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BJ Fudge sends one liner for use in Great Slider War

One man's prohibition presents other men opportunities -BJF

Billy Joe Fudge writes:
Like you, EW, I have no personal knowledge of such things. However in light of and in the spirit of, "one man's junk is another man's treasure," I would just like to say "one man's prohibition presents other men opportunities". -Billy Joe Fudge
Comments re article 46503 Charles Marshburn maintains national chains not stupid


2011-08-28 21:25:13 | Comments | Printable version

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Cardinal Inn, 1942, successor to White Castle Inn



2011-08-28 - Looking south to Square from 100 block of Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY - Photo from collection of Ann Curtis.
This old photo is of the Adair County Courthouse, May 19, 1942. But it also shows the sign on the corner of Greensburg and the Square with the Cardinal Inn, the name which replaced Columbia's White Castle Inn after the owners discovered they had inadvertently used the name of a national chain of restaurants. A few other features to be noted are the more casual parking patterns, the shade tree on the other corner of Greensburg and the Square, parking around the courthouse, and, barely visible far across the Square looking between the Cardinal Inn sign and the building: The large window of the old First National Bank, considered by many the most beautiful facade on the Square.

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Peafowl at large on Guthrie Street

Mark Royse writes:
There are two peacocks which keep appearing in my mother's lot behind her house on Guthrie Street. I haven't been able to capture a picture of them, but I do know that Dr. Rogers has seen them, too. Not sure where they came from, but they have been here for about two weeks. - Mark Royse
Mark: Thanks. I have seen these same fowl foraging on our mighty fertile one-acre farm on Town Creek. When they left, they took a path across the Russell Arnold Pasture Field and headed for Guthrie Street. I figured they might belong to J. D. Montgomery, Joe Moore, or Dr. Ronald P. Rogers, the kind of people you'd take for fancy peafowl fanciers. Are they theirs? Is there a big re-ward? We'd love to have photos to share on CM or to get any bounty there is on the birds. -EW


2011-08-28 21:19:55 | Comments | Printable version

Billy Joe Fudge asks about front of Cardinal Inn Building

Comments re photo 41622 Cardinal Inn 1942 successor to White Castle InnBilly Joe Fudge writes:
On top of the building of the Cardinal Inn is that some sort of facade? Looks like a giant layered wedding cake. -Billy Joe Fudge
Thanks. Perhaps a reader can find a photo to share of the front of the building before it was remodeled when Garnett Young moved Paull Drug from 134 Public Square to 100 Public Square and changed the name to Young's Rexall. Before that, the layer cake was in place and I believe the business which occupied the building was called Motor Electric or Motor & Electric or some variation. Perhaps it was a different sequence. Perhaps someone versed in architecture can speak to the style. -EW


2011-08-28 21:02:33 | Comments | Printable version

Rachel Phipps leads Adair County Girls Golf at KIT

By Coach Kim Goodin
News from Adair County Girls Golf

The girls golf team traveled to Russell Co. to play in the KIT Invitational Tournament on Saturday, August 27, 2011.

Glasgow won the tournament. shooting a team score of 311. Russell Co. was runner-up with 317. Individual honors went to Lydia Gumm of North Hardin shooting a 61. Ellen Kehoe, Taylor Co., and Becky Sharpe, Williamsburg) shot 69s.

Adair Co. was unable to post a team score because Ashley Goodin is still recovering from sickness this week and was unable to play. Individual scores for Adair County were Rachel Phipps 95, Emilee Royse 102, and Abby Royse 106.

Next:ACHS Girls Golf team hosts Metcalfe County at The Pines at Lindsey Wilson, 275 Country Club RD, Columbia, KY, Monday, August 29, 2011, with tee off time approximately 3:15pmCT. Coach Kim Goodin


2011-08-28 17:12:06 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Sports

(Ad) Big Yard Sale listed for Friday-Saturday, Sept. 2-3

Carol Meadows writes:
Yard sale Friday-Saturday, September 2-3, 2011, 7am-4pmCT, 801 Wright Drive, Columbia, KY Desks, office chairs, table & chairs, lamps, futon, bedside tables, rockers, TV stands, pillows, rugs, lamps, bicycles, toys, children's books, dishes, plus much, much more.-The Meadows - Carol Meadows

CM Note:If you planning a yard sale in the Labor Day Weekend, why not send it now? Posting early lets buyers plan their shopping to include your sale.

Remember: Include street number and street - complete address - and text only yard sale ads for individuals in Adair, Casey, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe, Russell or Taylor Counties of Kentucky are Free. (Business ads are available at a very reasonable cost.

CM Yard Sale Ads bring in the buyers!

