Looking Back

25 Years Ago - August 28, 2001

Pendleton County saw another first last week when Grant Caldwell and his steer, Swoosh, won grand champion steer at the Kentucky State Fair in Louisville on Aug. 22. The steer weighs 1,320 pounds.

Fifteen-year-old Caldwell is a sophomore at Pendleton County High School. He is the son of Andy and Carol Caldwell of Butler.

Caldwell had been a FFA member for two years. Before that, he was active in 4-H. He comes from a long line of family members who have been active in 4-H and FFA.

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The Pendleton County Reapportionment Committee presented two possibilities to the Fiscal Court on Aug. 23.

The first proposal recommends that Pendleton County be sectioned into 11 precincts and then divided equally between the eight magistrates based on population.

The second proposition allows redistricting to divide the population of Pendleton County equally between only four magistrates.

The court has 60 days to come to a decision.

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Pendleton County Southern Gospel quartet Gettin’ Ready placed first in the 2001 Kentucky Farm Bureau Gospel Quartet Competition at the Kentucky State Fair.

Gettin’ Ready sang “Sunday School” and “I Am Redeemed.”

The members of Gettin’ Ready are Joe Oldham, Mitch Ruth and Jay Caldwell of Demossville, Dale Kirsch of Peach Grove and Carl Wetterham of Independence.

50 Years Ago - August 27, 1976

Among those taking blue ribbons at the Kentucky State Fair were Tammy Flaugher of Butler for  both Special Occasion clothes and Grand Champion; and Michelle Davis of Falmouth for 4-H clothing Exhibits-Simple Dress.

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The Pendleton County Jaycees are holding a very special dance Saturday at the new community center on Chapel Street.

A social hour begins at 6 p.m., followed by a chicken banquet at 7 p.m. The dance with music by Joshua Outlaw begins at 9 p.m.

Donation is $15 a couple.

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Kimberly, 7, Keith, 5, and Kevin Rust, 8, of Route 2, California, Kentucky, have been growing unusual potatoes this summer. There pictured in the Outlook showing two potatoes, one resembling Daffy Duck and the other Bullwinkle the Moose.

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Advertised sales at the Pendleton Food Bank, 311 Chapel St., Falmouth, included a carton of eight Pepsi-Cola bottles for 99 cents, turkeys for 63 cents a pound, round steak at $1.29 a pound and three pounds of all pure beef hamburger for $2.79.

The store also advertised custom slaughtering, complete meat processing and locker rentals.

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In the personals column, Mrs. Hazen Short of Westfield, New Jersey, has been in Falmouth for the past week to be with her father, Mr. Tom Gulick, and her mother, who underwent surgery last week at St. Luke Hospital.

Anna Mary Hughes was pleased to get a call from her daughter Tammy in Okinawa last week. Tammy’s husband, Bobby, is serving his country in the Air Force there.

75 Years Ago - August 31, 1951

The fact that the City of Falmouth would have to pay $4,000 for street lights and $3,840 for pumping water to the reservoirs, stopped a deal cold to sell the city-owned electric light plant to Kentucky Utilities, the only bidder.

There were all kinds of figures going across the council table after Mayor Max Goldberg brought these facts to light, but the facts remain that the Kentucky Utility lawyers would not put into a signed contract the flat rate for these two services that had been promised.

(Later, it was shown that the lights and water would cost together $3,680.)

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A memorable evening in the history of the Masonic lodges of Falmouth and Demossville was held Saturay night when these two bodies celebrated the 100th anniversary of their founding.

Roy T. Ackman of Demossville acted as mater of ceremonies.

Recognition was given to all 50-year Masons present, including Lawrence Dickerson of Falmouth, who has been a Mason for 62 years, and Ernest Rouse, who holds membership in Bostwick Lodge 508 in Butler. Other 50-year Masons who were unable to be present were O.B. Gayle, Falmouth, and William Bell, Demossville.

100 Years Ago - August 27, 1926

The front doors at the Pendleton Bank, the county’s largest financial institution, were closed Monday morning. The cause was not the usual one, and patrons of this old Rock of Gilbralter are in no way worried about their accounts.

For several weeks, contractor Dewey Daugherty has been excavating under the bank to make room for an addition to the basement. A large amount of dirt has been taken out and this, coupled with the extensive rain, caused the foundation to sink and the west wall and the front of the bank to crack.

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J.B. Woolery, cashier of the Citizens Bank, has let the contract to Dewey M. Daugherty for the erection of a modern brick veneer residence on one of his lots on South Chapel Street, which will be ready for occupancy by January.

This residence will be built on the English style and all on one floor, which is most desirable and convenient. There will be one guest room upstairs.

Mr. Woolery will sell his residence on Maple Avenue which he now occupies.

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Representatives from many cities of Northern and Central Kentucky gathered at Butler last Friday to celebrate the opening of the new concrete-paved road between Greenwood and Newport, which goes through Butler.

More than 3,000 people attended the celebration.