October 8, 2024
25 Years Ago - October 12, 1999
At the Capital View cross country meet in Frankfort on Oct. 2, the girls team did what no other Pendleton County team has ever been able to do at Frankfort — they brought home a first plan team trophy.
Cindy Hutchinson led the girls, finishing in eighth place among a field of 98 girls representing 19 schools.
Whitely Wolfe came in 12th place; Page Parker, 13th; Ashley Race, 22nd; Nichole Hutchinson, 26th; Amanda Gillespie, 27th; and Ashley Pugh, 33rd.
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Tom Wolfe was honored by VEGE Manufacturing and the employees for his 40 years of service and dedication, which he showed by arriving daily for work at 801 Robbins Ave., Falmouth.
Wolfe was presented with a bonus from VEGE manufacturing and an engraved clock from his coworkers. Carol Simmonds, general manager, made the presentation to Wolfe and thanked him for his loyalty.
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A public meeting will be held Nov. 4 at the Pendleton County Courthouse for all residents of McKenneysburg that used and need access to the McKenneysburg bridge.
To be discussed is the possibility of another bridge site, and, due to the 1997 flood, shoring up the creek bank at the edge of the road on the west end of the bridge.
50 Years Ago - October 11, 1974
Dr. Julian Castillo of Cynthiana has opened an office in Falmouth for the practice of medicine and surgery.
Castillo will have his office in the Farm Bureau building on the basement floor.
His wife is a registered nurse and will be assisting him in the office.
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The 1974 Pendleton County High School yearbooks have arrived. A Scribble Party will be held 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Oct. 11 in the school cafeteria. All 1974 seniors are invited.
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Pendleton County Extension Agent Robert M. Jones said the Oct. 2 freeze “appears to have wiped out several hundred acres of tobacco. This prediction maybe a little strong, as it will take a few days to full assess the damage. However, there is a lot of ‘sick’-looking tobacco today.
“...On the first of September, the tobacco in Pendleton County was probably the best looking crop ever grown in the county. Since, the rain, high humidity, frost and freeze have taken their toll.”
75 Years Ago - October 14, 1949
Henry Bishop will be the moderator for the panel discussion which will be a feature of the Father’s Night program of the Falmouth Parent-Teachers Association 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the school auditorium.
Under discussion will be such topics as vocational or general education, federal aid for education, health education and comic books.
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Playing Oct. 14 and 15 at the Butler Theatre is “Jungle Patrol,” starring Kristina Miller and Arthur France.
Then on Oct. 16 and 17, it’s “Kiss in the Dark,” with Jane Wyman and David Niven.
Tickets are 15 cents and 25 cents.
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Houchen’s Clothes Shop in Falmouth advertised the “perfect-scoring activity dress — a slimming, all-star activity dress in rayon Gabardine. Motion-minded with free-action sleeve, back yoke pleat, button front. Proportion-sized for the shorter, fuller figure” — for $8.95.
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Mr. and Mrs. Junior Showalter and Mr. and Mrs. Glyn Blades left Friday for a trip through the mountains, it being Mr. and Mrs. Blades 10th wedding anniversary and the birthday of Mrs. Blades, and a few days prior was the seventh wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Showalter.
100 Years Ago - October 10, 1924
Deputy Sheriff Charles Ravenscraft and Marshal J.O. Perrin of Falmouth made a raid on a moonshine still near Morgan last week and took into custody five men, charged with violation of prohibition laws.
The man taken by the officers in the is raid were Bill Makemson, Harman Bryant, and Oscar, Willie and Ernest Stone, all of the Morgan neighborhood.
Acting on information received at the Pendleton County Sheriff’s Office, the officers set out last Monday night in a drizzling raid. A still was reported to be in operation on the banks of Fork Lick Creek on the farm of the late C.H. Moore.
When the officers arrived, they found five men congregated about a still. A crude oven had been constructed by digging into the bank of the creek and a 10-gallon mash tub was on the fire.
The moonshiners were busying themselves about the still as the white liquor ran off into containers set beneath the spout to receive it.
About six quarts of the hot, white liquor was confiscated. The still and mash were destroyed.
All five men were ordered held on $1,000 bond each, which they promptly paid.
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A large delegation of Rotarians from Cynthiana, Georgetown and Paris came to Falmouth last Thursday night and were entertained by the local businessmen with a banquet at the Phoenix Hotel.
The purpose of this gathering of businessmen from the four cities was to organize a Rotary club in Falmouth. A temporary organization was perfected.