Submit using any Contact/Submit button.


2011-08-28 16:25:51 | Comments | Printable version

Query: Wants to know more about Mayor McFarland

Comments re article 46485 Rowena Russell Co native WT McFarland was de facto Mayor of Columbia KY

Kimberly Stargel writes:
What does W.T. stand for? (In Mayor W.T. McFarland's name? - CM) I am kin to a lot of McFarlands in Kentucky. My maiden name is McFarland. Do you know anything about W. T. McFarland as far his family? Thank you. - Kimberly Stargel rebel43@duo-county.com
Thanks for your letter. It's posted. Maybe one of our readers will have the answer you seek. -CM


2011-08-28 16:15:26 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback

(Ad) Big Yard Sale on Alydar Lane, Labor Day Weekend

Jerry and Sonya Campbell writes:
Yard sale, Friday and Saturday, September 2-3, 2011, at 71 Alydar Lane, Columbia, KY.Women's, men's, and children's clothing, jewelry, angels, end tables, what knots, some home interior, and much more too numerous to mention. (From columbia take hwy. east 80 for about 5 1/2 miles turn left on 531 for about 1 mile then turn on New Concord Rd for about 1 mile turn left on Alydar Ln first house on Rd. Signs will be posted; From 206 about 3.2 miles turn right on New Concord about 2.7 miles turn right on Alydar Lane first house on right. Signs will be posted). Thank you. - Jerry and Sonya Campbell
See all the CM YARD SALES


2011-08-28 15:36:24 | Comments | Printable version

Charles Marshburn maintains national chains not stupid

Comments re article 46498 Anonymous says Adair County is not a wet county

Charles Marshburn writes:
Those restaurants named previously do things legally.They're not stupid! - Charles Marshburn
Thanks. Mr. Marshburn for your letter; however, it is so righteous it could get one recycled through the Adair Assimilation Academy. I WILL be reporting it to Dr. Johnny Vaughan. It's my civic duty. For all intents and purposes, the law here is Adair County Common Law. None of this francofied Napoleonic Code here. One of the greatest voices ever lifted in defense of the poor and oppressed in Adair County, the late, great Attorney Ralph Hurt, once said, "Every county needs at least one respectable bootlegger." Since prohibition, Adair County has benefited from the services of perhaps the nation's most respectable bootleggers. Or so I've been told. -EW


2011-08-28 15:29:46 | Comments | Printable version

Columbia's White Castle: Between the Royal Cafe, The Cardinal Inn

The restaurant name was changed, with a huge $5 prize for the best new name - the Cardinal Inn - after Columbia's White Castle local owners found out they had inadvertently chosen the name of a chain of eating places.

By "Jim"BR>
Seventy years ago, Columbia had a White Castle, if ever so fleetingly.In July, 1941, the News reported that "Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Bishopp...have bought the Royal Cafe from Messrs. H.B. Taylor and James Moss, and plan to return to Columbia to make their home.


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2011-08-28 15:21:23 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local History

The Whitehurst Diaries: More in the life of Willis the Cat

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By Sharon Whitehurst

Willis the Cat has led a life of certain privilege since he arrived at the farm nearly a year ago. He dismounted from Jim's 4 wheeler, settled his stripes and announced his name with an aplomb that could be envied by a seasoned cat about town.


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2011-08-28 13:31:20 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Sharon Whitehurst - Whitehurst Diaries

Mike Watson sends detailed caption for photo 1938 MR School

The photo is one of three extant of the school group. It was posted last week by Tara Hadley-Hansen, who had scanned it from the archives of Edward Hadley.
Click on headline for photo with Mike Watson's detailed caption

By Mike Watson
>Melson Ridge School Group, 1937-1938: [Married names of females in ( ).]

This is one of at least three photos of this school group. Two photos are almost alike, taken the same day, except in one the teachers are sitting in front of the students. In the second, the teachers are standing at each end, and in this one, the plaque with school and year are almost totally covering the face of Ruby Cape (Coffey). The students and teachers were identified by my mother, Ruby Cape Watson and her sisters, Ella Cape Bunch and Gladys Cape Bunch on several occasions in the 1980s and 1990s.


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2011-08-28 12:27:38 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Mike Watson - History

Poetry by Robert Stone: Love is not enough, a sonnet

Love is not enough
-a sonnet inspired by "Picnic," a play by William Inge
It's now your turn to dance with life and learn
to take those baby steps which seem so hard,
but soon they will be fixed and no concern
will cloud your joy, will keep you on your guard.

And life returns with faces full of hope
to seize your hand and offer one more round,
but often now the foot, unsure the slope,
will slip in searching for a firmer ground.

