Memories spring eternal ...

100 YEARS AGO

(1907)

County Treasurer Stapleton steps down and out of the office next Tuesday. Mr. Stapleton has had four years as custodian of the county funds and has made an efficient public servant. He has not fully made up his find as to what he will do, but will return to his home in Fulton, probably. He has formed many pleasant relations in Fort Scott,

The school children were last evening the guests of Manager Henry at the Vandette Playhouse. Only the children of the grammar school grades were invited. All the children enjoyed the entertainment.

Jess Beck, who has grown up in the Monitor Book Bindery and learned the business more thoroughly than if he could have learned it in any big city shop, has succeeded Bert Manning to the foremanship of the Monitor Bindery.

75 YEARS AGO

(1932)

All the methods of care and nursing known to medical science will be given free to sick children of the Fort Scott Children's Home through the generosity of the Graduate Nurses Association of Fort Scott. Last night, at 9 o'clock, Geneva Barr, age 12, one of the children at the home, became ill with diphtheria. She was removed to the home's hospital ward. Miss Gwendolyn Robertson, nurse at the Mercy Hospital, went to the home and took up the task of caring for the little patient. Miss Robertson will be relieved by other nurses until the child is well.

The World Series having ended, The Tribune Playograph was dismantled yesterday and stored away until the time for the 1933 series comes around. The largest crowd in several years was on Wall Street Saturday afternoon to watch the game. Through the courtesy of the Konantz Undertaking Company, a loud speaker was installed with Earl Konantz at the "mike and the combination of Playograph and loud speaker made the game more interesting.

50 YEARS AGO

(1957)

The Goodlander Children's Home is just that--a home. That is how hundreds of boys and girls, who have spent a part of childhood there, and grown up in its spacious rooms and corridors and on its large lawn, have felt about it, They keep coming back for visits. The home, one of the oldest of its kind in the area, is housed in a big three-story building that was once an officers' quarters when Carroll Plaza was a frontier Dragoon outpost and again when it was reactivated as a Civil War bastion for Federal troops. History lies all about them--with historic Headquarters House right next door and thousands of tourists visiting the Plaza each year. But life for Goodlander children, even though the hand-hewn building dates back to the 1840s, is a modern life geared to today's and tomorrow's living standards.

25 YEARS AGO

(1982)

Photo caption: "The Fort Scott High School homecoming queen candidates will ride in the Pioneer Harvest Fiesta parade . The candidates include Bobbi Spurgeon, senior; Cheire Geneva, senior; Diana Kraft, junior; Robin Ward, sophomore; Heather McCurley, senior; and Shelly Lotterer, senior."--Photo by Tom Braker

Photo caption: "The Fort Scott Community College homecoming candidates will participate in the Pioneer Harvest Fiesta. The candidates and their sponsoring organizations include Tammie Vohs, Rodeo Club; DeAnne Welch, cheerleaders; Linda Morrell, student senate; Monta Coffman, journalism department; Donna Miller, student services and track team; Lori Arnold, Christian Youth on Campus; Belinda Post, football team; Carolyn Watts, student nurses; Pam Westhoff, cosmetology; and Ursula Dent, music department."--Photo by Tom Braker

Chris Nelson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Nelson of Fort Scott, has joined the law firm of Crane, Martin, Claussen, Hamilton and Forbes, in Topeka.