MOUNT VERNON, KENTUCKY

HERE and THERE

OFFICERS E L E C T E D - Of f i ce r . for the Mt. Vernon Chopt . r of Future Fo ra i t n of America were elected recently. Front row, from lef t : Gory Burdette, «entinel; Billy Wynn, reporter; bock row, from left: Jerry Bloir, t reasurer ; Donnie ThocVer, • ecretary; Larry Miller, pret ident ; J a c k i e Millar, vlco presi-dent. At the mooting, the group votod to o'ttond tho Grand Olo Opry of Nathvl l le , Tonn., on May 14.

Doo Rerib,' aco-of the top-names in the country music f ie ld , and h i s T e n n e s s e e Cut-ups, wil l be a headline at traction at the Renfro Val-ley Big Barndance Saturday alght . ^ _.

Also appearing will be Linda Flanagan, Decca re-cording star and a frequent guest s inger on the Ernest Tubb te levis ion show.

Reno, «ho is considered one of ' t he most popular names in the oountry music and gospel f ie ld , i s well known for his many record albums and such individual h i t s a s "1 Wouldn't Change You If 1 Cou ld , " "Barefoot N e l l i e , " " S o l d i e r ' s . Prayer In Vie tnam," and "Sweet -hearts In H e a v e n . "

The Cut-ups includes such performers as Ronnie and J e a n Reno, Ray Crisp, Duck Auatih, and Chuch Haney.

Two shows are scheduled Saturday night, at 7:30 p.m., and at 9:30 p.m. Reserva-t ions may be made in advfRce at Renfro Valley.

Dress Revue Winners Told Winners of the County 4-H

Dress Revue whic^-was held May 3. at Rourejgfone School will j o u r r a ^ to Burning SpringsEJKnentary School in C l a v ^ C o u n t y on Saturday, U^l4 to par t ic ipate in the "Area Fashion Revue.

T h e s e girls and the unit they will be modeling are: Anita Smith, apron; Louise Proctor, skirt ; . Joy Pa r sons , d r e s s ; Janet Hunt, d r e s s ; Pamela Ramsey, play clo-thes ; and Darlene Lakes , tailored coat and d ress .

Also participating in the county revue in the apron unit and the ribbons award-ed were: Blue ribbons-Karen Cummins, Mt. Vernon f i f th and s ix th ; Yvonne Carmac, Wildie; Vicki R i d d b t Brod-h j ad seventh and s ighth; Alberta Hasty, Brodhead f i f th and s i i t h ; Sarah Hiatt , Mt. Vernon f i f th and s ix th ; Cathy Oliver, Livingston fifth and sixth; and Anita Smith, Livingston f i f th and s ix th , representat ive to area revue.

Red ribbons -Margie Tho-mas, Roundstone f i f th and sixth; Donna Moore, Round-s tone ; f i f th and sixth; F rances Powell , Roundstone f i f th and s ix th .

White ribbons -Louise Overbay, Livingston f i f th and s ix th ; Judy McCluie,

Livingston f i f th and sixth;-Debbie White, Brodhead fifth and s i x t h ; and Darlene Stur-gil l , • Livingston fifth and s ix th .

Entries in the skirt unit and their ribbons were: Blue rib-bon -Louise Proctor, Brod-head fifth and sixth, repre-

Red ribbons -Vicki Lear , Brodhead f i f th and s ix th ; Boirnie I saacs , Roundstone fifth and s ix th ; Rachel Mul-l ins , Mt. Vernon Community; and Christine • Nicely, Mt. Vernon Community*-

T h e girls who participated in the dress unit ^ n d their awards were: Blue ribbons-Phyl l is Franc isco , Livings-ton High School; Judy Sparks Maple Grove, Joy Pa r sons , Wildie, representat ive to area revue; and Janet Hunt, Brod-head seventh and eighth, a lso representat ive to area revue.

The play c lo thes unit was modeled by: Pamela Ramsey, Wildie, who .received a blue ribbon and will be a repre-senta t ive to the area revue.

A tailored unit was entered by Darlene Lakes who re-ceived a b lue ribbon and will represent th is unit at the area revue.

Judging the garments fo r the event were: Mrs. J ack «»nd-

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Have you paid your yearly tax bil l on your auto, truck, oc other tangible property?

