TORIAL 8, OPINION
Press-News Journal, Canton, Mo,, Thursday, August 15, 1985, Page
lb
wisdom - from many sources
Down
Children. It's pot-
" that wonderful time
the extreme corners
tml use the wit and
collecting there
it is borrowed,
• rarely originaL Still,
lind statements that
to simply drop into
Here are some
up essential liberty
temporary safety
nor safety.
To attain the unobtainable is God's
work. To try is yours.
He who knows not and knows he
knows not, knows a lot. He who knows
not and knows not he knows not, knows
not!
It is said that at the time of
Columbus there was a law which
forbade mariners eating garlic for
fear of affecting the compass and
throwing the ship off conrse.
Each American uses, directly or
indirectly, about 26 million gallons of
water during his lifetime.
We can look forward to the perfect
autumn day -- the day when the lawn
no longer needs mowing and the leaves
haven't yet started to fall.
Tension is driving with the brakes
oil.
Sign in optometrist's window: "Eyes
examined while you wait."
A family man is the fellow who has
replaced the currency in his wallet
with snapshots.
When yoe kill a little time yon may
be murdering opportunity.
A clear conscience may be nothing
more than a poor memory.
A sense of humor is what makes you
laugh at something which would make
you mad if it happened to yon.
Because you have occasional low
spells of despondence, don't despair.
The sun has a sinking spell every
night, but it rises again all right the
next moring. --Henry Van Dyke.
There is something that is much
more scarce, something finer far,
something rarer than ability. It is the
ability to recognize ability. --Elbert
Hubbard.
is in
Union ranks fifth in
tion over the
you're
according to
Aging, over
in the "senior
pass
the quality of
who have
home residents who don't receive any
Medicaid assistance a little extra
pocket money for personal needs. Up
to $25 a month may be allotted for this
purpose. The amount is not excessive,
but it will give senior citizens a little
added income to purchase things they
otherwise could not afford.
Another new proposal provides a $1
million increase in state funds for
in-home services, bringing the total for
fiscal year 1985-86 to $8,351,119. The
money will help senior citizens
maintain their independence but still
receive some help from the state to
take care of basic needs.
Last but not least is the approval of
a new law creating a special state
council to coordinate transportation
services for elderly and handicapped
persons. The 13-member group (made
up of legislators, health officials and
five persons appointed by the Gover-
nor to represent the interests of the
elderly and handicapped) has been
asked to take a careful look at what
services are now available and make
recommendations for improvement.
All of these new laws will go a long
to making way to help senior citizens lead
Prdductivestate. productive, independent lives. I am
approved this "-
i ..... + very happy to have played a part in
ur Cl
....... . insuring their final passage.
grealt to offset - • .
(You might also be interested to
MissomTs know that MisSouri has been chosen to
With fl"+ host the first National Senior Olympic
itizens will
g/50 instead of
set by law. The
way in helping
to pay more
of statewide
I handled in the
to give nursing
Games in 1987. Men and women will
compete separately in age divisions for
each event, including track and field,
bicycling, bowling, golf, swimming,
tennis, table tennis, horseshoes and
others. It is estimated" that about 4,000
participants from the United States
and Canada will compete in the special
event. )
land that
per acre has
one-
Will return; they
the purchase
even those
can bang on
based on the
in land values
the last 200
.ke 00orge
Jefferson
the per acre
• .up, up,
nninterrupt-
of peak
devalua-
prices;
after each
gone to even.
Ky., in me fall of 1835. He did not
expect to find land prices as high as
they were. He wanted to buy a quarter
section (160 acres) but bad to go into a
partnership with another settler to
swing the deal.
It was a year before Gramps could
become the owner in fee simple. The
price he paid -- $1.25 per acre, quickly
went to $1.75, then to $3, to $5 and on
up.
Between 1836 and the year he died,
1865, John Lawless purchased several
additional S0-acre tracts. He paid
successively, $500; $600; $2,000, $2,500
and $4,000.
From about 1880 until World War I,
land prices remained rather stable.
They rse during the war and declined
Keeping in
touch. • .
