125 years ago (1898)
Callaway Clips. Ezra Henderson and John Carner are the deputy sheriffs for the next two years. They are
both good men and know a hawk from a handsaw when visible to the naked eye...A Millersburg
merchant handled 17,000 pounds of turkey in 2 days last week...If the people of this vicinity want better
roads, they will have to go down in their pockets and dig up the cash. Talk will not build good roads...
Mrs. J. T. Haden, Millersburg, has a nice lot of bronze "Tom" turkeys for sale- weight from 28-32 pounds.
Price $2-$3...Land sold: W.H.H. Benson's heirs to J.L. Benson, lots 7 & 8, blk D, Mokane, $500; J.B. & J.T.
Atkinson to J.W. Martin, 42 A pt 14-48-9, $1344; Mack Olsen to G.W. Weiss, nw3-48-10, $4500; J.J.
Lehmen to Isaac Curd, lot in Fulton, $149; Jno. Griggs to W. E. Jameson, ne30-48-9, $1...Put a half
teaspoon powdered Sulphur in each shoe, and avoid the grip. It is said this remedy is certain. It will also
keep off fleas in summer...Albert Hulen, Cottonwood district, will miss his regular appointment in Fulton
tomorrow as he missed the train this afternoon. There will be weeping and wailing in Fulton tomorrow...
The County has put upon the market during the present season over 10,000 lambs, which brought
$40,000 @ $4/head...They now have a phone at Mokane...John W. Wilfley and Miss Naomi L. Walker
were married at Central Church. Elder A. B. Phillips officiating. This was the first wedding that occurred
in this church and the house was filled to capacity. We wish this couple nothing better than that their
life be as full of happiness and prosperity as that church was of their friends.
100 years ago (1924)
Miss Mae Johnson, chief operator of the Missouri Central Telephone Company gave a watch party at the
office in honor of her operators. An evening of entertaining was spent and refreshments were served.
Those present were: Misses Carrie Lehmann, Lois Lehmann, Edith Hamilton, Fern Hamilton, Doris Beard,
Beulah Blount, Lucy McCleary, Ethel Williamson, Eva Day, Merle Day and Mae Johnson.
Dangerous Tree. The old tree which stands at the corner of 5th Street and Court in front of W. Ed.
Jameson office will be cut soon, permission being given by Jameson. The tree is old and decaying and is
considered dangerous. The tree is well known to the people of Callaway. It has served as a leaning post
to many a Callaway farmer on stock sales day and has also served as a bulletin board over a long stretch
of years. Many a farmer has tacked upon the tree an announcement of his public sale and the bills were
probably read by more persons there than elsewhere as it is a favorite corner on stock sales day.
First fire of the year. The Fulton Fire Department got their first call on New Year's Day, a call to the old
Finley place at the corner of 9th and Nichols. The house is inhabited by several families. A fire had been
started in a stove on the 1st floor and some old rags which had been stuffed in the flue opening on the
2
nd floor caught on fire. No damage was done.
75 years ago (1949)
Callaway Recipe Stirs Up Washington, DC. A recipe given Mrs. Harry S. Truman, wife of the President, by
two former Fultonians, Misses Mary and Elizabeth Kerr, has stirred up a warmer controversy than any of
Mr. Truman's proposals to Congress. Ozark Pudding is said to be a favorite of the President and his
family. A congressional cookbook is published every year and all federal employees, including the
President, are encouraged to submit a favorite recipe. Mrs. Alice Frein Johnson, Washington
correspondent for the Seattle and Fairbanks papers, found the recipe in the proof sheets of the
cookbook and wrote about it. Mrs. Johnson began receiving complaints from housewives on the Pacific
coast who had tried the pudding (and voted for Truman). Mrs. Edith Helm, White House social secretary
and Mrs. Rethal Odum, Mrs. Truman's private secretary, were questioned. When criticism was made of
the pudding, Malvina Stephenson, a freelance writer, stated, "several of us thought Mrs. Helm would
faint. But Mrs. Helm stood her ground, didn't faint and explained when Mrs. Truman made the pudding,
it was very delicious." Miss Elizabeth Kerr was a teacher of Margaret, the President's daughter, at
Gunston Hall. The Trumans were often dinner guests of the Kerrs, who liked to serve the recipe. The
recipe is: 1 egg, 3/4 C sugar, 2 Tb flour, 1 ¼ tsp baking soda, 1/8 tsp salt, ½ C chopped nuts, ½ C chopped
apples, 1 tsp vanilla. Beat egg and sugar for considerable time, until very smooth. Mix flour, baking
powder and salt and stir into egg/ sugar mixture. Add remaining ingredients. Bake @ 350* in buttered
pie pan for 35 minutes. The Kerrs added rum to theirs but left it out of the recipe so as not to offend the
prohibitionists. The Kerrs believe the problems on the West Coast arose because their flour and apples
are different than in Callaway. Many Callaway women use this recipe and rose to defend the sisters. A
sugar cookie recipe was substituted for the pudding in the final edition of the cookbook.
50 years ago (1974)
It was a long wait for the first baby of 1974 to be born in Callaway. Kimberly Dawn Gibson was born
Tuesday {I believe 1/08/74} at the Callaway Memorial Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gibson of
Kingdom City. She is the 5th child of the Gibson's and joins siblings Robert, Jeffy, Sheila and Kandi.
Kimberly is the solitary occupant of the Hospital's nursery for the time being. She was with her mother,
Mrs. Linda Gibson, to pose for her pictures and then took a bottle with great enthusiasm. Paternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Gibson of Mokane. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Mannie Schulenberg of Fall City, NE.