1913
Two burglars attempted to break into the store of Edward Galbraith at Junction City last Saturday night during a drenching rain. Barber Osborn, who has rooms over the store, heard the men pounding on the door and securing his revolver, he began firing at the prowlers, who took to their heels. One of the men moaned deeply as he was receding and Mr. Osborn thinks that probably a bullet grazed him.
A band of burglars has been operating in the south end of the county for two months or more. They have been even more active in Stanford. Officers are interested in a striking feature of the case which is rather unusual. The burglars pick a heavy rain as a rule for getting in their work. By this way they avoid being trailed by bloodhounds. Also there are no people on the streets during a heavy rain.
At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of Caldwell College an announcement was made that a gift of $50,000 had been made to the institution by Dr. Nathaniel W. Conkling, of New York. The donor provides that this money shall be used for the erection on the campus of a memorial building to be known as "Morgan Hall," in memory of Mrs. Florence Morgan, a life-long friend of Dr. Conkling. The donor further requires that the name of the school be changed from Caldwell College to the Kentucky College for Women.
Otho Robards, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nat Robards, and messenger boy at the Western Union Telegraph office, received an eight-inch gash in his back from his assailant, Earlo Young, 15, who has been running a carriage between the station and depot for several months. Young is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Young. The two boys had been bad friends for several days and when a fight finally erupted, Young sank the knife blade into Robards' back, laying open the flesh for eight inches to the ribs. Robards had to be placed under an anesthetic before the wound could be dressed.
The lad was arrested and charged with malicious cutting and was then released on a $100 bond.
1938
While their place of business is small, but spotless, the Swiss Sanitary Milk Company, of Danville, certainly does a huge business, according to figures representing its output for the year of 1937: 39,000 gallons of ice cream and ices, aside from their milk business. Their milk is all pasteurized, which is a guarantee of cleanliness and healthfulness. To use a local word for immaculateness, we will say that their product is thoroughly "sanitoned."
A number of the members of the Danville Bar Association went out together and paid their respects to the Honorable George E. Stone, who has been a member of the Danville and Kentucky Bars so long that practically nobody can remember when he wasn't a member. The group took Mr. Stone a lot of chewing tobacco and a bottle of Kentucky Brandy. One of the lawyers said that the Judge had been chewing tobacco since he was 15 and he will be 90 years old in June, so he figured that the Judge chewed two and one-half tons of the weed during that onslaught. The Judge, by the way is still using his own original teeth.
1963
Rainbo Bread opened a new distribution center in Danville several months ago in order that they could better serve their many customers here. Distribution of their bread products, prior to Oct. 1, 1962 was made from the bakery in Lexington. The new local distribution center is located at 700 South Fourth Street. Seven salesmen are employed and five trucks will operate out of the new depot on a six-day-a-week distribution schedule.
Ware's Drug Store, one of Danville's oldest businesses operating at the same location has been sold and transferred to John O. Freeland Jr. Mr. Ware, who has been in the drug business for about 52 years, has been a part-owner and owner in Danville drug stores for 42 years. He came to Danville to make his home in 1916.
Mr. Freeland came to Danville about four years ago, working as a pharmacist at the Spoonamore Drug Store, then he became a pharmacist at Ware's. He and Mrs. Freeland are the parents of a young son and live on Mason Avenue. Mr. Freeland said that K.B. Daniel Sr., who has been with Ware's Drug Store for 20 years, will continue with the store as a registered pharmacist.
Mrs. John C. Brown of Green Acres was struck by a truck in the middle of the intersection of West Main and Fourth streets. She was removed in a Preston-Pruitt Funeral Home ambulance and taken to the Ephraim McDowell Memorial Hospital emergency room for treatment and observation.
1988
Naming a Danville street for Martin Luther King Jr. is on hold until more information is gathered about what street should bear King's name. J.W. Raines, representing the NAACP, asked the Danville City Commission in December to consider renaming Second Street in honor of King. Commissioner Bunny Davis asked Raines whether the request for naming a street for King was a "community affair."
"Very few people knew about this," Davis said. "I am a minority and I did not know about it until it was brought here. A project of this nature should be a community affair."
Boyle County firefighter Roger Webb's quick reaction when fellow firefighter Keith Smith fell through the roof of a burning house on Thanksgiving was honored during the fire board meeting with a certificate signed by the state fire marshal. Webb also received a plaque from the Boyle County Fire Department for exhibiting valor beyond duty.
On Thanksgiving the firefighters had been at the house fire for only five minutes when the accident happened. Webb and Smith were on a ladder spraying water through a hole in the attic. Smith stepped onto the roof and fell through. "I grabbed an inch and a half hose and I sprayed water on him and pulled him up with the hose," Webb said.
Smith, who had second and third-degree burns on his face, stomach and legs, and spend two weeks in the hospital also received a plaque from the fire department for being injured in the line of duty.
Six years after federal money was spent to renovate the Daviestown neighborhood, the houses that were repaired are falling apart, residents told the Harrodsburg City Commission. A group of seven Daviestown residents who attended the meeting said some of the homes are in worse shape now than they were before they were repaired with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grant money.
