Coach Joe B. Hall visits the Circle R
2023-10-22 - Columbia, KY - Photo from Harper Family Collection
UK Coach Joe B. Hall with Circle R owner J.D. Harper inside the restaurant. This photo is part of the display about the Circle R Restaurant at the Trabue Russell House. Comments | Permalink
2023-10-22 - Columbia, KY - Photo from Harper Family Collection
UK Coach Joe B. Hall with Circle R owner J.D. Harper inside the restaurant. This photo is part of the display about the Circle R Restaurant at the Trabue Russell House. Comments | Permalink
Circle R Scrapbook
2023-10-22 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener
A scrapbook display from the Harper Family includes photos of J.D. Harper, who ran the Circle R from 1957 until his retirement in 1995, plus some past employees at the restaurant, including Sylvia Wilson, Peggy and Vonda Brockman, Dean Cowan, and DeGary Bailey, and Mrs. Dowell and Mrs. Johnson hard at work in the kitchen. There are also photos of some of the regulars, plus a visit from UK Coach Joe B. Hall.
Two people have written in to say that the man labeled Earl Mann, on the mid left side of the picture above beside Dan Waggener, is actually Earl Holt. Both Earls were from Russell County. Earl Holt was a loyal customer and Earl Mann ran the night shift at Circle R for 19 years. Comments | Permalink
2023-10-22 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener
A scrapbook display from the Harper Family includes photos of J.D. Harper, who ran the Circle R from 1957 until his retirement in 1995, plus some past employees at the restaurant, including Sylvia Wilson, Peggy and Vonda Brockman, Dean Cowan, and DeGary Bailey, and Mrs. Dowell and Mrs. Johnson hard at work in the kitchen. There are also photos of some of the regulars, plus a visit from UK Coach Joe B. Hall.
Two people have written in to say that the man labeled Earl Mann, on the mid left side of the picture above beside Dan Waggener, is actually Earl Holt. Both Earls were from Russell County. Earl Holt was a loyal customer and Earl Mann ran the night shift at Circle R for 19 years. Comments | Permalink
Circle R feature article from 1995 at TRH
2023-10-22 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener
A framed copy of an article that Byron Crawford wrote about his visits to the restaurant appeared in the Courier Journal, titled, "A wisp of a waitress, an eternal corsage and food for the soul." Pictured are owner J.D. Harper, sisters Peggy and Vonda Brockman, and Sylvia (the girl with the eternal corsage" Wilson. It is on display at the historic Trabue Russell House. Comments | Permalink
2023-10-22 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener
A framed copy of an article that Byron Crawford wrote about his visits to the restaurant appeared in the Courier Journal, titled, "A wisp of a waitress, an eternal corsage and food for the soul." Pictured are owner J.D. Harper, sisters Peggy and Vonda Brockman, and Sylvia (the girl with the eternal corsage" Wilson. It is on display at the historic Trabue Russell House. Comments | Permalink
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