Subject: KFY: Mt Vernon Signal Newspapers, 1941 - Rockcastle Co 

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Mount Vernon Signal
October 16, 1941

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MT VERNON LOCALS OF INTEREST
Mr. and Mrs. Urban Hamm and family of near Brodhead spent Sunday with her 
sister, Mrs. Claude Chaney and her mother, Mrs. Sarah Cummins who is with Mrs. 
Chaney. – Rev. and Mrs. Aubrey Russell and son, Tommy took supper Saturday with 
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Dowell of Renfro Valley. – Mrs. Elmer Dowell of Renfro Valley 
spent Monday with her Mrs. Wade Hysinger of Renfro Valley. – Mr. and Mrs. Wade 
Hysinger spent Sunday with her brother, Mr Oliver Dowell and family at Green 
Hill. – Mr. and Mrs. Leo Schuh and daughter, Angela of Cincinnati spent the 
weekend with her father, Wade Hysinger and Mrs. Hysinger at Renfro Valley. – Mr. 
and Mrs. Clark Brown and Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Adams and son Billy took supper 
last Wednesday night with Mr. and Mrs. Wade Hysinger at Renfro Valley. – Mr. and 
Mrs. Sam Cox, Frank Johnson, Archie Price and Mrs. Mattie Griffin spent Sunday 
at Cumberland Falls and Waynesburg. – Jim Bob Roby and Jack Wallash of 
Louisville spent weekend with the formers parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Roby. – 
Misses Nell Wanda Nicely and Virginia Bray spent the weekend in London with Mr. 
and Mrs. R. E. Cox. – Charles Cox of Louisville spent the weekend with his 
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cox. – Mrs. C. W. Miller and family spent Sunday in 
Somerset. – Mrs. D. L. Bryant of Lebanon Junction spent the weekend here with 
her sisters, Mrs. Mattie Cox and Mrs. W. J. Childress and attended the school 
fair. – Mrs. C. K. Beckwith of St Louis, Mo. is visiting her mother, Mrs. W. J. 
Childress and her aunt, Mrs. Mattie Cox for two weeks. – Mrs. R. B. Bird and 
Mrs. J. M. Laswell spent Monday in Lexington. – Mrs. Milton Luker of 
Barbourville spent the weekend with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Laswell. – 
Mrs. Georgia Campbell, Mrs. Charles Gibson and Mr. Ed Henry attended a Farm Debt 
Adjustment and Personnel Training meeting in Danville Monday and Tuesday. – Mrs. 
Charles Gibson spent Monday and Tuesday at Bronston with her parents, Mr. and 
Mrs. B. F. Denny. – Frank D. Crutcher, District Supervisor of Lexington visited 
the local Farm Security Office Friday. – Claude Chaney is in Hiawassee, Georgia 
where he has employment with the Bertram Construction Company. – Kenneth Mullins 
of Gilbertsville spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Mullins. 
– Mrs. Earl Mullins and daughter Shirley spent the weekend witk her brother, Mr. 
and Mrs. Vernon Taylor at Danville. – Mrs. Ruth Croughron spent the weekend with 
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Croughron at Columbia, Ky. – Mrs. Bently Sparks 
of Cincinnati spent Tuesday and Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Bird. – Mrs. 
N. M. Smock and daughter Doris were in Lexington last Wednesday to be with her 
brother, Harold Mitchel who submitted to an operation at St. Joseph Hospital. 
Reports coming from him say his condition is improving. – Mrs. J. J. Purcell and 
daughter Louise of Plato, Ky. spent the weekend with her sister Mrs. Mal 
McKinney. – Mrs. R. C. Ferguson and children spent the weekend with her parents, 
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Padgett at Sheperdsville. – Mrs. Wm. Cox, Mrs. Isaac Shelby 
and Mrs. L. L. Felton spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Stanford and Lexington. – 
Mr. and Mrs. Orin Towner and children of Louisville were dinner guests of Mr. 
and Mrs. Russell Warren Friday night. Miss Mabel Kirkland and Thomas Whitehouse 
of Perryville were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Kearney Campbell. – Dr. M. 
Pennington, Mrs. N. J. Tipton and Mrs. Delores Fairchild were in Louisville 
Monday to consult a specialist concerning an ear infection from which Mrs. 
Fairchild has been suffering. – Mr. and Mrs. Al Packard of Dayton, Ohio visited 
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Sigmon over the weekend. – Mrs. Frank DeJarrett and Mrs. H. 
C. Thompson of LaTonia spent the weekend with the latters parents, Mr. and Mrs. 
W. T. Davis and attended the show at Renfro Valley. – Mr. and Mrs. Theodore 
Stokes and children of Waynesburg were the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. 
Davis. – Mrs. E. C. Walton of Stanford spent Thursday with her daughter, Mrs. 
Ann Miller and family. – Mrs. Bergen Bordes and daughter Juliane of Lexington 
spent the weekend with her mother, Mrs. Ann Miller. – Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Denny 
and her mother, Mrs. W. E. King spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Fred R. 
Denny at Saylersville. – Mrs. Ben Bray left Thursday for a two weeks vacation. 
They will visit Newport News, Va. and from there will go to Washington, D.C. – 
Mrs. Charles Gibson, Mrs. Ed Henry and Miss Dorothy Haff spent Friday in 
Lexington. – Mr. and Mrs. Philo Hoyt of South Bend, Ind. are visiting Mrs. J. W. 
Riddle, Dan Bullock and other relatives over the county this week. – Sheriff 
Earl Phillips spent the latter part of last week with Mrs. W. H. Allen in 
Cincinnati. He was accompanied home by Phillip Ray Turner who spent the weekend 
here. – Mr. and Mrs. Ben Bray spent Sunday in Richmond. – Mr. and Mrs. Marshall 
Farmer of Lexington spent Sunday here with relatives. – John Tom Mullins and 
Clifford Mullins of Dayton spent the weekend with their mother, Mrs. John 
Mullins. – Kenneth Helton Hopkins who works for the Bell Telephone Company spent 
the weekend with his mother, Nancy Helton.                
 
