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the general effect or restoring r i l e s t o slightly below the l^rel of KU's 1981" rates. KU made a ser ies of ra te reduc-

it of the annual Thaaksglvlng Tourney, which will be held November 26 and 27 at the ad Gymnasium In Brodhead Is the Tigers. The Tigers thus far have a 3 and 2 record season. Shown In the above photo are, from l e f t Clayton Cash, Ronnie Arnold, Tommy

I, Derrell Proctor, Dewayne M- ik, Ter ry Burton, Dennis Harris, Ronnie Brown, Pat ird and Gary Smith. In front of the Tigers Is Coach BUI Riddle.

i rhe Ml, Vernon Teen Club won f i rs t place In the specialty act division of the 4-H Variety Show. Shown In the above photo are , from left: Harold BaUlnger, president of the 4-H Council, Lorl Stewart, Laura Lee Durham aitf Alelsa Dick. Second place specialty act winner was Marlta siewart who presented a piano solo entitled "Flower of the Ku.es t . " All cash prizes In the talent contest were donated by N.M. 3mo-K, president of the Bank of Ml, Vernon. The winners In each division will now compete In the Area Variety Show which will be held Saturday, December 4 at Cumberland College In Williamsburg beginning at 9:30 a.m.

"Obivoralty of tuoHy Ufa**"s

M°VNT VERNON, KENTUCKY 40456 .

The Livingston Blue Devils will meet Brodhead in the second game of Friday night action of the Brodhead Thanksgiving Tournament. Members of this yea r ' s team are frontxow, from left: Ronnie Owens, Darrell Smith, Doug Bullock, WUlie Hammond and Dar reu Furman. Second row, from left: Eddie Hammond, Roger Reynolds, John Cotton, Roger Jackson, Dale Whltaker and Ronnie Smith. Baclc row, from left: Mike Hammond, mgr.j Preston Parre t t , coach, Frankle Clements, mgr. and Roger Thomas.

96 From Here At Eastern

A total of 90 students f rom Rockcastle County are attend-ing Eastern Kentucky Univer-sity this semester .

Eastern enrolled a record h i j i . i'. of 12,111 students for the 1971 fall semes ter , including 10,170 on-campus students, a S.91 per cent In-crease over last fal l ' s on-campus figure.

The overall enrollment in-cludes 741 students at East-e rn ' s Model Laboratory School, and an estimated 1,200 in some GO off-campus exten-sion courses. In addition East-ern serves about 2,400 pe r -sons through its correspond-ence program.

The nam<*- of EKU tt'jd*>nl3 from Rockcastle County listed by hometowns are: James T. Adams, Janet L. Adams, Ruth A. Allen, Debra M. Brown, Judl ' i A. Uullick, Bryan B. Bussell, James G. Bussell, Claudlnnla B. Cash, Donald L. Cash, Larry E. Daugherty, Te r r l S. Daugherty, Dorlt A. Gentry, Gary W. Gentry, 3 s t -ty A. Glovak, Betty L. Hamm, Connie L. Hamm, John G. Hamm,.Ererette F. J r . , Harp-e r , Paul Hoi1)rook, Dennis W. Lawrence, Qen<Li F. Os-borne, Onna K. Owens, Ned S. -Purcell, Deborah G. W a t . son, Florence H. Wlnstead, all of Brodhead; Charles Ba--t:, Jenny L. Bar.it>!.. Jamie L. Bowling, Ronald D. Bray, Susan E. Bray, Charles E. Bunch, Debra C. Bunch, Amos M; Burdette, Darleni' P .Cam-er«V Z.,. Delphfa M. Cox, Earl C. Cum-mins, Terry H. Cummins.

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DANIEL BOONE SAYLOR DIES IN BEREA

Daniel Boone Saylor, 66, of Mt. Veru-i i i i i t r l awly Thursday, November 18, at the Berea Hospital after a long Illness.

Mr. Saylor was born In Rockcastle Cou.ily on Decem-ber 18, 1904, the son of Mrs. Mahalla Howard Saylor and

'the late Elijah Saylor. H» was a retired farmer I mer-chant, former State Repre-sentative and County Treas -u r e r , and was a member of the First Baptist Church o ' Ml. Vernon.

Besides his mother he Is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lela Muliins Saylor of Mt. Vernon; one s is ter , Mrs. Mary Whltaker of Stanford; two brothers , Clesion Saylor of Brodhead and Howari Saylor of Richmond. His father and two brothers, John L. Saylor and Tony Saylor, preceded him In death. A host of other re la-tives an! friends alsosurvlve.

