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Vote! aiAROtD riMT Mill AS KINTUCKVt COMMUNITY NtWSPAPBR, IM Volume 76 Princeton, Kentucky, Thursday, July 24, 1947 Number 4 Speaks Here Tonight 13 PRINCETON BOY SCOUTS BACK HOME AFTER Kilgore To Speak More Roads For Teachers' Association Graham Resigns Supports Waterfield ATTENDING THEIR BEST SUMMER CAMP' Here Tonight In Lake And Park Kentucky schoolteachers To Accept Post are urged to support the Waterfield Cause candidacy of Harry Lee Wat- Promised Soon erfield for the Democratic With Ky. Bankers Farm Leader To Discuss TV A Official Says 230,- nomination for Governor by County Agent Has Been Issues Of Campaign 000 Visited Dam And the Better Education Asso- Civic And Religious ciation. For Governorship Area In 1946; Lots In a letter to teachers, J. Leader In Community M Courthouse Are Available P. Colvin, Louisville, ex- Since 1924 V ecutive secretary-treasurer Ben Kilgore, respected farm A contract for completion of John F. Graham, agricultural of the association, said Wat- the new highway between Ken- agent for Caldwell county near- I leader and State campaign chair- erfield "has proved his tucky Dam and Kuttawa, which ly 23 years, has resigned, his res- man for Harry Lee Waterfield friendship for teachers.". will become the route of U. S. ignation to take effect Septem- Colvin, who also is presi- in the Democratic contest for the Highway 62, wiM be awarded as ber 1, to accept appointment as dent of the A.F.L.-Louisville gubernatorial nomination, will soon as plans can be completed, agricultural representative of Federation of Teachers, asked Leak at the courthouse, Prince- J. S. Watkins, State commis- the_Ktntucky Bankers Assn. the teachers for their "pro- sioner of highways, said last Fri- ton at 8 o'clock tonight. He will per and vigorous exercise of He expects to maintain his day night in an address at the ,ell his listeners why he is for political privileges." home here where his family annual meeting of the Kentucky Le First district candidate for will reside and he hopes to spend Ben Kilgore Lake Association at Gilbertsville. most weekends. Governor and urge their sup- Watkins said when this high- port of the farmer-newspaper way is finished the State will Sun Spots Cause m Mr. Graham came to Prince- I jspirant. J. F. Morgan Found operate a free ferry over the ton Oct. 14, 1924, from Mason The former executive secre- Cumberland River on the route Low Temperature county where, he had served as I ury of the Kentucky Farm Bu- Dead At Store until a bridge can be built there. 1 assistant agent one month. Prior reau Federation will come here He added that steps to locate a Scientists Say to that he served in the 4-H from Eddyville, where he is Last Rites To Be Held new highway from Kentucky Even old-timers who remem Club Department, College of scheduled to speak at 3 o'clock This Afternoon At Dam to U. S. Highway 68 near ber all the queer quirks of wea Agriculture, the summers of L ^e afternoon. A delegation Paducah also will be taken as ther and such for decades past "The best Summer Camp standing camper in each troop Caldwell counties, is a part. 1923 and 1924. He is a graduate Presbyterian Church of the College of Agriculture, I will accompany him from Lyon quickly as possible, and that the confess they neve? experienced we've attended". That's the re- is elected. More emphasis this This summer, more than 400 University of Kentucky. county and Smith Broadbent, Funeral services for J. Frank location survey may be made anything to equal the cold spell jrt brought back to Princeton year was given to nature study, Scouts from troops throughout lj: Waterfield chairman for Morgan, 75, who was found dead this fall. in mid-summer which this sec y Scouts of Troop No. 42, who and 'the Scouts were able to the 13 counties of the council, In all his life here, Mr. Gra- I representative group from that at his store near the I. C. depot The State commissioner also tion has had the last several attended the George W. Hogg learn about the birds, trees and will attend camp before the sea- ham has been a leader in church told the large crowd at the meet- Trigg county, will head another Monday afternoon about 3 days. Early Wednesday morn Scout Camp near Owensvoro re- plants. son