Way We Were: Anderson had 40 schools in 1892

50 YEARS AGO
Jan. 18, 1962
According to research by Tom Parrot, the coldest day on record here was Feb. 9, 1899, when it reached 34 degrees below zero.

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PRETTY AS A PICTURE This foursome posed for a picture a several years ago. Seated is Mary Etta Waterfill, surrounded by, from left: Brunelle Casey, Ellis Reynolds and Lillian McGuire. Carolyn Casey Steilberg submitted the photo.

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This Robinson’s Jewelry Store ad ran in a 1954 edition of The Anderson News.

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KIRKLAND SCHOOL 1941 J. R. Barnett brought in most of the names for this photo. Brenda Scrogham called with those plus some more. Finally with a little more help, we have all the names for the Kirkland School students of 1941. Pictured, are, front row, from left: Carrol Griffey, Celestes Bowen, Wayne Riley, Kenneth Goodlett, Curtis Wells, Randall Barnett, J.R. Barnett, Sara Jenkins, Jessie Cammack, Inell Robinson, Kenneth (Bud) Yates, Lula Rose Bowen, Jean Scrogham; second row: Nettie Yates, Charles Brown, Onita Pinkston, Nancy Cammack, Charles Drury, Jr. Foster, Eula Barnett, Veldon Drury, Cletus Wells, James Cammack, Edna Cammack, Gertie Wells, Elsie Darnell, Virginia Bowen, Willard Satterly, Helen Robinson, J.R. Pinkston, Willard Gillis, Principal; back row: Pearl Yates, Louise Drury, Virginia Robinson, Mary Belle Barnett, Oneida Wells, Bobby Stine, Julian Dearinger, Juanita Bowen, Beaman Dearinger, Irene Drury, Marshall Foster, Edna Yates, Jean Satterly, and Margaret Jenkins.

Girl Scout Troop No. 1 was host to a folk dance party at the clubhouse on North Main Street, Tuesday night. Mr. O.B. Goodlett, Mrs. Oscar Cammack and Mrs. Roy Moore assisted Mrs. Thurman Brown, Mrs. Lafe Ardery, and Mrs. Ben Ripy, leaders of the troop.
Members and guests attending were: Cynthia Ardery, Susan Baxter, Christy Brown, Mary Jane Cammack, Barbara Cox, Donna Goodlett, Myra Goodlett, Nell Gorham, Debby Haydon, Lynn Moffett, Nancy Moore, Carolyn Newton, Thelma Puckett, Sara Ripy, Donna Shields, Beverly Shouse, Betty Jean Sims, Sheila Smith, Susan Stewart, Jane Yocum, Barbara Stucker, Marilyn Hutton, Gary McBrayer, Guy Simpson Jr., Billy Spencer, Elliott Wesley Garrison, Roy Moore, Jr., Wayne Stockton, Johnny Whitehead, Tommy Motley, Ronnie Morgan, Bill McDonald, Johnny Hanks, Mike Blacketer, Ed Ruggles Jr., Donald Robinson, Ralph Hahn, Howard Sullivan, John McWilliams, Larry Beckett, Steve Crossfield, Frankie Taylor, Anthony Marshall, Bill Cartinhour, Charles White Jr., Keith Klink, Jimmy Freeman Jr., Mike Stratton, Walter Stocker and Miss Dixie Grugin.
Jane Yocum was presented a farewell gift as she was leaving to make her home in Burgin.

Carolyn Casey was set to represent the Anderson County Fair and Horse Show in the state competition.

