The Way We Were

50 YEARS AGO
May 10, 1962
Ed Grace was named president of the newly reactivated Anderson County Sportsman’s Club. There were about 30 members at the first meeting.
Other officers were: Arlie Gritton, vice president; Billy Sayre, secretary-treasurer. The club had been inactive for about two years.

Charlotte Vaughn, junior student at the University of Kentucky, was recognized for distinguished academic achievement at the annual Honors Day ceremonies at Memorial hall.

50 YEARS AGO
April 19, 1962
Three members of Scout Troop 230 and the Assistant Scoutmaster participated in an 18-mile hike.
Cecil McFarland, Larry Beckett and Donald Robinson, with assistant scoutmaster Paul Dadisman hiked from Burnside to Zollicoffer Park near Nancy, Ky. The trip took them about six hours.
Scouts in Troop 37 participated in and eight-mile trek along the Centennial Zollicoffer Train from Somerset to the Zollicoffer State Park. Scout leaders J.D. Cook, Guy Simpson and Bill Hunt accompanied them.

50 YEARS AGO
April 5, 1962
School board member Rual Hays broke one rib and severely pulled two more when he fell from his corn crib. He was recovering at home.

The Plainview farm owner, R.C. Tway, named Kenny Walker, 25, native of Lawrenceburg, trainer of the Plainview Farm Stables.
Walker had 10 years experience. His training was gained under the veteran trainer-rider Frank Bradshaw and he spent one year in Missouri with Bill Cunningham.
Walker is a nephew of Deputy County Clerk Susan Walker.

50 YEARS AGO
March 15, 1962
The following is a column by Wyatt Shely about Mrs. Myrtie Sweeney Morris, the oldest living teacher in Anderson County at the time.
“Unless God gives us children of our own or children of others to teach, we fail to know in our old age the happiness that now comes to Mrs. Myrtie Sweeney Morris as she recalls the many years that she was privileged to serve in our one-room schools.