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"Betty Ammerman Scrapbook Collection"

 

AGI-003-12 Ammerman Scrapbooks
This is a collection of 15 scrapbooks belonging to Betty Ammerman. They were received with the collection of research that Betty has gifted to the library. The pages of each book have been numbered and titles of articles are as printed. There will be some spelling errors of names and objects. Some books contain sources and dates, others only a scattering of such.
 
Book One 1940-1947

This scrapbook is in very poor condition. Almost all the pages have pulled away from the spiral binding. Several of the pages have had articles removed. Most of the scrapbook pertain to Fair Play residents and contains many articles about school events. The last several pages contain many engagement and wedding announcements found in the newspaper. No sources are sited on any of the pages.

Page

Contents

1

  • Gamble – Blue wedding *
  • Stauffacher promoted to Technical Sgt. *
  • Hornets win first place trophy at Bois D’Arc *
  • 3000 Ozarks Students in Musical Festival
  • Bolivar High School Host to 130 Students in Music Festival
  • Athletes Jolt Seven Records; Jays Cop Five
  • Last Minute Entries Bulge Oarkamo List to 46 Teams

* articles have been removed from scrapbook and glued to copy paper

2

  • 1300 Musicians … Give Number Rankings to Winning Students
  • Bulldogs’ Tenth Annual Basketball Meet Will Get Underway at 3O’Clock This Afternoon

3

  • Bullldog Basketball Tournament Chart
  • Willard Scraps Fair Play in Basketball Semi-Finals
  • Bolivar Is Bumped by Carthage

4

  • Rogersville Shades Fair Play
  • Photo—Champ and Runner-up in SHS Meet (Rogersville)
  • SHS All-Star Quintets

5

  • Tournament Programme Draws Large Attendance
  • Great Crowds Attend Tournament

6

  • Basketeers to Start St--- Creighton Cagers Will Scrap Camdenton Five at Noon in Opening Tilt of Class B Tourney
  • State Class B Cage Camdenton, Fast Foe Clash in Noon Opener

7

  • Rogersville Dumps Reinhardt’s Basket In ‘Sudden Death’ Gives Jennings 35-33 Victory
  • Jennings Jolted From Advance Comes From Behind In Last Minute to Tumble Glasgow from Tournament, 33-30

8

  • Camdenton Routs Rogersville photos—Class B State Champion and Runner-up

9

  • Advance Places Third in State Basket Meet
  • All-State Class B Teams
  • Sgt. Buford Cheek
  • Petty Officer Wayne Carter
  • King – Chester marriage

10

  • Long – Upp wedding
  • Gamble twins
  • Mainstays of the STC basketball team

11

  • School News
  • Farewell Party for Harold Gannaway

12

  • School News
  • Hallowe’en Surprise for Miss Mary Bell

13

  • School News
  • Seniors choose Mystery Play; Date Set for Dec 12

14

  • School News

15

  • School News

16

  • School News

17

  • School News

18

  • School News

19

  • School News/Sports articles

20

  • Tigers Annex COL Crown
  • Regional Closes with Fine Attendance…And Great Battles…
  • Students Do Their Part for Red Cross Program
  • Ryan Resigns School’ D.O. Smith Hired for Place

21

  • Opening Registration of Fair Play Schools is 222 1941-42
  • School Enrolment
  • School News

22

  • Fair Play School News
  • Basketball Schedule
  • Orchestral Program

23

  • School News

24

  • No Six-Day School Here: Case of All Work, No Play
  • School News

25

  • School News

26

  • School News

27

  • School News

28

  • School News 1942-43

29

  • School News sports articles

30

  • Who’s Who In Fair Play School

31

  • School News

32

  • School News

33

  • School News w/editorial cartoons about the War

34

  • School News w/editorial cartoons about the War

35

  • School News w/editorial cartoons about the War

36

  • School News w/editorial cartoons about the War

37

  • School News

38

  • School News

39

  • 4-H Club articles

40

  • 4-H Club articles

41

  • 4-H Club articles

42

  • 4-H Club articles

43

  • A4-H District Achievement Day at Bolivar Aug 10

44

  • 4-H Club articles 1944

45

  • 4-H Club articles

46

  • 4-H Club articles 1945

47

  • 4-H Club articles

48

  • Lt. R.G. Cheek
  • Pvt. Eugene Percy
  • Tigers Win Opener
  • KWTO Stars Coming Up
  • Lt. Max M. Hailey
  • Sgt. Rex Day
  • Fair Play Soldier Given Silver Star for Killing Japs Pfc. Lemuel Hardaway, Jr.
  • Julien Oren (Tex ) Hicks
  • George B. Richey, USNR

49

  • School News 1943-44

50

  • School News

51

  • Ozarks School Musicians Wind Up Festival at State College Here w/photos of LaRue Keran, Roberta Wilkerson, DeLeta Schnelle, Mial Hillhouse, Orrene Hassler, Keith Parmenter, Denzel Koontz, Monroe Engelbage, Bill Hudspeth
  • Bandsmen Play Finale for Annual Sessions

52

  • Lt. Robert G. Cheek Is Killed in France
  • Robert Chatterton Weds Ruth Goforth
  • Vie for Crown – Dortha Leeper, Betty Arnold, Jo Ann Montgomery, Barbara Smith
  • Cpl. D.W. Simmons Killed in Action
  • Marriage of Alma Dean Shirley

53

  • Jimmie Morton Hero of Battle
  • Married Fifty Years – Fr. & Mrs. Fred Hopkins
  • Engagement Wanda Lou White
  • Charles Harville candidate for County Collector
  • Marriage Case – Banta

54

  • Fair Play Hornets Tonight
  • School News
  • District Musical Festival Revived
  • Musicians From 15 Schools Compete in STC Events Today

55

  • Marriage Melton – Gregoire
  • Married Hopkins – Quillen
  • George Lyon, Sailor
  • Rex O. Day
  • Volunteers at Seventeen Jerry Shepherd Drake
  • Recent Bride Lessie Dee Jones
  • Victory Program at Fair Play
  • Doctor Falls Dr. Zumbrun plane crash

56

  • Fair Play’s one-man airport operator Dr. Rufus Wilson
  • Mill Wilda Dean Miller Weds
  • Sailor Quillin in Sea Battle
  • Miss Cochran Weds in Kansas
  • Honoring Chas. Lyons
  • Rushing Closes, Sororities Name New Neophytes
  • Fall off Truck Fractures Skull Kenneth Moore
  • Married Kathleen Hughes and Junior Stafford, Mary Margaret Rowden and Eugene Hughes

57

  • Batcheller – Chatterton
  • Bertha Lower and Jesse A Roberts Married
  • Bridger – Kilpatrick
  • Lt. Hailey Killed In Action Over Germany
  • Tom Thumb Wedding Will Be Given Sun.
  • Drury’s Navy Plane Arrives at Airport About 3 Hours Late
  • Meet the Bears Jim Morton, Rollen Davis
  • Wed in Bolivar Dixie Rodgers and Charles Hopkins, Jr.

58

  • Bolivar Sub-District Music Festival
  • Music Students Make Fine Showing
  • 71 of 185 Contestants Qualify for State Meet
  • First Rating Goes to Fair Play Pianist Alta L. Phillips

59

  • Mr. and Mrs. Halbert S. Fanning , Jr. were married…
  • Charles W. Harville Announces for Collector
  • Fair Play Youth Honorably Discharged from US Navy John R. Morris
  • Their Voices Are Also Lovely Betty Maye Payne, Georgene Stump, Mary Rowden, Jo Ann Ford
  • Married Violet Gamble
  • DWTO Stars To Appear At Fair Play
  • Twin Brother And Sister Married In Double Ceremony (Hughes)
  • Newly Weds to Live in Oregon Irene Lock and Kenneth Barklow

60

  • 4-H Club articles

61

  • Mr. and Mrs. K.K. Parrott, Jr.
  • Marilyn Hughes Bride of K.K. Parrott
  • ‘Kids Confused, Need Help; -- Judge Kelley
  • Another Picture Will Be Added Violet Gamble, Vesta Gamble
  • Miss Genieve Pickett Married
  • Talk to Son in Honolulu Gamble
  • Kukal – Teegarden

62

  • Fair Play High School Will Open Sept. 2
  • School News sports

63

  • Competition Is Over for Smaller Schools
  • Annual Music Festival Ends at State College
  • Top Musicians (photo) Mary Lynn Lucas, Junior Huckaby, Bill Hall, Mary Ellen Inman, Charles Watts, Bennie Carolyn Tilton

64

  • Bueford P. Cheek for County Clerk
  • Freer – Coy
  • Man Suffers Injury When Foot Tangles In Grader Machine Earl Roberts
  • Thanksgiving at the Theatre
  • Stafford – Kirby
  • Married Ralph Hughes and Margie Sprague
  • Engagement Betty Jo Hawkins to Robert Killian
  • Neighbors Help Put Out Blaze Thomas Boggs residence
  • Couple to Wed in Maryland Mary Lou Price and Richard V. Presson
  • Boswell – Jackson Wedding

65

  • Kappa Delta… (photo)
  • Jack Hughs in Philippines
  • Charles McConnell, June Ruhl Married
  • Army Man and Bride Mr. & Mrs. Charles Foster McConnell

66

  • Good Fielder Jimmy Morton (photo)
  • Lyon – Chaney
  • Shepherd – Holbert Marriage
  • Jones – Flint
  • Married Whitlock – Hicks

67

  • School News sports articles 1945-46

68

  • Masters Leads Panther Quint to Second Winn
  • Miss Bette Shoffner married to Thomas Gilbert
  • Helen Louise Ward married to John W. Shumaker
  • Wanda Lou White married to Thomas Walker
  • Vest – Curl
  • Lorene Johnson and Mary Belle Butler Married
  • Engagement Dorothy Costello and Benjamin F. Hopkins
  • Ora Ann Reynolds
  •  
 
Book Two 1947-1950

This scrapbook is mostly engagement/marriage articles and photos. There are many pages that have had articles cut out, and 3 pages are missing. While the cover and all pages are intact, the scrapbook is in fair shape. There are no sources or dates on any of the contents.

Page

Content

1

  • Your Baby and Mine by Myrtle Meyer Eldred w/photo Constance Lea Gregoire age 1

2

  • Advertisement—A Merry Christmas to All Bolivar Free Press 25 Dec 1947

3

  • Show Hostesses photo—Jean McKinley, Dorothy Martin, Burnetta Farmer, Betty Louise Hutchens, Dorothy Martin
  • More Hostesses photo—Marilyn Brown, Joan Lipscomb, Hazel Allen, Norma Jean Brown, Marian ward
  • Stolen Cheese Checks Are Cashed Here Majors Cheese Company

4

  • Ice Cream Queens at the U Virginia and Eugenia Anderson
  • Engagement Ludean Vannoy and L. Jay Pierce
  • Tigers Take Two From Fair Play
  • Bill Akard, Champion Shot, Is Dead
  • Fly to Honolulu E. O. Gamble
  • Evelyn Armstrong Now Mrs. Gene Robinson
  • Mary Vevelle Davison Weds Geo. W. Lodge, Jr.

5

  • Hurt Pilot’s Mother Seeks Way to Honor Farm Youth’s Heroism – Says She’ll Nominate Veteran Cletus Sawyer for Lifesaving Medal Lt. John M. Jenkins, III
  • Wreckage of Army Plane at Fair Play photo
  • Spear – Vincent
  • Anna Frances Bates Bride of Tom Hopkins
  • Billy Bates and Elsie Earl Married

6

  • Mr. and Mrs. Hugh B. Matheny
  • Married at Bolivar Mr. and Mrs. James E. Johnson
  • Engagement Virginia Lee Kirby to M. Donald Harmon
  • Lois Harris, Hugh Matheny Wed at Bolivar
  • Engagement Charlotta T. Wachal to Fred G. Harrison, Jr.

7

  • Engagement Mary Thomas to Robert R. Peterson
  • Mr. and Mrs. Ray Peterson
  • Mary Phyllis Thomas Weds Robt. Ray Peterson
  • Charlene Ragsdale and Dale Curl Are Married
  • Miss Wanda Hacker and James E. Johnson Married

8

  • New Student Music Club Holds Reception McDowell Music Club 10 articles

9

  • McDowell Music Club 5 articles

10

  • Jack Stufflebam Gets Bride As Birthday Gift
  • Mary Margaret Gunn and Robert Scroggins Married
  • Miss Dixie Marie Rodgers Bride of Charles Hopkins

11

  • Bebe Rea Giberson Bride of Jack H. King
  • Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Harrison, Jr. photo
  • Miss Stufflebam and Paul Dotson Wed photo

12

  • Miss Emogene Engle and John Conrad Are Married
  • Jessie Alberta Martin Weds Charles B. Wilson
  • Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Wakefield announce birth of tow new grandsons.
  • Lois Stark Betrothed to Robert L. Anderson
  • Lois Stark Bride of Robert L. Anderson
  • Miss Mary McGee and Joe D. Brooks Married
  • Miss Nadine Dodd Is Married in California
  • Engagement Wilma Campbell to George C. Francis

13

  • Ruby Medlock Bride of Edward Gist
  • Two Bolivar Girls Win Bus Line Trips Frances Miller and Dolores Crain
  • Dixie Le La Rew Weds Fredric Donald Miller
  • Mildred Elizabeth Ball Bride of Donald M. Smith
  • Mary McGee Brooks Honored With Shower
  • Cheek – Lawrence

14

  • Rachel Jackson Bride of Granville Payne
  • Wilma Campbell Is Bride of George Francis
  • Obituary—Lt. Robert G. Cheek
  • Atilee Hagerman Weds John Leonard Kukal
  • Marriage Dorothy Lee Martin to William G. Stagner

15

  • Bolivar Wedding Hagerman – Kukal
  • Paul C. Stauffacher Passes
  • Betty Lou Cousins and Willard Stout Married

16

  • Informal Wedding Gladys Jean Biggs and Charles Allen Lawhon
  • Wakefield – Watts
  • Miscellaneous Shower for Norma Lou Kilpatrick
  • Engagement Jean Neill to Ezra William Fleeman
  • Obituary—Paul C. Stauffacher
  • Honor Dorothy Derossett with Shower
  • Dorothy Derossett and William C. Fox Are Married
  • Bridal Shower for Beula Harris

17

  • Norma Lou Kilpatrick Weds Arthur D. Allen
  • Beula Harris and Donald Neuhart Are Married w/photo
  • Dixie Dean McBride Now Mrs. Victor Shuler
  • Two Showers Honor Miss Jeanie Neill
  • Pink and Blue Shower Mrs. Clyde L. Mayse

18

  • Candidates for Fiesta Queen photo—Sue Hines, Ernestine Stewart, Dorothy Jean Wagoner, Joan Maas, Carolyn Spurgeon, Barbara Braithwait
  • Helen Louise Mann Weds Efton Campbell
  • Ralpha Dowler to Marry Erwin Jackson
  • Stockton Girl Married to Pleasant Hope Man Gay Nell Rowland and Lloyd J. Wilson
  • Betty Mae Payne and J.W. Ball to Solemnize Vows
  • Mary Helen Harris Bride of Frank Goble

19

  • Ralpha Jean Dowler Weds Erwin Jackson
  • Mary Virginia Johnson, Mynatt Scott Married
  • Virginia Elizabeth Kretz Bride of Jerry S. Drake

20

  • Engagement Virginia Lee Fittro to Charles Edwin Johnson
  • Bolivar’s Betty Wagoner Shines In Women’s Pro Baseball League w/photo
  • Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Shepherd Drake photo

21

  • Neill – DeWoody Nuptials w/photo
  • Martha Mitchell is Now Mrs. Richard Lower
  • Virginia Lee Fittro Bride of Charles Johnson
  • Fair Play Girl Wins $1,000 On Radio Show Jennie Lou Linville

22

  • Barbara Ann Braithwait Bride of Donald Russell w/photo
  • Marie Jones Weds Marion Lee Propp
  • Mrs. J. W. Ball photo

23

  • Hagan – Kelker
  • Engagement Anna Dean Mitchell to Collins C. Bennett
  • Mary Ann Curl Bride of Jerry Tindle
  • Holiday Homecoming For Young Folks given by David Delarue
  • In Memoriam funeral card for Pvt. Donald W. Simmons

24

  • Is Recent Bride Mr. & Mrs. Richard Lounsbury (Shirley Williams)
  • Carol Curl Married In Los Angeles (to Jim Kirkness)
  • Mr. and Mrs. Max Faust
  • Obituary—Donald W. Simmons

25

  • Advertisement—Prosperous New Year to All! Bolivar Free Press 1949
  • Engagement—Mrs. Elved Osborn Cheek to Rafeek Camil Kutait
  • Rotrock Girls Married In Double Ceremony
  • Fern Manning Bride of Lester T. Jarman

26

  • Services for Jimmie Skalicky
  • In Memoriam funeral card for Jimmie Skalicky
  • Bridal Shower Given Rotrock Sisters Newly Wed
  • Eugenia Anderson Bride of L.D. Hale
  • Charlene Young Bride of Kent Morgan

27

  • Virginia Williams Bride of Tommy Churchman
  • Engagement—Donna Jean Worthan to Wendel Hammons
  • Copy From California – Scott – Harville wedding
  • Betty Wagoner Wins Teen-Age Recognition
  • Elveda Cheek Wed in April
  • Scott – Harville Wedding
  • Donna Jean Worthan Weds W.D. Hammons

28

  • Myrtle Dean Litle KWTO photo
  • Bennett – Mitchell Wed in Church Service
  • Phyllis Smith Weds Curtis Brobisky
  • Floyd Corbin, World War II Vet, Dies in West
  • Miss Gwen Jones Is Bride of Mr. Kyle Hunt

29

  • Shirley Ann Mead Weds Kelton Shuler
  • Vernon Ables Weds Anna Lee Cooper

30

  • Betty Cord Woodfill Bride of Fred Mahaffey
  • Anderson – Warren marriage

31

  • Brenner – Lemley marriage

32

  • Evelyn Kent Bride of Charles L. Toelle
  • Anna Lee Cunningham Weds Ben Lee Campbell
  • Mary Jane Tummons Bride of Lawrence Thornton
  • Hartley – Jenkins marriage

33

 

34

  • Dadeville’s Jack King – A Star Farmer w/5 photos

35

  • Double Funeral AT Fair Play Sunday Geo. S. Sarfaras, Clyde N. Norton
  • Simmons – Curry marriage
  • Maxine Gist Is Now Mrs. Joe W. Pickett
  • Jo Anne Harvel Becomes Bride of Bruce Hopkins
  • Hawkins – Scroggins marriage
  • Wedding of Flo Ada Campbell
  • Tindle – Rustin marriage

36

  • Photo—Safety Winners
  • Sixtieth Anniversary Mr. & Mrs. Joe Long
  • Rose Marie Barnhouse Weds Charles Matthews
  • Girl at Bolivar to Tour Canada, U.S. with Band Mary Inman
  • Photos of Brenda McGinley (age 3), Jackie Quillin (age 8), Jimmy Quillin (age 1), Carolyn Barham (age 2), Rodney Fleeman (age 7 months)

37

 

38

 

39

  • Cattle Society Events Go On – Building Dedicated, Auction Comes Next w/2 photos 1) Crowd at Dedication 2) Unveiling Plaque

40

  • Milking Shorthorn Breeders Happy With Sale’s Outcome w/photo
  • Earlene Duncan Bride of George Glendenning

41

  • Engagement—Frances Ruth Carmichael to William J. Crawford
  • Valedictorian/Salutatorian of Bear Creek High School 1950 Mary Margaret Fox, Rosella Bugg
  • Parrish – Hagerman Afternoon Service (wedding)
  • Photo—Joe Ben Tuck, Anna Lee Hughs Southwest Missouri District Jersey Parish No. 2

42

  • Carol Sias Weds Willard Joseph Gulley
  • William Gibbons Lacy Joins Society Staff (Milking Shorthorn)

43

  • Vows Exchanged By Miss Putman And Jack Harmon w/photo
  • Norma Jean Brown Is Betrothed to M. Costello w/photo

44

  • Photo—Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Kent (wedding)
  • Jane Skidmore Bride of Joseph E. Boatright

45

  • Engagement photo—Barbara Ann Little to Harry E. Brooks
  • Engagement photo—Barbara Alley to Bud Glendenning
  • Engagement photo—Shirley Smith to Don Bigler
  • Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Freeze wedding photo

46

  • Ernestine Stewart Weds Woodrow Kinsey w/photo

47

  • Twila Wooderson, Billy Joe Hopkins Wed at Kansas City
  • Formal Wedding for Norma Brown, Mark J. Costello w/photo
  • Jenkins and Roberts Vows Are Exchanged

48

  • Photo—Binnie Mae Case at typewriter
  • Morning Wedding Rites for Frances Carmichael w/photo
  • Photo—Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. King (wedding)

49

  • Miss Harville And Mr. Seiner Wed At Fair Play w/photo
  • Photo—Proof of Success Eldon King family

50

  • Engagement photo—Maureen Ruth John to Sgt. Eugene Bonham
  • Photo—Mr. and Mrs. Billy Joe Hopkins (wedding)
  • Jerry Hammons Bride of Leonard Earring
  • Dixie Lee LaRew Bride of R.R. Wilson

51

  • Hopkins – Copeland w/photo (wedding)
  • Carolyn Spurgeon Bride of Gerald Shelton w/photo

52

  • Engagement photo—Betty Stone to Charles Braithwait
  • Engagement photo—Erlene Barnes to Sidney Joe Pitts
  • Harville – McCarty (wedding)
  • A Son for the Lee Asbells
 
Book Three 1951-1955

This scrapbook is mainly engagement/marriage articles and photos. The scrapbook is intact and the first half of the book is in good shape. Towards the end of the book, articles have been cut off the pages. There are no sources/dates listed on any of the content.

