History of the Town of Hillsboro & Its Inhabitants
by
William M. Talley, Vanceburg, KY &
Jean Rankin Denton (dec.), Flemingsburg, KY
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[Published in the Fleming Gazette June 25, 1953]
"When I was a very small boy", writes famous Methodist minister Henry
Clay NORTHCUTT, "I sometimes visited a hatter shop kept by a very old man,
by name FOUDRAY. He lived at a cross roads, one leading North to Flemingsburg,
the other East and West ... This shop manufactured our hats, mostly of wool but
some of fur."
"I remember the old Bell crown stove-pipe style (hat) at least an inch in
diameter, larger at the top than at the band. There were three sons of that
family: William, James and Sacheverell. The first was a hatter; the second was a
salesman in dry goods stores; the third, called Chev for short, was the first
tavern and saloon-keeper of the village."
It was this family of first settlers in that region, the FOUDRAYS, which gave
the name Foudraysburg to the village. For some time the town was known as
"the burg", but we are told that later, the citizens themselves named
it Hillsboro.
The incorporation of the town at Hillsboro, Ky. was accomplished on February 7,
1839. At that time, the population was 250. According to the 1950 census, the
population is now 150.
The very first business in Hillsboro was, of course, the above mentioned
hatter's shop, owned and operated by the FOUDRAYS and located facing Main St.
where Minor DENTON now has a tobacco patch. This was followed in 1836 or 1838 by
Rev. Basil HUNT'S dry goods and grocery store.
Rev. HUNT'S brick building, which housed the store, was constructed by
Washington VANLANDINGHAM, who made the bricks on a lot north of Hillsboro. The
first salesman In the store was Henry PICKRELL, who finally bought the business.
Afterwards, Rev. D. S. BARKSDALE became a partner with Mr. PICKRELL, but they
later dissolved partnership and Mr. BARKSDALE established a business of his own.
Later Mr. PICKRELL moved to Carlisle, where he sold dry goods for the rest of
his life.
Prior to leaving for Carlisle, Mr. PICKRELL sold his store to Thomas M. CRAIN,
eldest son of Mrs. Jane CRAIN. Humphrey CRAIN was a salesman in the store for
many years, but did not live to be an old man. His brother James succeeded him,
later owned the store, became Police Judge, and finally a member of the
Legislature. It was this James CRAIN who, while in the Legislature, introduced
the bill which made Fleming County dry.
One of the earliest blacksmith shops was operated by David HEDGES and was
located on the north side of town. However, before there was any idea of a
village, Joseph Steel had a blacksmith shop at the corner of the south end of
Main street. A Mr. John TAYLOR bought the house located opposite Joseph STEEL'S
blacksmith shop and there made shoes. Mr. TAYLOR had never learned to write and
Rev. H. C. NORTHCUTT, when but a boy, helped him post books once a week. Nearly
all the business was conducted on credit. The shop of Joseph Steel was torn down
and a much larger building was constructed. This was made a school, which will
be discussed later.
One of the early prominent residents of Hillsboro was Enoch G. SHIELDS,
grandfather of Mrs. Renalin CRAIN, who married Rebecca ROBERTSON. Mr. SHIELDS
and a brother-in-law, F. P. ROBERTSON, had a dry goods store in the village.
William TURNER had a tailor shop next door to the old Foudray hatter shop. A
shoemaker, named Robert FORD, also was in business there. James FARRIS,
son-in-law of James DEERING, was an early barrel maker.
The Hillsboro saloon was operated in the beginning by Sacheverell FOUDRAY, then
by Washington VANLANDINGHAM who, we are told, was called Flannigan for short.
Afterwards, Lewis CRAIN, son of James CRAIN, Sr., acquired the place. Wrote Rev.
NORTHCUTT, "The Hillsboro saloon drew the thirsty from afar, as well as
near."
A Mr. COCHRAN ran a tannery at what was known as "Cochran's Gap",
located one mile East of Hillsboro where Claude and Noel SORRELL, with their
families, now reside. This Mr. COCHRAN'S daughter was the wife of William
TURNER, the aforementioned tailor.
Further east lived James GORREL, another barrel maker who is buried at Eden's
Chapel, and made lard kegs from linden tree timber during his little time. John
KERNS owned and operated a store where Mr. and Mrs. C. E. JETT now live. In
1908, there was a creamery located where Pete McDONALD and Curtis TURNER now
live.
