We will be looking back 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100 years to see what was being printed in The Pioneer News in 2002, 1982, 1962, 1942 and 1922 in the month of October.
North Bullitt's Chris Pendleton and Tracy Loeffler were nominated by their school principal for Wendy's Heisman Trophy that honored the nation's top high school seniors.
Another nomination for national recognition was made by North Bullitt Principal Greg Schultz of Lauren Raymer for a National Principal's Leadership Program.
At the Shepherdsville Old Tyme Homecoming pageant, Shelly Weber was named Miss Shepherdsville. Runner-ups were Lacy Andry Baldauf and Tashia Marie Rash. Erica Meenach was named Junior Miss Shepherdsville with Courtney Boston and Erin Byrd as runners-up.
The North Bullitt Homecoming king and queen were Brian Steele and Cristina Caudill. Meanwhile, over in Cougar Country, it was King Chad Stivers and Queen Lindsay Seeders.
Among the pictures taken at the Old Tyme Homecoming parade was one that showed the remaining portion of the old courthouse that was destined to become the Bullitt County History Museum.
Jacob Higgins was happy to escort his great-grandmother Betty Collins and grandmother Debbie Higgins through the lunch line at Roby Elementary on Grandparents' Day.
The following students were sworn in for a term of Teen Court: Sharie Ashbaugh, Anderson Bond, Josh Bratcher, Leanea Burton, Hilary Burress, Sam Burress, Billi Churchill, Tonya Combs, Kaycee Crecelius, Keith Crecelius, Miranda Curl, Jillian Densford, Crystal Dibley, Lauren Eskridge, Mindy Flaherty, Cassie Guenther, Paul Guzman, Pat Hagan, Stephanie Henry, Samuel Holcomb, Charlton Johnson, Cassie Kaiser, Tara King, William Kline, Brittany Little, Jason Lloyd, Danielle Lortz, Tina Meredith, Amanda Miller and Andrea Miller.
The list continued with Nikki Miller, Amanda Milton, Keri Moore, Percy Morales, Chris Morris, Brittany Newton, Carissa Newton, Justin Odle, Florencio Olives, Darrah Partin, Keith Pierce, Cassi Rausch, Beth Runion, Jessica Saltkill, Lauren Scott, Ashley Smith, Amanda Strevinsky, Sarah Tilley, Samantha Troutman, Chris Westfall, Jessica Whitmer, Autumn Williams, Joy Williams, Bryan Wilson, Brandon Woosley and Lynsey Wurzel.
Sam Beichler was named the Bullitt County Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year, an award co-sponsored by The Pioneer News.
Keriann Sparks placed first in the 3-4 year old girls' competition at the Lebanon Junction festivities. Runners-up were Gabbie Duckett and Lyndsey Michelle Hiter.
Frank Hammond and Lillie Bell Ellingsworth were married at King's Baptist Church in 1952. Fifty years later they celebrated their golden anniversary at the church's Christian Life Center.
Another golden anniversary was celebrated by John and Elizabeth Durall of Lebanon Junction.
PVA Rhonda Keith, Jailer Danny Fackler, First Federal's Susan Bradbury, and Pastor Mark Wilson all looked good in their aprons as they participated in the American Cancer Society's Grocer's Day at Houchens.
Lauryn Hatchett's spike in the district volleyball tournament was just part of the excitement as North Bullitt gained their first tournament championship by defeating Highview.
And after 45 years of quilting, Mount Washington native Ann Brotzge decided to enter a quilt in the State Fair. Her entry won a blue ribbon!
Jeff Allen and Christy Cruise were selected king and queen of the Bullitt Central homecoming.
Christy Darnell Humphrey, daughter of Clayton and Kathy Humphrey, was crowned Gleaner of the Month at the Church of God of Prophecy on Raymond Road.
June Harrington wrote that Chris Allen had been chosen North Bullitt Teacher of the Year for the second time. She also wrote that Glennie Dawson had been selected as Hebron Middle School's Teacher of the Year.
Oretha Ridgway of Nichols wrote that 84 year old Dewey Foster was making plans for winter, having gotten in two large loads of wood that he had stacked neatly, and also by making pear preserves.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fisher celebrated their 45th anniversary. He was 90 and she was 81. The paper described him as previously being one of the best vegetable gardeners in the state.
