Stories from Tuesday, December 23, 2003

100 Years Ago -- December 23, 1903 ITEMS -- Wilber N. Vass has been appointed a rural mail carrier and George D. Vass a substitute carrier, out of Walker. Miss Louie Key and sister Miss Blanche and Miss Sallie Ridgeway of Baird College, Clinton, arrived to spend the holidays...

Alfred "Throck" Leon Pitts, 75, Walker, Mo., left to go to his home in heaven Saturday, Dec. 20, 2003. Throck was born to Lois Pitts on May 13, 1928, at Bell Hospital in Wyandotte County, Kan. Throck grew up in the Milo area first with his grandparents then with Alfred and Mae Snowden...

Elmer Crockett Evans, 89, El Dorado Springs, Mo., died Dec. 21, 2003, at Community Springs Nursing Home in El Dorado Springs, Mo. Mr. Evans was born on Nov. 22, 1914, in Harrison, Ark., the son of Alexander LouVance and Oma Maggie Lena (White) Evans. On March 8, 1958, he married Mirtie Norene Sanders in Independence, Mo...

Dr. Katheryn Smith Robbins, 35, California, Mo., died Saturday, Dec. 20, 2003, at Saint Mary's Health Center in Jefferson City, Mo. She was born June 19, 1968, in Nevada, Mo., the daughter of Gene and Lucille Timber Smith. Her mother preceded her in death and her father survives, of Nevada, Mo. She was married Aug. 9, 1992, in Nevada, Mo., to Thomas F. Robbins, who survives of the home...

Frances Marie Reedy, 83, Nevada, Mo., died Monday, Dec. 22, 2003, at Moore-Few Care Center, Nevada, following a lengthy illness. She was born March 20, 1920, in Nevada, Mo., to Alfred Burris and Ada Griggs Burris. She married Thomas R. Reedy on April 19, 1941, and he survives of Nevada, Mo...

The Calvary Christian Eagles boys and girls teams lost both ends of its matchup with the Plaza Heights Lions on Friday. The Lady Eagles (0-7), led by Toni Scougal's 10 points, were defeated 34-24. Rachelle Talley and Sha-Ree Chevalier scored eight and six points, respectively...

If you can read this you are probably not one of the 10 to 15 percent of Vernon County residents without basic literary skills. Without knowing how to read the world can be a scary place full of unfamiliar symbols, and daily life can be riddled with the fear of being singled out...

Members of the Walker community and surrounding area conducted an annual Living Nativity Dec. 20 and 21, at Walker corner. Several area residents participated, and the event also featured livestock such as those animals that may have been present at the time of Jesus' birth...