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THIS BOOK IS VOL. 2 ( Of Three Volumes ) In "SET" ( or Copy ) No. 1 The O riginal Master Copy I t Covers Years 1890 to 1947 Of R o lla 's S tory. By Dr. and Mrs. Clair V. Mann R olla , Missouri COPYRIGHT, 1974 By C la ir V. Mann and Bonita H. Mann Tenants By The E n tirety A ll Rights Reserved. No portion o f th is Story may be reproduced By Any Process Whatever Without Written Permission Of Copyright Holders.

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GAYNINETIES~AHARRASSEDM.S.M. 1890-1900 By Dr. and Mrs. Cl a ir V. Mann R olla , Missouri COPYRIGHT, 1974 By C la ir V. Mann and Bonita H. Mann Tenants By The E n tirety A ll Rights Reserved. No portion o f th is Story may be reproduced By Any Process Whatever Without Written Permission Of Copyright Holders.

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1890's

- 2 ROLLA - THROUGH THE 1890'3 CIT1 GOVERNMENT & BUSINESS

ROLLA - THE YEARS 1881 THROUGH AFRIL, 1900.- In the previous section s o f this general story of R olla, M issouri, we have described the events which occurred during the period from November 25, 1857, throu^i December o f 1890. During the period from 1861 to A p ril 5, 1889, the City cf Rolla had operated under a sp e cia l charter granted by the Missouri L egisla tu re. On June 24, 1889, the State Supreme Court declared that the L e g is la tu r e 's repeal of the Rolla charter by statute enacted on A p ril 5, 1889, was v a lid , and that from said date the c ity had no_legal_government £l_any_kind whatever. IEXg££[I§iXMZ From March 6 to August 21, 1889, Robert A. Love, on order of the C ircu it Court, served as RECEIVER fo r the disorganized c it y Legal City Oovernmai.tJ^as_R£sume_d when, as of November 18, 1890, the Phelps County Court, under state statu tes, form ally incorporated R olla as a City o f the Fourth C lass. The c i t y lim its were d r a s t ic a lly scaled dcwn from the previous m ilean d-a-h alf square to the contiguous p la tted subdivisions a ctu a lly la id out and re corded. In the section fo r 1881-89 we included a d e scrip tio n o f the new c it y lim it s . The F ir s t Administretire_Group under the new Fourth Class government consisted o f a mayor and s ix councilmen - the s ix e le cte d from three separate wards ( 1 -2 -3 ). Gen. Ewing Y. M itch ell was named mayor in the in corporation documents. The s ix coun cilmen were these: Joseph Campbell, Sr. . . . John S. Live say . . . Henry Dean . . . Charles Strobach, Sr. . . . Absalom Gordon . . . and G ran vil^ -jA llen . These men held o f f ic e from November 18, 1890 u n til the f i r s t week in May,/or u A til their successors were inaugurated. The newly incorporated cou n cil and mayor met fo r the f i r s t time on November 18th, 1890. They set up various cou n cil committees and named several other appointive o f f i c e r s . Thomas D. Smith was chosen as c it y cle rk . . Thomas M. Jones as attorney . . . Henry H. Hohenschild as treasurer. The c ity cle rk and the treasurer were in structed to obtain from Robert A. Love, the late re ce iv e r, such c it y records and books as he had in his possession . The. Council Met A SecondJTime. on December 11, 1890, and did these things: ( l ) E stablished ru les fo r the C ou n cil's conduct. (2) Prescribed the du ties of coun cilm en. ( 3 ) Appointed other c it y o f f ic e r s , including a street commissioner. (4) De fin ed the duties of mayor and c it y marshal. ( 5 ) Passed Ordinance No. 1, which, follow in g the County Court's decree, scrapped the former c ity bounds which had been 1-1/2^miles souare, and reduced them to only the platted su b d ivision s, hie included a descrip tion o f the revised bounds in our section for the years 188 x1- 1890 . The SuccessionjO f Ifeycxs _Ani_Counci]men.- For the years (1890-91) to (1899-1900), the l i s t o f mayors and councilmen, and most o f the appointive o ff ic e r s is as fo llo w s . L etter (M) i s fo r "Mayer". NAMES IN CAPITALS, newly e le c te d . Numbers_(l)_etc fo r Wards. Caps & Lower Case for "h old-overs" The Year 1890-1891. F ir s t . . . F ull Term 1891-1892 .Short Term Under • • 1892-1893_______ F ull Regular Term 4th Class C itv Status (M) Joseph Campbell (M) JOSEPH CAMPBELL (M) Gen. Ewing Y. M itch ell ( l ) John Hardin (.3 ) Chas. Strobach, Sr. ( ) Joseph Campbell,Sr. (1) PAT O'BRIEN (1) JOHN S. LIVESAY (1) Chas. Strobach, S r. ( 2 ) Fred Strobach (2) Absalom Gordon (2 ) Absalom Gordon (2) ABSALOM 'GORDON” ' (2) FRED STROBACH ( 2 ) John S. Livesay (3) FRANK BAUMEISTEft ( I ) JOHN HARDIN ( 3 ) Henry Dean ( 3 ) Chas. Strobach,Sr. (3) CHAS. McCRAE ( 3 ) G ranville Allen Clerk: Peter C hristie Clerk: Peter Chridtie Clerk: Thos. D. Smith T reas.: H.H. Hohenschild Treas. H. Hohenschild Treas. Henry H. Hohenschild S '. " fi. T. ' joer A s s r .: ............................. A ssr. : ............................... A ssr.: .............................. E o llr .: ........................... C o llr .: ............................... C o l l r .: ............................ A t t y .: E.Y. M itch ell —■Atty.: Thos M. Jones A tty .: Robt. Meriwether S tree ts: Chas. Schuman S treets: Chas. Schuman Engr. : P hil Van Frank Engr. : J . C. Re id Taxes 50$ on $100

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Year 1894-95

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Year 1893-1894 __ __________________________ _ (#) JOHN P. KAINE___ (R) ( l ) Pat O’ B r i e n .......... ( ) (1) Dr. H .I. WARK........ (R) ( 2 ) Absalom Gordon . . . ( ) (2) LOUIS HEIMBERGER . (D) ( 3 ) Frank Baumeister . ( ) . ( 3 ) JULIUS PEZOLDT . . . (D) Clerk: Peter C h ristie M arshl.: Jack Carringtbn A tty .: Claude D. Jamison P. Judge: Geo. H. Hume A s s r .: C o llr .: Dougherty S tr e e t: f Engr. : J . C. Re id T rea s.: Wm. Lepper

(M) John P. Kaine ............(R) ( l ) Dr. H. I . Wark ___ (R) (1) ALBERT S. LONG . . . . (R) (2) Louis Heimberger ...( D ) (2) L. D. GERMANN........ (D) ( 3 ) Julius Pezoldt . . . . (D) ( 3 ) JOS. J. CRITES---- ( ) Clerk: M arshl.: A tt y .: P. Judge: A ssr. : C o l l r .: S tr e e t: Engr. : Temple Dyer T rea s.:

(M) MILLARD F. FAULKNER.(D) ( l ) Dr. H. I . WARg----- (R) (1) A lbert S. Long . . . . (R) (2) L. D. Germann........ (D) (2) LOUIS HEIMBERGER... (D) ( 3 ) Jos. J. C rites . . . . ( ) (3) FELIX FETRAGLIO . . . ( ) Clerk: M arshl.: A t t y .: P. Judge: A s s r .: C o llr .: S tre e t: Engr. : T rea s.:

Year 1896-1897 (M) M illard F. Faulkner ( l ) Dr. H .I. Wark ........ (1 ) CHAS. STROBACH, Sr. ( 2 ) Louis Heimberger . . (2 ) L. D. GERMANN ........ ( 3 ) F e lix P etra g lio . . . ( 3 ) JOSEPH KELLY .......... Clerk: Peter C hristie . Marsh. : A t t y .: P. Judge: A ss r.: Peter C hristie C o llr .: John Hardin . . Trea s. : S treet: Engr.:

Year 1897-1898 (M) JOHN S. LIVESAY . . ( d ) ( l ) Chas Strobach, S r .( ) ( l ) JOS. W. POOLE . . . ( ) ( 2 ) L. D. Germann . . . (D) (2) L. L. YOWELL ---- ( ) ( 3 ) Jos. L. K elly . . . ( ) ( 3 ) WILLIAM PEZOLDT .( ) Clerk: Peter C hristie Marsh.: John McMasters A t t y .: P. Judge: A s s r.: Peter C hristie C o llr .: Wayman Treas. : S tr e e t: Engr. :

Year 1898-1899_________ (M) John S. L iv e s a y ....... (D) ( l ) Jos. W. Poole ......... ( ) (1) JOHN MORRIS .............. ( ) (2) L. L. Yowell ............ ( ) (2) ABSALOM GORDON........ ( ) ( 3 ) Wm. P e z o l d t .............. ( ) (3) W. C. FAULKNER ------ --------Clerk: Peter C h ristie . . Marsh. : A t t y .: P. Judge: A ssr.: Peter C hristie . . . C o llr .: Daniel Deegan . . . T rea s.: S tr e e t: Engr. :

Year 1899-1900 (M) JOHN S. LIVESAY ..(D ) ( l ) John Morris . . . . ( ) (1) JOS. W. POOLE . . . ( ) ( 2 ) Absalom Gordon . . ( ) (2 ) CLIFFORD FRENCH . ( ) ( 3 ) W.C. Faulkner . . . ( ) ( 3 ) WM. PEZOLDT---- - ( ) Clerk: Wesley D. Jones Mar sh. : A tty .* : P. Judge : A ssr.: William O’ Brien C o llr .: Dan Deegan T reas.: S tre e t: Engr. :

_____Year 1900-1901 (M) John S. Livesay . . . (D) (1) Jos. W. Poole ....... ( ) (1) JOHN MORRIS ............ ( ) (2) C l i f f . F r e n c h ........ ( ) (2) ROBERT McCAW.......... ( ) ( 3 )Wm. Pezoldt ......... ( ) (3 ) JOHN FALLS .............. ( ) Clerk: W. D. Jones . . . (D) Mar sh. : T. J. E llis . . . A t t y .: P. Judge: Georgs H. Hume A s s r.: William 0(Brien C o llr .: Dan Deegan T reas.: John P. Kaine S tr e e t: Engr:

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The F ourth_C ^ss_C it£ StatusJLs C ontested.- As of March, 1894, the adoption o f the Fourth Class City plan was being contested by Edmund W. Bishop - who had -v opposed i t in the beginning. I t was f i r s t ruled on by the Phelps County C ircu it Court, and then by the Supreme Court. The adoption of the plan was upheld. £ i^ _ F ^ a n c ia l_ R e p o r ts . - We have at hand the follow in g c i t y fin a n cia l reports: ( l ) For the year Nov. 18, 1890 to May 1, 1891 ..r e c e ip t s were $655*70, expenditures $757.41 . . . d e f i c i t $101.71. ..The estim ated revenue fe r the c©mple,te year 1891 was $2,460.41. ••*Salarie_s_per annum were $ 25.00 per month fo r mayor, and $110 per year fo r councilmen. , ..............T2J" For the f i s c a l year May 1, 1892—Apr.30, 1893, balance May 1, 1892 was $1,207.99, added receip ts $3,141.55, t o ta l re ce ip t $4,349.54. The expenditures ( as per c ity cle rk ) were $2,965.93* Peter C h ristie, c it y clerk . Streets. - And. Mud.- From R o lla 's beginnings in 1859 up u n til the 1920<s, R olla residents had t o wade through mud and water to get to p la ces. This p ersisted u n t il concrete pavement was in it ia t e d during the 1 9 2 0 's. So i t was quite in order fo r the C ity Council, in 1892, to have street grades establish ed by c it y engineer J. C. Reid, and then to pass ordinances o f f i c i a l l y e sta b lish in g grades fo r p a rticu la r s tr e e ts . The street grade records previou sly had been burned in the f i r e s of 1891. Thus i t was that the Council passed ordinances fix in g the grades fo r a dozen or more s tr e e ts , in cluding S tate, Center, Park, Elm, Oak, O live, Cedar, 1st, 2nd, 5tn, 9th, and 3rd. The p rop osition of buying a rock crusher and using crushed dolomite was considered, but deferred u n til la te r years. The City. Fire_Department. - This was s t i l l in charge of a s p e c ia l f i r e brigade, in which tw enty-six members were en ro lle d . They s t i l l had hand pumping models o f f ir e engines. A c is te r n which had been b u ilt at 8th and Pine s tr e e ts , at a^ co st of $600, fo r some reason could not hold water. I t lea fed away. And the fir e boys t/ wanted a new f i r e alarm b e l l . The Council bought one. The boys a lso wanted a new " f i r e engine", which was not so e a s ily obtained. The C i£y_Jail Was. 0bsolete_-J\nd_More. Bonds. For New JailJD efeared.- ’The c it y j a i l was u n fit fo r detention of human beings. I t was in the old City Hall, s t i l l at 7th arc! R olla s tr e e ts . A p e titio n was presented to the Council asking fo r a vote on a sp ecia l j a i l bond issue of $9,000. At the e le c t io n so held on January 28, 1893, the bonds » e « d ^ a t |T^ b f e v ^ c | ^ ^ 0 2 . R olla Gets An E lectric“ Eight~Sr Power” P lant.■- As ea rly as 1882, _the editor of the R olla Herald wished the town could have e le c t r ic lig h t s . But nothing but wishes had haopened up to October o f 1891, when the e d ito r again wrote o f the advantages of e l e c t r i c s tr e e t lig h t s . In October, he said that R olla could have an e le c t r ic lig h t and power plant i f townsmen would subscribe and agree t o i n s t a l l _as many as 400 candescent e le c t r ic lig h ts - at a cost cf $1 per month fo r one sin gle l i g . / Joe Poole St arts_B all R o llin g .- I t was s t i l l another year before Joseph W. “1— 9P o o le /c ir cu la te d a p e t it io n in an endeavor to get prospective lig h t and power users. I t was s t i l l another two years u n til, in March of 1894, a Japanese student J / , e be School o f Mines proposed to the Council that a _c it y lig h t and power plant b u ilt He presented fig u re s showing that a suitable plant could be b u ilt f #5, , and^could operate fo r a year at a co st of $2,063. I ts annual earnings would be $2,160. He? went so far as to make prelim inary moves to organize a necessary cons tio n and operating company. I t was s t i l l another two years u n til, xn arc ’ P rofessor M iller, of the School of Mines, submitted a concrete plan to the Council.^ The Council 0rders_A_"Yes-Noj: ELECTIONS P la n t.- By A pril of I 896 the desire fo r an ele ctF ic Ind power plant on the part of townsmen had become so great that the Council ordered a sp ecia l vote on the qu estion : » Do y o u ^ ^ ^ ^ h a T h e plant that would co st $10,000? W ill you approve a bond issue of that amount. Th vote was 171 " le s " and 71 "No." , Council Orders Bonds Issues._Franchtee_To Be_3old.~ The Council now passed an jcrdinance” which provided fo r the "sa le and regu lation o f e le c t r ic l i # t franchi: "S -fte J S i l l on Saturday, November 7, 1896." The prop osition Nas su b g e t to r a t ific a t io n by townsmen at a s p e cia l e le c t io n thereon. The plan was r a t ifie d , £he bonds S u e d , and purohased by a Cincinnati (Ohio) firm . The ed itor g le e fu lly wrote, " The E le c tr ic Light Plant fo r R olla is A GO .

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The R o lla E le etric_Lightj^_Power_Gom 2 any_Created.- Having passed the $10,000 e l e c t r i c lig h t and power bond issu e, the town was ready far action - and got i t . By December 24, 1896, the R olla E le c tr ic Light and Power Go. had been organized. The prime movers were W. L. Maples and Herman Graber, of S t. Louis. Graber was a son -in law of Tobias Heomberger, R o lla ’ s b r ic k maker. But there had to be lo c a l backers in essence another of those e a rly "stock companies". And so these R olla Townsmen join ed up as part o f the company: __ , , , Tn*n h t Joseph Campbell, Sr. . . . M illard F. Faulkner .._Henry Beddoe . . and Joseph J. C rite s. These men bought most of the company stock, which was fix e d at <s>3, 50C . They also persuaded other men to buy stock . Qriri Already th is compeny had in s ta lle d numbers of street poles for wiring, and soon the wires were up. A s k ille d e le c t r ic ia n - C.vf. Gampbel was employe • was to sta rt by January 15, 1897. For c it y corporation service °? KirstfX per in d iv id u a l arc lig h t , burning u n til midnight, was $5- Burning a l l nig , i t was $6. Incandescent lig h t s , both fo r the c i t y and for private homes, o f 16 candle power s iz e , cost $1 fo r a l l night or 60 cents up to midnight. The E lectric_P lant_G oes Into_ServiceJ_ January 18_(_MondaJ^;J. 1887^.-^ y ^al™ar y 14 1887 the engine and generator fo r the e l e c t r i c plant had arrived, oik were y Tor the^ grand o p t in g on Monday, the 18th. A grand in it ia t in g b a ll had teen planned, to t a £ g f s iiTthe^Grant H o fe i, corner of 8th and Pine stre e ts - ,so pole,s were up and w ires strung from the plant, in the l o t corner immediately east o f t t a F r is c o rig h t o f way and the south lin e of 8th stre e t, to the Grant Hou,e. The h o te l i t s had r i f s a l i Z - ^ T h e great n i# it a rriv ed . A ll the notables of town were there H G r S f S ^ r a Room was gayly decorated with an e le c t r ic lig h t d isp la y , rfaycr S S i d F. Faulkner closed the sw itih - the lig h ts came Oh 1 And were greeted with But U was now time fo r the grand march - and so James A. Spilman ca lle d fo r couples to form, and him self took the lea d . Pausing f o r t e l thf r e u f I f . were served.

Then da“ c^“ f re8™®d ^ f w f r , C h ile s L. W oks, was " I t w“ t f i o s r S S g h S k f f f l r ever given in R o lls " . I t MOST have been good, fo r there bad been several 11 Most d e lig h tfu l ever a f a irs in

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outside among townsmen. The ^ e s t e ^ ^ ^ nt*acted with tte Power Company_fo r from As of March A* 1397> ^ , ±. ‘ftAoO dpt* voar continuing through 10 to 12 incandescent ^ t r e e t^ ig h s a $4 000. Rates appeared to be too high, a three year period . The plant was vaiuea a '»’/+> Meantime, the Council ordered Graber,

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and Maples - not with ^ P? ^ r 85 cente per month'per lig h t and Power Company, even though the rat I S , .. „ n^g le g a l successor of not $1 . 00 - per c o n tra ct. The Company contended th a t.lt WM t h s ^ e ^ ^ Grable and Maples. L ig h ts were turned o f f . 32’ 0andl n power at 5(1.25 per '1with_the_C£mpany fo r 40 f £ the people could r a t if y the ar-^ lig h t per month. A sp ecia l 1 neriod. I t was so s e ttle d - but crie s rangement - the contract to cover a fire year g ^ d e d ito r led the chorus. _ now arose f o r the c it y to buy the J? _ * present, that at one stage m this quarrel, I t has been said, by those who were p > in side the nshack" which sh elthe Company operator of the plant, ^ u" y t t t ^ k with representatives of the tte plant machinery, stepped to t t e d o e r to talK _ * came ^ actual C ity. These men brushed the operator aside, went m siao possession o f the plan t.

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A Gity_W ell, _New_Boiler & Engine^ New Dynamo^- By October o f 1897, the power plant had several weaknesses. H eretofore, the required water fo r the b o ile r was supplied by the old R olla M ill pond, near the center of Block 8, R olla M ill Addition. The M ill had a lso used water from the pond. But now the pond had dried up. How get the needed b o ile r water ? The answer was - d r i l l a w e ll. The Power company decided to do i t - and therefore d r ille d a w ell on the power plant lot-. Then, in November o f 1887 , the o rig in a l b o ile r , engine, and dynamo proved to be inadequate. Therefore the Power company in s ta lle d a new 45 horse, goger b o ile r and an "O’ Brien s ty le " 40 horsepower steam engine. By January 2.7 th ,/th e new dynamo had arrived, and the town seemed assured o f b etter s e rv ice . Charles L. Wayman was the plant engineer and e le c t r ic ia n . The £ity_Purchas£s_The_Power_Plant. - The demand for c it y ownership o f the plant increased in fe r v o r . The Power company was not sure i t wanted to continue operation, and so o ffe re d to s e ll the plant and a l l the re st o f the system fo r $ 5 , 250 . As- o f March, 1898 , the Council, by ordinance, ca lle d fo r a bond e le c tio n fo r that amount. John S. Livesay was mayor, Peter Christy c it y c le r k . The voters approved a $6,000 bond issue by a vote of 260 to 22. Mason, Lewis & Co., of Chicago, bou^it the bonds fo r $ 6, 244 . 20 , and the C ity took possession o f the plant. For more than t h ir t y years follow in g , the C ity had good reason to wonder i f they had not purchased a "white elephant". The actual transfer occurred the week of August 18-25,1898. During tte next month (September), c i t y workmen enlarged the power-house, and in s ta lle d a new engine and b o ile r . Charles L. Wayman, the e n g in e e r-e le ctricia n , l e f t the job at th is juncture, on August 26, 1898. As of October, lo99, the ed itor said that the plant was now " on a paying b a s is ". Nearly a l l the stores in town, and h a lf o f the homes, were using e le c t r ic li g h t . And thus we take leave of a plant that would, through the coming years,be a sharp thorn in the C ity ’ s a f fa ir s . Population Reports For Rolla_And_Phelps County.- Phelps County did not e x is t u n til November 13, 1857, so that no Federal census reports fo r the county were made p rio r to I860.. The table below shows the population fig u re s from I860 to I960. The City o f R olla did not e x is t , even as a name, u n til May 11, 1858, when our records show the use o f the name "R o lla ". However, the s it e had been chosen by a County Seat L ocation Commission during December, 1857, and the commission s report was o f f i c i a l l y adopted by the County Court on January 21, 1858. The table below records the estimated population from I 85O down to I 865 . Federal census reports give the fig u re s from 1870 to I960. The ta b le s: C ity °T R olla • City of Rolla Phelps County Phelps County 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900

No County 5,714 10,506 12,674 13,027 14,194

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I960

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15,308 17,437 21 ,504 25,396

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1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 I960

. . . 1,600 . . . 2,261 . . . 2,077 . . . 3,670 . . . 5 ,141 . . . 9,354 ...1 1 ,1 3 2

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THE COURTS & OFFICERS OF PHELPS COUNTY. 1889-1900 The Courts_And_0fficers Of_Phelps County^ 1889-12.00.- Since R olla was, and i s , the seat of Phelps County government, we sh a ll have to at le a st name the o f f i cers who served during the 18 90's. This can best be done by means o f the follow in g ta b le . The regular o f f i c i a l terms fo r this period were fo r two years, beginning at the f i r s t o f the year — except fo r school superintendent, whose term, a fter e le c t io n the f i r s t of A p ril, began in e a rly May. We also include the United States This presiden t, the M issouri governor, and the State senators and representatives t ie s l o c a l government to that o f State and Nation Repre sentative Mo.State Senator Mo. Governor Years U.S. President Francis Mansfield Fre d .Wm. Shinneman 1889-90 Benjamin Harrison David R. Francis Wesley A. Via V ir g il M. Hines 1891-92 Benjamin Harrison David R. Fj^ancis Chas. A. Martin V ir g il M. Hines W illiam J. Stone 1893-94 Or ove r Cleveland John L. Short Jas. B. Harrison W illiam J. Stone 1895-96 Grover Cleveland William R. Hale H.H.Hohenschild Lon V. Stephens 1897-98 Wm. McKinley Fred.W.Shinneman H.H.Hohenschild Lon V. Stephens 99-1900 Wm. McKinley Presiding Judge W illiam Dawson . John Wolfe ........ John Wolfe ........ John Wolfe ........ John 'Wolfe ........ Daniel Donahoe .

THE COUNTY COURT & CLERK East Side Judge West Side Judge Felix. D. Mathis Jos. S. Williams F e lix D. Mathis Jos. S. Williams Henry Dean . . . . James M. Fleming E lbert K. Light Ernest Pinto . . . Jackson Bishop John Adams ........ Perry D. Hawkins Ransom Dean . . . .

County Clerk J. B• S a lly . . . . J. B. S a lly . . . . J. B. S a lly . . . . John P. Harrison John P. Harrison Booker H. Rucker

1889-90 1891-92 1893-94 1895-96 I897-98 99-1900

C ircu it Judge Charles C. Bland C. C. Bland . . . . C• w. Bland . . . . C. C. Bland . . . . Leigh B. Woodside L. B. Woodside ..

THE CIRCUIT COURT S h e r iff C ircu it Clk & Rec. David E. Cowan . . Charles M. Dean John W. Cooper . D. E. Cowan....... D. E. Cowan....... Geo. A. Marling D. E. Cowan....... Geo. A. Marling D. E. Cowan........ James C. Harvey D. E. Cowan....... Jas. C. Harvey .

Prosec. Atty. Wm. C. K elly . . . . Robt. Meriwether R. Meriwether . . . Thomas M. Jones . Thomas M. Jones . Charles L. Woods.

Years

Assessor

1839-90 1891-92 1893-94 1895-96 I897-98 99-1900

Asa S. N iles . . . . Asa S. N iles . . . . John C. Wilson . . John C. Wilson . . Joseph R. Kester. Joseph R. Kester

years 1889-90 1891-92 1893-94 1895-96 1897-98 99-1900 Ye a r s

OTHER ELECTIVE COUNTY OFFICERS Treasurer C o lle cto r James L. Smith . . John S. Livesay . P.Gaddy-McClure . William Paul s e l l . William P a u lse ll. James M. McClure William Fort . . . . Ferd. Strobach . . Robt.F. Hamilton. Ferd. Strobach .. A. W. Blain . . . . . William Fort . . . .

Surveyor Robt. T. Parker . Robt. T. Parker . S . Q. Chamberlain. S.Q.Chamberlain . S.Q. Chamberlain . S.Q. Chamberlain.

Supt. Schools Coroner Pub. Administr, Thomas M. Jones . Thomas F. Yates . Thos. M. Hanrahan 1889-90 Robt.Meriwether Thomas M. Jones . George W. Ruffing Thos. M. Hanrahan 1891-92 W illiam J. S alts Jos. J. C rites . . George W. Ruffing Wm. C. Kennedy . . 1893-94 Wm. J* S alts . . . Jos. J . C rites .. Dr.J.D. Carpenter Wm. C. Kennedy . . 1895-96 Wm. J• o a lt s . . . John L. Lovelace. Dr. J . D. Carpenter Absalom L ick . . . . 1897-98 Wm. J- S alts . . . John L. Lovelace Dr.J.D.Carpenter Absalom Lick . . . . 99-1900 A lbert A. Neuman died, Neuman NOTE: For 1899-1900, Peter C hristie had been e le c te d . He McClure replaced replaced him. In 1891-92, Pleasant Gaddy, c o lle c t o r ,d ie d . him. Years

Probate Judge

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Judge Bland To_East Mo_j_ Appellate C ou rt.- In the e le c t io n of November, 1896, C ircu it Judge Charles C. Bland was e le cte d to the East Missouri Appellate Court. He served in that ca p a city u n til 1909, when he was the c o u r t's presiding judge. He then returned to spend the r e s t o f his days in R o lla . Some_Scalt^r^d_County St at is tic_s_j_ Valuation, _Financ_e_s. - Our table of county valuations and fin a n c ia l reports i s incomplete - time being in s u ffic ie n t to examine o f f i c i a l record s. These few items may be of some in te r e s t. Annual Annual Total Personal The Value Of Balance Expenditures R eceipts Valuation Real Estate ProDertv Year $1,591,814 $551,952 1890 $1,089,862 $3,793*46 $14, 754*38 $18,547.84 2,023,037 1891 12,372.12 5,016.39 17,388.51 1, 588,845 535,722 1892 1.053.123 15,753*86 1,615,912 562,789 1.053.123 1893 14,538.94 1894 1895 1,052.93 19,612.16 17,959*23 2,012,120 568,010 1896 1 , 144 , n o 2,171*94 15,773*07 17,945.01 1897 1,440.20 17,990.98 16,550.75 1898 - 3,916.06 d e f ic it 22,141*47 2,074.980 18,225*41 1899 ° f SQme in te re s t are Detailed_Reports_Of Expenditures^ Years the d e ta ile d expenditures o f these two years, as fo llo w s : .________The Year 1894__________• ______________The Year 1893 Roads and bridges ....$ 2 ,8 8 3 * 7 2 , Roads and bridges ....$ 1 ,7 4 1 * 4 0 E lection s .......................... 342.78 E le c tio n s ......................... 1,248.05 ala ries .........................3 ,9 8 2 .3 1 S S a la ries ......................... 5,125*02 J a il ....................................... 21.10 J a il .................. *.................. 90.20 Criminal co sts ............... 2,581.75 Criminal co sts ............ 2,249.75 Pauper care ................... 1,851.78 Pauper care .................. 1,001.00 Asylum ............................................... Asylum ............................. 2,154*35 S tationery ........................ 955*45 Station ery ....................... 427*62 Court House Expenses . . . 585*60 Court House Expenses . . 144*72 Grand ju ry s c r i p ............ 463*65 Grand ju ry s c r i p .......... 56765 P e tit ju ry s c r i p ............ 653*10 P e tit ju ry s c r i p .......... 750.35 Witness s crip .................. 181.70 Witness s cr ip ................. 213*75 Board of equ alization . . 36 .00 Board of eq u a liza tion . 0.00 Total ...........$14,538.94 Total . . . 7 $15,753*86

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ROLLA*S PUBLIC SCHOOLS 18990-1900 The R olla School_B^ard^ 1820-1200.- The follow in g table records the succession o f sch ool board members fo r the years 1890 to 1900. The le t t e r s (p ), ( s ) , and (t ) follow in g a name mean, re s p e ctiv e ly , that the person was board president, secretary, or treasu rer. Terms ran from May to May o f each year. 1894-93 1893-94 1891-92 1892-93 Year 1890-91 Wm. P a u lse ll . . . Thos. D. Smith . F. E. Dowd ......... A lbert Neuman . . J ohn P • Kai ne . . (Wm.Pierce ........ ) (M illard Godwin ) (Joseph Poole . . ) Year 1895-96

John P. Kaine . Wm. P a u lsell . . T.D. Smith . . . . Joseph Poole .. Albert Neuman . F. E. Dowd . . . .

Wm. P a u lsell . T. D. Smith .. F.E. Dowd . . . . Albert Neuman John P. Kaine Dr. John Short

Robt. McCaw.... T.D. Smith . . . . F.E. Dowd ........ A lbert Neuman . John P. Kaine . Dr. John Short.

Robt. McCaw (p) T.D. Smith . . . . John P. Kaine . Dr. John Short. L.D. Germann .. Albert Neuman .

1899-1900 1897-98 1898-99 1896-97 Robt. McCaw . . . . A lbert Neuman . John P. Kaine . Albert Neuman . Robt. Meriwether T. D. Smith . . . . L.D. Germann . . Henry Wood . . . . Henry Beddoe (p) Thos. M. Jones . A lbert Neuman . . John P. Kaine . F.E. Dowd ........ A. Neuman ( s ) . . Henry Beddoe (p) J.P.Kaine (t ) . Henry Wood ........ T.D. Smith . . . . L.D. Germann . . . Henry Wood . . . . Henry Wood . . . . A. JMeuman(s) . . . Albert Neuman . F. E. Dowd . . . . John P. Kaine . . J.P . Kaine ( t ) . . F.E. Dowd ........ Henry Beddoe . . T. D. Smith . . . Henry Wood ........ THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND TEACHING STAFFS The_ Administrative_And_Tea£hing S ta ff fo r the period 1890 to 1900 is lis t e d below. The abbreviations used are these: (Sup) means superintendent. (Pr) means the p r in cip a l - who is superintendent when not designated as (Sup). "Rm" means room, the lowest or primary being Rm 1, the topmost Rm 7 or 8. "Gr" means Grammar school or grade. "Hi" i s high sch ool. "Line" i s the negro separate school, negros only. I 35 is the monthly salary, and plain " 50 " means the number of pupils per room. _._______ The Year 1891-92_______ . ________ The Year 1890-91_______.. Rm 7 •• (Pr) James Courtez Walker Rm 7 . . (Pr) M illard Godwin . . . Rm 6 . . (Gr) Mrs. Claude (Maria) Jamison Rm 6 . . Cora Maupin .................... Rm 5 •• Maude M itch ell .................. Rm 5 . . Mrs. Claude Jamison . . . Rm 4 . . Bertha Brucher .................. Rm 4 •• Bertha Brucher .............. Rm 3 •• Emma D. Cleino .................. Rm 3 . . Emma Cleino ..................... Rm 2 . . J u lia Dunivin .................. Rm 2 . . Ju lia Dunivin .................. Rm 1 . . (Pr) Mary Van Wormer . . . . Rm 1 . . (Primary) Mary Vanwormer Line . . P rof. J. S. Bryant ........ Line . . P rof. Solomon G illim , a graduate of L incoln U. About December 1, 1890, Miss Maupin resigned from room 6. She was "highly esteemed". And on Dec. 11, M illard Godwin resigned as p rin cip a l. There appears to have been some s o rt of a qu arrel. P rof. E.T. Hubbard fin ish ed out the year as prin c ip a l. Mrs. Jamison replaced Miss Maupin. _________The Year 1892-93___________ Rm 7 . . (Pr) Thos. Jefferson Jones Rm 6 . . (Gr) Mrs. C.D. (Maria) Jamison Rm $ . . Maude M itch ell ...................... Rm 4 . . Bertha Brucher ................... Rm 3 . . Emma D. Cleino .................... Rm 2 . . Julia Dunivin .................... Rm 1 (Pr) Mary Van Wormer Linc . . P ro f. J.S . Bryant

Rm 7 Rm 6 Rm $ Rm 4 Rm 3 Rm 2 ^ Line

The . . . . . . .

Year 1893-94___________ (Pr) Thos. J. Jones . . . (Gr) Emma D. Cleino . . . Mrs. _ . Harper ........ Miss _ . _ . M etcalf . . . . Grace M a r t in ............ .. . E stelle Sappenfield (Mrs JW S cott) (Pr) Mary Van Wormer (her la s t yr. •?

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__________ Year 1891-9 5____________ Rm 7 •• (Pr) Thos M. Jones ..4 2 pupils Rm 6 . . (Gr) Emma D. Cleino 45 Rm 5 . . B elle Steinberg . . . . 52 Rm 4 •• Minnie M organ.......... 54 Rm 3 . . Minnie A tteberry . . . 56 Rm 2 . . E s te lla Sappenfield and Anna Weisenbach 39 Rm 1 . . (Pr) Lida G illa sp ie 53 Line . . ? _____________ Year 1896-97__________ Rm 8 . . (Sup) L. B. Baughman . . . . Rm 7 . . (Prl Mrs. C.D. Jamison . . Rm 6 . . Emma D. C leino ................... Rm 5 •• Mrs.HasaE. Baker ............... Rm 4 . . Annie Lepper ....................... Rm 3 •• Emma Heimberger ................ Rm 2 . . Addie Weisenbach .............. Rm 1 . . (Pr) Myra Blanchard . . 95 Line . . ? __________ Year 1898-99_____________ Rm 9 . . (Sup) L. B. Baughman . . . . Rm 8 . . (Pr) Mrs. C. D. Jamison . Rm 7 •• Emma D. Cleino .................. Rm 6 . . Miss M. Jones .................... Rm 5 •• Emma Walker ......................... Rm 4 •• Addle Weisenbach .............. Rm 3 •• Margaret Southgate .......... Rm 2 . . S ylvia Burgher .................. Rm 1 . . Myra Blanchard .................. Line . . Rev. H. A. Henley ............

_________ Year 1895-96______ ________ Rm 8 . . (Sup) L. B. Baughman ............ Rm 7 j . (Pr) Mrs C.D. (Maria) Jamison Rm 6 . . Emma D. Cleino ........................ Rm 5 •. Emma W a lk e r............................... Rm 4 .• Annie Lepper ............................. Rm 3 •• Emma Heimberger ....................... Rm 2 . . Addie Weisenbach .................... Rm 1 . . (Primary) Myra Blanchard . . . Line . . ?

____________ Year 1897-98_______ Rm 10 . . (Sup) L. b. Baughman Rm 9 •• (Pr) Mrs. C.D. Jamison Rm 8 &.7 . . Emma D. Cleino . . . Rm 7 & 6 . . Bertha Brucher . . . Rm 5 . . Emma Walker .................. Rm 4 . . Minnie J one s ................ Rm 3 . . Addie Weisenbach ........ Rm 2 . . Sylvia Burgher ............ Rm 1 . . (Pr) Myra Blanchard .. Line . . Mrs. _ . _ . Henley . . . .

__________Year 1899-1900________ Rm 9 . . (Sup) L. B. Baughman , Rm 8 . . (Hi) Miss M ollie Rem ey............. 45 Rm 7 •• (Gr) Mrs C. D. (Maria) Jamison 48 Rm 6 . . Minnie Jones ............................ 55 Rm 5 o.Emma Walker .............................. 35 Rm 4 •.Addie Weisenbach .................... 40 Rm 3 ••Margaret Southgate ............... 41 Rm 2 . . Anna Lepper .............................. 43 Rm 1 . . (Pr) Myra Blanchard .............. 75 Line . . Rev. J.H. H e n le y .................... 43 ________ Year 1900-1901____________ Rm 9 •• (Sup) P rof. E. F. Busch Rm 8 . . (Hi) Miss Sarah B eall . . . Rm 7 •. (Gr) Mrs. C. D. Jamison . Rm 6 . . Minnie Jones ....................... Rm 5 •• Emma Walker ......................... Rm 4 •• Addie Weisenbach .............. Rm 3 . . Margaret Southgate .......... (la te r Mrs B.H. Rucker) Rm 2 . . Anna Lepper ........................ Rm 1 . . Myra Blanchard .................. Line . . Rev. J. H. Henley ............

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SOME SCATTERED MISCELLANEOUS SCHOOL ITEMS SundryJSchool IIterns,_1890-1900. - These few scattered schooliitem s fo r the 1890’ s may have some in te r e s t, though incom plete. the 1890’ The Year White Pupils Boys G irls Year • • • • • • • • • L ’ () • • • • • • • • • 1891 • • • • • • • • • 1892 300 611 311 1893 318 637 319 1894 338 1896 346 684 382 • • • . . . 1899

Negro Pupils Boys G irls XLL • • •

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• * •

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57 58 45 • • •

65 60 57 • • •

122 118 102 43

Total Of A ll Whites & Negros.

650 750 727 733 755 786 425

F in an cial Re£orts_.- We have the follow in g scattered fin a n cia l s< > years shown below: Paid Out Balance Years Total R eceipts $2,800.00 $168.70 1895- 96. $2,968.76 5,168.46 2,020.03 1896- 97 7,188.49 1,794.02 7,189.57 198-99 8,983-59 The Annual_School Maintenance Levy^- Through the 1890’ s, the annual school tax le v y was 85 cents on each $100 o f property valuation . The Len£ths_of School_Terms. - For the 1898-99 term, the voters approved an eigh t month term. In the 1904-05 year, that was changed to a nine month term. School Board Secretary_Say:s Schools Are_ Crowded.- In January, 1897, Albert Neuman,"school board secretary, announced that R olla*s schools were overcrowded, and that they could not be maintained with an annual levy o f ^85 cents. Unless new bu ildin gs could be provided, cuts in term lengths, or otherwise, would have to be made. Eventually, during the period 1900-1910, the le v y was raised to *1.00. But no new bu ild in g m aterialized u n til 1909, when the East Side WARD SCHOOL was b u ilt . The Changed L ocation_0f Primary C las£e£.- Because o f th is crowded condition, the primary""department, or c la s s e s , which up to. September, 1896, had been housed in the old Central sch ool b u ild in g, fo r the 1896-97 year were removed to the old tw o-story b rick C-eorge Goettelmann bu ilding, at northwest corner of _5th and Mam s tr e e ts . This was tte old stand of the Western Conservatory of Music. I t was to this bu ild in g that primary teacher, Miss Myra Blanchard, took her primary group of NINETY-FIVE PUPILS, fo r the 1896-97 year. She must have had l i t t l e e lse t o do but to"keep ord er". But she succeeded, and the arrangement was continuea S r t t o t t bree j e a i , a fte r which the bu ild in g was used for the high sch ool p u p ils. The Public High S c h o o l.- There has been considerable uncertainty in the o ff ic e s o f the school~board S i tte sch ool superintendent as to whether R olla had and mam t f i S d a h i S sch ool “ ring the period 1864 to 1900. Our study seems to rudrcate that t S ^ w 4 , continuously, such a sch ool - a PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL p ^ o l that even before that, there was the more or le s s "private" George Allen School, ™vnnh d e fin it e ly from 1865 to 1869 had a high school in R olla. * Tv,e PUBLIC* high sch ool seems to have started in 1869, when P rof. • ^-ar c took charge o f Holla* s sch ools. During tte 1880's, the school board on one occasion ordered the "p rin cip a l" to discontinue high school studies - and ohen promptly^ resoS d ed the S S e r ! There WAS a public high school, presided over by the .'prin cipal"

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Angry School Teacher Horse_-Whip_s 5cho_ol_Boanl_Member. - Miss Myra Blanchard had hardly moved in to the old Goettelmann bu ilding w ith her NINETY FIVE primary pupils when sch ool board member F. E. Dowd accused her o f submitting to hugs and k isses by a Mr. Matson - while s t i l l in the sch ool room. In a meeting of the school board, Mr. Dowd demanded that Miss Blanchard be discharged. But the re st o f the board members, a fte r in v estig a tin g , decided that the charges were fa ls e , and so exhonorated Miss Blanchard. Miss Blanchard did not so l i g h t l y consider the matter. She, teeming with anger, found a chance fo r adequate revenge. A week a fter the in cid en t, in September, 1896, she was rid in g up Pine street with her father when she espied Mr. Dowd coming out of the Grant Hotel, at 8th and Pine. Grabbing the horse whip, she jumped out and began whipping Mr. Dowd. Trying to escape, he han across Pine and down 8th to the b rick McCaw bu ild in g, h a lf way d*wn to the F risco tracks - Miss Blanchard follow in g with the whip. Mr. Dowd did not long reta in his place on the School Board, and presen tly disposed of his abstract o f f ic e and other R olla business in te r e s ts . The news re p orter g le e f u lly said, " Mr. Dowd won't ever ou tlive th is d isg ra ce. Miss Blanchard is a pure and honest g i r l . GOODY 1 ". Schqol_of Mines_ Abolishes^ Preparatory; C ourse.- At the end of the y e a r's term fo r 1893-94, the School o f Mines abolished the preparatory course offered fo r many years, and admitted only on the basis o f a high sch ool diploma. This made i t neces sary fo r R olla pu blic schools to provide a l l necessary high school in stru ctio n to meet th is new School o f Mines p o lic y . M iysJ%bpterj_s_Private_Vocal_M usic_School.- On December 1, 1898, Miss Webster, a capable music teacher, presented her pupils in a r e c it a l at the Faulkner House ( .the former Crandall H o te l). Her pupils weie th ese: M ollis Powell May Deegan A lice Weddell . :W illie Ramsey Laura Faulkner Bessie Jadwin Marion Neuman M illard Faulkner Closing. Exercisers For S ch o o ls :- The 1898-99 sch ool year closed with a sp e cia l program on A pril 29, 1899 - which in d icates that the term had been for eig h t months. The program consisted o f the play "Snow White", and was given in Shaw's Opera House by the follow in g pupils who impersonated the follow in g characters: Prince .............. Dean Faulkner Snow White ...............May Coffman Carl the Huntsman Clyde Reinohl Queen ..................... M ollie Powell Harry the Dwarf..Fred McCaw Arbutus ........... A lice Blanchard Max, a Dwarf..Robert Montgomery D a fo d ill ........ Margaret Donnelly The year 1900-1901 closed w ith the presentation o f the play "Loura the Pauper" given at Shaw's Opera House. The participants were, these: •Walter Duby Alma Strobach .Edna Baughman George Cook Frank Thompson M ollie Powell Robt. Montgomery Fred McCaw Frank Oatley B elle Bulloch Ben Beddoe Eugene Bonebrake Clark Shaw D o ilie Gordon The Phelgs_County Scho£l_Superintendents. - From 1889 to May of 1892, Thomas M. Hanrahan, who had succeeded W.S. Perkins, served as county superintendent. W. P. Kennedy served from 1893 to May, 1897« John L. Lovelace succeeded fo r the years 1897-98 throu^i the 1899-1900 term. Together with two other^"commissioners" they prepared and adminis_tered the county teacher examinations, v is ite d schools, and s e le cte d textbooks. They thus were connected with R o lla 's sch o o ls. (South Central Teachers' A ssociation) ( See next jbage)

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The. South Central Teachersj_ Ass.o£iation Is_Organized. - (1892) This Asso c ia tio n grew out o f a June Tl892) session of the M issouri State Teachers' A ssocia t io n . The f i r s t , or organ izational, meeting o f the South Central ( "S.C.M .T.A."as i t is now and has been ca lled for years ) met fo r a two—day session in the Rolla Building" on the School of Mines campus on Tuesday, December 27, 1892. Since the A ssocia tion i s , and has been, a high ly important fa c to r in R o lla 's sch ool h isto ry , some d e ta ile d fa cts concerning th is f i r s t meeting are o f in te r e s t. There were in attendance some 64 school teachers from Phelps and surround ing counties - o f "South Central M issouri". Three prominent school o f f i c i a l s were present as s p e cia l guests and speakers. They were: State Supt. o f Schools, ^L.E. Wolfe ..S u p t. E. H. Long o f the S t. Louis school system . . . and P ro f. Francis E. Cook, p rin cip a l o f Crow School, S t. L ouis. P rof. E. D. Lucky, SCMTA president, o f the Adams School, S t.L ouis, ca lle d the meeting to order, the morning of Dec. 27th. Miss Bertha Brucher, R olla teacher, was chosen as secreta ry. Rev. George T. Ashley, pastor of R olla Methodist church, o ffe re d the opening prayer. ’ „ ,, Various papers were read and addresses given as fo llo w s : Miss Mary Hallo ran of Lebanon, presented a paper on "Use of the M etric Syatem." D iscussion follow ed by Hon. W. A. Via, Phelps Co. state represen tative, and by Thomas J. Jones . . B a ilie M illard . . R.L. Holmes ..and P rof. John B. S cott ( la te r probate ju d ge). P rof. A.L. McRae o f the School of Mines, showed the advantages o f the system. The afternoon session was opened with an address o f welcome from Direc or W. B. Richards, of the School o f Mines. P rof. Francis E. Cook responded. State Supt. L. E. Wolfe then follow ed with an address on "Investment and Organization , which d ea lt with " The Equipment and Training Of 'The Teacher". At an evening session in Shaw’ s Opera House ( 8th & Pine ), the VEuterpean Orchestra" composed of graduates o f the Western Conservatory, opened with appro-_ nriate s e le c tio n s . P rof. Francis Cook then gave an address on "Discovery _of America , which he illu s t r a te d with charts and maps. Both teachers and townsmen enjoye n_ ■ppp-i tof.-i ons which P rof. Cook then gave. n The second day, Wednesday, Dec. 28th, opened with Father 0 Loughlin, o f R olla C a th o lic d iS c h o ffe r in g prayer. This he did by asking the audience to jo in him ^ e a t f n / t h e i o S - a P r a / r . He then asked them to jo in in repeating the Apest i e s ' Creed! A ll h e a rtily join ed in the Prayer - but not so many knew the "Creed . These papers were then presented: " The Educational Value of Kinder gar en , by J r o f. Cook - d iscu ssion by D irector Richards; and " The Importance of Mus ic In the Public S ch ool", by Miss Marie L. Turner, p rin cip a l o f the Clayton ( m o . ) pu blic sf'hnnls — d iscu ssion by P rof. Cook and J«S« Stevenson. . The morning session concluded with appointment o f _committees on R e so lu tio n s,. . ,. _ Time and Place for future meetings. t o T t h i\ t , P rof. A. L. McRae of the School of Mines demonstrated k ith i n d e n t i n g "Experiments .in P hysics". School f ™ * * ? * ^ Torrence J.B. Donnan, Byron Smith join ed in d iscu ssion . . . . . P r o f . S te rl g „ q • ’ fMp-iri ( le t e r of R olla) and Mrs. Claude D. i(M arie) Jamison expressed The sev era l committees reported: On R esolutions, offered thanks to the R olla fo r lodging and entertainment, and to the Euterpean S s-o to the o f f ic e r s of SCMTA, and to a l l -h o participated State Superintendent W olfe"s p o lic ie s and progM t were enOT m' e t l wouid be Time and Place announced that the date and p i oe ^ v i s io n s o f the State determined by the SCMTA prrsident - and a lso by the other d iv is io n s _ i

J ! " i / s f ^ o u C 1S^ I c e C? r e s S re n t f d1 « cS . / ^ d ^ i c e President, P rof. B .’ e . Barnard of the R olla sch ools.

For Reoordmg

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Secretary, Miss Mary Halloran, of Lebanon, was chosen. She was a lso Treasurer. The Corresponding S ecretary was to be chosen la t e r . The_ Final Session , on Wednesday evening, December 28th, at Shaw's Opera House, featured a declamatory con test, the program fo r which was t h is : Music: ............................................................................... Euterpean Orchestra. Prayer: ..................................................................................... Rev. J.A. Annin. "Our Folks" ........................................... Mr. Emerson, o f Crawford County. " How Miss Wiggins Painted The House" . . . . Maude B. M itch ell, R olla . "Wild Z i n g a r e l l a ....................................................... Miss Morse, o f De Soto. " Poor House Men" ...................................* Miss Mary VanWormer, o f R olla . " Come Here" ...........................................Miss Withaup, o f Willow Springs. " S is te r and I " ................................................... Lulu M. Seay, o f Salem. Music: ............................................................................. Euterpean Orchestra. The con test judges awarded f i r s t prize to Miss Withaup, second to Maude B. M itch ell. The clo s in g event was a sumptuous banquet, served in the Grant Hotel by Mrs. H. M. Shaw. One hundred and f i f t y persons, including R olla*s topmost c i t i zens, were in attendance. ...T o t a l re ce ip ts from various c o lle c tio n s amounted to $105.10 5om e _ fin a l_ s ta tis tic£ : In a l l , 146 teachers were en ro lle d . " The glory; of the £ntire_sesrion_w as_the_declam atory_contest" . ...M is s Bertha Brucher. the con vention secretary, was h igh ly commended fo r her work. Mrs. C. D. (Marie) Jamison drew high praise, and was endorsed as one of Phelps County school commissioners in the on-coming e le c t io n . Supt. Long's paper on "Kindergarten" was named as the best paper read. Miss Turner's paper on "Music" brought the remark that " a jcerson_with no music in his_ soul_had_no busine_ss_being_a_schoo 1 room_teache_r" . Tne papers^ on "Teacher Tenure" by Mrs. Jamison and P rof. S.P. Brad ley evoked diverse discu ssion . P ro f. Bradley objected to the current "sch ool superintendent" demand that a l l teachers o f a given county must attend a summer "In stitu te fo r Teachers", and pay a fee o f $3.00* . , . \ ' And thus ended a most remarkable convention ( fo r the times ) - uhe very f i r s t meeting of the S.C.M.T.A. T / F ift y years la t e r , in 1942, Mrs. Charles Smallwood, S r ., of S t. James ( nee Miss Josie Hogan ) brought to the present w riters, for copying, a large photograph o f the assembled members o f this convention. Present w riters printed a number on the p ictu re o f each person, fo r purposes of id e n t ific a t io n . The 64 persons so id e n t ifie d were th ese: 1. Miss Emma Askins ( Later married Edward S to v a ll). 2 Miss D olly Johnson ( Unmarried. Lived at Newburg). _ . 3. * Miss Emma Cleino ( as of 1942, deceased. Married Louis Chamberlain J. 4. Miss Emma Auerbach ( Married Dr. J.M. Martin, Edgar Springs;. 6*. M ss E llen 1: 9 10! 11. 12. 13 I t 15. 16. 17.

LeSeuer ( Married Bob Sturgeon.

In 1942, liv e d at Thomas, Okla.)

u I U e C£ i o k n (Married Sami. Gaddy, o f Tulaa. Later ^ fc * b " r g . Deceased,19^ ) Miss ExonaLeSeuer( Married Chas. N iles, No. 64- as of 1942, in C aliforn ia ) Mrs. Marie Jamison ( Wife of Claude D. Jamison. Went to Phoenioc,Anz. D ^ s e d ) Miss Bertha Brucher ( Married ----------- • Died 9^ Miss E s te lla Duckworth ( Mrs. E. W. Walker, R olla . Wife o f No. 42). deceased) Miss E liz a Laney ( S ister of Peter Laney. L ately of Kan. City. As of 1942, deceased) Miss Ona Bishop ( Married Wm. Arthur Thomas. 1942 address, Edgar Springs,M o.) Miss Clementine ( "Tiny" ) Laney. Married James Cox. Deceased). Miss Cora Bknebrake ? or Miss Maggie Huffman ?

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18. Miss S a llie M illard ( Married Cornelius Roach, Mo. Secy. State, Kan.City,Mo.) 19. Dora I . Todd ( Married ___ Peterson. L ately o f San F rancisco. Deceased.) 20. Miss Lucy McCracken ( In 1942 was Mrs. Chas. H ell, R olla. Deceased) 21. Miss Sarah Johnson ( Married Dr. __ Burns, Newburg, Mo. Her 1942 address,Newburg) 22. Miss Dosia Dawson ( Married Fred Huber. 1942, liv e d at St.James) 23. Miss Hattie Margedant ( 1942, deceased) 24. Mrs. M ollie Wofford ( Widow o f Salem, Mo. 1942, deceased) 25- Miss Margaret Laney ( S is te r o f P eter. 1942, liv in g , W ichita, Kan.) 26 . -Miss Josie Kilgore ( S ister o f Wm. K ilgore, of R olla) 2 7 . -Miss Emma Walker ( S is te r of Dr. E.W. Walker, dau o f Chas. P. Walker. Mrs August Rueh) 28. Miss Ethelyn Richardson ( Dau o f Mrs. Phoebe Richardson) 29. Miss Jane Wynn ( 2nd wife o f Robt. F o llo w ill. 1942 is deceased) 30. ??? 31. Miss Edith Wescott 32. Miss Kate Phelps ( Married Joe Melton. 1942, liv e s at Edgar Springs) 33. Miss Agnes Margedant ( Married Alonzo Dunham, o f Beggs, Okla, 1942) 34. Miss Anna Powell ( S is te r of E u lalie and Arthur Powell of R olla) 35 . Miss Kate Mooney ( Married Wm. Collum. In 1942, is at San Francisco) 36. Miss A lice Ten Eyck ( Deceased as of 1942) 37. Miss Anna Mooney ( S ister of Kate, No. 35* Deceased ) 38 . ‘ Miss Inez Bradish ( Married W ill Devault, S t. L ouis. Deceased ) 39. Miss Gertrude Lemon ( Married Alton Hutcheson, of Newburg. Mother of V irgin ia Newsham, R olla teacher. Gertrude i s deceased) 40. Miss Josie Hogan (Married Chas. Smallwood, S r., St .James. SHE DONATED TH^S_PIC_iURE_) 41. ??? A2*. Dr! Edw. W. Walker ( R olla d e n tis t. Married E stelle Duckworth,No. 12. Is deceased) 43. ??? 44. John Laney ( Brother of Peta? Laney. Deceased.) 45. Peter Laney ( F ir s t husband of Mrs. Fred Smith, R olla . Deceased. E xcellent teacher,) 46 . John C. Wilson ( Former Phelps Co. assessor. Deceased) 47- John K. Powell ( Brother of E u lalie and Arthur. Deceased) „ t \ 48 • Mr. John C o llie r 49. Thomas V. Wilson ( O f Maries Co., Mo. Deceased. With A lice TenEyck, taught at Dixon) 50. John R* Yelton (V et. teacher of 1942. Teaches at D illa rd . Lives on M ill Creek) 51. Francis E. Wendt ( Of S t. James. Taught at Newburg. Deceased) 52. Alton Hutcheson ( Newburg. Father i f Mrs. V irgin ia Newsham,Rolla . Deceased; $3. P ro f. P. J. W ilkins ( "Peter Jimmy". English P rof, at M.S.M. ^Deceased) Court Walker ( Cousin of J. E llis Walker o f R olla . Taught Cleino sch ool. Deceased) 54. P rof. R.E. Barnard ( Supt. R olla Schools. Deceased ) < . . 55. Tom Walker ( Brother of Court. Newburg. Now m inister, Christian Church) 56 . Edward Arthur ( Of Weeco. 1 st husband of E lizabeth Mansbridge, now Mrs M.H.Thornberry) 57. 58. Roscoe Harris ( Married Anna Pryor. Lived 1 mi. east o f Green Acte farm. Deceased) 59. I d e n t i c . cation uncertain: ( l ) Peter C hristie ? (2) Jos. Livingstone ? ( 3 ) P ro f. Hayes, o f V ichy-St.Jam es-S teelville Seminaries . . W. Thos. Denison ( Married Josie Freeman. In 1942, R olla re a lt or) . 60. W. S. Perkins ( Deceased. Former Ph. Co. Supt. Schools. Married A lice Smith, 61 . s is t e r o f Landon and S terlin g Smith, Rolla . . W. A. Hollowpeter ( Father of Mrs. Geo. Breuer,_ grandfather o f Marvin Breuer, 62. o f the "Yankee" ba seball team. Ask also Mrs. Ernest Perry, R olla) J O liver McCaw ( Deceased. Lived north of R olla ) . s 63. C h a S e r S ile s ( Married Ex ona LeSeuer, No. 9. In 1942, both liv in g in C a l if .) 64 . ------ END OF THE LIST ------

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The l894_PhelDs Counjy_Teacher_s I n s t it u t e .- Despite the founding o f the South Central M issouri Teachers A ssociation, the Phelps County teachers, on is is te n c e o f the county superintendent and others, continued th e ir annual in s tit u t e s . This one convened the week of June 21, 1894, in R olla . I t was led by county superintendent W. P. Kennedy and R o lla 1s sch ool p rin cip a l, P ro f. T. J. Jones. The follow in g l i s t o f attendants includes the names of many o f R o lla ’ s veteran teachers. Patterson, L.T. Laman, Kirby Asher, Mary •Groover, Clara R ichter, E liza Livingston, A.A. A tteberry, Minnie Granger, A lice Richardson, Grace B ritten, A.B. Germann, Frank A. Lepper, Annie R olufs, R.T. Lovelace, J.S. Bonebrake, Harry E. Gough, E.P. Lick, A.B. Ray, Maggie G ille s p ie . Lida Blanchard T Habe1 Richardson, Ethelyn Lann, N.E. Given, Lenis Brewster, J.M. Skyles, G.A. M illard, L im a Hoover, Mamie Buskett, Mary P. Smith, Tennie M illard, Mary H olipeter, W.A. Bonebrake, Cora Stone, T ill ie Hess, James McMaster, E l l i s Culbertson, Hattie Southgate, Margaret B. McCaw, W.O. Howland, Ida C leino. Henry Soest, Addie McCracken, John Harrison, T.A. Clothin, Myrtle Strawhun, Dora McCaw, N.E. Castleman, B.R. He imber ger, Emma Todd, L.A. M cClafferty, Agnes Huffman, Maggie C leino, Chas. Vaden, J.F. M iles, Henry M. Johnson, D o llie Crow, Mrs. Ida Walker, Emma Mor g an, Min nie Johnson, Sarah Case, J.T. Meriwether, Mrs. B. Weisenbach, Addie Jones, Mrs. T.J. Case, A.B. Welch, Jas. N iles, C.E. John, W.N. Dunham, F. J. We s co tt, Edith Nickels, Lulu Jones, Minnie Denison, W.T. W hifley, Minnie P etra g lio, Em m a James, W.D. E l l i s , M irtie Whitaker, Susie Powell, Annie Kirby, W m Faulk, Ross Widner, Frank P h illip s , Edw Knapp, Maggie Godwin, Annie Wood, Henry W. Walker, Jennie Kline, Florence Gorman, Annie Yelton , Burr And w ith th is we conclude the account of SCHOOLS for the: 1890’ s .

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The B aptist Church.- The pastors o f the Rhlla Baptist Church fo r the period 1890 to 1901 were these: Term Began Ended____ S.A. Smith Ended 1895 n. N. Gough .........................................Nov., I 89O Geo. Creekmore . . 1896 W. H. Mayfield ........ Nov., 1890 May, 1892 No pastor .......... 1897 George Maness ........... Nov., 1892 ____ , 1894 A.E. B olster ( During period 1897-1900, sometime) Orig in al_Church Destroyed By_Eire. - A t e r r i f i c set-back occurred on Tuesday, October 10, 1893, when the b e a u tifu l church, erected in 1875, went up in smoke. I t was a fter midnight, just a few minutes a fte r 1:00 A.M., when Mr. Coffman, night watch man, discovered that the bu ild in g was on f i r e . He sounded the alarm, and forthwith the organized firem ens' company came with hand pump, buckets, hook and ladders. A crowd of c it iz e n s assembled. But nothing could be done to save the b u ild in g . I t was too fa r gone. With a tremendous crash, the 9 0 -fo o t spire tumbled - and soon a fte r the whole bu ild in g was a p ile of ashes. The cause o f the f i r e remained a s e cr e t. Some supposed i t was the work of an arson. Others thought that ca reless tramps had found a way in to the basement, to sleep there, and in some way had set the f i r e . The estimated 40SS was $4,000. With th e ir meeting place now destroyed, the B aptists fo r the time held services at the Court House, meanwhile s o lic it in g funds f o r a new b u ild in g . A new b rick structure was planned and b u ilt , being completed the winter of 1894* This, too, went up in flames on December 20, 1952. The R olla Catholic jChur ch. - No extraordinary event occurred in th is church v ,, from 1890 to 1900. Father P atrick B. 0'Lougnran, the pastor, served the en tire p eriod . He continued to e s ta b lis h new churches throughout South Central M issouri. He kept up his vigorous in te re s t in young people. A fa v o rite pastime was spending an afternoon or morning with the boys o f the R olla B icycle Club, as they pedaled, p ic n ic bound, to some c o o l, shady spot by a country spring - and had th eir pictures taken. One such photograph in our f i l e s shows Father 0'Loughlin with his group o f b ic y c le boys. Tbe_ R olla C hristian Church.- No event of s p e c ia l importance occurred in this church during the 1 8 9 0 's. The members had now taken over the South Methodist b rick b u ild in g at 8th and Main s tr e e ts , which had been b u ilt in 1882. The South Methodist organization had a l l but disappeared. Those who, more or le ss in term itten tly, served the church as pasters included the follow in g "E lders” : Robert Turner John Giddens W. J. Frost John D illon D. D. Lamar P rof. J.M. Morris . . Watson The Epis£ojoal Church.- The various Rectors who served this church during the 1890's, with th eir resp ective terms, were these: The R everends... William Johnson (1877-1892) ..JohnW . Higson (1893-1896). .Frank M. Weddell ( 1896-1910).......... Rev. Johnson, g re a tly beloved both by church and townsmen, and fa th er o f the likew ise respected and capable doctor, Robert L. Johnson, died in o ff ic e on Nov. 12, 1892, in his 81st year. Records in d icate that during Rev. Higson's pastorate this church b u ilt a wood frame re cto ry - b elieved NOT to be the la te r one erected during Rev. T r a g itt's pastorate ( 1911-1931). Chris Mintner, R o lla 's veteran stone mason, was laying the stone foundations during October, 1894. The b u ild in g was fin ish ed in ea rly 1895* Rev. Higson obtained $500 o f the constru ction funds from his S t. Louis fr ie n d s . The lo c a l congregation raised the remainder.

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,, The Ko^tj Methodist Church.- The pastors fo r this church, together with the years o f their resp ective terms, are as fo llo w s . The Reverends-" I.J .K . Lunbeck . . . (1887-1891) H. B. F o s t e r ............(1898-99) T* Ashley . (1892-93) Francis S. Beggs . (1900-1905) A. D. n a i l ............ (1894-98) U

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, ve bak*r note o f two even ts . First., under Rev. B a ll, the north w all of the b])lld ln g >0-fffl1864 was torn out and a new alcove b u ilt north some 12 fe e t to the edge of the sidewalk. Several memorial windows were in sta ix ed . The alcove flo o r was kept le v e l, but the f l o o r elsewhere was sloped toward the south, so that the congregation, fa cin g in southerly d ire c tio n , faced the p u lp it, now centered on the south Jo An LtSer ln te r lo r Ganges were made to match. The improvements had cost sone si-2, 500 . The improved church was dedicated by Bishop Thomas Bowman on Sunday, February The^Second event concerned the Rev. George Ashley (1892-93). He was keenly in te rested in Sunday School work and organization, and became president o f tie Phelps County Sunciay School A ssocia tion because of th is . Furthermore, he wrote a weekly r e lig io u s column in the R olla Herald containing, among other things, fresh news o f l o c a l and n a tion a l Sunday School a f fa ir s , And he conducted re v iv a l meetings. . . But as of November, 1893, at clo se o f conference year, he resigned to "go in to other b u sin ess". The Gernan Benevolent A ssociation, of Peoria, I l l i n o i s , employed him to s e l l insurance fo r the concern in Kansas. But when Rev. Ashley arrived, he learned that t h is concern had no lice n s e to operate in Kansas. He_was_out_of a jo b 1 As of February, 1894, Rev. Ashley had sued the company for $26,000. We have not learned the outcome - probably i t fa ile d . We are uncertain as to what he did from then to 1896 - but as of December, 1896, he was e d itin g the "C larion ", a news paper o f E n field , I l l i n o i s . There had to_be_ a way of earning the d a ily bread - an} perhaps a lso some way of broadcasting his r e lig io u s and Sunday School p r o c l i v i t i e s , o f promoting "THE GOOD NEWS" and advocating the "GOOD LIFE". The H olla Presbyternan_Church. - There was but one pastor fo r this church throughout the 1890's - the Rev. John A. Annin - a much loved m inister. He served from June of 1880 u n t il June o f 1891. Added to his g re a tly respected service \A/as that o f h is two daughters, the Misses Laura and Rebecca Annin. Miss Laura, e s p e c ia lly , became one of R o lla 1s topmost instrumental music teachers. She was, for a time, a member o f the fa c u lty o f the Western Conservatory of Music. Several of the r e c it a l programs she d irected appear in out section on R o lla 's musical entertainment. The. South Hejhodists_And_S^vent_h_Day_Advenji_st£. - The South Methodists s t i l l had a few members during tie 1890's - as did the Advents. However, neither had church e d ific e s or pastors or p u blic s e rv ice s. Members may have had a few meetings at p riva te homes. And thus we conclude our sketches of R olla church h isto ry fo r the 1890's.

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HOLLA'S FRATERNAL ORDERS THROUGH THE 1890‘ s . f ° y - - C§?4. 0f_Lod£es,_1890 And 1 8 2 3 .- R o lla 's l i s t of lodges and lik e s o c ie tie s remained p r a c t ic a lly constant throughout the 18 9 0 's. We include here the l i s t s as they were p u b licized in 1890 and I 893 . The L is t_ o f 1890 was this : The Royal Arch Masons No. 155 Odd Fellows I.O.O.F #8967 Knights o f Labor The Blue Lodge 213 A.F. & A.M. Daughters o f Rebecca No. 115y A.O.U.W. tt . *f w• — •v/ flu #d#• Chapter 176, Eastern Star. ft5b R olla Legion of S elect Knights Grand Army o f the Republic (G .A.R.) Henry Wilson Post L. No. 190. To the far 1893 was added the E noch/F errell Camp, Sons of Veterans. In tnat year, the Knights of Labor were not lis t e d , but may have functioned. ALl^ o f the Masonic groups met in the Masonic Hall - when not burned down. The lodge met^ in the Toomey Building, immediate northwest corner of 7th and Pine follow ing the f i r e o f 1904. . . . A l l the other groups met in Odd Fellows H all, which to now we have not been able t o lo c a t e . The New Masonic H all_0f 1889-I8^G.- The Masonic Hall that existed in 1889 was consudered unsafe, because o f f i r e danger. I t was thus that on July 19, 1890, the JMLue ^Lodge ( A .i . & A.M. No. 213 ) voted to build a new two—story brick "Temple" at the immediate southeast corner o f 7th and Pine s tr e e ts . To do so, i t was necessary to^move the e x is tin g bu ild in g ( Hall No. 3 ) from the s i t e . This was done by Robert McCaw. The bu ild in g was re -lo ca te d some 90 fe e t nearer to the F risco ra ilroa d , but on south side of 7th s tr e e t, where i t presen tly burned. The new building would rest on the old 7 th and Pine street s it e . Mork on the new building was under way by October 2, 1890 . Excavation started on the $ th . A rch itect Henry H. Hohenschild, during November, drew plans and s p e c if i va tion s. By A p ril 3 , 1891, Messrs. Xavier P lottn er and F e lix P etrag lio had the base ment w alls completed. B rick work was started in May, and on June 11, with appropriate Masonic ceremonies, the corner stone was la id . That occasion ca lled for much r e jo ic in g . At 2:30 P.M., a formidable street parade took o f f from Odd Fellows corner ( lo c a tio n ? ) . I t was headed by tie R olla cornet band, follow ed by Rolla*s mayor, Joseph Campbell and the c it y cou n cil and some 200 Free Masons. . . . At the bu ild in g, Judge Charles C. Bland gave a h is to ry of the R olla lod g e. The corner stone, o f Ita lia n marble, was placed in_the_northea£t_corner o f the b u ild in g . "In the "memorial box" behind the corner stone were placed a B ible, a membership r o l l , the Lodge's con stitu tio n , Bland's h istoryn of the Lodge, and "photo graphs o f the three former Lodge h a lls - Nos. 1 - 2 - and 3 ". The ceremonies concluded with an address by the Rev. Dr. Jojgn D. V in cil - a great frien d o f R olla, a curator o f the U niversity of M issouri, and a great frien d o f the School o f Mines. He was from St. L ouis. B uilding Is d ed icated . - With sim ilar ceremonies, the completed Hall was dedi cated on Tuesday, January 19, 1892. A rch itect H.H. Hohenschild acted as substitute fo r M issou ri's State Grand Marshal. . . . The bu ilding thus erected and dedicated was destroyed by fir e on September 17, 1904. I ts f i r s t flo o r had been used from the beginning by the fin n o f Livesay and Love, who dispensed farm machinery and hardware. The Eastern Star_In 182.3^- The Eastern Star lodge in R olla has always been a ctiv e and strong, doing fin e and b e n e fic ia l things fo r the community and i t s people. Just as a sample, this l i s t o f o ff ic e r s as of 1893' Worthy Matron, Mrs E lla R. Smith Treasurer, Mrs. C l i f f . E. French Worthy Patron, Edward Dunivin Conductress, Mrs. Robert McCaw A sst, ife.tron, Mrs. Ju lia W. Poole A sst. Conductress, Mrs. R. Dickerson Secretary, Edward Arthur Chaplain, Mrs. Albert S. Long. In 1899, Miss Jean McCaw was ele cte d Yiforthy Matron. Those wishing for a complete h isto ry of these lodges may examine a copy o f P ro f. Richard K err's story, " A Century of Free Masonry In R olla, M issouri", w ritten in I960. I t is f i le d in the o f f ic e o f the Masonic Blue Lodge secretary, R olla .

