The Shelby Sentinel from Shelbyville, Kentucky (2024)

June 12, 1953

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The Shelby Sentineli

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Shelbyville, Kentucky

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Friday, June 12, 1953

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of the tred persons are at the King's Daughter Hospital for treatment Patrolman Thomas Moffett be lieved that Mrs Wobus who was driving may have fallen asleep at the wheel The family was en route to St Charles Mo to visit the fam ily of Mr Wobus Mr anil Mrs Theodore Wobus when the acci dent occurred Chief Roy Jones said Allen Bolin rankfort who was driving behind the Wobus car saw the ac cident Aocording to reports the Wobus car which was headed west started bearing diagonally across the other traffic lane before hit ting the truck parked on the oppo site side of the street in front of the office of Dr Nash The driver of the truck George Haw kins Route 2 Anchorage had gone into a nearby garage The body of Mrs Wobus was taken to the Hall Taylor uneral Horne to await the of Mr and Mrs Theodore Wobus St Charles Mo parents of Mr Wobus and Mr Rudolph Schlichtlng Co lumbus Junction Iowa father of Mrs Wobus Wednesday The body of Mrs Wobus was shipped to Co lumlnrs Junction Iowa yterday for funeral and burial ord's iftieth Anniversary Pearce Motor Co Joins In Celebration Tire iftieth Anniversary of the ord Motor Co which was in corporated June 18 1903 will be celebrated throughout the United States next week The local dealer the Pearce Motor Company will in observance as will be noted ry die anniversary week specials elsewhere in this issue of The Shelby Sentinel The 1953 cars and trucks are on display in large show rooms for the inspec tion of the public The celebration is based on a historical theme and the well known saying diat Henry ord originator and master of automotive mass production the American way of life Some of the facts bearing this out are: One out of seven jobs in the today is connected in some way with the automobile industry so is one business out of every six An estimated 9 12 million people are employed in industries allied with highway transportation Much of this is attributed to Henry ord and his vast influence on die motor industry in the past 50 years Ruth Moore And Gilbert Parker Buy Guernsey Sire Peterborough Ruth Moote and Gilbert Parker Shelby ville have purchased the young Guernsey sire Royal Noble from Coots Jr inch ville This young bull is out of the cow Ancestral Acres ranesca and is sired by Woodacres Royal Noble Pollard Executive Officer Chandelle Squadron A Ben Pollard Shelbyville was elected executive officer of Chan delle Squadron Air orce ROTC honorary at Purdue University This organization is composed of out standing junior and senior cadets who stand high in scholarship char acter and leadership 1 Pollard is a junior it the school of agricultural engineering 1 Mrs Hammonds Undergoes Second Suraical Operation Mrs Luther Hammonds sub mltted to a surgical operation at i the Kentucky Baptist Hospital last week' and a second operation on Wednesday of this week The oper ations Were successful and her con dition Is considered fine Piano Recitals June 11 12 13 Mrs Lockridge's Pupils To Present Program The piano class of Mrs Harry Lockridge will present three re citals on Thursday riday and Sat urday evenings June 11 12 and 13 These recitals will be held in the auditorium of the Shelbyville High School at 8 and the public is cordially invited Those taking part in recital follow: David Heilman Joan Black Georgina Eads Mary Lou Smith Herb Ramdell rances Grif fin Sue Bradbury Sally Temple Patsy Sue Eads Martna Tracy Nancy Woods Betty Sue Dunavan Evelyn Carol Adams David Ritch ey Connie Swindler Joyce Shaw Gene Hall Nan Lee Lawson Betty Lou Clark and Helen Shaw ridays program Bobby Dean Sharon Yount Ronnie Bland Judy la Judy Wares Jerry ust Lois Garrison Jane Vaughan Claudia Russell Nancy Clemmons Elsey Clemmons Larry Ellis Vicki Wil son Barbara Wilson Marlene Ellis Jane Tucker Jane Puckett Emily Crawford Lyland Green and Marilyn Ellis Saturday players will be: Barbara Wilson Sandra Perry Judy Perry