closes. and civic affairs. He is a char- ing that construction will start ing, temperature dropped to 43 | section. o'clock, will be held at the Cen- cently. Troop 42 is sponsored Other activities that were par- The Council was able to ob- ter member of the Kiwanis Club, soon on access roads for Ken degrees, A. M. Harvill, official No effort is being made to tral Presbyterian Church, of by Ogden Memorial Methodist ticularly interesting and profi- tain the services of some out- was president of that group in which he was a member, this tucky Lake State Park, on the government guage keeper, re- Church. Thirteen Scouts attend- table to the Scouts included standing Scout leaders for the 1931, and is at present a mem- I have a district rally or to at- lake at Eggner's Ferry. afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, with ported, and this established a ed camp, under the leadership swimming, lifesaving, boating camp staff this year, according ber of its board of directors. I tract groups from all the coun- Harold Browning, commission- the Rev. David W. Schulherr of- record hereabouts. of Johnny Harralson and Bob and canoeing, first aid, use of to a report of W. D. Armstrong, He is a charter member of the I ties of this section, William er of conservation, who was also ficiating. A coroner's inquest re- According to a theory ad Taylor. knife and axe, and rope work, a member of the Council Camp- Princeton Country Club, having I Jones, county campaign chair- one of the principal speakers, vanced by scientists in this tying of useful knots. ing Committee. Armstrong's been active in its organization. 1 man for Mr. Waterfield, said vealed Mr. Morgan died of na- said progress has been made in Some of the new activities in- country, the present cool sum committee has the responsibility He has assisted in Red Cross | this week. tural causes. planning for the State park, and cluded in the camp program Camp Hogg is owned and op- mer weather may be due to of maintenance and operation of campaigns, financial movements Women leaders for Waterfield, that actual construction work which proved very popular with erated by the Western Kentucky A son of the late Dr. R. R. storms on the sun, which pro- for the hospital, Boy Scouts, To- | Mrs. J J- Rosenthal, city chair - will start soon. He emphasized the Scouts included rifle in- Area Council, Boy Scouts of the camp. and Octavia Parr Morgan, Mr. duce what is commonly known bacco Festival, horse shows, Iwoman; Mrs. Ray Martin, county the point that the State has struction, archery, and "Order of America, of which the Three Russell Efker, camp director, Morgan was born and reared in as "sun spots", most numerous community fairs and other civic | chairwoman, and Mrs. Anna proceeded slowly, so as to make the Arrow", a honorary camp- Rivers District, composed of has had 19 years of Scouting Fredonia. He formerly lived in activities. He was recently chair- 1 Dean McElroy, co-chairwoman sure plans will fit into future at 11-year intervals, although ing society to which the out- Lyon, Livingston, Crittenden and (Please turn to back page) man of a committee for a sur- I !,>r the county, will entertain at St. Louis, Mo., before returning developments. this may vary as much as one vey of rural schools, to study Ii tea this afternoon at 3 to Princeton in 1926. In addition to the expenditure year. and recommend to the County I o'clock on the lawn of the Survivors are his widow, the of funds appropriated by the It is not known definitely Board of Education a program I Lee Cardin home, S. Jef- former Lena Jones, a daughter, State Legislature, Browning said what causes sun spots, but scien' AAA Program Is Restored for advancement. Iferson street, for women of the Mrs. J. W. Thomas; and three a program is being advanced for tist3 have concluded from re- Authority to resume all AAA special effort to overcome loss to curtail the program was re- I city and county, to meet Mr. sisters, Mrs. B. A. Hodges, Ga- issuarce of revenue bonds to fi- cent studies .that they are due operations and to restore to full of approximately two months in ceived here and throughout the Mr. Graham is trustee of the nance construction of hotels at to some process in the sun which First Christian Church and [Kilgore.