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Cable Crane and Excavator Division Bowling Green AMCA INTERNATIOK4L 80wlingGreen CO NSUMER PRODUCTS DI VISION Vol. 2, No.2 Spring/Summer 1982 What's in a name You have known us by many names Master Vibrator, Koehring and Atomaster. Features Each name change reflected a stage in ou r corporate g rowth. Now we are the Consumer Products Division of AMCA Fraternal organizations ...... 6 International. A name change reflecting Kentucky gold leaf shines on all ...... 13 the most exciting growth of al l. As a unit of AMCA International we will Bowling Green's Civil War struggles .. 16 continue to be the world's largest manufac BRADD provides link ...... 20 turer of portable oil fire d heaters. These Community supports education ...... 21 products are famous for their efficiency and adaptability. They have been used in diverse applications ranging from heating warehouses, construction sites, and Departments northern radar installations to home shops and garages. Community services ...... 2 ~ Business ...... 8 ~~..~ r Reminiscing ...... 18 (:~ ~ Arts ...... 25 We are also marketing and distributing Entertainment ...... 27 what we feel to be the finest w ick type kerosene heaters in the country. These heaters are being widely accepted as sale Cover lite heating systems all across the nation. Each year the Kappa Alphas celebrate Our newest diversification is the Olde South Week in which they commem popular line of Remington Chain Saws orate the days of the Civil War. In front of and Re mington Powder Actuated Fasten Hobson House stands Alan Bays and Teri ing Systems. These exciti ng products. Hughes. Hobson House was built in 1857 manufactured in Pa rk Forest. III. , have by Col_ Atwood Gaines Hobson. broadened our operations and expecta t ions for the futu re. Staff Bowling Green Staff Editorial Staff Editor; ScoIt Blann. DoP Production Mdr.ag/Irtment 01 Joumali;m, f\ddte$s ;nqu;"", and On I<>TIN1iorl ", BowI;ng Gr""" magM"e. ACddemic Compl.<. ]2 1. W"",,,", ~ n' udy Unlwnity, I50wIing (jre;,n, ... Y Spring-Sli mmer '82 I Community Services Cable TV The scene is a typical one - the family is gathered in the den, it's early evening, and everyone is beginning to get restless. Finally someone sug gests, "What's on 1V?" Little Johnny who normally shares his attention VJith the dog, toy cars, and a sack of Fritos, looks up: "That's our neighbor." "He's making a presentation to the city commission." The number of opportunities for informing and being infonned about the community is increasing. While it is unlikely that city commission meet ings will replace first-run, uncut movies, the potential is good for infonning area citizenry about local government, education, and other interests through access channel allocations. Those wllllling 10 borrow Cable TVeqllipmellf mllsliirst learn their lise by Channel 2 on the cable system is (lffending llllflllOlll'orkshops offert'd by cOIl/mlll/ieatio" professionMls. 711(' open to anyone. " People who have a se~' siol/s teach proper op eralion wid maintellallce oj IIII' equipment. skill or something they would like to (Phnro hy Brad Nixon)' share with the community are urged Greenview Hospital preset1ls TEL:MEO call 782·1700 This TEL-MED number provides free, up-Io-date, factual information on medical advances and tips on staying healthy. Pi ck up your TEL MED brochure at various Bowling Green localions, or write Public Rel ations Dept., Greenview Hospital, P. O. Box 370, Bowling Green, KY 42101. The br6chure·wi"1I give you the information to ask for when you call Greenview Hospital's TEL-MED. 2 Bowlillg GrN!1I offers public many opportunities to use this channel," said Sheryl the meeting where they decided to sports coverage," Morris said. Morris, assistant program director for move to the Sun Belt Conference, art There is also a religiOUS access Storer. The only control on program programs, lectures, music shows, channel. Channel 16 has been desig content, as stated in the franchise dance and interview programs. They nated for this. It shares programming agreement, eliminates material that is also air a newscast Monday through time with other religious networks, in obscene or inOamatory or designed to Saturday at 11:30a.m. and 6:30 p.m. cluding the PTL Satellite Network promote a lottery or sale of a com The newscasts are 30-minute Local religious access programs. mercial product. programs. "[n time, we plan to work when cablecast on channel 16, pre Programs shown on Channel 2 with the different academic programs empt the network programs which include a series dealing with crafts, at Western to produce educational would normally be carried at those manpower selVices, a show on programs for the community," said times. tobacco, a program on canoeing with Anderson. [n order to use the public access the Southem Kentucky Paddlers S torer has designated ChannelS equipment and channel, the person Association, and a video presentation for the use by public, private and or group must fill out an application of the Wendy's lOoK Classic. special schools in the city and county. explaining what they plan to do. The other access channels also "We hope that the schools will use Studio and channel time will be de seNe the community's growing this channel for coverage of student signated at a first come, first seIVe, needs. Channel 3 is the government activities, instructional programs and non-discriminatory basis. access channel. Mike Morgan, [f you don't know how to use the program director for Storer, said thai What's availabl e televlsion equipment, periodically. the city schedules this channel STORER CABLE Storer conducts workshops on use according to "official capacities." Channels 2-6, 16 and care of the equipment and 'This channel, up to this time, Contact Mike Morgan, 782-0903 television production techniques. has not developed as quickly as we Mon. -Fri. 2-10 p.m. Mike Morgan, Storer program had anticipated," said Morris. WBKO-TV director and assistant Sheryl Monis, Channel 13 However, Bill Booth,public relations teach the workshops. officer for the city of Bowling Green, Contact Jean Prather 781-1 313 There is a sequence of five, coordinates the televising of the city Community calendar 8:25 a.m. three-hour workshops given. Mon.