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ESTABLISHED 1887 Large Trailer Truck Overturns at Boones Gap MT. VERNON, KENTUCKY "WHERE THE BOONEWAY JOINS THE DIXIE" VOLUME 65—NUMBER 48 Mary .Ann Mink Dies At Lexington'Hospital old. A lafgei trailer truck and car met with unfortunate acci- October dents this side of Boone Gap early Tuesday morning. The first to be so unlucky was the huge trailer truck loaded with hundreds of a bleach compound and many drums of alcohol. The dri+er of the truck, whose . , . , . . name and residence we were Leukemia for about a year and unable to obtain at the time, I had been receiving treatment was going south on U.S. 25. m the hospital for several "When he made one of the cur- months. During this time she ves he applied his brakes with had thirteen blood transfusions, the result that the trailer truck Sh was cheered during her ill- slid off the pavement and land- ne! * by the many get well HOCK SLIDE AT SIGMON HILL A maintenance road crew were busy at the. bottom of (Sigmon Hill north side, on U.S. Ky., the daughter, of Mr. and 25 clearing away a bad rock Mrs. Albert Mink. She died at slide that happened there sev- Good' Samaritan Hospital, Lex- eral days ago. A large power ington, at 1:30 A M. the 30th j shovel lifted the debris of rocks of August. She was 13 years from the highway and cleared Mary Ann tad suffered from ed in a deep ditch on the side of the highway. Fortunately the driver was not hurt. The truck and trailer keeled over on its side. Much of the con- tents remained in the trailer, but when the wrecking crew, pulled the trailer right side up|?U oi Pine HilL She also leaves the entire contents were spill-• £e r grandmother, Mrs. Molly gj • ' I Mink, Pine Hill iand several other relatives. Pall bearers were: Ben Ram- cards and gifts which she re- ceived from people living thru- out Kentucky and Ohio. * She is survived by her par- the road of rock obstructions. Traffic was hot halted at any time. ents and three brothers and one. sister; namely, Eddie, Lo- rene, Billy and James Lewis, The accident happened about two o'clock in the morning. Just a few minutes after the first accident the second wreck occurred, A father with his son and daughter were going, south Johnny Kendle, Everett Reiber, James Reiber, Money Ed Cum- mins, Earl Turner. Funeral services were held Dennis R. Gatliff On FHA Committee Mr. Robert Winn, Supervisor for the Farmers Home Adminis- tration, announces -the appoint- ment of Mr. Dennis R. Gatliff of Boone .to t n e Rockcastle County FHA Committee. Mr. Gatliff is appointed to fill the expired three year term form- erly filled by Mr. Thomas Bar- rett of Boone. Each county committee is composed of three persons liv- ing in the county served by the committee. Each member is a farmer who lives on the farm and are public-spirited citizens who are interested in improv- in. the same » o n & the Monday SeptM, 1952 at the {ng the welfare of tan families trailer «»uck. When they ^d-'PiW -HUl O^^God,With denly noticed that there was a |Rev. Silas Mosingo officiating, wreck ahead, the driver of the assisted by Wendell McHargue. car put on the brakes and the „ Ip t ® rn,e " t was ,n the Plne -car skidded into the ditch an H 'll Cemetery. the right side of the highway 1 Cox Funeral Home were in just opposite where" the- trailer !charge of arrangements. lay wrecked. Casper Martin j ' • who lives at Boone Gap took Be Sure To Register the father and the two children ! v to Berea soon after the acci- if you have not;already re- dent. leistered, you must do so be- Rube'n Abney of Berea and fore September 6th. The county the Kingston Garage from clerk T. J. Niceley has made Kingston used two wreckers to arrangements so that registra- pull the tractor and trailer out tion can be made at three other of the gulley. While the wreck- places in the county, if you Church of the Nazarene To Hold Special Services Rev. Lawrence Adams Death Claims Cheryl Anne Broyles Cheryl Anne Broyles, belov ed daughter of Robert anc Sadie Mae Ramsey Broyles was born June 17, 1952 and de- parted this life August 26, at 1:45 s P. M. at the Good Sarmari- tan Hospital at Lexington, Ky. at the age of 10 weeks. Besides her parents she is survived by her grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Broyles of Somerset and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ramsey, Mt. Vernon, also a' great grand father, Mr. John Legsdon of Mt. Vemon, Several aunts and uncles and other relatives. Her funeral Was held at Burnettes Chapel, Aug. 28, at 10 A. M. with the Rev. Eu- gene Bradley officiating. Inter- ment was in the Broyles Cem- etery. Denny- Murrill- Ramsey Funeral Home of Somerset had charge of the remains. in their communities. The principal' duties of the county committee is to certify to the elegibility of applicants for loans according to procedures set forth by the national of- fice. The advance and recom- mendations of the county com- mittee on farm problems and de- 'Two sites i3 Rockcastle Coun- terminations of progress being ty have been selected for made by farm families is arialy- ( Ground Observation Corps ob- zed with the County Supervisor. | servation posts, according to an I announcement by the State Qf- TWO BROTHERS LEAVE fice of Civil Defense. FOR ABROAD j The communities where the ' ' : posts, are. located and the post Two brothers, .Charles and supervisors are: M t. Vernon, The Rev. ^Lawrence Adams of the Mt. -Vernon Church of the Nazarene cordially invites you to attend the special ser- s Saturday night, Sept. 6 . at 7:30 aha Sunday 11 A. M. during the sickness and death and 7:30 P; M. with the Rev. of our daughter and grand- J. B. Rigney. from TreveccST?a"ghter, Cheryl Anne Broy- Nazerene College, CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank each and everyone' for their kindness Atty. Jami in Sante Fe, week attending the Legislature ffes&fth mission of all. the*, different states. > Atty. Lambert flew Fe last Monday. Robert Samuel Hamm Claimed By Death - Robert Samuel Hamm, of the late O. F. and Pauline Colyer H#mm, was born on April 