Engineer proves a hero

100 YEARS AGO

(1912)

Engineer Samuel Lowe, of this city, who for years has been running on the Missouri Pacific proved a hero yesterday when after his engine had crashed into a trolley car in East Iola, demolishing the car and overturning his engine, pinning him beneath the wreckage. He pleaded with those who were seeking to release him from his dangerous position to lend assistance first to the passengers of the ill-fated street car. There were enough rescuers about to give prompt assistance. Reports received today was one passenger was instantly crushed and killed and that several others were dangerously injured. The electric cars always come to a full stop at the crossing. It was reported that the car's brakes refused to work and the trolley slipped off and he was unable to stop. The engine was derailed and turned over while the electric car was demolished.

Engineer Lowe stayed at his post and was pinned beneath the engine cab.

He directed rescuers how to release him and he begged those around him to go to the aid of the passengers first.

It was found that his right leg was broken in several places. He is also suffering from internal injuries. County officials will hold an inquest to fix the blame for the wreck.

75 YEARS AGO

(1937)

After an absence of several years the A&P Food Store returns once more to Fort Scott with the opening this morning of their big new store and market at 12 N. Main St., former home of the Liepman Clothing Company. An entirely redecorated building with the most modern equipment makes the new store one of the finest in this section of the country. The history of the founding and growth of the A&P system from a single tiny tea and coffee shop in Vesey Street, New York City, to a chain of over 15,000 modern stores from coast to coast, is one of the most fascinating stories in the annals of modern business. The first store was founded in Vesey Street in 1859 by George Huntington Hartford, who had the idea that people would be glad to patronize a store which operated at one small profit, bringing food directly from the producer to the consumer. Today the organization employs more than 100,000 persons. Its purchases in Kansas last year totaled well over $15,000,000, buying vast quantities of Kansas poultry, eggs, flour and cereals.

50 YEARS AGO

(1962)

Miss Joyce Louise Tucker has been named winner from the Fort Scott High School in the 1962 Betty Crocker Search for the American Homemaker of Tomorrow. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Tucker. Miss Tucker received the highest score in her school on the homemaking test given to senior girls. Her paper will be entered in competition with those of other winners in the state.

Teachers in the Fort Scott school system will receive a $200 increase in salaries next year as a result of action taken by the Fort Scott Board of Education. This is in addition to the regular $100 increase. Non-degree teachers will start at $3,700 per year and may be increased to a maximum of $4,100. Elementary teachers with bachelor's degrees have basic salaries of $4,000 with maximums of $5,000. Elementary teachers with master's degrees start at $4,200 and may work to maximums of $5,200. At the secondary level, teachers with bachelor's degrees have $4,100 basic; for master's degrees it is $4,500 basic and $5,000 maximum. The maximum salary for teachers with doctorates is $5,600.

25 YEARS AGO

(1987)

No publication.