-Fri. commission meetings and meetings However, "the workshops on basic of the zoning commission and other AM Kentucky 8 a. m. Mon. -Fri. 2-min. operation of field recording equip interview governmental controlled agencies. ment, and the workshop on operation Channel 3 also runs a municipal Community Speaks 5-5:30 p.m. of studio televlsion equipment must 2nd and 4th Sundays bulletin board during available air be successfully completed before ac WBCN time. This is used for listing publicser cess production equipment can be Afternoon Line used," said Morris. Each workshop vice announcements, job offers and Contact Jay Preston 842-1638 recreational programs. session is approximately 3 hours. Mon. -Fri. 1 p.m. Although it is hard to tell what According to City Manager, Current topics/interviews Charles Coates, "There is a whole impact these public access facilities WKCT-AM will have on the community, one realm of possibilities for this channeL" Public Affairs Forum Channels " and 5 are thing is clear. Bowling Green and Contact Dave Anthony 781-2121 Warren County have the opportunity educational channels. . 'Channel 4 Sun. 12:35 and 6:35, 25-min. shows has been turned over to Western to become better infonned and closer Mon.-Fri. 5, 3-min. shows to the community. Kentucky University" Morgan said. WLBJ-AM "The programming is strictly up to Opinion Line Storer is now prov iding the public, without charge, a complete them." Contact Mike Green 843-3212 So far, Channel 4 has been used Mon.-Fri. 5:05-5:35 p.m. studio with cameras, which contain mainly as an informative channel di Current Topic/Cal! In videotape recorders, video effects rected toward Western. The channel WLBJ-FI'4 generator-switchers, audio mixers, uses the bulletin board approach for Rebroadcast of WLBJ-AM show monitOring and lighting equipment, in announcements of upcoming events Tues. -Sat. 4 a. m. addition to a complete mobile pro~ on campus. According to Dr. Charles WKYU-FM duction van capable of originating live Anderson, director of WKU television Western Kentucky Forum programs. center, Western has used this channel Contact Sam Litzenger 748-5489 to show regents meetings, including 12:30-1 p.m. Mon., Wed., Fri. Johll Lease, Tom W {lSbllfll. Spring-Summer '82 3 Greenview Hospital provides phone health service "Is there a safe cigarette?" .. Each tape is between th ree and said Palmer. "Am I pregnant?" ... ''Diabetes''". seven minutes long and contains in Greenview will start with about "Bad breath" .... All of these subjects formation such as symptoms of the 200 of the more than 1,000 available have one thing in common - they are disease and, in some cases, ways to tapes. Some of the general catagories subjects on tape in the GreenvieIAI treat yourself. that will be available are - alcohol, Hospital's new T el-Med information The T el-Med sy,;tem, is made birth control, cancer, drugs, eye care, center. . available to hospitals nationwide. men, heart disease, pregnancy, According to Alan Palmer, di Greenview chose the system women, and smoking. rector of public relations for Green because, according to Palmer, "We Greenview will add to the supply view, Tel-Med is "a health educa saw the need for an information of tapes each month. The tapes will tion, health information service" that system for the community, something also be updated as new information has been added to the hospital's pro the community didn't have to pay for, about each subject develops. Written gram to benefit the community. T el and we thought that we could provide transcripts of the tapes will be made Med is a California-based, non-profit it" . available to groups upon request. organization that makes tapes on The Tel-Med system has been Palmer said the Tel-Med system various medical problems thai people added to the hospital in conjunction will be a permanent part of the Green frequently ask about. with the celebration of Greenview's view Hospital's services. " Hospitals Using the Tel -Med system is 10th anniversary. "We've been here are known for treating people after simple. All one has to do is call a tele 10 years in this community and we've they get sick. We want to try to keep phone number set up by the hospital, trted to make the public aware thai we them healthy while they are already request the number or subject of the are an important part of the Bowling well. " tape you wish to hear and sit back and Green area, and, we think, T el-Med Joh" Lt'lIst: listen to the information. will help cement that relationship, " Medical Center introduces 'Lifeline' living alone can be a wonderful Using the lifeline system is quite home, the responder signals the thing. It can give you a much needed easy. The user canies a small, wireless hospital by resetting the Lifeline unit. a nd wanted feeling of independence. help button in his pocket or clipped to The hospital will then call the re living alone can also bring on a his belt or clothing. This button looks sponder to see what kind of help is feeling of worry, of helplessness. something like a garage door opener. needed. If medical help is needed, the These feeli ngs are probably felt the Whenever the wearer needs help, responder will either take the user to most by older people. These people anytime of the day or night, he just the hospital or an ambulance can be are perfectly capable of caring for pushes the button to contact the hos sent to the home. If the situation arises themselves, but sometimes they need pital's emergency response center. that the user cannot be reached and a little help. Pushing the button activates the no responder can be reached, the Some of these self-supporting user's home unit which automatically hospital will automatically send an older men and women have begun to dials the hospital's number. The ambulance. use a service called "Lifeline" to give lifeline home unit can work even if The lifeline system is available them a better sense of security. the phone is off-the-hook and during to anyone in the Bowling Green area According to John Burt, director times of