Memories spring eternal ...

100 YEARS AGO

(1908)

The extremes of what juries often do are strikingly shown by two cases in district court. Both are civil actions. In one suit the jury returned a verdict inside of 15 minutes; in the other the jury has been out over 24 hours and will in all probability never reach an agreement. The case of Cline against the Frisco Railway company for damages to a horse the plaintiff shipped over that road was the case offering no trouble whatever to the jury in deliberating for verdict. Inside of the above stipulated time a verdict for $100 was reached. Mr. Cline sued the company for $175. In the case of Frank Gunsaullus against Pat Gorman, of Fulton, for $75 alleged to be due on the sale of farm implement, the jury is hanging.

75 YEARS AGO

(1933)

C.F. Louderback returned yesterday from a trip to Topeka and Ottawa on business for the Modern Woodmen. Mr. Louderback delivered an address before a large audience of Woodmen at a meeting in Ottawa in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the order.

The Standard Oil Company official who handles negotiations which brought about the exchange of properties that helped Fort Scott obtain a community Center, with its new federal building to be located on National Avenue at Second Street, is Mr. M. Mildenberg of Chicago. He is the general manger of the real estate department.

C.W. Shaffer lost the end of his index finger of the left hand while loading hogs yesterday. One of the hogs objected to the procedure and bit his finger in a scuffle to get the animal on the truck.

Lloyd Whiteside filed suit in district court against the Mozark Beach Corp. for $229.02 which he alleges to be due him from e defendant on two notes.

50 YEARS AGO

(1958)

The Fort Scott Junior High ninth graders won the first freshmen invitational tourney to be held at the Cherokee County Rural High School by defeating the Columbus freshmen 51-39. Coach Bill Mosley said the turning point came when Fort Scott started playing man-to-man. Scoring was pretty evenly divided amount the four starters: Roberds 13; Vendetti 11; Fornwalt 12; and Deloney 11. Eight school were entered in the freshmen tilt. Fort Scott defeated Altamont in the semi-finals 51-42 on Thursday. A large number of Fort Scott fans attended.

Led by Earl Eddington and Bob Titus, who scored 35 points between them, the up-and-coming Fort Scott Junior College Greyhound basketball team edged out the Highland Scotties 56-51 last night at Memorial Hall as 700 wild eyed and frenzied fans looked on. There was not a single breather during a contest that saw the score deadlocked 12 times.

25 YEARS AGO

(1983)

Photo caption: "Janie Theobald, a Yates Center freshman at Fort Scott Community College, was crowned the 1983 FSCC Basketball Homecoming Queen. Her escort was Larry Bahr, Fort Scott. Pam Westhoff, Hepler, and Alexia Newhouse, Wichita, were runners-up."

Earning academic honors during the fall semester at Emporia State University was Robert J. Goltra, senior from Fort Scott, who achieved a 4.0 grade point average for the President's Honor Roll.

Alpha Gamma Delta, Epsilon Kappa Chatter, Pittsburg, has initiated into membership Polly Plain, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Franklin of Fort Scott. High academic achievement, leadership, friendship and altruism are among the concerns of the fraternity.

Photo caption: "Gary Rhodes talked to a combined group of first grade classes at Winfield Scott about Indians and mountain men. Nathan Thomas, a member of Glenda Miller's first grade class, had a hands-on experience in learning how to make fire from flint, steel and charred cloth. -- Photo by Tom Braker