added to a reported three life terms, another without parole and 112 years Sloan received earlier in Lexington.
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The Anti-Alcohol Sales League of Falmouth is holding a rally 3 p.m. Sunday at the Pendleton County Courthouse.
The Rev. Eldred Taylor, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Somerset, will be the guest speaker.
Delbert Butts, secretary of the Temperance League of Kentucky, said that Taylor is the best temperance speaker in the state.
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The Pendleton County Jaycees discussed the possibility of building a large clubhouse in or near Falmouth to be used by the Jaycees and by the community as needed.
Building committee members discussed financing, and the group agreed too much consideration was needed, and the proposal would be discussed in future meetings.
Members then moved on to talk about the club’s turkey shoot set for Oct. 6 near Falmouth.
75 Years Ago - September 23, 1949
The sons of Pendleton County who gave the supreme sacrifice for their country in the recent World War II will be honored with a memorial in the south courthouse yard in Falmouth.
The American Legion Post of Falmouth has let the contract to R. Colvin Wright, local monument dealer, to furnish a Rock of Ages memorial.
The monument will be located in about the center of the courtyard facing Shelby Street and will be a city park in every sense of the word.
The cost will be approximately $1,800.
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The Pendleton County Sportsmen’s Club reports that about 500 people attended their outing at the club grounds near Butler.
The casting contest was won by Hord Kimble of Falmouth. High score for clay pigeon shooting was held by Cliff Gosney.
Dog show results were hound 12 months and younger, Flicke J., owned by W.H. Mains; derby dog, Pasty Ann, owned by James Shepard; all age, Shine, owned by Clyde Holmes; coon hound, 12 months and younger, Black, owned by Everett Cordray; coon hound all ages, Carlo, owned by Billy Corbin; beagle hound 12 months and younger, Sandy Dandy, owned by C.A. Taliaferro; beagle hound, all ages, Spot, owned by Billy Corbin; setter 12 months and younger, Candy, owned by Dick Thompson; bird dog setter, all ages, Pee-Vie, owned by Paul Klee; pointer, all ages, Lady, owned by James Browning; and overall trophy winners, male, Pee-Vie, owned by Paul Klee, and female, Pasty Ann, owned by James Shepard.
100 Years Ago - September 19, 1924
Strother Grissom of Falmouth was arrested last week by Deputy Sheriff Charles Ravenscraft on a charge of transporting and selling moonshine liquor to a minor.
He was tried Thursday before County Judge John R. Colvin and was fined $300 and was sentenced to a year in jail.
This was the heaviest sentence on a liquor charge that has been assessed in Pendleton County in many months, and should be a warning to others who are violating federal prohibition laws.
Ed Pendergest of Falmouth also was tried in Colvin’s court last week on a charge of having liquor in his possession. He was fined $100 and sentenced to 30 days in jail. Pendergest appealed the case to circuit court.
S.P. Aulick of Falmouth was arrested Saturday afternoon on an affidavit sworn to by Carlos Taylor of near McKinneysburg, and was charged with manufacturing liquor unlawfully.
Harry Turner, a 16-year-old boy, was also taken into custody a few hours later on a federal warrant on a charge of conspiring with Aulick to violate prohibition laws.