power failures. at a cost of $12.50 a month. The of public relations for the Medical When the hospital emergency hospital also makes monthly checks Center, lifeline is a "mechanical response center receives the call, it on the eqUipment to make sure it is in system connected to the home will immediately try to reach the user working order. The hospital presently telephone which acts as an individual by telephone to see what the problem has the capacity for 25 Lifeline units. emergency response system." is. If the hospital cannot reach the user For more infOlmation about the The lifeline system deals with it will call a responder. A responder is Lifeline system call The Medical many problems faced by the aged a person the user has selected in Center, 781-2150, and ask [0 speak who live alone. It can be used in advance- a friend, neighbor, or to someone about the system. medical emergencies or in case of relative- who \.viII be willing to help. JollII LN/St' possible burglaries or fire. Upon aniving at the user's 4 Bowlil1g Creen We make it, our distributoR have it . . . when you need it. The starter shown in this ad is avai lable from Cutler Hammer product distributors coast-la-coast. Our distributors and our field sales representatives are trained and qualif ied to provide technical assis tance when you require it. Call today. The sooner you do, the sooner you can get started on a better combination. Change. What has. What won't. Cutler-Hammer is now part of Eaton Corporation. The Cutler-Hammer name will be retained for pro duct identification and will continue to represent the finest in electrical/electronic control. Eaton Corporation Standard Power Control Div isio n Bowling Green Plant 2901 Fitzgera ld Industrial Dr. Bowling Green, KY 42101 Telephone (502) 782-1 555 Spring-Slimmer '82 5 Fraternal anizations Their loyalty e xtends beyond membership By Julia Goetz Bowling Green has an outstand ing group of fraternal organizations that contribute much of their time and energies to the community. These organizations are char tered through their national affiliations on the premise of brother hood, and while their first loyalty lies with their members, each one has several service programs on national, state and local levels. The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks was establi shed in Bowling Green in 1895. Their charter is number 320 out of 1,700 national ly, making it one of the oldest lodges in the nation, Locally, there are about 425 Elks, who now meet at their new, Bill Miller, IHl' .~ id('1If oj 'he Bowling Green Fraternal Order oj £lIKJe.f. pre modem lodge on Main Street. Three sellis $2000 to Johll HORW/. chairmal/ oj tilt' .\·tl/te Jimmy Durllllfe Child ren's Fllnd. years ago, the old lodge burned, and the Elks rebuilt it in keeping with the At the national level, Elks are teams, donate baskets of food at renovation of downtown Bowling involved with veterans' hospitals. Christmas and maintain a park on Green. "The Elks are a patriotic group, Richardsville Road. The lodge opened last Novem and we feel strongly about taking care "The park has several play ber when the Grand Exalted Ruler of of war veterans," Campbell said. grounds and a pavillion. It is open to the national o rganization came to Campbell also said that Flag certain community groups at sche Bowling Green for the first time. Day, a national holiday. was duled times," Smith said. At the local level, the Elks give established through the enthusiasm Nationally, the Moose support a food to needy families during the of the Elks. Harty Truman, who home for children, called Moose Hart. holidays. signed the holiday into law, was an "The home, which is located in " We receive the names through Elk. Illino is, is' for children without the city welfare department," said Dr. Another fraternal organization, families," Smith explained. "[t is Kent Campbell, exalted ruler of the the Loyal Order of Moose, has been open to all children, not just the Elks. in Bowling Green since about 1936. children of Moose. ,- The Elks also sponsor athletic The lodge has 450 members, accord The Moose also support Moose teams and give donations to sports ing to Rex Smith, Moose lodge Haven, a home for the elderly in leagues. Many Elks visit patients in the manager. Florida. Both of these homes are hospitals, bringing them books, One of the local services the maintained through donations from magazines and nev.>spapers. Moose provide is blood pressure slate and local lodges across the This year the Bowling Green checks. They open a room at their country. Elks raised about $1,200 for Cere College Street lodge and one of their The new fraternal organization in bral Palsy, which is the slate charity members administers the check to town is the Fraternal Order o f Eagles for Elks. Part of their contribution was members and the public. Aerie 3954. They have only been in used to buy a wheelchair. The Moose sponsor athletic Bowling Green since September, 6 Bowling Grall 1980. Eagle President Bill Miller said maintaining programs for Crippled "We go to shopping centers and they have about 1,000 members children. The national organization give out T ootsie Rolls in exchange for already, and they are sti ll growing. operates 18 Crippled children's donations." Knight Ray Grudzielanek The organization has made sub hospitals. in addition to its three bum said. "We have raised c::msiderable stantial donations to the Bowling hospitals. amounts of money this wa y. The Green Boys' Club and to the Barren The local chapter is also amount increases each year." River Mental Health-Mental Retarda concerned with crippled children. The Knights of Columbus got a tion Association, to name only a few . During the Christmas holidays, the matching fund grant from the govern The Eagles also donated $1 ,000 local Shriners give a party for the ment and presented the Barren River in 1981 to the Kentucky Boys and crippled in the area. Area Development District (BRADD) Girls Ranch in Gilbertsville. Another organization, the with a small bus for local social ser The Eagles raise the money for Knights of Columbus, is a men's vice programs. The bus is used mainly these