Fort Scott painter has seen much of the world

100 YEARS AGO

(1911)

Dick Doleshall, a Fort Scott painter, has seen a good deal of the world. He has it over the average person when he gets his tongue to working. He speaks seven different languages and speaks all of them fluently. At least he claims to speak them, and he can make seven different sounds. He can sing the national hymns of several countries. He attended a university before he came to this country and has a medium-good education. He arrived here several days ago.

Albert Schafer is the next to enter the lists of autoists. Today he contracted for an Auburn four-door automobile, a duplicate to the one owned by Charles Hamlin, of the O'Connor and Hamlin Ice Co. The machine will arrive next week. The price was $1,400 and the deal was made through J.L. Hendricks, who has taken the agency for the machine.

75 YEARS AGO

(1936)

(March 20) -- Mrs. B.F. Givens, 73, mother of T.M. Givens, cashier of the Citizens National Bank, died last night at a hospital in Pasadena, Calif. Mrs. Givens was native of Virginia.

The eighth annual banquet of the Clair C. Harkey Post of the American Legion at the Eugene Ware School auditorium proved a pleasurable event for a crowd of over 125 veterans, members of the Legion Auxiliary and a score of distinguished guests. Past state commander Douglas Hudson presided as toastmaster. The Jeff Davis Orchestra delighted everyone during the dinner hour. They were given a vote of appreciation, as were the Eugene

Ware P.T.A. ladies who served the repast. Mark Weeks did his part as decorator. A past commander emblem pin was presented citing the record of Erle R. Schumaker. John T. Crain made the presentation.

Centerville School, with Miss Eula Kepley as teacher, entertained the patrons of the district with a St. Patrick's party. The pupils served refreshments. The pupils of the school are Leona, Forest and Orville Hillman, William, Charles and Georgia Mae Smith, Charles and Georgia Mae Smith, Wayne and May Crozier, Delbert Fuller. Edward Beck, Gerald Lee Riggs and Raymond Waugh.

50 YEARS AGO

(1961)

The lives of a pioneer Fort Scott family are recalled in a display recently put up in the second floor of the Historical Museum. Making up the display are family possessions from the estate of Miss Alberta Campbell, presented to the Bourbon County Historical Society by Mrs. Ethel Keck, who lived with the Campbell family many years. Mrs. Keck now lives in the R.B. Campbell home at 724 S. Eddy. The home was left to her after Miss Campbell's death. Included in the selection is the first coal oil lamp used in Fort Scott and a bathtub brought here more than a century ago. Among other items is a Scottish hymn book covered with the plaid of the Campbell clan in Scotland, a little chair used by Alberta as a small child, copies of the old Fort Scott Democrat during the Civil War years, several old family Bibles and an old wooden bushel basket.

25 YEARS AGO

(1986)

The Downtown Business Advisory Board hired a St. Louis woman as Main Street U.S.A. manager here, ending a four-month search.

Helen Smart, 51, a former teacher and salesperson, is scheduled to begin work April 1. "The biggest and most important aspect of this town seems to be its spirit and drive. People here want this town to go. It's exciting." Smart said.

Photo caption: "Several Fort Scott High School athletes received awards for their performances this year, as well as coaches received awards of a different sort from their players. Here, Don Miller accepts a banner from his freshmen basketball team, which declares an affinity for Spaghettios." -- Photo by Michael Beck