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THURSDAY, APRII . 3, 1975

Fiscal Court Meets... Kenneth York, represen-

tat ive of t h e Resource Con-servat ion and Development Project met with Fiscal Court a t their regu la r monthly meet ing Tuesday and reques ted the i r passage of a resolution voicing the i r suppor t for the project . Mr. York explained to the Magis t ra tes t h a t th is resolution in no way obligated the Court to any specific project but was ra ther a formality required for approval of any projects which RC&l) might wish approved.

Mr. York fu r the r explained (o the Court tha t the only way in which the Court would be obligated for funds would be if they (the Court) should decide to sponsor a specific program for Rockcastle County.

The Court voted unani mously to voice the i r suppor t of RC&D by means of adopt ing the resolution.

Edgar Calloway and Mark McKinney, of the Depa r tmen t of Human Resources, were also before ' ^ •ur t to discuss the establishing of care centers for juvenile of fenders . Mr. Callo-way pointed out U> the Court tha t it was s t a t e law tha t juvenile of fenders should not be housed within sight or sound of adult of fenders . He also told the Court that a l thoughthere was at present no money available to help build t h e s e centers . the Bureau of Social Services could help establish these centers in lorm of a "Pu rchase of Care" Program which could make a $100 monthly payment to the Cente r plus $4 per day for each juvenile housed. Mr, Calloway also said t h a t t he re would be a need of two such centers since it would be necessary to keep ordinal, o n e m r e r s separa ted from "aggress ive or violent" types of juveni le offenders .

He told the Court t h a t t he re was a possibility tha t some minor renovation could be made at the p resen t county jail which would temporar i ly provide space for t h e more "violent" type of juveni le offender . Mr. McKinney told the Court tha t the D e p a r t m e n t of Human Resources was present ly screening people in the hope of coming up with an older couple whose home could be used a s a juvenile care cen te r for ordinary juvenile of fenders such as runaways , e tc .

The Court agreed to s tudy the si tuation.

Lar ry Thompson, a field r ep resen ta t ive for the Kentucky Association of Counties, w a s also before t h e Court asking for the i r membersh ip in his Association which is a lobbying group with the Kentucky Legis la ture for county officials th roughout t h e s t a t e .

Mr. Thompson said t h a t his organization r ep resen ted all county officials with the legislature In the ma t t e r of lobbying for h igher fees, r e t i r e m e n t benefi ts , etc.

Mr. Thompson told t h e Court t h a t t h e member sh ip d u e s in this organizat ion was $100 per y e a r b u t t h a t he had been authorized to se t Rockcastle 's fee a t $50.00 for t h e remainder of 1975. .

However , a f t e r little dis-cussion, a motion was made by Magi s t r a t e Danny Sargen t , and seconded by Magi s t r a t e Ches t e r Whi taker , not to par t ic ipate in the Association. Magi s t r a t e s

Boone Cromer and E r n e s t Mason did not vote' on the motion.

Delno McClure, Dog War-den. presented his r epo r t for February to the Court with t h e following information: 24 licenses sold, seven dogs picked up and six des t royed .

In o the r action, the Court heard Hospital Director Bill Bailey explain t h e second s t e p for t h e county 's part icipation in a regional p rogram to obtain funds for operat ion of a local ambulance service and for t h e purchase of communications equipment for the Hospital.

Mr. Bailey told the Court that a plan had been d r a w n up and submi t ted to Frankfor t for approval : and. t h a t now t h e r e was needed a resolution from the Fiscal Court showing the Court 's i n t e re s t in t h e Pro jec t . Mr. Bailey a s su red t h e Cour t that t he re was nothing binding at all with the adoption of this resolution t h a t it was an endorsement of t h e p rogram only, which would, hopefully, facilitate approva l of the program a t F rankfo r t .