Page

Content

1

  • Engagement photo—Mary Jean Shoffner to Robert E. Wilson
  • Engagement photo—Mildred Uhlmann to Vern Hawkins
  • Photo Mr. and Mrs. Dale McMasters (wedding)
  • Miss Uhlmann Feted
  • Avonna Moore Bride of Sgt. Charles Simpson

2

  • Photo—Join Field Staff Calvin E. Brackley and John A. Sparkman
  • Photo—First Triplets Pickel triplets
  • Engagement photo—Barbara Roberts to Joe B. Forgey
  • Erlene Barnes Bride of Sidney Joe Pitts
  • Triplets born to Fair Play couple Mr. & Mrs. Clifford Pickel
  • Lane – Reed and Agee- Gunn Vows Read
  • Agee – Miller (wedding)

3

  • Roberts – Forgey Vows Exchanged w/photo
  • Alberta Tummons and Lester Wolf Are Wed
  • Grace Cobb Is Married to Jesse J. Pursley
  • Engagement photo—Lois Ann Gardner to Glen E. Gamble
  • Photo—Honor Graduates of 1951 Bolivar High School Carolyn Kirpatrick, William Roberts, Jr.
  • Doris Geraldine Martin Bride of Sgt. Mitchem

4

  • Miss Mary Jean Shoffner Maries Robert E. Wilson w/photo
  • Engagement photo—Ella Jean Hawkins to Wayne Polly and Emma Jane Hawkins to Jimmie Leavitt
  • Photo—Virgil Shough

5

  • Marries Three Generations w/photo—Msgr. C.J. Francka, Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Stanek, Mr. & Mrs. Ben Francka, Mr. & Mrs. Edward Griesbaum
  • Shirley Smith Weds Mr. Bigler In Sunday Service

6

  • Pauline Cox is Bride of Billy Bacon
  • Engagement photo—Jane Beezley to Herb Morgan
  • Engagement photo—Donna Jeanne Murray to Keith Parminter
  • Photo—To West Point Rex Van Noy Perkins
  • Ingram – Fisher (wedding)
  • Cloud – Johnson (wedding)

7

  • Cloud – Cox Wedding w/photo Mrs. William Jennings Hunt Cox
  • Miss Charlene Butler Bride of Bernie Manuel
  • Copeland – Collins marriage
  • Harville – Burriss (wedding)

8

  • Billie Lee Hendrickson Weds Eugene Hutcheson
  • Donna Jeanne Murray Bride of K. Parminter
  • Photo—Bolivar All-Star Betty Wagoner

9

  • Photo—Mrs. Keith Parminter
  • Engagement photo—Virginia Walsh to Cpl. Edward Peebles
  • Mrs. Grace Beason Honored by Fair Play Home Economic Club
  • "Buddy" Viles Married (to Virginia Miller)
  • Moore – Brown (wedding)

10

  • Engagement photo—Nira Jean Rosebrough to DeWayne Roberts
  • Photo—Mr. and Mrs. Oren Hopkins
  • Nira Jean Rosebrough Bride In Friday Wedding
  • Lois Ann Gardner Bride of Glen Gamble
  • Preacher Files For City Office Rev. Howard Abbott
  • Oren Hopkins Weds Miss Wilba Crain

11

  • Engagement photo—Wanda Hutchins to Joe D. Kirby
  • Johnnie Carson Weds Shirley Spurgeon Hanan
  • Swabby Baby Dies In Nebraska Kerry Allen Swabby
  • Davis – Simons (wedding)
  • Engagement/wedding photo—Marjorie Creach to Kenneth Moore
  • Engagement photo—Bethel Strickland to Theron Miller

12

  • Engagement Photo—Alta Louise Phillips to Kyle M. Gordon
  • Photo—Mr. & Mrs. Vern Hawkins
  • Hughes – Miller (wedding)
  • Wedding photo—Melba Durington and William W. Miller

13

  • Thom – Randolph (wedding)
  • Photo—Skelly Award J. Eldon King
  • Corporal R.J. Sears Weds Goldeana Mae Williams
  • Hutchins – Kirby (wedding)
  • Miss Louise Jones is Bride of Douglas Hughs

14

  • Engagement photo—Dorothy Guinn to Sgt. Charles W. (Bill) Huntress
  • Engagement photo—Sue Hines to Merl D. Enterline
  • Engagement photo—Jo Jeanne Callaway to John Alfred Braithwait
  • Howard W. Abbott political column w/photo

15

  • Abbott Named As Patrolman Howard W. Abbott
  • YWCA Course Opens Monday – Swimming Lessons Will Be Offered
  • Marquart Sisters In Double Wedding Audrey and Martin Brandenburg, Yvonne and Thomas Kundert Thorp
  • Huffman – Marshall (wedding)
  • Hopkins – Pursley (wedding)
  • Photos—Barbara Seiner (age 5 months), Paulette McGill (age 2), Anida Hopkins (age 3), James Myers (age 4), Diann Myers (age 6)

16

  • Wedding—Sue Hines and Merl D. Enterline
  • Engagement photo—Virginia Kealey to George G. Kowal
  • Irene Gordon Is Bride of Jack Hughs
  • Photo—Honor students class of ’52 of Fair Play High School Marlyn Ray Shuler, Helen Joyce Carney
  • Photo—Bill Roberts, Jr. member of Phi Eta Sigma fraternity

17

  • Mary Lou Kirby Bride of Raymond Wilson w/photo
  • Carolyn Kilpatrick receives Ganus Award at Harding College
  • New Radio Operator Hired by State Patrol Roy Marshall
  • Marriage Vows Are Solemnized Virginia Anne Kealey and George Gregory Kowal
  • Ballard – Keith (wedding)

18

  • Miss Jo Jeanne Callaway Weds John A. Braithwait w/photo
  • Bruninga – Lodge Vows Solemnized
  • Shown – Braithwait Rites at Monte Vista, Colo. (from Monte Vista Journal)

19

  • Engagement photo—Dorothy Bell Dickerson to John Arthur Sparkman
  • Engagement photo—Mary Holmes Bullard to Jack C. Killingsworth
  • Stone – Braithwait Vows Read In Sunday Ceremony w/photo

20

  • Marriage of Dorothy Belle Dickerson and John Arthur Sparkman w/photo
  • Marriage of Alta Louise Phillips and Kyle Max Gordon w/photo

21

  • Engagement photo—Louise Johnston to Cpl. Lowell L. Lunn
  • Engagement photo—Wilma Joan Galloway to Cletis Thomas Boyd
  • Engagement photo—Wilma Jean Buskirk to A/1c George Mason Ogden
  • Phoebe Hankal and Roy Krtek Are Married
  • Coffman – Pierce (wedding)

22

  • Mary A. Bullard Weds Jack Creed Killingsworth w/photo
  • Miss Phyllis M. Pence Marries Joseph M. Gwinn w/photo

23

  • Engagement photo—Lois Armstrong to Loren Werts
  • Bolivar Youth Killed by Reds Charles Vodicka
  • Miss Joan Galloway Marries C. Thomas Boyd w/photo
  • Photo—Susie Millstead and son
  • Photo—Mary Virginia Scott and Marilyn Parrott

24

  • Engagement photo—Doris Jacqueline Barnhouse to Ray Blankenship
  • Miss Johnston Feted (Louise)
  • Engagement photo—Betty Arnold to Jack Fox
  • Hammer – Lower (wedding)
  • Doris Barnhouse Bride of O.R. Blankenship

25

  • Candlelight Wedding Vows For Miss Miller (Elaine), Mr. Rice (Hanes) w/photo
  • Lois Armstrong and Loren Werts marriage w/photo

26

  • Binnie Mae Case, Abbott Williams, Married Friday
  • Wedding photo—Mrs. Lowell L. Lunn (Louise Johnston) 2 photos

27

  • Miss Johnston, L. L. Lunn Wed In Afternoon Service
  • Candlelight Marriage Vows for Miss Price (Inazetta), Mr. Hacker (Bobby) w/photo
  • Bonnie Gentry Feted

28

  • Titus – Gardner Marriage Read In Bolivar Ceremony w/photo
  • Engagement photo—Shirley Kilpatrick to Gareld Borgstadt

29

  • Photo—Mr. and Mrs. Donald Jones
  • Engagement photo—Olive Glendenning to Clarke Thomas

30

  • Photo—Bill Batten, Arthur Allen, Bill Bates, Charlie May, Mrs. Batten, Barney Kilpatrick
  • Photo—They Caught ‘Em Mrs. Bill Bates, Jr. and Mrs. Dale Murphy w/string of bass
  • Photo—Johnnie Carson
  • Photo—James Richard Lower, William Kent Butler
  • Photo—Wayne Murray
  • Photo—Kent Morgan, Gary and Raymond Nichols
  • Photo—Vicki Jean Hill (age 11 months)

31

  • Miss Olive Glendenning Marries Clarke Thomas w/photo
  • Photo—Valedictorian/Salutatorian Dadeville High School 1953 Marilyn June Anderson, Patricia Ann Frieze

32

  • Jerry and Carolyn Shelton Discover 1200-Year-Old Indian Relics
  • Photo—Citizens of Tomorrow Ramona (age 7), James (age 4) and Peggy (age 15 months) Myers, Layne (age 2) and Randall (age 1) Asbell
  • Engagement photo—Sue Leslie to Wayne Hanchey

33

  • (James) Sawyer, (Fred) Lower Win Honors at Fair Play
  • Photo—1953 Fair Play Seniors

34

  • Frances Kukal Wins Three Prizes In Kansas City Fashion Show w/photo
  • Engagement photo—Shirlene Shelton to Ben Koon
  • News of Servicemen Sgt. 1st Class Kenneth D. Copeland w/photo

35

  • Miss Leattie Ball, Dr. W.O. Russell Wed Wednesday w/photo

36

  • Photo—Traveling Shriners Virgil Williams, Clifford Van Duzen, A.V. Anderson, Guy Best
  • Photo—Books are staples Betty Jeane Copeland
  • Photo—Mrs. J.E. Phillips, Mrs. Gene Butler, Mrs. Wilbur Lee Hunt and Mrs. R.G. Saunders
  • Dorothy Ann Guinn Weds James E. Osborn

37

  • Photo—Dorothy Guinn Married in Sacred Heart Ceremony
  • Engagement photo—Mary Margaret Fox to Lt. David A. Robinette
  • Photo—Dale Murphy, Homer Watts, Bill Bates, Jr. with 50 lb. spoonbill catfish

38

  • Engagement photo—Carolyn Joan Riehm to Oliver Steinhaus, Jr.
  • Photos—Robert Earl Wilson, Cadet Rex Perkins, R. W. Kallenbach
  • Leslie – Hanchey Vows

39

  • Photo—Barbara Alley bride of Bud Glendenning
  • Williams – Fisher Vows Said in Ceremony Here w/photo
  • Photo—Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Davis

40

  • Shelton – Koon Wedding August 16 w/photo
  • Mary Margaret Fox Weds David Allen Robinette w/photo

41

  • Photo—Pennies for Votes Mrs. Helen Leascher, Mrs. Fern Wiggins, Mrs. Betty Jo Gilmore, Mrs. Ruth Picotte, Miss Nancy Gilbert, Miss Peggy Butts, Miss Earlene Conway, Miss Dorothy Hicks, miss May Everett, Mrs. Jackie Evans
  • Photo—"Miss Frisco" of Springfield Queen Aerlene Conway, May Everett, Jackie Evans, Nancy Gilbert, Betty Jo Gilmore, Petty Butts, Dorothy Hicks, Mr. Cox, Fern Wiggins, Ruth Picotte, Helen Leascher, Velma Davis
  • Open House For 25th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Cecil McCormick
  • Lois Ballard Is Bride of Mark Fred Winton

42

  • Photo—Prepare for Funstrel Hubert Potter, Russell Wilcox, Bill Ring, Paul Shelton, Beach Egbert, Joan Atkinson, Earlene Conway, Karol Knight
  • Engagement photo—Patricia Bishop to A-2c William C. Edwards

43

  • Photo—Drs. Blanche and William Bonar
  • Riehm – Steinhaus Wedding w/photo

44

  • Photo—USO Officers Nancy Gilbert, Nola Rorie, Ellen Ucker, Betty Linebaugh, Lenore Graskemper, Bobbie Critser

45

  • Engagement photo—Mary Anna Wagemann to John Edward Hopkins
  • Betrothal of Betty Lee Pace to Robert Pope Is Announced
  • Wanda Hacker Sails for European Assignment w/photo
  • Photo—Have a Heart Hazle Voelkle, Alice Tolliver, Evelyn Skyler, Martha Hegberg, Mary Harkness, Jewell Thompson
  • Party to Honor Frisco Wives

46

  • Photo—Sorority Sweethearts Mariellen Prickett, Frances Pretti, Mrs. Tom Clopton, Mrs. Chester Fugate, Dorothy Cardwell
  • Photo—Willard B. (Buck) Owen
  • Photos—Kathy Ann (age 2) and Linda Lee Kukal (age 4), Stephen Hughes (age 3), Linda Jean Gothard (age 5)

47

  • Photo—Sorority Honorees Mrs. John Greig, Miss Joan Newkirk, Mrs. Jackson Tucker, Miss Hazel Voelkle, Mrs. Wilbur Hegberg, Miss Velma Miller
  • Photo—Tag Buyers Oliver Gideon, W.J. Hardy, Dr. J.L. Johnston

48

  • Engagement photo—La Rita Simmons to Elvin S. Douglas, Jr.
  • Engagement photo—Alberta Priester to Arthur M. Viles

49

  • Photo—Convention Bound Martha Kelpe, Billie Lou Rose, Betty Ratliff, Barbara Critser, Nancy Gilbert, Joan Welsh, Aldean Haguewood, Dorothy Beckett
  • Salt Lake City Girl Bride of Gene Standley (Dorothy Lu Withers)

50

  • Engagement photo—Doris Marie Uhlmann to James H. Smith
  • Engagement photo—Joan Hardy to James C. Moseley
  • Engagement photo—Helen Cunningham to Robert Carter

51

  • Shirley Kirpatrick Becomes Bride of Gareld Borgstadt in Church Ceremony w/2 photos

52

  • LaRita Simmons Becomes Bride of Elvin Douglas w/photo

53

  • Wedding photo—Mrs. Elvin S. Douglas, Jr.
  • Don Brown Given Commendation w/photo

54

  • Helen Cunningham and Robert Carter marriage w/photo
  • Engagement photo—Frances Kukal to Stener Carlson
  • Church Ceremony For Miss Kukal, Stener Carlson

55

  • Uhlmann – Smith Vows Are Solemnized Sunday w/photo
  • Photo—Mrs. Wayne Hanchey and daughter, Leslie Cheryl
  • Lt. Gerald and Carolyn Shelton Proud Parents
  • Photo—Wayne (Turkey) Miller

56

  • Photo—Vernon Ables
  • Morris – Taylor (wedding)
  • Photo—Long Job Ends James Perry Fender, C. Wallace Clark
  • Photo—Mr. and Mrs. Hearn Ruder
  • Ozarks Singer Starts Cruise w/photo Loretta Hamilton

57

  • Photo—Queen and Attendants Sandie Crumley, Ann Lawrence, Carol Widger

58

  • Photo—Mrs. Winton Melton and children, Judy and Robert

59

  • Thurman – Hamontree Vows Read In Forsyth Chapel w/photo
  • Joan Hardy Is Bride Of James C. Moseley w/photo
  • Miss Stewart Bride of Robert Johnson

60

  • Engagement photo—Marlene Thurman to Sam E. Hamontree
  • Engagement photo—Ella Louise Phillips to Charles H. Fugate
  • Photo—Beauanna Douglass
  • Photo—J. Freeman Wasson

61

  • Miss Ruth Mary Fuerst Weds Benjamin Francka w/photo
  • Wanda Hacker – Ellis Dodge Allen, Jr. wedding w/photo

62

Photos of the following –
  • Julia Gelven (2)
  • Margaret Ellison
  • Jess Edwards
  • Marie Dysart
  • Rose Douglas
  • Lee Roberts
  • Joe and Julia Benson
  • Dick Tanner
  • Rachel Surridge

63

  • 1955 Fair Play Seniors
  • Former Fair Play Girl Is Married to Kansas City Man Norma Jean Fisher and Albert Richard Gunsallus

64

  • Perry Sprague w/photo
  • Marvin Hopkins w/photo both these articles/photos are very faded and somewhat hard to read
 
Book Four

No dates are marked on front cover as has been done on the previous scrapbooks; however, it appears that this scrapbook covers events from 1955 through 1959. This book is mainly engagement/marriage articles and photos. The cover is coming loose and the first page is not attached. Many of the pages have had articles/photos cut out. There are no sources/dates listed on the content.

Page

Content

1

 

2

  • William Hardy Expires at 62 w/photo
  • Rex V. Perkins (graduates from West Point) w/photo
  • Robert M. Pope (grand marshal of the 1955 graduating class MU College of Veterinary Medicine) w/photo
  • Robert Gillaspie Member of Champion Army Rifle Team w/photo

3

  • Line Cleared After Pileup – Frisco Derailment at Wyandotte, Okla.
  • Engagement photo—Annalee Hughes to Charles William Huntress

4

  • 34 Grads of ’45 Return BHS class of 1945 w/photo
  • Class Reunion at Park BHS class of 1943
  • Marriage Announced photo—Bonny Lee Ballenger to Linza J. Spencer

5

  • Miss Hughes Is Bride of Charles Huntress, Jr. w/photo
  • Photo—Frances Carmichael Crawford and children Catherine Louise and Patrick
  • Photos (4)—Wilma Fugate, Anita Emery, Janice Katherine Hopkins, Bill Marshall

6

  • Engagement photo—Barbara Louise Bolley to Denton Lee Richey
  • Engagement photo—Ida Sue Lahr to Rev. Fred B. Paxton
  • Barbara Louise Bolley Weds Denton L. Richey w/photo

7

  • Photo—Alpha Tau Phi sorority – Carolyn Hilton, Mary Williamson, Mignon Dooly, Georgia Rush, Sylvia Miller, Ann Lawrence
  • Engagement photo—Barbara Ann Bigler to Lt. Ronald E. Harlow

8

  • Marriage Announced photo—Charmaine Fisk to Allan R. Grotz
  • Engagement photo—Betty Wommack to Norman G. Copeland
  • Engagement photo—Loretta Potts to Paul E. Rains

9

  • Nears 64th Anniversary as Mason – M.F. Smith, at 85, Still Active in Lodge Activities w/photo
  • Potts – Rains wedding w/photo
  • Engagement photo—Rosemarie Hartwick to Kenneth Hopkins

10

  • Photo—Steady Job F.D. Thayer
  • Great-Granddaughter of F.P. Hendershot and Wife Dies at Boonville, Mo.

11

  • Infant Heart Disease Victim Must Wait Years for Surgery w/photo Traci Dee Glendenning and mother Earlene Glendenning
  • Ozarks Airman Hurt In 5-Fatality Crash Airman C.L. Boyd

12

  • Litle – Pereira Wedding Performed In New York w/photo
  • Wommack – Copeland wedding w/photo

13

  • Stork Wins Race, Pop (Charles Tummons ) Delivers Son

14

  • W.W. Coys Married Fifty years Ago
  • Engagement photo—Diana Rowe to Wayne Hutchins
  • Photo—Little Theater Loretta Hamilton, Bud Brixey

15

  • Tot’s Health Basis of Suit – Parents Ask $40,000 For 4-Year-Old Rogers vs. Rushing
  • Photo—Attend Sorority Convention Bonny Spencer, Nancy Gilbert, Ruth Corlett, Marian Michailides, Barbara Critser, Peggy Butts, Martha Cunningham
  • Photo—Mrs. Abbott A. Williams, Jr. and daughter Susan

16

  • Railroad Service Mark? Fred D. Thayer Resigns After Many Years on Memphis Run w/photo
  • McNerney – Rand (marriage)
  • Photo—crowning of Miss Springfield 1956 Ann Lawrence, Sandra Crumley, Bart Avery, Sue Todd, Marilyn Goodnight, Dean Maze

17

  • Engagement photo—Norma Ann Brown to Beryl Bradley
  • MU Confers Ph.D. On Arthur Allen w/photo
  • Valedictorian/Salutatorian Fair Play (no date) photo - Iris Worthan, Dorothy Lee Sawyer

18

  • Photo—Tornado Spotter Mrs. Dean M. Radtke
  • Engagement photo—Vera Louise Campbell to Leonard Grant
  • Engagement photo—Sharon Courtney to Joe Long
  • Photo—Mr. and Mrs. Jess Winton celebrate golden wedding anniversary

19

  • Candid Camera Catches Cattlemen w/ candid snapshots

20

  • Photo—New Officers (Oil Men’s Club) Allan Gatty, Clarence Hicks, B.J. Benson, Jim Dobyns, Joseph Davault

21

  • Backs – Kremer wedding w/photo
  • Miss Kennon Chosen DeMolay Sweetheart w/photo Sandra Sue Kennon

22

  • Photo—Cindy, Mary Nan and Kirk Webster
  • Oklahoma Girl Is Bride of Jimmy Martin
  • Receives B.S. Degree in Agriculture w/photo James D. Forgey

23

  • Engagement photo—Donna Kay Bumgarner to William Edward Swanson
  • Hopkins – Williams wedding w/photo
  • Campbell – Grant wedding w/photo

24

  • Miss Donna Bumgarner Weds William Swanson w/photo
  • Engagement photo—Mary Catherine Thompson to Buddy L. Long
  • Engagement photo—Benita Simmons to Dr. Robert R. Mensendiek

25

  • Photo—Award Winners Bob Wollard, Wayne Grisham, Mac Phillips, Caleb Lipscomb
  • Photo—dairy cattle judging team Alan King, Jim Phillips, Jerry King, Hugh Corry, Paul Cornelison
  • Train Derailed On Frisco Line 30 miles NW of Jonesboro, Arkansas
  • Photo—Sandra Sue Kennon
  • Springfield C of C Host to MU Judging Team w/photo Jim Phillips

26

  • Engagement photo—Nancy Gilbert to Roy M. Cantrell, Jr.
  • Trousseau Tea Honors Miss Nancy Gilbert
  • Nancy Jane Gilbert Weds Roy Cantrell, Jr. w/photo

27

  • Engagement photo—Betty Deskin to Gene Thurman
  • Engagement photo—Julia Catherine Gelven to Eugene S. Dineen
  • Miss Betty Lou Deskin Bride of Gene Thurman

28

  • RAM to Install New Officers w/photo Everett E. Phillips
  • Photo—In Little Theater Play Loretta Hamilton
  • Photo—Mr. and Mrs. J.O. Hammons celebrate golden wedding anniversary

29

  • Photo—April Wedding Ruby Loretta Hamilton and I. Tom Curry
  • Miss Loretta Hamilton Marries I. Tom Curry w/photo
  • Lieut. Joe L. Beason Ro Report For Overseas Duty In The Far East w/photo Lt. Joe L. Beason
  • Cited for Fleeing Scene of Mishap Dale Tanner

30

  • Gelven – Dineen wedding w/photo
  • Marriage photo—Mary Simpson and Donald B. Wyse
  • Engagement photo—Dolores Beason to A-2c Leon Boyd

31

  • Sun Spots, Chemistry His Hobbies w/photo Bill Gelven
  • Wayne (Turkey) Miller bowling article
  • Photo—Fair Play honor students Wayne Wollard, Marilyn Tinsley
  • PBX Installation (of officers)

32

  • Photo—Mrs. James C. Moseley and son Chris
  • Postmaster Is Confirmed w/photo Ralph Gravely
  • Photo—Sandra Kennon

33

  • Fair Play Club Woman of the Year Verbal McCrory (Mrs. J. E) Phillips w/photo
  • Photo—Dairy Queen Glenna M. Frost, Gene Johnson

34

  • Worthan –Willard wedding w/photo
  • Breedlove (Bill) Takes Top Honors In Frisco Golf Tournament
  • Dennis – Gist Engagement News w/photo Etha Dennis

35

  • Fargey – Lawler wedding w/photo
  • Pioneer of Flying, Harold Gatty Dies w/photo Harold Gatty

36

  • Engagement photo—Deanna Robinson to Lt. James D. Forgey
  • Deanna Robison Bride of James Forgey
  • Photo—Mr. and Mrs. Ernest J. Webster on cruise ship

37

  • Perfect Circle Names Club Woman Candidate w/photo Mrs. Bill Fox
  • Drury Secretary Leaves Post After 29 Busy, Happy Years w/photo Miss Clara Langsford
  • Butts – Matthews Vows Exchanged

38

  • Engagement photo—Dorothy Margaret Jones to Clarence N. Fullerton
  • Engagement photo—Alta Ann Crooks to Lt. Rex VanNoy Perkins
  • Photo—Cheryl Rains

39

  • Jones – Fullerton wedding w/photo
  • Announce Engagement of Miss Barbara Kee w/photo
  • Miss Barbara Kee Becomes Bride of Guy Harville
  • Photos—Willard B. Erwin, Bruce Hopkins, Blaine Taylor

40

  • Headon Crash Proves Fatal w/photo Phillip W. Alexander
  • Photo—Top Students (Fair Play) Jacquelyn Hammons, Nina Hendershot
  • Marriages – Annette Frank and Charles W. Cheek
  • Clouser – Temple Vows
  • Engagement photo—Glenna Frost to Ralph Finkbiner, Jr.
  • Photo—Mr. and Mrs. Willie Kennon 50th wedding anniversary

41

  • Frost – Finkbiner wedding w/photo
  • Kilpatrick – Roberts Vows Read Sunday At Drury w/photo

42

  • Photo—Mrs. Alma Hall and Adam Meister
  • Photo—Sandra Kennon
  • Photo—Frosty Wreck (Fort Scott, Kan.)
  • Obituary—Clifford Vernon Cheek

43

  • Photo—Mrs. J.H. (Bud) Cox and children Jayne Beth, Julie Ann, Jenny Lyn 1959

44

  • Kennon – Harrison wedding w/photo
  • Photo—Harlan Boehm

45

  • Mrs. Webster (Virginia Laverne Kirk) Dies at 38 – Underwent Surgery For Brain Tumor 1960
  • Bresnan – Pierce Vows

46

  • Photo—Carol Ann Pierce w/ two Great Danes
  • Vows Exchanged Last Saturday Gladys Potter and Millard W. Limbaugh

47

  • Photos—Daisy Livingston, Addie Livingston

48

  • Engagement photo—Ann Romayne Lawrence to Charles Henry Baird
  • Lawrence – Baird wedding w/photo
  • photos (4)—"Shots" of The Shrine Lake Party

49

  • photo—Mrs. David Harrison and daughter Robin Lynn
 
Book Five

This scrapbook is in very poor condition. The pages are very brittle, and heavy due to the gluing and taping of the invitations and announcements. Several of the pages are blank, either from not being used or because items have been removed. This scrapbook covers events from the 40s and 50s.