Ruth Owens of Lebanon Junction wrote that Al and Marsha Coy and John and Bennie Cornett were back in town, having vacationed in California. She also wrote that Pat Haynes of Belmont Road won the grand prize given away at the Fairgrounds cooking school.
Mary C. Holsclaw of the Hebron community congratulated Patricia Williams Moore and Raymond Anthony Baker who were married at the Hebron Church by Rev. John Everett. She also wrote that Hebron Church women were meeting at the home of Mrs. Midge Jones, with Mrs. Kay Evertt leading the Bible study.
Donna Stout was pictured working on one of the handmade items to be auctioned off at the Woman's Club.
Clara Simmons of Pleasant Grove wrote that Mrs. Parallee Hall with her daughter Wanda and husband spent time out west sightseeing, and ran into a lot of snow and almost froze.
Anyone remember when Sam Hardy was selling ultralight flying machines? Larry Coy was pictured demonstrating one at the county fairgrounds.
Bullitt County Clerk Nina Mooney was among those who traveled to Fort Knox for the County Extension Office's Farm-City Tour.
Joe Williamson of Horse Fly Hollow Road celebrated his 82nd birthday with his large family gathered including 10 children, 32 grandchildren, and 23 great grandchildren.
Among the awards distributed by the Bullitt County Service Center of the American Red Cross were certificates of appreciation given to Wayne Richardson, Bonnie Strange and Joe Reneer; and a five-year pin given to Karen Larimore.
The Lady Cougars placed second in the cross-county regional event, entitling them to advance to the state meet. Those participating included Michele Leasor, Teresa Hurst, Sabrina Mingus, Gina Armstrong, Laura Hester and Kara Longacre. They were coached by Harry Feeback.
Heather Renee Myers, daughter of John and Linda Myers of Ridge Road, received the first runner-up award from the American National Talent Search Contest. She was pictured standing beside her trophy which was taller than she was.
Army Sgt. 1st Class Harry D. Snellen of Shepherdsville was pictured in the paper. He was an armor platoon sergeant serving on the East German border with the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment.
And students in Mrs. Judy Graham's Kindergarten class at Cedar Grove Elementary were happy to get their picture taken. They included Melissa Wilson, Leslie West, Brittany Noel, Joseph Raley, Jason Ryan, Jennifer Skaggs, Kevin Tucker, Ronica Weller, Pamela Hedrick, Thomas Hood, Christy Hunt, Stephanie Hunt, Sondra Hutchins, Stephany Lindsey, Heather Mattingly, Troy Morgan, Brett Mudd, Jennifer Adams, Wendy Bowling, Ricky Bratcher, Joy Brown, Steven Cook, Melanie Drury and Troy Gartner. Pictured with them were Mrs. Brooker and Mrs. Graham.
Seven Bullitt County 4-H'ers were crowned District Champions at the Stephen Foster 4-H Achievement program held at the Kentucky Hotel in Louisville. They were among the group pictured in the paper that included Janet Myers, Joetta Bass, Stella Ploetner, Marabeth Porter and Brenda Hubbard in the front row; Laverne Stout, Donna Harris, Helen Pendleton, Benny Armstrong, Billy Glenn Dawson, Artie Penick, Melvin Wheatley and Jimmy Dawson in the middle row; and Kenneth Stout, David Stout, and James Tyler in the back row. Attending, but not pictured were David Williams and J. E. Lee.
Fourteen Bullitt County 4-H Project Champions participated in the Junior District Achievement Program at Taylorsville. Pictured in the paper were Vaughn Harbin, Neil Brooks, Charlie Dawson in the front row; Leo Coakley, Billy Bass, David Snider, Linda Tate, Karen Shaw, and Johnny Price in the middle row; and Steve Tichenor, Barbara Armstrong, Jan Jenkins, and Norma Pendleton in the back row. Marilyn VanMeter participated as well, but was not pictured.
Among the deaths reported by the paper was that of Leslie M. Masden, age 80, who was survived by several including his widow, Isophane Masden, a daughter, Ruby Clare Napier, and a son, Woodrow Masden.
Miss Marilyn Lee, a senior at S.H.S., was appointed Publicity Chairman for the Bullitt County Library.
Shepherdsville Mayor Dr. B. C. Moser announced that a contract had been signed to bring a sewer system to Shepherdsville. Work was scheduled to begin at the first of the year.
The 1962-63 officers of the S.H.S. Glee Club were President Darlene Riggs, Vice-President Mary Nusz, Treasurer Jean Marcum, Secretary Carolyn Poppell, and Sgt. at Arms Vertis Hadley.
