Beech Tree News Network

Family and friends of Exie Ruth Hawes gathered at Morgantown Care and Rehabilitation Center on Saturday, December 23, to celebrate her upcoming 100th birthday. Exie was born on her family farm near Dunbar, Kentucky, on January 6, 1918, to Ustus and Gusta Kitchens. She was the only girl out of seven children. She married Rex Hawes in 1943, and they had two children, Kenneth Hawes and Sarah Hawes Cannon, as well as five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

Butler County Sheriff Scottie Ward and his deputies each paired up with children, nominated by agencies and schools, for a special Christmas treat. This year the deputies and Ward made home visits and delivered gifts selected for each of the individual children. 

Dorene (Flener) Harrison and Loretta (Flener) Curtis - two of the nine children of Foy and Flora Flener born and raised in Butler County.  Dorene, 84, still lives in Morgantown.  Loretta, 81, lives in Louisville.   The sisters enjoyed a recent visit and Santa made an early delivery of their Morgantown coffee cups.

Happy 60th wedding anniversary to Bob and Wilma Lee. The Lees were married on December 21, 1957.

On Tuesday, December 12, the Butler County Teen Club had their monthly meeting. At this meeting, we discussed the upcoming events happening in the Teen Club. 

These included: 

Volunteer Forum—February 8-10

Teen Retreat—April 20-22

The club elected Kiersten Foit as our new Sargent at Arms for the coming year. Congratulations to her!

Beautiful, friendly, devoted wife, dedicated mother, sweet to everyone that speaks to her. There’s just one mean side to Kim that I know, and it is that she KICKED CANCERS BUTT!

Several churches in Butler County are having Christmas events:

Aberdeen Baptist Church

First Baptist Church

The Butler County Chapter NSDAR 10th Annual Festival of Trees has come to a close, after a very successful year. This year’s event was held in the Butler County Community Development Center # 4. A total of 60 entries were decorated in a variety of themes, including trees, wreaths, nativities and other displays. This transformed the space into a Winter Wonderland which had to be expanded across the hall into unit #3. Once again over 500 elementary students were able to view the trees and enjoy the sights and sounds of the Holiday Season.

More scenes from the 2017 Quality Christmas Parade:  

Cold winter temperatures didn't seem to lessen the Christmas spirit on Saturday for the annual Quality Christmas Parade.  Several floats, law enforcement and emergency vehicles, political candidates and churches were among the many entries to take part in the parade.  Most were from Butler County but several parade participants were for adjoining Logan County.  Grand Marshals for the parade were Reed and Pat Forgy.  

Below are scenes from the 2017 Quality Christmas Parade: