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The Way We Were

  • Way We Were: Tennis court to be built at fairgrounds

    50 YEARS AGO
    May 2, 1963
    Eleven 4-H club members participated in the junior District Rally held at the Jessamine County High School. Seven blue ribbons and three red ribbons were awarded.

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  • Way We Were: Bird to enter big bass in sports magazine contest

    50 YEARS AGO
    April 25, 1963
    James M. Waterfill fell at the Calvert Distillery where he was employed and suffered a fractured rib.

    Co-designer of unique device
     to aid divers

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  • Way We Were: Farm Bureau Agent Arlie Gritton retired

    50 YEARS AGO
    April 17, 1963
    It was thought that the last team of oxen used in Anderson County was owned by Jim A. Leathers. Many of our older citizens remembered the sturdy ox as he pulled the plow or dragged the heavy saw logs to the mill.
    In remote section of the Eastern Kentucky mountains the ox was still be used. A pair of ox shoes that were being displayed in the Anderson News window were secured by Wyatt Shely from a friend in Johnson County, where the ox is still in common use.

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  • Way We Were: Allison Smith continues reign as Jersey Queen

    50 YEARS AGO
    April 10, 1963
    Beckham Sea, farmer of the southwestern section of the county, escaped with minor injuries when his tractor overturned. He jumped clear of the machine but received lacerations on his legs.

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  • Way We Were: Mark Patrick county spelling bee champ
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  • Way We Were: Winners ate steak, losers ate beans

    50 YEARS AGO
    Feb. 21, 1963
    Jerry Gritton, Western High basketball player, suffered a fracture of his left arm in practice Wednesday afternoon.
    He was admitted to the Frankfort hospital.

    Darrell W. Sullivan, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse F. Sullivan underwent nine weeks of basic training at the Naval Training Center at Great Lakes, Ill.

    Feb. 28, 1963
    William Burton fell Sunday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Bobby Clay, and suffered a severe cut of his mouth. Several stitches were required to close the wound.

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  • Way We Were: 'Tender' memories honored Dot McMichael

    50 YEARS AGO
    Feb. 7, 1963
    Eighty-three pints of blood were received at the local center with 10 rejections recoded because of lack of iron or because prospective donors had received shots for colds during the past six weeks and the blood drive.
    William Nevins, who gave his 40th pint and who received a 5-gallon pin from Chairman Truman Birdwhistell, was the largest donor in the county.

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  • Way We Were: Cash, cigarettes and a roll of bologna taken

    50 YEARS AGO
    March 14, 1963
    About $270 in cash, eight cartons of cigarettes and a roll of bologna were taken from the City Cab Company located on College Street, when the grocery and cab company was broken into sometime over the weekend, according to owner Gib Shouse.
    There was another $180 taken from the Greyhound Bus Company when the perpetrators pried open a money box.
    Detective Don Powers, Police Chief William Kirby and Officers James Smith and Jimmy Hawkins investigated the incident.

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  • Way We Were: Eagles get in-county braggin' rights

    50 YEARS AGO
    March 7, 1963
    The 70-acre farm of Harry and Fyrne Barnes, located about one mile east of Lawrenceburg on the Versailles Road, sold at auction to Charles L. Scott for $33,500.

    Cold winter
    The thermometer at Lock No. 5 registered zero or below 14 times from Jan. 1 to March 1 and, during this same period, it was only above freezing three times during the early morning hours.
    These figures were supplied by Tom Parrot, who said his rain barrel had had ice in it continuously since the middle of December.

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  • Way We Were: Shane Stratton wins math bowl at AMS

    50 YEARS AGO
    Feb. 28, 1963
    Sixty names were drawn from the jury wheel to serve as Grand and Pettit jurors at the March term of Anderson Circuit Court.

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