August 5, 2025
25 Years Ago - August 8, 2000
Jeff Auchter, manager of Kincaid Lake State Park, reported the theft of 14 boat motors from the park’s boats on July 28.
The thief for thieves cut the chains that helped secure the motors to the aluminum jon boats and stole the motors. All the motors were six horsepower Evinrude motors, with a total value at more than $10,000.
The Kentucky State Police are investigating with the help of park officials and the county sheriff’s office, and is asking for help from the public.
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After 60 years of service, J.C. Beckett is retiring as a supervisor on the Pendleton County Conservation District Board of Supervisors.
Beckett has been a supervisor since the beginning of the Pendleton County Conservation District. The district was chartered on Dec. 19, 1940. The first organizational meeting to begin the process had been held in May 1940.
Beckett holds the record for serving more years than any other supervisor in the state of Kentucky, and possibly in the United States.
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A front page photo showed Nathan Courtney, 18, and his brother Cameron Courtney, 20, moving through their tobacco patch as the cut the crop on Aug. 4, a tad earlier than usual.
Photographer Debbie Dennie wrote, “The top of the tobacco plants looked as if they had been painted with a golden yellow paintbrush to highlight the green plant.”
The brothers raised the tobacco on their grandfather’s farm in Falmouth.
50 Years Ago - August 8, 1975
Falmouth Mayor Max Goldberg left Monday by plane for Washington, to appear before the American Public Power office and the Federal Power Commission to argue fuel charge rates.
He says the city has been overcharged a total $39,133.69.
Goldberg will join Mitchell Tinder, general manager of the Frankfort Plant Board, in his quest for refunds of illegal overcharges for Falmouth, Frankfort and other Kentucky cities.
Goldberg has written the Public Service Commission at Frankfort about these rates and has been told that they are fixed by the Federal Power Commission.
The Electric and Water Plant Board of the City of Frankfort and the City of Falmouth have brought a complaint against Kentucky Utilities Co. before the Federal Power Commission for the refunds and a restriction of the operation of fuel adjustment clause.
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Ground was broken Aug. 1 for a new, $200,000 library.
Wielding the gold shovels were former county Judge Ambrose Fields, Pendleton County Library Board member Corrine Britton, Falmouth Mayor Max Goldberg and county Judge David H. Pribble.
Other library board members, who also dug in, were Ethel W. Bell, Edna Ewing, Betty Bay, Tom Moreland and Dr. William Clinger. Board member Mable Hibbs was absent. Also present was Duncan Cooper of Butler, the foreman for the contractor building the library.
75 Years Ago - August 11, 1950
Farmers interested in organizing a Dairy Herd Improvement Association will meet at County Agent Robert W. White’s office at 8 p.m. Aug. 11.
John foster, field agent in dairying from the College of Agriculture, will be present to help perfect the organization.
Billy Gene Askren of Butler has taken the training necessary for official testers. He is qualified to do this work and is interested in starting 10 or 12 herds on official test this month.
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There is a possibility that Butler may get its garment factory back. Butler Council met Monday, and voted to encourage the factory by granting free taxes for one year.
A report was heard on the fire truck and it was learned that it is about completed with all final equipment probably to be added the latter part of this week.
The meeting was chaired by Mayor Ralph Bowling, with trustees Rees Hardy, Charles V. Moreland and H.T. Lancaster present, as well as City Clerk Luther Smith.
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Free textbooks will be furnished for the first eight grades when Falmouth School opens Sept. 4, but the textbooks for the high school are new and the prices have gone up considerably.
Among textbook prices, beginning algebra Book I, $1.90; English composition, grades 9 to 12, $1.73; literature, grade 9, $2.14; literature, grade 10, $2.55; American History, grade 11, $2.83; general science, grades 10 and 11, $2.52; and biology, grades10 to 12, $3.11.
100 Years Ago - August 7, 1925
Mrs. J.B. Bishop, 65, one of the county’s most highly esteemed women, died Saturday morning at her home five miles east of Falmouth after a short illness of lockjaw.
Mrs. Bishop stepped on a piece of rusty wire while on the river bank just a week before her death. It made only a slight wound and healed up in a few days.
On Friday, she became ill and a physician was called, but she took her illness in a slight way, as she had never been sick in her life.
The physician pronounced her trouble lockjaw and treated her accordingly. About 12 o’clock that night, her condition became alarming and grew worse until death relieved her suffering.
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F.T. McKenney celebrated his 91st birthday on July 31 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. C.W. Kellum, on West Shelby Street, Falmouth. A large number of relatives and friends united in making this an enjoyable day for “Uncle Frank.”
Mr. McKenney was born near McKenneysburg on July 31, 1821, and came from good old pioneer Virgina stock. He spent his long, wonderful life on a farm until a few years ago when he retired on account of advance age, and came to Falmouth to reside with his daughter.
He has retained all his faculties to a remarkable degree and can be seen on the streets every day. McKenneysburg, which was settled by his forefathers.