March 18, 2025
25 Years Ago - March 21, 2000
Falmouth City Council is discussing how to collect delinquent bills for fire runs made by the Falmouth Fire Department.
Approximately $16,000 is owed the city dating back to April 1999.
Among the options council discussed was affixing liens to properties with unpaid fire run bills.
The cost of a fire run in the county is $500, according to the city. In most cases, insurance covers the fee.
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The Pendleton County Beef Cattle Association has scheduled its combined bull and heifer sale for 1 p.m. April 1 in the show and sale pavilion of the Pendleton County Fairgrounds in Falmouth.
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A turkey hunting seminar will be held 1 p.m. March 25 in the Pendleton County High School library. Guest speaker will be Dave Hill, former president of the Kincaid Longspurs. Anyone wishing to bring his or her own turkey calls may do so. The group will practice using turkey calls.
50 Years Ago - March 21, 1975
County Judge David H. Pribble has composed a song that is bound to be a popular one, entitled “The Flying Deputy.” The song has been put on tape and is dedicated to Deputy Sheriff Lloyd Spaulding, who has never lost a foot race in his life as a public official.
Wanda Cummins sings the song, Shelby Cummins plays the guitar and Kenny Lea sings and plays the piano.
Pribble composed the song at home one night after learning that Spaulding had again won a foot race.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wilson returned to Falmouth Sunday evening from a 12-day tour into Peru. They flew into Lima, the capitol, and after a city tour and visiting the Gold Museum and several cathedrals and museums, were flown to Arequipa, Peru’s second-largest city.
They then traveled by train to Juliaca and Puno, two of the highest cities in the world at over 12,500 elevation.
Among other things, they also took a 280-mile taxi ride through the Andes to Cusco.
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Gov. Julian M. Carroll and Transportation Secretary John C. Roberts announced the 1975-76 county road aid program for Pendleton County. It is based on an allotment of $79,792 for the coming fiscal year.
The program provides maintenance for 131.6 miles of county roads and four bridges. The improvement project provides for painting of a bridge over the Licking River on Browning Corner-McKinneysburg Road.
75 Years Ago - March 24, 1950
Sheriff Jack Dickison issued a warning that he will make raids during the four years he is in office against slot machines and cigarette machines.
The sheriff notified establishments in Pendleton County last Wednesday that these machines must go by Friday. When he returned, they had gone.
Dickison says that he will keep this ban enforced for the next four years and that he plans to pick up the unlawful machines on sight after his official notice appears in this newspaper.
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The Butler Theatre was filled to capacity last Wednesday afternoon for the final cooking school session sponsored by the Butler Mercantile Co.
The 1950 Hotpoint electric range that was given away went to Susie Blanton of Butler. The GE food mixer went to Mrs. Alvin Mullins of Demossville. The GE pop-up toaster went to Mrs. Elbert Norris of Butler. There were 40 other prizes given.
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The answer to consolidation of all high schools in Pendleton County so far has been, “No comment.” At least, that’s where the situation stands as far as the school boards of the two school systems in the county are concerned.
T.C. Moberley, chairman of the Falmouth Board of Education, reports that the board met March 14 and no action was taken on the consolidation question and that the board had no comment.
Last week, the answer that the Pendleton County Board of Education gave on the consolidation subject also was no comment.
100 Years Ago - March 20, 1925
Falmouth City Council discussed extending Chapel Street from the new school building through the Woodhead property to South Maple Avenue.
The city proposes to open up this street to make a more convenient entrance to the new school building.
A committee was appointed by Mayor J.E.Wilson to confer with property owners to ascertain their sentiments in regard to this matter.
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Pendleton County will be well represented at the Citizen Military Training Camp at Camp Knox this year.
Kentucky has a quota of 1,000, and nearly 500 applications have been received statewide so far.
The following boys from our county have made application: Holton Pribble, Clifford Ducker and Chester Pribble of Falmouth, Albert Laubisch of Butler and Charles Peebles of Demossville.
Any others interested should get in touch with the county chairman, A.H. Barker, at once.
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A wedding that was somewhat of a surprise to their many friends took place last Sunday afternoon when Miss Cecil Mae Abercrombie became the bride of Thomas L. Carr.
The popular young couple have been sweethearts for some time, and it was expected that their love affair would culminate at the marriage altar in the near future, but on Sunday afternoon, they quietly repaired to the home of the Rev. W. M. Lenox, where the ceremony was said that made them husband and wife.
They were accompanied by Miss Irene Abercrombie, sister of the bride, and by Mr. Clay Carr, brother of the groom.
After the ceremony, they went Lexington for a few days honeymoon. They returned today and will be at home to their friends on a farm that Mr. Carr bought west of town.