The Rev. Joseph W. James of Oklahoma City accepted the call to a full time ministry at the Hebron Presbyterian Church where he would begin his ministry and occupy the pulpit on October 14. Rev. James and his wife Roberta were the parents of two sons, John David who was enrolled at Davidson College, and Fred who was set to enroll as a freshman at S.H.S.
Congressman Frank Chelf telegraphed the newspaper to announce new sites for post offices in Shepherdsville at 323 Buckman Street, and Lebanon Junction at 104 E. Main Street. The Shepherdsville location would replace an inadequate facility on the west side of Buckman between Second and Third Streets.
The Sunnyside correspondent expressed sorrow at the destruction of Claud Barrall's stock and tobacco barn by fire.
The Lebanon Junction FHA officers attended a training meet at Carrollton. They included Gale Heft, Mary Streble, Carol Raney, Marion Daugherty, Linda Stark, Sue Hayden, Betty McCubbins, Betty Hoge, Sharon Mann, and Janice Conlin.
Seven freshman girls received their first Class Award at Camp Shantituck, including Susan Watkins, Sonia Lutz, Barbara Jo Hawkins, Linda Howlett, Shelly Sanders, Pat Hagan, and Judy Hatfield.
T. L. Newman, Shepherdsville City Clerk, offered a word of thanks to Mrs. Cora Roby for her gift to the town of a strip of land running from Walnut Street to Beech Street, known as Wooldridge Alley.
And according to Winston Routt, president of the Mt. Washington Lion's Club, 95% of Bullitt County's people received their Sabin polio oral vaccine, which led all Kentucky counties.
Odis Chester Dobson and Sarah Rose Mattingly were married in 1892. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their Lebanon Junction home with family and friends. Research shows that they enjoyed almost another decade together before O.C. died in February 1952.
Another anniversary was celebrated in the Valley View area by Thomas Burton Rouse and his bride of 50 years, the former Sarah Jones. Burt and Sallie would enjoy many more years together until her passing in 1956.
Mrs. W. R. Brian wrote a letter to the newspaper editor thanking him for sending the paper to both of her sons in the military free of charge.
"Aunt Jennie" (Smith) Shepherd died in her 95th year. The long time widow of William Harrison Shepherd, she was survived by six daughters, Mrs. Joe Snellen of Buechel, Mrs. J. T. Cheatam, Mrs. Julia Nall, Mrs. James Beghtol, Mrs. Lida Keith, and Mrs. Lloyd Cox, one son, Charles Shepherd, and a sister, Mrs. Nannie Snellen of Knob Creek.
Alonza Dee Miller, long-time railroad carpenter, died at his Lebanon Junction home in his 82nd year.
Little Joyce Gayle Cundiff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cundiff, celebrated her first birthday with a party. Her guests included Merrill Jean Cundiff, Betty Jean Etherton, Arlene and Dorothy Yaeger, Billy, Bobby and Howard Etherton, Billy Neal Cundiff, and Billy Harve Milam. Joyce would later graduate from S.H.S. and then return to the school as a teacher.
The Salt River Community writer shared that both Fletcher Hagan and Sexie Barger went into the army from their community.
W. D. Hasty advertised that he would come to your farm to grind any kind of feed; and William Sowders was offering to sell 30 tons of alfalfa hay.
In the personals column we read that Mrs. Noah Whittle spent a Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Masden; that Mrs. Galen Minter spent a Saturday with her mother Mrs. Mack Jones; and that Mrs. Nora Cundiff spent a day with her mother, Mrs. Nannie Johnson.
The Mt. Washington columnist wrote that the community's football team had defeated both Shepherdsville and Lebanon Junction. However, in the latter game, Billy Allen and Kenneth Lutes came home with broken collar bones.
Every community in the county was doing its part in a nationwide scrap metal drive to aid the war effort. As an example, Lebanon Junction reported collecting 75,000 pound of scrap with an additional 200,000 pounds coming from the railroad facilities there.
S. N. Brooks, chairman of the Bullitt County USDA War Board, announced that all commercial trucks would need a "certificate of war necessity" to operate after November 15th. This included farm trucks. Folks were instructed to get their certificates in late October at either the courthouse, Mt. Washington Jasper's Garage, Nichols schoolhouse, or Samuel's Motor Company in Lebanon Junction.