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^ IiOj|ges_0ther_Than Maspnic^.— We have few d e ta ils concerning the lodges other than the Masonic. Of these others, there were the Knights o f Pythias, and the Ancient Order Of United Workmen. On December 16, 1892, the Pythians staged a grand_ba.ll at the Grant H otel. The charge per couple was i#>2.00. The committee on arrangements consisted o f James A. Spilman, Frank Baumeister, Arthur Corse, and William H eller. In December, 1893, the Pythian o f f ic e r s were these: Chancellor . . Henry Seele Keeper o f Records . . Frank A. Baumeister Vice Chancellor . . Hamilton E. Baker Master o f Arms . . William Hawkins Probate . . Arthur Corse Master o f Exchequer . . William H eller, Sr Master of Work . . Louis Heimberger The Ancient Order jcf_United Workmen ( A .O .U .W .).- As o f December, 1893, this group had these o f f ic e r s : Master Workman . . John P. Kaine Financier . . Morris Fraizer Foreman . . Jas, B. Harrison Receiver . . Henry Wood Overseer . . George Crandall Guide . . S terlin g Smith Recorder . . John Hardin O.W. - John Mansbridge THE TELEPHONE SYSTEM The Holla Telephone System.- In May o f 1891, long distance telephone lin e s were being strung from R olla north to Vichy, Lane's P ra irie , and to Vienna. Going south were lin e s to Houston and Cabool. In July, 1891, the R olla-L ickin g lin e was up. A group o f business o ff ic e r s , or d ir e c to r s , was chosen, including A lbert S. Long . W.S. N ichols . . Tom Bland . . Thomas M. Jones . . and Taylor Grisham. Noel A. Kinney was the general superintendent. In 1898, the Rolla-Salem lin e was b u ilt . And in 1899, the R olla system " was assuming large p roportion s", going out in to the country area surrounding R olla , as w ell as in to most o f the stores and o ff ic e s in town. THE ROLLA POST OFFICE. The Uo_S_L P o s t_ 0 ffice I n _ R o l l a U p t o August o f 1893, the post o f f i c e had been in the former bank-and-post o f f ic e bu ildin g, on north side of 8th s tr e e t, lyin g between lim its of 93 and 138 feet east from Pine s tr e e t. But as o f such date, numerous c itiz e n s p etition ed to have i t moved to the new "Campbell B uilding", at immediate southwest corner of 7th and Pine s tr e e ts . President Cleveland had been ele cte d , with re su lt that the c it iz e n p e titio n was granted, and the Republican incumbent, Ham. E. Baker, was succeeded by Democratic Gen. Ewing Y. M itch ell. The actual move was made on Tuesday, October 31, 1893* Gen. M itch ell named his daughter, Maude, as the attendant at the general d e liv e ry window - a place she capably f i l l e d fo r the next four years. In 1894, the postm aster's salary was raised from $1,300 to $ 1,400 per year. Then, in March, 1894, p ro fe ssio n a l robbers blew up the safe and escaped with $145*88 in cash and $1,203 in stamps. ...1 8 9 4 was an unlucky year fo r former postmaster Ham.. E. Baker, former R olla mayor, fo r in May he was arrested and charged with em bezzlement o f post o f f ic e funds while in o f f i c e . He was trie d , found g u ilty , and sentenced to two years in the state prison, with added fin e o f $275 plus court c o s ts . In 1897 he was pardoned by President Cleveland. He returned to R olla fo r a b r ie f time, then with fam ily removed to P ittsburg, Kansas. In 1897, the salary o f the o f f ic e was raised from $1,400 to $1,500. And in 1898, the Republicans were back in power, with President William McKinley at the helm. Gen. M itch ell on Monday, March 7, 1898, turned the o f f ic e over to Charles Strobach, S r ., who served out the remainder of the decade. THE ROLLA BANKS, 1890 - 1900 The_ R olla State_ Bank.- Up to September o f 1894, when the Rolla State Bank f i r s t opened fo r business, there had been only one such in s titu tio n in town - the National Bank of R olla . Now i t had a com petitor. Joseph Campbell, S r ., was the

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prime mover. He had la t e l y completed constru ction o f the tw o-story b rick "Campbell Block" at immediate southwest corner of 7th and Pine s tr e e ts , The post o f f ic e had occupied one o f the f i r s t flo o r rooms - the new bank took the other. The second f l o o r furnished o f f i c e s fo r lawyers and o th e rs. The new bank's f i r s t fin a n c ia l statement was published on October 3 1895. I t reported these fig u r e s : T nrv, / L°!'ns out ••-$7°, 340.50 .......... Total deposits . . . $55,807.33. . . -Interesting. 1 In 1896, i t s o f f ic e r s were these: President, Joseph Campbell, Sr. Cashier, James B. S a lly Vice President . . B.L. Knapp A sst. Cashier . . Charles M. Knapp The Board o f D irectors consisted o f the above, plus these: Robert A. Love . . . Joseph A. Smith . . . and Thos. J. Jones. Paid in ca p ita l stock was $ 2 7 ,0 0 0 ...T otal resources, $74,206.29. L ia b ilit ie s were the same...........As of December, 1898, the c a p ita l sto ck had been increased to $ 40, 000 . The National_Bank o f _ R o l l a A s of January 1, 1893, the o ff ic e r s o f the N ational Bank were these: President, Cyrus H. Frost ...C a sh ie r, David W, Malcolm . The D irectors were: David W. Malcolm A. J. Seay Edmund W. Bishop 0. H. Frost A lbert S. Long John R. Bowman F. H. B arnitz. In I 896 the o f f ic e r s were these . . Edmund W. Bishop having died in 1895. President, Albert S. Long ...V ic e P res., Andrew J. Seay . . Cashier, D.W.Malcolm. The d ir e c t o r s were the foregoin g plus David E. Cowan . . . C liffo r d E. French . . . J. *M. Diehl . . . and F.H. Barnitx. The fin a n c ia l report of January 1, 1896, contained these fig u re s: Capital stock, $50,000 . . . Surplus, $10,000 . . . U.S. Bonds on d ep osit, $12,000 ...a n d Stockholders' fund, $50,000. In January o f 1898, the o f f ic e r s were these: President, David W. Malcolm ...V ic e P res., A .J. Seay ...C a sh ie r & Secretary, C liffo r d E. Fr ench. The follow in g were the d ire c to rs : D. W. Malcolm Frank Baumeister William Beddoe A. J. Seay David E. Cowan C. E. French Thomas M. Jones President David W. Malcolm died May 29, 1898, and was replaced as president by Andrew J. Seay, who had been the t e r r it o r i a l governor of Oklahoma. Albert S. Long took Mr. Malcolm's place as d ir e c to r , and Thomas M. Jones became vice presiden t. The_ Newburg And R olla B u ild ing & Doan Company.- This concern was incorporated in la te August or e a rly September, 1892. As of January 5, 1893, i t s ca p ita l stock was announced as $120,000. I ts o f f ic e r s were these: President, A lbert S. Long Vice President . . J . M. Diehl Treasurer . . Perry D. Hawkins Secretary . . K. P. Alexander Attorney . . Thomas M. Jones

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llie R olla Bujdness_Mens' _Club. - As early as larch 10, 1884, some th ir ty R olla business men had met to organize a "Rolla Board o f Trade". They adopted A r tic le s of A ssociation, elected o f f ic e r s , and promoted such p r o je c ts as were o f general business or community in te r e s t. Now, in 1891, a sim ilar group was spoken of as " The Business Mens' Club." As o f February, 1891, the o ff ic e r s were these: President, Dr. J. D. C arpen ter... Vice President, P rof. E.A. Drake, o f the School of Mines . . . Secretary, C liffo r d E. French . . . Treasurer, Henry Wood. The board o f d ire c to rs included these, plus 1P rof. :■ Walter B. Richards, o f the School o f Mines, Dr. H .I. Wark, and Messrs. J.^ . Livesay and Walbridge Powell. In modern times, we would c a ll th is a "chamber o f commerce". The o ffic e r s were a l l su b stan tial, enth u siastic town promoters. ROLLA'S BUSINESSES, 1890-1900 We have the follow in g l i s t s o f the businesses conducted in R olla as o f the two separate years, 1891 and 1897. They should serve to in dicate the business con d itio n s in R olla during the 18 90's. The two l i s t s are as fo llo w s: 18 9 1 Churches ......................... (3 Meth.-2 B a p t.-l Cath ( l - E p i s c .- l P resb y t.( 1-C h ristn . ) Banks ............................... Hotels ......................... . . 3 9 Boarding houses .......... Dry Goods stores . . . . . . 2 G roceries, gen l. mdse .21 Mens1 cloth i n g ............ . 1 General cloth in g ........ . 2 M illin er shops ............ . 1 Boot & shoe shops . . . . . 1 Shoemakers .................... . 1 Saddle & harness shop . 1 Jeweler shop, clocks . . 3 Drug stores ................... . 2 Book & news shops . . . . . 1 Hardware stores .......... . 1 Furniture stores ........ . 1 Restaurants .................. . 1 9 Photo g a lle r ie s .......... Gunsmiths .......................................... Sewing machine store . . 1 Music store .................................. Butcher shops ........................... . 1 Bakery ..................................................... . 1 .F lo r is t .................................................. 9 Nurseryman ...................................... . 1 Barber shop ................................... . 1 L ivery sta ble ........................... • 3 Sawmill . .............................................. 9 FI nnr* mi 1 "1fi ................... . 2 . 2 Wagon making sh op . . . . . 2 Planing m ill ................. . 1 Cigar fa cto r y .............. . 1

_______ 1 8 9 7 Churches .......................... (2 Meth9-2 B a p t.-l Cath • (l-E p is c . - 1 Presbyt. ( 1-C hristn. ) Banks ................................ 1 Hotels ............................... 2 Boarding houses 5 Dry Goods stores .......... 5 G roceries, genl.mdse. . 8 Men s 1 c l o t h i n g .............. 1 General cloth in g . . . . . . 9 M illin e r shops .............. 3 Boot & shoe shops ........ 1 Shoemakers ...................... 3 Saddle & harness shop . 1 Jeweler shop, clocks . . 2 Drug stores ...................................... 2 Book & news shops ................ 2 Hardware stores ............ 2 Furniture stores .......... 2 Restaurants .................... 2 Photo g a lle r ie s ............ 2 Gunsmiths ............................................. 1 Sewing machine store . , 1 Music store ...................................... 1 Butcher shops ............................... 3 Bakery ......................................................... 2 F lo r is t ..................................................... 1 Nurseryman .......................................... 1 Barber shop ...................................... 3 Livery stable ............................... 3 Sawmill ............................ 1 FI our mi l l s ........ 2 Elevator .......................... 1 Wagon making s h o p ........ 9 9 Planing m i l l ........ . Cigar fh c t o r y ................ 1

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Some_Individual Store 11 em^, _1890-1900. - We have the follow in g l i s t o f R olla merchants o f various kinds who operated during the 1890’ s: A bstra cts: F. E. Dowd and David Cowan teamed up to conduct an abstract-® £t i t l e business during the la te '18 90's. Their records are now those of the Phelps County Abstract Co., W illiam Tandy, owner. M illin e r s : Throughout the decade, and even b e fo re , the Misses Augusta and ______________ Gratzmuller were R o lla 1s topmost m illin e r s . In 1893 at le a s t, Mrs. James L. Smith was a com petitor. T a ilo r : Mr. R .J. Hoare was perhaps the outstanding R olla t a ilo r o f h is time. He served R olla*s men at le a s t from 1891 through 1896. Dispensers_qf Clothing_&_Dry_Goods. - In 1893, Smith Brothers ( Landmn and S te rlin g T , together with M illard Godwin, Love, Livesay & Co., sold dry goods and a general lin e of clo th in g . William H eller, S r., sold mens* clo th in g . You could get dress goods at the Love-Live say store . Grovers : In 1891-92, Mrs. Catherine Greaber dispensed g ro ce rie s and other merchandise at the northeast corner of 7th and Pine. She had been there fo r years previou sly. Daniel Donahoe had a b ig store at southwest corner o f 8th and Pine, s it e of today’ s S cott Drug s to r e . In 1893, the Smith brothers and Chas. Schuman were s e llin g g r o ce r ie s . Welch and Craig operated at le a s t during 1896, and C.P. Reinohl opened a general store in March, 1897, but sold to John F alls in December. General Merchants: We have mentioned the Daniel Donahoe and John F a lls sto re s. F alls store was in the old Toomey b u ild in g, northwest corner of 7th and Pine. Love, Livesay & Co. were on f i r s t flo o r o f the Masonic Hall, 7th and Pine. They handled dress goods, boots and shoes, heating stoves, hardware, and farm machinery. In 1896, L.D. Germann had the store in the Toomey bu ild in g, the tw o-story b rick so long known as the "North Side Grocery". Mrs. Boas had p reviou sly had th is s to r e . A.M. _M illard_Quits_—_Leave_s Rolla_.— A.M. M illard was also a general merchan d ise man. He had most a l l kinds o f items - dry goods, cloth in g, queensware,dishe s, and so on. His store was next west of the F risco tracks, midway between 7th and 8th s tr e e ts . Sometime around 1890, his store was destroyed by f i r e . P rices were low, business d u ll, He sadd "he had had i t , " and would do no more business in R olla. With his fam ily, he removed to Houston, in Texas county, his former home. Drug S to re s: Two p rin cip al drug stores operated during the 1890's, ( l ) The Rowe-Faulkner or "Outside" drug store . This seems to have grown out o f the old Yost and Sample drug store of 1875. Dr. Samuel B. Rowe bought the old store of Mr. Sam p le , and p resen tly b u ilt the tw o-story brick on west side cf Pine s tre e t midway between 7th and 8th s tr e e ts . On September 10, 1891, the store was taken over by M illard F. Faulkner, who had married Dr. Rowe’ s daughter, Nancy. From then on, down in to the 1 9 2 0 's, the store was known as the "Faulkner Drug S tore". ( 2 ) The other drug store was owned and operated by Judgs John G. Hutcheson, who for a time took h is son, Dr. M.C. Hutcheson, in as partner. The son soon died, and John W. S cott began h is 60-year a sso cia tio n with the store. Jeweler - Watch & Clock Maker.- For many years, George W. Smith was R o lla 's unique, capabpe watch maker-gunsmith-jeweler - and dealer in musical instruments. In I 896, Henry Seele, former master m ille r at the R olla Flour M ills , o£ened a £chool wherein to teach the use o f the to o ls used by jew elers and watch makers. Furniture S to re : There had been numbers o f furniture stores in town prior to 1891. In that year the store, which to then had been conducted by P h ilip Van Frank, was sold to W.S. Temple, a brother o f Rolla*s J.M. Temple. The stores opened by Clarence Love and Harry McCaw would fo llo w . Bakery: The town's one bakery was owned and operated by A lbert E. Koch. I t was on the east side of Pine s tr e e t, midway between 7th and 8th s tr e e ts . I t sold "everything a bakery was supposed to nake", and was a popular establishm ent.

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MANUFACTURES AND INDUSTRY, IN 1890's 1 8 9 0 's *The follow in g manufacturing and in d u stria l enterprises existed during the _ Sadd]-es.j _Harne_ss^ Boote and Shoes: These in dustries u t iliz e d le a th e r. John PP Kaine, prominent a ls o in c it y cou n cil and sch ool board a ffa ir s , made harness and saddles. William Lepper and John Parker (negro) made high qu a lity boots and shoes. .p 31 was 30 honest and so g re a tly trusted that he was chosen whenever a re lia ~ ble s o c ie ty treasurer was wanted. He was the fa th er of Anna, the wife o f Charles Schuman. Mr. Parker was likew ise respected. He was the father of the talented daughter, Inez, a musician and poetess, who married Harold Griggs. The R olla Cheese_Factorjy_ani_Creamery;.- This industry, which had been launched oy a group o f staunch, en terprisin g R olla townbuilders in 18§0, had a short l i f e as such. In August o f 1891, i t was sold under deed o f tru st, and by A pril of 1892 nad been converted in to a private residen ce. However, private operators would in the la te teens and twenties, conduct a thrivin g d a iry out there <m east 10th s tr e e t. The R olla Flour M i l l s .- During the 1890»s, these m ills had a checkered career. As. o f March 14, 1891, they shut down, 7/orkmen pulled down the t a l l sheet metal smoke stack, and by A p ril the flou rin g machinery was being removed and shipped to o lin ton , M issouri, where a large plant had'been b u ilt . Joseph Campbell announced t h a t ," i f he could get his p r ic e " , he would s e l l the mill s it e . As of November, 1892, Wesley M. Smith and Chas. H. G ill had rented the site and m ill bu ild in gs, and had started a pork packing business. But that was discon tinued, and by 1896 Hans Tyson, former F risco roadmaster, teamed up with Henry Seele and had the m ill again equipped to^grind out flo u r . They made fiv e carloads a day. In May, I 896, Mr. Seele r e tire d , leaving Mr. Tyson as owner and manager. George Diehl became head m ille r . In March, 1897, the Eisenmayer-Heyde Mi 11 Furnish ing Co. o f S t. Louis overhauled the m ill, in s ta llin g new Jiachinery. Mr. Tyson then sold his flo u r under the name of "Log R o lle r 's C hoice". But by July 6 o f 1899, the -m ill was being operated by Mr. J.W. Eisenmayer, who was grinding out flo u rs named "S ilv e r Moon" . . "Beats 'em A ll" . . and "Queen of the Ozarks". Thus did the 1890's treat the R olla M ills .

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The_Beddoe_ Flour M i l l .- The Beddoe M ill continued, not too vigorou sly, through the decade. In 1891 i t was s t i l l grinding wheat and corn in to flo u r and meal, and carding wool. In July o f 1899, i t was being overhauled and repaired. The. Bowle_s_Elevator. - The Bowles M illin g Company had an eleva tor on the E.W. Bishop l o t at 6th and Pine s tr e e ts . I ts p ro p rie to r, WiHiam H. Bowles, had operated various m illin g en terprises at S t. James. This elevator had two separate bins, r e s p e ctiv e ly storin g 3,000 and 1,300 bushels of wheat. The concern in s ta lle d a steam engine to run the elevating machinery, and were buying 2,000 bushels o f wheat d a ily . The. Wagon Shops..- By 1890, the R olla wagon manufacturing industry was fa s t d e clin in g . Morris Fraizer s t i l l produced wagons - three in one day - but he also had a large stock on hand, and to get r id o f them, o ffered to take wheat in exchange fo r them. By 1893, he was operating a sawmill and doing custom blacksm ithing; and by I 896, he was s e llin g h is wagons fo r $ 50, and to supplement his business, was agent fo r farm machinery shipped in from the e a s t. His shop would soon c lo s e . The. Steam Laundry.- R olla had no lo c a l laundry of note u n til P ro f. J .0 . Jef fr e y s , the former Lincoln School teacher, establish ed a good steam laundry down by thd F risco Pond, in December of 1896. In March o f 1898 he added a new sp e cia l steam washer which had a capacity o f 100 sh irts per day. Through the years, his o rig in a l F risco Pond s ite has been occupied by various laundries - s t i l l there today ( 1969 ) . Bajmm£i^ter2.s_Gigar_Sho£.- In January o f 1893, Frank A. Baumeister was making cig a rs, aided by a s t a ff which drew a p a y ro ll of $200 per week, His three brands were "My Own" . . "Rose" ... and "Cock Of The Walk". In 1898, he was fa t a lly shot during a quarrel with William O’ Brien. Mrs. baumeister continued the proprietorsh ip, but Edw. Koch took over the management, and presently operated H olla’ s p r in cip a l shop,, The Case_Nur£ery.- In 1893, as before and a fte r , Matthew Case had a nursery on the old John Webber farm just west- of R olla - from 1920 on, the School of Mines g o lf f i e l d . He had 200,000 fr u i t tr®es fo r sale, together with various shade trees, and berry p lan ts. The old apple and pear tree rows were s t i l l to be seen as late as 1920 . Fris£°_R ailroad Ships. Much_Fruit. - Southwest M issouri, through the 1890’ s, as w ell as at other times, produced great crops o f straw berries, apples, and other fr u i t s . As samples, we quite these fig u re s : In March of I 896, the road shipped 40 car leads ( 600 b a rrels f u l l ) o f apples from, orchards around L ickin g. And in June of 1897, the ra ilroa d had shipped 500 carloads of strawberries from the fie ld s at S arcoxie. ROLLA*3 NEWSPAPERS DURING 1890’ s The R olla New E ra .- In March, 1897, Mr. Walbridge Powell, founder and e d ito r o f the New Era, died. As o f February 3, 1898, the paper was sold to Mr, F.E. Taylor, o f C h illico th e , M issouri, fo r $2,750. By June Mr. Taylor was a c t iv e ly ed itin g the paper. On July 28, 1898, he moved the plant out o f the Powell bu ilding at northwest corner of 6th and Pine, and in to the McCaw tw o-story b rick on south side of 7th stre e t, next east o f the Masonic H a ll. This is the 1969 site of the Rolla D aily News. The Rolla. Standard.- As o f August 25, 1898, Mr. F.A. Forbes, who had owned the "R olla Standard", sold his mortgage to Joseph J. C rite s. I t was said that F.E. Dowd would buy tie "Standard" when the mortgage became due. The R olla H erald.- Things had been going w ell fo r the Rolla Herald from 1891 up to 1894. In 1891, i t had printed a notable R olla h is t o r ic a l issue - it s issue o f Sept. 10,1891. By the fa t e fu l year 1894, Charles M. McCrae was editor-ow ner. That year was fa t e fu l because, at 2:35 a.m. on Sunday, October 28, f i r e broke out in the row o f wood frame bu ild in gs along the east side o f Pine s tr e e t, from 7th to 8th s tr e e ts , destroying them a l l , along with the o ff ic e and plant o f the R olla Herald. Flames were checked, as they crept northward, by the tw o-story b rick building hous ing the W illiam H eller cloth in g store - and upstairs, the Rolla Herald. A ll e ff o r t s o f c itiz e n s and School of Mines students to save the buildings ware of no a v a il. The heat was so intense that i t broke window gla ss and otherwise damaged stores on the west side of Pine s tr e e t , The combined damage amounted to some $50,000.

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Although his lo s s was great, e d ito r Charles McCrae did not give up. He had h is next issu es printed at the New Era shop. Then he started new again, a l l over. The plant was r e -lo c a te d in the second flo o r o f the twin, bank-post-of f ice bu ilding on north side of 8th s tr e e t, between lim its o f 93 and 138 fe e t east of Pine s tre e t! Persons Loss . .Insured Persons Loss Insured Miss Gratzmuller $1,000 $1,000 Miss Jessie Jones $ 500 $500 Mrs. M. Haffner 1,200 600 F. A. Baumeister 350 350 Chas. Schuman .. 5,000 2,000 Mrs. M. Greaber . 4,300 2,000 M.F. F au lkn er... 500 500 D. W. Malcolm . . . 200 200 Henry Seele . . . . 300 00 Robt. McCaw ........ 250 250 O llie Koch ........ 700 440 Dr. S. B. Rowe .. 1,000 1,000 Wm. H eller ........ 14,000 9,000 Ida Smith ............ 500 500 R olla Herald . . . 5,500 2,500 Wm. Lepper .......... 100 100 Mrs. H. Boas . . . 500 500 J. P. Kaine ........ 1,200 00 S.W. Temple . . . . 100 100 Pat O'Brien ........ 1,200 1,200 A ll others ........ 2,000 ?? TOTAL GROSS LOSS ___ $41,000 The former Herald plant, destr oyed by f i r e , had u t iliz e d hand-■operated pre s se s ., In the new set -up, on 8th street , e d ito r McCrae equipped the presses power from a gasoline engine. I t is in terestin g to note that, during the 1896 "fre e coinage o f s ilv e r " Democratic campaign, Mr. McCrae devoted large amounts of space on e d it o r ia ls b la s tin g the Republicans, their candidate William McKinley, and p a r tic u la r ly Mark Hanna fo r h is use of money to influence v otes. He as fe rv e n tly supported Richard Bland as the Democratic candidate. Mr. McCrae died on May 18, 1899, leaving the H erald's management to Mrs.McCrae. This she retained u n til September of 1899, when Charles L. Woods took over the ed i t o r i a l work. On November 22, 1899, the two were married, a fte r which Mr. Woods assumed the f u l l ed itorsh ip , while she continued as owner. The_Sb._Louis_Pape_rs_ Sold_In R o lla .- Rolla* s news shops continued to s e ll the two main St# Louis newspapers throughout the-1890's - the "Globe Democrat" and the "Post D ispatch". . . . and up in New York, the New York Herald had a correspondent named Thomas M illard . He was a R olla boy, the son of A.M,. M illard. He was to become a world-wide character when the Chinese "Boxer War" broke out. He attained fame by the reports he made of that war. Press. Associations_Corne T o_R olla.- The Missouri Press A ssociation v is ite d Rolla on September 12, 1891. The members were given a complimentary dinner at the Grant House. And in May, 1894, the Southwest Missouri Press A ssociation met in R olla . At various other tim es, there were repeat v is i t s by these groups. The Two R olla H otels_0f The_ l82.0_J_s.- F ir s t, the Grant House, 8th and Pine. Mrs. M. A. Shaw, widow of Hiram Shaw, the o r ig in a l owner-builder, was managing this h o ste lry as of February, 1893* Room rates were $2.00 per day. Mrs. Shaw a lso kept the Shaw Opera House open fo r private p a rties and public entertainment. Second, was the Crandall H otel. This had frequent changes in management during the 1 8 9 0 's. In May of 1892, Mrs. N. M ille r & Sons succeeded Mrs. A.M. Crandall. The owner, F.C.W. Owen, took over in February, 1893* Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Faulkner operated the h o te l up to March o f 1899, and during th eir regime ca lled the place the "Faulkner House". They then qu it and removed to Oklahoma. C. E. McDaniel carried on. ( We should have recorded that fo r a short time, in 1896, P.H. Dickerson ran the h o te l, and ca lled i t "The Palace H o te l".)

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St£re_ ^ u ild in gs..- Two bu ild in gs o f major importance in Rolla*s business world were b u ilt in 1894. The f i r s t was the Joseph Campbell tw o-story b rick bank building, at immediate^southwest corner o f 7th and Pine s tr e e ts . In 1969, this i s the main room o f the f i r s t State Bank. As b u ilt , the plans were made by H.H. Hohenschild. , ork was under way Dy June 21,1894, and was completed by October 22 . In dimension, i t measured 24 x 53 fe e t . I t had a vault, and on second flo o r had three o f f ic e rooms Mr. Campbell had in 1891-92 b u ilt an e a r lie r b rick , on the "s ite of the old buter B uildin g", i/ihich had been moved to the south. This 1894 building was not on the exact corner of 7th and Pine, but next south o f this 1891 bu ilding which was referred t o as the "post o f f ic e b u ild in g", next to which the 1894 store was b u ilt . The 1894 bu ild in g i s the one tft which the Rolla State Bank opened on October 22, 1894. The second bu ild in g of major importance was the "TOOMEY BUILDING" - a two story brick at the immediate northwest corner of 7th and Pine. This bu ild in g has fo r many years housed the "North Side G rocery". I t was completed on October 25, 1894 . Two other b rick buildings were b u ilt in the downtown d i s t r ic t follow in g the f i r e of 1894* One was the store fo r years afterward known as the "Fairway S tore". This was on the site of the former O llie Koch bakery, on east side of Pine, one th ird o f the way from 7th to 8th. The other was the tw o-story McCaw bu ildin g, next east of the Masonic Hall on 7th s tr e e t . The Fairway store was b u ilt in 1895, the McCaw store in 1897. The la tte r was destroyed in the b ig f ir e of May, 1938. The 1969 S cott Drug Store corner, as of 1892 and 1893, was owned by Mrs. Lacy A. Morse, the widow of W illian Morse, former R olla mayor ( I 865) and presiding judge (1869). The fo llo w in g table records the R olla bu ild in g program fo r the year 1895* D ell Chamberlain, residence ...$ 1 ,7 0 0 R olla M ill P la n t.............................. $10,000 John P. Harrison, resid en ce.......... 700 (Seele & Tyson) Dr. E.W. Walker, residence .......... 700 School of Mines, fences e t c .......... 5,000 L. J. Chamberlain, re sidene e . . . . . . 600 John P. Kaine, store bldg ............... 3,500 J .S . Denton, liv e r y stable .......... 500 Pat' O'Brien, store .......................... 2,400 Louis Duby, drug store repair . . . 450 New B aptist Church 7 th & Olive . . 2,700 M. F. Faulkner, drug store repair 450 Walbridge J. Powell, b rick store 2,200 Misses Gratzmuller, store repair 400 Joseph W. Poole, residence .......... 2,400 Thos. M. Jones, residence repair 175 O llie Koch, store ............................. 2,000 E lla R. Smith, house repair . . . . 100 Methodist Church, enlarged .......... 2,000 Wm. P au lsell, house repair . . . . . 100 Chas. Schuman, store ....................... 1,700 Episcopal Church Rectory .......... 1,700 Wm. H eller, store remodeled . . . . . 1,500 Total of This Buildi ng Program . . $44,975Additional_Resi.dences3 Built. In _ 1 8 9 0 's .- In 1893, the house o f Chas. T. Strobach, J r .," o n the s ite of the old one, 10th & Main" ( The la te r Louis Breuer House ? ) . . . In 1894, Mrs. A.M. C randall's house, S.W. corner of 7th & Park. " Was the old S t i f f re sid en ce". ...1 8 9 6 , the May Turner tw o-story wood frame house, at S.W. corner 7th and Cedar. May was s is t e r of Mrs. Aaron VanWormer. House was b u ilt fo r May by her brothers, George and G.W. Georgs was the U.S. Senator from State o f Washington. House s t i l l stands, 1969.......... In 1897, the two houses b u ilt by James B. S ally, on east side of R olla s tre e t, middle of block from 11th to 12th.......... 1898 ..th e twos to r y b rick at immediate southwest corner o f 14th and State streets - then occupied by Dr, H. I . Wark - was sold to P rof, George R. Dean fo r $1,800.

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28 THE SCHOOL OF MINES DURING THE 1890’ s

Years. 182P_To 1900 were f u l l o f trouble fo r M issouri School o f Mines. I t a l l stemmed from the contention, on the part o f the R olla fa cu lty and townsmen that the School was, by law, intended to be an "In stitu te of Technology". A ll the S ch o o l's advertisements proclaimed i t to be such. On the other hand, the U niversity president and curators, in Columbia, contended otherwise - and in every way tried continuously to confine the R olla courses to mining _and metallurgy only. This was the bone of contention which caused D irector Echols to resign a fter three years in o f f i c e . He had made a d ir e c t , impassioned plea to the L egislatu re, by l e t t e r , urging a term ination of such h o stile t a c t ic s . Various le g is la t iv e b i l l s had been introduced, in 1889 and 1892, designed to wholly separate the School o f Mines from the un iversity system, but none had been passed. Feeling that continued remonstrance was f u t i l e , D irector Echols resigned in July, 1891. In doing so, he recommended P rof. Elmo G. Harris, his former V irgin ia u n iv e rsity classmate and his associate in railroa d engineering work in Arkansas, <a.s his su ccessor. He even had P rof. Harris come to R olla for a few days' v i s i t , during which he was introduced to the u n iv e r s ity 's chairman o f the curator executive com m ittee. When Mr. Harris returned to his engineering work at L it tle Rock, he was astounded to learn , by telegram, that he had been ch*sen as the new d ire c to r o f the School o f Mines. The Harris_Adminis-tyation. - Skipping many d e t a ils , we note that one o f the f i r s t things D irector Harris did was t o re-arrange the courses, or departments, of study. He changed the graduation requirement from three to four years, and awarded the terminal degree of bachelor of science instead of the form erly bestowed p ro fe ssio n a l engineering degree. The Echols regime had carried on in stru ction under eigh t nominal departments, thus: 1 . Mining Engineering 5« Mathematics and Physics 2. C iv il Engineering 6. General S c ie n t ific Course 3. Mechanical Engineering 7. Academic Course 4. Chemistry 8. Two-year Preparatory Course. D irector Harris re-arranged these departments as fo llo w s : 1. Engineering ( Included C iv il, Mining, Mechanical) 2. Chemistry and M etallurgy 4. Mathematics 3. M ineralogy and Geology 5. Physics. There w#s, as yet, no chair o f Geology or Mineralogy. But D irector E chols' urgent plea to the Legislature had brought at_le.ast_one_long need£d_chalr and teacher to the School - and jihat_was_Physics. The chair in Geology had to await the coming o f D irector Ladd, in 1897* The fa c u lt y members of the Harris adm inistration were these: D irector Harris him self, with the aid of Thomas G. Poats, taught the engineering and engineering draw in g. P rof. Thomas Lewis Rubey succeeded P rof. E.A. Drake as secretary to the fa cu lty , a ls o as in stru ctor in Languages and the Academic Course. Rubey presen tly became a l i f e - l o n g and powerful U. S. Representative from the R olla area. P rof. P .J. Wilkins continued as in stru ctor fcr the preparatory work. With the beginning o f the Harris regime, the chair of chemistry and metallurgy was assigned to P rof. Cuthbert P. Conrad, cf the University o f V irgin ia . He died in 1892, and was succeeded by P rof. W.H. Seamon, W10 had served under D irector Echols, but had resigned in 1890. This proved to be a sad mistake. P rof. W.B. Richards con tinued as head of the mathematics department. There were other minor in stru ctors and a ssista n ts, among whom was the S ch ool's future great alumnus, Daniel C. Jackling. Thus Far,_ A ll Seemed_To Augur W ell. But with the return of P rof. Seamon, a great storm gathered and broke. D irector Harris, adopting D irector E chols' idea, wanted a general classroom bu ild in g - he ca lled it an "engineering b u ild in g ". I t would c o s t

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some $10,000. With the one exception of P rof. Seamon, the Harris fa c u lty endorsed the plan, and a b i l l was introduced in the 1893 Legislature fo r i t . Hut in the meantime, P rof. Seamon got in to a ctio n . His idea was that the S ch o o l's greatest need was a bu ilding wherein to train "Mining Engineers and Metal lu r g is t s " . These, he contended, were g re a tly needed throughout state and nation. He was thus in d ir e c t opposition to D irector H arris. On his own, and with a ctiv e aid o f H o lla 's a r c h it e c t, H.H. Hohenschild, he made up elaborate plans and s p e c ifica tio n s fo r 1 m eta llu rgica l laboratory in which full_carloads_ of_raw_ore could be treated at one time . It_was_a_pre£o_sterous_ £cheme_l But having so prepared the plans, he la id them before the u n iversity president and curators - and o f course, they approved - the plan being in lin e with their ideas o f the. needs of the School. Having thus secured the cu rators' approval, P rof. Seamon went to the 1893 L egisla tu re, and persuaded the appropriations committee to substitute an approproation of $25,000 fo r h is "mining and m eta llu rgica l laboratory" in place o f D irector H a rris's $10,000 fo r an "engineering b u ild in g ". The b i l l was so passed a l l without the foreknowledge of D irector Harris or the rest o f the fa cu lty . D irector Harris was fu riou s. He charged the curators of not supporting him, and P rof. Seamon o f "inexcusable insubordination". He summarily resigned - but asked to continue as p rofessor of engineering. The request was granted - and he remained in that chair fo r the next fo r t y years. During that fo r t y years, P rof. Harris achieved notable eminence because of his several lin e s of engineering research. His p rin cip a l, most valuable contribution was h is invention o f _the_ a ir lift_pum £# with which compressed a ir was forced down one pipe in to a w ell, fo rcin g the water up through another p ip e. The pump was widely adopted in industry - one in s ta lla tio n being in a spot below New York C ity which was otherwise d i f f i c u l t to drain. He a ls o devised formulae fo r flow cf a ir through . conduits, and for flow of water. The town was s p lit wide open by P rof. Seamon's performance. The in cident had made many b itte r enemies both of P rof. Seamon, and of H.H. Hohenschild - which were to be reckoned with in subsequent School of Mines a f f a i r s . For the years 1893-1897, D irector Harris was succeeded by P rof. Walter Buck Richards, h is p rofessor of mathematics. The_ R ichards_A ^ raistrati_on .- P rof. Richards, lik e D irectors Wait, Echols, and Harris, was a graduate o f the U niversity o f V irgin ia . He was e s p e c ia lly prepared in mathematics, English, Latin, Greek, German and French, but he had no tech n ica l engi neering tra in in g. A fter graduation in 1884, he taught at McCabe's U niversity School at Petersburg, Va. When, in 1888, D irector Echols asked V irgin ia U niversity to recommend a competent teacher of mathematics, P rof. Richards was designated. On A pril 5, 1893, the curators named, him to succeed D irector Harris as of June 1,1893* His salary was fix ed a t $ 2,300 per year. A f i r s t duty was to re-arrangs the courses, or departments, of study. His re-arrangems nt was as fo llo w s : 1 . Engineering 4. Mathematics 2. Chemistry 5* Physics 3. Mining & Metallurgy 6. Modern Languages The courses in geology and mineralogy were now o ffe re d within the department o f mining and m etallurgy. The preparatpry work was abolish ed. Under D irector Richards, the fa cu lty was as fo llo w s : P rof. Richards taught the mathematics, and some courses in French, P rof. Harris had the engineering. T.G. Poats and Georgs E. M iller taught shop work and drawing. P rof. Seamon taught chemistry through the 1895-96 year, then resigned. Dr. E.T. Allen served the rest o f the Richards term. Harry K. Landis was brought in to teach mining and metallurgy, and a ls o organized and captained the School^s f i r s t fo o t b a ll team. However, when he opposed D irector Richard in the matter o f that rid icu lo u s m etallu rgical laboratory, contending that the appropriation, made s p e c if i c a lly fo r that la b . could not be used otherwise, he was charged w ith/subordination and forced to r e s ig n . He was succeeded by the capable mining engineer, Courtenay DeKalb. Dr. Austin L. McRae handled the

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physics classes fo r a year, a fte r which Arthur H. Timmerman succeeded him. Thomas L. Rubey and Paul J. W ilkins, together, cared fo r the academic courses. D irector _Richards Fights_To Retain_Courses. - From the beginning of h is term, D irector Richards found him self in the same old b a t t le (fo r reta in in g School, o f Mines courses )that had cursed the adm inistrations o f d ire cto rs Wait, Echols and H arris. His f i r s t concession was to drop the Echols-H arris degree courses in mechanical engineering and physics-mathematics (e le c t r ic a l en gin eerin g). But he liv e d to regret i t - fo r the u n iv ersity president and curators continued to demand fu rth er e x cisio n of courses which P rof. Richards deemed e s s e n tia l in the S ch o o l's program. At la s t , in a long and d eta ile d le t t e r to the curators, dated March 16, 1896, he made vigorous p rotest, which f e l l on deaf ears. He also went to the L egis la tu re w ith an ora l, personal plea fo r r e l i e f . These a cts, together with his un y ie ld in g a ttitu d e , p recip ita ted h is dism issal, which came a t the end o f the 1896-97 sch ool yea r. In tern al fa c u lty dissen sion aggrxva&ed the situ a tio n . We have already related that P ro f. Landis opposed D irector Richards' d esire to use the $25,000 appropriation made fo r the m eta llu rgica l laboratory fo r his desired engineering bu ild in g, and before the end of his f i r s t year, P ro f. Landis was forced to resign . On another occasion, an in stru ctor named Thomas refused to support a measure desired by D irector Richards, thus creating a t ie v o te 'th a t could not be broken. This man was a lso discharged. The controversy over what the School should_te_ach - and what_it_ shouM_not caused at le a s t three separate e ffo r t s to be made in the Legislature to com pletely sever the School from the u n iversity system. One such e f f o r t was made in 1889 a second one in 1892 - and now in 1885, when Senator J.B. Harrison, o f R olla, introduced the third such b i l l . I t would have passed, had not the u n iversity cura tors fo r c ib ly demanded that D irector Richards appear before the committee in charge and urge i t s defeat - which he did with relu ctan ce. The m eta llu rg ica l laboratory had been designed by R o lla 's a rch ite ct, Hohenschild. Because D irector Richards and members of h is fa cu lty had opposed the building of th is structure, they gained the deep enmity of Hohenschild. He resolved to get even. To do t h is , he ran fo r the sen a torial o ff ic e held by Senator Harrison, and won. He had asked f o r the support of D irector Richards and his fa cu lty , but had been turned down. Now he would get even ! By doing s p e cia l le g is la t iv e favors fcr Governor Lon Stephens, he received favors in turn. He now asked the governor to appoint three u n iv e rsity curators whom he knew would want to get r id of D irector Richards. I t was done. The curators then held a meeting in R olla , on July 21, 1897, and sum m arily discharged both D irector Richards and P ro f. Rubey. When they asked fo r a p u b lic hearing, they were to ld , " You w il l get no hearing H" With th is outcome, P rof. DeKalb, the teacher of mining, decided that he, too, had endured enough. He resigned. And so ended the adm inistration of D irector Richards. I f desired, further d e ta ils can be found in our 1941 H istory o f Missouri School of Mines and M etallurgy, copies of which are on f i l e in the Library of the U niversity of M issouri, R olla . ••••

THE LADD_AD1CNISTRATI0N,_1892-I908i - As we have recorded, D irector Richards was removed frcm o f f ic e on July 21, 1897* His tsyecher o f mining and m etallurgy, and the fa c u lty secretary and teacher of academic courses were a ls o gone. School was due to open in September, and somebody had to be in charge. Under these con dition s, P rof. Harris agreed to act as temporary d ire cto r u n til a new one was found. One c r itic is m o f D irector Richard was that he had no formal tech nical training in e ith e r engineering, or in mining and m etallurgy. The curators now decreed that^ no future d ir e c to r should be employed unless he was eith er a m etallu rgist or a mining engineer. They now searched fo r such a man — but nobody so trained appeared to be in te re s te d . F in a lly , the name of Dr. George Edgar Ladd was suggested to them. But he was neith er a m eta llu rgist or a mining engineer. What could they do ? One of the curators said he would f i x i t . Thereupon he telegraphed Dr. Ladd, who was the a ssista n t g e o lo g is t o f the Georgia G eological Survey, and asked' "if__h£ £ould _teach mining ard m etallu rgy." Dr. Ladd wired back, "YES!". They hired him.

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Dra Ladd_Fights To_Retain Basic Courses:.- Once again, during a f i f t h adminis tra tion , Dr. Ladd found him self in the age-old b a ttle to prevent emasculation o f the School o f Mines. In January o f 1898, only four months a fte r his inauguration, he had a fie r c e struggle with the u n iversity curators and president, who wished to ab olish the c i v i l engineering course and degree at the School. When he protested, they took him out in the h a ll and said, " Why do you o b je ct? What does i t matter to your You w i l l s t i l l have your jo b ." . . . And, a second time, the curators wanted to remove the English course from the S ch o o l's o ffe rin g s , along with the studies in e l e c t r i c i t y . This time, Dr. Ladd obtained w ritten opinions on the a d v is a b ility o f such ex cision s frcm the n a tio n 's leading engineers - and, armed with them, managed to quash the attack. The curators and president a ls o trie d to deprive the School o f i t s r ig h t fu l share o f the M o rrill Land Grant educational fund, but were f o i l e d . Dr. Ladd thus gained an e a rly knowledge o f the unfortunate status of the School o f Mines. Laddj_s_Rea.rrangement_Of Departments.- One o f Dr. Ladd's e a r lie s t concerns was the rearrangement o f departments and courses. This was h is atrangement of departments: 1. - Mathematics 5 . - Mine Engineering & 9. - Drawing & Design 2. - Chemistry Ore Dressing 10. - English 3. - PhysicS 9 includ 6 . - Geology and 11 . - Modern Languages ing e l e c t r i c a l Mineralogy 12. - Academic Department engineering 7 . - Metallurgy 13•- Library 4. - C iv il Engineering 8 . - Shop P ractise & Mech. Engineering As_^£r_^acMliiy'> Dr. Dadd became the S ch o o l's f i r s t Professor of Geology. The School now and f i n a l ly had one. At f i r s t , he taught geology and mineralogy along with mining and m etallurgy. He soon had others teach the mining and m etallurgy. P ro f. Harris continued with the c i v i l engineering throughout the Ladd regime. Prof. AoH. Timmerman handled the physics and e le c t r ic a l work through the 1899-1900 year, when Dr. A.L. McRae took over and served out the Ladd term. Dr. Eugere T. Allen headed the chemistry department to the end of the 1899-1900 year, when P rof. V ictor Hugo Gottschalk replaced him and remained to the end o f the Ladd term P ro f. George R. Dean came t o the School along with D irector Ladd, and thereafter remained the head o f the mathematics department fo r fo r t y years. Dr. Ladd continued as p rofessor o f mining u n til 1907, but the work was mainJ.y handled by P rof. James Clark Draper, who, from 1903, was p rofessor of mine engineering. Several teachers headed the Metallurgy department during the Ladd adm inistration. Included were P ro fs. Alexander Forsythe, Frederick W. Draper, Herman Otto Schulze, Dr. Heinrich 0. Hofman, W illiam Warren Garrett, and George A. Packard. ...P r o f . Joseph H, Bowen was the p r in cip a l teacher o f shop work and d ra ftin g . P rof. John Bennett S cott, la t e r the county's probate judge, taught the English. Paul Julius Wilkins had charge o f modern languages. A combination of teachers cared fo r the courses in the Academic department. P rofessors Dean, S cott, and Wilkins handled the courses in mathematics, English, h is to ry , general h isto ry , p o l i t i c a l economy, psychology, lo g ic , physical geography, and ph ysiology. These academic courses were mostly dropped, however - except the mathematics and English - at the end o f the 1900-01 year. The Ladd_Building Program.- A second and e a rly concern was the provision of new bu ildings and the enlargement of the campus. Even though we encroach on the next d iv is io n o f our general story, and enter the years 1901 - 08, i t is desirable to de scrib e what Dr. Ladd did about campus and b u ild in gs. As for tie campus, Dr. Ladd managed to have the bounds extended to include the area between Pine street and the west lin e of Main stre e t, and from the north lin e o f 12th to the center lin e cf 14th s tr e e t. Main street in th is area was vacated by the c it y , and also 14th street from State to R olla . The Legislature V is its The Rolla Campus.- In a determined campaigi to get la rg e r appropriations fo r maintenance, and new buildings fo r the School, Dr. Ladd teamed up with Luman F. Parker, c h ie f counsel fo r the F risco ra ilro a d , and jo in t ly ,

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they chartered a s p e c ia l tra in and brou^it the en tire Legislature to the campus. This was on A pril 21, 1899. The le g is la t o r s were wined and dined, then conducted through the wholly in adequate campus b u ild in g s . They were shown such spectacular laboratory experiments as were s p e c ia lly intended to arouse in te r e s t. One such was the continuous smelting o f s ilv e r in the School furnace. Boys outside the bu ilding fed in s ilv e r bars, which melted and poured out o f a spout in s id e . As soon as i t hardened, the boys shoved i t outside through a secret hole, a ft e r -which i t was again thrown in to the furnace, thus resu ltin g in a continuous flow of molten s ilv e r . On the return^ t r ip , the le g is la t o r s were again wined and entertained in S t.L ouis. Dr. Ladd had, meantime, addressed the assembly, pleading the c ru cia l needs of the School, both fo r increased maintenance funds, and for new bu ild in gs. The whole pro gram was e ff e c t iv e , fo r i t was the beginning of his splendid development of the S ch o ol's educational f a c i l i t i e s . He would get the needed fu n ds! At about the same time, the State decreed that the returns from the inheritance tax law should go to the U niversity. Thereupon the president and curators declared that the U niversity consisted of TEN departments - of which the School of Mines was BUT ONE. Each would get one tenth o f the inheritance money. In February o f 1901, the matter, came up before the L e g isla tu re 's educational committee. A fter a long night session in a hot, s tu ffy room, during which the curators had contended f o r th e ir one-tenth plan of d ividin g the fund, Dr. Ladd arose and said that he was sorry to d i f f e r from his "bosses", who were present. But he had documents to present which showed that when the U niversity sent out emmissaries to the s ta te 's high sch ools, to s o l i c i t entering students, the expense was divided so that the School o f Mines paid one fou rth _of the b i l l . The Columbia departments paid only the other three fou rth s. In d ividin g the M orrill Land Grant funds, the School o f Mines received the one fourth part. He contended that, on the same b a sis, the School should have at le a s t o n e -fift h o f the inheritance tax money. Having so spoken, Dr. Ladd produced a packet o f paid vouchers fo r the higji sch ool expenses, which confirmed his sta te ments. The Committee examined the vouchers, then lou d ly cheered Dr. Ladd. They quickly voted to give the School the one-fourth part o f the tax money - but as Dr) Ladd begged them to be f a i r , and make i t only the o n e -fift h part, they agreed. Dr. Ladd was now assured of obtaining adequate con stru ction funds, so he em barked on an aggressive, bold bu ilding and improvement plan. When he arrived in R olla, there were s ix bu ild in gs on the campus - which was lim ited to the area bounded by 11th, 14th, Main and State s tr e e t s . There was a lso the a th le tic park, con sistin g of the ten-acre Railroad Addition Lot No. 39 - north from 14th to 16th and beyond, east from State to Main. As we have said, with aid of Luman F. Parker, general coun s e l o f the F risco ra ilroa d , he procured fo r the School the area from 12th to 14th, and from Pine to Main stre e ts. The c ity vacated the portions of Main and 14th streets in side these bounds. The Six Buildings Were These: The f i r s t fou r, o f b rick , and the la s t two o f wood frame constru ction, were: ( l ) The R o lla Building . . . ( 2 ) The 1885 Chemical Lab oratory . . . ( 3 ) The 1889 Student Dormitory . . . ( 4 ) The 1895 M etallu rgical Laboratory . . ( 5 ) The Gymnasium, west o f the Chemical Laboratory . . and (6) The Dynamo-Shop Work Laboratory west of the R olla Building. A F irst Building P roject was the renovation of the 1885 Chemical Laboratory. The o r ig in a l p ortion had been a one-story b rick measuring 55 x 102 feet in plan. Dr. Ladd caused the ro o f to be jacked up enough so that second story walls could be b u ilt , thus providing another space 55 x 102 fe e t . He then had single story end wings measuring 55 x 60 fe e t in plan added to north and south ends o f the o rig in a l u n it. This work was done the 1901-02 year. Another p roject was the a lte ra tio n of and ad dition to the 1895 m etallu rgical la b ora tory o f simple b rick rooms fo r a campus power plant, and the in s ta lla tio n of b o ile r s , engines and dynamos fo r supplying the campus with e le c t r ic lig h ts and power.

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- 33 (1902) . i T ^ f d P ro je ct was the e r e c t io n /o f Mechanical H all. This was a tw o-story bin 1dinff1 dlng moas£r;ing 61 x 151 feet Plari. Brick fo r t h is and the Chemistry xidxng were made from surface s o il on the old Jackling a th le tic f i e l d . Robert 7 McCaw and Edwin Long were the con tractors on both these jo b s . • of takES US ° Ver 1111:0 our next section the general story f o lla , we fin d i t desirable to concentrate a l l th is Ladd building program in one place - hence, here. &^ s The Fourth P roject was the building o f Norwood H all. This was a th re e -sto ry structure with basement, a l l made o f city-manufactured gray b rick . I ts outside dimensions were 8 5 ^ 1 4 0 fe e t . I t was b u ilt in 1903. I ts planning posed a d i f f i c u lt problem - p o l i t i c a l , personal. Rolla*s a r c h it e c t -p o lit ic ia n , H.H. Hohenschild had b6en lhS Campus a r c h ite c t. He had designed the 1889 student dormitory ’ and that fa n ta s tic m onstrosity, the I 895 m etallu rgical la boratory. He had brought* about the discharge o f D irector Richards. La^d was not impressed with Hohenschild's a rch ite ctu ra l a b ili t y - nor with his domineering ways and p erson a lity . Although i t meant the deadly enmity of Hohenschild x. add wanted other a r c h ite c ts . He therefore advertised fo r competitive bids fo r this work. Hohenschild was elim inated. B. C u n liff and P.C. Pape, of St.Louis were chosen to plan the work for the Chemistry and Mechanical bu ildings and the Power Plant. Howe, Van Brunt and Howe, of Kansas City, planned Norwood H all. The F ifth P roject was a new and appropriate Metallurgy Building, located near tne in te r s e ctio n of 12th and Pine stre e ts. Howe, Hoit and Cutler planned th is u n it. I t had a cen tra l tw o-story portion which measured 45 x 106 fe e t in plan. This was flanked on east and west by s in g le -s to ry wings measuring 50 x 80 fe e t , each. This was the la st b f Dr. Ladd's bu ildings added to the campus. Appropriations fo r i t were made in the 1905-06 year, and the building was placed in service in the 1907-08 year. In£reas_ed Financial Support_of Lad dj_s_Adrnini s tr a t i o n ,- Whereas, the t o t a l le g is la tive grants to the School of Mines fo r the four years o f the Richards administration had been a t o t a l o f $40,000, the corresponding sum granted to the ten-year adminis tra tio n o f Dr. Ladd was $348,000, - a very considerable in crease. Increase_In Student Enrollment^- For the Richards adm inistration o f four years, the t o t a l student enrollment was 393 - an average of 98 per year. Twenty-eight graduated with degrees, f i f t y - f i v e received c e r t ific a t e s o f p r o ficie n cy fo r completing s p e c ia l two-year courses. ...F o r the Ladd adm inistration, the t o t a l ten-year enrollment o f students was 1,821 - an average of 182 per year - almost double that o f the Richards regime. The t o t a l number of degrees conferred by Dr. Ladd was 190 - compared with 28 fo r the Richards term. These Ladd graduates were mostly men, Dr. Ladd did not cater to women students. Thirty-seven c e r t ific a t e s of p r o ficie n cy were granted. For other d e t a il concerning Dr. Ladd's adm inistration, the reader may fin d ample ad dition al d e t a il in our 1941 H istory of Missouri School of Mines and M etallurgy.

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ROLLA*S ARTISANS & PROFESSIONAL MEN OF 1890*s The, Lawyers_.- The attorneys who practiced in R olla at some time during the 1890*s, or during a l l o f those je a r s , were these: Ham. E. Baker James B. Harrison Gen. Ewing Y. M itch ell H.B. Perry Arthur Corse Thomas M. Jones Charles L. Woods William C. K elly Jos. J* C rites Robt. Meriwether Fr ank H. Farris John A. Watson . . N orveil The R olla Doctors o f the 1 8 9 0 's were Physicians___ C.Co Cooper C.A. McComb J.D. Carpenter Samuel B. Rowe Robert L. Johnson Martha Short-Wrigh t S. H. Headlee W.R. Wilson Thomas J. Jones Chas. H. S torts

these: D en tists_ W.J. Guild E.W. Walker H .I. Wark

Ey^-Lar-Throat E.A. B olles John L. Short

R olla Hijstrijct_Medical_Aj3sociatL oru_- Most o f the above belonged t o the R olla D is t r ic t Medical A ssociation, which held both annual and semi-annual meetings each year. As samples, a semi-annual at Lake Springs in June, 18935 the 47th in R olla, in November, 1893; and the 52nd in R olla, in November, 1899. After the mens' meetings during daytime, the sessions were enlivened by sumptuous banquets served in such places as the Grant House or the Crandall Hotel in R olla . These a ffa ir s were usu ally attended by the d o cto rs' wives. Other Pr£f£ssionals_ And, Artisans^- Henry H. Hohenschild was the town's a r c h ite c t. Robert McCaw and Edwin Long were the p rin cip a l bu ilding con tra ctors. Dr. Austin L. McRae and P rof. Elmo G. Harris were the p ra cticin g engineers, doing the c i t y 's such work. John H. M itch ell and sons were the master bricklayers, and p la s te r e r s . J.P . Rupert and A.M. Ligjit were the house and sign pain ters. Phil Hancock and J.F . Brucher shaved and cut h a ir. Dr. W.J. Guild was the veteran photographer, as w e ll as d en tist - but A.B. Duncan had a tra velin g "Palace Photo Car", and went from town to town taking scenic and otherwise spectacular p ictu re s. Rolla was his headquarter s ta tio n . THE AGRICULTURAL & MECHANICAL SOCIETY County_Fairs_of The. lS g O ls.- Every now and then, this so cie ty ended it s f a l l fa ir s " in the red ". Thus i t was that some of the county fa ir s were_not held in Rolla, but in S t. James. This was true up to 1894, when, in February, the Phelps County A gricu ltu ra l and Mechanical S o cie ty was reorganized by the County Court. The corporators were Joseph Campbell, S r., Hamilton E. Daker, and others. In an A p ril e le c t io n , the S ociety chc6e these o ffic e r s and d ir e c to r s fo r the 1894 season, in which fa ir s were resumed in R olla: David E. Cowan William Shinneman Hamilton E. Baker Joseph Campbell, Sr. D. W. Taylor George Marling Albert 3 . Long L. H. Thompson M illard F. Faulkner CLUBS, ENTERTAINMENTS, MUSIC, RECREATION Of The 1890's Rolla* s, Bands, Of_The_1890* s . - R o lla 's "S ilver Band" of September, 1891, "was one to be proud o f " . John W. S cott was the lea der. The other members were these M illard F. Faulkner Walter Coffman Edwin Long C.T. Smith Ben F. Culbertson W.C. Faulkner Louis A. Livesay W.H. Morris John P. Harrison In 1894, Rolla* s negro boys organized a band, and were scheduled to appear in concert on August 1, 1894- P fo f. J.S . Bryant, the teacher of L incoln School, was the d ir e c t o r .

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In January o f 1896, the town had the R olla Mandolin, Guitar, and Banjo Club. The members were James Benton . . John Brucher . . W ill Donahoe . . and Dr .Arthur Wood. In October o f 1896, on the eve o f the great "fre e coinage of s ilv e r " e le c tio n , the lo c a l Republicans staged a serenade and reception fo r R.E. Lewis, the Republican candidate fo r the o ff ic e of M issouri Governor. The R olla cornet band was engaged to fu rn ish the music. In January o f 1898, the R olla Band was given a "dose of pep" by i t s d ire cto r, John W. S cott. The players and instruments were these: C larinet: Dr. Arthur Woods and Robert Faulkner; . . .P ic c o lo : W ill Johnson; . . . B-Flat_Cornet.: Dean Faulkner, Harry Cauffman, Henry Davis, Fred O llie ; . . .A lto : James Faulkner, James Smith; . . . Tenor: Walter Edgar; ...Trombone: Art Coffman, Lon Kane; . . . B aritone: Art Knapp; . . •B-Flat_Bass_: Lee Montgomery; ••.EyFl&t_Bas_s: C a rroll Harrison, Phelps M itch ell; . . . Snare_ Drum: Robert Montgomery; . . . Bass Drum: Don Southgate. In August, 1899, the foregoing band furnished the music fo r the Ozark B attalion encampment - the Ex-Confederate s o ld ie r group. This performance was pronounced " the best heard in many a day". Some spectacular band concerts were those which the group presented from a platform b u ilt out in the middle o f F risco Pond 1 Some_Sjge£ial_Conc_erts . - The Western Conservatory cf Music, removed from Rolla to Carthage, and then in May of 1893 to Kansas City, l e f t behind a group o f graduates who formed the Euterpean Club, i t s alumni a sso cia tio n . This group con tinued to give musical concerts - some time s pu blic - more often ju st private club meetings at the home of some member. A sample program was the one rendered at the home of Miss Fannie M illard on January 26, 1893. The program consisted cf eleven numbers - mostly solos on piano or v io lin , or just v oca l. There was vocal reading and a piano duet. The par tic ip a n ts on th is occasion were a l l women - although men could be, and were, members. John W. S cott and M illard F. Faulkner were such male members . The Rolla Symphony Orchestra, le d by John W. S co tt, and including members o f the Euterpean Club, gave a concert on February 21, 1898. Three days la t e r , on February 24, t h is orchestra, join ed by members o f the cornet band, gave another con c e r t . The combined group consisted cf 17 members. " I t was a most cred ita b le per formance ." Blind B0one, the negro piano s o lo is t , appeared twice in Rolla during the decade - once at the Methodist church in A pril, 1891, and again in that church on A p ril 7, 1893. He made several addition al appearances in la ter years, one in the e a rly 1 9 2 0 's, which present writers heard. Some_Songs_0f The l82Pj_s.- To l i s t a l l the songs that were popular during the 1890's would require several pagss o f s c r ip t. Mrs. B.H. Rucker (nee Margaret Southgate of tte 18 90's) had a c o lle c t io n cf such songs, in sheet music form, that numbered a t le a s t f i f t y . Her c o lle c t io n was given to the Forest Park Museum o f the M issouri H is to r ic a l S ociety, S t. Louis. A few cf the more popular songs were ©s ©• Spanish Cavalier Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight My Sweetheart Went Down In The Maine Daisy, Daisy, Give Me lour Answer True Just As The Sun Went Down Ta Ra Ra Boom-de-aye Just Break The News To Mother After the B all \

The la s t three of the se ( at r i g i t ) were almost u n iversally sung during and a fte r the Spanish-American War o f 1898, and i t s aftermath in the P h ilipp in es.

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Teachers_0f Music, _1890* s . - Miss Laura Annin, dau^iter o f the Presbyterian pastor, Rev. John A. Annin, was an a ll-tim e and topmost music teacher in R o lla . She had, in 1883-85, been a piano teacher in the old Western Conservatory cf Music, and thereafter had tau^it many R olla music p u p ils. She was s t i l l conducting classes in voice and piano in November of 1897, when die again presented her pupils in a r e c i t a l program con sistin g o f twenty numbers. Mrs. W.G. Baynard, once of Lebanon, Missouri - a lso a fa cu lty member o f the Western Conservatory, was a daughter of Mrs . Flora Johnson. Her 1896 home was in Charleston, S.C. - but she was v is it in g in R o lla ............ Another short-time music teacher in R olla was Miss H allie ( May?) Seay. And a fourth teacher who had classes in both voice and instrumental music, was a Miss Webster. In November o f 189$ she presented her pupils in a r e c i t a l program at the Faulkner (Crandall) H otel. Her pu pils were these: . M ollie Powell la y Deegan A lice Weddell W illie Ramsey Laura Faulkner Bessie Jadwin Marion Newman M illard F. Faulkner Miss_Svarts Dancing S c h o o l.- During 1898 and 1899, Miss Grace Evarts was con ducting a dancing sch ool in the second flo o r chamber of the Toomey Building, at northwest corner of 7th and Pine s tr e e ts . On numbers of occasions, she arranged and staged masque b a lls and p u blic receptions outside her regular cla s s e s . These extra a c t iv it ie s were p a rticip a ted in by in vited groups, or by the general p u b lic. For her masque b a lls , she chargpd 50 cents per couple. O ccasionally, these events were s h ifte d to the Shaw Opera House ( Grant H otel). Piano And Organ Sales..- As cf November, 1898, E.B. Clay sold a concert "Grand Crown" piano to Mrs. John S. Livesay ( nee E liz a L ove). N.E. Kendall, of Lebanon, was o ffe r in g fc r sale in Rolla these makes c£ pianos: Decker Bros. . . Brown & Simpson . . Peas . . Estey ..Schubert . . Gamp & Co. ..Kingsbury . . Conover1 . . and Cable & Sons. ...T h e organs he sold included the Estey . . Worcester ..Camp & Co. . . and the Chicago Cottage. Mr. J .J . F orrester, of St. James, also sold some o f these makes. Advent_0f The Graphoghone. - The "V ictor Talking Machine", otherwise known as the "graphophone", made i t s debut during the 18 90's. At f i r s t , with small WciX cylinders for recording and ear phones to aid hearing, i t presently changed to the wax recording d is c s without rubber tube hearing a id s. The current newspapers and magazines were f u l l cf pictu res of the l i t t l e dog "lis te n in g to his m aster's voice" coming from the talk in g ma chine. In R olla, as o f A ir11 o f 1897, the machine was advertised as " a wonder o f the 19th century" when the Episcopal church staged a b e n e fit demonstration o f the machine by A.B. Duncan, R o lla 's travelin g g a lle ry photographer. Bte Saturday_Club. - In our record of previous years, we have described the orig in s Tnd a c t i v i t i e s of th is group of prominent R olla women. The Club was con tinuing vig orou sly during the 1890's. Some sample meetings were these: At the home cf Mrs. M.F. Faulkner ( nee Nancy Rowe) in November of 1897- During December, the same year, at homes cf Mesdamss J.D. Carpenter and George R. Dean. In March o f 1898 at the home cf Mrs. David Malcolm. On the la tt e r occasion, the featured guests were Me sdarae s Elmo G. Harris, J.D. Faulkner, Claude^D. (Maria) Jamison, Henry Wood, John W. S cott, and J.D. Carpenter. Also the Misses Eleanor i l k ins and Margaret McCaw. _ _ n , , In June o f 1899, at a club e le c tio n , Mrs. James B. Harrison was e lected president replacin g Mrs. George R. Dean, who became vice presiden t. M ss Josephine .Smith was chosen as recording secretary, and Mrs. C.D. Jamison as corresponding secretary. Miss Miriam H eller was chosen as treasurer, and Mrs. George E, Ladd as c r i t i c . The se were among Rolla* s most prominent and active women o f the 1890 s.

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— na£he_l £r^ G irls C lu b.- This unique young womens1 club con sisted o f a dozen o f R o lla 1s most b ea u tifu l and vivaceous g ir ls , who seemingly used th is way of "coming out", or making their "debut". Their future conduct surely b e lie d th eir club name - for within two or three years the most o f them were married, ihey ce rta in ly were young la d ie s o f much charm and high in te llig e n c e . One of them Ama Nagner, who la te r married Ben. F. Culbertson, gave us this l i s t o f members: Minnie Strobach Margaret Southgate ( m. Booker H. Rucker) Olive Shaw ( m. P rof. J.H. Bowen) Blanche Jamison ( m. Parker ) Imogene Young L illia n Fort ( m. Leroy Baker ) Lena Strobach Adele Soest Jennie Lepper ( M. Northup) Flora Johnson Anna Lepper ( never married) Anna Wagner ( m. Ben. Culbertson ) The Euterpean Club..- We have several tin es mentioned this club, but have not lis t e d a l l o f i t s members. We have this l i s t , which i t s e l f i s not complete, f o r record as cf A p ril 28, 1892: The Mesdame_sj_ The Mis_ses£ IDs. Missesj_ The. Miss£sj_ C.D. Jamison Agnes Deegan Minnie Lombar Katharine Deegpn M.F. Faulkner Mamie Donahoe Jessie Jones Nannie Buskett Noel A. Kinney Jessie Heller Essie Boas Maude M itch ell Chas. M. McCrae May Deegan Fannie M illard Minnie Wood George Cole Clara Rowe R olla*s ^Beautiful_Belles_ 0f_1890.- In a se rie s o f " s k its " o f 1889 and 1890, Charles M. McCrae made up l i s t s o f R o lla 's "b e a u tifu l b e lle s " - also l i s t s cf the town's e li g ib l e bach elors, the r o l l c a l l of R o lla 's babies cf 1889, and l i s t s o f men and women who were "makers of chin music" - in other words, who had at le a st some talen t as ora tors. I t seems o f In terest to copy these l i s t s , as fo llo w s : The. Belles.*. Mae Campbell Mamie Donahoe •Annie Kaine L ois J. Shaw May Deegan M illie Cansler Ida M iller Lenora Stern Kate Donahoe May Goodman Kate Murray Emma Strobach Rosa de Bauernfiend Mpnnie Goodman Etta McGregor Lena Strobach W illie DuBose E lizabeth Harrison L e ttie Nivens N ellie Toomey Iva Clendenndng Nannie Hazzard L i l l i e O'Brien Mary VanWormer Augusta Gratzmuller Jessie Jones Kate Pezoldt The S t. Louis Post Dispatch thought w ell enough o f the l i s t ( and the young la d ie s ) to publish i t . The. ^Beaux^ .(E ligible. Bachelors.) : Frank de Bauernfiend C liffo r d E. French Oscar W. Jones Garn Minium P ro f. E. A. Drake Joseph J. Garry Thomas E. Love Luman F. Parker David E. Cowan Henry H. Hohenschild Charles Love P h ilip Van Fr ank The. ^Chin £hin_Music_Make.rs".- The town "o ra to rs", or speakers of some a b ilit y , were o f enough in te re s t to be lis t e d in the Ste Louis. Post_Disjcatch. Twenty-four R olla women, seventeen men, as fo llo w s : The. Me.sdam.e.s.1 Me sdames: Mesdames£ Me s.dame.s: J.L. Buskett M illard Godwin Rosalie Kauffman Hiram M. Shaw Joseph Campbell Ham, E. Baker Robt. L. Johnson Walbridge Powell Luman F. Parker Chas. M. McCrae Arthur Corse. William Heller W.H. Seamon Georgs Love Mis_ses: M illie Cansler Sara French W. H. Echols S . B. Rowe E ffie Morgan John Hardin David W. Malcolm J ohn S . Live say Mary Van Wormer E lla R. Smith The Messrs: Alex, de Bauernfiend Oscar Jones Luman F. Parker Edw. W. Bishop William Cornwell M.F. Faulkner P atrick O’ Brien — Jos. Campbell Jos. J. Garvey W.F. D e lis le Charles Schuman Arthur Corse W illian God\,vin Chas, M. McCrae Dr.R.L. Johnson Daniel Donahoe Gen. E.Y. M itch ell

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Cir.^McCraW concluded this series of ch aracteriza tion s cf R o lla 's c itiz e n s y a series in which R o lla ’ s married women descrited "what th e ir husbands were lik e " This se rie s was a "scream" - i t capped the c lim a x ' ^ llk e MASQUED BALLS AND RECEPTIONS OF 1890’ s ô_Lgck Of_BaLls_And_Recaptions.- Rolla did not la ck for want of public masque b a lls , recep tion s, and other rela ted a c t iv it ie s during the 18 90's The f o l lowing samples give some idea o f these events. In December, 1891. A "Town and Gown" masque b a ll. S ixty particip a n ts were ? S o SSd\1f co sJUIIE* There was a Jnidnigit lunch at the Grant H otel. . . In January 18? ? ‘ A.LeaP Year baH at the Grant Opera House. A rousing a f fa ir , p a rticip a n ts’ a ttir e d in c o s t u m e s .....I n February, 1892. A Married Mens’ b a ll, at Grant Opera n °!^ ei i, dr?T a b lg crOTvd.......... In 1896. Another Leap Year b a ll. From VSUOB.M. u n til la te morning hours. Attended by "R o lla ’ s e l i t e " . A bounteous m idniît supper at the Grant House. In February, 1896. An Ex-Confederate Veterans' b a ll at the "Palace" Hotel \ Crandall For the b e n e fit o f the Ex-Confederate Vet erans» Home at Higginsv il le M0 . / ^ ’ Washington's Birthday supper and dance at the Faulkner House (Cran d a ll H o te l;. Toasts and speeches. Grand march ted by Chas. L. Woods and Miss -J.orence Faulkner. ^••• *In August, 1897- A fILenionade Hopn at the Grant House opera, to rty couples p a rticip a ted . Hostesses were Misses Olive Shaw, Flora Johnson and Adele S oest. This group ca lled i t s e l f the "Gay N ineties Club". Yn September, 1897, a Farewell Reception fo r D irector and Mrs. Walter Buck Richards, who were leaving R olla a fte r h is discârgs from the School cf Mines. The hostesses were the Mesdamgs David W. Malcolm . . Claude D. Jamison . . John S. Livesay J.D. Faulkner . . N0e l A. Kinney . . and M illard F. Faulkner. Unfortunately, the c i t y e le c t r ic generator broke down, and the e le c t r ic lig h ts had to be replaced with kerosene lamps. ° n L in co ln 's birthday, 1898, another huge reception and dance at the Grant house in which 300 guests p a rticip a te d . The hostesses were Mesdames M.A. Shaw . . iu.0. Martin . . W.F. D e lis le . . T.L. C ollier .. H. Swearingen . . and George W. Clark. The preparations and decorations were ela borate. The new School cf Hine s d irector and his w ife - Dr. and Mrs. George E. Ladd - were sp ecia l guests. Tib la d ie s were in costume. The opera room was la v is h ly decorated with palms arri flow ers. D elicious refreshments were served, and there was much dancing. You Couldnlt_Die_Of Ennui or_Lonesomeness - i f you liv e d in R olla and joined with your fe ll™ c it iz e n s in such a c t iv it ie s as these. F o lia ' Negroes Have_Picnics. - From e a rly days in R olla , the negro c itiz e n s each year celebrated August_4th as th e ir s p e c ia l "Fourth cf Ju ly". That day was the anniversary of their emancipation on the island cf San Domingo. We record three such celebration s of the many staged. The f i r s t , in 1892, at Campbell’ s park, north of the School cf Mines. There was an in te re stin g street parade, a sumptuous noonday dinner for both negros and whites, an evening band concert and dance at the old Crandall House. The band sat and played on the old-tim e f i r s t - s t o r y balcony that was attached to the outside o f the bu ild in g, on the 8th street and F risco railroa d sid es. In 1896, the August 4th day was celebrated in a park out on Salem Avenue. And in 1898, the event took place in the Albert Neuman grove, ju st east of Rolla Cemetery. This was the most frequ en tly used place fa r these ce le b ra tio n s. For such events in other years, these programs were held in the old Grant Hotel, where the assistan t manager, Miss Lola Shaw, was e s p e c ia lly in terested in the n.jgro people. Programs far these occasions frequ en tly included speeches by various white notables o f R olla , and by two or three prominent and capable negro lea d ers.

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Phnrrh F estiv als During The 1 8 9 0 's .- R o lla 's several churches usually needed

ice*cream s o c ia ls on the church la »n . p ^ id e ^ /^ e s p lc t iv e ly /K r s !’ John W. S co tt. F ir s t second th ird , & > ' " e J , tM W Ittm im M.F. Faulkner, Miss E thel Hunt, Ben0 . F. ? s° “ ' c t i v e ly7 Mrs. E.M. Harrison, L ola M orris. Secretary, t r e a s u * * X ^ e n f i e X f the la te r Mrs. John W. S c o tt). Miss Ethelyn Richardson, and Mass S te lla Sappenfield t ™

v a le . In May of 1897, i t was a s t m n 5^ supper an P ow ell-s H a llj. and Pine stre

„ hich jo u paid twentyJ tc n ts . ^ perfor[aed the

- the ten emptied ( 7 ) th e ir purses, paying

aboard a team ^rM n b u ottoart^ an d ^ ea d ed ^ f ^ week - to catch fis h . these ore P n, tor ^ j£r s . William. H. Echols, In May o f 1891, a party made up Live‘ ( he was H o lla 's mayor) Mr. and Mrs. M.F. Faulkner, Mr. an < • r „p*nade j n July, 1891, another sought fis h - and recreation - down on the B H lr is o n , Judge party composed of Dr. Samuel Rowe, David ■ • i > Grocker then flo a te d down Arthur P. ("P a t") Murphy, and James Craddock, drove to Crocker tn the Gasconade t o Arlington. They bvonf l ^ V s ^ c i a l concern of the Catholic Th| B ogsl B ic y c le C lg b - This club was^a J P J C ^ ^ , The club had p r ie s t , Father P atrick B. 0 L ougil , f , Qn Jujne l8 1q96 j i n which Oscar frequent and e x c it in g b ic y c le races. Another on September 17, 1896, Strobach and A lfred A. Smith were c°n testa n ts. An th boys even trie d was between A lfr e d A Smith are^ James A ^SpiM an. . . . . S ^ ^ 1?f l898, to "c y c le " to S t. L ouis. •••* P P „ , h bav to the S tu ltz resort on when with Father O-Lou^ilin the ciLu w the rroup picture taken. Big Dry Fork. T ^ s was the o c c a s i o n * ^ 18§ 0, from the School of Mines Rolla Basete,ll_Teams. as auring . t u p-ames were between two

i°0r

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a score o f 15 t o 11. These are but ° * | P ^ ‘ had horse fa n ciers and tra in e rs. For Rolla Horse R acin g.- R olla has a l 7s In August of 1893, these the 18 80's, we have already cite .* 1 Ass0c i i t i o n . They drove horses horse fa n cie rs organized a R olla Driving ra ^ the race s on the old hitched to the old-tim e two w ee ra g g^ker Rolla mayor, was elected Fair Ground h a lf-m ile racing tra ck ; ^ V ^ ' ^ e r t ’ s . Long as treasurer of this

^ s 6? o / t h f i T ^ o t t C S S : ’ S d f i l r . s t e d watch.

, National_Prize_Fi^£ts_. but many people - many men,

spe eta tors .t h e r e d to

uoa,re_WPiffht boxing bouts did not occur in R o lla Lea j h . . f t breath u n til fin a l re su lts ™°nBn ^ / a r ticu la r fig h t during February of

1894 was°the6round^betweerTJim Corbett and Charles M itch ell, at Jacksonville, Florida^ S r b e U won with a "knock-out" in the tlu rd round.

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Circus_AM Jl^rry-Go-Round.- Numbers cf circuses visited Rolla during the 1890's. We mention only one - the celebrated "SELLS CIRCUS", viiich was here on # Saturday, July 25, 1891. ‘There was the usual street parade, the "b ig te n t", the animals and the clowns - white t a ffy candy, fin e horses mounted by gracefu l lady r id e r s . C olorfu l events enjoyed by a l l cf R o lla 's circu s-goin g people. A S pecial Town_Merry-Go-Round.- R olla*s youngsters - and some cf the older fo lk s - could not endure the long wait between appearances cf the circu se s . They enjoyed rid in g the wooden horses on the merry-go-round. And so some en terprising R o lla -it e , or a temporary adopted one, set up a s p e cia l "Riding G a lle ry ' on the f vacant l o t ju st east o f the corner cf 9th and Pine s^reeta^ S hipped with a steam " c a llio p e " which furnished the music, xidd£&/a wooden negr o’ man cranked a music box. Townfolks ca lled the ca llio p e a "Steam Carousel". FIRES - STORMS - SCOURGES - TRAGEDIES OF THE GAY NINETIES Sone_Of The F ires,.- We have alreacfy described the burning o f the old tw o-story wood framed Masonic Hall ( The Lodge's Hall No. 3 ) at southeast corner of 7th and Pine s tr e e ts , and the destru ction by f i r e cf a l l the wood framed store buildings on east side of Pine s tre e t, from 7th to 8th stre e t, in 1894* The la tte r fir e t o t a lly destroyed the R olla Herald plant, presses, type and a l l . A th ird f i r e consumed the Anheuser-Busch beer storage bu ilding located on the fr a c t io n a l t r i angular b lock bourded by 6th street, Elm stre e t, and the Frisco r a ilr c a d . This was in A p ril o f 1896. The town fir e "engine", dragged out to fig h t the f i r e , broke down " ju s t as expected", and was u s e le ss . The firemen ca lle d i t " that piece of junk procured from J efferson C ity". S'torms_And_Tornados.- Two tornados crossed the R olla area in A p ril, 1893 . The f i r s t , on A pril 13th, swept across the southeast frin ge of town. I t h it with a great roar and crash, with perpetual flash es cf ligh tn in g, and was over inside of°tw o minutes. Houses were blown o f f foundations, barns were destroyed. The damage caused amounted to between $3,000 and $5,000* On A pril 18, a second tw ister struck between R olla and Salem, crossing Norman ridge at the south Phelps county lin e . I t passed over the William Grubb farm at the southeast county corner, k ille d eight persons Including Mr. and Mrs. William Asher ani baby, and went thence to the old Midland b la s t furnace. On May 4, 1893, a t e r r i f i c rain deeply flooded Coleman Cut on the Frisco, ra ilro a d , at southwest frin ge of R olla . At Newburg, the L it t le Piney r iv e r was said t o have been the highest ever known. On May 27th, I 896, a great tornado descended upon S t. Louis, k illin g many persons and wrecking the east end cf the Eads bridge . And on August 10, 1899, another t e r r ib le rain and e le c t r ic storm h it R o lla . The ed itor s a id ° it "was the wcr st in yea rs". Another tornado struck south of town. The ligh tn in g was f i e r c e . The c it y power plant lim its were ex tin g u isle d . Joseph Campbell, JrT, was knocked from his chair when li^ it n in g struck h is fa th e r 's twostory b rick residence on the b lock bounded by 8th, 9th, Olive and Cedar s tr e e ts . "There had been no such storm in years". The Di£htheria_E£idemic. - In October of 1891, a ravaging epidemic of diph* th eria h it Rolla - as elsewhere in the nation. Dozens of children contracted i t , sorre times three or four in a fam ily. Five cases out of thirteen were fa t a l. Doctors seeiied h elp less, unable to do much to prevent or cure i t . Children came down with i t , and w ithin hours were on the v e r ^ o f death. Fortunately, the scourge ^ soon passed. Shooting And Murder.- Through the a c t iv it ie s o f the c ir c u it court in prose cuting, the lu rid d eta ils o f the k illin g of a boy - Frank Wade - by Mrs. Martha Lawson and her two sons, Andy and Jacob, aged 28 and 30 years - were p u b licly a ire d . The three were accused of having cut the b o y 's th roat. Throu^a some d efect ------ in evidence presented, the three were acqu itted. The boy, however, remained on the deceased l i s t . This was a very lengthy, expensire t r i a l .