A final dance will happen unannounced
to teach the unknown way to afterward
but once your skill sufficient is pronounced
no other other's will will you accord.

We know we are grown up when we forgive,
on learning love is not enough to live.

- Robert Stone, 28 August 2011
The next earlier Robert Stone Sonnet Poetry by Robert Stone: Permanence and Passing. A sonnet


2011-08-28 12:08:10 |
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Anonymous says Adair County is not a wet county

To that, we reply: Is so

Comments re article 46474 Restaurants in Columbia White Castle would make person rich

Anonymous writes:
out back longhorn ol charleys an coltons wont come its a dry county (sic) -Anonymous
Note: Only in the eyes of the Law and erroneous public perception. Adair County is as wet as any place on earth: Extra- or il-legally. Pretty uppity of those restaurants to not consider the realities. They have the same opportunities as the entrepreneurs already in the business! Or they can just wuss out on a Goldmine. -CM


2011-08-28 12:01:22 | Comments | Printable version

Rev. Joey N. Welsh: That was her story

This will go along well with "The Help," elsewhere in SUNDAY with CM, August 28, 2011. There are a couple of minor changes from the original Another Angle, the Occasional Musings of a Kentucky Pastor, Column. -Robert H. Stone, editor This Another Angle, "That was her story, and she stuck by it," was first published 16 October 2005.
To see other articles by this author, enter "Rev. Joey N. Welsh," or "Another Angle," in the searchbox. The next earlier essay posted on ColumbiaMagazine.com is From the Mouth of Satchel Paige

By The Rev. Joey N. Welsh

That was her story, and she stuck by it

Fannie Hurst was one of a group of extraordinary American women authors who found success in the first half of the 20th century. Willa Cather (born in 1873), Edna Ferber (1885), Hurst (1885), and Pearl Buck (1892) could all tell a vivid story. They were quite popular in the decades stretching from World War I through the Franklin Roosevelt years. Cather and Ferber both received the Pulitzer Prize, and Buck received the Nobel Prize.


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2011-08-28 11:51:13 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Commentary

Query: When was Twin City Drive Inn Horse Cave KY torn down?

Re: Twin City Drive-In, Horse Cave, Kentucky by Horse Cavite Tom Chaney, inspired by a photo in the Larry Smith Collection, Historic Hart Co., KY: Twin City Drive-in/Larry Smith

Brandon London writes:
In reference to an on-going debate on a Facebook forum, I was just wondering if anyone knew the exact date and year the old Twin City Drive In in Horse Cave, KY was torn down? Some people seem to think that it was demolished in 1980, however, I and several others are pretty certain that the old drive in stood up (if not operational) until at least the late '80's or early '90's. Any help is appreciated. --Brandon London charles.b.london@us.army.mil
We hope a reader will know the answer. It is a question which has been much on our minds since the revelations of Larry Smith and Tom Chaney. Comments are welcome at Contact/Submit button at CM as well as directly to Charles B. London.


2011-08-28 11:40:32 | Comments | Printable version

Three Adair Countians displaying work at Berea Artisan Center

Display now in progress at the Kentucky Artisan Center, 200 Artisan Way, Berea, KY, runs from August 27, 2011-February 25, 2012, features works of Adair Countians David Waltz of Gradyville, KY, and Jeff and Henrietta Scott, Antioch, KY

From Kentucky Artisans Center at Berea

The Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea announces an exhibition titled, An Artful Array: Bowls by Kentucky Artisans on display August 27, 2011 - February 25, 2012.

This exhibition showcases a wide range of works created by 41 Kentucky artisans working in clay, wood, glass, fiber and stone. Bowls included are both functional and non-functional with some works becoming pure sculpture.


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2011-08-28 11:27:38 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local Arts Scene

JIM: 110 Years ago: Columbia Fair had ended on August 23, 1901

Pronounced a success, and, without saying it, A Good Time Was Had by All at the 1901 Columbia Fair. In the rough and tumble frontier Adair County, virtually as rowdy as Corydon, Indiana, was in early riverboat days, decorum prevailed despite the unruly behavior of a view mischief makers. In a scene worthy of nominations for Outdoor Dramas as a Magnet for Canadian Tour Busses, four beautiful little girls stepped to the tune of Goo Goo Eyes the immortal popular song of the day, and captivated the 1,500 massed for the event.

The 1901 Adair County Fair: a piece of cake(walk)

The 1901 Columbia Fair ended on Friday, August 23rd, and the next edition of the News devoted the lion's share of the ink to that worthy event. As always, folks from all parts of the county flocked to the Fair, and several mentions made of the out of town visitors. One short piece noted there were far too many visitors to mention by name, while another summed it up nicely: "They were here by the hundreds."