BRODHEAD LOCAL NEWS by Lillian Wallin 
DEATH
John James Painter was born on Painter’s Hill near Brodhead, Kentucky, January 
5, 1868, and died October 7, 1941 at the age of 73 years, 8 months and 2 days. 
On September 24, 1909, was married to Lillian Rash who survives him. Surviving 
him are his children, namely, Mrs. Virginia Neale of Texas City, Texas, Mrs. 
Georgia Sayers of Covington, Ky., Mrs. Florida Muncey of Crab Orchard, Ky., 
William and Maryland Painter of Brodhead, Ky., two sons by a former marriage, 
Carl Painter of Hazard, Ky. and Herbert Painter of Idaho; five grand children; 
one sister Mrs. Elizabeth Swinford of Pueblo, Colorado. Many other relatives and 
friends mourne his loss.
Mr. Painter was converted and united with the Brodhead Baptist Church at the age 
of 12. For many years he served as Clerk of the Rockcastle County Association 
and for several terms he was a member of the State Board of Missions 
representing the Rockcastle Association. He was also clerk of the Brodhead 
Baptist Church for several years.
Honorary Pallbearers were Dr. N. M. Garrett, Leslie Elder, Ralph Albright, Tony 
Laswell, John Laswell, D. H. Gray, Mr. Ben Helm and John Sowder.
Those from out of town who attended the funeral were: J. W. Newland of 
Hopeville, Ga., Samuel Newland of Louisville, Carl Painter of Hazard, Ky., Mr. 
and Mrs. C. E. Rice of Lexington, Ky., Emerson Rice of Livingston, Ky., Mrs. 
Elizabeth Swinford of Pueblo, Colorado, Mrs. Shade Turner and Mrs. Holt of 
Danville, Ky., Mrs. Lucy Albright of Stanford, Ky. and J. C. Newland of Fort 
Thomas, Ky.
LOCAL ITEMS
Mrs. W. M. Bullock sold her property on Main Street to Mr. Jim Brown on Monday. 
The price was $4000. – Mr. Johnny Sowder sold his store to Mr. R. E. Hasty of 
Crab Orchard. Mr. Hasty sold his store in Crab Orchard and will move to Brodhead 
soon. – Miss Ophelia Oakes of Lancaster is the guest of her Aunt Mrs. Ida 
Meredith for a few days. – Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dees and children Betty and Bobby 
of Nashville, Tenn are the guests of relatives here. – Mr. Claude Dees of 
Nashville, Tenn. arrived for a two-week vacation with relatives. – Mr. and Mrs. 
Lois Sigmon and children of Louisville were the guests of his mother, Mrs. 
Mollie Sigmon last weekend. – Mr. Millard Robbins who is stationed at Camp 
Shelby, Miss. Is at home for a few days with relatives. – Mr. and Mrs. M. . 
Albright left Tuesday on a business trip to Knoxville, Tenn. – Mesdames Leslie 
Elder, O. R. Cass, Hope Cox and Katie Roberts were in Lexington shopping 
Tuesday. – Mr. O. J. Collett was injured Monday afternoon doing some fancy 
skating at the Brodhead Skating Rink. He will be back on his job in a few days. 
– Mr. Johnny Lunsford who is in the Berea Hospital is steadily improving. – Mr. 
and Mrs. Burgess Hysinger, Mr. and Mrs. Owens and Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey of Rose 
Hill were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Hysinger. – Mr. Cecil Lunsford of 
Louisville was here and at Berea to see his brother Mr. John Lunsford. – Pvt. 
Dallas McWilliams and Fred Holcomb left for Camp Shelby, Miss. after a visit 
with their parents. – Misses Mary Ann Davis and Christine Bussell 
were down from the formers aunt Mrs. Walter Robins. – Messrs. E. C. Watson, O. 
J. Collett and James Meredith were in Berea Sunday to see John Lunsford. – Rev. 
and Mrs. Warren Filkin and children, Mrs. Jack Fletcher and Mrs. Jack Garrett 
were in Richmond Monday. – Rev. Castleberry of Richmond who is holding a revival 
at Oak Hill was the Sunday guest of Mr. and Mrs. Charley Smith. – Mr. and Mrs. 
Earl Tharp and Miss Tempest Ward of Crestwood were the Sunday guests of Mrs. 
Jenny Wallin. – Mrs. Pat Bowling and children of Middletown, Ohio are the guests 
of her father, Mr. Elias Mays and family. – Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Taylor and 
Junior Martin attended the show at Renfro Valley Saturday evening. --  Mr. J. C. 
Newland returned to his home in Florence, Ky. after a few days visit here. Mrs. 
Newland and Betty Ann accompanied him back for a visit. – Mr. and Mrs. Ben Pike 
and Mr. and Mrs. Olney Sutton left Monday for a visit with relatives in Detroit. 
– Mr. and Mrs. J, Wednesday, Brown were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank 
Robbins. – Mr. and Mrs. Robert White of Gadsen, Alabama were the weekend guests 
of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hiatt. – Mr. Ernest Robins and O. J. Collett motored to 
Danville Thursday on business.

