November 12, 2024
25 Years Ago - November 16, 1999
A nice crowd gathered Nov. 13 in the courthouse square in Falmouth to celebrate Veterans Day.
Charles Wells, a World War II Army veteran was honored for his service. His son, attorney Don Wells, spoke eloquently of his father.
Judge Executive Henry Bertram addressed the crowd, complimenting Don Wells on his words and publicly stated that it is a pleasure to serve the county with people of integrity such as Wells.
Also honored were three female veterans, Fern Colvin, Louise Lindsey and Ann Delaney. All are World War II era veterans who were involved in the health service field.
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A dedication ceremony will be held 10:30 a.m. Nov. 20 at the boat ramp in Shoemakertown in honor of the late Joey F. Wells.
Wells was instrumental in working to obtain the boat ramp.
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Former Pendleton County Judge Executive David H. Pribble will be honored during a reception and banquet at the Kentucky Association of Counties annual conference Nov. 17 to 19 in Louisville.
Pribble served as president of the association of councils in 1992.
50 Years Ago - November 15, 1974
The Pendleton County High School Wildcats open the 1974-75 basketball season Nov. 19 at home. Their opponent will be the St. Henry Crusaders of Erlanger.
The previous season, the Crusaders defeated the Cats and posted one of the better won-loss records in northern Kentucky. They return several letterman from that team and are expected to present Pendleton County with a big challenge.
The Wildcats return most of the previous season’s lettermen and are expected to be much improved. Team leaders are Tony Smith, a 6-foot-2 senior guard who led the team in scoring and rebounding last year, William Hinton, a 6-2 senior forward who showed signs of outstanding ability as a junior, Rick Doyle, a 6-5 senior forward who could develop into a rugged rebounder and scorer, Ben Wolfe, a 5-9 senior guard and playmaker, and Steve Daniels, a 6-1 senior center who has three years of varsity experience.
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Although a recount made it a tighter race, William L. Simon remains the winner of the Pendleton County School Board Division V seat.
After a recount, the tally was Simon, 176 votes, and Ronald D. Manuel, 155. The original count showed Simon winning 176 to 120.
Manuel was a write-in candidate and there was some issues on election night on the count of write-in votes.
75 Years Ago - November 18, 1949
A permanent park association is to be set up in Pendleton County Friday night at 8 p.m. at the courthouse in Falmouth for the purpose of obtaining a state park on the Sutton and Jenkins farms at Goforth. Officers are to be elected.
A meeting was held last Friday with 75 to 100 in attendance. Kinsey Plummer, Fifth District Park Board member, presided at the meeting.
Talks were given by Plummer, Charles Stillwell, F.G. Marquette, C.B. Peoples, L.E. Conrad, C.F. Creclius, C.H. Ewing, W. Marvin Davis, William J. Newkirk and others.
Anyone interested in helping to get a state park for Pendleton County should attend the meeting.
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The many friends of Charlie Rainey are sorry to know that he is confined to his bed.
Mrs. Wayne Oliver of Portland was taken to Booth Hospital last Tuesday for treatment.
Mrs. Marie Baker of Falmouth was removed to St. Elizabeth Hospital last Tuesday for treatment.
Mrs. Mary Adams was returned to the home of Mrs. Henry Slater from the Harrison Memorial Hospital on Thursday in a Woodhead car.
Dora Helen Caldwell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Caldwell of Falmouth, underwent a sinus operation Monday at Children’ Hospital, Cincinnati.
H.B. Best received treatment at Booth Hospital, Covington, Sunday for an injury to his shoulder. He was returned to his home in Falmouth the same day.
F.M. Norton, prominent citizen of Falmouth, suffered a heart attack Sunday at Booth Hospital. He is in serious condition and his family have been at his bedside.
100 Years Ago - November 14, 1924
Mrs. Maggie Ginn, formerly of Falmouth but now of Cincinnati, was acquitted on a charge of murdering her husband, Pearl Ginn, in a verdict rendered Saturday by the Pendleton County Circuit Court.
The trial of Mrs. Ginn opened last Wednesday after a series of postponement. She had been under indictment on the murder charge for more than a year.
Mrs. Ginn was accused of murder following the sudden death of her husband and the subsequent exhumation of his body and the finding of more than a grain of strychnine poison in his stomach and liver.
She was accused of serving her husband the poison in a glass of lemonade about an hour before his death.
There had been friction in the Ginn family caused by Mrs. Ginn receiving the attention of Don Cookendorfer of Concord, according to trial testimony.
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Pendleton County’s dairy cow population increased 5.7 percent in the number of cows 2 and older, according to a government study.
The increase for the state as a whole was 6.3 percent and 6 percent nationally, compared to 1923, according to the study.
The United States need 320,000 more cows every year to keep step with the normal growth of demand for dairy products, according to the federal survey.