25 Years Ago - May 12, 1998
Patient First Physicians Group has initiated a search for a full-time physician for its Butler office. Rob Ward, M.D., who opened the Butler office 14 years ago, is leaving traditional medical practice on June 5 to pursue his career goals in alternative medicine.
The Pendleton County Sheriff's Department would like the 11 residents on Lenoxburg Road who had their mailboxes vandalized Friday night, May 1, or Saturday morning, May 2, to contact their office.
50 Years Ago - May 11, 1973
Falmouth City Council met Tuesday night with Mayor Max Goldberg presiding. One of the important issues before the meeting was a possible 25 percent rate increase to the City of Falmouth for electricity.
The Pendleton County Hospital board met with hospital employees Monday, May 7, 1973. There were 31 employees present along with five board members, Joe Kearns, J. W. McKinney, Hall Sharon, Roscoe Wells, and Doris Clinger, and two advisory board members, Thurman Anderson and Frank Harris. Several employees mentioned problems that exist within the hospital and some offered suggestions to improve personnel relations in the hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Preston Field of Falmouth attended the Derby Day Breakfast given by Gov. and Mrs. Wendell Ford at the Executive Mansion Saturday morning.
75 Years Ago - May 7, 1948
The new spelling champion of the Pendleton County Schools is Miss Barbara Deatherage, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Deatherage of Knoxville.
Wilson Johns, athletic director for the Butler High School and member of the faculty of that school for the past several years, has been officially named the permanent rural route mail carrier on Butler R. 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Wright of this city escaped serious injury Saturday night when their 1940 Chevrolet ran off the road near Boston Station and dropped a distance of about 40 feet to the railroad tracks.
A TB clinic will be held at the Phoenix Hotel at Falmouth on Saturday, May 8, from 9 a.m. on for the purpose of retaking 14x17-inch X-rays on several patients who have been duly notified. This is a project of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Welfare Department of the Falmouth Women's Club.
100 Years Ago - May 11, 1923
The home of Mrs. Sophia Eshman, situated in Pendleton County between Pendleton County between Fosset's bend and Foster, was completely destroyed by fire Saturday about 12 o'clock, together with meet of the household effects. The house was a large 12-room residence and was occupied by Mrs. Eshman and her two sons, John and Guss Eshman.
The voters of the Butler High School and Graded District elected four new members to its board of education last Saturday...The new board is composed of the following: C. R. Myers, H. R. Ducker, Ray L. Poe, A. L. Stith and J. A. Lawrence.
Auctioneer Archie Sargent reports a good crowd in attendance at the sale of the late Milton Fields near Pleasant Hill last Saturday. Prices were as follows: Two horses, $75 and $100, one bunch of 18 ewes and lambs per head, another bunch of ewes and lambs, $13.75 per head, one yearling Shorthorn bull $51, four cows from $31 to $36.25 a head.
A Ford machine occupied by Boone Wright, wife and children, was struck by a machine said to have been driven by J. N. Riddell of near Robinson Station, and turned over at a point near the home of A. T. Wyatt on the Cynthiana Pike Saturday afternoon about 5 o'clock. It is reported that Mr. Wright was seriously injured and the other members of his family were bruised.
On May 8, this section was visited by rain and snow; the next morning, May 9, the thermometer registered 35 degrees above, and the snow storm continued. However, the ground was wet and the snow did not stick.
The passenger bus belonging to J. M. McMillian of Gardnersville burned Sunday morning about 2 o'clock. Orville McMillian, son of the owner of the bus, drove it home about 12 o'clock that night and parked it in front of their house, and about two hours later, it was discovered on fire. The fire is supposed to have been caused by a short circuit in the wiring. Insurance to the amount of $1,200 was carried on the bus which will not cover the loss.
W. J. Wells has finished wrecking the barn he purchased of Alvin Courtney in this city, and has moved the lumber to his farm west of Morgan. Mr. Wells will use this big barn on his farm.
F. M. Norton, expert blacksmith, has opened the shop on Park Street formerly operated by Frank Browning. He will do wagon work and all kinds of repair work.
A plan has already been devised to bring about certain action on the Falmouth Dam, which is principally a flood-centered project.