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L IVING L IVING L IVING Saturday-Sunday, March 3-4, 2012 | Editor: Eli Pace | 270-887-3235 | [email protected] C1 GARDEN CORNER n LIVING C3 To lose weight, rethink your plate EXTENSION NOTES n LIVING C2 How to properly tend to your daffodils S he was 18 when a friend sug- gested going to a hamburger stand in Owensboro for a Coke. There she met a young man who later in the day asked her for a date which she refused. She al- ready had a date. Not to be de- terred, he asked for a date the next night and she ac- cepted. From that meet- ing we had the be- ginning of the Hopkinsville’s renowned Fer- rell’s Snappy Service. The young girl was Cecil Ferrell, and the boy she dated was David Ferrell. When the young couple mar- ried, they settled in Hopkinsville where in 1936 they opened Fer- rell’s on South Main. It remains today as the heart of Main Street businesses. Other businesses have come and gone, but Ferrell’s sits right there, still looking the same and still selling the same internationally known hamburgers. There’s just one big difference. When the two met and the Fer- rell brothers were opening restaurants across western Ken- tucky, a hamburger was a nickel. It was the depression, and Mrs. Ferrell says, “We handled a lot of nickels and dimes in those days and it took a lot of them to get by.” David Ferrell died in 2000, but the business never missed a step as Mrs. Ferrell took the helm and remains there to this day. On Feb. 12, she celebrated her 93rd birthday. Her son, Phillip, and his wife, Carolyn, also have February birthdays, and Carolyn’s sister, Nancy Wolff, Clarksville, Tenn., was wondering just what she could give as birthday presents to people who already had every- thing, She came up with the idea of a public commendation for Mrs. Ferrell and her son and his wife. Christian County Judge Execu- tive Steve Tribble and Hop- kinsville Mayor Dan Kemp got into the act and issued a joint proclamation honoring the Fer- rells, referring to the restaurant as an “icon of the city.” The commendations were given to them this week by Nancy when we joined Mrs. Fer- rell, David and Carolyn at the Sunset Drive Ferrell home. The commendation was a sur- prise and appreciated by Mrs. Ferrell, who is just now begin- ning to work for a time each day as she continues to recover from injuries suffered in a fall earlier this year. While leaving the business she fell and broke her knee. It re- sulted in a lengthy hospitaliza- tion at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., but for the past few weeks she has been home and now is managing to go to work in the mornings. She’s itching to get back in the full swing of things she says. In the early days, there was a Ferrell restaurant chain with restaurants in Owensboro, Bowl- ing Green, Henderson, Madis- onville, Clarksville, Tenn., Hopkinsville and Cadiz. Now only Hopkinsville, Cadiz and Madisonville remain in opera- tion. While always working at the restaurant, the Ferrells managed to rear two children, Phillip and his sister, Nancy, who died in 2001, the victim of multiple scle- rosis, and during the time of her illness and following her death, the Ferrells also reared her son, Shelley, one of their five grand- sons. Ferrell’s burgers have been sent around the world. Some have been sent to Buckingham Palace, and often they are sent to soldiers overseas who have been at Fort Campbell and had a crav- ing for the Hopkinsville treat. Memories and stories of things that have gone on at Ferrell’s are countless. Back in the days when Bethel College had started accepting boys, the girls remained on cur- few at night, but not the boys, so the girls would take an empty tis- sue box, put their money in it, lower it out the window to the boys. The boys would go to Fer- rell’s, buy their hamburgers and haul them back in the tissue box to the girls. The story goes that one girl had an assignment to collect bugs for a biology class. It seems she was- n’t having much luck, so her boyfriend climbed up on the sign at the top of Ferrell’s where he sat and caught bugs gathering around the light. Many dignitaries have eaten there, including country music performers. “One time we had some park their bus outside, and they stayed so long, we just closed and let them have the place,” Mrs. Fer- rell said. As it turned out, they made a music video at the restau- rant. The business has often been featured in such prestigious mag- azines as Southern