1967
Armed forces news
Pvt. Stanley F. Van Winkle of Morrill qualified for admission to the U.S. Army Engineer School. He was to engage in individual advanced training to repair and maintain all the heavy construction equipment used by the Army in the field.
The following people had been ordered to report for Armed Forces physical examinations by the selective service board; William Earl Judd, Sherill Isaac Lakes, Benny Rose, Larry Cunagin and Kenneth Bowles. Danny Dale Pennington and Walter Arthur Hundley were order to report for induction.
School starts School was scheduled to open on August 18 with an in-service day for teachers. The student first day was August 21, with class time for students beginning at approximately 9 a.m. The price of school lunches increased from 20� to 25� per day at schools which had kitchens and hired cooks. However, the Rural Lunch Program continued to operate at schools that didn't have cooking facilities, with the teacher or her aide preparing the lunch for 10� a meal.
State Fair Pat Boone and Eddy Arnold were the headline acts at the Kentucky State Fair in Louisville. The fair also featured a rodeo, a circus with a real live elephant and the U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corp.
At Gay's Supermarket Gay's Supermarket was advertising steak for 79� a pound. Pork chops were 59� a pound. A two pound box of Kraft cheese was 69� and jelly was four 22 oz. glasses for $1. Maxwell House Coffee was only 69� for a pound can.
Submitted by Sarah Thompson - Granted
permission by George Ferrell, Editor to re-post
"Out Of The Past" as reprinted in The Jackson County Sun ( Formerly The Laurel
County Sun )