Page

Content

1-4

  • Music Club programs from 1940s all handmade

5-6

Birth announcements
  • Constance Lea Gregoire
  • Glenn Dale Bennett, Jr.
  • Larry Girard Mayse
  • Mary Kathleen Phillips
  • Richard Doyle Bennett
  • Robert Eugene Ousley
  • Pamela Sue Hornback

7

blank

8-9

Wedding invitations
  • Clara Viles and Sergeant Walter Perice Faulkner
  • Norma Lou Kilpatrick and Arthur Allen
  • Beula Harris and Donald R. Neuhart
  • Rose Lee Marling and James Julius McDonald
  • Bonnie Gentry and Herman Capps
  • Barbara Ann Bigler and Ronald Eugene Harlow

10

  • Fair Play commencement program 7 May 1948
  • Bolivar High School Commencement and Baccalaureate programs 14 May and 9 May 1948

11-13

  • blank
  • 14

    Baby Shower invitations
    • Bonnie Gentry
    • Doris Whitehead
    • Sorosis House (party invitation)
    • Elsie Bates Earl
    • Marsha Cox

    15

    Birth Announcements
    • Patricia Lee Propp
    • Denise Jane Byrd
    • Lisa Ann Byrd
    • Rebecca Ann Propp

    16

    Invitations – Bridal, Baby Showers
    • Margie Lee Hughes
    • Marjorie and John Morris
    • Jerry Barker
    • Mrs. Max Mead
    • Mrs. Glen Bennet
    • Mr. and Mrs. Richard Derossett

    17

    Invitations to Bridal Showers
    • Mary McGee
    • Norma Lou Kilpatrick
    • Beula Harris
    • Jeanie Neill
    • Dorothy Derossett
    • June Edgington

    18

    Invitations to Bridal Showers
    • Virginia Lee Fittra
    • Ralpha Dowler
    • Maureen John
    • Mrs. Don Brown
    • Betty Jean Hopkins
    • Mildred Uhlmann

    19-29

    blank

    30

    • Party invitations (4)

    31-33

    blank

    34

    • Party invitations (5)

    35-39

    blank

    40

    • Wedding invitation—Nancy Jane Gilbert and Roy Cantrell, Jr.
    • Baby announcement—Tamara Lynn Woolley
    • Baby announcement—Dennis Eric Byrd
    • Party invitations (2)

    41

    • Baby announcement—Monte Barker Miller
    • Birth announcement—Ronald Eric ---
    • Party invitation
    • Graduation announcement—William C. Pierce, Jr. St. Agnes High School 1958
    • Wedding invitation—Judith Kay Bush and Stewart Keith Green
    • Wedding invitation—Cynthia Illene Gilgus and Morton Harold Alexander

    42-52

    Blank
     
    Book Six

    This scrapbook is in very poor condition. All the pages are loose. This book contains school programs, 4-H programs, invitations to wedding and baby showers and parties given by individuals and/or groups of people. It also contains birth announcements and graduation announcements all from the 1940s. The last seven pages are the name cards sent out with graduation announcements. These are from the 1943 and up Fair Play Seniors.

    1

    • Orchestra Program no date
    • Program "This Night Beware" Fair Play Junior Class play 11 Apr 1941

    2

     

    3

    • Senior Night Fair Play Senior Class of ’42 14 Nov 1941
    • Thanksgiving Program presented by Fair Play Grades 19 Nov 1941

    4

    Programs
    • Commencement Sermon Senior Class Fair Play 11 May 1941
    • Graduation exercises Eight Grade Fair Play 14 May 1941
    • Commencement Senior Class Fair Play 15 May 1941
    • Commencement Sermon Senior Class Fair Play May 1943

    5

    Programs
    • Commencement Senior Class Fair Play 6 May 1943
    • Baccalaureate Fair Play 30 Apr 1944
    • Eighth Grade Graduation Fair Play 3 May 1944
    • Commencement Senior Class Fair Play 4 May 1944

    6

    Programs
    • Red Cross Benefit Fair Play 23 Feb 1942
    • Commencement Sermon Senior Class Fair Play 10 May 1942
    • Eighth Grade Graduation Fair Play 13 May 1942
    • Commencement Senior Class Fair Play 14 May 1942

    7

    Programs
    • Baccalaureate Senior Class Fair Play 6 May 1945
    • Eighth Grade Graduation 9 May 1945
    • Commencement Exercises Senior Class Fair Play 10 May 1945
    • Baccalaureate Senior Class Fair Play 12 May 1946

    8

    Programs
    • Eighth Grade Graduation Fair Play no date
    • Commencement Exercises Senior Class Fair Play 16 May 1946

    9

    Invitations
    • Birthday party Norma Jean
    • Party at Dorothy Hendrickson’s
    • Freshman party given by Deryll Swabby
    • Halloween party at Ora Ann Reynolds

    10

     

    11

    Programs
    • District 4-H Round-Up Marshfield 13 Aug 1942
    • Polk County Achievement Day 31 July 1943

    12

    Programs
    • District 4H Club Round-Up Bolivar 10 Aug 1943
    • Sixth Annual Fair Play High School Alumni Banquet 3 May 1940

    13

    • 4-H Achievement Day Program Polk County 25 July 1944

    14

    • Missouri District 4-H Club Round-Up Program Greenfield 29 Aug 1944

    15

    • Polk County Achievement Day Program Aug 1945

    16

    • Official Program of the 233rd Annual Santa Fe Fiesta September 1st and 2nd, 1945

    17

    • Eighth Annual Alumni Banquet Fair Play 8 May 1942

    18

    • Eighth Grade graduation announcement—Lois Dean Crane Linn Creek 1944
    • Graduation announcement—Dorothy Hendrickson Bolivar 1945
    • Graduation announcement—Norma Lou Kilpatrick Bolivar 1946

    19

    • Graduation announcement—Imogene Hammond Ousley Eldon 1946
    • Graduation announcement—Carol L. Curl South Gate High School (no year)

    20

    • Junior Class Presents "Silas Marner" 14 Mar 1945

    21

    • Program 27th Southwest Missouri High School Music Festival 11 Apr 1946

    22

    • Program 28th Southwest Missouri High School Music Festival 10 Apr 1947

    23

    • Polk County Achievement Day Program 31 July 1946

    24

     

    25

    • Missouri District 4_H Round-Ups Lebanon 27 Aug 1946

    26

    • Program Polk County Home Economics Clubs Achievement Day 21 Sep 1946

    27

    • Commencement program Bolivar High School 16 May 1947
    • Eighth Grade Promotional exercises 14 May 1948 school not named

    28

    • Aurora Houns basketball players no date

    29

    • "Superstitious Sadie" A Farce in Three Acts Junior Class play Fair Play 1947

    30

     

    31

    • F. P. H. S. Carnival schedule 13 Nov 1946

    32

    • See What 4-H’ers Have Done Recognition Night Bolivar 10 Feb 1947

    33

    Name Cards
    • Frederick J. Kurpjuweit
    • Jack Franklin Fox
    • William Elmer Long, Jr.
    • Neeta Marie Cowles
    • Mabel Evelyn Davolt
    • Helen Frances Mead
    • Wilda Dean Miller
    • Lucille Hopkins Hagan
    • Helen Louise Simmons
    • Ava Lee Jones
    • Helen Wanda Miller
    • Eunice Maxine Boswell
    • Evelyn Marie Welsh
    • Gene Campbell Mann
    • Ralph B. Rotrock
    • Eugene C. Gannaway
    • Bobbie Davis
    • Billy Davis

    34

    Name Cards
    • Jack W. Hughs
    • Ivyl D. Enders
    • William Bernard Lower
    • Lois Wallen
    • Norman Dale Curl
    • Arde Ramesbothom
    • Billy Paul Underwood
    • Doris L. Hopkins
    • Mary Coffey
    • Theron Orman Miller
    • Norman Jean Wakefield
    • Julian O. Hicks
    • Oren W. Hopkins
    • Marjorie L. Price
    • Donald W. Simmons
    • William Fredrick Gurrie
    • Margie Lee Sprague
    • Genevieve May Underwood

    35

    Name Cards
    • Vernistine Stroud
    • Mary Allowee Taylor
    • Bobby Linden Miller
    • Willis E. Hughs
    • Edwin Simmons
    • Paul Eugene Collins
    • Dorothy Lou Welsh
    • Phyllis J. Rotrock
    • Byron Kent Morgan
    • Elizabeth Atilee Hagerman
    • Gerald Edward Harville
    • Charles Franklin Brown
    • Elizabeth Elaine Miller
    • Jerry Lee Barker
    • Edna Faye Mann
    • Eula Marjorie Wakefield
    • Daphne Jenkins
    • Kyle Mendell Hunt
    • Anna Marie Schimek

    36

    Name Cards
    • Nola Elaine Steward
    • Wanda Jean Tindle
    • Doris Louise Wallen
    • Margaret Price
    • Betty Jo Neill
    • Beth Hamby
    • Kenneth Hawkins
    • Wendel D. Hammons
    • Jack Harville
    • Leo Currie
    • Wilbert K. Atkins
    • Flo Ada Campbell
    • Glen E. Gamble
    • J.B. Lyon
    • Bruce Nelson Hopkins
    • Leon Woodford
    • Noel Roger Gorder
    • Campbell Viles
    • Virginia Louise Palmer
    • Harlen E. Embrey
    • Byron A. Luna
    • Wayne Hout
    • Sidney Joe Pitts
    • Andrew Fuller, Jr.

    37

    Name Cards
    • Leora Dell Welsh
    • Wilma Ruth Hargis
    • Mrs. Roberta Looney
    • Opal Marie Lawson
    • Wilma Hartman
    • Marilyn Hughes
    • Geneva Faye Hornbeck
    • Louise Newcomb
    • Jean Darlene Garrison
    • Billye Nadine May
    • Venita Kilpatrick
    • Ireene Ammerman
    • Retha Lorene Rinck
    • Betty Francois Ricchetti
    • Evelyn Martha Deragowski
    • Mary Lea Glendenning
    • Mary Elizabeth Miller
    • Dorothy and Gladys Black
    • Jimmie Skalicky
    • Billy Gene Propp
    • Claud Ammerman

    38

    Name Cards
    • Alice Irene Garretson
    • Mrs. Dorothy Kinsey
    • Velma Irene Wimberly
    • Berniece D. Coffman
    • Glenda Marie Holbert
    • Norma Jean Brown
    • Evelynn Armstrong
    • Dorothy Roy Gwinn
    • Helen Louise Bitzer
    • Virginia Lee Fittra
    • Marvin A. Breshears
    • John Strack
    • James Ray Phillips
    • Mark F. Winton
    • Tommy N. Churchman
    • Elmer Dwain Barnes
    • Bea and Bill Craig
    • Russell Eugene Nunn
    • Jack J. Engleman
    • Vernon D. Ables
    • Milos Kukal

    39

    Name Cards
    • Charles B. Wilson
    • Charles E. Johnson
    • David Willard Ammerman
     
    Book Seven 1960-1964

    This scrapbook is in good condition. All the pages and cover are intact; however, some of the pages have had articles/pictures cut from them. There are several loose articles between some of the pages.

    Page

    Content

    1

    • Engagement photo—Barbara Parke to David Hardy Durkee
    • Wedding photo—Joed Deeds Conrad (Mrs. Raymond C. Conrad, Jr.)

    2

    • Crash Hurts Prove Fatal – Injured March 18 In 4-Car Crash Waymon F. Douglas w/photo of Douglas

    3

    • Springfield Winds Up to Deliver Big ’61 Record w/photo (unidentified)

    4

    • Photos (5)—Marine Captain Frank E. Cline, bud Engleman, Helen Miller, Toni Deulen, Tom and Jane Flanagan, Martha and Wilbur Hegberg
    • Engagement photo—Mary Paula Jones to McCrory Allan Phillips
    • ‘I Remember Christmas…" by Robert D. Carpenter w/photo of Carpenter
    • Mead – Graham wedding w/photo

    5

    • Photos (2)—Mrs. George T. (Dorothy) Guinn
    • Photos—Nobel & Mrs. Homer Squibb, M.A. Purvis, Harlan Boehm, Paul and Pearl Murray, Ann Webster, Bob Bird, Mabel, Mary Beth, Bill Rush

    6

    • Photos (2)—Society Mrs. Garland A. Reynolds w/African violets Walter Vinton w/lemon tree

    7

    • Photo—Noble George Bush, Noble Kirk Hawkins and Russell B. Oliver
    • Photo—Noble Harlan C. Boehm
    • Mrs. R.C. Nebring returns home w/photo
    • Engagement photo—Betty Iorg to Bill Blakeslee
    • Iorg – Blakeslee wedding w/photo

    8-9

    • Feeling of Unity in Design w/4 photos Home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Engleman
    • Photo—Mr. and Mrs. Risse L. Hill celebrate 50th wedding anniversary

    10

     

    11

    • Engagement photo—Nancy Ann Holbert to David Braithwait
    • Holbert – Braithwait wedding w/photo
    • Engagement photo—Janet Teters to Bob Burks

    12

    • Engagement photo—Patsy Ann Baumgarner to Jerry L. McWhirter
    • Bumgarner-McWhirter wedding w/photo

    13

    • Two Honored At Coffee Mrs. William Pierce and Mrs. Charles Hirschbein
    • Photo—Mr. and Mrs. Gene Butler celebrate golden wedding anniversary

    14

    • Springfieldian Gunsmith For Shooters at Camp Perry w/photo Robert Gillaspie
    • Burton’s Blocking, Defense Hailed in Oklahoma Victory w/photo Newt Burton
    • Sooner Starter w/photo Newt Burton

    15

    • Newt Remains on Front Line w/photo Newt Burton
    • Photo—Newt Burton on ‘Sooner’ grid streamliner

    16

    • Mr. and Mrs. James C. Ward will entertain this evening following the rehearsal of the wedding of their son Thomas Clinton Ward to Rita Vernene Johnson

    17

    • Cadwell – Burton wedding w/photo

    18

    • Engagement photo—Linda Webb to Ronnie D. McCracken
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    Book Eight 1940-50

    This scrapbook is in poor condition. The cover is loose as are all the pages, however, the articles glued to the pages are intact. There are some loose papers found between pages 42 and 43. Beginning with page 57 a numbering error has caused each page to have been numbered twice with each number different.

    Page

    Content

    1

    • Picture White and Erwin Funeral Home
    • Picture Hutcheson-Blue Funeral Home
    • Picture Muirhead Hall
    • Picture Presidents of the United States

    2

    • Picture George Washington
    • Picture Andrew Jackson
    • Picture Theodore Roosevelt
    • Picture Abraham Lincoln
    • Picture Herbert Hoover
    • Picture Franklin D. Roosevelt
    • Picture Thomas Jefferson
    • Picture Ulysses S. Grant
    • Picture Wright Brothers
    • Picture Train
    • Picture Horse Drawn Carriage
    • Picture Washington’s Carriage
    • Picture Christmas Carriage 1946
    • Picture "Bringing Home the Christmas Tree"

    3

    • School Notes Newspaper clipping 1925; names of students
    • Picture Bolivar High School
    • Picture North Side School
    • Bolivar High School Newspaper Volume 1 Number 3

    4

    • Paper clipping "The Springfield of 57 Paper clipping "The Springfield of 57 Years Ago"; Picture of Square 1876
    • "Our Democracy" newspaper cartoon
    • "Succeeds with Swine" newspaper clipping; photo of John Leonard Kukal

    5

    • Newspaper clippings
    • "Three Stores Robbed"
    • "Bolivar Gets a Good Licking"
    • "Bolivar Wins 30 to 0 Game"
    • "Rain Stops Game at a Tie"

    6

    Newspaper clippings
    • "Speakers Tell of Olden Days in County History"
    • "Dr. C.V. Steward Dies in Ariz.; Burial is Here"
    • "New Water Lines and Entrance for Cemetery" (1944)
    • "Bolivar Couple Married 54 Years"
    • 1946 birth announcement
    • "Clinton Robert (Day) Gist Dies at Age of 30"

    7

    • "Win in Eighth Inning Rally"
    • "Cracks at the Passing Show"
    • "Office Cat"
    • "Jokes"
    • "Ashlock’s Birthday Party"

    8

    • "Dr. Robert Movies His Office After 63 Years on the Square"
    • "Judge Skinker Quits the Bench"
    • Bolivar Future Farmer Members 1940-41 Picture with Names
    • "High Voltage Shock Fatal to Otis Grant" (1940)
    • "Town Clock Modernized" (1945)
    • "Snow Removal on Missouri’s Highways" Pictures (1940)
    • "Missouri Highway Snow Fleet Keeps Roads Open"

    9

    • "Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Barnett returned from trip…"
    • "Bruce Brown bought home"
    • "Not Right Kind of Buggy"
    • "Three in Inglis Hospital"
    • "I have started work…Arthur C. Reed"
    • "The Frisco ran a $3.25 special train…Mr. and Mrs. J.O. Koon, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Rodelander, Misses Anna and Ada McCracken, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Pitts, A.C. Reynolds, Jim Marshall and ‘Red’ Scurlock."
    • "Gene Lamont and wife and little son Ted…"
    • "Mrs. Walter Parker and daughter Dorothy Ann…"
    • "J.A. Duncan and family and Miss Minnie Shipley…"
    • "Two Oklahoma aviators have been in town….taking passengers at $3.50 a ride…"
    • "Tuesday night’s lightning struck T. H. Jarman’s house…"
    • "J.C. Parker and Loyd McNabb were fishing…"
    • "There was a near cyclone in the Slagle neighborhood…"
    • "Arthur Davis Leases Mill"
    • "Mrs. Alice Blue, who has been visiting California…has written daughter Mrs. Frank A. Martin…"
    • "The Weaubleau baseball team will be in Bolivar…"
    • "George Mike Upton and his wife and two daughters Elisabeth and Wilma…"
    • "The Bolivar baseball team will play…"
    • "John Payton Burglarized"
    • "John Peyton while riding horseback Saturday afternoon, was run into by a car…"
    • "A. J. Gorden, living 8 miles east of Bolivar,…"
    • "Finds Watch After 16 Years"
    • "Esau saw a saw" poem
    • "Ben F. Leonard cleaned out fifty pesky English sparrows…"
    • "Mrs. Arthur Blackburn, bookkeeper for R. B. Viles & Co.,…"
    • "Best Wishes"
    • "Youngsters think that the world doesn’t understand…"
    • "L. Cunningham and family were visitors at Ha Ha Tonka…"
    • "Miss Electa Cossins left Monday for St. Louis…"
    • "Unreliable"
    • "The Better Authority"
    • "Scratching the Record"
    • "Obscure Works"
    • "A Seventeen-year-old New York city girl is the world’s champion swimmer…"
    • "James Caldwell, who had been ill…"
    • "B.M. Sparks Hurt By Car"
    • "Karlin Picnic Next Monday"
    • "E.T. Devin and family drove to Weaubleau…"
    • "Armistice Day on Tuesday was celebrated quietly in Bolivar…" (1924)
    • "W.M. Marsh and family were ate their farm near Ash grove Sunday…"
    • "W. M. Marsh and family were in Springfield Tuesday night attending the wedding of Mrs. Marsh’s sister Miss Helen Elson…"
    • "S.B. Hutcheson is going to build three bungalows and rent them out…"
    • "J. Clark, Jr. was down from Kansas City…’
    • "A.C. Reed and two sons, Bernice Steward and Tom Vaughan…"
    • "C.H. Barnett and two boys got home…"
    • "Womans Game"
    • "G.M. Upton and family are starting this morning on a drive to Centerville, Iowa…"

    10

    • "The Bible in Rhyme"
    • "Sundays" cartoon
    • "Funeral Services Held for John Briggs Barnett" (1946)
    • "West Union"
    • "They Honor Man Who Gave U.S. First Christmas Tree" (1945)
    • "Fred J. Leavitt" obituary
    • "Mrs. Antonie Zidlicky" obituary

    11

    • "Elephant Saves Child"
    • "Two Minds in a Single Thought"
    • "Decrease in Papers Filed" (1924)
    • "Miss Georgia Johnson gave a birthday party in honor of Miss Ethel Ammerman…"
    • "Jim Ammerman, Bolivar’s star pitcher…"
    • "Electricity and Woman" poem
    • "Mrs. Otis Jarman and son Clifford…"
    • "Miss Helen Frasier returned to her home in Columbia, MO…"
    • "Forty dollars was taken in at the ice cream supper for the Slagle church…"
    • "Non-Support Charged"
    • S. B. Hutcheson and family were gone from Friday until Tuesday on a trip…"
    • "Being a Boy"
    • "Frank J. Martin, who had been recovering…"
    • "Pity the Preacher"
    • "Mrs. T. A. Welsh’s Birthday"
    • "A Birthday Surprise"
    • "Joe McCracken had P.O. Job"
    • "Frank Inglis, teacher, reported the following pupils of Heydon school…"
    • "Ford Turns Over: 1 Hurt"
    • "When is a Fish a Bird" cartoon
    • "E.V. Upton and his family are leaving…"
    • "Sheriff Mark. R. Winton and Deputy Roy Shipley returned…"

    12

    • "President Wilson’s War Speech to Congress"
    • "Suggests for a ‘Stunt’ Party"
    • "Tigers Open at Lockwood"

    13

    • "Admits ‘Slap,’ Denies Killing"
    • "Two Escape from Jail"
    • "Accused in Death of His Neighbor" (Sterling "Bud" Baty)
    • "Crossed Wires Cause Burns"
    • "Persimmon Peelings"
    • "Four Years as a Sheriff: W.T. Pursselley Turns Over Office to Mark R. Winton"
    • "Henry Withrow Tries to Escape"
    • "Louisburg, R-1, and Rimby"
    • "Ozark; Mrs. A. A. Martin and sons…"
    • "Ozark; Clara Breshears spent last week with…"
    • "Ozark; Ozark school had a Valentine box…"

    14

    • With Picture "The marriage vows for Miss Josephine Thomasson daughter of dr. and Mrs. J.E. Thomasson…"
    • "Shirley Temple, No. 1 Actress, Leaves Films" (May 19, 1940)
    • "Improvements at Park" with picture (Dunnegan Memorial Park)
    • "A Champion" with picture of R.B. Viles and Grand Champion Cow
    • "Installing New ‘White Way’" (June 1955)
    • "Dr. J.F. Roberts Recalls Cold Winters of Past"

