City votes for improvements

l00 YEARS AGO

(1912)

(April 15) -- Wireless dispatches up to noon today told that the passengers of the monster White Star liner Titanic, which struck an iceberg off the Newfoundland coast last night, were being transferred aboard the steamer, Carpathia, a Cunarder. Already, 20 boat loads of Titanic passengers have been transferred aboard the Carpathia and, allowing 40 to 60 persons to each lifeboat, 800 or 1,200 persons have been taken on board the Carpathia. The sea is smooth and the weather calm and it is probable that all of the passengers of the Titanic are safe. While badly damaged, the Titanic is still afloat and is reported to be making her way toward Halifax under her own steam. The Titanic is the largest steamer ever built. She was launched last May and this was her maiden trip. The vessel carried over 1,400 passengers and 800 as the crew.

75 YEARS AGO

(1937)

City Commissioners adopted three resolutions for the appropriation of funds from the city's general fund to go toward sponsoring improvements as WPA projects, two of them covering street projects and a third proposed improvements at the South Main Street Park. The park resolution provides for the extension of the present terraces at the park in the amount of $2,410 to make the terraces 80 feet longer, adding 40 feet to each end.

ASSOCIATED PRESS -- End of Chrysler auto strike in Detroit brings smiles to faces of both sides. Camera covers the scene in Lansing and Detroit as strike ends. John L. Lewis, CIO leader, shakes hands with Walter P. Chrysler, chairman of board of motor company.

50 YEARS AGO

(1962)

Billy Joe Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Johnson of Deerfield, and president of the Fort Scott High School Futures Farmers of America chapter, won the highest individual award at the Southeast District Dairy Judging contest. Instructor Milton Kohrs said third place was awarded to the Fort Scott team: Billy Joe Johnson, Lawrence Wunderly, Paul Bollinger and Ronnie Ellerman.

MAPLETON -- Mr. and Mrs. Orville Scharenburg, who live northwest of here, have opened a rural coin-o-matic laundry, the first of its kind in the country. The Scharenburg have operated a Grade "A" dairy here for several years. Over 40 persons have signed up as customers of the new laundry. A grand opening will be announced.

25 YEARS AGO

(1987)

Kitchen Kabinet (By Nell Dikeman) -- With Easter in mind, here are ways to make better hard-cooked eggs:

Don't boil. Just as tough people are referred to as "hard-boiled" characters, boiling tends to make eggs tough and rubbery. Put eggs in a single layer in a saucepan and add enough tap water to come to one inch above eggs. Cover the pan and rapidly bring water to boiling. Then turn off the heat. If you have an electric range, take the pan off the burner. Allow 15 to 17 minutes to cook large eggs; three minutes less for medium eggs.

Cool by transferring to a pan or bowl of ice cold water. Or leave in pan and carefully pour off hot water and run cold tap water over the eggs until cool to the touch. For easy peeling, crackle the shell all over by tapping the egg on table top or counter. It may help to hold egg under running water to peel.

Editorial:

Chandy Thomas, a 10-year-old fourth grader at Eugene Ware Elementary School, put herself and Fort Scott in the record books with her dazzling effort in selling 1,844 boxes of Girl Scout cookies. Chandy is the daughter of Mrs. Jan Thomas and a member of Girl Scout Troop 474. Her sales record far exceeds anything on the books at the Ozark Area Council of Girl Scouts, or at other councils in the area.