Senator Jack Danforth
Let's hope that
too little is
not too late
Congress has patched together a
moved to compromise budget. The compromise
erected a affers some progress against large
wooden p[0 w deficits in the federal budget, but it's
beneath the not enough. It falls far short of the
was softened targets we set for reducing the large
and their - deficits.
with the When Congress began the battle of
the budget, we said we would put
ourselves on the path to a balanced
budget by 1990. We are not on that
path. Even at face value, the
comprondse plan would accept per-
manent deficits of about $140 billion a
year, something we simply cannot
afford.
The path to a balanced budget would
require a target similar to the Senate's
first proposal of nearly $300 billion in
Pioneer land savings over the next three years. The
My final compromise claims $280 billion in
Lawless, savings over three years, but "a big
into slice of the pie is juggled numbers and
County, money.
about 1820.
land and be
squatters
settle in
and begin
always be
with a
and the
to move on
Mailbox
Letters From Our Readers
Dear Editor:
I am sending you a check to pay for
my renewal to the "Press-News
Journal" for another year. Although
I've been gone from Lewis County for
nearly 27 years, I remain a faithful
reader of your paper, read it from
cover to cover.
I enjoy the "Backward Glances,"
"Yesteryear Pictures" and Keith
Wilkey's articles.
My family and ancestors were long
time residents of Lewistown and
vicinity, the Burnett family, to see
by-gone news of the family. Look
forward each week to my paper.
Dyas Burnett Hart
(Mrs. Evan C. Hart)
To Whom It May Concern:
Hark, hark, from the park-- The
businesses are closed on Main Street.
The fellowship (how the dogs do bark),
Is great wherever friends meet.
Dark, dark, 'cept lights of cars,
Carrying night time drivers; So happy,
so free (does the clock say three?),
Are those early or late arrivers?
"Dear Lord," the preacher prays,
"Let babies and elders sleep, And
from the dangers of ditch and law, I
ask that you mercifully keep."
And the preacher waits -- the bell
will peal, As the lively pass by the
church. Oh, that then, they would
come at ten, To hear preacher in the
pulpit perch!
Pastor Eloise, Lewistown
shortly thereafter. There was little
change until the Depression. They rose
from the lows of the early 1930s and
again were stable until World War II.
From then until the first election of
President Nixon they followed a stead,
slightly upward, trend.
We all know what happened in the
70s. We all know what is happening in
the 80s.
The long term trend more people
and less prime land, is continuing as
far as the eye can reach. The only
result can ultimately be another rise
in land values. But not the wisest
knows when.
A more realistic and honest estimate
is $200 billion in savings between now
and 1988 -- IF we keep all the
promises we've made and IF the
economic assumptions work out.
In the Senate plan, we built in tools
to enforce savings in all three years of
the plan. In the compromise, we gave
up a great deal of the enforcement
tools that would force us to keep our
promises.
I voted for the compromise for one
reason: something is usually better
than nothing.
The deficit is a time bomb. It is
better to have a budget resolution,
even one short of the mark, than to
have no budget at all.
But the truth is that we have let the
country down. We have let down
farmers, small businesses, and con-
struction workers. We have failed
people who depend on exports for their
livelihoods. We have failed those
Americans who fear loss of their jobs
to imports. Until we take strong action
against deficits, the dollar will remain
overvalued -- a condition that amounts
to a tax on exports and a subsidy for
imports.
The problem of deficits will not go
away. Congress will be back to this
problem next year. When we return to
the difficult choices required to put us
on the road to a balanced budget, the
decisions will be just as tough, and
time will have been wasted.
We know the budget compromise is
too little. We lost the battle this year.
For the sake of our nation's economy
and our childrenj I hope it will not be
too late to win twar next year.
!
YESTERYEAR'S
PICTURES
The photo is to dim to identify the
handsome excursion boat, photograph-
ed by Pearl Plank of Canton, about
1915, and taken from her scrapbook.
The three-decker side-wheeler may
have been the Capitol, or any number
of the great steamers that traveled the
Mississippi regularly at the early part
of this century.
A note with the photo indicates it
was taken from the deck of the
Steamer Keokuk.