    15

    • Ozark: "Here’s wishing the free press and all its readers a very happy New Year…"
    • Ozark: "Homer and Allen Pursley made a trip to Wheatland…"
    • West Union: "We are still having plenty of rain…"
    • West Union: "We are having nice weather at present…"
    • Cliquot: "Rev. Luther McReynolds of Bolivar…"
    • FDR Tells The Devil (poem)
    • Ozark: "Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Pursley and daughter Fern…"
    • Cliquot: "The Rev. Austin Hensley and his brother…"
    • West Union: "We are having fine rains this week…" (May 1948)
    • Cliquot: "We have plenty of ice and snow now…. J.A. Summers…"
    • Cliquot: "We are having another spell of winter…"
    • West Union: "The weather still continues hot and dry…"
    • West Union: "We are having ideal fall weather at the present…"

    16

    • Quints Guarded After ‘Kidnap’ Plot Rumored
    • Every Little Bird Sings… (poem)
    • Take Every Precaution
    • Model Husbands (poem)
    • Ideal Café Moves to New Location (1957)
    • Casey at the Plate (poem)
    • Why (poem)

    17

    Deaths
    • Former Constable At Bolivar Found Dead in Courthouse
    • Mrs. L.J. Hunt Dies in Bolivar
    • Old Resident Shoots Self ("Abe" Johnson)
    • Floyd Collins, imprisoned in Sand Cave…
    • James Elliot Buitt is Dead at Bolivar
    • Frederick Richard Menefee
    • Obituary Cordia C. (Manuel) Payton
    • Attend Funeral of Sister "Harvey Patterson of Goodson, Harley Patterson of Urbana…"
    • Polk County Man Dies in Oklahoma
    • Lee Faulkner
    • James Strickland, an old colored citizen of Bolivar…
    • A 3-Story Leap Fatal
    • Marjory Myrtle, three year old daughter…
    • Carl Johnson
    • S.B. Hutcheson and Claude R. Blue were called to…
    • Death of Mrs. WM. Simpson
    • Those from a distance who were here to attend the funeral of Mrs. Wm. Simpson…
    • Card of Thanks (Wm. Simpson)

    18

    • Obituary—Markle: "Alvencidora Emlet…"
    • Pittsburg Postmaster Dies (Arthur Pitts)
    • Mrs. J.C. Parker Passes Away
    • Estelle Shoffner Davis Buried Here
    • Judge J.M. Dunnegan Dies Suddenly
    • James G. Simpson (obituary)
    • Second half of James G. Simpson obituary

    19

    • Mrs. Ralph Rand
    • Grieving for Wife, Former Bolivar Girl, Man Kills Himself
    • Charles Houser
    • Mrs. Susan Peterson
    • W.H. Myers
    • Mrs. Mary Ellen Farmer
    • Bolivar to Have 24-Hour Police Protection
    • Mrs. Martha Jane Davison Celebrates Her 90th Birthday

    20

    • Mrs. John Chamberlain Kills Three Children and Commits Suicide
    • Western Auto Store Moves 3 Doors South
    • T.H.B. Dunnegan paid his first visit to Sedalia in 52 years…
    • Veteran Banker, 91, Is Undaunted by Slump (T.H.B. Dunnegan)
    • Aged Bolivar Banker Dead (T.H.B. Dunnegan)
    • On the Square
    • 121 Families Move to City (Jan 1956)
    • All Children Attend Seiner Family Reunion

    21

    • Graves of War Veterans
      • Roster of Soldiers in City and Greenwood Cemetery
    • Annual Rotary Country Fair This Friday, Saturday (Sept. 16-17, 1955)
    • Reunion Honors Teachers of 50 Years Ago

    22

    • G.M. Upton, Veteran Druggist, is Dead
    • Work Begins on New Buildings on West Side of Square
    • Mark Upton is Gone
    • (Ford) cartoon Way Back in 1900—
    • Picture of train (1873) "Travel was slow in the days of De Witt Clinton"
    • Picture of Horse drawn wagon "In the 1850’s, settlers going to the West made part of the trip in a Conestoga wagon…"
    • Picture of Ford vehicle 1912
    • Picture of Vehicle 1909
    • Picture of Vehicle 1939
    • Picture of vehicle (1908)

    23

    • My Bus: Hal Cochran’s Daily Poem
    • Picture of horse drawn wagon and automobile
    • Picture of 1937 Ford V-8 with 1903 Ford Car
    • Brothers Travel Across Country in 1914 ‘Model T’
    • Hobbs’ Taxi Service advertisement
    • 1924 Ford car picture
    • Old Fashioned Yuletide Greetings Cartoon 1946
    • (1919) Back in the Good Old Days: "Last Ox Team Driven…"

    24

    • They’ll Coast to New York—In Two Months
    • Bolivar—50 Years Ago: Dr. R.J. Winn Gives Detailed Description…
    • Enlarged Ben Franklin Store Has Reopening (April 1956)
    • B.I.D.C. Buys Tract for Factory Site (Sept. 22, 1955)

    25

    • Soil Lime
    • Picture of Tractor tilling a field
    • Picture of horse drawn wagon spreading seed
    • Drawing of oxen pulling a till
    • 1492-1943 "For 451 years men of good will have tried to…" picture of ship
    • Picture of horses pulling a till
    • Drawing of early settlers "Never Far From Death"
    • Drawing "The Courting-Stick" and "Soon To Be A Smiling Earth"
    • Pictures Bolivar June 19, 1958 "Dairy Products—The Fountain of Youth" float and a float carrying Miss Missouri Maid of Milk, Mary Jane Haizlip

    26

    • Picture "Snow Use Trying to Go Anywhere"
    • Picture of STC fraternity members playing in snow in bathing suits
    • Picture of STC fraternity boys in snow eating ice cream

    27

    • Picture of Frisco station platform with snow
    • Picture of the square covered in snow
    • Picture of snowmobile shoveling away snow
    • Picture of Blocked parking spaces from shoveled snow
    • Picture of car buried in snow
    • Picture of cars stalled in snow ruts

    28

    • Picture of Springfield trees covered in ice
    • Picture taken near Kickapoo of wires covered in ice

    29

    • Crowds Watch Paving Machine Begin Work on ‘13’ (with picture)
    • Work on Highway 13 is Progressing Rapidly
    • Contracts Let For Highway 13 (1958)
    • Work Begins Next Week on Highway 13 (1958)

    30

    • Explaining the Sugar Rationing (1942)
    • Greater Sugar Supplies Promised (1947)
    • Everyone Must Apply for Sugar Rationing Book (1942)
    • Sugar Rations to Be Raised
    • Summers-Neil (1946)
    • Hunt Man Who Struck Woman
    • "Billie Propp, who has been a salesman for the Hutcheson & Co…"
    • Otis W. Jarman Dies in Wichita; Buried Here
    • Alfred Brenner
    • Woman Struck By Attacker (Mar 18, 1949) (Mrs. R.E. Fraser)
    • Harvey B. Utley
    • Thomas B. Hicks, Jr.
    • John Newland, a 45 months overseas veteran…"

    31

    • Home of J.L. Kaudle, Missing Farmer (Picture)
    • Photo of Walter Fisher
    • Photo of Clay Patton "Questioned in Kaudle Mystery"
    • Frisco Family Portrait (Pictures of locomotives)
    • "Twin beds are all very well…" and other domestic jokes

    32

    • Drawn map of counties hit by twin tornadoes
    • Picture of Andrew McCoy farm hit by storm
    • Photo of wreckage at McDaniel farm
    • Add 28 Families to Local Mail Routes
    • Snorkel Mail Box Installed at PO

    33

    • Photo of Hopedale school destroyed by storm
    • Photo of wrecked barn at the James Caldwell home
    • A View of the Grandstand and Race Track at the Polk County Fair (photo 1924)
    • Hurricane Audrey Takes Home of Bolivar Couple (July 4th, 1957)

    34

    • Sleet Downs Humans and Trees:
      • Photo Bonnie Bayless who had fallen
      • Photo Westminster Presbyterian church
    • The Old and New in Power Company Rolling Stock
      • Photo of 1915 truck
      • Photo of 1949 truck
    • Drawing of Mercury V-* Town Sedan 1939
    • Studebaker at a jet-propelled pace! (photo)
    • Picture of Old Ford car
    • First Carload Fords Unloaded For Polk County in December, 1912

    35

    • Picture of 1949 Pontiac
    • Picture of 1949 Jeep
    • Picture of 1949 Ford
    • Picture of 1950 Ford

    36

    • Picture of 1949 Chrysler
    • Picture of 1949 Chevrolet
    • Picture of 1950 Nash Statesman Business Coupe
    • Picture of 1950 Hudson

    37

    • Seniors Would Make Washington Trip Again…’But Not Tomorrow’
      • 1953 graduating class of Bolivar High
    • Indianapolis Dentist Praises Bolivar Girls

    38

    • Picture of George Washington with quote
    • Picture of Abraham Lincoln with quote
    • How a Modern Paper Might Have Covered the Big News of 80 Years Ago Today: LINCOLN ATTACKED!
    • Runyan: "Our school began on the first week in September…"
    • Out Our Way "P.R. Hancock had a siege of flu…"

    39

    • Runyan: "Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dickerson and son Frank…" (Jan 29, 1948)
    • Jan. 11, 1945 Runyan: "J.R. Telford bought the place…"
    • West Union: "Our school closed at this place last Friday…"
    • West Union: "We have had a fine rain…. Glenn Abel is building…"
    • Barnett-Gorden Wedding
    • Fire Truck Here 1924
    • "Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Kimmons are going to have a sale..."
    • The Coca-Cola Bottling Co. is putting in a branch factory at Bolivar…"
    • Rechow 90 Years Old
    • "There will be a racing programme and baseball game at the…"
    • "William Caldwell was awakened about 11:30 last Friday…"
    • "Last Sunday afternoon, while Ernest Bitzer and Miss Carrie Murray were out driving…" Aug. 1912
    • Traffic on the Bank Corner (Apr. 1925?)
    • Sanitary Cups for the Fair
    • Fire at Pitner-Jones Gallery
    • W.E. Robertson left Tuesday for Des Moines…"

    40

    • From California (letter from "An Ex-Bolivarian" Fay Goodrich Harris to Free Press)
    • Hold Championship on Moving (Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Teegarden hold championship for number of moves during their wedded life)
    • Don’t Call It "Arkansaw" Any Longer
    • Correction: "It was reported in last issue that a box of dynamite…"
    • The Upton-Woodfill Wedding
    • Adams-McDowell
    • Four in Bolivar Party Improving After Crash

    41

    • J.W. Woodard On Trial For Attempt to Rob Bank
    • Fire Squad Gets Real Test
    • Another Blaze Threatens West Side Square
    • An Old Cow Hand Rides Right Out of ‘Night Life’
    • Prospects Good for Fair
    • A Narrow Escape (Jimmie Leavitt)
    • Train Wrecked (south bound motor on the Frisco…)
    • Married: "Burl Pike, son of Rev. and Mrs. S. S. Pike…."
    • Pike-Robbins married
    • Johnson-Hancock Wedding
    • A Carnival at County Fair
    • Miss Marie Humphreys Weds Herman Stephen
    • James Caldwell is Married
    • Marriage Licenses- Robert Rinck, Mae Parrott
    • Loma Lunceford’s Wedding

    42

    • "Lee’s Summit, MO Feb. 16—Cole Younger slept on an…"
    • "The history of the James Boys is to every intelligent person…"
    • Drawing of Cole Younger
    • Drawing of Frank James
    • "Cole Younger the former bandit, was the central figure at…."

    Loose between 42-43

    • Cole Younger Was Last of Famous Missouri Bandits
    • Story of James Boys and Picture of Frank James
    • Pretty Boy Floyd: Phantom Terror…
    • Pretty Boy article continued from Page D-1 with picture of Adam Richetti, a partner of Pretty Boy Floyd and a native Polk Countian

    43

    • Jesse James Died As He Had Lived
    • Death Claims Last of Dalton Bandits
    • Last of Dalton Brothers Dies
    • Picture of man claiming to be Jesse James
    • Picture of Emmett Dalton
    • Picture of Indian Noah Webster

    44

    • ‘Buffalo Bill’s’ Former Cook Is Charged With Ax Killing of Wife
      • Picture of W. M. "Uncle Billy" Royce
      • Picture of home of W. M. "Uncle Billy" Royce
    • Last Member of the Floyd gang to die (Adam Richetti)

    45

    • Death of Custer’s Widow Recalls Career of Famed Leader in War Against Indians
      • Picture of Sitting Bull, General George A. Custer, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Custer, and scene of Little Big Horn Massacre

    46

    • Thanksgiving 1621 Picture drawing
    • Photo of "Awaiting Thanksgiving, the Ozarks drowse through…"

    47

    • Loose clipping of Ford Cloak Co. Pre Easter sale (1916)

    48

    • Risky Team Work: Rider Astride Two Horses Leaps Over Auto in Stunt
    • Her Last Picture? (Photo of Amelia Earhart)
    • King Turkey to Grace F.D.R.’s Thanksgiving Table (with picture)
    • Triplets for Third Time (Mr. and Mrs. Jack Triplett)
    • Paratroopers Photo of Mrs. Robert H. Glass and triplets

    49

    • So You think Nobody Works On Labor Day?
    • Your Baby’s Health
    • Exploring the Woods (1948) Photo of Prince Philip and Princess Elizabeth
    • Now There Are Four Presidential Widows

    50

    • Animal Side Show with photos of a chicken, two kittens, and a pig
    • George Washington Real Boy in His Youth But Later Took His Surveying Seriously (with Picture of Washington)
    • From Saloon to Shrine (with picture of Betsy Ross house)

    51

    • Add for Smith’s Bolivar Hatchery (1943)
    • Alphabet Soup: It Shows It Can Stick to Uncle Sam’s Ribs May 22, 1948

    52

    • How Ring Rivals Stack Up Picture
    • Louis and Conn Vie Wednesday in Title Brawl
    • Baby Every 11 Seconds Born in U.S. in 1947
    • Double Letter Names for U.S. Presidents
    • Sing While You Drive
    • Civil War Flag Back to Missouri?
    • Silk Skirt Not A Necessity

    53

    • Writer Views Joe As Champ Next 20 Years (with 3 photos of Tami Mauriello and Joe Louis)
    • Fearless Mauriello Fails in Daring Bid for Crown

    54

    • Wide Section is Torn Loose from Niagara (with picture)
    • Looks Like A Jolt Headed Dad’s Way
    • How Ernie Pyle Died In Pacific (with picture)
    • Kidnaper Strangled Girl After Assault, Then Cut Up Body

    55

    • Murder and its Penalty (with picture of U.S.)
    • Early Thanksgiving Photo of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Baker and their 16 kids. November 24, 1948
    • Right Front Seat Most Dangerous in Auto Mishaps

    56

    • Where U.S. Gets Its Presidents (1947 with map of U.S.)
    • Our Heroine "A little Russian schoolteacher who touched off…"
    • Stamp Honors Red Cross Founder (picture)
    • Photo of Matthew Zimmerman photographing giant Olaf Peterson

    57

    • Wedding Gifts for a Future Queen (with photos)
    • 84-Year-Old Twins Count Over Hundred Descendents (photo)
    • Shirley’s (Temple) Baby Makes Camera Debut (photo April 1948)

    58

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    • Twas the Night Before Christmas (cartoon with poem Dec 24, 1947)

    59

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    • Dressmakers Now Preparing New, New-New-Look Skirts (Nov. 24, 1947)
    • Oh Give Me a Home—Any Kind of a Home…

    60

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    • Carols Have Survived Centuries of Censure (Dec 23, 1948)
    • Samuel Emery to Celebrate 100th Birthday (photo)
    • The Flag is Still Here with Added Star Luster
    • Coroner Confirms Identity (1956)

    61

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    • History of the Old Year Recorded in the Headlines
    • Retired Railroad Man Builds a Model Train (photo)
    • Pleasant Hope Narrowly Averts Fire Destruction (1949)

    62

    (60)

    • The Year In Review: Chronology of 1944

    63

    (61)

    • The Year in Review: Chronology of 1946

    64

    (62)

    • 1946 in Springfield--- A Day by Day History
      • Cartoon of Springfield’s Ten Top Stories of ‘46

    65

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    • The Year in Review: Chronology of 1947

    66

    (64)

    • The Year in Review: Chronology of 1947 (different from page 65)

    67

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    • Drawn Picture Series of…
      • The Johnstown Flood, 1889
      • San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, 1906
      • Cherry Mine Disaster, 1909
      • Mississippi Valley Floods, 1927

    68

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    • Drawn Picture Series of The Great Drought of 1930-31
    • Photo of Flooded Cincinnati, Ohio

    69

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    • Photo of a 75 foot gap being opened in the levee near Bird’s Point, MO
    • Muddy Waters Cover Evansville, Ind. (photo)
    • Rescuing Marooned Family in Cincinnati, Ohio (photo)
    • Workmen inspect the almost finished portion of footbridge in Louisville (photo)
    • The "greatest flood on record" for many localities along the Ohio river (photo)
    • Coastguardsmen are shown as they loaded surf boats…at Cleveland (photo)
    • The Levee’s Gone! (photo)

    70

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    • Photos of "Damage from the tide of debris-filled waters in the Ohio Valley…"
    • Photo of "Flood waters three-feet deep from three rivers…"
    • Photo of Cairo’s (IL) Mud Life Line
    • Photo of "A flood victim at Louisville being placed in a hearse…"
    • Photo of someone being "Pulled to Safety Out of Raging Torrents"

    71

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    • Photo "Out of the lowlands of eastern Arkansas and Missouri came this never-ending stream of refugees…"
    • Worst Storm of Season Brings Freezing Rain and Snowfall (Jan. 22, 1959)
    • Photo "Through this huge gap ripped in Beechmont levee, Cincinnati…"
    • Photo of "One of the most devastating floods in years roaring…"
    • Photo of refugees boarding a train in Cairo, Ill.
    • Photo of "A passenger train with one of the crew and flood…"

    72

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    • Photo of flooded Cincinnati’s amusement park, Coney Island
    • Photo of marooned automobiles on south bank of Ohio River

    73

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    • Photo of Cairo’s sea wall to protect it from the river, Jan. 1937
    • Photo of Harry Vaske, WPA worker, who sacrificed his life in flood rescue work
    • Photo of "Trucks loaded with meager salvaged possessions…"
    • Photo "Borne on the crest of Ohio’s worst recorded flood, fire that swirled through the industrial district of Cincinnati…"

    74

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    • Photo "Looking more like a submarine base than a freight terminal., the yards of Louisville and Nashville…"
    • Photo "In this trench 8 feet wide and 150 feet long, Louisville…"
    • Now Reds Can Row Around Bases (photo)
    • Delma Sue Standley Named President of S.M.S. Sorority (1957)

    75

    (73)

    • Debris Piled High in Louisville (two photos)
    • Bolivar Business Houses Will Close at 6.pm Saturday Christmas Eve (Dec. 24, 1955)
    • Photo "Hundred of families found the boxcars…"

    76

    (74)

    • ‘More Beans, Please, Mister’ Photo of hungry children standing in line for food.
    • Sell Him First Auto, Buys Last (1956)
    • Photo of flooded street in Portsmouth, Ohio

    77

    (75)

    • Photos "Ebbing Waters Leave Strange Gifts," "Memphis, Tenn., Watches Crest Roll By," and Casey Jones Becomes Steamboat Bill
    • Walnut Factory Fire Causes $4000 Damage (Dec. 9, 1956)
    • Frank Draper to Direct S.W.B.C. Public Relations
    • Smoke At City Drug Store Discovered Before Any Damage is Done
    • Why Refugees Jam Memphis (photo)

    78

    (76)

    • Flood-Crazed Convicts Leave Ruin (photo)
    • Raising the Roof for Food (photo)
    • Photo of "Flood water licking near the tops of levees…"
    • City Council Okays New Policeman (Nov. 2, 1955)

    79

    (77)

    • Train Plunges Into Flood Torrent (photo)
    • Photo of "Livestock was not forgotten by these rescue workers…"
    • Twins Born to Flood Refugee (photo)
    • Photo of Mrs. Frank Woodfill of Bolivar displaying orchid quilt (1956)
    • New Traffic Signal Given Trial; Lights on Sat. Night (July 1955)
    • New Owners Take Over Ford Garage (Dec. 1956)

    80

    (78)

    • Photo of "Mrs. Mattie Gerkin, 82-year-old influenza patient..."
    • Flames Sweep Valley Resort
    • A Farmer Can Ask Questions, Too
    • Bolivar Poet and Inventor Is Now Ninety Years Old
    • Locals (1958)
    • R1 District Buys Pufahl Home

    81

    (79)

    • How To Bake A Johnny Cake
    • Daddies’ Day
    • Loan Me Your Legs
    • The Old Man Gaines And His Old Blue Hen
    • Competition
    • They Greet You "Hello"
    • Competition
    • A Time to do Right
    • Bert Tummons Falls on Ice, Breaks Arm (Jan. 1957)
    • Tired of Snow
    • Coasting Down Bates Hill
    • "Pfc. And Mrs. Carl Burks of Fort Reilly, Kan.,…" (Nov. 25, 1954)
    • My Eighty-Nine Years

    82

    (80)

    • "Ruck" Honored By Fellow Postal Workers At Dinner
    • Teters Withdraws Name From List (June, 1956)
    • Ralph Gravely Endorsed For Postmaster (June 8, 1956)
    • Joe McCracken Retires from Post office (Nov. 1, 1956)
    • Ralph Gravely Confirmed As Bolivar Postmaster (May 15, 1957)

    83

    (81)

    • Fire Destroys Polk Farm Club
    • Claude R Blue Sells Furniture Business Here (1957)
    • Lt. Joe L. Beason Serving in Far East
    • Ice Causes 1 Hour of Total Darkness
    • 5 Inches of Snow Blankets the County (Jan 1957)
    • Frisco Attorney Skinker Resigns
    • Stufflebam Sells Bolivar Herald To Montrose Men
    • Two Dollar Bills, Cartwheels Finance Christmas Buying
     
    Book Nine Local News Mid 1940’s -1950’s and History of Polk County

    This scrapbook is in good condition. The cover is intact. All pages are intact except for page 1 & 2. There are no missing pages nor missing articles. Many of the articles have only the year penciled in. No sources are listed.

