J.W. Phillips, age 72 welcomes back Pat Adams with a warm handshake on Thursday October 23, 2003. Pat was on vacation in Las Vegas for the past couple days and just returned to work at the soda fountian located in Hurst Discount Drugs.

Bill Luckett plays with his spoon at the soda fountain inside Hurst Discount Drugs store.

l-r Edgar Drake, age 73, J.W. Phillips, age 72, Bill Luckett, age 73, Paul Monin, age 53 yrs and Arch Pendergrass have been meeting every morning since the early 70's at the soda fountian located in the Hurst Discount Drug store.

Bill Luckett welcomes Pat Adams with a handful of carnations for her first day back to the soda fountain at Hurst Discount Drugs store. Pat spent a few days in Las Vegas.

Pat Adams fries bacon using a George Foreman grill at the soda fountain located inside Hurst Discount Drugs. Bacon is prepared everyday to be used in sandwiches such as BLt's and turkey clubs.

Edgar Drake(right), 73 years old laughs while having coffee with Marvin Bodin(center),63 years old and Walter Frazier(left),63 years old at the soda fountian located inside the Hurst Gift Shop on Tuesday October 21, 2003. Drake and company have been gathering at Hurst's every monring since the early '70's.

After 30 years of telephone installation and repair, Steve Parrott, who is 60 years old spends his time restoring historic buildings in downtown Bardstown. On Tuesday October 21, 2003, Parrott was two stories up on the roof of the Mclean House. The Mclean House, circa 1814 was used as an early post office and as a printers and cabinet workshops.

Parrott was restoring the windows of the Mclean House, which were originally made from poplar wood and hammered with square nails. "I'm surprised that wood sticks around for 200 years" said Parrott as he pulled a square nail from a portion of poplar wood. When Parrott joined the Southern Bell telephone company in 1967, he was given top secret security clearance. "Sometimes you come in contact with sensitive communications" said Parrott. One time was when he installed phone service to a Denver hotel suite used by then vice-president George Herbert Walker Bush in 1983.