April 22, 2025
25 Years Ago - April 25, 2000
Farmers have been hit hard with tobacco quota cuts, making the fear of lost income a reality.
Two farm families in Morgan are trying to branch out to supplement their income.
Jewell Dean Eibeck, her daughter Sherrie Turner and husband Tom Turner have undertaken the huge project of operating Eibeck’s Greenhouse at Morgan, growing and selling bedding and vegetable plants.
The families’ project has also spread to some of their neighbors as they have jumped in to help make the greenhouse a success.
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Falmouth Ace Hardware will celebrate its one-year anniversary May 6 with a pig roast and giveaways.
The greenhouse will be full of perennials, annuals and vegetables.
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Samantha Jo Wright, 11, daughter of Steve and Sandy Wright of Falmouth has been chosen as a state finalist in the Miss Kentucky American Pre-Teen Pageant July 6 and 7 at the Hyatt Regency in Lexington.
The pageant is held for girls ages 10 to 12. The winner will receive $1,000 in cash, the official crown and banner, a bouquet of roses and transportation to the national competition at Walt Disney World in Florida.
50 Years Ago - April 25, 1975
The entire commonwealth of Kentucky had their eyes turned on Pendleton County April 24 when people massed at the high school to support elementary and secondary education.
The patriotic meeting was staged by the Pendleton County Citizens Advocacy Steering Committee.
Guests included Kentucky Superintendent of Schools Lyman Ginger and principal speaker Fred Dupree of Lexington, a banking and investment specialist as well as president of the Kentucky Citizens Advocacy Committee of Frankfort. Other speakers include state Sen. John Berry, state Rep. Clay Crupper and Dr. Clay Parks of Dry Ridge, who is the president of the Kentucky School Board Association.
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The Pendleton High Home Economics Department invites all to attend a series of six lessons in intermediate clothing, with emphasis on sewing with knits.
The classes are free to any interested adult with limited knowledge of clothing construction
The class will be taught by Audrey Carr at the school.
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Lizzie Fowee celebrated her 101st birthday April 14 at the Butler Rest Home with family and friends.
She was in the dining area most of the day greeting well-wishers. Fowee was dressed in a lavender gown with an orchid corsage.
Fowee was a former resident of Falmouth and had been a patient of the rest home since 1968.
(Editor’s note: When Fowee passed away in October 1975, her birthdate was amended to April 14, 1876, making her 99 years old.)
75 Years Ago - April 28, 1950
Veterinarian Dr. Lee Evans, making the principal address at the annual banquet of the Butler Future Farmers of America at Butler High School, told those assembled, “It is impossible to value the worth of the Vocational Agriculture Department for the good that it has done in the Butler community in the past few years.”
Evans came to Pendleton County in 1933 and was the first teacher of vocational agriculture in the Butler school. Today, most of his former students own their own farms and are doing well. One of those students, James Crowley, will receive his doctorate this year in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Charlie’s Cafe of Covington defeated the Falmouth Merchants baseball team 7-3 Sunday afternoon at the Falmouth fairgrounds.
Pitching for Falmouth were Ralph Wright and Ervin Florence, both of whom struck out five batters each while giving up a combined seven hits.
Falmouth also got seven hits, including a double by third baseman Bill Schwartz.
The merchants will play Ghent at the fairgrounds next Sunday.
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Harold Shepherd was fined one cent plus court costs on charge of using a deadly weapon in a threatening manner. His case was heard in Pendleton County Circuit Court.
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John T. Higgins of the Kentucky Hill Refrigeration Co. in Lexington was in Falmouth to install a special deep freeze unit in Palmer’s Grocery’s rolling store.
The store is now carrying frozen fresh meats, ice cream, etc., at all times on its rolling store, which is driven by Charles Kemp.
100 Years Ago - April 24, 1925
The Falmouth High School debate team was defeated by the Bellevue team in the final debate of the district competition. Each team had defeated three others to make it to the final debate.
The subject was “Resolved, That the United States Should Enter the League of Nations.” The Falmouth team took the affirmative side in the final contest.
The Falmouth team is composed of Hope Childers, Harley Chiles and Nate White.
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Weather and feed conditions during March were very favorable in nearly all of the important early spring lamb production areas.
As a result, the early lamb crop made exceptional growth to April 1 and the market movement promises to be several weeks earlier than last year and earlier than normal. The early crop, both as a percentage of ewes and in actual number, is large and with continuing favorable weather will be of unusual quality.
Pendleton County pastures are reported as never better for the time of year, and the lambs are in the best condition in some years.
Considerable effort has been directed to improving the quality of the lamb crop, and the promise is of an early movement of good quality lambs.