HIATT NEWS by Bonnie Berry
Aunt Mollie Hiatt who has been at Berea for the past two weeks was at home 
Thursday night. She is improving slowly. – Miss Ethel King of near Crab Orchard 
spent the weekend with Miss Bonnie Berry. – Uncle Whit Boyd is getting along 
very well at his writing. – The revival at Oak Hill is progressing fine. 
Everybody should hear the good sermons. – Miss Bertha McWhorter of Chestnut 
Grove spent the weekend with Miss Ina Belle and Iva Fay Lear. – Anna Belle Smith 
was taken to Stanford to the doctor Saturday. She has been very sick for the 
past three weeks. – Mrs. G. H. Berry visited her niece, Mrs. Frank Maple at 
Chestnut Grove last Thursday. – Mrs. Pigg, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hubble and 
daughter, Miss Carroll spent Sunday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. H. 
Hubble. – Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Spoonamore, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Doyle and Mr. and 
Mrs. Sherman Sargeant were dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Roberts. – Landus 
and Howard Harding were home from the CCC Camp at London last weekend. – Rev. 
Castleberry took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Smith Sunday. – Mr. and Mrs. 
James Roberts and Mrs. Patsy Parkerson spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. G. H. 
Berry. 

LIVINGSTON LOCAL NEWS
Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Bass were in Lexington Monday. – Mrs. M. L. Bass is visiting 
her sister, Mrs. Frank Hacker at LaTonia this week. – Mrs. Charley Mounts was 
the charming hostess to the members of the Eastern Star chapter at a buffet 
supper Thursday evening. Decorations in the dining room of flowers and 
candlelight were very beautiful. A very enjoyable evening was spent by all that 
attended. – Elmer Halcomb of Cumberland, Ky. visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. 
Sam Halcomb over the weekend. – Mrs. Ada Mink was called to Richmond, Ind. last 
week due the illness of her nephew. – Mrs. M. L. Bass and Jennie Ball were in 
London Monday. – Mr. Ben Payne of Covington visited his mother, Mrs. Celia Payne 
last week. – Mrs. Vertie Bales has returned to Louisville.   

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