Two burglars attempted to break into the store of Edward Galbraith at Junction City last Saturday night during a drenching rain. Barber Osborn, who has rooms over the store, heard the men pounding on the door and securing his revolver, he began firing at the prowlers, who took to their heels. One of the men moaned deeply as he was receding and Mr. Osborn thinks that probably a bullet grazed him.
A band of burglars has been operating in the south end of the county for two months or more. They have been even more active in Stanford. Officers are interested in a striking feature of the case which is rather unusual. The burglars pick a heavy rain as a rule for getting in their work. By this way they avoid being trailed by bloodhounds. Also there are no people on the streets during a heavy rain.
At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of Caldwell College an announcement was made that a gift of $50,000 had been made to the institution by Dr. Nathaniel W. Conkling, of New York. The donor provides that this money shall be used for the erection on the campus of a memorial building to be known as "Morgan Hall," in memory of Mrs. Florence Morgan, a life-long friend of Dr. Conkling. The donor further requires that the name of the school be changed from Caldwell College to the Kentucky College for Women.
Otho Robards, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nat Robards, and messenger boy at the Western Union Telegraph office, received an eight-inch gash in his back from his assailant, Earlo Young, 15, who has been running a carriage between the station and depot for several months. Young is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Young. The two boys had been bad friends for several days and when a fight finally erupted, Young sank the knife blade into Robards' back, laying open the flesh for eight inches to the ribs. Robards had to be placed under an anesthetic before the wound could be dressed.
The lad was arrested and charged with malicious cutting and was then released on a $100 bond.
1938
While their place of business is small, but spotless, the Swiss Sanitary Milk Company, of Danville, certainly does a huge business, according to figures representing its output for the year of 1937: 39,000 gallons of ice cream and ices, aside from their milk business. Their milk is all pasteurized, which is a guarantee of cleanliness and healthfulness. To use a local word for immaculateness, we will say that their product is thoroughly "sanitoned."
A number of the members of the Danville Bar Association went out together and paid their respects to the Honorable George E. Stone, who has been a member of the Danville and Kentucky Bars so long that practically nobody can remember when he wasn't a member. The group took Mr. Stone a lot of chewing tobacco and a bottle of Kentucky Brandy. One of the lawyers said that the Judge had been chewing tobacco since he was 15 and he will be 90 years old in June, so he figured that the Judge chewed two and one-half tons of the weed during that onslaught. The Judge, by the way is still using his own original teeth.
1963
Rainbo Bread opened a new distribution center in Danville several months ago in order that they could better serve their many customers here. Distribution of their bread products, prior to Oct. 1, 1962 was made from the bakery in Lexington. The new local distribution center is located at 700 South Fourth Street. Seven salesmen are employed and five trucks will operate out of the new depot on a six-day-a-week distribution schedule.
Ware's Drug Store, one of Danville's oldest businesses operating at the same location has been sold and transferred to John O. Freeland Jr. Mr. Ware, who has been in the drug business for about 52 years, has been a part-owner and owner in Danville drug stores for 42 years. He came to Danville to make his home in 1916.
Mr. Freeland came to Danville about four years ago, working as a pharmacist at the Spoonamore Drug Store, then he became a pharmacist at Ware's. He and Mrs. Freeland are the parents of a young son and live on Mason Avenue. Mr. Freeland said that K.B. Daniel Sr., who has been with Ware's Drug Store for 20 years, will continue with the store as a registered pharmacist.
Mrs. John C. Brown of Green Acres was struck by a truck in the middle of the intersection of West Main and Fourth streets. She was removed in a Preston-Pruitt Funeral Home ambulance and taken to the Ephraim McDowell Memorial Hospital emergency room for treatment and observation.
1988
Naming a Danville street for Martin Luther King Jr. is on hold until more information is gathered about what street should bear King's name. J.W. Raines, representing the NAACP, asked the Danville City Commission in December to consider renaming Second Street in honor of King. Commissioner Bunny Davis asked Raines whether the request for naming a street for King was a "community affair."
"Very few people knew about this," Davis said. "I am a minority and I did not know about it until it was brought here. A project of this nature should be a community affair."
Boyle County firefighter Roger Webb's quick reaction when fellow firefighter Keith Smith fell through the roof of a burning house on Thanksgiving was honored during the fire board meeting with a certificate signed by the state fire marshal. Webb also received a plaque from the Boyle County Fire Department for exhibiting valor beyond duty.
On Thanksgiving the firefighters had been at the house fire for only five minutes when the accident happened. Webb and Smith were on a ladder spraying water through a hole in the attic. Smith stepped onto the roof and fell through. "I grabbed an inch and a half hose and I sprayed water on him and pulled him up with the hose," Webb said.
Smith, who had second and third-degree burns on his face, stomach and legs, and spend two weeks in the hospital also received a plaque from the fire department for being injured in the line of duty.
Six years after federal money was spent to renovate the Daviestown neighborhood, the houses that were repaired are falling apart, residents told the Harrodsburg City Commission. A group of seven Daviestown residents who attended the meeting said some of the homes are in worse shape now than they were before they were repaired with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grant money.
