MONDAY, JULY 23RD, WAS ''RED CROSS DAY'' IN HOPKINSVILLE AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY, BY PROCLAMATION OF MAYOR DAN KEMP AND COUNTY JUDGE/EXECUTIVE STEVE TRIBBLE, WHO WERE ON HAND AT THE CELEBRATION OF THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LOCAL CHAPTER.  OFFICIAL LOCAL HISTORIAN WILLIAM TURNER PROVIDED A HISTORY OF THE CHAPTER FROM ITS EARLY DAYS DURING WORLD WAR I, WHILE FISCAL COURT MAGISTRATE TOM JONES AND HIS WIFE APRIL WERE INDUCTED INTO THE CLARA BARTON SOCIETY, WHICH IS NAMED AFTER THE FOUNDER OF THE RELIEF AGENCY.  THE HOPKINSVILLE YOUNG PROFESSIONAL'S GROUP PRESENTED $600 TO THE RED CROSS.

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