donations in a variety of ways. Catholic organization. There are 125 to transport the elderly, the retarded For instance, they hold dances and members locally, and the chapter is and others to doctors, stores and parties for their members, and they about 75 years old. other local places. BRADD provides a have fu nd-raising activities in the In addition to their church activ driver for the bus. community. At the Christmas parade ities, the Knights work with social Bowling Green is fortunate to last year, they sold food and drinks to concerns, such as the Pro-Life have so many fraternal organizations. the watchers to raise money for their campaign, which is an anti-abortion The services these organizations pro charities. group. They are also involved in the vide on the national, state and local The national organization of St. Vincent DePaul Society, which levels are immeasureable. Although Eagles also supports many charities, provides low-cost clothing and they are chartered to provide for their such as the Jimmy Durante Crippled household goods to needy families. members, they all find time to support Children's Fund and a cancer fund Mental retardation is their main and maintain needed community founded by the Eagles. In 1979, they philanthropy. To support the Knig hts programs. Without the actions of held their first telethon for the of Columbus Mental Retardation these organizations, many programs Hughen School for Children al Point Foundation of Kentucky, Knights and services in Ba.vling Green Arthur, Texas. I3a..vling Green's sponsor an annual" Tootsie Roll drive Warren County might not exist. Eagles were not established in time to on the first weekend of October. participate in that telethon, but they did provide funds to the Bob Hope High School at the Hughen School in 1980. The Eagles also have established LIFELINE:n ew hospital service a Memorial Foundation Fund to pro vide for the families of Eagles killed in military, law enforcement and fire fighting services. The Masonic Lodge has a local T I It~ MedicHI C:e ll ier HI lJ o wlill j!: Gr.... n membership of 700. It was chartered and other hospitals across in 1949. and its main purpose is to the country are offe ring care for its members and its families. LIFELI NE so that people They maintain a home in Louisville can get direct hospital for the widows and orphans of assistance 24 hours a day, even if they are unable to Masons. The Old Masons Home in use the telephone. Shelbyville provides living quarters for older Masons and their wives. "You must be a Mason before you become a Shriner." James Boucher, a Bowling Green Shriner explained. ' For more in formation on Med ica l "There are about 200 Shriners LIFELINE call : t:e nter in Bowling Green. Since there isn't a Shrine temple here, most members AT BOWLING GREEN associate with the temples in 781 -2150 Louisville and Madisonville. Seventy five of our local Shriners are members of the Shrine Club." LlFELlNEFor you or someone you love. The Shriners' main goal is Sprillg-Summer '82 7 Business JA offers business experience• Junior Achievement (JA ) is back in Bowling Green and they mean business. Twelve teams of high school students meet weekly to "learn by doing" the business of running a cor poration. The companies are scaled down versions which must incorpor ate, pay taxes, wages, salaries, com missions and creatively market their product. From the beginning of the JA program to the end, achievers (high school participants) learn the importance of correct records, sales skills, leadership qualities and stock dividends. The response to the recent drive for JA students was well above the openings available. Barry Blakeman, executive director of Junior Achievement in Bowling Green Warren County, said only 300 of the 1,000 applicants taken from sopho mores to seniors in the three high Jllilior A chievers are wllght the imporIonce of correcI records, !Ulles skills , schools were invited to join the lelldership qllalirie.\· lIlId sIock dividl'lu/J;. (Pholo by 101m Gllint'!i) program. The other students were placed on a waiting list, which will be used to fill openings as they occur. the recent call to join JA. Elliott said, very intelligent young people, enthu Joe Watkins, principal at Warren " While this year's program was siastic and serious." Saltzman noted, East High School, said an "extraordi largely experimental, we can already "officer elections proved leadership nary number of students wanted to see a need to expand the program skills surfacing and an attitude of good become involved with JA. " Watkins next year." competition. " saId the high sign-up rate was Teams of three adult advisers To supplement the adviser "probably due to the area business each are supplied for all JA com- · gUidance, 10 Western Kentucky people who visited classrooms and panies by local businesses. Eaton University students, who gained JA told students the skills and benefits Corp., General MOIOrs, Lord Corp., experience while in high school, are received through JA." J. R Meany and Associates, Citizens acting as associate advisers. The Support for the JA program National Bank, K-Mart, Castner college students graduated from began with area business leaders par Knott, Country Peddler and South other JA programs. ticipating as Board of Director's mem Central Bell provide advisers who Sales are in full 9JJing and com bers. Dave Adams of Eaton Corp., a meet once a week with the students at panies are selling personalized board officer said, "The Board serves the JA Business Center at 8 17 wooden and canvas director's chairs, as a door-opening function to local College St. Only three advisers of the auto trouble lights, butcher block businesses and draws the interest to 36 have prior JA experience. clocks, silk screen tee shirts and soft the program. The 14-member board Because of the new role adviser drink can lamps. The future looks is made up of a diverse group of Belinda Saltzman of Country Peddler bright as Christy Chamberlain, an business people who contribute to a said she felt, "a little apprehensive the achiever. stated, "we expect a profit well-rounded program." first night in how I would