CKS Sharpe's Green Devils Trounc- Benton's Volunteer Firemen .I Warm Morning Healer
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Murray State's Digital Commons Marshall Courier Newspapers 1-14-1954 The aM rshall Courier, January 14, 1954 The aM rshall Courier Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/mc Recommended Citation The aM rshall Courier, "The aM rshall Courier, January 14, 1954" (1954). Marshall Courier. 221. https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/mc/221 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Newspapers at Murray State's Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Marshall Courier by an authorized administrator of Murray State's Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Benton, The Best &SPBJ Build Marshall CALVERf <53 >ings Of • Town in Ky. County And * Qravesid» . Ann Co* A— : Stfje fcirsWI fettvitv of Mr itucky By A Dam Site Will Build You Draffen Bro Western Kentucky's Largest Weekly Newspaper — Benton and Marshall County's Home Newspaper fvert City wore 29 ,n a Christmas Munf^ ^neral anTN rislature voning before ments M Paid Circulation Sells — That It The First In Circulation, First In Advertising ,. ... Volume XVII Rind This Newspaper Offers Customers Henton, Ky., January 14, 1954 were 22 pre- PeSk First In The Home, First In Reader Interest |cky Dam State ^SS I By TOM SMITH 1 READt^ Iflrt — Even with the litions adorned ir's obvious strength In | there was also , Kentucky General As- i wfSch gifts ,he opening sessions de- t the following: ited that there may be ert J Draffen, [weather ahead for some I Ford. Mr. and administration's leglsla- Contracts Awarded for New County High Schoo ^ffen, Mr and jram , utler, Mr. and linger of this came in the I, Mr. and Mrs, ted presentation of the nd Mrs. James jc bill, House Bill 7, bv Erma Davis] te Representative John Sam Davis, Brown, an old hand >n Jaycees Start Work to Begin ay and John f^siciam « a. Ive matters and at da- amy and David <o can,£» itton harassment, cause Oru| s^*. n'nor Wetherby's tax P™" I" betwe^T"* ithis week signal the first Drive tor New Soon as Possible Chard .Cooksey the physici»T'« if Import and could firtn- dy. spent the "lectfor^J, >Ush his administration s Marshall County Fiscal Court, in session MonHay . ' t Green. Xy7 thousandj oi^l the legislative branch of courthouse here, awarded contracts for the new ' . , . lith their par- lotting a 0WI ,ient. Brown's sales tax high school building to be erected near the Calvert f i:> V. P'escnptioa iffl is Incompatible with the Hotel in Benton system and certainly Hal Perry of Benton was awarded the general iN.nt .:• w J The Marshall County Junior over the signature of H. L. Car- student of; ^edicidtj, nullify the Revenue De- Chamber of Commece is inter- pente, JCC president, ls printed on a low bid of $78,423. The plumbing and heating < lllege. Camp- it's announced Intent to Rexaii pinnae. ested ln getting a new and mo- for the information of the Cour- was awarded to G. &H. Plumbing Co. of Paducah on a Vnt tWI holi-j withholding of personal m stock-toe^ dern hotel erected in Benton. le readers; em*. Mr and taxes by employers. bid of $19,500. SCriptioa prju^Tl Benton long has been without Does our County seat need a : Id the legislature consent The new high school will serve | " prices It, ^ ] a modern, fireproof hotel to ac- hotel to serve those who travel -Jl les tax law, such as the north, end of the county. It __ TTr.il comodate the traveling public to this county on business? will serve students of [Calvert l-</-v/-vvi r* J I i / / COURIER proposes, It ls likely that and the JCC project deserves the Thore Is only one logical answer. City, Sharpe, OUbertsvllje, Pal- UUUflfcT L 1 (11 be In another bill hear- consideration of the public. Ask any business or professional |)f Each Week [label more acceptable to ma and Briensburg. The Calvert The following letter, sent out man if he is not asked several Benton. Ky. ministration. The proposal City and Sharpe schools will ; y-v f"' f T times a month by a traveling % |Class Matter iwn submitted last week continue as grade schools, but IV (J+ol (>C tP( I salesman if there is a hotel in will not be usod as high schools a\C ClCLlt. Post Office N1 lied a preliminary draft town. le final bill has not been after the new building is com- [lder The Act True, we have in Benton a REXALL ;ed pleted. Benton large rooming house but It does Work on the new county high oss And itimfe. important groups MARSHALL COUNTY FFAj CHAPTERS, have raised $60G of their 51,500 quota for not have the facilities of a mo-* school will start as soon as By Group I.