Bray, Robert Fish. William C. Bradley, Join H.

Holbrook, LeU Baylor, Boater Gentry, Julia Dalley, Shirley M. Cable, Harold C. Jones, Doyle Mulllns, Anna W»at, Arvel Bur-dette, Flora Klrby, Raymond Bullock, R.R. Wolfe, Eugene Tbomaa, Dallas Norton, John Laswell, Lester Aboey, Diane Masters, Ella Robinson, Joyce Baker.

Fiscal Court

This (roup of Rockcastle County Jayeeee, alone with other members, will beeollcltlng od-rtlsements for a special section of the Mt. Vernon Signal next week devoted to the Rockcastle lunty Hospital. Money from the project will go toward the hospital for their central a l r -indltlonlng project. Seated, left to right are: Bill Kelsey, Darryl Asher, president and Bud-i Cox. Standing, left to right: Danny Ford, Gary Asher and CoL Sam Ford.

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MOUNT VERNON, KENTUCKY 40456 THURSDAY, JULY 6. 1912

SCHOOL CALENDAR A committee or school person-

nel met Monday with Superin-tendent Charles B. Parsons and set-up the school calendar for the 1972-73 school year.

The calendar reads as follows: August 24-ln-aervlce - day for teachers and administrators; August 25-enroIlment; August 28-school begins; September 4-Labor Day Holiday, September 29-CKEA; November 23 and 24-Thanksgiving Holiday; Decem-ber 21 to January 2, 1973-Chrls-tmas Vacation; January 26-In-Servlce Day, Aprll-KEA Week and May 23-school ends. . .

NAMED SUPERVISOR John Holbrook of Brodhead

has been named Regional Super-visor for Child Welfare in Bock-castle and Laurel Counties with offices in London and Mt. Vernon.

Mr. Holbrook graduated from Berea College with a B.S. de-gree In 1958 and worked as a field worker for eight years In Ml. Vernon with Public Assist-ance. In May of this year , Mr. Holbrook received a Master 's Degree in social work from the University of Kentucky.

FLYING DOLPHINS WIN STANFORD SWIM MEET

The Cedar Rapids Flying Dol-phins remained undefeated Saturday when they defeated the Dix River Country Club Swin: T earn at Stanford.

Contributing to the Flying Dolphins 210-174 victory were Paul Travis, Greg Mnlllns, John Cloatz, Tim Whitehead, Shane Bullock, Joe Clontz, Earl Ham-mons, Jeff Hammons, Richard Graham, Bobby Hammons, Gor-

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Four Rural Schools Sold At Monday Night's Board Meeting

vertlsements County Hospital, conditioning project, dy Cox. Standing, left

Jurors Called For

July Circuit Court The July term of Rockcastle

County Circuit Court will con-vene July 17, with Circuit Judge Lawrence S. Hail presiding.

Sixty names have been drawn for service on the petit Jury and Grand Jury.

Called for duty are: AJD. Ponder, Casper Lakes, Audrey Hamm, Jack Fugate, Lucy Brock,

» Rockcastle m the project will go toward the hospital for their central a i r -eft to right are: Bill Kelsey, Darryl Asher, president and Bud-Danny Ford, Gary Asher and CoL Sam Ford.

MRS. MABEL B. NOE DIES SUNDAY, JULY 2

Mrs. Mabel Blantoo Noe, 77, of Route 4, Mt. Verndirpassed away Sunday, July 2 at the Rock-castle County HospttaL She was born in Harlan County on Octo -bar 20, 1894, the daughter of the late Ewell and Sue Howard Blan-ton, was a charter member of the Mt. Vernon Eastern Star , Chap-ter *468 and a member of the Firs t Baptist Church of ML Vernon.

Survivors are two sons, Joe B. Noe, J r . and Freddie D, Noe,

both of Ml. Vernon; three daugh-te r s , Mrs. Sadie Welch of Lex-ington, Mrs. Ann Pike of Jef -fersonvllle, fad., and Mrs. Lu-cille Ponder of" Route 4, Mt. Vernon; two brothers, Joe and J e s s Blantoo, both of Norrls, Tennessee; four s i s t e r s , Mrs. hollle Howard of Wall Ins Creek, Mrs . DeloraMelylp of William-son, West Virginia, Mrs, Mary Qaacock of Cincinnati, Ohio and Mrs . Nell Emil of Columbus, Ohio, eight grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. She was preceded In death by her husband, Joe B. Noe and by twin Infant children, Pearl aqd Earl Noe,

Funeral services were con-ducted Tuesday, July 4 at the F i r s t Baptist Church of Mt. Ver-

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Charley Isaacs, Jess E. Eld-rldge, Lucille Bullock, U v Hunt, Dave Bowman, Ell Chas-teen, Fielden Carpenter, Flora Mae Brown, Bertha Fay Hol-brook, Mrs. Nancy Mulllns, J.C. Bradley, Mrs. Edith Brown, Cas-per M. Jones, EmanuelR. Rader, Ethelene Cass.

