Looking Back

25 Years Ago - April 6, 1999

A public hearing was held on April 1 at Northern Elementary to provide reasons for the proposed closing of the Lock Road connector and to allow citizens to express their support of nonsupport for this action.

This connector is located between highways 177 and 3162.

Roger Wafford, a representative of Southdown Inc., formerly known as Medus Aggregate, told the crowd that the quarry has been in business in the community since 1951 and has played a key role in the growth of the community projects.

Wafford stated that this connector will provide access for the quarry to the western portion of Lock Road, where Southdown Inc. has mining interests.

Without the connector road, the company will have to resort to one of several options which will be more costly and less convenient.

Pendleton County Judge Henry Bertram said the proposal to close the connector road had been on the Fiscal Court agenda since 1996 and he believed it was time the matter needed to be taken care of and gotten out of the way.

Bertram said it was not locked in at this time to close the road. “It’s up to the court to decide.” He said he wanted the public’s input even though it wasn’t required.

“Once a decision is made, I want this issue off the docket and I don’t want to hear about it after that.”

50 Years Ago - April 5, 1974

Two former Falmouth residents recently participated in the introduction of a luxurious new, limited-edition book, “Waterfowl of North America.” The book depicts every species of waterfowl known to next in North America.

A special exhibit of “Waterfowl of North America” was held in Hamilton, Ohio, in February by The Beckett Paper Company.

David L. Belew, formerly of Falmouth and now vice president of Beckett, was in charge of arrangements for the exhibit. James K. Booher, also formerly of Falmouth, is executive vice president of Frame House Gallery of Louisville, publishers of the book.

The deluxe edition, which is printed entirely on Beckett papers, is 28 inches by 22 inches in size. It contains 42 larger, full-color reproductions of paintings by the nationally known wildlife artist William Zimmerman. Mr. Zimmerman was also present at the exhibit, along with Mr. Belew and Mr. Booher.

Frame House Gallery was established to produce fine, limited-edition prints of the works of leading American wildlife artists. These prints, known as Frame House Gallery “Collector Prints,” are marketed through a nationwide organization of authorized dealers. Because of their fine quality, natural beauty and authentic detail, they were the first to spark broad national interest in collecting wildlife art and are eagerly sought by people from all over.

The book, “Waterfowl of North America” is limited to 1,000 copies. Each is signed and numbered by the artist.

75 Years Ago - April 8, 1949

Showing at the Butler Theatre on April 8 and 9 was “The Three Musketeers” in Technicolor, starring Lana Turner, Gene Kelly, June Allyson, Van Heflin, Frank Morgan and Guy Young. Not listed in the ad but also in the cast were Vincent Price and Angela Lansbury.

Then on April 10 and 11, the “New Laugh Team in the Happiest Hit of Their Lives, Bette Davis and Robert Montgomery starred in “June Bride,” with Fay Bainter and producer Henry Blanke.

Admission was 15 and 25 cents.

Also in the ads, the Daugherty Lumber Co. on Park Street in Falmouth advertised plaster board at $1.44 per 4-by-8 sheet, rock wool batts at $3.20 a carton, Pittsburgh outside white paint at $5.20 a gallon, and termite killer and wood preserver at $2 a gallon.

100 Years Ago - April 4, 1924

Representatives of the Citizens Telephone Co. appeared before the Pendleton Fiscal Court Tuesday afternoon and gave a lengthy explanation in defense of the propose raise for telephone services.

Attorney Howard for the telephone company gave figures showing that the telephone company was losing over $112,000 a year in Pendleton County, and it was necessary to make this raise to make the business profitable.

He made a nice talk from the standpoint of the company, but, of course, it did not meet with favor by the large crowd of telephone subscribers that were present.

At the end of his talk, a number of citizens from different parts of the county paid their respects to the speaker by telling him that the telephone company could bring its truck and get their telephone boxes.

Attorney Howard was rather positive in his statement that there would be no compromises from this announced rate to users of the service, but he expressed a willingness of the company to meet committees from Falmouth, Butler and Pendleton County to discuss the matter. It is to be hoped that the matter can be settled with satisfaction to both the patrons and the telephone company.