Should the p rogram gain approval at F rank fo r t and the County decide to part ic ipate . Mr. Bailey said the county would receive t w o ambulances bought on a 75%-25% p a t c h i n g fund basis. Of course, t h e Hospital could also purchase communication equipment on the s ame basis, but Mr. Bailey assured the Court that any equipment purchased for the Hospital, they (the hospital) would furnish the 25% in

. matching funds themselves . The Court unanimously a p proved the r e s o l u t e

in o the r business, the Court, by a vote of 3-2, approved the t r ans f e r of {4.600 from the Envi ronmenta l Protec t ion funds to t h r ee of the Magis t ra tes ' road a a o u n t s . $1,000 each. " and $1 60n,«-j.«}fe.Jafler ,s account for ssppl ies . ,

This motion followed some discussion and d i sagreement among the Magi s t r a t e s because Magis t ra te Danny Sargent objected to t h e b e t t h a t only Distr ic ts 2. 4 and 5 would s h a r e in t h e additional funds while his Distr ict and t h a t of Magis t ra te ' Ches te- Whi taker ' s would not receive any additional funds . Magis t ra te E r n e s t Mason, who made t h e motion, explained tha t due to the heavy rains and the number of roads t h a t w e r e in his district and those of Magis t ra tes Boone C r o m e r and Bill Wren , their d is t r ic ts w e r e out of road money and did not h a v e funds to repair roads and br idges damaged by the heavy ra ins in M a r c h . . However , Mr. Mason said tha t Mr. S a r g e n t and Mr. Whi taker ' s Dis t r ic t s still had funds available and he saw no reason, a t th is t ime, to t r ans f e r money to the i r accounts while they still had f u n d s available. Mr. Mason said f u r t h e r t h a t should t h e s e t w o dis t r ic ts run out of money then h e would * certainly be willing to do all he could to help find ex t ra money for road work .

On t h e motion, Magis t r a t e s ' Mason. Cromer and W r e n voted yea while Magi s t r a t e s S a r g e n t and Whi take r voted no.

One o the r i tem of business was brought before t h e Court when Magis t ra te E r n e s t Mason brought to the a t tent ion of the

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. NOTICE

Sheriff Manuel Shepherd has announced t h a t beginning with next week 's issue of t h e Signal, names of del inquent t axpaye r s for 1974 will be published (as requi red by law).

Anyone who has not paid the i r 1974 t a x bill and who d o e s not wish the i r name to be published, should pay t h e s e taxes by Wednesday . April 9, in the Sheriff"s Office at t h e Court House.

G o s p e l M e e t i n g T o B e H e l d A t P r o v i d e n c e . . .

A Gospel Meet ing will be held April 14th th rough the 20th. beginning a t 7:30 each evening, at the Providence Church gf Chris t , seven miles South of Brodhead a t Quail.

Evangel i s t for the Meet ing will be Bro. Rober t Crawley of Lexington, Kentucky.

Don' t Forge t - April 14-20 at 7:30 p-m.

The pas tor . Bro. W. C. Zziyvr a w * t h e c6ngregat ion a t Providence cordially invite everyone to a t t end .

S A D D L E CLUB NEWS. . . .

Ano the r Saddle Club sea-son began recently with the first r ide being held March 20th, with Dewey McGuire and George Burton a s hosts a t Sal t P e t r e

Coming up on April 5th and 6th will be t h e "Rough-It-Ride" -leaving Pine Hill a t 10 a.m. (past Mullins Sta t ion Road).

All m e m b e r s a re u rged to par t ic ipate; and if you a ren ' t a member , contact Bill Nor ton .

— . j J -p . . . . m e m b e r s - and join in on t h e fun of the new Saddle Club Riding Season!!

S t r e s s ing tha t t h e ' C a r r o l l for Governor Campaign will be one based on good government and concent ra ted political or-ganization in all of Ken tucky ' s 120 counties . S t a t e Campaign Chairman William M. Cox announced he re today t h a t David McCauley will head up the Carroll campaign organi-zation in Rockcastle County. Cox also said J e r r y Hamm will se rve a s Co-Chairman and Wayne S t e w a r t a s Campaign Treasu re r .

Const i tuency g r o u p chair-men w e r e named as follows: Carol Ann Kirby. Youth Chairman: Clay Colson. F a r m Chairman: Mary B. (Molliel Ham, Women 's Chai rman: and Henry Brown. Regis t ra t ion Chairman.

Outlining plans for the campaign, the S t a t e Chairman, a former Madisonville legislator and chief ass i s tan t to Governor CarroD. said ' "The people of this s ta te and this country a r e hungry for in tegr i ty and competence in gove rnmen t . That ' s t h e kind of gove rnmen t the Carroll Admin i s t ra t ion is going to give t hem. Tha t ' s also the kind of political campaign w e a re going to run."

H i l t o n N a m e d T o N e w H i g h w a y D e p t . P o s t

S e c r e t a i j of iTa. isportat ion C. R o b e r t s today announced t h e ' appo in tment of E v a n s V. Hilton as ass i s tan t d i rec tor of the Bureau of Highways ' Division of Construction.