If not,- you may be in trou-ble soon. Tax b i l l s are now under a 6 percent penalty, and un less paid before many days , you may have your vehicle or other property put up for sa le to s e t t l e the tax b i l l .

Sheriff T ip Reppert says he hopes that he does not have t o deprive someone of a needed car or truck, but that the law requires taxes to be se t t led .

For the record, he reports second not ices have been mailed to those who owe, tax b i l l s .

3 Years In Prison John Damrell, of Boone,

w a s sentenced t o three years In prison Saturday in Rock-c a s t l e Circuit Court on a charge of child deser t ion.

Damrell was-p icked u p Fr i -d a / by police on the charge that had been carriod in cir-cuit court for a considerable:

Ifoivors&ty o f ' i t i v T-oxington, Kbntuc

ONE MORE BIT Mayof Clyde Linvll le re-

ported at noon Wednesday from Washington, where be and other c i ty o f f i c i a l s were cal led concerning the Renfro Dam a nd Lake project , that the government agency (EDA) had asked for one more bit of information before f inal ly approvinga grant for the pro-j ec t . Actually, th is i s the fifth 'Srit m o r e " of informa-tion that has been called for. We understand the agency would not specula te on a date on which the announce-_ men! af'*S*"grant would b e made. The agency s t i l l s a y s t he re ' s no real problem in-volved. T ime f l i e s and time wil l t e l l , we suppose .

IT 'S HEWS TO US William W. Thompson of

West Palm Beach, F l a . , a s k s us if we knew that a l l the graduates of the first three graduating c l a s s e s at Mt.

.Vernon are s t i l l liv.ing_ JWe d i d n t ; ' e f course . Th i s musl be some kind of a record for a school. The members of the first c l a s s (1914) are John Lair and R.B. McKen-xie of Mt. Vernon, and James E . Thompson of Roches ter , N.Y. T h e c l a s s of 1915 are Logan Bryant of M». Vernon and Homer rfoctor of Mem-phis , Tenn . T h e . 1916 Class included Mr. Thompson and Mrs. Ruth Mulllns McFerron. We appreciate the informa-tion and offer our congratu-lat ions on the 50th Anniver-sary of the l g l ^ c l s s s . -

MUCH PROGRESS Gov. Edwfud Breathitt s a y s

there is excel lent progress on the Ap|)alachian Highway program and includes Corri-dor II which runs from Chat tanooga, Tenn. , to Cincinnati Ohio. T h e governor traced the Corridor II route through Burkes villa, Monticelio, Touris tvi l le , and Somaraet, and there he stopped. Still up in t t « 'lit, 'no doubt, is the rfiote between Somerset and Interstate-75. We hope the next town ad tbd bv the governor to the l is t wil l be Mt. Vernon.

A BETTER JOB We offer our congratulations

to John Whisman, who worked hard to getapproval of a grant for the Renfro Valley Dam and Lake, on the occas ion of his new job as S ta tes ' Co-chairman'of the Appalachian Regional Com-mission in Washington. He moves to Washington from a position- a s ' a s s i s t a n t to" Gov. Edwgrd Breathi t t . His new job pays $27,000 a year— but we venture, a job with mote headaches .

L E F T THEM O F F In last week ' s story, two

members of the local bowling league were omitted from the group who received awards. The most improved bowlers of the year were: Mrs. Les Anderson and Con-ley Saylor. Remembering our own bowling scores of sev-era l years ago, we sure wouldn.1 want thei r accom-plishment to go unnoticed. May you both ever improve.'

THEY GRADUATED We see among the 2,000

who graduated from the Uni-vers i ty of Kentucky t h i s weeks two familiar names-Miss Carls Baker and Mason Gregory. Car la , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Baker, got her Bachelor of Arts degree In (elementary) educat ion. Mason, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Gregory, got h i s Bach-elor of Arts degree In Edu-cat ion in the area of s o c i a l

Graduation ceremonies for 50 seniors at Brodhead'High School will be held in the Brodhead gymnasium at 8 p.m.. May 25. accoiding to an announcement th is week by D.A. Robbins, principal.

Delivering the commence-ment address wil l be John L . Vickers; of Eastern Ken-tucky State College.

Brodhead does not have Baccalaureate ceremonies.

It was a l so announced that Achievement Night Ex-e rc i se s wil l be held at the school May 26. which will include Eighth Grade Grad- • uation, awards, and music

O j e k c a s t l e County. , schools "chorus.