Backward
Glances
Pearl Plank
26 YEAR8 AGO
TIM CImtoa PresNews
At 19, lJ5
In a very light vote on the three
Clstitutional Amendments, Tuesday,
Missouri passed No. 1, which allows
the Governor to succeed himself,
Aiaendment No. 2, which allows cities
to Jell industrial plants, also passed,
bet Amendment No. 3, which reappor-
the Missouri House of Represen-
tivss, failed to pass.
F.u'l Leroy Hart, 32, died Saturday,
as a result of an automobile
• " on U.S. Highway 61 about g
miles north of Canton. Mr. Hart was
employed by Car's Cartage of Iowa
City.
An innovation in the Scouting
program in Canton will take place in
the form of a "Camp Out" in the City
Park across from the post office in
downtown Canton Aug. 27, 28 and 29.
Richard Pulse, Explorer advisor,
George Calvert, assistant Scoutmaster,
and Bill Dorris, Scoutmaster of Troop
174, will sponsor the campout program
and camp with the Scouts.
Mimfie Louise Gleeser Hoffman, 80,
died Saturday, Aug. 14, in the Good
Samaritan Home in Quincy, where she
had made her home for the last two
years.
1"he Lewis County Journal
August 19, 1965
Harry Clay (Bunt) Jenkins, 77, died
August 13, in Blessing Hospital in
Quincy. He was a farmer and had
spent his entire life in the Monticello
community. Survivors include his wife
and three children, Linton Jenkins,
Mrs. Ross Ray and Mrs. Donald
Humphrey, all of Monticello.
Mrs. Louise Fishback, 79, died
August II at Prairie View Rest Home
where she had lived for more than
three years.
Mrs. Russell Garkie, 68, of Durham
died Tuesday in St. Elizabeth Hospital,
Hannibal. She bad lived all her life in
Lewis and Marion counties and was a
member of the Hester Baptist Church•
Funeral services for Mrs. W. A.
Mussetter, 92, were held at the
LaGrange Christian Church Aug. 15.
Mrs. Mussetter died Aug. 12 in the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Ray
of Crowell, Tex. She was a member of
the first graduating class of the
Pleasant Grove school in 1889.
Miss Amanda Sturhan. 73. died in
you wnnt
PNJ I
clasdfieds *
Blessing Hospital in Quincy Aug. 14.
She was educated in the LaGrange
public schools and LaGrange College.
She taught school in Lewis and Clark
counties many years but was retired.
Mr. and Mrs. Solon Silvey of
Lewistown celebrated their 50th wed-
ding anniversary with a family dinner
at Stipps Restaurant in Quincy Aug.
15. Mr. Silvey was the depot agent at
Lewistown until his retirement.
Miss Donna Crouch, daughter of
Sheriff and Mrs. Pearl Hicks, has
accepted a position in Jacksonville,
having been employed by the Illinois
Children and Family Association.
5O YEARS AGO
The Canton Press-News
August 22, 1935
E. Z. Thompson, 80, an old and
respected citizen of the community,
died Sunday.
The contract for building the power
and lighting transformers for Lock and
Dam No. 20 was awarded to the
Pennsylvania Transformer Co. of
Pittsburgh, Pa., and shipment of the
order is expected to be made this
week. These transformers were de-
signed by Homer H. Wagner who is the
chief electrical designing engineer of
the Company.
Mr. Wagner is the son of W. C.
Wagner, contractor and builder of
Canton, and is well-known to all
Canton residents, being a graduate of
Canton High School and of Culver-
Stockton College; also graduated in
electrical engineering at both the
University of Illinois and the Univers-
ity of Pittsburgh.
The transformers for Lock and Dam
No. 20 are the "subway type" of
design, which means that they may be
operated while completely submerged
in water if necessary. The Pennsyl-
vania Transformer Co. recently built
the largest air blast welding trans-
former in the world, which delivers
200,000 amperes for welding seams in
the manufacture of steel pipe in sizes
as large as 18 inches in diameter. They
are now designing a larger unit which
will deliver almost /2 million amperes.
