official opening of Great Saltpetre Cj sre on hind to take part In the dajrtl above photo are, from le f t Col. Har la

Cochran, co-owner of Renfro Valley E | of Sunday's fathering, Mr. Lair, and 1

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MOUNT VERNON, KENTUCKY *0486 THURSn»Y, JULY 8.1971

Rockcastle Included In Addt'l. Blacktop Project

Highway Commissioner B.£. King has announced plans to apply the first coat of new blacktop to about 1200 miles of unpaved county roads at a " cost of $8 or $9 million.

King said the program will get rural motorists "out of the dust and mud," and r e -duce air pollution from dust for those who live or work along the roads.

"Also, we're reducing fu-ture maintenance cos t s , " King said. "When we get a good hard surface there, we don't have to go In and grade and place additional stone each y e a r . "

The 1200 mll& of black-topping will be In addition to the regular rural-secondary and county road aid program. King said the additional black-top money will be spent In counties where less than 85 per cent of the roads are now

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U.S. Air Force First Lieu-tenant John H. Egan, son of Mr, and Mrs. Howard N. Egan of M t Vernon, Is on duty at Udorn Royal .Thai AFB, Thai-land.

Lieutenant Egan, a weapons controller, Is In a unit of the Pacific Air Forces, headquar-t e r s for air operations in Southeast Asia, the Far East and Pacific area. He previous-ly served at McChord AFB, Wash.

The lieutenant, a 1963 grad-uate of Mount Vernon High School, received hi s B.S. de-f i n e to forestry and botany In 1969 from Eastern Ken-tucky University where he was commissioned through the Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps program.

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hard-surf ^ e d . Bids were opened July 2

on the first segment of the program covering 259 miles of blacktopplng In 23 coun-ties.

The counties and the miles of new blacktop specified are :

Garrard, 19.8J Jackson, 17.1; Russel, 16.3;'Adalt, 15.9; Lau-re l , 15.3; Clay, 15.2; Pulaski, 14.6; Whitley, 14.4; Knox, 13.6; Casey, 13.6; Monroe, 13.5; Es-till, U.8; Leslie, 10.7; Wayne, 10.7; Metcalfe, 9.6; Lincoln, 8.0; Owen, 8.0; Taylor, 7.9; McCreary, 7.9; Rockcastle, 5.3; Anderson, 4.9; Carroll , 4.9; and Gallatin, .9.

A total of 56 other counties can expect some blacktop mileage from the program us-ing the "under 65 per cent" break point These range from Elliott with 12 per cent to Edmonson, Hart and Clinton, all with 64 per cent of their roads hard-surfaced.

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Navy Fireman Apprentice Larry R. Shepherd,sonof Mrs. Susie M. Hurley, and husband of the former Miss Elizabeth A. Moore, both of Livingston, was graduated from recruit training at the Naval Train-ing Center, Great Lakes, 01.

He Is a 1970 graduate of Livingston High School.

Navy Fireman Apprentice Albert M. Mulllns, sonof Mrs. Ardella Mulllns of Route 2, Livingston, was graduated from recruit training at the Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, M.

He Is a 1970 graduate of L M m H u c High School.

1971-72 Tax Levy Approved County Fiscal Court

held In Lair . Over 3500 persons were on hand to occasion with Mr. Lair. In the above photo are, Ky. Fried Chicken, Hank Cochran, co-owne sponsors along with Hal Smith of Sunday's gathe iwner of Renfro Valley Enterprises.

,604 In Food Stamps Received By Countians

Music Festival Is July 9,10 & 11 At Renfro

Mac Wiseman, that long-time purveyor of real country music, will be presenting the Renfro Valley Blue Grass Music Festival In Renfro Val-ley Friday, Saturday and Sun-day, July 9, 10 and 1L

Mr. Wiseman, who was born In Waynesboro, Virginia, has bed more than one hundred sin-gles, released over the years on Dot, Capitol, MGM and RCA labels. His work has taken him to Europe, Into all provinces in Canada and each state In the United States. Carnegie Hall, Hollywood Bowl, Mariposa Folk Fest i-val, Newport Folk Festival, Rice University, California Polytechnic Institute, Apple Blossom Festival and the Las Vegas night spots have housed rg^ord crowds for his per -sonal appearances. He has al-

s o appeared on the Porter Wagoner Show, Wiltwrn Bros. Show, Flatt and Scruggs Show, Marty Robblns Show, Jimmy Dean Show, CBS Network, Ranch Party and many others.

