The Advocate-Messenger from Danville, Kentucky • 26

I i :) 9 is 4 I 1 3q eg $2 THE KENTUCKY ADVOCATE Sunday November 20 1994 LOOKING BACK Brumfield post office train station closed in 1938 Obadiah reight arriving at Brumfield There was a depot station building and siding 30 when Ocea Broyles was appointed to the post The post office was probably was named carrier the route ran from Brumfield to Union Hope Road down Bull Run then west to Pottsville in The station served many years as the chief shipping point and also was a telegraph office JL Helm was operator for many years The 1940 operating timetable shows kept an 80 car passing track along with an operator who re mained until 1945 when sig nals and switches controlled Brumfield was first from May 15 1911 to May 13 1936 The post office was locat ed in a small building on the south side of the Stewart home Della Caldwell was named acting postmistress until Nov the Lebanon Branch of the Railroad when it pushed from Louisville went in on the eastward from Lebanon to Lebanon Branch and eliminat Livingston after the Civil War ed many smaller sidings The 1867 timetable shows that reight arriving at there was a station located at Brumfield depot was trans ported by horseback or wagon to Perryville armers in the vicinity drove their stock to the station where they were Brumfield passenger train was shipped to larger markets Alter Brumheld railroad station closed it was sold to CC Burns of Gravel Switch He planned to raze the build ing according to an article in the Oct 18 1938 issue of the Danville Advocate (Research for this article was gathered by Clayton Martin of Harrodsburg He grew up in Brumfield) oltice discontinued However trains continued to run through Boyle County until rail service was discontinued in 1987 1 The first post office was called Brumfield Station established May 22 1866 with Obadiah Brumfield as the first postmaster according to the i iiv uiuvv yvMo mxwwhssy Post Ottice Department in iocated in the Broyles store Washington DC about 300 yards east of the old After three years the post Stewart home Two years later on eb 28 1938 the post office was dis 1 track continued and the mail was' The last appearance of the moved to PerrwilleX a sit The Brumfield rural roiite in 1938 when the popu was established on March 2 lation was 75 1908 when Carl Martin A deed in the Boyle County clerk office shows the purchased a tract of land from James and Ruana Brum field on May 8 1866 for the purpose pf building a depot The depot was located at mile post 84 indicating it was 84 miles from Louisville postmaster By Brenda Edwards Staff Writer BRUMIELD Brumfield was a thriving community in the late 1800s when the Louisville Nashville Rail road Co made its way "from Louisville through central: Kentucky Not only was there a depot fknrn uroc a nnci nfTinn in thia Vlivx wuo vmvv vmu small 'village in western Boyle Carl Martin who carried mail from the Brumfield and Perryville post offices 43 County years was showered with gifts from patrons after 15 years of service The gifts of gar The post office existed from den produce and canned goods filled the cellar and pantry and supplied food for the 1866 to 1938 After it closed Martins all winter The photo belongs to son Clayton Martin of Harrodsburg the mail was transferred to the George Perryville Post Office Penyv1 liepost oft ice Stewart was named pdstmas Martin was the only regular train sta lonwas ter peb28 1885 and Hattie carrier to serve the Brumfield same year the post Stewart was postmistress rural route He transferred to Perryville and served the same route until eb 8 1951 the day he died Train station Brumfield was one of the original railroad stations on office discontinued Oct 7 1869 then reopened again on Nov 25 1869 with James Brumfield as post master The station part was dropped from i the Brumfield name on Dec 13 T880 according to research by Clayton Martin of Harrods burg 1 Research does not show i where the post offices were located ip the early days but Washington County they were probably in the The route was discontinued home of the postmaster or in April 15 1936 and all the stores wasihandled through: the rom our files AV togsa ui jflk Early post offices Meender William Gadbury Elisha Rogers and Clarence Latham orkland William Taylor postmaster in 1891 followed by James Calhoun then the mail went to Parksville' in 1905 Gano David Totten served as postmaster in 1891 then the mail wh's' moved to Junction City Goreaburg William Gore served as town was renamed Robert Turnbull Eugene Cobsy George A Dunn William Surber John Henry Hankla Samuel Burke and Edgar Catron were some of the earlyel postmasters Hankla James Harmon was post master in 1900 The mail was moved to Hedgeville Eliza