Hilton. 56, formerly s e rved as dis tr ict engineer for High-ways' Dis t r ic t Eight , head-q u a r t e r e d in Somer se t . He had been in t h a t position s ince December , 1969.

A nat ive of Rockcast le County, Hilton will assist C y r u s Layson. Construct ion Di rec tor .

T H R E E F I L E F O R CONSTABLE. . .

Delno McClure, now • County D o g W a r d e n , has filed for t h e office of Cons table of t h e Second D i s t r i c t M r . McClure, a Republican, is seeking t h e s e a t vaca ted by t h e res ignat ion of S h e r m a n Denney . .

In Dis t r i c t 4 , vaca ted I f r s a d a f i r , n th flraJii. f i M ihii f l . t o . V 7 . , ' n U L n r l c t «• v« J o A n n e B a n s . 6 th GTMU, and S teve C e a t e r r f ^ L n L ^ ^ ^ i d w e l l .

K* fc— n • — D. Bulten, a Democra t and w a r * U A m feeee a a * SUr% C e a t a r k*m t h e • - - y T ® ? " ? n B y r d , a Republican, have.

filed for t W office of Constable.

April is proclaimed as "ALCOHOL INFORMATION MONTH." Rockcastle County Judge Huber t Thaeke r joins the Cumber land River Comprehensive Care Cen t e r in promot ing April as "Alcohol Information Month." Pic tured with Judge Thaeker a i t f j e a n ADen, Rockcastle County Team Leader and David Purcell, Alcohol and Drug Educa tor .

Chief Of Police Injured In Accident

Mt. Vernon Chief of Police Clifford P i t tman is a pat ient in the Rockcastle County Hospital following an ear ly morriing accident Monday when he was struck by a car on Richmond S t r ee t in Mt. Vernon.

According to repor ts , Chief P i t tman was crossing U.S. 25 in front of t h e Snack Shack Drive-In about 6:15 a.m. when

«\eniucKy passed away Wed nesday. March 26. 1975 a t Somerse t , Kentucky. She was born Augus t 31. 1884 in Pulaski Ceunty. Kentucky, the daugh te r of the late John anrf Elizabeth B m w n Major . Sire tfas a member of the Fai rv iew Church

. ol. C h p s t . , Surv ivors a re : Five sons.

Russell of Cincinnati. Grover of Eubank. Dee of Somerse t , William and Morr is , both of Phoenix. Arizona. F i f teen grandchildren, th i r ty g rea t grandchildren and two great-g rea t grandchi ldren also sur-vive. S h e was preceded in dea th by her husband. J o e William Norton and one daugh te r . E t t a Thompson.

Services were held Sat urday. March 29. 1975 at 2 p.m. at t h e Fa i rv iew Church of Christ with Bro. Arnold Larkins officiating. I n t e r m e n t was in the Fai rv iew Cemete ry .

A r r a n g e m e n t s were by the Cox Funera l Home.

Ewell Brown McClure. 69.

Basketball Camp For Boys To Be Held

A basketbal l camp for boys be tween the ages of 8 and 14 is to be held on the Berea College campus J u n e 16-20. T h e camp will be d i rec ted by Roland Wierwille. head coach at Berea.

Wierwille said boys will receive instruct ion in all phases of basketball , with concentra-tion on offensive and defens ive

. fundamenta l s . A qualified s taff *il l be on hand to give each boy individual instruct ion.

Activit ies will begin at 9 a.m. each d a y and continue until 5 p.m. T h e r e wfll be r e s t per iods dur ing t h e morning and a f t e rnoon sessions a t which juice will be se rved . \ Jovies about g r e a t s p o r t s e v e n t s will be shown d u r i n g the r e s t periods. All c a m p e r s will be se rved hot lunches a t the College Food Service.

The C a m p will be held in Seabury Gymnas ium which has six baske t s on which instruct ion can be given simultaneously. T h e gym also has handball courts , squash cour t , p ing pong tables, we igh t room and indoor pool. The pool will b e open a t des ignated t i m e s and a qualif ied ins t ruc tor will b e on hand to. superv ise w a t e r activi t ies.

T h e cost of t h e c a m p is $35.00, which p a y s fo r insur-ance, food, juice, movies, and ins t ruct ion. Each boy also will rece ive a T-shir t with a.

