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The Way We Were

  • PETER MUCCIO SETS RECORD IN GLIDER DURATION

    50 YEARS AGO

    Thursday, Aug. 18, 1966

    Vickie Thacker, 5, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Thacker and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Hutton appeared on the T-Bar-V show.

    H.H. Hobbs was a patient at the Frankfort hospital with a fractured wrist. He went to sleep while watching television Saturday night and when he awakened and got up, he lost his balance and fell.

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  • Movie studio may use Lawrenceburg sites in film

    50 YEARS AGO

    Thursday, Aug. 11, 1966

    Twentieth Century Fox movie studio of Hollywood, California was in and out of Lawrenceburg for several weeks looking at areas to shoot a movie.

    The movie was to be titled “Flim Flam Man,” and was a comedy starring George C. Scott and an unknown actor.

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  • John W. Russell Day celebrated at senior center

    50 YEARS AGO

    Thursday, Aug. 4, 1966

    John Michael Flynn, grandson of Mrs. J.W. Flynn, completed basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas and had reported to Dyess Air Force Base at Abilene.

    Airman Donnie J. Rogers returned to MacDell Air Force Base in Florida after a 13-day leave with his parents and brother, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Rogers and Glenn Rogers Jr.

    The first hole-in-one to be made at the new Bob-O-Link Golf Course was made by Johnny C. Cornett of Lexington, according to course owner Robert O. Etherington.

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  • CARTINHOUR CELEBRATES 102ND BIRTHDAY

    50 YEARS AGO

    Thursday, July 28, 1966

    Wanda Drury, 17, daughter of Susie B. Drury of Lawrenceburg, was crowned “Miss Mercer County Fair.”

    Wesley Sharp, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Sharp, entered the Good Samaritan Hospital in Lexington for the fifth operation on his hand. He had been injured when a dynamite cap exploded in his hand.

    Junior 4-H Beef show winners at the Lawrenceburg Fair were:

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  • KAREN MCDONALD NAMED MISS BLUEGRASS FAIR

    50 YEARS AGO

    Thursday, July 21, 1966

    At the market — You could get 5-pounds of ocean perch fillets for $1.69 at A&P Supermarket. 5-pounds of chicken livers were $1.89.

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  • Antioch Church burns before Sunday evening service

    50 YEARS AGO

    Thursday, July 14, 1966

    John E. Tracy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Tracy, returned home after receiving his discharge from the U.S. Air Force. Tracy spent four years in the service. He came home from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

    Whew! The most talked about subject in Anderson County this week was the weather. It had been a scorcher with temperatures going to near record heights.

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  • EUITH CROSSFIELD CELEBRATES 100TH BIRTHDAY

    50 YEARS AGO

    Thursday, July 7, 1966

    Sue Cole, 19, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.T. Cole, won the title of Miss Fox Creek R.E.C.C.

    Billy Caldwell suffered a severe cut on his hand while using a chain saw. He was admitted to the Central Baptist Hospital.

    Gov. Edward Breathitt named Lee Rucker, a farmer of the southwestern section of Anderson County, magistrate of the fifth district. Former magistrate Elbert Stinnett resigned when he moved out of the district.

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  • COUNTY GETTING READY FOR BICENTENNIAL

    50 YEARS AGO

    Thursday, June 30, 1966

    Kenneth Riley, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Riley of Mercer County, was seriously injured at the Calvin Morgan Service Station on U.S. 62, just west of Lawrenceburg, where he was employed.

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  • Shingleton honored, receives letter from president

    50 YEARS AGO

    Thursday, June 23, 1966

    Wanda Drury, 17, was the winner of the beauty contest sponsored by the Pioneer Optimist Club at the Mercer County Fairgrounds in Harrodsburg. She is a daughter of Susie B. Drury and the late Charles Drury.

    Second place winner was Sue Reynolds, 18, Bondville, and third place honors went to Diana Mountjoy, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lin Morgan Mountjoy of Anderson County.

    Mrs. Phillip Roddy pulled a ligament in her right hip while water skiing on the Kentucky River Sunday.

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  • Crain graduated cum laude in physical education

    50 YEARS AGO

    Thursday, June 16, 1966

    James J. Brown placed first in his class in the Bluegrass Rally Car Show in Versailles. He showed a 1935 model automobile.

    Paul Johnson, who returned from duty in Viet Nam where he was injured on March 24, was spending a 30-day convalescent leave with his parents, Anderson County Jailer Lucien Johnson and Mrs. Johnson, and his brother Robert.

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