    Page Content

    1

    • History of Springfield Cartoon Series
      • No. 1 Before Springfield Was Born
      • No. 2 The First Settlers
      • No. 3 Early Days on Wilson Creek

    2

    • Then and Now: Anne Z. (Dunham) Wimbles writes about the changes she has seen in Bolivar in 45 years.
    • Some Contrast From Now (May 20, ‘47) Clip of old time sale bill
    • Abbott Helped Build Water Tower 49 Years Ago Last Summer: First Labor Strike a "Draw"
    • An Old Road: Originally Indian Trail, Soon To Be Paved Highway
    • Twenty-Two Years Ago Jan 28, 1926
    • Twenty-Two Years Ago March 31, 1927
    • From Free Press, Dec. 28, 1911 (about the well)
    • New Railroad Plans (1893)

    3

    • Eleven Years Ago Dec. 6, 1928
    • Twenty Two Years Ago Dec. 6, 1917
    • Thirty Three Years Ago Dec. 6, 1906
    • Eleven Years Ago Nov. 29, 1928
    • Twenty Two Years Ago Nov. 29, 1917
    • Thirty Three Years Ago Nov. 29, 1906
    • Forty Four Years Ago Nov. 26, 1885
    • Remember? Forty Four Years Ago Oct. 15, 1903 (Oct. 15, 1947)
    • Thirty Three Years Ago Oct. 15, 1914
    • Twenty Two Years Ago Oct. 15, 1925
    • Eleven Years Ago Oct. 15, 1936
    • Eleven Years Ago Dec. 24, 1936
    • "From the 40 years ago column of Bolivar Free Press: The people of Bolivar are justly proud of Harry L. Cary’s new store…"

    4

    • Back in the Bygone Days: As Recorded in the Free Press Files of Other Years
      • Forty Years Ago: From Free Press of February 23, 1899 and Twenty Five Years Ago Feb. 26, 1914
      • Forty Years Ago: From Free Press of March 9, 1899 and Twenty Five Years Ago March 12, 1914
      • Forty Years Ago: From Free Press of March 16, 1899 and Twenty Five Years Ago March 16, 1914

    5

    • Dec. 28, 1947 Fifty Years Ago in Springfield: "The Good Old Days"
    • Bolivar Prisoner’s Ship Due Sept. 13
    • B.H.S. Band and Drum Corps Again Win First Place in Springfield Parade (1954)
    • Springfield, MO Jan 4, 1898 "Dearest Auntie: So we’ve started a new year. These are bright, hopeful days for Springfield…."
    • "Work has started on extension of the Bolivar railroad…" (1948)

    6

    • Picture of Simon Bolivar Statue: Arrives after 7 years
    • Bolivar Serves Thriving County and Territory

    7

    • More Light on Early Bolivar By Elnor (Townsend) Hayward

    8

    • A Descriptive Pamphlet On The City of Bolivar and Polk County, Missouri

    9

    • Polk County: It’s Early History
      • Roads, Streams, Towns
      • Rural Electrification
      • Agricultural Information
      • Community Activities
    • Planning Next Years Community Concert with picture of campaign committee of Bolivar Concert Association

    10

    • A Short History of Bolivar, Springfield, and Southwest Missouri (May 20, 1948) in honor of Venezuelan visitors for statue

    11

    • A Short History of Bolivar, Springfield and Southwest Missouri continued (May 20, 1948)

    12

    • "Another interesting article in the Courier of that day…" Another continuation of A Short History of Bolivar, Springfield, and Southwest Missouri
    • Last Call to Buy New City Auto Stickers (1945)
    • David Delarue Sails Tuesday for Europe (1949)
    • The Letter Box (1939) Roy Payton and Wife Visit Their Relatives at Bakersfield, Calif.
    • Praise Local Department (of Bolivar Schools agricultural department by State)

    13

    • "N.W. Maas has gone to St. John’s hospital in Springfield…"
    • "Mrs. S. A. Marshall returned to her home near Halfway…"
    • "Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rosebrough, Jr. of Rolla, Mo were here…"
    • "Mr. and Mrs. Baxter Lightfoot had as company…."
    • The Inquiring Reporter: Question: Do you have any faith in astrology or "reading the stars"? (1948)
    • "Mr. and Mrs. Silas Jump of Halfway…"
    • "Frank Lamar and wife…are here visiting his brother Ed Lamar…"
    • "A large fat rattlesnake, four feet and five inches long, on display…"
    • Had Close Call In Port Chicago Blast
    • "Mrs. Gladys (Benson) Ives, whose husband is a typesetter…"
    • New Manager at Coca Cola
    • "Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Davison and son, George, of Kilgore, Tex…" (Aug. 1949)
    • Flower Garden Party on Fourth Birthday (Jacqueline Reissig)
    • Dr. Teegarden buys Gravely Building (1949)
    • "Miss Rosemary Hill of Aurora was a guest of Dorthy Guinn…"
    • "Mrs. George Rodelander and young daughter Anna Louise…"
    • "Frank Reynolds, living halfway between Bolivar and Fair Play…"
    • (1949) W.S. White, Bolivar, who owns an amazing garden…"
    • (Jan 29, 1948) Mrs. Lydia Kerby, who recently spent two weeks visiting…"
    • "Mrs. Ralph P. Neate (formerly Cathering Soverns) and her young son…"
    • Dorothy Ann Guinn daughter of…is in St. John’s Hospital…"
    • "Fred Tinkle, proprieter of the Tinkle Implement Co…." (June 19, 1949)
    • "Mr. and Mrs. William Propp are expecting word any time now…"
    • George R. Spurgeon…is home on a 15 day furlough…"
    • Outbuilding Burns (fire at home of Charles I. Osborn)
    • Ralph Gorden and Wife Hosts At Tacky Party
    • "Lieut. and Mrs. Winton D. Melton came in from Fort Sill, OK…"
    • More Divorces (Shelenhamer)

    14

    • Several Visitors With Standleys, McCrackens (May 27, 1949)
    • "Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Shaw and daughter Carol have moved…"
    • "Oliver O. Steinhaus, who for 31 years has operated…" (11/20/47)
    • Prizes fro Decoration of Homes (1948)
    • Local News: "Guests in the Hobart Spurgeon home…"
    • "Mrs. Noah Davison and Hattie were very much surprised…" (4/4/49)
    • "C.W. Viles is doing a very constructive piece of work…"
    • "W.P. Delarue returned last Saturday morning from…." (Aug 10, 1939)
    • "Mr. and Mrs. Andy Robinson have bought the lease on the Ozark Hotel…" (1949)
    • Mr. and Mrs. H.R. Rosebough Sr. drove to Springfield Sunday…"
    • "Mr. and Mrs. Ted Brich and son David…" (Nov. 1948)
    • "Mr. and Mrs. Clyde McCoy, her mother, and grandson started to Pittsburg…" (Nov. 27, 1947)
    • Bolivar Will Elect Officers Next Tuesday
    • GOP Victorious in Bolivar Race
    • Square Traffic Moving Faster: Time Cut in Half, Police Check Shows
    • Maas Discontinues Ice Cream Business (1957)

    15

    • Before and After picture of the pie on the Public Square in Springfield when it was removed

    16

    • June 24, 1947 Officials Cut First Piece of the Square’s Pie with picture

    17

    • Square Progress with picture
    • Pie Within Pie "Reconstruction of the Public Square progresses…" with picture

    18

    • Normal Traffic Through Square in Few Days (with picture)

    19

    • Follow Signals and It’s Easy to Circle Square (with picture)

    20

    • Sweating it Out for a Glimpse of Freedom’s Treasures (with picture of Freedom Train)

    21

    • Beautified By Snow (March 12, 1948 with picture of Frisco freight dock)
    • UP, UP, UP (picture of aerial ladder 7/9/49)

    22

    • Mile-a-Minute Wind Rips Across City Uprooting Trees, Cutting Utility Lines
    • April 17, 1945 Trees Fall; picture of R.C. Bryants car crushed by tree

    23

    • Home Damaged; picture of A.B. Fellows home damaged by tree
    • Tree Crushes Car; picture of tree damage from storm

    24

    • What Tornadoes Did to Morrisville and Freistatt
    • Picture of damaged Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church
    • Picture of demolished home of H.U. (Toss) Perryman

    25

    • Picture of Morrisville tornado damaged homes
    • Picture of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Buckles demolished home
    • Picture of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Barlow’s demolished home

    26

    • Picture of damaged home of Alvin Moennig family
    • Picture of Gust Lampe farm’s big barn ripped apart

    27

    • Picture of ruins of Ed Burchells home
    • Picture of foundation of Hicks rural school after tornado

    28

    • Wind Storm Strikes Ozark Communities
    • Picture of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Carnall destroyed home
      • Picture of destroyed Morrisville street

    29

    • Six Persons Killed and Many are Hurt in Ozarks Tornado (1947)
      • Other Fatalities
      • Salem Badly Hurt
      • ‘Fraidy Holes’ Protect Many in Salem Storm
      • Wide Snow Belt Over Midwest
      • Tornado Strikes Montgomery, Ala.
    • 4 Killed, 22 Hurt in Ozarks Tornadoes
      • Morrisville Hit Hardest
      • Picture of Amijean Perryman at Baptist Hospital

    30

    • Scenes From Taneycomo’s Flooded District
      • Picture of bridge over Swan Creek
      • Picture of Powersite Dam site
    • Picture of Raymond A. Fausett employees rounding up floating cedar poles

    31

    • Scenes From Taneycomo’s Flooded District cont’d
      • Picture of warped section of Missouri Pacific railroad
      • Picture of flooded Rockaway Beach
    • Picture of washed out portion of Missouri Pacific railroad

    32

    • Broken Bridge; picture of flooded part of Branson
    • Picture of flooded Branson’s Missouri Pacific railway station

    33

    • Branson Takes A Flood Beating
      • Picture of flooded White River Hotel and surrounding buildings
      • Picture of flooded Farmers Exchange and oil storage factories
    • Picture of flooded main street of Rockaway Beach

    34

    • Work Begins on Bolivar’s Airport (March 25, 1948)
    • Bank Observes 75th Anniversary; picture of Polk County Bank
    • Bolivar Gets $20,000 U.S. Airport Funds
    • 75 Years Ago: From Free Press June 13, 1872
    • The New Banking House

    35

    • Bolivar Highway Underpass One of Finest in Missouri; with photo
    • Catholic Church to Be Dedicated Sunday
    • Tuesday, August 22, is Bolivar Day At State Fair (1939)

    36

    • Hurt Pilot’s Mother Seeks Way to Honor Farm Youth’s Heroism: Says She’ll Nominate Veteran Cletus Sawyer for Lifesaving Medal (Nov. 22, 1947 with photo of Lt. John M. Jenkins)
    • New York Mother Wants to Honor Ozarkian Who Saved Her Son’s Life (Nov. 22, 1947 with picture of Mrs. Cabanne Jenkins and Lt. Jenkin’s wife)
    • Army Releases Name of Pilot (Nov. 24, 1947)
    • Delma Standley ROTC Ball Queen (1956)

    37

    • Fatal Army Crash; picture of crashed small liaison plane
    • Pursley Raises Sheep; picture of sheep

    38

    • Photo of Bolivar Future Farmer Members 1943-1944
    • Photo of Clifford Bacon Jr. and his Leghorns

    39

    • Reprinted from the 1939 edition of the Future Farmer News
      • Photo of Bolivar Future Farmer Members 1938-39
      • Bolivar Represents Missouri in National Contest
      • Bolivar Gets Three Officers in 6 School League
      • Bolivar F.F.A. Standing Committee For 1938-39
      • Bolivar F.F.A. Buys Radio
      • Bolivar F.F.A. Initiates Humansville Chapter
      • McCaslin Presides at F.F.A. Banquet; with photo
      • Bolivar Dairy Team Wins State Contest; with photo
      • Stanek Plans to Exhibit Heifer at Ozarks Show; with photo
      • Etc.

    40

    • Picture of Southwest Baptist College’s Administration building
    • Picture of Memorial Hall being built
    • Biggest Sale Reported at $43,000; Apartment House, Duplex Top Real Estate (Jan 6, 1957)
    • Ralph Gordens Buy Springfield Property (Dec. 1956)

    41

    • Southwest Baptist Expands as Enrollment Increases
    • Photo—Lucille Bennett and Mildred Brockemeyer in Murheid Hall
    • Photo—Sam Jones inspecting new kitchen being added to Murheid
    • Photo—original college dormitory
    • Benny Koon gets M.D. Degree from Pennsylvania U.
    • Delarues sell department store

    42

  • Explosion at café causes one death; injures several – Mrs. Mabel Stout dies from burns; blast flattens adjacent building (Betty’s Café)
  • Services Sunday for Mrs. Stout
  • Bolivar café blast badly burns woman (Mrs. Mabel Stout)
  • Burned woman still critical 13 Apr 1947
  • 43

  • Explosion causes one death; injures several (continuation of story from previous page
  • Photo—Carpenter shop collapsed (Norman’s Cabinet Shop)
  • Photo—Windows blown out of café building April 1947
  • 44

  • Empire district electric company installs short-wave radio station
  • Photo—J.C. West at control panel of radio
  • Photo—Fred Robertson calling dispatcher via radio
  • Bolivar Editor Appeals for aid to rural roads 1949
  • Fire destroying home in Bolivar home of Minnie Brobisky 1958
  • 45

  • Blue’s 5c to $1 Store to Have grand Opening on Nov. 2 1957
  • Open House Wednesday at New Coca-Cola Plant with photo
  • Blue’s Dime Store to open November 1, 1957
  • 46

  • Bolivar High School Enrollment 18 Sep 1947
  • Quick action prevents serious fire on Square fire at Hutcheson Company store 25 Dec 1955
  • Rondo’s Dedication poem by Mrs. J.H. Pursley
  • 47

  • Grade School Enrollment 1947
  • B.H.S. enrolls 323
  • 48

  • Larger enrollment in Bolivar Public Schools – First Grade has largest enrollment in history
  • North Ward grade school enrollment 1949
  • 8th Grade Graduation 12 May 1948
  • Bolivar sued over airport – But City prepared to fight the case
  • Erwin Funeral Home sold to Paul D. Butlers Aug 1958
  • 49

  • Hundreds enjoy May Day program in Bolivar
  • Award Athletic letters at annual school banquet 1947 w/photo
  • $250,000 expansion program planned at Baptist College
  • 50

  • Advertisement—1950 Chevrolet Skyline De Luxe 4-Door Sedan
  • Musicians from 15 schools compete in STC events Today
  • Polk Turkey Growers expect $900,000 in 1949 proceeds
  • Bolivar Drum Corps wins S.M.S. clinic Oct5 1957
  • Bacon home destroyed by early morning fire June 1958
  • 51

  • Photo—Bolivar Twirlers Carolyn Spurgeon Barbara Alley, Virginia McCraw, Jo Jeanne Calloway, Peggy Stone and Carolyn Kilpatrick, Louise Jones, Olive Glendenning Inazetta Price, Janet Teters
  • On the Square
  • Unidentified photo
  • 52

  • Regal place for the turkey hen in Polk County, Missouri Kansas City Star 10 Nov 1948 w/4 photos 1) Mr. and Mrs. Roy Spurgeon w/ flock of Broad Breasted Bronze turkeys 2) Roy Spurgeon and Ruby Ables 3) Mr. and Mrs. Fred Roberts w/big tom 4) Mrs. Roberts in kitchen
  • 3 local businesses robbed; $54 stolen Aug 1958 Bolivar Coca-Cola, J and R Tavern, Hilltop Station
  • Gravely takes over at Post Office tomorrow 1956
  • 53

  • Betty Wagoner wins teen-age recognition
  • Mother and baby are doing nicely! Birth of Dorothy Ann Phillips
  • Burglars take nearly $2000 from Frasers 1 Apr 1957
  • Bolivar’s Betty Wagoner shines in women’s pro baseball league w/photo Betty
  • Lister Drug sold to Oby Jester
  • Six fires occur in 3 day period homes of Herman Coffey, Omer Duncan, Leo Smith and Georgia Leavitt, North Ward School, Raney Oil Company Jan 1958
  • 54

  • Drinker, Seller are arrested after accident - Three boys escape as car is wrecked on Frisco tracks; rum dealer jailed 1947
  • Photo—Talent Champs
  • Three Bolivar Boys unhurt as train wrecks their car
  • 55

  • Better thank that turkey 1949
  • Crowned queen of Los Angeles redheads w/photo Judieth Ann Polodna
  • Photo—Walking Preacher Elmer Hicks w/ribbons won by horse 1949
  • 56

  • Glen Seely’s family in Okla. Tornado
  • Photo—Golden Hostesses Norma Lee Kilpatrick Allen, Nellie Ann Young, Sue Hines
  • A Philippino Girl sends greetings
  • Scuffle puts Polk County Coroner (Willard B. Erwin) in hospital here
  • 57

  • Bolivar students vow strike will continue – Want ‘fired’ principal (A.L. Priester) reinstated
  • Bolivar students end their brief walkout – Situation reported normal today
  • New and larger traffic light into operation Oct 1955
  • 58

  • Hendershots enjoy trip to west coast 1948
  • Bolivar mother (Emma Wells) gains praise from friend (Blanche Castle)
  • Frank M. Adams resigns as Prosecuting Attorney w/photo Adams
  • Bolivar Drum and Bugle Corps to National Jay-Cee Convention
  • 59

  • Royalty of Bolivar High w/photo Donna Jeanne Murray and Alfred Braithwait
  • Hallowe’en festival on square Wednesday night 1951
  • A few parting words by S.H. Jones, President of Southwest Baptist College w/photo of Jones
  • 60

  • Photo—Bolivar Drum and Bugle Corps marching in Springfield’s Freedom parade
  • Golden Horse Association began with Bolivar meeting w/photo unidentified but possibly Bert Mahaffey
  • Forty years at one church w/photo Monsegnior C.J. Francka
  • Engagement photo—Sue Raney to Davie Hagar
  • 61

  • John Winns innocently involved in murder mystery – Bolivar couple completely exonerated after being held in custody by St. Louis Police w/photo Mr. and Mrs. John Winn
  • Engagement news—Patricia Mitchell to Bennat C. Mullen
  • Engagement photo—Patsy Barnhouse to Robert Hood
  • 62

  • Miss Olive Glendenning maries Clarke Thomas w/photo 1952
  • Joan Wells weds Donald Kay Turpin w/photo 1954
  • Lamar-Cacy wedding Ruby Lamar and Kenneth Cacy
  • Announce engagement of Miss Shelenhamer to Hardy D. Sheldon w/photo Emma Shelenhamer
  • Kay Hogan marries Ralph A. Gamel; honeymoon in Alaska
  • Maxine Gist is now Mrs. Joe W. Pickett
  • 63

  • Hendrickson – Scroggins vows read in church ceremony with photo Darrel and Shirley Scroggins 1960
  • Photo—Mrs. Daniel LaGrasta (Barbara Jean Miller)
  • Candlelight marriage vows for Miss Price, Mr. Hacker w/photo Mr. and Mrs. Bobby M. Hacker 1953
  • Announce engagement of Carolyn Mass w/photo
  • Engagement photo—Shirley Kilpatrick to Gareld Borgstadt
  • 64

  • Hill-Stewart nuptials read yesterday afternoon w/photo Mrs. John D. (Rosemary) Hill 1952
  • Janice Mashburn weds Donald Black w/photo Mr. and Mrs. Black
  • Kenneth Sparks wed in Bloomington, Ind.
  • Carolyn Spurgeon bride of Gerald Shelton 1950
  • Earlene Duncan bride of George Glendenning 1950
  • Pre-wedding festivities for Donna Jeanne Murray 1951
  • 65

  • Donna Jeanne Murray bride of Keith Parminter
  • Engagement photo—Donna Jeanne Murray
  • Wedding brings family together Murray
  • Moore- Simpson marriage Avonna Moore and Chas. Simpson 1951
  • Paul E. Drake and Miss Mossolene Davis Married 1942
  • Miss Marie Jones bride of Marion Propp 1948
  • 66

  • Betty Caviness becomes bride of Ray Smith 1950
  • Withers-Standley vows exchanged in Utah Dorthy Withers and Harry "Gene" Standley
  • Peninger-Grider wedding held Nov. 8 w/photo of couple
  • Wedding photo—Rev. and Mrs. Bill Hooper
  • Engagement photo—Dorothy Guinn to Bill Huntress
  • 67

  • Miss Killingsworth Maries Lt. Marsh w/photo Janice Killingsworth and Byron Marsh 1959
  • Wedding photo—Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Kent 1950
  • Wedding photo—Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wilkinson
  • Engagement photo—Charlene Palmer to Robert Skidmore 1949
  • 68

  • Engagement photo—Elizabeth Harmon to Connie Mack McCurry 1961
  • Engagement photo—Jody Hackley to Rex Meredith 1960
  • Wedding photo—Carolyn Spurgeon Shelton 1950
  • Engagement photo—Norma Brown to Mark Costello 1950
  • 69

  • Wedding photo—Mr. and Mrs. Ray Smith 1950
  • Wedding photo—Mr. and Mrs. Bob Brobisky 1951
  • Wedding photo—Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Reynolds 1951
  • Wedding photo—Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bigler 1951
  •    
    Book Ten World War II and Korea

    Page

    Content

    1

  • September 11&12 Bolivar Grocer Co. Ad
  • 1953 Driest Year In State History
  • First Marriage License for 1951
  • Judge Walter Martin Breaks His Shoulder (Feb. 28, 1951)
  • "O.G. Teegarden sold his property on West Broadway…" (1950)
  • "Dr. O.G. Teegarden has opened a 40-car private…" (Nov. 1949)
  • Buck Erwin Breaks Arm
  • Band Uniforms Ordered (Nov. 2, 1950)
  • "Paul Wilkinson, of the firm….Mrs. Bessie L. Gravely…" (1953)
  • Car Careens Through Stream, Doctor Injured
  • Stufflebam Heads Herald at Bolivar
  • Zero and Below Here (1950)
  • "The rain Monday morning let up early enough that the Karlin Picnic…" (Sept. 3, 1951)
  • 2

  • Polk County Honor Roll (Oct. 14, 1944)
  • 3

  • Order Numbers for 200 New Registrants
  • Morris E. Stephens Sent To Georgia Air Force Base
  • Seiner Family All Here For Reunion
  • David Delarue Has Close Call (Feb 13, 1951)
  • Dr. Bridges Home From The Hospital
  • Delarues Home Thursday
  • 4

  • "Peace On Earth Good Will Toward Men"
  • Give Us Faith
  • When the Blue Star Turns To Gold
  • Order Numbers for 200 More Registrants
  • A New Version of "Houn’ Dog"
  • From the West
  • Today’s English Lesson By. W. L. Gordon
  • The Happy Man
  • "Over the river to feed my sheep, And gather…"
  • 5

  • Final 325 Names of Registrants
  • Cheer Up
  • 6

  • Scott Ruckman Accepted as First County Trainee
  • More Polk Countians Pass Military Exams (left Oct. 14)
  • Seven More are Accepted for Service (May 17, 1946)
  • Nine Volunteers To Leavenworth
  • Draft Board News (Jan 24, 1944)
  • Twenty Nine to Ft. Leavenworth
  • More to Army and Navy March 7
  • Uncle Sam O.K.’s Ten More Men (Nov., 1945)
  • Draft Board News
  • "Oh give me a tune, a hillbilly tune, At eve when…"
  • 7

  • 49 Men Pass Service Tests
  • 52 Men Called in July Quota
  • More Men Report at Ft Leavenworth
  • More Men Selected for Selective Service
  • More Accepted for Service
  • 13 Accepted For Service
  • Will Re-examine 123 County 4-F’s
  • "Oh give me a tune, a hillbilly tune, When the evening…"
  • 2-C Farmers Under 26 to be Examined
  • Eleven More Men Sworn Into Armed Services
  • Billy the Kid
  • 8

  • 25 Men Leave For Army
  • Polk County Registers 903
  • Men 18 to 25 To Register Aug. 30 to Sept. 18
  • Registration July 1 for Men Just Past 21
  • Fourth War Loan Starts Next Tuesday
  • My Time in the Army
  • The Cheerful Cherub
  • "Down on this carpet you must kneel,…"
  • 9

  • Ceilings Set on Cordwood (Jan 20, 1944)
  • Rationing Up to Date (Sept. 14, 1944)
  • Help Your Boy To Get His Ballot (Sept. 1944)
  • Boy, What a Bargain This is in Used Cars (1953)
  • Auto Use Stamps June 10
  • Federal Auto Use Stickers on Sale (1945)
  • Rationing Up to Date
  • Fuel Oil (July 26, 1945)
  • "Bolivar seems to be the crossroads of the Americas…" (July 5, 1951)
  • Validate New Shoe Stamp
  • Rationing Up to Date
  • Sugar Rationing Ends for Homes (1945)
  • Small Crowd Watches Girls’ Teams Collide (1951)
  • Today’s Mystery (1953)
  • U.S. Takes Control of Strategic Dakar, Paris Radio Reports
  • Bobbie and His Pa, By Wm. F. Kirk
  • Such is Wife
  • 10