The Festival will be kicked off at 1 p.m., Friday, July 9 with a concert featuring Mr. Wiseman, J.D. Crowe & Band, Country Gentieme", the Shen-andoah Cbt-opt , . Boys f rom Shlloh, Blue Grass Alliance and Renfro's own Joe Clark. Saturday from 1 p.m. until mldplght there will be another concert featuring Lester Flatt it Nashville Grass and many other top names and on Sun-day, July 11, the Osborne Bros, win be at Renfro for a con-cer t beginning at 12:30 and lasting until 9 p.m.

During May, 3,477 low-in-come persons In Rockcastle County received food stamps valued at $86,604, Com-missioner of the Department of Economic Security Meni t t S. Delta, Jr . announced today.

This record compares to 3,709 low-Income persons who received food stamps worth *90,476 (taring AprlL

Virgil Bradley Dies

After Skort Hlness Virgil John Bradley, 73,

of Roots 1, Mt. Vernon passed away Smiay, July 4 erse t a^er ashortOXbess. He was born In Rockcastle County October 13, 1897 the soo of the late Jim and Lacy Bullock Bradley and was a ret ired fa rmer and a member of the Sand Springs Baptist Church.

He Is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nora Bullock Bradley of Mt. Vernon; four sons, Arvll Bradley of Dayton, Ohio, Carl Bradley of Xenla, C*lo, and Jess and Joe Bradley, both of Mt. Vernon; five daughters, Mrs. Nona Mc-Ferron, Mrs. Zelma McFer-ron, Mrs. Margie McFerron, Mrs. Ruby Mink and Mrs. Ada Noe, all of Mt. Vernon; two brothers. Rev. Eugene Bradley of Mt. Vernon and Willie Bradley of Cedar Creek, Ky,; one s i s te r , Mrs. Minnie Bunch of Crab Orchard, 36 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren.

Funeral services were con-ducted Wednesday, July 7 at the Dowell A Martin Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. Ray Cum-mins and Rev. Raymond Offltt.

Burial was lxf the Ottawa Cemetery.

In May of 1970, only 3,326 persons In Rockcastle Coun-ty received food stamps at a cost of *83,048.

Commissioner Deltz pointed out that Kentucky's Food Stamp Program, administered by the Kentucky Department of Eco-nomic Security and the De-partment erf Agriculture, safe-guards -tfa* health of the na-tion's low-income families through better nutrition.

FamUlas In the program exchange an amount of their own money, usually spent for food, to purchase food coo-

cetve boons coupons t o boast their buying powefl

Kent ucky«i 71 county Food Stamp Program lenced during the past ye i r . During May, 281,941 low-locome Keo-tucklans received food stamps valued at *7,020,699. In May 1970, 201,158 persons received food stamps worth *4,955.167.

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-al Olympic iwl-u ' • a n ft'i • n i» op from fee 1.) swim team at Cedar Ksplds Country Club. Last Friday 1 went cut to watch the match between them a*d a learn from London and was particularly Impressed by the strength and form of one of our local swimmers In par -t icular. Miss Roxanne Ham-moos, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Earl Ham moot of M t Vsrnoo, woo all three

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-Ulss Hinmnos had oo prob-l e m la any even t whatsoever.

develop into a really great swimmer In my opinion. And, by the way, you d o o t have to worry too 'much about the "Younger Generation" as far as strength goes, Miss Ham-mons swam the length of the pool eight times to win the 200 meter free-style and Doug Mulllns, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Alfred Mulllns, swam the length of the pool sixteen times to take f i rs t place In the 400-meter f ree-s tyle . How many of us "older fo lks" could do that? I couldnf have even In my prime. . . .

Another event which took place over the weejc end at the Club was the golf tourna-ment which drew quite a bit of attention because a 13-year-old " C " player came In with the lowest score for 18 holes. Bill Henderson, son of Dr. and Mrs. Joe Henderson, won the "C" flight with a 79 which we think Is a pretty remark-able score . John Lair, Bill 's grandfather, made one of the most Intelligent observations we have heard In a long time about the game of golf once when he said, "I know what It Is about this game that keeps people coming back to play I t Everytlme you hit the ball badly you think now 1

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Two ftamed

Ky. Colonels Troy Glbbs of Louisville

and Mrs. Emory Martin of M t Vernon, both former en-tertainers on the Renfro Val-ley Barn Da&ca, received com-missions as Kentucky Col-onels Sunday during festivi-ties- at the official opening of Great Saltpetre Cave.

The presentation was made by Pleaz Mobley, former State Senator from this area.

Farn Bureau

Fish Fry July 9 The annual Rockcastle Coun-

ty Farm Bureau Fish Fry will be held Friday night, July 9 at 7 p.m. at the Brodbead School cafeteria.

