Here's what was going on in Monroe Co on 2 Dec 1965. Obituaries: Troy Gray HAWES of Gamaliel, died at the Monroe Co Memorial Hospital Sat 27 Nov 1965, age 27. Survivors: Wife, Mrs Mary Elizabeth COMBS Hawes; parents, M/M RayHamilton Hawes; child, Sheila Ann Hawes, two brothers & 3 sisters. Services at Gamaliel baptist Church by Bro Henry SMITH; body taken to Central City KY (where he had formerly lived), 2nd service and burial there. Ottis WALKER, age 55 died in a Nashville Hospital 25 Nov 1965. He s/o the late Tom and Susan EMBERTON Walker. Survivotrs: Wife, Mrs Orvil Walker; four daughters, Mrs Virginia JONES and Mrs Wilma SPEARS, both of Indianapolis IN, Mrs Brenda COPASS of Glasgow and Miss Reginie Walker of T'ville; son, Frank Walker of Indinaapolis; three brothers, Fonnis of Glasgow, Everett and Walter, both of Monroe Co. Services Yokley Funeral Home, Rev Nobel COTTRELL; BROWN Cemetery. O D SHIVE, 56, died Monroe Co Memorial Hospital Sunday, 28 Nov 1965. S/o the late Robert & Mrs Nannie GARMON Shive. Survivors; Wife, Mrs Era TURNER Shive; 2 daughters, Mrs. Harley WHITE Jr of Campbellsville KY and Miss Connie Sue Shive at home on Route 3; two sons, Keith and Welby, both of Indianapolis IN; four brothers, V J of Hodgenville KY, Ernest of Melvin IL, Ira of Chicago IL and Homer of Glasgow. Services at Skaggs Creek Baptist Church Tuesday, Bro Paul ROUSE; Yokley Funeral Home, burial Skaggs Creek Cemetery. Article on oil wells running wild near Sulphur Lick; thought to be the greatest strike since the big well almost drowed out Oklahoma City. Names cited: M/M Jack HAYS (abt 1 mile from the Sulphur Lick country store); Raymond BACON (farm owned by Walter GRUBBS of Edmonton KY); Ruel WILLIAMS (no location given) - all these locations of the new wells. Other names mentioned were Homer and Wallace BARTLEY who were drilling on the I D BACON farm; drilling on the Lee McPHERSON farm; Raymond BACON farm. Article on long distance circuits completed from T'ville to Glasgow by General Telephone. Article on Farmers named to the ASC Program - Wilbert RUSH of Route 2 (chairman) and Jack HAYS of Route 5 T'ville (regular member). Record high opening sales for burley at the Glasgow Tobacco Market - avesrage of $70.83. Various county organizations rally at meeting to push county projects. Shown: Agriculture and Forestry appointments: Morris BARTLEY, George CARTER, Ronald BUSHONG, Lewis WRIGHT, George STEPHENS, Bobby WILSON, William HARLIN, Douglas McPHERSON, E T TURNER, Richard TURNER & Jack Brown. Education and Welfare: Cass NAPIER, Ardus GOAD, James RUSSELL, Edwin STEEN, Harold SMITH, Mrs Maude CRAWFORD, Alex TOOLEY, Robert CONKIN, Randall GRIDER, Dr. James E CARTER. Recreation & Tourism: Glen WAX, Clarence MARTIN, Bill ABNEY, Ray COE, Ralph PROFFITT, Frank PETETT, George SHOCKLEY, Robert MILLER, Dr. Franklin HOLLAND & Marcus SHERFEY. Housing and Family Life: Doyle HAMMER, Clifton ANDERSON, Alex TOOLEY, Marcus SHERFEY, Owen HOLLAND & Cecil PETETT. Industrial Development: Dr R D STARNES, Ray HOLLAND, Bobby WILLIAMS, Morris CARDER, Neel MYATT, Douglas CARTER, Dr J M DOWNING, Robert EATON, Clarence MARTIN, James GRAVES & C. S. HAGAN. Community Improvement & Beautification: Mildred BEDFORD, Mrs. Cecil PETETT, Mrs Abe CARTER, Mrs Doyle HAMMER, Mrs J M DOWNING, Mrs Frank HALL, Mrs William HARLIN, Mrs Robert EATON & Mrs Mary DOYLE BROWN. Civil Committee (Public Buildings): Dr. J M DOWNING, Ralph HAGAN, Grace EMMERT and aatornies and Judge Sam CARTER. Hospital Reports: Births: M/M Thomas DILLON of Hestand, 26 Nov, boy, Jerry Wayne. M/M William Henry STEPHENS of Route 1 Holland KY, 28 Nov, girl, Sue Lynn. M/M George H RITTER, Red Boiling Springs Route 2, 29 Nov, girl, LaCresia Dianna. Patients in hospital: Fred BILLINGSLEY, James BRYANT, Tim COE, Zora COE, Roy Nelson COOK, John S CUTTER, Ethel DRIVER, Eva GERALDS, Nelson McKinley KEY, Maudie KIRBY, Nellie LITTLE, Eddie MARTIN, O C MURPHY, Pearl PARKHURST, Ora Della PEARSON, Edward REAGAN, Earl L RICH, Joe Ann RITTER, P B SCOTT, David Charles SHARP, Ethel SKIPWORTH, Bethel SPIVEY, Larry Stephen STRODE, Minnie SULLIVAN, Margaret Sue TOOLEY, Leda L WESTMORELAND, L H WHITEHEAD & Hubert WOODS. Patients Discharged: Brenda Lou MAXFIELD, Hilman Eugene RICE, Vernice CHAPMAN, Bonnie Lizzie McCARTER, James Mitchell YORK, Chester G ROBINSON, James Franklin PRUITT, Dollie ANDERSON, Pamela Jean EMBESRTON, Rosa Dean WHITE, Evelyn Faye OWENS, Amos E CRAIGHEAD, Byrd COOK, Nora S ATWELL, Walter Esco MOOE, Beatrice RITTER, Leslie STAPLES, Iva Pearl WEST, Omer WALDEN, Effie JACKSON, Ruby Dean TURNER, Ruby Irene BIRGE, Harold C HOUCHENS, Addys J TYREE, Bertie GUMM, Julius SMITH, Alberta GERALDS, Georgia BARNES, John Andrew BOWE, Alta Florence KEITH, Lillie Mae DILLON, Eula Elsie STEPHENS, Dashell ISENBERG, Bedford RHOTON, Gladys Marie CROSS, Winnie PLUMLEE, Nelma T ODLE, Buford ISENBERG, Gracie KING, James Russell KERR, Dorothy CLARKSTON & Jerry Wayne DILLON. Next week - another paper. Although we might not feel like 1965 is "history", believe me, it is and I hope you recognize some of the names. 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