Capt. Marion GRAY and Humphrey DAY owned a store jointly in 1890, on the spot
where Minor DENTON'S store is now located. Capt. GRAY later sold out his part to
a Mr. SAUNDERS. The store operated for a while as Day and Saunders. Then,
SAUNDERS owned it alone until Oliver B. DENTON and Humphrey DAY again purchased
the business. For years the store was known as Denton and Day, until Oliver
DENTON'S son, Minor, eventually bought out the entire business.
Humphrey Allen Marshall DAY was the husband of Mrs. Mary DAY and the father of
Mrs. J. Paul HUNTER of this city; of Mrs. A. W. FOELLGER (Reuby DAY) of
Maysville; of Hubert DAY of Springfield, Ohio and of Mrs.H. H. HENDRY (Olive
DAY) of Jenkins, Ky. Humphrey DAY also was the grandfather of Mrs. Robert CRAIN
of this city.
In 1874, John CLARKE, son of John and Mary Jane Morgan CLARKE and father of Mr.
Johnny CLARKE, ran a hotel in Hillsboro. Then, in 1884, he opened a funeral
home. It was this funeral home which had the first factory made caskets in the
village.
Charles NEALIS, a farmer who lived west of Hillsboro, made caskets himself and
buried people. John EDWARDS was a cabinet maker and casket maker who moved to
Hillsboro around 1875. He married Sallie TONER. Sam SHIELDS owned a grocery
store and operated it in the same place where his father, Enoch SHIELDS, had
been in business. Once, Hillsboro had a broom factory owned by a stock company
and operated by a man by the name of Tom JONES.
Commission House
Hillsboro was once a wholesale (or commission) town for Eastern Kentucky people,
who came from West Liberty, etc. Three men operated a commission house in
Hillsboro before 1878. They operated horse teams to Maysville, brought goods to
Hillsboro, then hauled the goods by ox teams to the mountains.
DOCTORS
The first doctor in Hillsboro was young Dr. Simpson RIGGEN who married Louisa,
daughter of Mrs. Jane CRAIN, but Mrs. RIGGEN did not live long, and Dr. RIGGEN
moved to Flemingsburg to practice after her death. He is buried either at New
Hope Church or at Stockton Station. Other early doctors were Dr. R. Emmitt
WINTERS, who moved from Minerva and first located at Grange City;
Dr. W. E. CONWAY, who was a teacher and a "self-made" doctor; Drs.
Richard KACKLEY and JONES who practiced in the 1870's. Dr. KACKLEY was the
grandfather of Elizabeth KACKLEY and of Virginia Kackley SAUNDERS of Lexington.
Dr. JONES lived on the corner where the DAVIS sisters now own property. [Read
more about Dr. Conway]
Later doctors were: S. F. O'BRIEN; C. R. GARR (who occupied the residence of
Mrs. Mary DAY) and who had two sons; Dr. Clyde L. GARR, prominent Flemingsburg
physician and Dr. Charles GARR, Lexington physician. Dr. GARR originally came
from near Louisville, and Dr. Clyde GARR was born in the DAY residence.
Buying out Dr. GARR'S practice when the latter moved to Flemingsburg was Dr.
HUFF, who practiced there for two years. He was later elected to the
Legislature. The present Hillsboro physician is Dr. W. S. REEVES, father of Mrs.
Estill DENTON, Margaret REEVES, Victor REEVES, Mrs. Georgia HAVENS and Emerson
REEVES of Akron, Ohio.
The Bank
The Bank of Hillsboro was built in 1903 and dedicated in October of that year.
Located where the postoffice now stands, it continued in business until 1914.
The bank's first cashier was S. A. DOWD and 0. B. GRAHAM was the president. Mr.
GRAHAM had three sons-Larue, Ernest and Curtis. Upon the death of his father,
Larue became cashier. After 0. B. GRAHAM had died, his son, wanting to wind up
his father's business, quit banking and the enterprise was taken over by the
People's Bank.
Two Great Fires
The first of Hillboro's two most famous fires occurred in 1874 and was started
by robbers. Several buildings were burned, among them being E. G. SHIELDS'
store, J. W. CRAIN'S store, the wholesale house of J.A.H. KERNS, and the
drugstore of L. J. JONES. The buildings, however, were all replaced after the
first fire.
