The Advocate-Messenger from Danville, Kentucky • C06

C6 FEBRUARY 4-5, 2017 100 YEARS AGO 1917 A large auto furniture truck owned by the Rochelle Smith Transfer Company of Louisville was completely destroyed by fire about five miles out of Harrodsburg. It was on its return trip to Louisville after delivering a load of goods in Mercer County. The two men driving the truck were helpless to prevent the ruin of the truck. They climbed over a fence and watched the conflagration and they walked some distance to McAfee Station and caught a train for Louisville. It is said the loss was about $4,000.

Headline: United States on verge of war: Germany will resume U-boat tactics which is bound to bring war with this country: Great anxiety at Washington Advertisement for The Danville Laundry Dry Cleaning You always send us the shirts, collars, etc your men folks would not be seen in public in home-laundered linen but towels, sheets, pillow cases, spreads, napkins, tablecloths and the hundred and one other things we call you may still be a little bit doubtful. You may think the care of these properly belongs at home, but why? you know that we can do your entire washing better, more sanitary and just as economically as the washerwoman? Phone 71 for the wagon and let us demonstrate. Since the epidemic of measles has about disappeared, attendance at the city schools is about back to normal. Recipes from the Home Department Ground steak with spaghetti: Fry one pound of ground steak and three sliced onions together until almost done. Have one pound of spaghetti cooked then mix in one can of tomatoes, the meat mixture and salt and pepper.

A little chili added is very nice; Meat from soup bones: Before thickening your soup or putting in vegetables, take out a large bowl of the liquid. Take the meats from the bones and chop until fine and season with catsup and spices. Pour over the liquid (which should be thick enough to jelly when cold) pour into molds and serve cold in slices. 75 YEARS AGO 1942 A display of guns owned by J.H. Lynch of Danville is in the Hub Department store window and has been attracting considerable attention.

They are part of a valuable collection assembled by Mr. Lynch, which will be sent to Detroit on Monday where they will be used in a Victory Drive display. Later, they will be sent to many of the bigger cities throughout the central United States. One of the most interesting guns was used during the Battle of Manila during the Philippine Insurrection 43 years ago this week. Other rifles on display include a handmade Tennessee match rifle; a Kentucky Lancaster rifle made in Pennsylvania for the pioneers of Kentucky; a .70 caliber rifle used in Civil War; a gun used by the Pilgrims; a German Mauser used in the first World War; and a 1873 model Winchester used by train robber Bill Miner.

Pistols include a Texas Pygmy; a French Brawl that is said to be the mate to the gun that was used to assassinate President Gar eld. The helmet on display is a German victory helmet that the Kaiser designed for a group of selected troops who were to lead the German victory parade into Paris during the first World War. However, the Germans were never able to capture the French capital and the Germans had no use for the helmets. Twenty two men left here Wednesday and Thursday for induction into the U.S. Army under the Selective Service Act.

This brings the number of men who have gone from Boyle County to 148. All Danville and Boyle County schools will close February 16 to allow those who must sign up under the Selective Service Act that day to register. All males who had attained the age of 20 by December 31, 1941 and those who had not attained their 45th birthday on Feb. 16, 1941, and who have not registered must register by Feb. 16.

50 YEARS AGO 1967 Apparently a large portion of the local residents have been depending for years on the whistles of the Danville Laundry Dry Cleaning company to get them out of bed at 7 a.m., remind them of the lunch hour at noon, and that quitting time at 5 p.m. But that has all changed now, because the working day at Danville Laundry is now an 8-hour instead of a 9-hour day. The Boyle County High School majorettes performed for the first time at a basketball game Friday night. The girls did a routine to Majorettes are Kathy Browning, Linda Preston, Brenda Craig, Jo Anne Reynolds and Becky Leffew. Boyle County Fiscal Court has been trying for several months to prevent the dumping of trash along the sides of roads.

They believe that they now have provided facilities, which should prevent such dumping in the future. The county has opened a free county dump, open to all, accessible and is under supervision. There have been times when the court made drives to prevent roadside dumping and merely told the not to dump on the roadsides, but they tell them where they could get rid of their trash. Now, the admonition to cease littering our roads is given with the remedy to use the dump, by going to Ky. 34 to Parksville, turn west in front of the Store, onto state road number 1822, where the way is then marked, travel 1.1 miles and at the second sign turn right, go .2 of a mile and you are entering the general dump area.

One-tenth of a mile further you enter the dump. 25 YEARS AGO 1992 A group of Boyle County homemakers are busy working on a new quilt that will depict places in the county from frontier days to the present. When the quilt is completed, it will be displayed across the state along side 119 other quilts made by county homemaker organizations as part of the Bicentennial Celebration this year. The quilt was designed by Edna Ponder and includes the handiwork from nine homemaker clubs. The squares on the quilt illustrate the old Danville and Junction City railroad depots, historic churches and buildings, the Circle in Constitution Square, the high schools, Central Kentucky Wildlife Refuge, Willis Russell House and balloons from the Great American Brass Band Festival.

