Memories spring eternal ...

100 YEARS AGO

(1907)

Judge G.J. Abbey, formerly a resident of Fort Scott during his administration as probate judge, died last Sunday out at Bronson. No news of the death was received in this city until it was announced in the Bronson Pilot which arrived this morning. Judge Abbey was for many years a prominent man in Bourbon County politics.

Claud Huff and bride, who have been at Lawrence since their marriage, will visit here soon. Claud has been private secretary to United States Senator Carter down at Washington, but now that congress has adjourned he is a "statesman without a job." However, Mr. Huff has several positions in sight. Claud is a brother of Tincher Huff, the pop maker.

Fort Scott will surely not want for amusements this summer. There are two five-cent theaters already in action; Bailey Phillips is to have a fine roof garden; the Airdrome Theater will be in operation; and Fern Lake Park will have more attractions this season than ever before.

S.D. Lane, an old soldier from Pittsburg, father of Mrs. Tad Humphrey, has purchased Emmet McDonald's cigar and confectionery stand down on East Wall Street near Brown's restaurant. Mr. McDonald will likely engage in other business here, also.

75 YEARS AGO

(1932)

The largest graduating class in the history of the Fort Scott Junior College will receive diplomas when the commencement exercises are held this spring, it was said today by Dean W.S. Davison. He said that there are at present 63 members of the college who will graduate. This is almost double the class of last year when 34 graduating students was the highest number to graduate from the college here.

One-act plays, produced and directed by the students in Miss Ina Seagrave's dramatic art class at the senior high school, will be presented in the senior high auditorium tomorrow night. All but two members of the class appear in the plays. Howard Potter and Dorothy Crain act as stage managers.

Members of Miss Anna Brown's junior college art class had a picnic supper last night at Gunn Park. They spent some time in sketching natural scenes and in taking Kodak pictures.

50 YEARS AGO

(1957)

Lee Paddock is planning to eradicate brush on pasture land on his farm west of Fulton. He is undecided whether to doze the brush out or to use chemicals. The farmer says if the drought season should continue a few years, he thinks most of the brush, as well as trees, may die of their own accord.

For the second straight month the herd of Everett Thorpe paced the Bourbon County Dairy Herd Improvement Association in March. The 10 leading individual producers came from the herds of Lowman, Williamson and Young, Fischer, Thorpe and Reynolds.

25 YEARS AGO

(1982)

Photo caption: "Workers were building a rock retaining wall at the new Western Insurance Companies communications center on Horton Tuesday. Workers inside the building were painting walls, hanging ceilings and installing floors."

A Fort Scott High School student is one of 32 seniors from across the state who have been named Watkins-Berger and Summerfield scholars at the University of Kansas for 1982-83. Denise D. Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Miller, was named to receive one of the awards--the highest honor KU bestows on high school undergraduates.

Photo caption: "The first Wal-Mart scholarship given in Bourbon County has been presented to Mark Barb, Fort Scott High School. The $1,000 scholarship can be used at the school of choice. Runners-up in the competition were Christine Kivett and Lynette Hessong ."

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Editor's Note: Memories Spring Eternal is the expanded version of the Other Years, a feature appearing daily on the editorial page of The Tribune. Interaction is welcome from readers who relate in some way to the chronicled events. Comments may be directed to The Fort Scott Tribune, Box 150, Fort Scott, Kan. 66701.