The second fire of some importance occurred in 1917. A huckster was using a
light to candle eggs. Forgetting his business, he left it for a moment. The
light exploded and the same territory which was burned in 1874, burned again in
1917.
Library
Sometime after 1838 the Hillsboro Library Co. was organized. The entrance fee to
this organization was $5.00, which gave the members right to one book at a time.
There were about 40 members and Benjamin NORTHCUTT, Jr. was appointed to go to
Cincinnati, select and buy the books. The Library was kept in the back room of
Pickrell's Store and William HUNT was librarian.
Among the various type books offered to the patrons were historical, scientific,
poetical, and philosophical, but no fiction. The library was well patronized for
several years, but the books were finally sold at public auction.
Early Schools
The blacksmith's shop of Mr. Joseph STEEL was converted into a schoolhouse and
for several years was also used as a place of worship and Sunday School. Henry
Clay NORTHCUTT taught school there for five years, beginning with 14 pupils and
closing with 60. He was assisted in his last year by his wife.
On the north side of Hillsboro was the Nelson FANT farm. Located here, was what
came to be named Fant's School House. On alternate Saturdays it was used as a
preaching place for the Southern Methodists. Interesting is the fact that Prof.
BALDWIN, who also taught school at Elizaville and later founded the Baldwin
Piano Co. in Cincinnati, taught vocal music at Fant Schoolhouse.
Russell ZIMMERMAN now resides where a private school in Hillsboro once stood.
The building was later moved and is now the little Methodist church near Shiloh.
Miss Tippy HAINLINE, who later married Charles DAVIS, was once the head of a
private school in Hillsboro. Another lady who had a private school there was
Miss Betty LYONS.
There was once a school located west of the present Hillsboro school. It was a
one-room affair and was later moved to the present site of the brick building,
then moved again over by the hotel. Land for a Hillsboro school was purchased
from Turner ANDERSON and wife on February 6, 1884.
High School
In 1900 the Legislature amended the common school law by requiring each county
to establish a high school within its boundaries. Miss Lutie PALMER, now Mrs.
Lutie WILLIAMS, who was then county school superintendent, divided the county
into six educational districts, and then into 62 sub-districts.
As Flemingsburg declined to offer any inducements for the location of the
proposed high school ( it already had a graded high school), Hillsboro was
decided upon as the location.
0. B. DENTON and son of Hillsboro donated three and one-half acres of land as a
site for the school and, in return, the county agreed to furnish the dirt and
land on which to make the brick.
On June 22, 1911 the contract for a two-story building was let to Harding and
Simons of Maysville for $7,232.75.
With the completion of the building, the county board of education then decreed
that all graduates of county schools must go to Hillsboro in order to get free
tuition, provided their grade was being taught there.
A year later, the county board agreed to pay two dollars a month for county
graduates who found it more convenient to attend other high schools in the
county.
C.O. PIERATT was chosen the first principal of the county high school at the
salary of one hundred dollars per month for the nine months term. The second
year of the term was reduced to eight months and James MAYNARD became principal
at sixty-five dollars a month.
Petitioned by the citizens of Hillsboro, the county board decided to try it for
one more eight-months term and C. C. EVANS was employed at fifty dollars a
month. With the completion of this term, the county high school ceased to exist.
Teachers
Douglas I. WINN lived on a farm west of Hillsboro and was an exceptionally able
and intelligent teacher there for many years. Another prominent teacher in
Hillsboro, of course, was Henry Clay NORTHCUTT. Other early teachers were a
HAMMON, a Mr. NORTHCUTT (Henry Clay NORTHCUTT'S brother), Mrs. Lizzie ANDERSON,
who later married a Mr. MARKWELL, a Mr. KEERANS, Daniel ROBERTSON, who later
became a Methodist minister, Susan YATES, W. H. GEORGE, S. W. MORRISON, Z. J.
PHELPS and E. S. MORRISON. Another Hillsboro school teacher was HUNTER, father
of Mrs. Ruby H. WATSON.
The Temperance Society
The first chapter of the Sons of Temperance was organized in Flemingsburg,
followed by one in Poplar Plains. Several Hillsboro people wanted to organize
one there, but there was no suitable room. There had also grown up in Hillsboro,
a wish for a Methodist church, so the Sons of Temperance and friends of the
Church united and constructed a Methodist church with a hall above. This is
where that group of Temperance people held their meetings.
