Stories from Friday, November 9, 2012

Moses Martinous, 94, of Joplin, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, after a short illness. He was born in Pittsburg, Kan., on Aug. 5, 1918, to Farris and Stenna Coury Martinous. He was the owner of Martinous Foods in Joplin, Mo., and had retired in 1985, but still remained active in the produce field...

During the Civil War in Missouri and eastern Kansas, in addition to killing prisoners, both the Jayhawkers of Kansas and the Bushwhackers of Missouri murdered and robbed civilians as well as soldiers which was and is commonplace in any guerrilla war. The following correspondence describes a "Guerrilla" attack on Lamar, Mo., and the "Union" response from Fort Scott. Both documents are located on Pages 348 and 352-354 in Series I, Vol. 13 of the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion...

100 YEARS AGO (1912) The proposed woman suffrage amendment to the constitution carried in Bourbon County by a majority of 750. It was given a majority in 11 county precincts and in every city ward. The 10 county precincts which gave majorities against it are North and South Osage, West Freedom, South Franklin, West Mill Creek, West Marmaton, East Drywood, East and West Pawnee and East Walnut...

Although he was divorced, overweight, and balding, sneaked a cigarette puff on occasion, drove a 1963 truck missing half a floorboard and ate dirt to teach his athletes how to be tough, my brother David loved the Lord and made everyone feel like the most important person on earth...

For the next several weeks. We (the 15th and Crawford Church of Christ) will be stating several Bible principles and asking the questions: Have you heard? Do you agree? Do you follow? Would you like to know more, giving everyone the opportunity to hear and believe (Romans 10:17) and also an opportunity to learn (Acts 8:30-35). If you would like to write in, email any questions, or responses to be answered or published feel free to do so...

Unofficial final results of Tuesday's election are now available on the Bourbon and Linn County websites. Results of the Bourbon County township elections follow. Some of Linn County's contested races are also listed. That county's voting machines broke down Tuesday night and ballots had to be hand counted...

Four members of Uniontown's football squad have been named to the All-Three Rivers League 8-Man Football Team, one on both offense and defense. Senior Zak Hueston was named to the First Team as a defensive lineman and to the Honorable Mention list as a center. Senior Garrett Murrow, as a running back, classmate Brenton Esslinger, on the defensive line, and junior Chase Gleason, as a special teams player, were all named to the Honorable Mention list...

Area veterans will be honored the next few days during tributes organized by their peers, local schools and the public. Local veteran Lafe Wilson is coordinating a recognition of local veterans that will take place at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Fort Scott Livestock Market, 2131 Maple Road. A total of about 50 veterans of various wars and military branches will be honored during the planned half-hour event...

Five members of Uniontown's Class 2A State Tournament-qualifying volleyball team earned spots on the All-Three Rivers League volleyball list that was released Thursday afternoon. The entire All-TRL First Team is made up of seniors. Uniontown's selections are Hayden Rathbun and Lauren Rockhold. Oswego's Jayme Nesbitt was the only unanimous selection while St. Paul's Kacy Phillips, Marmaton Valley's Kaylee Boyd and Jayhawk-Linn's Baylea White were also chosen...

In teaching human rights, Opole University instructor Marzanna Pogorzelska has found a niche helping students to discover the Jewish past of their region. The history of Jews in the area was largely unknown because Jewish citizens in Opole disappeared, even before World War II. ...

Also planned this weekend is the annual Veterans Day Memorial Service, scheduled for 11 a.m. Sunday at the Fort Scott National Cemetery. The event will include the singing of the National Anthem by Rhonda Bailey, invocation and benediction by James "Red" Stradley, music by Fuss and Feathers and the Fort Scott Community College Greyhound Band and the Veterans Day address given by keynote speaker Maj. Gen. Lee Tafanelli, adjutant general of Kansas...

The Fort Scott Community College Meats Judging Team returned from Plainview, Texas, this past weekend with a boatload of hardware that included a national championship in Division A and three individual All-Americans. The FSCC team competed Sunday morning at the 2012 Cargill High Plains Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest, sponsored by the American Meat Science Association in Plainview and earned its second team title in three years as they outscored rival Clarendon (Texas) College 3,731 points to 3,636 points.. ...