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A Se£ond_K illingJlesulted from a quarrel between Frank Baumeister and William O 'B rien, The two men were In the Faulkner House ( Crandall H otel) saloon, where Baumeister offered a round of drinks to the bystanders. O'Brien refused, whereupon Baumeister and his brother-in -law withdrew and went to Baumeister*s cig a r shop. Then he went to the F risco depot, where O'Brien was waiting to board the next train out o f town. Seeing O'Brien, Baumeister said, 11 I 'v e got you now l " O'Brien, b e lie v in g Baumeister was about to k i l l him, pulled h is gun and shot Baumeister, k i lli n g him. O'Brien was trie d fcr murder, but acquitted on grounds that he had acted in s e l f defense. County_Clerk_Harri£on D efalcates^- In ea rly January o f 1898, John P. Harrison handed h is home and o f f ic e keys to his wife ( the former Jennie Bishop), saying he was going to S t. Louis. Over in the Court House, i t was discovered that Harrison had absconded to the exten t o f $ 5, 710 . Arrest of his paramour, in St. Louis, fa ile d to d is c lo s e h is whereabouts. Some years la te r , a former R olla frien d , while in S alt Lake City, said that he had encountered Harrison, who was then a street car conductor. Nothing more was ever bs ard cf him. The County Court accepted a payment of $ 2,500 from his bondsmen in lie u o f the t o ta l $6,000 vinich the bond guaranteed. Harrison had drawn county funds by "ra isin g " the amounts for which warrants were drawn. Special Conv£cations. - On July 29, 1897, the Modern Woodmen of America (H.W.A.) staged a very pretentious "log r o llin g " in R olla . Some 5,000 people gathered to witness the events. There was a great street parade, in which nine_bands p a r t ic i pated. They came from P a c ific , Cuba, S t e e lv ille , Lake Springs, S t. James, and Dixon. Of course, Rolla* s band took part. The P a c ific band led the afternoon street par ade. On a r r iv a l at the old Fair Grounds, a l l nine bands join ed in playing "Washburn's March". The honor o f d ire c tin g the combined bands went to John W. S cott, o f the McComb Drug S tore, R olla . There were lengthy addresses at the park. In the evening, there was a splendid con cert, held at the Shaw Opera. I t featured vocal, instrumental, and orchestra music. This e n tire event was quite an occasion fo r R olla, as the various d r i l l companies came from a l l over M issouri. Some_Varied P ris£ 0_RaiIr£ad Item s.- In 1893, C hristian R. Winters was the F risco agent in R o lla . Luman F. Parker was the corporation attorney. Passenger train conductor Frank Carrigan, of the D illo n cc®mm»nity east cf R *lla, was of the best on the road. He was the son-in-law o f James M. D illo n , a resident of the D illon area.......... In September, 1893, a Frisco passenger train was robbed when two m iles east of P a c ific . This was the second such robbery insnde of one week. The express car was dynamited and set on f i r e . But the would-be robbers got no money, because a fr e ig h t tra in , coming in a t the rear, scared them o f f . Mr. Weckerley, cf Newburg, was the engineer. Inside Rolls., the overpass bridge at 4th and Main stre e ts was reconstructed by agreement between the c ity cou n cil and the F risco management. A wooden structure with a 22 fo o t clearance above r a ils was chosen instead o f a s te e l bridge with a 21 fo o t clearan ce. By December of 1897 the frame work was up, and the bridge opened to t r a f f i c on January 20, 1898. The_Frisc£ Buys_01d_A_1 4 P._Road._ Benj_j_ Yoakum_Take_s_0ver. - As of July 16, 1896, Benjamin F. Yoakum became the new vice president and general manager o f the F risco ra ilroa d , ard Luman F. Parker the general s o l i c i t o r (a ttorn ey). A new F risco board took over and reorganized the company. Yoakum's great expansion plan was at i t s beginning. A f i r s t move was the F r is c o 's purchase o f the remnants o f the old A tlan tic and P a c ific Railroad - the 112 mile stretch o f road join in g Seneca, at M issou ri's west lin e , to Sapulpa, Oklahoma. Frisco_Time_ Table. of_1S9£.- ( Go to next page )

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F ris£°_Time_ Table. Of_1892*- Both passenger and fr e ig h t business were import ant in R olla as o f 1893* The road was s t i l l join ed to the Santa Fe system. There fo r e , tra in s were running across the continent from S t. Louis to San Francisco, over the Santa Fe. The time table for January 5, 1893, was th is : Trains West Bound Trains East Bound N o .l .- Texas-Colorado M ail(A r)l2:47 P.M. No. 2 .- S t. Louis Mail .. Ar.2:06 P.M. 3 . - C a liforn ia Express .......... 12:32 A.M. 4 . - A tlan tic E x p r e s s .... 2:43 A.M. 3 1 .- Sapulpa F r e i g h t ............... 8:28 A.M. 3 2 .- C a lif.-T exa s fr e ig h t 6:25 A.M. 3 3 .- L ocal fr e ig h t .................. 6:06 P.M. 3 4 .- Local fre ig h t .......... 7:45 P.M. 3 5 .- C a liforn ia fa st fr e ig h t. 2:43 A.]$. 36 . - Sapulpa & Ark. fr e g ?tl2 :4 7 P.M. 3 7 .- Texas f a s t f r e i g h t ......... 6:35 A.M. 3 8 .- Kansas-Ark. fr e ig h t. 9:30 P.M. 3 9 .- Local fr e ig h t ................... 7^45 P.M. 4 0 .- Local fr e ig h t .......... 6:35 A.M. A Few Extrane_ous_Events_ 0f_Th.e_1890's. - An outstanding extraneous event was the "Running Of The Cherokee S trip ", in Oklahoma, on September 10, 1893 Among the 100,000 who made the run were numbers of R o lla -ite s who wanted a change o f scene. Aside from the run, there were other R o lla -ite s who l e f t Rolla to bu ild up new businesses and make permanent homes In Oklahoma. Andrew J. Seay had been a t e r r it o r i a l goye rnyr of Indian T erritory. He was, at .the same time, a Rolla banker. The F a u lk n e r /s ® l^ x ^ lM y 0^Rat thug, wgn^ to Oklahoma. The Corse fam ily was another. The Chicago W orld's F a ir/crea ted '5intere st and excitement fo r the entire nation, R olla included. Scores cf R olla c it iz e n s attended. The F risco railroa d o ffered such cheap passenger rates that many, otherwise unable to go, managed to attend. In J efferson City, an important event, o f in te re st to the entire state, was the completion, in March o f I 896, of the mid-stre am swing span over the Missouri r iv e r . The Rolla Herald carried a photograph o f the bridge, and a lso one of the State C apitol vhich presen tly burned down. Nearer home, at S t. James, in October of I 896, despite the wrecking of the F risco tra in bringing S t. Louis d ig n ita rie s to conduct the program, the old James residence was dedicated as the lo c a l Soldiers ' Hoire . On June 25, 1897, the Womens* R e lie f Corps, which had owned the Home, transferred the t i t l e to the State o f M issouri. The. Relfe_ Academy B uilding_Iy Destroyed By_Fire_.- On January 4, 1898, the Relfe Academy b u ild in g, erected in 1857, was t o t a lly destroyed by f i r e . In a sense, i t had been the p rb jen itor o f the A lle n -P h illip s High School which operated in R olla from, or b e fo re , ld 65 The Coming Of The R o£ati_Italian_Settlem ent. - On or about February 1, 1898, ten I ta lia n s , under leadership o f T u llio Malesani, came to Phelps county from their former home, or settlem ent, at Sunny Side, Arkansas, seeking a new home. This they found in the e a s t-ce n tra l part of Phelps County, at the place once ca lle d Knobview, now R osa ti. Here these pioneer Ita lia n s , led by the twenty-four year old Malesani, purchased 1,200 acres of land in Dawson township ( T.39 N., R .6 W.) fo r their new settlem ent. They were soon follow ed by some 130 addition al s e t t le r s . Through the years since 1898, these people hare made both their area, the county, and the State famous by th eir production o f tons and tons of lu sciou s Concord and other v a rie tie s o f grapes. The area i s now one o f the p rin cip a l sources of commercial grape ju ice , processed by the Welch Grape Juice company. POLITICS AND ELECTIONS OF THE 1890's The P o lit ic a l Issues_Arei_Parties_0f The. Gay N in e tie s .- From the days of the C iv il War, numbers of great p o l i t i c a l issues and c ris e s have swept over the nation INCLUDING ROLLA. The town was born at the break o f the C iv il War. I t had i t s part in the a g ricu ltu ra l and la bor re v o lt of ths 18 80's and 1890's which produced the "Grange S ociety" with i t s "Wheel" u n its. S uccessively, i t shared in the a c t iv it ie s o f the Farme r s ' A llia n ce, the Farmer-Labor Union, and the Peoples' (P op u list) Party These various "re v o ltin g " groups had, in common, the follow in g general p r in cip le s :

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- No more p u blic lands were to be granted to promote railroa d bu ild in g. - There should be no ad d ition a l "A lien" owners cf public land. - The n a tion al debt should be paid o f f . - A ll n a tion al banks and their paper money should be abolished. There should be national laws ending "speculating in fu tu re s". There should be a graduated national income tax. - Laws should be passed p roh ibitin g the in flu x o f fore ig n cheap la bor. - Public u t i l i t ie s , such as railroa d s and telegraph lin e s , should be p u b licly owned - P ublic o f f i c i a l s should be e le cte d by d ir e c t popular vote, dropping the e le c t o r a l colleg e method. v 1 0 .- A ll laws discrim inating between ca p ita l and labor should be repealed. 1 1 . - E ffe c t iv e a n ti-tr u s t, anti-monopoly laws should be enacted. 1 2 . - The t a r i f f laws should be revised, imposing heavy le v ie s on lu xu ries, lig h t fe e s on n e c e s s itie s . 1 3 . - The demand was for mass education, good schools fo r the common people. 1 4 . - The granting cf patents fcr inventions should be scrapped. 1 5 . - E lectors were urged to refuse t o vote fo r any congressman who refused to endorse these general p r in c ip le s . In the R olla area, Thomas A llen ( of A llenton, Mo.) was tbs p rin cip a l advocate cf the "Grangp " and it s id eas. Albert Neuman was R o lla 's leader of the Farm and Labor Union. He wanted the community to b u ild grain ele v a to rs, wire re farmers could store th eir grain u n til favorable p rices could be obtained. Joined up with Neuman in this Farm-Labor Union were these others: Wm. P. Bowman James H. Dou^ierty Daniel Chamberlain W ill i an Fort Joseph W. M ills Thomas Brewster George W. Smith R. D. Barber it.A. Collyer Charles H. G il l. Mr. Neuman was also a ctiv e , at the same time, in the 'Wheel" unit of the Grange. In 1889-90 he was its president. F.P. Heath was vice president, J.W. M ills was secretary. Several other members were these: W illiam S alts D. Matlock Cal P aulsell Press Woolsey Rev. R.M. Gou^n James M« oofxman. (B aptist paster) The Populist Party_Is B orn.- Presently, most or a l l of these re v o ltin g groups, in 18927 gathered together to form the "Peoples' Party" - or the ''P opu list" party as i t was soon c a lle d . A fi r s t meeting for such a purpose was held in S t. Louis in December 1889. The party was d e fin it e ly organized in Kansas in June of 1890. A n a tion al’ meeting was held in C incinnati in May, 1891, and in 1892 James B. Weaver and JaBBS G. F ield were the p a rty 's p re sid e n tia l candidates. The. Crime. Of_Seventy-Thre_e. - In 1873, the Republicans were c h ie fly respon sib le f o r the dem onitization of s ilv e r , whereby gold became the sole monetary stan dard. This was a s t i f f blow to the silver miners of the West. Throughout the I 89O ! s the Democrats ca lle d this "Ths Crime of Seventy-three", and laid it^ a t the door of the Republican party. The Republicans advocated a n ti-in fla t io n poJLicies such as the retirem ent cf the C iv il War "greenbacks" and the im position of high t a r if f s on fo r e ig n imports. They wanted to promote in tern a l production cf m iscellaneous goods and merchandise at f a i r p r ic e s . . n, ... ... The Democrats opposed the t a r i f f , also the scrapping o f the C iv il War paper money - greenbacks. They presently leaned toward the many p rin cip le s adopted by the P op u lists, and even adopted some of those p r in c ip le s . Thus, during the gay n in e tie s , there came to be enacted laws that r e s tr ic te d formation cf trusts and monopolies, that established the gold standard, that promoted such agencies and a c t i v it ie s as the a g ricu ltu ra l department, the ru ra l free d e liv e ry cf U.S. mail, the —income tax, and other such d is c ip lin e s .

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The Issue Qf_Fr.ee. Coinage O f_ S ilv e r.- By 1893, the issue o f "free coinage o f s ilv e r " had la r g e ly taken over n ational in te r e s t. The s ilv e r miners and producers o f the ’West wanted th eir b u llio n changed over in to s ilv e r d o lla r s at no charge to them. That was "free coinage o f s ilv e r " . The P opulists and Democrats wanted that the Republicans wanted only the "gold standard", and so opposed free coinage o f s ilv e r . This became the dominant issue fo r both the n ational, and the lo c a l campaigns o f 1896. The t a r i f f issue was second in importance.* The. Locjgl P o lit ic a l L in e-u p .- Back in 1890, R olla had a "T a r iff Reform Club." The o f f ic e r s were John S. Livesay, president . . Ewing Y. M itch ell, vice president ( a ls o R o lla 1s mayor), Janes B. Harrison, second vice president, Charles M. McCrae, secretary, and William P a u lsell, treasurer . One hundred other residents o f R olla and Phelps County signed as members . The names so signed indicate that this was a warmly Democratic group. The_Silver Issue In_C.ong.rgsg. - As e a rly as 1893, congressman R.'p. ("D ick") Bland and Senator Geor^ Vest were advocating free coinage of s ilv e r . They wanted any man who owned at le a s t $100 worth o f s ilv e r to have his s ilv e r minted in to d o lla rs fr e e of c o s t. Their various b i l l s were defeated by such votes as 43 " fo r " to 32 "n o". In 1896, " s ilv e r clubs" across the nation lin ed up in support o f Bland and V est. These, o f course, were organized by members o f the Democratic - and Populist p a r tie s . There were such clubs in R olla, S t. James, and Newburg. On the other hand, the Rolla Repoblicans staged a great r a lly in October, 1896, in general support o f the n ational Republican platform and p rin cip le s , and in p a rticu la r support of Robert E. Lewis, the Republican candidate fo r o ff ic e o f governor of M issouri. Four hundred Republicans p a rticip a ted . Lhg.Elgct.igng Of_The_1890's.- The national party names which appeared on. the l o c a l e le c tio n b a llo t s o f 1894 included those fo r the Republican, the Democratic, the P eoples' Party, the P ro h ib itio n is ts , and the S o cia list-L a b or p a rtie s . In the n ational e le c tio n cf 1892, Grover Cleveland and Adlai Stevenson, S r., carried the Democrats to v ic to r y over the Republican incumbent, Benjamin Harrison, and his running mate, Whitelaw Reid. Cleveland received 5,554,414 popular votes to 5,190,802 fo r Harrison. P opulist candidate James B. Weaver received 1,027,329 votes, the P ro h ib itio n is t candidate Bidwell got 271,058, and Mr. Wing, for the S o c ia lis t Labor party had 21,164 v otes. The campaign ani_ete£tion £f_l896 was perhaps the warmest ever waged p rior to 1900, excepting- the^T ncoln campaign o f 18 64 . Free coinage of s ilv e r was the great issu e, with the t a r i f f and other issu es, such as those raised by.the P opulists, added. As e a rly as March o f 1894, Mr. O.S. Williams, a former residen tbof Lebanon, related by marriage to the Harrison fam ily, had proclaimed that Richard P. Bland, of Lebanon ( once of R olla , 186?) was the best p ossib le candidate fo r the.U.S. presidency in I 896 . The Phelps County Democratic party endorsed the idea. Bland was ca lled "The Great Commoner", because he "was f o r the people". The. Idga_of Bland For President J e lle d . I t went up to the Chicago Democratic convention of July, 1896. A sp ecia l "Bland Train" went from R olla on July 9, carry ing Mr. Bland along with many R olla notables, including M illard F. Faulkner, Noel Kinney, Charles McCrae ( Herald e d it o r ), C liffo r d E. French, and Phelps M itch ell. In a heated series of b a llo t s , "S ilver Dick" Bland was defeated by William. Jennings Bryan, the "Boy Orator of the P la t t e " (r iv e r ), Nebraska. Bryan received the thunderous applause o f the Convention - and o f the Democrats, ^n ationally - with his famous convention speech and statement, d irected at the Republican and other advo cates o f the gold standard: " You sh a ll not press down upon the brow cf labor this crown o f thorns. You sh a ll not c r u c ify mankind upon a cross cf gold I ". The Democrats s p lit in to two fa ctio n s , each with p resid en tia l candidates. Those favoring free coinage cf s ilv e r , on a r a tio o f 16 s ilv e r d o lla rs to one o f ------gnld, were ted by Bryan. The Democrats favoring the gold standard organized a National Democratic party, led by John M. Palmer.

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^he Re£ublreang,_Likewise had a s p li t . The hard money and gold standard wine nominated William McKinley, and advocated the high t a r i f f . The adoption of the gold standard plank alienated Henry M. T eller, a fre e coinage advocate from Colorado, vvho b olted the party and endorsed the s ilv e r coinage wing cf the Democratic party. The fin a l lin e -u p o± party candidates, and th eir respective votes in the e le c tio n of November 3, 1896, were as fo llo w s : Parties And Candidates Votes Received Popular E lect.C ollege Republicans . . . Im. McKinley & Garrett A. Hobert . 7 , 035,638 271 Repub. S ilv e r .. Joined Democrats. No separate vote •• • Bryan Democrats Wm. J . Bryan & Arthur Sewall ........ 6,467,946 176 Palmer ^Democrats: John M. Palmer & Simon B. Buckner 0 131,529 I v o h ib it io n is t s : Joshua Levering & Hale Johnson . . . 141,878 0 Prohlb. S ilv er : Chas. E. Bentley & J.H. Southgate 0 13,969 S o c ia lis t-L a b o r : Chas. H. Matchett & Matthew Maguire 0 36,454 Thus, McKinley and Hobart were e le cte d . In M issouri, Lon Vest Stephens, the Democratic candidate, was elected governor. L o£ a lly,_In Phelps County, a l l Democratic candidates fo r county o ff ic e s were e le c te d . H.H. Hohenschild was ele cte d State Senator in place of J.B. Harrison. V.R. Hale became Phelps County representative in the le g is la tu r e . The associate judges of the County Court ele cte d were John A. Adams, from the east side, arrl Jackson Bishop from the west s id e . The other o ff ic e r s elected were these: Prosecuting attorney . . Thomas M. Jones S h e r iff ................ James C. Harvey Surveyor . .Stanley Q. Chamberlain A ssessor........................... Joseph R. Kester C o lle c t o r ............................. R. F. Hamilton Coroner .......... Dr.J.D. Carpenter T r e a s u r e r .......................... Ferd Strobach Pub. Administrator . . . A.S. Lick So ended the I 896 campaign - a most memorable event. The Lo£al E lgction g 0f_1898_.- 1898 was not a national p re sid e n tia l e le c tio n year. But in M issouri and Phelps County, the e le ctio n s were landslides fo r the Democrats. The party tick e ts in the fie ld were the Democrats, the Republicans, the P opu lists, the P ro h ib itio n is ts , the S o c ia lis t Democrats, and the S ocialist-L ab or adherents. The follow in g lo c a l o f f i c i a l s , a l l Democrats, were e le c te d : Congressman .............. Richard P. Bland Prosecuting Attorney, Chas. L. 'Woods C ircu it Judge ........ Leigh B. Woodside S h e r iff ...................... James C. Harvey County R epresentative: F.W. Shinneman Assessor .................... Presiding Judge .............. Dan Donahoe C o lle cto r ........................ William Fort Judge, east side .............. Ransom Dean Treasurer ................ A lbert W. Blain Judge, west side . . . Perry D. Hawkins County Clerk .......... Booker H. Rucker C ircu it Clerk .......... David E. Cowan Probate Judge .......... Peter C hristie Thg 1900_Presidential E le c t io n .- The e le c tio n s cf 1900 presented no such dramatic d isp la y o f passion and vehemence as had characterized the 1896 campaign. The Republicans upheld the gold standard, the high t a r i f f , the McKinley foreign p o lic y . They wanted a U.S. b u ilt-a n d -co n tro ile d Isthmian Canal. McKinley, with running mate Theodore R oosevelt, were the Republican nominees. The Democrats s t i l l advocated free coinage o f s ilv e r , condemned Republican "imperialism" and the currency a ct, and were led by William J. Bryan and Adlai Stevenson, Sr. The P opulists, fo r the most part, fused with the Democrats, who eventually p r a c t ic a lly took them over. The a n ti-fu s io n is t wing nominated Wharton Barker and Ignatius Donnelly. The S o cia l ist-L abor party nominated Joseph P. Maloney and Valentine Remmel. The P ro h ib itio n ists named John G. Wooley and Henry B. M etcalf. And, fi n a l ly , the S o cia l Democrats named Eugene V. Debs and Job Harriman. The national votes cast were these: ( Turn to next page )

CVM 10/21/69 1890's - 446 6 -Popular Votes E le cto ra l The Party_____ Candidates____________________________ Received College Votes Republican . . . McKinley & Roosevelt ....................... 7,219,530 292 Wm. J. Bryan & Adlai Stevenson,Sr. 6,358,071 Democratic . . . 155 P ro h ib itio n is t John G. Wooley & Henry B. M etcalf. 209,166 0 Social-Dem crts Eugene Debs & Job Harrim an........... 94,768 0 Anti-Fusn.Pops. W. Barker & I . D o n n e lly ................. 50,232 0 McKinley was again e le cte d , with "Teddy" Roosevelt as h is mate In M issouri, Alexander Monroe Dockery, the Democratic candidate fo r governor, was e le c te d . In Phelps County, the o ffic e r s e lected were almost a l l Democrats. They are lis t e d on page 7 o f the present section cf this story . And thus we take leave of p o l i t i c a l campaigns and e le ctio n s fo r the "Gay N in e tie s ". fHE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, 1898 Causes_0f The Sp^ish-American_War . - To some extent, the question o f the enforcement o f the "Monroe D octrine" was in the background o f the causes o f the Spanish-American War. I t had been considered while Great B ritain and Venezuela strove to s e tt le their common boundary lin e . However, Spanish rule and oppression o f the Cubans was in the immediate foreground. Cuban r e v o lu tio n is ts resented Span ish concentration camps wherein not only native Cubans were confined under General Weyler, but a lso numbers of American n a tion als. Relations between Spain and the States were not improved when the American government allowed Cuban g u e rilla s to train fo r warfare inside some of the Southern s ta te s . When the United States demanded an end to these concentration camps, and other oppresive a cts, not only did the Spanish government refuse, but a group o f " lo y a lis t Cubans" stagpd a v io le n t r io t in Havana. I t was th is la s t act vhich caused President McKinley and the Navy to send the b a ttle sh ip Maine to Havana harbor, where on the n i^ it o f February 15, 1898, she struck, or was h it by, a hidden submarine bomb. Two hundred and six ty o ffic e r s and men were k i lle d . This in cid en t, added to the bad re la tio n s already created by the Spanish oppression and concentration camps, triggered the Spanish-American War. A short resume o f that war now fo llo w s : 1. - 0n February 17, 1898, the U.S. Navy appointed a court o f inquiry. I t was unable to f i x d ire ct blame on Spain, but did say that the ship had been h it by a submarine bomb. 2. - On A p ril 9 ard 10, Spain agreed to m itigate the concentration camp p o lic y , and grant a Cuban arm istice. 3. - On A p ril 11, President McKinley asked Congress to authorize " fo r c ib le in terven tion " in Cuba. 4. - On A p ril 20, Congress, by resolu tion , recognized the independence cf Cuba, deiranded withdrawal cf Spanish troops, empowered the president to enforce these demands, disclaim ed any desire to co n tro l or possess the island cf^Cuba.^ President McKinley signed this resolu tion , and then told Spain uo grant ouban in dependence ard qu it the Island - or fig jit . On A p ril 22, the U.S. Navy blockaded Cuban ports, ard on A p ril 24, Spain declared war. The next day, tne states also declared war, ard jmde the d ecla ra tion retro a ctiv e to A p ril 21st. 0n A p ril 29, Spain dispatched her f l e e t to Cuba, under command_cf _Admiral Cervera. The American f l e e t , under Admirals William T. Sampson and W infield ochle'y, gathered outside Santiago harbor, with the ships Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts, Texas New York, ard Brooklyn.From the f a r - o f f P a c ific coast, the sturdy b a ttlesh ip Oregon was hurriedly, fe v e ris h ly , sailed around the southern tip cf South America, in time to help destroy the Spanish f l e e t - which was done on July 3, 1898. On land,army fo rce s under Gen. William Shafter, and C ols. Leonard .«ood and "Theodore R oosevelt, stormed E l Caney and Santiago H ill, thus capturing the heights

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above Santiago Bay, in p o s itio n to aid Admiral Sampson by bombarding the Spanish fle e t. The t o t a l d estru ction of the Spanish f l e e t on July 3 p r a c t ic a lly ended the war - at le a st on the Cuban side of the A tlan tic ocean. Spain's 27,000 troops surrendered on July 17th. The War In_The_Sou^hwest_Pacif i p . - Since Spain owned islands in the southwest area o f the P a c ific ocean, including Wake Island and the P hilippines, the campaign was carried over there. On May 1 - eren before the Cuban b a ttle s - an American f l e e t under Admiral George Dewey entered the harbor o f Manila, the c a p ita l c ity of the P hil ippin es, with the ships Olympia, Boston, Baltimore, and Raleigh, and t o t a lly destroyed the Spanish f l e e t o f ten vessels commanded by Admiral Montogo. Wake Island was taken over and annexed. Gen. Nelson A. Miles occupied Puerto Rico to the south of Cuba, and the P hilippines were surrendered to America on payment cf $20,000,000 to Spain. Summing Up, some 274,000 o ff ic e r s and American sold iers served in this war. SOME FEW WERE FROM ROLLA AND PHELPS COUNTY. 5,462 died of disease - only 379 in actu al b a tt le . 1,604 were wounded. The c o st, in money, was around $250,000,000. The in su rrection o f the P hilippines, led by Emilio Aguinaldo, broke out in February, 1899. I t required a fin a l force of some 70,000 American soldiers to end i t . Generals E.S. O tis and Funston, in command o f American fo r c e s , fin a lly quashed the r e v o lt - but the struggle did not fin a lly , t o t a lly end u n til the middle o f 1902. WHY RECITE THESE DETAILS OF THE Numbers cf men and boys from R olla and foregoin g story could be reconstructed two* R olla newspapers, the R olla Herald in fa c t , so w ritten . ........

SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR IN A HISTORY OF ROLLA ?? Phelps County served in the war. A ll of the from the items and a r t ic le s published in the and the Rolla New Era. The present story was,

NECROLOGY FOR THE 1890's The_ HandjCf Death F e ll Heavily Upon R olla and her former residents during the 1890 's . 0ur l i s t contains the names and dates o f decease fo r forty-tw o such per sons. Some cf these were former R olla residen ts, but of such importance as t o be lis t e d here . Many in our l i s t were farmer c ity or county o f f i c i a l s . There were, numbers o f others whom we are compelled to omit. This is our l i s t fo r the 1890's: APERT, C o l.(P r o f.) James W. (d.Aug.11,1897)• Former teacher, M.S.M. Died at Newport,Ky. BLAND, Richard P. (June 15, 1899), Lebanon, Mo. 1896 Democratic p re sid e n tia l nominee. BOWMAN, John R. (May 22, 1894). St.James. Former Phelps Co. presiding judge. BOWMAN, Mrs. J.R. (May 9, 1898). St.James. Wife of Judge Bowman. BOYD, Col. Sempronius H. (June 22, 1894) S p rin g fie ld , Mo. Former C iv il War Commandt,Rolla BROWN, Hys . H. Bascom. (Aug.15,1898). Canton, Mo. Wife of former R olla merchant. CHAMBERLAIN, Daniel (Feb. 28, IS 96 ) . R olla . Early Co.Supt. & Photographer. CHRISTIE, Peter ( May 7, 1899). R olla . Teacher, probate judge, c it y cle rk . CRANDALL, Mrs. Anna Maria. (F eb.8, I 898) . Long-time manager o f Crandall Hotel. CULBERTSON, Benj. M .,S r.(J u ly 17, 1898). Father cf B.M .,Jr. Prominent shoemaker. DSMUTH, Alexander ( Jan.17, 1893) Rolla & York, Pa. Treas., Clk cf Exec.Com., M.S.M. DIEHL, Mrs. J.M. (F eb.20,1898) . Eldest dau. of F.C.W. Owen. Wife cf banker. DUN, Mrs. James (June 11,1893) Nee Robber son, S p rin gfield , Mo. 1st wife Jas .Dun, Engr, SF Ry. EMORY, Azro. (Jan 23, 1899). St.James. Former R olla a tty . R olla c ity atty, 1860*s. FROST, Cyrus H. (Apr.10,1893)• R o lla . Great townbuilder. Speaker, Mo. G.A., 1860's. FROST, Dr. J .S . (Mar.20,1893) • Macedonia, 5 mi. N. cf R olla . R olla doctcr . GADDY, Pleasant M. ( Feb.27, 1893). 5 mi. W. o f R olla . Former Ph.Co. s h e r iff. GALLAHSR, Mrs. E lizabeth D. (Nov.13, 1898). R olla, 1855- Wife of Jos.Wallace GaLLaher. GUILD, Mrs. R.E. ( Feb.13, 1899). Wife cf Dr. W.J. Guild, R olla d e n tist. HALLEY, "Uncle Joseph". (Feb.10,1897) • Carpenter. Had 3rd house ever buLj-t in R illa . HARDIN, John ( Mar. 13, 1898). R olla . Blacksmith, Mason, councilman, Beard cf Education. HATCH, Mrs. E.D.W. (A pr.17, 1893). R olla P.M. d. Big Timber, Mont. Wife of Col.R.B.Hatch

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HOUSTON, Mrs. Nancy (F eb.6, 1898). Maramec. Wife of Houston. Mother cf R utelia. HUTCHESON, Judge John G. (Aug. 16, 1894). Ph.Co. Pres. Judge. Owner Drug S tore. KING, Pat. (Nov.29, 1896)• Married Ju lia Ann F oley. 9 ch ild ren . To Mo.°in 1858. Lived on L it t le Piney r iv e r , near Yancy M ills . MALCOLM, Lavid. (May 29, 1898). R olla . d. S t.L ou is. A leading R olla banker. MATLOCK, John (Nov.2, 1899). Hey 72, 8 mi. SE o f R o lla . One o f 3 f i r s t Co.Judges, 1857. McCRAE, Charles M. (May 18, 1899). Editor o f R olla Herald. MILLARD, A.M. (June 28, 1899). R olla merchant, d. Houston,Mo. Father of Thos, reporter. MINTNER, Chris (Sept. 13, I 896) . R o lla ’ s outstanding stone mason. MITCHELL, John H. (May 27, 1398). R olla*s topmost b rick mason & p la s te re r. MORSE, Mrs. Lucy Ann (J a n .? ,1899). Wife cf Pres.Judge Wm.Morse. Owned S cott Drug corner O'BRIEN, P atrick . (June 1,1896). R olla councilman, merchant, store b u ild e r. PAULSELL, Wm. (Mar.11,1897)• R olla . Merchant, councilman, member sch ool board. POWELL, Walbridge (July 16, 1897). E x-editor R. Express. Founder R olla New Era. SCHUMAN, Mrs. Chas., S r . ( Jan.8, 1898). Mother cf Chas.,Jr, Richard, & Edward. SOUTHGATE, Wm. Wallace. ( Feb. __, 189 6) • R olla . Lawyer, probate judge. WEBSTER, Henry (July 29, 1897)* R o lla . For many years, R olla c i t y cle rk . WILLIAMS, Mrs. Chas. P. (Oct. 11, 1894). Butler (Concord), Pa. Wife o f 1st MSM D irector WILKINS, Mrs. Paul J. (Jul y _ , 1898). Wife of P rof. P.J. Wilkins of M.S.M. WINTERS, C hristian R. (July 23, 1897)- F risco railroa d agent,R olla. Husband cf L e titia . WINTERS, Mrs. C.R. (L e t it ia Gallaher) (N of. 13 , 1898). Wife of Christian R. Loved teache

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PAGES 49 AND 50 - THE LAST TWO IN OUR STORY OF THE 1890’ s ARE DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF PMUNDJYA^ BISHOP THE FOUNDER AND LONG-TIME BENEFACTOR OF THE CITY OF ROLLA, MISSOURI. • • • •

EdmundJWard Bishop, the son and eighth of ten children born to Morris Bishop and wife Merab B otsford, was born in Dutchess county, near Poughkeepsie, New York, on July 20, 1820. On October 21, 1858, he married Miss Jane Sellard, daughter o f Mr. and Mrs. Jane S ellard, of Canton, Bradford county, Pennsylvania. Edmund and Jane Bishop became the parents of four children - Flora ( Mrs. Walter Wishon) •• Jennie ( Mrs. John P. Harrison ) . . Ju lia ( Mrs. Joseph P oole) . . and Edmund W., ju n ior, who, unmarried, died on July 11, 1889, at age twenty-two. Mr. Bishop died at R olla on A p ril 24, 1895, and l i e s in R olla Cemetery. Mrs.Bishop died at Oakland, C a liforn ia , on May 5, 1922, and with her daughter, Flora, l i e s in the Odd F ellow s' Columbarium at Oakland. Edmund's fath er died when the boy was but fiv e years old . The mother was unable t o support a fam ily o f ten children, so Edmund was bound out, f i r s t to an uncle, and then to a farmer who promised the boy his board, cloth in g, and three months o f schooling each year - in return fo r the work done . A fter eight years, Edmund had received only fif'ty-three_ days of schooling l That was enough o f such negle c t . At age sixteen, Edmund took leave and begp.n his rugged struggle with l i f e . A fter a few years spent in flo a tin g lumber ra fts down the Ohio river to Pittsburg, and then working with railroa d survey p a rties, he came to M issouri where, in 1855, the P a c ific Railroad was being b u ilt west from S t. Louis to Kansas City - and from the town of P a c ific to R olla and S p rin g fie ld . This la t t e r lin e was the P a c if i c 's "Southwest Branch'1. In seme way, Edmund became associated with four other men in a partnership ca lle d the "J. Stever Company". The a ssociates were Jacob Stever, E.Q. Harding, James Lea, ard "Major" William M o rill. These men, with Bishop, contracted to clear and make the ra ilroa d grade from what is now the town o f Leasburg ( named for Mr. Lea) to the Gasconade. They located their camp, and b u ilt a tw o-story wood frame o f f ic e b u ild in g on the tra ct now designated as Block 38, B ishop's F irs t Addition to R olla, bounded by 7th, 8th, Park ard State s tr e e ts . By 1857, payments by the State to the general ra ilro a d contractor had been so delayed that the J. Stever company had to cease operations fo r a time. Mr. Bishop tire d of con tractin g, and th erefore exchanged a l l his property and in terests in the J. Soever Company fo r the tw o-story o ff ic e b u ild in g and a l l the lands the company owned in the area. He shrewdly per«3$ived that the railroa d would even tu ally reach the area - and resolved to convert his camp in to a c it y . Wbe n the new Phelps County was created in November, 1857, he managed to have his camp designated as the county seat, and donated f i f t y acres of land for its s it e . In 1859 the townsite was surveyed by a railroa d engineer, A.E. Buchanan, and the lo t s o ffe re d fo r sale by the County. The name of "ROLLA" was a ffix e d to the town as e a rly as May 11, I 858 . And in 1859, Mr. Bishop brought his b e a u tifu l w ife, Jane, to li v e in his spacious residence, the railroa d o f f ic e bu ild in g. When the Town of R olla was s p e c ia lly chartered by the State on January 25, 1861, Mr. Bishop was named as one o f the seven councilmen. He was chosen as p re si dent pro tern, and wrote the town's f i r s t c it y ordinances. And when the C iv il War broke out - here in R olla on May 7, 1861, the Union Army commissioned him as a "M ajor". As such, he recru ited new troops, and fo r a time was quartermaster.

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When the War ended, Mr. Bishop turned to the business o f town planning and land s a le s . He p lo tte d Bishop’ s F irst and Second Addition to R o lla . To these, h is wife and daughters la te r la id out the Bishop’ s Third and Fourth A dditions. Through the yeara, Mr. Bishop served the community fa it h fu lly - as a c it y councilman, as member o f the school board, as d ire c to r of the National Bank of R olla, and as origin a tor and member of such agencies as the R olla Bible Society, the R olla Library A ssociation , the Knights Templar and other an ti-sa loon groups o f town, and as a Republican delsgite to a l l the state conventions held^during his life t im e . He and Mrs. Bishop were Missouri delegates to the Philadelphia National Centennial anniversary of I 876 . He was one cf the half-dozen men who managed to shape up the Phelps County donation so that the School of Mines might come to R olla . He donated the lo t s whereon the Episcopal and Methodist churches are b u ilt . And the School o f Mires f i r s t bu ilding - the "R olla Building" - was constructed on a l o t carved from his estate . As a fin a l trib u te, i t seemed that always - whenever some great c r i s i s confronted R olla, or when large sums of money were to be cared for - the town turned to Mr. Bishop. Whenever he was a candidate fo r c it y councilman, or member o f the school board, he p olled more votes than any other person. He was m orally clean, v ig orou sly a ctiv e, honest to the c o r e . However - when he was la id to rest in 1895 - his grave bore no marker u n til a handsome monument was b u ilt above him in 1955 by the Phelps County H isto rica l S ociety. R olla w i l l forev er be indebted to Edmund Ward Bishop - f i r s t , because he founded the town — and second, because he so devotedly and e ff e c t iv e ly served i t .

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I n r the c i t y e l e c t i o n o f A p r i l 3, 1900, C o h n S . L iv e s a y was the h o ld -o v e r m ayor. Newly e le c t e d were John M o rris (ward l ) , Robert McCaw (ward 2 ) , and John F a l l s (ward 3 ) . Jo e P o o le , C l i f f French , and Wm. P e z o ld t were the h o ld -o v e r a id e r men. . . . W .D .Jo n e s was named c le r k , John P . Kaine t r e a s u r e r , W illiam . O 'B r ie n a s s e s s o r , Dan Deegan c o l l e c t o r , T . J . E l l i s m a rsh a l, and George H. Hume p o lic e ju d g e . The power p la n t was a g a in a m atte r o f c o n sid e ra b le co n c e rn . I t s s e r v ic e was c h a r a c te r iz e d as "no goo d ", because the l i g h t s fr e q u e n t ly went out f o r an e n tir e n i g h t . Custom ers had t p have kerosene lamps handy f o r such e m e rg e n cie s. F i r e - f i g h t i n g equipm ent was a ls o o f much con cern . Through e f f o r t s o f E .J .E o c h , R o lla c i t i z e n s r a is e d an " a n te " sum o f $527 to a p p ly on equipment c o s tin g $1200. The c i t y s u p p lie d i t s sh a re , and w ith $1190 bought a new "e n g in e " and 500 f e e t o f h o s e . These f a c i l i t i e s a r r iv e d on November 28t h . M is c e lla n e o u s Community A f f a i r s The_ P r iv a te Telephone System , promulgated, by NoigL A . K inney, was h avin g some d i f f i c u l t y in s e c u r in g as many as 75 s u b s c r ib e r s . However, b y December 13, he managed t o g e t them . I t was now f e l t th a t the "system " was a "su re go" fa r R o l l a . County_Governm ent and c i t y and s c h o o l governments ta d d i f f e r e n t a d m in istra t i v e y e a r s . For the cou n ty, e le c t io n s were h e ld in November, and th e new ly e l e c t s assumed o f f i c e Ja n u a r y 1 s t . In c o n t r a s t , b o th the c i t y and th e sch o o l e le c t io n s were the f i r s t Tuesday a ft e r the f i r s t Monday in A p r i l . The new ly e le c t s tookThe fo llo w in g t a b le i s b ased on such f a c t s : E le c te d N o v ..1900 E le c t e d 1899 H old-O ver O ffic e r S .M . Z e v e le y S t a t e S e n a to r ............... J a s . In Coffman S t a t e R e p r e s e n ta tiv e Fred W. Shinnenan Tt,pi frh B . Woodside C i r c u i t Ju d ge ............... U Evict Hi* OOvvdJ.1 • • John W. Cooper . . . John A . Watson P r o s e c . A tto r n e y . . . P r e s .Ju d g e C o .C o u r t. D a n l. Donahoe . . . S .R . Bowman ............... A s s o c .Ju d g e , e a s t . . P e rry D . Hawkins . A s s o c . Ju d g e , w est . P . D . Hawkins . . . . B .H . Rucker . . . . . . C h as. R . M a tlo ck A sse sso r . A . B . H ale ................. C o lle c t o r A.W . B la in .................. T re a su re r 3 .Q . Chamberla in . S .Q . C h am b erlain . H arry 0-. B land . . . P u b lic A d m in istra to r A lb e r t Neuman . . . . P rob ate Ju d ge ............... A lb e r t Neuman . . . C o l . J . L . B u s k e t t .. Hr coroner ............ John L . L o v elace . J ohn L . L ove la ce . S u p t . S c h o o ls A C o u n ty F i m n c i a l .R e p o r t , d a te d F e b . 15, showed g e n e r a l fund r e c e i p t s fo r v e ” r 1899 as $ 2 2 , 614.65 - e x p e n d it u r e s $1 6 ,5 8 2 .7 3 - and b a la n c e 00,0 3 1 .9 2 . 7 The County_Sensus f o r 1900 showed t h a t R o lla had 1,600 in h a b it a n t s , and the county 14,194. F ig u r e s fo r 1890 had been 1,592 and 1 2 , 036 . In R o lla S c h o o l A f f a i r s , on A p r il 3rd T .D . Sm ith and John S . L iv e s a y were e l e c t e d ! o r e p la c e A,Neuman and H. Beddoe. H o ld -o v e rs wexe W .D .Jo n es and Rober t M eriw ether ! . J .P .K a i n e and Henry Wood. P r o f . E .F . B usch, from Colum bia, was chosen as" c i t y s u p e r in te n d e n t, M iss Sa rah B e a l l , a graduate of the S c h o o l o f Mine s , as hicdi sch o o l p r i n c i p a l . ( See s p e c i a l ch a p te r on "S c h o o ls" for more d e t a i l ) . h S To c lo s e the y e a r , h i * ' s c h o o l p u p ils gave a p la y ih Shaw 's Opera house,

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ROLLA . . . 1900 . . . ( 2 ) e n t i t l e d "L o u ra , the P a u p e r". The p a r t i c i p a n t s , a l l h igh sc h o o l s tu d e n ts , were th e s e : .B e l l e B u llo c h .Georgs Cook .F ra n k Thompson D o l l i e Gordon Fred McCaw Frank O a tle y Edna Baughman Eugene Bonebraker C la r k Shaw R ob ert Montgomery W a lte r Duby Alma S tro b a ch Ben Beddoe M o llie P o w ell The P h e lp s County Teachers A s s n , met in S t.Ja m e s on A p r i l 7 t h . Jo h n L . L o v e la c e was county s u p e r in te n d e n t. R o l l a 1 s_ Churdhes^ 1900 ^ and th e ir r e s p e c tiv e p a s t o r s , were th e s e : C a t h o l i c , . . P a t r ic k B . d ’ lotgjg^L- E p is c o p a l ....................... F .M . W eddell C h r i s t i a n ..................E ld e r A .A . P r e s b y t e r i a n ................ John A . Annin B a p t is t ....................... £ E . B o ls t e r South M eth od ist . . . S A J.U p to n & Rev P a s c h a ll. N orth M e th o d ist ..H l B .F o s t e r The South M e th o d ists had fo r numbers o f y ea rs d isc o n tin u e d a c t i v i t i e s in R o lla , and had no chu rch b u i l d i n g . They in t e r m it t e n t ly met in the P r e s b y te r ia n ch u rch , and i n th e second f lo o r chamber over th e Schuman d a ir y , n o r th e a s t co rn er o f 6th and Pine . In _B a n k A ffa ir s _ , we reco rd o n ly the r o l l of o f f ic e r s o f th e R o lla S ta te Bank. Those e le c t e d in Ja n u a ry were th e s e ; P r e s id e n t, B .L . Knapp. V ic e p r e s id e n t,H e n r y Beddoe. C a s h ie r C h a s. M. Knapp, ard his a s s is t a n t J o s . H . S m ith . The d ir e c t o r s were B .L . Knapp, Henry Beddoe, C has. M. Knapp, J o s . H . Sm ith , A .C .D o n n an , T .J .J o n e s , J.A .S p U m a n , and H . Dowd. Ih e R o l l _ 0 f Profe_ 3sioEe_l_Men in c lu d e d a tto r n e y s Thomas Jo n e s , Cyrus Jo n e s , . . N o r v e ll, Jo h n A . W atson, Jo se p h G r it e s , James B . H a r ris o n , G en. E .Y . M i t c h e l l , ayd Frank H. F a r r i s , * 0 had b u t l a t e l y come from S t e e l v i l l e . Robert M eriw ether l e f t R o lla i n November, t o l i v e in Monroe C i t y , Mo. . . . S . L . B ay sin ger and A rthur Wood, son o f Henry - j u s t grad u ated - were among the d o c t o r s . D o cto rs E.W .W alker and V .L . S h e lp were d e n t is t s In _ B u s in e s s And In d u s t r y , the Beddoe f lo u r m i l l , shut down the p a s t y e a r, was now p ro v id ed w ith new m achinery and re -o p e n e d . The R o lla M i l l jf , R o l l a 1 s p r in c i p a l in d u s t r y , was a g a in managed b y Hans Tyson, who took over when m r.Eisenm ayer l e f t . ...C h a r l e s Schuman bought the l o t a t so u th e a st co rn er 6th and P in e , wnxch had once been the F l i n t s t o r e , and l a t e r tbs p r o p e r ty o f th e Bowles M i l l Co. Schuman would c o n d itio n and operate the m i l l . ...A n d in b u s in e s s , John A l l is o n a r r iv e d to open a je v je le r and w atch r e p a ir shop. „ , , _ The R o lla H e r a ld , Iff F e b ru a ry , 1900, bought the equipment o f th e»P h elp s Co. Democrat "7 e d ite d ' by R a y -F . R u ck e r. By t h e ir agreem ent, the name was changed to th e " R o lla H e ra ld -D e m o cra t", th e page s iz e e n la r g e d , and the shop moved from n o r ' sid e of 8 th s t r e e t , between Pin e s t r e e t and the F r is c o r a i lr o a d , uo The is s u e of Thursday, November 1 5 th , shows h a l f tone p ic t u r e s o f th e Herald p r e s s e s . ThP 'Would Be B a c h e lo r G i r l s Club" was a r a th e r u n u su al group o f R o lla * s — 7 — ~ ~ ~ T I j T c 0f 4-he 1900’ s . I t was lim it e d to around a dozen members. n u £ i 2 a "Coming Out" clu b - p o s s ib ly an announcement i L t t h ^ e ^ e r s were lo v e l y , an! cap ab le o f p a g i n g These g i r l s were r e a l l y £ j a u t l f u l as „Mre . So- S o » . As a l l y r s awe’ a S eablea r t o i c o r t t h m : here are most cf th e members, t o o t h e r w ith ths name o f the men th e y m a rrie d : L i l l i a n F o rt . . (m. B ak er, M arie Jam iso n . (m. P a rk e r, Anna Lepper . . . ( n ever m arried ) Jen n ie Lepper . ( m. N orthrup,

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ROLLA . . . 1900 . . . (3) 1900 J J u s i c a l j : n t e r t a i n m e n t seems to have been somewhat subdued f o r the y e a r . 0ur re c o rd s show no m u s ic a l e v e n t o f u n u su al m e r it . We m ention, however, the two d au g h ters o f M r. and M rs. G r a n v ille A lle n — A lic e and Anna. They could w e ll have jo in e d th e "B a ch e lo r G i r l s " . A l i c e , in p a r t i c u l a r , was a b e a u t i f u l g i r l , g i f t e d w ith a b e a u t i f u l soprano v o i c e . We were t o ld t h a t b y two men who p e r s o n a lly knew her - Fred Mc Caw arri Bob H e l l e r . . . . Whether she was a "would be b a c h e lo r g i r l " , her charns p r e s e n t ly p rovid ed h er w ith a handsome husband in the person o f M r. A N o rth -S o u th ^ d lr o a d _ T h r o u £ ji_ R o lla was an item th a t p e r s i s t e n t l y claim ed i n v e s t i g a t i o n , alm ost from the date o f R o lla * s b i r t h . Numbers o f d i f f e r e n t surveys were made, coming from towns such as Colum bia, J e f f e r s o n C i t y , W e s tp h a lia , Preeburg on th e n o r th , and in to R o l l a . Thence th e y went southward to Lecoma or Ldgar o p r in g s , L i c k i n g , H ou ston , C a b o o l, West P l a i n s , Thayer, and to L i t t l e R ock. This year o f 1900 was no e x c e p t io n . T h is tim e the proposed road was named the "M in n e so ta , L i t t l e Rock, arri G u lf R a ilr o a d " , which d eterm in es its ^ g o a l and r o u t e . For the tim e , the road was t o s t a r t a t Bow ling G reen, M is s o u r i, on the C h icago and A lto n ro a d , thence cane south throu gh R o lla and go on to the so u th lin e o f M is s o u r i, in H ow ell c o u n ty . R ight-*!-w ay deeds w ere a c t u a l l y purchased th rou ^ i Texas county^ and i n Dent county • I t was sa id t h a t the ro a d w ould be in o p e ra tio n w ith in two y e a r s . From Ja n u a ry to A p r i l , f i e l d surveys were i n p ro g ress from R o lla to Lecoms and to H ou ston . Like so marjiy other roads so planre -., t h is one never m atu red . 1900J f a s _ A _ P r e s i d e n t i a l E l e c t i o n j f e a r , b e s id e s b e in g a ls o ^ a le a p year^in^ which g i r l s and women were supposed to have th e p r iv ile g e of talcin g the i n i t i a t i v e in m aking m arriage p r o p o s a ls . . . . In th e e l e c t io n cf fu esd ^ r, November o n , the R e p u b lic a n c a n d id a te s , W illia m M cK in le y and Theodore R o o se v e lt defeated^ the D em ocratic team., W illia m Jen n in gs Bryan ,arri A d la i E . Steven so n ( 3 r .) . They r e s p e c t i v e l y c o lle c t e d 281 and 166 e l e c t o r a l c o lle g e v o t e s . . . . In M is s o u r i, A lexander Monroe D ockery was e le c t e d G overnor. The 1900 D e a th _ T o ll c a r r ie d c f f numbers of R o lla * s prom inent and b elo ved c i t i z e n " Mr s . - Jofepi G . H utcheson, w ife c f the honored cou n ty ju d g ; (nee Ju lia n n a A very) d ie d F eb ru ary 28 . She was a devoted mother and church woman. Herman Dowd, r e a lt o r and a b s t r a c t o f f i c e manager (d.M arch 2 2 ) . . . Lewis A . L iv e s a y , son of v e te ra n o io n e e r Jo h n W. L iv e s a y , committed s u ic id e by jum ping i n t o a deep c is t e r n ( A p r . 29 ) . . P t r . E .A . B o l l e s , cf Lake S p r in g , w e ll known in R o lla ( J u l y 12) . . .D r . John Duane I C a rp e n te r, f a t h e r o f the two d au g h ters G ertru d e ( l a t e r Mrs Frank B . P ow ell) and G ra c e , arri surgeon f o r the F r is c o r a ilr o a d ( J u l y 2 2 ) .. and Mrs P ied S e e le w ife 1 o f R o l l a ’ s p r in c ip a l f l o u r m i l l e r , and s i s t e r of H .H . H o h en sch ild ( O c t. 1 9 ) . j Here "end s our s t o r y o f the year 1900. P .3 . Add t o d e ath t o l l : D r . W illia m R . W ilso n , e x C o n fe d e ra te , on s t a f f o f famed g e n e r a l J . E . B . S t u a r t , i n R o lla s in c e 1891 (June 7 ) .

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City_B^sine_s_s and Governm ent. The a n n u al c i t ^ e l e c t i o n was held on A p r il 2 . For m ayor, the c a n d id a te s were Edwin lo n g , Jo se p h P o o le , and C o l. J . L . Bus k e t t . Long won b y a vote o f 1&7. P o o le got 80, Bus k e t t 40 v o t e s . C h a s. T . S tro b a c h ( J r . ) was e le c t e d alderm an from ward 1 , Absalom Gordon from, ward 2, Asa N ile s from ward 3. •• Dan Deegan was e le c t e d c o l l e c t o r , G eo . H . Hume p o lic e ju d g e , T .D . Smith s t r e e t com m issioner, and T . J . E U i s as m a r s h a l. John S . L iv e s a y was o u tg o in g m ayor. H o ld -o v e r aldermen were John M o r r is , R o b ert McCaw, and John F a l l s from wards 1 , 2 , and 3 r e s p e c t i v e l y . The new c o u n c il, i n s t a l l e d i n May, c o n s is te d o f mayor Edwin Long, and a ld e r men Jo h n M o rris and C h a s. T . S tro b a d i ( J r . ) . . .R o b e rt McCaw and Absalom Gordon . . . and Jo h n F a l l s and A sa N i l e s , o f wards 1 , 2, and 3 r e s p e c t i v e ly . W .D .Jo n e s was named c i t y c l e r k . The E le c t r ic _ L i^ t _ a n d _ P o w e r _ P la n t was a g a in the source o f much tro u b le . As of F e b ru a ry 7 th , the town r e p o r te r s a id , " The l i g h t s go o f f e v e ry few ^nipjato. WHY ? ? " . . . To d a te , th e p la n t had been housed in tem porary wooden framed sh a n tie s on the re n te d p r o p e r ty o f Jo se p h Cam pbell, on south sid e o f 8th s t r e e t , im m ediately e a s t o f t ie F r is c o r a i l r o a d . The C o u n c il now f e l t th at a more permanent b u ild in g should be p ro v id e d . To t h i s en d, i t d ecid ed to s e l l the e x i s t i n g town h a l l and c i t y l o t a t im m ediate n o r th e a s t corn er cf 7th and R o lla s t r e e t s , and on March 7th req u e sted b id s , a ls o p ro p o s a ls for a new l o c a t i o n . On O ctober 1 0 th , th ey s o ld the old c i t y h a l l and l o t t o W .S . Evans fo r $600. They then d ecid ed to buy the Jo s e oh Cam pbell l o t fo r $800. , „ ,, On O ctob er l 6t h , Herman F e t t e r e r , who was en gin ee r m charge ox the power p la n t , d ie d , th u s adding to the problem . I n s u f f i c i e n t water fo r die p l a n t 's b o i le r s had become a c u t e , so a p r o je c t f o r d r i l l i n g a w e ll was b rou gh t u p . The C o u n c il d e cid e d th a t th e e l e c t r i c l i ,# i t committee cou ld now d r i l l sum a w e ll on the newly a c q u ire d Cam pbell l o t . The power p la n t s im p ly m ust J r e made r e li a b le and workable s o 'a bond e le c t i o n was c a l l e d fo r November 2 7 th . The H erald e d ito r commented th a t » Vie hare e it h e r t o vote fo r th e $7 ,000 bond is s u e , o r ^ s e ll tne p la n t . And - i f the p la n t were to be k e p t - then somebody " who knew h is b u s in e s s '1 must be h ire d m manage i t are! flake i t p a y . ...T h e e l e c t i o n was h e ld . The "y e s" v o te s t o t a le d ,0 the "n oes" 47 . As a tw o -th ir d s m a jo r ity was r e q u ir e d , the is su e f a l l e n , lbs vote f a v o r i n 0, s a le cf the p la n t a ls o f a i l e d , by vote of 34 to 72. „ Mayor L 0ng now added to the l i s t cf c i t y wants by d e c la r in g th a t R o lla should have a w aterw orks system . The R o l l a H erald backed him, a d v o c a tin g a bonn is s u e f o r i t s c o n s t r u c t io n . But here th e se problems rest.ed fo r ^ h er f a r ; M eantim e, R o lla * s ta x a b le v a lu a t io n was re c o rd e d . R e a l e s t a t e was valued a t $249,103 •• p e r s o n a l p r o p e r ty a t *169 ,570 . . and a t o t a l o f $41 , 73t a x le v ie d on t h a t v a lu a t io n , p ay ab le in 1901 , was *2 ,0 9 3 -3 1 , 50 cen ts p r $100 v a lu a t io n . . . . A c i t y f i n a n c i a l r e p o rt fo r th e p erio d J a n . 3 reco rd ed th e se f i g u r e s : T o ta l g e n e ra l xund r e c e ip s * » ' j , 4 , &/ qqq other $ 3 ,1 1 1 .2 9 ; b alance $1 5 9 -0 5 . ...O u t s t a n d in g power p la n t bond d e b t, ,-6 ,0 0 0 . dck: “

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By June 2 7 th , 110 phones had been i n s t a l l e d in R o l l a . And by Septem ber 5 th , the B e l l Telephone G o. had connected the R o lla system to t h a t of S t .L o u i s . M i£ cellan e£ u s_ Cormnunit^; A ffa ire s Phel]Ds_County O f f i c i a l s on or about February 1 4 th had a photograph taken on fr o n t s te p s of th e Court House - one of the few so t a le n in e a r ly d a y s . The H erald fo r F eb ru ary 14, 1901, c a r r ie d a h a l f tone c u t o f the p h o to . In i t were t h e s e : S.R.Bowm an, Danie 1 Donahoe, and P e rry D . Hawkins, members c f c o u n ty c o u r t . B .H .R u c k e r, co u n ty c l e r k . O th ers were Dave Cowan, c i r c u i t c le r k , Jo h n W. Cooper, s h e r i f f , H arry 0 . B la n d , p u b lic a d m in is tr a to r , Chas R . M atlock a s s e s s o r , A .V i.B la in , t r e a s u r e r , A .B .H a le , c o l l e c t o r , S .Q . C h am b erlain , su rv ey o r, A lb e r t Neuman, probate ju d g e , Jo h n A . Hat son, a t t o r n e y . O thers * 0 were a id s or d e p u tie s were H .B . P e r ry , L i l l i a n F o r t , Jm. F o r t, J . T.Thompson, and O .P . M arged an t. A co u n ty f i n a n c i a l r e p o r t dated Ja n u a ry 1 ,1 9 0 1 , showed g e n e r a l fund r e c e ip ts f o r 1900 as $ 2 0 ,0 6 6 ; e x p e n d itu re s $ 1 6 ,8 5 3 ; and b ala n ce -$3,213. County d e b ts , bond and o th e rw ise , were $17,421 as c f J a n . 1 , 1900 ..$ 1 4 ,3 0 7 on J a n . 1, 1901. ...C o u n t y v a lu a t io n fo r 1900 on which 1901 ta x e s were computed amounted to $ 2 ,7 8 6 ,0 7 9 . The 1901 t a x for states, co u n ty , ro a d , s c h o o l, and m u n icip a l u s e s , t o t a le d $ 4 1 ,7 5 4 .8 5 . R o lla S c h o o l_ A f f a ir s in c lu d e d th e e l e c t i o n , on A p r i l 2, o f th re e board d i r e c t o r s . One would r e p la c e R o b ert M eriw eth er, vho had re s ig ie d and l e f t town, ihe o th e r two would rep laoe Henry YJocd and J . P . K a in e . Hood and K aine were r e - e le c t e d . Asa N ile s re p la c e d M e riw e th er. The r e o rg a n iz e d Board c o n s is te d of Wood, and K a in e , Sm ith and L iv e s a y , -N ile s and Jo n e s . T .D . Smith was s e c r e t a r y , Wood was p r e s id e n t. F or cou n ty s u p e r in te n d e n t, H.W. Wood was e le c t e d over M iss L id a So p elan d , by a vote o f 973 _ to 688 . S e e m in g ly ' men were p r e fe r r e d to women fe r -th is p o s i t io n . In town, the Board e le c t e d P r o f. H . B l a i r in p la c e of P r o f . E rn est F . Bush as s c h o o l s u p e r in te n d e n t. The te a c h in g s t a f f fa r year 1901—02 was as f o llo w s . " . n n- Rm n- 3 0 . . M abel F r o s t .................. 27 S u p t. . . H B l a i■r No .PT-um p ils . . Anna Lepper . . . . . . 33 40 H i S c h o o l . . .M iss Sa rah B e a l l . . Myra B lan ch ard (Prim ary) ..5 9 Mrs C .D .Ja m is o n 31 Rm 7 (Prim ary was s t i l l in the old 50 M innie Jo n es . . . 6 G oettelm ann b u ild in g ) 33 J e s s i e V ia 5 L in c o L i z zZiO-C i e wuiinvaj.j C o rn w all.1 » 45 Lr ---_ln~ S c h . . . —. —.Henderson 4 • . MrsD UlZi Up to A p r i l 18, R ev. H enly (c o lo re d ) h a d 'ta u g h t L in c o ln s c h o o l. He then r e s ig n e d to p rea ch a t Troy, Mo*, and _ • _ * Henderson took n is p la c e . In a d d it io n to cou nty s c h o o l su p e r in te n d e n t, th e re was a county "Board o f E d u c a tio n " , of which the su p e rin te n d e n t was chairm an . For 1901, the two oth er members were J.W . F au lk n er and H o l l a 's renowned^ t e a c h e r , Mrs C .D .Ja m is o n . The cou n ty Board prepared and gpve te a c h e r e x a m in a tio n s» In J u l y " l e d by P r o f . Jo h n B . S c o t t and Mrs Jam iso n , the Phelps County Teachers I n s t i t u t e was h e ld . S i x t y - f i r e county arri R o lla teach ers e n r o lle d . R o l l a ' s B a s ic Churches in 1901 in c lu d e d the B a p t is t s , C a t h o lic s , C h r is t ia n s , E p is c o p a ls T M e th o d is ts , arri P r e s b y t e r ia n s . The Advents had a s o c i e t y , b u t no b u i l d in g . For numbers c f y e a r s , and s in c e 1892, the South M e th o d ists bad h eld no regu la r '" r e e t i n g s , aid fe d so ld th e ir b u ild in g to the C h r i s t i a n s . Now in l t o l , a number o f So u th M e th o d ists met far Sunday s e r v ic e s , which at tim es were h eld i n th e re s j t e r i s n b u ilcte n g , at other tim es in the h a l l on second f l o o r c f th e ochuman b u ild in g n o rth e a st co rn er o f 6th arri. Pire . They c ir c u la t e d p e tite ons in order to c o l l e c t funds w ith which t o b u ild a new s tru c tu re - h u t m th is th e y f a i l e d . Thre o f the p -s tc r s who were s e rv in g d u rin g 1900-1901 were R e v s. n .J .F o a r e , o . 0 . r e a r , °nd ^ v P a ^ c h a ll. F r a n c is Johnson was a le a d in g member o f th e S o c ie t y which organC * « r t S S i p r i l 1 . 1901. The p aster s of the o the r ch u rch e s, B a p t is t R ev. A .E . B o ls t e r M e th o d ist (north ) R ev . I . J . a . Lunbeck_ C a t h o lic , F r . P a t r i c k s . 0 'L o u g h lin P r e s b y te r ia n , u n t i l J u r e , R e v . J . a .A n n in C h r i s t e n ( no r e g u la r p a sto r) A ft e r J u r e , James V a l l i e r . E p is c o p a l, R e cto r F .M . .Yeddell

ROLLA

1901 . . . .

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Among P rofes^Lonal_M en j_ 1901x was D r. Samuel B . Rowe, d o c to r , and th ree law yers - S .N . L o r t s , Claude D . Jam ison ( te o te d an o f f i c e in S t .L o u i s ) and fra n k H . F a r r i s , in town s in c e 1900. He was a son o f Hon. J.W . F a r r i s , of Lebanon, # io f o r y e a rs had been a p o l i t i c i a n in L a c le d e cou n ty, and a M is s o u r i r e p r e s e n ta tiv e in the L e g is la t u r e . The R o lla H e ra ld , of w hich C o l . Chi s. L . Woods was e d i t o r , had made a d e a l w ith Ray F . R u ck er, e d ito r-o w n e r o f a se p a ra te D em ocratic newspaper c a lle d th e Phelps County D em ocrat. Two papers in the same p o l i t i c a l f i e l d were h a rm fu l, so t h a t Woods bought out the Rucker p la n t and p ap er, on c o n d itio n th e merged paper should be c a lle d the " R o lla He r a id -D e m o c r a t" . The pagi s iz e o f th e Herald h id been e n la rg e d to perm it t h i s . But now, i n November, 1901, th e H erald went back to i t s old name and page s i z e , 13x20 in c h e s . . . . O f s p e c ia l i n t e r e s t , the Herald is s u e cf Ja n u a ry 3rd c a r r ie d n ic e h a lf - t o n e cu ts o f the old C e n t r a l S c h o o l - the G oettelm an b u ild in g ( o ld W estern C o n se rv a to ry b u ild in g ) in 1901 used fo r the p rim ary grad e, and the negro L in c o ln s c h o o l b u i ld i n g . I n th©_busi.rB_sis area., th ere were no change s c f note . The town now had two je w e le r sh o p s, run by J . A . A l l i s o n and J . a . B uckm aster. Dave Cowan had a r e a l e s ta te o f f i c e ard the o n ly set cf a b s t r a c t re co rd s in the c o u n ty , G r a n v ille A lle n was the m anager, and cared fo r the o f f i c e w hile Cowan worked as c i r c u i t c le r k and r e c o r d e r . B .H . Rucker now com pleted a imp cf Phelps County on which he had worked for a y e a r . I t was th e cou n ty* s f i r s t r e a l l y good map. Kennaman* s general sto r e on _ 7 th s t r e e t , Pine to R o l l a , was g o in g b i g . C ig a r s were b e in g made and so ld i n q u a n t it y by E . J . Koch, p r e s e n t ly to be R o lla ,*s m ayor. Arri J . L . Beard bad perhaps the v e ry f i r s t "m ilk a e r a to r " C " s e p a r a tc r " ) e v e r used in R o l l a . He operated the tow n's m ilk r o u te . I n _ T h e _ I n d u s t r ia l - B u il d i ^ _ A r e a , L iv e s a y and Love were im p ortan t vendors o f farm m ach in ery, wagons made o u ts id e o fn R o lla , p low s, h a rn e ss, sto ck s t e e l , and gen e r a l hardw are. . . . B u t 1901 p r a c t i c a l l y ended wagon m anufacture in R o lla , as M o rris F r a z ie r went b an kru ot and s o ld h is wagon shop and equipment (a t nortnw est co rn e r o f 6t h and R o lla s t r e e t s ) t o C h a rle s L ir e . This had been th e old S tr o b a c h wagon shop. But 1901 was a ls o a y ea r of im portance in re s id e n c e ard sto re c o n s t r u c tio n . In May P r o f . John B . ( l a t e r judge ) S c o t t was b u ild in g a tw o -sto ry frame house a t southwest co rn er of 9th and Park s t r e e t s , opposite the M e th o d ist ch u rch . D r . Rowe i n J u l y was b u ild in g the tw o -s to r y frame a t immediate southwest corner o f 12th and F i r e . ' B o th houses s t i l l stand in 19 69 . O f g r e a t e r Im p ort, C h a rle s Schuman i n Oc to b e r bought the old Morse-Donahoe b r ic k sto re a t immediate southwe t co rn er o f 8 t h arri F ire fo r $ 4 ,0 0 0 . I t te d been b u i l t in I 865 . Mr. Schumari new wrecked tee b u ild in g to make way fc r a new tw o -sto ry b r ic k store b u ild in g , w ith f u l l basem ent. This b u ild in g i n 1969 - i s the home o f te e S c o t t Drug S t o r e . R o i i a l s S o c ia l_ L if e _ i n 1901 was a c t iv e and d iv e r s e . There w ere th in g s other than e t e c t r i c power p la n t s , sewer and w ater system s th a t interested^tow nsm en - and th e women 1 There were num erous_meetings — t e a s , Saturday C lu b ^ a c t iv it ie s alm ost c o n t i n u a lly . Among th e le a d in g s o c i a l i t e s ( women) were Mesdames George Ladd, G eo . R . Dean, I . Sh e lf), and o t h e r s . A t y p i c a l a f f a i r was a " te a " giv en by Mesdames G eo . R- Dean arri V ic t o r S h e lp h on oring Mesdames H . S h e lp ( of S t .L otu s ) and- Mrs (Hamer) S c o t t , c f th e W estern C o n se r v a to r y , o f Musiss. This was on November 2 8 th . The‘ g u e s ts and h o s te s s e s in c lu d e d Mesdames Dean and V . S h elp (h o s te s s e s ) and g u e sts Mesdames E .H .S c o t t , H . S h e lp , J . L . B u s k e tt, E . Sm ith , F .W .C . Owen Henry Wood, M .A . Shaw, F .M . W e d d e ll, D r . Martha S h o r t, John S c o t t , P .k . R ich a rd so n , J - D . carpen t e r A .S . L 0n g , F . S . Beggs ( Mr s . R e v .) , Wra. J . P ie r c e , and W albridge J . B o w e l-. These women d id no t in c lu d e ALL of xR olla's le a d in g s o c i a l i t e s - b u t th e y are rep r e s e n t a t iv e . In M u s ic a l E n t^ rte in m e n t, R o lla * s "Man of Mus i c " ( John W. S c o t t ) continued h is a rd en t“ a c t i v i t y . W ith th e symphony o rc h e stra he assem bled and traxne - , end. v x t a t o w n ch oru 3r»xf f i f t y v o ic e s , he gave a»grand co n c e rt" on November 26th p rob ab ly a t the G r a n ^ r a h o S s e . . . . A t th e S c h o o l cf M ines, the rew ly organ ized M .J .M . M inS r e i s gave a f i r s t perform ance on March 2 8 th . For t h i s , S c o t t ' s o r c h e s tr a played the m u sic, male q u a r te t san g, and K urt V . M o ll was v o c a l s o l o i s t . . . e w! o c town, fo r adm ission s of 15 and 25 c e n t s , en joyed p r e s e n ta tio n o f Uncle Tom s Cabin..

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From and a f t e r 1885, an o u ts ta n d in g R o lla m usic te a c h e r was M iss Laura A n n in . She and h e r s i s t e r R e b ecca , who sometimes a id e d h e r, were d a u g h te rs o f the Reb. John A . A n n in , P r e s b y te r ia n p a s t o r . M is s A nnin*s p u p ils were b o th v o c a l and instrum en t a l - on th e p ia n o . On December 5 th , 1901, Mis s Annin p rese n ted her p u p ils in r e c ita l. The name s of the p a r t i c i p a n t s , among whom, are many whom the re a d e rs w i l l re c o g n iz e as n o tab le R o lla women, are t h e s e : G e o r g ia H a rriso n Je a n H a r r is I d a 1 Sm ith Anna Sh o rt O lg a B aum eister Adele P o w ell (M rs.K atz) E t h e l S a l l y ( Mrs H insch) G e rtru d e Carpenter (FB Pow- Graoe P o w ell Nannie H a rriso n e ll) M abel Germann ( J.S m it h ) M iss Gordon. M iss Annin L u cy Sm ith H a z e l Dean L o t t i e C la r k S e le c t io n s sung or p lay ed in c lu d e d numbers from composers S c h u b e r t, Gounod, Cham inade, B eeth o ven , G o t t s c h a lk , and Schumann. S in c e music was n o t in c lu d e d in the p u b lic s c h o o l cu rricu lu m , such p riv a te c la s s e s as th e s e su p p lie d R o lla * s much needed m u s ic a l e d u c a tio n . O th e r E n te r ta in m e n t, i f d e s ir e d , was p rovid ed by the F r is c o r a ilr o a d i n a s e r ie s of summer e x c u rs io n s from R o l l a to Jerome . Here th e e x c u r s io n is t s could swim in the p le a s a n t Gasconade r i v e r , or e n jo y the c u l t u r a l and amusement f a c i l i t i e s then b e in g o ffe r e d b y M r. S . B ry a n t and o th ers in a s p e c ia l town coiamunity b u ild in g . T h is was a program th a t con tin u ed fc r many y e a r s . The_s£ h o o l r fjiiin e _ s , under th e new d i r e c t o r , D r . Georgs E . Ladd, en joyed a s p e c ta c u la r developm ent d u rin g th e yea® he headed th e s c h o o l, 1897-1908. D r. Ladd was c e r t a i n l y a " l i v e w ir e " . H is le a d e r s h ip extended n o t o n ly to th e S c h o o l, but was h ig h ly i n f l u e n t i a l in downtown R o l l a . The Comm ercial Club was one of h is down town prime i n t e r e s t s . I n alm o st h is f i r s t m eetin g w ith the U n iv e r s it y C u r a to r s , D r. Ladd had to^ f i g h t d e s p e r a t e ly to p rev en t them from e m a sc u la tin g the s c h o o l - by d e le t in g E n g lis h and a l l ty p es c f e n g in e e r in g save o n ly m ining and m e ta llu r g y from th e S c h o o l's c u r r i c u l a . A secorrl f i g h t k e p t cou rses in e l e c t r i c a l e n g in e e r in g in the program . But now, D r. Ladd, s e n s in g p o t e n t ia l v ic t o r y , p lanned a v ig o ro u s program o f b u ild in g s f o r the S c h o o l. He reeded money to get b u il d in g s . How cou ld he get i t ? The S t a t e had p ro v id e d , by law , t h a t c e r t a in in h e r ita n c e t a x funds should go to the U n iv e r s it y of M is s o u r i, as a w ho le. The C u ra to rs r u le d t h a t the U n iv e r s ity was compceed of ten d i s t i n c t dep artm en ts, each e n t i t l e d to one te n th o f the in h e r ita n c e t a x p ro c e e d s . The S c h o o l c f M ines was ’one" o f the te n . D r . L add appeared a t a l e g i s l a t i v e t e a r in g i n the m a tte r , and lis t e n e d ^ t o " h is b o s se s " r e q u e sts f o r n in e -t e n t h s o f the t a x fo r the departm ents a t Colum bia, one te n th f o r R o l l a . A t the end of a lo n g s e s s io n in an overheated room, and a t the l a t e h ou r, D r . Ladd r o s e , sa id he te t e d t o d is a g r e e w ith " h is b o sse s" - b ut b e lie v e d the S c h o o l cf M ines should have o n e - f i f t h cf the t a x . To the C u rato rs he s a id , » When your r e p r e s e n t a t iv e s v i s i t h ig i sch o o ls in order t o g e t u n i v e r s i ^ xreshnen ■u-nn d o n 't eharpe o n e -te n th o f the expense t o R o lla - you chargp o n e - x if u h . i th in k L i l a should h fye a f i l t h of t h i s ta x " ! The speech was rou nd ly cheered by the l e g i s l a t o r s , and th e y awarded the S c h o o l one f o u r t h ! d e s p it e D r . r a ilr o a d be made o n lv o n e - f i f t h , as he a s k e d . . . / ° i _ t h e t n s c o r a iir o a a D r . 7 L a dd now in v it e d the e n tir e L e g is la t u r e t o v i s i t R o lla , and see xor thems e lv e s what th e S c h o o l re e d e d . G e n e ra l s o l i c i t o r Luman P ark er/rose t o the o c c a s io n . B e in g a g rea t fr ie n d both to D r. Ladd and to the S c h o o l, Mr. P ark er p la ce d an e n t ir e F r is c o t r a i n at the d is p o s a l cf the L e g is la tu r e . I n i t t h e y came to H o U n . D r . La h id S e m w e ll f e d , th en toured the campus where stu d ents dem onstrated the wonders o f^ s c ie n c e a r r i e n g in e e iin g , as toey then knew them. The l e g i s l a t o r s were c a p tiv A td d . L lore s o as t h f p r is c o r it u m e d t t e . by S t - L o u is ,, and otherw ise e n te r ta in e d them t h e r e , and f i n a l l y retu rn e d them t o Je ffe r s o n C it y . Dr Ladd now had the money c o rn e re d . How would he use i t , what b u ild in g were m o s f l e d e d ? Ife s t a r t e d » ,ith the o ld 1885 Chem ical L a b o ra to ry . A c o n tr a c t jjgde -with M e ssr s. Edwin Long and Robert McCaw to r a is e the r o o f of the oc b u iM in g so a s t o g j a second L o r , and to make an a d d itio n to each end of the old

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b u i l d i n g . This jo b c o s t $ 2 4 ,0 0 0 . ...C o n s t r u c t i o n o f the o r i g i n a l M e ch a n ic a l H a ll, Norwood H a l l , and th e form er M e ta llu r g y b u ild in g would f o llo w , i n t h a t o rd e r. 1901_w as_tte_ye_ar in_which_ the_ S t a t e G e o lo g ic a L _S u rv e ^ was p h y s ic a lly moved to the S c h o o l o f M ines campus. I t had la n g u ish e d in J e f f e r s o n C i t y . The L e g is la tu r e th e r e fo r e l i s t e n e d when D r . Ladd and o th e rs argued th a t i t should come t o R o l la . The Assem bly said "Y e s" . . b u t p rovid ed no funds fo r the rem o v a l. I n such an emergency D r . A .L . McRae, p r o fe s s o r / p n y s ic s , and Robert D ic k e r s o n , su p erintecu lLent o f ground s, s o l i c i t e d n e c e s s a r y fu n d s from R o lla c i t i z e n s , and g o t th e n e c e s s a r y $200. W ith the agen cy s a f e l y housed on th e can p u s, i n th e old stu d en t d o rm ito ry , b u i l t in 1889, P r o f . E .B . B u c k le y to ok over as S t a t e G e o lo g i s t . The Su rvey has rem ained in R o lla ever s i n c e , b u t the old d o rm ito ry for y e a is has teen the re s id e n c e o f the s c h o o l's head a d m in is tr a t o r , " d i r e c t o r " , "d e a n ", and in 1969 " c h a n c e llo r " . 3 o m e _e x c itin g even ts c lo s e d the year fo r R o l l a . Monday, Septem ber 23rd, was th e 1 9 th b ir th d a y fo r M iss M o llie P o w e ll, d au gh ter of e d ito r W alb rid ge P o w e ll. She was a t home in the ev e n in g when a young in s t r u c t o r a t the S ch o o l cf Mine s c a lle d to p re s s h is s u i t f o r her hand i n m a r r ia g e . She r e fu s e d , and in d e s p e r a tio n , the young man - J . S . C ro s w e ll - sh o t and k i l l e d h e r . As a c i t i z e n posse hunted him, he h id in R obert L 0v e ’ s huge b a m , near 10 th and Cedar s t r e e t s . There th e posse surrounded him . S e e in g he c o u ld n o t e s c a p e , he sh o t h im s e lf. And a l l R o lla mourned the b e a u t ifu j. g i r l . O ther d e a th s _ f or _ t t e _y e s r were th e s e , of persons cf R o lla consequence: L o u is A uerbach, form er s c h o o l board member and cou nty tr e a su r e r (D e c .19) Cyrus Houston F r o s t , g r e a t R o lla to w n b u ild e r, s ta te sen ato r and r e p r e s e n ta tiv e ,^ s p e a k e r o f the M isso u ri House o f R e p r e s e n ta tiv e s , member of s c h o o l b oard , p r in c ip a l i n fo u n d in g R o lla * s banks ( J a n . 18) . . . G e n . Ewing Y . M it c h e ll, d is t in g u is h e d ex—Con.-ederate o f f i c e r , mayor cf R o l l a , u n iv e r s it y c u r a t o r , R o lla p ostm aster ( F e b . 11 ) . . .U n c le Ja c k Z ie g le r , n e g ro , e x - s la v e i n H a r ris o n f a m ily , ordained B a p t is t m in is t e r , p a s to r R o l l a ’ s E lk in s C h ap el fo r s e v e r a l y e a r s ( May 16 ) ...M r s Jo se p h Tipton ( nee . S m ith ;, prom inent in R o lla B a p t is t church ( N ov. 3 ) ••• nnd Mrs r l o r a (Lee) Jo h n so n , w ife of the lo v e d R o lla E p is c o p a l r e c t o r , W illia m Jo h n so n . She waS' c a lle d "Grandma Jo h n so n ", am was a l o v e l y c h a r a c t e r . (Nov. 7 t h ) . , . r. G re a t N a t io n a l «& JJorld_Events_: F i r s t , the g re a t Queen V i c t o r i a , cf n n glan d , d ie d on Ja n u a ry 22, 1901. The whole c i v i l i z e d w orld mourned her d e p a r tu r e . In the U n ite d S t a t e s , W illia m M cK in ley had been in au g u rate d fo r h is ^second term on March 4 t h . He served u n t i l Septem ber 6 th , when an a n a r c h is t a s s a s s in , Leon C z o lg o s z sh o t ard f a t e .l l y wounded him . He lin g p r e d u n t i l September 14 th, when the erd came*. The e n tir e n a tio n mourned. In R o l l a , by p ro c la m a tio n , mayor Edwin Long c a lle d a l l c i t i z e n s to g e th e r - r e g a r d le s s of p a r t y a f i i l I a t i o n _ - _ f Q r a m ass_irem orial^ joseph m ee tin g a t Shaw 's Ope ra h o u se. R o l l a 1s veteann to w n b u ild e r ,/ u n iv e r s a lly r e s Pe c te d >(Campbell p r e s id e d . Ben C u lb e rts o n served as s e c r e t a r y . Both were R e p u b lic a n s , as was mayor Long - b u t th a t d id n o t m a tte r . The room was p ack ed . C o l. C h a rle s L . w otes, R o lla H erald e d i t o r , and the town’ s forem ost Dem ocrat, was c a lle d upon to sp e a k . This he d i d . He s a id , " For the whole town cf R o lla , I now exp ress our deep g r i e f b e c ^ ® t h e ’ d e a th cf our p r e s id e n t " . The columns cf the H erald o f September 19th are f i l l e d , w ith news of th is m e e tin g , and e x p r e s s io n s of sadness because ox M cK in ley s d e a th . And so ended 1901 i n Ro 11 a.

