Interview with Paul E. Fehr, June 26, 1985

Interview Summary

Paul E. Fehr was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on October 25, 1905. Fehr states that "his education is very sparse". He graduated from the eighth grade, attended one semester of high school, and came home to help on the farm. He had his first experience with the College of Agriculture's Extension Services at the University of Kentucky in Campbell County, Kentucky, when County Agent W. W. Worthington came to the family farm to assess the soil. Fehr has served as Chairman of the County Extension Council. He talks about the function of Commodities Committees in the areas of beef, agribusiness, and horticulture. He also served on the Soil Conservation Board of Supervisors and the Campbell County-Newport Planning and Zoning Commission. Fehr worked with the Carroll County, Kentucky Farm Bureau and was Director of the Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation. He served on the Eden Shale Farm Horticulture Committee as well as the Finance Committee, which assisted in the purchase of land for this program. Fehr worked with the Cincinnati Produce Growers Association, and the Southern States Campbell Cooperative, which was organized in 1947, where he was Chairman of the first board. He describes the purpose and scope of the cooperative.

Fehr was a member of the Campbell County Park Board, and an Associate Member of the Alexandria Fair Board. He served on the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Conservation and Natural Resources Committee (O.K.I.), which serves nine counties; two in Indiana, three in Kentucky, and four in Ohio. Fehr explains the committee worked very closely with the OKI region council of governments to provide help in the various counties in all areas pertaining to conservation of natural resources. He recalls his first experiences with 4-H Clubs and notes he was President of the first 4-H Club organized in Cold Spring, Kentucky, in 1920.

Interview Keyword

Kentucky's Cooperative Extension Service

Interview LC Subject

Fehr, Paul E., 1905- Fehr, Paul E., 1905- --Interviews University of Kentucky University of Kentucky--History University of Kentucky. Cooperative Extension Service

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