Rev. J. Roy Robinson was celebrating his second anniversary as pastor of the Shepherdsville Baptist Church.
The correspondent from the upper Knob Creek area wrote that Mrs. Mattie Able had returned home after a pleasant visit with Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Beard at Gap in the Knob. She also wrote that they were "quite elated" at being grandparents of their daughter, Mrs. Katherine Shelton's baby boy.
John R. "Buster" Peace of Shepherdsville advertised a good bicycle for sale, as he was going into the service.
The sophomore class at Shepherdsville High was encouraging folks to vote for Miss Eva Lee, their candidate for Queen of the school's Halloween Carnival.
And Mrs. Lula Ashby McEnnis was selling her "Peoples' Restaurant" located on Main Street in Shepherdsville. Dawson Realty Company was handling the sale.
Miss Mary B. Hill, the popular young teacher at Pleasant Grove gave her pupils an ice cream supper at that place on a Saturday afternoon and evening.
The residence of Mrs. Minnie Maraman was destroyed by fire one night. Mr. John Saar, who was living in the residence, saved part of their furniture.
Out Bullitt's Lick way J. P. McDaniel and Bates McDaniel were building Ott Saddler’s new house, which would soon be completed.
In the Personals column we learned that Samuel Ridgway returned to State University after being at home for several days with a broken ankle; and that Miss Hazeldelle Trunnell entered school at the Conservatory of Music in Louisville.
The editor wrote, "The big cistern at the new building erected by the Bullitt County Bank has been completed, the furniture and fixtures have been placed in position and Harry Combs and his assistants are almost ready to move into their splendid new quarters. With heat, light and water in every room and numerous other accommodations, this latest acquisition to our business houses is one of the best in the entire county. No other town of the size of Shepherdsville can boast of a prettier, better building."
Frank Goldsmith and Gibb Daugherty, who left to spend the winter in Florida, returned home. They said the mosquitos there were like horse flies and ten times as bad.
The large residence of Mrs. A. E. Funk, at Brooks, burned to the ground on a Sunday night. The fire was discovered about 10:30 and before anyone arrived, it was in such headway that nothing but the piano and one or two things were saved.
In school news, we read that the school at Clermont was progressing well and was one of the most excellent school plants to be found in any rural community. Two acres of level play ground, two rooms and two wide awake young teachers in charge: Miss Lula Cook and Miss Thelma Daugherty.
Another two room rural school that was well up to the standard was the Hebron school which had Mr. W. T. Whitman as trustee. In equipment and general school spirit, it was one of the county’s best and with the exception of Glen Ella had the largest per cent of their pupils in High School of any county district. It was in charge of Miss Neva Magruder, who had taught in this same school for several years and her sister, Miss Fay Magruder.
The Pleasant Grove correspondent had several things to share. She wrote that John Whitledge and Clay Whitledge were in the city the previous week with a bunch of hogs; that Will Gentry was sinking a well for Ed Bridwell; that Ima Armstrong had entered high school at Shepherdsville the previous week; and that S. O. Armstrong lost a fine heifer.
James Beghtol, a popular fruit grower of Brooks, came to town driving a new Ford, showing that the fruit men were in good shape.
Hugo Rouse, who had only a few days earlier bought the insurance business from Mr. O. W. Pearl, sold it to Jack Howerton. In related business, Gabe Bealmear was taking charge of the Bullitt County Garage and Light Plant; and Mr. Rouse was devoting all his time to the lumber business. Then, in the next issue of the paper, we read, "Frank Goldsmith has bought the Garage and Light Plant back and is now in his old place again."
And Miss Peachie Thompson was appointed Circuit Clerk for this county. She was the first lady to hold the office. The editor wrote, "She is a bright young lady and her many friends are glad to see her in the office."
The Bullitt County History Museum, a service of the Bullitt County Genealogical Society, is located in the county courthouse at 300 South Buckman Street (Highway 61) in Shepherdsville, Kentucky. The museum, along with its research room, is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Saturday appointments are available by calling 502-921-0161 during our regular weekday hours. Admission is free. The museum, as part of the Bullitt County Genealogical Society, is a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization and is classified as a 509(a)2 public charity. Contributions and bequests are deductible under section 2055, 2106, or 2522 of the Internal Revenue Code. Page last modified: 13 Jan 2024 . Page URL: bullittcountyhistory.org/happened/oct2022.html