The graduating seniors are:

J o Ann Baker, Irene Blan-toh, Wanda Jean Bullock, Mary Francis Carmack, Polly Lynn Graves , Donna J e a n Hayes, Linda Lou Helton, Jan ie Hunt, Betty J o Kirby, Alene McClure, Wilms Jewel i McClure.

Carole Sue Owqps, Phyl l is L e e Poynter, Joan Pr ice , Mary Lou Schiff , Brenda Kar-en Singleton, Glenda Todd, Pa tsy Diane Thompson, Joyce Gelene Whitaker.

Timothy Wayne Adams, .Chwtes . . .Evere t t* . Albright. Lonnie Dale Bishop, Noland Delroy Bishop, Bobby Lee Blevins, Thurnie Douglas Bradley, -PeiM'f . ' f a i - i f c t ' - f , ' Coy J . Brown, Lonnie Gene" Burne t t , Danny Dale Bullock, Jerry Lee Burke, John Burke J r . , Freddie Thomas Car-penter, Ronald Dean Cash .

Eddie Ray Chas teen , Gary Cummins, Earl Clinton Cum-mins, Larry Doyle, Gregory Lane Ennis , Leon Fri th, Ervin L e s l e y Harrison, Wil-liam L6rry Kidwell, Frankie Mobley, Adam Dearl McKin-ney, Latty McWhorter.

Gary Monroe Renner. Earl Reynolds. Char les Ray Rog-e r s . Anthony Saylor. Vernon Eugene Sowder, Danny Ray Stevens. Wayne Todd.

"RECEIVE RATINGS" Several members of the Rockcat t le 'County Schools Band received ratings last week a t the annual music fes t ival at Eastern Kentucky State College. Front row, from lef t : Bruce Frederick, trombone solo, ^#cond; Tommy Niceley, clorinet duet, third; Perry Sams, trumpet trio, third; Tony Dovis, trumpet trio, third; George Corloftis, flute solo, first; second row, from left : Janet Hunt, clorinet tridf second; Anne Gentry, flute solo, second; Judy Bowling, clorinet trio, second; Martho Leach, clarinet solo, second; Debbie Croig, clarinet duet, third, and Dole Coffey, trumpet trio, third. Absent when the picture wos taken was Poula Bullock, clorinet trio, second.

Baccalaureate serv ices for the Mt. Vernon High School . g r a d u a l i n g d a a s - h e v e been-scheduled for 7 :30p.m. . May 15 at (he First Christ ian Cburchv . . . . .

J . - Williem Hali, pas-W Ux' t he First Baptist Church, Mt. Vernon, will del iver the Baccalaureate sermon to the 69 graduating seniors , re la t ives . and gues ts .

Commencement exe rc i se s have been scheduled . fo r the school gymnasium at 7 :30 p.m., May 19-

Dr. Irvin Lunger, president of Transylvania Col lege, will deliver the commence-ment address .

Music for Commencement will be furnished by the Rockcast le County High Schools band, under the direct ion of Miss . Kpren Marx.

Awards of honor will be presented by Cleston Say-lor, principal, and William G. Lsndrum, ass is tant prin-cipal . Mrs. Neureul Miracle, superintendent of schools , wil l present the diplomas.

Seniors graduating are: Donald Wayne Alexander.

William Larry Baker, Carter Albis Ball , J r . . Warren Ray Berry, Charlotte B u r d y t e . Benny C. Brewer, Ierry War-ren Carter. Brenda Gail . Chas teen , J e s s e Glenn'Chil-d r e s s , Sandy Chi ldress . Step-hen Chi ldress . Kenneth Clyde Clark. George William Cloud, t y ™ Jane Cpffey , . Juani ta Faye Co*. Norma LoutTum-mins, Terry Lee Cummins. Gary Ray Cromer. Glenna Sue Fle tcher , Thomas D. Hayes, James Dovis Holland. Kelly Vincent Hunt.

Raymond L. Hurley. Her-bert I saacs . Ethel Maureen Jordon, Brenda Sue Kirby, Joseph Far l Lambert, Nor-man.Preston Linvil le . J u d y t Carol McClure, Verla Mar-ce lene McFerron. Lula Faye McLemore. Oscar Hayes Mc-New, Robert Paul McNew, Barbara Sue Machal. Larry Carter Mink.

