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Gold accepted to USNA Summer Seminar

2022-06-07 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Harriet Gold
Jonathan Gold, son of Neal and Harriet Gold, has been accepted to the United States Naval Academy Summer Seminar for 2022. Gold will be starting his senior year at Adair County High School this fall.

The weeklong USNA Summer Seminar introduces high school students to life at the Academy, where they will experience first-class academic, athletic, and professional training. The seminar also serves as a preliminary application to the Academy to be completed during the senior year of high school.
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List of flood victims from ACN June 12, 1907

2022-06-07 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Mike Watson
A clipping from the June 12, 1907 edition of the Adair County News. The list of the drowned included:
  • Mrs. Alfred Moss.
  • Mrs. N. H. Moss.
  • Pearl Moss.
  • Carrie Moss.
  • Dewey Moss.
  • Irene Moss.
  • Alfred Lee Moss.
  • Paul Wilson.
  • Mrs. Cal. Wilmore
  • Mrs. Ada Williams.
  • Mary Beauchamp.
  • Mrs. Lum Hill.
  • Henry Hill.
  • Mrs. L. C. Nell and three children.
  • Mrs. J. W. Keltner.
  • Miss Mary Moss, a visitor.
Mrs. L. C. Nell and Mrs. Lum Hill were among those who had not been recovered.
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An Avalanche of Water: June 12, 1907 Adair Co. News

2022-06-07 - Adair Co., KY - Photo courtesy Mike Watson
One hundred fifteen years ago, 7 June 1907, was a day that shall never be forgotten in this county. An isolated weather-event that became national news placed Gradyville and Adair County at the center of newspaper readers' focus--the devastating Gradyville Flood claimed multiple lives and changed families forever.
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