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Ky.' Press Assn, McVey B l d g . U. Le *ington 1 Ky. The largest reierve seat •ale in recent years for the August S all-night sing, has been ricocded at Renfro Valley.; « The'all-night sing will fol- low the regular Saturday night performances and will begin at midnight. The' Celestials and the Farmer Sisters will be among •anyold-favOrite acts return- ing. Heading the cast will be the Swanee- River Boys. This group, one of the best in the nation, have' made several records and are now appearing on a leading gos- pel television show. This., will be their first appearance on the Renfro Valley- All- Night Sing. Several years ago, John Lair heard one of their re- cordings and signed then\ sight-unseen, with rqdio sta- tion WS Bin Atlanta, Georgia., the blaze was finally brought Other guest acts on the program will be the_ Dudley Sisters and the Frost Bro- thers Quartet. . Sunday, August '6 the singing will be repeated in the -Big Barn for those un- able to attend the all-night session. General admission tickets will be on sale at the door and will be good for both morning and after- noon sessions. Reserved seats are still on sale for the show begin- ning at midnight Saturday. However, not many are left. ' Tickets may be purchased at Renfro Valley. . . BIDS TO BE LET Bids for two bituminous surfacing projects in Rock- castle County will be re- ceived by the Highway De- partment on August 25, Gov- ernor Edward T. Breathitt and Highway Commissioner Mitchell W. Tinder announced today. The projects are: The Mt. Vernon-Bloss'Billows Road beginning at the end of bitu- minous surface at Buffalo Church and extending north- erly and northwesterly a dis'-" tance of 2.4.'-miles; and the Hansford-Level Green Road (Ky. ' 11S2) beginning one mile east of Ky. 461 and ex- tending easterly a distance of one mile. ' IN VIETNAM- Ale James W. Cummins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Byrd' Cummins of Mt. Vernon; • is currently sta- tioned in Saigon, Vietnam with the 315th Air Division serving as crew 'chief on- a C130 cargo transport plane. A 1960 graduate of Livings- ton High School, he has served three and one-half. ASSIGNED Pvt. Jerry Ij. Northern, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Northern, of Route 1*, Or- lando, has been assigned to Company 6, 10 Battalion, 5 Brigade, at the United States Army Training Cen- ter at Fort Knox. Following the completion of basic training. Pvt. least an additional eight weeks of either advanced - instruction or on-the- job training to qualify him in a years the Air Force. - specialized military skill. Circuit Court Notes Lewis Bell, charged with sellingliqnor in option terri- tory, • was found • guilty in Circuit Court Thursday. He was fined S100 and cost and sentenced to thirty days in the-county jail.- Continued to August 14 was a charge of assault and» battery against Clarence Riddle-and the same charge against Kenneth McGuire. Continued to the same date was a charge of striking and wounding with intent to kill against Juanita McGuire. A charge of breach of peace was dismissed- against Pearlie Vanwinkle, Jane Vanwirikle, Bodie Vanwinkle, and- Brenda Vanwinkle- of Snider. Ed Logsdon of Sand Springs was also found not guilty of a breach of peace charge Continued to November 24 was a charge of assault and battery against James Thomason and Guy Moran' and the same charge against James K. Jones. Court reconvened Wednes- day after a two day recess. Brush Creek Road Closed Brush Creek Road will be closed effective Thursday (today). The road is being closed to enable the-State Department of Highways to replace' the bridge< located about a quarter of a mile from Roundstone-Creek. • Three alternative' routes have been suggested for Brodhead Sailor Injured In USS Forrestal Disaster ADJ3 Jimtf Glandon Lunsford 10 Local Scoots At Camp persons having to travel in the area. - They are: Cove Branch Road; up Clear Creek Road, and across Loman HilUt.o Climax; and through Liv- ingston. ' Plans are for the bridge to be completed in time for the opening of school, if possible. - Ten Mt. Vernon Boy Scouts frorrtTroop No. 156«Bre spend- ing the week at Boy Seoul Camp McKee at Mt. Sterling. The scouts left Sunday for their stay at the camp with approximately 190 scouts from surrounding a- reas. They will return Sat- ur day afternoon. Attending the camp from i the local troo are: Leo- nard Davis, • Douglas and Gregory Mulliris, Tommy Niceley, -Johnny St. ' Qlair, Dwight, Hoskins, George and Jamrs Dooley, Joe Ed Hansel, and John Mark Bray. Thirty scouts were pre- sented their tenderfoot bad- ges and one scout his s:c- end class badge at a "Court Offtonor" held last Thurs- day evening at the Mt. Ver- non Christian-church. During the ceremonies, each , boy's , mother was. also presented with a pin signifying their son's a- chievement. "I would like to thank each and everyonewho help- ed with the ceremony for the boys," Scoutmaster Charles Alfred Mullins said. " E- specially Larry Adams from Frankfort, one of the Dis- trict Commissioners of the Blue Grass Council, who made a -special trip to Mt. Vernon to present the troop with theiri charter making the Mt. Vernon troop an official troop; Dr. Steven B. Kelly and Troo 82 from Somerset who held the "Court of Honor" for our troop, and Mr. and Mrs. Gillis Craig for providing refreshments,"' Scoutmaster Mullins further stated. Receiving their tenderfoot bages were: Larry Carter Leonard Davis, Douglas Mullins, Gregory Mullins, - Tommy Niceley, Johnny St. Clair, Jimmy Mullins, Clin- ton Clay Winstead, Russell Robbins, -Danny Ford, Paul Travis, Larry Travis, Fred Morris, John Mark Bray, Jackie Anglin, Bill Baiiey, David Shivel. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Lunsford of-Main Street in Brodhead Jwete notified Monday that , v .their son, James Glendoii' </Lunsford, had been serious- ly injured in the Forrestal jiZisaster of July 29. 2 Mr. and Mrs. Lunsford received a telegram, Tues- day, August 1, which listed tBheir soq's condition as jg'poot." , , 3 The telegram read, in 3>art: "your son, ADJ3 James 3llfendon Lunsford, USN, is Jfieriously ill as a result of !Sire and explosion on flight 'Week aboard USS Forrestal "Ion July 29, 1967 in the Gulf rof Tonkin suffering from jjamoke inhalation and pneu- monitis." 5 Lunsford, 21, enlisted in 'HOUSE HIT BY LIGHTNING The home of Mr. and Mrs. •iLoas Stevens near Brod- Amos Kendrick, Dwight 'head was hit by lightning Hoskins,- Roger" Lapoe^-jFtiday- evening during an Brent Kirby, George Dooley, jelectrical storm in the area. Frankie Bullock, .David I The lightningset the dwell- Nelson; James Dooley, Rudy . ing on fire and most of the Burdette, Bill Frank Stewart, -contents and the inside of Kenny Robinson, Eddie the home was destroyed. Hayes, and John Ritchey . With the help of neighbors, Henderson. Joe Ed Hansel received his second dass badge. At FHA Center V.ODHEAD FMR The annnal Brodhead Fair will begin August 7 and continue through August 12 at the Brodhead Fair- grounds. "Future Ho;nemakers Hats Off to Leadership" wa» the theme of the Future Home- makers of America Leader- ship Training Conference. The meeting was held at the FFA Leadership. . T r a t a W t f * ^ . Victoria Ponder. 79, MRS. VICTORIA PONDER BURIED AT FAIRVIEW Center in Hardinsburg, July 24-27, with 214 State-and District officers and advis- ers participating. Attending from Rockcastle were Shirley Newcomb and Mrs. Loietta Dillingham, ad- viser from Livingston High School. Miss Mildred Reel, National FHA Adviser of Washington, D.C., • followed the confer- ence theme in her presenta- tion by helping FHA officers understand the qualities which make for leadership. Presiding at the business sessions was Monica Estes, state president, of the Memo- rial High School Chapter in Waynesburg. Miss Newcomb participated in the recreation programs and several committee meet- ings concerning FHA. She also won the Kentucky Camp- er award. FHA is a national organi- zation for high school home economics pupils with 607, 000 members in more than 12,240 chapters in the USA, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The Kentucky Fu- ture Homemakers organiza- tion is sponsored by the Home Economics Division of the State Department of Education, Frankfort. SMALL BUSINESS REP. AT LONDON AUG. 9 A representative of the Small Business Administra- tion will be at that Federal agency's part-time office in the County Court Room, County Courthouse, London, on Wednesday, August 9. a native of Withers in Rock- castle County, died at the Rockcastle County Baptist Hospital July-25.. The daughter, of Thomas R. "find candice Bamett Mullins, she was a member of the Livingston Christian Church and a former teacher in Rockcastle. She was preceded in death byherhusband, W.H. Ponder, Survivors include two sifr ters, Mrs. Dora P i k ^ ^ ^ l t . Vemon, and Mxpr Nancy E. Mink of^RtSute 2, Mt. Vernon, andorother, Casper N. Mullins of Route 2, Mt. Vernon, twelve nephews, fourteen nieces, and many other relatives. Funeral services were held Thursday. July 27 at the Mt. Vernon christian Church with Bro. Norman Howard and Bro. George Anderson officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery. Cox Funeral Home was in charge of all larrqngements. REVIVAL AND HOMECOMING Revival services will begin August 7 and continue through August 13 at Buckeye Christ- ian Church. Evangelist Homer C. Mc- New will conduct the ser- vices which will begin each evening at 7:30 p.m. Bro. Cecil Dailey is pastor of the church.' Homecoming will be August 13 at the church. Dinner will be served. Everyone is welcome. the Navy in January of 1964-and had been home on leave the last of May. - He attended Brodhead. High School and received his high school diploma after entering the Navy- According to daily papers, the jet fuel fire aboard the carrier USS Forrestal off the coast of North Vietnam killed at least 71 sailors and injured at least 56 others. 