Entertainment

  • Fratman Hall

      There used to be a place in Owingsville where actors would gather and put on grand performances.  Seriously. From the journals: “Chick” is in there selling nuts and bolts, paints and varnishes, and most anything you need in the hardware line but what does that have to do with Fratman Hall?  That’s right –… Continue reading

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  • Circuses in Owingsville

    Ticket for The Mighty Haag from the 1930’s (Photo from josephinesjournal.com).   This week Don makes his blogging debut: In 1972, Daddy and I went to see the Clyde Beatty/Cole Bros. Circus in Lexington in the Turfland Mall parking lot.  I was ten and had only been to see the lights, glamour and glitter of… Continue reading

  • Lyceum Courses

    The Dixie Girls performed in Owingsville as part of a Lyceum course. Last week’s excerpt was about the Chautauquas that came to Owingsville, and this week we follow up on that. From the journals: Lyceum Courses!!  What were they?  Lyceum courses were the cold weather counterparts of the Chautauquas.  They catered to the arts mostly,… Continue reading

  • Chautauqua in Owingsville

          Inside a Chautauqua tent, circa 1910.          This is the first in a series of excerpts about the various forms of entertainment that passed through Owingsville and Bath County during the early 1900’s.   We hope you enjoy it and the ones that will follow!        From the… Continue reading

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