October 22, 2024
25 Years Ago - October 26, 1999
The annual Pendleton/Grant Counties Fox Hunt will be held Oct. 28 to 30 in Pendleton County.
Dogs must be registered and numbered by 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Pendleton County Fairgrounds, where the bench show is set for 8 p.m. Oct. 28.
Field trials will be held Oct. 29 and 30 on Broadford Road.
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Pendleton County Schools’ results were mixed in the new achievement test scores. Betty McKinney presented the Kentucky Performance Report results to the county school board.
Both Southern and Northern elementary schools’ fourth grades tested below the state average in mathematics, social studies, art and humanities, and living/vocational studies.
Sharp Middle School seventh graders tested above average in every area, while eighth-graders were above average in math and social studies and slightly below in arts and practical living.
High school 10th and 11th grades surpassed the state averages in every category.
Other grades weren’t tested.
50 Years Ago - October 25, 1974
The wet-dry election, won Sept. 28 by the dry forces of Falmouth, has been contested in Circuit Court. A new election is sought.
Three citizens have filed a lawsuit: Chalres J. Habermehl, Clarence W. Simpson and A.G. Knight. They were three of the committee of five for the legal sale of alcoholic beverages in city limits.
The dry forces won the election 544 to 523.
Names of the defendants in the lawsuit are the Pendleton County Election Commissioners Harold Wright, Hall Sharon and Charles Ammerman. They have 20 days to answer the suit.
The lawsuit contends that a number of people cast votes illegally, and that absentee ballots were not kept separate by precinct.
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Carl Lancaster, real estate auctioneer, sold two pieces of property Saturday for a total of $59,000.
Roy Jenkins sold 140 acres a half mile off Kentucky Highway 1054 to Pershing Smith of Route 10 at his high bid of $35,000.
Nelson Galloway, administrator of the estate of Mrs. Irene Galloway, sold a 52-acre suburban farm, just south of Falmouth, to Judge David Pribble and Sheriff Harold Wright at their high bid of $24,000. They announced no immediate plans for their purchase.
75 Years Ago - October 28, 1949
Mrs. Ernest Kelly, who underwent a major operation at the St. Elizabeth Hospital, returned to her home near Butler on Tuesday. She is improving nicely.
Mrs. C.L. Daugherty of Portland is confined to her home with la grippe. Her many friends will be glad to know, however, that she is improving.
Mrs. Bernard Fields of Falmouth is confined to her home on Broad Street with rheumatic fever. Her many friends hope that she will be able to be out again soon.
The condition of Mrs. George Clark is slightly improved, although still serious. Mrs. Clark underwent a major operation on Oct. 8 and another on Oct. 13.
The many friends and relatives of Betty Ann Fornash, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Fornash of Double Beech, will be sorry to learn that she is confined to her bed rheumatic fever.
Albert Plummer returned to his home in Falmouth Friday from the Veterans Hospital at Dayton, Ohio, where he received treatment. He is much improved and has resumed work in his barber shop.
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The home of the late Mrs. C.F. Crecelius was sold at absolute auction Saturday to W.C. Aulick of Falmouth for $7,110, according to Courtney and Monroe, Falmouth real estate dealers.
The residence is situated on about an 87-foot-by-113-foot lot at the corner of Shelby and Park streets. Possession is to be given to Aulick in about 30 days.
100 Years Ago - October 24, 1924
Gov. William Jason Fields invaded the camp of the enemy in Pendleton County Tuesday afternoon when he spoke at the courthouse in Falmouth in the interest of a $75 million bond issue for roads that voters are being asked to support.
The circuit courtroom was filled to capacity at the beginning of the governor’s speech, but toward the end, the numbers thinned noticeably.
The large crowd was attentive but silent. Time after time, the chief executive of the commonwealth paused for applause, but only once, when he got off a good joke, did he get response from his hearers.
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The law provides that the fourth Friday in October shall be observed as Temperance Day in all of our public schools throughout the commonwealth.
It is not a holiday, but a school day on which the teacher is required to direct his pupils’ special attention to the benefits of personal temperance in the life of every individual.
Further, it is the patriotic duty of the teacher to explain to the child the fundamental principals of the nation’s and the state’s prohibition laws and to teach the youth of our land its obligations to society in helping to uphold the dignity and the majesty of the law.
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From Pendleton County Health Commissioner Dr. H.C. Clark:
“There are fewer communicable or contagious diseases in Pendleton County than there have been for 10 years, from reports coming to me from the physicians. There are but two cases of scarlet fever existing at this time. They are under quarantine.
“Every school teacher should be able to detect symptoms of the disease early and send the child home with instructions to call a physician.. Red face and throat, vomiting and rapid pulse are early symptoms.”