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C i t 3r_Bu.sin.ess And Government l he £ i t y C o u n c il f o r the y ea r 1902 c o n s is te d o f Mayor Edwin Long, the hold over alderm en C h a s . T. Stro b a ch ( J r . ) , Absalom Gordon, and Asa N i l e s , from r e s p e c tiv e wards 1 , 2 , and 3 - and th e th r e e ,n e w ly e le c t e d on A p r il J- - D r . AL McRae, V illia m S tim s o n , and J . F . G ilm o re , r e s p e c t i v e ly from wards 1 , 2, and 3 . P r io r to the e l e c t i o n , Jo h n M o rris had re s ig n e d from f i r s t ward, and on F eb ru ary 6t h D r . McRae had been ap p o in ted in h is p la c e . I t was f e l t th a t D r . M cRae's e l e c t io n would g r e a t l y h e lp i n s o lv in g the power p la n t problem , as he was an e x p e r t i n e l e c t r i c a l e n g in e e r in g . The old c o u n c il h id c a l l e d a s p e c ia l $3,000 bond is s u e e l e c t io n for Ja n u a ry 28, and i t had passed by a vote c f 97 to 24. The c i t y was now o p e r a tin g the p la n t on an a lL - n ig h t b a s i s . I t had f ix e d r e s id e n t s e r v ic e r a t e s a t 35 c e n ts each f o r 16 candle power l i g h t s - th a t r a te fo r th e f i r s t th re e l i m i t s . A s u b s t a n t ia l o n e -s to r y b r ic k b u ild in g was now planned f o r the power p l a n t , to be e r e c te d on the l o t th e c i t y had purchased from Jo sep h Cam pbell . . th e i d e n t i c a l s i t e occu p ied i n I 969 . O th e r c i t y b u s in e s s in c lu d e d passage and v o te r a p p ro v a l ( 47 t o 1 ) o f an e x te n s io n o f th e c i t y l i m i t s . M isce lla n e o u s_ Community A f f a i r s The Telephone O f f i c e , on south s id e c f 8 th s t r e e t , midway from Pine s t r e e t e a s t to the r a i l r o a d , was i n charge o f M rs. L i z z i e Thurman. She th u s , and o th e r w is e , had q u it e a c a r e e r in R o lla - and was a prom inent s c io n o f th e p io n e e r W il lia m s f a m ily . Among other t h in g s , she served as s e c r e t a r y to D ir e c t o r George E . Ladd a t the S c h o o l o f M in e s. The telephone system was g r a d u a lly coming of a g e . S t a t e and C o u n ty_ 0f f i c i a l s , h o ld in g o f f i c e through 1902, weie th e s e : 2" f O f f s e t , r ............................ H o ld in g O f f i c e . 1902 Newly E le c t e d . N o v ..1902 S t a t e se n a to r .......................... E . M. Z e v e l e y ............................. Frank H . F a r r i s ............... Phelps C o . r e p r e s e n ta tiv e J a s . M. Coffm an .................... J .M . Coffman C i r c u i t Judgs ........................... L e ig h B . Woodside (h o ld -o v e r ) C i r c u i t C le rk -R e c orde e David Cowan ................................ David Cowan . . . S h e r iff John W. Cooper ....................... Jo h n W. Cooper P r o s e c u tin g A t t y .................. Jo h n A . Watson ....................... Jo h n A . Watson C o .C o u rt P r e s . Judge . . . D a n ie l Donahoe ....................... J . S . W illia m s A s s o c .Ju d g e , e a s t . . . . . . S .R . Bowm an................................ S .R . Bowman . . . A s s o c . Ju d g e , w e s t ............... P e rry D . Hawkins .................. P .D . Hawkins . . County C le rk ............................. Booker H . Rucker .................. B .H . Rucker . . . A s s e s s o r ......................................... C h a s. R . M a t l o c k .................. C h a s. R . M a t l o c k ............ A . B . Hale ................................... A . B . Hale ............................. C o lle c t o r ...................................... A . W. B l a i n ................................ G r a n v ille A l l e n ............... T reasurer ...................................... Su rv ey o r ............ ........................... S .Q .C h a m b e r la in ............... S .Q .C h a m b e r la in ............... P reb ate Judgs ........................... A lb e r t Neuman ............... A . Neuman ................................ P u b lic A d m in is tr a to r . . . H arry 0 . B land ....................... H arry 0 . B l a n d .................. C o l. J . L . B u s k e tt . . . . . . W. F . Burns .......................... Coroner ............................................ C o . S u p t . S c h o o ls ............... John L . L o v e la c e & H.W. Wood ( e le c t e d in M ay ). . Som ejCounty Bus ire s_3_Ite m s are t h e s e : The p ro p e rty v a lu a t io n on which 1902 ta x e s were computed t o t a l l e d $ 2 ,7 3 1 ,9 7 8 . The t a t a l ta x le v ie d was $ 5 3 ,0 1 5 .6 0 . O f t h i s , $ 1 0 ,9 0 6 .2 0 was fo r r o a d s , $ 1 8 ,7 1 8 .0 7 fo r s c h o o ls . The f i n a n c i a l re p o r t fo r 1 9 0 ^ r e le a s e d F eb ru ary 20 , showed r e c e ip t s o f $22 , 347 . 06 . E x p e n d itu re s were $ 1 4 ,273»44« Accrued d eb t was $ 1 4 ,3 0 7 .7 1 . W ith t o t a l debt and o u t-g o o f $ 2 8 ,5 8 1 .1 5 , th e d e f i c i t was $ 6 ,2 3 4 .0 9 . An ite m -which s e r w s t o i d e n t i f y date of s e v e r a l ph otograp hs i s t h a t i n Ju n e , 1902, a jo ick e t_fe n c e _w a s_b e in g _ b u .ilt around the c o u rt house grounds.

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I n _ R o lla _ S c h o o l D i s t r i c t , A p r i l e le c t io n s p la c e d A .S . N ile s and Thos. M. Jo n e s on the B o ard . J .P .K a i n e , Henry Wood, T .D . S m ith , and J o h n S . L iv e s a y uvere h o ld -o v e r members. Wood was named p r e s id e n t , Jo n e s v ic e p r e s id e n t . . . . H. B la ir co n tin u e d a s s u p e r in te n d e n t. P r o f . M .A .B oyes was b rou gh t i n from K i r k s v i l l e to be h ig h s c h o o l p r i n c i p a l . M iss Lyda Copeland was named a s s i s t a n t p r i n c i p a l . For the g rad es a t C e n t r a l s c h o o l, th e s e were the te a c h e r s : Mrs C .D . Jan is o n P r i n c i p a l & Rm 7 Rm 2 . . Mrs L i z z i e Cornw all Rm 6 M iss A .H . W ilso n 1 . . Myra B la n c h a rd . J e s s i e V ia L in c o ln . . . 99 5 Anna Lepper E th e l S c o tt. S u b s t it u t e 4 M abel F r o s t 3 D u rin g Ju n e , M iss Mrya B la n ch ard was te a c h in g a k in d e r g a r te n s c h o o l. The Church P a s t o r s , 1902, were th e s e ( See se p a rate ch a p ter on chu rch h is t o r y ) : B a p t is t ................A .E . B o l s t e r , PhD. M e th o d ist . . . . F .S .B e g g s and T .P .S h a f f e r C a t h o lic . . . . . . F r . P a t r ic k B . O’ L o u g h lin South M e th o d ist ..W .H . P a s c h a ll C h r i s t i a n ............ E ld e r A .B . J e t t E p i s c o p a l ............ F .M . W eddell As church p a s to r s had no r e g u la r term s, i t o fte n happens t h a t one p a s to r s t a r t e d w ith Ja n u a r y , o n ly t o be succeeded in some o th e r month by an oth er p a s t o r . Our se p a ra te c h a p te r on R o lla Churches g iv e s th e se odd-dated term s of s e r v ic e .

In the B a n k ing Fi e l d , we om it d a ta fo r 1902. In_B usines_s and In d u s t r y , i n Ja n u a ry , Ferdinand S tro b a c h r e t i r e d from h is g e n e r a l b u s in e s s and gave i t over t o h i s two so n s, C h a rle s T . ( J r ) and F . A . . . .He had been one o f R o l l a 1s two wagon manuf a c t o r e r s , 1865 to 1 8 8 6 ... .T .F r a n c i s Johnson s t a r t e d a fe e d s t o r e , w hich he e & itin u c d f o r more than tw enty y e a r s . ...M o r r i s F r a iz e r had f a i l e d , was b a n k ru p t. H is l i a b i l i t i e s were $1 7 ,1 6 5 , and a s s e t s $ 7 ,39&« •<> Schuman B ro th e rs now were o p e r a tin g the old Bowles M i l l a t so u th e a st co rn e r o f 6th and P in e s t r e e t s , and a d v e r tis e d a req u est f o r 100,000 b u sh e ls of wheat fo r t h e ir e l e v a t o r . They a ls o ran a produce h o u se . . . . A .B . Duncan had a photograph s tu d io » on w h e e ls1’, and went from p la c e t o p la c e ta k in g p ic t u r e s of prom inent persons and im p o rta n t s c e n ic p l a c e s . ...E u g e n e E . H irs c h came from S p a r t a , 1 1 1 ., to open a new m arble and tombstone y ard a t 3rd ard R o lla s t r e e t s . ...S a l o o n s m u lt ip lie d , b e in g r e in fo r c e d b y th o s e o f O .G . S tr o b a c h ( the "A rcad e” ) , R -H . Schenker ( " E x c e ls io r " ) and J a s . W alker ( baserasnt of C r a n d a ll H o t e l ) . ...T h e C e n t r a l Drug S t o r e , so u th e a st c o rn e r 8th arid P in s , owned b y D r. C .A . McComb, was managed by John W. S c o t t . . . .T h e R o lla New Er a newspaper moved from th e McCaw b u ild in g , 7th s tr e e t between Pine and F r is c o r a i l r o a d , j k h c S 1 to second f l o o r o f the Schuman b u ild in g , w est sid e of Pine s t r e e t , some 100 f e e t south c f 8th s t r e e t , ard over K a in e ’ s harn ess shop. And the R o lla H erald c e le b r a te d i t s 36th a n n iv e r s a r y i n Septem ber. Three N e w J3 u ild in g s on P in e s t r e e t p rovid ed c o n sid e ra b le down-town e x c i t e ment durung- 1902. The new "Schuman b r ic k " s to r e ( i n 1969 S c o t t ’ s Drug S to re ) , w h ile y e t under c o n s t r u c t io n , in Ja n u a r y , s u ffe r e d damage from a h ot f i r e v h ic h s ta r te d in and consumed the wood frame "Boston C lo th in g " sto re im m ed iately to s o u th . The f i r e spread t o E d . Koch ’ s c i g a r shop and th e d e n t a l o f f i c e of D r . A rth u r E.W ood. I t a ls o tu rn ed south ard s t a r t e d a f i r e on the F au lk n er drug store r o o f , out t h is was e x t in g u is h e d . The main f i r e was on th e l o t owned by M rs. David W. M alcolm , so the new b r ic k th at r e p la c e d th e one d e atro y ed b y f i r e was known as the "Malcolm B u i ld i n g " . The new Schuman b u ild in g was read y fo r o c cu p a tio n by Ju n e 1 5 th . _ By A u gu st, the o ld " C e n tr a l" drug s t o r e , so u th e a st co rn e r 8 th and P in e , had moved in t o i t , and John W. S c o t t began h is s i x t y - y e a r e ra o f s e r v ic e t h e r e . Among. P r o fe s s i ©nal_Men, we do n o t name a l l - b u t s e v e r a l who claim ed s p e c ia l a t t e n t io n were t h e s e : law yer J . E l l i s W alker . . d e n t i s t s C h as. N a ir and Arthur E .Jo o d ( son o f Henry Wood), and r e a l e s t a t e men C .F . H ig le y and G e o . F . H ollow ay. H ollow ay, a f T r J r A r d s p e rfo rm er, had bought th e f o r t y - a c r e suburban farm cf n .L . Knapp, on e a s t 10th s t r e e t , and was la y in g o f f H ollow ay A d d itio n on i t .

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In _S £ © rt£ And E n te r ta in m m t, the S c h o o l of M ines b a s e b a ll team sch ed u led games w ith team s a t Lebanon, D ru ry C o lle g e a t S p r i n g f i e l d , U n iv e r s it y of A rk an sas, the T .P .A 's a t F o r t S m ith , and teams a t K i r k s v i l l e and S t .L o u i s . In m u sic , th e M .S .M . m ale q u a r te t and m andolin c lu b were p a r t o f con tin u ed Sunday e v e n in g s e r v ic e s a t th e P r e s b y te r ia n ch u rch . In F e b _r u a r y , th e S a tu r d a y Club arranged a c o n c e r t i n Shaw 's Opera in which Madame Holman H i n c h c l i f f e Was th e p r in c ip a l p e rfo rm e r. She had a v o ic e th a t ranged from b a r ito n e to h igji soprano p i t c h . She w as, the e d it o r s a id , "the c e l e b r i t y ©f the o c c a s io n " . On the c o n c e r t w ith h e r were Anna S h o r t, daughter o f D r . Martha S h o r t, M rs . L .E . G a r r e t t , a t p ian o - M iss L u cy H i n c h c l if f e who p lay ed p ia n o s o lo s , and John W. S c o t t , who fa v o re d w ith trombone s o l o s . Ray Rucker had a v o c a l sol© . Then R o l l a 's famed m ale q u a r t e t came on s t a g e . M .F . F au lk n er was h ig h te n o r , ben C u lb e rts o n low te n o r , J©hn W. S c o t t f i r s t b a s s , Edwin Long second b a s s . T h is n o tab le q u a r te t sang f o r R o lla f e r over tw en ty y e a r s . The S a tu rd a y C lu b , which had sponsored th is c o n c e r t, met i n May w ith h o s te s s M iss Jane A lle n Coe ( l a t e r M rs. Fred B ra n t ) , and e le c t e d th ese o f f i c e r s : P r e s id e n t, M iss J© sephine Sm ith . . v ic e p r e s id e n t , Jan e A lle n Coe . . r e c o r d in g s e c r e t a r y , M rs. E liz a b e t h L . C o rn w all . . c© rrespend!ng s e c r e t a r y , M r s. Claude D . Jam isan ..t r e a s u r e r , M rs. J . B . H a rris o n ( nee Ada H i l l ) . . r e t i r i n g p r e s id e n t, M rs. George R . Dean. O th e r members o f the d u b in c lu d e d M iss M argaret Southgate ( l a t e r M rs. B .H . R u ck e r), Mrs Henry Wood, M rs . C .H . B e g g s, ard M rs. George G a r r e t t . These were among R o l l a 1s fo r e m ost s o c i a l i t e s . D e s p ite the frow ns ©f c i t y governm ent, sa lo o n s con tin u ed t© m u lt ip ly . O .G . Stro b a ch op erated the aid "A rcad e" ©n 8 th s t r e e t , R .H . Schenker ©wned th e E x c e ls io r , and Jam es W alker p r e s id e d a t th e basem ent b ar o f th e " F r is c o " or "B a ltim o re " or " C r a n d a ll H ouse", on 8 t h n e x t t© the F r is c o r a i l r o a d . T h u s _it was t h a t _ a l l _ t y p e s o f _ R o l l a _ c i t i z e n s had t h e k in d ©f e n te rta in m e n t th e y in d i v i d u a l l y ch©se to h a v e . A t_T h e _S c h o o l O f_M in e s, D ir e c t o r George E . Ladd was j u b i l a n t when the u n iv e r s i t y c u r a to r s employed the fir m of Van B runt & Howe, a r c h i t e c t s , to make d e sig n s f o r a t h r e e - s t o r y c l a s s room b u ild in g , the £Lo©r of which would measure 80x140 f e e t . The c o n tr a c t f o r the b u ild in g , w hich was Norwood H a l l , was l e t on Ju n e 5th to the S t .L o u i s f ir m o f Wm. M e C u lly & Co. . . . B r i c k work s t a r t e d on November 1 7 th . The corn er stone was l a i d w ith im p re ssiv e cerem onies and b y M is s o u r i's Grand M asonic Lodge ©n November 2 4 th . Co m p letion was on a date in 1903. M eanw hile, the S c h o o l had a water w e ll d r i l l e d which produced 200,000 g a llo n s ©f w ate r d a i l y . I t was 907 f e e t deep, and was lo c a te d n ear the o ld 1885 Chem ical L a b . b u ild in g . Pumps were ©perated b y a w in d m ill. W ith _T h # _R ailr© ad s, i n August the Frisc© s h if t e d i t s r a i lr o a d w ater tan k fr©m i t s l o c a t i o n at F risc© Pond t o a p o in t n ear the d e p o t, s© th a t t r a in s had t© make o n ly a s i n g le sto p in s t e a d o f tw o. Then, in November, the Frisc© made su rv e y s, s im i l a r to tjio se l a t e r made i n 1944 , to le a r n how t© e lim in a te th e heavy graded over D u n iv in H i l l , two m ile s e a s t af town - and a l s o th ese betw een R o lla and Newburg. No a c tio n o th e r than su rv ey s were made i n 1902 . A nother_N # r^h^outti_RaijLr® ad was in v e s t ig a t e d by e n g in e e rs o f the Rock Is la n d r a i lr o a d d u rin g Ju ly * I t was jr© pesed t® take o f f from the S t.L o u is -K a n s a s C it y l i n e a t B e l l e , and thence g© s©uth th reu ^ i R o l l a to L ic k in g and West P l a i n s . This p r o je c t n e ve r g o t bey©nd th e su rv ey s t a g e . 1902j _ A n _E lecti® n Y e a r, though n o t a p r e s i d e n t ia l c o n t e s t ,, n e v e r th e le s s was an e x c i t i n g one in R o l l a . For ©ne t h in g , the t©wn was v i s i t e d by W illia m jJennings B ryan , who was k e e p in g a l i v e h is ch an ces t o b e a t Theodore R o o se v e lt in the 1904 e le c t io n * Bryan came to R o lla on September 22, 1902* At 10:00 a©m®, he v i s i t e a the S c h o o l of M in e s. A t 1 0 :3 0 , the town g iv e him a p u b lic r e c e p tio n on Pine s t r e e t . At 1 1 :3 0 , a sumptuous d in n e r was served fo r him and prom inent personages at the G rant H o t e l. A t 1:00 p .m ., a c o l o r f u l parade formed a t th e C ou rt House and proceeded up the s t r e e t s to the S c h o o l of M ir e s . The parade was h a l f a m ile lo n g . At the campus, C o l . C h a s . L . Woods, H erald e d i t o r , in tro d u c e d Mr. B ryan , who then spoke f o r two^ hours 1 Tte 5:30 F r is c o t r a i n to ok him on to S p r i n g f i e l d . B ry a n 's sp eech was s a id To- have been " th e f i n e s t speech e v e r made in t h is a r e a " . No d o u b t, i t was.Some f i v e thousand p eo p le had come to R o lla to hear i t .

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L o c a l P o l i t i c s j O f 1902 were p le n t y e x c it in g - though th e re seems n o t to have been any p a r t i c u l a r R o lla or P h e lp s county i s s u e . I t was r a th e r an o ffs h o o t o f the n a t io n a l c o n te s t betw een the R e p u b lic a n and D em o cratic p a r t i e s , le d b y Theodore R o o s e v e lt and W illia m Je n n in g s B ry a n . Aside from th ese two le a d in g p a r t i e s , " s p lin t e r t ic k e t s " s u c h as th e S o c i a l i s t s , the p r o h i b i t i o n i s t s , and the Labor were in the fie ld . I t i s o f in t e r e s t t o name th ose who, in the R o lla a r e a , were the c h i e f rep r e s e n t a t iv e s o f th e two le a d in g p a r t i e s . Each o f the two p a r t i e s had " d i s t r i c t " m e e tin g s , one i n A p r i l , the o th e r in May. .The d i s t r i c t d e le g a te s were th e s e : Dem ocrats__________ __________ R ep u b lican s___________ Frank H . F a r r is ( R o lla ) J . E l l i s W alker (R olla.) Jam es A . Sp ilm an ( R o lla ) B e n j. C u lb e rtso n ( R o lla ) E. E . P a u ls e l l ( R o lla ) F .E . T aylor ( R o lla ) ( e d it c r New E ra) A .B . Johnson ( S t.Ja m e s ) Hon. A .P.M urphy (Crocker),congressm an J .M . W alker ( ? 1 D r . Wm. H. Breuer ( S t.Ja m e s ) C h a rle s Jo n e s ( R o lla ) W .E. TenEyck (S t.Ja m e s ) W illia m Shinneman ( R o lla ) Wm. P . Elm er (Salem ) F . S tr o b a c h ( R o lla ) Harry Clymer ( Salem) David E . Cowan ( R o lla ) H. S . M a t t in g ly ( ? ) J . A . Watson ( R o lla ) C h a s. L . Woods ( R o lla ) H arry 0 . B land ( R o lla ) P a t Birmingham (St.Jam e s) D r . C .H . F u lb r ig h t (S t.Ja m e s ) On e a r l i e r p a g e s, we have l i s t e d the county o f f i c e r s e le c t e d in the g e n e r a l e le c t i o n o f November 4 t h ,, 1902. The Grirn_Reaper af_190 2 c a r r ie d away a number c f R o lla * s im p ortant p e o p le . M rs. Jo hn P . K a in e , w ife o f th e form er m aycr, prominent M e th o d ist (March 6) . . . Henry Dean, form er county o f f i c i a l (F eb . 6) . . . M rs. Wm. G . Pomeroy ( nee Mary Ja n e E m iso n ), w ife o f form er c i r c u i t judge and R o lla mayor (March 22) . . . A b e l C r a n d a ll, form er p r o p r ie t o r o f th e C r a n d a ll H o te l ( A p r i l 2) . . . Mrs H o ra tio S . H e rb e rt, w ife o f form er R o lla H erald e d it o r (May 19) ...E m i l e M. K rau s, husband c f C h a r lo tte ,, the owner o f O zark H o te l (May 13) . . .Jo s e p h W allace G a lla h e r , e a r ly R o lla p io n e e r, asso c ia t e o f E.W . B ish op (May 21) . . . D r . W .T . H utcheson, R o lla and Newburg p h y s ic ia n (June 14) . . . and O li v e r P a tto n P a u l s e l l ( J u l y 5 ) . . . . A l l th e s e , and o t h e r s , p a s s e d ,a lo n g w ith the y ea r 1902 .

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C ity _B jis in ( 5ss_ And Government i n— e —^i-ty, E l e c t io n o f A p r i l , 1903, R o lla e le c t o r s chose one o f the most v ig o ro u s c o u n c ils the c i t y ever h ad . C h a rle s T . Stro b a ch ( J r . ) , e le c t e d as mayor, proved t o be t h e "sp a rk p l u g " . As the Herald e d it c r rem arked, a ft e r two months had p a s s e d , "We have a mayor and c i t y c o u n c il th a t b e lie v e in d o in g t h in g s . Get out o f the way i f you do n o t b e lie v e i n p r o g r e s s ." The h o ld -o v e r alderm en, from wards 1 , 2, and 3 r e s p e c t i v e l y , were D r . A .L . McRae, W illia m S tim so n , and J . F . G ilm o re . The new ly e le c t e d fo r same w ards, r e s p e c t i v e ly , were Henry Wood, B e n j. F . C u lb e rts o n , and Edward J . Koch. In a v ig o r o u s in a u g u r a l sp eech , mayor S tro b a c h urged p ro g re ss , and s a id , " L e t ' s g e t a t i t I " The o th e r o f f i c e r s , e le c t e d or a p p o in te d , were th e s e : C it y c l e r k , C o l. J . L . B u s k e tt; J .P .H a r t w$s s t r e e t commissi o n e r. D a n ie l Deegan was c o l l e c t o r , George H. Hume p o lic e ju d g s , Dan M cM asters m a rsh a l, and J . B . H a rriso n a t t o r n e y . Jo h n P . K a in e , so o fte n chosen c i t y o r s c h o o l tr e a s u r e r because he was h ig h ly t r u s t e d , was th e new c ity tre a su re r. A r e p o r t a t the b e g in n in g o f the year l i s t e d R o lla c i t y v a lu a tio n s f o r the th re e y e a r s , 1 9 0 1 -0 2 -0 3 . The 1904 ta x e s were based on th e 1903 v a lu a t io n . The f ig u r e s were th e s e : j __________1901 1902 1903 . R e a l E s t a t e ...# 2 2 6 ,4 2 5 $225,425 $229,060 P e rso n a l . . . . 169,570 192,110 243,850 F o r th e 1902 y e a r , th e t o t a l v a lu a t io n was $ 2 , 773 , 520, and the t a x le v ie d was $ 4 6 ,5 0 5 .8 7 — f o r a l l cf Phelps c o u n ty . T h e _E le c t r i e Power P la n t was s t i l l a v ex in g problem . To get emergency w ater f o r th e b o i l e r s , s in c e th e c i t y had no w e ll, the p la n t arranged t o g e t w ater from the F r is c o r a i lr o a d tan k a t the d e p o t. In Ju n e , C a r r o ll H a rriso n was brought from B u t t e , M ontana, to operate the p l a n t . And i n A u g u st, the C o u n c il f i n a l l y p u rch ased the Cam pbell l o t on 8th s t r e e t , j u s t e a s t cf the F r is c o r a i l r o a d , fo r $ 1 ,0 0 0 . To th e n , the C o u n c il had ren ted i t fa r $75 per month. The County_Government, was the same as we l i s t e d as "Newly E le c t e d " a ft e r the e le c t io n c f November, 1902. We r e p e a t o n ly the names of th e County C o u r t. J .S .W i l lia m s was p r e s id in g ju d g e . The a s s o c ia t e s , e a s t and w e st, were S.R.Bowman and P .D . H aw kins. A f i n a n c i a l rep o rt r e le a s e d on F eb ru ary 12 , 1903, gave these f ig u r e s fo r the year 1902: G e n e r a l fund r e c e i p t s , $1 6 ,5 1 7 .1 9 ..e x p e n d it u r e s $ 1 7 ,6 4 1 .9 4 . D e f i c i t $ 1 ,1 2 4 .7 5 . O ld d e b ts were $ 6 ,2 3 4 .0 9 . With c u rr e n t d e f i c i t added, th e t o t a l debt a t end c f 1902 was $ 7 ,3 5 8 .8 4 S c h o o l_ A f f a ir s to o k on some h e a t , as we p r e s e n t ly r e l a t e . W ith the r e - e le c t io n o f T .D . Sm ith and John S . L iv e s a y , the f u l l board in c lu d e d Sm ith and L i v e s a y ,.. Asa N ile s and 1 X E X 2 M SK X II Thomas M. Jo n e s . . Jo h n P . Kaine and Henry Wood. Wood was named p r e s id e n t , Sm ith s e c r e t a r y . A s c h o o l le v y c f 85 cents p er $100 v a lu a tio n was a d o p te d . A t th e county l e v e l , H.W. Wood was e le c t e d co u n ty su p erin ten d en t ( or com m is s io n e r ) . He headed th e c o u n ty 's "s c h o o l com m ission" o f t h r e e , which gave the c o u n ty ’ s te a c h e r e x a m in a tio n s . M rs. C .D . Jam ison was re -a p p o in te d a com m issioner fo r t h is y e a r. For the 1903-04 y e a r , th e Board e le c t e d the fo llo w in g te a c h in g s t a f f : S u p e r in te n d e n t, P r o f . H . B l a i r . High s c h o o l p r i n c i p a l , M .A . B o y e s. A s s is t a n t p r i n c i p a l , M iss Lyda C o p e lan d . For the C e n t r a l grade s c h o o l, t h e s e : Rm 7 ** W .Frank W oodruff ( o f W arrensburg, r e p la c in g M rs. Jam ison) 6 . . Mamie Hoover Rm 2 . . Mrs L iz z ie C orn w all 5 . . J e s s i e V ia 1 . . (Prim ary) Myra B lan ch ard (h er l a s t year) 4 . . Anna Lepper L in c o ln . . ?? 3 . . M abel F ro st S c h o o l opened on August 31 w ith 420 p u p i l s .

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As e a r l y as J u l y p f 1903, a h eated c o n tro v e rsy developed w ith in the Boaid over the appointm ent o f a te a c h e r fo r room 7 . M rs. Jam iso n te d h eld the p la c e fo r a number o f y e a r s . Three o f th e B oard , in c lu d in g Sm ith , Jo n e s , and N i l e s , voted to p m p v ^ e r / h a f e . M iss B o o th , of S p r i n g f i e l d . M e s s r s . L iv e s a y , K a in e , and Wood voted S b a l l o t s 11 •••0n 311 o f them , they were h o p e le s s ly t i e d . M r. L iv e s a y o ffe r e d t o r e s ig n , p rovid ed th a t the r e s t o f the Board would c a l l a s p e c i a l e l e c t i o n , and so l e t the townsmen d e cid e the q u e s t io n . At t h is s t a g e , M iss B5 0 tV " th d ^ W’ the BoairJ eli5 cted W .Frank W oodruff. . .How ever, fo r th e n e x t “ y e a r, Mr. W oodruff was gen e, and Mrs Jam ison/tm ploysd as a s s is t a n t p r in c ip a l of th e h ig h school# 3

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In _T h e C h u rch es, th e re was no p a r t i c u l a r news, e x ce p t th a t th re e p a s to rs r e s ig n e d . G.W . Sm ith q u it the B a p t is t church in December. R e v . Janies V a l l i e r r e s ig n e d th e P r e s b y te r ia n p a s to r a te on May 1 s t . R ev . A .B . J e t t l e f t the C h r is t ia n church i n F e b ru a ry , and E ld e r H . Drennen preached i n h is p l a c e . Two-Qf f h e Banks made r e p o rts c o n ta in in g the fo llo w in g f i g u r e s : N a t io n a l R o lla S t a t e R e so u rces . . . . $ 2 7 4 ,7 3 8 .4 2 $2 12,0 0 3 .4 5 C a p i t a l s to c k 5 0 ,0 0 0 .0 0 40. 000 . 00 S u r p lu s ............... 1 2 ,5 0 0 .0 0 1 4 .0 0 0 . 00 The. U .S ._ P p s t m a s te ^ was Edwin L o n g . He re p la ce d C h a s. Stro b a ch ( S r . ) , who d ie d on F e b ru a ry 22nd. M iss L i l l i a n F o r t was Mr. Long’ s a s s i s t a n t . In _B lis in e s s And I n d u s t r y , Jo h n W. S c o t t in O ctober bought an i n t e r e s t i n the o ld C e n tr a l Drug s t o r e , owned b y D r . C .A . McComb - and took over so le charge o f the s t o r e . . . . George F . H ollow ay sold p a r t o f the H o llo w a y -H ig le y farm to G eo . J . Chan c e l l o r , and began fa rm in g and r a i s i n g thoroughbred h o r se s, c a t t l e , hogs and sto ck on the la r g e farm on e a s t 10 th s t r e e t , h a l f a m ile e a s t of town. . . . H arry McCaw and Henry C le in o , J r . , op erated t h e ir new fu r n itu r e sto re i n the new b r ic k b u ild in g o u i l t in 1902 im m e d ia te ly so u th c f M asonic H a l l . They d isp en sed house fu r n is h in g s , sew ing m a ch in e s, farm m ach in e ry in c lu d in g wagons and b in d e r s . . . . Jo e Cribe s ard a Mr. G a r r is o n opened a new a b s t r a c t o f f i c e , w ith F.E.D ow a as m anager. ...T h e R o lla M i l l s w ere, i n Septem ber, tak en over b y Schuman B r o th e r s , who con tin u ed ownership up in t o th e 19 30*3. They ground out fou r brands o f f l o u r ..G o ld S ta n d a rd , S i l v e r Moon, B e a t s - e m - A ll, and Log R o l l e r ’ s C h o ic e . ...P h o t o g r a p h e r A .B .D u n ca n , w ith his " s t u d io on w h e els" d e p a rte d fa r S p r i n g f i e l d . And Mrs Georgs E . Ladd ( "M ary"), an a cco m p lish ed a r t i s t , made sk e tch e s of a l l the S ch o o l c f M ines b u il d in g s . New B u ild in g ^ E r e c te d in 1903 in c lu d e the Fred S tro b a c h b r ic k , e r e c te d betw een the S tr o b a c h "A rcad e" sa lo o n b u ild in g on the e a s t and the N a t io n a l Bank b u ild in g on th e w e s t. Both o f th e se were on th e n o rth sid e o f 8 th , between the F r is c o r a i lr o a d and P in e s t r e e t . The new b u ild in g had f l o o r dim ensions of 29 x 100 f e e t . I t was com pleted by Septem ber 1 s t ............... B ut the old Ozark H o t e l, a C i v i l War landm ark, to g e th e r w ith th e d w e llin g n e x t e a s t o f i t , was c o m p le te ly d e stro ye d b y f i r e on O cto b er 3 0 th . The h o t e l was p a r t o f the e s t a t e o f D r . Thomas J . Jo n e s . The lo s s was $2 ,0 0 0 to $4^000. Absalom Gordon had li v e d in the h o u s e , the form er "Union House". Three Fem inine_ P 0p u .la .r it 2; C o n te s ts caused c o n sid e r a b le e x cite m e n t d u rin g 1903. A f i r s t group to r e c e iv e such a t t e n t io n c o n s is te d o f tw e n ty -fiv e young la d ie s whom the R o lla H erald l i s t e d as th e most charm ing b e l l e s o f the town. These: J e s s i e H e lle r Mabel Jam ison E th e l S c o tt Emma M o rris R oberta Rowe J e s s i e Jam ison Lena S tro b a ch B e s s ie V ia N e llie O a tle y In e z Corse Anna Lepper F ern Morse K a th erin e Cox A d ele P ow ell Je n n ie Lepper C re te E l l i s Lorene Koch L i l l i a n F o r t A dele S o e s t L i l l i e Sm ith O liv e Shaw May Cauffman M argaret So u th ga te Anna Gordon A l ic e A lle n M innie A tte b u r y

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C o m p e titio n i n fe m in in e p u lc h r itu d e waxed keen when, on December 17 th a R o lla p h o to c o n te s t was conducted by the R .H . James photo g a l l e r y . Photographs o f l o v e l y R o lla women were p la c e d on d is p la y so th a t v o te r s c o u ld c a s t p o p u la r ity v o t e s . The r e s u l t s were th e s e : L u cy Sm ith ( number o f v o te s ) . . Mary McCrae ............... 735 E t h e l S a l l y ( l a t e r M rs. H insch) 717 A lic e A lle n ............... M rs. M .F . F a u lk n e r (N an.Row e)............ 273 Zona Brene .................. 273 May C a u ff m a n .......................................................... 332 332 N e l l i e W ilso n . . . . M rs. E liz a b e t h C o rn w all .......................... 260 T h is photo c o n te s t le d t o a more g e n e r a l p o p u la r ity c o n te s t which ended on December 2 4 th . The w inner was p resen ted w ith a p ia n o . Here i s the l i s t , w ith number o f v o te s c a s t : A lic e A l l e n ............... ( R o l l a ) . . . 2980 M innie Hopkins . . (Newburg). . 20 M r s .L iz z ie C o rn w all ( R o lla ) . 2290 Zona M c D o le ............( S t .J a s ) . . 20 May C o f f m a n ............... ( R o lla ) . . 715 L i l l i e D ev a u lt . . ( S t . J a s ) . . 15 B la n ch e F r eeman . . ( R o lla ) . . 170 B ess Wayman ...( A r l i n g t o n ) . 15 E t h e l Wood .................. (Newburg). 65 J e s s i e Burge . . . . ( S t . J a s ) . . 15 Donna C o x ............... (Edgar S p r g ) . 60 Mrs Doug R o b in s o n .......................... 15 L u lu Coffm an ..................................... 55 Ruth J . W ils on . . (Norman) . . . 10 B ess D ic k e r s o n . . . ( R o lla ) . . 50 Anna S t u d le y . . . (Newburg) . 10 Lena M a r lin g . . . . . ( R o lla ) . . 25 E t h e l S a l l y . . . . ( R o lla ) . . . 10 Alma S tro b a c h . . . . ( R o lla ) . . 25 ( E ig h t o th e r s r e c e iv e d f i v e v o te s ea ch ). Anna W e ck erley . . . (Newburg). 25 A nother group o f g i r l s s t y le d th em selves the "Gocd D ozen ". Four o f the tw elve were : Mary M cCrae, L o l l i e C la r k , Id a S m ith , and Je a n H a r r is . There was s t i l l a n o th e r group which used th e name "Lucky T h ir t e e n " . The 1 9 0 3 _M u s ic a l_E n to "te irm e n t. The fo r e g o in g would seem t o in d ic a t e t h a t "the g i r l s c f 1903" claim e d m ajor a t t e n t i o n . However, th ere were com peting a c t i v i t i e s . On F e b ru a ry 1 9 th , Jo h n W. S c o t t ' s o r c h e s tr a gave a p op u lar symphony c o n c e r t. I n th e same month, th e S c h o o l o f Mine s M in s t r e ls p layed t o a b ig crowd. Both o f th ese ev e n ts to o k p la c e in the G ran t H o te l opera room. I n a d d it io n to m u sic a l e n te r ta in m e n t, th e M .S .M . f o o t b a l l team p la y e d numbers o f games w ith o th e r c o lle g e g ro u p s. I n the game w ith W arrensburg, the M iners won by a score c f 5 to 0 ............... The R o lla b r a s s band ended the year i n November w ith a fin e c o n c e r t . The L o u is ia n a P u r e h a s e _E x p o s itio n a f_1 9 0 4 , at S t . L o u is , was i n the p lan n in g s ta g e a s e a r ly as March c f 1903. A t R o lla , th e S c h o o l o f M ines made a d r iv e fo r m in e ra l e x h i b i t s t o d i s p la y a t th e f a i r . By November t h i s had so p rogressed th a t D r . George E . Ladd was named super i n te n a n t c f M is s o u r i's m ining and m e t a llu r g ic a l e x h i b i t s . This departm ent had i t s own im p ressive b u ild in g . F or The F r is c o _ R a ilr o ad, 1903 was a bad y e a r . A w est bound t r a i n h i t and dismembered the body c f W illia m Hawkins, who had been w alk in g the curved tr a c k betw een 6th and 3rd s t r e e t s , under the Main s t r e e t b r id g e . And in F eb ru ary , two t r a i n s c o llid e d near Jerom e. Both e n g in e s and th re e c a r s were d e r a ile d and r o lle d in t o th e mud. The baggage man was k i l l e d , the e n g in e e rs and fire m e n b a d ly s c a ld e d . D eath C a r r ie d O f f many prom inent R o lla p ersonages d u rin g 1903. These: M rs. B r ig id (E g an ? M cCorm ick, mother o f M rs. C .D .Ja m is o n , who was a n a tiv e o f Ir e la n d (F e b . 12) ...C h a r l e s S tro b a ch ( S r . ) , b ro th e r of Ferdinand (F e b . 22) . . D r. C .H .S t o r t s , R o lla p h y s ic ia n , co u n ty r e p r e s e n ta tiv e (March _ ) . . . M r s . Anna L ep p er, mother o f M isse s Anna and Je n n ie (March 29) ...M r s E liz a b e t h V ia ( Mrs T h o s .D .) (May 8 ) . . . Mrs M argaret ("A u nt Peggy" ) K itch e n (May 11) . . . R e v . Jo h n A . A nnin, form er P resb yt e r i a n p a s to r (Juno U ) •••Dr# Thos# J e f f # Jo n e s , prom inent R o lla p h y s ic ia n (bept#2)«# Ferdinand S tr o b a c h , prom inent c i t i z e n and wagon m an u factu rer ( O c t. 19) . . . D r . Samuel H. H e a d le e , c f S t .J a m e s , form er u n iv e r s it y c u r a t o r , chairm an o f e x e c u tiv e committee f o r S c h o o l o f M in e s, form er member of l e g i s l a t u r e (Nov. 11) . . and Hon. Samuel G . W illia m s , prom inent R o lla a t t o r n e y , f a t h e r of the b i l l which in c o rp o r a te d R o lla in 1861. D ied a t Roanoke, V a. ( N ov. 28 ) . And here ends our reco rd o f th e y e a r 1903•

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C it j_ B u s in e s £ And Government The C ^ it j_ E le £ t iion o f A p r i l 5th gave the e le c t o r s a c h o ic e , fo r alderm en, between D r . S .B . Rowe and Booker H . R ucker, c f ward 1 ..L o u i s Heim berger and Wm. O 'B r ie n , c f ward 2 . . and J . F . G ilm o re , Jo h n F a l l s , and M r. Hartung o f ward 3* Rowe, H eim berger, and Gilm ore were e l e c t e d . ...M a y o r C h a s. T . S tro b a ch h eld over, as d id a ls o alderm en Henry Wood, Ben C u lb e r ts o n , ard Edward Koch. F or th e new term , Wm. J . Pieroe was c i t y c l e r k , Dan McMasters m a rsh a l, W .E. Weber a s s e s s o r , and Dan Deegan c o l l e c t o r . Jo h n P . Kaine was t r e a s u r e r , J.A .Y Ia ts o n c i t y a tto r n e y , Jo h n H art s t r e e t com m issioner, and G e . H . Hums p o lic e ju d g e . C it y improvements recommended by maycr Stro b a ch were c a r r ie d o u t . Numerous sid ew alks were ordered i n . . . 650 lo a d s c f g r a v e l were a p p lie d to th e s t r e e t s . . . Twelve new r a i lr o a d c r o s s in g s were u rg ed , ard a balan ce o f $732 was p a id on the $1 ,0 0 0 p urchase o f th e power p la n t l o t . . . . F r e d S e e le , a R o lla p r o d u c t, was h ire d to op erate th e power p l a n t . A new f i r e t r u c k , hook and la d d e r o u t f i t , f i r e b e l l and tower were needed by the f i r e departm ent - so some 60 c i t i z e n s donated the n e c e s s a r y $420 t o buy th e se f a c i l i t i e s . E .J .K o c h and b r o th e r O l l i e e r e c te d the a l l s t e e l f i f t y - t w o f o o t b e l l tower a t no c o s t t o the c i t y . The m a t e r ia ls c o s t $ 1 8 3 .1 0 . On Septem ber 5t h , th e f i r e b r ig a d e , le d b y the tow n's b r a s s band - a l l in u n ifo rm - sta g e d a l u s t y s t r e e t p a ra d e . And on November 1 7 th , the C o u n c il l a i d down th e l i m i t s f o r a f i r e d i s t r i c t w ith in which o n ly f ir e p r o o f b u ild in g s co u ld be e r e c t e d . I t was bounded b y 6th and 9 th s t r e e t s , from R o lla s t r e e t e a s t t o th e F r is c o r a i l r o a d . M is c e lla n e o u s Conmunit^ A f f a i r s Ths H o lla Telephone Co. had, by O c to b e r, a re a towns or v i l l a g e s , in c lu d in g th e s e : .A n u tt .Hobson A r lin g t o n Houston B e u lah Lake S p r in g E dgar S p r in g s Leccsaa And the Am erican T e leg ra p h and Telephone from S t . L o u is throu gh R o lla to S p r i n g f i e l d .

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S t a t e and C o u n t y _ 0 ffic e r s h o ld in g o f f i c e d u rin g e le c t e d i n November f o r the term 1905- 06, were t h e s e : S e r v in g 1903-04 Term ___________ The O f f i c e _________ , S t a t e se n a to r ........................ Frank H . F a r r is .................. P h e lp s C o . r e p r e s e n t a t iv ; J . M. Coffman ..................... C i r c u i t Ju d g e ........................ L e ig h B . Wood sid e ............ C i r c u i t C le r k & Recorder David Cowan ............................. . S h e r i f f ......................................... Jo h n W. C o o p e r ...................... P r o s e c u tin g A t t y .................. John A . Watson ..................... P r e s id in g Ju d g e ,C o .C o u r t Jo se p h H . W iLliam s . . . . . A s s o c .Ju d g e , e a s t ............ S .R . Bowman ............................. . A s s o c . Ju d g e , w est ............ P .D . Hawkins .......................... . County C le r k .......................... Booker H. Rucker ................ C h a s. R . M a t l o c k ................ A s s e s s o r ...................................... C o lle c t o r ................................... A le x . B . Hale . . . . . . . . . . Treasurer ................................... G r a n v ille A l l e n ................... S u rv ey o r ...................................... S .Q .C h a m b e r la in .................. A lb e r t N eum an......................... P rob ate Judge ....................... H arry 0 . B land .................... . P u b lic A d m in is tr a to r . . W .F . Burns ................................ Coroner ......................................... H . W. Wood ................................. S c h o o l S u p t................................

1903 and 1904, and those For ]_q o 5_ o 6 Newly E le c t e d , N o v .,1904 Frank H. F a r r is ............................. W illia m J . S a l t s .......................... L .B . Woodside (holdTOver ) . . D avid C o w a n ........................................ George A , M a rlin g ....................... Stephen N . L o r ts .......................... J . H. W illia m s .............................. E r n e s t M. P in to ............................. J . H . M ath is ..................................... B . H . Rucker ..................................... Frank S p r a d lin g ............................. Wm. S tim so n , S r ................................ G r a n v ille A lle n ............................. Thos. D . Sm ith ................................ A . Neuman .............................................. George H, Hume ................................ D r . Burns .............................................. Jo h n F . Hodge ..................................

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I 10 7 ^7 ° ^ - F in — ^ ^ ° £ t r e le a s e d Feb ru ary 11 th showed g e n e r a l fund r e c e ip t s .2 ,1 7 4 .6 5 ..e x p e n d it u r e s o f $ 1 7 ,4 2 2 .7 2 ..w h ic h would be a d e f i c i t o f $5 248. 07 . 4.u 'Lu1? ? S t0 Dad f i n a l l c i n S» on J u l y 2 1 st a swarm o f b ees took p o s s e s s io n o f ’ one o f th e h ollo w wooden p o s t s t h a t su pported the cu p e lo on to p o f th e C o u rt H ouse. of

R o lla S c h o o l _ A f f a ir s J_ 1904- In Ja n u a ry , George W. C la r k r e p la c e d Thomas M. 0 a rd * Jo n e s had S ° ne to l i v e in T e x a s. T h is "team ed" C la r k w ith Asa N i l e s . A f t e r the e le c t io n i n A p r i l , the re o rg a n iz e d Board conw ^ifef d ° £ . J *S * L lv e s a y 311(1 T*D# S m ith . .A sa N ile s ani GeQPgg C la r k . . . J .P .K a i n e and l l l i a m F i e r c e ...............A n in e month s c h o o l and a le v y c f 95 cen ts p er $100 v a lu a tio n were a p p roved . A f i n a n c i a l r e p o r t r e le a s e d on J u l y 7 th , fo r the year ended Jure 30 showed g e n e r a l fu n d r e c e i p t s c f $ 8 ,8 0 8 .0 9 ..e x p e n d it u r e s c f $ 6, 877.46 . . balance o f $ 1 ,9 3 0 .6 3 . The t e a c h i n g _ S t a f f f o r 1904-05 was headed by su p e rin te n d e n t M .A . B o yes, who succeeded P r o f . H . B l a i r . W .0 . Wood was p r i n c i p a l o f the h i$ i s c h o o l. M rs. Claude D . Jsm iso n was a s s i s t a n t p r in c ip a l - and th e s e were the o n ly te a ch e rs a s s ig n e d to the h i^ i s c h o o l. . . . For th e C e n t r a l grade s c h o o l, the te a c h e r s were th e s e : P r in c i p a l aid Rm 7 . . J e s s i e V ia Rm 3 . . Sad ie Donahoe Rm 6 . . Mamie Hoover 2 . . G ertru d e Carjbenter 5 . . M abel F r o s t 1 . . Mrs L i z z i e C o rn w all 4 . . E th e l S c o tt L in c o ln . . ?? As o f Movember 1 0 th , the s c h o o l e n ro llm e n t was 463 . And the S ta te in s p e c to r o f h ig h sch o o ls r a te d R o lla H igh S c h o o l as " O .K ." , and i t was " a r t ic u la t e d " w ith the U n i v e r s it y c f M is s o u r i. Church News_ was r o u t in e . E .M . Owing was p a s to r a t the B a p t is t church, P a t r ic k B . O 'E ^ U g h lin a t the C a t h o l ic , E ld e r Romine a t th e C h r is t i a n , Frank M .W eddell a t the E p is c o p a l. R e v . F r a n c is S . Beggs f i l l e d the M e th o d ist p u l p i t , J . H . A lexan der the P r e s b y t e r ia n . F or The Banks_, we re c o rd o n ly th a t as o f Ja n u a ry 7 th , the N a t io n a l rep o rted th a t i t s c a p it a } ., s u r p lu s , and net p r o f i t s amounted to #75 , 964*68 . . i t s lo a n s $1 7 5 ,7 1 3 *1 1 , and i t s d e p o s its and c i r c u l a t i o n $278,091*84* In_T he_B u sin es_s A r e a _, M r. W .A . V ia bought out the o ld l i v e r y s ta b le a t 6th and P in e s t r e e t , owned b y W .E . W eber. . . . A .S . N i l e s , owner o f the o ld e s t a b s tr a c t o f f i c e , now fa c e d c o m p e titio n when W .D .Jo n es and Henry C le in o ( J r . ) s ta r te d a new one i n November. Garn Minium and J . A . Spilm an teamed up to s e l l hardware and farm im p lem en ts. They fe a tu r e d the " M a je s t ic " l i n e o f s to v e s and r a n g e s . L iv e s a y and Love were v ig o r o u s c o m p e tito r s . B e s id e s h a n d lin g g e n e r a l hardw are, h arness and t i n w are, th e y s o ld "New Home" sewing m ach ines, p lo w s, wagons, and farm m ach in ery. H a rry McCaw and Henry C le in o ( J r . ) were lic e n c e d em balm ers. W .E.W eber exchanged management o f h is l i v e r y s t a b le , s o ld to W .A .V ia , f o r managsment o f the C r a n d e ll h o t e l . . . And the ro u g h -sh o d , able a tto r n e y , W illia m C . K e l l y , s o ld h is h a l f i n t e r e s t i n h is "KELLY IRON MINE", out so u th e a st i n Maramec tow nship, fo r $14,000 I I He g o t th e " b ig end" o f th e b a r g a in . Today, the mine - never v e ry p ro d u ctiv e i s a b ig h o le i n the grou nd . S e v e r a l New R e sid e n ce s were b u i l t d u rin g 1904* Jo h n W. S c o t t and C h as. M. Knapp b u i l t on southw est and n o r th e a s t c o rn e rs c f B lo c k 80, B ish o p *s Third a d d i t io n - the Knapp house b e in g a t n o r th e a s t corn er o f 1 1 th and P in e . S o u th , a cro ss 1 1 th s t r e e t from the Knapp hou se, D r . E .W . W alker e r e c te d a s t a t e l y th ree s to r y h o u se . W illia m J . P ie r c e b u i l t th e two s to r y frame a t n o r th e a s t corner c f 12 th and Oak, l a t e r the home of D r . J.W . B a r le y . M rs, Fanny Pow ell b u i l t the la r g e house a t southw est c o rn e r o f 1 1 th and S t a t e s t r e e t s . F i n a l l y , P r o f . E .G . H a rris planned and / ^ / b u ilt ffiingX ragaa3E gX B KZB2 th e home a t northw est corner cf 11th and S t a t e . R o lla * s F i r s t A utom obile was b r o u ^ it in t o town in J u l y . I t was th e p ro p e rty o f D r . S . L . B a y s in g e r , H arry 0 . B la n d , and J . A . S p ilm a n . ndwin L o n g 's "Packard , sometimes spoken c f as R o lla * s f i r s t a u to , ta k e s second p la c e a f t e r the p rese n t one.

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nlH _ , T°f "i9? 4 , t h e . l i s t o f P r a c t i c i n g d o c to rs in c lu d e d the o ld e r ones - D r s . S .B .R o w e , R .L . Jo h n so n , S . F . A r th u r, and S . L . B a y s in g e r . C .C .C o o o er M .D . had l a t e l y a r r i v e d . D r . E .W . W alker was th e v e te r a n d e n t i s t . F .C . Henney was an o s te o p a th . ...A n d i n f a r - o f f C h in a , H o lla 's graduate j o u r n a l i s t , now become a famous war c o rre sp o n d e n t, r e p o rte d on th e war between R u ssia and Ja p a n . He had been m in g lin g w ith b oth s id e s — was for a time w ith R u s sia n commander G en. Kuro— p a t k in . In O c to b e r, he had ta le n a few weeks o f f to v i s i t R o lla and A m erica. This was the d is t in g u is h e d THOMAS MILLARD. Among Womens! G rou ps, th e re was one s t y le d "The Lucky T h ir t e e n " . This was a group o f R o l l a ' s b e s t young l a d i e s , out to have some f u n . E ig h t o f the members whose names we have managed to a ssem b le, were th e s e : L u c i le H a r ris o n Grace P o w e ll L o u ise Underwood Nannie ^H arrison Je a n H a rris G ertru d e Stim son Id a Sm ith M argu erite Cole The S a tu r d a y Club c o n s is te d c f th e more m ature women . Mrs Geo R . Dean was p r e s id e n t, Mr s B .H . Rucker v ic e p r e s id e n t , Mrs E .W . W alker r e c o r d in g s e c r e t a r y , M rs. C .D . Jam iso n co rre sp o n d in g s e c r e t a r y , and M iss Ja c k s o n , t r e a s u r e r . In A p r i l , a l l th e se p lu s the r e s t o f the members were e n te r ta in e d a t the home c f M iss Jane Coe - l a t e r M rs. Jans Coe B r a n t. E n te r ta in m e n t, _M usical_And_Othe_rw i_se, was p l e n t i f u l , as u s u a l. F i r s t , i n F e b ru a ry , was a r e c i t a l b y the p u p ils o f M iss L a u ra Annin, daughter o f the Presby t e r ia n m in is t e r , R e v . Jo h n A . A n n in . The p a r t ic ip a n t s were th e s e : L u c i le H a rriso n Fay F au lkn er Kate G i l l Mrs A rthur E . Wood Nannie H a rriso n Georgene C la r k L o l l i e C la rk M rs. A .L . McRae G la d y s F a u lk n e r M ild re d S tro b a ch Mary McCrae M iss S h o rt Je a n H a r r is G u ssie Sm ith O liv e Shaw Mis s Sh o rt Mary Shaw Grace Pow ell Ann S h o r t M iss Mae Cauffm an H a ze l Dean G e rtru d e Stim son M rs. Thompson N e x t, A p r i l 6t h , was a c o n ce rt b y the R o lla Symphony O r c h e s tr a , d ir e c t e d by Jo hn W. S c o t t , and a s s is t e d b y R o lla * s o u ts ta n d in g male q u a r t e t , composed o f M e s s rs . M .F . F a u lk n e r , b . F . C u lb e r ts o n , John W. S c o t t , and Edwin L o n g . This was perform ed in Shaw 's Opera h o u se. A lso a t S h a w 's, A p r i l 1 6 th , MM th ere was a " b e n e fit p la y " fo r the M .S .M . A t h l e t i c C lu b . This was p u t on by a group o f g i r l s . The show was d ir e c t e d by M rs. C .D . Ja n is o n , R o lla * s b r i l l i a n t s c h o o l te a c h e r and s o c i a l i t e . The p la y t i t l e was " A D ^ s s R e h e a r s a l" . R oberta Rowe im personated " C i n d e r i l l a " . Ann S h o rt and Agnes Deegan w ere"th e two s p i t e f u l s i s t e r s " . Mary McCrae was th e "Charm ing P r in c e " . O th e rs i n the c a st were O liv e Shaw, D e l l a P ie r c e , L u c ile H a r ris o n , and th e Mesdames N .A . K in n ey , M .F . F a u lk n e r , A .L . McRae, and C h a s. L . Woods. In May, the R o l l a Band was m aking e x c e lle n t p ro g re ss under d ir e c t io n of Jo h n W. S c o t t . How he e v e r found time to s e l l drugs and put up p r e s c r ip t io n s i s a m ir a c le . Fun o f o th e r k in d s was fu r n is h e d by R o l l a 's c h a p te r ( or t r ib e ) o f th e"Im R ro v e d _O rd e r_o f Red M en". As e a r l y as A p r i l 23, i t had been o r g a n iz e d . D r . S . L . B a y sin g e r was i t s " b ig c h i e f " , or "saghemT. Im agine the s tu r d y d o cto r assum ing such a r o l e , ard d a n cin g l i k e a w ild In d ia n 11 O thers who were c h a r te r members in c lu d e d H arry McCaw, John A . W atson, B .F . C u lb e r ts o n , Dan F . Donahoe, David E . Cowan, W illia m F o r t , Jo h n F a l l s . The f u l l c h a rte r r o l l in c lu d e d f i f t y members. These w ild In d ia n s sta g e d a s p e c ta c u la r c a r n iv a l from Septem ber 29th through O ctob er 1 s t . Ttey c a l l e d th e m se lv e s the "W alla W a lla Tribe N o. 1 0 2 ". The program th e y put on c o n s is te d of a grand parade a t ten o 'c lo c k each morning ..w a r dancing . . b a llo o n a sc e n sio n s . . and band c o n t e s t s . On _the _Schop!_ o f jfjn e_s _camjous_, th e f a l l f o o t b a l l games h elp ed t o cheer up th e b ela b o re d stu d en ts ard f a c u l t y . On O ctober 20, the team d e fe a te d S p r in g fie ld Normal oy a score o f 41 to 0 ............And in a d m in is tr a tiv e h e a d q u a rte rs, D ir e c to r Ladd had w itn e sse d e r e c t io n o f th e o ld M ech an ical H a l l , a tw o -sto ry b r ic k m easuring 60 x 150 f e e t , and a ls o Norwood H a l l , th ree s to r y and b a se n e n t, m easuring 85x140 f e e t in p la n . A ls o , h is id e a s o f what the S c h o o l sh ou ld te a c h p r e v a ile d .

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6 r . Jo hn D .V incO il However, a l l f r ie n d s o f the S c h o o l c f M in es, and in p a r t i c u l a r D r . Ladc^ were c a lle d to mourn th e d e a th o f a b elo v ed c u r a to r o f the U n iv e r s it y o f M isso u r i / who had proved h im s e lf a tru e and l o y a l fr ie n d and p re se rv e r o f the S c h o o l c f M in e s. He was Grand S e c r e t a r y o f th e M is s o u r i M asonic Lodge, and a M e th o d is t. He had made many f r ie n d s in th e R o lla M e th o d ist ch u rch , h avin g preached th ere on s e v e r a l o c c a s io n s . H is d e a th o ccu rred bn O ctob er 12 t h , 1904. The /ran d Army_0f The_ R e p u b lic ( Ozark B a t t a l io n , G .A .R . ) sta g ed an e x c it in g encampment in R o l l a the H ast week c f A u g u st. Tents such as the s o ld ie r s used in the C i v i l War were num erous. War in c id e n t s were r e la t e d , o ld a cq u a in ta n ce s renewed. A good tim e was had b y a l l I 1 9 0 4 _ H a d _ Its / D is a s te r s . On Septem ber 1 7 th , a S a tu r d a y , a t 1 0 :2 0 , a FIERCE FIRE s t a r t e d a t the r e a r o f th e Schuman Produce d a ir y b u ild in g and th e D e l i s l e frame s t o r e b u il d in g , a t 6th and Pine s t r e e t s . No a v a ila b le f i r e equipm ent could p o s s ib ly p re v e n t spread o f th e f i r e . In a sh o rt tim e , i t reached to the north and consumed th e McCaw b u il d in g , n e x t so u th o f the M asonic H a l l , then e n g u lfe d the M asonic H a l l , w hich was t o t a l l y d e stro y e d w ith a l l the M asonic l M g e ' s p arap harn a l i a . L iv e s a y and L o v e , whose sto re occu pied the f i r s t f l o o r o f M asonic H a ll, l o s t a l l t h e i r s to c k s o f h a r n e s s , hardw are, and farm im plem ents. Most o f the p la t e g la s s windows w e st, a c r o s s P in e s t r e e t , were s h a tte r e d , and the s to r e fr o n t s dam aged. The f i n a n c i a l lo s s e s t o t a l l e d $ 2 7 ,1 0 0 , , 0 f t h i s , the M asonic lodge l o s t $ 1 0 ,0 0 0 . l e s s $4 ,5 0 0 in s u r a n c e . L iv e s a y and Love lo s s e s were $8,500 l e s s $4 ,000 in s u r a n c e . . . . This was a t l e a s t the second g r e a t f i r e f o r M asonic h e a d q u a rte rs. What to do now ? ? . . . By O ctob er 6t h , the d e c is io n was made t o r e - b u ild on th e same s i t e . The p r e s e n t H a ll i s th e one then planned and b u i l t d u rin g 1905. The a re a was a ls o v i s i t e d w ith d is a s t e r in two oth er in s t a n c e s . In A p r i l , a s e r ie s o f to rn ad os swept th ro u g h the a d ja c e n t c o u n tr y s id e . One 13 m ile s southw est o f Salem k i l l e d a l l s i x members o f th e W a llis f a m ily . . . . T h e second o f th ese d is a s t e r s in v o lv e d the F r is c o r a i l r o a d . On September 8t h , two F r is c o t r a i n s , N os. 35 and 37, c o l l i d e d fo u r m ile s w est cf R o l l a . One en gin e was dem olished and seven cars' o f m erchandise r o l l e d down a steep b a n k . Back in R o l l a , passenger tr a in s N o s. 1 and 15 both e n te re d th e same s id e t r a c k , i/hile the e n g in e o f N o. 1 went down to th e w reck . R e tu r n in g , i t backed in t o the baggage c a r o f one o f the s id e tra c k e d t r a i n s , i n ju r i n g f i f t e e n p e o p le , and t h i s a "d ou b le w re ck ". A nother N o rth -S o u th R a ilr o a d was proposed i n Decem ber, by the Ozark Mountain E l e c t r i c C o . I t would j o i n R o lla and West P l a i n s . I t would be an e l e c t r i c l i n e . Power would be ggre r a te d e i t h e r b y a c o a l b u rn in g power p la n t at R o lla , or by water power d e r iv e d from a dam and r e s e r v o ir b u i l t on L i t t l e P in e y r i v e r a t Y an cy. Like a l l o th e r such e n t e r p r is e s , t h i s one v a n is h e d . The S U L o u is W o rld 's F a i r , otherw ise c a lle d th e "L o u is ia n a Purchase E x p o si t i o n " , was h e ld t h is y e a r . The F r is c o r a ilr o a d ran s p e c ia l t r a i n s from R o lla to S t . L o u is . There was a " R o lla D a y ", when hundreds o f R o lla fo lk s a tte n d e d . The x'air had been opened b y U .S . P r e s id e n t Theodore R o o s e v e lt, in f a r away W ashington, by p u sh in g an e l e c t r i c b u t t o n . John S o u s a 's band was a f e a t u r e . The M isso u ri M ining ard M e t a l l u r g i c a l - and G e o lo g ic a l - d is p la y s were the most v a lu a b le o f any a t the F a ir . They had c o s t $ 6 5 ,0 0 0 . At the c lo s e of t ie E x p o s it io n , the 25,000 specimens were g iv e n t o th e S c h o o l c f M ir e s . D ir e c t o r Georgs E . Ladd had been su p erin ten d en t o f t h i s p o r tio n c f th e F a i r . . . . Sad to r e b a te , on November 1 9 th , the o th e r and o f f i c i a l " M is s o u r i" b u ild in g , v h ic h was th e handsomest on the grounds, and which had c o s t $ 160 , 000, was t o t a l l y d e stro y e d by f i r e - anoth er 1904 d i s a s t e r . 1904 Was A B i g _ P o l i t i c a l _ Y e a r because i t was a p r e s id e n t ia l e le c t io n y e a r . R o lla a s” w e ll as th e r e s t o f the n a t io n , was h ig h ly in t e r e s t e d in the d e c is io n s to b e ’ made. The xRepublican t i c k e t , le d by Theodore R o o se v e lt and X 2 iM Z lZ X B £ Z K ^ C h a r le s W. F a ir b a n k s , won over the D em ocratic nom inees, Judgs A lto n B . Parker and Henry G . Davie by a p op u lar vote of 7 ,6 2 7 ,6 3 2 to 5 ,0 8 0 ,0 5 4 - w hich meant 366 e le c t o r a l v o te s f c r R o o s e v e lt and 140 fc r P a r k e r . Eugsne Debs ( s o c i a l i s t ) , S i l a s C . Sw allow ( p r o h i b i t i o n i s t ) , Thomas E . Watson ( p o p u lis t ) , and C h a rle s H. C o rrig a n ( s o c i a l i s t - l a b o r ) t r a i l e d w ith v o te s d im in is h in g from 391,000 t o 830 .

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^ J i i s j p u r i ' s E l e c t i o n s , R e p u b lican c a n d id a te Jo se p h W. F o lk was e le c t e d Governor of M is s o u r i* And fo r the f i r s t time in y e a r s , P h elp s County s h if t e d to the e p u b lic a n s i d e . The R ep u b lican ca n d id a te s e le c t e d were th e s e : Both a s s o c ia te c o u n t y c o u r t ju d g e s , E .M .P in t o ( e a s t) and J .H . M a th is (w e s t). S h e r i f f G eo. M a r lin g , 4m. S tim so n , c o l l e c t o r . . Fr ank S p n a d lin g , a s s e s s o r . . ard T .D . Sm ith , su rv e y o r. The Dem ocrats e le c t e d s t a t e r e p r e s e n ta tiv e Wm. S a l t s , . S . N . L o r t s , p r o s e c u tin g a tto r n e y ..G r a n v i l l e A l l e n , tr e a s u r e r . . D r . W .F . B u rns, coron er . . and George Hume p u b lic a d m in is t r a t o r . 1 9 0 4 _D e a th _T o ll in c lu d e d n o t o n ly im p ortant R o lla r e s id e n t s , b u t a ls o who were form er r e s id e n t s th a t s t i l l ranked high in community r e g a r d . Trie a e : George W. R u f f in g , a r c h i t e c t - b u i l d e r of R o lla b u ild in g s ( J a n .3) . . . Mrs Cyrus H. Jo n e s ( nee Maud E v e ly n K e lly ) i n E l Paso ( J a n .4) . . . Mrs W a lte r W. W ishon, daughte F lo r a o f E .W .B ish o p (F e b . 14) in O akland, C a l i f . . . . . M rs. Susanna Cowan ( w ife o f D r . R obt.Cow an, c f E dgar S p r in g s ) (F e b . 20 ) . . . M rs. E .A .S e a y , o n ly dau gh ter o f Judge Wm. G . Pomeroy, form er mayor c f R o lla ( a t Salem , F e b .29) ...F r e d e r i c k W. S e e le , fo rem o st R o lla f l o u r m i l l o p e rato r ( A p r il 29) . . and M rs. Wm. Blade ( nee Sarah Ann H u r le y ) , w ife o f farm er p r e s id in g judge Wm.Black (D ec. 6) . And we have now oome to " T h ir t y 1* fo r the year 1904 . soke

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A ° ^ r t o7the i J n S T t c - s s r ^ - ^ The a re a to o k in th e w id th of a c i t y b lo c k 310 f e e t i n depth from w est lin e S s t a t e ' The L ^ t l m ’ n o rth linE! of 7th 2124 f e e t f o r t h to 14th s t r e e t . t J* „ d V‘ r t ? f 11116 a r e a - •••A second e l e c t i o n , December 22, took in the Neuman A d d it io n , e x te n d in g so u th from the south lin e of Jam es a d d it io n , ard l y i n g between e x te n s io n s o f Oak and W alnut s t r e e t s . . Th e _^ u e £ tio n § f_ A _ C ity _ W e ll , and a c i t y waterworks system , was now g iv e n s e r io u s a t t e n t i o n . On August 1 0 th , the C o u n c il had employed D r . A .L . McRae and r r o l . Blmo G . H a r r is to p rep are p la n s and s p e c i f i c a t i o n s . By September 7 th , the c o u n c il had a cc e p te d th e documents and a d v e r tis e d f o r b id s i n fehe E n g in e e rin g NewsR ecord, p u b lis h e d in New Y o rk . The C.W . W hitney W e ll C o ., which had ju s t fin is h e d a o i l f o o t deep w e ll f o r th e S ch o o l o f M ines ( a t the power p l a n t ) , o ffe r e d to d r i l l a _w e ll and l a y water m i n s f o r R o lla a cc o r d in g to th e M cR ae-H arris p lan s and s p e c i fic a tio n s . The M .S .M . w e ll had a c a p a c ity o f 100 g a llo n s per m in u te, b ut the w ater was h a r d . Even s o , i t was b e t t e r than other R o lla w e lls h av in g depths o f 60 and 100 fe e t. . . . R o l l a would now have a w e ll and a waterworks system l ¥ f .J . P ie r c e made a f i n a n c i a l r e p o r t f o r th e year ended A p r i l 30, 1905, which l i s t e d g e n e r a l fUnd r e c e ip t s a t $ 7 ,8 9 3 .8 3 ..e x p e n d it u r e s o f $ 5, 643. 63, and balan ce o f $ 2 ,2 5 0 .1 5 . M is c e lla n e o u s _Comraunit^ A f f a i r s C o u n t y _ A ffa ir s were e n liv e n e d when, i n a c o u rt c a s e , i t was d ecided th a t the R e p u b lican c a n d id a te s f o r o f f i c e s of a s s e s s o r and c o l l e c t o r who had won e le c t io n i n November, 1904, were i l l e g a l l y s e a te d , T h is was b eca u se, th e co u rt s a id , the v otes f o r them c a s t b y inm ates o f the S t . James S o ld ie r s Home were i l l e g a l . In fla te s were b arre d from v o t in g . So i t was t h a t A sse sso r and c o l l e c t o r , r e s p e c t iv e ly , Frank S p rad l i n g and Wm. S tim s o n , S r . , were r e p la c e d by C h a s. R . Mat lode and A le x B . H a le , who ha^j se rv e d th e term 19 03-04. With th ese c o r r e c t io n s made, the county o f f i c e r s f o r 1905-06 were t h e s e : -The O f f i c e . The O f f i c e . S e r v in g 1905-06 S e r v in g 1905-06 Frank H. F a r r is . S t a t e se n a to r County C l e r i c ............ B . H . Rucker Wm. J . S a l t s . . . . A sse sso r ....................... C h a s. R. M atlock R e p r e s e n ta ti ve --uxw.*** L e i$ i B . Woodside . — C o l l e c t o r...................... ..................... A l e x . B . Hale . C i r c u i t ju d g e . . . . C i r c . 0 1 k .& R e co rd . D avid Cowan .................. T reasu rer .................... G r a n v ille A lle n S h e r i f f ........................... G eo . A . M a r lin g . . . Su rveyor ....................... Thos. D . Smith P r o s e c . A tto rn e y . S te v e N . L o r t s . . . . P ro b ate judge A . Neuman ............... G eo . H . Hume . . . P r e s , ju d g e ,C o .C t . J o s . H . W illia m s . . Pub. A d m in is_t r_____ .. . . _________ A s s o c .J u d g e ,e a s t . £ .M... PintO n ___________Coroner .............................. D r. W .F . Burns . A s s o c .ju d g e , w e s t. J . H. M a t h i s ...............S c h o o l S u p t..................... H.W. Wood .................... V a lu a tio n o f _ fie a l S s_ta te , 1905, was $ 1 ,8 0 8 ,9 5 2 . P e rso n a l p ro p e rty , $1 ,3 6 4 ,8 1 8 . T o t a l, $ 3 ,1 7 3 ,7 7 0 . The t o t a l of ta x e s l e v i e d , $ 4 9 ,2 0 8 .8 3 . And, as o f J u l y , the County was e n t i r e l y out o f d e b t. V

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V • T^enR° 1 - a-?T~h^ ° - - ° ^ r- f o r 1905-06 c o n s is te d o f th e fo u r h o ld -o v e r s , John P . K aine and George W. C la r k . . Jo h n S . L iv e s a y and T .D .S m ith . . and the two newly e le c t e d in A p r i l , Asa N ile s and Wm. J . P ie r c e . Approved were a n in e month sch o o l and a l e v y o f 95 c e n ts p er $100 v a lu a t io n . At th e c o u n ty l e v e l , John F . Hodge was e le c t e d s c h o o l su p e rin te n d e n t, w ith • -Bonebrake and M .A . Boyes h is a s s o c ia t e s on the co u n ty e d u c a tio n com m ission. In R o lla s c h o o ls , M .A . Boyes rem ained as s u p e r in te n d e n t. O .A . Wood was h ig h s c h o o l p r i n c i p a l , w ith M rs. C .D .Ja m is o n as a s s i s t a n t . F or the grad es a t C e n tr a l, th e s e te a c h e r s : Rm 7 • . J e s s i e V ia Rm 2 Mrs L iz z ie Corn w all 6 . . Grace C arpenter 1 M o H ie Holmes 5 . . M abel F r o s t L in c o ln ?? 4 . . E th e l S c o tt 3 .• S a d ie Donahoe As a f e a t u r e o f commencement e x e r c is e s , l a t e i n May, 160 o f the stu d e n ts p re se n te d the o p e r e tta "The C r y s t a l B a l l " . W i l l D . C la r k was "K in g o f N olan d ", and B e s s ie Brene "The Q u een". The o th e r s in the c a s t in clu d e d c o u r t l a d i e s , g y p s ie s , gnomes, f a i r i e s , s o l d i e r s , pages and so f o r t h . From November 30th to December 2nd, the So u th C e n tr a l te a c h e r s a s s o c ia t io n ( S .C .M .T .A .) met i n R o l l a . The p r e s id e n t was P r o f. O .A . 'Wood, p r in c ip a l o f R o lla h ig h s c h o o l. M iss M o llie Holmes was s e c r e t a r y . Because o f th e overcrowded c o n d itio n o f the R o lla s c h o o ls , C o l . C h a s. L . Woods, H e ra ld e d i t o r , p le a d f o r a new h ig h s c h o o l b u il d in g . The o ld Goettelm ann b u ild in g , a t co rn e r o f 5th and Main s t r e e t s , was b e in g used as the h ig h s c h o o l. C o l . Woods th o u g h t th a t a s u i t a b le new b u ild in g should c o s t from $10,000 to $ 1 5 ,0 0 0 . No b u ild in g was p lan ned u n t i l 1909, when one f o r the g r a d e s, in s te a d of f c r the h ig h s c h o o l, was c o n s t r u c te d . T h is was th e e a s t - s id e Ward S c h o o l, In _C h u rc h News, i t was m o s tly r o u t in e . As o f Septem ber 1 s t , R ev . E .M . Owings r e s ig n e d th e B a p t is t p a s t o r a t e . In A p r i l , R ev . G eo . R . Sm ith preached fo r the C h r is t ia n c h u r c h . I n Septem ber, E ld e r J.W .S te e n h e ld s e r v ic e s the second and fo u r th Sunday o f e a c h m onth. There was no r e g u la r p a s t o r . A New R o lla . Bank e n te re d th e f i e l d as c f December 1 1 ,1 9 0 5 . This was the "M erchants ard Farm ers B a n k ". I t s rooms were i n th e new Masonic H a ll b u ild in g , a t ,0 0 0 . The s o u th e a s t co rn er of 5 th and P in e s t r e e t s . I t s p a id i n c a p i t a l was o f f i c e r s were t h e s e : D ir e c t o r s : P r e s id e n t , A .S . Long T . F r a n c is Johnson A .S .L o n g Edwin Long V ic e P r e s , J .M . D ie h l J .M . D ie h l J . H . Sm ith J o s . H . Sm ith C a s h ie r . D r . E.W .W alker W i l l R . E l l i s A s s t .C a s h .,W .J . McCaw As o f Ja n u a ry 1 1 th , the d i r e c t o r s o f the N a t io n a l Bank were th e s e : A . J . Seay ard C l i f f E .F r e n c h . David. E . Cowan L .H . Thompson . . Luman F . P a rk er . . F . H . B a r n itz These o f f i c e r s p u b lis h e d a r e p o rt show ing, anong other t h in g s , th e bank d e p o s its f o r the years 1900 t o 1905, as f o llo w s : $1 74,94 0.49 1900 . . $ 1 8 9 ,4 5 4 .3 0 1903 2 8 4 ,6 7 7 .1 6 1901 . . 2 0 9 ,4 1 0 .0 7 1904 29 4,670 .77 1902 . . 1 8 2 ,5 9 6 .1 9 1905 French was appointed U .S . N a tio n a l As of December 19, 1905, d ir e c t o r C l i f f E Bank Exam iner b y the U .S . c o m p tr o lle r o f cu rre n cy , a t W ashin gton, so r e s ig n e d hxs R o lla bank c o n n e c tio n s and p r e s e n t ly went t o S t . L o u is t o l i v e . He had been the N a t io n a l b a n k 's c a s h ie r s in c e 1898. He th u s launched on a c a r e e r which made h is name a symbol o f h o n e sty , com petence, and c o u r te s y . R o lla * s P o stm aster f c r was s t i l l Edwin Long. The Governm ent^raised h is annual F a I a F y ~ f ™ f V T O O 't F * 1 ,8 0 0 . T»o new r u r a l r o u te s were e s t a b lis h e d - - Ho. 2 e x te n d in g over tw e n ty -th r e e m ile s and to n o r th e a s t of R o l l a , arri No. 3 g o in g from R o l l a .