Living. It’s also a place where the hunters and fishermen come for breakfast before leaving on an outing. It’s also a place where groups of regulars get together for breakfast each morning. In one of the breakfast groups is Tommy Schmidt, who told us he’d been eating at Ferrell’s for decades. “I started when I had a paper route. I was about 13 or 14 and de- livering the Tennessean, and I would stop at Ferrell’s every morning and get a sausage sand- wich. Then as a businessman, I’d meet with others for coffee, and after I moved to Florida, every time I’d come home I’d go to Fer- rell’s at least once. Now that I’m retired, I go and meet with friends every morning for break- fast and we have a great time,” he said. Working at Ferrell’s hasn’t been Mrs. Ferrell’s only enthusi- asm. In her younger years, she loved to golf, bowl and fish. “I love sports,” she said, and voiced her undying love of University of Kentucky sports. Among her special memories is the time when President George W. Bush came to Hop- kinsville, and she shared the stage with him at a rally. “He’s my friend, I love him,” she said, “I hit him with the mi- crophone, and he said I reminded him of his mother.” “He even sent me a box of candy for my birthday that year,” she said. For that occasion, she wore a MARY D. FERGUSON | KENTUCKY NEW ERA Cecil Ferrell (right) was surprised when she was recently recognized for the long years her business has operated on Main Street. Inky (above), the aging dog that belongs to Cecil Ferrell is her special com- panion. At age 93, Mrs. Ferrell said Inky is as old as she is. A burger paradise: Ferrell’s owner recalls business’ history INQUIRING REPORTER MARY D. FERGUSON n PHOTOS AND STORY BY DENNIS O’NEIL NEW ERA FEATURE WRITER For Billy Palmer, archery has long been in the blood. Originally from California, Palmer’s family moved to Chris- tian County in 1976. He grew up bow-hunting in the area and later worked for a sporting goods store in Bowling Green while attend- ing Western Kentucky Univer- sity. “They found out I knew about working on bows and they put me in the archery department,” said Palmer, 43. “I always wanted to do (archery) a little bit.” Palmer opened up his own boat repair shop, Hopkinsville Ma- rine, in 1990. He also worked for the Hopkinsville Fire Depart- ment. While he had long been in- terested in starting an archery shop, he said he didn’t have much time to pursue the idea. That all changed this past Oc- tober when Palmer retired from the fire department. In July, he started an archery shop, Bullseye Archery, in the same building as Hopkinsville Marine. The shop sells bows, arrows and other archery supplies. If a customer comes in looking for a bow, Palmer will have them try out a few to see which fits them best. “We spend the time with them to get them familiar and com- fortable with the product,” he said. “It’s not like walking into a Bass Pro Shop or Wal-Mart and pulling (a bow) off the shelf. They go home and do it all wrong. There is some form now.” Palmer also has a video pro- gram at the store called Techno- Hunt which simulates hunting situations for archers. He isn’t of- fering archery clinics or instruc- tion currently, but hopes to in the next year or so. “We’re hoping they will get the archery going in the schools,” he said. “All the surrounding coun- ties are doing it but not Christian County. I think eventually they will. It is popular enough.” Many customers who come to him for boat repair, Palmer said, have trickled into the archery shop. He hopes the two businesses will compliment each other over time, with boat repair picking up the slack during off seasons for hunting. He’s found archery appeals to more than just men, with many women and children purchasing bows from the shop. Palmer rel- ishes helping kids learn archery. “I like to see kids get into some- thing,” he said. “So many of them today want to just play on their phones. This gets them out- side.” The store is at 442 North Drive. REACH DENNIS O’NEIL at 270-887-3237 or [email protected]. Archery store promotes hobby for community SEE REPORTER, PAGE C2 Products are shown inside Bullseye Archery on North Drive. The shop has been open since July. Shop owner Billy Palmer (above) also runs a boat repair shop in the building. Arrows (below) are shown in display at the shop. Bows (bottom left) hang on the shop’s wall. If a customer comes in looking for a bow, Palmer will have them try a few out and see which fits them the best.