Funeral services were held Saturday, November 20 at the First Baptist Church In Ml. Ve'non with Bro. Ray Cum-mins and Bro. J . * m . Hall officiating. Interment was In Elmwood Cemetery.

Arrangements were by Cox Fniui ' l ' Home.

Active Pallbearers were James Smith, George Swope, Mike Jones, Howard Saylor, Ernes t ' Stan! ly and " Ji n n j " Jones.

Honorary Pallbearers were Aley. Ledford, N.M. Smock, James Lambert, Ed Denny. Lee Durham, Charlie Car ter , Robert Cromer, Curtis Rob-

, erts," Billy Kirby, Dennis ffalcomb, Clyde Barnett and Edd Hunt.

JIM COLLINS, III, DIES NO/EMBER 22

Jim Collins III, 74, of Route 2, Mt. Vernon, passed away suddenly Monday afternoon near his home. ,

He was born In Rockcastle County on May 6, 1897, the son of the late Jim and Ellen CoUlns and was a ret i red coal miner and attended lao Plan Hill Holiness Church. -

He Is survived by four sons, Frank'and Thomas Col-lins, both of Elkhart, Indiana, Pres l >n Collins of Route 2, Mt. Vernon, and Lee Collins of Livingston; four daughters, Mrs. Maggie Poole, Mrs.Nola Dur.ii, Mrs. Bernlce Belt %nd Mrs. Bernetta Toothman, all of Elkhart, Indiana; 18 grand-children and four great-grand-children.

Funeral services were con-ducted Wednesday, November 24, at the Pine HIH Holiness Church by Bro. John Durham and Bro. Rolla Cornelius. Bur-ial was In the Sinks HU1 Ceme-tery.

Arrangements were by the Dowell 4 Martin Funeral

BRODHEAD HOMEMADE RS NEKD TOYS FOR XMA.I

Tho Willing Workers Home-makers Club of Brodbeaii a r e collecting new and good used toys w b e dtstrnwted to needy • children this Christmas. •

If you h»ve Joys which you would like to contribute, you may leave them at the Jail In Brodhead or they win be picked up at your home If you wUl'caU 758-40U after 4 p.m.

The drive for toys wUl con-tinue through Saturday, December 18.

The Crab Orchard Cubs wUl once again appear in the Brodhead Thanksgiving Tourney next Friday and Saturday nights. Members of this year 's squad are, front row, from left: Morris Snodgrass, Chester Adams, Alan Hendrlckson, Keith Saylor, C.F. Petrey and Charles MuUlns. Back row, from left: Bill Wardlow, Curtis Brown, Billy Day, Robert Johnson, James Hackley, Eddie Fins and Tony Todd.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1871

Kentucky File For Kentucky UtUltles Company

has filed with "the Public Ser-vice Commission of Kentucky for an Increase in Its electric ra tes . KU serves approxi-mately 264,000 customers In 78 counties In central, south-eastern and western Kentucky. Under the proposed rates KU's average residential customer, who now uses approximately 540 kilowatt hours a month, will pay about 6? more a day.

The filing was made with the Commission in Frankfort on November 22.

W.A. Duncan, KU's president, said that the Increase In revenue Is necessary to meet the ever Increasing cost oi providing uUllty service so as to permit the Company to earn a fair return on the $425,000,-000 Investment in Its present electric service facilities. Mr. Duncan also observed that the Company's construction pro-gram for the next six years win require the Investment of an additional $430,000,000 In new and Improved facult ies , and that Investor confidence that regulatory agencies wUl permit the company to earn fair return on such additional Invested capital wUl be neces-s a r y to. enable th»_Company to raise funds of such magni-tude.

izsTttzoi -»re proposed la the ra tes for all classes of service sub)ect to the Juris-diction of the Public Service Commission of Kentucky. The Company also expects to fi le with the Federal Rawer Com-mission, at a later date, for Increased rales on services subject to the federal com-mission's urlsdlctloi)>

The County 4-H Variety Show was field Saturday night at Roundstone School. Shown In the above photo is the Wlldle 4-H Club which won f i rs t prlxe In the club act division. Their act was entitled "The BaUad of the Mortgage on the Cow." Harold BaUlnger, president of the Rockcastle County 4-H Council, who presented the club with their prize, is also shown In the picture.

Thanksgiving Tourney November 26 and 27

Xmas Program Is Dec. 2 The Jaycees Christmas Pro-

gram wUl be held Thursday night, December 2 In front of The Bank of Mt. Vernon on Main Street beginning at 7 p. In.

Welcome will be given by Sam Ford, Jaycees President, the Soul Seekers, led by Bro. David Woods, wUl present a selection of Christmas Music, and the Christmas lights wUl be turned on, to offlclaUy open the Christmas season in Mt. Vernon, by Mayor Ed Win-stead.

