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— * ” Jnivorai.,j oi Lexington', Ky 1960-1962 K.P.A. SWEEPSTAKES AWARD WINNING NEWSPAPER HAZARD, KENTUCKY MONDAY, JANUARY 20 1964 COPY— 10c Perry Men Face Closing of the High-to-Main Street Arcade has brought such a flood of pro- tests to City Hall that the City Commission resolved Thursday, Jan 16, at its reg- ular meeting to ask the owners of the building to reconsider and leave the pass- ageway open during business hours. Trial In Letcher Shatter Combs Si Son Hard- end of said arcade or passage, arcade store, by arbitrarily ware, owners of the Arcade way and to close said doors at closing said arcade without con- Guilding, closed the 23-year, an early hour each night and sultation with the city authori- old passageway last week but open them each morning at an ties and without even giving invited the public to make use hour convenient to the general notice of their intentions to Over Beatings of their store for the same pur- public, and maintain said do so, the resolution continues, pose. The closure presumably doors." NOW, Be it resolved by the came as a surprise to every- The Resolution noted ex- Board of Commissioners of the one except the owners and pe- pressly these other reasons why City of Hazard that the owners destrians, used to saving steps the arcade should net be closed, of said Arcade Building, be and via the arcade, appealed to as follows: they are hereby urgently re- city officials to intervene on First point in the resolution quested to forego the closing behalf of the general public, noted that the arcade and pass- of said arcade and passageway The resolution, passed by way were se t aside for public during business hours, but that city fathers points out that the use by the former owner of they carry out the agreement closing of the arcade will be the property, at the time the contained in the resolution re- inconvenient, cause loss of building was constructed by him ferred to above and keep said business, increase fire hazards, and was Maintained by him and arcade or passageway open for The indictment alleges that * ... --»-«* •• and violates the City’s 1962 HAZARD VERSUS HARLEM . These Harlem Stars match their basketball used by the public generally the use of the general public. the 10 men robbed James Pow- wizardry against Hazard Stars Friday, Jan. 24, at 8 p. m., in Memorial Gymna- agreement which permitted the for more than five years, and ell, Glen Powell, Jack Hard- sium. The local lineup will feature former Hazard • Perry County high school owners to close the arcade to has been used by the general saw and others on or about the public and college players, directed by Coach Guy Olinger of Napier High School and after business hours. public and considered a public October 10, 1962. Pistols and The referred Coyifir Ken Cobb, ex-Bulldog star. agreement to for more than five years JCICVllwC vlVv shotguns were used in the rob- way came about in February 1962, since the present owners pur- the says. It *ry, indictment the resolution says: ‘‘when illeges the group maliciously Shafter Combs and son re. Announces Call struck and wounded dosing Frank quested permission to close the Scopia, Glen Powell, Al- $1,000,000 Extra and discontinuedSuse of said Ward the arcade during the night be- The , , ^ No 81 o{ len and a Bledsaw whose arcade will materially and ad- c man cause of certain thefts, acts of s , tl ervice Svstem an versely affect business on Main first name is not listed, re. For E-Ky. Program ! vandalism and disorderliness nounced ^ y the cal\ for in ported last week’s edition of and High Streets, "chiding the which it was claimed had tak- duction on Ja nu 22 for the Funeral Directors the Whitesburg Mountain business owners of the Arcade . en place and after a full followln S men ’ Building, and will greatly in- Eagle. hearing on the matter by the convenience a large number of Roger Dale Ritchie—Volun- The miners were allegedly Board of Commissioners of Pass State Exams citizens, including business peo- teer, Earl Wayne Bishop-Vol. attacked as they were enroute Hazard, a resolution was in- pie on Main and High, the res- unteer, Edmond Ritchie, Lewis A Hazard funeral home in- from their Harlan County troduced at a regular meeting idents of Baker Avenue. Wal- Tunis Thompson. John Phillip creased its licensed personnel homes to jobs with South-East of the Board of Commissioners nut Street, Davis Street, Mem- Sparkman Gilbert Wendell In- from two to four this week. Coal Company in Letcher on Feb. 16, 1962, containing orial Drive or the Bypass, the gram, James Edgar King, Bust- upon notification from Frank. County. Some were pistol- the following provision: Hazard