The Methodist Church
Before the Methodist church was built, there was frequent preaching in pleasant
weather at a place called Alum Spring, one mile east of Hillsboro. The people of
the village often went there to worship with no shelter but umbrellas or trees.
Naturally, they sometimes got wet.
One day, while several people gathered at Alum Spring to worship it rained and
Henry SHIELDS approached Benjamin NORTHCUTT and said, "Sir, we must have a
shed here." That was the beginning of the Methodist Church there.
Soon there was a neighborhood gathering and a shed 64'x40' was constructed,
seated and fenced in with a nice pulpit. Later Alum Springs became a great
resort.
Among the many eminent ministers who preached at the Alum Spring church were
Benjamin NORTHCUTT, Isaac COLLARD, John C. HAVINSON, George W. MERRITT, D. S.
BARKSDALE, Drummond WELBURN and Henry Clay NORTHCUTT. However, the building of
the Methodist church at Hillsboro caused this place to go down.
Church at Hillsboro
On October 18, 1848 John TAYLORr and wife Polly, sold to D. S. BARKSDALE, H. C.
NORTHCUTT, Joseph B. EMMONS, John GRAY and Joseph B. NORTHCUTT, trustees, a lot
for the sum of $37 to erect a building for the Methodist Episcopal Church South,
in Hillsboro proper. The original Methodist church is not standing now.
On February 27, 1868, James W. CRAIN and wife Martha J. sold to Joseph H. STORY,
Silas T. KEITH and Nelson STORY, Trustees of the Methodist church of Hillsboro,
a lot lying on the west side of the pike coming from Poplar Plains. On this lot,
the present Methodist Church now stands.
Methodist Ministers
Some Methodist ministers were a Mr. DEARING, who boarded in Grange City; Mr.
HOFFMAN, Mr. SMITH (1876), Mr. NEWTON, Mrs. CAYWOOD, Mr. Daniel George BROWDER,
David ALLEN, Douglas Scorglin DEMAREE, Messrs POWER and HARRIS, E. C. BOSWELL
(1891), Curnie SAVAGE (1894), and P.J. ROSS (1897); E. R. GARDINER (1899),
father of the late Everett GARDINER and grandfather of Mrs. C. C. PATTERSON,
Mrs. A. D. GORMAN and Miss Margaret Warren GARDINER); Rev. J. L. WEST(1903, who
was 100 years old this December 24 and lives in Mt. Sterling. Rev. WEST was also
pastor at Tilton for a time.); Mr. ELCAR (1906), Mr. POLLETT (1910), Mr.CROSBY
(1912); Mr. GREEN, ALLEN and ARMITAGE(1913-1923); HOUSTON, WELLS, GILBERT,
HARWOOD (1924-24); TANNER, BAUGH, KELLY and HILL; George BOSWELL (1929), and
ROBERTS, the latter being the present pastor.
In the early days of the preachers of the Fleming Circuit of the Methodist
church, the ministers preached alternately every two weeks at the residence of
Mrs. Jane and Mr. Lewis CRAIN.
Basil HUNT, an early Methodist preacher, owned a large farm near Hillsboro and
was an extensive wheat raiser, employing many hands in reaping his harvest.
This Basil HUNT had a son who possessed great ability as a preacher and employed
great originality with sound logic. He held a successful debate one day at Alum
Springs with a Mr. SMITH, a Universalist. Rev. HUNT was the first man to
recognize Hillsboro as a possible successful center of the southern part of
Fleming County. By his first wife he had the following children: Miranda, Jane,
Elihu, William and Fletcher. They all later went to Indiana. Rev. HUNT'S second
wife was a Mrs. WILSON of Lexington. By this union they had one daughter, Alice,
who married James W. CRAIN of Hillsboro. After the death of the second Mrs.
HUNT, Rev. HUNT then married a Miss HEDRICK of the Poplar Plains vicinity and
lived on his farm in this section for many years. However, he ended his days in
Indiana.
Jeremiah HUNT, familiarly called "Uncle-Jerry" was another Methodist
minister and was well-known. He lived on Licking River near Day's Mill and
preached mostly in the mountainous parts of the county where he was very
popular.
Rev. Absolum HUNT was an extremely eloquent Methodist preacher of the Western
conference and was a fine looking man.
