Looking Back

CARROLL COUNTY

1884

Carroll Co. Court

The will of J.J. Stockdale was probated.

Ordered that the recent alteration in Baker Road be opened.

Summons ordered against Wm. Smith Robert Humphrey to show cause why the Carlisle Road should not be opened.

Geo. Stafford appointed surveyor of Coleman Road.

Ghent Items

Miss Hallie Howard has returned from a visit to Carlisle.

Miss Fannie Howard is visiting in Aurora, Ind.

Personal Items

Hopewell church has been repaired and Rev. Winter preached there last Sunday afternoon.

Dr. Henry Abbott of Warsaw is still confined to his room at the residence of Squire Falls.

Elder Roberts preached to a small congregation at the Baptist church last Sunday.

Dr. Jim Coburn is booming rapidly to the front as a tender hearted, skillful and attentive physician.

Florence Mosgrove accompanied Mrs. Dit Mosgrove home last week to remain an indefinite time.

Rivers

Ben Bradford, engineer on the Fannie Freese, mashed his right leg badly last Monday between the pitman and fantail.

The Courier-Journal speaks of Capt. Chas. A. Defour as “the granger from Ghent.”

1974

Winners!

The Carroll County Middle School Panthers ran away with top honors at the First Annual State Junior High School Basketball Tournament at the Carroll County High School gym. The Middle School cheerleaders also took top honors in the cheerleading competition held during the tournament.

The Newport team took the second-place spot in the tournament.

1999

50 Years!

The Blossom Shop, 519 Highland Ave., celebrated its 50th anniversary on Friday. To celebrate the anniversary, the shop offered a discount on roses and cake was served. The Blossom Shop was started in 1949 by Hurley Kidwell. Current owners are Don and June Lewellyn.

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TRIMBLE COUNTY

1924

Right Direction

The fiscal court is going to make an attempt to get a road through Trimble County. This is a step in the right direction and the court will make a trip to Frankfort about May 1.

Two federal roads have been designated through the county. A bond issue may mean road or not road.

Both routes through the county have been designated as Federal highways. It has taken some time and considerable work to have these roads designated by the Federal Government and we should be able to profit by the expressed willingness of the Government to pay its half of the construction and should take necessary steps to have the work started.

Marriage

While Easter brought gladness to the souls of many, there was special reason for rejoicing in the hearts of a popular Trimble county couple whose lives were linked together in the holy bonds of wedlock when Mr. Norman L. Hill and Miss Martha Greenwood were united in marriage in Madison Sunday by Eld. D.C. McCullum of the Christian Church.

Following the ceremony the couple left on an extended wedding tour for points East.

Easter in Bedford

New hats and spring suits blazed forth in an unofficial Easter parade on Main street Sunday. The weather, though cool, did not require the wearing of heavy coats, and the new frocks were exhibited with all human vanity and satisfaction.

Milton School Notes

Following is honor roll for the seventh month: Mabel Knox, Myrtle Lee Richmond, Florence Knox, Bulah Butler, Dessie Adcock, Catherine McCord, Alline Coffin, Charlie Detmer, J.R. Chandler, Lomen Clapp, Viola Wise, Mary Pulliam, Myrl Luckett, Thelma Jenkins, Herbert Wilson, Elmo Gossom, Mark Collis Butler, Robert Knox, Cortland Raker, Ernest Fox, Dorothy Tandy, Mary Canada, Allen Lee Schirmer, John Pecar, Glenford Carder, Josephine Edwards, Zella Mae Gossom, Elizabeth Tandy, Ethel Knox, Bennie Joe Butler, J.W. Butler, and Jefferson Luckett.

Personal

Mrs. Sidney Bare of Milton is visiting Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Bare.

Mr. Charlie Wood of Oldham County spent Easter with friends in Bedford.

Miss Claudys Lee Carson was the guest Saturday night and Sunday of Mrs. Breathitt Hutcherson.

Milton News

Mr. Walter Webster and family were Sunday guests of Mr. Noah Webster and family at Wirt, Ind.

Mrs. Thomas Clements has returned to her home in Madison after a several days’ visit to Dr. and Mrs. J.C. Bain.

Mr. Virgil E. Graves is having the honor this week of distributing the mail on rural route 4 as substitute for Mr. Edgar Yancey who is battling with a case of mumps.

1949

New Bus Line

A franchise granting the American Bus Lines Inc., for round trip schedules through Bedford, from Covington to Louisville and return, was handed down by the public service commission last week and service is expected to begin Thursday, April 28.

War on Rats

Last Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Yager and Mr. and Mrs. Alva Tyra accompanied by their two dogs made a raid on some rats that had come to reside on their farms. Thirty-two rats were killed on the Yager farm and 81 on the Tyra farm.

Operation

Mrs. Ella Meadows was operated on for appendicitis Tuesday morning at the King’s Daughters hospital in Madison. She is reported doing nicely.

Dear Old Milton

Misses Ella Mae and May Jo Garrett were Thursday night guests of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Garriott.

Mrs. Virgie Kidwell and son, Hurley, of Carrollton, were Monday night visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Duncan and family.

Poplar Ridge

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Dexter and daughter, Mrs. Bessie Clifford, Messrs. James Stevens and Cleston Fisher, Louisville, spent Sunday with Mrs. Mona Callis.

Miss Zetta Lois Jackson spent the week-end with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Davis.

Wises Landing

Mrs. Graham Perkinson and daughters were Sunday guests of Miss Lizzie Law and family.

Mr. Uhel Barrickman spent the week with Mr. Roy Barrickman and family.

Personally Speaking

Mr. Russell Wheeler and Mr. Ballard Callis, Madison, were Sunday all day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Callis.

Little Miss Jamie Rue Bray and Mr. Junior Bray were Sunday dinner guests of Miss Linda Bell.

Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Stark were Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Morris and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Monfort.

1999

Clean Up

Officials discussed Trimble County participation in Commonwealth Clean Week. This annual statewide effort calls attention to the need to clean up illegal dumps and refuse along Kentucky’s roadways. Thanks to the county road crew, private citizens, community organizations, and churches, nearly 52 tons of debris and almost 1,300 tires were removed from illegal dumps, roadsides, cities, and farms.

Anniversary

Robert and Dorothy Buhlig will be guests of honor at a 50th anniversary celebration at Madison First Assembly of God. The Buhligs live at New Point.

Tennis Team Loses

The Trimble Raiders’ Tennis team competed in their second match Wednesday night in Louisville. The Raiders played collegiate of Louisville and were defeated in their match.