High School, Mount er Lawson. fort that 2 had passed the n- shipped news stories at the "Be it resolved that Shafter Mary Hospital Perry County . quired examinatiuns taken be time reported shots fired into Combs and Son be, and they ^ men called pre* .induc Health Department, and other fore the end of 1963 some of the cars in which the are hereby authorized to pro- examinations 0 January business establishments and in* 00 The new licensees are Mrs. South • East miners were rid- vide suitable doors for each «... zz are. stitutions and individuals. W. M (Billy) Engle, who passed ing. Crawford, Jr„ Quen- the exam for funeral director, and George Wendell Combs, 7 Henderson Leaves the block between Main and Jones, James Alden Bailey, 1 n< * 1 Paul Gay, Thomas Le- who qualified as funeral di . High Streets through which Robert 5 - rector and embalmer. Both said arcade furnished a means wis, Robert Lee Turner, Billy , are associated with Engle Fun. Hazard Office of egress and egress, the clos- Ray Couch, Earl Bowling. Jr., ?r*l Home, East Main Street. ing will increase the fire Haz- Thomas Shade Smith Don Nor En- man Walker Rogor Cornett, Owner of the firm is Mrs John A. Henderson, for the ard in respect to all buildings Engle, oppo- Ellis Couch, Don Edward Cam gle’s husband, Senator labt three years district man- in the blocks and on the and em- High Ronald Fugate, Lawrence Ed- also a licensed director Wealhex aaer for th* Social Security site sides of Main and *ard Colwell Johnny Stevens balmer. Administration, is leaving Hal Streets. the Robinson, Colin Kelly Strong Combs is his nephew and a Hazard F. O. P ard (4) The suggestion by Building Birchel M. Smith, John Beck, grandson of the Senator’s late He is going to Campbells- owners of the Arcade will permit- ham Cox Raymond Napier father, who established the un ville to fill a similar job in that the public be Richard Glynn Shepherd, and dertaking establishment here Elects Officers the Taylor County area. ted to pass through their store Street is an Raymond Griffie. in Hazard more than 55 years The name of his successor from Main to High if Denny Brashe»r, James Ed- ago. The fourth member li. tiere has not been announced, impractical suggestion and ward Spencer, Granville Mc- censed by the State of Ken- Henderson has done an out- carried out, will involve ccr- Intosh, Marshall Feltner, Cles- tucky is Bige Hoskins. standing job as manager here, tain liabilities. ton Collins, Charles Giocn, 5e tti--g records for the speed (5) The 1962 request of the James Denver \ork, Gary >f his staff in contacting and Arcade Building owners was Grigsby, Janies alter processing the claims of Social an admission by the owners Gene W Herbert Security claimants. During that passageway had been set Cox, Enos Caudill, .'en- Mr. Hendson’s tenure here he aside and dedicated as a pub- Banks, Charles Edward ha» nrpsirlpri nvp r thp nrocpss lie passageway, and was a son, Willie Williams, Kenneth Final Report: Helping Fund Distributed $19,127 and Tons of Clothing ® . w-w . I .11 Ln. ..... til n and all other goods was distributed via 114 000 4 H Club Gsrdsn Project— first $14,000 in money Helping Fund, a community effort of The Hazard Herald Highway Dept, trucks to Perry and six surrounding counties— the warm-hearted generosity of con- help this newspaper to extend pended Sponsored by board to families of 4-H Floyd, Johnson, Pike, Lothair, Knott and Harlan. All were coal people across this nation to those less fortunate in East demand for coal and cerned • members willing to participate. 440.85 producing counties hard-hit by the lack of is closing its books after 13 months of operation. Commissionei tarl Kentucky, Amount ,127.0/ Perry County Council of Religious Education 200.00 heavy unemployment due to automation. Vouchors in Perry County (over original $2240 of Labor, worked out the percentages for niUiti- Fund has accepted and given away $19,127.07 in mone- Food Cabe, Dept, The Fund was administered by a 9-member board comprised allotment) tl 30.00 The county distribution, tary gilts and hundruos of tons of clothing, household goods and persons each from the Hazard Ministerial Association, supplies since the program started in December of three miscellaneous multi^ounty project were a>! the School Lunch Programs Hazard Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Herald staff, ex- Also distributed in this 1962 after a series of nationwide telecasts depicting the plight with pastor clothes, toys and foodstuffs on hand by Christmas E* e 19 >5, of the state at Christmas 193 40 plained the newspaper owner, Rev. E. Tipton Carroll, of the unemployed in this section Perry County System items Church, as chairman.