25 Years Ago - December 9, 1997
A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Phillip A. Sharp Middle School in Menzie Bottoms will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 4 for school officials, board members, faculty and the public.
Because of grants from the Housing and Urban Development (HUD), FEMA and insurance monies, the housing authority has $550,000 to spend on dwelling structures [after the flood left six families without housing].
Christmas carols drew all who would come to the joyous celebration of the city of Butler’s first community Christmas tree lighting Dec. 6. Leading the gathering of townspeople, Mary Saylor, a member of the newly-formed Butler decoration/recreation committee, spoke with gratitude of the hard work and love so many had contributed to make the moment possible.
At the 68th Annual Kentucky Sheriffs’ Association Conference held in Lexington at the Campbell house Inn, PC Deputy Sheriff Craig Peoples was named Deputy of the Year.
A fire run on December 1 to the home of Jim and Debbie Lawson on KY 159 near the Pleasant Hill Cemetery ended more calmly than was feared it might. Fire near an oil drum brought all three of the county’s fire department onto the scene [of a garage fire near the residence].
50 Years Ago - December 8, 1972
Kentucky’s new election law, Senate Bill No. 162, passed by legislature became effective Dec. 1, 1972, which requires each Kentucky resident to re-register between now and September, 1973 in order to be eligible to vote in the 1973 General Election and thereafter. Registration cards are available at the county court clerk’s office and I or my deputies will be more than happy to assist you in filling out the new registration forms. - Carol W. Ockerman, Clerk, Pendleton County Court.
Several robberies have occurred in Pendleton County in the past week, Sheriff Victor Moore has reported. Sheriff Moore returned to his office Monday after being hospitalized and said that Deputy Sheriff Harold Wright worked the robberies during his absence.
Pendleton County School District has been selected by the State Department of Education as one of the eight districts in the state to make a comprehensive evaluation of its strengths and needs. There are two primary purposes for this study: it will serve as a pilot study for determining the ratings of all school systems in Kentucky , and it will help Pendleton County take a good look at what we have to offer our students and make improvements.
Louis McClanahan, owner of Butler Mercantile, announces that he will hold a demonstration on the new Litton Micro-Browner with cool microwave cooking in his store on Saturday, December 16, all day, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will be a home economist from Cincinnati and also the factory district manager present to show the public their fine new products. Mr. McClanahan says that several of these ovens have been sold in Pendleton County and the owners are quite proud of them.
75 Years Ago - December 5, 1947
Six of 21 tobacco markets in Kentucky showed an average of better than $50 when burley weed sales started this week. The average for the state was $48.59 per 100 which is $7.052 above the 1946 opening average.
The burley tobacco average which all farmers must operate under or receive the penalty, has been cut again. The 1948 acreage has been cut 10 percent, it was announced last week by Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson at Washington.
Police are investigating the death of a woman at General hospital in Cincinnati a short time after a maid interrupted her as she was about to climb out a window of the Palace Hotel on Vine Street. She was identified as Mrs. Helen Willenborg, 47. The woman checked into the hotel Thursday last and registered as Mrs. E. Daugherty, Falmouth, Ky. The woman’s son said he knew no one by the name of Daugherty. The son also said that, as far as he knew, his mother never had been in Falmouth.
Impressive military services were conducted Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 2, for P.F.C. Melvin “Pete” Clayton, U.S. Army Infantryman, at the Falmouth Christian Church by his former schoolteacher Rev. W. M. Lenox. The church was filled to capacity as Rev. Lenox delivered a eulogy fitting for the Falmouth youth who gave up his life for his country near Aachen, Germany, Oct. 28, 1944.
100 Years Ago - December 8, 1922
The city council accepted the resignation of Thomas Shanks who has filled the place of assistant engineer at the power plant for the past several years. Eddie Thomas was appointed to fill the vacancy.
The two loose leaf tobacco warehouses in this city, which belonged to the Pendleton County Burley Tobacco Co., were sold at pubic auction Monday on the premises. There was only one bid which was made by the Burley Tobacco Growers Co-operative Association and it was knocked down to it for $56,500.
A barn on the farm of J.T. Makerason near Morgan was destroyed by fire Thursday night, Nov. 30 at about seven o’clock. The fire was not discovered until it was too late to save anything. About 5,000 sticks of tobacco, two cows, one horse and mule, some fat hogs, 12 shoats, buggy, harness, some farm tools and some hay were also burned. Most of the contents belonging to Gilbert Stone, tenant on the farm.
W.P. Moore, an experienced laundryman of Lexington, has taken charge of the Falmouth Laundry in the East End, and will conduct it on a strictly business plane. He will give the laundry personal attention and guarantees the best service that can be found.