October 15, 2024
25 Years Ago - October 19, 1999
The city of Falmouth was presented with the Silver Renaissance Award by Kentucky Gov. Paul Patton at the League of Cities Convention in Paducah.
The award was presented to Falmouth Mayor Gene Flaugher by Tami Vater, director of Downtown Falmouth Inc.
The city has five years to advance to the gold award.
The program recognizes and provides incentives for communities to maintain or restore their central downtown areas as safe, vibrant, efficient and functional urban areas.
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Collecting dolls and sewing have been loves of Joyce Flaugher’s for many years.
Her doll collection fills an upstairs room of her Maple Avenue, Falmouth, home, and a curio cabinet downstairs.
Her talent for sewing and her love for her doll collection will be told on the John Sullivan show “Backroads of Kentucky,” a segment of the news, at noon and again at 6 p.m. Oct. 20 on Channel 27.
50 Years Ago - October 18, 1974
Second 12 Mile Baptist Church, Peach Grove is holding a dedication of its new Sunday school rooms addition 2 p.m. Sunday.
The addition includes nine classrooms, two restrooms and basement. It cost about $35,000.
The church is furnishing a free lunch at noon. There will be regular services in the morning.
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Mayor Max Goldberg told City Council that he had received numerous complaints from citizens about the late hours and unnecessary noise at the school grounds while ball games are in progress.
After a short discussion, council approved a motion by Howard Showalter Jr. and seconded by Walter Mains, that no ball games be started later than 9:30 p.m. and that the lights be turned off at 11 p.m.
75 Years Ago - October 21, 1949
The colored PTA will have its first meeting Thursday night. All members of the white PTA are welcome.
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The new member of the Falmouth City School Board is James Hoover. He was appointed last Tuesday night when the board met and filled the vacancy created by the resignation of Lowell Tucker, who has moved from this city.
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Pressman’s Department Store on Shelby Street, across from the Falmouth Post Office, advertised children’s corduroy biballs, assorted colors, for $1.98, boys topcoats for $5.95, boys combat shoes for $3.95 and fast color prints for 39 cents a yard.
100 Years Ago - October 17, 1924
Falmouth is now a closed shop on the Sabbath day.
City Council acted on Monday upon resolutions presented in person by the Rev. B.C. Gamble, pastor of the local Methodist church, speaking for his congregation and his church conference.
Gamble submitted to the council copies of the statues governing Sabbath observance and also a resolution making them to instruct the city marshal to enforce the law.
The minister said the marshal was given the proper instructions to bring a halt to business, football, baseball and amusements on Sundays.
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The Falmouth and Williamstown football teams played to a 6-6 tie Sunday afternoon at the fairgrounds in Falmouth.
The visitors had the heaviest team that ever played here, outweighing the local team by at least 30 pounds to the man, and when they get a little practice, it will take a heavyweight bunch to defeat them.
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Ross Morris of Paris was arrested on Shelby Street, Falmouth, last Wednesday night on a charge of stealing an automobile. Morris was driving a Ford car, which, according to the police, was stolen from E. M. Smith of Cynthiana.
When arrested, Morris was in company with a young girl, who said her home was in Cynthiana. She said that she had been invited to go to Cincinnati by the young man as she walked along the street in Cynthiana. She said she did not know the car was stolen.