Stories from Thursday, January 8, 2004

It is predicted to get down to five degrees tonight (Tuesday). I have brought the outdoor cats into the breezeway. The older cats are staying close to the heat lamp in the 'cat room'. Lester has built a fire in the View Room so my plants won't freeze, and I have a sweatshirt over my long sleeved turtleneck blouse. ...

The History Channel lately invited us to "Remember The Alamo," a more "politically correct" Alamo, as a runup to the much-touted movie on the subject. I'd confused the movie with the "documentary" and so was a bit let down by the latter, essentially a gathering of often contradictory talking heads, mixed up with snippets of dialogueless reenactment...

100 Years Ago -- January 8, 1904 ITEMS -- T.J. Rice and J.N. Coil went to Sheldon this afternoon to assist installing officers of the Odd Fellows Lodge. County Back Bones, Spare Ribs Sausage and Tenderloins Wednesday and Saturday. Dill Pickles, Sour Pickles, Sweet Pickles and Chow Chow and Bulk Catsup at Haddock & Company Markets. Don't Forget! Mrs. A.B. Cockeril left on the noon train today for Iola to attend the opening of the new Opera House at that place this evening...

Beverly J. Reed, 69, died Jan. 3, 2004. Beverly was born Dec. 18, 1934, in Bronaugh, Mo. Beverly is survived by her son, Monty Bales, Baltimore, Md.; sisters, Joan McFarland, and Gracelyn Hinds, of Nixa, Mo., Phyllis Cherry, of Kansas City, Mo., Mary Hewitt, of Topeka, Kan., Gladys Branna, of Bronaugh, Mo.; and brother, Robert Holland, of Branson, Mo.; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by husband Guy and son Martin...

Shirley J. Pilcher, 67, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2004, at St. John's Regional Medical Center, Joplin, Mo., following a brief illness. She was born Feb. 4, 1936, in Iowa to Francis J. and Ella Shipp. She married Dan B. Pilcher on Sept. 9, 1954, in Nevada, Mo., and he survives of the home...

Hume trips Sheldonn Lady Hornets squeak by Lady Panthers.

Bronaugh, the sixth-ranked boys Class 1 team according to the Missouri Sportswriters and Sportscasters poll, improved to 9-0 with a 66-55 win over district foe Miami on Tuesday. However, Wildcats' coach Tim Judd was not satisfied with his team's performance...

Are you looking for an opportunity to find a new job, or an opportunity to learn about the new businesses that are coming to town? Does your business offer a product or service that might be of interest to area companies? On Jan. 17 the city will be hosting an Opportunity Expo at the City/County Community Center, 200 North Ash, to provide these opportunities to area residents and businesses...

"The cat says, 'meowww, meoww, meoww,'" Julia Cassidy said, wiggling, giggling and clutching a small stuffed cat. Julia, an energetic, 2-year-old girl from Nevada, loves to play. One of her favorite games is playing catch with a ball or a stuffed animal. She likes Sesame Street and playing hide and seek, hugs her mom at every opportunity and tumbles around on the floor as any child her age might...

100 Years Ago -- January 9, 1904 ITEMS -- Rich Hill stomachs have been crowded of late from the oft and repeated banquets. Wednesday night a local lodge banqueted 300. Thursday night, three lodges banqueted seven hundred-fifty and Friday another lodge followed with a banquet for two hundred. The week closed in that town with a blaze of red banquet lights and many overtaxed stomachs...