  • Food Ration Stamps Good (Calendar June 7, 1945)
  • Former Colorado Banker Takes Charge: Yanks Take German Bank and Fund of $70,000,000 (1947)
  • Killed in Action (Dec. 7, 1944)
  • Killed in Action (Dec. 7, 1944)
  • Receives Purple Heart (with photo of Nichols)
  • Jim Nichols Dies of Wounds (Dec. 7, 1944)
  • T. Sgt. Wheeler Killed in Action
  • "Sergeant Sam Hamontree has been here since…"
  • 4 County Boys Die In France
  • Lt. Teddy Winn Killed in Luzon
  • 11

  • Lewis Hejna Killed In Action
  • In Memory of E.F. Jump
  • "Mrs. Ora Ann Brown received a long distance…"
  • Private Loren Parrott Buried in Philippines
  • Ervie D. Ellis Gives Life for His Country
  • Purple Heart Award Made Posthumously (w/photo of Pvt. Loren A. Parrott)
  • Lost Life on Battle Front: Had Been on Duty Five Days After Returning to Front
  • Private Floyd Derryl Gorden (Dec. 25, 1947)
  • Body of Floyd Gorden is Being Returned
  • 12

  • Soldier’s Body Due At Bolivar Today
  • Hendershot Memorial Rites This Sunday (May 10, 1945)
  • Homer Hendershot on Way Home for Reburial
  • Sgt. Homer L. Hendershot
  • In Memoriam
  • Cpl. Delbert Gist Given Citation
  • Killed In Action (1943, w/ photo of Pvt. Jimmie K. Skalicky)
  • Pvt. Jimmie K. Skalicky
  • A Modern Accomplishment
  • 13

  • Eugene Upton, Jr., Killed in Action (with photo of Upton, Jr.)
  • "Mr. and Mrs. Luther Johnson of Bolivar R4…"
  • Eugene Upton, Jr., Killed in Action in the Pacific
  • Lt. Joe David Marsh Gave His Life for Our Country (w/photo of Marsh)
  • Lt. David marsh Killed in Action
  • Four More Ozarkians Casualties in Korea
  • "Corporal Robert Robertsons who spent ten months…"
  • Lt. Joe David Marsh (with photo)
  • 14

  • Photo of O’Reilly Heroes
  • Sgt. Roy E. Teters Awarded Second Oak Leaf Cluster (July 12, 1945)
  • "Cpt. Charles Douglas Coffman, now in the South Pacific…"
  • "Mr. and Mrs. Joe Spear hear from their son…"
  • "Mrs. Bertha Mcpheeters received a letter from her son…"
  • "Pvt. Cleo Stewart, who has just finished his basic training…"
  • "Cpl. Bill Bacon of Company L, 19 infantry regiment…"
  • 15

  • Sgt. Perry Coy on Way Home (with photo of Coy)
  • Within Earshot of Battle: Ceremony on Nazi Soil Honors Bolivar Soldier
  • Buford Tabor Free (April 5, 1945)
  • "2nd Lt. H. Tiffin Teters of the Judge Advocate General’s…"
  • "B.G. Proup is back home after spending several months in the…"
  • Cpl. Charles A. Dickerson writes his aunt…"
  • "Pvt. J. Robert Hood came to Bolivar last Friday intending…"
  • 16

  • Serving Their Uncle Sam!
    • Pfc. Lee R. Pine…
    • Cpl. Paul D. Butler…
    • Sgt. And Mrs. Kenneth Haralson…
    • Cpl. Russell A. Watson…
    • Lt. and Mrs. Kenneth Hook…
    • Pvt. David L. Delarue…
    • Cpl. J. Willard Johnson…
    • Mrs. John Kelsey…
    • Lt. Robert E. Thomasson…
    • Pvt. Troy Mackey…
    • Lt. James Edwin…
    • Mrs. Julia Harralson…
    • Sgt. Charles E. Neuhart…
    • Etc.
  • 17

  • Lt. Donald R. Frieze Home on Christmas Visit (with photo)
  • S. Sergeant Perry Coy is Slightly Wounded
  • Bronze Star Medal to Lt. Frank M. Adams (Dec. 14, 1944 w/ photo)
  • Col. Ralph Koon in Springfield
  • Lt. W. B. Russell Jr., Assigned to Manila (with photo)
  • Cpl. Jack Engleman On Flights Over Borneo (with photo)
  • Lt. Drake Gets Croix De Guerre Award (with photo)
  • Harlan Embrey Listed Missing
  • Harlan Embrey Back to Safety (Feb 1, 1945)
  • 18

  • Col. Ralph Koon At Air War College (with photo)
  • Staff Sgt. Bitzer Came From England
  • "Thomas Blaine Hicks now 2nd Officer in the Merchant Marine…"
  • Lt. Frank M. Adams Home from Pacific (with Photo)
  • Made Eighteen Flying Missions (with photo of Sgt. Roy Teters)
  • Robert M. Dunham to Visit at Home Soon
  • Lt. Wendell Rainwater Tells of Leyte Invasions
  • It is Now Captain Burr Millican
  • First Church on Many Battle Fronts: Impressive Service Flag Dedication
  • 19

  • Gordon Robinson Tells of Happenings in Italy (with photo)
  • "Roy Edward Marshall is home for a short visit…" (March, 1947)
  • Glenn Dunseth Visits Buddy Viles in Hawaii
  • Dr. C.H. Barnett Home in Sixty Hours
  • "Pvt. Jack Glendenning son of Mr. and Mrs. F.J. Glendenning…"
  • 20

  • Babe Bitzer’s Half-Yen Sells $100,000 in Bonds
  • Polk County Boys Get Awards of Medals
  • Major Melton’s Brigade Wins Croix De Guerre
  • Bolivar Sailor Burned in Mishap at Sea (1946)
  • "Three Polk county, Mo., men are receiving…" (1944)
  • "In a letter written to Glenn Dunseth Dec. 6, 2nd Lt. Joseph Stewart…"
  • "Elic Vest talked Aug. 19n to his wife…"
  • "Cpl. Dick Jones of Germany wrote his parents this week…"
  • "Ginger Gay is the name given to the daughter of…"
  • Cpl. Marshall Wears Two Stars on Ribbon (Sept. 28, 1944)
  • Jimmy Martin, son of Mrs. And Mrs. Frank A. Martin…"
  • 21

  • Here and There With Our Soldiers
  • "Cpl. Charles Tummons of Camp Campbell, KY…"
  • "Mrs. Clyde Reynolds had a letter from her husband…"
  • "Pfc. George Guinn returned to the U.S. Marines base…"
  • Two Bolivar Boys Meet in Mid-Pacific
  • "Cpl. Freda Johnson of the WAC has been home…"
  • Jimmie Martin Now in Dental Department
  • 22

  • Pfc. Wheeler Traveled Long Way: Germans Glad to Be Prisoners
  • "Toby" Drake Writes Home From Philippines
  • Cpl. Ray Pitner Fights Japs, Skeeters on Okinawa
  • Sergeant Billy Bates Starts Long Trip Home
  • Gordon Robinson Gets Good Conduct Medal
  • Pfc. Fred Brich Writes Free Press From Luzon
  • Seriously Wounded in Action
  • An Interesting Letter
  • "Loren E. Davis, S 2-C, arrived home Thursday morning…"
  • 23

  • "Mrs. and Mrs. Fred Robertson’s three soldier sons…"
  • Seven Ozarks Men Wounded in Action (1945)
  • Billy Moore Says Scotland is Beautiful
  • "Sgt. Orland (Hawk) Shipley and Sgt. John Shipley, Jr…."
  • Billy Bates an Expert Infantryman
  • Rotarians Hear Sgt. Halan Embrey
  • Cpl. Buford Tabor Home From Jap Prison Camp
  • "Mr. and Mrs. Tom Teeters, Bolivar, R-5, were happy to…"
  • Dinner in Honor of Pvt. Joseph C. Hart
  • Verne W Hale and Richard Meet in Pacific
  • "Basil Adams is back home after more than two years…"
  • Former Bolivar Girl Home From Overseas
  • "Pfc. Roy E. Slagle arrived recently in California…"
  • "Troy Mackey of Camp Graber, Okla., is enjoying…"
  • "Pfc. Jack J. Engleman is spending a furlough…"
  • "Mrs. Ada Churchman received a letter from her son, S. 2-C Tommy Churchman…"
  • Four Young Men Inducted into Army (1945)
  • 24

  • "Robert B. Keeling, a Platoon Sergeant with the U.S. Marines…" (Feb. 1945)
  • "Thomas B. Hicks, Jr., a Second Officer in the…"
  • George Guinn Accepted for Marine Corps Duty
  • After Men Had Built It in Their Spare Time: Disgruntled Commander Strips ‘Prettiest Theater in Pacific (1947 with photo)
  • My Creed
  • Funeral Ship Enters Bay (photo 1948)
  • 25

  • Atomic Bomb Quickly Ends Jap War
  • June 25, 1943 Italy Surrenders (cartoon)
  • May 8, 1945 Germany Surrenders (cartoon)
  • There’s A Soldier Boy
  • Hills of Home
  • The Little Street
  • 26

  • Wanted-Men To Lead
  • Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest "For The Young Folks"
  • Japan Accepts Surrender Terms (Aug. 16, 1945)
  • The Japs Surrender Aug. 14, 1945 (cartoon)
  • Changing Colors
  • A Time To Do Right
  • Agriculture Field Trip
  • 27

  • V-Day Will Be Next Saturday (with Picture of USS Missouri)
  • A Small Boy’s Recipe For A Cake
  • A Boy and God
  • A Depression Lament
  • The Honest Tramp
  • Farm Lights
  • A Home in the Ozarks
  • Christmas, 1935
  • 28

  • "Maybe you have not read the Elegy since you saw it in your old reader at school. Then read it now…"
  • Daddy’s Evening Fairy Tale by Mary Graham Bonner "Two Years Old"
  • City of Bolivar 111 Years Old
  • 29

  • Bolivar Comes Naturally By It’s Warmth and Humor
  • City of Bolivar Guest Star in News and Leader Feature Section Last Sunday (July 2, 1950)
  • Watch and Wait
  • Twenty-One Years
  • 30

  • Tracing the Long and Colorful History of Bolivar (July 6, 1950)
  • Tummons-Thornton
  • Reynolds-Brown
  • "Mr. and Mrs. Jack Palen of Lamar, MO…" (1960)
  • "Twin Daughters were born Tuesday of last week…"
  • It’s a Boy (1960)
  • "Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Guinn, Jr., of Independence, MO…" (1960)
  • 31

  • Snow Storm Sets Record in Polk County
  • Former Bolivar Man Hurt in Springfield
  • Drilling Begins on Third Deep Well for Bolivar
  • Drilling in Two Shifts on City Well
  • New City Well is Completed
  • 32

  • Bolivar’s New Deep Well Test Pumped This Week (Oct. 18, 1951)
  • Bolivar Installs Parking Meters (April 13, 1950)
  • Council to Close Street South SWBC
  • Council Orders Four War Stops
  • 33

  • Picture of Marathon Walkers "Across America Afoot" couple William and Constance Stockdale
  • Rough Talk, A Gentle Hint, Yes Doc Continue, Yes Why Worry, Voice From the Dead, Finesse
  • Easter (poem)
  • Picture Fall 1623 "There was Plenty for All…Only When Men were Free to Work for Themselves"
  • Photo of Bolivar All-Star Betty Wagoner (Sept. 30, 1951)
  • 34

  • Whatever Became of Trixie Friganza (with photo)
  • Public Opinion People Are Back on Top Again (May 10, 1950)
  • Fred Robertson Family Have Reunion and Dinner (1950)
  • He Never Blamed the Booze
  • The Wise Doctor
  • Little Boy Blue
  • Photo of Kenneth Knabb and Barbara Keener showing how many Springfield’s there are in the U.S.
  • To The Father
  • 35

  • The Greatest Crop in the World (1950 list of Births in that year)
  • 36

  • Births During 1950
  • Photo of Apple Blossoms celebration in Wenatchee, Wash.
  • 37

  • Photo of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Abel and their 15 year old daughter Lily "STUNNED"
  • Photo of Abel’s home
  • Photo of Cpl. Paul I. Abel
  • Soldiers Deny Kidnap Charge: Bolivar GI Pleads Innocent to Theft (1950)
  • Paul Ables (Abels) Charged with Aiding in Kidnap Case (1950)
  • Deal With Soviets: Bolivar Youth Gets Long Term (1950)
  • Abel’s Version Read in Court: Signed Confession May Hurt Bolivar GI (1950)
  • 38

  • Bolivar GI Sells Aid To Red Kidnap Ring (1950)
  • Buffalo Bank and Post Office Gutted in Tuesday Night Fire
  • Bolivar Fire Department Helps Fight Stockton Blaze Monday (1962)
  • On the Square
  • On the Square
  • Buffalo Suffers High Fire Loss (with photo)
  • 39

  • Bolivar Fire (with photo of burning Pike Auditorium)
  • SWBC Board to Eye Plans
  • Motel at Bolivar Adds Five Units
  • Despite Disastrous Fire: Classes Carry On at Bolivar
  • 39-40

  • SWBC Moved to Bolivar in 1879 (with photo)
  • Southwest Baptist College in 1902 photo
  • The College After the Fire June 1, 1910 photo
  • 40

  • Built Her First Snowman Saturday (photo of Nan Tamanaha of Hawaii at SWBC)
  • Second Baptist Church Moves To New Home (with photo)
  • Nativity Scene at Bolivar Methodist Church Next Week
  • 41

  • New Ozarks Record for Red Cross Blood Contributions (March 3, 1950 with photo)
  • Frisco to Cancel Passenger Runs Over ‘High Line’ (1954)
  • Drum-Bugle Corps Receives High Rating (Nov. 3, 1951)
  • 42

  • Train No. 21 Arrives on Final Run Over "High Line" (with 2 photos)
  • Photo of crew members and some passengers in front of last High Line passenger train
  • Passenger Service Ends Today on Storied Route
  • High Line’s Last Run
  • 43

  • Photos by Paul Mignard to the lyrics of America (My Country Tis of Thee)
  • 44

  • A Portrait of Bolivar: One of the Ozarks Fastest-Growing and Most Remarkable Cities
    • Aerial photo of Bolivar
    • Photo of volunteer fire department
    • Photo of SWBC admin building
    • Photo of SWBC president John W. Dowdy
    • Photo of Marian and Bettie Ross driving their electric car
    • Photo of Mr. and Mrs. W.S. White
    • Photo of business, law enforcement, and education men of Bolivar
    • Photo of Attorney Herman Pufahl, F.L. Stufflebam, Dr. Richard J. Winn, and J.M. Kelsey
  • 45

  • Echoes of ‘Farewell Trip to Promised Land’ As Home Town Honors a ‘Brave Engineer’ (1938)
  • Photos of Sim Webb and Mrs. Casey Jones and diagram of train wreck
  • It’s Cold in Arizona! (1950)
  • Valentine Dance
  • The Return of Jesse James (1950)
  • 46

  • Photo of Robert E. Lee former bodyguard of Buffalo Bill
  • Wants to See Frank Dalton’s Scars: Robert E. Lee Out to Settle This Jesse James Business (March 9, 1950)
  • Reunion in Court (photo of J. Frank Dalton and John Trammel)
  • A Blot Upon Missouri’s History: Jesse James Still in Grave So Far as Judge is Concerned (March 11, 1950)
  • 47

  • Peace and War…A Year of Decision: Chronology of 1950
  • 48

  • The Drama of a Passing Year: Chronology of 1951
  • 49

  • Loose clipping of Springfield’s Diary for ‘52
  • 50

  • B.H.S. Graduated 18 in 1898: After 52 Years 9 Still Living
  • Notable Days, 1950: In addition to Holidays and Festivals listed on page 1
  • Thirty Three Years Ago (Feb 22, 1917)
  • 51

  • Bolivar High School Graduating Class of 1953 with photos
  • 52

  • Bolivar Graduation at Field House Friday Night
  • Photos of B.H.S. class of 1954
  • Thirty-six Attend Over-70 Party
  • Fire Destroys Barn, A Bolivar Landmark (Aug. 15, 1951)
  • 53

  • Letter Box: Stanley Phifer Tells of Conditions in Korea
  • Photo of Springfield’s Public Square at Christmas
  • Photo of Future Farmers and Future Homemakers of America Bolivar chapters crowned king and queen Gary Redford and Alberta Griffith
  • 54

  • Alta Ann Crooks Takes Five Hour Walks From Tulsa to New York (with photo of Alta Ann Crooks)
  • ‘Ole Sol’ Drives Thermometer to Record All Time High of Scorching 115 Degrees
  • Shotgun Sends Sheriff Away: But Bolivar Welder Now Faces Charges
  • Photo of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lee Black followed by wedding announcement
  • 55

  • Photo of William Moon, Eugene Jackie Crawford, and J.D. Ammerman, Jr. and photo of Elmer Nuttlemann
    • Mistrial on Union Chief: Convict Youths In Bomb Case (Mar 25, 1950)
  • Thurman-Hamontree ‘Vows Read in Forsyth Chapel with photo of Mr. and Mrs. Sam E. Hamontree
  • Sunday a Busy Day for Patrolman Hanchey
  • 56

  • Smith Hatchery Building Badly Damaged By Fire
  • Photo and wedding announcement of Mr. and Mrs. Kennard Dwain Stewart
  • Wanda Lee Cribbs and Dorman Agee Wed in Bolivar (1957)
  • Titus –Gardner Marriage Read in Bolivar Ceremony with photo of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Gardner
  • 57

  • Engagement of Janet Barnhouse to Joe Mann is Announced (with photo of Janet) (1956)
  • Engagement announcement of Patricia Kay Cook to Bobby Ross Kerr (with photo of Patricia)
  • Mrs. Ada Churchman and J. Roy Hamby are Married (1955)
  • Engagement announcement of Kay Lynn Hogan to Ralph A. Gamel (with photo of Kay)
  • Photo of Miss Frances Raney who set date of marriage to Melvin Newman (1958)
  • Miss House Engaged to Aurora Man (1958) with photo of Patsy House
  • 58

  • Photo of Martha Hackley and engagement announcement to Loren L Long (1958)
  • Photo of Sandra Willhite and engagement announcement to Harry B. Lightfoot (1957)
  • Announce Engagement Shirley Jean Hendrickson (photo) to Pfc. Darrel T. Scroggins
  • Engagement announcement of Ethel Trometer Stout (photo) to Kenneth E. Sterling (1956)
  • Engagement announcement of Sue Carrolle Holbert (photo) to Ray Gene Brown (1959)
  • Kilpatrick-Roberts Engagement Told (with photo) of Carolyn Lea Kilpatrick to Bill Roberts, Jr.
  • Engagement announcement of Phyllis Alfreda Barker (photo) to Jimmy Wilkinson
  • Engagement of Oneta Robertson (photo) to Tommy Lee (1956)
  • June Mosier is Bride of Charles D. Barnhouse (1956)
  • 59

  • Waggoner-Watson Nuptials in California (with photo)
  • Wedding announcement of Mr. and Mrs. Merl D. Enterline (with photo)
  • 60

  • Engagement announcement of Sue Hines (photo) to Merl D. Enterline (1952)
  • Engagement announcement of Jane Beezley (photo) to Herb Morgan
  • Engagement announcement of Betty Holt (photo) to Robert E. Kifer
  • Engagement announcement of Virginia Walsh (photo) to Cpl. Edward Peebles
  • 61

  • Engagement Announcement of Nira Jean Rosebrough (photo) to De Wayne Roberts
  • Engagement announcement of Barbara Alley (photo) to Bud Glendenning
  • Bridal Shower Given for Nira Jean Rosebrough
  • Huffman-Marshall wedding announcement
  • Nira Jean Rosebrough Bride in Friday Wedding
  • Holt-Kifer Wedding Vows Are Read in Home Service (with photo)
  • Bridal Shower in Honor of Betty (Holt) Kifer
  • Engagement Announcement of Doris Jacqueline Barnhouse (photo) to Ray Blankenship
  • 62

  • Photo of Mrs. Gareld Borgstadt in wedding dress
  • Miss LaRita Simmons to Wed E.S. Douglas, Jr., in June Ceremony (photo of LaRita)
  • Engagement announcement of Alberta Priester (photo) to Arthur M. Viles
  • Engagement announcement of Betty Stone (photo) to Charles Braithwait
  •    
     
    Book Eleven

    This scrapbook is in good condition with only the last three pages loose. All pages are in good condition with no missing articles or damage other than chipping around the edges. The scrapbook contains articles about weddings in the 1940s and 50s. There are several birth announcements cut from newspapers. There are also several pages with news articles from the 30s, 40s and 50s. Many of the pages did contain the year of publication, which has been noted.

