Memories spring eternal ...

100 YEARS AGO

(1908)

The farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Dikeman, 1 1/2 miles east of the Maple Grove School, burned to the ground Sunday morning (March 9), said Fire Chief Sam Ayers who went to the scene. About $1,200 had been spent recently for redecorating the $10,000 home. Dikeman is said to have been at home when the fire started. Mrs. Dikeman and children had gone to church. Ayers said that Dikeman told him he thought the blaze had started from electrical wiring in the basement. No one was injured.

Photo caption: "Hell's Bend causeway, southwest of Fort Scott, was covered by approximately five feet of water yesterday and knocked out use of the causeway as a road. Peak water level at the Fort Scott Water Works pump house was 17 feet Saturday."--Tribune photo

A rather remarkable condition exists in this county at the present time. There is only one prisoner in the county jail. It is the man who escaped from the court rooms a year ago, after the jury had found him guilty of selling liquor. It is true that the United States government has a prisoner here, but he is boarded and the government pays the county for the trouble of caring for him. Had the man not escaped and had served out his time when first convicted there would not be a prisoner in the jail to the county's credit at this time. This speaks a great deal for the law enforcing body of the county. It is a condition that never before existed. In times past when crime was rampant, it was no unusual thing for ten or a dozen or some times more prisoners to be incarcerated in the prison.

75 YEARS AGO

(1933)

A group of people from out of town have been making the rounds of the residential districts this week buying up old gold.

There was variance in the standing of the mercury in the thermometers this morning, but a well-behaved instrument of this sort on Main Street registered 13 degrees above zero.

The weather a year ago today was cold with snow flurries and a morning temperature of 3 above zero.

A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. William Mason, of near Redfield, on Tuesday, March 7.

The fence around the lawn at the public library has been renewed and will properly protect the parking to trespassers

Notice to electricians: I understand there are a number of unlicensed electricians in the city. Section 21 Ordinance No. 1879 provides for a penalty y of from $10 to $50 for the violation thereof. Please obtain your electric license at once. -- C.H. Durossette, Fire Chief and Electrical Inspector

50 YEARS AGO

(1958)

Photo caption: "Opening day business at Consumer's grocery store was 'very fine', according to store manager Lee Shufelt. Carnations were scheduled to be given to the first 2,000 women entering the store but officials distributed them instead to the first 3,000. Pictured with carnations are Louise Shattuck, Prescott; Margaret Seaver and Patricia Huss, Fort Scott; Gladys Shaffer, Bronson; and Lisa Davis, Route 5." -- Photo by Tom Braker

Photo caption: "Essays written by these Fort Scott students in the annual American Heritage program sponsored by Rising Sun Lodge No. 8, AF&AM. The students are Julie HInton, senior; Tim Mullane, senior; Kim Fine, freshman; and Brian Hackner, freshman. Also pictured is Roy Meyers, essay chairman for the lodge." -- Photo by Tom BrakerTry the Dobbins Barber Shop, 3 North National. Phone 2879. -- Carl Beerbower, Colin Milburn, John Dobbins. -- Adv.

Photo caption: "4-H fair project incentives may or may not include such drastic measures as this, but the idea is to start working on the projects now. Beverly Lewis, Northwest Scott 4-H Club reporter wields the incentive here as Don Madison, also a Northwest Scott member, hastens to comply." --Tribune Photo caption: "Three Fort Scott residents seem to believe wholeheartedly in the Navy slogan as they go through the chow line with James Arness who plays the part of U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon in the popular TV series 'Gunsmoke.' Shown here with Arness are James Robert Mann, son of Harry W. Mann; Robert E. Lee, son of Mrs. Katherine Lee; and Robert Lee Fryman, husband of Mrs. Geraldine Fryman and son of James M. Fryman. -- U.S. Navy Photo

25 YEARS AGO

(1983)

Dr. Henry Aldis is planning a move into the second floor of the Security Professional Center, Fourth and Judson streets, Aldis' current office is at the Newman-Young Clinic, 710 West Eighth. Because of incorrect information supplied to The Tribune, it was reported earlier that Dr. William Aldis was moving into the center. William Aldis' offices are also at the Newman-Young Clinic. The men are brothers.

Seniors Leon Williams for the boys and Joy Vann for the girls were the only Fort Scott High School basketball players to reach double figures in scoring average for the recently completed season.

Photo caption: Bessie Adamson will manage The Little Diner, 12 S. Main Street, when it opens next week. The diner is owned by Ruth Lewis and her husband Bill. The restaurant will feature home made pies, catfish and a salad bar."--Photo by Tom Braker

Photo caption: "Opening day business at Consumer's grocery store was 'very fine', according to store manager Lee Shufelt. Carnations were scheduled to be given to the first 2,000 women entering the store but officials distributed them instead to the first 3,000. Pictured with carnations are Louise Shattuck, Prescott; Margaret Seaver and Patricia Huss, Fort Scott; Gladys Shaffer, Bronson; and Lisa Davis, Route 5."--Photo by Tom Braker

Photo caption: "Essays written by these Fort Scott students in the annual American Heritage program sponsored by Rising Sun Lodge No. 8, AF&AM. The students are Julie HInton, senior; Tim Mullane, senior; Kim Fine, freshman; and Brian Hackner, freshman. Also pictured is Roy Meyers, essay chairman for the lodge." -- Photo by Tom Braker