27, 1883. He passed from this life August 25, 1952 at the age of 69. •Some 20 years ago Sam con- fessed his Savior and became a member of the Ottawa Bap- tist Church. As he grew older he walked closer to his Savior until he called him. Besides his wife, Mrs. Kittye Hayes Hamm, he leaves one daughter, Mrs. Marie Rich- mond; one grandson, Robert Richmond, all of Cincinnati, O. One brother, Mode Hamm oi this community; three half- brothers, Ray, Harris and' Ur- ban Hamm of Brodhead. Two , - half?sisters, Mrs. Houston Dil-t Bamzation will make a . . . . lingham, Reading, O., and Mrs. distribution of the"pupil Nashville,- les - We also wish to thank Bro.'Casper Jones of Ottawa and a teacher between the THURSDAY, SEPT. 4, 1952 Ml. Vernon Public' Sdiool To Open September 8 Clyde Linville, report- t the Mt. Vemon will open on r 'rtB, 1952. . s&a'cfalty will be as .follows: £ "^Marie Krueger, Lucille Hy- singfcr, Edna.'- Fain, Shirley ChrismtD, Nancy Helton,.-Alza Mitchell/* Florida Davis and Christine Krueger. Members of high school fac- ulty will be: "William Landrum, Principal; Myrtle Bryant, Attendance Of- ficer; Ruth Blazier, Librarian; Wayne Stewart, Agriculture; Dorothy Landrum,-. Science; Bettye Jean Miller, Commerce; Audra O. • Smith, Home Econ- omics; Jack Laswell, Health and Social Science, D. B. Thompson, Band. Enrollment of 550 students is anticipated. Of this number 250 will be enrolled in high school and 300 in grades. Mt. Vernon school will be or- ganized on the 6-6 plan for the coming year, this plan of or- Couniy To Have O Bradley for his comforting i host of other' words and to each one who | friends who sent flowers. The bereaved family. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Broyles Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ramsey, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Broyles. ing crew Was working, traffic 1 cannot convently come to Mt - foMwo d^fterent^oreign coun'- Pern' 00 *' Brodhead ' Grant „„ hioWou wo. h«it<v* (nr iv.n n n TK«« ihu. nlaxM oro 1 1 . ' ° 1 ioreign coun- ferry Ger [State Director of Civil Defense, has urged persons willing to work as aircraft spotters at the posts to contact his office in Frankfort . About 100 persons will be needed to man each post should Kentucky ®s*put 6n-an around- the-clock watch as serval neigh- boring states to the north and on the highway was halted for I Vernon. These three places are], r h l l f t fft _ K„_„ " . - .approximately 30 minutes. Wildie, Livingston Id Brod- ^Srt jlft ,or ^oimany 1 " 1 . Jesse S. . Lindsay, - ' stood watching the head. A deputy clerk will be " 0Den le " lor Ue any " present at all three places and 1 -' __ . .... help any who wish to- register. | Loans Now Available watching wreckers pull that heavy trail- er out of the ditch I marveled at the ease and speed the work w?s accomplished. Baptist Church to-Have Volunteer Band Several of the young people of the Baptist church have banded together to-form what they will call the Volunteer Band. This organization will have as its purpose the enlist- ment of other young people "i'rf'our community ip the pro- gram of our church. At a meet- ing which was held last Sun- day evening after church, the following officers were elected: 'Miss Betsy Pinnix, president, Glennis McBee, Sec'y,. and Shirley Owens, program cfaair- The Girl Scouts of Mt. Ver- as a troop have taken. as mmunity project the care of the park. Their sponsors, the Mt. Ver- non Woman's Club pays the scouts a sum for each cutting., This will be used by'the troop Scout Membership Dues. To Farmers Disaster loans *te now avail. able throifgh the Farmers-Home Adminstrajlion 1/6 Kentucky farmers whose crops and pas- tures have been seriously dam- aged by this-summer's drought-, These, loans will be made only to farmers who cannot get need- ed credit from local banks, to pay their annual National t ^ A ' S or "ther established j Most of the state is served by credit sources to my feed, seed centers in Lexington and Louis- and fertilizer or to meet other viUe but Nashville and Knox- farm operating expenses. Ap- vjjj^ Tenn and Columbus,0., phcaUonWor d^isaster loan 5 are; are ^ so me sections. About 400 posts will be need east have. The observers,, all civijtati w\Uxaleexs, aircraft and telephone informa- tion to- iflter centers where it will be relayed to the Air Force. Attends Funeral I handled through the local coun- Mr. and Mrs. John Kincerty offices of the Farmers Home Jr. of Norwood, O., were here Administration. and at Brodhead the first of I Under this program, farmers the week. i can obtain loans for the pur- Among the relatives and, chase of hay and other feed friends from out of town who necessary to carry their live- man. One of the purposes of | attended the funeral of Mrs. I stock through the winter. Loans this group is the beginning of! Ella Hiatt were: Mr. and Mrs. j also will be made to enable Robert E. Mullins and sons,; farmer^to reseed their pastures, Bobby and Billy, of Blooming-1 where necessary because o f ton, Illinois, Mrs. Gatie Coffey,' drought, and to buy the seed Mr. and Mrs. Roy Green, Mrs. and fertilizer required for full Ella Mae Snodgrass and son, i and winter grazing crops or to Phillip, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cof- j plant fall grain. With such help fey, Mr. and" Mrs. Hiatt Coffey-available, most farmers should and daughters, Sandra and | be atjle to save their basic a revival among the young peo- ple of our city. Weekly meet- ings will be held after the pray- er services each Wednesday evening. The Volunteer Band will serve as officers of the Youth. Choir. These young peo- ple are to be commended for their interest in our church program. Any young person or Intermediate who is willing to put the program of Christ first in their lives are eligible fir membership in the V. B. half acdes. over-crowed highways. Rev. and Mrs. Brad Coffey of 10f~the" temporary feed sho7ta7e" Thousands of visitorsitolhe Cincinnati,-O., Mr. and Mrs. Frances, Mr. and Mrs. James Coffey and sons, Larry and Jerry, Mr. and Mrs. Givens Coffey, Rev. Leroy