-'- Publisher,- lien ton. Frankfort and outside dern hotel. True also, we have the Future Farmers of America Camp at Hardinsburg. Chapter officers are shqwn .inistration are studying the weather permits. Holland motels nearby but can you ac- presenting their contributions to B. L. Trevathan, chairman of the county cam- Rose, county superintendent of Boone Hill of Ronton R'ut iwn measure t along with quire one with even a reserva- 6 was re-eleected president • iroad-base tax plans as Downs paign. From left they are Phillip Slayden, Brewers; Donnie Bearfield, Sharpe; schools, said. The building is tion in the fishing season? No, scheduled for completion by the Murray Warehousing C >r " substitutes for present. they are filled by unscheduled Harold Miller,.(Hardin; Mr; Trevathan, president of tlie Bank of Marshall County; the fourth Monday in August of poration, a subsidiary' cjf, tli> Western Med Tobacr A arrivals nnd by a week-at-atime Wendell Stice. Calvert Cit\j, and Dennis H enson, Benton. this year. Dark nized labor lobbyists on- occupants. ! Growers' Association. [upon Frankfort in force The building will be I erected A/mo 5 It may be noted that the coun- The annual meeting of direr no opening of the legis- on a 20-acre site purchased i.om ty seat is centrally located for tors and stockholder^ was hei< |md established offices In Benton's Indians defeated Al- Jim and John Gillihap. The the cities of Mayfield, Murray Jan. 12 in Murray. suite to conduct their mo Tuesday night, 42 to 35, site is where Ky 95 adjoins the and Paducah for ihe purpose of Other officers, vail re-electo gainst the proposed right after, after pulling away in the Firemen Fight 3 Blazes Gillihan farm near the! Calvert are: law. There was no fan- travel, and even the lake, for City Y second quarter. The two teams E E Shanklin, DreSdeh, Tenn nong supporters of tin; that matter. The new county higli school had played on even terms dur- j vice president: S. C Hudlestoi Ion which would ban dom- To be sure, matters will be will be a one-storv structure ing the first period. [Whltlock, Tenn : J. B Paschai inion shops in Kentucky, brought up about finance. Prep, consisting of seven classrooms, a Smith scored 14 points for In Sub-Freezing Weather Murray Route 2: L. W. Gli pposal has been attacked erty could be obtained if the home economics room i science Benton and Solomon scored 11. Lovclaceville, Ky ; Joe E. Pact, br officials as a blow to owners would only ask a fair room, library room, offices for CKS Sharpe's Green Devils trounc- Benton's volunteer firemen .i Warm Morning healer. 4)lKce. secretary-teasurer and man ner - price. Twenty people with $5,000 pecurity while employers Damage was confined to th the principal, and a caiqterla. ed St. Mary's of Paducah Tues- to invest or 19 people and the battled three blazes in sub-freez- Darn.II.R was estimated at sev- Holmees Ellis, supervisor; an it would give new free- ing cold this week All of the living room of the flve-roofii It will accomodate 325 stu- day night; 85 to 65. Bobby Bar- other furnish the poperty. Near- eral'hundred dollars. Insurancs Logan Bland, warehouse fore working people., log structure. Insurance dents. rett and C. H. Dunnigan, each ly a $100,000 hotel by a board of fires were blamed on overheat- man. Iportatlon will come up as carried. was carried. Revenue bonds will be issued getting 18 points, paced the at- twenty. ing because of the cold weather. The directors reviewed the }nt among the 1954 eon- The residence of Robert Beard Flames damaged the Tuz Cope- The third blaze, a minor one, to pay for the new school build- tack for Sharpe. Maybe a .little better thought year's work and accepted th pns of the General As- on Olive Street in North Benton •rxi residence on the Oak Level was at the Roberts Motor Co. ing. Jwith the marshaled forces It was Sharpe's 15th victory would help find a better way. annual audit. t 170-rtf was damaged Tuesday. The fire Road at 1:30 p.m. Monday. The It was caused by an overheated •ackers aligned primarily In 18 starts. Sharpe Is unde- Do you knojw of One? ~r~ > I The warehousing corporatic.r cutao KING v-s feated In regular 1 scheduled started ln the ceiling and was fire started in the pine paneling stove in. the repair shop of the was formed ln 1934 to store to- jrbilroad interests. The believed causcd by sparks from ljust above the living room tlre- seek Increased weight games; the three losses coming motor fim.