Jamie Lynn Mullins. Wil-burn Lee Norton. Beverley May Overbay. Ronald David Par ro t t . John Roger Parsons , Arlene Anderkin Payne. Richard McKinley Payne . Donna Bullens Phi l l ips , Ear l Ph i l l ips , Michael Wayne Ponder, Sheynan Ponder, J r . , Joyce Irene Powell .

Martha J e a n Powell . Mary Katharine Powell , Wayne Bobby Pr ice , , Kenneth Earl Pr ice , Ruby Dereath Pr ice , Billy J o e Rash . Lois Renee Reams, Annabess Renner, Larry Bennett Reppert, Brenda Carol Robbins. Don-nie Ray Singleton, Bonnie Lou Smith.

Edgar Lee Stallsworth. Anna Sue Stephens, Jerry Lynn Stokes, Gary Everett Thompson, Dorthea Wallace-tene Williams, Mac Edward Warf, James Jerty Watkins, William Everette Wheeler, Gayla Sams Winstead, Roy Da leJUns tead . - -

WATCH THE~TRAFFIC . There ' l l be much traffic,

th is year . Be careful when you drivel

PaifP MrNew, a senior at Mt. Vernon High School, has been awarded a $1,000 Farm Bureau college sckoUuship.

The s cholarship" is pne of the most coveted for a high ^cJtodFsertior. Ityb. g j r ls and two boys in Kentucky receive the scholarship each year.

The scholarship Is based on Farm Bureau membensf>lpr various f a u j a c t i v i t y , hich school aCOTemic standing, and recommendations.

Paul , son of Nfffc. Cynthia .McNew of Conway, will re-ceive his scholarship of-f icial ly during • graduation exe rc i se s at •'Ml. Vernon High School on May 15.

i He-p lans to attend Berea College in the fa l l where he

I will major in English. He ; then plans to enter law school after completing work at Berea. The scholarship

. will cover his foiir years at

; During his higb'.school ca-• reer,, Paul has:. been vice president of the-Apta Club, act ive in 4-H Ciuo work; a

! second place winner in the i s ta te Soil Conservation Contest , president of (he

th the Lat i the annua l / j | p i f f . and the school newsffiper

His s to r ies have appeared in the national Bela Club magazine, and in American Youth magazine.'. published by the General Motors Cor-

Soldier Honored Sta i r Sergeant Billy E.

Martin, son of Mrs. Sally E. Martin of Route 2, Mt. Ver-non,', has been selected Out-standing Noncommissioned Officer of the Quarter for his unit at" High Wy^mbe Air

• Station. England. Sergeant Martin, who re-

ceived a $25 U S rav ings Bond for his achievement, was honored for his b eder-ship, exemplary conduct and duty performance.

tie is a medical records supervisor with the US Air Forces in Europe.

TKe sergeant is a graduate Of Livingston High School.

Record Low For County; It Was 27

Who would have thought it? Probably no one, includ-ing the weatherman.

The temperature in Mt. Vernon early Tuesday morn-ing sank to a record low of 27 degrees , according to weather records kept by Bill Cox at Mt. Vernon.

The low temperature was accompanied by frost in soqxv<

Farmers reported tomato plants were kil led. Some re-ported loss of potatoes, and some minor damage to to-

I mato plants that happened to be exposed . Miny t rees and

I other vegetation was damaged ! and killed by the cold.

It was the lowest tempera-ture on May 10 ever recorded.

, and may have been colder than in about 1895 when snow fell in May in Kentucky.

The cold temperatures, that * caused millions of dollars \ in loss and damage to crops

in O hio, Michigan, Indiana, and e lsewhere , followed a cold front that passed across Mt. Vernon about 10 p.m., Sunday. Temp eratures grad-ually-feM all day Monday t o

4 Ihe record low Tuesday morn- -ing.

A general warming trend is expected through the Ohio falley with a ' • forecas t of showers for Thursday, possi-bly ending Thursday night*

MVHSr BHS Lose Tourney Games

Mt. Vemon and ^Brodhead were both eliminated in first-round play in the Dis-

' trict Basebal l Tournament now underway at Mt. Vernon

' High School. Mt. Vernon went down to

defeat at the hands of Crab . Orchard 3 to I Brodhead

was defeated by "Hustonville 24-1

In the other first-round Memorial defeated Liberty

' 17-3. Semi-finals of the tourna-

ment were played Wednesday-afternoon. Memorial met

1 Casey County and Huston-ville took on Crab Orchard. The Signal had gone 10 press before the games were com-pleted.

The final of the tournament will be plaved at 2 p.m., Friday between the winners, of the two semi-final games.

