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Johnny Fudge cut Steve Hamilton's hair, then BJ Fudge's

Comment after reading: Honors keep pouring in for Darren Ballou
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I would like to congratulate Darren for his accomplishments past, present and future. Each time an Adair Countian makes it good we all share in that glitz and glory. I am sure that Adair County and Adair Countians will share in many more of his accomplishments now, and for generations to come.

We are extremely proud of our young folks whether they excel in the public eye or whether they excel in the everyday lives of their families, friends and neighbors. Darrin, his team, and family are now role models that we all can look up to, share with, and cheer on.



Congratulations are also in order for joining the Adair County NCAA Division I Hall of Fame. The names of Hamilton, Shearer, Randall, McQueary, and Bryant will now be joined by Ballou. I am sure his exploits will be woven into the legendary fabric of this group.

I met Steve Hamilton in the early 60's on a Saturday Morning at the Hotel Barber Shop better known as Fudge's Barber Shop. Just to know that Johnny, who cut my hair had, also cut Steve Hamilton's hair made me feel almost like a celebrity.

I don't remember much about it except that Steve Hamilton seemed to know everyone that worked there and many who came in the door. I also remember that he was playing for the New York Yankees at the time.

s/Billy Joe Fudge



This story was posted on 2008-11-24 11:10:15
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Larry Smith picture from the past: Hotel Miller Fire, 1972



2008-11-24 - Corner Public Square and Greensburg ST., Columbia, KY - Photo from Larry Smith collection; photo by Jimmy Cravens.
LARRY SMITH, Shoreline Communications Corporate Program Director for FM 92.7 The WAVE and The BIG DAWG in Campbellsville, KY; South Central Kentucky historian and historic photograph collector, sent this photo of the fire which destroyed the Hotel Miller in Columbia in 1977. Five people died in the tragedy. One of the landmarks of the hotel was the corner Hotel Barber Shop, where Johnny and Gillam Fudge, Everette Smith, Ellis Pickett, Travis Scott, and Rollin Coomer barbered at one time or another. The shoe shine man was the late Ed Baker. And Billy Joe Fudge remembers, in the early 1960s, meeting Yankees pitcher Steve Hamilton, an Adair County native, who was an All-American Basketball player at Morehead State University, the NCAA Division I school which signed Adair County High School superstar Darren Ballou to a national letter of intent to play there in 2009. The Adair County Courthouse Annex stands on the spot today. At the time, along the left hand side, there was a restaurant, the Hotel Coffee Shop, operated by Helen Dowell, and Durham & Durham Law offices, where H. Hunter Durham and his father, O.A. Durham, practiced law. The building, at the time, was owned by Haskin Rowe.

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