Blast from the Past

The Gallatin Rotary Club has recognized Doyle Patton as the club’s 2007 Paul Harris Fellow. The award represents a substantial contribution to the humanitarian and educational programs of Rotary International.

Senior Logan Corwin won the biggest pressure-packed match of his wrestling career on Saturday, and by doing so carried Gallatin’s varsity squad to the first GRC championship in school history. Gallatin defeated GRC newcomer Polo, 141 to 135, to win one of the closest contested championships in recent years.

Jan. 26, 1997

J.D. and Trent Dowell are recipients of the 1996 Conservationist of the Year Award from the Missouri Chapter of the Wildlife Society. The annual award is presented to those who manage a farming operation and manipulate areas of the farm clearly for wildlife habitat.

Senior Kim Sweatman, daughter of Debbie and Martin Sweatman, and junior Brant Batson, son of Wanda and Jerry Batson, were crowned queen and king to reign over Gallatin’s Winter Sports Dance last Saturday.

About 300 employees of the Stride Rite shoe factory in Hamilton, including many living in Daviess County, are preparing for the closing of the factory. A Stride Rite factory in Tipton is also on notice to close. Stride Rite has opened overseas manufacturing plants in Haiti and Mexico.

Jan. 28, 1987

Gallatin is represented by 15 musicians in the GRC Honor Band auditions. They are Mandy Johnson, Barbara Barlow, Cathy Youtsey, Kayanne Lambright, Larissa Pendleton, Heather Richards, Nichelle Berry, Todd Steward, Heather Wright, Kimberly McCarty, Quent Pugh, Jacque Karstens, Darren Hiley, Shane Fuller and Jacqueline Thompson.

Miss Rebecca Bell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Bell of Gallatin, has completed a year’s stay in England, where she continued her education in music at the Royal College of Music as a harpsichord student.

Cathy Jo Allen, a six-year employee of Gallatin Publishing Company, was awarded a $100 check from the Missouri Press Association for her entry in a recent newspaper promotion and contest.

Jan. 26, 1977

Dr. H. W. Bailey of Gallatin is celebrating his 40^th anniversary this month as a doctor. Dr. Bailey graduated from Kirksville’s School of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery in 1937. He served an internship in a Kirksville hospital for six months then began practice in Gallatin with his father, the late Dr. M. B. Bailey. Dr. Bailey has delivered over 2,000 babies, including one set of triplets and several sets of twins.

Patsy Jo Ward, a 1973 graduate of Jameson High School, is among 26 NWMSU students named to “Who’s Who in American Universities and Colleges.” Patsy Jo is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Billie Ward of Jameson.

The 1977 edition of “Who’s Who in Music” will carry the names of three students from Gallatin High School, Barbara McIntosh, Rebecca Bell and Jim Macy.

Jan. 26, 1967

The new Albert Gallatin stamp will be officially issued for the first time here Monday. Headlining the list of distinguished visitors will be Assistant Postmaster General Ralph Nicholson, Swiss Ambassador to the United States Felix Schnyder and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury True Davis.

A Marine Major, Sargeant Goen, sent a check for nearly 300 Albert Gallatin stamps to be placed on special covers. His order came from near Da Nang, South Viet Nam.

Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Courter Theatre, James Bond is back in action in Ian Fleming’s “Goldfinger,” starring Sean Connery.

Jan. 24, 1957

A possible train derailment on the Rock Island mainline was averted Friday night by the efforts of a county farmer, W. D. Patrick, who flagged down the No. 95 with a homemade torch after his hired man, Joe Seiber, had discovered a rock slide in a cut north of Lock Springs near the overhead bridge which carries Rt. M traffic.

National honors for two Missouri 4-H youth were announced during the recent National 4-H Congress in Chicago. Bob Teegarden of Braymer and Jo Ann Washburn of Marceline are two of the 12 winners to receive $300 Henry Ford II scholarships awarded by the Ford Motor Company.

Jan. 23, 1947

Gallatin has been advised to concentrate its industrial expansion effort toward the establishment of a milk processing plant. The county has a total of 11,000 dairy cows and it would seem that a milk processing plant would be a natural fit.

The Gallatin town team, composed for the most part by ex-servicemen, downed the Jameson town team in basketball here by a 27-24 score. Glen Stelzer, Gallatin, was the game’s high point man with nine points, followed closely by Wheeler of Jameson with eight.