Culver-Stockton College will open its
doors a week earlier than usual this
year with freshman days starting on
Sept. 7. The new department in
business administration and commerce
is attracting considerable attention
and Joe Hootman of Cantril, la., has
been secured as an instructor in that
department.
Work on the Canton-Meyer nine foot
channel dam is nearing its completion.
In less than a month this gigantic steel
and concrete barrier across the
Mms" issippi will be formally turned
over to the United State Government.
Methodist of Canton in 100th
anniversary. County churches will join
in omtennial celebration - week of
services- meetings will be held each
evening Aug. 25 to Sept. I. In the fall of
1831, ev. W. A. H. Spratt, a local
preacher, organized the first Methodist
Church in Lewis County. Although
Canton was the first town in the county
and the Methodists had their first class
in Canton, the oldest Methodist Church
building in the county was Mount
Moriah, seven miles northwest of
Cantou. The first preacher appointed
to the Canton circuit was Rev. James
W. Jamieson. The Canton circuit
included all of the country north of the
Fabius River to and up the Des Moines
as far as the present site of the City of
Des Moines. It was bounded On the
east by the Mississippi River and on
the west by vast prairies and extensive
forests.
6O YEARS AGO
The Lewis County Journal
August Zl, 1925
is visited an
epidemic of typhoid fever..Up to
Wednesday evening 25 cases had been
reported to County Health Physician
and it is thought there were several
more cases not reported. Three people
have died this week as a result of the
epidemic. The first one to be called
was J. A. Quinn, 70, a prominent
life-long resident of the county. Up to
15 years ago he bad been actively
engaged in farming and stock raising.
At one time Mr• Quinn owned the
largest tract of land in Lewis County.
His farm was located between
Maywood and LaGranga• The next one
to go was Henton Briscoe who .died
Monday and the third was Mrs. Walter
Reed, who died Tuesday. Mr. Briscoe
was engaged in the trucking business
in LaGrange. Mrs. Reed was the wife
of Walter Reed, who runs the
LaGrange filling station.
W. A. Smith is handling i pickles at
this place for the Canton Ca
Factory, and has been receiving a
Up to Tuesday he had received nearly
600 bushels, and on Monday got in over
100 bushels.
The Ewing High School will open
Sept. 7 with new equipment through-
out. The new seats are being installed;
the greater number of the library
books are on hand and the laboratory
equipment has been ordered. The new
building will not be completed before
the first of the year. The housing
facilities will be similar to the housing"
after the fire last year. The basement
of the Queen of Peace Church will be
used for the study hall of the
junior-senior high school and the city
hall for the first six grades,
supplemented probably by a private
dwelling.
70 YEARS AGO
The Lewis County Journal
August 20, 1915
The records in the office of the
Secretary of State show that 'on Aug. 1
there were 68,815 registered motor
vehicles in Missouri. Last year the
registration was a little more than
54,000.
Prosecuting Attorney L. B. Hender-
son, Prof. J. J. Toice, Joe Moore,
Homer Wallace and G. B. Wooldridge
attended the auto races at Quincy
Sunday. A large crowd was in
attendance, many from this county.
The races were said to be good, the
best speed being a mile a minute.
Hon. B. H. Smith of Canton is
prominently mentioned as a candidate
for Congress in the First District.
St. Louis Republican
Drs. Knight and Marchand have
gone to LaBelle where they have quite
a number of patients for their
therapeutic bath. They advertise to
remain there I0 days.
Died: two miles south of
Aug. 18 of cholera infantum,
the little son of
months I0 days.
The graveyard at this place where
many of our friends and relatives are
laid at rest, is in a bad condition, being
over-grown with sprouts, briers, wild
grass and weeds, and the ground is
covered with litter so that it is not only
an eyesore to the passerby but
subjects those who go there to attend
the interment of a friend or relative, or
to visit their graves, to annoyance,
inconvenience and trouble. This should
not be. A committee will call upon our
citizens and an opportunity given for
them to contribute of their means for
the purpose of improving the grave-
yard and removing the evil complain-
ed 6f C. R. MaGee, W. G. Allen, W. G.
