March 19, 2024
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3/19/24
25 Years Ago - March 23, 1999
* The annual chili supper sponsored by the Kincaid Lake State Park Development Association is scheduled for 5 to 7 p.m. March 27 at the Kincaid Lake State Park Multi-Purpose Building.
The menu will include chili, pimento cheese sandwiches, hot dogs and desserts. Several door prizes will also be given away.
Attendees also will have the opportunity to join or renew Park Board Association membership.
All proceeds from this event will be used to support park development projects.
* On May 22, Pendleton Hope House and Redevelopment Corporation will hold the first Pendleton County Repair Affair 1999 one-day event.
Repair Affair projects can range from building wheelchair ramps and hanging gutters to painting and plumbing, just to name a few from a vast list of possible projects.
Show your neighbors you care. Contribute labor, materials, money or supplies. It’s tax deductible.
50 Years Ago - March 22, 1974
As a result of the days missed due to bad weather in January, the Pendleton County schools' calendar has been revised.
The last day of school will be June 4, 1974. School will be dismissed April 17, 18 and 19, and May 27.
Starting Monday, April 1, all schools in Pendleton County will be open one hour earlier and will close one hour earlier.
If your school has been opening at 9:30 a.m., the new starting time will be 8:30 a.m. It it is closing at 4 p.m., April 1 and after it will close at 3 p.m. Please mark this date on your calendar.
The Pendleton County Board of Education met in regular session with all members present. Action included the above two changes to the school calendar, and approval of the salary schedule for the 1974-75 school year, which includes a seven percent raise for teachers as provided in the state governor’s budget.
75 Years Ago - March 25, 1949
The Falmouth Public School building was entered by vandals sometime Saturday night or early Sunday morning and ransacked from basement to top floor.
A table radio in the senior class room was taken and is the only thing missing, according to Superintendent L.H. Lutes. However, he reported the velvet stage curtain had been ripped, three doors jimmied open, and three window glasses broken. Papers in Superintendent Lute’s office were also scattered.
Entrance was gained by prying open a door. The vandals left a burned-out flashlight and Sheriff Alvin Thompson and city Policeman Eddie Thomas were investigating all clues Monday morning.
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Superintendent Lutes reported on Tuesday that it had just been discovered that a seven-foot strip had been cut from the stage curtain, and that the damage to the Falmouth School would now run to at least $100.
100 Years Ago - March 21, 1924
The Falmouth High School debating team went to Fort Thomas Wednesday night of last week to contest with the high school team of that city for district honors.
From all reports, it seems that the local team got a very raw deal, both from the judges and also from those who had the contest in charge. This does not speak very well for Fort Thomas as a progressive city.
Our school was represented by Miss Hope Childers, Harley Chiles and Harry Goldberg. Our team made a splendid showing, but lost the decision. The opposing team read their papers and did make much of an impression, only on the judges.
* The Citizens Telephone Co. has announced an advance on telephone service in Falmouth and Pendleton County. The advance will be from $1.25 per month for residence phones to $2.75 and business phones from $1.50 to $3.50.
This increase amounts to 133 percent. The Telephone Co. says that they are losing big money at the present rate and no doubt this is a fact, as salaries and all other telephone equipment has greatly advanced. There is no doubt that the Telephone Co. is entitled to an increase in telephone rates and all fair-minded patrons will admit this, but it might be that this 133 percent is too much of an elevation. Many subscribers in this and other counties of northern Kentucky will have their phones taken out if the proposed boost is made.