On Feb. 6, 1932, Warren County Fiscal Court unanimously voted to have county peace officers enforce the closing of all roadhouses no later than 11 p.m. each night.

An article in the Park City Daily News reported that although most of these businesses were “conducted in a proper manner,” some were frequented by “disorderly crowds.”

Concern about the “disorderly crowds” ramped up after Jack Warren, proprietor of the Bluffside Inn roadhouse just outside Bowling Green, shot and killed local farmer Hugh Beckham less than a month prior to the court’s vote.

– “Way Back When in Warren County” is compiled by researchers at the Warren County Public Library and appears twice weekly in the Bowling Green Daily News. For more information about the library, visit warrenpl.org.