Blast from the Past

Members of the Gallatin High School Class of 1941 gathered for a time of visiting before the alumni banquet. Present were William Houghton, Oliver “Tut” McAfee, Lucille Taul Bruce, Patt Tolen, Betty Vipond Miller, J. B. Trotter, Roberta Swofford Green, Winnie Knight Gatenby and Robert Wilson.

Seven cases of Safeguard soap were taken June 11 from a truck owned by Werner Enterprises. The truck was parked at the Texaco Truck Stop at I-35 and 69 Highway.

At its meeting on June 4, the Winston Board of Trustees accepted art work from students from the Winston R-6 School for display at the town hall during the summer months. Art instructor Tim Morrison and students, Deaven Eisman, Cally Martin, Emily McFee and Tabitha Piburn, were at the meeting to present the art.

June 18, 1997

The degree of Doctor of Medicine was presented to Chris Bauer at the annual Hooding Ceremony at the University of Missouri School of Medicine on May 17. Chris graduated Summa Cum Laude and was ranked number two in his class of 96 graduates. He is a graduate of Pattonsburg High School and Truman University in Kirksville.

Craig “Kid Fire” Cummings, a Kansas City firefighter who already is the WBC Continental America super welterweight champion, will celebrate the American Independence Day on foreign soil this year when he takes on an Irish “cousin,” Steve Collins, in a 12-round world super middleweight title fight on July 5 in Glasgow, Scotland.

Paul Pierce of Gallatin received a Sullivan Award from Catholic Charities of Kansas City-St. Joseph for his commitment and service to the people of Northwest Missouri, especially his work with flood victims and the poor.

June 17, 1987

Roger Harris, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Harris of Gallatin, spent last week in Huntsville, Ala. receiving astronaut training at the U.S. Space Camp, a highlight of which was a simulated space mission.

Nine members of a Korean television crew, who are filming a documentary on life in the United States, visited the Amish colony at Jamesport last week.

Bryce Dustman, 30, of Boonville, has joined the staff of Senator Jack Danforth as deputy news secretary. Dustman is a native of Jameson and a graduate of Northeast Missouri State University in Kirksville.

June 15, 1977

Relatives of Bernice Dunnington Temple and Vernice Dunnington Franks honored the twins with a birthday celebration Tuesday at McDonald Tearoom. The sisters were 85 years old June 14.

The gasoline business in Gallatin, historically a tightly held enterprise, broke wide open this week. The familiar Skelly sign at the southwest corner of the square came down after dominating that area for nearly three decades and was replaced with an MFA sign. This was followed by the announcement that a 100 percent self-service facility would be built in south Gallatin on highway 13. Late last week it was announced that another new service station would be constructed west of Gallatin, near the old Cope School on highway 6.

June 15, 1967

Wayne Culver, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Culver of Gallatin, has been selected to attend Missouri Boys State on the campus of Central Missouri State College in Warrensburg. Wayne is being sponsored by the Gallatin Rotary Club.

Mr. O. O. Mettle of Jameson will serve as District Lions Club Governor for 1967-68. Marvin Nickell of Hamilton is the new Deputy District Governor.

Since May 28, the area has received as much as 15 or 16 inches of rain and Daviess County is suffering heavy damage from flood waters on the 20^th anniversary of one of the most devastating floods in history.

June 13, 1957

Knight’s Skelgas appliance store will have their grand opening tomorrow and Saturday in the remodeled building formerly housing the Lynch Produce Company.

Mr. and Mrs. Leo Runnels of Gallatin have just returned from an interesting and exciting vacation trip covering 2,000 miles in four states. For excitement, the Runnels managed to out-race a tornado in Concordia, Kansas and keep ahead of a flood at Wichita. While in Iowa they were on the scene of a train wreck at Des Moines.

County polio officials reported this week that 240 adults, between the ages of 20 and 40, took advantage of the opportunity to get free polio vaccine Monday night. The following doctors participated: F. K. Wilson, P. S. Baumgardner, Harold Bailey, F. E. Nelson and Forrest Bailey.

June 19, 1947

Three persons were injured, one critically, Tuesday afternoon at the Gene Johnson farm northeast of Gallatin when a charge of dynamite being used to blast post holes exploded prematurely. The injured were George Dungan, 59, who suffered severe injuries to his eyes, head and upper body; his son, John, 12, whose right arm was struck by flying rock, and Carl King, 22, who lost his left eye and suffered head wounds.

Russell Welker of Gallatin, a World War II veteran, was elected chairman of the Daviess County Red Cross chapter at a meeting of members here Saturday. He succeeds Mr. Roy Moore, Gallatin, who has held the office since January of 1946.

A fish hatchery tank wagon filled with catfish and crappie was in Gallatin last week en route to Grindstone Creek and Grand River in the north part of the county, and south in Shoal Creek, to release 100,000 of the fish.