    Page

    Content

    1

  • Nieta Vaughn Townsend Marries Norman Henry Damm Jr. in Kansas City 17 Aug 1939
  • Johnson – Butler (marriage)
  • Photo—Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Neuhart 1948
  • Miss Annabelle Spurgeon Weds Tom Leith, U.S. Navy
  • Miss Cunningham Weds J.B. Upton
  • Engagement photo—Betty Jo Hawkins to Robert Killian
  • Bride-Elect, Mildred Smith, Is Entertained
  • Give Bridal Shower For Anna Frances Bates
  • 2

  • Photo—Recently Married Barbara Ann Braithwait and Donald B. Russell
  • Braithwait – Russell (marriage) September 1948
  • Maxine Cherrington and Leslie Stewart Married
  • Delphia Ladd Bride of Lee V. Needham
  • Marcelle Lower and Bill Haley Married
  • Dr. E.V. Miller and Mrs. Woodruff (Flora) Married
  • Mary Margaret Robertson Married to Basil Adams 1938
  • Ben Brenner Marries, Will Move to Flemington
  • Miss Wahlert To Be Wedded To Robert Thomasson
  • 3

  • Photo—Mrs. James R. Phillips 1945
  • Mary Lea Glendenning Bride of J.R. Phillips
  • Alice McGuire Is Bride of Bob Butler
  • Elmer Oesch and Daisy Pope Married 1946
  • Neil and Smay Wedding Vows 1947
  • Miss Carrie Hacker Married
  • Shirley Spurgeon and Erwin Hanan Married
  • Jane Cochran Becomes Bride of Roy E. Marshall
  • Marie Jones Weds Marion Lee Propp 1948
  • 4

  • Miss Geraldine Seiner Married w/photo (groom—William R. Krtek)
  • Photo—Mr. and Mrs. K.K. Parrott, Jr.
  • Helen Bitzer and Jack Engleman Are Married
  • Dorothy Stewart Bride of Pvt. Darrell Sands
  • Buckner – Moore (wedding)
  • Miss Hazel Barker Weds Bob Andrews 1959
  • Photo—Married Miss Violet Gamble and Jimmy Morton
  • Mrs. Mae Bowden and Matt Stewart Married 1946
  • Hazel LaFaver Bride of John A. Newland
  • Wedding photo—Bennie Mae Case and Charles William Banta
  • Miss Bennie Mae Case Married
  • Lockhart – Stone (marriage)
  • Shepherd – Holbert Marriage
  • Hejna – Hrebec (marriage)
  • Bridal Shower for Mrs. Milos Kukal
  • Dr. R.J. Winn and Mrs. Bessie Mosier Wed
  • Mrs. (Alice) Adams and Mr. (Walter) Cossey Are Married
  • Gorden – Davis (marriage) 1949
  • Marjorie Teegarden and Milos Kukal Are Married
  • Rachel Jackson Bride of Granville Payne 1948
  • 6

  • Engagement photo—Mary Phyllis Thomas to Robert R. Peterson Dec. 1947
  • Photo—Married in Bolivar Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Winters
  • Mary Phyllis Thomas and Robert Peterson Married
  • Roberts – Beaman (marriage) 1949
  • Patty Smith Bride of Kenneth Wagoner
  • Miss Nadine Dodd Is Married in California 1948
  • Beautiful Wedding Ceremony Miss Merryl Keith Ryan to Walter W. Winters 1947
  • 7

  • Engagement photo—Jerry Barker to F. Ward Miller 1947
  • Laurnell Blackburn and John Strack Married in Double-Ring Ceremony w/photo
  • Engle – Conrad Wedding
  • Lois Stark Bride of Robert L. Anderson 1948
  • Ruby Medlock Bride of Edward Gist 1948
  • Miss Rosicka (Lillian) Bride of James Bell
  • Betty Jean Mathias Weds H.E. Braithwait 1946
  • 8

  • Walsh – Thomas Vows Are Solemnized; Lambdas to Hostess Spring Formal 1948
  • Engagement photo—Pauline Walsh to Roy H. Thomas
  • Virginia Elizabeth Kretz Bride of Jerry S. Drake
  • Miss Barnhouse (Doris) Bride of Orville Blankenship
  • Jean Garrison and Willard Black Married 1947
  • Phyllis Smith Weds Curtis Brobisky 1949
  • Engagement photo—Virginia Lee Fittro to Charles Edwin Johnson
  • 9

  • Engagement photo—Ora Ann Reynolds to Sgt. Don Brown
  • Wedding photo—Lt. Col. And Mrs. John C. Potter (Ernestine Hanan) 1949
  • Virginia Lee Fittro Bride of Chas. Johnson
  • Lois Harris, Hugh Matheny Wed at Bolivar
  • Ernestine Hanan Wed 1949
  • Wedding announcement—Edna Ford to Dale Estep w/photo
  • 10

  • Engagement photo—Mary Lou Goodrich to Rev. S.E. Miller 1948
  • Engagement photo—Mary Louise Scrivener to Albert John Johnson, Jr.
  • Miss Woodfill Wed In Bolivar w/photo
  • Lt. Robert R. McDaniel Weds California Girl
  • Nora Franklin Now Mrs. Wilson Higginbotham
  • 11

  • Sara Lamun Married in Church Wedding w/photo
  • Miss Lucy Polodna Wed to Ed Hejna
  • Wanda Marshal Is Bride of Navy Man 1952
  • Miss Covey Became Bride of Lieut. Sparks
  • Jenkins – Roberts (marriage) 1950
  • 12

  • Rouleau – Thomasson Nuptials w/photo 1950
  • Wedding photo—Mr. and Mrs. Arnold E. Beyster (Letha Blankenship) 1947
  • Wanda Hocker Weds Bob Murphy w/photo 1951
  • Fraley – Brandt Nuptials
  • Barnhouse – Matthews (marriage)
  • 13

  • Gamble, Blue Vows Exchanged w/photo 1950
  • Photo—Mr. and Mrs. Joe B. Forgey 1951
  • C.P. Barnhouse and Mrs. Blacketer (Stell) Married 1951
  • Miss Lois Armstrong Bride of Mr. Loren Werts w/photo 1952
  • Bridal Shower (for Mrs. Joe Ben Forgey) 1951
  • Nadine Vest Is Bride of Ralph Hendrickson
  • 14

  • J.A. Francois and Wife Observe Golden Wedding w/photo
  • Golden Wedding Day at First Baptist Church w/photo Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Murray
  • Hendershot Golden Wedding New Year’s Day
  • Celebrated Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Edd Abbott
  • Happily Married 38 Years Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Holton
  • Golden Wedding for M.E. Kirbys Tuesday 1950
  • 50th Anniversary Celebration for Geo. Luncefords
  • 15

  • Vows Repeated for Golden Wedding Anniversary w/2 photos Mr. and Mrs. Jay Brite, Mr. and Mrs. W.S. White 1949
  • Celebrated Golden Wedding Mr. and Mrs. John Davis 1945
  • Golden Wedding Day for W.W. Lamb and Wife
  • Golden Wedding for Clyde E. Fish and Wife 1950
  • 16

  • Golden Wedding for the John Mitchells
  • Honor Lem Farmers on Golden Anniversary
  • Thompson – Brown (marriage) 1951
  • Erlene Barnes Bride of Sidney Joe Pitts 1951
  • Celebrate Fiftieth Golden Wedding w/photo Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Woodmansee 1948
  • Wed 60 Years w/photo Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Poland 1948
  • C.T. Smiths Have Golden Anniversary 1956
  • 17

  • T.Y. Dickersons Will Celebrate Golden Wedding Day Sunday 1948
  • Golden Wedding Observed by Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Martin w/photo 1945
  • Photo—Rev. and Mrs. J.W. Geren celebrate golden wedding anniversary
  • Photo—Wed Fifty Years Mr. and Mrs. W.E. McGee
  • Engagement photos (twin daughters)—Ella Jean Hawkins to Wayne Polly, Emma Jane Hawkins to Jimmie Leavitt
  • 18

  • Popular Judge Skinker and Wife wed 50 Years w/photo 1938
  • Photo—Mr. and Mrs. Fred LaFaver celebrate golden wedding anniversary
  • Golden Wedding for the Frank J. Martins
  • Golden Wedding Mr. and Mrs. Jim Stokes w/photo
  • Observe Golden Wedding Judge and Mrs. C.H. Skinker w/photo
  • 19

  • Long Useful Life in Bolivar w/photo John Calvin Pike, Mary S. Pike, Caroline Pike
  • The Brashears Observe 50th Anniversary w/photo
  • Sixtieth Wedding Anniversary w/photo Dean and Mrs. John C. Pike 1947
  • Miss Louise Jones Is Bride of Douglas Hughs
  • 20

    Births
  • The Stork Files a Report—Clark, Higginbotham, Kelley, Dell, Breshears, Altic, West, Koon, Dryer, Roberts, Altic, Hatler, Coleman, Patten, Nelson, Sampson, Manes, Cansler, Lamar, Guinn, Buckner
  • Mrs. Howard Cunningham and V-E Baby Come Home
  • Second Son of Second Son of Second Son, Etc. Phillips
  • Births: Wommack, Adams, Sands, Hammontree, Dodd, Slagle, Simpson, Fitro (1925), Bitzer, Eagon, Storm, Hembree, Barnes, Beaman, Welch, Palen (1948), Vincent, Sterling, Palen, Raney, Erwin, Kelsey (twins, 1947), Fraser (1945), Black, Jens, Standley (1957), Kifer (1957), Neuhart (1958), Propp, Bates (1955), Barnhouse (1957), Ashlock
  • 21

    Births
  • Births: Hughes, Jones, Robertson, Haralson, Gallivan, Farmer (1948), Hutchison, Palen (1948), Polodna (1947), Drake, Marshall, McDaniel, Hargis, Guinn (1950), Fish, Blankenship (1954), Pitts (1954), Beaman (1951), Blue, Roberts (1953) Neuhart (1951)
  • V.E. Newcomb and Wife Have Twin Daughters 1949
  • It’s a Pair of Boys at Vernon Sparks Home
  • Twins Born Day, 30 Miles Apart w/photo Brenda, Brent Ballinger and mother, Mrs. Nelson Ballinger
  • Stork Has His Busiest Year, Delivers 3,950,000 in U.S. "Greatest Baby Boom in Nation’s History" 1953
  • 22

  • Springfield Vet Awaits British Bride’s Arrival w/photo Mrs. June Dowell
  • H.R. Rosebrough, Jr., Back to Local Depot
  • Maas Coal Business Sold to Paul Harris
  • Bolivar Schools Open for Class Work Sept. 6
  • Work on Highway "13" Is Progressing Rapidly
  • Bolivar Man Buys Business Property Fred Engle 1948
  • Bolivar Man Planning $25,000 Building Here Fred Engle 1948
  • 23

  • Photo—Guy Q. McDaniel, Ruby Ables, Mr. and Mrs. Max Phillips 1949
  • Two Bolivar Girls Win Bus Line Trips Frances Miller, Dolores Crain
  • This Pumpkin Pie Will Feed Even the Biggest Families –In Fact, It Fills 250 Persons at Bolivar 1949
  • 12 Years Perfect Attendance w/photo Richard Derossett 1945
  • 24

  • Noel Stewart Hurt When Feed Sacks Fall 1947
  • R.B. Viles Received Highest F.F.A. Award w/photo
  • Photo—Rex Paving Machine Begins Concrete Job on "13" 1936
  • Forty Years at the Herald Helm w/photo Frank L. Stufflebam
  • Bolivar Girl Wins Honors at Drury Nira Jean Rosebrough
  • W.W. Watson Sells Store to C.O. Knight
  • Bill Roberts Wins Walking Horse Stake 1948
  • Birthday Celebration P.S. McClease 1948
  • Coroner Turpin Breaks Leg in Fall From Roof 1949
  • 25

  • Rev. Harman Had A Great Time Here 1943
  • Karlin Picnic Monday 1946
  • Dr. P.T. Harman Completes 21st Year At Church w/photo Dr. Harman
  • Mrs. E. Moore On Program in Hollywood
  • Polk County First at State Fair
  • Surprise Potluck Supper fro E.R. Carver and Wife
  • Social Security Board Meets
  • A Freak Hail Storm 1947
  • Barnhouse Sisters Take Separate Vacations
  • Thelma R. Tharpe Sails Today for Europe 1949
  • Tom Dodd Resigns as Coach Here 1948
  • 26

  • Survives Crash; Badly Injured w/photo Dr. W.F. Zumbrun plane crash 1945
  • Dr. Zumbrun Injured in Plane Crash
  • E.S. Murray Escapes Injury in Auto Spill
  • Cold Weather For March 11 – Breaks Records 1948
  • The Biggest Little News Story of the Week bought 2nd fire truck 1947
  • Flying Breakfast – Dines at Bolivar
  • Cupid Doing Land Office Business
  • Over 3 Tons Clothing Given
  • 27

  • Vernon Woodruff Traces Ancestry Back to John and Pricilla Alden w/photo John Alden House
  • Big Opening Day at Horton’s Super Marker
  • Crash Injures Bolivar Trio Sidney Anderson, Mary Anderson, Edna Sanders 1948
  • Mrs. Florence Brashers Arrives in Germany
  • Braithwaits Buy Adjacent Grocery
  • 28

  • Saddle Horse Show Unqualified Success 1949
  • City Buys New Fire Truck
  • New Sheriff Has Busy Time Claude A. Hopkins
  • Stores to Close July 3 and 4
  • Thanks From Bolivar Commerce Chamber
  • 29

  • 200 Horses in Bolivar Show
  • Work On 64 Houses Started 1946
  • Closing Out Sale (satire about election)
  • Easter Sunrise Service in Bolivar
  • Braithwaits Sell Grocery to Frasers
  • New Water Tower at Frisco depot
  • Plans for New Drake Theatre – Construction to Start Soon as Materials Available
  • The Meanest Man of the Week! (swimming pool plug pulled)
  • 30

  • Bolivar Desperado Intended to Shoot His Mother-in-law w/photo Charles Peterson 1939
  • 31

  • Posse Scours Ozarks Woods Hunting Slayer of Marshall w/2 photos Charles Peterson, Harry D. Butler
  • Peterson to Trial Monday w/photo Charles Peterson 1939
  • Photo—Three Sheriffs Guard Killer Harry Butler, Charles Peterson, Roy Shipley, Jack Killingsworth
  • H. S. Enrollment Under Last Year 1955
  • 32

  • Manhunt Ends In Surrender – Charles Peterson, Slayer of City Marshal, Gives Up to Local Officers full front page Bolivar Free Press 28 Sep 1939
  • 33

  • Thrilling Story of Frank Huffman’s Last Stand – Polk County’s Bad Man No. 1
  • Korn to Krack Here Saturday
  • Bolivar Has 2634 Residents 1940
  • J.C. Wagner is Chairman of a Revision Committee
  • Congressman Bennett to Bring war Films Here
  • An Apology to the good ministers of all the churches in Bolivar…O.G. Teegarden
  • Hot Lunches In Grades Very Popular
  • 34

  • April 1 Was 100th Anniversary of Birth of T.H.B. Dunnegan w/photo
  • 35

  • Bob Pufahl "Peels" Board of Education
  • Karlin Picnic 1945
  • 3-Lbs sugar Nets Church 9 Dollars
  • Bolivar Should Accept Her Responsibility
  • Says Bolivar Schools Are Fire Traps Letter to editor
  • Move Over, Buddy, it Ain’t A Man’s World 1946
  • Shoffner Hardware Sold
  • Twister Hits At Burns 1945
  • Fire Damages Former Palen Residence 1944
  • Old Caplinger Mill Destroyed by Fire 1947
  • 36

  • Hoffman Hall Now Pile of Rubbish w/photo
  • Calvin Hancock Home Is Destroyed by Fire
  • Photo—Clearing Up Debris Hoffman Hall 1945
  • Photo—Fire Destroys Hoffman Hall
  • Cyclone Damage Heavy, No One Injured Last Saturday
  • 37

  • Fire Destroys Bolivar Mill – Akard Landmark Goes With $20,000 Loss 1948
  • Heavy Winds Do Much Damage Here 1947
  • Flash Flood Causes Damage 1946
  • Overcome by Ammonia After Tank Explodes 1948
  • Fire Destroys Killingsworth Garage Bldg. 1947
  • Small Tornado Strikes South of Bolivar
  • Fred Mahaffey and Family Move Here 1956
  • Bolivar Relatives Attend K.C. Wedding Janet and Patsy Barnhouse 1956
  • Bolivar Bugle Corps Will Parade in KC 1956
  • 38

  • 2 Killed After Robbing Bank Phillip Cronin & Bill Frizzell rob Humansville Bank
  • Theft of Cash Charged 2 Men - $500 Allegedly Taken From Trailer House Ed Boyce & Sterling Hill
  • Find Stolen Car Near Lebanon (belongs to Ernest D. Carver) stolen by two 14 year olds
  • Burglars Break Into Three Places Here Roberts Chevrolet, Gallivan’s Garage, Horton’s Super Market 1949
  • Two War Vets Burned in Fire John Newland, Gordon Robinson
  • Runaway Auto Smashes Into Store Front – Runaway Auto Smashes Western Auto Store Front
  • Car From Bolivar Quickly Regained by State Patrol 1948
  • 39

  • Three Boys Held for Auto Theft Ellis Swigert, Wayne Boyce, David Hill
  • Several Injured When Two Cars Crash Clyde McCoy, Atha Mallonee, Gertrude Deadman, Mrs. Clyde McCoy
  • Burglars Take $125 Jewelry From Listers
  • Judge C.H. Jackson Shot to Death; Slayer Surrenders Ernest Afton Scott 1948
  • Bolivar Woman Is Killed In ‘Wrong Side’ Accident Marie Teegarden
  • 40

  • Advertisement—Parade of Progress and Anniversary Sale Kelsey’s Market 1939
  • "Aunt Jemima" In Person At Fraser’s 1946
  • Drum Corps and Band Win Honors At Springfield 1955
  • 41

  • Miss Agnes Ruzicka Bride of Joe Kukal w/photo
  • Polodna – Jackett Vows w/photo
  • Golden Wedding Day for Jim Holton and Wife 1952
  • Wed Fifty-Six Years Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Bush 1949
  • 42

  • Pyles – Gromley Wed December 21 w/photo
  • Dr. R.K. Richter Retires After 52 Years of Dental Practice w/photo Dr. Richter 1959
  • Leonard Grant Weds Vera Louise Campbell In Church Ceremony
  • 43

  • Campbell – Grant Wedding w/photo
  • Patsy House Bride of Harold Pottenger 1958
  • Robertson – Cribbs Wedding Aug. 24
  • Announce Marriage of Shirley Fay Brooks to Joe Richard Appleby w/photo
  • 44

  • BHS Class of 1955 composite photo and article about graduation
  • To Continue Sunday Mail Service Here
  • 45

  • Miss McQuerter Is Married to Mr. Bartlett w/photo
  • Dinner Honors Engaged Couple McQuerter/Bartlett
  • Engagement photo—Cheryl McQuerter to Tom Allen Bartlett
  • Engagement photo—Carole Ann Vincent to James R. Hutcheson
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    Book Twelve

    This scrapbook is in poor condition. The cover and all pages are loose. Several of the pages have articles that have been glued across two pages. Towards the end of the book, the pages have been mis-numbered due to some blank pages. Articles include the Pomme de Terre Dam construction, inauguration of LBJ, some local marriages, Polk County Bank’s renovation and Dunnegan and Pike families.

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    1

  • Put Bolivar on the Map and Grow with the Pomme de Terre Dam – Attend the Pomme de Terre Dam Celebration Saturday, October 19! (1957) W/3 photos
  • 2-3

  • Army Engineers Begin Work on Pomme de Terre Dam w/6 photos article glued to the two pages
  • House Committee OK’s Start on Pomme de Terre 1956
  • Activity Begins at Pomme de Terre Dam
  • Pomme de Terre Celebration Taking Shape – Sen. Stuart Symington, Other Notables to Speak/ Basket Dinner 1957
  • Assign Pomme de Terre Surveyors w/photo Harrison W. Stanley 1956
  • Survey Party Will Begin Work at Dam Site Soon 1956
  • 4-5

  • Dam Survey Focuses Interest on Hermitage w/12 photos
  • Ike Signs Pomme de Terre Bill, Start Work Oct. 1 1956
  • Hermitage Dam Contract Let to Kansas Firm George Bennett Construction Co.
  • Clear Right of way, Seeking 2 Others
  •  
  • 6

  • Ike Signs Public Works Bill; $800,000 for Hermitage Dam
  • Army Engineer Explains Plans for Pomme de Terre Dam
  • Gives Tenative Okay to Opening Pomme de Terre Contracts Here
  • Pomme de Terre Engineer Named
  • Symington Speaker at Ground Breaking
  • K.C. Company to Drill Water Well at Damsite Layne-Western Company
  • 7

  • Half-Million Enough to Assure Good Start on Pomme de Terre Dam, Engineers Say
  • Year’s Happenings that Made the Headlines in ‘57’
  • Bridge at Dam Washes Out the Seventh Time July 1957
  • 8-9

  • Pomme de Terre Dam a Big Undertaking w/2 photos 1957
  • 2500 Attend Dedication of Pomme de Terre Dam
  • Caravan to escort Dignitaries to Dam
  • Plans Progress for Celebration at Dam
  • Plans Are Complete for Celebration at Damsite
  • Senate Adds $300,000 to Pomme de Terre Funds
  • Photo—Pomme de Terre Dam Reservoir as it will be
  • 10

  • Pomme de Terre Contract to Oklahoma Firm w/photo L.G. Feil, Col. E.C. Adams, L.N. Ruesser Cosmo Construction Co. 1956
  • Hermitage Mayor Realizes Dream 1957
  • Laud Mayor of Hermitage
  • Moulder Has Kind Word for Senator at Dam Ceremony
  • 11

  • Local Composer’s Work Receives High Praise w/photo Deryl Hancock 1954
  • Tornado Hits County Causing Much Damage
  • Hobart Spurgeon Is Honored for 38 Years Service as Rural Carrier 1961
  • Grocery Firm Safe Entered – Loss ‘Over $500’ Official Estimates
  • Mrs. Martha Jane Davison Celebrates 92nd Birthday 1961
  • Wayne G. Marshall Joins 25-Year List w/photo
  • Three want Bankruptcy Robertson Wholesale Grocery Company
  • Poem—The Nickel by Mrs. J.H. Pursley
  • Poem—In Memory (of J.A. Bush) by Mrs. J.H. Pursley
  • 12

  • The Civil War First Year 1861 with maps, chronology
  • 13

  • New Paving on 13 Is Nearly Completed
  • Photo—First Tribatch Mixer to be Used in Middle West
  • Old-Time Business Firm Sells Kelsey’s Super Market sold to Allen and Anna Rose
  • Johnnie Shiner Coming Home This Week w/photo of Shiner
  • Poem—PFC Johnnie R. Shiner, P.O.W. by Gladys M. Vincent
  • 14-15

  • John Zidlicky Chosen "Outstanding Young Farmer" of County w/photo
  • John Zidlicky Chosen Outstanding Young Farmer w/photo
  • Ada McCracken Given Appreciation Award w/photo McCracken and R.F. Anderson
  • Photo—Bolivar Seniors Visit National Capitol 1961
  • Southwest Marion news 30 Apr 1959
  • 16-17

  • Shrine Officers w/photos W.F. Douglas, Mrs. Betty Ammerman 1960
  • Scott Ruckman Gets Important Office in Ventura, Calif.
  • 1st Court House Local Landmark Is Destroyed w/photo
  • ‘Hold That Coyote!’ w/photo Ruby Ables and wife
  • Town Clock Valued by Polk Countians
  • Advertisements (2)—Ammerman Meats Springfield
  • 18

  • Hermitage Power Dam 1950
  • Photos (3)—Progress Report construction of St. John’s Hospital 1951
  • 19

  • Photo--$5,000 Ball Sam Gordon, Sal Durante and wife, Rosemarie Roger Maris’ 61st homerun ball
  • Complete Construction of City Sewer Lines
  • Postoffice Here Has Loading Dock 1954
  • Poem—‘Twas the Day Before Christmas by Joe Faith
  • Bolivar Folk Break Record highest record of blood donations
  • Poe—Christmas Tree! By Roy D. Lane
  • Two Indians Helped in First Thanksgiving
  • 20-21

  • Giant Pie Serves 300 at Banquet w/photo
  • Mrs. Roebuck Writes of Pleasant Trip to Florida 1954
  • Dig Sweet Potatoes Before Killing Frost
  • Bolivar Has 53 New Residences
  • Hough-Hargis Vows 1953
  • Photo—All That’s Left Farmers’ exchange in Pleasant Hope after fire 1949
  • 22-23

  • Miss Adams Weds John Faudskar w/photo
  • Engagement photo—Melinda Ann Adams to Sgt. John D. Faudskar
  • Melinda Ann Adams Engaged to Sergeant
  • Engagement photo—Judy Leigh Melton to Terry Kimes
  • Engagement photo—Kay Karolyn Francka to Robert M. Hensley 1962
  • Engagement photo—Sandra Kay Lyle to Cliff House
  • Engagement photo—Peggy Lou Murphy to Larry David Durham
  • Engagement photo—Delores Barker to Neil Heimsoth
  • Engagement photo—Sharon Kay Bennett to Rick Kinyon
  • Shower Honors Sandra Bennett
  • 24

  • City Police Now in Uniform w/photo Ira Landreth and Luther Robertson
  • "Mac’s Café" Quits After Fifteen Years 1951
  • Land Mark Disappears Don Murray’s mill
  • Ozarks Grows Bumper Crop of Birds for Thanksgiving – Half-Million Turkeys Heading for the Holiday markets
  •   Loose newspaper pages between found between pgs. 24 and 25
  • Towns and Farms Along the Sac River Brace for Building of New Lake w/2 photos
  • Springfield’s Diary for ’63 2 full pages w/10 photos
  • 25