Carter Announce*

The Rockcastle County F i s -cal Court met Tuesday for their July meeting and set the tax levy for 1971-72. The levy is .3c per *100 a s se s s -ment lover than last year ' s rate since the local health de-partment voluntarily lowered (heir ra ts from 2.5c per *100 assessment to 2.2c.

The 18.3c perJlOO assess-ment Is made up of the fol-lowing levys: General Fund B.8c per *100 assessment for all property subject to taxa-

•tton except bankihares ; Health Department 2 J c ; Library Fund L3c; Agriculture Depart-ment 1.75c and Soil Conserva-tion .25c.

Taxes on bank shares will be collected at the rate of 19c per *100 valuation.

The franchise tax levy Is also 18.3c tod will be collect-ed and divided according to the above schedule.

The school bm tor 1971-72 also remained at 34.4c per *100 assessment on all county property and 34.4c per *100 assessment on all public s e r -vices and franchises, in addi-tion to the regular levy, a poll tax (tor school purposes only) of *2 will be collected for all male cltlseos between the ages of 18 and 65 years of age.

Other tax rates approved by the court was Incloded the r i t e for state taxation which was W i s follows: L5c per 9100 assessment on real e s -tate; 10.0c tor tangible pro-perty and 25.0c tor Intangible property. Also, a 3c per acre (forest land) tax win be levied on all privately owned forest land In the county tor the pur-pose of forest f i re protection. The money collected from this

Bokert Parrett iv r"--"- __.

Dies At S o t r s r t Hobert l t r e t t , 61, of M t

Vernon passed away July 8 at t be Somerset City Hos-pital in Somerset He was born In Laurel Coanty on Sep-tember 8, 1909 the son of Sam Parret t of Route 2, Mt Vernon and the late Nan Par -ker P a r r e t t He was a heavy equipment operator and a member of the First Baptist Church In M t Vernon.

Besides his father, he Is survived by his wife, Mrs. Margaret McHargue Parrett of M t Vernon; three daugh-t e r s , Mrs. Kay Singleton of M t Vernon, Mrs. Shirley Boyd of San Antonio,TeswaaAMra.'- • Janle Harrison of Dayton, Ohio; one s i s te r , Mrs. Amoe Owens of Route 2, Mt. Vernon; two brothers, Delbert Parre t t of M t Vernon and Cody Par -rett of Route 2, Mt. Vernon and seven grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, (today) July 8 at 2 p.m. at the Firs t Bap-tist Church In M t Vernon with Bro. Harvey Pensol and Bro. Wllford Brown officiat-ing. Burial will foUow In Elmifood Cemetery.

Arrangements are by the Cox Funeral Home.

levy Is paid to the State T rea -su re r for fire protection by the Kentucky State Division of Forestry Service In Rock-castle County.

A b o during the meeting, James W. Lambert, J r . , mem-ber of the State Highway1 De-partment, presented a sup-plemental agreement to the county road aid program which, on motion of Magis-trate C.W. RilUlps, was ap-proved unanimously.

The Magistrates also a p - ' proved payment of all claims presented except that of the Circuit Court Clerk 's for

ed to borrow *20,000 from the Bank of M t Vernon to pay tor road work.

Several roads were set up on the county road aid pro-gram. The Pine Hill School House Road beginning at High-way 25 at Pine HlU crossing to the cemetery, CRU29 (Lime Kiln Road) 1.5 miles and CR-U30 (Copper Creek Road) 0.8 mile. A motion, made by Hewitt Jones and seconded by Sher-man Sargent, that If there is any surplus road money for the county, these funds win be used for maintenance and Im-provement on the road around Lake LinvlUe was also unan-imously approved.

City Council Discusses Garbage Collection

The City Coundlof M t Vernon had a called meeting Tuesday night, July 6 to dis-cuss the garbage disposal problem lit Mt Vernon. Mayor Ed Winstead told the council that BUI Taylor, who picks up a large percentage of the garbage In the city, would no longer be providing this service due to the recent en-forcement of more rigid s tand-ards by the State Health De-par tment

After much discussion, the Council decided to take undef advisement a plan to Institute

regular . garbage pick-up for city residents and add a tee to water Mils. The Council tentatively se t up a schedule of picking up garbage at r e s i -dents once a week and at busi-nesses twice weekly. The fee discussed was *1.50 per month for residents and *3.00 per month tor businesses.

The matter win be brought up again at the Council's reg-ular meeting Monday night, July 12. AU Interested cit i-zens are Invited to attend this meeting.

Jurors Named For July Circuit Court

Sixty names have been draws SF"S*Hlee oo the Grand J»f ' and PetU Jury of the July" term of Rockcastle Circuit Ccwrt Court win convene at 9 a.m_, July B Judge Lawrence S. HaU pre -siding.