Donnie Shaw Carol Green Juuy McAlister Priscilla Buntain Bar bara Moore Patsy Johnston Danny Wilson Slurry Bohannon Char lotte Rohrer Sue Johnston Cay Hinkle Pat Moore Slielba Rogers Kay Roberts Betty Tipton Mary Lou Weaver Betty Griner and Julia Stapleton Kurtz Infant Son Dies Perry Wayne Kurtz five months old son of Mr and Mrs Stanley Kurtz Jr died at 6:45 am Mon day at the residence near inch ville Survivors besides his parents are grandparents Mr ad Mrs 'Stanley Kurtz Sr and Mr and Mrs Clar ence Reed uneral services were conducted at 2 pm Tuesday from Shannon uneral Home by the Rev William Olliver pastor of the inchville Baptist Church Burial was in Grove Hill Cemetery Rev Mrs Jackson On TV The Rev Robert Jackson new pastor of the Simpsonville Metho dist Church and Mrs Jackson hile on their wedding trip to New York last week appeared on the "Big Pay television program They had four questions and an swered two correctly and as result received a number of nice gifts Prominent Man Dies Near Bagdad David Cox 89 Passes At Home of Daughter David Cox 89 retired farmer and prominent resident of the Buffalo Lick community died at 10 pm riday at the home of his daugh ter Mrs Ben Lewis Mr Cox was a native of Shelby County and a son of John and Elizabeth Harrod Cox Member of pioneer families he was a deacon in the Bagdad Baptist Church A leader in the community Mr Cox was an honorable upright Chris tian gentleman who bore the re spect of alL Besides his daughter Mrs Lewis he is survived by a sister Mrs Margaret Kesler Pleasureville four grandsons Ben Allen David Hart well James Hamilton nd Jack Coleman Lewis and three great grandchildren uneral services were conducted at 2:30 Sunday afternoon from the Bagdad Baptist Church by the Rev James Hatley Rev Kyle Yates and Dr Owen Inter ment followed in the Bagdad Ceme tery Active Busey Jr Earl Young Sr Leland Bland Ernest Lewis James lewis and Marvin Black Honorary Victor Barnett Ritchey Bland Pap! Thompon George Busey and Haley ast Driving And Wrecks Continue Streets of Shelbyville Should Be Patrolled ast driving and the wholesale killing of animals on Washington' Street continues Last werkit was reported that one driver struck at least three different cars on Wash iugton Street At 12:30 Tuesday morning a car in which Juline and Edgar Stivers were riding collided with a 1951 ord truck belonging to Jolui Booth and parked on Washington Street between Eighth and Ninth The driver of the car a 1948 ord bearing a Henry County license stated his brakes locked Both the car and truck were badly dam aged If the new street US 60 alter nate is not patrolled and the speed ing is not stopped not only animals but some person is going to be killed or badly hurt In several in stances cars have been going so fast that when they come to the corners the cars are driven on two wheels and the screaming of brakes at each intersection is terrifying Something must be done to stop such wreck less driving on uur streets Edward Allen Cook Signs Contract With Giants I EDWARD ALLEN COOK Edward Allen Cook son of Mr Edward Cook has signed a pro fessional baseball contract with the New York Giants Edward is a graduate of Simp sonville High School where he let tered in both basketball and base ball He has had two years expe rience with the Shelbyville Atneri can Legion baseball club and has (inished one year of Physical Educa tion at Eastern Ketucky State Col lege He will report to the New York Ciants Class arm Club on June 16 inal Summons Mrs McDowell Passes At Home of Her Daughter In Danville Mrs Joe McDowell died at 2 pm Monday at the home of her daugh ter Mrs Nelson Rodes in Danville Mrs McDowell was formerly Miss Jennie Briggs eldest daugh ter of the late Nir and Mrs A Briggs and a native of Nelson County She formerly lived in Shel byville where she attended school at old Stuart College Mrs Mc Dowell was a member of the South ern Presbyterian Church in Dan ville Surviving are another daughter Mrs Otis Healy of Beverly Hills Calif a son Robert Briggs Mc Dowell of Louisville eight grand children and five great grandchil dren three sisters Mrs Overstreet Mrs Stanley Lawson and Mrs John Geoghegan a broth er Warren Briggs all of Shelby ville and a number of