150 years ago (1872)
Public School Concerns. John S. Baker, County Superintendent of Public Schools. “Obstacles in the Way of Improvement.”
1) Want of appreciation of our free schools.
2) Terms of school are too short. Children are idle for months and it takes most of the time to learn what has been forgotten.
3) Irregular attendance.
4) Tardiness.
5) Want of conveniences. Many lack desks and adequate ventilation. What a fruitful source of pneumonia and other kindred diseases.
6) Cheap teachers. The cheapest by many are considered the best.
7) Want of books, slates, pencils, chalk, broom and other supplies.
8) Parents and directors neglect to visit schools. If they hire a man to do any other kind of work, they watch closely, but not for the teaching of their children.
9) Pupils are ahead of where they should be in their books. So long as a pupil reads in the fifth reader when he should read in the second, he cannot make a good reader.
Pupils should be put back in their books until they can read without hesitation.
125 years ago (1897)
118 of Judge Murry’s cattle were shipped from McCredie, They are said to be the fattest, finest and heaviest lot of steers ever shipped from this part of the country. One of the steers weighed 2300 pounds. Irvin Maddox raised most of them. The export cattle are so fat that the path made by them going to and from water is a double one, or two paths, one for the right feet and one for the left feet with a crest of sod between. It is worth the trouble of going the miles to see such a sight.
Fulton School Notes. An excellent report: an average student attendance of 97 percent. List of teachers: Nellie Hall, Mary McCarroll, Annie McAffee, Fannie Holt, J.S. Morrison, Bertie McIntire, Sallie Coons, Mattie Collett, Lynn Glover, Clara Townsend, Ruth Overton, Georgia Gibbs, Beatrice Scholl, Ida Kibby, J.W. McKim, Luther Henderson and O.H. Winston.
100 years ago (1922)
Logan Creek and Vicinity News. A.A. Rose is having a new residence built. Wheat fields in this section are looking nice and green. Foster brothers started their saw mill north of the river last week. The dance at the W.L. Gibson Hall Saturday night was much enjoyed. John Kresl sold his hunting dogs to Willie Fahlbush for $25.
Members of last year’s active chapter of Phi Delta Theta were special guests of the Fulton Alumni Club at the annual supper of the fraternity at the Fulton Country Club. The chapter was promised the supper if they would win the Pan-Hellenic scholarship cup at Westminster, and when the honor was awarded the chapter, the supper followed. The promise was renewed for the present year. Sam K. Black was toastmaster. Speakers included alumni and members of the active chapter- Morton Cunningham, H.R. Fullerton and R.S. Peterman. Alumni present were: Sam Black, E.C. Henderson, J.H Atkinson, F.M. Rootes, W.B. Whitlow, Lee Whitlow, Dr. C.A. McPheeters, Prof. Lincoln Barker, T.H. VanSant, B.H. Jameson, H.H. McIntire, Lee C. Overstreet, Ovid Bell and Walter Burke.
75 years ago (1947)
Terry Moore, centerfielder and captain of the St. Louis Cardinals, will be a guest at the Auxvasse Civic Club’s turkey dinner at the Hatton Hall. He will be a guest in the home of Mrs. Mag Dillard, Bill, her son, and Grace, her daughter, east of Auxvasse, where he has been a guest while on hunting trips in recent years.
Praises For Guthrie Boy. The “Buckner Record,” Buckner, Missouri, near Kansas City reports: “The Record has helped to sponsor several of our new businesses in the past years but this latest one-Our Dozier Jewelry- we claim the sole credit for. One day in KC, we noticed the Kansas City School of Watchmaking office and thought how nice it would be to get one of their veteran graduates to settle here in Buckner.
We ‘ankled’ over and told of our desire…Now we have with us a Bill Dozier, a graduate and a veteran of three years in Uncle Sam’s Navy, a very likeable young married man who hails from Guthrie. We have fixed him an office in The Record building and he is now open for business. We suggest you drop in to meet Bill, see his shop then give him your business…” William Elyin Dozier is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Dozier of Guthrie.
50 years ago (1972)
Miss Laney Backer and Miss Pat Morris totaled receipts from Hunger Walk sponsors at the Ecumenical Ministries office. Miss Backer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Backer, Jr., Prairie Chapel Road, signed up 19 sponsors for the fund raising CROP event, producing $63.50 for the drive. Miss Morris, Stanford, CT, was campus coordinator for William Woods and Westminster. Approximately 50 college students and $2000 in pledges was raised. 25% of the money will support Callaway County programs. The remainder usually combats hunger overseas.
Dixie C.W.F. packed 201 pounds clothing to be sent to Church World Service. They also distributed material for making cancer pads. Mrs. Fred Schreen, president conducted the meeting and reported on the 6th District board meeting she attended. Mrs. S.R. Smart gave the worship. Mrs. Ollie Thomas gave the lesson on India and Nepal, “Six Hundred Million Neighbors.” Mrs. Hallie Jones and Mrs. Virgil Gathright were also present.
25 years ago (1997)
Wiley R. Bolton retired from the Fulton Plant of Harbison-Walker Refractories after more than 37 years with the company. Bolton has worked at the Fulton Plant since 1960. He was a tote preparation operator at the time of his retirement.
Kindergartners of Laurie Potter’s class at Bartley Elementary School responded to the sentence starter, “I’m glad I have…” Here are some of their responses. “My family.” Jeannetta Harper. “My panda Bear.” Andrea Ewens. “My mommy and daddy.” Loren Robinett. “My firetruck.” Daniel Leeper. “Barbies.” Shelby Case. “My school.” David Wickell. “My mom’s cooking.” Charles Whittington. “My friend Jamie.” Amber Butler. “My grandmas.” Mary Christopher.