The Way it Was

100 years ago:

Palm Sunday celebrated

Palm Sunday was as usual observed at St. Mary's church.

The blessing and distribution of beautiful palms preceded High Mist, sung by the Rev. Father Basil at 10 a.m.

The Passion of our Lord was read in Latin at the Gospel. During the evening service the Passion was read in English.

75 years ago:

E.E. Miller, well-known railroad man, committed suicide

Nevada residents were shocked Thursday morning to learn that E.E. Miller, an old and well-known resident of this city, and prominent in railroad work and the activities of the Spanish War veterans, had committed suicide by shooting himself in the right temple with a No. 410 gun.

The body was discovered at 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the pavilion on the island at Radio Springs Park by Professor Drybread and a group of school children from Rich Hill, who drove to Nevada to picnic at the lake.

Coroner Mike Ferry was called and he stated that Miller had probably killed himself sometime Tuesday morning.

No inquest was held.

50 years ago:

Three men sentenced for car stripping

Three men arrested with a juvenile Sunday on car-stripping charges entered their individual pleas of guilty today in Vernon County Circuit Court and sentences were passed by Judge O.O. Brown.

William W. Judd was sentenced to a term of three years in the Missouri state penitentiary.

His brother, Kenneth Judd, was sentenced to a four-year term and paroled, and Jimmy Joe Moser, the third adult arrested, was sentenced to a term of two years and paroled.