Watson and the Journal are authorized
to receive
TORIAL 8, OPINION
Press-News Journal, Canton, Mo,, Thursday, August 15, 1985, Page
lb
wisdom - from many sources
Down
Children. It's pot-
" that wonderful time
the extreme corners
tml use the wit and
collecting there
it is borrowed,
• rarely originaL Still,
lind statements that
to simply drop into
Here are some
up essential liberty
temporary safety
nor safety.
To attain the unobtainable is God's
work. To try is yours.
He who knows not and knows he
knows not, knows a lot. He who knows
not and knows not he knows not, knows
not!
It is said that at the time of
Columbus there was a law which
forbade mariners eating garlic for
fear of affecting the compass and
throwing the ship off conrse.
Each American uses, directly or
indirectly, about 26 million gallons of
water during his lifetime.
We can look forward to the perfect
autumn day -- the day when the lawn
no longer needs mowing and the leaves
haven't yet started to fall.
Tension is driving with the brakes
oil.
Sign in optometrist's window: "Eyes
examined while you wait."
A family man is the fellow who has
replaced the currency in his wallet
with snapshots.
When yoe kill a little time yon may
be murdering opportunity.
A clear conscience may be nothing
more than a poor memory.
A sense of humor is what makes you
laugh at something which would make
you mad if it happened to yon.
Because you have occasional low
spells of despondence, don't despair.
The sun has a sinking spell every
night, but it rises again all right the
next moring. --Henry Van Dyke.
There is something that is much
more scarce, something finer far,
something rarer than ability. It is the
ability to recognize ability. --Elbert
Hubbard.
is in
Union ranks fifth in
tion over the
you're
according to
Aging, over
in the "senior
pass
the quality of
who have
home residents who don't receive any
Medicaid assistance a little extra
pocket money for personal needs. Up
to $25 a month may be allotted for this
purpose. The amount is not excessive,
but it will give senior citizens a little
added income to purchase things they
otherwise could not afford.
Another new proposal provides a $1
million increase in state funds for
in-home services, bringing the total for
fiscal year 1985-86 to $8,351,119. The
money will help senior citizens
maintain their independence but still
receive some help from the state to
take care of basic needs.
Last but not least is the approval of
a new law creating a special state
council to coordinate transportation
services for elderly and handicapped
persons. The 13-member group (made
up of legislators, health officials and
five persons appointed by the Gover-
nor to represent the interests of the
elderly and handicapped) has been
asked to take a careful look at what
services are now available and make
recommendations for improvement.
All of these new laws will go a long
to making way to help senior citizens lead
Prdductivestate. productive, independent lives. I am
approved this "-
i ..... + very happy to have played a part in
ur Cl
....... . insuring their final passage.
grealt to offset - • .
(You might also be interested to
MissomTs know that MisSouri has been chosen to
With fl"+ host the first National Senior Olympic
itizens will
g/50 instead of
set by law. The
way in helping
to pay more
of statewide
I handled in the
to give nursing
Games in 1987. Men and women will
compete separately in age divisions for
each event, including track and field,
bicycling, bowling, golf, swimming,
tennis, table tennis, horseshoes and
others. It is estimated" that about 4,000
participants from the United States
and Canada will compete in the special
event. )
land that
per acre has
one-
Will return; they
the purchase
even those
can bang on
based on the
in land values
the last 200
.ke 00orge
Jefferson
the per acre
• .up, up,
nninterrupt-
of peak
devalua-
prices;
after each
gone to even.
Ky., in me fall of 1835. He did not
expect to find land prices as high as
they were. He wanted to buy a quarter
section (160 acres) but bad to go into a
partnership with another settler to
swing the deal.
It was a year before Gramps could
become the owner in fee simple. The
price he paid -- $1.25 per acre, quickly
went to $1.75, then to $3, to $5 and on
up.
Between 1836 and the year he died,
1865, John Lawless purchased several
additional S0-acre tracts. He paid
successively, $500; $600; $2,000, $2,500
and $4,000.
From about 1880 until World War I,
land prices remained rather stable.
They rse during the war and declined
Keeping in
touch. • .