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In B u s in e s s And In d u s t r y , Henry Beddoe so ld th e old Beddoe f l o u r m i l l to the W .E . Weber M i l l i n g G o ., the members of which were W .E.W eber, C ly d e R ein o h l and Guy S a l l y . They overhau led and r e f i t t e d the p la n t . . . . W .D .Jo n e s and Henry C le in o , J r . , com pleted a f i l e of county deed a b s t r a c t s , and jo in e d the two other a b s t r a c t o f f i c e s in c o m p e titio n - the Cowan A b s tr a c t C o ., ard th e A .S . N ile s Co. . . . A lb e r t E . Koch ran a b a k e ry . . and H arry McCaw opened h is u n d e rta k in g and fu r n itu r e b u s in e s s i n th e new McCaw b r ic k b u ild in g im m ed iately sou th o f M asonic H a l l , 7th and Pin e s t r e e t s . A l i s t o f th in g s so ld i n R o lla may have some i n t e r e s t . Here i t is : Ayers C h erry P e c t o r a l ..B ro m o q u in in e . . Ayers p i l l s . . F l e t c h e r 's C a s to r ia . . . Wine of C a rd u i . . L y d ia Pxnkham's V e g e ta b le Compound . . P eru n a. These were found on drug s to r e s h e lv e s . E lsew h ere , t h e s e : Uneeda B i s c u i t . . D r. P r i c e 's B akin g Powder . . M a je s t ic s to v e s and ran ge s . . New Home sewing m achines . . C h ick en in g pianos . . Queen Q u a lit y shoes . . Keen K u tte r hand t o o ls . . Stu d ebaker wagons . . S i s a l b in d in g tw in e ...............I f wanted new spapers, you co u ld get the P o ste D isp a tc h of> Globe-Demo c r a t from S t .L p ^ i s . The R o lla H erald would c o s t you $ 1.00 per y e a r , b u t was worth t h a t - f o r i n Afes issu e-ai t p r in te d th e words o f s e v e r a l o ld and lo v e d church hymns, t h e s e : N ea rer My God To Thee . . . J e s u s , Lover O f My S o u l . . . Ju s t As I Am . . . \ From Gre e n la n d 's I c y M ountains . . . Je ru sa le m , My Happy Home . . C o ro n a tio n . . . The N ,e d it o r ] ( and t h is was "Mrs" C h a s. L . Woods, nee Eddie Rogers-M cCrae) " These are ^ hymns you sh o u ld know ". For y e a r s , M rs. Woods c o n tr ib u te d columns f u l l of r e li g i o u s th o u g h t or B ib le v e r s e s . She was an E p is c o p a lia n - one of R o l l a 's le a d in g s o c i a l i t e s . New B u i l d i ngs E re c te d i n _ l £ 0Jj in c lu d e d th re e t h a t were r e - b u i l t on prem ises where th e 1904 fi-r e had d e stro y e d frame b u il d in g s . By J u l y , the Schuman Brothers had c o n s tru c te d t h e i r tw o -sto ry b r ic k d a ir y b u ild in g at n o r th e a s t corner c f 6t h and P in e . The b u ild in g s t i l l stan d s in 1 9 ® . . . . Robert McCaw fo llo w e d by e r e c t in g th e b r ic k s to r e im m ed ia tely south of Masonic H a l l . I t was in s e r v ic e by December 7 th , when H arry McCaw opened h is fu r n itu r e -u n d e r ta k in g sto r e i n i t . . . . I t was d e stro y e d by th e D ig f i r e c f May, 1938. P la n s f o r th e new Masonic H a ll were drawn by a r c h it e c t s H o lt and C u t le r , of Kansas C i t y . They were read y f o r use by Jure 2 9 th . The b u ild in g fr c n te d 90 fe e t on 7 th s t r e e t , f e e t on P in e . The f i r s t f lo o r was d iv id e d in t o th ree b u sin e ss room s. The second f lo o r was the m eeting p la c e f o r the Masonic lo d g e s . The b id o f $11., 2 1 7 .0 0 , b y L o n sd a le B r o s , o f K ansas C i t y , was a ccep ted by th e appointed Masonic t r u s t e e s - M .F . F a u lk n e r , D r. A .L . McRae, and Edw. J . Koch, and by August 10 th work had s t a r t e d . The co rn e r stone was l a i d w ith e la b o r a te cerem onies, on September 9 th , by E . J . Koch, D i s t r i c t D eputy Grand M aster f o r the 39th M is s o u r i d i s t r i c t . The work was com p leted d u r in g 190$. The b u ild in g yet sta n d s as th is i s w r it t e n , in 1969. Three tw o -s to r y wood fram e r e s id e n c e s on south s id e c f 12 th s t r e e t , between Oak s t r e e t and the F r is c o r a ilr o a d - "o p p o site th e Wm. J . P ie r c e home" - were con s tr u c te d f o r D r . S . L . B a y s in g e r - who seems to have been as much in t e r e s t e d in h a n d lin g r e a l p r o p e r ty and b u ild in g houses as he was in p r a c t ic e o f m ed icin e 1 The th ree houses s t i l l s ta n d , i n 1969. ^mong R o l l a ' s P r o f e s si onal_M en, M .S . M a rtin was the tow n's a r c h it e c t . . . C a s h ie r C l i f f o r d F ren ch , o f the N a t io n a l bank, l e f t R o lla to become a U .S . n a t io n a l bank exam iner i n S t .L o u i s . . . D r . A rth u r Wood,;, son of v e te ra n Henry Wood, was new in R o lla as a d e n t i s t . . . Newly a r r iv e d in R o lla from V ien n a, John 0 . Holmes jo in e d Jo h n A . Watson i n the fir m c f W atson, Holmes and Hampson. H a rriso n and Bland ( H arry B land ) c o n tin u e d , and C h a s. A . Cohenour was a re c e n t a r r i v a l . D r . B a y sin g e r re p re se n te d th e d o c to r s and E.W . W alker the d e n t i s t s . There were o th e r s . Among J u n i o r _ S o c i a l i t e s , the g i r l s c f the "Lucky T h irte e n J l l u b " were le a d e r s . Mary A . Shaw T l a t e r Mrs C la r k " P i t t s " Bland ) e n te r ta in e d th e group i n Ja n u a ry . The numbers uho a tte n d e d were t h e s e : M ary A . Shaw .L u c i l l e H a rriso n . K a th e rin e H a r r is o n . Id a Smith M a rg u e rite Cole Mary Imogens McCrae L o u is e Underwood V ir g ie W ilson Nannde H a rriso n Grace Powell. Je a n H a rris G ertrude Stim son E d it h P o w ell

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a i d t i n 1R f > h e | F r i S iC° r f ' i r'^a d * TheSe annual l o § r o l l i n g ev en ts were in ten d ed to TM * ? . R ! s a l ! o f F r is c o ^ o th e r la n d s , both in M isso u ri arri in Oklahoma. ^ n fp ^ e , 3 n Aug? S t » and xn R o lla as u s u a l, the ev e n t fe a tu r e d s tr e e t p arad es, band c o n t e s t s , fx re w o r k s , and p ic n ic d in n e r s . ^ ’ n, 0 - ThrOUf t h e . ^ a r s , from th e 1 8 70's on, R o lla has been a p o p u la r sto p p in g ^ 10US g r o u p s . The l a r g e s t , as w e ll a s sore of the l e a s t , c a ^ to tow n. Thxs year c f 1905, on Septem ber 1 1 th , the Cam pbell B r o s . C ir c u s perform ed. as r e p le te wxth clow n s, a n im a ls , tra p e ze p erfo rm ers, candy and a l l - and a b ig s t r e e t p a ra d e . The news e d it o r said t h a t " i t was one o f th e b est ever h ere? .. . Bu^ d i s a s t e r a l s o d e scen d ed . That same c ir c u s d ay, a f a t e f u l f i r e d estro yed th e home o f Henry F o s t e r , n e gro c i t i z e n , b u rn in g to d eath fo u r c h ild r e n who could n o t e s c a p e . These were th e f i r s t o f s e v e r a l d eath s by f i r e which occu rred i n R o ll a . . ouc days fo llo w in g th e c ir c u s show, on Septem ber 16th and 17 th, f i v e in ch e s . on R o l l a . Coleman C u t, ju s t w est of R o lla , was so d e e p ly flo o d e d t h a t x t e x tin g u is h e d the f i r e o f the lo c o m o tiv e engine p u llin g the s to c k t r a i n . In Newburg, w ater stood s i x in c h e s over the Harvey House ( c a fe ) p la tfo r m . O ld tim e rs s a id t h a t t h i s was the h e a v ie s t r a in th ey could remember. R o y .a 1s 1905_M usic_Program s t a r t e d i n May, w ith a r e c e p tio n sta g ed by the S c h o o l o f M ines Y .M .C .A . g ro u p . A group o f R o lla la d ie s fu r n is h e d a m u sic a l p ro §ram............... O c to b e r, the P r e s b y te r ia n church p u t on a church m u s ic a l w hich fe a tu r e d M iss E liz a b e t h E s t e l l e P a rk s, a m u sic a l a r t i s t from Cuba, M is s o u r i. The news r e p o r te r s a id th a t her v o ic e was " e x c e p t io n a l" . She was a "pure v o ice d so p ran o ". Her v o ic e was "m e lo d io u s, sw eet, and ranged over th re e r e g is t e r s ( o c t a v e s ) " . M rs. F d l i s G a r r e t t was her accom p an ist on p ia n o . Other p ian o and v o c a l numbers were rendered b y M rs. A .L . McRae, M iss Je a n H a r r is , P r o f . W.W. G a r r e t t , John W .S c o tt (trombone s o lo ) and W .S . H a l l (v o c a l s o l o ) . I t was sa id to have been " a h ig h c la s s p rogram ". On O ctob er 2 6 th , the "Harmony Q u a r te t" was b r o u ^ it i n . I t in c lu d e d tte p ia n o , the v i o l i n ( b y Maud K irk s m ith , the q u a r te t le a d e r ) , the v io l a ( b y M iss G e rtru d e K ir k s m ith ) , and th e f l u t e ( b y L i l l i a n K ir k s m ith ) . The r e p o rte r c la s s e d t h i s e v e n t, a l s o , as "h ig ji c l a s s , e l e v a t i n g " . I n (November, a s e r ie s of f i v e e n ter ta in m sn ts , c a lle d the "Bob T a y lo r E n te r ta in m e n ts " , were b r o u ^ it i n . The s e r i e s in c lu d e d th ree m u sicals and two l e c t u r e s . They took p la c e on the S c h o o l of M ines can pus . The le c t u r e s were g iv e n by e x -g o v e rn c r Bob T a y lo r , cf Tennessee, and Hon. John Temple G ra ve s, cf G e o r g ia , b oth u n u s u a lly g i f t e d s p e a k e r s . The Harmony Q u a rte t re-ap p eared on November 1 s t , the Locke Male Q u a r te t on the 1 5 th . M iss V ic t o r ia Lynn, famous reader and accom p a n is t , was w ith the Q u a r t e t . She was " lo u d ly , ro u n d ly c h e e r e d ". This program, a l s o , was "above a v e r a g e " . Who can d is p u te the f a c t th a t R o lla has always been a town f u l l o f m usic?? The_ F r is c o _ R a ilr o a d , l o c a l l y , a t Newburg, was fe a t u r in g the "Fred Harve y D in in g S e r v i c e " ..................B ut th e r o a d 's v ig o ro u s p r e s id e n t and prom otor, Benjam in F . Yoakum, was engaged i n a d e sp e ra te f i g h t w ith the Am erican r a ilr o a d g ia n t s , G o u ld , H a rrim a i, H i l l , Morgan and o t h e r s . Yoakum was t r y in g t o t i e the F r is c o , the Rock I s la n d , and a s e r ie s o f new roads to g e th er so a s t o connect Oklahoma and th e so u th w est w ith C h ica g o and New O r le a n s , and th e n ce down t o Old M e x ico . The o th er g ia n ts wanted to sto p him - which p r e s e n t ly happened. B e sid e s b e in g in t e r e s te d i n a l l t h i s , R o lla f o lk s were in t e r e s t e d i n th e l o c a l F r is c o tim e t a b le , which was: W est Bound ( A r . R o lla ) _________ ________E a s t Bound ( A r r iv e R o lla ) N o. 1 . . T exas-K ansas M a il . . . 1 : 2 0 p .m . N o .2 ..S t .L o u i s M a i l ....................... 2:07 p.r 5 . . Texas L im ite d ( th ro u g h ) 11 :36 p .jp . 6 . . S t .L o u i s L td (th ru ) . . 4:30 a.m, 8 . . Su nflow er L td (th ru ) . 4:03 a.m . 7 . . Su n flo w er L t d .....................12:08 a .m . 1 0 .. Meteor (sto p s) ............... 8:07 a.m , 9 . . Meteor (sto p s) .................. 5 >30 p .m . 1 2 .. E a s te r n E xp ress (sto p s) 3:28 a.n 11 . . A r k .-O k la E x p re ss . . . 1 :5 0 a .m . 40 ..L o c a l f r e i g h t .................. 6:25 a.m , 39 . • L o c a l f r e i g h t .................. 4:5 0 p .m .

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i9 0 5 —Dea^h^Tol.1 in c lu d e d many R o lla p erso n s o f n o t e . We name te n o n ly : L ew is H . Thompson, R o l l a 'a le a d in g l i v e r y p r o p r ie to r . ( J a n .2 4 ) . . . E l l a R . ( Mrs S .M .) S m ith , mother o f M iss Jo s e p h in e E . S m ith . She mas a c t iv e i n th e B a p t is t ch u rch and i n E a s te r n S t a r . . . Jo h n P a r k e r , q u a l i t y shoemaker, h ig h ly re sp e cte d negro c i t i z e n . H is w ife mas th e form er s l a w , Sedonia B la c k w e ll. F a m ily belonged t o E lk in s Chapel c h u rc h , d a s fa t h e r o f th e t a le n t e d p o e te s s -m u s ic ia n , In e z (P a rk er) G r ig g s (M rs. H aro ld G r i g g s ) . . . . J o h n A rth u r Oat l e y , who m arried Sa rah V . Jo h n so n , daughter o f t e b e lo v e d R e v . W illia m Jo h n so n , r e c t o r o f R o lla E p is c o p a l church ( J u l y 1 9 0 5 ) ... J u l i u s P e a o ld t , whose w ife was E lle n Tocmey, He was H o l l a 's o u ts ta n d in g b u tch e r — a l s o se rve d a s alderm an (A u g .30) . . . Jo se p h A . Sm ith , b a n k e r, s c h o o l d i r e c t o r , c a s h ie r o f R o l l a S t a t e Bank ( O c t . 9 ) ...R o b e r t M. F o llo v d .ll, whose t h ir d w ife mas M iss B ru ce E l l i s , l a t e r known as "Bruce E l l i s F o llo w in '' (N ov, 5 ) ...M r s W .H .P a s c h a ll, w ife o f R e v . P a s c h a n , So u th M e th o d ist m in is te r (Bee. 4 ) . . . Jam es A* S m ith , husband o f Mrs M abel (Germarsn) Sm ith (D e c, 3 ) . . . and C a p t . D a n ie l D eegan, a rd en t R o lla to w n -b u ild e r , m erch an t, p r e s id in g ju d g e of County C o u rt, C a t h o lic , u n iv e r s a lly lo v e d . T h e ir r e s p e c t iv e p a s s in g s mere d i s t i n c t lo s s e s t o R o l l a . Ee e^C&eJ t j j B * e c o r d w ith a n o te on th e R u ssia n -Jv a j^ m e ^ e J.a r. On May 29t h , A d m ira l T og'., at Ja p a n , sunk 14 R u s sia n s h ip s o f f th e c o a s t o f tO ld i s la n d , between t h a t and th e Tan i s l a n d s . Two thousand R u ssia n s a i l o r s p e r is h e d . I n R o l l a , one o f th e m erchants f a c e t i o u s l y s a id , i n h is a d v e rtise m e n t, th a t "The Jap e a r e d o in g a R u s sia n b u s in e s s " - and s o was h e . B y O ctober 1 5 th , 1905, the war was over and a t r e a t y o f peace s ig n e d . F a r e w e ll, 1905 I iitiism

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C ity _B u sin e s_s And Governmen fc _Th®_year ^ ?Q 6 ^ 0 ^ Edw. J . Koch served th e second o f h is two year te ™ * ihS r e s i Sn a ^<ion o f two alderm en - Henry Wood from ward 1 and W.E.W eber in ward 3, made e l e c t i o n of t h e ir s u c c e s s o r s n e c e s s a r y , a lo n g w ith r e g u la r r e p la c e m®n ^s ^ ree warU s . Under th e s e c irc u m sta n c e s, the e le c t o r s on A p r il 3rd chose M . t . F a u lk n e r t o r e p la c e Wood, and John Stim son i n p la c e o f Weber. The th ree r e g u la r rep la ce m e n ts f o r two y e a r term s, from wards 1 , 2, ard 3 , were Jo se p h P o o le , W .D .Jo n e s , and Jo se p h J . C r i t e s . The h o ld -o v e r s , wards 1 , 2 , and 3 were an u u lb e r ts o n , ward 2, and A .M . L ig jn t, ward 3 . As re o rg a n iz e d i n May, the C o u n c il c o n s is te d of Mayor K och, J o s . P o o le and F au lk n er f o r ward 1 . . C u lb e rtso n and Jo n e s , ward 2 . . and John Stim son ard J . C r i t e s , ward 3 . Other o f f i c e r s were t h e s e : C it y c le r k , Wm. J . P ie r c e . Dan F . Donahoe was a s s e s s o r , Jo h n P . K aine t r e a s u r e r , John 0 . Holmes a tto r n e y who in J u l y was succeeded oy L o u is h . B r e u e r . W .R. E l l i s r e s ig n e d as c o l l e c t o r , ard was r e p la c e d in s p e c ia l e le C MD°n * • * " The C o tin c il m eetin g plaoe at th in tim e was in a second f l o o r room o f the B a y s in g e r B u ild in g " - l a t e r the N a t io n a l Bank b u ild in g , at so u th e a s t co rn er o f 8 th and Pine s t r e e t s . The c i _ t y s t i l l used the o ld wood framed b u ild in g and j a i l at 7th ard R o lla s t r e e t s . The l a s t week i n F e b ru a ry , a p r is o n e r on the in s id e c f the j a i l s e t i t on f i r e . L u c k i l y fo r him , th e f i r e b r ig a d e quenched th e f i r e b e fo re i t d id much damage . Mayor Koch was a man who b e lie v e d i n g e t t in g th in g s done - and h is adm inis t r a t i o n proved i t . He s a id th a t R o lla should have w ater and sewer sy ste m s. The C o u n c il a g r e e d . They p assed an o rd in an ce c a l l i n g f o r a vote on a water system bond is s u e c f $3 0 ,0 0 0 w ith which to i n s t a l l the w ater system . The bonds provided fo r d r i l l i n g a deep w e l l on the power p la n t l o t , a stan d p ip e on th e h i l l top n o rth o f th e S c h o o l o f M in e s, 21,000 l i n e a r f e e t o f w ater m ain, 33 f i r e h y d ra n ts, and n e c e s s a r y b o o s te r pumps. For a sewer system , an added bond is s u e of $10,000 was p ro v id ed f o r . A t the s p e c i a l e l e c t i o n o f Septem ber 28t h , b oth p r o p o s itio n s c a r r ie d - the w ater work® b y a vote of 355 to 37, th e sewers by 359 t o 34. ...A n d t h is r e s u l t was l a r g e l y due to the cam p aign in g done b y the "ROLLA COMMUNITY CLUB", as th e y c a l l e d t h e ir "chamber o f commerce" in th o se d a y s . R o l l a ' s Census^ 1906, had t o be a s c e r ta in e d b e fo r e any such s p e c ia l e le c t io n was h e ld . The C o u n c il had t h is done by p a s sin g an ap p ro p ria te r e s o lu t io n . The town had 2 ,1 0 7 in h a b ita n ts . Too l a t e , i t was found t h a t the census had t o be ordered b y o rd in a n c e , n o t b y r e s o lu t io n . That in v a lid a t e d th e e l e c t io n c f September 2 8 th . I.t a.11 had to be done over a g a in . The" o rd in a n ce ordered "census showed 2 ,1 8 7 in h a b it a n t s . The bond is s u e s were a g a in voted on, on November 3 r d . Both is s u e s a g a in c a r r ie d , water bonds b y 280 t o 12, sewers by 288 to 1 6 . Waterworks and sewers were on th e way l M is c e lla n e o u s Community A f f a i r s RoLLa Had A Com m erciaL_Club, as e a r l y as 1885 - one c a lle d by th a t name. Even b e fo r e t h a t , th e o r i g i n a l to w n b u ild e rs, w ith o u t fo rm a l in c o r p o r a tio n , had a cted i n u n is o n , through tem porary "sto ck companae s " , to do what n o rm a lly would be "cham b er o f commerce" b u s in e s s . Such s to ck companies had been used to s t a r t R o l la 's f i r s t bank - th e N a t io n a l - the R o lla F lo u r M i l l s , th e Beddoe M i l l , and the b r ic k G ra n t H o t e l. Now, i n 1906, urged so t o do by D ir e c to r George Ladd, o f the Sch o o l o f M in e s, the down-town b u s in e s s men formed a " R o lla Commercial and S o c i a l C lu b T The " s o c i a l " ad m itte d th ose women who wanted to j o i n - b u t i t a ls o o b lig a te d them to p ro v id e s p e c i a l d in n e rs when the men wanted t o meet and b r in g th e ir w iv e s . An e a r l y m ention c f t h i s Club was made on F ebruary 15, 1906. . . . By the end c f March,

ROLLA . . . 1906 _____ (2) i t had i n i t i a t e d p la n s f o r " g e t t in g b e tt e r roads in t o and out o f tow n". By May 3rd th e y had d e c id e d t h a t the o ld -tim e - b u t fo r s e v e r a l y e a rs d is c o n tin u e d - county * f a i r should be r e h a b i l i t a t e d . They arranged fo r i t t o be h e ld in August or Sep tem ber. To now, C l i f f o r d E . French had been th e C lu b 's p r e s id e n t,. However^ as he had gone t o S t .L o u i s as f e d e r a l bank exam iner, the Club e le c t e d C o l. George F . H ollow ay in h is p l a c e . In v ig o ro u s speeches to the C lu b , D ir e c t o r George E . Ladd and Judge Jo h n B . H a r ris o n urged the C lu b to be a "p o te n t f a c t o r in R o l l a " , and to "g e t b eh in d e v e r y p r o g r e s s iv e movement f o r the com m unity". ...T h e Club had done so i n r e s p e c t to the sewer and water b o n d s. The Club h e ld r e g u la r m onthly m e e tin g s . The f i r s t p ro sp e ctiv e road improve ment was the co u n ty road out a lo n g Salem Avenue, and on t o Lecom a. ...T h r o u g h the y e a r s , the town’ s b u s in e s s and p r o f e s s io n a l men - spurred on and a id e d by some o f the i n f l u e n t i a l women — have been th e " d r iv in g force)' th at has b rought about many f i n e improvements - n o t o n ly i n R o lla , b ut throughout P h e lp s C ounty. 19 06_oounty E le c t io n s And O f f i c e r s . The y e a r 's e le c t io n s s t a r t e d in August w ith one in v o lv in g a d o p tio n or r e j e c t i o n o f " l o c a l o p tio n " f o r the c o u n ty . To have cotin ty-w id e sa lo o n l i c e n s e s , or n o t . The "w ets" won by a vote of 1407 t o 1048. In the g e n e r a l e l e c t i o n cf November 4 th , the R e p u b lican s were opposed by the D em o crats. The ta b le which fo llo w s shows names o f those o f f i c e r s e le c t e d , fo llo w e d b y sym bols "Dem" or "Rep" d e n o tin g to w hich p a r ty the e le c t e d ones b e lo n g e d . A second column l i s t s the d e fe a te d c a n d id a te s . _______ What O f f i c e ________ The Persons E le c t e d The Persons D e fe a te d S t a t e R e p r e s e n ta tiv e W illia m S a lt s (Dem) . . . . L o u is H . B reu er ( R e p ) ... C i r c u i t Judgp . . . . . . . L e ig h B . W oodside(holdovr) ................................................................. *• C i r c u i t c l e r k .................. H .E . Bonebrake ( R e p ) . . . . ? ............................................................ S h e r i f f ................................... George A . M a r lin g (Rep) . ? ............................................................ P r o s e c u tin g a t t y . . . . Stephen N . L o r ts (Dem) . . G .A . Cohenour (Rep) . . . . P r e s , C o .C o u r t Judge . . E . M. P in to (Rep) .................. ? ............................................................ A s s o c .Ju d g e , e a s t s id e George W. Sm ith (Rep) . . . ? ............................................................ A s s o c . Ju d g e ,w e s t s id e Edw. E . P a u l s e l l (Dem) . . J . H . M athis (Rep) ............... County C le r k ..................... Frank Germann (Dem) ............ George W. D avis (Rep) . . A sse sso r ............................. C h a s. R. M a t l o c k ..................... ? ............................................................ C o lle c t o r .............................. G r a n v ille A lle n (Dem) . . . W illia m Stim son (Rep) . . T r e a s u r e r ............................. Jo h n S . L iv e s a y (Dem) . . . Harry R . McCaw (Rep) . . . Prob ate judgs .................. G eo . A . S k y le s (Dem) . . . . A .L . D avidson (Rep) . . . . Coroner ................................... C . E . B r a d le y (Dem) ............ C la re n c e Love (Rep) . . . . Surveyor ................................ Thos D . Sm ith (Rep) ............ ? ............................................................ P u b lic A d m in is t r a t o r . D e x te r Smith (Dem) ............ .. ? ............................................................ I n_ t h e _ R o lla _ S c h o o l E le c t io n o f A p r i l 3rd, two d ir e c t o r s to r e p la c e J . S . L iv e s a y and T .D . Sm ith were to be e l e c t e d f o r the r e g u la r th re e year term , and another f o r one year to r e p la c e Jo h n P . K a in e , r e s ig n e d . D r . S . L . B a y sin g e r and W.D. Jo n e s g o t th e r e g u la r term s, and E .H a rv e y Roach the one year term . The f u l l Board was th e n B a y sin g e r and Jo n e s . . Asa N ile s and W illia m P ie r c e . . George C la rk and E .H . R o ach ............... For P h e l£ s_C o u n ty , Jo h n F . Hodge con tin u ed as s c h o o l su p erin ten d e n t. As s c h o o l opened on Septem ber 4 th , 506 p u p ils were e n r o lle d . O f th e s e , 66 were in h ig h s c h o o l. By December, the number had in c r e a s e d from 506 t o 734. I t was q u it e e v id e n t t h a t "more room" was a p r e s s in g n eed . The old Goettelm an b u ild in g was b e in g used f o r h ig i s c h o o l c l a s s e s . In view c f crowded c o n d it io n s , e d it o r Woods th e y e a r b e fo re had p le a d f o r a new h ig h s c h o o l b u ild in g . Now the q u e stio n re ce iv e d s e r io u s a t t e n t i o n . A c i t i z e n s ' mass m eeting was c a lle d f o r A p r i l 1 2 th . Edwin Long p r e s id e d . The S c h o o l Board was asked to c a l l a s p e c ia l e l e c t io n fc r May 1 fo r a vote on th e le v y o f 20 cents on each $100 v a lu a tio n f o r the purpose cf buying a s u ita b le s i t e , ard a bbnd is s u e o f $ 11,500 f o r c o n s t r u c tin g a s u it a b le ''ward sch o o l b u ild in g " — n o t a h ig h s c h o o l b u ild in g . Both p r o p o s itio n s f a i l e d , the s it e le v y by a vote c f 157 to 151, the ward s c h o o l bonds b y 156 to 150. A two t h ir d s m a jo rity was r e q u ir e d .

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W ith th e se t h in g s done, another s p e c ia l e l e c t io n was c a lle d fo r J u l y 3, to pass on a bond is s u e o f $3 ,5 0 0 to " b u ild an a d d itio n " t o the C e n tr a l s c h o o l build-fi n g . Thos p r o p o s it io n was a ls o d e fe a t e d , by a vote o f 86 t o 8 9 . A d d it io n a l sch o o l b u ild in g s had t o be d e fe r r e d to another y e a r . M eantim e, M .A . Boyes co n tin u ed a s S u p e r in te n d e n t. P r o f . O .A . Wood re sig n e d as h ig ji s c h o o l p r i n c i p a l . M r. E .E . N o r r e ll o f Sweet S p r in g s was e le c t e d t o r e p la c e Wood, a c c e p te d , then r e s ig n e d . Whereupon the board e le c t e d P r o f . T .O . Renfrew . L ik e w is e , M iss Anna S id e s , ap p o in ted a s s is t a n t p r in c ip a l , a ccep ted then r e s ig n e d . M iss J e s s i e Ja d w in , of Salem , r e p la c e d h e r . These c o n s t it u t e d the higji sch o o l f a c u l t y fo r 1 9 06-07. . . . For th e g r a d e s , a t C e n t r a l, th ese were the te a c h e r s : P r i n c i p a l , Rm 8 . . J e s s i e V ia Rm 3 • • Grace Carpenter Rm 7 . . B e r t ie Jo n e s 2 . . M o llie Holmes 6 . . Sadie Donahoe ( l a t e r Mrs Sam Hess) 5 . . G ertru d e Carpenter 1 . . Mrs L i z z i e Cornw all ( l a t e r Mrs F .B .P o w e ll) L in c o ln . . ? 4 . . M iss C la ir e N ile s An a d d it io n a l room ( where ?? ) was f i t t e d up f o r p rim ary p u p ils , w ith M is s Anna Lep p er i n c h a rg e . C h u r £ h _ A f fa ir s _ c f 1906 w itn e sse d c o n s id e r a b le change in p a s t o r s . At the B a p t is t c h u rch , R e v . G .S . D ou gjierty r e s ig n e d i n O ctob er and was succeeded b y R ev. L .M . D a n ie ls in N o v e m b e r ... At th e C h r is t ia n ch u rch , there was no r e g u la r p a s to r , b u t s e r v ic e s were h e ld b y e ld e r s Romine, Moneymaker, and W. T. W a lk e r. F ath er P a tr ic k O’ L o u g h lin co n tin u e d a t the C a t h o lic chu rch . . . A t the N orth M e th o d is t, R ev. Thos. P . S h a f f e r succeeded R e v . F . S . B e g g s . Twenty S c h o o l o f M ines stu d en ts formed a M e th o d ist C lu b , w ith c lu b rooms in the c h u r c h . . . . R . C . Carpenter was p a s to r o f the South M e th o d is ts , b u t l e f t R o lla in O c t o b e r ... R e cto r F .M . W eddell con tin u ed a t the E p is c o p a l c h u r c h . ...A n d a t th e P r e s b y te r ia n ch u rch , p a s to r J . H . A lexan d er r e s ig n e d a s of December 3 0 th . B ank_R eportSj_ 1 9 0 6 .- Because c f the rem oval from R o lla o f C l i f f F ren ch , v a c a t in g the c a s h ie r ’ s o f f i c e , the N a t io n a l bank s h if t e d some o f i t s o f f i c e r s . Ferd W. Webb was made c a s h i e r . Dave Cowan became a s s is t a n t c a s h ie r . For the board., A . J . S e a y , form er s ta te s e n a to r , l a t e r governor o f Oklahoma, was p r e s id e n t . Luman F . P a rk e r, form er R o lla s c h o o l t e a c h e r , now g e n e r a l s o l i c i t o r fc r th e F r is c o r a i l ro a d , was v ic e p r e s id e n t . Henry Wood was b o o k -k e e p e r. The seven d ir e c t o r s were t h e s e : A . J . S e a y •• Luman F . P arker •• F*H# B a r n itz • • F*W* Webb •• R*H* B la c k •• H.W . Lenox . . and David Cowan. As o f March 27, 1906, R o l l a 1s th r e e banks rep o rte d th ese f ig u r e s : N a t io n a l________ R o lla S ta te M erch. & Farm. R eso u rces . . . $ 3 5 0 ,4 7 0 .1 8 $2 7 3 ,4 7 2 .2 9 $ 9 6 ,253»14 D e p o s its . . . . 250,713-20 98 , 818.98 4 2 ,1 7 5 . B u s in e s s . In d u s t r y , N ew sp a p e rs.- The R o lla Herald, o f f i c e , which fc r the l a s t s i x years' T I 900^ 06 )_ hld~been under the R o lla p o st o f f i c e , southwest _ corn er o f 7th ard P in e s t r e e t s , i n F eb ru ary moved in t o i t s own and lo n g -tim e b u ild in g and he a “ q u a r te r s - on th e so u th sid e of 8th s t r e e t , on l o t 1 or 2, b lo ck 57, County A d d itio n , a d ja c e n t t o the " s t a t i o n r i^ i t - o f - w a y " l i n e , ju s t north of th e Herrman Lumber Co. s i t e o f 1969. That b rou gh t i t n e x t door to the R o lla Telephone o f f i c e o f 19 • The two Schuman b r o t h e r s , C h a r le s and R ic h a r d , were R o lla s phenominal b u ild e r s ard b o o s te r s " i n t h i s and p r io r years - so sa id the H®r ^ d e d i t o r . They had b u i l t what i n 1969 i s the S c o t t Drug S to r e b r ic k , southwest corner 8 to aM P m e , and the la r g s tw o -s to r y b r ic k used f o r a d a ir y sto r e a t 6th ard Pine . Now th ey had taken over the o r i g i n a l R o lla F lo u r M i l l , had i n s t a l l e d the l a t e s t m illin g had ta k en o r , , lo n , w l , nf f lo u r oer d a y . Their fa v o r it e brands were m ach in ery, and were making 120 b a r r e ls of H o u r per u^y . R„-,, the " S i l v e r Moon" and "B e a ts em A l l " . T h eir jr o d u c ts were m r k e te d b o ^ in R o lla and i n o th e r towns a lo n g the F r is c o r a i l r o a d . Now, in O cto b e r, 1906 they bought th e A .S . Long two s t o r y b r ic k a t n o r th e a s t co rn er of 8to and P in e , where un some tim e about 1930 th e y co n tin u e d to op erate a c lo t h in g and departm ent s t o r e .

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t h i s , ^they s t i l l had c o m p e titio n , as f i v e R o lla men - H.R.McCaw ..F r a n c i s Johnson . . J . S . Capps . . E .H . Coffm an . . and L . E . R e in o h l - opened a s im ila r $40,000 d e p a rt ment s t o r e . The Schuman s to r e p r e v a ile d . Some id e a o f R o lla * s com m ercial im portance as o f 1906 may be gain ed from in s p e c t io n o f th e s e f ig u r e s p e r t a in in g t o shipments from and th ro u ^ i R o lla fo r the year 1905: K inds c f m erchandise shipped in clu d e d f r u i t s ( a p p le s ) , v e g e t a b le s , lu m b er, f l o u r , p o u lt r y , m ea ts, c l a y , and r a ilr o a d t i e s . These had a t o t a l value o f $ 1 ,1 5 3 ,2 7 3 .0 0 . I n d iv id u a l ite m s in t h a t t o t a l were th e s e : C a t t l e , 4 ,2 0 0 worth $ 1 2 6 ,0 0 0 ..H o g s , 1 0 ,4 4 0 , v alu e d a t $ 7 8 ,0 8 0 ... Horses and m ules, 744 w orth # 8 1 ,8 4 0 ... and e g g s , ^81,2>290 dozen l worth $673,860 l i ( I s t h i s an e rro r ? ?) ^ s_ F ° r _ B u i l d i n g s , th e new M asonic H a ll, com pleted the p reced in g December, was d e d ic a te d on F e b ru a ry 2 4 th , 1906, b y the M asonic Lodge rep resen te d by E .J .K o c h , D i s t r i c t D ep u ty Grand M a ste r, and a ls o R o lla * s m ayor. . . . W i l l J . M i t c h e ll had ju s t com pleted and moved i n t o h is new tw o -sto ry frame re s id e n c e a t southwest c o rn e r of 1 s t and Elm s t r e e t s . His b r o th e r , C h a rle s M i t c h e l l , had com pleted a la rg e tw o -sto ry b r ic k house on so u th s id e cf Salem avenu e, no t fa r north o f the Salem aven u e-So est Road ju n c t i o n . He had a l s o b u i l t a tw o -sto ry frame house ju s t south c f the b r i c k . Among R o lla P r o fe s s io n a l_M e n , n o th in g o f p a r t ic u la r im portance tr a n s p ir e d . Among, J u n i o r J 3 o c i a l i t e £ , the "Lucky T h irte e n " clu b s t i l l h e ld sway. As o f Ja n u a r y , M iss E t h e l S a l l y and M iss Anna A lle n had jo in e d . But on December 25th, M iss S a l l y became M rs. Van Buren H in s c h . He was a stu d en t a t th e S c h o o l o f M ines, from D av e n p o rt, Io w a. O f h e r , th e H erald e d it o r s a id , " R o lla c a n * t b o a st of a s w e e te r, p r e t t i e r g i r l . H er d e s ir e to do good and h e lp o th ers has endeared h er to everyb ody i n R o l l a . " P r e s e n t w r it e r s f u l l y a g r e e , A n o th er k in d c f wedding ev e n t to ok p la ce September 4th when M r. and M rs. F .C .W . Owens c e le b r a te d t h e ir f i f t i e t h wedding a n n iv e r s a r y . Mr. Owens had b u i l t and owned t Ye th re e s t o r y b r ic k C r a n d a ll House ( "F a u lk n e r H o u se ,"o r"B a ltim o re H o t e l" ) fo llo w in g th e g r e a t f i r e o f 1881. She was th e former M iss B ran so n . The H erald c a r r ie d a n ic e h a l f tone p ic tu r e o f them . The 1906_£ n tertain m en t_P rogram . c o n s is te d o f one s e c t io n by home t a l e n t , and a second by v a r io u s o u t-o f-to w n tr o u p e s . In the home t a l e n t s e r i e s , the M ethod ist c h o ir on M arch 23rd gave a c o n c e rt which in c lu d e d an anthem, a male q u a r te t, f iv e v o c a l s o l o s , a "Jo h n S c o t t " trombone s o lo , numbers by a m a n d o lin -g u ita r team, and a "co m ic" q u a r t e t . 0n June 1 9 th , there was a b ig " fid d le r s * c o n t e s t " , h e ld i n Shaw’ s opera house, and f c r th e b e n e f it o f the R o lla band. S e le c tio n s p la y e d in c lu d e d th e s e : I r i s h W asher Woman . . . A rkansas T r a v e le r . . . Mocking B ir d . . . S u g ar In The Gourd . . . Turkey In The Straw . . and M o llie H are. E x -s la v e P h i l Hancock p lay ed v i o l i n and a t the same time danced t o h i s am m u s ic . John W. S c o t t , a c t i n g as ju d g e , awarded f i r s t p r iz e to Edw. Brown, as th e b est f i d d l e r . He named D r . W .J . G u ild as the w orst f i d d l e r . P r iz e s were given by down-town m erch an ts. 0n O cto b e r 23rd, a group o f RoLLa’ s young women sta g e d a " R o lla G ir ls * M in s t r e l" a t Shaw’ s opera h o u se . M iss R o b erta Rowe assumed th e r o le of in t e r lo c u - ^ t o r " i n q u e e n ly m anner", as the r e p o r te r s a id . M a rg u e rite Cole and K ath erin e H a rri son’ on one end, and A lic e A iken and L u c ile H a rriso n on th e o th e r , e f f e c t i v e l y p er formed th e d u t ie s o f "end m en". Four o th e r " a ls o goods" were Grace P ow ell E d ith P o w e ll, Mary Shaw, and Id a S m it h .ar# o s t of these were from th e "Lucky T h irte e n club S p e c ia l s o lo s , sung by Mary M c C r a e / M r s . Emory Wish on, were lo u d ly applauded and drew e x c e lle n t e n c o r e s . Id a Smith sang "B uster Brown", and L u c ile H a rriso n soloed w ith "AngsL C h i l d " . A chorus in c lu d in g M a rgu erite C o le , K ath arin e H a rriso n , Grac P o w ell and Mary Shaw drew rep eated e n c o r e s . The f i n a l e was by the s t a f f . Thev sang "Our Aunt R o b e r t in a " . The c h o r a l s in g e r s were Je a n H a r r is , M arvel Ohnsorg G ra ce A ry Dan D o u gh erty , R obert K in n ey, Ray Webb, and Sam Montgomery. The e d ito r sSd " so^gs were c a tc h y . The whole ev e n t was happy and humorous " He gave*M rs N o e l K inney ( nee N e H L ove) higji c r e d it f c r d ir e c t in g the a f f a i r . S The h o m e -ta le n t shows ended w ith a S a tu rd a y Club a r t e x h ib it “ A p r i l . Som o f th e w a r m e s t p a in t in g s ( re p ro d u ctio n s) were brou gh t in from the A .W .E lson c o l l e c t i o n i n B o s to n . R o lla has always been a "town o f c u ltu r e .

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E n te rta in m e n t by the o u t-o f-to w n groups s t a r t e d on March 1 5 th , when the O r io le C o n ce rt C o ., se n t out by the Redpath con cern , gave a co n cert in Shaw’ s opera h o u se. T his number was the t h ir d in a s e r ie s o f f i v e , f o r which booker H.Rucker had c o n t r a c t e d . He was n o t o n ly one of the (then) younger to w n -b u ild e rs - he was co u n ty c le r k - and a h u s t le r l On March 2 9 th , John Temple G ra v e s, the "to p o ra to r o f th e S o u th '1, le c t u r e d in Shaw’ s opera on " The R e ig i o f Dem ogoguery". This was the fo u r t h Redpath number o f th e s e r ie s begun in 1905 . The f i f t h was another l e c t u r e , on August 2 1 s t , b y Gov. Bob T a y lo r , o f Tennessee, yet another o f the S o u th ’ s e lo q u e n t o r a t o r s . He spoke on " C a s t le s In The Air!!-. S a id the r e p o r t e r , " I t was e lo q u e n t, d e l i g h t f u l 1 " . So p o p u la r were th e s e down-town Redpath numbers, arran ged by M r. Rucker, th a t a new s e r ie s was c o n tr a c te d fo r in th e f a l l of 1906. As number one, on O ctober 24th, a t Shaw’ s op e ra, the W ilb u r S t a r C o n ce rt Co. took over the s t a g e . Manager W ilb ur S t a r handled th e b a r it o n e , Rudolph Hunt both v i o l i n and b a s so , M iss A d elaid e Lyman the m andolin - s e r v in g a ls o as p ia n o accom panist - and M rs. W ilb u r S ta r s in g in g soprano and s e r v in g as " r e a d e r " . R id p a th N o. 2 of the s e r ie s brou gh t i n D r . Dent A tk in so n , a P r e s b y te r ia n m in i s t e r . On November 2 4 th , he e x c it e d b o th h e a r ty la u g h te r and a ls o h i^ i in t e r e s t as he d is c o u r s e d on " F o u r -fa c e d P e o p le " . For b r in g in g out th e p e r s o n a lit ie s cf fo u r d i f f e r e n t k in d s c f p e o p le , he lik e n e d them to ( l ) the l i o n . . ( 2 ) the ox . . . ( 3 ) man h im s e lf . . . and ( 4 ) the e a g l e . H is g e n e r a l theme was " The U p l i f t i n g and U p b u ild in g o f M an k in d ". " S p le n d id a d d r e s s " , sa id th e r e p o r te r . R id p a th number th re e came on Ja n u a ry 4 th ( o f 1907), when the MadrigalLady Q u a r te tte perform ed a t Shaw 's o p e ra . They w ere, as th e e d it o r s a i l , "m usician s and s in g e r s o f ra re a b i l i t y " . These R id p a th programs of 1906 were q u ite s im ila r to the four-num ber c o n c e r ts g iv e n under a u s p ic e s o f th e R o lla Community M usic A ssn , o f 1969. A nother T y p e _o f E n te rta in m e n t came on J u l y 9 th , when the "B oston Bloomer G i r l s " came to p la y a l o c a l a t h l e t i c team on the S c h o o l of Mines campus. I t was h e ld a t 4 :0 0 p .m ., under a h ot su n . The g i r l s , n o tw ith sta n d in g t h e i r "bloom er" costum es, b e a t th e l o c a l team b y a score c f 17 t o 7 . G i r l s - p la y in g f o o t b a l l ?? O n _T h e_Sch o o l of_M ines_Cam £U s, th e re was u n r e s t . As p a r t of D ir e c to r L ad d 's e f f o r t s t o b u ild up th e S c h o o l, he had managed t o have a new M e ta llu r g y B u ild in g p la c e d on th e cam pus. B u t, because he had employed anoth er a r c h it e c t u r a l fir m to d e s ig n i t , he had in c u r r e d th e b i t t e r enm ity c f ex—s t a t e sen ato r H .H .H o h e n sch ild , a R o lla a r c h i t e c t . H o h e n sc h ild , to g e th e r w ith the c u rre n t s t a t e _r e p r e s e n t a tiv e , W illia m J . S a l t s , r e t a l i a t e d by b r in g in g t o R o lla a s p e c ia l committee to " i n v e s t ig a t e " D r . L a d d . T h e ir most s e r io u s charge was th a t " he p la y s p o o l down town w ith S c h o o l o f M ines s t u d e n t s " . . tt , n This com m ittee m et i n a. c lo s e d room at the B altim o re Hotel# when they c a lle d D r. Ladd t o defend h ir a x e lf, th e y r e fu s e d to allow him to b r in g in w itn e sse s fa v o r a b le t o him . These w itn e s s e s , fu r io u s because o f t h e ir e x c lu s io n , b u rst open tte h e a r in g room d o o r, and t o ld the committee to le a v e town « at^on ce" or be c a r r ie d out o f town » on a r a i l " . The com m ittee, th o ro u g h ly fr ig h t e n e d , took the f i r s t t r a i n . B ut n o t b e fo r e an angry stu d en t group marched from the S c h o o l down t o 8th and Pine s t r e e t s , where t h e y hung r e p r e s e n ta tiv e W illiam o a lts in e f f i g y . They then assem bled under the window o f th e room i n which the committee s a t , arri g r o s s ly in s u lt e d an oth er e f f i g y - t h is one o f H o h e n sch ild . They then took H o h e n sc h ild ’ s e f f i g y to the F r is c o pond, p la c e d i t i n a b o a t, s e t i t on f i r e and shoved i t out on the l a k e . In the c o n fu s io n , Rep. S a lt s p u lle d out a 38 c a lib r e r e v o lv e r and th re a te n e d Mr. B .H . R u cker. _ n The i n f e e l i n g t h is in c id e n t aroused le d D r . Ladd to r e s ig n the fo llo w in g year.

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Encampmen_t_af C o n fe d e rate V e t e r a n s .- On Ja n u a ry 2 5 th , some fo r t y - t h r e e eX -O o n fed erate s o ld ie r s met and h e ld an encampment in R o l l a . They were le d by R o lla * s v e te ra n r e s id e n t , Mr. W. A. V i a . These men were i n at ten d a n ce: •W. A . V ia W .H . Pagp •C .S . Montgomery •J . P . Malone C a p t . O .P .M a rg e d a n t G e o . H. Hume Wm.G. K e l l y ( A t t y .) J o s . Tip ton J a s . M. Flem ing J . L . B u s k e tt John R . Dean N . J . Brookshire R e v . J a s . M. M cClure R .L . Jo h n s o n (D r .) I . T . P h i l l i p s W illia m Fore W .D. A rth u r Ja c k s o n B ishop Wes Sm ith J u l i a n M it c h e ll Jo h n S . W illia m s W .R. Y e lto n Simeon R i le y Wm. A . K itch e n W .R . W illia m s A . J . Chambers F .M . Chambe rs E .E . Wade S .A . B ro o k sh ire S . b . B ry a n t W .T . D otson P .E . Hawkins E .B . W ilso n M .C . Malone W .T . K ep ler N .B . S la u g h te r Jo h n W. H u ff nan J.W . Gr a b i l l W .R. King W .T . M it c h e ll J e f f W alls C h a s. H . G i l l J o s . Mace T h is l i s t i s o f much i n t e r e s t , because so many of those named, who had fo u g h t in b e h a lf o f th e S o u th , in th e C i v i l War, and had been d is fr a n c h is e d a t the w a r's c l o s e , t h e r e a f t e r were e le c t e d or app ointed to r e s p o n s ib le o f f i c e in R o lla c i t y governm ent, or i n P h elps cou n ty o f f i c e s . For exam ple, Ja c k s o n _B is h o £ became p r e s id in g ju dge o f the county c o u r t. Georgs _H ujie_ was a c i t y alderm an, and h e ld other o f f i c e s , b o th c i t y and co u n ty . Dr .j. R .L ._ Jo h n s o n was a most e x c e l l e n t , d e e p ly re s p e cte d R o lla d o c t o r . Wes Sm ith had an im p o rta n t r o l e , b oth i n R o lla government and in d u s tr y , and in the Masonic lodge . . . .WiLLd^m C ._ K e l l y was perhaps P h e lp s C o u n ty 's m ost e f f e c t i v e , re s p e cte d p r o s e c u tin g a t t o r n e y . . . . W .A ._ V ia was the c o u n ty 's s ta te r e p r e s e n t a t i v e ... JanB£ M cC lu re, a la w y e r , was p a ste r c f R o lla * s B a p t is t church f o r a term . . . Wm^Ahvit chen was a P h elp s County p io n e e r who was noted f c r the most e x c e lle n t mens' b ro a d clo th s u i t s he c o u ld make. . . . C a p t . M argedant was a ls o a co u n ty o f f i c e r . O th ers of the group p la y e d s im ila r r o l e s . F ° u r _ D is a s t e r s _ 0 f 1906 were th e s e : F i r s t , the manorable San F r a n c is c o earthquake o f W ednesday, A p r i l 1 8 th , 1906. P re se n t w r it e r s , then l i v i n g a t Reno, Nevada, i n 1907 v i s i t e d th e s t r ic k e n c i t y and saw much c f th e wreckage of the d is a s te r . As o f Ju n e 7 th , a t e r r i f i c r a in and wind storm had v i s i t e d R o lla , te a r in g tr e e s up b y th e r o o t s , d e m o lish in g te le g r a p h and telep h one l i n e s and p o le s , k n o ck in g down the sm okestack o f the S ch o o l o f Mines power p l a n t . I t wrecked the C a t h o lic chu rch a t R o s a t i. I t was " the w orst storm in a lo n g tim e ” , said the re p o rte r. On Sunday n i g h t , November 1 8 th , a cold r a in fr o z e on e v e r y th in g - t r e e s , e l e c t r i c l i n e s , b u il d in g s , r a i lr o a d t r a c k s . Trees as la r g e as a m an's body were s h a tte r e d and to r n up b y the r o o t s . S a id the Herald e d it o r , " This was the most d e s t r u c t iv e storm e v e r h e r e " . The c i t y ' s telep h on e system was p r a c t i c a l l y w recked. I t was days b e fo r e c i t y fo r c e s co u ld c le a r the s t r e e t s . To cap i t a l l , another o f th ose "w orst f i r e s in y ea rs" t o t a l l y destroyed th e A .S . Long b r ic k tw o -sto ry b u ild in g on n o r th e a s t co rn er o f 8th and Pine s t r e e t s . This was th e t h ir d - and l a s t , up to 1969 - tim e t h is b u ild in g ( or a b u ild in g on t h i s l o t ) had been d e s tr o y e d b y f i r e . The f i r e broke out a t 2:30 a .m . on Thursday, December 13, 1906. The cause seems to have been the e x p lo s io n o f the b o ile r o f the basem ent h e a tin g p l a n t . Beyond c o n t r o l, the f i r e consumed the Long-Schuman b u ild in g , and the M alcolm b u ild in g n e x t e a s t . Townsmen and s tu d e n ts , a id in g the f i r e b rig a d e , dumped w ater from th e to p o f the N a t io n a l Bank b u ild in g n e x t e a s t o f the Malcolm b u ild in g , ard so saved th e bank b u ild in g and a rr e s te d the f i r e . W ith th e ir b u c k e ts, the boys formed a t y p i c a l "bu ck et p a r a d e ". Damages ra n a s h igh as $ 6 1 ,5 0 0 . In su ran ce covered 435,000 of i t . The LongSch u m n b u ild in g l o s s was $ 1 5 ,0 0 0 . That o f th e Malcolm b u ild in g was $ 4 ,0 0 0 . The lumber yard c f Schuman b r o t h e r s , n o r th of the Long b u ild in g , to ge th er w ith th e ir sto re sto ck to ok a l o s s c f $ 3 2 ,0 0 0 . The hardware sto re c f Spilm an and Minium, xn th e M alcolm b u ild in g s u ffe r e d a l o s s o f $ 1 0 ,5 0 0 . I t was indeed an exp en sive f i r e .

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Death*s_ V ic tim e , _12P6> in c lu d e d fo u r th a t we m en tio n . F i r s t , A lexander H. O rch ard , form er R o lla m erchant, a R o l l a Mason, and the s h e r i f f who o f f i c i a t e d a t the h an gin g o f Bohannon i n 1881, d ie d a t A r lin g to n ( A p r i l 9) . . . Mrs A lfr e d Sm ith, m other o f son A lfr e d A . S m ith , o p e ra to r o f the P h i l l i p s s e r v ic e s t a t io n of 1969 (June 1 6 9 . She was th e form er M iss Tommie Heddon . . . Ju d ge George H . Hume, p r o fe s s io n a l b o o k -k e e p e r, R o lla c i t y p o lic e ju d g e , E p is c o p a lia n , s t e d f a s t R o lla c i t i z e n ' S e p t . 22 ) ............ and M ajor W illia m C . K e l l y , t h a t o u ts ta n d in g Phelps County p rose c u tin g a tto r n e y we m entioned a page b ach . He was the f a t h e r o f s i x c h ild r e n by h is Tennessee born w if e , M a rg a re t D . R o s s . He had fo u g h t w ith the South in the b a t t le s of W ils o n 's C ree k , P i l o t Knob, Pea Rudge, L e x in g to n , and was on th e s t a f f o f G e n . Jo h n S . Marmaduke d u rin g P r ic e * s r a id th rou ^i M isso u ri as cf Septem berO c to b e r, 1864. Here_Ends_ Our S to ry; 0 i_ R ° 14 a_ F o r_T h e_Y ear 1906.

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C i t y B u sin e £ S_A M jG o v e r nment I n _ t h e _ e l e £ t i o n p f_ A jD r il_ 2 , form er mayor C h a rle s T . S tro b a ch ( J r . ) was chosen t o r e p la c e Edw. J . K och. In h is in a u g u r a l a d d re ss, M r. Stro b a ch lau ded Mr. Koch f o r h is s p le n d id a d m in is t r a t io n , and prom ised a c o n tin u a tio n o f pro g r e s s iv e p o l i c i e s . B e fo re M r. Koch l e f t o f f i c e in May, the o ld "Koch C o u n c il" , on March 28th, had a fo rm a l photograph t a k e n . They s a t i n t h e ir ren ted room in the "B ay sin g er" b u ild in g - the b u ild in g soon to be known as the " N a tio n a l Bank b u ild in g " , a t im m ediate s o u th e a s t c o rn e r of 8 th and Pin e s t r e e t s . A copy o f the photograph has been p r e s e r v e d . I n i t , the b ack row, s ta n d in g , from l e f t to r i g h t , are th e s e : D r . A .L . McRae ..W .C .W e b e r ..a t t o r n e y J . A . Watson . . P r o f . E .G . H a r r is . .W m .J .P ie r c e ,. c i t y c le r k . . and Henry Wood, t r e a s u r e r . S e a te d around th e t a b l e , l e f t t o r i ^ i t , are alderm en J . J . C r i t e s , W .D .Jo n e s , M .F . F a u lk n e r , J.W .P o o le , (Mayor E .J .K o c h ) , B .F . C u lb e rts o n , and John S tim so n . T h is was th e c o u n c il t h a t i n i t i a t e d sewer and w ater system s f o r R o l l a . In th e e l e c t i o n , alderm en M .F . F a u lk n e r, B .F . C u lb e r ts o n , and John Stim son were th e new e l e c t s from wards 1 , 2 , and 3 r e s p e c t i v e ly . The h o ld -o v e r s were J o s . P o o le , Wes Jo n e s , and J . J . C r i t e s . Thus cho sen , the 1907-08 c o u n c il ta k in g o f f i c e in May was t h i s : C h a s. T . S tro b a ch ( J r . ) , mayor ..F a u lk n e r and Poole from ward 1 . . Jo n e s and C u lb e r ts o n from ward 2, . . C r i t e s and Stim son from ward 3 . M r. P o ole d ie d th e f i r s t o f J u l y , and i n h is p la c e , in a s p e c ia l e l e c t i o n , Booker H. Rucker was c h o se n . Wm. J . P ie r c e was named c i t y c l e r k . O th er o f f i c e r s were t h e s e : J . A . Watson was a tto r n e y , John Madigan s t r e e t com m issioner, Jam es Edgar m a rsh a l, W.E.W eber c o l l e c t o r , T . J . E l l i s a s s e s s o r , and Henry Wood, t r e a s u r e r . The o u ts ta n d in g c i t y bonded d e b t in c lu d e d $6 ,0 0 0 in o ld is s u e s , $48,000 in new - a t o t a l o f $ 5 4 ,0 0 0 . New C it y _ B u s in e s s in c lu d e d s e v e r a l ite m s . The o ld c i t y h a l l , on l o t 5, b lo c k 58, n o r th e a s t co rn e r o f 7 th and R o lla s t r e e t s , was a g a in o ffe r e d f o r s a l e . On Monday, May 2 7 th , work began on the new o n e -s to ry b r ic k c i t y h a l l and power house on 8th s t r e e t , n e x t to the e a s t lin e o f the F r is c o r a i l r o a d . Water main tre n c h e s were a l s o s t a r t e d . By November 7 th , the C o u n c il was m eeting i n the new h a ll. The o ld power u n it s were now o v erh au led , a new 150 h .p . H am ilton C o r lis s en gine d r iv in g a 100 k .w . W estinghouse dynamo was i n s t a l l e d and t e s t e d . The old m achinery was r e ta in e d f o r em ergency. Fred S e e le , o p e ra tin g e n g in e e r , w h ile t e s t in g , l o s t a f i n g e r when h is wedding r in g cau gh t in a d r iv e r o d . He was thrown to the f l o o r , and would have been k i l l e d had he n o t been dragged away by form er mayor Koch arri M r. F u lf o r d . The w a te r and sewer bonds voted i n 1906 were sold a t a premium o f $966, the t o t a l p ro ceed s b e in g thus ^ 4 8 ,9 6 6 . The sewer p o r tio n o f $1 0 ,2 0 5 .0 0 amply covered the sewer c o n t r a c t l e t t o the E l e c t r i c and Steam E n g in e e rin g C o ., o f S t . L o u is . A c tu a l sewer work began on A p r i l 28 th, when the sewer pipe a r r iv e d and was d i s t r i b u t e d . A d is p o s a l p la n t was b u i l t on prem ises bought from A lb e r t Neuman f o r $1 25. T h is t r a c t was lo c a t e d somewhere n ear th e 1969 s i t e o f Green A cres P a rk . The W aterw orks_System in v o lv e d th e d r i l l i n g c f a deep w e ll, the la y in g o f w ater m ain T ,_ t h e " in s t e 1 1 a tio n of b o o ster pumps t o convey the water t o a sto rag e tan k or tow er on th e h i l l n o rth c f th e S c h o o l of la n e s , and the p r o v is io n of f i r e h y d r a n ts . The deep w e ll c o n tr a c t was awarded t o J I .W . Ste in m e tz on Ja n u a r y JL 7 th . i E S T u t h foond^the"w ell'dow n~ 180 f e e t - when d r i l l i n g t o o ls were> l o s t . New t o o ls were were ii n n pia.ee p la c e vu on August 1 5 th , ---but were a w g a in then bOOlS , l o. s t . , The 00 f, i r s t w e ll fWnhpr> had t o be abandoned. A second one was under way by August 22nd, arri y 3 1 st was down 462 f e e t .

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, The c o n t r a c t f o r w ater m ains and tan k was l e t to the E l e c t r i c and Steam E n g in e e r in g C o ., o f S t . L o u is , fo r $ 3 5 ,9 3 1 . The water mains from power p la n t to the h i l l t o p p ressu re ta n k were p r a c t i c a l l y done by O ctob er 1 0 th . The tan k was v et to be b u i l t . A s id e is s u e proposed by e d it o r Woods was a scheme to l a b e l the s t r e e t s w ith s ig n s , and the houses by number. . . . A f in a n c i a l r e p o rt prepared by c i t y c le r k W .J .P i e r c e and t r e a s u r e r Henry Wood l i s t e d th ese amounts th a t had been accu m ulated as o f A u gu st 1 5 th : G e n e r a l fu n d , $3 ,4 0 0 .3 9 . . . s i n k i n g fund $1 ,9 8 2 .3 9 . . . cem etery fu n d $213.37 . . . w ater works fund $2 1,135 .85 ...s e w e r fund $ 5 ,2 3 5 .9 2 . . . In the e l e c t r i c power fu n d , $ 2 ,4 4 7 .9 2 had been c o lle c t e d , $ 3 ,2 1 8 .7 1 was s p e n t, a t o t a l o f $ 5 ,5 5 2 .4 6 accu m u la ted . _ C a n m u n ity _A ffa ir s > wrecked th e p rev io u s November by the t e r r i b l e ic e storm , had b y th e 1907 November reco v ered enough to i n s t a l l a new sw itch board which made c o n n e ctio n s w ith S t . James and Newburg p o s s ib le . A l l d e s ire d telep hones cou}.d now be s u p p lie d , sa id manager N oel H . Finns y . S t a t e and C o u n t y _ 0 ff ic e r s who served d u rin g 1907 were th e s e : S t a t e s e n a t o r .............. C a r te r B u f o r d ... County c l e r k ...............’. Frank G e r m a n n .... R e p r e s e n ta tiv e ............ Wm. S a l t s ............... A sse sso r ............................. C h a s. R . M a tlo ck C i r c u i t ju d ge ............... L .B . Woodside . . C o lle c t o r .......................... G r a n v ille A lle n . C i r c u i t C lk & R e c 'd r H . E? Bone'brake. Treasurer .......................... John S . L iv e s a y . S h e r i f f ................................ G eo . A . M a r lin g . Probate judge ............... G eo. A . S k y le s . . P r o s e c . a t t o r n e y . . . S te v e N. L o r t s . Surveyor ............................. Thos. D . Sm ith . . P r e s .Ju d g e C o .C o u r t . E r n e s t M. P in t o . P u b lic a d m in istra to r D exter Sm ith . . . . A s s o c , ju d g e , E .s i d e G e o . W. Sm ith . . Coroner ................................ D r. C .E .B r a d le y . A s s o c , ju d g e , W .sid e Edw. E . P a u l s e l l S c h o o l S u p t....................... Jo h n F . Hodge . . . C o u n t y _ V a lm t io n , as o f F eb ru ary 21, was $1 ,8 9 8 ,9 7 8 f o r r e a l e s t a t e , $ 0 ,0 0 9 ,8 2 6 f o r p e r s o n a l p ro p e rty - a t o t a l of $ 2 ,9 0 8 ,8 0 4 . The R o lla S c h o o l s .- W ith H arvey Roach and George W. C la r k r e - e le c t e d , the Board c o n s is te d o f B a y s in g e r and Jo n e s . . . N i l e s and P ie r c e ...R o a c h and C la r k . C la r k was named p r e s id e n t , and Roach t r e a s u r e r . The y e a r ’ s annual le v y was r a is e d to $ 1 .0 0 per $100 v a lu a t io n , ard a nine month sc h o o l was app roved. F o r the C o u n ty, John F . Hodge con tin u ed as su p e rin te n d e n t, w ith M rs. Jam ison and L .C . Hudgens as a s s o c ia t e com m issioners c f e d u c a tio n . The R o lla s c h o o l a tte n d a n ce f o r 1907 was t h i s : w h ite b o y s, 385 . . g i r l s 36O. Negro b o y s, 19 . . g i r l s 2 7 . T o ta l fo r the y e a r , 791. For the p reced in g y e a r, 734. For th e h ig h s c h o o l, M .A . Boyes co n tin u ed as su p e rin te n d e n t, P r o f. T .0 . Renfrew was p r i n c i p a l . B e s s ie Jadw in was e le c t e d a s s is t a n t p r in c ip a l , but re s ig n e d . Teachers f o r th e g r a d e s, a t C e n t r a l, were t h e s e : Rm 3 •• Sadie Donahoe P r i n c i p a l , Rm 8 . . J e s s i e V ia 2 . . Ge rtru d e Carpenter (Mrs F .P o w ell) Rm 7 •• L .C . Hudgens 1 . . Mrs L i z z i e Cornw all 6 . . Anna Lepper L in c o ln . . ( P r in c ip a l) Hugh V . W allace 5 . . B e rth a Jo n es 4 . . C la ir e N ile s The y e a r 's f i n a n c i a l r e p o r t, en din g J u l y 30, showed r e c e ip t s o f $1 0 ,4 3 1 .3 0 e x p e n d itu re s o f $ 8 ,1 6 2 .2 6 , ..a n d b alan ce o f $ 2 ,2 6 9 .0 4 . In _C h u rc h A f f a i r s , no e s p e c i a l new s. E ld e r R .C . Abram became p a s to r o f the C h r is t ia n church on or about A p r i l 4 t h . T h e _R o lla_C o m m ercial C lu b , m eeting i n A p r i l , posed the q u e stio n which i s s t i l l i n 1969, b ein g asked by th e Chamber of Commerce: " HOW SHALL WE_UPBUIID_R0LLA_? ? " C h a r le s T. S tr o b a c h , m ayor, and B .H . Rucker su ggested p o s s ib le ways in which a R o lla Shoe F a c to r y m igh t be se cu re d . They would o f f e r any in te r e s te d shoe company a bonus o f $ 5 0 ,0 0 0 . T h is would be r a is e d by p u rch a sin g a s i x t y acre la n d t r a c t , p l a t t i n g i t in t o l o t s , and s e l l i n g them a t a p r o f i t . Such a p lan was

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U ._ S « P o stm aster Edwin Long r e s ig n e d on Septem ber 1 5 th , b u t sta y ed on u n t i l a s u c c e s s o r co u ld be c h o se n . He was too b u sy m anaging h is f a t h e r 's sto re and other b u s in e s s . M rs. E liz a b e t h C o rn w all was a p p o in te d to r e p la c e him on October 1 7 th . The B i g Bank_Ne_ws_ o f 1907 was th e rem oval o f th e N a t io n a l bank from i t s lon g-tim e home on th e n o r th s id e o f 8 th s t r e e t , the t h ir d b u ild in g e a s t from Pine s t r e e t , t o i t s fu tu r e lo n g -tim e home a c r o s s the s t r e e t - th e "B ay sin g er b u ild in g ” . T h is was a t the immediate so u th e a st co rn er of 8 th and Pine - la t e r known as the " N a t io n a l Bank b u i l d i n g " . . . . F o r $1 2 ,5 0 0 , the b a n k 's c a s h ie r , F.W . Webb, had bought th e p rem ises f c r th e b an k . I t moved in t o the b u ild in g and was opened f c r b u s in e s s on Septem ber 1 2 th . The ban k’ s r e s o u r c e s , as re p o rte d on th a t d a te , were $4 0 9 ,2 5 3 -7 2 . C a p it a l stock was $ 5 0 ,0 0 0 , and s u r p lu s $ 2 5 ,0 0 0 . Check d e p o s its were $ 1 3 7 ,5 8 8 .3 5 , and time d ep osits $ 8 9 ,3 8 9 .8 2 . The M erch an t^ & Fanners Bank on Septem ber 12th rep o rte d th ese f ig u r e s : T o t a l r e c e i p t s , $ 1 8 5 ,3 2 7 .8 7 . T h is in c lu d e d : Loans and n o te s . . . $1 5 5 ,4 2 4 .7 0 O v e r d r a fts ..................... 1 ,9 4 6 .0 9 F u r n itu r e ........................ 4 ,0 0 0 .0 0 Cash and exchange . . . 2 3 ,9 5 7 .0 8 L i a b i l i t i e s : C a p i t a l sto ck ...................................$3 0 ,0 0 0 .0 0 E a rn in g s ......................................... 6 ,0 9 4 .9 8 D e p o s its .................................. 148,732.89 The 1 9 0 7 _ B u ild in g Program found the form er A .S . Long ( now Schuman) prop e r ty a t n o r t h e a s t c o rn e r of 8th and P in e , l a t e l y d e v a s ta te d b y f i r e , undergoing basement e x c a v a t io n f o r a new b u ild in g — th e two s to r y D ric k s t i l l there in 1969. On Feb ruary 7 th , th e Kinnaman departm ent s t o r e , n o rth s id e of 7th s t r e e t between R o lla and P in e s t r e e t s , n e x t w est o f the a l l e y th e y c a lle d " P r o s p e r ity A l l e y " , was doing a h e a lt h y b u s in e s s . Then, on F eb ru ary 2 8 th , the b u ild in g was g u tte d and the c o n te n ts d e s tr o y e d b y f i r e . Wagons, b u g g ie s , sto re sto ck were a l l con sumed, b u t the b r id e w a lls s t i l l s to o d . The l o s s was $ 3 ,5 0 0 . ‘ In Ju n e , the M .F . F a u lk n e rs had l a i d th e fo u n d a tio n of t h e ir a t t r a c t iv e resid en ce a t 9 t h and S t a t e s t r e e t s . The o u ter w a lls were o f washed f i e l d a to n e s . The in s id e w a lls were adorned w ith hand p a in te d sk e tch e s made by M rs. F a u lk n e r, one o f R o l l a ' s m ost t a le n t e d a r t i s t s and p a in t e r s . A P in e s t r e e t fo u n t a in and w a te rin g b a s in , promoted b y M iss L o la ohaw and D r . W .H. Adams, th e tow n's ca p a b le v e t e r in a r ia n , was in the p la n n in g an fin a n c in g s t a g e . . . . And the old "O zark" or "K raus" h o t e l n o rth s id e o f 8 th s tr e e t c lo s e to th e F r is c o r a i l r o a d , was b e in g ren o vated by J a s . C . Harvey f “ "HarV2 November, th e K n ig h ts of P y th ia s o u ild in g ^ io S r s o n Jo s 1 . C r i t e s , B .H Euoher Chas L Woods & $600. ’ bought the co rn e r l o t ^ s o u t h e a s t c o r n planned and had s t a r t e d work The l o t m easured 52 x 107 f e e t . O n i t h f oundl t± o n s were poured on December on the tw o -s to r y b r ic k " P y th ia n C a s tle . tne xouuuao 12th. The b u ild in g would be c o m p e te d i n 19UB. . . . . In _T h e _B u s in e s s A r e a , George F H ollow ay - ^ m a k i n g He was a r e a l e s t a t e a g e n t, b u t w~s a ls o , JS ^ 2Q0 acre farm which ^ 1969 r a is in g thoroughbred c a t t l e , n? ° f S ?.BS i u a n P a r k " . H ollow ay c a lle d i t th e "Elm is owned b y th e c i t y , and c a l l e d L e r j the farm s0 had a b ig s a le Row Stock F arm ". K ,OT» ’ t f ck L m im plem ents, and ICO tons of h ay . in w hich he d is p o s e d c f a l l th ®J ^ i s $14 O00. He did a l l th is because of Then he so ld the farm to H .S . H a r r i t th e 40- a c r e t r a c t we now know his w ife 1s f a i l i n g h e a l t h . . . . B u t te a t : O i t a p t th e t o ^ a e r . t 0 ^ EoLU as the "H ollo w ay A d d it io n " , w ith bounds we s l i g h t l y beyond. This t r a c t he Hi^i S c h o o l, n o r th from iO th to 14 ^ c a lle d i t ^ ..Hollo w a y A d d itio n " . subdivided in t o l o t s , s t r e e t s °.nd h n i l t a new house to l iv e i n . In i t , a c r o s s from t o d a y 's h ig h s c h o o l, he b u i l t a new n

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Among Odd It e m s , b u s in e s s and o th e rw ise , L iv e s a y and W alker succeeded L iv esay and ( R o b t .) Love . They were s e l l i n g the "M oline" l i n e of wagons and farm machinery . . . Jim Sp ilm a n h an d led the "Stu d eb ak er" l i n e of wagons . . .C .G .H u tc h in s o n was a newly a r r iv e d p h o to grap h er . . . J . A . A l l i s o n s o ld h is je w e le r b u sin e ss to Ja m e s P i r t l e , who f o r years t h e r e a ft e r co n tin u ed the shop . . .C .D . Jan is o n , R o lla lawyer, made a b id t o be s e r g e a n t a t arms i n the M is s o u r i le g i s l a t u r e - anri got i t . And the Underwood l i n e o f ty p e w r ite r s was b e in g so ld i n R o l l a . In O c tp b e r , an i t i n e r a n t a u to t o u r i s t and p h o to gra p h e r, stopped b r i e f l y in R o lla on h is way from S p r i n g f i e l d , 1 1 1 ., to S p r i n g f i e l d , Mo. He took p ic t u r e s o f scen ic p la c e s and p e r s o n s . He s a id he cou ld make 200 m ile s a day in l e v e l ground, but on ly 50 m ile s in th e r o l l i n g O zark c o u n tr y . H is name was C h a rle s W est. Among P r o fe s g io n a l_ M e n , the R o lla D i s t r i c t M e d ica l S o c ie t y met in R o lla on November 6 t h . T h is was i t s 65t h se m i-a n n u a l m e e tin g . D r . W i l l . H . Bneuer was s e cre ta ry -tre a s u re r. S cm e _L e a d in g _ R o lla_ S o c ia lite _ W a ii£ n were th e s e : Mesdames Claude D . Jam ison . . George R* Dean . . . G eorge W. C la r k . . . C h a s. L . Woods . . . J . D . C arp en ter . . . Elmo G . Harris . . . George E . Ladd . . . M .F . F a u lk n e r . . . A .L . McRae . . . S . L . B a y sin g e r . . . B .H . Rucker . . . F .E . T a y lo r . . and M .A . Shaw. The S t a t e W. C . T. U . _ § o c ie t y had a b ig co n v e n tio n i n R o lla in Septem ber. Some of the fo r e g o in g s o c i a l i t e women had le a d in g r o l e s . T h e ir lo n g-tim e g o a l was the a b i l i t i o n c f liq u o r i n a l l fo rm s, and the u p b u ild in g c f a d ecen t s o c i e t y . M u s ic a l And O th er E n te rta in n ie n t s t a r t e d w ith a M e th o d ist church c o n ce rt on Sunday, F e b ru a ry 1 7 th . There were c h o ir anthem s, s o lo s by M iss R oberta Rowe, Mrs. N oel K in n e y , M e s s r s . M .F . F a u lk n e r arri Wm. J . P i e r c e . The c h o ir c o n s is te d o f sopranos Ann S h o r t ard R oberts Rowe, a l t o s Mesdames K inney and C o rn w all, ten ors M.F. F au lk n er ard Ben C u lb e r ts o n , and b a s se s John W. S c o t t and W i l l J . P ie r c e . Mrs. F au lkn er p r e s id e d a t th e o rg a n . The o u ts ta n d in g R o lla male q u a rte t sa n g . I t s members were M .F . F a u lk n e r , B .F . C u lb e r ts o n , Jo h n W. S c o t t , ard Wm. J . P ie r c e . Faulkner, S c o t t , ard Wood fe a tu r e d a "hum q u a r t e t " . S c o t t so lo e d on the euphonium. In May, the M e th o d is t Spw orth League p rese n ted the noted negro p ia n is t and e n te r ta in e r , B lin d B o on e. Two Redpath programs p rese n ted i n February and March brought the c e le b r a te d l e c t u r e r N a t . M. Brigham to R o l l a . He le c tu r e d and showe s lid e s d e s c r ib in g th e Grand Canon o f A r iz o n a , arri o th e r o u tsta n d in g s c e n e s . In O th e r E n t e r t a in m e n t _ F ie ld s , a group composed of G .F . H ollow ay, A lfr e d A . Sm ith, and s c h o o l s u p e r in t e n d e d M .A . Boyes s ta g e d ; a "co rn show" on th e o ld f a i r grou n d s. I t was somewhat s im ila r to a county f a i r , b u t was h eld in Septem ber. Follow ing t h i s e v e n t, th e Co le B ro th ers C ir c u s came i n , w i t h f ^ - t “i f te n t, t r a p e z e s , m enagerie and clo w n s. I t had been in R o lla^ t n i r y ye 0 * On the M .S .M . campus, th e f o o t b a l l team d e fe a te d th e S t .L o u is team by a sc o r 12 to 0 . The R o lla team c o n s is t e d o f th e s e men* re ..G o ld m a n c t r . . Chew l e . . Drake rh . . S ta h l-B la k e r t ..J o n e s l g . . Compton q t r . . Sm ith fb . . Morgan r g ..B o w le s I t . . Swenson l h . . Macombre A t The S c h o o l o f M in e s, a d r a s t i c changs was b e in g made,. As o f February, Hr. Ladd^decidecP^o r e s ig n a s cf Septem ber 1 . He had ru n "M idnight" mine a t J o p l i n , had a m i l l ru n n in g , an he had secu red an hlhg 149.00 p er t o n . F or ^ °°1 | ^ fo r m ainten ance, $10,000 fo r r e p a ir , sidew alks, arri $1 0 ,0 0 0 f o r a second f lo o r a d d itio n to the ore are b u ild in g . In a fe a t u r e s to r y on F eb ru ary 21 , had been the "s tu m b lin g b lo c k " th a t ha pre

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Young accep ted on Ju ly 6 th , and w ith h i s w ife arri to o c h ild r e n a r r iv e d in R o lla on August 15th D r. Ladd p a id him th e c o u r t e s y o f "show ing him arou nd ", th en p r e s e n t ly l e f t fo r W ilburton, Oklahom a, where he had been e le c t e d p r e s id e n t o f the Oklahoma S c h o o l of M ines. A nother campus r e s ig n a t io n was th a t o f M r. E .R . B u c k le y , s t a t e g e o l o g is t . In h is ste a d c&me a n o th e r fu t u r e R o lla g ia n t to w n b u ild er, Mr. H. A . B u e h le r .