The Christian Church
The first place near Hillsboro where the members of the Christian church
congregated was at the James FARRIS home. A Doctor Vintan IRISHMAN was among the
first of the early Christian ministers to preach there. His sermons lasted from
90 to 100 minutes. Also, at the FARRIS cabin, Asa MAXEY, another Christian
minister, frequently preached. The people erected a stand and fixed seats in the
woods back of the McROBERT'S farm afterwards.
The land for the present Christian church in Hillsboro was purchased on November
9, 1859 from Alvin C. DAY and wife Priscilla. However, the present Christian
church was not built until the 187O's.
Name of the carpenter who constructed the church was John SHEPHERD who received
the sum of almost $1,000 for his work. He put the money in a sack and took off
for St. Louis, Mo. on board a boat. But someone stole it.
Early Christian Preachers
J. W. McGARVEY, president of Transylvania College, Lexington, once preached at
Hillsboro. Other ministers were Reuben McCORMICK, E. B. KIMBERLY of Poplar
Plains, Rev. PANGBURN, E. D. YATES, Rev. HARKINS, Rev. BUTLER, Rev. Frank
TINDER, A. BLEDSOE, Robert TEMPLEMAN, Acie MAXEY and Kern MAXEY.
New Hope Church
New Hope Church was a Presbyterian church of great influence and was in the
midst of a settlement of Irish Presbyterians. Constructed of hewn Logs about
40'X50' with gallery and boxed pulpit, it was truly a product of their
congregation, who contributed the logs and labor.
Officers in the church were David STRAHAN, Daniel WILLIAMSON and James S.
HAMILTON. David WILLS was superintendent of the Sunday school and James K. BURCH
preached the first sermon there. The church yard is large and many early graves
are still to be found there. Among the names to be found there are SAUNDERS,
DAY, WALTON, RAWLINGS, GRAHAM, DAVIS, STORY, SHEPHERD, CROW, ROYSE, DENTON,
CRAIN and NORTHCUTT.
The Railroad
The train made its first trip from Johnson Jct. to Hillsboro in 1878 and one of
its passengers on that occasion was Mrs. Mary DAY. the management gave everyone
who wished to ride it on the first day a free ride, and the train was full.
John MILLS was the first engineer on the train. He was the man for whom Mills
Avenue here in Flemingsburg was named. Ed ANDREWS was the train's conductor.
Later conductors were Harvey MYERS and John MORRIS.
In 1880 a certain company bought the train and planned to run it to the coal
fields at Pound Gap, Virginia, but, somehow, the plans failed. The last trip was
made May 10, 1907.
Worth relating is the story told by Minor DENTON, to wit: Once, a man got off
the train at Hillsboro and said, "I've traveled over almost all of the
United States, but this is the first time I've ever come to the end of the
railroad."
Old Homes
One of the out-standing historical dwellings enroute to Hillsboro is the house
where John Arnold DENTON and family now reside. The chimney and rock for the
foundation were hauled from Virginia by ox-cart about 1817 by Francis Reno
DAVIS, son of Elias DAVIS and grandfather of Mrs. John Arnold DENTON. Elias
DAVIS later came to Kentucky and settled back of what is now the DENTON home.
Francis Reno DAVIS and family are buried at the New Hope graveyard. The story is
related that during the Civil War, when soldiers camped near the DENTON home,
members of the family hid money and sugar in the little attic above the porch.
The hill back of the house is called Sugar Camp Hill, as there used to be so
many sugar maple trees there.
On top of the hill, by the house, is a thorn tree, near which is a grave. The
name of the man buried there is thought to be DEERING. This farm and home is the
only one from Flemingsburg to Hillsboro that has not changed hands from the
family who built it.
Sam SHIELDS, brother of Enoch, resided in the house where Raymond DENTON now
lives. The old house standing by Minor DENTON'S store is part log. The chimney
was constructed in the 1870's and the log part was built in the 1830's.
Early Families
The James SHIELDS' family were among Hillsboro's early residents. They occupied
a farm adjoining William CRAIN'S. There were 8 sons: Hezekiah, Alexander, John,
Thomas, Sam, Jarvis, Henry and Enoch. James went west and entered official life.
A near resident on the Northeast was Aunt Sally WALTON, widow of John WALTON,
mother of Ben, John, Job, Mark, Parker, Matthew, Nancy, and Polly. She was
celebrated for her large size and wonderful voice. It was said that when her
sons failed to come home she did not need a trumpet to call them, she just
yelled and they heard her.