nieces and nephews uneral services were conducted at 3:30 pm Wednesday at the home of her daughter in Danville Burial followed in the Danville cemetery Aviation Cadet Roberts Completes Basic Training Aviation Cadet Lillis Roberts on June 5 completed the 28 week Basic Observer Training course at Harlingen Texas He has been sent to Lowry Air orce Base 'Colo for 12 weeks of advanced' observer training Upon completion of the advanced course" Cadet Roberts will be com misisonod a Second Lieutenant in the Air' orce Reserve and will re ceive the rating of an Aircraft Ob server He is the son of Mrs Lillis Roberts Shelbyville and was for merly employed as a printer by the Shelby Sentinel Storm Visits Bagdad Area Large Barn Damaged Trees Blown Down Storm clouds that rolled and played across the entire sky pre faced a real storm in the north east ern section of the county Wednes day morning about 11 The large feed bam on the farm of Marvin Black near Bagdad was raised at least one and one half inches off the foundation tall dock was blown berteath it and the barn was set back down on the dock and the posts in the loft were twisted The roof was ripped off the corn crib and 6 trees nearby were blown down Acres sthe road at the farm of Mrs rances Lawrence a large combination tobacco and feed bam was left leaning by the strong wind Telephone lines were out for a time in the Bagdad community Mrs Curry Dies At Home Near isherville Mrs Laura Orr Curry 67 wife of Curry farmer of isher ville Star Route died at 7:15 am Tuesday at her home She was the daughter of James and Mary Alice Spaulding Orr Surviving besides her husband are a brother Norvin On St Matthews a sister Mrs Bruce Hardin Simpsonville and several nieces and nephews uneral services were conducted at 2 pm yesterday from the East wood Christian Church by the Rev Deitrich Warren Ohio assisted by the pastor Rev Dave Boston Bur ial followed in Resthaven Ceme tery Mrs Orbit Akins Dies At Hospital Native of Shelby Spent Most of Life Jn franklin Mrs Lillie Jamison Akins 55 wife of Orbit Akins a farmer of Graefenburg died Sunday at 5:15 pm at Kings Daughters Hospital in Shelbyville She was a daughter of the late John and Sara Hammond Jamison and a native of Shelby County but spent most of her life in ranklin County She was a member of the Graefenburg Baptist Church and held the respect and esteem of a wide circle of friends Besides her husband she is sur vived by her mother Mrs Sara Bell Jameson six sisters Mrs Iva Akins Mrs Beulah Jeff Mrs Ola Slucher Misses Edith and Emily Jamison all of Graefenburg Mrs Ruby Samples Shelby County two brothers Clarence Jamison of Graefenburg and Aubrey Jamison of ranklin County uneral services were held Wed nesday at 10:30 am (CST) at Graefenburg Baptist Church by Rev Robert Pinder pastor Burial was in Grove Hill Cemetery Pallbearers were: John Dadisman Jouitt Tracy Bryant June Terry Howard Smith and rancis Thacker Unexpected Death or Mrs Burnett uneral and Burial Monday At 2:30 O'clock Mrs Dean Burnett died unex pectedly at 9 pm Saturday at her home on Beechwood Avenue Mrs Burnett a native of An derson County had spent most of her life in Shelby She was a daugh ter of Robert A and rances Headen Cook and a member of the Shelbyville Baptist Church Of a quiet gentle disposition she held a treasured place in the affections of her friends as a woman of lovable character Surviving are two daughters Mrs Robert Connor St Matthews and Mrs Morton Berry Eminence and a son James Burnett Shelby ville member of the faculty of Eastern High School in Jefferson County former principal in the inchville School a sister Mrs Mary Searcy Shelbyville four brothers Cook and John Will Cook Waddy Marshall Cook Lex ington and orrest Cook rank fort and three grandsons uneral services were conducted at 2:30 pm Monday from Hall Taylor uneral Home by Dr Elsey Burial followed in Grove Hill Cemetery Pallbearers were: Bill Burnett John Martin Wallaca Headen Carl Summers Di Cook and 'J Cook 'f Carp Weighs 634 Pounds 40 James William Allen 12 a fifth grade pupil in the Shelbyville Colored School is shown pictured with his prize carp weighing 65 lbs The big fish was caught last riday in Clear Creek above the water works James is