November 4, 1968, p. 13
On the right, Deputy Sheriff
Tom Mick points to a hole in the
wall caused by a shot fired by
Kelly Hayes, owner of the
Funnel Inn.
It was in the wee hours of a Sunday morning when Robert A. Heffley and another patron, William Temple, argued over the ownership of a quarter which had fallen on the floor as they attempted to pay for some beer. Eventually Heffley allegedly knocked the other patron down and owner, Kelly Hayes attempted to stop the fight. In the struggle, Hayes was stabbed.
"He (Hayes) then went from the rear dance floor to the kitchen area in the front of the building and picked up a gun. Returning to the scene of the fight, Hayes ordered Heffley to put down the knife and allegedly shot when the Indiana youth refused to drop it," the Crescent reported.
Hayes and Heffley, 19, were both taken to Parkview Hospital, Heffley having received a bullet wound in the upper right arm.
And then, in September, 1969, James Gamble, 31, had his
throat cut, allegedly by an unknown assailant about midnight
at the Paradise Palms (aka Funnel Inn). Gamble was attacked
by a man wielding what appeared to be a straight razor. After
being cut, Gamble allegedly assaulted Trebor Vaughn,
Paulding, with a beer bottle. Both men ended up in the
hospital.
By this time, the Funnel Inn was under the ownership of the Northwest Tavern Company and Ralph Harvey was managing the tavern. The name change to Paradise Palms came with the new ownership.
And then an era closed at the end of January, 1970, when the tavern building and all its contents were decimated by a fire; the loss was estimated at $15,000.
An employee had closed the tavern at midnight on a Monday night and the fire was discovered at 2:10 a.m. by a neighbor, Mrs. Wonderly, who thought she saw flames through the bar's windows. She called her son, Forrest, who called the Hicksville fire department. The thought was that the fire started in the kitchen.
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