Ernest D. Thomas, Glen Pon-der, Elmo C. Anderkin, Verla Scott, Doris Jean Gentry, Irene Collins, Dale Sowder, Ernest M. Mason, C3en D. Banner, Brenda Sue Brock, Doris Jean Blevlns, Thelma Marie Thomas, Anna S. DlHIngtiani,' Cecil Bolln, LM Durham, Robert Ford, Martha

Sealed bids were opened for three rural school buildings and grounds and one rural school building without grounds at Mon-day night's regular meeting of the Rockcastle County Board of Education.

Successful high bidder for the school buildings, which will be phased out this year with the advent of consolidation in the county, were: CUmax School, Sam Mulllns, $2,21L00; Owen Allen School, Matt Powell, $900; Cave Ridge School, Ruby Gib-son, $1210.00 and Johnetta School (no grounds), F rank Abney, $150.

The Board also set Saturday, July 15 at 2 p.m, as the date to sell the Red Hill school at public auction. Estle Bullock was named by the Board to act as auctioneer, A decision on sel l-ing Cove School was delayed until the August meeting of the Board.

During the meeting, the Board also established the Elementary School Districts. In establishing these lines, the Board decided that If parents wished to send their children to a school out-side of the district In which they live, that they (the parents) must transport the child themselves, fa other words, children will not be allowed to ride a bus to a school outside of the district In which they live. The lines es-tablished for the school district by the Board were: dividing line between Livingston and Mt. Ver-ne® Elementary School to be Amos Owens'residence; dividing line between Roundstona and ML Vernon Elementary School to be Hummel Ro-J at Renfro Valley and dividing line between Brod-head and Mt. Vernon Elementary Schools to be Highway 46L

The chances are good that the upper deck bleacher seats will be In the new gymnasium by the t ime basketball season begins. At Monday night •» meeting, the Board voted to approve the ad-vertisement of bids for the seats . Approximate cost of the project will be $17,000.

The Board also approved a contract with Barney Miller, Inc. to Install a sound system in the gymnasium at a cost of $2,305.95 as approved by the architect and engineer. Superintendent Par-

VICTOR ROBERTS DIES

sons told tbe Board that be had already Deceived a, contribution of $100 to help pay for the sound system and the Board approved the acceptance of further contri-butions on the project.

A request by Forbes-Morris Construction Co. to lower their retalnage fee to 5% Instead ofthe 10% held now by the Board was discussed. The lower fee had been approved by the architect and by the contractors bonding company. However, the Board felt that since there were seve-ra l items that they wanted cor-rected at the new school that they would keep the retalnage fee at 10% (or $190,000) for the present.

In other business, the Board: accepted School Service Co.'s bids on 80 square cafeteria ta-bles at $43.90 each and 10 round ones at $5L90 each as recom-mended by committee; authoriz-ed Title I ESEA application for 1972-73; authorized Adult Edu-cation Program for 1972-73 at Brodhead and Blue Sprlngs; au-thorized superintendent to make necessary t ransfers and r e -

placements of teachers as ne^ cessary to begin school; ap-proved a leave-of-absence for Connie Hamm and June Taylor for 1972-73 school team; ac-cepted resignation of Barbara Norrls, teacher Livingston Ele-mentary; approved employment of additional teachers (John Hale, subject to certification at e le -mentary level, Ruth Ann Allen and Deborah Watson); employed secretar ies : Shirley Mulllns-Llvlngston School, Patsy Baker - Title I and Bessie Burdett-Central Office; employed RCBS Janitors: Lester Cromer and Ar -vll McGulre; approved leasing z t ra i ler to Pulaski County on yearly bas l i at $800 a year, Pulaski Is to move and return t rai ler ; authorized a rummage sa le for used school furniture such as tables, stoves, r e f r i -gerators, etc., date and place of sale to be advertised In Signal and declared a state of emer -gency on furnace repairs at Mt. Vernon School If It appears that bidding on a new boiler will prevent repairs before school opens.

Paddle Wheeler Was Problem For Ft. Sequoyah

Anyone wanting to buy an old-time paddle-wheeler like the ones that once plied the Mis-sissippi River in bygone days, would quickly discover that they are difficult to find and almost impossible to buy.

