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Down Through The Years

By Shirley Erickson

100 Years Ago

When Miss Mabel Allard received a message from Miss Lila Weber to call at the latter’s home on her way home from her work last Friday evening she little thought that she would be greeted by 20 of her friends. Upon her arrival they proceeded to show her a jolly time. While the merriment was at its highest Miss Weber made the presentation to her of two sterling silver teaspoons as remembrances from her friends.

As predicted, the strike of all of the mechanics in the employ of the Missouri Pacific-Iron Mountain occurred at ten o’clock last Friday morning, excepting the tinners and pipe men who walked out Saturday morning.

Promptly at ten o’clock all work was abandoned and about 50 workmen, including the boilermakers, blacksmiths and their helpers and apprentices rolled up their overclothes and with their bundles under their arms proceded to the time keeper’s office, where they received their time checks.

Abe White and C. C. Williams, late of the Palace Clothing store of Kansas City, have bought out J. B. Gooding’s cleaning and pressing business and have entered into possession. They have bought and installed a French dry cleaning machine and are ready to turn out first class work.

75 Years Ago

T. L. Barrett, who has been operating a plumbing business and selling Thor Washers and Ironers and RCA Victor radios for the past year and a half purchased the Pierce Electric shop, located on South Sixth street, yesterday. Otis Pierce has operated the business in the same location for the past sixteen years.

Mr. Barrett will continue the business in the same location, adding his Thor and RCA lines. He will have an experienced radiotrician at all times. The stock includes all kinds of new and used electrical appliances.

Saturday, November 9, has been set as the date when prizes will be awarded in the “4-H club acre corn contest” sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. The contest is open to any boy living in Miami county and the entries will be open until 10:30 a. m. on the date of the contest.

A sweepstake prize of $5.00 will be awarded for the best acre of corn which was taken care on under the rules of the contest.

Other prizes are as follows:

Most bushels per acre: 1st prize, $3.00; 2nd, $2.00 and 3rd, $1.00.

Best 10 ears: $3.00; $2.00 and $1.00.

Best bushel: $3.00, $3.00 and $1.00.

Best seed corn from acre: $3.00, $2.00 and $1.00.

50 Years Ago

Five girls from this area are among the 41 candidates for homecoming queen at Kansas State College of Pittsburg.

They include:

Sharron Driskill, Tau Kappa Epsilon, La Cygne; Linda Hays, Pi Delta Epsilon, Osawatomie; Mary Jo Buchman, Newman Club, Paola; and Betty Hoover of the Home Economics Club and Mary Jo Hoover of the Baptist Student Fellowship, both of Pleasanton.

At the October meeting of the Employees’ Recreation Committee the following officers were elected: Clayton Whetstone, chairman; Maurice Asmus, vice-chairman; Fern Dunlop, secretary; and Jane Ramsey, treasurer.

Buildings which one housed a prized herd of dairy cattle are vacant and deteriorating at the Osawatomie State Hospital and there is no use for the buildings.

The dairy was discontinued in 1957 because the operation provided little therapeutic value for the patients. Also cost of producing the milk was higher than it could be purchased from commercial dairies.

25 Years Ago

Alice Flint is the new president of Harmony Extension Homemakers Unit. She was elected Monday when the unit met in the home of Juanita Lindsey. Other new officers are: Vice president, R Dell Manning; secretary, Josephine Dickey; and treasurer, Mary McMahon. Mary Lou Cavinee, president, presided at the meeting. Roll call was answered by 14 members with “What quick meal do I enjoy?” Eleven members of the unit attended Hobby Lobby. The fall luncheon will be Nov. 15 at Fox Hall in Louisburg. Six members plan to attend. KEHC news was read by Mrs. Flint. Current event was given by Dorothy Heckart. Mrs. Heckart told Osawatomie PRIDE took first place in the state for the city auditorium renovation. Members voted to send a donation to Kansas Ciitzen for Extension. The lesson, “Food for Busy People,” was given by Mrs. Cavinee. She gave the members recipes for quick meals.

The city’s industrial part at First Street and Carr Avenue grew Thursday night when the Osawatomie City Council exercised its option to purchase about 18 more acres.

The purchase of the tract, at a cost of $15,000 doubles the size of the 37-acre industrial part. The other half was purchased early this year from Mr. and Mrs. William R. Butler and Mr. and Mrs. Webster Hawkins, with an option to buy the rest of the tract at the same price by Jan. 2, 1986.

15 Years Ago

MANHATTAN—Paul Branson II, a native of Osawatomie, has assumed his duties as features editor at the Manhattan Mercury.

A graduate of the Kansas State University School of Journalism, Branson formerly was a reporter for the Osawatomie Graphic and news editor of the Garnett newspapers before taking the position here.

He is the son of RoseMary and Paul L. Branson, Osawatomie.

The new features editor’s wife, Jody, is employed at a hospital here. She also is a 1990 graduate of K-State’s journalism school.

The Bransons completed their move here, from Osawatomie, over the weekend.

Gert Vess was elected president from 1996 during the meeting of the Harmony Family and Community Education Unit Monday in the home of Juanita Lindsey, 821 Fourth St., Osawatomie. Other officers elected were: vice president, Jean Cook; secretary, Kay Rickman; treasurer, Dean Spradlin; and public relations chairman, Rosalie Bowker. Eleven members and five guests attended the salad supper and guest night. Guests were Pam Cook, Cheryl Meinig, Edyth Miller, Rosie Crouch and JoAnn Kleitz. Following the flag salute and club collect led by Jean Cook, president, roll call was answered with the latest book each member had read.

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