Senator Jack Danforth
Let's hope that
too little is
not too late
Congress has patched together a
moved to compromise budget. The compromise
erected a affers some progress against large
wooden p[0 w deficits in the federal budget, but it's
beneath the not enough. It falls far short of the
was softened targets we set for reducing the large
and their - deficits.
with the When Congress began the battle of
the budget, we said we would put
ourselves on the path to a balanced
budget by 1990. We are not on that
path. Even at face value, the
comprondse plan would accept per-
manent deficits of about $140 billion a
year, something we simply cannot
afford.
The path to a balanced budget would
require a target similar to the Senate's
first proposal of nearly $300 billion in
Pioneer land savings over the next three years. The
My final compromise claims $280 billion in
Lawless, savings over three years, but "a big
into slice of the pie is juggled numbers and
County, money.
about 1820.
land and be
squatters
settle in
and begin
always be
with a
and the
to move on
Mailbox
Letters From Our Readers
Dear Editor:
I am sending you a check to pay for
my renewal to the "Press-News
Journal" for another year. Although
I've been gone from Lewis County for
nearly 27 years, I remain a faithful
reader of your paper, read it from
cover to cover.
I enjoy the "Backward Glances,"
"Yesteryear Pictures" and Keith
Wilkey's articles.
My family and ancestors were long
time residents of Lewistown and
vicinity, the Burnett family, to see
by-gone news of the family. Look
forward each week to my paper.
Dyas Burnett Hart
(Mrs. Evan C. Hart)
To Whom It May Concern:
Hark, hark, from the park-- The
businesses are closed on Main Street.
The fellowship (how the dogs do bark),
Is great wherever friends meet.
Dark, dark, 'cept lights of cars,
Carrying night time drivers; So happy,
so free (does the clock say three?),
Are those early or late arrivers?
"Dear Lord," the preacher prays,
"Let babies and elders sleep, And
from the dangers of ditch and law, I
ask that you mercifully keep."
And the preacher waits -- the bell
will peal, As the lively pass by the
church. Oh, that then, they would
come at ten, To hear preacher in the
pulpit perch!
Pastor Eloise, Lewistown
shortly thereafter. There was little
change until the Depression. They rose
from the lows of the early 1930s and
again were stable until World War II.
From then until the first election of
President Nixon they followed a stead,
slightly upward, trend.
We all know what happened in the
70s. We all know what is happening in
the 80s.
The long term trend more people
and less prime land, is continuing as
far as the eye can reach. The only
result can ultimately be another rise
in land values. But not the wisest
knows when.
A more realistic and honest estimate
is $200 billion in savings between now
and 1988 -- IF we keep all the
promises we've made and IF the
economic assumptions work out.
In the Senate plan, we built in tools
to enforce savings in all three years of
the plan. In the compromise, we gave
up a great deal of the enforcement
tools that would force us to keep our
promises.
I voted for the compromise for one
reason: something is usually better
than nothing.
The deficit is a time bomb. It is
better to have a budget resolution,
even one short of the mark, than to
have no budget at all.
But the truth is that we have let the
country down. We have let down
farmers, small businesses, and con-
struction workers. We have failed
people who depend on exports for their
livelihoods. We have failed those
Americans who fear loss of their jobs
to imports. Until we take strong action
against deficits, the dollar will remain
overvalued -- a condition that amounts
to a tax on exports and a subsidy for
imports.
The problem of deficits will not go
away. Congress will be back to this
problem next year. When we return to
the difficult choices required to put us
on the road to a balanced budget, the
decisions will be just as tough, and
time will have been wasted.
We know the budget compromise is
too little. We lost the battle this year.
For the sake of our nation's economy
and our childrenj I hope it will not be
too late to win twar next year.
!
YESTERYEAR'S
PICTURES
The photo is to dim to identify the
handsome excursion boat, photograph-
ed by Pearl Plank of Canton, about
1915, and taken from her scrapbook.
The three-decker side-wheeler may
have been the Capitol, or any number
of the great steamers that traveled the
Mississippi regularly at the early part
of this century.
