Cemetery anniversary marked

100 YEARS AGO

(1912)

According to advice received here this afternoon Fort Scott is expected to be in the grip of another blizzard tonight as it has been snowing hard all of the morning at Kansas City while Western Kansas is experiencing one of the worst storms of the year. Reports received by the Frisco dispatcher this morning from Kansas City told of the hard snowstorm raging there then said it is expected to reach here within a few hours. Fort Scott received a bountiful supply of coal this morning and will be in good shape for winter weather.

Thousands of dollars in checks were distributed among employees of the Frisco in payment for last month's work. The checks this month are large as business, especially on the road for engine and train men, and all available road men are being employed daily to move the large amount of coal that is being placed in storage.

75 YEARS AGO

(1937)

Photo caption: "The Fort Scott Juco is declared Co-State Basketball Champions, 1936-37. They won 12 and lost 3 in conference play. Pictured are Earl Debler, Bill Pierce, Donald Meek, Gail Malson, John Wagner, Jack Sands, Bill McWilliams, Wendall McMurray and John Classen and coach Warren Littrell."

Snow covered all of Kansas today with the southwest portion, where moisture was needed most, reporting the heaviest fall. Rain began falling Fort Scott last night and after daylight this morning turned to sleet, then to snow.

The local weather man reported a total precipitation of .66 of an inch made up mostly of rain.

Members of the American Legion, Clair C. Harkey Post, and the Legion Auxiliary will join in a potluck supper Monday night to celebrate the 18th birthday of the veterans' organization.

50 YEARS AGO

(1962)

A celebration commemorating the centennial of the Fort Scott National Cemetery this year was proposed last evening at a meeting of the civic club representatives called together by the Chamber of Commerce.

The National Cemetery here was created by an act of Congress in 1862. Fort Scott was designated then as the No. 1 National Cemetery. The Chamber of Commerce donated $100 to the committee as a kick-off fund for the commemoration.

Photo caption: "The two brick pillars which have stood in front of the Fort Scott High School building for 37 years are gone today. The pillars were torn down yesterday on orders from the high school and junior college student council after the school board granted permission to have this done."--Tribune photo

Two basketball players from the Fort Scott High School team and two from the junior college team were named to the mythical All-Conference quintets of the Southeast Kansas League and Interstate Conference. All-Southeast selections were Melvin Woods and Kirke Rice and Gary Jones, a newcomer to Fort Scott, was given Honorable Mention. Tom Jadlow, Greyhound center, and Ricky Taylor, guard, were given berths on the All-Interstate Conference team.

25 YEARS AGO

(1987)

Second Lt. Kimberley Yvette Mangan recently participated in "Roadrunner 87," a corps level command post exercise staged throughout a 16-county area of central Texas. The exercise involved some 4,000 soldiers and more than 2,000 military vehicles. Mangan is a platoon leader with the 2nd Armed Division at Fort Hood, Texas. She is the daughter of Rex and Rise Wheeler, Fort Scott, and a 1966 graduate of Pittsburg State University.

The list of Fort Scott postal employees who have received incentive awards for suggestions to improve mail handling is growing rapidly. Listed to receive awards are Ronald G. Wood and Leslie E. Blubaugh, who have received $15 checks and certificates of merit.