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August 7, 1979 Around Adair with Ed Waggener The article below first appeared in the August 7, 1979 issue of the Adair County News. Topics included a trip to Fancy Farm, a strategy to avoid the long lines for barbecue, a stop in Beaver Dam, and the reason Poley Simmons got special mention on the "No Trespassing" sign in Falls of Rough. --Pen By Ed Waggener Ran into some local politicians there: at Fancy Farm I was at Fancy Farm over the weekend. But get this clear: I wasn't there for the politics, I was there to check out the western Kentucky barbecue. I have to admit, it just doesn't come up to the barbecue served just south and just west-of-here. Passable, yes. But great? No. Still, a Fancy Farm picnic is big event, regardless of the merits of its barbecue. I did run into a lot of politicians. Linda, Pen, Tom, and I went down to western Kentucky Friday night. When we got to Fancy Farm, it was a lot like old home day: Political figures of all persuasions were there, and I believe there were a dozen and a half or so Adair Countians. My chief barbecue checker, Pen Waggener, and I, used an old trick first employed by his namesake, E.P. Waggener, and purchased the barbecue in bulk. There were long lines at the sandwich stands, and short ones at the by-the-pound stands. We bought two pounds of ribs and a loaf of bread. We didn't figure on getting so much. We took it to the car to eat, but I found that I had lost the key, and the rest of our gang was gone. We were in the parking lot making rib sandwiches on the hood of the car when a very nice couple came by. "Were do you buy barbecue?" the lady asked. "Over at the stand," Pen told her, "but the lines are long." "Just make yourself a sandwich," I said. "We couldn't think of it," the woman said, moving toward the loaf of bread and the ribs. "Go ahead," I told her. We'll pay you," she said. "I would be insulted;" I said, "this is our thing. We give away sandwiches." The man and the woman both fixed themselves sandwiches, piled liberally high with rib-meat. "Where are you folks from?" the lady asked. "Columbia," I answered. "We're from Lone Oak," the lady said, "and this is our first Fancy Farm Picnic. We really appreciate your generosity." "Do you know where Columbia is?" I asked. "I think I do," the woman, who did most of the talking, said. "It's that town where they have all the whittlers, isn't it?" I told her that it used to be, but that there aren't any whittlers here now. When I told a local Columbia booster about the incident, after we returned, he said, "Isn't that something. Columbia is known for whittlers and the Ugly Man contest!" Sometimes, it seems, the outside news media personnel don't notice our outstanding dairy farms, our beautiful farms, our college, our-picturesque streets, our growing industry. Some signs on the way We couldn't help noticing some signs on the way back from Fancy Farm. I always take short cuts on the old highways, avoiding the turnpikes. In Beaver Dam, I couldn't help but notice the Tilford Hotel. A neon sign announced, "The Tilford Hotel, Perpetually New." The hotel, a three-story structure next to the railroad, isn't exactly the Atlanta Hyatt. The stones in the brick building said "1923" and "Vinson" and another sign indicated that it had been built originally as the "Vinson Hotel." At Falls of the Rough, the old Green mansion, the mills, and the general store that flourished in the community's heyday, there were signs on all the property which said, "Posted. Trespassers will be held for the Sheriff," in large letters. In smaller, italic letters, in parentheses, were the words, "Except Poley Simmons." I wondered, as we read the signs, just what would happen if Poley Simmons were to trespass. Would he be shot on the spot? On the way back to the main road, we stopped at Lois Morgan's "Early Charm Shoppe Antiques." "Oh that," she said, in answer to our query. "The heir who lives there wouldn't trust anybody except my father, Poley Simmons. He was the only one she would allow on the place." According to local people, it is hoped that in the not too distant future, the old Falls of the Rough community may become a state shrine or park. It is located only three or four miles from the Rough River State Park in Grayson County. That park is one of the best drawing cards for Kentucky tourism. This story was posted on 2020-10-04 09:46:28
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