A note with the photo indicates it
was taken from the deck of the
Steamer Keokuk.
Backward
Glances
Pearl Plank
26 YEAR8 AGO
TIM CImtoa PresNews
At 19, lJ5
In a very light vote on the three
Clstitutional Amendments, Tuesday,
Missouri passed No. 1, which allows
the Governor to succeed himself,
Aiaendment No. 2, which allows cities
to Jell industrial plants, also passed,
bet Amendment No. 3, which reappor-
the Missouri House of Represen-
tivss, failed to pass.
F.u'l Leroy Hart, 32, died Saturday,
as a result of an automobile
• " on U.S. Highway 61 about g
miles north of Canton. Mr. Hart was
employed by Car's Cartage of Iowa
City.
An innovation in the Scouting
program in Canton will take place in
the form of a "Camp Out" in the City
Park across from the post office in
downtown Canton Aug. 27, 28 and 29.
Richard Pulse, Explorer advisor,
George Calvert, assistant Scoutmaster,
and Bill Dorris, Scoutmaster of Troop
174, will sponsor the campout program
and camp with the Scouts.
Mimfie Louise Gleeser Hoffman, 80,
died Saturday, Aug. 14, in the Good
Samaritan Home in Quincy, where she
had made her home for the last two
years.
1"he Lewis County Journal
August 19, 1965
Harry Clay (Bunt) Jenkins, 77, died
August 13, in Blessing Hospital in
Quincy. He was a farmer and had
spent his entire life in the Monticello
community. Survivors include his wife
and three children, Linton Jenkins,
Mrs. Ross Ray and Mrs. Donald
Humphrey, all of Monticello.
Mrs. Louise Fishback, 79, died
August II at Prairie View Rest Home
where she had lived for more than
three years.
Mrs. Russell Garkie, 68, of Durham
died Tuesday in St. Elizabeth Hospital,
Hannibal. She bad lived all her life in
Lewis and Marion counties and was a
member of the Hester Baptist Church•
Funeral services for Mrs. W. A.
Mussetter, 92, were held at the
LaGrange Christian Church Aug. 15.
Mrs. Mussetter died Aug. 12 in the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Ray
of Crowell, Tex. She was a member of
the first graduating class of the
Pleasant Grove school in 1889.
Miss Amanda Sturhan. 73. died in
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Blessing Hospital in Quincy Aug. 14.
She was educated in the LaGrange
public schools and LaGrange College.
She taught school in Lewis and Clark
counties many years but was retired.
Mr. and Mrs. Solon Silvey of
Lewistown celebrated their 50th wed-
ding anniversary with a family dinner
at Stipps Restaurant in Quincy Aug.
15. Mr. Silvey was the depot agent at
Lewistown until his retirement.
Miss Donna Crouch, daughter of
Sheriff and Mrs. Pearl Hicks, has
accepted a position in Jacksonville,
having been employed by the Illinois
Children and Family Association.
5O YEARS AGO
The Canton Press-News
August 22, 1935
E. Z. Thompson, 80, an old and
respected citizen of the community,
died Sunday.
The contract for building the power
and lighting transformers for Lock and
Dam No. 20 was awarded to the
Pennsylvania Transformer Co. of
Pittsburgh, Pa., and shipment of the
order is expected to be made this
week. These transformers were de-
signed by Homer H. Wagner who is the
chief electrical designing engineer of
the Company.
Mr. Wagner is the son of W. C.
Wagner, contractor and builder of
Canton, and is well-known to all
Canton residents, being a graduate of
Canton High School and of Culver-
Stockton College; also graduated in
electrical engineering at both the
University of Illinois and the Univers-
ity of Pittsburgh.
The transformers for Lock and Dam
No. 20 are the "subway type" of
design, which means that they may be
operated while completely submerged
in water if necessary. The Pennsyl-
vania Transformer Co. recently built
the largest air blast welding trans-
former in the world, which delivers
200,000 amperes for welding seams in
the manufacture of steel pipe in sizes
as large as 18 inches in diameter. They
are now designing a larger unit which
will deliver almost /2 million amperes.