the son of Mr and Mrs Eugene Allen Long Illness atal Wadlington Prominent Business Man Of Shelbyville Courtney Holt Wadlington 69' prominent business man and well known resident died at 12:10 am Wednesday at the Daugh ters Hospital following a long ill ness Mr Wadlington a native of Trigg County was a son of the late Mark and Nannie Cunningham Wadlington He was a salesman for Belknap Hardware Company for six years before entering the hardware business here forty years ago He had at one time been a salesman for wholesale hardware firms in Pa ducah and St Louis A graduate of the high school in Trigg County he attended night classes in Cincinnati and Louisville Mr Wadlington studied civil en gineering early in life and laid out the plans for streets of a town on the Kentucky Tennessee border He was a member of the Shelby ville Baptist Church the Chamber of Commerce the Shelbyville Golf Club and a charter member of the Rotary Club and a former member of tlie old Shelbyville Elks Club Mr Wadlington was popular with both young and old being a most congenial and companionable per son one who loved to mingle with his friends and enjoy their fellow ship In his passing the community has lost a valued citizen Surviving are his wife Mrs Ulah Young Wadlington a daughter Mrs Ralph Mitchell and a son Courtney Wadlington two broth ers Wadlington and James Wadlington both of Dotham Ala a sister Mrs uqua Cadiz Ky several nieces and nephews uneral services were conducted at 4 yesterday (CST) from Shannon uneral Home by Dr Elsey the Rev Edward Cayce and the Rev Glover Daniel Interment followed in Grove Hill Cemetery Hite Is Commissioned After Jet Pilot Training Sui Ik KENNETH HITE Kenneth Hite has been com misisoned a second lieutenant in the Air orce after completing training as a jet pilot at Laredo Texas Air orce Base He is the son of Mrs Ethel Hite 724 33rd Street Louisville formerly of Shelby County and the nephew of Miss Celestine Hite Shelbyville Hite 22 attended the University of Kentucky He now is training for combat service at Nellis Air orce Base Las Vegas (Photo Courtesy Courier Journal) Correction Through an error in last paper it was announced that Mr and Mrs Curtis Willis were re ceiving congratulations upon the birth of a son It should have read: Mr and Mrs Curtis Willard of rankfort announce the birth of a son Jackie Lee May 17 at KingsDaughters Hospital in rankfort iMrand Mrs Willard formerly lived in Shelby County i Three Local Boys Receive Degrees Boat Capsizes When They "Jimmy Mac" Ratcliffe Gets Cum Latide Honor James Ratcliffe son of Mrs Roy Ratcliffe John Buckner son of Mr and Mrs John Dawson Buck ner and Billy Ballard Humston son of Mr and Mrs Charles Hum ston all of Shelbyville received de grees Sunday night at Centre Col lege at Danville James (Jimmy Mack) Rat cliffe was a cum laude graduate Receiving his Bachelor of Arts de gree he majored in accounting and was president of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and the Round Table also a member of Omicron Delta Kappa fraternity and Intra fra ternity council He also received the Yager Warren ord accounting awarded to the senior doing the best work in his class Jimmy Were Lifting ishing Nets Tragedy struck two fold in the Elmburg community alioiit 8 am yes terday morning when II Smither and his son Edwin Ray Smither were drowned in Smither Lake Mr Smither his son and a Mr Jones were out in a boat raising some fish nets when the boat capsized Mr Smither and his son lost their lives but Mr Jones was rescued by Mr Newton Bo hannon who waded out as far as he could und pulled him in with a fishing pole It was reported that the bodies were recovered by State Police who dragged the lake Mr Smither a native of Shelby County was a son of tliO late Levi Smither He was a well known real estate agent and for sometime had suc cessfully operated Lake Surviving are his wife Mrs Katherine Black Smither a son Joha Thomas Smither a student at the University of Louisville his mother Mrs Rena Smither a sister Mrs Dora Kemper Shelbyville three brothers Lewis Smither St Matthews Tommy Smither Elmburg George Smither Waddy uneral arrangements were not made when the Sentinel went to press Mac who was an outstanding