January 6, 1922 - Bullitt County Public Library

A. V. Greenwell and wife, of
Leaches, spent Monday here.
Crist Pauley spent last week with
Melvin Raymond and family.
Sid Bell and his best girl spent
Sunday here.
Rev. Jones, of Lebanon Junction,
spent Monday here.
Mrs. Ada Troutman spent Monday
with her son, C. F. Troutman.
Sam Ridgway returned to school at
Lexington last week.
C. L. Croan has returned from Cuba.
Mrs. E. W. Hess, of Chapeze, spent
Monday here.
Miss Josie Barrall spent Sunday
with R. H. Miller and family.
Miss Margaret Foster spent the week
end here.
Mrs. W. F. Monroe spent several
day in the city last week with her
mother.
John Buckman spent several days
this week at his farm.
Jack Morrison has moved his shoe
shop to his home.
Porter Bridwell will leave in a short
time for Buffalo, NY.
Jonc Clark and wife spent
Wednesday here.
John Smith, of Brooks, spent
Wednesday here.
Ben Crenshaw is carrying mail to
Mt. Washington while Mr. Hardy
and Mr. Masden have the flu.
Strayed or Stolen
Young black male hound. Strayed or
stolen Jan. 30. A. C. Viers, Belmont.
The Pioneer News, 1922 - J. W. Barrall, Editor
Extracted or Transcribed From Microfilm by Edith Blissett in the year 2004
For Sale
Shelled Boone County White Corn. -
Wm. Swearingen
One black jack with white points,
sell cheap or trade for any kind of
stock. A. G. Kulmer
The good Maxwell - J. E. Chappell
Judy’s Pride Tobacco seed - Joe
Trunnell
February 24, 1922
School News
Mr. G. L. Bridwell was called to
Jefferson County last week to take
charge of a bunch of boys in one of
the schools of that county. Guy says
the children in Bullitt County are
real good.
Mrs. Mary B. Crenshaw closed her
school last week at Green Briar,
spent a few days here last week
while the “Flu Ban” is on in her
district. Green Briar has been closed
by the Doctors three or four times
this year and has had 3 teachers
already.
The school here reopened Monday
and the many cases of “flu” seem to
be of a rather mild nature and most
of the victims are much better.
The Shepherdsville boys made a trip
to Horse Cave last week and won a
game of basket ball 24 to 17. The
following boys were taken on the
trip by Prof. Sanders: Summers,
Bradbury, Walker, Stallings,
Mumford and Lash.
Under the leadership of Miss
Gibson, a fine class of 8 th grade
students is being prepared for the
May examination and entrance into
high school next September.
Two or three juries of good citizens
assessed both fines and jail
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sentences against “drunks and
fights” here last week in Judge
Shelton’s court.
Other cases are scheduled for later
dates and before spring, you may
face some ladies on some of the
cases as jurors.
Mrs. John Newman, one of the best
and best known women in this
community died at her home last
week after a lingering illness of
several weeks.
Mrs. Newman was born and
educated in England but moved to
this county some 30 years ago and
reared a splendid family near here of
several children, all of which survive
her except her daughters, Miss Amy
and Mrs. Ben Chapeze, who died in
this county a few years ago.
Uncle Hendy Beard, one of the
county’s best known men died at his
home near Belmont last week.
Mr. Beard was a clever, good all
round man and of a very jovial
nature and belonged to that type of
man that enjoy a joke and a hearty
laugh.
He was a neighbor and a boyhood
friend of such well known men as
Uncle Gib Griffin, Jas. Joyce, the
Chappells, Quicks, Myers and
Fosters, whose hospitality is well
known in the lower end of this
county.
Mrs. Clara Hughes Newman
Mrs. Clara Hughes Newman,
beloved wife of Mr. John Newman,
departed this life at her home three
miles north of Shepherdsville last
Wednesday morning after an illness
of almost a year’s duration. She had
been confined to her bed less than
three weeks and regained
consciousness until the end. With
her at the time of her death were her