As I read the old Crittenden Presses, I find many little tidbits of interesting and fun information. Here are a few of these items.
August 8, 1941 – Centennial Window Exhibits
Crittenden County will be 100 years old next year and appropriate window exhibits have been planned during the present county fair. Braxton McDonald has secured display windows of merchants for placing of relics, antiques and articles commemorating the centennial. This is done in order to revive interest of early days and history of the county.
Dry Goods – All articles of dry goods, including side button shoes, stiff hats (cadys), celluloid collars, womens old fashioned hats, dresses, coats, mens cravats, brogan shoes, hair rats, hair braids, hobble shirts, bustle dresses, ear muffs, bed spreads, table covers. These are to be displayed in windows of Williams & Taylor.
Furniture – Trundle beds, flax wheels, walking canes, clocks, picture frames, whatnots, book racks, mirrors. These articles are to be displayed in windows of Tucker & Franklin.
Hardware – Guns, pistols, coins, candle molds, cotton gins, wooden sausage mills, bed warmers, pewter ware, grease lamps, coffee mills, saddle bags and side saddles at Cochrans Hardware Co.
Miscellaneous – Old watches, shot pouches, bullet molds, old books and newspapers, cataloges, school books, slates, pictures, stuffed birds and animals, Indian relics, sea shells, old necklaces, spectacles, hat pins and buttons, goose quill pens, clay pipes, kitchen ware, will be on display at City Drug Co.
Fluorspar Exhibit - Marion Kiwanis is to sponsor a large fluorspar exhibit at Farmers Bank & Trust Co.
(As a child growing up in the late 40's and early 50's, these large wonderful store front windows all along Main Street were always a fascinating sight for a young child, especially during the holidays seasons. I wish everyone could have had a chance to see Marion as is was in those days and enjoyed the displays that were shown in these windows.)
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August 1947 – Crane Field and Harness Races at County Fair
Ross Crane built the big horse barn and race track located one and one-half miles north of Marion, on highway 60, and it was one of the best in western Kentucky. (where the empty live-stock barn is today). The barn was large enough to have 2 rows of stalls built, about 10 feet from the wall, so that when the weather was bad outside they could still give the stabled horses exercise on the inside.
For the big three day fair for Sept. 17, 18, 19, 1947 a horse show will be featured each of the three nights, and trotting races will be held during the fair under the jurisdiction of the U. S. Trotting Association. Harness races will be a new feature in Crittenden County, since there have never been such in this county and will be worth seeing as 75 to 100 horses of first quality are expected to participate in the races. Six harness races are scheduled each day with races beginning at 1:30 in the afternoon.
The music for the fair will be provided by Mrs. Peebles from Paducah on her Hammond organ.
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July 16, 1948 – Community Cannery Has Auspicious Opening
The Marion cannery opened the season Tuesday, July 13th, with 20 families preserving food. Green beans, squash and beets were the principal commodities on the opening day.
A shipment of cans was received recently and a supply of the different sizes and lining are on hand now for canning any commodities that any one may have.
The local cannery has persistently held to the same precessing fee of two cents per can of number two or number three cans and two cents per quart for larger sizes as when glass half gallons are used. New tin cans are available at five and six cents each for numbers two and three.
The facilities for derimming and reflanging the used cans are still maintained for those desiring to use their tin cans twice or even three times when in good condition. This is an economy worth considering for a very little extra trouble for any who desire to take advantage of it. It has been practiced very successfully in this cannery for several years. The cost of processing in the used cans in three cents each which includes the cost of a new lid, the use of the machine in reconditioning the can, and the processing fee.
The days of operation are Tuesday and Fridays and with the increased cost of fuel and facilities, everyone is urged to bring the commodities in the morning so that as many cans may be processed at the same time as possible. The cannery program is maintained in the interest of better nutrition and general welfare of the patrons of our community.
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Nov. 4, 1954 – New Mineral Case.
Offering a new interest to local folks as well as visitors, a new mineral display case has recently been erected on the outside wall of the County Clerk's office on the Courthouse Square.
Attractive and unusual specimens of fluorspar and other minerals from this area will soon be placed in the exhibit case.
It's easy visibility from Main Street, plus display lights to show off the specimens at night, is expected to attract many out-of-town visitors and call attention to our resources in this area. Mr. Ben E. Clement is pictured standing in front of the new display.
Citizens are invited to submit unusual or interesting specimens for the exhibit which may include fluorspar samples, "coal plant fossils" and other unusual specimens. Contribution will be acknowledged on an identification card placed on each specimen displayed.
The new mineral display case has been made possible by the Crittenden County Development Association and by a committee formed for this purpose, consisting of Mr. Ben E. Clement and Mayor Sylvan Clark. (This piece of past Crittenden County History was located on the side of the old clerk's office that was located next to the Court House. It was torn down in 1961 with the old court house to make room for the new Court House that was built in 1961.)
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Nov. 4, 1954 -West Kentucky Pony Sales.
West Kentucky Pony Sales barn just north of the Marion city limits hummed with activity yesterday as final preparations were underway for the first day of the spring sale. J. W. Lingang, owner estimated some 200 ponies were already on hand early Wednesday afternoon. Lingang's sale is the first to be held in Marion. It is housed in a spacious, attractive barn near the city limits.
The building, formerly a racetrack barn, has undergone a complete face-lifting and more buildings, including a snack bar, lounges and the sale ring, have been added to it. The sale area itself contains 300 theatre-type seats from which buyers can view ponies as they are led in.
An open house for residents of the Marion area was held at the barn Sunday and several hundred people took advantage of the occasion to view the facilities.
They saw miniature stalls, identical in every way with an ordinary horse's stall except they were scaled down to a Shetland's size. Several ponies were already on hand, and visitors unfamiliar with the breed examined them to see just what size they were and how they differed from other equines. (The Lingang Pony Sales was located where the empty cattle barn is today on Hwy. 60 East.)
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