Weekend Visits Reported Across Local Homes
Mr John Dickey on furlough from Gamp Taylor visited home. Mr Prowitt Jones spent Saturday night with Charley Daal. Mr Jim MacAllen stayed Saturday night at Pine Grove with Mr and Mrs Cal Abner of Irvine. They spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Robert Blanton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dickey
Gamp Taylor
Prowitt Jones
Charley Daal
Jim MacAllen
Pine *Grove
Cal Abner
Irvine
Robert Blanton
Local News Notes From Grassy Lick and Nearby Areas
Correspondence reports attendance at a Grassy Lick Church Children’s Exercise and visits to Camargo Winchester and Stoops. The 268 acre farm sale by Keyes Fox to Swope Cunningham is noted, plus family visits and health concerns. A protracted Baptist meeting begins the first Sunday in July led by Revs Black and Eastes inviting attendance.
Rain drives fear for potato and tobacco yields in region
The report notes urgent rainfall needs as potatoes suffer and about half the tobacco crop is set out by machine. Labor is scarce with wages from 2 to 5 dollars daily. A surprise wedding in Mt Sterling unites Robert G Chapple and Anna Wells. Miss June Barnes returns from Richmond and Irene Combs visits from Stanton. Bige Wyatt and family relocate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Sterling
Robert G. Chapple
Anna Wells
June Barnes
Richmond
Scho
Irene Combs
Stanton, Ky
Bige Wyatt
Local Social Roundup From Sewell's Shop and Nearby Towns
Mr and Mrs Butler Allen and others spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs George Allen. Miss Ruth Beall returned home after visiting Miss Ella Delaney. Charley Douglas has been ill then improved. Lettie Keller was in Mt Sterling on business last week. Harriett Rupard returned from Winchester visiting sister Mrs Webb. Jesse Blanton visiting friends at Avon. L T Howard and granddaughter Carolyn D Baker returned home after visiting relatives. L J Hinds returned home after visiting Jeffersonville. Ida Mie Delaney is quite ill at home. Stanley and Ethel Douglas attended a show in Winchester Saturday night. Will Gordon spent Wednesday with his father Thomas Gordon. Charley Irvine spent Wednesday with her mother. Dillard Gentry returned home after visiting Mr John Lee Allen. Stanley Douglas spent Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler Allen
Bud Hazlewood
Ernest Allen
Dillard Gentry
George Allen
Ruth Beall
Ella Delaney
Charley Douglas
Lettie Keller
Mt. Sterling
Harriett Rupard
Winchester
Mrs. Webb
Jesse Blanton
Avon
L. Tl. Howard
Carolyn D. Baker
L. J. Hinds
Jeffersonville
Ida Mie Delaney
Stanley
Ethel Douglas
Will Gordon
Thomas Gordon
Charley Irvine
John Lee Allen
Stanley Douglas
Tobacco and crops mark unsettled harvest notes
Small acreage remains to be harvested for tobacco while wheat harvest is active and some grain is badly down. Farmers report dry fields, clover hay losses, and a call for rain. Residents include Miss Anna Lou Barkley visiting in Owingsville and others traveling to Cincinnati, Dayton, and Camp Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James O. Spratt
Sharpsburg
Mt. Sterling
Anna Lou Barkley
Paris
Robert Barkley
Earl Reid
Louisville
Granville Reid
Camp Taylor
Henry Ford
Michigan
Martin Hallearn
Dayton
Ohio
Mutual
Okla
House of Representatives
Congress
R. L. Stone
Willie Boyd Stone
Owingsville
Thos. J. Carr
Almanza Stone
Rain Struggles Touch Crips and Gardens in Local Area
Local reports note Crips and gardens suffering due to dry conditions. Numerous community updates follow including visits, family gatherings, and social events. The Ladies' Aid plans an ice cream supper at the Levee on June 29 with a large turnout anticipated.
Rain Craves Growers and Local Social Checks
The passage notes farmers and crops crying for rain. Social visits are listed with Mrs L O Myers and Hazel, Mrs Browning and child, and Miss Cleo and Mary Hackney at Union. A quick trip to Preston is mentioned by Miss Josephine Shackelford Grace Shackelford and Imogene Stephens. Mrs Will Day of Winchester is noted as the woeah of Miss Nannie Streets and Miss Cleo and Mary Hackney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. O. Myers
Hazel
Browning
Cleo
Mary Hackney
Union
Josephine
Grace Shackelford
Imogene Stephens
Preston
Will Day
Winchester
Nannie Iteet
Mary Hackyey
Sunday Notes From Local Families
Sunday visits highlight family ties as Mrs. Chas Bed remains ill at her home near here. Mr. Senitt Garner from near Plemsburg visits his wife and mother Mrs. J. Thompson. Miss Lillian and Freeda Shackelford call on their grandmother Mrs. L. A. Stephens near Johnson.
