Letter Box couple celebrates 54th wedding anniversary
The family and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Clark (Budge) Cunnigan observed their 54th anniversary Sunday, Jan. 30, surpirsing them with a bountiful dinner and a beautiful three-tier white cake decorated with white roses with gold centers, topped with white lilies of the valley and a bride and groom.
The dinner was served buffet style. Mr. Cunnagin is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Cunnagin of Letter Box. Mrs. Cunnagin is the daughter of Bill Gabbard and the late Elizabeth Johnson Gabbard, also of Letter Box. Mr. Cunnagin was 77 in December and Mrs. Cunnagin will observe her 70th birthday in July.
The couple were married in 1901, in Jackson county. They have three daughters, Maude McDowell, Anna Petty and Virgie Little of Parrot and Elmer Cunnagin of McKee. A Large crowd was present for the celebration. Everyone had plenty to eat and enjoyed the day. All want to wish this wonderful couple many more pleasant years together.
 

  Revival to begin Sunday, February 6, At McWhorter
Rev. William Pennington of Cincinnati, Ohio will begin a revival at the McWhorter Christian Church Sunday night, Feb.6.
A graduate of tyner high school, Rev. Pennigton is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W.d. (Dan) Pennington of Moores creek. He has spent the past three years in Ohio working and going to school. He was ordained September 18 at Laurel Chapel Christian Church.
Everyone is cordially invited to attend the services which will begin each evening at 7:00 o'clock. The meeting is scheduled to continue through the following Sunday night.
 

  Sand Gap Boy blinded in accidental blast
Berea, Ky Feb. 1-- Harold Harrison,18, remained in critical condition today at the Berea college Hospital where he was treated Monday for injuries suffered when a can of explosives he was attempting to dismantle blew up.
Dr. John Baker, hospital surgeon, said Harrison was blinded and both hands were so badly mangled that amputation probaly would be necessary. His cvhest was also the surgeon said. The accident occured at the home of the youth's parents, mr. and Mrs. Chester Harrison in the dry fork section about two miles from Sand Gap.
Mrs. Irene collingsworth, a sister of the youth, said the expl;osion occured shortly after Harold returned from the home of a brother, Green Harrison who livesa nearby. Green Harrison said he found a tin can wich contained the explosive above a mine located near his home. He said he found it last week and brougt it to his house where his children had been allowed to inspect it. He said he did not recognize the explosive as anything in mining operations.
 

 The younbger Harrison went to Green's home Monday morning and was given the can, which still contained the explosive. He took it back to his parents home and was working on the object with a screwdriver when it blew up.
Another sister Anne Powell and another brother Ralph Harrison were at the home at the time of the explosion. Mrs. Powell ran to the road and flagged a passing motorist who brought the injured youth to the Sturgill Coal Company where his father was at work. The elder Harrison and the motorist brought the boy to the hospital at Berea. Tha injured boy is one of eight children.
County officers with KSP Detective John Isom from Danville and an inspector from the Blue Grass Ordinance Depot questioned nine boys from Sand Gap Tuesday afternoon, but did not learn where the explosive, which was a fuse bomb used in exploding lage bombs when they dropped from the air, came from.
It was believed the fuse bomb had been stolen from the Blue Grass Ordnance. The boy's father stated wednesday night that there was a possibility the boy's eye sight was not entirely gone as he could distinguish the waving of a hand before him.
 

  $500 Reward offered
Jackson County Sheriff Wallie Hellard wqas offering a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for dynamiting his car. The explosion took place on October 1, 1954 and he had the $500 deposited in the Jackson County Bank.
Double tax assessments cause problems
" I, Nannie McQueen and my son-in-law Ernest Hatfield paid our taxes for the year 1954 and have the receipts."
"The names of Rowland Strong and Roy or Ray Hays listed as delinquent tax payers, was due to double assessments, which happen every year in making out the tax lists. All these men have paid their taxes and the double assessments will be exonerated."