  • Photo—Blood Testing turkeys on Ruby Ables farm
  • Photo—Squawking Indignity W.W. Neel w/turkey
  • Janet Teters Becomes Bride of Bob Burks in Church Wedding w/photo 1962
  • 26-27

  • Missourians at Inaugural – Gov. Hearnes, Float, with Marching Units
  • Evening Varied One for First Family 1965
  • Not a Thing Overlooked – Security for LBJ History’s Greatest
  • Fugues, Frugs and Fluids Making a capital Float
  • Photo—Takes Oath President Johnson
  • LBJ Better, May Go Home
  • Song Might Have Been ‘Hello, Clarence’ – Mother Recalls How Baby Lyndon Got His Name
  • Spiritual Start for LBJ
  • Mr. and Mrs. Truman See Inaugural on TV
  • Engagement photo—Jacqueline Ayres to Robert R. Kieser
  • Engagement photo—Rosemary Buckley to Joe L. Beason
  • 28-29

  • Ladybird a First
  • LBJ Promises war on Want
  • Second Oath for LBJ on Mother’s Bible
  • Color and Pageantry Surround LBJ’s Oath-Taking Ceremonies
  • Photo—Partying LBJ at State Department party
  • 30-31

  • Visit to Capitol; Greeting by Vice-President Nixon; Highlight Senior Trip to Washington, D.C. w/photo of senior class 1956
  • Douglas MacArthur w/19 photos
  • 32-33

  • Dr. R.J. Winn Observes 93rd Birthday, Announces Retirement w/photo 1957
  • Dr. Winn visits With Garry Moore 1956
  • Practicing Dentist 60 Years – That’s Amazing Record Made by Bolivar’s Dr. R.J. Winn w/photo
  • Hundreds Return to Visit on Bolivar’s Homecoming Day 1956
  • Bolivar Dentist Too Young to Quit Work at Age of 89 w/photo
  • Dr. R.J. Winn on National Television Show 1956
  • 34-35

  • Lack of Street Addresses Causing Real Problem for City Mail Carriers 1956
  • Country Fair Midway Is Ready 1951
  • Rex Perkins to Finish, Byron Marsh to Begin at West Point Academy w/2 photos 1956
  • Obituary—Bessie Lillian Wolford Gravely
  • The Boss Gothards at Acapulco w/photo
  • Name Bolivar Official State Drum and Bugle Corps for National Jaycee Convention
  • Photo—Ray Engledow and Jim Francois setting up Indian relics 1956
  • 36

  • Miss Sullivan Bride of Sidney Johnson w/photo 1957
  • Engagement photo—Gloria Jean Sullivan to Sidney Daniel Johnson 1957
  • Mrs. James Houk Given Bridal Shower 1955
  • Miss Smith Bride of Billie Wilson 1956
  • Marriage Announced Norma Jean May to Doran Emmert w/photo
  • Engagement photo—Carolyn Kyle to Michael Flummerfelt
  • 37

  • Boyhood Ambition Realized – ‘Buck’ Erwin Always wanted to Be an Undertaker w/photo of Erwin SNL 4 Apr 1954
  • Polk County School Issue Is Involved SNL 4 Apr 1954
  • 38

  • Advertisement—A Poem of Appreciation Bolivar Telephone Co. 1954
  • Ray Wood Retires as Bolivar R1 School Superintendent – William J. Wasson, Present High School Principal, Hired by Board of Education 1958
  • Work to Start Next Week on New Polk County Bank Building w/photo
  • Modernization to Bolivar Bank to Triple Interior Space of 83-Year-Old Business w/photo
  • 39

  • Advertisement—Watch This Picture Change Polk County Bank
  • 40

  • Photos (3)—Fire Sunday, December 29 1) Fires Rages in Adjoining Building 2) Reaches Critical Stage 3 Band Building Stands
  • Photo—Serene Outside…Bustling Inside… June 1956
  • T.H.B. Dunnegan Donates $500 to Drury College for Poetry Books
  • 41

  • Advertisement—Polk County Bank Takes the Lead with a Building and Equipment as New as Tomorrow 1956
  • 42

  • Photo—Polk County Bank 1956
  • Obituary—Carl Francis Dunnegan
  • Editorial Tribute to Carl F. Dunnegan
  • Bolivar Named Beneficiary in Carl F. Dunnegan Will
  • Services Held Here for Carl Dunnegan
  • 43

  • Origin of Bolivar Fire Undetermined - $150,000 Damage to Four Buildings w/photo west side square 1957
  • Remodeling of Bank Started This Week Sep 1955
  • Hope to Start Bank Remodeling by March 1956
  • 44

  • Banker Dunnegan a ‘We’ Man in Bolivar Community Growth – Taking Lead in Progress of Polk County Capital w/photo THB Dunnegan
  • Obituary—Olive Louise Dunnegan
  • 45-46

  • Dunnegan’s Memorial Park Dedicated 40 Years Ago w/photo Memorial Tablet 1962
  • 40 Years Ago Dunnegan’s Memorial Park Is Dedicated at Patriotic Celebration w/photo
  • Photo—Memorial Marker at Park
  • 6 Injured, 2 Buildings Destroyed in $100,000 Fire on "West Side" w/3 photos
  • 47-48

  • Photo—Eisenhower Suffers Heart Attack
  • Lifetime Linked with Bolivar School – Southwest Baptist College Not the Same Without a Pike on Faculty w/photo Caroline Pike 1955
  • Retiring After Years of Devoted Service w/photo Miss Caroline Pike
  • Ward Inglis, 91, Visits Relatives in Northwest
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    Book Thirteen

    This scrapbook has only the first three pages filled with anniversary articles/photos from newspapers.

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  • J.H. Pursleys To Observe 60th Anniversary Sunday, Dec. 23 w/photo Mr. and Mrs. Jesse H. Pursley 1962
  • Mr. and Mrs. Prentice Hancock To Observe Golden Wedding w/photo 1962
  • Prentice Hancock’s Observe 50th Anniversary
  • Poem—Golden Wedding Day written to Mr. and Mrs. Hancock by Roy Daniel Lane, Ozarks Poet, Dunnegan, Mo. 24 Dec 1962
  • 2

  • Golden Wedding Day for Oscar Standleys w/photo
  • Golden Wedding Day November 1 for Elgie Fraser and Wife w/photo
  • Couple to Note 50th Anniversary w/photo Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kukal
  • Mr. and Mrs. Glen Beach Celebrate Golden Wedding Day
  • Glen Beach and Wife to Observe Their Golden Wedding Aug. 30 1964
  • 3

  • Derossetts to Observe 50th Wedding, Feb. 20 w/photo
  • Couple Marks 67 Wedded Years William and Sarah Higginbotham
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    Book Fourteen

    This scrapbook is in good condition. It contains articles from a column called "the Waste Basket – Into Which Are Often Tossed Things Worthwhile" edited by Lucile Morris Upton. The articles are contributed by W.S. White of Bolivar and pertain to his life experiences. They were published from 1947-1950.

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    1

  • Poem—Gypsy Trails Are Calling by Frank Sheffer, Humansville 1947
  • More Memories 1947
  • 2

  • Resolutions by Mrs. C.R. Wadlow, Springfield
  • 1947
  • 3

  • Memory by Virginia
  • Flowers
  • Some Thanks to W.B. Contributors 1946
  • 4

  • Attention Fox Hunters
  • Poem—Vagabond Red by Hubert L. Harral
  • Wedding and Royalty 1947
  • This Is Susu w/photo of cat
  • 5

  • More Catology
  • Memories of Other Days 1947
  • 6

  • Fifty Years Ago Column 1946
  • 7

  • Persimmons by Mary Holman Grimes, Lebanon
  • Poem—Perfection by Mrs. CR.C. Wadlow, Springfield
  • Poem—I Heard a Song by Louise M. Louis
  • The Ledge Sitters
  • 8

  • The Old Hedge Fence 1947
  • Spring
  • 9

  • Old Time Memories 50 or 60 Years Ago
  • 10

  • Two of My Most Unforgettable Characters 1947
  • 11

  • More About County Teacher’s Institutes
  • Interesting People I have Known
  • 12

  • Susu Has Her Picture Taken
  • England’s New Prince 1948
  • These Wives of Ours 1948
  • 13

  • That Old Log Cabin Home 1948
  • Grandma Susu
  • Announcement 1948
  • 14

  • My Experience as a Quail Hunter 1947
  • 15

  • A Pleasant Surprise
  • 16

  • My Only School Whipping
  • 17

  • An Interesting Visitor 1949
  • Spring Housecleaning by "Fuzzy Top"
  • 18

  • My Eighty Years 1949
  • 19

  • New Year Musings 1949
  • 20

  • Poem—Strange City by Danny Freeman, Springfield
  • Our Ice Storms
  • 21

  • Mr. White Adds Some Notes on Naming of Greene County (To the Editor)
  • Could They Produce Yellow Oleo Oil? (To the Editor)
  • ‘Go Home and Clean Up Your Own Lives (To the Editor)
  • 22

  • Divinity by Louise M. Louis
  • More Pioneer History
  • 23

  • My Eighty Years 1949
  • Remembrance
  • 24

  • Bolivar’s Mr. White Talks About Art as He Likes It (To the Editor)
  • Time
  • 25

  • Gardens
  • untitled
  • 26

  • More About Our Friends, the Birds
  • Little Man, Lucile’s Doggie
  • 27

  • The Ledge Setters
  • Good Eatin’
  • 28

  • Two Interesting Characters
  • Personal Report
  • 29

  • Gourds
  • 30

  • Pioneer History 1947
  • 31

  • More Pioneer Days
  • 32

  • History (hanging at Greenfield)
  • 33

  • Old Time Stories
  • 34

  • The Old Hewed Log House
  • Will We Always Have Christmas
  • More About Those Hound Dogs
  • 35

  • The Art of Living
  • Poem—High Flight by Annie Parish Slankard
  • Poem—Hillbilly Eatin’ by L. E. Newton
  • Poem—Come Sit By My Fire by V.B.T.
  • Poem—A Day in the Hills by Sam J. Ryker, Ash Grove
  • Poem—You and I by Pal
  • Poem—Farewell October by Mattie Fox, Crisp
  • Poem—A Storm at Sea by Mrs. C.R. Wadlow, Springfield
  • Poem—Mother by Leonace Dryden Goans
  • 36

  • Those Red Birds
  • The Barefoot Season
  • 37

  • The Old Time County Institute
  • Bolivar Beats Us in Census Jump, Mr. White Points Out (To the Editor)
  • 38

  • Lost in the Hills
  • Pilgrim Fathers
  • 39

  • Pioneer Home Furnishings
  • 40

  • Ancient Burials
  • Some Reminiscings
  • 41

  • Fall Musings
  • 42

  • That K-Zue Pie
  • Historical Society Proposal Has Friend in W.S. White – Bells on Street Car Mules Fascinated Him (To the Editor)
  • 43

  • Our Waste Basket Name
  • 44

  • More About Miracles
  • Time for Winter
  • 45

  • Passing of the One-Room Schoolhouse 1950
  • New Resolutions
  • 46

  • The New World of Today
  • Interesting Memory 1950
  • 47

  • Shortcake Season
  • Poem—I Belong To The Ozarks by Frank Sheffer, Humansville
  • Poem—Glacier Park by Frank Sheffer, Humansville
  • Poem—Did You Ever by Frank Sheffer, Humansville
  • Poem—A Dream by Jerold Miller, Cape Fair
  • Poem—Come and See by Mamie Beasley, Branson
  • Poem—Shortages by Joe Billy Pearson, Springfield
  • Poem—The Seasons by O.W. Browning, Sparta
  • Poem—The Old Road to Nowhere by E.R. Kirk, Norwood
  • Poem—Dear Son by Loy Cope, Jenkins
  • 48

  • Those Hard to Find Bibles
  • Garden Catalogues 1950
  • 49

  • My Greatest Frustration 1951
  • The Waste Basket
  • Poem—Everybody’s Lonesome Detroit News
  • 50

  • Some Billy Rose Yarns
  • When Winter Comes
  • 51

  • An Interesting Picture
  • Baptists Not Within Rights To Ask SMS College Credits (To the Editor)
  • 52

  • Miracles
  • Friends
  • 53

  • Waiting For Spring
  • Our Fifty-Fourth Wedding Anniversary
  • 54

  • Polk Countian Remembers Promises of Politicians (To the Editor)
  • Lincoln Often Misquoted, Bolivar Writer Contends (To the Editor) 1950
  • 55

  • National Laugh Week
  • Snakes, Snakes, Snakes
  • 56

  • More Garden Catalogues
  • Friends Honor Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Farris w/photo 1958
  • 57

  • How I Escaped a Beer Drinker 1950
  • 58

  • A History of Bolivar, Mo. By W.S. White 7 Sep 1958 includes the following subtitles
  • Early History of This Region of the U.S.A.

    The Campbells Come to the Ozarks

    The Naming of Green County and Springfield

    The Naming of Polk County and Bolivar

    Old Time Ads Are Very Interesting

  • 59

  • Church Reunion
  • Personal Report by LMU
  • The WB Editor Reports
  • 60

  • W.S. White of Bolivar Dies as Result of Auto Accident – One of the Ozarks’ Best-Known Citizens w/photo Walter S. White
  • W.S. White Dies Following Car-Truck Accident
  • Obituary—Walter Scott White
  • Plymouth Rock 1950
  • 61

  • Springfield Friends Pay Tribute to W.S. White
  • The Onward March of Time
  •   the last 7 pages are blank
     
    Book Fifteen

    This scrapbook is in good condition, with all pages intact except the back cover. This scrapbook contains many articles about the ice storm of 1949, the tornado of 1929, and the election and death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Many of the articles have at least a year date, but very few sources are given. There are many photographs from the newspaper about the events listed above.

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  • Butterfield mail Centennial Caravan Here Wednesday BFP 11 Sep 1958 (full front page)
  • Ceremony Memorializes Dedication of Statue
  • Pearson, in Bolivar ‘Scoop,’ Charged With Various Errors
  • 2

  • Air Trip to Bolivar Saves a Lot of Time – And the Traffic Isn’t Nearly So Heavy
  • 3

  • Nature Wraps Ozarks in Icy Blanket 10 Jan 1949
  • Ice-Bombed Bolivar A Staggering Scene – A Report by Radio Phone w/photo corner of Highway 13 and Jefferson street downtown Bolivar
  • Emergency Radio Service Is Set up Here and Bolivar
  • 4

  • Sleet Storm Severs Wires, Isolates Towns – Power Service Fails In Some Communities And Phones Silenced; Highways Are Risky
  • Electricity Partly Restored at Bolivar
  • News Relayed By Ambulance Radio Service – Ice Storm’s Fury Spent at Bolivar; Buffalo Also Hit
  • 5

  • More Scenes From Icebound Bolivar 2 photos
  • 6

  • Two photos of Bolivar’s ice storm
  • 7

  • Two photos of Bolivar’s ice storm
  • 8

  • Photos (2)--…Also at Lockwood and Stockton
  • 9

  • Photos (2)—Buffalo’s water Supply Cut Off by Storm
  • 10

  • Photos (2)—Joplin, Carthage ice storm
  • 11

  • Photo—Buffalo Hit by Ice Storm
  • Photo—Carthage
  • 12

  • Photo—Stockton Story
  • Photo—Icy Court House (Stockton)
  • Photo—White Greenfield
  • 13

  • Photos (2)—Ice Storm Blacks Out Joplin
  • Photo—Carthage Suffers
  • 14

  • Photo—Danger
  • Photo—Trees Topple
  • 15

  • Photo—‘Here’s Where I Am’
  • Photo—Joplin Power Restored
  • 16

  • Photos (2)—Destruction in Path of Ice Storm (Greenfield)
  • 17

  • Fear Springfield May Be Isolated – All Streets of Bolivar Littered With Broken Trees, Fallen Wires; Buffalo Getting Back to Normal
  • Photo—Carthage
  • Photo—Buffalo’s Blanket
  • 18

  • Photos (2)—Typical Scenes of Storm Damage at Buffalo, Carthage, Joplin 1) Pole Trouble (Buffalo) 2) Carthage Damaged
  • 19

  • Photo—Out on a Limb Joplin
  • Photo—Careful Cabbie Joplin
  • 20

  • Photos (2)—ice storm damage in Carthage area
  • 21

  • Photos (2)—ice storm damage in Carthage area
  • 22

  • Ozarks Facing Long Struggle Back to Normal – Stockton, Golden City Among Hardest Hit In Week’s Ice Storm, Reporter Discovers SLP 13 Jan 1949
  • 23

  • Photos (2)—Weaubleau Had Some Ice!
  • Many States See Ice-Bound Bolivar
  • 24

  • Photos (2)—Fallen Poles Give Willard Woes 9 Jan 1937
  • 25

  • Photos (2)—Icy Debris Litters Farm Homes (Willard)
  • 26

  • Southern California’s Snow Leaves her Citizens Dazed – Even Needles Gets Some 1949
  • Mother and Babe Survive 15 Days in Car in Snow Mrs. Earl Lanear and 2 ½ year old from Nevada, MO
  • Colorado Hit by Snow and Freezing Weather 1948
  • Photo—Open Roads after Blizzard (western Kansas) 13 Mar 1948
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  • Photo—Sidewalks of New York 27 Dec 1947
  • Photo—Love Ignores Blizzard 27 Dec 1947
  • Photo—Cars Trapped in Avalanche (near Alamosa, CO) 12 Feb 1948
  • Sun Scorches Denver’s Lawns 27 Dec 1947
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  • ‘Old Man Winter’ has Turned Sissy – This Week in 1899 It Was 16 Below Here, and the Mississippi’s Mouth Froze 1937
  • Photo—Times Square Deserted as Record Snow Falls Dec 1947
  • Photo—Eskimos Right at Home in New York Dec 1947
  • Photo—New York’s Morning After Dec 1947
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  • New York Folks Right Neighborly During Their Struggle With Snow w/photo 1947
  • 30

  • Photos (2)—Windstorm Leaves Heavy Damages Rector property
  • 31

  • Photos (2)—Wind Lifts Houses Off Foundations 24 Sep 1936
  • 32

  • Colorful Portrayals of Ozarks Life In Missouri Picture Series w/2 photos "Hog Killing in Nixa" and "Floatin’ Fishing" 1948
  • 33

  • ‘Missouri – Heart of the Nation’ Paintings Will Take You on Pictorial Tour of Ozarks w/photo "Basket Maker of the Ozarks"
  • 34

  • Photo—"General Store—Old Mines"
  • Photo—painting of Deeds’ Dairy Farm
  • 35

  • On Being Lost in the Ozarks by Dale Freeman
  • 36

  • Roosevelt – Truman Elected 9 Nov 1944
  • A Very Quiet and Orderly Election
  • Roosevelt’s Ship Sailed Over U-Boat in Mediterranean Sea
  • 37

  • Twelve Reasons Why President Roosevelt Should Be Re-Elected
  • 38

  • Missouri Democratic Ticket 26 Oct 1944
  • 39

  • Franklin Roosevelt Lies Dead; Missouri’s Truman Takes Over – New President Begins Task by Calling War Leaders; To Continue FDR’s Policies
  • Truman Proclaims Day of Mourning
  • FDR Burial Sunday at Hyde Park Home – Funeral Saturday at Capital; Sudden Death Due to Stroke
  • 40

  • War Against Depression and Axis Highlighted FDR Administration w/6 photos
  • 41

  • Roosevelt’s Long Dramatic Career (continuation of article from above)
  • Franklin Roosevelt Through the Years w/7 photos
  • 42

  • Photo—Roosevelt Family at Grave
  • Photo—Flag Draped Coffin of FDR
  • Photo—Funeral Train
  • 43

  • Photo—To the Grave
  • Photo—President Truman Arrives at Hyde Park
  • Photo—To Final Rest on Banks of Hudson
  • Photo—Mrs. Roosevelt
  • Photo—Half Mast (White House)
  • 44

  • Roosevelt Home at Hyde Park Is National Memorial w/4 photos
  • Eleanor Roosevelt Leaves White House
  • 45

  • Birthday Harry Truman
  • Roosevelt and Lincoln by James Marlow
  • Harry Truman’s Long Hard Furrow w/2 photos
  • Friends ‘Proud’ of Truman – Sorry, Too
  • ‘Toughest Job on Earth’ Sapped Health of FDR
  • 46

  • Picture Highlights in Life of President Harry S. Truman w/14 photos
  • 47

  • Truman’s year in the White House w/9 photos
  • 48

  • Photo—Harry Truman
  • Photo—New First Lady
  • Grandchildren Preferred to Prima Donna By Truman? – Margaret Refuses Comment
  • 49

  • Tornado Strikes Bolivar – Property Damage in Ozarks Will Total $500,000, Officials Estimate; Storm Leaves Trail of Desolation in Paths Through Barton and Vernon County
  • Bolivar mayor Appeals for Aid in Tornado Zone
  • 50

  • Photos (4)—damage from tornado
  • Check Is Blown Ninety Miles – Is Picked Up in a Meadow 25 Miles South of Jefferson City
  • 51

  • Path of the Twister
  • South Part of Town Badly Damaged by Twister 20 Apr 1929
  • 52

  • $250,000 Damage By Tornado Here Saturday – American Red Cross Aids in Relief Work – Twister Cuts Swath a Half-Mile Long, 200 Yards Wide Through the South Part of the City – Formed Mile West of Town – Property Loss Near $250,000 Mark; Over Fifty Buildings Damaged, Thirty Completely Demolished – Within 100 yards S.W.B. College – Many Miraculously Escape Death; Mrs. J.W. Howe, and Doede Boy the Most Seriously Injured
  • Photo—The Twister Plays No Favorites
  • 53

  • Photo—The Cellar Saved Bitzers’ Lives
  • Photo—No One at Home Tommy Vaughan home
  • $250,000 Damage Done by Tornado Here Saturday Evening
  • 54

  • Photo—The Rev. Holt Home
  • Photo—A Picture of the Joe Hull Home
  • Continuation of tornado story from #53
  • 55

  • Continuation of tornado story from #54
  • 56

  • Photo—Car Completely Torn Up 1929
  • Photo—All That Is Left of the Doede Home
  • Lincoln Letter Found in Attic
  • Forty-Four Years Ago (Jan 4, 1906)
  • Fifty-Five Years Ago (Jan 3, 1894)
  • Old Standpipe Junked
  • Bolivar – 100 Years Old 1940
  • Two Men Killed by train-Truck Crash Finis Wood, Finis Hunt
  • 2,634 Bolivar People
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  • "The Good Old Days" by Lucile Morris Upton 1950
  • Bolivar Is On The Move
  • Kelly & Underwood Get Paving Contract – Expect to Start Work on Highway 13 in Few Weeks
  • Greatest Enrollment in S.W.B.C.’s History
  • Bolivar High’s Class of ’43 Plans Reunion
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  • Some Improvements Being Made Muirhead Hall, Dunnegan Buildings, Tinkle Implement Co., N.W. Maas & Son, The Cheese Factory, Smith’s Hatchery
  • New Hotel for Bolivar – Modern 50-Room Structure
  • Big Easter Egg Hung – Sponsored by Bolivar Merchants
  • Contract Let for Paving on ‘13’ in Bolivar
  • City Works With State to Improve 13
  • Bolivar’s New Deep well Completed
  • City water Now Available in Greenwood Cemetery
  • Eagles have New Meeting Place 1949
  • Twenty-Five Years Service H.R. Rosebrough
  • 59

  • Another Year of History – Chronology of 1949 Disasters, Sports, Foreign, Panorama, Deaths, Domestic w/12 small photos
  • 60

  • Born 100 Years Ago w/photo T.H.B. Dunnegan
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  • First Baptist Church Dedication Services Sunday, Nov 28

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