Memories spring eternal ...

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

100 YEARS AGO (1907)

Ten cent thread is one of the possibilities that faces the housewife. This is a jump of six cents the spool from the price paid not long ago. There is every indication that the wholesale price will advance until the retailer will be compelled to charge 10 cents the spool.

Many housewives, in anticipation of the threatened increase, are buying a supply and laying it up for future use.

The Department of Justice is now engaged in a preliminary inquiry into the affairs of the American Thread Co. with a view of legal proceedings against it as one of the bad trusts which misuse their tremendous power.

Bert Manning and family and George Combs and family have returned from a week of camping at Fern Glen, near Walkertown.

The pallbearers for the late R.A. Herrick are requested to meet at the Konantz undertaking establishment at 1 p.m.

tomorrow. The funeral will be conducted from Grace church.

The horse shoe game is popular in several places in town.

The boarders at Mrs. Margaret Ament's have formed a team that is out for the state championship. In one game last night one player threw three ringers.

75 YEARS AGO (1932)

"To Serve Humanity Better" was the well chosen title of handsome booklets, compliments of the Konantz Mortuary, presented visitors today when open house was held at the mortuary and chapel, 13-15 West Wall Street. The booklets were printed by the Monitor Binding and Printing Co. The ladies were given favors of American Beauty roses. The flower girls were the Misses Marilyn and Hazel Marie Konantz, Katheryn and Helen Huffine. The founder of the Konantz firm, George A.

Konantz, his son A.B. (Bruder) Konantz, and his nephew W.

Earl Konantz received congratulations.

Demand that county officers voluntarily accept a salary cut of at least 10 percent, made at the county budget hearing yesterday, has not been the basis of any definite action by the county commissioners. The motion for a salary cut was made by Jonathan M. Davis, who also made a motion that negotiations be opened with the several high schools of this locality, looking to a reduction of the tuitions charged the Bourbon County students from outside their districts, and for which the county has to pay. The motion carried.

50 YEARS AGO (1957)

Mr. and Mrs. Corwin Hinkley, Pawnee Station, had a dinner Sunday honoring their son Major Quintis Hinkley and family, Castle Air Force Base, Calif. Hinkley was one of the crew members of he B -52 that made the first all jet non-stop around the world flight on Jan.

18, 1957.

Mrs. Ruby Bradshaw is moving her beauty shop from the Goodlander Hotel to an upstairs location above Mason's Fashions, 19 South Main.

Bethel (By Mrs. Walter Collins)--Most of the combining has been completed in this vicinity after a long hard siege The birds should be well fed this winter, as much grain was shattered and large portions were left uncut.

In an interesting game of baseball the Edmiston Red Sox defeated the VFW Phillies 5-2 in the Pee Wee League at the South Main Field. The contest went six innings. The winning pitcher was Tommy Gorman.

There was only one extra base hit, Mickey Carpenter of the Phillies hitting a double in the fifth inning driving in a run.

WASHINGTON (AP)--Rep. Fulton (R-Pa) suggested today that five cent stamps be required on all first class letters to help finance an electronic postal service.

25 YEARS AGO (1982)

No publication.

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