Memories spring eternal ...

100 YEARS AGO

(1908)

Manager Orchard, of the Chautauqua, is going to appear before the city council and ask permission to pitch the Chautauqua tent across Scott Avenue, north of the high school. This will furnish a site that will be in line more directly for the south wind than if the tent be located directly at the north of the school campus.

Grant Hornaday's new run-about has arrived, as well as the machine that was ordered by M.L. Alexander. Grant traded his big car for some farm land, so during his brother Fred's absence he has been using the big Packard. Grant says a small run-about is easier to handle, wears longer, and can attain just as great speed as the bigger machines.

Miss Gussie Sessler, a Uniontown school teacher, and Mr. George Stroud, brother of Uniontown merchant Al Stroud, were married last Sunday and have gone to Seattle, Wash., to live. Young Mr. Stroud is the son of Leonidas Stroud, a pioneer and prosperous farmer of Timber Hill Township.

75 YEARS AGO

(1933)

The Northeast Scott 4-H Club will receive first prize of $25 on a report of the play "The Special Chair," which was submitted by Arthur Bell, president of the Northeast Scott club to the National committee on boys' and girls' 4-H Club magazine, "National Boys' and Girls' Club News, which gave the results of the nation-wide contest. Miss Pauline Boyce, who played the leading part in the play as given by the local club, was honored by having her picture reproduced on the front cover of the magazine with the following caption: "Star of the first prize cast, pictured above, is Miss Pauline Boyce. She is 18 and has fine all-around 4-H record, including winner of the best actress award in the Bourbon County short play contest in 1932." Other members of the cast were Earle Shackelford, Rubi Boyce, Rosalie Shackelford, Ula Cox and Dale Braden.

50 YEARS AGO

(1958)

Farmers in town early today were generally of the opinion that the wheat crop has suffered damage from the storm of last night, but that most of the crops can still be harvested provided the weather is favorable for the next few days. Farmers say that the quality of the grain will be impaired. A report from Bronson indicated that farmers were still hauling wheat to the elevator there at 11 p.m. last night.

Lonnie Farrell, athletic coach at St. Mary's High School, Pittsburg, and Lonnie Farrell, coach at McCune High School, sons of Mrs. Dan Farrell, Devon, are attending summer school at the University of Colorado at Greeley.

Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Knox, 303 South Hill, will observe their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house at their home on June 29. The couple's eight children will be present to assist with the affair. Mr. and Mrs. Knox have lived 48 years in Fort Scott, having moved here from a farm. They were married in 1908 at Richards, Mo. She is the former Hattie Martin, of near Richards. Mr. Knox, originally from Deerfield, worked 32 years for the Kansas Utilities Company as a ground man.

25 YEARS AGO

(1983)

Photo caption: "Dick Larsen, third baseman for Fort Scott Merchants, went high to spear a one-hop grounder and throw out a Newman-Young Clinic batter during the Men's Fast Pitch League, Division I match-u p at the softball complex "A" diamond." -- Photo by Dave Wagner

Hammond Area News (By Mrs. Calvin Niemeir) -- Larry Ham and Virgil Sheldon won first prize at a bass fishing tournament sponsored by Consumers at Stockton, Mo.

Photo caption: "Prodding two lethargic turtles long before the races began this morning were Jennifer Seested, Route 2, and Jennifer Emmerson, Route 1. The girls were participating in a day camp sponsored by the Bourbon County 4-H Leaders at Gunn Park. About 50 children attended the camp." -- Photo by Tom Braker