10 YEARS AGO Week of August 31,1988 Harry Evans and Jim Fehr completed filed work on a project which involved creating a detailed soil map of Casey County. The maps were to be published in 1990. Ray L. Overstreet and his family converted two acres of their farm land at the intersection of U.S. 127 and Shorttown Road into a pay lake. For a $5 fee, a visitor could fish for eight hours or until he or she caught five fish. CCHS sophomore Greg Goode recieved the FFA Club's Star Greenhand award, the most prestigious award for first year agriculture students. Obituaries: Cyrus H. Roberts, Tavoria "Tavie" Wesley, Brent C. Randolph, Ava Gash, Fred E. Wesley,Jr., and Clarcie Mills. [ages were not given] 20 YEARS AGO Week of August 31, 1978 Kenny Price was selected chairman of the annual Lidney Foundation candy campaign in Casey County. Cynthia Garrett Durham graduated magna cum laude from Cumberland College in Williamsburg. Births: Monica Marie Wethington,Brandie Micheele Wilson, Kristi Marie Hines, Brittany Kathryn Leigh, Melissa Ann Fortenberry, Lynn Wethington, and John Denton Grider. Obituaries: R.E. Blevins, Carlos Floyd, George Lester, Frances Slaubaugh and Helen Woodrum. [no ages given] 30 YEARS AGO Week of August 31,1968 Deputy Sheriff Sherman Rigney suffered four stings after a man he and fellow deputy Ezra Wall were serving a civil summons to release a handful of bees upon him. Walls avoided being stung. Harrison Wall was paid $425 to paint the steeple of the courthouse. In doing so , he was attacked by a nest of wasps and suffered large welts on one of his legs. Phillip Yaden and Jimmy Rodgers received basketball scholarships from Somerset Community College. Obituaries: Elisabeth Abagail Walden, Mary Wiles. [no ages given] 40 YEARS AGO Week of August 31,1948 Deaths: Mary Ann Spears, Samuel L. Patton and Charlie Foster. [ no ages given] 50 YEARS AGO Week of August 31, 1948 Deputies Eddie Followell and Allen Coyle were charged with shooting at a car driven by L.C. Purdy of Clementsville. Remember when ? Photo, ECHOES ANNUAL This photo is of the seventh and eighth grade class at Middleburg in 1948. First row: Norma Nichols, Howard Estes, Sammy Whitt, Thelma Mushin, Lois Luster Second row: Billy Murphy, Betty Jean Compton, Louis Godbey, Louis Walton, Bonnie Luster Third row: Dewey Federick, Arthur Lewis Benson, Lillian Luster, Donald Russell and Marvin Douglas Fourth row; Charleen Sanders, Jimmy Wardrip, Harold Ellison, Gus Coleman, Madelle Lucas [not shown: Neda Dalton] Mrs. Homer Short was the teacher