Williams and Miss Jeane Lindley all of Indianapolis, Indiana, Miss Ja- herds, and thus be in shape to make a quick recovery from this year's drought. This is one of the aims of the government's emergency credit fcrogyam. It would take most farthers sev- | nie Ramsey, Miss Edna Pig- eral years to rebuild their herds man, Miss Lena Elkins and to the present level if they sell Mrs. Anna Black of Berea Ky; 0ff too sharply now because state will join 596,000 Kentuc- kians in a three-day motoring spree,' Stuart said. "Kentucky automobile owners alone will pay $447,000 to the State and Federal governments in gaso- line taxes during the period. While we all know that taxes are certain, the other part of the old adage, death, can be -avoided with proper care. "The automobile" on holiday trips arid in business has be- come a sort of 'way of life'. Extreme care is necessary or it may become a 'way of death'. Even the careful driver won't beat .-We. to*. COEWtOT but cautious and courteous driving can enable him to b^at the Grim Reaper.' Revival Clo«»« The two weeks revival a t Flat Rock closed Sunday night with-17 new members added to the churcch. 16 by baptism, 1" by letter. The Rev. Elby Frost of Crab Orchard was the ev- angelist, who delivered the soul stirring messages. Rev. C. H. Philbeck is the pastor. „ , - . - i Disaster loan assistance also James Baker of Green Hill, will be available to eligible Mrs. Calvin Smith of Manches-1 Kentucky farmers to cover 1953 ter, Mr. and Mrs. Whit Ham-farm operating expenses. . A mond and Mrs. Julia Hayes of farmer may receive a loan Crab Orchard and Mr. Elmer I now to meet his immediate Hopkins of LoyaU. i Rev. Harvard-Bay had charge of the funeral service assisted by Rev. Leroy Williams, Rev. Brad Coffey and Rev. Jack Holt. Mrs. Hiatt's nephews, Bill Coffey, Robert Coffey, Earl Coffey, Givens Coffey, James Coffey, Hiatt ' Coffey, Roy Green and James Baker acted as pall bearers. J BUI Coffey-and Earl Cuifcy of Dayton, O., attended the funeral of their aunt, Mrs. El- la. Hiatt. Donl Want To Miss An Isiu* Mt. Vernon Signal Mt Vernon, Ky. Dear Sir: you will find in- closed a five dollar bill for .a two year subscription for the Mt. Vernon Signal. Please re- new my Signal for I don't want to-miss any o_f them. Yours Very Truly, John Bur- dette, R. R. 1, Lynn; Ind. needs, such as feed, seed and fertilizer, and later obtain fur- ther credit to meet next year's operating expenses. Such loans may be made for any usual agricultural purpose essential to the borrower's continued op- erations. The purpose of this program is to help farmers stay in business when it appears that, with the help of the loan, there is # reasonable chance to succeecT Assistance "is not "av- ailable under this program to enable a farmer to change his present system of farming nor to expand materially his oper- ations. ed in Kentucky and 325 have already been set up with sup- ervisors, Lindsay said. Of this number, only 165 have enough volunteers to carry on even part time work and none at full strength. Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Jones of Webster Grove, Mo. are visit- ing, Mrs. Jack Hansel and Mr. lone's mother in Winchester Ky. Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Kruegar of Somerset had dinner Wed- nesday evening with Mr. and Mrs. W. G. McBee. School of Missions The Annual School of Mis- sions will be held in Rock- castle the week of September 7-12. These meetings Will be held in eleven ofr- the" Baptist Churches of the county. They are: Mt. Vernon, Mt. Zion, Con- way, Valley. Watt's Chapel, Brodhead, Poplar Grove, Mar- e t b u r g, Livingston, Sand Springs, and the Chestnut Ridge Baptist Mission. The speakers include the fol- lowing Foreign Missionaries: Rev. E. M. Bostick, Rich- mond. Virginia; Rev. A. R. Gallimore, Wake Forest, N. C., A. W. Yocufn, M. D., Baltimore, Maryland; and Rev. Earl Park- er, Falmouth,. Ky. Baptist Home Missionaries will in- clude Rev. C. B. Melancon, Stowell, Texas; Rev. Amos Greer, Paragould, Arkansas; Rev. W. O. Taylor, Dermott, Arkansas; and Rev. Clay Gib- son, Philadelphia, Mississippi. Rev. Gibson is a Choctaw In- dian. CARD OF THANKS To all who so kindly assisted us during the sickness and at the passing of our dear mother and grandmother, Mrs. Ella Hiatt, we wish to express our heartfelt thanks and apprecia- tion. Mrs. Mattie B. Robertson Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Mul- lins. HEALTH NEWS relatives and rn his passing. The Owens Funeral Home had charge. The floweral offer- ing was pretty. Much sympathy is extended: Bro. Charles Philbeck of Mt. Vernon was the speaker, after which he was laid to rest in the Ottawa cemetery. Most parents would be reliev- ed If "their youngsters could, be immunized against- accidents jiMt^agj^Jiey are immunized a- gamst smallpox;, ;diptheria and whooping cojigH. 'But since this is not possible, they can do the| 1944. During the war" he next best - thing—teach their ve d with the Air Corp. He re- Richard Lee Gentry New Superintendent Mr. Wathen Morgan, Chair- man of the East Bernstadt Board of Education, has an- nounced that Richard Lee Gen- try has been employed as Sup- erintendent of East Bernstadt ScKools for a period of three years at an annual salary of 43600. Mr. Gentry is the son of Mr. and^Mrs. R. H. Gentry. of Quail," Kentucky. He was grad- uated from" Brodhead High School in 1942. He attended Berea Cdflege from 1942 until high school and grades. The -teacher conference will be held at 1:00 P. M. on Fri- day, Sept. 5, 1952. WELCOME TO OUR NEW We are happy to welcome the following persons to the list of subscribers to the Sig- nal during the month of Aug- ust: Herman Alcorn, 1214 Keefer St., Dayton, Ohio; Stanley E. Adams, Box 188, La Grange, Ky., Ersie Cummins, Pine Hill, Ky., Edward Gabbard,. 1128 Hunt Ave., Hamilton, O; Elzy Hansel. 