That, at least, Is what Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Carloftis dis-covered when they decided to buy a rlverboat tor Fort Se-quoyah Indian Village and River boat Town, their family-owned tourist attraction located near' MrUmton on l?A 28, v

A paddle-wheeler, they r e a -soned, would be an unusual at-, traction that would offer an en-joyable experience for Fort Sequoyah's visitors as they rkfe the Rockcastle Rlver.

But where were they to turn to find R rlverboat?

It didn't take long to dis-cover that there are about as

many «iv»rboal factories In A-merlca as there are stage coach lines, fa fact, It had begun to -look as If a paddle-wheeler for Fort Sequoyah was merely ' a dream.-

Then Loest and Stanley, Inc., an East Tennessee engineering

f irm that was helping Mr. and Mrs. Carloftis redevelop the at-traction, came to their aid. Since a boat couldn't be found, loes t and Stanley, Inc., built one. And the result Is a modified version of tbe old paddle-wheelers with many bullt-ln safety features to protect the r iders .

Though the boat Is hardly as large as the Belle of Louisville, It Is an authentic replica of a rlverboat except for safety modi-fications. And it 's Just as much fun.

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Of 19.5« For 1972-73 """"" ~

THE STONE MAN FAMILY

Stonemans Will Entertain At Annual R.E.C.C. Meet

Those Singing, Swinging, Stomp-ing, Sensational Stonemans will headline an outstanding selection of entertainment for this year ' s annual membership meeting of the Jackson County R.E.C.C. The meeting will be held a the Jack-son County High School,. 2 1/2 miles South of McKee, on Mon-day, July 17, 1972. As In the past, there Is no adm'sslon charge and the public Is Invited to attend. Mem*>er8hlp regis t ra- > tlon will begin at 6 p,m., with the program getting underway at 7 P.m.

The Stonemans you'll re-member are the family group that featured, up until a few years ago, Pop Stoneman and his talented and highly entertaining group of children. 'They s ta r red In their own television show, as well as appearing across the country In hundreds of live per -formances.

After the death of Pop Stone-man, the group stayed together and continued their Incomparable success on special TV appear-ances, stage shows and a str ing of hit records. They bring to the annual RECC meeting a versatile entertainment package. You will enjoy the folk music and tbe mod-e rn Nashville Sound creations as Well as that good "old- t ime" Blue grass styling from Pop Stoneman's day.

Also providing entertainment at this year ' s meeting will be Kentucky's finest Gospel Group,

the Klnsmon from Bowling Green. This group Is fast becom-ing famous throughout the gospel music field. Their precision and close harmony accent the In-creasingly popular sound of gospel music.

Always one of the' major at-tractions of the rural electric annual meeting Is the beauty contest to select thfe young lady who will reign as Miss Jackson County RECC during the coming year. Approximately 15 girls are expected to Join in the fun and fellowship of this year ' s com-petition. The winner will receive a lovely silver award, the win-ner ' s sash, a $150.00 clothing al-lowance and an expense-paid trip to the state finals of the Miss Kentucky RECC Beauty Pageant to be held during the State Fair in Louisville, In Auguit. The winner of the state pageant will represent the rural electrics of Kentucky In the national finals In Dallas, Texas, next February.

According to Jackson County RECC rtianager, Luther Farmer , this year ' s annual meeting will be one of the most Important ever held. Several'significant de-velopments have occurred during the past year that directly affect Jackson County RECC. At the business session of the annual meeting, msnr ters will be brought up-to-date on bow these developments • affect the local rura l electric system.

A tax levy of 19.5 c per $100 .assessment Uff r ea l estate and tangible personal property was se t by the Rockcastle County Fiscal Court at their June 30 meeting.

The levy Is L2c higher than 1972 due to the Homestead Ex-emption Act which lowered the 1973 assessment figure a net total of $200,000. •

The 19.5c levy breakdowns as follows: General Fund, 13.7c; Health Department, 2.3c; Li-brary Fund, 1.5c; Agriculture Department, L75c and Soli

Conservation, ,25c. The School tax rate was also

raised from 34.4c to 36.7c per $100 assessment on all prop-er ty and a poll tax, for school purposes only, of $2,00 was also set for all male citizens between the ages of 18 and 85.

The state taxation stayed the same at: L5c per $100 a s se s s -ment on real estate; 15.0c on tangible property and 25.0c on Intangible property. Also stay-ing the same was the 3c per acre tax on all privately owned forest land in Rockcastle County.

This Is the f i r s t time In four years that the tax levy has had to be Increased over the previous year ' s levy, fa fact , In 1970, 1971 and 1972, the levy was low-ered due to the Increase In as-sessment.

fa other business Friday, a motion was made by Sherman Sargent and seconded by J.R. Cromer that "pursuant to HB 478, an act relating to com-pensation for service on fiscal courts, the salary of each mag-is t ra te shall be set at $150 per month beginning July I, 1972. This shall replace the present system of all sa la r ies , fees and expense accounts that the mag-

is t ra tes are presenting operating o n . " The motion was passed un-anlmously.