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Lhe_ O zark B a t t a l i o n , a group o f ex—C o n fe d e rate s o l d i e r s , met in con vo catio n from A p r il 22nd t o 2l+Uh. There was a grand s tr e e t parade, le d by the band from Vichy, in M a rie s c o u n t y . There were numbers o f s t r e e t f l o a t s . Houses and s to r e s were d e co rate d w ith b u n t in g . Sp eech es were made, b a llo o n s were se n t skyward, and on Sunday th e 2 5 th , chu rch s e r v i c e s . This was th e B a t t a l i o n ’ s l6 t h encampment. 19 07_W as_A _Year O f_T r a g e d y . F i r s t , the F r is c o R a ilr o a d s u ffe r e d one o f i t s very w orst w re c k s. When t r a i n N o. 10 — the M eteor — came down D ixon H i l l a t high speed, the e n g in e and s i x co ach es l e f t the t r a c k , p ile d up, and cau gh t f i r e . The whole t r a i n b u rn e d . Fred Chambers, the e n g in e e r , was pinned ben eath the engine ca b , w it h s c a ld in g steam and f i r e flam es e n v e lo p in g him . He screamed f o r conductor H . J . P r e s c o t t to se v e r h is l e g w ith an a x e , b u t f i e r y flam es made th a t im p o s sib le . Chambers burned to d e a t h . A ls o k i l l e d was Frank E . C r is s e y , m a il c le r k . Twenty-two o th e r s were s e r io u s ly in ju r e d . The R o lla . f i r e b r ig a d e , i n a s p e c ia l t r a i n , went to th e r e s c u e . This happened on or about O ctober 3rd . The N a t io n ^ _ F i n a n £ ia l _ P a n i c _ o f 1907 stunned the e n t ir e n a tio n when, on October 22nd, th e K n ick e rb o ck e r T ru st C o ., o f New Y ork, suspended b u s in e s s . S to ck market drops had b eg u n , and b u s in e s s f a i l u r e s m u lt ip lie d from and a f t e r March 13. Hordes o f banks c lo s e d or handed out bank c le a r a n c e s l i p s in l i e u cf c a sh . Coins or paper c u rre n c y were n o t g e n e r a lly a v a i l a b l e . P re se n t w r it e r s , then l i v i n g in Reno, Nevada, had s a l a r y p a id i n term s c f c le a ra n ce s l i p s . But i n R o lla , a l l three banks rem ained op en. A whole page c f the R o lla Herald appealed t o d e p o s ito rs to remain calm , ard t o a v o id w ith d raw als of d e p o s it s . The town’ s le a d in g b u sin e ss men gave th e ir a s s u r a n c e , through columns o f the H e ra ld , th a t a l l th re e banks were in good c o n d i t i o n . Schuman B r o s ., L iv e s a y and W alk er, J . B . Capps, J .A . Sp ilm an , M .F . F a u lk n e r , E .W . Kinnaman, Sm ith B r o s ., John W. S c o t t & Co - a l l s ig ie d th e a s s u r a n c e s . The banks w eathered th e p a n ic . D eath Claim ed Numbers o f prom inent R o lla people d u rin g 1907. These: Mis* Dr# L ea Prigm ore (nee E liz a b e t h F u lle r t o n ) D ec#31# 1906) He had died in 1333 • ffrs. Jo se p h S.""W illiam s ( nee M artha G r i f f i n ) ( D e c .20,1906) . . . £ohn_P_. K ain^, veteran H o lla E ayoF “ alderm an, c i t y and sc h o o l t r e a s u r e r , sch o o l board J®mbar, g r e a tly r e s p e c te d and t r u s t e d c i t i z e n - f a t h e r c f M rs. C h a rle s Schuman ( J a n . 19) • •• Mrs. Jan e ( M rs. Andrew J . ) Dykes ( ne e Jane M o lin eau x) (A p re l_6 ) . . . Joseph^W. ^ o l e , “ farm er aiderm anT s c h o o l board member, husband o f J u l i a B ish op (June 25) . . . Charles F . Schum an^Sr. , f a t h e r o f C h a rle s F . J r . , T°rmer c o n s tr u c tio n su p erin tendent fo r F r i s c o r a i l r o a d who, b e fo r e the C i v i l War, b u i l t the p ie r s fo r the Gasconade F r is c o b r id g e and l a t e r l a i d the F r is c a r a i l s up D ixon G e o r^ _G o e tte lm a n n , b r o th e r of Ja c o b , f a th e r e o f M rs. J u l i u s Koch, b u ild e r o f th old Goettelm an or W estern C o n se rv a to ry b u ild in g (May ) ... f ^ j o n e s - and ( nee C y n th ia Leek)and mother of T h os. M ., Cyrus W esley D . Ja n e s »• of M rs. F red C . K err ( O c t . 17) . . . Luman F . P a rk e r, f r m e r R o lla general s o l i c i t o r f o r F r is c o r a i l r o a d , g re a t n e ° ,. a tto rn e v probate and ex s t a t e s e n a to r Jam es B e r r y H a r r is o n , form er p r o s e c u tin g a tto r n e y , probate judgs, i n f l u e n t i a l R o lte F i t i F e F . F a th e r of B e n j. H, G e o r g ia , L u c i l e , James B . J r , and Nancy — husband o f Ada H i l l (D ec. 2L)« These ite m s co n clu d e our s to r y c f R o lla as c f 1907.

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C it y _ B u s in e s £ And Government A n n u a L _C it£ E l e c t io n ^ seem to be n e c e s s a r y e v i l s , j u s t as our record o f them i s . However, h i s t o r y i s h i s t o r y , and we must conform . T h e re fo re , the record shows th a t i n th e A p r i l 7 th e l e c t i o n in R o l l a , Booker H. Rucker was sent up from ward 1 , L o u is Heim berger from ward 2, and Jo e C r it e s a g a in from ward 3* T h is was the f i n a l y e a r o f mayor C h a s. T . S tr o b a c h * s tw o-year term . H o ld in g over f o r th e l a s t o f t h e ir r e s p e c tiv e tw o-year terms were M .F . F au lk ner, Ben C u lb e r ts o n , and Jo h n S tim so n , from wards 1 , 2 , and 3 . The reo rg a n ized Council, in May, was t h u s : Mayor S tro b a c h . . F au lk n er and Rucker . . C u lb ertso n and Heimberger . . S tim so n and C r i t e s . Wm. J . P ie r c e was c i t y c l e r k . L .H . Breuer was c i t y a t t o r n e y , R .L . Mook e n g in e e r , Jo h n Madigan s t r e e t commissi.oner, and J . McMasters m a r s h a l. In c i t y b u s in e s s , th e w ater system was o f m ajcr co n cern . At the power olant deep w e l l No,.* 1 had been abandoned b ecause o f l o s t t o o l s . When w e ll N o .2 reached a d ep th o f 870 f e e t , th e d r i l l e r * s b a i l b u ck et jammed and had to be d r i l l e d out. When the d e p th o f 926 fe e t had been re a ch e d , the C o u n c il asked c o n tr a c to r S te in s ie c k to t e s t the w e ll fo r c a p a c it y . I f found s u f f i c i e n t , then cease d r i l l i n g . I f n o t, go on t o 1 ,0 0 0 f e e t . The t e s t s csf F e b ru a ry 1 4 th showed a c a p a c it y of 200 g a llo n s per m inu te, continued over an e i g h t hour p e r io d . That com pleted th e w e l l . Summing u o, th e w ater system had c o s t $ 4 3 ,8 8 9 .1 0 . The c o s t o f sewers was $12 067.65, which exceed ed th e $1 0 ,0 0 0 bond is s u e f o r t h a t p u rp o se . For both water and’ sewer sy ste m s, th e a c t u a l c o s t was $ 5 5 ,9 5 6 .7 5 . A v a ila b le funds from bonds and the c i t y ' s g e n e r a l fund t o t a l l e d 1 5 2 ,2 3 3 .5 0 . There » a s th u s a d e f i c i t o f 13 72 3.25. The S e l l i t s e l f had c o s t $ 2 ,8 2 1 .2 8 . . . . By J u l y 2, th e » h o le system had been a ccep ted b y th e c i t y , and a b ig l i s t of w a itin g consumers wanted n e c tio n s . The new b r ic k c i t y h a l l was n e a r in g co m p letio n , and th e f i r e b e l l been re—e r e c te d on th e new c i t y l o t . M is c e lla n e o u s Ccim unity; A f f a i r s R o lla Telephone B u s in e s s had so in c r e a s e d t h a t on March F risco s t a t io n a g e n t, r e s ig n e d t o c a r e f o r the e epnon * superintendent* he had d ecid ed To s e l l ou t to Edwin L o n g . K in n ey would s t a y on as s* ^ t e nd e n t, but Long wouM be s e c r e t a r y and t r e a s u r e r . Under t h i s arrangem ent, Mr. Long undertook to r e h a b i l i t a t e th e e n t ir e c i t y system . S t a t e and C o u n t y _ 0 ffi= e r s h o ld in g o f f i c e f o r the 1907-08 term , and those e le cted _ November 3rd f o r the 1909-10 term were th e s e : .New ly E le c t e d Nov 3 fo r 1909-10 The O f f i c e ________ t - S a v i n g 1907-08 Term .. B Bu u ford io ru . . . . C a rte r M. B u f o r d ............... C a r te r M. S ta te s e n a t o r .................. W illia m S I t ... L e ig h Woodside (h o ld -o v er) County r e p r e s e n t a t iv e C ir c u it Judge .................. Leigh^B Yfoodside E .M . P in to (h o ld -o v e r ) . E r n e s t M. P in to . P re s .ju d g e C o .C o u rt P at B irm in g h a m .................... G e o . W. Sm ith . . . A s s o c .ju d g e , e a s t . Edw. E . P a n ls e ll A sso c, ju d g e , w est County C le r k ; • • • • ; • * H .E . Bonebrake H .E . Bonebrake . ............. . C i r c . C p c. & R eco rd er G e o . A . M a r l i n g ............ e fT‘ t ’ 1 , S h e r iff P ro s e c u tin g a t t y . . . . S te v e . ' *** Jo h n W. Grayson A s s e s s o r ................................. C h a s. R . M a tlo c k G r a n v ille A lle n C o l l e c t o r .............................. G r a n v ilie A lle n . . . . . Oran ^

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The S c ^ o o l_ S le c t io n o f A p r i l 7th brought new b lo o d in t o the sch o o l board b7 the e l e c t i o n , f o r th e r e g u la r th r e e year term , o f H arry R . McCaw ard Wm. R . E l l i s A .S .Ni3.es, Wm. J . P ie r c e , Tom G a le , and E.W . Kinnaman were d e fe a t e d . The Board as now re o rg a n iz e d c o n s is t e d c f H a rve y Roach and George C la r k . . D r . B a y sin g e r ard W .D.Jones . . McCaw and E l l i s . B a y sin g e r was named p r e s id e n t . The v o te rs approved a nine month s c h o o l and a l e v y c f $ 1.00 per $100 v a lu a t io n . The p r o p o s it io n to b u ild a new "ward" grade s c h o o l, and to a cq u ire a s i t e fo r i t , came b e fo r e th e v o te r s i n th e A p r i l e l e c t i o n . A bond is s u e o f $6,000 for a b u ild in g , and a s p e c i a l l e v y c f 15 cen ts p er $100 v a lu a t io n fo r a c q u ir in g s ite were both d e fe a t e d i n A p r i l . However, i n O ctob er the e le c t o r s approved a $ 7,500 bond is s u e f o r the b u i l d i n g , and the 15 cen t le v y fo r a s i t e , by a vote of 335 to 53. T h is p ro v id e d for an " E a s t S id e Ward S c h o o l" . H .H .H o h en sch ild was chosen as a r c h i t e c t . The te a c h in g s t a f f f o r the h ig h s c h o o l in c lu d e d P r o f . T .D . Renfrew , who replaced M .A . Boyes as s u p e r in te n d e n t. A M iss S tic k e n r o d was p r in c ip a l , and a Miss W ad ell a s s i s t a n t p r i n c i p a l . These were the o n ly te a c h e r s in the high s c h o o l. For C e n tr a l grad e s c h o o l, th e s e were the te a c h e r s : P r i n c i p a l , Rm 8 J e s s i e V ia Rm 3 M iss Fowler Rm 7 M y r tle F l i n t M o llie Holmes 2 6 Edna Z e i s e n is s 1 G ertrude Carpenter 99 B e r t ie Jo n e s L in c o ln . . 5 S a d ie Donahoe 4 N o n -P u b lic_S £ h o o ls_i_ H enninger S c h o o l_o f M u s ic .- D u rin g 1908, the Ro]JLa Com m ercial Club e n t e r t a in e d th e id e a o f in c o r p o r a tin g a s p e c ia l G ir ls _ S c h o o l for R o lla . I t n e ve r m atu re d . B u t P r o f , and M rs. Frank Henninger went ore b e t t e r . They organized the H enninger S c h o o l cf M u s ic , which f i l l e d much th e sane need. B e sid es g iv in g i n s t r u c t i o n th e m s e lv e s , they employed o th e r teach ers who, they s a id , "were thorough m u s ic ia n s " . They assumed t o te a c h " a l l bran ches of m u s ic ". The f a l l te m opened Septem ber 15, 1908. On or abou t November 26, th e y p rese n ted t h e i r f i r s t " P u p ils ' R e c i t a l " , in which the f o llo w in g p a r t i c i p a t e d : Leona G a r r it s o n M abel Hawkins M abel P e r ry E m ily K au fe ld M ild re d S tr o b a c h Fay Dent F lo s s ie Wynn Blanche F o l l o w i l l B la n ch e C r it e s B lan ch e R oss Adele P ow ell M argaret K ir k Ruth Beard K a th e r in e W ed d ell Grace Pow ell A second r e c i t a l was g iv e n on A p r i l 29, 1909, a t Shaw 's Opera House. The fees charged b y th e S c h o o l f o r p r iv a t e m usic le s s o n s was $10.00 f o r a ten week program in c lu d in g two p e r io d s o f 45 m inutes each per week. Church A f f a i r s _ f o r 1908 were m o s tly r o u t in e . There were no changes in the s i x b a s ic ch u rch p a s t o r a t e s . The m in is t e r s fo r the year were t h e s e : B a p tis t R e v . J .M . D a n ie ls E p is c o p a l, R e v .F .M . W eddell C a t h o l ic . . F r . P a t r ic k 0 'L o u g h lln M e th o d ist . . R e v .T .P . S h a ffe r C h r is t i a n . E ld e r R .C . Abram P r e s b y te r ia n . . R e v .S .A . C a ld w e ll. Two Banks. Had R e p o r ts on F eb ru ary 2 7 th . D ir e c t o r s fo r the N a tio n a l Bank were H .W .Lenox . . R . H . B la c k ..D a v i d E . Cowan ..a n d F.W.Webb, c a s h ie r . . . .F o r the Merchants a n ! Farm ers bank, J .M . D ie h l was p r e s id e n t, J . H . Sm ith c a s h ie r . D ir e c to r s were Edwin Long . .M .F . F a u lk n e r ..a n d D r . E .W . W alk er. T h eir f in a n c i a l re p o rts contained th e s e ite m s : Nat i o n a l M & F;----------$2 14,91 6.88 $4 33,17 1.69 " R e so u rce s . 167 000.00 263 000.00 A l l d e p o s its PhelD S County V a lu a t io n , based on 1907 f ig u r e s and 1/3 v a lu a tio n amountdd to a t o t a l o f 5378727829.00. O f t h i s , * 2 ,0 6 9 ,0 4 8 .0 0 was f o r r e a l e s t a t e , t835,3 » ! o O personal p r o p e r ty , ant $ 968 , 428.00 fo r beak p r o p e r ty .

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A New P o s t _ O f f i c e S i t e was i n o rd e r, so b id s were re q u e ste d , o f f e r in g d iff e r e n t and v a r io u s s i t e s . From t h ir t e e n p r o p o s a ls , the l o t a t n o r th e a s t corner o f 9th and P in e s t r e e t s was ch o se n . Edwin Long, the owner, s o ld i t fo r $ 4, 440. 00 . I t i s the 1969 C it y P u b lic L ib r a r y l o t . Some_Blis in e s s Ite m s a re th e s e : T .E . D yer, i n R o lla sin ce 1861, s o ld h is lumber yard to the W i l l s L b r . G o ., of S t . James and Newburg. . . The R o lla Land and In vestm en t C o . in c r e a s e d i t s c a p i t a l stock from $20,000 to $ 3 0 ,0 0 0 . The d ir e c to r s and members were B .H . Rucker . . Ray F . Rucker . .R . S . Rucker . . David E . Cowan . . Edwin Long . . D r . A .L . McRae . . and M .F . F a u lk n e r . ...S c h u m a n B ro s, s t a r t e d a cream ery in t h e ir tw o -s to r y b r ic k a t n o rth e ast co rn er of 6 th and Pine . . . Edwin Long b ought a 60 h .p . Packard au to m o b ile, as we t h in k , the second one in R o lla . . . Farm im plem ents such as the "Haje s" edge drop corn p la n t e r , the "Buckeye” r i d i n g c u l t i v a t o r , and "Banner" b u g g ie s were b ein g so ld i n R o lla . . . Two new c i t y a d d it io n s were l a i d out and o f f i c i a l l y approved by the c i t y . . W alker’ s a d d it io n on Salem aven u e, and Lad d’ s s u b d iv is io n on S ta te s t r e e t . Among P r o fe s s io n a l_M e n , two p h y s ic ia n s had new ly lo c a te d in the R o lla a re a D r. G.W . O r r ic k , i n R o l l a , and D r . R .E .B r e u e r , i n Newburg, w ith R o lla connect io n s . W atson and Holmes to o k the p la c e of J .B .H a r r i s o n , d eceased , and were a tto rn e y s f o r th e F r i s c o r a i l r o a d . D r . R .L . Johnson was s t i l l in R o lla . Among Womens S o c i e t i e s , th e "Fiye_H u n d red _C lu b " e n r o lle d th ese women: Mesdames H a rry McCaw . . S . L . B a y s in g e r . . C .A . Cohenour . . W i l l McCaw . . L .C .S m i t h .. W.H. Obnsorg . . S t e r l i n g Sm ith . . C .F . H ig le y . . F .E . T aylor . . W .J . P ow ell . . and J .D . Carpenter .T he S a tu r d a y _C lu b was g o in g s tr o n g , and, w ith o th e r s , in clu d e d th ese: P r e s id e n t , M r s . C .D . Ja m iso n . . v i c e p r e s id e n t , Mrs G eo. R . Dean ..r e c o r d ing s e c r e t a r y , M rs. W .H . A ry ..c o r r e s p o n d in g s e c r e t a r y , J e s s i e H e lle r , .t r e a s u r e r , Mrs. E.W . W a lk e r. . .O th e r members were M iss L i l l i a n C la r k and Mesdames G eo. E .L ad d • L iz z ie C o rn w all . .Jo h n W .S c o tt . .M .F . F au lk n er . . A . L . McRae . . L . E . G a r r e tt . . S a tu rd a y C lu b members who a ls o were members o f the Womens C h r is t ia n Temper ance Union ( W .C .T .U .) b ro u g h t i n M rs. N e llie b u rg h e r, n a t io n a l o rg a n iz e r fo r W .C .T .U ., who on Sunday m orning made a p u lp it a d d re s s . Mrs G .R .D ea n was a le a d e r in t h is g ro u p . The Town’ s B u ild in g Pro g r am f c r 1908 in c lu d e d the e r e c t io n of the P y th ian C a stle a t s o u th e a s t co rn e r c f 7th and R o lla s t r e e t s . The Lodge had been e s ta b lis h e d i n R o lla on M arch 4, 1892. in 1908 i t had 140 members. The corner stone of the b u ild in g was l a i d on A p r i l 25, 1908. There was a r e c e p tio n ^ ^ a fte rn o o n , a parade a t 2 :0 0 p .m ., co rn er sto n e la y in g a t 3-00 ^ fch speeches, band m u sic , ete . The f i r s t lodge m eeting in i t was on Tuesday, Septem ber ^ S e v e r a l new r e s id e n c e s were b u i l t d u rin g 1908. G e o . F . Holloway com pleted ,h. is new house o p p o s.ite . c h o o l on s t r e e t . The house was b a r e ly t, o d a y 's Hi b igf?h n Socnoux uxi 10th x completed when Mr. H ollow ay o ffe r e d i t f o r sa le a t $ 4 ,5 0 0 . I t had c o s t hin $5 150 He now d e c id e d to le a v e R o lla to become g e n e ra l manager o f the Coney Is la n d " S t e e p le C h ase” , i n New Y o rk , a t $6 ,000 per y e a r . He was soon Lack on R o lla .

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Tuba, Edwin Long Trombone, J . K . H in k le Euphonium. R .F . McCrae Snare drum, Fred B a r le y M ellop h on e, O .C . Shaw and Roy Weber B ass drum, P r o f . L '.E . G a r r e tt

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On Ja n u a r y 2 4 th , M is s L au ra A n n in ’ s m usic c la s s gave a r e c i t a l , The p u p ils were these* Alma b a y s in g e r W a lte r S c o t t B lan ch e Hoar Pan l i n e Corn-wall Helen B a y s in g e r E t h e l Schuman O liv e S c o t t Nancy H a rriso n L i l l i e Koch Erma Webb M arie P ie r c e Ann Sh o rt C h a rlo tte P ack ard H a z e l Dean M ild re d S tro b a ch Jo h n W. S c o t t The program in c lu d e d p ia n o s o lo s , trombone and p ia n o d u e t s , v o c a l s o l o s . S e le c tio n s p la y e d were chosen from works o f Chaminade, N e v in , B eethoven, L i s z t , and Wagner. On F e b ru a ry 1 3 th , the "Temple Q u a r te t" was in R o l l a . The s in g in g o f M e ssrs. Stromblad, P o w e ll, and B ak er " was s u p e r b " . M iss L u cy Lee " c a p tiv a te d R o lla ’ s c r i t i c a l a u d ie n c e " w ith h er r e a d in g s . A t the B a p t is t c h u r c h , i n F eb ru ary , M rs. C h a rle s L . A lle n , who had " an e x c e lle n t soprano v o ic e , n o te s f u l l and c le a r " sang the f a m i l i a r hymn "Face t o Face" to an a p p r e c ia tiv e a u d ie n c e . She was th e w ife o f C h a rle s A l l e n , a son c f G r a n v ille A lle n , c o u n ty tr e a s u r e r . A nother o f R o l l a ’ s sw e e te st s o n g s te r s , M iss A lic e A lle n - who had won f i r s t place and a g i f t p ia n o i n a co u n ty -w id e c o n t e s t , now jo in e d Jam es A . G regory in marriage ( M arch 3 , 1 9 0 8 ). Her sp le n d id v o ic e had charmed many a l i s t e n i n g group or a u d ie n ce. "One c f R o l l a ’ s f i n e s t s in g e r s " , sa id M e ssrs. Fred McCaw and Bob H e lle r to p resent w r i t e r s . They knew her w e l l . The town e d ito r d e sc r ib e d her as"one o f R o lla ’ s sw e e te st and b e s t young women," because o f her k in d n ess and c o n s id e r a tio n for o th e r s . S a id h e , " She was a m arvel in R o l l a ’ s m u sic a l w o r ld ", b r i l l i a n t soprano. On A p r i l 1 0 th , a n o th e r to p -n o tc h soprano s in g e r , M rs. H i n c h c l i f f , of Cuba, M issouri, gave a n o th e r o f her s e v e r a l R o lla c o n c e r t s . This one was sponsored by R o lla ’ s E a s te r n S t a r c h a p t e r . In Septem b er, a " R o lla K id Band" made a b ig h i t a t the 1908 "Log R o llin g " , and as a rew ard, had th e groo p p ic t u r e p r in te d in the S t .L o u is "Times" of September 19th. In O c to b e r , th e R o l l a Symphony O r c h e s tr a a g a in appeared in c o n c e r t, and the M .S.M . campus Y .M .C .A . boys i n i t i a t e d t h e ir y e a r ’ s e n te rta in m e n t s e r ie s w ith a le c tu re b y E l l i o t t A . Boyd, a n o ted o r a t o r . The R o lla G i r l s M in s tr e l_ G r o u p , i n Npvember, sta g e d another cf t h e i r popular "Ladies M i n s t r e l s " . They a p p lie d the n e t p ro cee d s, $9 8.$0 p lu s a y e a r ’ s s a la r y ( $25.00) donated b y Mayor S tr o b a c h , toward the b u ild in g o f a c o n cre te sidew alk to the R o lla c e m e te ry . . . .T h e p a r t i c i p a n t s in th e program, and th e numbers p rese n ted , were as f o llo w s : . „ .. I n t e r l o c u t o r , M iss Roberta Rowe. End men, K a th erin e H a r riso n , M argu erite Cole, Grace A ry , ard M r s . J . A . G re g o ry (nee A l ic e A l l e n ) . Mins L i l l i a n C terk was accom panist. Those i n l i n e were Nancy H a r ris o n , M arvel Ohnsorg, L u c i l l e Har r i s ° n , Grace P o w e ll, E d it h P 0w e l l , M ary M cCrae, A d ele P o w e ll, M iss F ran ces N elson , am M rs. A.Emory W ish on . The program in c lu d e d th ese numbers* - Chorus: "Way Down In 1. - Chorus, "Happy When The Band P la y s D ix ie1 2 . Colon Town" 2. - S o lo : " I ’ m S tr o n g For You" 13. - O rc h e stra 3. - S o lo : " Honeymoon T r a i l " 14. - C o lo n ia l C h o r u s :"In Dear 4. - S o lo : " The D in g Dong B e l l " Old Grandma's Days" 5. - R e c i t a t i o n : "Ode To The F r eshmen" 15. - S o lo : "B la c k Face S p e c ia lt y " 6. - S o lo : "Love Me L ik e I L ik e To Be Loved" - S o lo : "May Day" 7. - S o lo : " T h a t’ s What The Rose Said^To Me" 1 6 . 17. - S o lo : M iss Frances N elson 8. — S o lo : "Whose L i t t l e G i r l Are You: 18 . - Chorus: " In d ia n Love Song" 9. - O r a tio n 19. - C lo s in g Chorus 10. - S o lo : L o c a l 20. - O r c h e s tr a . 11. - S o lo : " B ig N ig h t T o n ig h t" » I t was a grand s u c c e s s in e v e r y w ay", said th e town r e p o r t e r .

ROLLA .• .19G8 ••• ( 5 ) . . C o n v o c a tio n s J» e r £ Held in 1908 . The P h elp s County Sunday S ch o o l S o cie ty , vh ich fo r flany y ears past had convened in annual s e s s io n , h e ld i t s 1908 meeting a t the R o lla M e th o d ist c h u r c h . In J u l y , an oth er o f the F r is c o * s " lo g r o l l i n g " events was h e ld . There were street p ara d e s, r a c e s , b a s e b a l l , s t u n t s , band c o n c e r ts , baby show, b a llo o n ascen sion s, and a c o n c e r t b y s e v e r a l bands w hich were c o n s o lid a t e d . The show la s t e d three d a y s. W illia m J . S to n e , the n o ted U .S . Senator from M is s o u r i, made the p rin c ip a l sp eech . H a rry R . McCaw was p r e s id e n t , and D r . S . L . B aysin ger v ic e p re sid e n t of the " F r is c o Log R o l l i n g A s s o c ia t io n " which arranged the e v e n t. .rom August 25th to 2 7 th , another grou p , the e x C o n fe d e rate v e te ra n s c a lle d "The Ozark B a t t a l i o n " , had a n o th e r o f i t s encampments in R o l l a . M ajor Thomas D. Smith, a form er C o n fe d e rate s o l d i e r , assumed the le a d e r s h ip . This was a "homecoming" event, r e p le te w ith sp e e ch e s, b a s e b a l l , and s t o r y sw apping. The S c h o o l_ c f M ines was n o t p a r t i c u l a r l y so rry when, i n Ja n u a ry , D r . Je s s e resigned as M is s o u r i U n iv e r s it y p r e s id e n t . Nor was th e sch o o l e x c e s s iv e ly ju b ila n t when D r. A . Ross H i l l su cceed ed h im . Both were in c lin e d t o "pu t th e crim p" on the School ard i t s c u r r i c u l a . A ls o i n Ja n u a r y , the c u r a to r s a u th o riz e d e s ta b lish m e n t of a c h a ir o f " c e ra m ic s" at th e S c h o o l - b u t d id n o th in g more about i t . M r. H .A . B u e h le r was e le c t e d S ta te G e o lo g is t by the S t a t e Board o f G e o lo g y , and former d i r e c t o r Ladd was now p r e s id e n t of Oklahoma S c h o o l o f M in es, a t W ilb u rto n . A P r o s p e c tiv e R a i l r o a d o make top notch R o lla news fo r th e n e x t s ix years .j^^akaicfaiadjadtaBrafiDasE-- ..1 '7~-^“d e sig h e d he as. Lid an e le _ c tr ic r lih e ...a jo in in g Columbia and J e f f e r s o n C i t y on the n o rth R o lla , and thence p a s s in g to and througn L ic k in g , H ouston, and C a b o o l on the s o u t h , T I t was f i r s t p lanned as an e l e c t r i c road, powered e it h e r w ith a steam p la n t a t R o lla , or a h y d r a u lic p la n t a t Yancy, with a dam p la c e d a c r o s s the L i t t l e Pin ey r i v e r . These sou th ern towns f e l t the need o f b e t t e r r a i l c o n t a c t w ith M is s o u r i's b u sin e ss w o r ld . Houston, M ountain G rove, L ic k in g , and the v i l l a g e c f Lecoma o ffe r e d p r e -c o n s t r u c t io n bonuses ran g in g from $20,000 to $ 4 0 ,0 0 0 . R o l l a was asked t o p led ge $5 0 ,0 0 0 , and R o lla * s Commercial Club o ffered to h e lp r a i s e t h a t amount. M r. E lb e r t E . Young was the a c t iv e p rom oter. He made fre q u e n t v i s i t s to the towns in v o lv e d , u r g in g f i n a n c i a l s u p p o r t. M eanw hile, he proceeded t o have the route surveyed, and t o a c q u ir e the n e c e s s a r y r ig h t s - o f - w a y . The end was t o come several years l a t e r - in th e c o u r ts , and in th e j a i l - where M r. Young landed a fte r com m itting s c r e r a l a c ts of fo r g e r y . Our c o n tin u in g sto ry w i l l su p p ly d e t a i l s . T h is _ W a s _ P r e s id e n tia l E le c t e o n _ Y e a r . N a t io n a lly , the Republican c a n d id a te , William Howard T a f t , w ith 7 , 637,636 v o te s d e fe a te d W illia m Jen n in g s Bryan, Democrat, 1 who got 6 ,3 9 3 ,1 8 7 v o t e s . E u ^ n e D ebs, s o c i a l i s t , r e c e iv e d 447,651 v o t e s . P r o h ib i t io n is t , Eugene W. C h a fin g o t 2 4 1 ,2 5 2 . T h o s. L . H isg en , Independent, August G ilh a u s , S o c ia lis t - L a b o r , and Thomas E . W atson, P o p u lis t , r e s p e c t iv e ly c o lle c t e d 83, ,>62 . . 13,825 . . 28,131 v o t e s . D a n ie l B . Thrney, ca n d id a te fo r the U n ited C h r is t ia n p a r ty got 461 v o t e s . . . . I t was thus t h a t T a f t secured 321 e l e c t o r a l c o lle g e v o te s , and Bryan 162 . In M is s o u r i, H e rb e rt S . H a d le y, R e p u b lic a n , d e fe a te d Democrat W illia m S . Cowherd by a l a n d s l i d e , as M is s o u r i’ s g o v e r n o r .... On the f i r s t page o f our 1908 record, we have ta b u la t e d the l i s t of Phelps County o f f i c e r s e le c t e d Tuesday, November 3rd 19 08 . The Grim Reaper i n 1908 g ath e red th e s e p e o p le , o f im portance tre R o lla ,t o ^ h is ^ fo ld : R e v . Jam es M. M cG u ire , la w y e r, ord ained m in is t e r , form er B a p t is t p a s to r ( J a n .l j • •.W illiam Beddoe, o r i g i n a l b u ild e r o f the Beddoe f lo u r m i l l most h ig h ly resp e cte d R olla c i t i z e n ( J a n .4) . . . C a p t. C r o c k e tt R . M i l l a r d , form er R o lla m erchant, fa th e r of the t a le n t e d d a u # ite r S a l l i e M illard /w h o m arried M isso u ri’ s renowned s e c r e ta r y of S ta te / had t h ir t e e n c h i ld r e n , saw a l l through c o lle g s ) . . and a C h r is t ia n g e n tle man ( J a J f 9 ^ a t " 1D enver) . . . T o b ia s H eim berger, R o l l a ’ s p io n ee r b r ic k maker ard I brick L d p S S r , ' G a t h e r o f b r o th e r s L o u is , Andy, W i l l , M iss Efltma and Heraan G rab e? (F e b . 17) . . . Jam es Dun, F r is c o and S a n ta Fe c h i e f en gin , related to the Wm. Jam es f a m i l y of S t .J a m e s , and w e ll known i n R o lla (M arch,19 )

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M rs._Josep h Sm itjji, w ife c f Jo s e p h "S u n sh in e " Sm ith (nee Audrey C o u lt e r ) , s i s t e r of Mrs. Bland S m ith (May 5 ) . . . J u liu s _ K o c h , who m arried Kate G oettelm ann, and was father cf J u l i u s ( J r . ) , L o re n e , B la n c h e , Eugene, and R ich a rd Koch ( S e p t.1908) . . . Mrs. J J i l l i a n _ J ames ( nee L u cy D un), mother c f L u l i e , Tan, and Jane James ( O c t . 9 , at B a ltim o re , M d .) . . . T . Q . _Em erson, form er R o lla nurseryman and prom oter cf Sunday School co n v e n tio n s ( S e p t .1 ,1 9 0 8 ) and M rs._Em erson ( D e c .,1 9 0 8 ) .. . AND M rs. E liz a b e th Coe, w ife o f the R e v . H . I s a a c Coe, mother cf Jane (Coe) B ra n t (D e c. 2 3 ). This c o n c lu d e s our r e c o r d c f the year 1908.

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G ity _B u s ine_S£ And Gpvernms n t _ The G i ^ _ G o u n c i l i _ r e o r g a n iz e d f o r th e year 1909-10, was headed by mayor Chas. T. S tr o b a c h , J r . , r e - e l e c t e d fc r a n o th e r two year term . H o ld -o v e r aldermen, re sp e ctiv e ly from wards 1 , 2 , and 3, were B .H . Rucker, L o u is Heim berger, and Jo e J . C r ite s . These were jo in e d b y new e l e c t s from same r e s p e c tiv e w ards, M .F . F au lk n er, Fred McCaw, and Jo h n S tim s o n . Wm. J . P ie r c e was a g a in c i t y c l e r k . T .R . F o l l o w i l l was m arshal, T . J . E l l i s a s s e s s o r , W .E . Weber c o l l e c t o r . S t r e e t _ P a v in £ was th e b i g b u s in e s s o f 1909. In F e b ru a ry , mayor Stro b a ch collected a l 1 a v a il a b l e f a c t s c o n c e r n in g s t r e e t p a v in g . By March 4 th , the C o u n cil had passed an o rd in an ce p r o v id in g f o r the p av in g o f th a t s e c t io n o f 8th s t r e e t lying between P in e s t r e e t and t h e F r is c o r a i l r o a d . The c o s t was to be charged to the a b u ttin g p r o p e r t i e s . I n ord er to s id e s t e p s t i f f owner o p p o s itio n , the C o u n cil had the re q u ire d l e g a l n o t i f i c a t i o n s t o be p u b lish e d i n f i n e p r in t in obscure c o l umns o f the R o lla n ew sp ap ers. The ru se was s u c c e s s f u l . On May 6 t h , M r. J . C . L ik e s , of S p r i n g f i e l d , M o ., c o n tr a c te d t o pave a s tr e e t width o f 44 f e e t w ith s u b s t a n t i a l v i t r i f i e d b r ic k a t the r a t e of $2 .4 5 p er square yard*. The 418 f o o t s t r e t c h was begun on June 2, f in is h e d on Jun e 1 8 th . On May 6 th , th e C o u n c il p assed an ord inance p r o v id in g f o r pavement o f Pine street from 6th to 1 0 th . I t appeared th a t th e n e c e s s a r y cu rb in g would n e c e s s it a te removal of some o f th e shade t r e e s i n fr o n t o f the G ran t H o t e l. There were other owner o b je c t io n s . Tte m a jo r it y o f a b u t t in g owners sought a lo o p h o le - and found one. In t h e i r p r e - c o n s t r u c t io n a d v e r t i s in g , the C o u n c il had n o t aU-owed ten days for f i l i n g o f p r o t e s t s . A ls o , th e o rd in a n c_e c a r r ie d no t i t l e showing th a t i t was an o f f i c i a l a c t . The C i r c u i t C o u r t, Judge Woodside p r e s id in g , is s u e d an in ju n c t io n h altin g p ro cee d in gs . I t had a l l t o be done over a g a in . The C o u n c il f i n a l l y p re vailed , and Pin e s t r e e t was paved from 6th to 1 0 th . ^ ^ On A p r i l 6 th , th e C o u n c il b y ordinance c a lle d an e l e c t i o n f o r ex ten d in g the c ity l i m i t s . I t proposed t o annex s t r i p s on a l l fo u r s id e s o f e x i s t i n g I n r a t s . On the n o rth s i d e , th e s t r i p was a m ile lo n g , e a s t-w e s t, and extended one fo u r th a mile n o rth from Townsend a d d it io n . On the e a s t and so u th the s t r i p s were ir r e g u ia r in Shane On th e w est a n a r e a one q u a r te r b y th re e q u a rte rs of a m ile in e x te n t extended*west one h a l f ’ m ile w est c f Townsend a d d it io n , and SBXttC fchree ^ j * ^ s o f a mile south from th e n o rth l i n e o f Townsend a d d it io n . I t was to o p r e te n tio u s the voters r e je c t e d i t . . M is c e lla n e o u s Community A fra u rs The Telephone System co n tin u ed in expand. Edwin Long was the p r in c ip a l owner, s e c r e t a ^ f iro f I^ e a s u ro r . N oel K in n ey was f i e l d s u p e r in te n d e n t. .The P h e lp s—County ^ ^ se, ^ r jin g th e 1909- W t e r m : County C le rk . . . Frank Germann . . .S t a t e s e n a t o r ............... C a rte r M. B uford A sse sso r ..................John W. Grayson C o .R e p r e s e n t a t iv e . L o u is J . R in e h a r t C o lle c t o r ............... G r a n v ille A lle n C ir c u it ju d ge . . . . L . B . Woodside . . . T reasurer •••••• John S . L iv e s a y C i r c . C lk & R eco rd r H .E . Bonebrake . . . Probate ju d ge . . G eo. A . S k y le s . S h e r i f f ........................... Jo se p h L . W i l s o n .. Su rveyo r . . . . . . . S .Q . Cham berlain P r o s e c u tin g a t t y . . Steve N . L o r ts . . . Pub. A d m in is t r .. None ............................. P r e s , judgs C o .C t . E r n e s t M. P in t o ?PP Coroner .................... D r. W .S . Sm ith . A sso c. ju d g e ,e a s t . P a t Birmingham • ••• S u p t . S c h o o ls . . T .0 . Renfrew . . . A s s o c .ju d g e , w esit. Edw. E . P a u l s e l l b „ Tona nn -which 1909 ta x e s were computed, was * P r o p e r ty V a lu a t io n f o r year 1908, on whicn y y $ 3 ,5 2 3 ,5 7 3 . • t t e : B e i L - S t a t e ¥271667525 . . . P e r s o n a l p ro p e rty * , 8 .8 1 . . Ihe f i n a n c i a l r e p o r t f o r 1908 showed g e n e r a l Dec 31,1908. expenditures of 1 1 9 ,9 6 1 .5 0 . . and b a la n ce of * 2 ,8 0 7 .3 1 as at u

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T ^ f-.S c h o o lJT e a r ,i9 0 9 _ 1 0 . The Board c o n s is te d o f the h o ld -o v e r s , H.R.McCaw and W.R. . . H arvey Roach and George C la r k . . and the new ly r e - e le c t e d W .D .Jo n es and D r. S .L . B a y s in g e r . For the County, T .O . Renfrew was e le c t e d c o u n ty su p e r in te n d e n t. The two associate com m issioners on th e county board of e d u ca tio n were J .M . Vance ard J.F .H o d g e R o lla s c h o o ls opened on Septem ber 6 th , at which time the s c h o o l census lis te d 886 c h ild r e n o f s c h o o l age - 832 w h ite and 54 n e g r o . For c i t y and h irfi sch o o l A .T . Pow ell r e p la c e d M .A . Boyes as s u p e r in te n d e n t. W.M. W ib le, a graduate c f In d ia n a ' u n iv e rsity , was e le c t e d h i g i s c h o o l p r i n c i p a l . A t C e n t r a l, the grade te a c h e rs were: P r in c ip a l and Rm. 8 . . J e s s i e V ia Rm 3 Rm 7 • .M rs Bruce F o llo w ijh l, u n t i l 2 . . M o llie Holmes M ar. 18, when M rs. Jam is on 1 . . G ertru d e Carpenter r e p la c e d h e r . L in c o ln . . ? 6 .. ? 5 o . B e r t ie Jo n e s 4 . . S a d ie Donahoe B u ild in g _T h e _ E a s t-S id e _ W a r d S c h o o l .- By Ja n u a ry 28, 1909, the sch o o l board had chosen the s i t e f o r the E a s t S id e Ward S c h o o l. I t was b lo ck 70 o f the County addition - th e b lo c k bounded b y 5th and 6 th , Cedar and W alnut s t r e e t s . The owners of the re sid e n c e l o t s i n t h a t b lo c k had been H .E .B o n e b ra k e, Henry D a v is , M rs. Mary Latham, and th e e s t a t e o f M ilt o n W a lk e r. I t was found t h a t the $7 ,5 0 0 bond is s u e voted i n O cto b e r, 1908, was i2]£2iZ j tstffgfcTfrggaggy i n v a l i d - so th a t a new e l e c t io n was h eld on May 5 ,1 9 0 9 . The voters then approved a bond is s u e cf $1 0 ,0 0 0 b y a vo te c f 343 to 66. A r c h it e c t H .H . H o h e n sch ild now had the p la n s read y fo r b id d in g . They pro vided fo r a b r ic k b u ild in g two s t o r y s h ig h , w ith f u l l basem ent. The p lan dimen sions were 91 ( e a s t-w e s t ) b y 37 f e e t ( north - s o u t h ) . B id s o f $10,312 were r e je c t e d because th ey exceed ed the bond i s s u e . On August 19, Robert McCaw made a r e v is e d b id and got the c o n tr a c t f c r $ 9 ,6 0 6 .5 2 . He planned to complete the four-room s tr u c tu re by December 1 7 th . The fo u n d a tio n was done by September 30th, and th e b u ild in g d u ly completed. Chur£h_News_ was r o u t i n e . R e v . J .M . D a n ie ls was B a p t is t m in is t e r . I t was reported th a t the c h u rc h , i n November, had 180 members, c f which o n ly 27 liv e d in R o lla . The chu rch sp en t $5 ,0 0 0 f o r a new parsonage - the form er home o f C l i f f F ren ch . I t a lso planned to c e le b r a t e i t s 40th a n n iv e rs a r y in 1870. At the o th e r c h u r c h e s , P a t r ic k O 'L o u g h lin s t i l l served the C a t h o lic ch u rch . Rev. R .C . Abram h e ld t the C h r is t i a n p a s t o r a t e . R e cto r Frank M. W eddell s t i l l pre ) sided a t the E p is c o p a l c h u r c h . R e v . Thomas P . S h a ffe r was the M e th o d ist p a s to r , ard S .A . C a ld w ell the P r e s b y t e r ia n . In B a n k ing C i r c l e s , the th re e b an k s, as of November 25t h , rep o rte d th ese figure £ M& F R o lla S t a t e N a t io n a l $2 17,48 8.73 $ 2 8 6 ,9 3 4 .1 6 . R eso u rces $ 5 0 3 ,0 4 7 .4 0 ______ ______________ 1 0 3 ,9 2 6 .0 0 1 6 4 ,6 1 7 .2 4 A l l D e p o s its 2 5 2 ,3 6 2 .7 7 N a tio n a l B a n k " d ir e c to r s were H.W. Lenox, David E . Cowan, J .M . D ie h l, and F.W. Webb, who was c a s h i e r . . .F o r the R o lla S ta te bank, Jo sep h Cam pbell was p r e s id e n t. C.M. Knapp was c a s h i e r . D ir e c t o r s were B .L . Knapp, J . A . Sp ilm an , Henry Moore. . . . For the M erchants aid Farm ers bank, C .C . Bland was p r e s id e n t , Jo sep h H. Sm ith c a s h ie r . D irectors were M .F . F a u lk n e r , Edwin Long, and D r . E .W . W alker. These bank r e p o r t s a re a rem inder o f the s p e c ta c u la r attem pted bank robbery of 1881. One P a t E b e r t , b y l o i t e r i n g fo r some days in the v i c i n i t y o f the N a tio n a l Rank ( ^ e r e had no r e a i b u s in e s s to be ) , a t t r a c t e d th e a t t e n t io n c f c i t y mars Hank D ev in s. E b e r t would s t o p o c c a s io n a lly to lo o k i n s i d e . On exam in in g the b a n k 's b a s e s t one d a y , D e y ^ e found a rock d r i l i and a crowbar. There were s ig n s o f h o le s b e in g d r i l l e d . W ith the a id cf Messrs . F l i n t , Jo tsch , M c M a ste rsr a n d Dave M alcolm , D ev in s s e t a tr a p f o r E b e r t When one n ig h t , Devins t in - t o e d t o th e b asem ent, there was E b e r t - d r i l l i n g h o le s . S e e in g he was discovered, ^Ebert°m anaged t o get o u t s id e , and f l e d toward the Thompson l i v e r y s t a b le ,

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southeast co rn er o f 9th and R o l l a s t r e e t s • B ut as he ra n , D evins shot and wounded C it iz e n Me11 f in is h e d the jo b b y f i r i n g buck s h o t . The_ New Po _st_0 f fic e _ S it e g o t a p p ro v a l from W ashington on Ja n u a ry 1 4 th . I t was the form er lo c a t i o n of th e old Red L iv e r y b a rn , a t n o r th e a s t corner of 9th ard Pine s t r e e t s , the 1969 c i t y l i b r a r y s i t e . Edwin Long had p r ic e d the l o t a t $ 4 ,3 4 0 . In _T h e _B u sin ess_ A rea , th e two G r a tz m u lle r s i s t e r s , Emma and A u gu sta, had for many y e a rs been R o l l a ’ s forem ost m i l l i n e r s . O th ers came and departed a the Gratzm ullers s t a y e d . . . . L . X . Sm ith was m an ager-op erator c f a concern which had a ginseng ro o t farm two ard a h a l f m ile s west c f H ouston, i n Texas c o u n ty . The com pany name was th e " M illa r d G in sen g C o ." . In 1909, th e company c o lle c t e d and d rie d 1 400 pounds o f g in s e n g r o o t , ard shipped the l o t to New Y ork , where i t sold f c r a*sum between $1 0 ,0 0 0 ard $ 1 4 ,0 0 0 . I t was shipped from R o l l a . Geor££ F . H o llow ay, r e a l e s t a t e a ge n t and fcrm er c ir c u s p erform er, in April had once more l e f t R o lla to l i v e a t K a l i s p e l l , M ontana. In November he was liv in g in W ebster G ro v e s, ard i n December he was b ack in R i l l a ard had purchased his former re s id e n c e i n H o llow ay a d d it io n - a c r o s s 10th s t r e e t from to d a y ’ s h ig h school, ' f e n s e t t l e d dcwn, Mr. H ollow ay was a v a lu a b le to w nbuilder ard le a d e r . James A . S p ilm a n was s e l l i n g no t o n ly g e n e ra l hardw are, b u t was a ls o do ing a l i v e b u sin e ss s e l l i n g farm im p lem en ts. He was agent for Moline wagons, s in g le seat top b u g g ie s ( v e r y p o p u la r w ith young f o l k s ) , C hattanooga plow s, Buckeye corn c u ltiv a to r s . . . . W .T . ("Tom") D en iso n , who had ju s t q u it r a i s in g ard sh ip p in g c a ttle , now was d o in g a " la n d o f f i c e b u s in e s s " i n r e a l e s t a t e . . . . S . B . B e n tle y , a jeweler, had come to town ard had bought P a u l S t r a i n 's je w e lr y sto r e and b u s in e s s . The Kinnaman departm ent s t o r e , v h ich had been d e stro y e d by f i r e , was in process cf d is m a n t lin g . H arvey Roach was i t s m anager. M r. E .W . Kinnaman, vho had^ owned the s t o r e , had now gone t o M erwin, Oklahom a. M rs. Kinnaman assumed ownership, then sold to J . L . M a r t in . D u rin g the 1 9 5 0 's , the b u ild in g was used by W ilson and Smith fo r an. a u to s e r v ic e and r e p a ir sh o p . I n 1969, the Ramsey F u rn itu re C o . u ses i t for a sto ra g e room. The o ld b r ic k h o t e l , on 8th s t r e e t n e x t to th e F r is c o t r a c k s , had re p la ce d the o r ig in a l fram ed s tr u c tu r e d e stro y e d i n the g r e a t f i r e c f 1881. I n su c ce ssio n i t had been c a lle d t t e "F a u lk n e r House" - th e " C r a n d e ll House" - the " Im p e ria l H o tel" ■ and now in 1909, th e "B altim o re H o t e l" , so named b y i t s new m anager, W illia n M i l l e r . The f i n a l changs was made b y Rowe E . Carn ey, from "B a ltim o re " to " E l Can ey". The buLMing was p u r p o s e ly w recked in 1962 to make room fo r an au to p ark in g o . A Few New B u ild in g s were b u i l t in 1909. A t southw est corner of 8th and S t a t e , J.M . D ie h l b u i l t a s p e c t a c u la r tw o -s to r y b r ic k house, in 1969 on the s it e used fc r a fr a t e r n it y h o u s e . I n J u l y , a t 1 4 th and S ta te s t r e e t s P r o f. G eo. R . ^ having a tw o -s to r y b r ic k house e r e c t e d . . . . And on March 6 th , e Py “ d ed lT o L ^ f ^ r a i t n r S ? ° r i ^ C .C .B l a n i , J . J . C r i t e s , a * . Arthur Murphy joined in p a r t n e r s h ip , a M f i t t e d up what perhaps was the l a . o f fic e e v e r i n R o l l a . They to o k over a l l o f the second f l o o r of the ndwin Long brick b u ild in g a t n o r th e a s t c o r n e r of 8th and Pane g r e e t s , e x c e p t o n ly two Mr. Long used fo r h is R o l l a Telephone o f f i c e s . U r. M u r p y to d been a D .S . congress man frem the R o lla a re a - and M r. Bland had been Judge o f the E a s te rn D i s t r i c t Appelate C o u rt, S t .L o u is . W alker arri B .E .C . Slaw son con tin u ed as the tow n's Among d e n t i s t s , D r s . E .W . t a l k e r am d .. of eye and ea r , d isc o n leading d e n t i s t s . D r . Jo h n L . S h o re , sp e c ia R o lla ~And in O cto b e r, the tinued h is c i r c u i t p r a c t i c e , and sta y ed permane J • Brown 0f M o s e lle , Rolla D i s t r i c t M e d ic a l A s s o c ia t io n a g a in me t m Ro1^ * ’i d e n t ^ Dr . W i l l H. was named p r e s id e n t . D r . W .S . S m ith , of R o lla was v ic e p r e s id e n t, and Breuer, of S t . Ja m e s, was s e c r e t a r y - t r e a s u r e r . . , ^ d e ra te d * , - -iqoq t he 1909 s e s s io n o f the 6th D i s t i i c t fe d e ra te d Among Womens! C lu b | o f_ 1 2 ° 2 , t ^ R o lla xiembers p r e s e n t. M rs. Womens' Clubs was h e ld a t S t e e lv il- t e bu , the news e d it o r s a id , " She i s Claude D. Jam iso n was ^-elected p r e s e n t M h ^ r, and w ill'r e d o u n d i n t e l l i g e n t , broad-m inded l a d y . Her

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to the b e n e f it o f the c lu b f o r which she has worked so a r d e n t ly " . In November the state c o n v e n tio n a t b arth age named h er a s i t s d e le g a te t o ih e N a t io n a l convention a t C in c in n a t i, t o be h e ld m May, 1910. n On O c to b e r, 1909 a R o l l a ch a p te r o f the "D aughters o f the Am erican Revo lu tio n w a s .p a g a n iz e d , under le a d e r s h ip o f M rs. E .W . Kinnaman ( H a r r ie t Coleman Kinnaman), who some y e a r s l a t e r m arrie d P r o f . C .E . F o rb e s, o f the S ch o o l o f S S e s . The lo c a l u n it to ok th e name o f th e "Noah Coleman" c h a p te r . This was because Dr. Coleman was M r s . Kennaman's g r e a t g r e a t g r a n d fa th e r . He had been a surgeon in the R e v o lu tio n a ry W ar, s e r v in g under G e n e ra l I s r a e l Putnam. ^ now o r g a n iz e d , M r s . Kinnaman was named r e g e n t . M rs. Elmo G . H a r ris ( nee Zoe Ba rrow ) was v ic e r e g e n t . M rs. M .F . F au lk n er ( nee Nancy Rowe) was corresponding s e c r e t a r y , Mrs Booker H . Rucker ( nee Mar @1r e t So u th g a te ) was r e g is t e r Mrs. Mary W ilson Smith r e c o r d in g s e c r e t a r y , M iss C h r is tin e W in ters tr e a s u r e r and ’ Miss G e o rg ia H a r r is o n , th e h i s t o r i a n . £ 1 9 0 9 _M u s ic a l_iiite r !a in n B n _t may be p rese n ted in two p a r ts — the f i r s t , perform ed by S c h o o l o f M ines stu d e n ts arri town p erso n n el - the second under auspices o f th e "H en n in ger" or " R o lla " S c h o o l o f M u sic. The M .S .M . stu d en ts le d o f f i n F eb ru ary with a b ig m in s t r e l show. I t performed two n i g h t s , in th e second f l o o r room o f th e old M ech an ical H a l l . A m o s t_ s £ e c ta c u la r _ e v e n t was sta g e d i n A p r il by John W. S c o t t , R o lla * s a ll-tim e "Man c f M u s ic " . He was now m anaging the o ld C e n tr a l Drug S t o r e , 8th and Pine, o f which he was p a r t owner. H is lo v e f o r m usic le d him to s e t a p a rt a "music room" i n th e dru g s t o r e , where he k ep t and sold a l l k in d s o f m u sic a l in s t r u ments . On t h i s o c c a s io n , A p r i l 2 6 th , 1909, he had l a t e l y purchased a p ip e organ the f i r s t e v e r in R o l l a . W anting a l l R o lla to e n jo y i t , he grouped th ree p ia n o s and the organ i n such way th a t an au dience out in Pine s t r e e t cou ld stand and l i s t e n . To p lay the in s tr u m e n ts , and t o s in g , he arranged fo r s e v e r a l g i f t e d m u s ic a l p e r formers o f R o lla t o h e lp him . They were t h e s e : The M isses Hughes, C la r k and H a r ri son, Mary McCrae and O liv e S c o t t ; the Mesdames L .E . G a r r e t t , A .L . McRae, C.M .Knapp, S .B . B e n tle y , M .F . F a u lk n e r , and Jo se p h P o o le . The f i r s t number fe a tu r e d s i x o f the women p la y in g on the th ree p ia n o s . They played " L u s t s p i e l " , b y K e le r B e la . ...T h e second number was by two p ian os and the pipe organ, p la y e d b y th e M isse s C la r k and H a r ris o n , Mesdames McRae and B e n tle y , and Miss O liv e S c o t t . The s e l e c t io n p lay ed was the in term ezzo " C a v a lle r ia R u s tic a n a ", by M a s c a g n i.. . . The t h ir d number was a c o n c e rt w a lt z , " I n v it a t io n to D an ce", by Weber. S ix o f the l a d i e s p lay e d on th e organ and two p ia n o s . They were Mesdames G a rre tt, F a u lk n e r , and P o o le , and the M isses H a r riso n , C la r k , and M cCrae. . . . In the fourth number, M iss Hughes and M rs. C .M . Knapp p layed on two p ia n o s . Their s e le c t io n was " G o n d o lie r e ", b y R e in e c k e . . . . The f i f t h and f i n a l number was "G rosses B a l l e t " , from Opera R e in z i, by R . W agner. F or t h i s , the M isse s C la r k and Hughes, and the Mesdames McRae, P o o le , G a r r e t t , and F a u lk n e r p layed on two p ia n o s and the p ip e organ . This was perhaps th e m ost n o v e l m u s ic a l perform ance e v e r g iv e n in R o l l a . On May 7 th , R o lla * s S t . M a r g a r e t's G u ild ( E p is c o p a l ) brought in the Schubert Symphony C o n ce rt C o ., which fe a tu r e d a la d ie s q u a r te t, w ith s e le c t io n s played on m an d olin s and g u i t a r s , and on v i o l i n s and o th e r s tr in g e d instrum ents . There were v o c a l s o lo s and amusing r e a d in g s . The news e d it o r s a id , "This was one o f the most d e l i g h t f u l programs e v e r given in R o l l a . I f the group ev er r e tu r n s , a big crowd w i l l g r e e t i t " . , In J u l y th e d e v o te d R o lla music te a c h e r , M iss Lau ra A nnin, d ir e c te d a r e c it a l by h er m usic p u p i l s . I t was g iv e n i n John S c o t t ' s m usic room in the drug sto re. B e sid e s her s i s t e r , R ebecca A nnin, and M iss H a rriso n who helped h er, the P a rtic ip a n ts were t h e s e : Alma B a y sin g e r H a ze l Dent .H elen B a y sin g e r -O liv e S c o t t W alter S c o t t M arian Knapp P a u lin e Annin Erma Webb Bertha Dent H azel Dean

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A t th e S c h o o l o f M in e s, i n Septem ber, the boys were p la n n in g fo r a g le e c lu b . Their M .S .M . O r c h e s tr a gave a dance on th e upper f l o o r c f th e o ld M ech an ical H a ll in O cto b e r. In November, th e s tu d e n t Y .M .C .A . b r o u ^ it i n the "Stan dard Q u a r te t" , a famous male q u a r t e t . A ls o in November, the boys b r o u ^ it in the c e le b r a te d d ir e c to r , V ic t o r , w ith h is R o y a l V e n e tia n Band of 27 p ie c e s . This "was h ig h c la s s in every r e s p e c t " . Not to be outd&ne, th e M e th o d is ts , on November 1 8 th , p resen ted i t s male quartet and c h o ir i n a program which fe a tu r e d "The Heavens Are T e l l i n g " , from Haydn's " C r e a t io n " . The m ale q u a r te t c o n s is te d o f R e v . S h a f f e r , the p a s to r , w ith M.F. F a u lk n e r, Jo h n W. S c o t t , and W illia m J . P ie r c e . There were a lso v o c a l and v id lin s o lo s . In Decem ber, S c o t t ’ s " R o lla Symphony O rc h e stra " o f 20 p ie c e s gave a c o n c e rt, charging 25 c e n ts f o r a d m is s io n . Me an t i n e , R o l l a ' s young la d i e s were heard from . They sta g e d a c o n c e rt which netted them $ 3 8 .7 5 . This was used to h e lp fin a n c e the d r in k in g fo u n ta in a t 6th and Pine s tr e e ts . On a n o th e r o c c a s io n , tw enty young la d ie s arranged a "d e e r p a r t y " . They in v ited tw enty b o y s , b u t h id from them when they e n te r e d . The boys had been in structed to b r in g ca p p i s t o l s - so th a t when a "deer" was d is c o v e r e d , th e boy Involved " s h o t" h e r , and presum ably claim ed her fo r h is p a rtn e r f o r the e v e n in g . A d a in ty lu n c h fo llo w e d . T h is co u ld w e ll have been a " f i s h i n g p a r t y " . R e tu r n in g Now To_The_Second F a c e t of the 1909 m u sic a l program - the p art nresented b y the R o l l a S c h o o l o f M usic - the f a c u l t y i s an ite m of f i r s t o rd e r. The sch oo l was o p erated b y P r o f , and M rs. Frank H enninger, who were the p r in c ip a l s t a f f members. They were a s s is t e d by M iss Frances N elson and M r. P a u l E . Coaske. Late in th e y e a r , th ey were jo in e d by P r o f . R .S . Poppen, a grad u ate of the S t r a s s burg C o n se rv a to ry . The t a b le o f f e e s a d r e r t is e d in September l i s t e d $10.00 as the charge f o r p r iv a t e le s s o n s over a p e rio d of ten w eek s. The schedule was two lesson s p er week o f 45 m inu tes e a c h . I n s t r u c t io n was g iv e n in v o ic e , and on Diano, v i o l i n , m an d o lin , and a l l the b r a s s , wind and reed instrum ents . The S c h o o l’ s f i r s t r e c i t a l had been g iv e n in November, 1908. Now, on February 4 th , th e second r e c i t a l was p r e s e n te d . Becaus e i ; w e 1_1 i l l u s t r a t e s tee general n a tu re o f th e S c h o o l’ s program , we g iv e i n de^ l th e M ss r e c it a l which to o k p la c e on A p r i l 22nd. I t was d ir e c te d b y the H e n n in g e rs, Nelson, and M r. C o a sk e . These were the numbers: 1 . - O v e rtu r e : R o lla Ju n io r O r c h e s tr a . dr>ace Pow ell W eddell 2 . - P iano s o lo : " P o lis h Dance Storw enka) ............................. 3- P la n ° 3 0 l??h e E & o f t t e S a g ^ e M r : : . . Su sie H uckins Newburg 4 . - P la n o d u e t s : " W i l l i e * T e l l " ( R o s s in i) . . . . . . B j r o « . W ynn^oT S t . C l a i r " F a y 's F a v o r it e " ( D ia b e l l i ) •5 .- Piano s o lo s :

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6 . - V o c a l s o l o : "My L i t t l e Love (Pawl ^ i* _____Ruth Beard 7 . - P ian o s o l o s : "Fete Le Champs^ (Bachman) ......................... .. C r ite s -A m u sette" ( D« or So ) * ; ; ; : : : : : : : . : . . Adeie Po * a .i 8 . - P ian o s o lo : "S eren ad e E s p a g n o e ....................... Leona Gar re t son 9 . - P ian o s o l o : " A La V a ls e : ' ’ *’ | | ' fM abel Hawkins, of Newburg 1 0 . - V o c a l s o lo : "P r o p o s a l (B ra ck et ; ....................... Newburg O rch e stra 1 1 . - M u sic : ........................ • • • ; • • • • * • ------ i V ? v l I n r o i s * B e h r i i i l ........................... Ruth Beard 1 2 . - P ia n o d u e t : " P o s t i l l i o n D Amour ( r ...............Fannie M it c h e ll ^ '* .!!* .* .. Ruby R oot, Newburg 1 3 . - P ian o s o l o s : "Sweet Remembrance ( S i ; ............M a ttie McGregor "My Sweet M andolin" ( S id u s ; .............................

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(ChOPta) ................................M a ttie McGregor P ian o s o lo : "Song o f the Sw allow " (Bohmi ! ! ................. HemBurg B ra ss Q uai-tet V o cal s o lo : » L i f e ' s L u lla b y " ............ .......................................................BeSS1® D l? J sT rs<)n P iano s o lo : "Les S y lp h e s " (Bachman) . . .......................... f ,, , ® V i o lin s o lo : " La T r a v i a J ( V . n ! l j ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! L L . . B s f B ^ o L S P ian o s o l o s : "L o h e n g rin Wedding March'' (W agner). .B e s s ie Shanks arri Teacher P h ilo m e l '1 (K unkel) ................................................................................................ ...... 2 1 . - M usic . . . . . . . . . ...... ............... ..................Newburg and R o lla Ju n io r O rc h e stra s 2 2 . - P iano d u e t . "V ie n n e " ( K e t e r e r ) .......... N e l l i e Sm ith, of Newburg and Teacher 23. - Piano s o l o : " S c a r f D ance" (Chaminade) ..................................................^ 1 ^ 1 O taso rg 24 . - V o c a l s o l o : " V i o l e t s " (Roma) ................................................................... Grace p f duf : (Mowskowski) .............................................. A d e le ’ a M Grace Powell. 2 | .26. - P iano s o lo : " V a ls e Chrom atique" (Godard) .................................... Fay F au lk n er 27 . - Piano d u e t: "Le T o u r b illo n " (Gutman) ..................................A dele arri Grace Pow ell A f i n a l n o te on th e R o lla S c h o o l of M usic i s t h a t , in November 1909 the school’ s f a c u l t y was jo in e d b y P r o f . R .S . Poppen, a graduate o f th e S tr a ssb u r g Conservatory. He came t o te a c h v o ic e c u lt u r e , harmony, and the h is t o r y of m u sic . He was a ls o a g ra d u a te o f th e R o y a l Academy c f M u sic, London. He w ould, b e s id e s having c la s s e s in th e S c h o o l of Mq s i c , t r a i n th e S ch o o l cf M ines o r c h e s t r a . And, before ^November ended, he i n v i t e d a l l m u s ic -lo v in g young men and women o f R o lla to meet with him and o r g a n iz e a R o lla C h o ra l S o c i e t y . Charges per member would be 25 cents per week f o r the n e c e s s a r y t r a i n in g and in s t r u c t i o n .

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I t _ i s _ q u ite , e v id e n t t h a t _ e a r l y J t o l l a _ d i d _ n o t _ s u f f e r fro n JL a c k o f jn u s i c a l entertainm ent.. A n _U n u £ u a l_A n d _ E x c e lle n t_ A r t_ E x h ib it was h e ld a t th e home cf D r . and Mrs E.W. W alker, 1 1 th and P in e s t r e e t s , i n Decem ber. M iss E d it h B is s e l l , a s i s t e r o f Mrs. S h a ffe r , w ife o f th e M e th o d ist p a s t o r , was a to p -n o tch tea ch e r o f a r t . This exh ib it was th e work c f her p u p i l s . In a l l , some 62 p ic t u r e s were on e x h ib it p o r tr a its , la n d s c a p e s , f r u i t s and flo w e r s done in s e p ia , cray o n , and water c o lo r . There were a ls o fa n c y p l a t e s , t r a y s , t e a s e t s , vases and p o t s . The h o s te ss e s were Mrs. E.W . W a lk e r, M r s . S h a f f e r , th e M isse s H a ze l Dean and O liv e S c o t t . The p u p ils were the Mesdames E .W .W a lk e r, Bingham , Cham berlain, M cN air, Ohnsorg, and S h a ff e r ; and the M isses L u c ile H a r r is o n , P a u lin e C o rn w a ll, H a ze l Dean, O liv e S c o t t , C la ir e N ile s, and Eva N i l e s . Three o u ts ta n d in g e x h ib it s were th e s e : A p e a r l and gold te a » set by M rs. W a lk e r; a g re e n and gold t e a s e t by M rs. Bingham; and a set of vases and pots by M iss B i s s e l l . A R o l l a P o e te s s Was H i ^ i - l i g h t e d i n March by and a t the E lk in s Chapel Church. She was M is s In e z C . P a rk e r, d a u ^ ite r c f M r. P a rk er, an i n t e l l i g e n t and h ig h ly r e s p e c te d shoe shop o p e r a to r . On th is o c c a s io n , M iss Parker p resented a number o f her o r i g i n a l poems — c f w hich she had a g r e a t many. P a r t ic ip a t i n g with her on the program was th e "Queen C it y C h o ru s". This was a church b e n e f it a f f a i r . Most u n f o r t u n a t e ly , p r a c t i c a l l y a l l cf M iss P a r k e r 's poems were never made p u b lic. However, one e x c e l l e n t example o f her work was a "d in n er b le s s in g " which I * she wrote f o r th e P h e lp s County H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y 's p io n e e r day p ic n ic a t Maramec Spring h eld on J u l y 30, 1939. We copy i t fo r p o s t e r it y ju s t b elo w . F i r s t , we need to record t h a t M iss G r ig g s was a l s o a t a le n t e d m usic te a c h e r , and many young people |> of R o lla , both w h ite and n@gno, r e c e iv e d g r a t i s in s t r u c t io n from h e r . She m arried Harold G r ig g s , f c r many years an em ployee of th e S c o t t Drug S t o r e .