After being on display around the state, the group decided where to permanently keep it. Ponder said, want to hang it somewhere where people will enjoy Everyone from prisoners to high school dropouts to those seeking computer skills can benefit from the Urban League Training Center. the only people who provide help within the said Jacqueline Allen, coordinator of the Danville Urban League Center, located on Main Street. The Life Skills program for inmates is one of four programs offered by the Danville center. The others are Dropout Recovery, Computer Training and Basic Typing.

The Urban League programs are open to low-income persons eligible for help from the Jobs Training Partnership Act. LOOKING BACK THE ADVOCATE-MESSENGER WWW.AMNEWS.COM From Our Files note: Research for this article also was gathered by James Hunn of Danville, descendant of Jordan Wallace; and Mike Denis, local genealogist. By BRENDA S. EDWARDS Contributing writer Jorden Wallace and three of his six sons, who were former slaves in Boyle County, joined the Union Army in 1864 to serve in the Civil War. ey were among 10,000 African-American soldiers who were recruited at Camp Nelson in Garrard County and gained their freedom for their service in the Union Army.

Many of the men brought their families to the camp which served as a refugee camp for them. The Wallace family was owned by Magdalen Wallace and they lived in the Stoney Point area in northern Boyle County. Jorden, great-great-great- grandfather of James Hunn of Danville, served in Company of the 123rd Regiment of U.S. Colored Troops. son Thomas, 28, enlisted May 28, 1864, and was the first in the family to join.

Thomas was followed by his brothers Jordan, 21, who enlisted July 3, 1864, and Allen, 32, enlisted July 5, 1864. Jorden was 52 years old when he joined September 28,1864. He was born 1815 and was married twice. His first wife, was Ann Maria born in 1818, and Mary born in 1920, was his second. Children of Jorden and his wife, Ann, and birth dates are: Anderson, 1833; Sarah, 1835; Thomas, 1836; Allen, 1833; Charlotte, 1841; and Jordan, 1844.

George, 1856, and Daniel, 1858, appear to be children. Jordan was in battles Jordan Wallace was a farmer in Boyle County when he enlisted with the Union Army as a private in Company 114th Regiment of the U.S. Colored Troops, according to military documents. He was later assigned to the 25 Corps. When he enlisted, Jordan was 21 years old, had black hair and eyes, and was 5 feet 5 inches tall.

After Jordan trained at Camp Nelson, he was sent to Richmond, Virginia, and later was assigned to the 25th Regiment made up of black troops, according to James Hunn. Jordan was in Virginia in April 1865, when Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered and the Army of Northern Virginia formally surrendered and disbanded. After the surrender, Jordan headed to Texas where the final battle of the Civil War took place a month later at Ranch near Brownsville.

Jordan remained in service until April 2, 1867, after serving three years and three months. His rank was corporal. Records show Jordan was absent while an illness in January and February 1867 in a hospital in Brownsville. His last pay from the government was on December 31, 1866. The document showed he owned the government $28.62.

His former owner, Magdalen Wallace, attempted to get the federal government to pay her $300 for Jordan, saying she maintained her allegiance to the government of the U.S.A. and was loyal to the Union, but she never got the money, Hunn said. Jordan returned to this area after the war. Jordan and Lydia Pigg, daughter of Jeff and Mahala omas Pigg of Casey County, were married July 25, 1868, in Boyle County, court records show. Lydia, born June 5, 1849, or 1850, and died May 16, 1919.

They had 10 children: Mack, Jennie, Martha, Mary Eliza, Nora, Joe, Henry Mitchell, Allen, Robert and Handen. James Hunn descends from Mary Eiza (1782-1919). After Lydia died, Jordan married Alexandra (Lillie) Blakeman, 49, a widow of Adair County. She died October 12, 1940, and is buried in Hilldale Cemetery. The 1900 Census lists Jordan, 55, as living in Junction City with his wife Lydia, 52; and children, Nora, 25; Henry M.

22; Handen, 4, and grandson, Robert Kinley, 7. Ten years later, Jordan was living with his wife, Lydia, 61, and children Nora, 34; Henry 30; and Robert K. 16. By 1920 Jordan, 75, was living with a housekeeper Hannah McCormick, 62. He owned a house, valued at $700, on Hustonville Pike in 1930 and lived with grandchildren, Lillie Mae Blakeman 8, and Floyd F.

Blakeman, 7. Jordan, highly respected citizen of Shelby city passed away at his residence at the ripe old age of 103 according the September 29, 1938, edition of The Kentucky Advocate. Jordan died from pneumonia, according to an article the same day in the Danville Messenger. He had worked for the Shelby, McAfee and Tevis families. Services were held at the Baptist Church in Junction City.

Jordan is buried in the Shelby City African American Cemetery in Lincoln County. The Wallace family story Photo contributed James Hunn of Danville stands by a military tombstone of his great-great-grandfather Jordan Wallace, a corporal in the Civil War. Wallace is buried in the Shelby City African American Cemetery..