Zadok PAYNE'S farm was east of Hillsboro and ran into the foothills of the
Cumberland mountains. The LYONS and NORTHCUTT families were near, and in these
three homes, 39 children were reared. The PAYNES had 16, the LYONS had 8 and the
NORTHCUTTS had 15.
Another early resident was Old Billy DEERING, who in later life was a widower
with 3 grandsons---Simpson, Allen and Alford. Simpson married Miss Ruth DILLON
and Allen became a skillful carpenter.
The FANT family first lived in Hillsboro before going to Sherburne. The family
patriarch was Nelson FANT, a native of Virginia, who had two daughters, Louisa
and Juliet and one son, William. Juliet married Selucius GARFIELD, cousin of
President GARFIELD, and she is buried at Sherburne. William married a Miss
SAUNDERS of Sharpsburg, and became a very prominent businessman in Sherburne.
Jacob TRUMBO early settled near Hillsboro and married Mary NORTHCUTT. Their
children were Elizabeth, Deborah, Sarah, Martha, Jacob and Asa. Residing east of
Hillsboro was Planalyn HUMPHRIES, the son of Uncle Billy HUMPHRIES who, it is
thought, became a preacher in the New Light Church. He later moved to Triplett
Creek. Near this family lived the OVERTON family, natives of Virginia. Mr.
OVERTON'S son, Creedwell, married Mary VANSANT, daughter of William VANSANT.
The GRAHAM family, sometimes called "GRIMES", were residents west of
Hillsboro. The early family is buried at the New Hope graveyard. Old James
GRAHAM lived on Locust Creek, and his house was used as a regular preaching
place for Methodist ministers.
James GRAHAM had at least three sons: Robert, a salesman at Day's Mill; Alfred,
who died young and William GRAHAM, who married Lydia Ann DEERING. At one time,
the entire GRAHAM family lived at the old Tom RAWLINGS farm east of the old
Locust meeting house.
Three brothers of the STORY family were Joseph, James and Elijah. Joseph STORY
married a daughter of James GRAHAM. James emigrated to Indiana around 1836.
Elijah had three sons and a daughter, and later owned and lived at Martha Mills.
John LYONS followed James STORY'S daughter to Indiana and married her, bringing
her back to Hillsboro. They both made the journey on horseback.
West of Hillsboro, one and one-half miles, lived the family of Isaac and Rachael
TERHUNE, who are buried at New Hope. They had no childen, but adopted a daughter
who married Samuel LYONS, brother of John. The TERHUNES reared a boy named
William MAUPIN.
Other early settlers were around New Hope church and consisted of the prominent
English families such as the DAYS and SAUNDERSES.
Hillsboro By Durbin Nealis [assume these are from the local paper....social
items. TB]
Rev. and Mrs. KELLY and daughter of Ohio were here Thursday visiting Mr. and
Mrs. W. S. McKEE.
Mr. and Mrs. M. R. HAWKINS and Robert HUTTON were in Maysville Friday. Mrs.
HAWKINS went to consult a specialist.
Raleigh BOYD of Louisville was here over the weekend visiting his mother, Mrs.
Flora BOYD.
Mr. Berman DENTON of Marmet, W. Va., visited his father M. A. DENTON and other
relatives here Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene JETT and Mrs. William GORMAN were in Lexington Friday.
Misses Anna and Pauline DAVIS are visiting their sister, Mrs. Charles PLANCK in
Dayton, Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence RADER and children of Lockland,O., were week-end visitors
of Mr. and Mrs. Roy PAYNE.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilburn PAYNE of California were here the past week visiting his
father and Mrs. PAYNE.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence STORY and three children of Springfield, O., were the
guests of Dr. and Mrs. Caleb RATLIFF Saturday and Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. Randall HILL and daughter, Emily, left Saturday for Cynthiana and
from there to Atlanta, Ga., to attend a summer school of the Methodist church.
Rev. Paul GILLESPIE was a dinner guest Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. JETT.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth RICE came over Saturday from Richmond where she is attending
summer school. Re- turning Sunday evening.
Sunday was the longest day of the year, also the hottest, 98 to 100 in the
shade.
Mrs. M. R. HAWKINS has been on the sick list the past week. Robert HUTTON
accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Ogden STORY to Cincinnati Monday where Mrs. STORY will
receive medical attention.
Updated 30 Jan 2007