The Magistrates also voted to accept and approve the 1972- -73 budget as set-up by the budget commissioners and approved at Frankfort.

MRS. NANCY E. MINK BURIED IN ELMWD0D

Nancy-Af tbe th Mink, 88, of Mt. Vernon passed away Thursday, June 29. She was born In Rockcastle County on April 22, 1888, the daughter of tbe late Thomas R. Mulllns and C and ace Barnett Mulllns and was a member ofthe FalrvlewChris-tian Church.

She Is survived by her hus-band, W.F. (Fortner) Mink; three spns, George Mink of Elizabeth-town, Donald Mink of Livingston and Eugene Mink of Mt. Ver-non; four daughters, Mrs. Nell Cummins of Route 3, Crab Or -chard, Mrs. Candace Waddle of Livingston, Mr*. Edna Mae Sing-leton and Mrs. U>rene Cummins, both of Mt. Vernon; one brother, Casper Mulllns of Route 2, Mt. Vernon and one s i s te r , Mrs. Dora Pike, also of Mt. Vernon; 34 grandchildren and 37 grea t -grandchildren.

Funeral services were con-ducted Saturday, July 1 at the Dowell and Martin Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. David Woods and Rev. Harvey Pen-sol.

Burial was In Elm wood Ceme-t#ry" ...... EDWARD STOKES DIES IN CINCINNATI

Edward Stokes, ' 59, of Cin-cinnati, Ohio and formerly of" Mt. Vernon, passed away Sun-day, July 2 In Cincinnati. He was born In Rockcastle County

the son of the late John and Ly . dla Perclful Stokes.

Survivors are one daughter, Mrs . Carol Dean Swartwout of Cincinnati, Ohio; four s i s te rs , Mr*. Do vie Met* more of Mary-vlUe, Ohio, Mrs. Mildred Skaggs of Crocket, Mrs . Leanna Nicely of Mt. Vernon and Mrs . Matide Griffith of Tennessee; five bro-

thers , Hurbert Stokes of Mt. Vernon, Ralph Stokes of Clnclrw natl, Ohio, Curtis Stokes of Cr i t -tenden, Claude Stokes of Cln-

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of Newport News, Virginia died ! ? • T J . / ~ I I Tuesday In Riverside Hospital F I T C R a t e - K e ~ V ^ I a S S l l l C a t l O H after a long lllness>

A native of Ottawa, he was a mlnsula resident 39 years, • •• •

of the weldlng'Tftlgineera of New-port News Shipbuilding.

Ha 'was a member of Ottawa Baptist Church, American Welding Society, May Club and Williamsburg Country Club.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Edith Car ter Roberts; a son, Clarence E. Roberts of New-port News; two s i s te rs , Mrs. Max Reynolds of Sylacauga, Alaf and Mrs. Owen Thompson of Out-look, Wash.; two brothers, Dewey Roberts and Earl Roberts of Mt. Vernon, and two grandchll-" dren.

Funeral services were con-ducted Friday, June 30 In Peni-nsula Funeral Hom » by the Rev. Robert W. George. Burial was In Peninsula Memorial Park.

Because of the age of Bred-bead's present f i re fighting e-

Chairman, Board of Trustees of Brodhead, has been notified by Insurance Services office of Kentucky of the impending r e -classification of Brodhead to a tenth-class city. Brodhead pre -sently has a seventh-class r a t -ing.

The re-classification, slated to occur within the next thirty days, was brought about following a recent Inspection by a repre-sentative of Insurance Services of the facilities.

To the Individual property owners, the re-classlflcatlon to a tenth-class city would mean a doubling of present f i re insur-ance ra tes .

There has been an alternative proposed by Insurance Services

to the City and that i s if a creditable . f i rs t- l ine apparatus

order within 30days, there would be a resurvey and evaluation

of the City's f i re protection fa-cilities including the new water supply and water distribution system changes scheduled following the arrangements for a new apparatus and the City's f i re Insurance classification based upon the resul ts of this

What It all bolls down to Is that unless a new f i r e truck is placed on order by the City of Brodhead within the next th i r -ty days, the re-classlflcatlon of Brodhead to a tenth-class city will be accomplished with the rates raised to property owners within the city accordingly.

THRILLS AND SPlLLfi— Mostly spills such as the one above kept the several hundred people In attendance laughing during last Friday nights Lions Club Donkey Baseball Game held at Mt. Vernon School playground.