April Is "Alcohol Information Month"

With the realization tha t "Alcoholism" ranks a s our nation's number one d rug problem, with approximately 9,000.000 suf fe rers , the Cum-berland River Comprehensive Care Cen t e r is sponsoring April as Alcohol Information Month for t h e fifth consecutive year.

T h e Cumber land River Comprehens ive Care Cente r provides a var ie ty of services

for the alcoholic and his family. ' Consultation and Educational services a re also available to schools, church groups, civic groups, and o the r organizations and agencies.

For fu r the r information about services, contact our local Cumber land River Compre-hensive Care Cen t e r located on E. Main S t r ee t in Mt. Vernon or Telephone 256-2129.

250 Mile Bicycle Tour To Be Held May 3-9

he was s t ruck by a car dr iven by Ches t e r Azbil of Mt. Vernon. Mr. Azbil told police t h a t Chief P i t tman walked in f ront of his car and he was unable to avoid him.

Chief P i t tman was taken to the Rockcastle County Hospital with two broken ribs, two cuts on his head, and other injuries

of Lexington. Kentucky and formerly of Rockcastle County, passed away Tuesday , April 1. 1975 at his home. He was b o m

21. 1305 in Rockcastle County, t h e son of the la te Lee and Lucy Mullins McClure.

Survivors a re : one son. Lee Roy of Lexington: two sis ters , Mrs. Fnye JJoser of ' -kaewor th , Florida and Mrs. Mazie Bussell of" Mt . Vernon; four grand-children and one g r e a t grand-child also survive. Two half s is ters , Mrs. Inez Hansef of Mt. Vernon and Mrs. Lillian Smith of Route 2. Mt. Vernon, also

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday . April 3, 1975 at the Cox Funera l Home Chapel, with Rev. Raford Herr in officiating. In t e rmen t will be in the Elmwood Cemete ry .

r amblings... by: perlina m. ander ldn

The Perils of Paul ine w e r e never more suspenseful or Casey S t r ik ing Out more t ragic than was the loss by the UK Wildcats to a highly-talented and commanding UCLA team Monday night in the finals of the

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A 250-mile bicycle tour of the old Wilderness Road will be held May 3-9. 1975. sponsored by the Internat ional Bicycle tour ing Society. It will begin in Kingspor t , Tennessee and end at Ft Boonesborough S ta t e Park. The cyclists will pedal approximately fifty miles each day 1975 was picked for the tour because it is the bicentennial year of the road which was originally blazed by Daniel Boone in 1775.

The Internat ional Bicycle Touring Society. 846 Prospect St ree t , La Jolla. California 92037, is headed by an or thopedic surgeon. Dr.Clifford Graves. It pu t s on tours every year in the US and Europe , of up to two weeks in durat ion. Local motels and r e s t au ran t s a re utilized

The 155-acre farm, more or less, of Mr. and Mrs. S t ewar t Rowe. located in the Mare tbu rg section of Rockcastle County, was sold Publ ic <AUC1::M> Sa tu rday . March 29th to Mr. and Mrs. J . C. Bowling of ML Vernon for $30,000.

On the s ame date , the home and five acres of Mrs. Ruby S tamper , located a t Livingston, was also sold at Public Auction to Mr. and Mrs . Char les C. Griffin of Livingston for $10,000.

Both sales w e r e handled by Ford Realty and Auction Company of Mt. Vernon.

Rober t DeBorde, 43. of Route 1. Mt. Vernon was injured earlv Sunday morning when he was involved in a collision with a car on Highway 461. about five miles South of Mt. Vernon.

Mr. DeBorde told S t a t e . Police tha t he was forced off the road and when he came back on the road he s t ruck someth ing but didn' t know what . The dr iver of t h e o the r car. Ricky Giriffis. 18, of Whit ley City told

The tour will s top at the following communit ies each day:

May 3rd s t a r t s at the Holiday Inn in Kingspor t :

May 4th Pennington Gap. Virginia at the Pennington Gap Motel;

May 5th Middlesboro, Ky.. at the Downtown Motor l o d g e :

May 6th Lunch at Pine Mountain S t a t e Park , end at Barbourvile, Ky., T r a v e l e r ' s ' ? ? , Motel:

May 7 Lunch at Her i tage House Res tauran t in London, end at Renf ro Valley I,odge and Res tauran t ;

May 8 th Lunch a( Boone Tavern , Berea; end at Robbins MoteL Richmond:

May 9th Official end o( tour: picnic lunch a( noon at Ft . Boonesborough Stae Park.