Called tor Jury duty are : Mabel Reppert, Bradley Dearl

Asher, Hubert Smith, Cletus E. Peters , John Smith, Charles E. Bunch, William Northern, Recle Robinson, Otis Miracle, Beulah M. Stewart, Alta Phil-beck, Carter Blanton, Roy C. Plngleton, Danny Ray Ford, Earl Benton Cromer , Elva Langford, Murphy Whitehead, Wanda Burton, Ruffa Barnett, Mrs. T.J . Parsons.

L.'—, CtSlsy, Norma R. Eversole, Ben Bar-nett, Bernard Purcell, Wash Dash, Barbara Hubbard, Stan-ley Payne, Kermlt Bowling, Estle Bullock, Laura KIrby, Carl L«ach, Edith Childress, Casper N. Mulllns, Charles Edward Colson, Hobert J. Durham, Dean Mulllns, W.W. Barnett, Lewis McGulre, Tom Slgmon.

Ernest Robblns, Monroe A. Barnett, Beulah Bradley, Norma Lyons, Ulysses Han-sel , Honer McNew, Ell Bar-nett, Paula Bullock, NoahJrful-11ns, Lee Allen, Elden Chas-

. Barron, Mattle Franklin Sow-•af f ; -ClaHWdkfe l j t s i s t - -Etta Noe, Ray Pope, Naoma Mtnk, Erma Mulllns, H a u l Bray.

Mrs. Marr V. Cork

Buried In Bmwood Mrs. Mary Vella Coyle, 61,

of Mt Vernon passed away Thursday, July 1 In Mt Ver-non. She was born In Rock-castle CoUfity on June 10, 1910, the daughter of the late Tip and Kate Klrby Hurd.

She Is survived by five s i s -t e r s , Beulah Hurd avl MM Hurd, both of Marlon, Indiana, Flonnle Barr and Mattle Has-ty, both of M t Vernon and Nora WUllamson of Louto-vUle; three brothers, CharUe Hurd of M t Vernon, Fred Hurd of Louisville and Kan-ale winstead of Harlan.

Funeral services were helfl Saturday, July 3 at the Co* Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Charles Shlvel officiat-ing-„ Interment was In the Elm-wood Cemetery.

MUSICALLY MAGNIFICENT — 8ome^8,000 persons from across Hie South and Midwest are In tor a ra re musical experience next month, when the world-famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir appears at Freedom HaU in Louisville, Ky, Tickets for the Aug. 7 concert , sponsored by the First National Bank of Louisville, are available by mall on a scale of *6, *5, *4 and *2 by sending a check or money order and stamped, self-addressed envelope to: Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center , Ticket Office, P.O. Box 21179, Louisville, 40221.

Congressman Tim Lee Car -ter has announced that the De-partment of Health, Education, and Welfare has approved a *5,257 grant to Rockcastle County Schools.

The purpose of the grant Is to provide funds for pro-grams and projects to meet the special educational needs of educationaUy deprived chil-dren In pre-school, elemen-tary, and secondary schools.

Copper Creek Rd.

Added To Program Highway Commissioner B.E.

King today announced the addi-tion of a road Improvement project to RockcastleCounty*s 1971-72 Rural Secondary Pro-gram.

Bituminous resurfacing Is planned for 4.7 miles of Cop-per Creek-Conway Road.

Rural Secondary projects a r e financed by two cents of the s even-cent-per-gallon motor fuel tax. ••••••••••

t rying." This Is t rue , I know from personal experience. There Is nothing more f rus -trating than to get a pretty good Uck oo the ball one time and the next time think you do exactly the same thing, take a tremendous swing and look down and the ball Is l e e r -ing up at you from Its o r i -ginal position. It really does keep you coming back Just to prove to yourself that you can do better . . .

If you weren't at Saltpetre Cave Sunday to take par t In Its official opening and In the celebration of John La i r ' s 77th birthday, you missed quite an even t The day was perfect for a picnic and the cool cave was a welcome relief to walk through to cool off from the walk from the picnic grounds

' to the cave. Inside the cave, there was all types of coun-t ry music entertainment In-cluding an exceUent group of square dancers and of course there were all the historic s i tes to look over. Our State Department of Parks reaUy

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The London State Police Post area (which Includes Rockcastle County) escaped over the 4th of July week end without having a single fatality. There were several minor accidents In Rockcastle County such as the one pictured above. Mr. and Mrs . Stephen Repasy of Oregon, Ohio were traveling south on Interstate 75 near Conway when the hitch broke on the traUer and It turned over hitting the guard rail. There were no Injuries In the accident

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