September 23, 2025
25 Years Ago - September 26, 2000
As Pendleton County moves forward implementing 911 services for its residents, addresses will be standardized. New addresses will replace the present route and box numbers for rural residents, and they will be listed in the phone book.
Over the past several weeks, every structure in the county has been identified and located on a map. This map will be used in the 911 system to quickly and accurately locate where the 911 call is coming from so that the emergency service required can easily locate the residence or business.
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A tougher law with increased penalties from drunken driving takes effect Oct. 1, and Pendleton County Attorney C. Donald Wells applauds many of the changes.
“County attorneys across the state worked hard to get some of these changes into law,” Wells said. “The new law closes some of the loopholes that savvy defense lawyers were using to get drunk drivers off scot-free.
Changes include lower the minimum blood-alcohol content for DUI charges from 0.10 to 0.08, and a putting into place a system of punishments that could double minimum jail times for aggravating factors such as refusing to take a Breathalyzer test, transporting someone younger than 12, driving at least 31 mph over the speed limit and driving the wrong way on a limited access highway.
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Keeping Wednesday evenings free of school activities has been challenging at certain times of the year.
Members of the Pendleton County Board of Education received that word from athletic directors in response to parents and families asking that extracurricular activities on Wednesday evenings and Sundays be limited so that students can participate in church-related activities.
50 Years Ago - September 26, 1975
A Pendleton County Circuit Court jury found Emmett E. Gentry guilty of stealing a $10,600 tractor from M&M Implement Co., Falmouth.
He was sentenced to the maximum five years behind bars.
Paul Eaton, in a surprise move, pleaded guilty. He has yet to be sentenced.
There were three FBI agents and a deputy sheriff from Clarksville, Mississippi, were present for the trial. The stolen tractor was recovered in Clarksville.
The tractor belonged to Kenzie Ammerman, owner of M&M Implement.
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The Falmouth Fire Department saved the home of Betty Wallace at 509 E. Fourth St. from complete destruction Sept. 23.
Chief Melvin Hart reports that there were no injuries.
Wallace said she awoke that morning to a house full of smoke.
Hart said all the furniture was destroyed and the interior of the house, owned by Mae Cahill, was badly damaged.
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Butler Baptist Church defeated Falmouth Baptist Church 15-6 on the baseball diamond to win the Church League Tournament championship.
The team from Blanket Creek-Gumlick took third place after losing 5-3 to Falmouth Baptist in the semi-finals.
Falmouth Baptist, which advanced to the finals through the losers bracket, would have had to beat Butler Baptist twice in the double-elimination tourney. Falmouth took the first game 8-6, but lost the second.
Pleasant Ridge Church received the trophy for the team exhibiting the best Christian spirit.
Fairlane received the first place trophy and St. Francis Xavier second for league play.
75 Years Ago - September 29, 1950
Four Alcohol Beverage Control agents swooped down on three homes in Falmouth last Wednesday evening about 6 o’clock and obtained some beer and a small amount of gin and liquor.
Charged in warrants with “selling untaxed beverages in dry territory” were Mrs. Nora Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Cooper, Shirley Hobday and Mrs. Viola Hobday.
Russell Fryman of ABC said that he and his men came to Falmouth Tuesday night and spent Wednesday here. Some of them, he said, purchased beer at the Hamilton and Cooper homes and whiskey at the Hobday home.
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The Pendleton County Fox Hunt this year will be held Oct. 9 to 12 near Mount Vernon. There will be a bench show the night of Oct. 9 at 8 o’clock at the Falmouth fairgrounds. Dogs will be cast each morning at 7 o’clock.
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Many churches in Pendleton County will join in the observance of World Communion Sunday on Oct. 1.
In Falmouth, the day will be heralded by tower chimes at 8 o’clock that Sunday morning. This program of chimes will be your call to go to the church of your choice at that worship hour.
World Communion Sunday does not call for union services but rather for simultaneous observances in cooperating services.
100 Years Ago - September 25, 1925
The Falmouth Women’s club, with the Garden Committee in charge, will hold its annual flower show Oct. 1 at the Citizens Bank.
Every flower grower in Pendleton County is cordially invited to exhibit flowers of any variety in this show. All exhibits should be in place by 10 a.m. The show will open from 2 to 9 p.m.
Ribbons will be awarded in 36 categories, including by flower varieties and by arrangements such as best centerpiece, best collection of fall flowers and best basket of flowers grown and arranged by a boy or girl younger than 14.
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The Booher Motor Co. in Falmouth, by mutual arrangement with the Applegate Hardware Co., has taken over the agency for the International Harvester Company’s line of farm machinery.
Thousands of farm machines of this make are in use in Pendleton County and it will be the object of the Booher Motor Co. to render the most efficient service in supplying new machines or parts to old machines.