relate to the able learning experience and Ward Elliott of Western Realty, achievers." She was soon at ease with company. " JA board president, said he was de the teenagers and "really amazed finitely pleased with the response to_ with the entire company. They are u/llra Niemallll 8 Bowling Grel'lI Western affects loca I economy All major industries have Impact state funds serve to alleviate some of local area for operating materials, ,on the community, but few are able to the pressures on the local school faculty and staff households, and stu identify this impact in tenns of costs systems. dents. Of this amount, $11 ,551,134 and benefits. However, an associate An estimated $5,896,892 was became "first-round" income professor of economics at Western necessary to provide municipal ser (income after local merchants pay Kentucky University has been able to vices to the WKU community pri non-local suppliers) and remained in analyze the impact (WKU) has on marily in the form of police and fire the local area to be spenl and re Bowling Green. protection, road construction and spent. Dr. J. Michael Morgan lists maintenance and local government Through the different spending economic costs into three broad cate Two approaches could be used rounds, an estimated additional gories: (1) The added costs incurred in estimating the foregone property $3,673,260 of indirect income was by the public school systems as a tax revenue due to WKU's tax generated. This brought the total result of educating the children of uni exempt status. One approach con amount of ihcome created for the versity related personnel. (2) The cost siders the total market value (as of fall area 10 $15,224,394. of services provided by the Bowling 1976) of all university property esti A comparison of costs and Green-Warren County governments, mated at $&3,568,781. This figure benefits, at this point, shows for each and (3) The community's lost results in a $702,260 revenue loss dolla r spent, $1.32 of new income is property tax revenue as result of when applying appropriate BovJling created and remains in the BovJUng WKU's tax exempt status. Green-Warren Co. taxes. Green-Warren Co, area. The economic benefits includes The other approach-and But WKU also adds to the (1) The expenditures made by the probably a more realistic one-is number of jobs in the area. The university community which consists based on the assumption that only the cOlI/inlled of the university, staff and students, value of land and not buildings should (2) The income generated by these be used. Using this assumption and a expenditures, (3) lhe employment total land value of $4,303,964, the Bowlinf( Green- generated either directly or indirectly value of foregone property taxes is by the university, and (4) The $30,426. revenue generated from the occupa Using the lasl approach and Chamber tional tax and other benefits, such as adding all categories, a total cost of WKU's impact on the local banking figure of $7,720,274 is achieved. system's credit base, In order to offset the more than Commerce The data used in these compari $ 7 million in cost, the university pro 550 E. 10th Ave. sons were drawn from a highly docu vides both direct and indirect econo P. O. Box 51 mented research project which at mic benefits. Bowling G reen. Ky. 42101 tempted to estimate the benefits re In 1977-78, the university com ceived and costs incurred during munity spent $45,598,799 in the 1977-1978 directly and indirectly at tributed to WKU's location. Although these estimates should now be con • • sidered too low, the underlying DETREX CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, INC, linkages between spending, income 121 E. Emmett Drive generation, employment, loanable funds availability, tax revenue gen .~ Bowling Green, KY 42101 eration and the university's activity 502-782-2411 are essentially the same, In the cost category, the total clty and county school expenditures for General Office, South Field, Mich. educating university-related children (children of faculty, staff and married Manufacturers of Metal Cleaning Equipment, Drycleaning Equipment, students) were estimated to be and Ultrasonic Cleaning Equipment $1 ,792,956. However, federal and Spring-Summer '82 9 Wel'tern impact comi"lIed number of jobs directly attributable to IRAs: sound advice for WKU is 1,551, and the number indirectly attributable is 4,342. This While the outlook on the U.S. above the published interest rate on a accounted for 19.1 percent of total economy remains uncertain, millions six-month money market certificate. jobs in Warren County in 1977. of Americans are investing in saving Citizens guarantees both IRA The occupational tax levied by programs designed to keep their programs a minimum interest rate of Bowling Green on the university money safe from the erosive effect of 9.5 percent payroll resulted in an estimated inflation. One of the more popular Bowling Green Bank and Trust's $315,388 going to the city treasury. programs is the IRA (Individual Re fixed interest program, currently at The local banking system credit tirement Account), a tax-deferred 14.208 percent, is based on one base is also effected by the univer savings-and-investment plan used fourth of one percent above its six sity community. By holding checking primarily for retirement month money market certificate and savings accounts in local banks, More than 3 million Americans interest rate. The variable interest the university, its employees and its have started IRAs since they were plan changes interest rates at the be students have an estimated introduced in 1975. In January 1982, ginning of each calendar quarter. This $11,863,636 impact on the local new federal legislation made lRAs variable rate is also currently 14.208 bankinjl community. more attractive by allowing more percent. It is clear that WKU is intricately money to be invested annually and American National Bank & Trust linked with the local community, and by offering better tax breaks. offers only one IRA plan. According the university's well-being has a direct Several local institutions offer to Henry Pepper, senior vice influence on Ba.vling Green. IRAs, and