1382 S. Second St., Louisville, Ky., John A. Brown Spiro, Ky; Walter Bullens, Rt. 1, Boone, Ky., Glen Penning- ton, Mt. Vernon, Ky-. David McCauley, Mt. Vernon; W. O. Yadon, Brodhead. "BUUaylpr, Pine Hill, Ernest Bullock, Jr.," Mt. Vernon; Tom "Mullins, ~7W"Wibna"Ave. Tam- pa, Flat., Mrs. George Ba^prr; Orlando; M. M. St e phens, Boone, C. E. Herrin, Willaillia; S. degree from^' and has com- children good safety habits and ceived his — „ set an example by practicing Eastern in '48, and has com- shal "onviUe, O., Arlos E. Proc- good safety habits themselves., pi eted the requirements "for the £ >r, ' jS f CtjlIeM (DD730) Div. In Kentucky last year, ac-i Master's degree in Education! , , i / , Francisco, cording to State Department of I at Eastern. Calif.; Rachael McDaniel, Pine Health statistics, accidents tookl Mr. Gentry served as teach-1,, v Herbert Brown, Star Rt. the lives of ,275 children and er and coach at Livingston. Livingston. young people between the age j High School for three years Robert C. Winn, Stanford, of 5 and 19. while deaths in and as Principal for one year Ky.. Chester Sowder, 233 Lis- that age group from other com- before coming to East Bern-: c ! jm Or., Dayton 7, O.; C. B. municable diseases were only stadt. . j L'ivesay, La Porte, Colo., Mrs. 92. Statistics show that of these | Ben Craig, Mt. Vernon; Will- 275 deaths, 135 were caused by | On-:-! Mom. man E - Creech, Rt. 1 Middle- motor vehicles, bicycle, auto- oocldi oecurlI Y A,|ews .town, O.; W. C. Baldwin ADAN mobile accidents, children play-l . ^ , ... 1288-58-55 Fasron 7, Tech Div. ing In the streets. darting n - A - Tweedy, manager of the from behind parked ca'rs and' ^ exin S ton social security of- just plain automobile accidents. ' 1( = e ' not believe that the Fire arms caused 30 of these ' ob . P f '"creasing 4^ million deaths and drownings and 1 800,31 security payments will burns accounted for 53 more, i^use,any delay in mailing the Bums were responsible for 24|^P^er checks due about deaths. .October 3. About-6.000 people Area Vocational School will begin its regular school year September 2,- 1952. At that time students will en- roll in the following classes: Auto Mechanics, Printing, Ma- chine Shop, Sheet Metal Shop, Woodworking, and Electricity. According to L. C. McDowell, Coordinator at the school, ma- ny veterans of the Korean War have applied for training in one of the schools courses, and those classes not already filled .' . ... !in>the Lexington Field Office Reducing this unneccessarily area are t 0 t h e month iy high death rate from accidents ; a nts because o( retir ement is the joint responsibility of or death of the (ami , b d . parents teachers the commun- winne[ . and licall y every ity and the young people them-! family o n t h e rolls wU1 receiv 4 se,ves " more money as a result of re- Parents need to instruct their | cent amendments to the social matters—in the necessity for security "law. children in all general safety "If the increase does not show caution in crossing street, how| 0n a check when it arrives ear- to handle athletic squipment, ly in October, and an increase ways to .prevent burns and, is due, a later check will make scalds and so on. | up the difference," he added. Schools need to cooperate Most retired workers receiv- with the community's organiz- ing payments will get increases ations and parents in promoting of from $5 to $8.80 a month, safety campaigns. They need 1 The average increase for retired to check buildings and play- workers will be about $6. In grounds for safeness, to hold'general, benefit payments to regular. Ore drills "and to main- Iwives, widows, children or par- tain a constant program Of safe- ents will be increased ty education. The community as a whole must' become 'safetV-oohscious too. A single person or organi- zation can start" the ball rolling promote^ traffjc, household tionately; Tweedy pointed out," however, that the Increases for dependents and survivors will be less than those for retired workers —-in most cases, these, increases will be about $2 to. and SI! types "of safety anH to*? 5 - tohiheST the In- prior to his -leaving for the'Air Force Base in Har- lington, Texas, has been elected by his class as a member of the honor council. ed in enrolling are urged to get in touch with the school immediately. Both non-veter- ans and veterans are equally welcome to enroll in one of the trades classes. The school has , been very successful in placing to capacity are rapidly being; many of its students in em- filled. Those who are interest- ployment. crease to the retired worker himself will bring the family total up to the maximum a- mount permitted • by law and no increase can be made to the dependents in these cases. Box 2 NHS, San • Diego, Cel.; Edna Grace McKenzie, Mt. Vernon; Mrs. A L. Owens, Burr, U. S. Forest Service, Ber- ea, Ky.; Silas Mosingo, 55 Scott St., Monroe, Mich., Cles- ton Saylor, Brodhead: Foster Brock, Conway. New State Police Commissioner Kentycky's new* commission- er State Police is Charles C. Oldham, a native of Louisville who was named deputy com- missioner July 17 and was ad- vanced to commissioner when Guthrie F. Crowe left the post July 31 to become federal judge of the Panama Canal Zone. Oldham, 32, was assistant superintendent of traffic in the Louisville Police Department when he came to the SU.e Po- lice. He is a graduate of the Northwestern University Traf- fic Institute and holds a law de- gree from the Jefferson School of Law, Louisville. He served with the Louisville Police 10 years, and is an instructor at the Southern Police Institute in Louisville. Oldham served" wtth the Ar- my during World War n. He is married and has two child- ren. He is a Baptist, belongs to the American Legion and the Scottish Rite and is past pre- sident of the Louisville Peace "The 1952 amendments also Officers Association. provide for larger benefits toj people whose social security j Mrs. Susie Stokes spent last payments are based on earn- : Wednesday with Mrs. Jake An- ings after 1950," Tweedy de- derkin. clared. A few benefits now. Mrs. Pearl Jones and little being paid are based on earn- 1 daughter, Bettie is visiting in Ings af?er 1950), and in the I Richmond, Ind., this week future more and more will be. Mrs. Nettie Jones is on the (Continued on page 4) ! sick list this week.