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Lord, we thank Thee f o r t h i s fo o d — G ift o f w a te r, f i e l d and wood — Thou a r t g re a t I L o r d , Thou a re good 1 We, Thy c h ild r e n - a t Thy f e e t Sing Thy lo v e and m ercy sw eet, Sing Thy S o v e r e ig n t y c o m p le te .

Sun and r a i n and s k ie s of b lu e — G i f t s - they b l e s t our f a t h e r s , to o — E v e r a n c ie n t , ever new !

Thine the g lo r y i Thine the p r a is e ! For the g la d n e s s o f our days Wondrous are Thy works and ways .

A l l u n ite i n p r a is e to Thee — F r u it e d v in e and la d e n t r e e , L i f t e d h e a r t ard bended k n ee.

Thank Thee, L o r d , f o r t h i s f a i r la r d For the sow er’ s generou s hand Harvest jo y s b y re a p e r p la n n e d .

n le s s t h i s w o rld , L o rd , fa r and n e a r, B le s s th is t a b l e 's g r a t e f u l c h e e r . B le s s , we p ra y , a l l gaghered h e r e .

A b e a u t i f u l c o n t r ib u t io n o f a h ig h ly i n t e l l i g e n t , d e e p ly r e s p e c te d , much loved negress and p o e te s s I I Would there were more lik e h e r ! In_S_chool o f _ M in e s _ A f f a ir s — the S c h o o l's most h ig h ly d is t in g u is h e d alumnus, Daniel 0. J a c k l i n g , in J u l y gave h is alma mater $1,500 w ith which to grade an a t h l e t i c f ie ld , and on i t b u i l d c o n c r e te b le a c h e r s . On J u l y 1 2 th , th e c u ra to r s a ccep ted the g i f t , and th e f i e l d became known as "The J a c k l i n g F i e l d " . B le a ch e rs were com pleted Dy September 3 0 th , r e a d y f o r t h e se aso n ’ s f o o t b a l l games. The M .S .M . f o o t b a l l record fcr 1909 - th e games and teams p la y e d - and the sco re s - were th e s e : Opponents and Their S c o r e M .S .M . Score Opponents M .S .M . S t . L o u is U n i v e r s it y . . . . 0 . . . . 3 K i r k s v i l l e S t a t e Normal . 0 . . 23 Central C o lle g e ..................... 11 . . . 1 0 K i r k s v i l l e O steop ath s . . . 0 . . 28 U n iv e r s ity of M isso u r i. . . 16 .6 0 Barnes ............... 25 . . 6 Carleton C o lle g e 6 . . 17 D ru ry C o lle g e 0 . . 43 H a sk e ll, of N ebraska . . . . 14 . . 10

The F r is c p _ R a ilr o a d , d u r in g 1909, neared c o n s o lid a tio n w ith a number o f the larger American r a i l r o a d u n i t s , and p lanned a tremendous netw ork in c lu d in g a l i n e from Chicago to S t .L o u i s , th en ce down the w est sid e o f th e M is s is s ip p i r iv e r to New O rlean s, then ce t o B r o w n s v ille , T e xa s, and thence on t o o ld M exico C i t y . A high mileage o f fe e d e r ro a d s was e n v is io n e d , and b u i l t , i n Oklahoma. Benjam in F . Yoakum was F risco p r e s id e n t , and th e la r g a prom oter c f th ese id e a s . I n t h is b ig m erger, the F risc o was t o be jo in e d w ith the Chesapeake and Ohio — the Rode Is la n d — and the M isso u ri, Kansas and T exas ( " K a t y " ) . The l i n e from C h icago to B ro w n sv ille matured - th en the b u b b le b r o k e . The M is s o u r i P a c if ic took over the B ro w n sv ille l i n e . T h e _ P r o s p e c tiv e _ R o lla -C a b o o l R a ilr o a d , p r o je c t , i n i t i a t e d i n 1908 by E lb e r t Young, claim ed in c r e a s in g a t t e n t io n d u rin g 1909, Young and h is a s s o c ia t e s had the lin e in c o rp o r a te d a s th e "Mis s o u r i_ In la n d and Southern_Railway_Com£any^_. General route surveys were made, which dem onstrated th a t the l i n e , ru nning from Holla so u th ea st t o Lecoma and A n u tt, th en ce t o L ic k in g and H ouston, had v e ry s a t i s factory align m en t and g r a d e s . The d e c is iv e f a c t o r was the r a i s in g o f funds from Holla and th e o th e r towns in v o lv e d . W hile C ab oo l, Houston, L ic k in g and Lecoma sub scribed sums v a r y in g from $2 0,000 to $4 0 ,0 0 0 , R o lla h e s it a t e d i n m atching w ith a $50,000 s u b s c r ip t io n . The e s tim a te d t o t a l c o s t o f the road from R o lla to Cabool was $ 2 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0 / The C a rn e g ie T ru st C o ., o f New Y ork , o ffe r e d to fin a n c e the ro a d , Provided R o lla s u b s c r ib e d i t s q u o ta o f $ 50, 000, and th e other towns s t i l l h eld to_ sums they had a lr e a d y s u b s c r ib e d . The year ended w ith the q u e stio n cf fin a n c e s t i l l unresolved. A S h o rt Lead M ining Boom caused some e x c ite m e n t i n the R o lla a r e a , when Prospectors i n I r l i n g t o n and L ib e r t y to w n sh ip s, r e s p e c t iv e ly w est and south of Newburg, claimed they had s tr u c k p a y in g q u a n t it ie s of g a le n a in s h a fts dug in S e c tio n s 4, anc* 33, Township 36 n o r t h , Range 9 w e s t. P r o s p e c ts , fa v o r a b le a t f i r s t , dwindled f i n a l l y proved f u t i l e .

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C o n v o c a tio n s _in 1909 in c lu d e d an encampment o f th e "Yeomen" - otherw ise called a "Brotherhood o f A m e r ic a ". I t was h e ld in Long’ s Grove from August 13 th to 14th . The pro grain c o n s is t e d o f band c o n c e r t s , a d d re sse s, b a l l games, s t r e e t parades, Yeomen d r i l l s , a h orse show, m erry—go—round r i d e s , s p e c ia l c o n c e rts by Bass's Marine Band, and a c o n c e r t b y s e v e r a l bands c o n s i lid a t e d . A nother group o r g a n iz e d the G en. Henry W. Lawton Camp N o. 11 o f the Sp an ish War v e te ra n s. There were 16 c h a r te r members. E .W . Kinnaman was named commander. D is c o v e r y o f_ t h e _ N orth_P^ole_ by A dm iral R obert E . P eary made news a ft e r Peary reached the N o rth Pole on A p r i l 6 th , 1909. B ut h i s d is c o v e r y was flo u t e d by one Dr. F red erick A . Cook, who cla im e d he had a r r iv e d a t the pole e a r l i e r , on A p r i l 21, 1908. The c o n tro v e r s y rag e d f c r q u ite some tim e - was h i g i l y in t e r e s t in g in Rolla*. A group o f w arIs s c i e n t i s t s f i n a l l y p ro claim e d t h a t D r . C o o k 's c la im was a fr a u d , and that A d m iral P e a ry was th e r e a l w in n e r. seven Our D eath T o ll_ R e c o r d For 1909 in c lu d e s d a ta f o r nines persons o f sane note in the R o lla com m unity. T h e se: D r . W illia m A p p le y , one o f th e e a r lie s t , p h y s ic ia n s in R o lla . H is w i f e , th e fo rm er H elen M cM ullen, was one of R o l l a ’ s f i r s t te a c h e rs of music, (d . F e b .4 ,1 9 0 9 ) . . . R ich a rd ( " D ic k y " ) Dupee, form er s la v e , j a n i t o r in Rolla' s banks, h ig h l y r e s p e c te d (May 17) . . . F . S . H uckins, who m arried Emerine J . Cochran. They were p a r e n ts of M rs. T .D . S m ith . He d ied ( J u l y 27) . . . . Mrs Francis Deeppn ( nee Jane A . G a r v e y ), mother c f M isses Agnes, K a th e r in e , and Mae Deegan, and son Frank . . a C a t h o lic ( S e p t . 23) . . . Mrs John A . (E liz a b e th ) Annin, wife of the P r e s b y te r ia n p a s to r ( S e p t .30) . . .H en ry Beddoe, R o lla m i l l e r , member of school board and R o l l a c o u n c il ( D e c . 16) . . . Mrs Ja s p e r Dobson (Ann), w ife of R o lla's h ig h ly r e s p e c te d and lo v e d S c h o o l cf M ines j a n it o r - "belon ged to the good and respectab le c o lo r e d elem en t o f R o lla " - member c f E lk in s Chapel church (D e c .1 2 ). Here ends ou r s t o r y o f the y ea r 1909.

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,7 B u sin e ss and Government . 1910 was -iayor Ch-s T. S tro b ach 's second year o f h is two year term as The h o ld -o v er alderm en, from wards one, two, and th ree r e s p e c tiv e ly , mayor, F a u lk n e r, Fred McCaw and John S tin s o n . v;ere-corresponding aldermen eale3t’ th i; bec on A p ril 5th ■ere B.H, Rucker, L 0u is Heimbe =r, an; J . J . t r i t e : 1,13 0 cl: :rk. - o f f i c e r s were chase Ol'i December he resign ed snd fa n _P• Dornahoe rep la ced him . . . . C i t y R .L . mock resigned cn A p r il 23th and J - T McVey took his p la c e . . . . C l .ty a tto r n e y ws3.G i-i •ii Breuer, treasu rer Hen r y "ood, s tr e e t commissioner John la d ig a n , and n ig h t watchman Dan M cla ste rs . in A p r i l, a vote to exten d the c i t y lim it s c a r r ie d , 229 to 116. The. P a y in g _O f P in e _3 tre e tw a s the b ig item of c i t y b u sin e ss in 1910. The Council had caused c o n tr a c t s p e c if ic a t io n s and p lan s to be drawn, and proceeded with th e n e c e s s a ry a d v e rtis e m e n ts. Because a b u ttin g owners had v ig o r o u s ly voiced o p p o s itio n , the C o u n c il caused the advertisem ents to be p rin ted w ith Very small ty p e and in s e r te d in the most inconspicuous p o s s ib le column o f the news paper. Shade tr e e s a lo n g s id e the Grant H o tel were th rea ten ed . A l l t t h i s re su lte d E| in in ju n c tio n and c o u r t p ro ce e d in g s . ’The S p r in g fie ld Court o f Appeals f i n a l l y •hi supported the C o u n c il’ s a c t io n , so th a t C o n tracto r L ite s was ab le to la y down $ t h e 'f i r s t b r ic k a t 6th and Bine on J u l y 23th. The f i n a l b r ic k was l a i d a t 10th <1 street on August 30, 1910. H o lla now had two paved s t r e e t s , covered w ith ev erN la s tin g v i t r i f i e d b r ic k . A oem eteryJT alk was a n e c e s s i t y . One was planned to extend down R o lla s tr e e t §1 aa* ghence to th e H o lla Cem etery. The C ity decided to b u ild i t , b u t with funds s| p r iv a te ly d o r s te d . i t would c o s t s?oOO. By J u l y , 912 lin e a r xeet o± the t c t a _ o| 2,700 had been com pleted, an<3 v l 59 had been donated. And, duetto ei±ort..-, Oj. r| Dr. ‘ .H . Adams y e t e r a n i a r x g n a n ^ m ^ s s a mhaw;, c o n tra c to r l * 1* P e t r a g lio , "?i for a p r ic e o f § 65, b u i l t the / d rxh lin g fo u n ta in which quenched the t h i r s t o f Hi farm, horses fo r many y e a r s . I t p ro ffe re d ' i t s f i r s t d rin k on S -p u . 191oj Li Holla. G iiy_H eyen u - as in d ic a te d by money re ce iv e d fo r the year 1909-10, o| was th is'- R e ce iv e d from t a x e s , $9,315-53 ..L ic e n s e s , ^4,929 . 94^ . --^ a t e r Charges, 6 ,7 5 2 .8 3 . ..A ;o t a l o f 5 2 3 ,7 4 2 .2 5 . gi($2, 223. 90, and E_ l e c t r i c L ig h->t U£ n 1 r—_ .2261 ---- —------ , TheXCensus o f ^1910 re v e a le d t h a t H o lla ted a p o p u latio n o f ------whelps County had 1 b} 70h . The county fig u r e fo r 1900 was 14,194- R o lla ' 3 was l,o<- Bank Re nor i s . a s of N ove7te7'24, 1910, showed th ese f i g u r e s ' Merchants & Farmers H— o lla-_____________ State. Nafd nns 1 Bank _________ —— R esources . . ..§ 5 1 5 , 061.19 7 . . . . . . .*3 1 6 ,6 4 6 .4 7 .............. §254,376.99 A n D ep o sits 263,541-64 .................... u2 1 ,923.95 ............ ld ^ ,o o 5 .5 3 B * T e a r 's _ B u lld in g .3 In clu d ed recommendations to Congress fo r p ^ O .O O O .n e a post o f f i c e for H o llo . I t nould be b u i l t a t th e ^ n ^ to e a s t ccrn er ^ ^ t n ^ a n d ^ t o e . The F .B . P o w ell Lumber C o . opened for busxnes? a^ Ooh ana ^ ofe ^ s t e r lin g a r t London Smith d is s p lr e d ^ r tne r s h » , a f ^ t o h S te r la n g o p e ra te , a c lo t h in g s t o r e , a r t Lflndon s ta r te d h is lo n g -tr e e h a r d ,-r e s to re - . . . o .g K ollo-.ay 4 d H ig l e J opened o f f i c e s of the “ O .F . h o l i d a y f e a l t y . ••• q, “ ia v, , , A nfj , nf vi-e barJcruot Kennamon s to r e , am opened tnei_ s cnutan B r o s , boudat the suodc ol u p oa.n.a co -n er o f 3th and F in e .

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This year was the b e g in n in g of a period of great prominence for the Pythian Lodge, le d by Jo se p h J . C r it e s and hid w if e . Soon a fte r the P y th ian H a ll was d edicated, the M isso u ri S t a te o ff ic e r s v is it e d the R o lla lo d g e . Im pressive cere monies were programmed. I t was J u l y . The c e le b ra te d "R o lla Male Q u a rte t"{ c a lle d the "P y th ia n * u a r t e t " fo r t h i s one o ccasio n ) reg aled the assem bly w ith e x c e lle n t numbers. The fo u r in the q u a r te t were M .F . Fau lkn er (high tencer), Ben Culbertson (second te n o r ) , John IT. - S c o tt ( f i r s t b a s s ) , and Edwin Long (second b a s s .) 3ome__?helrs_ R e m ity _ A ffa ir s claim ed major in te r e s t o f R o lla c it iz e n s of 1910. The C oun ty's a sse sse d v a lu a tio n , a cco rd in g to fig u r e s fu rn ish e d by asse sso r Johru. <»• Grayson, was as fo llo w s : R eal e s t a t e , #2, 206,0 3 2 . P erso n al p ro p erty, Creasur? $ 1 ,2 6 3 ,2 4 5 .5 3 . Grand t o t a l , $ 3 ,4 7 0 ,2 7 7 .5 3 * r j °hn o . Hive say, form er R o lla "mayaTp—'— died in M arch. M .F . Fau lkn er was appointed in h is p la c e . . . . B u t the q u estio n o f good county roads became an uppermost item of c i t y and county b u s in e s s . The question was d is c u s s e d a t a mass m eeting on December 29t h . At the tim e, the count;, had 18 read d i s t r i c t s . Read improvement~seemed to be l a r g e ly in the hands o f the eighteen road o v e r s e e r s . County surveyor S .Q . Cham berlain contended th a t i t should he planned and su p e rv ise d by a county highway e n g in e e r. Records of road expenditures f o r years 1903—1909— and 1910 were presented, as fo llo w s : 1908 : 1909 : 1910 T o ta l §7 .441. 73. 9 3 ,5 31 .1 4 frl. •93,283.lt.99 :.e one suggested t h a t there should be a Phelps County Road A s s o c ia tio n . ihe id e a was ad o p ted . Jam es A. Spllm an was named temporary p re sid e n t, E .E . P a u ls e ll _ry. A co mmitte e to w r it e a s ta b le c o n s titu tio n co n sisted of d 'ilk in s , R ev. R .L . Knox, F .a . T aylor, s e r la i n , be o r g 5 * Hollo w a y , b orogram would mature In la t e r y e a r s . ma ouege J ohn *—■1* H olm es. The rro gram laude D . Jam ison and Mrs M .F. F au lk n er, ‘c a i n j m i R o ll a j' IP*—-Uk. w ere M rs. f tine 6th D i s t r i c t Federated womens C lu b s, Mrs Jamison 1ih armu a l m e e tin g of the 6th e le c t e d p re s id e n t fo r two y e a r s . And in Hay, Governor Hadley appointed her V2S.S delegate to the 37th N a tio n a l Conference on C h a r itie s and C o r re c tio n s , m eeting in S t . Louis . I t "was an honor most -w orthily bestow ed". . . . u r s . Faulkner was .w^mifced as appointed a _ "A rt Ju d g e" f o r the cu rre n t s ta te f a i r , by the S ta te * a i r ooard a . oadaVte. Sh= Sh was chairm an o f the A rt Department of the R o lla Saturd ay Cluo* of m e r it” an arc As tt n 5ws r e p o r te r s a id , she was held a t R o lla in rece n t yee.rs, rte Phelps_Churitv P a ir , which had not been h 25th , and la t e - but a group headed by George r e s u r r e c te d . At was august was sd committees R. Hollow ay, p r e s id e n t, and Frank A . Germann, se crs^ a ry fe wfflt* „ , , to . Plan fo r a" f a i r around October 2 0 th . i t was held^/many e x n io x ts o f s»odc, m achinery, r-M n P w . flo fl owers. fr u it s , p o u lt r y , farm m w e r s , and k itc h e n products made by xarraers wive: P r iz e s were g iv e n . and a "good, time was had by a l l " .

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Rave was a g a in the in t e r lo c u t o Geo:rge R . Dean group which th ey called the ' -y s te r lo u s 1 d \ ^ n tv ". LH . ■ McGre;l ov * a member, en te rta in e d i t . ine group, w ith some numbers le a v in g b>ut others adds: after 1930. and slumber P a r t ie s ? had tee m. One such occurred d u rin g August, 1910. s is t e r s - lu c ii le ard Nancy H arriso n were the h o s te s s e s , H e group oi eleven a tte n d in g Were th e s e : L u c i l l e H arriso n , Nancy H arriso n , Adele Pow ell Grace r o w e ll, -^dith P o w ell, Mary McCrae, Gertrude S tin s o n , Grace Ary, Jean H a r r is , L illia n G la r k , ard R oberta Rowe. At the S ch o o l cf M ines, the boys had a Y .M .C .A . entertain m en t pro -ram. Their November number was a co n ce rt by the famed I t a l i a n te n c r , B a r t i l o t t e ' and ' a _.@onpany o f other m u sica l a r t i s t s . In fo o t b - 11, the R o lla boys defeated the S t . Aouis U n iv e r s it y team by a score of 49 to 8 . The y e a r 1s en tertain m en t clo se d w ith a lyceum program sponsored by the Ho! La O r c h e s tr a . H e " J u b i l e e S in g e r s " , sent out by the G la z ie r Lyceum bureau, received much ap p lau se from, the au d ie n ce , The program was augmented by the music played _by th e R o lla O rch estra ^ HAosnec.ting, fo r Le atd _ in the Newburg area co n tin u ed . The N ile s mine had a s h a ft dd»n. 125 f e e t , and i t s prom oters, the Newburg M ining and D r i l l i n g C o ., said th a t the ore encountered was r ic h e r than th a t o f the J o p lin a r e a . I t d id not hold o u t, however, and the e n te r p r is e was soon abandoned. Hte_ Osark 5 a tta _lio n , which for many years had met in R o lla , nay changed so as. to meet a t the H a m its s p rin g and la k e , a t Taney M i l l s . The R o lla -H o u ste n R a ilro a d Was s t i l l s tr u g g lin g in b ir t h pain s —d e stin e d to b rin g f o r t h a s t i l l - b o r n p r o je c t . But the promoter, n lb e r t a - Young, shaved much d e te r m in a tio n . He in co rp o rated the In la n d C o n stru ctio n an a R e a lty C o ., which would have n o t o n ly the g rad in g for the ro ad , but a ls o the s e le c tio n of town s ite s where c i t y l o t s , s t r e e t s and b lo c k s would be la id o u t. He EB.ne.gpd to gain the a c t iv e co o p e ra tio n o f th ese men: D r . P .A . h e rrin g , of Houston . . Gherman S h ip p , o f Raym ondvilie , George P . and H .A . Rogers, and ^ ># B . Deason, of L ic k in g . . . J V.W . Cook of Lenox . . H .A . Frank, J.W .K eeto n , and M .L . Capps o f Ahutt . .E .C . Comstock, C a r l Kimmel, and Am. Ramstedt of Lecoma, and B .H .R u c k e r ,R o lla , Promoter Young's o r in c ip a l d i f f i c u l t y — and com plaint — was th a t , .vre re as Houston had su b scrib e d s o P ,000 ..L i c k i n g *5>35,000 . . and Lecctfaa ’&6 0 ,000 ,. .R o lla refused to su b scrib e i t s quota o f $ 50, 000. I f R o lla so p e r s is te d , tnen the..road c.culd s t a r t from S t .Ja m e s . . . rr By June 13 th , .Young had a d e t a ile d lo c a tio n survey p a r ty in the f i e L i . They s ta r te d the cu rves ard s t r a i g h t —aways from the R o lla e r a . .nat i s oi. par tic u la r ’ Lute re st i s tee m k e -u p of the p a r t y - of R o lla b o y s. R ■ * ‘ ~ over a l l th; o th e rs as p a rty d ir e c t o r . A c tu a l grad in g was m progress Love1s Cr eek 2 m ales out of R o lla , goin g thence^toward Lecotna. Tne R o ll issue oi November 24, 1910, c o n ta in s a cut of E r a . Young and a map o f one Proposed ro a d .

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^ J-24Q . ^safch T o ll in clu d ed numbers o f H o lla 's o ld e st c i t i ^ n *5 F.G Owen, who had b u i l t the o ld F a u lk n e r-C ra n d a ll h o t e l, la t e r s ty le d "Im oe-ia] '< and "B altim o re", d ied in Ja n u a ry . . . . D r . W .J.G u ild , both a d e n t is t and a n e a r ly R o lla photographer, a ls o departed in Ja n u a ry . • ••Judge J . 3 . W illia m s, a s cio n o f the large ard. im portant W illiam s fa m ily o f V ir g in ia and R o lla , join ed Owen and G u ild in Ja n u ary . Former R o lla mayor John S . td v e sa y passed in liarch , a t <70 58 # Mrs.' F a t M. M•urray, urray, notiiGF mother O ojf. ^ Mrrs. Donahoe s . Dan Dan. u onahoe — a C a th o lic and lfa p'ooci C h r is tia n woman" - departed in May ...T h e k in g cf England, Edward 7 th, a ls o died in May, arri his son, George 5th took h is p la c e . M rs. C .H .S t o r t s , w ife o f D r .S t o r t s , a S tate r e p re se n ta tiv e in 1377, d ied i n S t .L o u is . ...A n d M rs. Chas. P . T alker (nee C aro lin e D o u th itt), second w ife o f the e d ito r o f the old R o lla E xp re ss, died J u l y 17th. And f i n a H y i :> ir s . . .H ^ th a l.S V C S jjiff;-.iw ife o f C a p t. Abram S t i f f , oassed on” December 23, 1910. . . . A l l the se had p la c e s o f prominence in e a r ly R o lla h is t o r y . l s _ G T ° i2_V h e_E ear 1910. n o tin g th a t in J u l y , Ja c k Johnson became the w o rld 's champion heavy w eight boxer by d e fe a tin g Ja n es J . J e f f r i e s in 15 rounds. . . . I n the November e l e c t i o n , David R . F r a n c is was e le c te d U .S . Senator from M is s o u r i. Thomas J* Rubey, r e p e a te d ly an incum bent, went up as a M issou ri congressman from the R o lla a r e a . C arter M. Buford was e le c te d as S ta te se n a to r, and John 0 . Holmes r r e p r e s e n ta tiv e S . 3 . P a u ls e ll L e id i B . Woodside P r e s id in g judge C ir c u it judge P d4- Kl rmi mrrVic ’T i l l R . E l l i s -ibcl3 fc—s 3d 0 judge C ir c u it c le r k S h e r i f f _______. . . W e st-sid e judge P ro se cu tin g a t t y C o rrie L . Arthur County C le r k . . Surveyor ................. A ssesso r . Coroner .................... C o lle c t o r .................... A .B . Hale Treasurer .................... M .F .F a u lk n e r M a rv ello u s i '. . . . A s 1910 d ep arted , Andrew Carnegie s e t up a fund o f ten m illio n d o lla r s .." T O END. ALL WARS" * . . . I t would be adm inistered by a -roup o f U .S„ aihbassad o r s , cab in et members, c o lle g e p r e s id e n ts , ed u cato rs, and . . lawyers I

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(■4) C itv B u sin e ss and G overn r^ n t. J-n the A p r il 4 th e l e c t io n , Edwin lo n g was e le c te d mayor in place of Chas. T. Strobach. The h o ld -o v e r alderm en, wards one, two, and th re e r e s p e c tiv e ly , were B.H.Rucker, lo u is H eim bergpr, and doe J . C r i t e s . Newly e le c t e d , same wards, were McCaw. s we were th? Caw, .and i*m. Aa . P e z o ld t. The other o f f i c e r•s JOS. i'ADOe IL l( d r ;,, Fred He nnfv r»l GT’V £ . . . F . C . Kerr was tr e a s u r e r , ,H . L iv in g s t o n , r e p la c in g Dan F . Donahoe. ^_-vj — .«* ''o x —* o ---• _ • F o i l ova. 11 mar shal at t orne y, T . J .B i l l s a s s e s s o r , N’o e l Kinney c o ll e c t o r , L .K . Breuer 3 .1 . Chamber l a i n e n g in e e r, and J • H art s tr e e t com m issioner. In h i s in a u g u ra l ad d re ss, Mayer lo n g said he wanted h is a d m in istra tio n to be a "b u sin e ss a d m in is t r a tio n " . As a s t a r t e r , the c it y bought a rock crusher and in s ta lle d i t on R a ilr o a d l o t No. 112, v h ich Long owned. He donated the r o c k , i t s f ir s t use was i i a p p ly in g the crushed r o c k to tire read jo in in g the crushe r site with the o ld f a i r grounds, now Buehler P ark. Once a g a in the power p la n t was a problem. S h o r tly a ft e r Mr. lo n g became mayor, Fred S e e ls re s ig n e d as p la n t su p erin ten d en t. H is two a id s , Herman Schmidt and C-eorge Howard a ls o r e s ig n e d . Then on June 24th , the e cce n tric^ yoke on tire steam snsin e b ro k e , and there were no e le c t r ic l i g h t s a l l n i^ n t . Ja te r could nou be pumped, so customer use was cut o f f , ard such water as remained was l^ x t in the" standpipe for emergency u s e . R epairs were not made u n t i l Sunday, J u l y 2 . . a d °la y cf th re e d a y s . Herman G raber, tro u g h t in to aip erin ten d ghe p la n t, had a le g broken by a r e p a ir p a r t, and died' from the in ju r y . In g e n e r a l, the plane was not equipped to handle i t s le a d , so in November the c ity bou^at a new 137> k.w. g e n e ra to r, ard had i t i n s t a l l e d at a c o st oi '*'1436. c-,nn I n M arch, th e c it y ta x r a t e was lowered from s?1.42 41.23 per vxUU v a lu a tio n . Th is was because the bond is s u e of 49,000 had bean paid of t . ^ sewer and water bonds, th e re s t i l l re n a ire d #o, 534 to pay cc x . (¥.) 0, -wnrntv A f f a i r s : Th<= c o n d itio n o f R0H a ’ s th ree banks as o f December 14,1911, was t h i s : - - - - - - Z a r t a n h ------------^ T a~ State_ ________ . . . e r ^ n r t i i Farmers $256,593.39 $317,329.34 . Resources . . . $521,797.71 , . 293,217.59 213,405.93 131,002.76 De p o s its rTiie r> C i'tv Ts Postm aster. . . . was Mrs E liz a b e th C ornw all. _

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R o lla * s Lawyers seem; not to have bemn a t the Baltim ore u n til 1911. W hether or n o t, a good ly company o f oa.m & C ^ .C .B la n d---------------j was named Hotel on J u l y 27t h , and organ ised such_an a s s o c ia tio n the fo llo w in g were presen t: p resid en t, C h a s. !• Woods s e c r e ta r y . B esides these two, David E . Cowan Stephen N . L o rts Jo sep h J * C r it e s C h as. A . Cohenour Corrie 1 • Arthur John A . Watson Frank C.H,. L iv in g sto n Booker H. Rucker Arthur P» Murphy Eugene J • Campbell Ben F . C u lb ertson John 0 . Holmes '^lawyer bu t he and Ik’s Jam ison had new Claude D . Jsm ison was also a K o l i 1_ ^ » he p ia c t i Sed*,lafl in decided t o le a v e R o l l a . F c r _ a d io rt time * 7 g e o lo g is . They p r e s e n tly Cheyenne, Wyoming, v^here t h e i r .son Claude D ^ ^ ^ e i r l a s t hc.a l e f t Cheyenne.and went to r/enne ana wenu w ITioenix, A rizo n a, winch was The R h e ln s _ C o ._ A £ r ic u ltu x a l and ^ tfa T y X r s , it h .W w .B .Wisho A n np was m s i t s forem o ost prom i _^ ,_ _ j / No m« doubt snurred in 1369. “ vF_ Mr. E st p rom ote ote^. spurred at-ea a is u ----. , . u ±., izen s decided to r e h a b ilit a t e b o h tt ~ lan g u ish ed . The county f a i r s vas chosen, with L o m e o to do by Sfayar L « S > * * £ £ * , , 21 a „ „ sc S o c ie ty and th e F a jr s .^ T J ^ i d e n t . Garn Minium as tr e a s u r e r , ard - E .J.K o c h v•— ic e .p re sid e n. t, i.x p d a board of d ir e c to r s , Freeman as p r e s id e n t, number o f o th ers c o n s titu te d a ooare i .J .,T a l k e r as s e c r e ta r y

But __Jh e new o f f i c e r s planned for a county f a i r to be held in October The «ore - “ th e y bought the o ld f a i r grounds from Dr. S .L . B aysin ger for M2,, ?C0. 5 doctor donated 01090. le a v in g an unpaid balan ce of 31, 500. Then in Hay, the Fair Board decided t h a t , i f f a i r s were to be s u c c e s s fu l, there had to be an e x h ib it ney nlanned and b u i l t one. i t s loor was a concrete s la b . In p la n , the nn -■■reek c r o s s ’1 ..c o n s i s t i n g o f two le n g th y r e c ta n g le s la id at builcii ng was r ig h t an gles bo each o th e r . T h eir in te r s e c tio n measured 21x24 f e e t , attached to <snw** jc 69 • l side o'' th is square were areas 22. r x 22 f t . Bach r e c t a n g l“ T4- "was a Ut the i ri LX1 of October J11-14. In** ~i tWJ, on xn ------ benches ■ ân ■“ f e s t • ^ a s if ii frbs tU used US cL U iic ; Ifca L X -J — cases, were the u s u a l e x h i b i t s 'o f canned f r u i t s , samples of f i e l d crops, flo w e rs, sewed and k n it t e d handiw ork, and so f o r t h . ^ ^ ■m T % R cV k lo n s n r e - a c t iv a t e d the 'Womens1 C h r is tia n Temperance Union v I . C . T . U . , „> ich l i k e the m echanical a s s o c ia t io n , had be coke in a c t iv e , Mrs n . f . Reach, or Newburcr was e le c te d o r s s id e n t . Mrs G eo. R . Dean was v ic e p re sid e n t, ■--rs. G sbcnexi, o'. S t a k e s re carding" s e c r e ta r y , M iss 011a Reach of Newburg, corresponding se c re ta ry :Jr °. arh M iss B ess Mfayrnan, c£ A r lin g to n , tr e a s u r e r ................. *'in<* a g- 0UP C-'.R.Dean, A .B .N o rth e rn , Minnie C la r k , and A .3 . Long continue a in the M ysterious ^ In Ih e Realm o f B u d .n ess, former mayor Chas. T. Sbrobach, la b o rin g under di - u lt v w ith/ the c it v c o u n c il, was o p eratin g a steam laundry alo n g sid e r r is c o Pond ...A n d l i s t e d among the town’ s autom obiles was a S ta n le y Steam er, ovinev. o* GcCr® " R o li'd c S c h b o llG e h s u s a liB t e d 283 boys and ,322 g i r l s v a t o t a l of t£ 5 . j chn R . YeTton""'was"""superintendent• In the h igh S ch o o l, Free Harvey was p r in c ip a l, Miss J e s s ie V ia a s s is t a n t p r in c ip a l, and the on ly other te a c h e r . In toe o M C e n tra l b u ild in g , th e grade teach ers from room 1 (primary) to 8 * U pper ..'a r t t o Sadie Donahoe was p r in c ip a l , îirxam n e i n r , n , mom s The School Board members were harry -câw and Carpenter had th~ rent-inxng r o Campbell(Jr).. Wes Jones and Dr. S..L.Bay singer ffervev Hcach *.Georg5 ^larK and. ____ ,^ 4-v, an The Im Dortant M n t D M P l £ « m f 0 "t t a1911 , , e nbesf t it le d, ' f ?ly ro ?lea np l \Ûcen . r \ H yK ; C i b e n e fit show a t Shawr s O pera. I t was an opere The lib X c l rz , Kinney and Mis s Marj I t was Dianned and s u p e rv ise d by M rs. *■ tw en ty -fiv e g i r l s wh o' p a r t ic ip a t e d _were th e s e : bhel Schuman : P a u lin e Cornwall Maxine m i th •ârj cCrae Eleanors McRae D ix ie H arris L u c ill e H arriso n Eva Endurance Florence Sm ith Nancy Lo\e Ce c i l e Mi H e r H ir d le r M attie McGregor E ssie Sawyer Gertrude Micks11s Grace PoweL 1 B ern ice Nynn Zoe H arris Georgena C la rk Adele Pow ell Emma Smith Nancy H arrison I s a b e l McRae E d ith P o w ell Mary E liz a b e th Cam pbell. S ib y l Pow ell S.-hoo1.

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o l of M u sic, d ir e c te d by r r o x x ^ ^ club m usical programs. . 3 .. B e n tle y appeared xreq u -n txy — ^ ou3d you want some m usical M rs. o UI,e -vas . U K Q w ith a b e a u t if u l soprano v o ic e . Mrt ^ o u l J She -.vas g if t e d in strum en t,,, lob n '«■ S c o t t , I F 8, i t s ' SlOLliL/li u r t f s eous s i ---------c n in JW U . in September. . . The R o l l a S ch o o l_cf_ MuaLQ_ opened i t but stu d io s had• •been e sta b lis h e d nn in — " s-%. 1 __ +- l~ T 1 Tne f a c u lt y % » p a in bran ch of the_ 3ohool y % a2 ^ l h n s t r l o t i o n i M s ' u s e d . Tte 3t .Louis . The ..Donning System" “ ^ “ ^ f o r a s s i s t a n t s . Besides P ^ r o f. ar at R o lla c o n s is te d o f s i x gm duat^ te a c n . , ^ French# The Misse;s C h r is . tia n Mrs Frank H enninger, Agnes Deegan lg ^ and a rts and c r a f t s , - i s s ^ r ± s arc! Bess -M eriw ether r e s p e c t iv e ly ta u # it stu d io had a f a c u lt y of Meriwether was a ls o on th e R o lla s t a i i . , . , three te a c h e r s . , ^ Yankee Robinson c ir c u s , vnicn wao m c _ C ircu s_F u fi was provided by — cn September 4t h .

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^ouni ____ _ Jlu s jjr e s s . the 1911 year was much concerned w ith bridge b u ild in g . The s t e e l span over the L i t t l e P in ey a t Newburg was b u i l t by co n tra c t fo r $ 3^000. ins c o n tr a c tin g firra was the L is so u r i Bridge and Iro n Co. ...a n o t h e r such bridge •was b u i l t over P ig u ry ^.peek, on the road from 3 t.Jam es to Maramec S o r in g . In February, Mr. S .Q . Cham berlain resigned a s county hi^iway en gin eer, because the s a la r y paid was too sm a ll fo r the work demanded. He was doing a l l the f ie l d work on county highw ays, and keeping d e ta ile d cost a c c o u n ts. ...A n d the county assessor found t h a t the co u n ty ’ s assessed v a lu a tio n was as follow s'- H eal e s t a t e , 32, 232, 173*00 ; p e rso n a l p ro p e rty , 3 1 ,2 8 7 ,4 6 0 .3 9 . The t o t a l was 3 3 ,5 1 9 ,9 3 4 .3 9 . Scho_ol_of_ L in es, Bui.ldings_ in clu d ed the a d d itio n c£ the second s to ry o f the old M e ta llu r g y b u ild in g . But the c h ie f p ro ject ,was the b u ild in g of Parker H a ll. Tbs Hiram Lloyd C o n s tru ctio n C o ., o f S t .L o u is , got the jo b on a b id of 357,777.00. George Hellmuth was the a r c h it e c t . C o n stru ctio n was f a r enoush along on October 24th f o r the la y in g of th e corner stone by the Masonic Lodge . There were ap p ro p ria te sp eech es, ard a grand c a l l in M echanical “ a l l in the ev en in g . The M .5 .U . f o o t b a l l team l o s t th e ir aftern oo n game w ith C e n tr a l'C o lle g e by a score of 27 t o 11. The name "Parker H a ll" was in honor o f Luman F . P ark er, former Holla sch o o l te ach er and law yer, but l a t e l y s o l i c i t o r g e n e ra l fa r the r r is c o r a ilr o a d . A s ta tu e o f him was placed in the b u ild in g 's lobby.^ The R o lla —T ick in g ,—G a b o o i_R a ilro a d claim ed m ajor a tte n tio n in no l a during I 9H , I t had been promoted by one L ib e r t Toung, and was v a r ic u s ly raced the "M issouri In la n d ’ and Southern" r a ilr o a d , or the "0zark Short n in e " , an February, Leung premised th a t g rad in g would s t a r t a t H o lla ,"as soon as te rm in al grounds could be s e c u re d ". . . . B u t by A p r il 6th , foung had been accused o f passing, c o u n te rfe it money. In a h e arin g b e fe re U .S . Commissioner L .H . Breuer ox H o lla , one w itn ess e x h ib ite d fo u r te e n f i v e - d o l l a r c o u n te r fe it b i l l s he said he- had c o lle c te d in Texas co u n ty . A second w itn ess t e s t i f i e d lik e w is e . The case was handed over to a grand ju r y , and ioung gave a oond fer 3 2 ,OuO. P u b lic d e s ire fo r the read fts m p b r a r ily surmounted Young s wrong aoxng. S

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new company was in c o rp o ra te d ,w ith c a p i t a l stock of 32,000 000, ana{nej^ a g g o f the ,f-M issouri Arkansas* and G u lf R a ilw a y ". I t would b u ild from Ro^xa .0 m iy e r , :U is s o u r i's south l i n e , a d is ta n c e of 12$ m ile s -on M By . p r i l ^ 0, ^ new company had bournt a l l p ro p e rty and r ig h t-o f-w a y owned by Young °r hxb ' ^ ^ t e d rd Southern co n cern . B u t, d i f f i c_oua-u u l t to lie v■-e7, the new company CO ’r e-i--— • - . aloo^ccncracte _ , R 0 „ i l e s tr e t c h from R o"’lls, to Cabool b u i l t by Young. A c tu a l work nn " l a ' tot have' 0 ^ ^ a i 1 n^h The incorpora.tcsr s ox the -1 3 s c u r i, nrivan^o . j;he, grading s ta r t e d a t R o lla o n _A p ril 1 7t *i l.^ ^ o r p o r a ,^ ^ Lav (banker. and G u lf road were th ese- u ire c x o ro w.: ' p ,7 ? -- - ir-T f j j - ^ n - - . . S t .C la ir ,M o .) ...J .W .C o o k (Lenox! . , zl .*cC .Iia lb 9r t , S & = S = S ^ » ). Carl Ki-tinel and S .C .C o m sto ck (Lecom a). 1 i ._ s w r- " 1 ^ 27, W t a l “ S & T S T — . la . *•» « * « » : . * M A l fh o ^f ffic a s of th e M s s o m i, Arkansas art G u lf matured, how ever. By may 25th , ure o ox f 1 corher c f oih and r in g , . . . . . . ... * _______ -5 •?« h rir.k bank b m u ild il in g at -soutneast corns 1 R o lla - B u t'Y o u n g sou gh t, in sore way, to b u ild" 3up t* te Bank cf Lenox" w ith c a p it a l And J.W .C o o k », opened the ne, w ith d1*n • *j -xi J+V e ut , ana stocL of $1 0 , 0 0 0 .

he plan now was to b u ild to A illo w opr ,,rade 1.7^* C ir c u it Judge - m illio n . Maximum curvatu re .was o aegre J * Case commissioners to appraise Jco d sid e named «j . 3 , Mathews, 1 '•H*‘ -a-'-<1. =>, tra d in g c o n tra c t was le t- to the value o f p ro p e rty the road c r o s s e d . Lie 0r a a a 0 _ Dr . P .A . H e rrin g to n , cf H ouston. . ^ r c a d b u ild in g equipment arrived On August 3 , a ^ August 10th , a great s tr e e t parade in H o lla . I t was a t ir e fo r j u b i la t i o n * | d ir e c t o r 3, and by co n tracto r tor»k p la ce i n R o lla . I t was le d oy the r a i l* oa - -------

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, ,,, tSUPBi* — of blio M isso u ri th ereb y a tta c h in g H o lla 's stro n ge st f in a n c ia l i n s t it u t i o n to * jine , as the road was >one time s c a lls j . November 2, the ro a d 's R o ll; depot had been completed a t thjunction j.vion tn e * ris c o _ r a ilr o a d , near F r is c o pond. ( This depot s t i l l stands as cl • . , - y o --. i t is ^ b e m g used as a r e s id e n c e ) . As o f the sane date the M issouri, Arkansas and C-ulf company had caused $1,600,000 in bonds to be V i n t e d and signed b y G i lb e r t - a y , p r e s id e n t, and W .E .F in k , s e c r e ta r y . The y e a r 's reco rd f o r the road clo se d with the news t h a t promoter E lb e r t E . *oung, who had been accused cf p a ssin g c o u n te r fe it money, and accused a ls o o f having fo rg ed a r ig h t -o f-w a y deed - had been "exonerated)! by the M isso u ri Supreme -c u r t. Co'ij’ b® would soon hand down a much d if fe r e n t v e r d ic t II .3-.2T.1 .1'.e,r-!-h__±2i £ . Death c a r r ie d o f f a good ly number of R o lla pioneers and town b u ild e r s . Frank "isn o n went on Jan u ary 4th . . . The sane d ay, John R . M i lle r , editor o f the " R o lla Sh arpshooter" d ied in S t .L o u is . . . . 0n . E s llls iis E ! Ja n u a ry 24th > former county judge M i l l i a a Lawson passed . . . On February 1s t , i t was John r ” Remasters, form er c i t y m a rsh a l. ...O n February 13th , Mrs R .L . Johnson, beloved v/ife of O r. Joh nson, H o lla 's v eteran p h y s ic ia n , was s tr ic k e n d o w n .... A p r il 12 was the ap p o in ted day fo r Mrs W .R. W ilso n , w ife o f D r. W ilson . . . M rs. J u l i a Fesoldfc was taken on May 8t h ...M r s 0 . Kraus, operator o f the old Ozark H o te l, passed on J u l y 12th a t a g e 81 . . . D .F . G e r r is h , prominent wagon b u ild e r of R o lla during the e a r ly 1870' s , died in McKinney, Texas in September. And f i n a l l y , -onstabls Je s s e Brown shot and k i l l e d Lum R ile y , who was drunk,and search in g fc r Toy; Took, whom he had vowed t o k i l l . R t3.a ste.r_F o i l owed. D eath, when John W. Scan lo n , p re sid e n t o f the Newburg bank, set out to d riv e w ith John L o c h m ills r to the Scanlan farm ten m iles n orth, o on the Gasconade r i v e r , febchm iller got drunk, the team returned w ithout d r iv e r to the Scanlan barn in Newburg. A search in g p a rty cf 150 men went out from R o lla , but found n o th in g mere than S c a n la n 's cap and m u ffle r . I t was now December 23th. •'hen blood hounds f a i l e d to p ick up any s ig n if ic a n t t r a i l , the se a rch was abandoned. To th is day, th e "S ca n la n M ystery1’ has remained unsolved. id News _For Mjs si u r% a rriv e d on Sunday, February 5th , 1911, vhen lig h t n in g struck anc s e t M is s o u r i's state C a p ito l b u ild in g on f i r e . Most of the records came through s a f e l y , bu t the b u ild in g , e re c te d in 1338 a t a c o s t at #250, 000, was a wreck. A s t a t e —wide vote in August approved the issu e at #3, 500,000 in bonds r e c t a new b u ild in g . C o n stru ctio n was delayed for fou r yearsM ’ mfcn Y'.hich the S t a t e e re cte d and used a temporary c a p it o l ouxlu in g during a i c n am

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Lchvin Long con tin ued in o f f i c e as mayor fo r t ie 1912-13 y e a r . Joe Campbell Fred MeCaw, and Am/ P ezo ld t were the hold -o ver alderm en. For wards one, two, and three r e s p e c t iv e ly , D r. S .L . BaysLnger, L o u is Heim.ber g e r , and Joe J . C r ite s re e le c t e d . (B)

f.V Af j As of December 5, bank re p o rts con tained th ese fig u r e s : : N a tio n a l : Ro~n?. S ta te : M erchants-Far mers Resources . . $4 9 9 ,5 50 .0 4 $303,451.76 $230,095.13 D e p o sits . . 297,443.53 192, 560.29 182,524.95

£U3.ines_s_ard_Profe s s io r a l ite m s . Frank F a r r is moved from S t e e l v i l l e to R o lla , and became a p a rtn e r of John Watson in law b u s in e s s . D r. W.H. Adams, v e te r in a r ia n , jo in e d King in o p eratin g a l i v e r y s t a b le . ...W o r th y Roach, ygraduate a u u iw of ux B -xra a udxle=yj P o ly te ch n ic -w S c h.uovo,., l, o f P eo ria, won awards ~ at~ the Sta te Fair __. _ —___ C . _ _ A LU, , »y>/*>t 41n n for samples o_ f*f 1hus e_________ n g ra v in g . . . . DT rh. Q S .F[? . Arthur moved to T? R oTlla from Lecoma . . . Mrs. Claude D . Jam ison was e le c te d to the S n g lia h department of the Los Angeles ••n “J J —

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c is te r n several farm s around R o lla . The, R o lla , C.omme_rcial_Club, having been d isru p ted oy d isagreem ents, .vax, r e h a b ilita t e d on September 20, P .H . McGregcr was named p r e s id e n t, Charx.es —'-xio... vice o r e s id e n t, S.M/ Smith s e c r e ta r y , and. F.W . Webb tr e a s u r e r . 3y October 31, the clu b had 57 members, and a permanent room was fu rn ish ed on the second fucor of the M alcolm b u ild in g , s to re n ext south of the C e n tra l Drug s to r e , southwest corner o f 8th and F irs . n The R o lla C iv ic Club was organ ized in A p r il, w ith -rs George usan^a^ p re sid e n t" Mrs Fred (Jane Coe) Br ant as s e c r e ta r y . His clu b pledged to aid m a l l c it v im provem ents. The C iv ic s Club jo in e d w ith the Saturday ILub ana « 6th D i s t r i c t Federated Womens' Club in a program in October fo r wmcn D r. - J . :a s se tt-A o o to n , of th e R o lla S ch o o l o f M usic, played organ s o lo s , mary wcCrae . . . . . . . ird mr: : S .B . B e n tle y e n te rta in e d with s o lo s . R o l l a * s Church P asto rs jo in e d in o rg a n izin g a m in is t e r ia l union, i.i~ n s tltu to o n . ^ " 1 so they 0 ,1 t e d ' t ’“ e- , , Mens C h r is tia n U n io n ". They adoptea a. to 0X1^ x vw m i t e l they to o k a * u r c h census of R o lla « . » » * . the r e s u-i- it e . -T.» nunoer Church members, 6 l3 . of osrsons v i s i t e d , 1333- P ro fessed C h r is tia n s 302. e.mber-'shio in the tow n's s e v e r a l churches wase yms • 66 4 ej-th u K o to cao M o d ists . . . i ip „P resb . Jy te,rian z.c Ta , . t o /, e p isc o p a l ................ op * * r, r0 .i o B a p t is t s ............ 124 P, - . . . n 7 Church of . ou . . o_ C n r is t ia n s . . . . U - f

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—•3iibd.lvigj.ona were p la t Led and approved by the c i t v Or in A p r il 24, "'o l * "1 * i o ',fnssnd> 02 F u lto n , held an a u ctio n o f l o t s In h is Tow bion. non. re - ~ served seryea a fr ir e e dinner to p ro sp e ctiv e buyers, b u yers, and en e r liven ^ i v e ed n e dthT h - " s a l e ^ 1'j n iiin g the xioxla. cra s s band. The i l l l o t s s o li fo r over $10 000 Mrs Jennie Case ~ J T 1 r s o I' / » r \ . ^ (nee t a lk e r ) bought l o t s 1 and 2 for $250 e a ch . an Ju n e , M rs. B . .. (Jan e) Bishop and daughter s , Mesdaxres Jennie Ra m son and tu xia plagued -Jisn op1s 2*sfch -add.ita.on. This abutted the ____ ___ 1 street and w est sid e of Bishop avenue. This s u b d iv isio n was never occupied byb u ild in g s, g e n e r a lly , and in e f f e c t was v a c a te d . The commodious "m ulti-puroose n b u ild in g " ,e r e c te d f o r t h e Sch o o l of Mines ( U n iv e r s ity cf M issouri a t H o lla ) in 1969, to g e th e r w ith ten n is and f o o t b a l l f i e l d s and b le a c h e r s , now occupy D a r t s of this a d d itio n . |own E n t |.r t a in m e n t J’o r _ l £ l 2 began w ith an a r t e x h ib it arranged by Mrs M. i*. (Nancy Hows;. _She brought in a large c o lle c t io n of p a in tin g s done by M isso u ri' S y lv e s te r S e e . The works were e x h ib ite d in her home. Admission v/as ten At the S ch o o l o f -tin e s, the Y .M .C .A . group b ro u d it in "The H ussars’ in . NNovember . program. And on November 30th , the H o lla High Sch ool 0r c h e s tr a , tra in e d and d ire c te d by John 'AM S c o t t , fu rn ish ed the music for the South C e n tra l M isso u ri Teachers m e e tin g . ...T h i s i s the fa r st m ention we have d iscovered which re fe rre d to an o rch e s tra i n the H o lla High S c h o o l. £ ° r _ t h e _ H o lla _ S -c h o p l"o f J % s ic , , th is was a notable y e a r . This was because ] of the a d d itio n to the S c h o o l s s t a f f / o f U r. John J* B asset t-Wooton and h is -wife in - - bIyMiurvr ; ■ Estella. O r, 4 00ton was a n ativ e of London,England, but had m u sical in s tr u c tio n -- ) in the R oyal C o n serv ato ry °a t L eip sic,G erm a n y . He attended and earned the degree of P h .D . a t H e id e lb e rg , the degree of Music Doctor a t O xford, England, and a ls o in New Y o rk . He performed a s a con cert p la y e r in Europe, Canada, and the United S t a t e s . Be Spent fiv e years talcing advanced work in pian o,, organ, and voi culture a t Nev? York u n i vers i t y , then fo u r years a t New Brunswick U n iv e r s ity , Canada. Mrs. Boot on had a decree of B a ch e, lo r o f Music from Ne ■York. She was h is — w ife 0 t— -second -

A month l a t e r , on March 7 th , D r. Wooton appeared in his^ f i r s t r e c i t a l in which he p layed numbers from Beethoven and L i s z t . The news e d ito r pronounced i t ~ 0 . t-, ~_ *1 _ T.,r-- -."U 0*1 ^4- V-»A o IIP n " v».cir*T T ,j "One of the b e s t e v e r heard in R o l l a " . . . . . O n March 21s t , h is Cnopm x drew the remark a t "He is an a r t i s t o f the marie th miao — h ig-h e st rank ., „ . _ 16, both D r . and M rs. Wooten gave a r e c i t a l , perform ing on w o Oni - a v ^ I t was her f i r st appearance in a R o lla program. n s y o_nye s e le c tio n s anos *ron"^e=«tVirvpn L is z ^ G riee* and R a ff , and "were e n t h u s ia s t i c a lly received ’ . ? I b e r t U e m e n t for t k Sch ool mentioned D r . and U » . » .o t o „ am Agnss See ran a s s t a f f members . . but does n o ._n B n t.o n J l . J— 'm v > started the - S * o o l . « » 7 bad opened s t u d i o s y n S t .L o u .i s , but * • * n ot to ha retained e it h e r managenent or ownership o f shaf o c n o o l. • • • » « h . a d ^ . r » r a ot B ella sch o o l was o n Sfein s t r e e t , somewhere between^tth anu 0 J 1 s „ . -e .

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±be 1912_ C o u n t F a i r - the th ir d held occurred from O ctober 2nd to 5t h . The a tte n eidit-pcvgs D a ily is s u e by the R o lla H era ld . Co. A g r ic u lt u r a l art!. M e ch a n ica l S o c ie t y .

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3 ^ J C o u n t y ^ t g p ^ r eccrd th a t an a d d itio n .vas made t o the Countv Court H o ,- , lo r housing a county b e a il and rooms fnr> t-’na mu, ...... wOUr u noaoe t, u- , - w x. .. ■ ■ ' rooms ior tne ju r y . The a d d itio n was joined to the south > ia if;O f^ th e u vesfei^ all o f the o r ig in a l b u ild in g . I t wa vas two s to r y in h e ig h t, j ^ i x on f i r so fx o o r , ju r y rooms on second flo o r n p la n , i t measured 29 . f e e t . Fred ucoav? c o n tra cte d to b u ild i t fo r $2, 546. . , , f l a sse sse d v a lu a tio n for comity property, as of 1911 but used fo r 1912 ta x . ’ /3r X° r e s t a t e » ^ > 2 9 7 ,838 fo r p e rso n al p ro p erty - a t o t a l of v3»?0A I ' 3 . . . . . . g e n e r a l fund r e c e ip t s for 1911 t o t a lle d $3 0 ,9 1 1 .3 6 . expenditures -,;sre v 2 o ,7 a 0 .4 8 . The b a la n ce l e f t was $ 2 ,1 7 0 .8 3 . A o r i s i s „ I o . S c h o o l_ o f Mines A f f a ir s developed during the f i r s t week in Ju r e , A - ' Ine_ ° c h o o l students had voiced a d esire to have what was, in e f f e c t , a stuaent union b u ild in g . I t would co n ta in not o n ly a flo o r for basket b a l l and other

la burs vote d a $70,000 c o n s tr u c tio n fu n d . ■e students and fr ie n d s had ra ise d some $5,000 in a id of such c o n s tr u c tio n . However, v ic io u s p o l i t i c s in te rv e n e d . Ex-sen ator H.H.Hobe ns c h ild was a clo se friend o f Governor M ajo r, and wanted the job as a r c h it e c t . The u n iv e r s ity cu rato rs net and appointed H o h e n sch ild . D ir e c to r Young, who had p ro tested the change, said he would r a th e r r e s ig n than have H ohenschild thus in te r v e n e . He was .t o ld , "You have already r e s ig n e d " . The Hellm uth firm presented - and c o lle c te d - a 6% fe e on the $70,000 a p p r o p r ia t io n .- H ohenschild proceeded to plan what h is enemies c a lle d a cracker box" - an un du ly p la in , b o x -lik e b u ild in g which lack ed the r e c r e a tio n a l f a c i l i t i e s the stud a it s had w anted. The b u ild in g was under c o n stru c tio n as the year ended. . . . But fo r a new " d ir e c t o r " , the C urators appointed a fa c u lt y member, P r o f. D .3. G a r r e tt, as " a c t in g d ir e c t o r . He served from.*JUh§30, 1913,- to December 23,1914. • and from A p r il 3 to June 2, 1915» The_0_3ark._ohort_Line_ R a ilro a d was the b ig p r o je c t th at claim ed the a tte n tio n of H o lla ’ s b u sin e ss mm o f 1912. The annual m eeting o f the sto ckh old ers of the Missouri, Arkansas! and G u lf road ( i . e . , the Ouark Short L in e) met in R o lla in -April, and e le c t e d th ese o f f i c e r s ' P r e s id e n t, G i lb e r t L ay , banker cf S t . C l a i r , Mo.............. v ic e p re sid e n t, E.C.Com stock of De com a.. . v ic e p re sid e n t and tr e a s u r e r , F . J . Webb, ca s h ie r of n atio n al^ Bank of Holla, and s e c r e t a r y , o f S p r i n g f ie ld , as s e c r e ta r y , lhese and the ± o llo ..In ^ ma^e up the board of d i r e c t o r s ' _ . „ D r. 3 .IT. W alker . . J - E . W alker . . K a r l Kimmel . . J * 'J . 000k , banker, a. oaxem . . T.C. H alb ert . . M .A . Sm ith . . J . A . Frank . . and Joshua Tappmeyer.^ Hie r*oad’ s fu tu re seemed r o s y indeed, when two carlo ad s ox r a i l s arrive-__ ~ -> ? t j ... _ —4>^ V. *v. —V-.C5 c o.tq ■mmlr Jo lla on J une ] 2t h . Track la y in g o f the 70 pound r a i ld was t o begin the same wee*, vere s__________ t i l l a ____ b ig_ problem ________ ___________. A French f in a n c ia l syndicate was in v ite d Sut i» iin a n c e s were „ • i. • __n , tlooked ove f.hA v in gs they she -rnad. road, and. and, sa sayin they neve to in v e s t - came fo r an exam in atio "gre a t l y ole a s e d ", d e p a rte d . had been a ssig n e d . H o lla had n o t, as yet subscrib ed the $ 50,000 quotaIn which th is emergency, a group further con co n sistin g o S.G Co in d iv id u a i°n c te s fo r v a rio u s sums from $500 to p They i'placed th e se n o tes in th e hands of tne w ily prom oter, n lb -r o » s r e la t iv e to th e ir n o te s , d .p o s ite d the sums An turn, ;stro y ed thnear e ir agreement *o-T nnn n -ifh rrf rr^ - i t i n * ion j-n J .J .d o p e ' s bank a t Salem , h im self s ig n in g a note for *2o,0 o0 w itncut the men vho te d g iv e nn him t h e ir p e rso n a l n o se s. ,, o b t-iin -- an ____ 4is..-a note s ig n e r s th at oney o b ta in -- ~n ee d d _- and and angere angere dd -- the t m s so s u rp ris 000. ard a ccu sin g him o f gross fr a u u . I t was Preventing Young from u sin g the $2 8 ,0 0 0, s r e la te d in the record fo r 191.4. the end o f hie "Ozark Sh ort Line " , as w ill

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- \ ln Ju n !» ^ c r a t s , In B a l t i m o ^ n o ^ S d l o ^ of - l a « by „ vote ofin the 4oth b a l l o t , of 990 fo r W ilson , 34 fo r Clark'.' " L f e p io U c a n s c o n a e n a t ™ f a c t i o n , a t C h icago , on 22, r e -n M i„ a te d K r e s iS n t l i f t eneranpon .n jooore Jg o s e v B lt ard h is "progaa s s iv e ” e, c tio r , b o lte d the R e p u b lic ^ ......... ' party, and/ran on a p r o g r e s s iv e p la t fo r n _ to ha kno.rn as tto “B u ll hoose» p fr t v fb°ânan n s own -Uxx ô0se adherents in the persons o f drank B . x0o v ;e ll. . £ o rl ..rfo lio -A a y he nt worth . .Wxfcliam Hogget t . . B . E . C . Slaws on .J i m . J . . ;Caw T. . . 'êorge -e n t e r . . d . t . a l t e r s . . and D r. S .B . Rowe. The e le c tio n n o txce .i°r Phelps .otnnty la s t e d s i x p a rty ca n d id a te s: D em ocrat! -, R epu blican , P r o g r e s s I d u l l - c o s e ; , P r o h ib it io n , S o c i a l i s t , and S o c ia lis t - L a b o r . In November Woodrow v;as erected by a l a n d s l id e . R o o sev elt and h is "P ro g ressiv e " p a rty received more votes tnan a id T a ft , the R ep u b lican c a n d id a te . .. t . ) - c- - L ^ d } 3—^ v sn ty , Thomas L . Rubey was again returned t o Congress from 16th d is t r ic t . '* iln a m o . b a it s was e le c te d county r e p re se n ta tiv e in M issouri L e g is la t u r e , judges Oj. the couiiuy c o u r t, e a s t sid e and ’west, were R .D .B arb er and ■•"alter B.Duncan. -jijO.nS^ urn s h e r i f i v/ere C o m e Arthur and A .B . Joh nson. A ssessor and treasu rer were -J -nn ••• Grayson and M .F . F a u lk n e r. And the surveyor and coroner were S .Q . Chamberlain and J ^ ic k 0l a y . I he Srim__R§aner c a r r ie d o f f some of H o lla ’ s forem ost town b u ild e r s in 1912. Among them, th e s e : Jo sep h Cam pbell (June l ) ..R o b e r t A . Love (March 23) . . Mrs Robert j-ove v June 6th ) . . Thomas Dodê Sm ith ( A p r il 4th) ...G r a n v i l l e A lle n (Aus;.29) ••• Col. James L . BUs k e t t ( J a n . 28) ...J a m e s E . D un ivin (May 18) .. . R e v . J . J .w a t t s ( S e p t. 14 . . . iirs Sarah (Septim us L .) W illia m s , mother o f H i l l a r y W illia m s , student in M .3 .M ., class of 1374) ( J^ n . l ) ...M r s Mary (F la h e rty ) S u lliv a n (June 10) . . and' Mrs Dora P&ulkner (nee Dora Goodann) (Nov. 2 7 ). G reat D i^ a st^ rs o f _ 12l 2 in clu d ed the sin k in g o f the g r e a t ocean-going li n e r , T itan ic, on Monday, A p r i l 1 5 th , a fte r s t r ik in g a huge ic e b u r g , on her f i r s t voyage from Ljjndin to New Y o rk . T h irteen hundred and tw elve passengers p erish ed . E i^ h t hundred and s i x t y e ig h t were re s cu e d . Whi l e sp eakin g at Milwaukee, W isco n sin , Theodore R oo sevelt was shot and c r i t i c a l l y wounded, by John Schrank, a B a v a ria n . R oo sev elt fin is h e d h is sp* ech before rece iv in g m edical a t t e n t io n in a C hicago h o s p it a l. And i n P h elp s County1,/ a^ rsfia rd of S i , 000 was o ffe re d fo r recovery o f the body of John W. S ca n lo n , dead or a l i v e . His 1m y sterio u s disappearance in December was - and i s - s t i l l un aplvedy

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■ ~v --usiness & Government. •Just p r io r to the 1913 c it y e le c t io n , Edwin Long vwas ending h is ■wo-year was up xoi 's—ele o ui on. terra as m ayor, re-execc *'«-l• -1 l_Las same date the terms exp ired fc r th e se : Ward One _______ 4a r i two _________VJard three Jo e Campbell . Fred LicCaw . . . . Yim P e tz o ld t . . .. terms up. Hold-Overs Dr Bay singer L.Heim berger J .C r i t e s . In fo r 1913-14 New E le c t s Jo e Cam pbell . Fred McCaw .................Vfci P ezo ld t C rite s re s ig n e d or l e f t , and J .A .A l l i s o n was e le c te d in h is place and ■;as with the incoming c o u n c il which met on May 2 1 s t. The c o u n c il fo r 1913-14 was, then, Mayer Edwin Long . . .H aysin ger and Campbell fo r Ward 1 . .Heimberger and McCaw for Lard 2 . . P e tz o ld t and A llis o n fo r Ward 3. The o th er o f f i c e r s as o f Feb . 5, 1915 - in o f f i c e alon g with the fo rego in g •ere th e s e : C i t y c le r k , F .C .H . L iv in g s to n Engine e r , C . Q.Chamber la in M a rsh al, T .R . F c llo w y ll S tr e e t commissioner, J .P .H a r t A s se s s o r, Ben Roach A tto rney, John 0 . Holmes C o lle c t o r , N .A .K in n e y N ig it watchman, A.D.Owen T re a s u re r, F .C . Kerr o -o V E R Y

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The 1913 Volume o f the ROLLA HERALD, from which we would have drawn the d e t a i l item s fo r t h i s 1913 y e a r, \vas LOST - so th at we are unable to record such item s h e re . Two short item s w i l l , however, cover the most Important happenings o f the y e a r . These: l .~ At th e S ch o o l o f M in es, the co n tro v ersy between the c it iz e n s o f R o lla and the S c h o o l's f a c u l t y and alum ni - and the C u rators and U n iv e r s ity p re sid e n t, a t Colum bia, con tin ued - and would be brought to a d e c is iv e head in 191$ - as we s h a l l l a t e r d e s c r ib e . Any fu r th e r item s concerning th e School can be found In the Mann "H isto r y o f M isso u ri Sch oo l o f Mines and M e ta llu r g y " , p u b lish ed In 1941. 2 . - The "Ozark Sh o rt L in e " r a ilr o a d , designed to connect R o lla and oale.m, and promoted by E lb e r t E . Young, continued i t s grad in g o f r i 0ht o_ way the W o f s ig n a tu re s to _n o tes_a n d _d ee d a. The "LAV/" f i n a l l y caught up S i u T h i S - - a J M i l l i e r e la te d on page 13 h e re o f, in the s to r y fo r year 1914. o - o - o

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- 14 HOLLA . . . 1 9 H •••• ^ The Year 1914 U) Ci^_i3-y..si.ness. & GoverrinpiLt. n. • , T h is ™ iIayor id v ,in Lons ’ s second year o f h is second tw o-year te rn me h o ld -o v er aldermen ?;pre fern nna , a., “ oei n . i?v.e4 McCavi" on d n ^ 1 ’ fcl'°* ana nree r e s p e c tiv e ly , Jo s Camobel te§ ' - - - ' J ~ 7 ^ . ° ° n? vihose terms ted exp ired were r e - e le c t 'd tc' Aedmb€rger» anci d A l i i son . The genu c o u n c il ; net i n r A Wllis o* nu irom * E aysin o n «t o*t a» l i v o tes in c i t y V V ? "I 2 ** nkl e t^z o lZd t & wardger 3 . f rThe eie ctio n s tne 3a ss uhree y ea rs were th e s e : 1912 ..5 0 9 ; 1913 . . 403; and 1914 . . 267. dns oth er o f x ic e r s were th e s e : O ity c le r k . . E ngin eer . . M a rsh al, T .H ., F o llo ’/ iill S tre e t commissioner, J .P .H a r t A s s e s s o r ,.S e n Roach A tto rn ey , John 0 . Holmes C o lle c t o r . . Ni gh t Watchnan . . . . Tre a sur e r , F . C . Ker r O j-iver te a p in , v to had been power p la n t superin ten d en t, resign ed in October, and was _ nre p la c e d ■by Arthur M. S m ith . The . com plaint was th at the c -ii t y** w -- .-----~ i ^ . ell 1 > 1 1^ ■ .1 . . j-'j-en^y Oi. ■'water, out th a t tne pump was not g e ttin g i t a l l , and because Su.-a * -v -------> — « 5^-uui.ug j -o c m, ctiiu ucuctuae Si-** ■ .n "-V ».. -L -3 I I I ♦ 1^ /-• . ar1 c 4t” »u a IlTl yTr pumped was w^ asted . nTo nremedy the c o n d• itio n , tire C o u n c. . il, in much water September, c a lle d a s p e c ia l e l e c t io n to approve or r e je c t a bond is su e of #12, 000 with v h ich to i n s t a l l a new a i r com pressor. This would supply the a ir fo r an " a i r - l i f t ” pump, the in v e n tio n of Prof,* E .G .H a r r is o f the Sch oo l o f L in e s . The items to be in s t a l l e d c o n s is te d o f th e / a lr ‘dompre sso r, a - 4,000 standpipe, house meters c o s tin g 0 2 ,4 00 , b u ild in g r e p a ir s $2, 500, and machine r e p a ir s #500. The to ta l c o s t, § 1 2 ,0 0 0 . . . . The bonds c a r r ie d b y a vote of 153 to 40. A c i t y f i n a n c i a l rep o rt re le a se d March 12th showed r e c e ip ts in gen eral fund of #21, 626. 02, and expen diture s of §22, 426.64 . . a d e f i c i t of §300.64* This was paid o ff v-dthin w eeks. nn-if.Tr Af-f V?»■ tee BarfK^Reporjts a t b e g in n in g o f 1914 were the^e: Merchants & Farmers R o lla R a ti .onai $ 312, 992.22 iLe source s . . . #514,753.99 §351,137.54 236, 774.24 deposits . . . . 291,60 2 .3 7 249,710.27 4'ebb, C.M.Knapp, and J.H .S m ith . r e s p e c tiv e c a s h ie rs were Fervi ■

C _ityj _A _- u to R e g is t r a t io n was req u ired by a le n g th y c it y ordinan i passed The f i r s t e ig h t t o 'r e g is t e r were th e s e : The y e a r ly fe e was #2.50 1 YJ. J.] '^ itc h e ll t e r l e s L> Moods / 0 . ‘ Edwin Long 2 .- rank J . F u lle r t o n H. F arris 7 . Frank 3 .- F .J.O e b b D r. E Sit .Walker 8 . 4»— O r . A.Adams L i-very Go. For Fords, J.A .o p iim a n . ^or wlaxwells, S a l e =rren f o r a u t o s w e r e t he — *

fine s t a l l i o n , "Dugan Gam brel1', to C h icago , for s a l e . The horse pacer in the R o lla a re a - but not an auto I The R o lla Rost O f f ic e was under c o n s tr u c tio n . I t would be ready m°r occupancy >v November. P o s t a l r e c e ip t s f a - tee year ending March 31,1914, v;ere •d eye o'/ "Jo>/ 1j . 40. arranged te a l C lub, il s o c a lle d the "B usin ess Mens' R o lla Com v,ith the la d ie s o f tBe Satu rd ay C lu b, and o f the — s e v e r a l churches,- j.or a program 4.,-' Thsse became q u ite p o p u lar. At one o f fee d x a n jr ., -» of_noonday d in n e r s , P r o f. H arris d iscu sse d R o lla 1 s s a n ita tio n p. 00—. >=. episcopal chu rch, in February, ihe ahd the C iv ic Club la d ie s ch allen g ed tee business.m en to a s p e llin g c o n te s t. 12811 accen ted .

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The even t was held, in Parker H all -c..rch 12th . ' 1V5 hundred p ople came to enjoy i t . c o n te s ta n ts in clu d ed tw entv- six women md twen by—nine men . Tbs crroups vie re the :Geo. r*. • u 0flji K arris xJ

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•‘^ lis a b e t h Cornw all :7/.C.Vfestlake vj.H . Adams A n astasia Sm iti B .£■. C »Sla% .vs-on Minnie C la rk -uiomas u_a le a . 5 .n o rth e rn F *Ar. hebb Jane Coe Brant r. L .J .C o u ls o n •%. C la y to n l hisses L o la Shaw ard Je s s ie V ia .

