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Letter: 21 inches of snow in Fairplay in Storm of 1960

Dave Rosenbaum writes:
Thank you for the article and photos of the 1960 snowfall. In he early morning after the snow fell, I went to the center of the road (704) between our house and store at Fairplay and used a yardstick to measure twenty-one (21) inches of snow.
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Public Square in the snow, ca 1960



2022-12-10 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Doug Beard.
One of the images Doug Beard was able to pull from a film shot during a heavy snowstorm in Columbia, during or shortly after what we think is likely the large snowstorm of March 1960. Doug thinks that this is "the grocery store (IGA or Kroger) where Ben Franklin later occupied."

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Thanks to JIM for an update on this scene: IGA Super Market on the Columbia Square

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The snowstorm of March 1960

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Doug Beard has put together a series of still images taken from a film shot during a heavy snowstorm in Columbia, during or shortly after what we think is likely the large snowstorm of March 1960. The unusually heavy snowfall ground things to a halt in Adair County and the region that spring.

Doug writes, "This film was shot by the late Russell Murphy, I think around 1960, and these images were captured from a DVD of our family archives."

From the Wednesday, March 9, 1960 issue of the Adair Co. News:
Columbia, Adair County and most of the rest of Kentucky was all but paralyzed today, Wednesday, [March 9, 1960] as seven to eighteen inches of snow was dropped throughout the State. There was an even fourteen inches in Columbia.

Most stores and businesses remained closed. Highways were impassable and highway graders and wreckers were the only vehicles moving at delayed press time early this morning.

The next week, the News was able to do a more thorough reporting of the storm and its effects. From the Wednesday, March 16, 1960 Adair Co. News:


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2023 KDA internship application period now open

From Lisa Tolliver

Frankfort, KY - Agriculture Commissioner Dr. Ryan Quarles encourages Kentucky college students seeking a career in agriculture or government to apply for positions in the Kentucky Department of Agriculture's (KDA's) internship program for the 2023 summer.

To apply, download and complete the application on the KDA's website at kyagr.com/marketing/internship-program.html. "Kentucky Department of Agriculture internships offer the unique opportunity to work alongside our employees and agriculture community," Commissioner Quarles said. "This experience can give students valuable insight to launch careers in agriculture or an ag-related field. If you are a college student with an interest in an agricultural career, we encourage you to apply."


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CU graduates urged to love and leave a legacy

By Joan C. McKinney

Campbellsville, KY - "A great place to start your journey today is with love."

Dr. Donna Hedgepath, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Campbellsville University, shared this advice as she gave the address at two of Campbellsville University's three commencement ceremonies Dec. 9 in Ransdell Chapel.

There were 668 candidates for graduation.


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Haiku by Robert Stone for December 10, 2022

Thankful for nothing,
those desperate will still pray
on their own behalf.
--Robert Stone, Saturday, 10 December 2022.
-1000 haiku fourth time, more days coming up, Day 4106


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Birthdays and Anniversaries for December 10
Happy Anniversary, Nancy Coffey Cundiff and James Miller Cundiff (1983) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Alexis Tooley (1991) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Alice Akin | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Amy Chelf-Lane | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy birthday, Bobby Joe Phillips | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Claria E. Rodgers | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jacob Curry (1989) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jonathan Conover (1968) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Josh Brockman | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Melissa Alley | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Prunice Jeffrey Barnett (1969) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Virginia Faye Powell Warren | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James Samuel Collins, Sr., Adair Co., KY (1924) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Wallace Levon Hadley, Adair Co., KY (1934) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Charles Ripley, Adair County, KY (1933-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lillian C. Saucer, 84, Adair County, KY (1929-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Alberta Jane Bailey, 80, Columbia, KY (1941-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Anna Smith Norman, 84, Russell County, KY (1933-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Barbara Jean Gibson, Hodgenville, KY (1937-2017) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Barney Groce, 42, Burkesville, KY (1971-2014) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bernice T. Wilson, Campbellsville, KY (1925-2012) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Betty Rowe Vaughn, 99, Taylor County, KY (1916-2016) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Charles Ray Pace, Jr., 56, Burkesville, KY (1961-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Edward Sebastian, Casey Co., KY (1924-2011) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Garon Parrish, Columbia, KY (1934-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Gerald Lynn Rice, 74, Taylor County, KY (1942-2017) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, J.R. (Slick) Polston, Taylor Co., KY (1946-2014) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James Perry Kelsay, 82, Glens Fork, KY (1939-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jeffery (Jay) Wright, 37, Campbellsville, KY (1983-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jo Bessie Grant, 80, Columbia, KY (1939-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Katrina Lee Arnett Frazier, 55, Tompkinsville, KY (1962-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ken Dotson, Taylor Co., KY (1967-2011) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Kenneth (Kenny) Hord, 66, Taylor Co., KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Larry Hall, Greensburg, KY (1954-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lawrence Cladus (L.C.) Pickett, 90, Adair Co., KY native (1932-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Malcolm Dale Carter, 64, Burkesville, KY native (1955-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Marie Wheat Helm (1948) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Exie Wisdom, 99, Green Co., KY native Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Nathan Giles, 85, Columbia, KY (1936-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Nella Mae Jackson, 92, Russell County, KY (1920-2013) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Phillip Dale Woodrum, 60, Casey Co., KY (1956-2017) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rev. William D (Billy) Barlow, Metcalfe Co, KY (1933-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Sarah Emma Green, 86, Louisville, KY (1935-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Shelby Jean Graham, 77, Columbia, KY (1943-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Tommy Arbuckle, 62, Campbellsville, KY (1960-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Walter Edwin (Jack) Pike, Taylor Co., KY (1924-2013) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Willie Roscoe Finley, 91, Burkesville, KY (1927-2019) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Winston H. Roy, 76, Russell County, KY (1942-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Saturday, December 10, 2022
All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
8:00amCTBreakfast with Santa at ACMS | (ID:64235, Comment)
Last day to sign up for Adair Co. Fair Annual Christmas Drive
If you know a family in need, please call Jamie Hadley at 270-250-3075. Leave a message with number of people in the household, a contact number, address and ages & sex of each child in the household. | (ID:64328, Comment)
8:30amCTACHS Freshman Boys Basketball vs Warren Central | (ID:64032, Comment)
10:00amCTLWC winter commencement ceremonies | (ID:64340, Comment)
10:30amCTACHS Freshman Boys Basketball vs Thomas Nelson | (ID:64033, Comment)
1:00pmCTServices for Shera Sanders, 64, Casey Creek, KY (1958-2022) | (ID:64332, Comment)
5:00pmCTACHS JV Boys Basketball at Somerset Christian | (ID:64009, Comment)
Christmas in the Park drive-through nightly at Little League Park | (ID:64297, Comment)
Bloomington Chapel Church Live Nativity at the drive-through Christmas | (ID:64318, Comment)
6:00pmCTCU presents: Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Russ Mobley Theatre, 114 University Drive, Campbellsville | (ID:64270, Comment)
Bethlehem Separate Baptist Church Christmas Play: Never Too Old for Christmas | (ID:64323, Comment)
Christmas in Knifley | (ID:64329, Comment)
6:30pmCTACHS Varsity Boys Basketball at Somerset Christian | (ID:63980, Comment)
NEW TIME: Edmonton Christmas Parade | (ID:64292, Comment)

 
































 
 
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