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2011-08-28 11:17:36 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Jim: History

Barbara Bryant sends more on Lonzo B. Barrett

Comments re article 46467 Query Looking for information on LB Barrett Sano community

Barbara Bryant Shepherd writes:
Ed, Carol is correct; L.B. is Lonzo B. Barrett and is buried in the White Cemetery in Adair County. His sister was Ellen Barrett Grider and his father, Dr. W.C. Barrett, my great-great grandfather. --Barbara Bryant Shepherd
Thanks: Just wondered though: There are two White Cemeteries, one White Cemetery at 2711 Dry Creek Road, up above The River; the other the White Cemetery, 671 Hatcher-White Road in Ozark, KY. It might help the videographers to know which one, and, if there is easy way to find the grave, an added note. Thanks so much for helping Officer John Harris with this project and sharing with CM readers. -EW


2011-08-28 10:49:33 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local History

BJ Fudge: Never be embarrassed when doing your best

Billy Joe Fudge writes:
As I always told my children and now share with my grandchildren, never be embarrassed when you are doing your best.

Ed, thanks again for being there for our community.

-Billy Joe Fudge
Thanks, Mr. Fudge. That encouragement almost imparts the verve to steal the greatest epitaph ever -temporarily, sadly - put on an Adair County Tombstone: He did the best he could -EW


2011-08-28 10:33:50 | Comments | Printable version

Another progressive speaks up for White Castle

John Nall agrees with Kristy Keene in the burgeoning controversy engulfing peaceful Columbia, KY, in the ongoing battle for America and White Castles vs. Iconoclastic Unsavory Culinary Elitism.

John Nall writes:
Unless it has changed, White Castle bought up all of their franchises years ago. At that time, all stores became company owned. I do agree, if WC did open here, they would be pleasantly surprised. - John Nall
Thanks. John Nall for agreeing with Kristy Keene and standing for The Right in what seems to be a divisive issue, which threatens to the very tranquillity of our county, splitting it right down the middle like a cooking knife in a ripe watermelon. I wish I had the nerve to take sides. Didn't want to steer up anything. But some questions we must face, distasteful as the debate may be. Thank you John Nall. -CM


2011-08-28 09:58:33 | Comments | Printable version

The Iconoclast: a sonnet, perhaps a tribute to Charles Marshburn

The Iconoclast of Greater Fairplay is not without an Army - perhaps a majority - of Supporters. CM is reluctantly posting this Sonnet to all Iconclasts, penned fifty years ago, but seen by some of Charles Marshburn's most ardent admirers as a fitting tribute to him. CM is taking no side in the controversy, ignited by an innocent-enough letter from Kristy Keene, who is, of course right. -CM
The Iconoclast
A sonnet written by Robert Stone in 1961, reprinted here by popular demand by the supporters of Charles Marshburn
Who seeks to educate, iconoclast
must be; indeed, iconoclast has been
and more in finding strength to say Amen
to statement upon statement now amassed.
Who seeks to educate, enthusiast
must be; indeed, an optimist who, when
a crooked pattern is destroyed, again
can hope what is revealed may be recast.

The jagged surface broken but betrays
complex designs more randomly disposed
than any one that hid the now disclosed.
The siren call of progress sounds to raise
a dauntless line of hopeful scientists
who, knowing all, believe design exists.

- Robert Stone, 18 October 1961 in The Peabody Post [published by the students of George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, Tennessee], page 5, Volume XV, Number 2, Wednesday, October 18, 1961


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2011-08-28 09:50:24 | Comments | Printable version

Tom Chaney: R725: The Help, the book behind the movie

Of Writers and Their Books. Book Review by Tom Chaney The Help. by Kathryn Stockett. First printed 18 July 2010, reprinted now because of the buzz about the movie, The Help .
The next earlier Tom Chaney Of Writers and Their Books column,Tom Chaney R724: Centre 6 - Harvard 0

By Tom Chaney

Unseen Women

I have just finished a most disturbing novel. It is The Help by Kathryn Stockett [G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2009].

Stockett, who is a young, white, woman from Jackson, Mississippi, has written about black servants in white families in the early 1960's in Jackson.


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2011-08-28 08:37:17 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Tom Chaney: Of Writers and Their Books

Anthony L. Keith earns Associate Degree in Respiratory Care

New graduate of Bowling Green Technical College has passed National Board Exams and is now working at Westlake Regional Hospital in Columbia, KY
Click on headline for full story plus photo(s)

By Melissa Keith

The family and friends of Anthony LaDon Keith are so proud of him and would like to congratulate him on recently graduating from Bowling Green Technical College with an Associate Degree in Respiratory Care.

