October 13, 1904… Vallie Hart, the new county YMCA Secretary, wants to meet all the boys in Midway between the ages of 11 and 16 to provide enriching opportunities.
The Masonic lecture committee composed of Rev. George Kemper, Charles Parrish, Ike Wingate, S.L. Gatrell and Lee Bloomfield will present a course of five entertainments this season, one in each in November through March at the Midway Opera House.
R.M. Glass has moved his meat shop to the room adjoining Marcum’s Grocery.
Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Newsome have rented the cottage of Mrs. W.T. Hawkinson at the corner of Higgins and Turner Streets.
Mrs. George Lathrem has opened a dress-making department at the residence of George Douglass on Higgins Street.
E.P. Stewart of Millville, charged with unlawfully detaining Miss Belle Florian, has been held over to circuit court under $250 bond which he failed to give.
The drought is becoming more serious with each day, as the grass is all burned up, stock and drinking water are becoming scarce and the early sown wheat is suffering. Patterson’s large bluegrass pasture was mostly burned by fire caused by sparks from an L&N train last week.
Midway people are just beginning to go to the World’s Fair. They have waited for the cooler weather and now are going in droves.
Dr. W.E. Risque. M.D. family attended the celebration of the golden wedding anniversary of Mrs. Risque’s parents in Bourbon County this past Monday.
There were 246 voters registered in this precinct last week, a falling off of about 20 in total number of votes from the last election.
Lou Dillon, world champion trotting mare bred near Midway, broke all previous records with a workout at Memphis on Monday with her time for the mile of 2:01.3.
October 9, 1924… Miss Ruth Rodgers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Rodgers, and James Allen of Maysville were married Saturday in Louisville. They were both students at the University of Kentucky and the wedding came as a “surprise” to everyone. Miss Rodgers was a 1923 graduate of Midway High., where she displayed great dramatic ability.
Miss Alice Strange left Tuesday for Harlan where she will take the position of matron at the hospital there.
Midway High defeated Harrodsburg by the whopping score of 46-0 last Friday. Go Bluebirds!
Judge Richard Godson gave a talk last week on “Historic sports of Midway,” speaking mainly on the McKee monument and the old Stone homestead built and owned by John Francisco, upon whose land Midway was built.
George Smith has received the appointment of mail messenger and commenced his new duties on Wednesday.
The Optimist Club met Thursday at Young’s Cafe in Versailles rather than here with 21 members present. A.B. “Happy” Chandler led the singing and Chandler also sang a duet with W.W. Peavyhouse. Dr. Chesterfield Turner of Frankfort gave the lecture.