Looking Back

25 Years Ago - July 17, 2001

A motion was made by Councilman Clay Clifford that the Falmouth City Council refuse the goals and objectives of the Pendleton County Planning Commission. The motion was seconded by Councilwoman Virgiline Moore.

Pendleton County Judge Executive Henry Bertram reminded the council that it had approved a comprehensive plan in 1999 that included the same goals and objectives that they were now poised to reject.

Moore said that Falmouth was managing its own business very well, and “I’d like to be free to do what we want to do.”

The motion passed 4-1, with Councilwoman Janet Fields cast the dissenting vote.

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Christy Browning was crowned Miss Pendleton County Youth Fair 2001 during the July 9 pageant. Melissa King was first runner-up; JoLynn Angell, second runner-up and Miss Personality; Erica Bobb, third runner-up; Jade Greene, fourth runner-up and Miss Photogenic; and Jennifer Ramsey, Miss Congeniality.

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On July 7, the Shelter Insurance Potato League team defeated the Woodhead Funeral Home team in the championship game of the 2001 tournament.

Team members were Colton Partin, Jared Cox, Eric Owens, Andrew Neal, Michael Walsh, Trent Turner, John Nordheim, Ryder McBee, Jarred Adam, Asa Crozier, Kendra Blevins and Cory Straub.

Coaches were Talbert Turner, Jack Neal and Mike Walsh.

50 Years Ago - July 16 1976

Cathy Utz was crowned Miss Pendleton County Youth Fair 1976. Utz, an incoming senior at Pendleton High School, is a cheerleader, a member of the gymnastics team, and plans to be an accountant. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Utz.

She succeeded 1975 queen Cindy Cox.

Edna Swanson took first runner-up and was named Miss Personality; Teresa Hargett was second runner-up; Dina Herath finished as third runner-up and Miss Congeniality; and Valerie Jenkins was fourth runner-up.

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Mrs. Dwight Wolfe and daughter and son, Theresa and Stevie, returned home July 5 from a trip to Frankfort, Germany, where she visited with her mother and family.

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Heidi Maria Forschler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Forschler of Hosea’s Lakes in Butler, was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant in the United States Air Force Nurse Corps on July 1.

Lt. Forschler was a psychiatric nurse at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati and will continue in the same field.

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Falmouth Rotarians cooked corn on the cob at the Pendleton County Bicentennial July 3 in Falmouth. They sold 500 ears of corn at 35 cents per ear.

Shown with corn in a photo in the Outlook were W.A. Caldwell, President Ben Booher, W.A. Caldwell and Glen Grear.

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Karen Hart of Falmouth and Jimmy Roseberry of Peach Grove were selected by Pendleton High School faculty as the Good Citizens of the Class of 1976.

75 Years Ago - July 20, 1951

Falmouth is getting a new small recreational dam on the South Licking River. This is some of the best news ever received here and enthusiasm is running high among sportsmen and merchants, because the dam will provide swimming, fishing, boating and a good spot for picnicking.

Work was begun Monday on the project, about 250 feet above the new bridge on U.S. 27, which spans the South Licking.

The dam is to cost $4,500. The Division of Game and Fish at Frankfort is donating sand and cement for the project, which is equal to around $2,000. A total of $2,500 must be raised locally and $1,000 of that has already been raised.

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Top calves brought $35.50 Tuesday at the Falmouth Stock Yards; seconds, $34.95, heavy calves, from $29 to $35; and baby calves, $45 down.

Cows and calves were priced from $295.50 per head down. Fats sold at $22.50 per 100, canners and cutters, $13.50 to $20 per 100.

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Mr. and Mrs. James F. Wolfe of Lenoxburg have three sons serving in the armed forces: Pvt. Ray F. Wolfe, Pvt. Carol T. Wolfe and Pfc. Robert L. Wolfe.

100 Years Ago - July 16, 1926

Reports from all sections of Pendleton and surrounding counties carry the distressing news of damage done to both land and crops. Not only are the hill sections greatly damaged, but the bottom land likewise suffered.

The cloudburst which came almost without warning Tuesday afternoon, July 6, was the most severe that has fallen in this county in many years. Many of the creeks were higher than they have been in recollection of the oldest inhabitant. Water gaps and buildings along creeks in the southwestern section of the county were carried away by the flood.

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Falmouth City Council met in regular monthly session at the City Hall Monday night. In the absence of Mayor J.E. Wilson, Councilman James D. Keith was appointed mayor pro tem, with councilmen Booher, Shoemaker, Stone and Dougherty answering roll call.

Three ordinances were adopted. One was for the regulation of public dances in the city, while another was for the sidewalks on Liberty Street. The major portion of the sidewalks on this street are in, but there are several gaps, all of which were condemned, and the property owners must have their walks in by Aug. 1.

The third ordinance prohibits motor vehicles from making a U-turn on Shelby Street, and provides a penalty for drivers who get on the left side of the yellow lines in the middle of the street at the railroad crossing and other places in the city where lines might be placed.