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ESTABLISHED 1887

Large Trailer Truck Overturns at Boones Gap

MT. VERNON, KENTUCKY "WHERE THE BOONEWAY JOINS THE DIXIE"

VOLUME 65—NUMBER 48 Mary .Ann Mink Dies At Lexington'Hospital

old.

A lafgei trailer truck and car met with unfortunate acci- October dents this side of Boone Gap early Tuesday morning. The first to be so unlucky was the huge trailer truck loaded with hundreds of a bleach compound and many drums of alcohol. The dri+er of the truck, whose . , . , . . name and residence we were Leukemia for about a year and unable to obtain at the time, I had been receiving treatment was going south on U.S. 25. m the hospital for several

"When he made one of the cur- months. During this time she ves he applied his brakes with had thirteen blood transfusions, the result that the trailer truck Sh was cheered during her ill-slid off the pavement and land- n e ! * by the many get well

HOCK SLIDE AT SIGMON HILL

A maintenance road crew were busy at the. bottom of

(Sigmon Hill north side, on U.S. Ky., the daughter, of Mr. and 25 clearing away a bad rock Mrs. Albert Mink. She died at slide that happened there sev-Good' Samaritan Hospital, Lex- eral days ago. A large power ington, at 1:30 A M. the 30th j shovel lifted the debris of rocks of August. She was 13 years from the highway and cleared

Mary Ann t a d suffered from

ed in a deep ditch on the side of the highway. Fortunately the driver was not hurt. The truck and trailer keeled over on its side. Much of the con-tents remained in the trailer, but when the wrecking crew, pulled the trailer right side up|?U oi Pine HilL She also leaves the entire contents were spill-• £e r grandmother, Mrs. Molly g j • ' I Mink, Pine Hill iand several

other relatives. Pall bearers were: Ben Ram-

cards and gifts which she re-ceived from people living thru-out Kentucky and Ohio. *

She is survived by her par-

the road of rock obstructions. Traffic was hot halted at any time.

ents and three brothers and one. sister; namely, Eddie, Lo-rene, Billy and James Lewis,

The accident happened about two o'clock in the morning. Just a few minutes after the first accident the second wreck occurred, A father with his son and daughter were going, south

Johnny Kendle, Everett Reiber, James Reiber, Money Ed Cum-mins, Earl Turner.

Funeral services were held

Dennis R. Gatliff On FHA Committee

Mr. Robert Winn, Supervisor for the Farmers Home Adminis-tration, announces -the appoint-ment of Mr. Dennis R. Gatliff of Boone .to t n e Rockcastle County FHA Committee. Mr. Gatliff is appointed to fill the expired three year term form-erly filled by Mr. Thomas Bar-rett of Boone.

E a c h county committee is composed of three persons liv-ing in the county served by the committee. Each member is a farmer who lives on the farm and are public-spirited citizens who are interested in improv-

in. the same » o n & the Monday SeptM, 1952 at the {ng the welfare of tan families trailer «»uck. When they ^ d - ' P i W -HUl O ^ ^ G o d , W i t h denly noticed that there was a |Rev. Silas Mosingo officiating, wreck ahead, the driver of the assisted by Wendell McHargue. car put on the brakes and the „ Ip t® r n , e" t w a s , n t h e P l n e

-car skidded into the ditch an H ' l l Cemetery. the right side of the highway 1 Cox Funeral Home were in just opposite where" the- trailer !charge of arrangements. lay wrecked. Casper Martin j — ' • who lives at Boone Gap took B e S u r e T o R e g i s t e r the father and the two children ! v to Berea soon after the acci- if y o u have not;already re-dent. leistered, you must do so be-

Rube'n Abney of Berea and fore September 6th. The county the Kingston Garage from clerk T. J. Niceley has made Kingston used two wreckers to arrangements so that registra-pull the tractor and trailer out tion can be made at three other of the gulley. While the wreck- places in the county, if you

Church of the Nazarene To Hold Special Services

Rev. Lawrence Adams

Death Claims Cheryl Anne Broyles

Cheryl Anne Broyles, belov ed daughter of Robert anc Sadie Mae Ramsey Broyles was born June 17, 1952 and de-parted this life August 26, at 1:45s P. M. at the Good Sarmari-tan Hospital at Lexington, Ky. at the age of 10 weeks.

Besides her parents she is survived by her grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Broyles of Somerset and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ramsey, Mt. Vernon, also a' great grand father, Mr. John Legsdon of Mt. Vemon, Several aunts and uncles and other relatives.

Her funeral Was held at Burnettes Chapel, Aug. 28, at 10 A. M. with the Rev. Eu-gene Bradley officiating. Inter-ment was in the Broyles Cem-etery. Denny- Murrill- Ramsey Funeral Home of Somerset had charge of the remains.

in their communities. The principal' duties of the

county committee is to certify to the elegibility of applicants for loans according to procedures set forth by the national of-fice. The advance and recom-mendations of the county com-mittee on farm problems and de- 'Two sites i3 Rockcastle Coun-terminations of progress being ty have been selected f o r made by farm families is arialy- ( Ground Observation Corps ob-zed with the County Supervisor. | servation posts, according to an

I announcement by the State Qf-TWO BROTHERS LEAVE fice of Civil Defense. FOR ABROAD j The communities where the

„ ' ' : posts, are. located and the post Two brothers, .Charles and supervisors are: M t. Vernon,

The Rev. ^Lawrence Adams of the Mt. -Vernon Church of the Nazarene cordially invites you to attend the special ser-

s Saturday night, Sept. 6 . at 7:30 a h a Sunday 11 A. M. during the sickness and death and 7:30 P; M. with the Rev. of our daughter and grand-J. B. Rigney. from TreveccST?a"ghter, Cheryl Anne Broy-Nazerene College,

CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank each and everyone' for their kindness

Atty. Jami in Sante Fe, week attending the Legislature ffes&fth mission of a l l . the*, different states. >

Atty. Lambert flew Fe last Monday.

Robert Samuel Hamm Claimed By Death -

Robert Samuel Hamm, of the late O. F. and Pauline Colyer H#mm, was born on April 27, 1883. He passed from this life August 25, 1952 at the age of 69.

•Some 20 years ago Sam con-fessed his Savior and became a member of the Ottawa Bap-tist Church. As he grew older he walked closer to his Savior until he called him.

