Stories from Tuesday, December 2, 2003

100 Years Ago -- November 30, 1903 ITEMS -- The Wide Awake Racket 5 and 10 cents Store has moved to South Side Square in Marts Bros. old stand with Dempsey Candy Works Store. Silk Opera Shawls $1.25 to $3.98, White, Black and Colors. Chris Gosh Do you eat Candy? Certainly, then call and get the best at the Wide Awake Department Store. Also graniteware, novelties for house keepers and toys of all kinds. Find out what you want, then call at the Wide Awake Department Store, South Side and get it...

Charles Edwin Ensor, 71, died on Nov. 29, 2003. He was born on Sept. 1, 1931, near Appleton City, Mo., to George E. and Helen (Murphy) Ensor, who preceded him in death. He attended schools in the Appleton City area, and high school in Butler, Mo. He served in the U.S. ...

Frankie Lee Saathoff, 66, of Stockton, Mo., died Saturday, Nov. 29, 2003, at Citizens Memorial Hospital, Bolivar, Mo. Mr. Saathoff was born on May 19, 1937, at Bronaugh, Mo., the son of Frank and Viola Couch Saathoff. He lived most of his life in Bronaugh, moving to Stockton, Mo., with his father in 1989...

Etna Mae Stone Gransbury, 75, Nevada, Mo., died Saturday, Nov. 29, 2003, at St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Mo., following an illness of several weeks. She was born on July 16, 1928, in McCook, Neb., to Charley Milton Thornley and Joanna Etna Bailey Thornley. She married Dick Stone on Oct. 20, 1945, in McCook, Neb. He preceded her in death on Jan. 9, 1984. She then married Arthur Gransbury in 1985 in Nevada, Mo. He preceded her in death on Nov. 17, 1995...

Opal E. Moore, 93, died Nov. 27, 2003. Services were held at 1 p.m., on Dec. 1, with Mark Mitchell officiating. Musical selections were "Amazing Grace" and "In The Garden." Pallbearers were Max Handly, Bill Handly, Joseph Lyons, Charles R. Pursley, Lisa Stewart and John Pippin. Interment was in Green Lawn Cemetery, Schell City, Mo. Arrangements by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada, Mo...

Irene Mae Pawley, 72, Nevada, Mo., died Sat., Nov. 29, 2003, at the District No. 1 Hospital in Girard, Kan., following a brief illness. She was born Oct. 31, 1931, in Osborne County, Kan., to John William Hall and Mabel A. Palmer Hall. She was married Dec. 16, 1955, in Nevada, Mo., to Ronald Pawley who survives of the home...

John Edgar Sherman, 85, of Nevada, died Nov. 30, 2003. He was born on March 17, 1918 in Cedar County to William Henry and Mina Ellen Waller Sherman. He lived his childhood on a farm in and around El Dorado Springs. On Nov. 24, 1942, he married Ruby Maddalin Hargrove, and to this union three daughters and one son was born; Toni Kay, Thelma Rae, Rita Mae and Jack Evan...

Josephine Ida Fassel, 80, formerly of Schell City, Mo., died Dec. 1, 2003, at Barone Alzheimer Care Center. She was born on June 13, 1923, in Lincoln, R.I., to Arthur Garfield and Bessie Olivia (Parsons) Smith. On Aug. 20, 1941, she married Albert Earl Fassel in Cranston, R.I...

Mary JoAnn Sallee was born on Nov. 8, 1939, and went to be with Jesus on Nov. 28, 2003, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center. Mary loved to spend time with her family, watching movies chosen by her grandchildren. She looked forward to holidays, when her children and loved ones gathered together. ...

01 Announcements ST. PAUL LUTHERAN YOUTH GROUP will be holding a Christmas Babysitting Service Fundraiser. Get an early start on your Christmas shopping while we watch your children. Sunday, Nov. 30, 2003 at St. Paul Lutheran Church located on south BB highway. ...

I haven't seen "Secondhand Lions," but I will, especially after reading these extracts from a review of the movie which stars Michael Caine, Robert Duvall and Haley Joel Osment as the young nephew: In a "what every boy needs to know about being a man" speech, Duvall tells Osment that honor, virtue and courage mean everything...

100 Years Ago -- December 2, 1903 The proposition to issue $90,000 in bonds to be used in building a municipal water works plant carried at Tuesday's special election by a two-thirds majority of thirty votes. The total number of votes cast was 967 -- 10 more votes than were cast at the last city election, although the vote cast at these elections is not a full vote...

Editor's note: In the third and final segment of the three part series on agriculture markets and trends the Daily Mail and Herald examines the current status of soybeans and what the future is going to look like. Like the ebb and flow of the seasons and the growing and dying of plants the soybean market is in constant flux. ...

Elizabeth Quitno, Andrew Quitno, Caroline Quitno, Trenton Moore, Tayte Moore, Brett Sneed (in no particular order) and Carol Branham, Nevada Parks and Recreation director, helped Mayor Bill Edmonds count down the time until he threw the switch turning on the lights at Radio Springs Park Tuesday night. The drive-through Christmas light display opened Nov. 28...

At left, Dennis Allen, from Bells, Texas, accepts a donation from a motorist along Austin Boulevard Saturday afternoon. Allen travels to Nevada every year to help the Windrider's motorcycle club with their annual Toy Run benefiting the children of Vernon County. The group collected donations at several locations in Nevada on Saturday...

Dave Bell, a 1981 Bronaugh High School graduate, completed his 50th marathon on Sunday, November 23. Bell is a member of the 50 States Marathon Club, an organization dedicated to the promotion of health and fitness. Its members share the common goal of running a marathon in each of the 50 states...

HUME, Mo. -- The defending district champion Hume Hornets opened the 2003-04 season with a win over district rival Miami on Thursday. Junior Clayton Brooks and senior Jeffrey Irwin combined for 53 points in the 64-58 victory. Brooks poured in 30, while Irwin scored 23...

Head coach Larron Hurst welcomes 28 wrestlers, including Missouri Class 2 heavyweight medalist Leonard Keller, back to a rekindled program. The fiery, enthusiastic Hurst breathed life into Nevada wrestling and began the journey of restoring the down program to the respectability it once enjoyed...

The Wax Museum, a 19-year-old tradition at Nevada Middle School is scheduled for this evening at 6 p.m. in the middle school gymnasium. The event features displays by 36 students depicting aspects of the lives of historic and contemporary figures. Organizers said this year's theme is based upon events and people who have played an importance in the year 2003. Some are characters in government; some are sports figures. Some are living, and others died during this year...