The Brodhead Thanksgiving Tournament will be held this year for the final time on Friday and Saturday night at the Brodhead Gymnasium.

The f i rs t game wttl be F r i -day night at 7 p.m. and will be between reigning cham-pions of the-tburnament Mt. Vernon and Crab Orchard.

The second game, which wUl get underway about 8:30 p.m. will be between1 Brod-head and Livingston.

The consolation and cham-pionship games win be held Saturday night beginning it 7 p.m.

Officials for this yearns tournament are Jim Spoona-more and Danny MUburn.

On Friday night, an added feature to the touriament wUl be the crowning of the Bas-ketball Homecoming Queen.

Admission wUl be $1.00 for adults and 50c for students

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LEE VEKNO.V .3. -T>1Y DIES AT RESIDENCE

Vernon (Bobby) Murphy, S7, of VersalUes, died Satur-day night, November 19 at his home.

Mr. Murphy was born April 26, 1934 In Woodford County, the son of Mp»«nd Mrs. Ray-mond Murphy. He was a ve*«-ran of the U A Navy.

Besides his parents, he is survived by two s i s t e r s , Mrs. WimarnJ^ Rp^rkojyer^alUefl knd Mrs. A m e s AnderUn, J r . of Mt. Vernon; fwo brothers , Ray Murphy of Nicholas vllle and Ralph Mu-phy of Ver-salUes, several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon, November 23 at the DueU-CIaxk Funeral Home In VersalUes with Bro. Wayne HaU officiating. Burial was In the VersalUes Ceme-tery.

Homemakers . * Elect Officers

The Homemakera' Advisory Council met Novembor 8 to elect temporary officers and plan a program tor the r e -mainder of the fiscal year, Betty Henderson, Mt. Ver-non, was elected president; Emma Shu8»," Brodhead,' vlc« president; and Patsy Hopkins, Mt. Vernon, • e c r c t a r r - t r s a s -a re r . Other members of the council are Patsy White, Brod-head; Betty Poynter, Boone; Barbara Watson, Brodhead; Josephine Adams, Mt. Ver-non; Grraldlne Robblns, Brod-head; and Betsy Smith, Brod-head. Mrs. Wiima Vandlver, s ta te program specialist from Lexington, spoke to the group. The home economics advisory

council Is a group of county leaders and homeinaknr club presidents who work with the Extension agent In making plans and reaching goals for adult home economics p ro -grams In the county.

BURKE IN PACIFIC Navy Petty Officer Second

CIsss John W. Burke, J r . , son of Mr, and Mrs. John W, Burke of Route 2, Brodhead, Is a member of Ca r r i e r Air-, borne Early Warning Squad-ron U6 aboard the ttrcrktt car r i e r USS Constellation to the Western Pacific.

Meeting Called: Dr. Mahkm MUler, Chair-

man, has Caned a meeting of the Cumberland Valley Com-prehensive Health Planning CouncU for 7 p.m., Thursday, December 2, 1971, at Mary-mount Hospital, ... London, Kentucky. > .•> .

The Health Plaiuilng Coun-cil, designated by the state Comprehensive Health Plan-ning Commission, has r e -sponsibility for ' health plan-ning In the C umberland VaUey area.

This Is an open meeting to Interested citizens of Harlan, Bell, Laurel, WhlUey, Rock-castle, C i v , Jackson, and Knox Counties.

The Mt. Vernon. Red Devils, who opened their season Tuesday night at Lynn Camp, meet the Crab Orchard Cubs In the opening game Frfday night of the Thanksgiving Tournament at Brodhead. Shown In the above photo are , front row, f rom left: Coach Jack Laswel], Je r ry Hackworth, Randy Miller, Lynn Parsons, Mark Bray and Jamns MUler, mgr. Back row: Lyndon Smith, Johnny Saylor, Troy McClure, Jim MuUlns, Dennis Payne, Casey CarroU and Brian Egan, Mgr.

Brodhead for the season. Shown In the above photo MuUlns, DerreU Proctor, Dewayne M-Crawford and Gary Smith. In front of the

i 3 and 2 record Arnold, Tommy

i, Ronnie Brown, Pat

Increase . Duncan pointed out that

a ser ies of ra te reduc-ln each of the years

through 1967. A-tuaUy, Increase KU now s e e l s , 1 on current usage of s e r -does not restore the en-

reductlon from the 1951

The proposed rates are ex-pected to produce approxi-mately $14,000,000 a year In Increased gross revenue to KU and after giving effect to federal, state and local taxes, the net Increase to KU would amount to about $7,000,000.