Soil Week Tour Held Soil stewa.rdshipfcweek has

' boen set'for.^May l5.through May 22-The purpose of soi l steward*

ship week is t o ; make all f£ople , the city dw'ellers a s well a s the farm people, aware of the importance of our great heritage, the soil and water. , t

The supervisors of the Rockcastle County Soil and Water Conservation District conducted ministers of the county on a tour of soil and water conservation measures that are being used on the land. Emphasis on the tour was made on recreation and beaut if icat ion measurers that add to the income producing practices on farms.

The theme for soi l steward-ships week is " C r i s i s in the Count rys ide ." This s tate-ment by Don Williams, ad-ministrator of the Soil Con-servation Service, points up the national concern for the s tewardship of our soi l and

"Today , there is indeed a " c r i s i s in the coun t rys ide" —or rather; two c r i s e s . One is the continued wastage of the land through erosion and improper use . The other is the result of man's partial s u c c e s s . Th i s is the cr i s i s of complacency about con-se rva t ion , " Mr. Williams sa id .

"Why th is complacency? Pernaps it ia because the need for increased conser-vation measures does not immediately s t r ike the e y e r The supermarkets are fu l l - t o d a y . The dust may not be b lowing- today. And so we concern ourse lves with the big h e a d l i n e s - w a r s ,

space , miss i les , murders ," he declared.

He went on to say: " t h e s e are ser ious matters indeed. But, we lose more of our land every year to si lent erosion than we have ever lost , or shal l ever lose, to a foreign foe. Where is the battle cry for t h i s ? "

He further says , "What •happens t o the eroding lands in Missouri and Montana af-fects us more directly than our landing on the moon. Where are the pleaders for this? And-no matter what weapons of the future we develop—the most modern army in the world s t i l l tra-vels on its stomach, s t i l l depends on the bountiful earth we take for granted ."

" D o not misunderstand me. Our ac t iv i t i es ar.ound the world, and out of it, are*~Very^ necessary . But I will firmly believe to the end of my life that next to saving our soul there is no work more impor-tant , now or for the future, than conserving and enrich-ing our own land, the bas i s for our l ife, our living, our national w e a l t h . "

"Ye t , we lose each year, through ' erosion and other forms of preventable damage, about 500,000 acres of for-merly productive . land. The bulldozer and the builder take another one and one-third million acres of the

best land every 365 days for highways, fac tor ies , housing and t o on.> Our rivere-con-tinue to flood and destroy homes and hopes . Our water supply runs short , becomes polluted, erodes the land. And, a s much of our land d i sappears , our population

and that of the ' d r e a s e s . "

" Y e s , our supermarkets are s t i l l full . Our time has

i not run out. But, quite lit-• erally, the s ins of our fore-

fathers are being visi ted upon us. We cannot afford to be as wasteful in the future, if we desire our chi ldren 's chil-dren to inherit an affluent America- We must plan more intensively, farm more wis-ely, care more urgently. And we must make sure the city man understands that what happens in rural America a t fec t s him immediately and profoundly."

? " A s we cal l our land " G o d ' s : Country." and it is. Let us

clearly acknowledge it is our job to keep it that way.

| Farmers, a s the chief soi l ! s tewards, have the heavies t , responsibi l i ty. They, of all ivp^ople, know the conserva-j t iofK^ob is far from done. I Thir tyfcercent of our land is I W i n g properly t reated. What

about the 70 pe r cen t ? " " A s we acknowledge Soil

j Stewardship Week, let us in-deed thank God for th is country, and for the thous-ands of dedicated people working to keep it rich and bountiful— especia l ly the of f ic ia l s and cooperators of our soi l and water conser-vation d is t r ic ts . And t h e n -let u s get off our knees and go back to work . "

The tour of Rockcas t le concluded with lunch for the ministers and dis t r ic t sup-ervisors at Belly Acres Res-taurant. Wallace Proctor, chairman of the dis t r ic t sup-ervisor*? appointed Cecil Dailey as Chaplin for the soil conservation dis t r ic t .