Besides his wife, Mrs. Kittye Hayes Hamm, he leaves one daughter, Mrs. Marie Rich-mond; one grandson, Robert Richmond, all of Cincinnati, O. One brother, Mode Hamm oi this community; three half-brothers, Ray, Harris and ' Ur-ban Hamm of Brodhead. Two , -half?sisters, Mrs. Houston Dil-t Bamzation will make a

. . . . lingham, Reading, O., and Mrs. distribution of the"pupil Nashville,-les- W e a l s o wish to thank Bro.'Casper Jones of Ottawa and a teacher between the

THURSDAY, SEPT. 4, 1952

Ml. Vernon Public' Sdiool To Open September 8

Clyde Linville, report-t the Mt. Vemon

will open on r 'rtB, 1952.

. s&a'cfalty will be as .follows: £ "^Marie Krueger, Lucille Hy-

singfcr, Edna.'- Fain, Shirley ChrismtD, Nancy Helton,.-Alza Mitchell/* Florida Davis and Christine Krueger.

Members of high school fac-ulty will be:

"William Landrum, Principal; Myrtle Bryant, Attendance Of-ficer; Ruth Blazier, Librarian; Wayne Stewart, Agriculture; Dorothy Landrum,-. Science; Bettye Jean Miller, Commerce; Audra O. • Smith, Home Econ-omics; Jack Laswell, Health and Social Science, D. B. Thompson, Band.

Enrollment of 550 students is anticipated. Of this number 250 will be enrolled in high school and 300 in grades.

Mt. Vernon school will be or-ganized on the 6-6 plan for the coming year, this plan of or-

Couniy To Have O

Bradley for his comforting i host of other' words and to each one who | friends who sent flowers.

The bereaved family. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Broyles

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ramsey, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Broyles.

ing crew Was working, traffic 1 cannot convently come to M t - f o M w o d^fterent^oreign coun'- P e r n ' 0 0 * ' B r o d h e a d ' G r a n t „ „ h i o W o u w o . h«it<v* ( n r i v . n n n T K « « i h u . n l a x M o r o 1 1 . ' „ ° 1 i o r e i g n c o u n - f e r r y

Ger [State Director of Civil Defense, has urged persons willing to work as aircraft spotters at the posts to contact his office in Frankfort .

About 100 persons will be needed to man each post should Kentucky ®s*put 6n-an around-the-clock watch as serval neigh-boring states to the north and

on the highway was halted for I Vernon. These three places are] , r h l l f t ff t_ K„_„ " . - • .approximately 30 minutes. Wildie, Livingston I d Brod- ^ S r t j lf t ,or ^ o i m a n y 1 " 1 . Jesse S. . Lindsay,

- ' stood watching the head. A deputy clerk will be " 0 D e n l e " l o r U e ™ a n y " present at all three places and1-' __ . . . . . help any who wish to- register. | L o a n s N o w A v a i l a b l e

watching wreckers pull that heavy trail-er out of the ditch I marveled at the ease and speed the work w?s accomplished.

Baptist Church to-Have Volunteer Band

Several of the young people of the Baptist church have banded together to-form what they will call the Volunteer Band. This organization will have as its purpose the enlist-ment of other young people

"i'rf 'our community ip the pro-gram of our church. At a meet-ing which was held last Sun-day evening after church, the following officers were elected:

'Miss Betsy Pinnix, president, Glennis McBee, Sec'y,. and Shirley Owens, program cfaair-

The Girl Scouts of Mt. Ver-as a troop have taken. as mmunity project the care

of the park. Their sponsors, the Mt. Ver-

non Woman's Club pays the scouts a sum for each cutting., This will be used by' the troop

Scout Membership Dues.

To Farmers Disaster loans *te now avail.

able throifgh the Farmers-Home Adminstrajlion 1/6 Kentucky farmers whose crops and pas-tures have been seriously dam-aged by this-summer's drought-, These, loans will be made only to farmers who cannot get need-ed credit from local banks,

to pay their annual National t ^ A ' S or "ther established j Most of the state is served by credit sources to my feed, seed centers in Lexington and Louis-and fertilizer or to meet other v i U e b u t Nashville and Knox-farm operating expenses. Ap- vjjj^ T e n n a n d Columbus,0., phcaUonWor d^isaster loan5 are; a r e ^ so m e sections.

About 400 posts will be need

east have. The observers,, all civijtati w\Uxaleexs, aircraft and telephone informa-tion to- iflter centers where it will be relayed to the Air Force.

Attends Funeral I handled through the local coun-

Mr. and Mrs. John Kincer ty offices of the Farmers Home Jr. of Norwood, O., were here Administration. and at Brodhead the first of I Under this program, farmers the week. i can obtain loans for the pur-

Among the relatives and, chase of hay and other feed friends from out of town who necessary to carry their live-

man. One of the purposes of | attended the funeral of Mrs. I stock through the winter. Loans this group is the beginning of! Ella Hiatt were: Mr. and Mrs. j also will be made to enable

Robert E. Mullins and sons,; farmer^to reseed their pastures, Bobby and Billy, of Blooming-1 where necessary because o f ton, Illinois, Mrs. Gatie Coffey,' drought, and to buy the seed Mr. and Mrs. Roy Green, Mrs. and fertilizer required for full Ella Mae Snodgrass and son, i and winter grazing crops or to Phillip, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cof- j plant fall grain. With such help fey, Mr. and" Mrs. Hiatt Coffey-available, most farmers should and daughters, Sandra and | be atjle to save their basic

a revival among the young peo-ple of our city. Weekly meet-ings will be held after the pray-er services each Wednesday evening. The Volunteer Band will serve as officers of the Youth. Choir. These young peo-ple are to be commended for their interest in our church program. Any young person or Intermediate who is willing to put the program of Christ first in their lives are eligible f i r membership in the V. B. half acdes. over-crowed highways. Rev. and Mrs. Brad Coffey of 10f~the" temporary feed sho7ta7e"

Thousands of visi torsitolhe Cincinnati,-O., Mr. and Mrs.

