THIS WEEK IN LOCAL HISTORY

THIS WEEK IN LOCAL HISTORY
Tribune workers earned ‘Carrier of the Year’ honors

By BILL CLARK

Published Thursday, October 9, 2008

10 years ago

From the Tribune

Oct. 10, 1998

Matt Hegger and Monica Sanders were honored as the Tribune’s "Carriers of the Year."

Matt, a Hickman High School sophomore and the son of Mel and Claire Hegger, had been a Tribune carrier for more than two years. He delivered to the Hamlet subdivision.

Monica was the adult carrier of the year. She served the residents of Ashland and surrounding areas for 18 years.

The Tribune had 240 youth carriers and 40 adult motor routes in 1998. They delivered the paper 359 days a year.

Oct. 11, 1998

The University of Missouri used a balanced attack to beat Iowa State in Ames, 35-19, and run its record to 4-1, the best start since 1981.

Devin West rushed for 252 yards on 40 carries and two touchdowns plus another score on his only pass reception. Corby Jones hit nine of 15 passes for two touchdowns and added another rushing.

25 years ago

From the Boone County Journal

Oct. 13, 1983

The Parent Advisory Council had its first meeting of the year and selected Carol Jaco as president, Dan Jaco as vice president and Stevie Burnett as secretary.

The council is for parents of special reading students at the elementary level. The program was a presentation by Principal Annie Forgy and reading teacher Annette Geary.

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Elementary students enjoyed a presentation by the fire department called Operation Red Ball. Fire personnel gave instruction on fire safety and handed out red balls to be placed in bedroom windows to alert firemen that a child is in the room.

50 years ago

From the Tribune

Oct. 10, 1958

B.D. Simon Jr., chairman of the Columbia Housing Authority, and Plez Lewis, a St. Clair construction contractor, were pictured on the Tribune’s front page signing a contract for the city’s first public housing project.

Stuart Parker Apartments would be built just south of Worley between Oak Street and McBaine Avenue. The housing was for low-income families from the Douglass School Redevelopment Project.

Oct. 12, 1958

Keith Weber led the Jefferson City Jays to a 27-7 win over the Hickman Kewpies to start a losing weekend for Columbia football fans.

Weber, later to be a star pitcher for the University of Missouri Tigers, hit eight of 11 passes and rushed for 132 yards on 22 carries to be involved in all four Jay scores. He ran for two touchdowns and passed for two.

Oct. 13, 1958

MU blew a 19-0 halftime lead and Southern Methodist rolled to a 32-19 win over the Tigers in Memorial Stadium.

MU Coach Dan Devine had a new experience. It marked the first time in his coaching career that his team lost two games in a row.

75 years ago

From Omar D. Gray’s Sturgeon Leader

Oct. 12, 1933

A mass meeting of about 75 people called on Friday by the Centralia Commercial Club to consider plans for the secession of Centralia Township from Boone County went nowhere, and the group disbanded without a vote.

The proposal discussed would have placed Centralia in Audrain County.

A.B. Chance chaired the meeting and spoke in favor of the proposed change. The idea came from the feeling that Centralia really was not a part of the culture of Boone County and was not given much consideration by county government.

Former state Rep. Morton Pemberton closed the discussion by offering a motion to adjourn without a vote.

Leader Publisher Omar D. Gray editorialized: "Centralia, the Prairie Queen of the West, has decided that she will not ask for a divorce from Boone County, and I think that is a very sensible decision."

100 years ago

From the Weekly Columbia Herald

Oct. 9, 1908

Notes from around the county:

● Pumpkins were selling at Columbia groceries for 5 to 15 cents each, depending on the size of the pumpkin.

● The early frost had touched and tendered the persimmons and pumpkins but robbed the morning glories of their glory.

● The Bank of Harrisburg completed its second year of business, declared a 6 percent dividend and turned a substantial sum back to the reserve fund.

● Rob Mitchell near Woodlandville was milking 60 cows and feeding several carloads of cattle. He had recently bought 10 cattle from George Bayse and 25 from Dan Wilhite at $4.50.

● More than 200 individuals had been helped this year by the Charity Organization Society of Columbia, according to secretary C.A. Elwood. More than 70 families shared in the aid.

150 years ago

From the Missouri Statesman

Oct. 15, 1858

More news notes:

● "Gold has been found in Saline County four miles from Arrow Rock."

● "We have, at the Statesman office, a stalk of Chinese sugar cane 17 feet, 4 inches tall, grown on the farm of Judge June W. Daley of this county."

● "A lot of 13 Negroes was sold in Fayette on Monday last on a credit of 12 months. One man sold for $1,200, a boy of 17 brought $1,400, one woman and child brought near $1,300, and children from 5 to 9 brought from $500 and $900 each."

● "We regret to learn that Mr. Gerard Robinson’s extensive crop of wheat in the stack has burned. It is without doubt the work of an incendiary."

180 years ago

From the Missouri Intelligencer

Oct. 10, 1828

The Intelligencer was offering copies of "Splendid Views of American Scenery" for $1. These views were copies of engravings from T.K. Greenbank in Philadelphia. In 1828, here were the wonders of the United States:

● A view of Beck’s Shot Tower near Philly on the Schuykill River.

● The lighthouse on Long Island Sound.

● A view of York (now Toronto, Ontario) on Lake Ontario.

● Scenery of the Hudson River Valley.

● A view of New London, Conn.

● Henry Pratt’s home near Lemon Hill, Pa.

● Washington’s tomb at Mount Vernon.

● The great bend of the Susquehanna River.

● The upper falls of Solomon’s Creek in eastern Pennsylvania.

● The lower falls on Solomon’s Creek.

● A view of the Catskills from the Hudson River Valley.

● The view of Fort Niagara on Lake Ontario from the British lighthouse.

Bill Clark is a Tribune columnist.