S ta te Police tha t Mr. DeBorde was on the wrong side of the road a n 3 when he (Mr DeBorde t t r ied to get back on his side he slid s ideways, s t r iking the Giriffis car and knocking it over about a ten foot embankment . 1

Mr. Giriffis and th r ee other passengers in his car received minor injuries .

MIDGET WRESTLING. .

Something new and diff-e ren t is coming. The Livingston I j o n s Club is sponsoring a Midget Wres t l ing Match Sat-urday, April 12th. at 7 p.m. at the Livingston Elementary

The Midg : t s promise to put on a fine exhibition. Thus will be something d i f fe ren t in t h e way of en te r t a inment . Children under ten will be admi t ted for $1.00; s tuden t admission, $1.50: general admission. $2.00 and ringside. $3.00.

Proceeds will be used to purchase eyeglasses for the needy.

basketball camp emblem. Those who complete the five days of camp wili receive cer t i f icates .

Applications can be ob-tained by wr i t ing Roland Wierwille, CPO 2329, Berea College, Berea. May 15th is the deadline for applications. If it is necessary to limit the boys in camp, those who reg i s te r ear ly will be given f i rs t p re fe rence .

Wierwille h a s been head coach a t Berea for t h r ee yea r s . His teams a r e noted for t he i r fundamenta l ly sound basketbal l and hust l ing type of play.

IRS TO A N S W E R T A X QUESTIONS E V E R Y SATURDAY. . . .

The In t e rna l Revenue Ser-vice will b e , answer ing tax quest ions by te lephone e v e r y Sa tu rday until t h e April 15 filing deadline. Sa tu rday . March 29th and Apri l 5 th , telephone service will be avai lable 9 a - m - t o 1 p.m. E a s t e r n t ime, (8 - noon Central) , while on Apri l 12 - the last Sa tu rday before the dead l ine - -the phones will be in opera t ion from 9 to 8:45 p.m.. E a s t e r n t i m e .

In Louisville, the n u m b e r is 584-1361. In Lexington, dial 255-2333. F rom a n y w h e r e e lse in Ken tucky . , dial toll-free 1-

Baseball Season Begins RCHS S T A R T S BASEBALL P R A C T I C E . About th i r ty 130)

baseball players g ree ted Coach J a c k I*aswell last week as the ROCKETS open t h e 1975 baseball season on Apr i l 3 rd .

Coach Laswell lost some fine p layers from last yea r ' s team in ^Paul Travis . Johnny B. Saylor . Ryan Riddle and Mark Bray, so this

year ' s team will be m a d e up of some young players . The ve te ran p layers r e tu rn ing will be John Clontz, Dwigbt

Griffin, Kenny Burton, and Joe Cummins. The pitching corps will be m a d e up of Dwigh t Griffin. Gary Houston. R o b e r t Hopkins. Mark Cummins and Brian Stokes .

On Apri l 3rd t h e ROCKETS will t ravel to Danville to t ake on Boyle County, one of t h e S ta te ' s top teams: and on Fr iday . Laurel County, ano the r s t rong team, will play on the local field.

AD Home Games will s t a r t about 4:15.

A^ril 3 - Thursday - Boyle County AWAY April 4 - Friday - Laurel County HOME April 7 - Monday - Berea AWAY April 8 - Tuesday - Burnside HOME Appl 9 - Wednesday - Somerset AWAY April 14 - Monday - Corbin HOME April 15 - Tuesday - Madison Model AWAY April 16 - Wednesday - Lincoln County HOME April 18 - Friday - Oneida HOME-DOUBLEHEADER April 21 - Monday - Berea HOME April 22 - Tuesday • Jackson County AWAY April 24 - Thursday - Pulaski County • HOME April 25 - Fridaj - Laurel County AWAY April 28 - Monday - Lincoln County AWAY Ap il 29 - Tuesday - Corbin AWAY May 1 • Thursday - Boyle County HOME May 2 • FrMay - Garrard County AWAY May 5 .- Monday - Madison'Modcl HOME May 6 - Tuesday - Somerset HOME May7 -Wednesday-PulaskiCounty AWAY May 8 Thursday • Jackson County HOME May 9 - Friday - Garrard County HOME • '•' - ^ "