Bowling Green magazine president, "Our interest rate is set at Although no attempt was made to talked to four firms to find out what one-half of one percent above the 26- estimate the qualitative changes that theyoffer. week treasury bill rate. The present occur in the area, the university does Two of the most popular annual yield is 15.826 percent com have an impact on the social qualities programs at Fidelity Federal Savings, pounded daily, payable monthly. We of the local communities. a division of Portland Federal Savings One of the most obvious con and Loan of Louisville, are the 18- clusions is the benefits received by the month certificates with variable or area from the university are far in ex fixed interest rates. The variable cess of the costs to the community as interest rate fluctuates weekly Who gives indicated by the 1977-78 report throughout the life of the certificate. which showed benefits exceeding The fixed interest rate means the costs by $7,504,120. certificate holder is guaranteed a fixed Bowling Green Editor's Note: /"jo"'l(Itioll ill Ihi~' interest rate for the life of the certifi artie/e was Ill!.:.ell jro/1/ all article cate. At this writing, the fixed rate is prepared by Dr. 1. Michael 14.75 percent. MOIJ:all, associale proj!'l'sor ill fhe The fixed rate is a safe bet due to excellent, WKU (!("olloillics lieparllll('IIf. Dr. its stability. However, the variable Morgall received Ihe College rate offers an opportunity for higher FaCilIty Excellellce AlI'al'(ljrollllhe or lower returns depending on the non-stop TV College oj 8l1sine-so\" Atimilli.\·l/"mioll weekly interest rate. ill 1981. According to Mark Eastin III, vice president of Fidelity Federal, "We served up 35 offer various IRA programs so that the customer may choose. We always work to make sure we reinvest a customer's money in the best avail different ways? able program. " Citizens National Bank and Bowling Green Bank and Trust also offer IS-month certificate programs We do. with fixed or variable interest rates. Citizens' fixed rate plan current ly pays a 14.80 percent interest rate. The variable rate program presently SlDR,ER CABLE earns 14.458 percent, which is based Commitment to Excellence on one-half 01 one percentage point 10 Bowling Greell No frills groceries those retirement years give. a Ite rn a tive offer only one plan because we feel $4,000, deposit that money into their People are always looking for we have the best program for our IRAs, and show a taxable income of new ways to save money, especially customers." $36.000. during these times of high prices. Although bank and institutional A Single person can invest from Consumers are often motivated to employees strongly favor IRAs, what $1,500 to $2,000 annually. Married work a little in order to cut costs. do independent financial and people can invest up to $4,000 Bowling Green has two new economic experts say about the feasi ($2,000 in each IRA), if each earns at grocery stores that offer lower prices bility and safety of lRAs? least $2,000 annually. If one spouse by having their customers do some of Dr. Arthur Gudikunts, associate works, $2,250 can be divided the work. The grocery stores are professor of finance at Western between two IRAs, as long as not Save-A-Lot and Bowling Green Thrift Kentucky University, strongly recom more than $2,000 is deposited in any Grocery (BGTG). At these two stores mends IRAs. He says, "retirement one account. Remember, however, the customers are required to box or and pension plans may be in serious money invested and interest earned bag their own groceries, and to carry jeopardy if the economy doesn't are tax deferred, not tax free. them out to their vehicles. By doing improve. No one can guarantee that An investor 59% years old may this the grocery stores cut down on major corporations and unions will be withdraw any amount. This operating costs by not having to hire able to support their retired employ withdrawal is then considered taxable extra employees for this service. ees 25 years from now. Another income. If money is withdrawn before Customers at these stores will problem is the future of Socia! this time, the investor is charged a 10 not be greeted with automatic doors, Security is uncertain. Social Security percent penalty tax, plus penalty for or checked-oul by revolving check was not intended to be a retirement early withdrawal of the investment. 'out lanes and computer scanners. plan, but merely supplemental The biggest question that The design of these two stores is income to go along with savinqs." remains unanswered concerning simple. At one of the stores all the "Some potential problems of lRAs is: Can IRAs win the race with items, except the frozen foods and lRAs are people must understand that inflation? A family can earn more than dairy products, are kept in the boxes IRAs are not savings plans for house $1 million over 35 years by investing they were shipped in. The boxes are payments or for education expenses. $2,000 annually at 12 percent opened for easy access. Both stores There are severe penalties for early interest. Retiring as a millionaire post prices above the item, but only withdrawals" (withdrawing before sounds great, but what effect inflation one store individually prices items. 