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LIVINGLIVINGLIVINGSaturday-Sunday, March 3-4, 2012 | Editor: Eli Pace | 270-887-3235 | [email protected]

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GARDEN CORNER n LIVING C3

To lose weight, rethink your plate

EXTENSION NOTES n LIVING C2

How to properly tendto your daffodils

She was 18 when a friend sug-gested going to a hamburgerstand in Owensboro for a

Coke.There she met a young man

who later in the day asked her fora date which sherefused. She al-ready had a date.

Not to be de-terred, he askedfor a date the nextnight and she ac-cepted.

From that meet-ing we had the be-ginning of theHopkinsville’srenowned Fer-rell’s SnappyService.

The young girlwas Cecil Ferrell,and the boy shedated was DavidFerrell.

When the young couple mar-ried, they settled in Hopkinsvillewhere in 1936 they opened Fer-rell’s on South Main.

It remains today as the heart ofMain Street businesses. Otherbusinesses have come and gone,but Ferrell’s sits right there, stilllooking the same and still sellingthe same internationally knownhamburgers.

There’s just one big difference.When the two met and the Fer-rell brothers were openingrestaurants across western Ken-tucky, a hamburger was a nickel.

It was the depression, and Mrs.Ferrell says, “We handled a lot ofnickels and dimes in those daysand it took a lot of them to getby.”

David Ferrell died in 2000, butthe business never missed a stepas Mrs. Ferrell took the helm andremains there to this day.

On Feb. 12, she celebrated her93rd birthday.

Her son, Phillip, and his wife,

Carolyn, also have Februarybirthdays, and Carolyn’s sister,Nancy Wolff, Clarksville, Tenn.,was wondering just what shecould give as birthday presents topeople who already had every-thing,

She came up with the idea of apublic commendation for Mrs.Ferrell and her son and his wife.

Christian County Judge Execu-tive Steve Tribble and Hop-kinsville Mayor Dan Kemp gotinto the act and issued a jointproclamation honoring the Fer-rells, referring to the restaurantas an “icon of the city.”

The commendations weregiven to them this week byNancy when we joined Mrs. Fer-rell, David and Carolyn at theSunset Drive Ferrell home.

The commendation was a sur-prise and appreciated by Mrs.Ferrell, who is just now begin-ning to work for a time each dayas she continues to recover frominjuries suffered in a fall earlierthis year.

While leaving the business shefell and broke her knee. It re-sulted in a lengthy hospitaliza-tion at Vanderbilt University

Medical Center in Nashville,Tenn., but for the past few weeksshe has been home and now ismanaging to go to work in themornings.

She’s itching to get back in thefull swing of things she says.

In the early days, there was aFerrell restaurant chain withrestaurants in Owensboro, Bowl-ing Green, Henderson, Madis-onville, Clarksville, Tenn.,Hopkinsville and Cadiz. Nowonly Hopkinsville, Cadiz andMadisonville remain in opera-tion.

While always working at therestaurant, the Ferrells managedto rear two children, Phillip andhis sister, Nancy, who died in2001, the victim of multiple scle-rosis, and during the time of herillness and following her death,the Ferrells also reared her son,Shelley, one of their five grand-sons.

Ferrell’s burgers have beensent around the world. Somehave been sent to BuckinghamPalace, and often they are sent to

soldiers overseas who have beenat Fort Campbell and had a crav-ing for the Hopkinsville treat.

Memories and stories of thingsthat have gone on at Ferrell’s arecountless.

Back in the days when BethelCollege had started acceptingboys, the girls remained on cur-few at night, but not the boys, sothe girls would take an empty tis-sue box, put their money in it,lower it out the window to theboys. The boys would go to Fer-rell’s, buy their hamburgers andhaul them back in the tissue boxto the girls.

The story goes that one girl hadan assignment to collect bugs fora biology class. It seems she was-n’t having much luck, so herboyfriend climbed up on the signat the top of Ferrell’s where hesat and caught bugs gatheringaround the light.

Many dignitaries have eatenthere, including country musicperformers.

“One time we had some parktheir bus outside, and they stayed

so long, we just closed and letthem have the place,” Mrs. Fer-rell said. As it turned out, theymade a music video at the restau-rant.

The business has often beenfeatured in such prestigious mag-azines as Southern Living.

It’s also a place where thehunters and fishermen come forbreakfast before leaving on anouting. It’s also a place wheregroups of regulars get togetherfor breakfast each morning.