Smith was post master in 1891 Others were Eliza House Joseph Jarvis Martin Jones Joe Rice 7 William Wright Nancy Miller and yr Jones Mitchellsburg John Caldwell was postmaster in 1875 followed by John Webb Phoebe Caldwell Susan Hudson John Webb John Wharton Lloyd Ray Wharton and Leon VanArsdale in 1912 Parksville Sterling Brewer was postmaster in 1868 John Henry Hankla William Latimer George Hocker Salli Hocker James Westerfield Sam Westerfield and Charles Hagan were Mater postmasters Perryville Jefferson Polk served the Perryville post office in 1864 followed by Margaret Polk Samuel Hart Jacob Carpenter and John arrell Scott Mcerran James Gooch and Mary Simpson The post office closed and the mail was transferred to Danville in 1926 Shuttleworth Elisha Rogers was postmaster in 1805 then the mail was sent to Harrodsburg (Information for this article was taken from research gath ered by Clayton Martin a his torian of Harrodsburg and from Days in by Calvin ackler) By Brenda Edwards Staff Writer Post offices were scattered about Boyle County in the late 1800s when people had diffi culty traveling' There were post offices from Aliceton to Goresburg and from Enido to Hedgeville according to infor mation from the National' Archives in Washington DC frst postmaster in 1882 The post office Only five Danville Perry later changed to Junction City when the ville Parksville Junction City and Mitchellsburg of the 17 post offices exist today Danville has the honor of being the first post office west of the Alleghenies It was established in June 1792 with Thomas Barbee as the first Parksville in 1905 postmaster The post office was located in a small log and frame structure on Walnut and Third streets The post office had several locations including Dr Ephraim Mc apothecary shop before it was given a home on West Walnut Street Information about the early post offices includes: Aliceton Samuel Beldon was post master on June 19 1871 followed by William Rice James Dye Robert Prewitt WW Whitehouse and Boyle Robertson The post office located in the western portion of the county was closed in 1941 when the mail was transferred to Gravel Switch post office Alum Snrinos Josenh Maxwell was postmaster in 1874 He was followed by Shelby City Nathan Puck was post Thomas Cosby Daniel Howard Daniel maeter in 1890 Others were Stepiieri Howard and James A rost The mail Coppage James Coppage Pearce Bodley as moved to Junction City in 1900 Atoka George Stephens was post master in 1889 Others were William Seay and James Seay The mail was transferred to Danville and Harrodsburg in 1807 Enido John Powell was postmas ter in 1893 followed by George Crane Eugene Harmon and John A Hollon The mail was later moved to Perryville aulconer Elijah aulconer was postmaster in 1887 followed by Thomas 100 years ago1894 75 years ago1919 50 years ago 1944 patrick revealed that 21 men were out for the squad but that more than likely they would be Western Petroleum Co of Chicago announced that it is leasing a lot on the Dillehay property and will open a tankand distributing station for its "oils and gasoline The tanks have arrived and will be erected within the next few days In addition to selling to dealers the company will run trucks through the country and sell to farmers The company has estab lished a headquarters in Lexington and will open a chain of tank and distributing stations for gasoline kerosene and motor oils in 15 county seats in Central Kentucky The high price and scarci ty of new print paper will force The Daily Messenger to raise its rates The new rates will be: one year $4 six months $225 three months $125 single copy 5 cents The newspaper hopes its cost money and lots of it to print a good newspaper addition to publishing daily all the home news of importance the Daily Messen ger gives its readers a daily telegraph state news service the daily live stock markets an illustrated cartoon and news service and editorials on topics of the day addition to the owners of the newspaper we employ two persons to report the society news and other local happen The Maccabees hosted a large crowd at the IOO Lodge The garage at the resi dence of C61 Vernon Enounced an 18 game schedule Richardson on the west side of was on tap this year itz North ifth Street was loaned by its owner to the Boyle County Salvage Committee for the storage of tin caps shaved off to make a total i announced: Wiseman co working group of around 16 chairman of the project after a boys long search tor a storage depot Residents who have properly prepared and saved tin cans are requested to take them to the Richardson property where a sign will plainly iden tify the storage Reaidenta nf Danville and Boyle County prepared to dig Centre defeated State College by the decisive