JIM - Christmas Wish List, 21 Dec 1955 2017-12-21 - Meadow Hill Inn, Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo from the collection of JIM . Christmas ads from many well-known and still remembered businesses graced the December 21, 1955 News. These included Columbia Florist, the Firestone Store, Brown Drug Co., Casey Jones (jeweler), The Style Shop, C.R. Hutchison & Sons, Willis' Dress Shop, and the one shown here from the halcyon days of the Meadow Hill Inn Gift Shop. - JIM After reading this Christmas Wish List Entry, see also earlier entries: JIM: Christmas Wish Lists Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Christmas Lights 2017 - Metcalfe County Judicial Center 2017-12-21 - Corner E Stockton & East Streets, Edmonton, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Edmonton, KY is Christmas Card pretty in this season, brightly decorated for Christmas. This is Metcalfe County's handsome Judicial Center, 20 Dec 2017. - EW/LW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: Sweet Potato Fries 2017-12-20 - Louisville, KY - Photo by Pen. Sweet Potato Fries, served with smoked pineapple sauce, from El Taco Luchador, which has recently graduated from food truck to actual restaurant on Meridian in St. Matthews. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

1956 Studebaker Power Hawk 2017-12-20 - Shelbyville, KY - Photo by Pen. This fine old car was spotted in a parking lot in downtown Shelbyville. Wikipedia has this to say about the model. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

JIM - Christmas Wish List, 20 Dec 1995 2017-12-20 - Columbia, KY - Photo By Jim. After reading this Christmas Wish List Entry, see also earlier entries: JIM: Christmas Wish Lists By JIM The ad for Beck & Strange shown here appeared in the December 20, 1905 Adair County News; it constituted one-third of the Christmas-specific advertising in that edition of the paper. Of the other two, one was a terse text-only announcement from M. Cravens, who ran a drug and notions store, while the other touted Singer Sewing Machines as "the best gift Christmas gift for wife, mother, daughter, sister or sweetheart." (The ad didn't name the agent or give a location, but a news brief from earlier in the year reported that Mr. W.L. Taylor, the local Singer representative, had rented the little green brick building in the east corner of the square and that he would "keep a good supply of machines on the market." Mr. Taylor had hired Miss Julia Eubank to run the office for him.) When Beck & Strange--brothers-in-law S.W. Beck & Conrad "J.C." Strange--opened in the fall of 1903, the location was given as "the Bram Vaughan corner." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Election 2018: Terry Hadley, candidate for 7th District Magistrate 2017-12-20 - Columbia, KY - Photo CM File photo . Terry Hadley, R, incumbent Adair County Seventh District Magistrate, filed for re-election on November 8, 2017. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Merry Christmas from Sadie and her Nena 2017-12-20 - 409 Fairground Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, columbiamagazine.com. Teresa Bright is “Nena” to her little granddaughter Sadie Kay Bright, 4. They were enjoying a hug at the Christmas breakfast at the Extension Office today. Sadie had added stylish pink blush and smokey eyeshadow from her mom’s makeup collection before leaving home. Her parents are Nick and Kristy Bright of Knifley. Nick is an electrical engineer at Amazon and Kristy teaches fourth grade at ACES. Sadie says her family has a new baby sister coming on March 4, 2018. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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