stu dent and athlete at Shelbyville High School lettered in basketball all four years in college playing the posi tion of right guard William a 1 1 a a Huston ma jored in accounting He is a mem ber of Phi Delta Theta fraternity He is married and has a young son Carroll Drew a few weeks old John Buckner receiving bis AB degree is a member of the Kappa Alpha fraternity He married the former Miss Betty Craig daughter of Mr and Mrs A Craig of Shelbyville Sixteen Boys Report or Army Induction In June Shelby County will forward for Army induction a total of 16 men for the month of June 1953 Leav ing for the Louisville Induction Sta tion on June 23rd will be: William Carter Thompson Edward Boswell Hayes Harold Thomas Thornton Kenneth Livingston King Carl Donald Black William Lee Jones James Seibert LeCompte Claywood Stivers Gayle Lee Marston Joe Warren Brown Jr Edmond Thom as Johnson James Thomas Clem mons Eugene Brown Gaines George ranklin Pigg Charles Stev enson Ogden' Jr a volunteer Robert Thomas Bailey Briggs Lawson Attends Meeting Board Directors Ky Society Crippled Children Briggs Lawson of Shelbyville was in Covington last Wedesday to at tend the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Kentucky Society for Crippled Children Mr Lawson besides being a di rector and first vice president of the Society was state chairman of the 1953 Easter Seal Appeal which finances the statewide pro gram of treatment education and other services for all types of crip pled children The Easter Seal campaign this year raised $206000 Mr Lawson reported This is the largest amount ever raised by an Easter Seal Sale in this state The Board followed Mr campaign report with a unanimous vote of thanks for his "splendid in the successful campaign The directors also voted ratifica tion of a proposal for a National Easter Seal Research Institute which will apply four per cent of all Easter Seal funds to research into crippling diseases Bible School At Hempridge 15 26 Session rom 1:30 To 4:30 Each Afternoon The Vacation Bible School of the Hempridge Baptist Church will be June 15 26 from 1:30 to 4:30 each afternoon All children between the ages of 4 and 16 are urged to at tend Transportation will be fur nished The workers Beginners de partment: Mrs red Turner Mrs Curtis Ogden and Mrs Everett Bohannon Primary department Mrs Billie Brumley Mrs Rsocoe Wilson Mrs George Spaulding Mrs Clark and Mrs Cheek Junior department Mrs Jesse Aringtdh Mrs Herbert Clark and Mrs Billie Moffett Intermediate department Mrs Nickols Mrs Bill Payne and Mrs Davis Mrs Brum ley secretary Edith Pearl Wilson chorister Jackie Riddle pianist Nan Lee Lawson Darrel Wilson Buys Registered Ayrshire Darrell Wilson of Shelbyville recently made an initial purchase of one registered Ayrshire accord ing to the Ayrshire Asso ciation Executive Secretary Ches ter Putney of Brandon Vermont The transaction was recorded in the National Office of the Ayrshire Association in Brandon where complete records on all reg istered Ayrshires in the United States have been maintained since 1875 Because of their ability to pro duce at a low cost an abtmdance of milk with an average butterfat test of four per cent the Ayrshire breed of dairy cattle has became increas ingly popular with dairymen throughout the country Driver's Licenses Must Be Secured Before August 1st Mrs Ann Trimble Circuit Clerk states that licenses in Shelby County went on sale here Monday June 8 and all whose last begin with through must procure license before August 1st to avoid penalty Each one must come in person or procure a blank and send it in notarized with the old license Shelby RECC To Take Part In Program To Double Use Of Electricity In Ky Advertisem*nt Elsewhere In This Week's Sentinel The Shelby Rural Electric Co operative Corporation Shelbyville announced this week their partici pation in a program sponsored by the Kentucky Rural Electric Co operatives of Kentucky to doublethemse of electricity in the cooper ative service areas of Kentucky dur ing the 1953 1954 period Upon the realization of the need for expansion of the use of electricity on the farm and in the farm home the Ken tucky Plan as it has been named was created so that the rural elec? trie co op