112 sailors,, officers and men, are lifted as missing in the bowels of the carrier or in the South China Sea. Many injured men jumped into the sea when the explosions began. No hope is held for their survi- val. The carriet, the third big- gest in the world, limped slowly from the Gulf of Ton- kin Sunday, toward _Subic Bay, in the Phillippines. Seven huge holes gaped in its steel flight deck and the crumbled burned-out remains of a dozen aircraft were sprawled out grotesquely. A total of 26 jet planes were either destroyed or jet- tisoned overboard during the FHA Loans The Farmers Home Ad- ministration. a branch of the UnitedStates Department of Agriculture, has been providing assistance to sev- eral families in this area, and through new and in- creased authorities have the resources available to assist many more low-in- come families in increasing their annual income. Two different types of low interest, long term loans are available. One, loans are made .to farmers'to pur- chase additional land, cat- tle, equipment , to develop land, to fence, and to re- pair buildings. Two, loans are made to small business- men to purchase buildings, repair buildings, to purchase stock, equipment, and other facilities to improve or es- tablish a business. These loans are available at 4 1/8% interest up, to $3500.00, and the repayment period is up to 15 years. If you need to increase your income, contact the Farmers Home Adminis- (Conf. To Pag* 8) first three hours of the dis- aster- It is thought it all be- gan when an F4 Phantom jet. preparing to launch, shot a sheet of flame from its jets, igniting a rocket in an air- craft behind it and setting off a chain reaction. Navy officers on the For- restal ^ere'reluctant to make any estimate of damage. But the plane losses alone were expected tO'-*xnoimt_to at '(east $70 million, with dam- age to the ship possibly $20 million more. The pilots of most .of the aircraft that exploded on the flight deck were saved. Significant damage to the ship was reported in the top six of the 10 d:cks. A major battle was fought to- prevent the blaze spreading from hanger bay three to hangar bay two, where a score of planes, armed with bombs, were waiting to be lifted to the flight deck for the launch/ " — The men still trapped in- clude cooks, ships fitters, maintenance men and machi- nists. APPREHENDED-StarlingCressof Pine Hill, center, was arrested recently for making illegal whiskey. Deputy Sher- iff Billy Kirby, right looks the situation over after raiding Mr. Cress' still, in the bottom photo, several necessary items for the making of "moon" are shown.*' Fiscal Court Accepts Contract Th e Rockcastle County Fiscal Court voted at its regular meeting Tuesday to accept the Equipment and Rental Contract from the State Highway Department for the hauling of 16,406 tons of crushed limestone at $.85 per load. This is a continuation of an equip- ment rental program which has been in effect for several years in "Rockcastle County and has proven very satis- factory. The county should. realize about S14,uuu irom the contract. During the meeting, Mag- istrate G.H. Giffin made a motion to **ask the State Highway Department to widen the Sand Springs Road. The-motion was passed unanimously. A motion was made and passed to pay the interest on the court house bonds, which was due August ! The amount of interest due is $3449.50. The road from Spiro to Maretburg and the Freedom Road from US 150 to the Brodhead lane road was ap- proved to be set up fo. county aid. §£aled bids were opened for an eight-ton lowboy trail- er. Pay^ps Auto Parts sub- mitted the low bid of $1195.00 and was awarded the contract. There will be a special called meeting Friday, August 4 for the purpose of setting the county-tax levy. New Rules For Food Stamps dropped our ot the program before lune 1 and wishes to re-enter will be treated like, a new food-stamp family if it comes into the program after Aug. 1 and will be el- igible for the half-price. Another change, a reduct- ion in. money needed to buy stamps in -the lowest income bracket of $30 or less a month, makes it pos- sible for a family to gain the same amount of stamps for less.money. Previously, the minimum price was $2 pet person per month—now it la 50 centa- Changes in the U.S. De- partment of Agriculture's food stamp program will help more needy families take advantage of this aid, according to Commissioner C. Leslie Dawson, Kentucky Department of Economic Security. He says persons who take part in the program for the flrat time on or after Aug- 1 will be able to buy stamps at half-price dui:'ig' their first month. - This applies only to new cases to en- courage participation. Any eligible family who REPLACED-- The above bridge, located,about a quarter of a mile from Roundstone Creek, -on; Broth Creek Road la scheduled-for replacement.; The-work will be done by the State Department of Highways. :• 7v"- " . • •••• . - 4 V ' IN BLOOM-Alpha Smith, right, of Renfro Valley,' and his granddaughter, Diedre Collings- worth of Mansfield, Ohio, display thei: "Christ in a Manger" flower which blooms once a year late in the evening. The bloom is usually gone by morning. According to Mr. Smith, the plant wilvonly bloom after being set out seven years.