score of 67 to 0 and the question of state supremacy was settled beyond all doubt and debate The State College eleven had up to this time displayed as much strength and skill ds any i other team in the Inter i Collegiate league and had hopes of winning the champi onship And yet Centre College 1 simply walked away with a i score of 67 to X' CP Minor vouched for a curiosity he had It was a pig that stole milk It would walk i up to the cow sit down and rear back on his dignity take i the teat in his mouth and help himself to all that he wanted But Dick Young told of a pig still sharper which even do the sucking but would sit with' open mouth and wait until he milked and poured it in his mouth Then he would make out to swallow it John Helm lost a valuable horse when it was killed by a freight train at Mitchellsburg iThis was a great place for I killing stock The train also Dr Thanks giving turkey a little ahead of time but it would eat just as Swell The Bluegrass Buggy jLift invented by CA Rust of this county seems to be the very thing needed for rapidly raising and lowering a buggy wheel when you want to grease it Va A The Boyle County Hunting Club returned home from Tennessee after two weeks of hunting Owing to several untoward circum stances only four deer were killed Of these Tom Helm got one Sheriff Bailey one AW Eastland one and Kirk Elder one A party of hunters had preceded the Boyle County folks and driven the game out In addition to this the natives who wanted to keep foreign hunters out set fire to the woods deeper than ever into their pockets to produce the quota of $750000 assigned Boyle County for the Sixth War Loan The nine sales agents who had operated in the same capacity for previous loans and members of the Chamber of Commerce Lions Rotary and Kiwanis clubs lined up to func tion on the selling side of the current campaign with the remainder of the local popula tion of 18000 persons on the buying end An even 1000 persons belonging to the Christmas Saving club of the armers National Bank will receive checks totaling $45 135 Basketball practice swished into action for the Danville Admirals under the tutorlege of Harry readers will understand ritznatncK me coacn an 25 years ago1969 on Main Street An elaborate dinner of turkey old ham all the neces sary trimmings and cakes of every description was served to 150 people The lodge was decorated in black red and white a theme that was carried out in the cakes and ices The order of Maccabees both for ladies and men is one of the most popular secret organizations in the state high schools One winner from each school will be selected and the winner of each will be awarded a $25 US Savings Bond The local or the first time in sev eral years the termination date of the United Community und Drive in Danville and Boyle County passed and the goal set for the needs of the eight agencies it served was not reached The goal had been set at $57000 and when the drive officially closed it was 5 percent short of the goal The Community Thanks giving service was held in Danville High School Auditor Boyle County and Danvillfe mm The Rev Roy Converse delivered the Thanksgiving sermon Other ministers participat ing were Henry Bevel William club pointed out that the Brennan Ivan Shelburne Jr schools will not be associated Austin Roberts Gordon with the project but any high Winsor and Marvin orbes school student at either of thd Musical arrangements were by two schools is welcome to paiX Jerry Bradshaw ticipate Members of the Danville Jaycees served as ushers An estimated total of 4500000 pounds of the 1969 crop of hurley tobacco was on the floors of the eight local tobacco warehouses of the Peoples armers and Burley1 Tobacco warehouse companies in Danville in preparation fdr the 1969 70 selling season ER Purdom superintendent of the DanvilleCity schools began a series of personal tours of the city school facilities for a smalt group of citizens interested in learning the setlip of the sys tem Purdom noted that h'6 would be conducting such tours for small groups throughout the entire school year to famil iarize residents with some of the excellent educational facili ties available The Danville Suburban Kiwanis Club will sponsor an essay contest on and Non use of Drugs by Young for interested students in Timeout for a photo i i This group apparently gathered for an auction probably at a Casey County residence But there is no identification on the picture which belongs to Gladys Thomas of Liberty There i is furniture in the back ground and near the house The crowd appears to be mostly men with the exception of a few women standing near the house and in the back a I fit Hr fex 1 1 Mf 100 years ago1894 25 years ago1969 75 years ago1919 50 years ago 1944 4.