Anthony has since gone on to pass both levels of his National Board Exams and is now a practicing Registered Respiratory Therapist. Anthony plans to further his education and acquire a Bachelors Degree in Health Science. Anthony currently works at Westlake Regional Hospital.

Anthony is the son of Clay and Melissa Keith of Columbia, Anthony has two brothers Johnathon and Dylon. Anthony is the grandson of Olie Clay and Betty Keith and Weldon and Lois Keltner. He is the great grandson of Carl and the late Nora Burris, the late Olie and Mary Keith, the late Roy and Dorcas Perkins, and the late Davis and Gladys Keltner. -Melissa Keith


2011-08-28 08:10:09 | Comments | Printable version

Charles Marshburn takes stab at sacred institution(s)

Comments re article 46474 Restaurants in Columbia White Castle would make person rich

Charles Marshburn writes:
All Columbia (the fast food capitol of Kentucky) needs is another junk food restaurant! Why not a Colton's Steakhouse, an Outback Steakhouse, an Appleby's, an O'Charlie's, a Longhorn Steakhouse, etc. You build it, and they will come! - Charles Marshburn
Editorial note: Now he's done it! Blasphemed revered Temple of the Slider - of a Sunday, no less!


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2011-08-28 07:57:54 | Comments | Printable version

Rowena, Russell Co. native W.T. McFarland, was de facto Mayor of Columbia, KY

Before 1921, when Columbia became a fifth class city, the "Mayor" was the city councillor who received the highest number of votes in the election for that office. And there was a time when a five-member board was elected with four members from districts, and one at large. Today, the City of Columbia is a Fourth Class City, with Mayor and 6 member council elected, at large
About: JIM: Chicken 1, Snake 0

By "Jim"
Written in response to question from factotum, CM

Mr.W.T. McFarland was indeed Mayor of Columbia. He was a native of Rowena, Russell County (far outside the bounds of the Sacred Triangle, I fear), but being a man of above-average sagacity, he early in life recognized Columbia as place of enlightenment -- a beacon of light and center of moral rectitude -- and removed himself thereto. He was a mason by trade, and, as I recall, did the stonework for what is now the L.R. McDonald Administration Building.


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2011-08-28 02:19:56 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local History

KSP Post 15 investigating Clinton Co., KY jail death

At this point, no foul play suspected. Autopsy is being performed.

By TFC Billy Gregory, Public Affairs OfficerKentucky State Police Post 15, Columbia, KY

The Kentucky State Police Post 15 , Columbia, KY, is investigating a death that occurred at the Clinton County Jail. At approximately 0800 hours KSP received a complaint from the Clinton County Coroner in regards the death of Christina York, age 25, of Albany, KY.


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2011-08-28 00:48:23 | Comments | Printable version

Labor Day Weekend Yard Sales coming in

Jack and Margie Collins writes:
Garage Sale: Friday and Saturday, September 2- 3, 2011, from 8am-3pmCT. at 80 Oxford Place, Columbia, KY, subdivision across from Walmart on Hwy. 80 West. Will have household items, clothes, patio table and chairs, etc. etc. -Jack and Margie Collins
See all the coming Yard Sales and Details on Posting Yours in YARD SALES


2011-08-28 00:43:59 | Comments | Printable version

Information for query about L.B. Barrett, from Officer John Harris

See CM REUNIONS

Carol Goodin Parker writes:
Ed, I'm almost positive that the L.B. Barrett about whom the inquiry was made is my grandfather, Lonzo Buchanan Barrett. Grandpa was born September 7, 1885, and when I was a child, we still got our mail on the Sano route. There was another L.B. Barrett in the Ella community, but if my memory serves me correctly, he was younger than Grandpa.

My brother, Larry Goodin, still lives in the Ella/Goodin's Cross Roads community and will be glad to share pictures and information. His phone number is 270-384-5026. I have a good bit of information about Grandpa and his parents, and I'd be happy to share also. My number is 270-726-2521. This sounds very interesting and Larry and I will be happy to help in any way we can. Thank you, Carol P. - Carol Goodin Parker
Above comment in answer to: Query: Looking for information on L.B. Barrett, Sano community from Kentucky Fish & Wildlife Officer John Harris


2011-08-28 00:40:48 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local History


It's Just Me Again, No. 321 : Grandma's Roast Beef

It's Just Me Again No. 321: Grandma's Roast Beef.Is Chuck Hinman your favorite Sunday with CM columnist, as many tell us? If so, we hope you'll drop him a line by email. Reader comments to CM are appreciated, as are emails directly to Mr. Hinman at: charles.hinman@sbcglobal.net
The next earlier Chuck Hinman column: Chuck Hinman: IJMA No. 173, Show and Tell at Tallgrass Estates

By Chuck Hinman

Grandma Mouser died of cancer when she was only forty-eight years old leaving my Grandpa the difficult task of raising a teen-age son, Uncle Orrel, by himself.