Wyatt Shely wrote in the “Our Heritage” column that in 1892 there were 40 schools in Anderson County.
Their names and enrollment were:
Bond’s Mill, 58; Buntain, 46; Raccoon, 24; Royalty, 63; Redman, 18; Anderson City, 24; Munday, 35; Lawrenceburg, 122; Providence, 37; Clifton, 7; McGinnis, 30; Salt River, 31; Hebron, 36; Camden, 65; Gordon, 17; Pleasant Grover, 67; Franklin, 30; Van Buren, 47; Griffey, 21; Lawrenceburg (colored) 107; Ripyville (colored), 19; Georgetown (colored) 58; Alton (colored), 26; Fox Creek (colored), 26; Hickory Grove, 45; Paxton, 28; Hughes, 50; Tyrone, 86; Union, 21; Stingy, 26; Fox Creek, 40; Friendship, 31; Young, 51; Goodlett, 27; Kays, 22; Snyder, 62; Johnsonville, 40; Tanner, 44; Penny’s Chapel, 31; Rutherford, 58; Alton, 40; Herndon, 34; Hedger, 40; Buck Lick, 20; Long, 31; Oak Grove, 26; and Marlowe, 28.

Deaths
Mary Ellen Morris, 63, widow of R.L. Morris; Edd Bailey, 59, retired farmer; Sadie Clay Waterfill, 89, widow of J.W. Waterfill; Walter J. Stratton, 77, retired farmer; J.F. Edington, 84, retired farmer; Hugh T. Collins, 69, Shelby County farmer; Herman Mayes, 77.

30 YEARS AGO
Jan. 21, 1982
New officers, directors and committee chairmen of the Anderson County Chamber of Commerce were pictured on the back page. They were: Paul Vaughn Jr., treasurer; Ralph Homan, Wilmer C. Gash and Paul Hanks, directors; Eugene Williams, merchants committee chairman; Jim Link, director; Charles Williams, vice president; Marvin Edwards, chairman of the board of directors; Jim Marquardt, president; and David Melloan, advertising committee chairman.

Some residents of Lawrenceburg were without water for a time Sunday morning, after the pumps at the Kentucky River pumping station froze. Pumping was resumed about 9 a.m., according to City Engineer Bob Bradshaw, but outlying residents had no water for several hours.

The Wilmer Drury residence at the intersection of Ballard and Puncheon Creek Roads was destroyed by fire. Mr. Drury suffered second-degree burns in the blaze that was believed to be caused by faulty wiring in the bathroom.

Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Sparrow celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary.

Whole fryers were 49 cents a pound at Pic Pac Supermarket. Charmin bath tissue was 88 cents for a 4-roll package with a $7.50 purchase.
Deaths
Claude D. Cheek, 86, retired farmer, former grocery store owner and former school bus driver; Kathleen Dickerson Thompson, 62, mother of Donley Baker of Lawrenceburg; Richard G. Franklin, 37, VA employee assigned to the Vietnam Veteran’s Outreach Program and Kentucky Dept. of Human Resources; Emery Merryman, 88, native of Anderson and Mercer counties.

15 YEARS AGO
Jan. 15, 1997
 A new food court featuring a variety of restaurants broke ground at U. S. 127 Bypass and Highway 62.

Tim Wells of Fox Creek Christian Church won the second place trophy in the drama competition at the Kentucky teens for Christ convention.

Air Force Airman Christopher W. Smith graduated from basic training.

Ted Kiser was voted as “Employee of the Year,” at Heritage Hall Health Care Center.
Ted started as an LPN, later to be promoted to charge nurse on the 3-11 shift.
Deaths
Lucy Claycraft, 78, retired employee of Southern Molding; Mary Lee Eades Cornish, 48, former bus driver for Bluegrass Community Action, former employee of Revco Drug Store and Convenient Food Mart; Flora Frances Nevins Cunningham, 88, charter member of Alton Baptist Church; Edward R. Drury, 70, quality control supervisor of appliances manufacturing at General Electric; William Holland McKinney, 75, loved to sing and had been a member of the Settle Memorial United Methodist Church choir for more than 50 years; Lillie Mae Brown Penny, 66, wife of Stanley William Penny; George D. Stewart, 83, former employee of Peabody Coal Mine; George Davis Sutton, 82, farmer and retired from Huffman Distillery; Betty Joyce Thompson, 52, sister of Gayla McCurdy of Lawrenceburg; Jacob “Jake” Wainscott, 87, farmer and caretaker of the Lawrenceburg Cemetery for 15 years.