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Junior fire chief, 1988
Colby Justice, 11, a sixth-grader at Squires Elementary School, was named Lexington’ s junior fire chief in October 1988. Colby, son of Richard and Ann Justice, sat in the cab of the snorkel truck at Station One with Lexington Fire Chief Gary McComas on Oct. 7, 1988. Photo by Michael Malone | Staff
Henry Clay High School, 1970
Aerial photo of the new Henry Clay High School on Oct. 6, 1970. The school, named after statesman and Lexingtonian Henry Clay, is the oldest public high school in Lexington. Henry Clay High originally opened on Main Street in 1928. The school moved to its current site on Fontaine Road in 1970 and underwent a complete renovation in 2006. Photo by John C. Wyatt | Staff
Pontifical Mass, 1946
A Pontifical Mass was celebrated at St. Peter’s Church in Lexington in March 1946. The Mass included Rev. Thomas B. Ennis, left, pastor of St. Peter’s; Rev. George O’Bryan, chaplain of St. Joseph’s; Most Rev. William T. Mulloy, Bishop of Covington diocese (wearing mitre); and Rev. Father Joseph E. McKenna, pastor of St. Paul’s. The priest at far right was not identified. Published in the Lexington Leader on March 7, 1946.
High on Rose, 1981
Joe Stearns, proprietor of the bar High on Rose, in June 1981. High on Rose was a popular downtown watering hole at East High and Rose streets. Stearns opened the business in June 1975. It closed in 2005. Photo by Christy Porter | Staff
Garth Brooks ticket lottery, 1998
Della Mitchell of Richmond, left, talked with her mother, Helen Rogers of Lexington, about the rules for the wristbands they received in the lottery for Garth Brooks concert tickets at Rupp Arena on April 15, 1998. Brooks’ first of three Lexington shows was May 15 at Rupp. The singer is coming back to Rupp Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. Photo by Michelle Patterson | Staff
Old Price Place, 1946
The Old Price Place on Leestown Pike at Price Road, before being razed in 1946. The property was cleared to make way for a $400,000 tobacco-storage warehouse for the P. Lorillard Co. The building has since been redeveloped as apartments, the Lorillard Lofts. Published in the Lexington Leader on May 29, 1946.
Pam Miller, Bernadette Mattox, Kathy Witt and Nancy Cox, 1999
From left, Lexington Mayor Pam Miller, UK Women’s Basketball Coach Bernadette Mattox, Fayette County Sheriff Kathy Witt and WLEX News Anchor Nancy Cox. This photo went with a story on May 13, 1999, about how high-profile moms juggle their public and private lives. Photo by David Stephenson | Staff
Beaumont Kroger, 2000
Aerial photo of the new Kroger and apartments in the Beaumont Farm development at Harrodsburg and New Circle roads in Lexington on March 6, 2000. The 63,000-square-foot Kroger anchored the new shopping center, which covered a total of 250,000 square feet on more than 30 acres of land. Neighbors in the Harrods Hill subdivision originally objected to the plan, which had called for an unnamed 123,000-square-foot store next to Kroger. After meeting with neighbors, the size of the store was reduced to 50,000 square feet. Years later, the Kroger expanded to what it is now, a 125,000-square-foot MarketPlace store. Photo by Charles Bertram | Staff
Picadome School, 1978
The old Picadome School on Harrodsburg Road at McCubbin’s Lane, in summer 1978. The school was demolished that November to make way for a vocational school, now the Southside Technical Center. This was the third school building to carry the Picadome name. The original “little” Picadome school was built in 1888 on Harrodsburg Road. In 1912, a new school was built on the site of the current Picadome Elementary, and it became known as the second “little” Picadome. The “big” Picadome School, pictured here, was built in 1923. When Lafayette High School opened in 1939, it became Picadome Elementary. Photo by E. Martin Jessee | Staff
Ordination of Bishop Moody, 1945
William Robert Moody was ordained as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Lexington on Oct. 24, 1945, at Christ Church on Market Street. The Most Reverend Henry St. George Tucker participated in the laying of hands, an age-old rite that highlighted the consecration services. Published in the Lexington Herald on Oct. 25, 1945.
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