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2011-08-28 00:34:20 | Comments | Printable version

Student names from Melson Ridge photos

Kidlets in 1938 Melson Ridge School picture are named. Complete revelation comes in one week! Thanks to Historian Mike Watson

To ColumbiaMagazine.com

Hi Ed, I finally got the names of the students in the photos from Melson Ridge! This is all thanks to the amazing Mike Watson and his mother who names all those kidlets. If you would like to post the names it's fine with me, Mike said it was fine with him as well. Thanks for all the help! Tara Hadley-Hansen
Thank you and we can both be thankful that Mike Watson saw the query and took the time to further research the subject and share it with you and with our readers. We are so appreciative. We'll post the article, update the photo caption, and make a note in REUNIONS about the existence of the photo and caption.

2011-08-28 00:32:09 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback

Russell Countian injured in single vehicle crash E of Campbellsville, KY

Thomas Velli, 18, Russell Springs, KY, operating vehicle which left roadway, struck a fence and came to a rest. He was not belted. Treated and released at Taylor Co. Hospital. Arrested on DUI charge, lodged in the Taylor Co. Detention Center

By TFC Billy Gregory, Public Affairs OfficerKentucky State Police Post 15, Columbia, KY

CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY - Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Officer Jason Morris is investigating a single vehicle collision which occurred at 7:20pmET, Saturday, August 27, 2011, on US 68, 1 mile East of Campbellsville, KY.


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2011-08-28 00:21:39 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Police and Fire Reports

Letter: Re anxiety raised from reminder of Hoop Snakes

VARMINTOLOGY/FOLKLORE: "Jim" says bothersome Hoop Snakes not in same league as deadly cabbage snakes, which the gummint eradicated in 1906

Jim writes:
I feel your pain, Brother Waggener. Those hoop snakes are a bothersome lot, especially to folks like me who are long on imagination and short on smarts, but they're not in the same league as the dreaded deadly cabbage snakes.Fortunately, cabbage snakes were eradicated from the face of the earth about 1906.Or so the gummit tells us.... --Jim
Response to an anxiety-inducing letter from one M. Berry, an Adair Co., KY ex-patriate now living amidst a 'nest of Baptists' in Campbellsville, KY Was Jim's Chicken lasso-ing snake a Hoop one?


2011-08-28 00:20:01 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback

Mary Helen Thrasher, Cumberland Co., KY (d. Aug. 26, 2011)

She was a member of a large, highly respected family with strong ties in Cumberland and Monroe Counties of Kentucky, and Macon Co., Tennsessee.
Click on headline for complete obituary, photo(s)

Mrs. Mary Helen Lewis Thrasher, age 65, of Tompkinsville, Ky., formerly of Burkesville, Ky. passed away on Friday, August 26, 2011 at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville, TN.

Funeral Services for Mrs. Mary Helen Lewis Thrasher will be held on Wednesday August 31, 2011 at 10amCT in the Memory Chapel of Norris-New Funeral Home, 601 N. Main ST, Burkesville, KY, with burial in the Fern Hill Family Cemetery in Monroe Co., KY. Visitation after 3pmCT on Monday, August 29, 2011, until service time on Wednesday.


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2011-08-28 00:10:33 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries


Birthdays and Anniversaries for August 28
Happy Anniversary, John and Cathy Chowning | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Johnny and Shirley Jones, (1998) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Alexis Claywell | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Andrea Bault | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Angel Nashae Burton | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Billy Cowan | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Brady Allen Cowan (1999) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Cody Willis | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, George Pollard | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jacob Grider | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jamie Grider Benham | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Kenny Scott Guffey | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Krislee Johnson (2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Phillip Weston | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Tanner Dale Johnson (2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Virigina Nix | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jean Grider, Adair County, KY native (1941-2012) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Elmo Franklin, Columbia, KY (1947-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ronnie Alan Moore, Russell Springs, KY (1953-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Virginia Ann (Loy) Nix, Adair Co. native (1944-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Darlene Lois Butler, Columbia, KY (1962-2020) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rural Houston Compton, Metcalfe native (1942-2009) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jessie Marie Cox, Taylor Co., KY (1928) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Timothy Wayne Parson Taylor Co., KY (1962) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Heloise Neat, Adair Co., KY native (1916) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lucille (Mickey) Cogbill, 80, Burkesvillle, KY (1933-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bobby E. Shelton, Albany, KY (1958-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Fay Cowan, Adair Co., KY native (1927-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Calvin Eugene Price, Taylor Co., KY (1936-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Capt. Marion V. Bowman USMC Ret., Taylor Co., KY (1929-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Randy (Peanut) Hatfield, Casey Co., KY (1959-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jocelyn Kay Jackson, Taylor Co. KY, infant (2014-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Carmel Anderson, Russell Springs, KY (1945-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Myra Jean Meece, 90, Russell Co., KY (1925-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, William Carl Streeter, Liberty, KY (1941-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Maudye Anne Feese Hovious, Taylor Co., KY; Adair Co. native (1930-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ina Cochran, 47, Greensburg, KY (1968-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James Atwood (Wood) Corbin, Green Co./Adair Co., KY native (1941-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Doris Leslie Rattliff Rodgers, 83, Taylor Co. KY/Green Co. native (1933-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mistey Ann Jackson, 38, Summersville, KY (1978-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Kenneth (Kenny) Wilson, 73, Russell County, KY (1943-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ree Hannah Shuffett Larimore, Green County, KY (1939-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Hobert Bell, 82, Russell County, KY (1936-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Doris Burton, 81, Columbia, KY (1940-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Doris Robison, 88, Adair Co., KY native (1933-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Harold Dalton Cox, 82, Campbellsville, KY (1938-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jacquelyn (Jackie) Marie Brendel-Kean, Columbia, KY (1960-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Kenneth Wayne Spears, 62, Summer Shade, KY (1958-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mark Allen (Junk Man) Mattingly, 55, Columbia, KY (1967-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mike (Monkey) Reynolds, 61, Columbia, KY (1958-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Sunday, August 28, 2011
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6:00amCTTime to check Directory of Churches for Sunday morning & evening worship service schedules. | (ID:13205, Comment)
9:00amCTSaloma Baptist Church celebrating homecoming, 60th anniversary, August 28, 2011
Saloma Baptist Church, located at 1505 West Saloma Road five miles north of Campbellsville, will be celebrating Homecoming and 60th anniversary on Sunday, August 28, 2011. The day's activities include: Sunday School-10amET/9amCT. Worship-11amET/10amCT; 12pmET/11amCT potluck meal and fellowship hour; and an afternoon service at 1:30pmET/12:30pmCT "From the Heart" will be in concert during the afternoon service, and there will be historical presentations throughout the day. Historical photographs will be displayed along with presentation of a video containing highlights of the past 60 years. The public is invited to attend. -John Chowning, pastor | (ID:13859, Comment)
9:30amCTREUNIONS
Bro. Wilborn Bonta, Executive Director of the Russell Creek Association of Baptists, will be at Russell Heights Baptist Church, 19 N. Bramblett ST (MAP), Columbia, KY, for Homecoming on the fourth Sunday in August, August 28, 2011, starting with special programs for Sunday School at 9:30amCT and morning worship at 10:30amCT. A dinner will follow.Russell Heights Baptist Church has a rich history of service to the community. It began as a mission of the Columbia Baptist Church, which itself was started by the old Zion Baptist Church. Russell Heights Baptist Church has been an independent congregation within the Russell Creek Association of Baptists now for several decades. The pastor at Russell Heights is Bro. Darrell Treece.The congregation and Pastor Treece invite everyone to attend, especially former members of the church.