Frances, Mr. and Mrs. James Coffey and sons, Larry and Jerry, Mr. and Mrs. Givens Coffey, Rev. Leroy Williams and Miss Jeane Lindley all of Indianapolis, Indiana, Miss Ja-

herds, and thus be in shape to make a quick recovery from this year's drought. This is one of the aims of the government's emergency credit fcrogyam. It would take most farthers sev-

| nie Ramsey, Miss Edna Pig- eral years to rebuild their herds man, Miss Lena Elkins and to the present level if they sell Mrs. Anna Black of Berea Ky; 0ff too sharply now because

state will join 596,000 Kentuc-kians in a three-day motoring spree,' Stuart said. "Kentucky automobile owners alone will pay $447,000 to the State and Federal governments in gaso-line taxes during the period. While we all know that taxes are certain, the other part of the old adage, death, can be

-avoided with proper care. "The automobile" on holiday

trips arid in business has be-come a sort of 'way of life'. Extreme care is necessary or it may become a 'way of death'. Even the careful driver won't beat . -We. to*. COEWtOT but cautious and courteous driving can enable him to b^at the Grim Reaper.'

Revival Clo«»«

The two weeks revival a t Flat Rock closed Sunday night with-17 new members added to the churcch. 16 by baptism, 1" by letter. The Rev. Elby Frost of Crab Orchard was the ev-angelist, who delivered the soul stirring messages. Rev. C. H. Philbeck is the pastor.

„ , - . „ - i Disaster loan assistance also James Baker of Green Hill, will be available t o eligible Mrs. Calvin Smith of Manches-1 Kentucky farmers to cover 1953 ter, Mr. and Mrs. Whit Ham-fa rm operating expenses. . A mond and Mrs. Julia Hayes of farmer may receive a loan Crab Orchard and Mr. Elmer I now to meet his immediate Hopkins of LoyaU. i Rev. Harvard-Bay had charge of the funeral service assisted by Rev. Leroy Williams, Rev. Brad Coffey and Rev. Jack Holt.

Mrs. Hiatt's nephews, Bill Coffey, Robert Coffey, Earl Coffey, Givens Coffey, James Coffey, Hiatt ' Coffey, Roy Green and James Baker acted as pall bearers. J

BUI Coffey-and Earl Cuifcy of Dayton, O., attended the funeral of their aunt, Mrs. El-la. Hiatt.

Donl Want To Miss An Isiu* Mt. Vernon Signal Mt Vernon, Ky.

Dear Sir: you will find in-closed a five dollar bill for .a two year subscription for the Mt. Vernon Signal. Please re-new my Signal for I don't want to-miss any o_f them.

Yours Very Truly, John Bur-dette, R. R. 1, Lynn; Ind.

needs, such as feed, seed and fertilizer, and later obtain fur-ther credit to meet next year's operating expenses. Such loans may be made for any usual agricultural purpose essential to the borrower's continued op-erations. The purpose of this program is to help farmers stay in business when it appears that, with the help of the loan, there is # reasonable chance to succeecT Assistance "is not "av-ailable under this program to enable a farmer to change his present system of farming nor to expand materially his oper-ations.

ed in Kentucky and 325 have already been set up with sup-ervisors, Lindsay said. Of this number, only 165 have enough volunteers to carry on even part time work and none at f u l l strength.

Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Jones of Webster Grove, Mo. are visit-ing, Mrs. Jack Hansel and Mr. lone's mother in Winchester Ky.

Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Kruegar of Somerset had dinner Wed-nesday evening with Mr. and Mrs. W. G. McBee.

S c h o o l of M i s s i o n s

The Annual School of Mis-sions will be held in Rock-castle the week of September 7-12. These meetings Will be held in eleven ofr- the" Baptist Churches of the county. They are: Mt. Vernon, Mt. Zion, Con-way, Valley. Watt's Chapel, Brodhead, Poplar Grove, Mar-e t b u r g, Livingston, Sand Springs, and the Chestnut Ridge Baptist Mission.

The speakers include the fol-lowing Foreign Missionaries:

Rev. E. M. Bostick, Rich-mond. Virginia; Rev. A. R. Gallimore, Wake Forest, N. C., A. W. Yocufn, M. D., Baltimore, Maryland; and Rev. Earl Park-er, Falmouth,. Ky. Baptist Home Missionaries will in-clude Rev. C. B. Melancon, Stowell, Texas; Rev. Amos Greer, Paragould, Arkansas; Rev. W. O. Taylor, Dermott, Arkansas; and Rev. Clay Gib-son, Philadelphia, Mississippi. Rev. Gibson is a Choctaw In-dian.

CARD OF THANKS

To all who so kindly assisted us during the sickness and at the passing of our dear mother and grandmother, Mrs. Ella Hiatt, we wish to express our heartfelt thanks and apprecia-tion.

Mrs. Mattie B. Robertson Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Mul-

lins.

HEALTH NEWS

relatives and rn his passing.

The Owens Funeral Home had charge. The floweral offer-ing was pretty.

Much sympathy is extended: Bro. Charles Philbeck of Mt.

Vernon was the speaker, after which he was laid to rest in the Ottawa cemetery.

Most parents would be reliev-ed If "their youngsters could, be immunized against- accidents jiMt^agj^Jiey are immunized a-gamst smallpox;, ;diptheria and whooping cojigH. 'But since this is not possible, they can do the| 1944. During the war" he next best - thing—teach their v e d with the Air Corp. He re-

Richard Lee Gentry New Superintendent

Mr. Wathen Morgan, Chair-man of the East Bernstadt Board of Education, has an-nounced that Richard Lee Gen-try has been employed as Sup-erintendent of East Bernstadt ScKools for a period of three years at an annual salary of 43600.

Mr. Gentry is the son of Mr. and^Mrs. R. H. Gentry. of Quail," Kentucky. He was grad-uated from" Brodhead High School in 1942. He attended Berea Cdflege f rom 1942 until

high school and grades. The -teacher conference will

be held at 1:00 P. M. on Fri-day, Sept. 5, 1952.

WELCOME TO OUR NEW

We are happy to welcome the following persons to the list of subscribers to the Sig-nal during the month of Aug-ust:

Herman Alcorn, 1214 Keefer St., Dayton, Ohio; Stanley E. Adams, Box 188, La Grange, Ky., Ersie Cummins, Pine Hill, Ky., Edward Gabbard,. 1128 Hunt Ave., Hamilton, O; Elzy Hansel. 1382 S. Second St., Louisville, Ky., John A. Brown Spiro, Ky; Walter Bullens, Rt. 1, Boone, Ky., Glen Penning-ton, Mt. Vernon, Ky-. David McCauley, Mt. Vernon; W. O. Yadon, Brodhead.

