February 14, 2023
25 Years Ago - February 17, 1998
In preparation for the possibility of the Pendleton County Detention Center being shut down, Judge/Executive Don Mays asked fiscal court at their February 12 meeting to be allowed to contact other facilities within a 100 mile radius and seek contract possibilities. Approval for the request was given.
City Administrator Steve Hasson informed council members and concerned citizens present that Morag Adlon of the Northern Kentucky Area Development District, who has been working closely with Housing and Urban Development and other agencies on the action plan, had informed him that the grant award for the action plan monies should be in place in two weeks, which according to Hasson means that all will remain then to make the buyout a reality is the work proceeding under the direction of Barbara Dickinson of the NKADD.
50 Years Ago - February 16, 1973
Recommendations are now being considered by the National Water Commission could spell the end of the 36-year-old $68 million Falmouth dam. According to Theoodore Schad, NWC executive director, the commission wants Congress to reconsider all flood control projects more than a decade old and not yet under construction.
Falmouth Baptist Church is making plans to observe the 25th Anniversary of Rev. Carl Sears as pastor. This is the longest time anyone has served in the church in that capacity.
The Girl Scouts are going to have a grease drive and drums will be set at Bob’s Service Station, HWY 27, across from the Heritage House in Falmouth February 21st through the 23rd. You may deposit your waste grease in the cans or cartons at this time.
The new law requiring licensing and regulation of ambulance service operators in Kentucky, starting in 1974, has caused the funeral directors in the following counties of Kentucky to announce they will no longer be able to meet the new law’s requirements....As of January 1, 1974, Pendleton County’s funeral directors will discontinue the service.
County Judge Ambrose Fields dismissed the case of Billie Lea, 15, charged with cutting and wounding, warrant signed by Garvis Colemire in Pendleton County Court this week due to the fact the defendant was a juvenile and this was his first time ever in court.
The Junior Varsity Wildcats defeated the Lexington Catholic Knights on February 5 after a long difficult battle with a final score of 46-45.
75 Years Ago - February 13, 1948
There is an ice accumulation in the Ohio River at this moments which thousands of anxious Kentuckians and Ohioans are watching closely to determine if a great flood will develop in the Ohio River Valley.
As we go to press, we are advised that the Pendleton County Board of Education has ordered all schools in the county to close for the remainder of this week. Weather permitting, they will reopen Monday, February 16.
Dry forces in state are “up in arms” over local option bill, promoting “organized liquor.”
The infantile paralysis drive in Pendleton County has made little progress this past week, according to County Chairman A. B. Arnold.
An effort is being launched by J. M. Mason of this city to establish a small hospital and sanatorium here at Falmouth on the property which he has purchased north of Falmouth on new U.S. 27....Mr. Mason brought his plan before the Falmouth Rotary Club last Tuesday night, and a committee was appointed to work with him--Dr. W. M. Townsend and Dr. Dexter Meyer.
The Pendleton County Farm Bureau at a meeting held Wednesday, February 4, designated Saturday, February 28 as the day for distributing poison bait to all those who ordered it....Authorities on the subject say that when one or two rats are seen occasionally around a building, it is quite likely that from 100 to 200 of them are present.
100 Years Ago - February 23, 1923
Water pipes connected with a kitchen range in the home of T. J. Gulick on Maple Avenue froze up Saturday night. When a fire was started in the stove Sunday morning, the water could not circulate, and the water front in the stove burst with a terrific explosion. Neighbors residing several blocks away heard the explosion. Mr. Gulick and his daughter, Miss Nora, were in the room adjoining the kitchen when the explosion occurred and fortunately escaped injury.
W. E. Blasingame and Mrs. Docia Logan, who last summer gave an option on their lands on the Licking River where the proposed hydro-electric dam is to be built, received this week substantial checks as option money.
On Sunday morning, the roof of the [Falmouth] Baptist Church was discovered on fire. A spark from the furnace chimney fell on the roof and burned a hole in the shingles about a yard square. The blaze was extinguished quickly by the bucket brigade.
I am conducting a taxi service at Chipman’s Garage, and using a Ford sedan. Calls answered day or night. Have a most careful driver. Phone 125 or 104.--Harry Houchen, Falmouth.
A ewe belonging to Lawrence Garnett of Milford is the proud mother of five lambs.