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Cockman Family will bring Bluegrass Gospel to Lighthouse, Knifley, KY
The Cockman Family Bluegrass Gospel from Sherrills Ford, NC. will be singing at the Lighthouse Tabernacle Church, 29 Mount Tussell RD, Knifley, KY, Saturday, August 27, 7pmET/6pmCT and Sunday August 28, 2011, at 10:30amET/9:30amCT. Lighthouse Tabernacle Church is located at 29 Mount Tussell Road just off HWY 76 in Knifley, Ky. 42753. Everyone is welcome to come for some good Bluegrass Gospel singing. Bro. Bill Warren Pastor. For more information call Alan Beavers 270-384-4038 or 270-634-4232 or Floren Morrison 270-585-1351. - Julinda Morrison | (ID:13803, Comment)
Homecoming Aug. 28, 2011, at Purdy Separate Baptist
Purdy Separate Baptist Church Homecoming will be Sunday, August 28, 2011, starting at 9:30amCT, With the Goodins singing and Bro. Mark Polston preaching. Lunch will be at around 12pm noon CT. Location: 8004 Liberty Road, Columbia, KY, in the Purdy community. -Lonnie McAllister | (ID:13899, Comment)
Friends in Jesus to sing at Jones Chapel, August 28, 2011
Friends in Jesus, will be singing Sunday morning August 28, 2011, at Jones Chapel United Methodist Church, 2267 Jones Chapel Road, Columbia Ky. Pastor Mike Moon and Congregation extend a welcome to one and all to join in this service. Sunday School begins at 9:30amCT with singing at 10:30amCT. - Terry Partin | (ID:13910, Comment)
10:00amCTBranstetter Park 85th Homecoming Sunday, August 28, 2011
The 85th Annual Branstetter Park Homecoming, Sunday, August 28, 2011, will include a 10amCT worship service with Rep. James Comer, Tompkinsville, KY, given the welcome address. Kathy White will read the memorial list, and Carol England Chaney will sing, "When you Walk the Last Mile of the Way." The devotional will be given by Bro. Glen LaFond, Columbia, KY, pastor of the Beaumont United Methodist Church, and the message will be delivered by Bro. Roger Poynter. Sources include basic information from Gaye Shaw, Executive Secretary, Edmonton-Metcalfe Co. Chamber of Commerce. Location: MAP, Branstetter Park : The trip is 35.5 miles from Downtown Columbia to Branstetter Park, with a driving time of just under one hour from the Columbia Square via Burkesville ST, Edmonton RD to Edmonton, and Tompkinsville RD to the Crossroads with KY 90. Branstetter Park is located nearby in just SW of the intersection. | (ID:13906, Comment)
10:30amCTFriends in Jesus to sing at Jones Chapel, August 28, 2011
Friends in Jesus, will be singing Sunday morning August 28, 2011, at Jones Chapel United Methodist Church, 2267 Jones Chapel Road, Columbia Ky. Pastor Mike Moon and Congregation extend a welcome to one and all to join in this service. Sunday School begins at 9:30amCT with singing at 10:30amCT. - Terry Partin | (ID:13907, Comment)
11:00amCTSneed Family will be live in concert at Mt. Carmel UMC (MAP), August 28, 2011
The Sneed Family will be live in concert at Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church, 2472 Mt. Carmel Road, Columbia, KY at 11amCT on Sunday, August 28, 2011. Bro. Steve Willis and congregation would like to make everyone welcome. - Jeana Pike | (ID:13809, Comment)
NoonCTChimes at Noon. Downtown Columbia, KY. Two Selections | (ID:13908, Comment)
1:00pmCTFuneral services in Columbia, KY, for Harold Wooldridge, formerly of Glensfork, KY (d. Aug. 28, 2011) | (ID:13885, Comment)
Funeral services in Campbellsville, KY for Donald Richardson, Taylor Co., KY (1940-2011) | (ID:13903, Comment)
2:00pmCT Eunice Church of God August meetings, Aug. 17-26, 2011 homecoming, August 28, 2011
FULL REVIVAL CALENDAR

"The August Meeting" at the Eunice Church of God, 12515 Liberty RD, has been held longer than anyone can remember. This year, there will be more services, 10 revival meetings, starting nightly at 6:30pmCT, August 17-26 followed by Homecoming on Sunday, August 28, 2011 at 2pmCT, dinner, and program at 3pmCT. Marjorie Payne | (ID:13794, Comment)
5:00pmCTEvening Chimes. Downtown Columbia, KY. Two Selections | (ID:13909, Comment)
6:00pmCTCoffey Family singing at Tabor Community Church, August 28, 2011
Adair County Sunday night singing

The Coffey Family will be singing at Tabor Community Church, 1477 Fairplay RD, Columbia Ky. on Sunday Night August 28, 2011 at 6pmCT. Pastor Ralph Hadley and congregation invite everyone to attend. - Patricia Hadley | (ID:13854, Comment)
6:30pmCTCrossroads Quartet singing at Egypt Christian Church, 4859 Knifley RD, Columbia, KY
Adair County Sunday night singing

The Crossroads Quartet will be singing at the Egypt Christian Church, 4859 Knifley RD, Columbia, KY on Sunday night, August 28, 2011, at 6:30pmCT. - Pastor DeLane Pinkston and congregation invite everyone to attend. -Robert Bell | (ID:13712, Comment)
Only by Grace at Victory Community Church, 107 N. Reed ST
Adair County Sunday Night Singing

Only by Grace will be singing at Victory Community Church, 107 N. Reed ST, Columbia, KY, at 6:30pmCT Sunday, August 28, 2011. Everyone is invited. -Sharon Wheeler | (ID:13861, Comment)

 

































 
 
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