"BUUaylpr, Pine Hill, Ernest Bullock, Jr.," Mt. Vernon; Tom "Mullins, ~7W"Wibna"Ave. Tam-pa, Flat., Mrs. George Ba^prr; Orlando; M. M. St e phens, Boone, C. E. Herrin, Willaillia;

S. degree from^' and has com-

children good safety habits and ceived his — „ set an example by practicing Eastern in '48, and has com- shal"onviUe, O., Arlos E. Proc-good safety habits themselves., pieted the requirements "for the £ > r , ' j S f CtjlIeM (DD730) Div.

In Kentucky last year, ac-i Master's degree in Education! , , i / , Francisco, cording to State Department of I at Eastern. Calif.; Rachael McDaniel, Pine Health statistics, accidents tookl Mr. Gentry served as teach-1,, v H e r b e r t Brown, Star Rt. the lives of ,275 children and er and coach at Livingston. Livingston. young people between the age j High School for three years Robert C. Winn, Stanford, of 5 and 19. while deaths in and as Principal for one year Ky.. Chester Sowder, 233 Lis-that age group from other com- before coming to East Bern-: c ! j m Or., Dayton 7, O.; C. B. municable diseases were only stadt. . j L'ivesay, La Porte, Colo., Mrs. 92. Statistics show that of these | Ben Craig, Mt. Vernon; Will-275 deaths, 135 were caused by | O n - : - ! M o m . m a n E- Creech, Rt. 1 Middle-motor vehicles, bicycle, auto- o o c l d i o e c u r l I Y A , | e w s .town, O.; W. C. Baldwin ADAN mobile accidents, children play-l „ . ^ , . . . 1288-58-55 Fasron 7, Tech Div. ing In the streets. darting n - A- Tweedy, manager of the from behind parked ca'rs and' ^ e x i n S t o n social security of-just plain automobile accidents. '1(=e' n o t believe that the Fire arms caused 30 of these ' o b . Pf '"creasing 4 ^ million deaths and drownings and 18 0 0 , 3 1 security payments will burns accounted for 53 more, i^use,any delay in mailing the Bums were responsible for 2 4 | ^ P ^ e r checks due about deaths. .October 3. About-6.000 people

Area Vocational School will begin its regular school year September 2,- 1952. At that time students will en-roll in the following classes: Auto Mechanics, Printing, Ma-chine Shop, Sheet Metal Shop, Woodworking, and Electricity. According to L. C. McDowell, Coordinator at the school, ma-ny veterans of the Korean War have applied for training in one of the schools • courses, and those classes not already filled

„ . ' . . . . !in>the Lexington Field Office Reducing this unneccessarily a r e a a r e t 0 t h e m o n t h i y high death rate from accidents ; a n t s b e c a u s e o ( r e t i rement is the joint responsibility of o r d e a t h o f t h e ( a m i , b d . parents teachers the commun- w i n n e [ . a n d l i c a l l y every ity and the young people them-! f a m i l y o n t h e r o l l s w U 1 r e c e i v 4 s e , v e s " more money as a result of re-

Parents need to instruct their | cent amendments to the social matters—in the necessity for security "law. children in all general safety "If the increase does not show caution in crossing street, how| 0n a check when it arrives ear-to handle athletic squipment, ly in October, and an increase ways to .prevent burns and, is due, a later check will make scalds and so on. | up the difference," he added.

Schools need to cooperate Most retired workers receiv-with the community's organiz- ing payments will get increases ations and parents in promoting of from $5 to $8.80 a month, safety campaigns. They need 1 The average increase for retired to check buildings and play- workers will be about $6. In grounds for safeness, to hold'general, benefit payments to regular. Ore drills "and to main- Iwives, widows, children or par-tain a constant program Of safe- ents will be increased ty education.

The community as a whole must' become 'safetV-oohscious too. A single person or organi-zation can start" the ball rolling

promote^ traffjc, household

tionately; Tweedy pointed out," however, that the Increases for dependents and survivors will be less than those for retired workers —-in most cases, these, increases will be about $2 to.

and SI! types "of safety anH to*?5- tohiheST the In-prior to his -leaving

for the'Air Force Base in Har-lington, Texas, has been elected by his class as a member of the honor council.

ed in enrolling are urged to get in touch with the school immediately. Both non-veter-ans and veterans are equally welcome to enroll in one of the trades classes. The school has

— , been very successful in placing to capacity are rapidly being; many of its students in em-filled. Those who are interest- ployment.

crease to the retired worker himself will bring the family total up to the maximum a-mount permitted • by law and no increase can be made to the dependents in these cases.

Box 2 NHS, San • Diego, Cel.; Edna Grace McKenzie, Mt. Vernon; Mrs. A L. Owens, Burr, U. S. Forest Service, Ber-ea, Ky.; Silas Mosingo, 55 Scott St., Monroe, Mich., Cles-ton Saylor, Brodhead: Foster Brock, Conway.

N e w S t a t e P o l i c e C o m m i s s i o n e r

Kentycky's new* commission-er State Police is Charles C. Oldham, a native of Louisville who was named deputy com-missioner July 17 and was ad-vanced to commissioner when Guthrie F. Crowe left the post July 31 to become federal judge of the Panama Canal Zone.

Oldham, 32, was assistant superintendent of traffic in the Louisville Police Department when he came to the SU.e Po-lice. He is a graduate of the Northwestern University Traf-fic Institute and holds a law de-gree from the Jefferson School of Law, Louisville. He served with the Louisville Police 10 years, and is an instructor at the Southern Police Institute in Louisville.

Oldham served" wtth the Ar-my during World War n . He is married and has two child-ren. He is a Baptist, belongs to the American Legion and the Scottish Rite and is past pre-sident of the Louisville Peace

"The 1952 amendments also Officers Association. provide for larger benefits toj people whose social security j Mrs. Susie Stokes spent last payments are based on earn-: Wednesday with Mrs. Jake An-ings after 1950," Tweedy de- derkin. clared. A few benefits now. Mrs. Pearl Jones and little being paid are based on earn-1 daughter, Bettie is visiting in Ings af?er 1950), and in the I Richmond, Ind., this week future more and more will be. Mrs. Nettie Jones is on the

(Continued on page 4) ! sick list this week.