In one of the breakfast groupsis Tommy Schmidt, who told ushe’d been eating at Ferrell’s fordecades.

“I started when I had a paperroute. I was about 13 or 14 and de-livering the Tennessean, and Iwould stop at Ferrell’s everymorning and get a sausage sand-wich. Then as a businessman, I’dmeet with others for coffee, andafter I moved to Florida, everytime I’d come home I’d go to Fer-rell’s at least once. Now that I’mretired, I go and meet withfriends every morning for break-fast and we have a great time,” hesaid.

Working at Ferrell’s hasn’tbeen Mrs. Ferrell’s only enthusi-asm. In her younger years, sheloved to golf, bowl and fish. “Ilove sports,” she said, and voicedher undying love of Universityof Kentucky sports.

Among her special memoriesis the time when PresidentGeorge W. Bush came to Hop-kinsville, and she shared thestage with him at a rally.

“He’s my friend, I love him,”she said, “I hit him with the mi-crophone, and he said I remindedhim of his mother.”

“He even sent me a box ofcandy for my birthday that year,”she said.

For that occasion, she wore a

MARY D. FERGUSON | KENTUCKY NEW ERA

Cecil Ferrell (right) was surprised whenshe was recently recognized for the longyears her business has operated on MainStreet. Inky (above), the aging dog thatbelongs to Cecil Ferrell is her special com-panion. At age 93, Mrs. Ferrell said Inky isas old as she is.

A burger paradise: Ferrell’s owner recalls business’ history

INQUIRINGREPORTER

MARY D. FERGUSON n

PHOTOS AND STORY BY DENNIS O’NEIL NEW ERA FEATURE WRITER

For Billy Palmer, archery haslong been in the blood.

Originally from California,Palmer’s family moved to Chris-tian County in 1976. He grew upbow-hunting in the area and laterworked for a sporting goods storein Bowling Green while attend-ing Western Kentucky Univer-sity.

“They found out I knew aboutworking on bows and they putme in the archery department,”said Palmer, 43. “I always wantedto do (archery) a little bit.”

Palmer opened up his own boatrepair shop, Hopkinsville Ma-rine, in 1990. He also worked forthe Hopkinsville Fire Depart-ment. While he had long been in-terested in starting an archeryshop, he said he didn’t havemuch time to pursue the idea.

That all changed this past Oc-tober when Palmer retired fromthe fire department. In July, hestarted an archery shop, BullseyeArchery, in the same building asHopkinsville Marine. The shopsells bows, arrows and otherarchery supplies.

If a customer comes in lookingfor a bow, Palmer will have themtry out a few to see which fitsthem best.

“We spend the time with themto get them familiar and com-fortable with the product,” he

said. “It’s not like walking into aBass Pro Shop or Wal-Mart andpulling (a bow) off the shelf.They go home and do it allwrong. There is some form now.”

Palmer also has a video pro-gram at the store called Techno-Hunt which simulates huntingsituations for archers. He isn’t of-fering archery clinics or instruc-tion currently, but hopes to in thenext year or so.

“We’re hoping they will get thearchery going in the schools,” hesaid. “All the surrounding coun-ties are doing it but not ChristianCounty. I think eventually theywill. It is popular enough.”

Many customers who come tohim for boat repair, Palmer said,have trickled into the archeryshop.

He hopes the two businesseswill compliment each other overtime, with boat repair picking upthe slack during off seasons forhunting.

He’s found archery appeals tomore than just men, with manywomen and children purchasingbows from the shop. Palmer rel-ishes helping kids learn archery.

“I like to see kids get into some-thing,” he said. “So many ofthem today want to just play ontheir phones. This gets them out-side.”

The store is at 442 North Drive.

REACH DENNIS O’NEIL at 270-887-3237 or [email protected].

Archery store promotes hobby for community

SEE REPORTER, PAGE C2

Products are shown inside Bullseye Archery on North Drive. The shop has been open since July. Shop owner Billy Palmer (above) alsoruns a boat repair shop in the building. Arrows (below) are shown in display at the shop. Bows (bottom left) hang on the shop’s wall. Ifa customer comes in looking for a bow, Palmer will have them try a few out and see which fits them the best.