59Y2 years of age). will have on the spending power of Both managers agree the main The main attraction with the IRA that income in the_year 2017 no one objective of these stores is not to is the tax break. A married couple knows. attract customers with fancy design, filing a joint tax return with a taxable but to attract customers with low income of $40,000 could deduct Chllck Beckman prices. PallY Heurd Custom Sheetmetal Fabrication and Installation for Industry °Fabricated to Your Specifications HARPRING °Air Pollution Control Systems ° Architectural Sheetmetal For more in/anno/ion please call us at (502) 636-3766 " HARPRING, INC. 966 SWAN STREET • LOUISVILLE. KENTUCKY 40204 Spring-Slimmer ·82 / I "I have learned that is not in making money, or attaining higb place, but in honest work well done, and dte help one can render others." -E>:cerpl. lener from James R. Meany dated January 19, 1941 These words were written over 40 years ago by James R. Meany at a lime when he was just starting his own accounting fi rm in Bowling Green. It 's a timeless philosophy that we at James R. Meany & Associates still put into practice every day. In the accounting business, honest hard work is a "must" if a finn expects {Q be successful. II's a business lhat demands accu racy and thoroughness . It requires a lotal commitment to excellence. a commitment that runs throughout all our worK. We made our commitment 10 excellence 40 years ago. It 's Ihe only way we know how to do business. fl!JI~111 JAMES R. MEANY & ASSOCIATES, P.S.c. Cenificd Public Accountants 812 State Street · Bowling Gree n, Kentucky 42101 • (502) 781.0111 12 BOII'IiIlR Greell Kentucky burley: Its gold leaf shines on us all By Kenneth Payne approximately eight southeastern would be very dry," Drtscosaid. "The From the earliest colonial days states. Of those states, Kentucky and burley combined with other 'filler' the tobacco industry has been of vital North Carolina are the leaders in to tobaccos like the f1ue-cured type is economic importance not only to the bacco acreage. North Carolina is con what makes the cigarette." Bowling Green-Warren County area, sidered the leader in the production of All things being considered, but the entire nation.ltwouJd be diffi· bright, flue cured tobacco. Burley to however, the economics of the cult for most Americans to fully grasp bacco is the king of Kentucky's fields. tobacco industry are the big story. In how large and omnipotent the Together, these two states account for 1979 Americans paid $21.3 billion tobacco industry is. Moreover, to at about 60 percent o f all the tobacco over the counter for tobacco tempt to write an aU-inclusive article acreage in the nation. products, which contributed ~7.6 about tobacco in this limited space Kelcy Drisco, agricultural exten billion toward the Gross National would be much like hying to compute sion agent for Warren County, indi Product. Today, these figures, the entire federal budget on a pocket cated that burley tobacco originated because of inflation, can be expected calculator. on a southern Ohio farm in 1864. to be 15 to 20 percent higher. Despite years of health wamings, From that beginning, burley has In Kentucky the story is not disputes over the government's become the leading cash crop in Ken much different Tobacco sales at tobacco price-support program and a tucky and the fifth ranked field crop in warehouses across the state brought decline of the traditional labor force, value nationally. more than $971 million to Kentucky's industry growth remains and Kentucky farmers grew over 500 tobacco fanners for their 1981 crop. cigarettes are still among the world's million pounds of burley tobacco dur This compares to $752 million paid to most vital and profitable consumer ing the 1981-82 growing season, an fanners in 1980. products. In fact, tobacco is in line increase from 450 million pounds two The economic effect of the with aerospace and electrical equip years ago. Thai poundage represents growing, harvesting and market ment in tenns of return for investment two-thirds of all the burley tobacco selling of burley tobacco in the Bowl and is considered by lop economist in grown in the U.S. ing Green-Warren County area may the top three or four of the most Approximately 90 percent of the be somewhat of a surprise to those profitable businesses in the U.S. burley goes into pipe and chewing who don't deal with tobacco daily. In While tobacco products are tobacco products. Drisco said that 1981 there were almost 16 million marketed, distributed and consumed burley gives tobacco products their pounds of burley sold at an average of all over the world, the actual produc taste and aroma. $1.80 a pound. This is up from last tion of tobacco is somevJhat limited to "Without burley, cigarettes Spri,!g-Summer '82 13 year in both poundage and price. packages it to manufacturer specifi On the market today are several Some basic arithmetic will quick cation. types of machinery that may become ly reveal how much the economic in Dibrell only provides this ser widely accepted in the future. These pact is to this area in hard cash. Burley vice for manufacturers in the United machines range from ones that tobacco sales put $28.8 million in the States, but exports tobacco to coun merely cut the tobacco in the field to hands of the Bowling Green famlers. tries world-wide, including Japan and self-propelled machines that do But don't get your hoe and Gennany. everything but hang the tobacco in plants out yet. According to figures Watching tobacco fa,nners in the the bam. There are only a handful of provided by Drisco, the farmer, on fields today is, in many ways, the these machines in the Bowling Green the average, makes about $4,000 an same as it would have been centuries area at this time. However, according acre on burley tobacco; however, his ago. Most of the labor is still to Drisco, as overhead costs rise in the costs, which include fertilizer, chemi performed by hand. Moreover, future, such machines may become cals, fuel for machinery and hired tobacco farmers today have a diffi the lifesaver for the area tobacco labor, will amount to about $3,500 an cult time attracting the labor force re fanner. acre. This gives the farmer a net re quired to grow the crop. Because Also on the horizon are several turn on his investment of $500 an tobacco is a one-season crop, fanners types of experimental burley tobacco acre. These figures clearly indicate have trouble offering competitive that will drastically increase the why programs like guaranteed price wages to attract a work force that poundage that can be grown on each supports for tobacco sales are essen seeks year-round employment acre of planted tobacco. In the past, tial to the tobacco fanner. There are, however, advances being such research has advanced pound There are other companies in made in technology and crop age from an average of 1,000-1,200 Bowling Green that do much more research projects underway to help pounds per acre in 1949 to 2,200- than buying and selling tobacco. Two ease the burden