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Junior Spires, a walking history of Pellyton/Knifley area 2016-12-24 - Circle R Restaurant, 712 Russell Road, Columbia, KY. - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com (c). Junior Spires, 84 years young and an Adair County treasure, can often be seen at the Circle R Family restaurant, located just few yards away from his home on Glen Mary Street, Columbia, KY. He's doing great, and reminded us that his brother, Joe Spires, now 93, is, too. Joe Spires, he remembers, famed for "A little better than plumb," borrowed that phrase from Rev. Edgar Giles, who worked with Joe Spires in the construction of the Janice and Henry Giles log house at Spout Springs. He said his brother would ask Rev. Giles if a newly added construction item were plumb, and Rev. Giles would reply, "It's a little better than plumb." It became a saying on the construction site, Junior Spires says, and Mrs. Giles used it for the title of her book. He also re-acquainted Linda and me of the history of Knifley, recalling the many enterprises of my grandfather, Lee R. Chelf, conducted at his store in Downtown Knifley. - Ed Waggener Permalink | Comments?

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