Feb. 3, 2026
25 Years Ago - February 6, 2001
One never knows who they will see at a ball game. Such was the case Monday evening, Jan. 29, at a girls basketball game at Pendleton County High School.
Rodger Bingham, the 53-year-old Grant County High School industrial arts teacher/farmer and of the 16 participants on the popular CBS show “Survivor,” was a spectator at the game.
Bingham’s daughter, Angela Hedenberg, a physical education teacher at Northern Elementary School, had some of her class performing as the halftime entertainment. Bingham was there to watch his daughter and her class.
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The USDA announced on Feb. 1 a 34.4% increase in the 2001 burley quota.
The Department of Agriculture calculates the basic quota for burley tobacco using a formula which includes the purchase intentions of the cigarette manufacturers, an average of the past three years exports and the amount of tobacco held in inventory by the stabilization cooperative.
The quota for each farm is calculated individually.
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Pendleton County High School graduate Kelly Cross-Porter, an R. N. at Shriners Burns Hospital in Cincinnati, left on Jan. 19 for the small town of Bago on the Philippine Islands.
She is part of a team of doctors and nurses working with Interplast Inc. to perform reconstructive surgery on children with cleft lips and palates.
Cross-Porter is the daughter of Don and Linda Cross.
50 Years Ago - February 6, 1976
Dr. Kuhn H. Kim, bone specialist at Pendleton County Hospital, is closing his office in Falmouth and has accepted a position in a group practice in Washington, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Kim said he has enjoyed his time Falmouth.
He will return here every other Saturday, beginning Feb. 21, until school is out. His wife is a teacher and will finish out the school year at Pendleton County Middle School.
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There will be a free demonstration of the Litton microwave oven 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Butler Mercantile.
The store invites everyone to visit on this day to see the free demonstration and talk with the factory representative. This is your opportunity to buy a quality piece of equipment.
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A notice on the front page: In order that my employees and I may have a half day off, the Sears Catalog Store in Falmouth will close at 12 noon every Wednesday beginning Feb. 11. We will be open the regular hours, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every day except Sunday. Thank you. Paul Colvin, Sears Catalog merchant.
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There will be a dance at the Sportsman’s Club on Saturday, Feb. 7, from 9 p.m. until 2 a.m. Music will be by Country and Western Breakdown with Mick and Diana Utz. Tickets will be on sale at the door, $10 per couple.
75 Years Ago - February 9, 1951
Old Man Winter has really been hitting Pendleton County and Northern Kentucky.
Here in Falmouth, the temperature dropped to 13 degrees below zero and on down on Friday morning, Feb. 2, Groundhog Day.
Out on the hills, the temperature was lowered to 20 below.
Coupled with this cold weather, there was a shortage of fuel oil and one of the coal yards ran out of coal. However, within 24 hours, they received two more cars of fuel.
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Butler City Council received assurances Monday night of a factory reopening.
Council met with a representative of M. Berman & Sons, Cincinnati factory operators who have factory equipment at Butler, and told them they would give free taxes if they would reopen the Butler factory. The representative said the factory would reopen soon.
The factory closed several months ago, reportedly because there was a disagreement of the wage scale among employees.
Also during the meeting, council bought a 1944 dump truck from the Gedge Oil Co. It will be used to collect garbage in the city. As yet, not one has been employed to run the truck.
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A World Day of Prayer services will be held at the Falmouth Christian Church at 2:30 Friday, Feb. 9. Mrs. Eunice Whitehead is serving as general chairman.
Women from the various Falmouth churches will have a part.
100 Years Ago - February 5, 1926
Stock is being subscribed among local businessmen for the erection of a modern show house in Falmouth.
The company will be incorporated under the laaws of Kentucky and will be known as The Family Amusement Company.
It is the purpose of the backers of this project to erect a new building in the business district of Falmouth to seat 400 people. The auditorium will have a stage, motion picture projector, and other equipment of a modern show house.
Included in the plans are ladies and gentlemen’s restrooms.
If the stock subscriptions are completed in time, work will start on the new theater in the early spring.
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The first annual meeting of the Pendleton County Farm Improvement Association was held Feb. 1 in the county courthouse. The constitution was read and adopted. The board of directors was elected as follows:
Falmouth, George Berger; McKinneysburg, Early Cummins; Bonar, Chas. Cummins; Sandsuck, J.B. Brooks; Grassy Creek, J.M. Ballinger; Callensville, Chas. Ewing; and Butler, Millard Tucker.