members may derive the full benefits from electricity for bet ter living and more farm produc tion This increased use of elec tricity will help develop a strong agricultural element in Kentucky and will have a corresponding bene ficial effect on the economic and social welfare on the state as a whole Elsewhere in this Issue there is a ad sponsored by the Shelby RECC announcing a free electric range and water heater installation program available to all its mem bers The Shelby Co Op points out1 that this installation program is the initial phase of its support of the Kentucky Plan and is being under taken to encourage its members in the fullest practical use of elec tricity in the farm home Long Manager of the Shelby Co Op states that a com prehensive agricultural and eco nomic status Study of Shelby Coun ty reveals that of 2205 farms in Shelby County only 652 are equipped with tunning water Of the total farms in Shelby County the Shelby Co Op is now serving 1627 of these farms Increased use of electricity on the farm will mean a higher scale of living increased production lower unit costs better quality products Jess waste new types of farm enterprises greater cash income and a cnance to com pete favorably with farm produc ts in other areas to tha farm fam ilies of this county The Tindalls "Strike It Rich" 3 To 4 Thousand Dollars rom Various Sources A number of long distance tele phone lines from here to New York were busy Wednesday Many of our TV fans and others who were not fans congregated about their ownor television sets Wed nesday evening at 7 when several appeals for help were heard from our group of orphan children who have been on our minds and hearts recently There was some discussion about whether the little answer was correct Anyway if it were misunderstood it came out for the best A correct answer called for $500 The Heart Line und volunteered $100 apiece for the si children present making a hundred dollars more than was pxpected Their excitement was in teresting and the deep concern on the countenance of Mr Everett Hall in the "close was noted "Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of said the Master It may be that even greater benefit comes to the hearts of the benefactors than the ones who re ceive the gifts The entire amount of money at hand could not be ascertained be fore press time but from last ac count it was estimated to be about $3500 plus calls from throughoutthe United States not then veri fied for various amounts $25 $100 etc the largest amount reported just then was about $1200 from picture show tickets for the show at our local theatre last night rom Chamber of Commerce in formation yesterday (Thursday) morning it was estimated that wo have $1800 just here at home and all added together brings the amount as before stated to about $3500 plus calls not then reported One of the most interesting of fers is from Mr Peyton McMaldn of Bloomfield patron and benefac tor of Midway Junior College for Girls offering to send one of the Tindall girls to Midway when she completes High School Transportation to New York was furnished the group by Reynolds Metals Co in one of their huge planes which left Bowman ield at 10 am Tuesday The children were accompanied by Rev and Mrs James Hatley of Shelby County and Mr Everett Hall of this city and the nurse who was in charge of little Wallace Ray Tindall who was injured in the fatal wreck or Better Tobacco A tobacco improvement program set up by UK County Agent King in Carter County includes the following planks: variety tests soil testing to determine kinds and amounts of fertilizers needed for top leaf plant bed management proper housing use of co*ke in cur ing grading demonstrations cover crops to follow tobacco and spreading information on ways to get higher returns from tobacco Thieves At Worc In Shelbyville Riner Pontiac Garage Robbed Of Cash Etc Thieves entered the Riner Pontiac Garage near ourth sometime Sun day night Entrance was gained by break ing a window in the rear of tha building and the intruders took $58 in cash several tools and sawed the blades off a window fan Tha safe was tampered with lyut they did not break the lock.

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