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COMMUNITY
Military
Dews
Births
Smith
Senior
center to get new floor
According
to director Berta Gayle, Owen County senior citizens will have one
more thing to enjoy along with a new floor in the senior center.
A Tai Chi program will be coming to the center at 1 p.m. Oct. 11.
This program is for seniors and baby boomers alike, so sign up and
get introduced to a new way of getting in shape.
Call the center at (502) 484-3139.
Historical
society busy with picnic, home tour
Work has
really been underway for society members and our carpenters Dean
Riddle and Jim Acton. We were getting ready for Kentucky Wild Horse,
which is the John Harrod bluegrass band. On Friday morning, rain
came down and “Plan B” went into effect. We went to
Monterey Baptist Church fellowship hall and gym and set up there.
This was a fundraiser for the society, which turned out very well
considering the weather. We enjoyed lots of fried chicken with all
the trimmings and delicious desserts.
The band and its fun-filled evening of jokes, laughter, songs and
music was enjoyed by approximately 65 adults and children. Many
door prizes were given away, and Shannan Goodrich of Gratz won the
main door prize of the evening, a beautiful pot of chrysanthemums,
compliments of Doris Riley. Other door prizes were donated by merchants
of Owen County including Connie and Veronica Gayle’s Daily
Breads, certificates from Dairy Queen, Hometown Pizza, Cowboys,
Snappy Tomato, Subway, Minch Hardware, North Park and Petals on
the Square. These and several gifts for the children were all appreciated.
Three people joined the society during the evening.
Some of the society ladies worked hard to get several museum rooms
finished except for the decorating of pictures and artifacts for
the Woman’s Open Home Tour. Those who worked so faithfully
were Peggy Trinkle, Doris Riley, Joann Threet, Teresa Fisher, Arletta
Howard and Jeannie Williams. The sunroom, kitchen, bath, Rotary
and men’s room are all completed. The carpenters have finished
most of the attic with only a few things remaining. The entire attic
has new paneling. New shelves have been built, windows framed in
and most of the trim work has been completed. The next thing will
be to seal the floor and build banisters around the stairwell. We’re
very excited about the new attic, which gives us so much storage
room for the large tax and law books and containers of old News-Heralds
and National Geographic magazines.
Sunday was a beautiful day for the Woman’s Club Home Tour.
It began at the museum and continued through town. We had a large
crowd in attendance, and Arletta Howard, Ruth Ann Hazlett and Teresa
Fisher served lemonade, tea, coffee and pastries to guests. Verna
K. Payne sold tickets at the door. Three new people joined the society
on Sunday. Doris Riley, Peggy Trinkle and Jeannie Williams also
gave visitors tours of the museum. The guests were asked to bring
in old wedding pictures of their families with names of the husband
and the wife’s maiden name, marriage and death dates and number
of children for captions for pictures in the ladies’ room.
We need to work on them now, so please bring us your family’s
information soon. We will make copies and return the original photos,
but please write your name on the back of each picture so they will
be returned.
Anyone who would like to put history information in acid-free folders,
please call and let us know. We truly need assistance with this
job.
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