Blast from the past

Tyler Miller, the son of Virgil and Pam Miller of Pattonsburg, returned home June 15 after serving approximately one year and one month in Iraq. He was deployed May 2006. He served with Navy Provisional Detainee Battalion out of Camp Bucca, Iraq.

Gallatin’s oldest continuously operated business, D. H. Davis Drug Company, is being purchased by Pamida. The pharmacy is being relocated inside Gallatin’s Pamida Store.

Change is underway for Gallatin’s second oldest business. Gallatin Publishing Company, owned by Darryl and Elizabeth Wilkinson, will relocate its printing plant and business offices into the middle section of the county-owned building known as the cap factory at 609 South Main. The relocation is to be completed by this fall.

Aug. 6, 1997

Gregory Duane Frost, son of Duane and Ruth Frost and a Gallatin High School graduate, received his Doctor of Education Degree in Education Administration from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Greg is in his fifth year as assistant superintendent of the Bowling Green School District.

Crowned prince and princess during Winston’s Jesse James Days festival held July 12 were Cody Youtsey and Chandelear Carey. Cody is the son of Larry and Tara Youtsey of Winston. Chandelear is the daughter of Christina Carey of Bethany.

Aug. 5, 1987

Three Jamesport businesses were burglarized sometime Wednesday night or early Thursday morning. Pop, candy, pickles and a small amount of cash were taken from Slurpin’ USA, Shoes Galore and the Cedarwood Restaurant.

Stephen Pittsenbarger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Pittsenbarger of Pattonsburg, won second place in the 12-year-old division of the Fourth Annual Missouri State Junior Golf Championship, held at the Jefferson City Country Club. Stephen lost the championship on a sudden-death playoff.

The Daviess County Raiders, age 12 and under, finished fourth in a national tournament held at Rockford, Ill., last weekend. Team members are Matt Meadows, Joe Calvin, Randy Rouner, Brian Price, Kelly Vanatta, Kirk McCarty, Ryan Dowis, Jeremy Price, Jesse Bird and Jake Cameron.

Aug. 3, 1977

A construction mishap on I-35, east of Pattonsburg, resulted in the disruption of electrical power for the city of Pattonsburg and 220 rural homes. The trouble began when a Koss Construction crane ran into a three-phase line, tearing down six 45-foot poles and damaging a quarter mile of three-phase wire.

Residents traveling or living along Highway 13 through Daviess County took a second look last week when they saw a procession of covered wagons lumbering along the highway. The group was comprised of 14 or 15 teenage missionaries traveling through Northwest Missouri whose headquarters is the Miracle Hills Ranch, located four miles south of Bethany.

Aug. 3, 1967

The winning bicycle entries in Saturday’s Kiddie Days, sponsored by the Gallatin Chamber of Commerce, were Danny McBroom, first place; Sonjya Ownbey, second place; and Gerald Tolen, third place.

Officials of the Gallatin Industrial Development Corporation announced this week that arrangements have been completed with the Lambert Manufacturing Company for a major expansion of the cap factory here, which should result in at least 50 additional jobs. The expansion plans call for an additional 7,000 square feet of space to be added to the present building in south Gallatin.

Aug. 1, 1957

Gallatin’s oldest and practically only source of entertainment, the Courter Theater, may be forced to close down this month unless attendance increases. The business has been slipping since the middle of 1955, but the past few weeks have led to the discussion as to whether or not close the show.

Gallatin’s lineup for the Little League tournament at Dockery Part will be John Sullenger, catcher; Ronnie Harlow, pitcher and third base; Larry Moulin, pitcher and third base; Richard Heldenbrand, first base; Steve Anthony, second base; Bill McDaniel, shortstop; Ronnie Huston, Lonnie Mack, Robert Pierce, Steve Baker, Steve Helton, Lynn Mundell, Charles Binney, Richard Robertson, Kenneth Brown, Danny Warrens and Rodney McGinness, outfield; Raymond Heldenbrand, Billy Yost, Jimmy Harlow, Frank Tolen and Bobby Bailey, infield.

Aug. 7, 1947

The county has done more business on wolf scalps already this year than it did throughout all of 1946, Bert E. Morgan, county clerk, said this week. The county pays $5 each for wolf or coyote scalps.

Aurand Harris, son of Mrs. Myrtle Harris, who still lives in Jamesport, and the late G. D. Harris, a well-known Jamesport physician, is fast becoming one of the country’s best-known playwrights. He has written plays which have been produced in leading cities in both the East and the West.