on the tobacco 2,300 pounds per acre today. of these companies are Dibrell-Ken fanner. "If it wasn't for my tobacco, I tucky, Inc., and the Scott Tobacco Co. Both utilize the burley grown in Bowling Green and the surrounding KentucJ..:y burley farmers grew approximately two-thirds of the poundage areas. produced in the United States during lhe /98/-82 growiflR season. Joe Dan Howell, president of Scott London, a Woodburn farmer. shows concern Wi he checks a wi/ted plant Tobacco Co., says his company has for di:-;emie. been in Bowling Green since the tum of the century. In fact, they are the oldest manufacturer of consumer products in Bowling Green today. The company uses a dark, air cured burley in its proouction of twist chewing tobacco. The chewing tobacco is distributed under 19 dif ferent brand names and is sold across the United States. "During WW II, Anny pilots were issued a 'plug' of our chewing tobacco, Howell said, . 'If they were shot down over enemy ground, they could use the tobacco to barter with the natives in order to secure their escape. " While Howell's company distri butes across the country, Dibrell Kentuckv Inc., does not limit its operation to the 50 states. Paul E. Porter, vice president of Dibrell-Kentucky, said his company does not actually produce a finished consumer product Dibrell buys tobacco on the market for some of the largest tobacco manufacturers in the world. After buying the tobacco, the company refines, blends, and 14 Bowling Green wouldn't have made it this year. is a line that truly sums up the importance of burley tobacco in this area. While many other cash crops across the nation have steadily been declining in wholesale price, to bacco prices have made steady in creases and are projected to keep risinq in the future. As long as there is a multi-billion dollar cigarette industry 10 buy the to bacco, Bowling Green-Warren County fanners can count on their crop being of top priority in the con sumer market Kentucky burley's gold leaf does shine on us all. (Right) Mike Wh eefey. B.G. Pipe alld Tobacco. blends pipe tobacco for II customer. (Below) Bowling Creel/farmer JOl' Mellg illspec:ts Iti.\· bl/rley plants for blue mold. Spring-Slimmer '82 15 Civil War struggles found Bowling Green-- By Ellen Humphries GODe with the Wiad could have been written about Bowling Green," said Nancy Baird, a librarian at the Kentucky Library and Museum. She was speaking of Bowling Green during the Civil War, when almost every family was split A strong Union ist family would inevilably have one or two members fight for the Confederacy, she said. (abOUl» A view oj the city from tire north shows the repair 1I'0rk done Oil the damaged bridge crossing the Barrell River. /" thedisllUlceflies (/reoccupying army's flag 011 Reservoir Hill. (leJI) Fort Webb is olle of the hills fortified dllrillg Southern occupation. Kappa Alpha jrnremilY members Chris COpa!i and Malt Costello dress lip dllring Olde SO/lilt Week and explore the old]ort. Phoro by )oh" Gaines 16 Bowling Grei'li • Caught In the Middle "This was an area of pecularities," she said, adding There were four strategic hills: Vinegar Hill, now the that many people were "pro-slavery, pro-Union and anti site of Cherry Hall on Western's campus; College Hill, Lincoln at the same time." now known as ReselVOir Hill; Baker Hill, across Barren According to Dr. Lowell Harrison, Western Kentucky River on Louisville Road; and Fort Webb, near the University faculty historian, both sides considered Ken Bowling Green Country Club. tucky and Bowling Green important acquisitions and re Baird said all the trees on and around the hills were spected their neutrality for some time. cut so soldiers could see each hill from the others. And "If an alien had come to the United States, he would without trees, they could see the river and railroad clearly r have thought there were three countries; the United for miles. States, the Confederacy, and Kentucky," Hamson said. ), Baird said Bowling Green, which was the capital of The Confederate army did not stay long after forti the, Kentucky Confederacy from 1861 to mid-February fying the area. Commander Albert Sidney Johnston gave 1862, was the main transportation center in Kentucky the order to retreat in February, 1862. going north to south or east to west Mary Van Meter, a Bowling Green citizen, wrote her The Confederacy came to town on Sept. 18, 186l. feelings about the retreat in her diary: One Bowling Green native, Elizabeth Gaines, recounted "Tod{IY the most of our heaviest gUf!.\· are gone al/d the day in her diary, saying "Everything was quiet and our troops under marching orders. To IIII' soldier, Ihi.~ is peaceful, but later on came the war." a disappointmenT. .. To the citiull whose sympalhies Harrison said Bov"ling Green was important to both are with the SO/II11 and whose presence here CUll no sides for three reasons. longer be safe, it is heartrending." It was the largest city on the L & N Railroad between It was on Feb. 20 that the Union forces shelled the Louisville and Nashville, and supply trains could be city. Van Meter described how the Union attacked as the stopped effectively. townspeople prepared to leave. Also, its position on the Barren River made it possible "Sool/the Cly of the ellemy is upon liS, resounded for the occupying army to control river trade. UpOIl every ,\'ide . Too trill' they wert' Ilear u.\· drawn liP il/ Perhaps the most important feature of the area, one lille oj baule upon a hill which commanded our 10WI/ that added attractiveness to a commander was the hills. and throwing their shell.\' illto a tOwll oj womell and children witholll a momellt's warning." The Confederate army retreated immediately, Van Meter said, pausing only to bum bridges, the railroad depot, and any house containing military supplies. After the Confederates retreated from Bowling Green in mid-February, Harrison said Union armies immediate ly took over the city. The Confederate anny had done such a thorough job of fortifying the area that they could not even try to regain the city while the Union occupied il The Union army, which numbered 20,000 to 25,000 men, took any food or supplies