Culver-Stockton College will open its
doors a week earlier than usual this
year with freshman days starting on
Sept. 7. The new department in
business administration and commerce
is attracting considerable attention
and Joe Hootman of Cantril, la., has
been secured as an instructor in that
department.
Work on the Canton-Meyer nine foot
channel dam is nearing its completion.
In less than a month this gigantic steel
and concrete barrier across the
Mms" issippi will be formally turned
over to the United State Government.
Methodist of Canton in 100th
anniversary. County churches will join
in omtennial celebration - week of
services- meetings will be held each
evening Aug. 25 to Sept. I. In the fall of
1831, ev. W. A. H. Spratt, a local
preacher, organized the first Methodist
Church in Lewis County. Although
Canton was the first town in the county
and the Methodists had their first class
in Canton, the oldest Methodist Church
building in the county was Mount
Moriah, seven miles northwest of
Cantou. The first preacher appointed
to the Canton circuit was Rev. James
W. Jamieson. The Canton circuit
included all of the country north of the
Fabius River to and up the Des Moines
as far as the present site of the City of
Des Moines. It was bounded On the
east by the Mississippi River and on
the west by vast prairies and extensive
forests.
6O YEARS AGO
The Lewis County Journal
August Zl, 1925
is visited an
epidemic of typhoid fever..Up to
Wednesday evening 25 cases had been
reported to County Health Physician
and it is thought there were several
more cases not reported. Three people
have died this week as a result of the
epidemic. The first one to be called
was J. A. Quinn, 70, a prominent
life-long resident of the county. Up to
15 years ago he bad been actively
engaged in farming and stock raising.
At one time Mr• Quinn owned the
largest tract of land in Lewis County.
His farm was located between
Maywood and LaGranga• The next one
to go was Henton Briscoe who .died
Monday and the third was Mrs. Walter
Reed, who died Tuesday. Mr. Briscoe
was engaged in the trucking business
in LaGrange. Mrs. Reed was the wife
of Walter Reed, who runs the
LaGrange filling station.
W. A. Smith is handling i pickles at
this place for the Canton Ca
Factory, and has been receiving a
Up to Tuesday he had received nearly
600 bushels, and on Monday got in over
100 bushels.
The Ewing High School will open
Sept. 7 with new equipment through-
out. The new seats are being installed;
the greater number of the library
books are on hand and the laboratory
equipment has been ordered. The new
building will not be completed before
the first of the year. The housing
facilities will be similar to the housing"
after the fire last year. The basement
of the Queen of Peace Church will be
used for the study hall of the
junior-senior high school and the city
hall for the first six grades,
supplemented probably by a private
dwelling.
70 YEARS AGO
The Lewis County Journal
August 20, 1915
The records in the office of the
Secretary of State show that 'on Aug. 1
there were 68,815 registered motor
vehicles in Missouri. Last year the
registration was a little more than
54,000.
Prosecuting Attorney L. B. Hender-
son, Prof. J. J. Toice, Joe Moore,
Homer Wallace and G. B. Wooldridge
attended the auto races at Quincy
Sunday. A large crowd was in
attendance, many from this county.
The races were said to be good, the
best speed being a mile a minute.
Hon. B. H. Smith of Canton is
prominently mentioned as a candidate
for Congress in the First District.
St. Louis Republican
Drs. Knight and Marchand have
gone to LaBelle where they have quite
a number of patients for their
therapeutic bath. They advertise to
remain there I0 days.
Died: two miles south of
Aug. 18 of cholera infantum,
the little son of
months I0 days.
The graveyard at this place where
many of our friends and relatives are
laid at rest, is in a bad condition, being
over-grown with sprouts, briers, wild
grass and weeds, and the ground is
covered with litter so that it is not only
an eyesore to the passerby but
subjects those who go there to attend
the interment of a friend or relative, or
to visit their graves, to annoyance,
inconvenience and trouble. This should
not be. A committee will call upon our
citizens and an opportunity given for
them to contribute of their means for
the purpose of improving the grave-
yard and removing the evil complain-
ed 6f C. R. MaGee, W. G. Allen, W. G.
Watson and the Journal are authorized
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