September 3, 2024
25 Years Ago - September 7, 1999
A special committee set up by Pendleton County Judge Henry Bertram temporarily appointed Ann Wilson as the county animal control officer on Sept. 1.
David Dunaway said that Wilson scored well in all aspects of the job requirements.
Bertram said, “This committee has temporarily appointed an animal control officer until the full court approves the appointment at its Sept. 16 meeting.
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Public interest in emergency preparedness may be the silver lining in the Y2K cloud according to emergency services officials.
“We encourage emergency preparedness year-round,” Craig Peoples, emergency services coordinator for Pendleton County, said.
“While we may not experience any Y2K-related problems, a winter storm or other natural disaster can disrupt services at any time, so being prepared is always a good idea.
Despite some early rumors that computers would malfunction when they misinterpreted Jan. 1, 2000, as the first day of 1900, causing a wide disruption of services, the President’s Council on Year 2000 says that’s very unlikely, Peoples said.
50 Years Ago - September 6, 1974
An Anti-Alcohol Sales League mass meeting will be held 7:30 Sunday at Falmouth Baptist Church.
The Rev. Carol Sears announced the rally and urged the public to hear Delbert Butts, executive secretary of the Anti-Saloon League of Kentucky, who will speak.
City residents will vote Sept. 28 on whether the city will remain dry, or whether to allow the sale of alcoholic beverages.
Citizens on both sides of the issue, wet and dry, have been organizing campaigns.
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Under the headline “Woman’s Club plans ‘Beauty Pageant,’” was this poem:
Oh! Hum!
A beauty pageant here, a beauty pageant there.
It’s got to the place we really don’t care.
But in these troubled times, if you want to add a “spark,”
See the pageant and winner of Miss Kincaid Park.
Their beauty and talent will give miles of smiles,
In fact, you’ll probably roll in the aisles.
But there’s something about these lovely creatures
That faintly resembles a man’s handsome features.
Beneath the poem was this note: Watch the Outlook closely fro more detailed information as to time, place and names of the many lovely and talented contestants of this extravaganza.
75 Years Ago - September 9, 1949
The official opening of new U.S. Highway 27 from Newport through Falmouth to Cynthiana will be 2 p.m. Sept. 14 at the intersection of State Highway 10 and the new road at Alexandria.
The Campbell County High School Band of Alexandria will furnish the musical program.
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The “Old Reliable” Louisville and Nashville Railroad has discontinued the bulk of its business with the city of Falmouth.
For years, the railroad has been stopping its trains here for water.
The railroad in August of 1948 used a total of 5,557,800 gallons of water that cost them $858.68, while in August of 1949, it only pumped 157,000 gallons of water, with its bill being $23.29.
The railroad may not be buying water here today for two reasons: new equipment which does not use water, and new schedules.
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John Miller of near Fossett’s Bend had the misfortune to fall in his tobacco barn Sept. 2 while hanging tobacco. He suffered a broken leg and other injuries.
Miller was taken to St. Elizabeth Hospital in the Thomas, Fossett and Yelton ambulance.
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On sale at the C.F. Held Co. in Falmouth were an easy washer and spin dryer, regularly $198.95, for $159.95; outside white house paint, regularly $5.25 a gallon, for $4 a gallon; 12-gauge shotgun shells for $1.75 a box; and Quink ink or scrip, any color, 10 cents.
100 Years Ago - September 5, 1924
• Monday was a very slow court day, with a small crowd in town.
Ten or 15 horses and few mules were sold at cheap prices and several hundred stock ewes were sold to our farmers.
There were about 60 horses sold here, from $2.50 to $45 a head. All of them were shipped out of the county.
• Dogs raided the flock of sheep of W.P. Lowe west of Morgan on Aug. 25, and killed four ewes and two lambs.
Mr. Lowe is rightly incensed over this matter and warns all persons to keep their dogs of his place day and night.
• Robert L. Colvin is building a new bungalow on his mother’s farm near Four Oaks. It is one of the most loverly sites for a home on the LLL Highway.
Mr. Colvin purchased the warehouse in the rear of the Citizens Bank and will use the rough lumber in the construction of his new home.
• The corn crop in Pendleton County is above the average and bids fair to make a big yield.
The farmers are beginning to cut their tobacco, and from all appearances, the crop will be about 60 percent of average production in the county.