Through setting tobacco and ripening wheat theme noted
The column mentions tobacco setting and fast ripening wheat as harvest nears. Social notes list visits among Mrs. Clay Fogg, Mrs. Lawrence Gillispie, Mrs. Lige Jones, and others. Mt Sterling and Winchester appearances. June Meeting at Ephessis. Lula Jones receiving a Camp Taylor message. and several family visits including Crump and Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay Fogg
Lawrence Gillispie
Lige Jones
Nannie Mae
Marietta
Near Thomson
Lula Jones
Henry Gillispie
Will Haydon
Mt. Sterling
Charlie Sullivan
R. B. Swope
Winchester
Joe Sullivan
Ephessis
C. L. Dean
Mary Jones
L. M. Gillispie
Riggs Haydon
Robert Haydon
Lizzie Casey
Bramblet Gillispie
Frank Bartlett
Camp Taylor
Willie Belle Crump
Lucy Crump
Sewell
Callie Jones
Insurance rate hike for fire and tornado coverage announced
An increase of 10 percent on all Fire and Tornado insurance rates becomes effective after July 1st, with exceptions for farm property and automobiles. Contact C. W. Kirkpatrick, Agent, for additional insurance options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Kirkpatrick
Draft age expansion gains support in Senate hearing
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, chairing the Senate Military Committee, backs extending the draft to men aged eighteen to forty-five as part of the $12 billion army appropriation bill. He argues many over thirty are idle and should be reached, signaling progress toward universal conscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crowder
Senator Chamberlain
Oregon
Senate Military Committee
the Advocate
Government Orders Allow Nonproductive Occupations
Rules require local boards to consider withdrawal of deferred classification and late order numbers. Nonproductive occupations may be extended by regulation, but until then must be listed. Grounds accepted as reasonable excuses include sickness, vacation, lack of outside opportunities, temporary absences, and compelling domestic hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ww. S
Mt Sterling Boys Sailors Selected for Quartermaster School
John R. Thomas Homer and Russell French from Mt. Sterling have joined the navy and were chosen to attend the Quartermasters School at Great Lakes Til It is expected the course will last two to three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Thomas
Homer and
Russell French
Mt. Sterling
Navy
Quartermasters School
Great Laks
Til
For Sale Saddle and Work Horses and Tack
For sale one saddle horse two work horses and two work miles. Apply to C B Clark phone 608 W 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Clark
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Coop & Lent
Big Circus
Grassy Lick
Glenmoe Bramble
Lee Bramble
Harrison Hodge
Camargo
Elizabeth Hoskin
Dee Cooper
Ernest Clarrison
James H. Keyes
George H. Fox
J. C. Swope
E. 8. Cunningham
Mrs. Rose
Lexington
Prewitt Jones
Ashland
Stepstone
Clarence Donaldson
Near Stoops
John Wigginton
Richard Montjoy
Charles Carr
Francis of
Stoops
Baptist Church
J. W. Black
Eastes
Morehead, Ky
Howards Mill
Sewell’s Shop
Mt. Sterling Advocate Automobile
Advocate
J. T. Murphy
H. Witt
Libbie Thompson
Lucy Baker
T. J. Douglas
Mary Douglas
Ila Lee
Thomson Station
Dr. Knox
Nell Witt
E. W
S. 8
Ladies’ Aid Society
Levee
Garland Monroe
Royden Faulkner
Monroe
Mary Belle
Kathryn Monroe
Delta Faulkner
C. C. Douglas
Stynder Witt
Delia Faulkner
Arthur Chase
This Place
Rollie Witt
St. Witt
Strauder Witt
V. R. Faulkner
Viola Katherine
J. L. Faulkner
Spencer
the Strother Motors Co., Inc
MT. Sterling, KY
Bonanza
Blue Ridge Oil
Rex
Bankers
Trinity
Big Four
Farmers
Games
W. P. French
Brown-Proctoria Hotel
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