HOW I MET COL. SANDERS By Jess Wilson I was the electrical inspector who helped a Caudill lad to wire the Faith Hill Church on Lucky Fork of Upper Buffalo creek in Owsley County. I think the year was 1952. The lad was a son of the post master. I understand he was a near genius but he knew little about wiring but I spent part of a day showing him how it was supposed to be done. As a result my family and I were invited to attend the dedication of the lighting and "officially" turn on the lights in the church. Also attending was Harlan Sanders, a defeated candidate in that year`s Primary election for state senator. I have always thought that his reason for wanting to be elected was so that he would have inside information as to the routing of the proposed interstate highway. This was in 1952. He had a restaurant in Corbin at the junction of Highways 25E and 25W. The new road would divert business away . He wanted to know where to move to. He was a known democrat trying to win an election in a strong republican district. He was sadly defeated. I think he got 12 votes or less in some counties. He had promised Mrs. Ranch to attend their Thanksgiving Celebration, win or loose. I met the chicken cooking Kentcky Colonel in Louisville some 30 years later. He remembered details of that meeting and about my family that I had forgotten. At our meeting at Faith Hill he invited Ruth and I to have dinner at his restaurant. At that time we lived within 10 miles of the restaurant. One thing he told me was. "Jess, if you ever go into the restaurant business, remember to serve good food regardless of how much you have to charge." People have longer memories about the quality of the food than the price they paid for it." Sometime later I stopped at his house one evening on my way to a Kiwanis Convention in Knoxville. Col. and Mrs. Sanders were so busy in the kitchen they hardly had time to speak to me. I think they must have been packeting herbs and spices for one of the many visits he made selling franchise for Kentucky Fried Chicken before he finally sold one in Colorado and soon became famous world-wide .