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E . D .W illia m s J o s . or. Campbell Edwin Lons : J «■A . A llis o n :P r o f. Ge o . Dean JF .K . Rucker J . 0 . Holmes Judge P a u ls e ll J •h . Lavender D r . S . F . A rthur h .D . Jones v/. T. Denison iiia, a . F ierce 0 . iV. Chapin P r o f. E .G .H a r r is John 7/. S c o t t F . H. F a r r is a .A .D ean F. A.Germann A .B . Holme s M .F. Faulkner Judge G. A .S k y le s . The ‘'s p e l l e r s ” were grouped in to two teams. M rs. G .x.D ean was c a p ta in o.f the women in Team No. 1 . P .H . McGregor captained the men. For the second team. W •uemson was c a p ta in fo r the men, M iss L o la Sha;v fo r the women. P r o f. John B . S c o tt pronounced the words fo r Team No. 1 . . . P r o f . J AT. Bar le y fo r the second team. D r. A .L . “ cRae, Mrs Je n n ie H a rriso n , and Mrs Robert McCaw vjere the um pires. The b a t t le was on, fo r Team No. 1 . In no tim e, a l l o f the men were down except Prank P a r r i s . S ig h t women s t i l l s u rv iv e d . F a r r is then missed on the word "cerulean” . Mrs John B a r n itz s p e lle d i t c o r r e c t ly , and the wcmen of Team No. 1 had won. ...'T lie eight t women s t i l l up were Mesdames John B a r n itz , G .P .D ean , Grandma S a lly , Anastasia Sm ith, E .J .U e l t z e n , L iz z ie C ornw all, Jane Coe B ran t, and Cm. C la y to n . in the second t i l t , W .T.D enison won f i r s t p la c e , Mrs S a l l y second. The winners re ce iv e d ap p ro p riate m edals. The n e t proceeds were $10. ...T n e event had proved to be q u ite an e f f e c t i v e "m ix e r". Among Pro f e s s io n a l Men. D r . C .C . Cooper r e t ir e d , and D r. Geo. J . Korrom took h is p la c e . D r . A .B .N o rth e rn was the tow n's o p to m e trist. £n_Busine.3s_ and M adustry, th ese firm s and merchants m aintained r e g u la r ads s : Ary & Castlem an, meat market . . S c h lu te r ,. bakery . . E l i t e C afe, in R olla news papers! C. T-renkle -.r f i e Id , p a in te r . . Dent B r o s ., "Racket" store . . H .S m a ll, f iv e and .n . ten cent sto re . . W .J .M i t c h e l l , garage . . 1- Baumgardner, photo stu d io . . Fred Sm ith, "Airdrome" th e a tr e . . J a s . A . J . Tucker, p a in te r . . Mrs Id a Shaver, m illin e r y . . . ^irk and Lavender g r o c e r ie s . . Harry McCaw, fu r n itu r e and undertaking . . o la r k - . ("pit t s " ) B la n d , in su ran ce and Maxwell autos . . W .T.D enison, r e a lt o r ..a n d J.A .S p ilm a n , Schuman B ro s, had a department store and featurec Part, S c h a ffn e r & Marx lo t h i n g . B .H . Rucker took over Cowan’ s a b s tr a c t bu sin ess.^ o rr many many ye-— years R o l l a ’ s forem ost m illin e r s , sold oi.eir o u sin -ss The & ratzm u ller s i s t e r s , ff o to Miss Rose T re n k e l. But Chas T. S tro b ach , former mayor, encountered d i s a s ^ r when the C ity Conner 1 nut the crim o on h is water supply fo r h is steam laundry near the

council passed an ordinance p e rm ittin g School and send i t t o o u t-o f-to w n la u n d r ie s . Mr. Strob ach gave up. He a d v e rtised " a l l of fry laundry m achinery - T w a ll s e l l cheap . . R f „ u _ 4.0-iq «i7e s te rn ’ „ ■& a d d it io n a l l i s t c f b u s in a s s e s i s as f o l i a , g R o m ' Gf ° G ^ t S F . Brawn*1 i o l la ” , “ G r a n t" , and “B a ltim o re , Here managed, r e s p e c g v s l j , by G eo. n ,, ■ h. M iiier and Mrs S t u d le y . Pat Bunch had a barber snop, - J *Kocn a cigar snop. S iliia r d s c o S d be played t " C h a r lie ’ s shoo. A . Koch had a b a k e r y .^ Jo h n F a lls h.d a general s to r e Wm. P e s o ld t a meat shop, and L .u . sm ith a har....v„re Su cre. ° u it s

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made_ or Conditioned a t C o lle y 's t a i l o r 3hoP* C laren ce Love was undertaker, and m iia a L e rla ch had a g ro ce ry and n o tio n s s t o r e . M .F .F a u lk n e r sold dru gs. John 7/. ’ Scott added pianos and m u sic a l instrum ents to d ru gs. And S t e r l in g Sm ith d isu en ssd ’ drv reeds and d resses fo r c h ild r e n and l a d i e s . ± n _Sch o cl C irc le jL , the g rad u atin g c la s s o f R o lla High Sch ool included th ese: :Bertha_D.eht : E d ith Gr eenw eight : Martha P illm an :Annie Sn slson had® Freeman^ Fern Hunt O liv e S c o tt Florence Wyant Blanche D un ivin E le a n o r McRae Floren ce Smith Commencement e x e r c is e s were held in Parker H a l l . H o lla 's school superintendent was Prof. Cohn R* f e l t o n . The c la s s had a banquet in the basement o f the M ethodist church in the e v e n in g . A iiedi ^ .u ilA n g was in the p lann in g s ta g e . There had been much argument over a p ro s p e ctiv e s i t e . That was now s e t t le d . The b u ild in g would be on a lot on the e a s t sid e o f Cedar s t r e e t , between 3th and 9th s t r e e t s . There remained the necessary item of f in a n c e . A s p e c ia l e le c t io n on a 027,000 bond issu e was held on July 30th . At cessed by a vote of 259 to 115 . . over the n ecessary tw o -th ird s m a jo r ity . The 191A_Lhautauo.ua S e s s io n was conducted by the Redpath-Vawter company. It began onAugust 13th and ended on the 17t h . 'The program in clud ed ten f i r s t c la s s entertainments. Admissions were * 1 .5 y and 02.00 for the s e r ie s , 25 to 50 cents fo r single adm issions. B o n d ayM sy;rth e s l l t h , R o lla churches jo in e d in a union s e rv ic e ent p ro v id e d . M ethodist p a s to r , A .M .D ixon, a new a r r i v a l in town, in fee big c ir c u s occuoiea th o u l o i t . A condensed program for the weak was t h i s : Each m orning, 9=00, P la y F e s t iv a l fo r c h ild r e n . Music and c o n c e r ts : By the Chautauqua o ix . . . t h e Beacn m io ...c u e Orphean R egnier s . .F e r r a n te ’ s Hungarian O r c h e s tr a . . .R o ll i n —• cease -Ale Quartet . , am Oorothy Ho\ to n , in s o lo s and duets . Speeche s , a d d re sse s, le c t u r e s : 3 j Hon B .F . McDonald, on "Moonshine" . . . "Tne "ori; Ae Live n" b y O r . E .T .’Hagerman . ."The Panama C a n a l", w ith colored s lid e s , by Dr . ’ 'n . Rader , "The C u ltu re of Tour P e r s o n a lity " by George Gibbons Yarrow . . . M iss H azel Kepford, and an adjpqss §n " P o l i t i c a l !1.1 I'Tf 1 a itv ib a L , —J- J - were S h a lle n b e r g e r . ^ ratri'tism " by Hen. Ashton utauqua, Josephus D a n ie ls , S e c r e ta r y of the u .3 . navy, Apart J:rom the Gha . A s tr e e t parade, headed by tne band, preceded tnspoke, in R o lla on O ctober 29th held in Parker H a l l . Both the H a ll and the s tr e e ts were crowded. lecture, which was ' .. h e ld a g a in , September l6 th to 1 9 th . There were Tte co u n ty n r tne usual e x h ib its horse r a c in g , and v a rio u s sounds. The R o lla Herald published a were L illy for the e v e n t. N a tio n a l b a s e b a ll was then o f g en era l i n t e r e s t . m_ere r^r, ft three n ational le a g u e s . . The "F e d e ra l" ..t h e "N a tio n a l" ..a n d the m isrio — “ - “ n a tio n a l Aeagues _sJ f e r e Going. S tr o n g . The 6th D i s t r i c t Federated moTisJlL Clubs, and. Aodj; H-i mrs G eo. R . Dean in February. Am '-'lues h eld a b ig m eeting at the home at vas e le c te d p r e s id e n t. The Saturd ay Club on Hew ^

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^ ^ 0£ m ^ ( A s t o p ) ™ P o o l e . P r o v e n t in clud ed " jo s . Poole E .G .H a r r io , J.W .B a r le y , S .L . B d ysin g er, S .B .B e n g e y , , ,, . ■_ ’ ... _ „ nf manv - raisers were re^-.d which, inc otners^At; th is p a r t ic u la r m eeting - a s r E id - •j * .• t n ir -in ® . Mrs C ontrasted'children s’ s t 0r i e s w ritten^by_ C n arle3 D ickens ar « 0 tley e n te rta in e d w ith her b e a u tifu l^ s in g in g e le c te d Grand C h a n ce llo r fo r the An the P y th ia n Lodgs, J* , C r ite s 'cr' * nrlRoe -j-yi-ns about the S t a t e . He was a t the ■f, v ra q JX u Ii v Missouri Anights cf P y th ia s , and vfas busy Vwiuh _____ th is lo d g e ’ s s ta te o f i i c e r s . V ■inning cf a d is tin g u is h e d care er a Ths Tapin' s Gene co n cert at^ th e Sch ool o. Ringing P a rty fo 1r- a, a cs ymphony ~ ~ u p qri « r H a ll for con cert in May. The news daughter L u c y a p p e a re d in - a r t e r a Fred Sm ith’ s "Airdrome" -h ic h c liffe and music comment was. 'one t e . a superb c o n tr a lt o Inon-incr11 in hich ii tt p rese n ted ~ ‘ n u . - i M 1 *7A ont-.<=Y»f,qi n-d a nevj "Grand Opening" in w which pre M y b t t e E a ste rn 3 ta r _0 ta p te r W 6 e n terta in ed another o f H o lla 's * " f i r s t s " . . . . And in i»ir 3, SAT. ( E s t e lle ) VIadder nnche on and anci xj * M * d i s t r i c t c e e t ln g , Hath aa T luncheon O n * program of R o lla was D i s t r i c t D eputy o-Jr and ’worthy Matron is e s in Parker H a ll on .^ y ^3* * ih e _R o L la S ch o o l fflC jfcp ic held g r a d a t i o n e x e r c is e ^ cago, was present, and -• Hpajap head o f the WbS.terrr C onservato ry o~ i-ub- »

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cade the CQnni3ncenEj.it a d d re ss , He said that the R o lla sch o o l was a "grs d u ating brand of the Chicago i n s t i t u t i o n , which fe d cany branches elsew here throughout the coun try, He cointea oua nine persons who te d graduated from the Conservator'',y, while i t was s t i l-L l in S- -o --ua, la , 1884-85. They w Mesdaraes r B eere: re. i:e s a a !v s *A..L u . McRae mcttae3 i^nse Minni.: Woods;, A .J.B (nee Minnie Woods), .J .Bse t t s . J _________ T > ________'■ T _ , A C.M.Knapp 0 liv e S a p p e n fis Id ) , M .F .F au lk n er ( nee Nancy -Knapp ( nee O Rowe), Joseph Poole e J u l i a B ish o p ), C .L . Woods ( nee Eddie R ogers), H -B .P erry , E liz a b e th Cornw all, II.A . Kinney ( nee N e ll Move.). and The 1914 g rad u ates were th e s e : C e c ile M i lle r , C h a rlo tte F a r r is , Ruth Beard, Albert am — - C . G axe. D r. B a s s e tt-Jo o to n con ferred the honors and c e r t i f l c a t e s . ho r Mir>r*ent sch school f.is emen no mention n»nH on ins<? made i m H« o off* +V 10 Henninger^, Hon «■?n a '•'ho seem In the current o o l as H dtvoe r rtise m e nts ts, no the to have d is s o c ia te d them selves from th S c h o o l. The f a c u lt y co n siste d o f D B a s s e tt^ on, who ta Wooten who taught taughi piano Tibet t a u sh fe t p ia n o , v o ic e , and music th eo ry ..M rs Wootnn and Miss Agnes Deegan, who ta u g h t v i o l i n . Some_Oad_I terns were th ese: R a i n f a l l in R o lla for the 1914 months, January to WQq f.nnq mi.gust, was t hus I June . . 1.2 0 J an uary, 0.35 inch J u l y . . 1.3 3 February 0 .5 0 March . . August . . 5.30 2.17 3.00 For the 8 months I 4.65 in che: Apri 1 . . May . . . . 0 .8 0 Sons market p r ic e s were t f e s e : ( in S t .L o u is ) : C a ttle . . $7 .2 5 to $8.75 pen ICO l b s . Hogs _____ 8 .3 5 to 3.50 Lambs . . . 8.3 5 t o 8 ,6 5 i*heat . . . . 76 cents per b u sh el Corn . . . . 68 to 69 cents B etter_C o Lm ty Bends claim ed fee a t te n t io n of H o lla 's Commercial Club during ro a d s ” m eeting on Jan u ary 1s t . The viouen of the 1914. The Cl.Club- held a - b ig , "good , “1 1 Th___ r* IP f* LI ____i - ... Christian Church served a hoonday lu n ch eon . P r o f. E .G .H a r r is wanted county roads built on good alignm ent and se n sib le g ra d e s . James A . Spilraan said th a t a bond io ;su 0 based on spending $1000 per m ile fo r the co u n ty ’ s 150 m iles o f read would get goca roads connecting the c o u n ty 's "key p o in t s " . The uounfcy ^ourt i o l l o ,s o u p -in Sept-.;. 1-^-1 by purchasing a b ig t r a c t o r and two g r a d e r s . *»ith th ese m achines, they began g ito in g on the R olla-H o u ston road a t the co u n ty 's south l i n e , working toward R o lla . produce* a road w ith w idth of 24 fe e t and a cen ter crown of two fe e t l 1 J.a .w e lc n was Tfe 1914 county v a lu a tio n was rep orted th u s: R e a l e s t a t e , ^2,407,02^5 Personal p ro p e rty $ 1 ,3 3 7 ,8 7 3 ----- T o ta l $ 3 ,7 4 4 ,9 1 8 . G eneral fUnd r e c e ip ts were S $31,717.30 /.exp en d itu re s $3 0 ,9 1 2 .6 5 ..B a la n c e $3 0 4 .6 5. O And as i n many years a fte rw a rd , R o lla men m aintained a *xsh and . 0c tsetive League. “ As in :any y e a r s , P r o f. John 3 . S c o tt _ ( la t e r prooate judge) was . ° rThe r. T . dm o /no OOO ja iqr»v in , Ph0lp g0 president. League pnla n 4 te 2, 400,000 c K salrron s a i,o n rnnno^vs u -u . 3r -^ou/iuy hin<? s ^ r G • S The League said i t e x is te d ife o r d e r to stamp ouu g ig g in g and nnte-wmfe x . b r , , vino1 At th - S c h o o l o f M ines, th is was an. ominous y e a r . A t e r r i f i c *»as br-w in0 "as under construe tio n b y Edwin Long and l O. ^r o ^ f rom being ? 72X123 f e e t . I t would be completed by Ja n u a ry 1, 19 ^ 1 P^ f o r-ult xT an d s tuderi ts w aited, the handsome stu d en t cen ter and a t h l e t i c hea quar ers disaeproved o f H ohenschild' s ,n l D i r e c t s Yourn had been summarily dism issed because he d i s p r o v e u o ’■'■erkand a o p o in t^ n t . Tfe c o n tr a c t p r ic e ^ ^ " ^ ^ ^ i t y ^ a t o r s made B eing i n no h u rry to employ a n e w d x r e c ^ , the U .a v .r o X y ^ !roT. L -L. G a r r e t t , of the Sch o o l s i a c u ij/» ^ t^ n sm en be cans angry because of t h is , ~r°a him f u l l a d m in is tr a tiv e a u t h o r it y . *o l a December 10,1914, e d ito r and a fte r Gar-re t t had been in o f f i c e from Ja n e to C r a t e r s because Charles L . VJoods, of tte R o lla H era ld , o p en eau p a, ^ & D ire cto p l, . / n y had not yet chosen a . f u l l - - fle d g e s r r e * Pv, „ Durward Copeland as the ghf s Brought fee appointm ent, on U e c e ^ r ^ ^ , in s t i t u t e o f Technology, ^ c o o l's n in th d ir e c t o r . He was a g rs^-cx^ ,olo e d u ca to r. Tire Herald e d ito r Jne M .S.M . nro te sso r' o f M e ta llu r g y , ana a moot capaoie e u u o ^ o - . i l l now enter a ne -v./ proclaimed th a t "Tfe S c h o o l of Mines w ill

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But, h is opfcomiam was short l i v e d , for D ire c to r Copeland served as d ir e c to r only ~sivse months and e le v e n d a y s , he assumed h is duties- as d ir e c to r on Jan u arv 2S 1915. Ks resign ed on A p r il 3 ,1 9 1 5 . He stunned h is R o lla fr ie n d s by announcing h is ” resignation the day fo llo w in g a huge bancuet given in h is honor. A l l the fond°dreams for a b e tte r, g r e a te r S ch o o l o f M ines faded away. And P r o f. C-arrett was l e f t to a c t director from A p r il 3 to June 2, 1915. in _tn e _* i e ld _ o .i a t h le t ic s ,, 1914 was the banner year of a l l tin© fo r the ii.-col!3 ::ootbalu squad. The s e a s o n 's e ig h t games gave the in e r s a t o t a l score 0f 54O poin ts to o n ly o for a l l opponents 1 The v ario u s games were these v Opr orient s ’ Score D iner Score W ashington U n iv e r s it y 0 . . 19 Arkansas U n i v ............ 0 . . 40 Kansas 3 ch . M inss . . . 0 . , 37 D rury C o lleg e ............ 0 . . 63 Kansas N o rm a l,P ittsb u rg h 0 . . 104 K i r k s v ille O steopaths 0 . . 150 U n iv . M isso u ri ............ 0 . . 9 S t . L o u is U n iv ............... 0 . . 63. Because the M irer boys played a forb id d en game w ith C h r is tia n B rothers College, r c .a o u is , a t th e seaso n ’ s end - b e a tin g S t .L o u is by a score of 27 to 6 - the liner team members were suspended, b u t were r e in s ta te d on p lea of a c tin g d ir e c to r G a r r i t t . The. Ozark Sh ort. L i^ _ R a ilr o .a d re ce iv e d i t s death b}_ow in 1914. The r a id 's originator and prom oter, L ib e r t £ . Young, fta d ,id u rih § p r io r y e a rs, passed c o u n te r fe it money, ard f o r t h a t had been a r r e s t e d . Bn r e le a s e , he forged sign a tu re to one or more rsal- estate deeds to r ig h t -o f-w a y p ro p e rty . Then he forged h is name to three p e rso n al notes amounting to' $ 2 2 ,0 0 0 . The co u rts sen t him to j a i l , a fte r he adm itted these ■various f o r g e r ie s . K aving’/ been r e le a s e d , he was again sued and sen t to j a i l . The last record we iBva cf him is th a t he broke j a i l in Salem on September o,1914» lin s '■ '•vseked the M is s o u r i, Arkansas ard G u lf r a ilr o a d company. But b efo re t h is happened, other of the prom oters, aware of a l l these c o n d itio n s , chartered^ a succe as or company,^ tie Holla, Ozark, and' Southern R ailw ay ^ o. They c a p ita liz e d a t ^200, 0^0, and plain©d to build a broad gauge road from R o lla to A n u tt, a d istan ce ot l a m ile s . They jj_ucceedec in obtaining $13,000 in s u b s c r ip t io n s . The d ir e c to r s in clu d ed ? .VJ.V/ebb . . D r. £ A T jw alker.. £11.‘Comstock . . ’ j . A . Fr ank . . ard. J . E l l i s W alker. But the e n te r p r is e had received its death blow, so the p r o je c t was te rm in ated . 1214 Das A L o c a l E l e c t ! o n j f e a r . Thotas L . Rubey was r e - e le c t e d from the R o lla ere a con.gre s si o r a l d i s t r i c t . C arter Buford was e le c te d S ta te senator ..a n d Frank H. Harris as county r e p r e s e n t a t iv e . The county o f f ic e s f i l l e d were^theseP r e s id in g ju d g e , Ja ck sb n B ish o p . A t to r n e y .. .S te v e « . Lorts B a s t-s id e judge 3 . A. Stedman Probate ju d g e ..G e o . Sk yles (issfc sid e judge W .E-Shepherd u o lle c u d • * * ^ aar_. C ir c u it C le r k , W i l l R . E l l i s S h e r iff . . . . County c l e r k , F.A .G erm ans Coroner . . . . The 1911 D eath T o ll took many who had been prominent in R o lla a m d iio . D i t a r P - o n s W s s ( J a n .19) P. to p h y ^ o n ^ s m n >'eb. 1) . . .F.VI.Shinnem an, countyrepresentafcive (Ja n

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v°ted School* cf' Mines bonds (Dec U ) . ooeninv of the Panama Canal on n a t io n a l and. Eorld. P a irs s.tarte . • u * J In 4 c r i l because Mexican ere: : ugust 15t h . . . But th is was oyershadowea by news o f - r • J ^ 3e* fc ^ u .S . f le e t Meat Huerta, had a r r e s te d sonn. Amerioan m^rxnea, c i t y ' s bombardment, and

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Koilsnd, and ^ Sw itzerlan d m o b ilize d th e ir arm ie s. By August 27th, German armies had overrun Belsiur am Holland, and- en - - tered - - - France —— — — — — — . i.u, the one etenmns v;ere n '/ S e p t. 16, Germans were h a lte d rn; r x v e r , am r.ussxa haa put a m illio n s o ld ie r s in S i l i c i a . The b a tt le at the 'iisn s -a s in - r ogress on September A 7th • I t looked bad for the a l l i e s . of And w ith the war s t i l l r a g in g , we pass from 1914 to 191-

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" f 3? ; ' ; A- A llls o n had resign ed In J m u t r y , ‘ ° ***’ i-itchsll. The n o ld -o v e r g r o u p ,-.E e s ja e b iv e lv from vards 1 ? • » „ * * V niV J * EeiAerger and ‘ ■ itc h e ll. . Those newly e h o t e d ,,e re F .A T a y l o r , i % *» *» • " 'U * n5vl fe n s is te d o f B rener, .mayor; B e v s lG e r T aylo r"** « » M p f - '» ! - * » > •• "‘I t c h e l l ana r e y .............. n r . Baysinger re s"-n e d in J u l y , • • - “ • ^ nga; ° r t a * . i t c h e l l re sig n e d By eu gu st, Via J . Pierce replaced h im J.,her O ffic e r s were th e s e : n it y c le r k , V/m.J. P ie r c e ..A t t o r n e y , John 0 . Holmes .useescr can -o acn ...t r e a s u r e r , Henry Wood ..e n g in e e r , 3.Q.Chamber l a i n , .n a r a 'c a l.............. T.ii. r o llo w iil ' * (3) Co—unity A f f a i r s .

-f-f— ■^1® H olla S ta te Bank, on August 27th , moved in to the Mapbell B u ild in g , former p a st o f f i c e , at southwest corner, 7th and Pine s t r e e t s , The ban* tad bought the p re m ise s. A .G . Dorman was p re sid e n t, C . 4 . Knapp c a s h ie r , m v.â-ipbell a s s is t a n t os s h ie r . These and o th e rs, in c lu d in g W .z V S tu rg e o n ’ W .D .Jo n es, •J.C-. Campbell, and Henry Moore, were d ir e c t o r s . The bank reopened in these new quart•Per 3 o August 27th. R eports o f the th ree banks gave these fig u r e s : v R a tio n a l R c lla S t a t e U 9 F .............. 5284,033.37 Resources . . #434,263.45 .............. Deposits . . . 276,073.71 . . . . . 2 0 3 ,464.39 The_bew_?os t O f f i c e J S u ild in g ivas comole te d , the equipment moved in to i t from :he former o f f i c e a t 7th and. P in e , and the new o f f i c e opened on -larch 3 ,1915. Mrs y._:zie Cornwall remained as p o stm istre ss u n t i l the middle o f Ja n u a ry, 1916, when Rucker, a dem ocrat, took her p la c e . Her term was c h a ra c te riz e d as " fir e and e fficie n t. Rucker was sa id to be a v ery popular c h o ic e . 7he_ H o lla C.omme.rce_3lub continued v ery a c tiv e throughout 1915. P .H . McGregor c ■•'as president. Tile Club g o t i t s work done by appointment of many com m ittees. H Items £ o n c e r n in g _ B u ild in ^ . A f i r s t item i s th a t D r. S .L . B aysin ger bought |* fo lia 's ,o ld e s t b u il d ! n ? , the E.W .B ishop home, fo r 46,700. T h e re a fte r, fir s . Bishop l i L t o J C a l i f o r n i a . | 7 . . . A second, item s i s th a t the C u n l if f C o ., of S t . L o u is, n u ilt the row (of on e -a td ry b r ic k s to r e s on west sid e of Fine s t r e e t , n orth o f the Grant __ Hotel, fe n T s tayed w ith her d au g h te r, Jen nie H a rriso n . She had liv e d in H o lla l o gger than] nyone §PSie_M ±scellaneous_Iterm s are th e se : The autom obiles b e in g sold in .1915 included Buidcs T s o ld by H.McCaw), Fords ( so ld by Soilm an) , Maxwells ( s o ld L else •~cts -la n d ), and Dodges ( dispensed by Clyde R e in o h l).............. J . a .->oilman sold Vulcan 1353 V P-CV; Osborne d is c s and to o th harrow s. . . . Vern 3chuman had a w ire le ss set a t “Ch'iUcn*s barn, and Arman Je w e ll had a r e c e iv e r set in lownsend A d d itio n . . . oi^ j i 0o3 "ere up for sale -it au ctio n in Brown* s A d d itio n , now c a lle d " r r is c o 1 ..id io ic n . event was e n liv e d by a s tr e e t parade Ssd by the band. . . And J . n . 'van, famous torse tra in e r, was s ta tio n e d a t the old F a ir Grounds, where H o lla horse fan s such 8.s 0.h . Bov/sn, m .F . F a u lk n e r, and H .3 . gathered xor inotruu iio n . Important Personages o f H o lla in 1909 in clu d ed M rs. Joseph J . C r ite s , who ■Ms elected Grand C h ie f o f the P y th ia n S is t e r s , a t the S ta te l e v e l . She and ner -us thus occupied the two h ig h e s t o f f i c e s in the P yth ian Lodge in M iss o u ri. . . . "AG .-'.’a lte r M it c h e ll, son o f R o l l a 's Gen. E . lL M itc h e .il, was given â U . J . degree by b-e U n iversity cf th e S o u th , a t Sewanee. Tennessee. Be was a d istin g u ish e d * son m H o lla ^ ?r o f. W.H. L ™ d i M is s o u r i's v eteran ed u cato r, and promoter o f s e v e ra l 'ôauemies3uch as those in V ich y S t . Jam es, and S t 'e e l v i l l e , was in H o lla w ith the south ^ - ^ r a . ssouri. Teachers A s s o c ia t io n in November. rh. l y iL M<non- H o lla Lodges, b e sid e s the P yth ian group, was the e a s te r n S t a r , o - p t e r 1 -is GT fle e rs i n s t a l l e d in December were these: T reasu rer, Miriam H e lle r S e c r e ta r y , E liz a b e th Montgomery "orthy M atron, M rs. C.M . Knapp Warden, Mrs Id a Huckins .R e tirin g M atron, M o llis Holmes S e n t in e l, Fred Lane '•lorthy Matron. 3* McK. Southgate (See e th e rs o n -te x t p4ge j C o n d u ctress,’ mar y Me Cm e a s s o c . Gonductre 33, Br;na Webb

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£_or 1915 in clu d ed another Chautauqua s e ss io n , August 13- 17. .u ied ^ ijrOT. Henry B u c h te l cf^ d o r a d o , D r . f l.T . Robertson (on M exico), i a v* - • vin to n_ (. on I n d ia ) , D r. b . . . .<nitmore ( on on in s ) , doe R. Hanley ( modern aadsxO m u sica l and o th e r numbers were presented by the G len W ells Co - the Cavalier J ° . - the ucoord T rio - L i l l i a n R in g sd o rf ( prima donna), and L u c ile Adams ( child im p erso n ato r;. The program was held on the Court House law n. A heavy ra in spoiled the l a s t e v e n in g 's o erfcrm an ces. H o lla 's o r c h e s tr a , le d by John W. S c o t t , gave concerts - not only in H o lla but in the towns cf S t .Ja m e s , Cuba, L ic k in g , and Vienna. M rs. 3 .B . B e n tle y a s s is te d in these programs. She was c h a r a c te r iz e d as " a top soprano s o lo is t o f R o lla , a singer with a b e a u t if u l v o ic e " . I n November, the R olla C iv ic s Club planned and sanagsd an "a s s o c ia te d church co n ce rt" in which each H olla church fu rn ish e d one number It was given in co n n e ctio n w ith a banquet fk r the South C e n tra l M issouri Trainers Association. S o lo s were sung by A r tie P eterson and A lb e rt G a le . Maxine Smith and leuise Tankersley sang a d u e t. H o lla 's famous male q u a rte t p a r tic ip a t e d . But the big; feature was th e s in g in g of M rs. John C . C la rk ( nee M arguerite C o le, the grand daughter o f Judge and M rs. D a n ie l Donahoe. Mrs C la r k , w h ile v i s i t i n g in R o lla , , on October 29th ,g av e a most notable re cita l in Parker H a l l . D r . J.J.B a s s e t t-W o o to n , in whose c la s s e s M rs. C la rk had received t r a in in g , was her acco m p an ist. She had sung, not on ly in R o lla , but in the laid e r f-A s to ria M otel in New Monk. She had not on ly a b e a u tifu l l y r i c soprano v o ic e , but also e x c e lle n t stag e p re se n ce . Her v o ice had "e x c e p tio n a l rangej. solenoid resonance and tim b re" Mud 'The numbers Mrs C la rk sang were th e s e : "E xp ectan cy” (LaForge) "The B ir t h o f Morn" (Leoni) "a Cuban Love Song" (Puentes) "An Open S e c r e t" ( ? ) "7Ier e My Song W ith Wings Provided" (Hahn) " I Send My H eart Bp To Thee" (M rs. H .H . Beach) "The M arry, M erry Lark " (N evin; " My L o v e r, He Comes On Skee" (C lo u gh -Leighto n) "One Fin e Day" ( from Madam B u t t e r f ly , P u c c in i;. These s e le c t io n s , p a r t i c u l a r l y the l a s t , drew these remarks from the news reporter: " G'n=> Fine Day" - itbw as a r e v e la tio n I Mrs C la rk rose to pure peaxs oi ? e r fe c t-a r t. ' She surmounted te c h n ic a l d i f f i c u l t y w ith ^ p e rfe ct aplomb, ohe was repeatedly r e c a lle d , and sang charming e n co re s. B e a u tifu l f l o r a l c -^ e r in g j n r riven her'. I t was a most o u tstan d in g perform ance" The R o lla S ch o o l o f M usic had reached i t s h i l l t o p in 19^ . pr o f . and iirs rank Henbin^^r vho had s ta r te d the s c h o o l, had l e f t i t am e sca b lio ne & “ * frarf doq

■. ^ L member o f a Sta te committee oners, and 200 p u p ils . --ns -nriing f schools of M iss o u ri. Appointed to fo rm u la te a fo u r-y e a r music c u r r i c u l a . bannered. But Fusic was t o be made a " m jc r stu d y" in sich sch o ols - and that soon happen R o lla School o f to u sic. the -tenring>srs were d e f i n i t e l y out ox nev tue ad r v e rtise d as a "branch" o f ..he western The H o lla S ch o o l o f Mu s ic was n a ' a P resid en t snd manager lo ry ■of M u sic, o x ^ h i c a g V - . — n e a r ly 100 branch stu d ios outside It 3 headquarters were in the Chicago i n s t i t u t i o n , ? i° ^ • « ic a g o , t n d T M P M T N P r 5,000 P“ Pi l s ^ r iz e d as"one o" the le a d in g m usical d l b ? q H u ild in ? . C h ica g o , i t was characuc-"n -p in s titu ii ons o f° th e U nited S t a t e s " .

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As thus d e s c rib e d , the School of Music Pc two rI e c i t a l s . The f i r s t , in Parker H a ll, on February 25th, presented the S c h o o l's p u p il, ^ - ho were as fo llo w s : :Babette G o tts c h a lk : Helen Goulson : o i l i i e r a r r is :Hazel Dent u..ary ^ase Go. McDermott G ir lie Campbell Marian Knapp Naomi P o lla rd Gladys L o rts r , * :r;lne SfilltH Florence M itc h e ll Gertrude P aul s e l l . event i taaxl bv *•>>=> 'B D-a s s e tt- Dotons, in I — - ■ ~’ r * u ; ;a3 ;l ian o r eecciu op the >r Hal] 24th. illSy P-ayed s e le c t io n s from Chopin, Gounod, L i s z t , Charainade Y,rat ajgner, ^.r\rr iiAnrran * * c Rachnaninoff, Cadnan, Haydn, and B u lla__r jd . B a s s e tt, „ .. of » * Sch ° 01 < m t * n , in December, the/,7ootons Isft Scnool and “ o l l a . it o y went to P itts b u r g h , P en n sylvan ia, where Dr.'Vooton ic to r greatly regre u t h a t Br.cahd! -^rs. Wooton have decided to leave H o lla . D r. Wooten is a musician of h ig h e s t accom plishm ent and unudual m e r it " . His e a r th ly demise was on the way - for in fu n e , 1917 he committed s u ic id e . Mrs VJooton then retu rred to the Folia £rea, had^ a hone in D ixo n , bu t gave in s t r u c t io n to many o f H o lla 's young peoplet in clu d in g Mis s Fran ces Mann, daubster o f the present w r ite r s . . .... F a ir was held from September 21 to 2 4 th. There were the usu al iflioits, r^ ces, ^sebaM L games, s tu n t s , and band c o n c e r ts . The o f f ic e r s of the Xl' | - " S j- ^ - t u r a l and M echanical S o c ie t y r-hich arranged the f a i r were these I •- resid sn t ,-B»H »Hucke j* D ire ctnr s • ’’ .E " .D ~ avis :L Vice P-re s . , P in to L . L . F]reeman W. A . Hawkins 3ecyr., *! • T* D enison H .a .L e n o x B . 11. P in to Tress., F .L .T a y lo r B.H .Rucks r .7. ? . .'Jilk in s af O .D . P a u ls s ll r . n . Mcursgor Frank Adam '■ In. Haas J .H.Bowen Tne Fair Board ended the h a u lin g of d rin k in g water to the park by d r i l l i n g a iair ground w e ll. J.A .S p ilm a n donated the pump and gas engine for i t . . Tte_i'r_is_co_ Thgysjlfirs, a n n u a lly brought to R o lla by B .K . R u d e r , a c tin g for mo Frisco r a i lr o a d 's l a n d - s e l lin g a g e n ts, net in R olla fo r i t s 4th sessio n in June , was a s tr e e t parade, fo llo w ed by r a c e s , a t h l e t i c s tu n ts , b a s e b a ll games, speeches and sn evening b a l l . ■±n§?e_ ffere _T e r r iffle . R a in 3 in the week of August 17-26. At Maramec S p rin g s, ’moer topped the old ir o n water w h eel. A t V a lle y Park, water reached the second flo o r 0i Way b u ild in g s . Water was over the F r is c o r a ilr o a d bridge a t M o s e lle . Only once, l're'L't was the Gasconade r i v e r so h ig h . From August 17th to 23rd, there was n e ith e r an nor m ail in R o l l a . P r o f. J . H . Bowen, in S t , L o u is , wanted to get home to R o lla . p° th at, he took a B u rlin g to n t r a in to M exico, a "Khty" from there to S e d a lia and the F r is c o from F t .S c o t t to S p r in g fie ld and R o lla . On August 24th , he brought the o t.L ouj_s ^ R o lla . %e__Rplla_Hlgt2_ S c h c o l_B u ild i.n g was co n stru cted during 1915. A f i r s t bond section fo r §27, 500 f a i l e d because the voters were not s a t i s f ie d that an appropriate ^would be chosen . Th; Beard had d iscu ssed th is p r iv a t e ly . S ix s it e s had been Considered - one on the west s id e of Salem avenue near S o e st Road ..o n e on the n;‘Jeuman property, fo u r b lo ck s south o f f i r s t s tr e e t ... one on the Kerr l o t , north side of 12th s tr e e t ju s t west of the F r is c o r a ilr o a d . . one on three l o t s on west side of 0uaJ e s tre e t, in the Ladd a d d itio n ..o n e a t 14th and Blm s t r e e t , and f i n a l l y the one on °9dar stre e t between Stir and 9th s t r e e t . T h is l a s t was the f i n a l ch o ice , and the approved the $27,500 bond is s u e . H .H .H ohen sch ild was chosen as a r c h it e c t . J “-^y oth, the b u ild in g c o n tr a c t was l e t to the Chas, u o n l i f f uo . , o f S t .u o u is , ,^ 2 1 ,2 4 4 . The corner stone was l a i d by the Masonic Lodge on June 23rd , and the R id in g was p r a c t i c a l l y done on September 9th .- I t fro n ted 78 fe e t on Cedar s t r e e t , pv, ^asured 60 fe e t from fr o n t to b a ck . I t was o f f i c i a l l y ded icated on Decemoer 13^h, PUrn'T ap p ro p riate program was h e ld . And the High Sch oo l on tn at date had 107

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Gocd £cad_D |ys were b e in g ce le b ra te d on August 26th ard 27th . A l l o v°r the county, p rivate c it iz e n s assembled and w ith donated tine b u i l t cu lv e rts and he L e d , ith read grading ^ t h a P ion eer T racto r C o . ' s machine, county fo r c e s had now ?r^ed tne to lto -^ o u s to n road from the south county lin e to the south lin e of the Rolla -caa d i s t r i c t . The o ld road between R o lla and S t.Ja m e s was b e ir * r e b u ilt J . , . Welch *a s co u n ty e n g in e e r . But in R o lla , as the H erald e d ito r remarked » V to-ra s ir e ft s are a i s g r a c e f u l he a re b u ild in g b e tte r county roads than our c i t y streets He wanted the s t r e e t s " f ix e d ” y Thee c o - u n t y 's p a lla t io n , as of February 11, and a 3 reported by assessor John Grayson, ^ L f a 3J^ n u s* •••Rea l e s t a t e , 62,313,647 ...P e r s o n a l p ro p erty, $1 290 562. ictal, -?3, 6 0 4 , 2 0 9 . . . . . co u n ty g e n e ra l fund r e c e ip ts as of A p r il 1 were 6^2 021 to % e ditures were $ 1 0 ,7 0 1 .0 4 . 3alance was $10,701.45 * "* ' For M is s o u ri_S c h o o l o f_M in e s, 1915 was one o f i t s two most strenuous y e a r s . ur.1912, the C u rato rs had f i r e d D ir e c to r Young, and had named P r o f. L .S . G a r r e tt as "acting d ir e c t o r " , b u t had w ith h eld from Kim much of h is d e sire d a u th o r ity . This lasted up to December of 1914, and u n t i l e d itc r C harles L . Woods, of R o lla Herald opened up w ill a b arrag e a g a in s t the c u r a to r s for not having appointed a " r e a l awecocr • igus sp u rred , the c u ra to rs on December 23,1914, e le c te d Burivard Copeland, the School's p r o fe s s o r o f m e ta llu r g y , to the o f f i c e . Copeland assumed o f f ic e on January 23th, and actus l l y took charge on Jan uary 21, 1915. The sentim ent expressed by an o f f i c i a l " V is it o r s ' Committee", and concurred in by the mother i n s t i t u t i o n at Colum bia, was th a t the Sch o o l of Mines to .u ld be moved to Colum bia. Perturbed b y t h i s , and other areas cf f r i c t i o n , D ir e c to r Copeland took the case to Columbia and, on r e tu r n in g to R o lla , resign ed as o f A p r il 8t h . The townsmen cf R o lla , w ith the f a c u l t y , had arranged a huge-banquet in old M echanical H a ll in honor of D ire c to r Copeland and Frank H. F a r r i s . The Herald was j u b i l a n t ! But the next morning, Mr. Copeland announced his r e s ig n a tio n , and the re in s went back to -"ref. L .S . G a r r e t t, a s a c t in g d ir e c t o r . G re a tly aroused because of these ev en ts, R o lla tow nbuilders, wiith S ta te Senator Carter M. Buford, in tro d u ced a b i l l - c a lle d the "Buford B i l l " - in the Sen ate, which reou iredJ;b _cu rstors. to _ o ffe r _ a r b _ m a in ta in courses in c i v i l , e l e c t r i c a l , m echanical, and e le c tr ic a l e n g in e e rin g atiothe Schoolm of M ines, to g eth er w ith a degree in s c ie n c e , and n e ta ib r g y . In March i t passed the Senate by vote cf 26 to 4 . The House passed it by March 13 w ith v o te cf 106 to 23, alth o u gh in debate i t was fo u ^ it by U n iv e r s ity president A.Ross H i l l and the c u r a to r s . Sensing th e s tro n g o o o o s itio n to U n iv e r s ity p o l i c i e s , the Curators on June 2 elected Dr. A .L . McRae as f u l l y au th o rize d d ir e c to r of. the School o f M in es. BUT they f l a t l y r e je c t e d the p r o v is io n s o f th e Buford A ct, d e c la r in g mt u n c o n s titu tio n a l, toy rejected the re o u e st cf stud en t H arry ‘^eimberger to be allow ed to e n r o ll -tor tae course in e l e c t r i c a l e n g in e e r in g . R o lla .c it iz e n s a p p lie d lo r a M issouri Supreme tori. writ o f mandamus, which lawyer J » A . W atson, s lip p in g th r o u ji a door to a clooed toting o f the c u r a to r s , served on the b e a rd 's p r e s id e n t, D. R. F r a n c is . Hhen^the case to triad, the C a r te r B i l l was upheld - and the cu ra to rs were com pelled to o ff e r and •tontain the* d isp u ted c o u r s e s . The 1915_D£aL H _ T o llj A number o f persons prominent in R o lla passed away th is tor, as fo llo w s : A lle n Dearborn, former w e ll known d r u g g is t (Feb. 15) . . Bev. r . S . r ^ g g a , !i?st castor of R o lla M e th o d ist church ( in O ctober) . . . Jans s D . L iv e s a y (Oct 2 o l . . . _ B u sk e tt, w ife c f C o l. J . ’t f.B u s k s tt (Oct 13,1915) . . . a r t o .J .S e a y f q f ? U s s o u r i ;®ator ard fo o t e r goYar-nor of Oklahoma, 1892, 6r s s id e n t of H o lla N atio n a l Bank .D e c .2 2 ). had to red M is s o u r i's S t a t e C a p i t o l , tod burned during 1911. A A new new one one haa to be be plan P-Lanrea was d elayed u n t i l 1915. The corner stone n r the new r a p ito l, “v D u i l f h i i i 1-di n & “ VV3.S d s ls . y 'S C * ^ ~ ^ ‘° » s t « 3 ,500.000, was l a i d or. Ju re 24, 1915- Some 15,000 M issou rian s w itnessed tne conies. T h is la the C a p it o l s t i l l stan d in g in 19=9.

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liorld LLiL was in p ro gress in , , . -rath to the l im it was the s in k in g , on ":‘ rGh sfcirred American S i n s ted nam ed a i l _ fo r e ig n s h i i i k C i l r t l - i i ■.:;->iihssar.in.-ig,_ tan - i s i t a n i a , on i t s voyage from Hex X o tk 'te rite sat nam ing o fin t t e a e o a t. oT J m J a n d 'J ^ t h a t e r m s u b t r e e s u k S ’ ,otei teas 1,-dOO l i v e s ,, ere l o s t , of * i o h from 125 to 150 -ere A t i i c a r o t t e r prominent Americans i t w id ens <.ooarav ' i l s o n demanded re p a ra tio n s from the G-rira-'i- -v,,-,*, 1 fc* . in Germans proceeded w ith a *ro*iam of s in k in g 'a ll i - V 'h t &Te never -D aid;!B7 found on high seas - and sank a number of "o th e r American" re Ss S " ? S ° 1 T ^ I -.rm- i -merer a one s te p n ea rer a c t u a l combat, vfr ich caxre in ^1917~ in cid en ts Liooi^ a* o

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The v o te rs , on A p r il 4th , 1916, e le c te d th ree a ld e r a m for re g u la r tao-vear - = ? • af 8 5*ar an," ,ar d b><°, r e p la c in g J . L . C o ffr a n . Louis H .H e u e r continue a as - a y o r . -The three r e g u la r ly e le c te d aldermen, r e s p e c t iv e !- fo - w ^ds .■ 1 " , and th r e e , mere P ^ .H . L iv in g s to n , Louis H a im b e r s r , and V/m .'J. . a •secona ward a lu e r m n fo r one year was Wm. J . K ilg o r e . The c o u n c il, as reorganized * ana 5 ’ Joe Key and M i; t X Tayl0r ^ L i ^ g 3 t o n /* K ilg o re and Keiribe* c h° e^l l . Eeuer* Other o f f i c e r s were V&a.J. F ie r c e , c i t y c le r k . .Henry r v Goods,7 treasu -----rer ' * *. • John ,J. Holmes, a t to r n e y . . wen Roach, assesso r .'J .r .H a r t , s tr e e t c am is s i one r . . 3.v.Chamberlain, c it y e n g in e e r . a proposal to^extend th e c it y l im it s p re v a ile d by a vote of 309 to 47. Tbs as.. counUL-L o rie a , in v a m , no persuade the F risc o ra x lro a d to open 9th s tr e e t across the Frisco yard and t r a c k s . M isce lla n e o u s, £ommunitv A f f a ir s IhS. R p lla Sch oo l_B a ara £gnsl9l6417;:';comsisted of D r. W .S.Sm ith and P.H.McGregor . . a. . .valker and ««.D. Jo n e s . . Harry Me Caw and E .H . Roach. Tot.ers approved a nine month •chool and a le v y of E l . 00 per §100 v a lu a tio n . A p a re n t-te a c h e r a s s o c ia tio n was organized in November, w ith M rs. S lz a b e th Cornw all as s e c r e t a r y . And tire S .C .M .T .A . net in annual s e s s io n in R o lla on November 30t h . A .Z .B la c k was county superin ten d en t. Jne C °u n iy _C o u rl, e le c t e d in November fo r year 1917, co n siste d of M essrs. Jackson Bishop, O .D .H a ll, and W .S.Shepherd, r e s p e c tiv e ly p re sid in g judge, and a s s o c ia tes from east and w est s id e . C ir c u it c le r k , a tto r n e y , and s h e r i f f w ere,respec iv e iy , -z.d. m ills , A.is.H olm es, and L . L . Y o w ell. A ssesso r, c o lle c t o r , and treasurer were, respectively, C h a rle s Sands ( S r . ) , D . L . S t u a r t , and M .F . F au lk n er. County c le r k , probate judge, su rv ey o r, r e s p e c t iv e ly , were Frank A.. Germann, Georgs A . S k y le s , and J..„. Southgate. D r . W. S. Smith was coroner, and Frank H. F a r r is was Phelps County state r e p re s e n ta tiv e ..................County v a lu a tio n was rep orted th u s: Real e s ta te $2,341,753; oersorai property, $ 1 ,3 4 1 ,7 2 9 ... T o ta l $ 3 ,6 3 3 ,4 3 7 . ...R e c e i p t s in g en eral fund were °34,015.35, ex p en d itu re s $3 1 ,0 1 7 .1 3 , and balance $2 ,9 9 9 .1 3 fo r the year 1315* 2f £ ic e r s _ o f R o lla B ^ k s , as of Ja n u a ry, 1916, ’were th e s e : For tire N a tio n a l, John r rnitz was p re s id e n t, L .H .B re u e r v ic e p r e s id e n t, FAT.Webb c a s h ie r , Dave Cavan and r‘9iry ‘<ood, a s s is t a n t c a s h ie r s . D ir e c to r s were B a r n itz , breuer, Cowan, Leo A r ls h e r , and Kenneth M. Len o x. . . . F o r R o lla S t a t e , A le x C . Donnan was p re sid e n t, Henry Moore 'ace president, C.M.Knapp c a s h ie r , E . J .Cam pbell and .&.D . . j il l i a m s , a s sista n t, c a s h ie r s , directors were M e ssrs. Donnsn, Moore, Knapp, Cam pbell, to g eth er w ith •/.u .Jo n e s , J»*-» •ifLran, J o s . G . Cam pbell, Jolin E . Love, and 3 . a . Johnson . . . . i o r ..ere nan to anc^ triers, J.M .D ie h l was p r e s id e n t, Edwin Long v ic e pre s id e n t, J o s . H. Smxbn ^c a s h ie r, p’n. J . MoCaw a s s is t a n t © s h ie r . D ir e c to r s were M essrs. D ie h l, Long and Sm ith, plus u4c.gs o.C.Lu] qiprl^ D r . E .W .w alk e r, o .d .D e n t, and iemp. nyer . Bsn_k_Report.3 in clu d e d th ese f ig u r e s : Merchants -Farmers R o lla S tate . ^N a t io n a l. $321,103.16 §366, 775.81 Re sources $4 6 4,536.67 ^:io m - M :® i i 8 i 5 .i i l& M M 55, 000.00 60.000.00 Su rplus . . 50, 000.00 In Th» B u sin e ss Ai*>a M r .TJ +N. Lavender, who for s e v e r a l years had been managing 6ditor~*of S ? ^ - r T ^ s ' ' , ^ u ^ h e o f f i c e and went t o the Times P u b lish in g jdaho F a lls , Id a h o . This probably meant the demise o f the R o lla ^ 3 . •erald celeb rated i t s 50th a n n iv e rs a ry on oept . _ /on by m o ta a * ’ S c iith Unctype and p r in t in g an a n n iv e rsa ry s p e c ia l e d it io n . -n osptember ^ J ? • operating a d a i r j on e a s t 10th s t r e e t . . . And in la t e August, Ore C en tra l B u o i ^ s college of S s d a lia opened a branch o f f i c e m - o M U . t r i ^ e r e d the Tig Hol l a CofTrrET’r ia 1 Club was very a c t iv e durmig 191b. -Lb had trig g e rs a mi Requisition fe ^ th e ^ b u sire ’s ! c o lle g e , ju s t d e s c r ib e d . P .H . McGregor was p re sid e n t, ••^adauarters w«re in the basement under the bank b u ild in g , southwest corner Ox 7 cn'J ?ine s t r e e t s - w hich room has for many years housed newspapers and p r in t shops.

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In June, the C fe tu srcia l Club e n te rta in e d the Ozark Press A s s o M - t W , 4 at tte in C a c k lin g Gymnasium on the M . s Tm . ' Campus. ^ p s e c te s v;ere nade by dean - - e r - MLliams, o, the U n iv e r s ity a t Colum bia, and P r o f. W.H.Kvn Missouri’ s topmost v e te ra n e d u c a to r, rrcm i;:aJr tr o u g h out the year, the Club v/as ^ vitally concerned w ith s e le c t io n o f . , , a highway c ro ss in g the S ta te from S t Loui t° oprm g-ie Id ana a seconu r o u te , running north to south, i f on Columbia to R o lla and Houston. The q u e stio n was augmented vhen M issourians -------• - • - the - slo gan , ■ “ adopted ’’L e t 's Jut O f 'TK= -ina it , _ucd 4 L^ft -'-issour 1 O-.i. in November ape ons11 -- eve d ------- -tu tio ^ n a i amendment authorizing a s ix te m illio n d o lla r bond issu e and the e s ta b lila m e n t of a 6, 0C0 mile State road system. , An " ° zf k

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1 <■ i -----j *■ ^ s • r • •• This o was n a j the U iic P C S i i l U J J J - 5 -----------------w e u t a e w rs Ot Ua O .U il E X i O " ~ ------ * ~ " i------------------beginning o f R o u wt-e^ s 66 and in t eO J1- —-4 4 ». The northern route was f^ i n a l l y adopted, as the Commercial Club' recommended and werked f o r . Tte n o rth -so u th route had two p o s sib le lo c a tio n s between R o lla and Houston. One would be from H o lla th ro u gi Lecoma, A n u tt, Lenox and L ic k in g to Houston. The other was' to run from L ic k in g through Edgar Sp rin g s to R o l l a . The l a t t e r , backed by the Connercial C lub, f i n a l l y p r e v a ile d . Meanwhile, a c tiv e members of th e Com arcial Club such as J .A .S p iL r a , .-David E . Cowan, Jrof. E .G .H a r r is , persuaded the County Court to spend 42,150 on s p e c ia l county road improvements. The R o lla Good Read D i s t r i c t , J.A .S p ilm a n , chairman, bought a "V/hite" 4-yard truck, an "Acme " g r a v e l screen , and surfaced a p a rt o f the Lecoma road ( now louts "0” )w ith g r a v e l - the s e c tio n between R o lla and D ibble Creek. Several Roll^_ Wong ns l_ £ lu b s matched the Commercial C lu b 's a c t i v i t i e s by s e ttin g UD ■ = "Holla Community C o n g re ss". D uring the fo u r .Sunday la y s nings p r io r to March 2nd, turday C lu b, the C iv ic s .C lu b , the D a u jit e r s o f th e Ancric n R ev o lu tio n , and the federated YJomens ' C lu b s , j^et and d iscu sse d p o s sib le ana p r a c t ic a l coops r a tio n as between the. clu b s and R o l l a churches - w ith the broad g o a l of im proving a f f a i r s and conditions in Rol l a . The_ T_9l 6_Chautauq.ua s e s s io n was h e ld from August 13th to ? 2n d. The program included a c h ild r e n s ’ hour e v e ry d ay. V ocal and in stru m e n tal music was fu rn ish ed by the'Old Home S in g e rs .» the C artw rit^it B ro th ers . . the S c h u ltz —H i l l Company . . tne Grace G allih an Como any • • and Lhotak w ith h is c e le b ra te d Concert Band. . . . The i m makers11 were Morton P . Pember t o n . . Thornton M ills . . D r. O. D. 'cKeever ..a n d the Floyd ‘ S and addresses were by Gov. George H. Hughes and —a t iis o n n . Cna.se. •'‘agician: .L enct-un t ^te_Couatv F a ir fo llo w ed the Chautauqua s e ss io n , from September 26th th rougi the 29th Tup Bulledng_Tteres of some in t e r e s t are th e s e : F i r s t , the old C i v i l :<ar^ cont r a r y log b u ild in g s . a lo n g s id e the F ris c o r a ilr o a d tr a c k s near the depot, which _ Baysinger had bo u gh t, were sold by him to A .E . Koch. Mr. noch wrecked the bu ixd in gs and sold the lo ^ s fe r f i r e wood. The H erald e d ito r deplored the tr a n s a c tio n , saying that tire b u ild in g s were landm arks, and should have been preserved ...T n e second item was th a t the P r o f . F .S .D e n n ie r e s id e n c e , on nortn S ta te stree t,^ w a s being b^ o. , The Y e a r ls J ^ s ic a lJ ln t e r t a in m e n t began with an M .S.M . con cert in ; arker H a ll in r-bruary. The urogram fe a tu re d S c o t t ' s down-town o rc h e stra , me R ol a orchestra, the M.SH1. m andolin c lu b , and the M .S .li. male q u a r t e t. . „ f The , R oIla S ch o o l of M u sic, s t y lin g i t s e l f as the "R o lla In te r s ta te Branch o f the We . ^ 7 5 M Mss 01Live S c o t t , in n ian o , and by M iss Agnes Deegan, on v i o l i n , 'me partiev panto were t j®^ • Honert&n :M .ld re d F o llo w iU :311sabeth Larsh :Jo « p h ln a 3 o « ^ O a t S a lt s G i r l i e Cam pbell H a r j o i e .h a v e r Helepe Strobach S a lly Larsh M arian Knapp E liz a b e th Long nancy C -a .k

Tne "R o lla Branch" h a F fo u r '“departments - piano v o ice culture, v i o l i n , m a m a s s , all 7 ~ w 5 . 0^ C r e d its were tr a n s fe r a o le to u n icago. ~ Uiia0r manacreosenfc o f Jonn ■ *•

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The Henninger C o n serv ato ry of Mu s ic ™hioh i ^ i.:usic> tad d is a s s o c ia t e d W gra. W s c h o o l^ tu ^ ” in August, 1916, i t arranged iQr i t s D r. F re d e ric k L ille b r id g s to open a c la s s far piano students in R o l l a . I t would meet in R olls on every th ir d Tuesday, and registration by R o----lla jr— p u.r'-'— p ils was iinu v iiti ec ud ,. Thos iuusH m n rli fiho didrl so were th e s e : : Ruth Beard Maxine Smith : Myrtle E ast Blanche F o il © w ill Buenta Shaver Marj or ie Shaver Pauline Watson M argaret McRae Mr s . "/. H. Fowe11. c- S t.Ja m e s. Sore M is c e lla n eous Ite m s . One of R o lla ' worst storms began on Sunday, January 30t First, there was an e x c e p t io n a lly heavy r a i n . Than the r a in changed to i c e . Most of Lty's e l e c t r i c p o le s were broken down - as were those a ls o of the te le g ra o h *»___ i p _______________________________________________ ? _ • -1 1 . . ^ o anj telephone lin e s . r is c o r a ilr o a d tra c k s a t m oselle were ,73shed out, so that no trains were ru n n in g , and m a il d e liv e r y was stopped. Damage t c tine c i t y ' s e l e c t r ic lines exceeded v l,o w O . . . . lx th is was d is a s t e r , then i t was perhaps lessened ^y the r » '! n r i T ie r r >Vi -f 1 c a m -i .-V, 4Mi 4^ - * rrrm. fact tih at 1916 was a "le a p y ear'1 , Hduring wThich the grrAi r l sc« mi g i t do the proposing. me circuit c le rk is su e d a record number of m arriage lic e n s e s - 134 for the y e a r. £t_ % e_ 32’a ° ° I J^2A LS , the b ig news, as cf J u l y 6th , was th a t the "Buford Act" was sustained by M isso u ri 15 Supreme C o u rt. The u n iv e r s ity curato rs and p resid en t had refused to a llo w stu d en t Harry Heimherger to r e g is te r for a degree in e l e c t r i c a l n~ineering, con ten din g th a t o n ly m ining and m e ta llu rg y should be taught a t M .S.M . ■deflator Carter B u ford , to quash suda id e a s , had managed to get the L e g is la tu re to nass the "Buford A c t f , req u irin g ^ ttie ^ S ch o o l of Mines to o ffe r and m aintain degree courses in m in in g ,fo e t a l l u r g y j / c i v i l and m echanical, g s c , e l e c t r i c a l and chem ical e n g i neering, and in g e n e ra l s c ie n c e . The cu ra to rs d eclared the a c t u n c o n s titu tio n a l, and the case event to the Supreme C ourt, which su stain ed the Buford A c t . The Court also denied the c u r a to r s ' subsequent p le a f o r a r e -h e a r in g . Sttjdent ^ e in b e r ^ r got h is degree State. And. R a t io n a l_ B lp .c t i0.n3 were held on November 7th , 1916. For U. 3. P resid en t, •'codrow W ilson,D em ocrat, d e fe a te d C h a rle s Evans Hughes, R epu blican . F re d e rick D. Gardner v;as elected as M is s o u r i's g o v ern o r. Thomas L . Rubey ag ain was e le c te d co n gre ssio n a l representative from the R o lla d i s t r i c t . Phelps C0unty d efeated the stock law by a big margin. Arad M isso u ri v o ters d e fe a te d a proposal to adopt sta te p r o h ib itio n . Demis.3_.0f the. RoTJa.-Houst.on R a ilr o a d .- E lb e r t E . Young, promoter fo r th is road, ’•Tengfully signed a note for §23,000, vhich Salem bander J .J .C o p e cashed fear Young. The §23,000 had been h.anded Young by a number of R o lla s u b scrib e rs, who had sent him suns varying from §1,000 to $>5,000. D is r e g a r d in g th e ir agreements, Y^ung had made and signed the §23,000 n o t e . Young was a r r e s te d , and sent to j a i l . The case went up to the Supreme C o u rt, where i t was d ecid ed in fa ^ cr of R o lla banker ^F.J.v. ebb and ^ his Rolla a s s o c ia te s - arid a g a in s t J .J .C o p e and Young. Young escaped from . j a i l , and 7ms 7jas tbs end of th e "Ozark Short L ire r a ilr o a d . The Y e a r's D eath T o l l . R o lla oersonages o f note who died during 1916 were th ese: Ber. JTST A l l e n .“ B l n t i I t ~ S in is t e r ( Ja n .4 ) . . R e v . Henry Is a a c Coe P resb y te rian fa th e r °e*" B ren t ( J a n .19) F . S . B eggs, w ife £ ^ho f o ^ e d R ol-^ tu v i

gcnaracter ■yj-1 » - j- ls c o p a lia n (D ec. 19 )• mr -nri re s t of Eurooe. German subs jo r ld War Ore was ra g in g between Germany ■=-- , -i n i c e s t s In A n ril r r . -----. — . . 0 , „u,aw n=!P tn r e a te n in 0- American in t e r e s t s , m unking American s n ip s , ana otherw ise tu reaten Germany was imminent. S S M S ^ f ^ i d S s ^ r C n g ^ s l ^ T d i p l o m a t i c break w ith on the M exican b o rd e r, M exican p re sid e n t Carranza had h e ld and im p.reo_ The in cid e n ts wer se rio u s , but O r le a n s . B an d its had k i l l e d some few ^Am ericans. on has k thi slogan was. " We d o n ' t want w ar". I t soon was changed to "Mr. W ilson has kept ! I But so closed the year 1916 in I t was a oremature judgment . As out 01 var II

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»o rld J a r One somewhat d isru p te d H o lla 's c it y government. Op Seotemb-r 7^'h L -H; B r; f * “ ord^ t o e n l i s t fo r the war. At a s o c i a l e le c tio n ’ on September 2 5 th, D^vid Cowan was e le c te d in h is p la c e . On October 3l st c it y * « * ?m: J ; * » ? " * ? • „ The H erald e d it o r s a id , " Mr. P ie rc e w s f a k l l i L S f in uningo , e^pe ^ e oi a man. ' - r e was best known fo r the moral u p l i f t he dispensed in h o l l a . *nd ne was a f in e s in g e r . W illiam S a lt s took U r. P i e r ' s place as c i t f clerrc. a s i f t h is were not enough, John A . Watson rep laced John 0 . holmes as c i t y a tto r n e y , and alderman F . C . H . L iv in g sto n l e f t R o lla to live in o ocorro, hew M e xico . D r. E .?/. W alker was apoointed in h is ste a d . _ ln tin® ^ t y e le e t io n on A p r il 3, D r. Walker was e le c te d from the f i r s t ward, hen G ilb e r t s on from th e second, and Jo e E . Fey f r 0m the t h ir d . Those in

and Culbertson . . . M i t c h e ll and l e y . Wm. S a lt s was c it y c le r k , G so . A M arling was m arshal, N .A .K in n e y was c o l l e c t o r , John A . Watson was a tto r n e y . In the in te rim , Sept. 7 to O c t . 1, Mr. Heimberger served as a c tin g mayor. iXle y ear s b u sin e ss was r o u t in e , except for s p e c ia l a ctio n s and s e r v ic e s occasioned b y World War One. M is c e lla n e oujs Community A ffa irs_ h o l l a ’ s. 3ch o p l_B a 3.rd , May of 1917 to May, 1918, co n siste d o f D r. E ..7. Walker and W .D.Jones . . . h r . W.3. Smith and P. H. McGregor . . H arry R . McCaw and J o s . G. Campbell. Tne sch o o l su p erin ten d en t was P r o f. 5 . P . B ra d le y . The e le c t c r s approved an an n u al le v y of §1 .0 0 per §100 v a lu a tio n , and a nine month s c h o o l. lhe_0£unty. O f f ic e r s fo r 1917-18 were th ese: P re s id in g judge, Jackson B ishop. Associates, O .D .H a llT e a s t) and Wm. E . Sheph ers(w est). Frank Germann was county clerk, A lb e rt B . Holmes was a tto r n e y , L e ig h B . Y/ocdside was c i r c u i t jud ge, '/ i l l E l l i s was c i r c u i t c le r k and re co rd e r, L in se y L . Yow ell was s h e r i f f . S ta te Representative was Frank H. F a r r i s , and C arter M. Buford was S ta te Senator from the R o lla d i s t r i c t . A .Z .B la c k was sch o o l su p erin ten d en t. County v a lu a tio n , as rep o rted b y a sse sso r John W. Grayson, was th us: Real e s ta te , $ 2 ,3 6 7 ,9 9 5 .0 0 ...p e r s o n a l p ro p erty $1 ,1 3 0 ,0 10 .5 1 . . and the t o t a l §3,798,005.51...............For th e year- ending in December, 1916, g e n e ra l fund r e c e ip ts were $35,220.10 ..e x p e n d itu r e s $3 2 ,222.75 . . and balan ce $ 2 ,9 9 9 .3 5 . fu rn ish e d th e se fig u r e s : : N a tio n a l : R o lla S t a t e : Merchants : R eserves . . $ 484, 920.63 $ 4 2 1 ,636.5 2 $413,559.21 D e p o s its 234, 480.57 312, 021.42 299,469-74 Surplus & Cap S t k 90, 000.00 100, 000.00 90, 000.00 d°A®_MjjAor_Buslnes:3 Item s in c lu d e th ese: In June and J u l y , Hidwin long took over the agen cy f o r Ford a u to s , and b u i l t a garagp measuring ^0x115 fe e t on the sou th end of l o t s 3 and 4, b lo c k 55, County A d d itio n . This was on the cast sids of Pin e s t r e e t , 55 to 110 fe e t south ox 9th s t r e e t . Live passenger ^ touring cars so ld a t $360, and run -abo uts a t $245.............. e * Sease was running a N othing sto re which he c a lle d "The T oggery"............James Spilman was s e llin g what he said were R o l l a ’ s f i r s t kerosene stoves . . . . And in a splendid app_e orchard, in S e c t io n l 6, a m ile and a h a l f south and th re e and one h a l f m iles east of d re n t own R o lla , on the W alnut Grove Road, to p -n o tch S ta rk nursery pro m trees were produ cin g d e lic io u s 'fa p o le s fo r R o lla , which sold a t tw e n ty -fiv e cents Per b u sh e l. The R o lla Com m ercial_Club was again d eep ly in te r e s te d in ^ g ^ a y s . Se v e ra l other ag en cie s now io in e d i n . A f i r s t item was th a t tne County Co,ret a p p o in t a highway e n g in e e r, ig n o rin g the f e e t th at ^ W ; training -ahatever in c i v i l or highway - g l h e e r x n g . O h je c ta o n c ^ fe lR c n d e b a r s . j;e n in M arch, a new S ta te Highv hawes "Good Roads" n a t io n a l law . The C0mmis£

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the idea o f ooncang the co u n ty fo r $300,000 in road bonds, and on hay 17 a group ox 242 e ls e OCX's peurtxoned the County Court to c a l l a s p e c ia l e le c tio n on such a bend i s s u e . ...T h e s p e c ia l H o lla Read D i s t r i c t a ls o organized, naming a commssion c o n s is tx n g c£ J.A .o p x lm a n , A lfr e d A . S n ith , and W . J . M itc h e ll to manage i t . * r o f . ii.xno G . H a r r is , a t the Sch o o l o f Mines, was reta in e d to design several s t e e l tru d g e s * . One cf the f i r s t was b u i l t over the L i t t l e Piney a t rancy and la t e r removed to South S p rin g Creek a t R e l f e . P r o f. H arris a ls o designed a number of s n a il con crete b r id g e s vhich were b u i l t on e a st 10th s tr e e t and°on Soest road. However, th ese d e s ir a b le p lan s were te m p o rarily scrapped by withdrawal o f the p e tit io n f o r the s p e c ia l e le c t io n on the $300,000 bondsV This was because w S ta te s were about to en ter a c t u a l f i t t i n g in the World War. The voters and committees on w ar a c t i v i t i e s s a id , "Forget the 0300,000 bonds!" Bonds were th e r e fo r e fo r g o tte n for the tim e, but plans fo r choice of two major highway ro u te s were s e r io u s ly co n sid e red . On Ju ly * 9th , the R o lla Commercial Clubarranged a sp le n d id d in n er and program in R o lla , a t the Baltim ore H o te l. Plans were form u lated by the C lu b ’ s p r e s id e n t, J . A . Spilman - who could w e ll be called " R o lla 1s Man Of H ighw ays". The d esire f o r e a st-w est and n orth -so u th highways across the S t a t e had la d to the form ation o f an "Ozark Sce n ic Highway A s s o c ia tio n ", and th is group was in v ite d to Spilm an*s Baltim ore H o tel d in n e r. So was S ta te Engineer M. L. S a n fo rd . This group now com sidered the two ro u tes which were suggested fo r jo in in g Sp rin g field to S t .L o u i s . I t took a c tio n by recommending the "northern" ro u te, from S p r in g fie ld p a ssin g out o f Greene county and through co u n ties of Webster, " r is jit, Texas, P h e lp s , Craw ford, and F ra n k lin to Union - and thence to S t .L o u is . ( tro u gh Phelps co u n ty i t would b e g in in S e c tio n 36 of Township 34-9, go thence to Edgar S p r in g s , and from there to R o lla ,S t .J a m e s , and Knobview ( nov; R o s a t i) . The S ta te E n g in e e r, Sa n fo rd , had exp lo red t h is ro u te , and approved i t . Tbat_was 4;_zar!^_Sceni£ Route Noj_ 1" - the fu tu r e Highway 66. . . . The County Court approved the route, and s e t a s id e $1,0 0 0 to ap p ly on i t s c o n s tr u c tio n . P rivate c it iz e n s along the ro u te proposed to donate another <Ll, 000 — and then the U . o . Government would match the $ 2 ,0 0 0 so r a is e d . Ozark See n ic_R o u te_N p ._2 _w a s planned to jo in Je ffe r s o n C it y with a so u th erly highway through W e s tp h a lia , Freebu rg, Vienna, R o lla , xdgar Springa^Licjj^g-g, Houston, C ab oo l, W illow S p r in g s , West P la in s , and Thayer, k spur/would jo in th is route and t a s s through Mountain Grove, M a n s fie ld , and end in o p r in g x ie ld . These stretches would C ater be c a lle d "Route 63" arid Route 60. When, on or about J u l y 26th , ' J . A . Spilm an and other Fnelps councy road fans v isite d the S ta te Highway Commission, i t was agreed by the Commission and the Rolla group th at the fo r e g o in g ro u te s were the ones to be adopted. Going on e a st ^r0m Knobview ( R o s a ti) in Phelos co u n ty, the e a st-w e st highway ( Route 66) was approved as passing through R o lla to S t ,Ja m e s , Cuba, Bourbon, S u lliv a n , S t . C la ir Union and thence to S t .L o u i s . In t h is manner were Highways 63 and 66 born. and me x.0l _ a Commercial C lu b , p a r t i c u l a r l y i t s p re sid e n t James A . Sp iL ran , cannot be given .00 nuch c r e d it fe r the m a g n ific e n t work th e y thus d id . The Ja r Id J a r red uo en , sometime and ’•hen i t d id . th ese road3 would be b u i l t . Meantime Am erica Had Entered The World War. On February 8th , President^ Wilson "severed d ip lo m a tic ""re la tio n s wi t h Germany, and to ld Congress why - American Ships -sere b e in g k l f u l l y and e x te n s iv e ly destroyed And Germany, d^ ^ red »ar»on the e n t ir e w o r ld ". That sensed P re sid e n t .l l s c n , on A p r il 2, to a d d ..s s an

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extra sessio n of Congress and d e cla re th a t "a s ta te Germany. co Congress . e c la r in g o f ,-ar e x is te d between America and Germany.__ n gre ss re a cte d by fo r m a lly d ■var on Germany on A p r il 5t h . ROLLA HEARD Thi MAWS, and by A p r il 19 th , th. ,, . n / — to-.vn was ,!on a m ilit a r v fnAH Almost every th in g e ls e was dropped in p re p a ra tio n " 1 0 1 a great w ar.^ lo o tx a Z • m ilita ry d r ill was i n i t i a t e d on C a c k lin g F ie ld , a R o lla company was being formed, and a l l men from ages 17 to 75 war in v it e d to j o i n . On A i p r i l l . t h congress flo a te d a seven b i l l i o n d o lla r bond issue f n m~v 3rd passed tne wa r ' s s e le c t iv e s e r v ic e a c t . Food s u o o li- s -»r» " ' r e - V l t t l 3„d H o lla 's m ajor urged a l l who could to r a is e food g a r d in s . H o l l a d T r o f J R ,, plowed up two square b lo c k s °F r-s --------- • in order «o do . so. * * * n * - r —-£ p la- iio tte dd property a _so , ® g -7 3rd, -<-o.4La s S e le c t iv e S e rv ic e Committee was named, I t consis ted of D r. b .L .s a y s in g e r . .W .C .P 0w e ll ..F r a n k H. F a r r is ..H a r r y R. McCaw and Chas. 1- rloods . . i t was^ announced th a t can d id ates fo r O f f ic e r T rain in g would have three months cf t r a in in g a t i* t. R ile y , Kansas. Im m ediately, 75 students at the ocheolmof ~'-ines a p p lie d , and on May 10th the fo llo w in g boys and men were chosen to go: :Robt. Marsten .M aurice C . Lucky .Mark L . Terry C a rl £• R ice Carl A. Peterson Wm.Carl Heimberger Kuzerne M. Tidd John Gay R e i l l y J-Linwood P ea tro ss H arold 2 . Swing Ke nneth M. W right Wendell- R.Richmond Ja s . W illa rd Pugh Welburn B . Crutcher Thos. Pat Welch Fred V . Moore J . C. R a ib le Howell S . C la rk J • Kennedy Walsh Clarence E. Muehlberg Geo. Burnett R alph Crawford Clarence C . W ilson E a r l Murphy Thos L . Dawson R ichard D . Cooper Ray 0 . S h r iv e r C la rk C . Bland Pro f . A .W. Landis Tony Frank C o lic h C .S .S to n e r C a p t .E .S . M cCandliss Hiram P• Lawrence James P . G i U Harold F . Shore 1 st L t . F .E .D en n ie Thos. W itt Leach Emmett L . Arnold Ralph R . R id d lesp erger On Sa tu rd ay , May 1 2 th, these fiv e l e f t R o lla fo r F t R ile y , and were given a te a rfu l " fa r e w e ll" a t the F r is c o s t a t io n : R o lla 's mayor, Louis H. Breuer, and the four Sch o o l o f Mines p r o fe s s o r s , C a p t. E . S . M cC an d liss, C ap t. C .R .F o rb e s, 1st L t. Frank. 2 . D ennie, and 2nd L t . Floyd H. Frame. On May 1 7 th , G e n e ra l John J . P ersh in g , a graduate of K ir k s v ille S tate College, and the U .3 . M i l i t a r y Academy a t West P o in t, le d the f i r s t 10,000 men overseas to F r a n c e . W ilson On May 2 4 th, President/arinounced th at a l l "m ales", ages from 21 through 30, must r e g is te r a t t h e i r v o tin g p r e c in c ts by June 5th. One thousand twenty nine Phelps County men com plied. On June 7 th , a r e q u is it io n was issu e d fo r 250,000 M isso u ri Ozark horses for the U . S . Army. On June 2 1 s t, tw elve tr u s te e s were named fo r a Phelps County chapter o f the Red C ro ss . They were th e s e : .W. J.D e la n o ,M .F .F a u lk n e r .Edwin Long J.M .M oore Henry Wood F .S .T a y lo r Mrs Chas, L . Woods, v ic e p re s. Jane Coe B ran t C .T .S tr o b a c h C has. M. Knapp, treasurer G eo. R . Dean D r. E.'T.W alker W heeler, o f M .S .M ., s e c r e ta r y . D r. A .L.M cR ae, chairman H.L On Jure 2 7 th , G e n e ra l P e rsh in g , w ith the f i r s t American tro o p s, landed in France. . . . a r d on J u l y 19th, the b ig d riv e was on f o r c o lle c t io n o f scrap iron. The R o lla Produce C o. bought I t f o r $6.00 per 1,000 pounds - 604 per 100. By J u l y 26th a Phelps County S e le c t iv e D r a ft Board had been named. Attorney John A . Watson was chairm an, Fred W. Smith c le r k . Other members were °r . B. T. Sm ith and s h e r i f f L . L . Y o w e ll. The Board made up th ree l i s t s , o f 61 men each, i n which ^ach ra n was g iv e n an id e n t if i c a t i o n number. These men were to be in R o lla on th re e d ays, August 6 -7 -3 . From the 183 men so s e le c te d , 92 were to be picked fo r m i l i t a r y s e r v ic e . . . . F o r the county, a t o t a l o f 10p6 men were s0 numb01*0d , S ix c la s s e s o f men were a u to m a tic a lly exempted: ( l) c i v i l o f f i c e r s ; ^ (2) ordained m i n i s t e r s : (3 ) stud en ts preparing fo r m in is try ; (4) m~n nc,v 1/1 0. army or n a v a l s e r v ic e ; (5) a su b ject 01 Germany; (6) a re s id e n t a lie n who bad not yet taken out n a t u r a lis a t io n p ap ers.

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By August . 2nd, 125 M isso u ri women, on c a l l of Governor Gardner b°d registered io r m i l i t a r y or war s e r v ic e . Over h a l f o f them (89) were xmarriec.. lia r ’ The other 36 were unm arried. On .august l 6 i h , a manner of Phelps County p r o fe s s io n a l man were d rafted as off! V l ill H. Breuer Rolla' others were l i C n JILto ber 4 tn , the U . 3 . Government launched a g ia n t —s c a le a tta c k on food supply. ^ i s covered p ro d u ctio n o f s to c k , g r a in s , f r u i t s , v e g e ta b le s . Wheat and wheat p rice s were a lr e a d y under government c o n tr o l. A l l these products were desperately needed to supp ly the armed f o r c e s . On September 2 , s a le s o f the second l i b e r t y bond issu e cf $3 b i l l i o n d o lla rs was closed by U . o . ire a s u ry S e c r e ta r y Wm.G. McAdoo. Phelps coun tian s ourchased 5100,000 o f t h is is s u e - tw ice what th e y had bought o f issu e No. 1 . .m erican s purchased 94,617,532,300^in th ese bonds, exceeding the three b i l l i o n s req u ested . On November 8 th , F .M . Mumford, M issou ri sta te food a d m in istra to r, designated each Tuesday as "m eatless-w h eatle ss" d a y s. James A . Spilman was named food administrator fo r Phelps County. The word was, "Conserve food in every p o ssib le way". On December 1 3 th, Congress d e cla re d war on A u s tr ia . . . And on December 23th, the U .3. Government assumed c o n tr o l c f a l l the n a t i o n ’ s r a ilr o a d s . Their t o t a l lengths were 391,141 m ile s - t h e ir bonded debt $2 1 ,1 2 7 ,9 5 9 ,0 7 8 .0 0 . Telegraph and telephone lin e s were a ls o in c lu d e d . W illia m G . McAdoo, S e c r e ta r y cf the Treasury, was named a d m in is tra to r . And on t h i s l e v e l , the end of the year 1917 found R o lla and the n a tio n . War P r e c ip ita te d A Gr e a t R o lla E v a n g e lis tic M e e tin g .- The World 'Jar seemingly produced deep em o tion al f e e lin g s in the r e lig io u s a r e a . As e a r ly as the; suimers cf 1916 and 1917, R o lla churches had met on Sunday evenings in Pied Smith’ s "Airdrom e" th e a tre f o r union s e r v ic e s . By August 30, 1917, members of the B a p t is t , C h r is t ia n , M ethodist and P re sb y te ria n churches had adopted plans for holding a huge r e v iv a l m ee tin g . They had arranged fo r the noted e v a n g e lis t, John M. Linden, to come to R o lla , alo n g w ith ch o ir d ir e c to r P r o f. R . C . Mann and pianist Mrs R . C . Mann. For the n s e t in g s , churchmen b u i l t a commodious tabern acle on l o t s N o s .l—2—3 of block No. 53, County’ A d d itio n , a t northw est corner of 9th and Pine s tr e e ts "oDnosite the P o st O f f i c e " . D r. B aysin ger owned the l o t . The churches paid a ll labor c o s t s . Tte Frank B . Pow ell lumber company loaned some 20,000 board p e t of the lumber r e q u ir e d . The C i t y fu rn ish e d the n ecessa ry water and e l e c t r ic li§ 4 if a c i l i t i e s . Thee b u ild in g seated one thousand perso n s. , , Tne f i r s t m eeting was on Sunday even in g, September 9 t h . The lead team had not yet arrive d so R ev .' Claude S . Hanby, M ethodist p a sto r, made the d ed icatio n address, and John W. S c o t t , "M usic Man , le d the s in g in g . By September 20, the program was in f u l l swing, Rev. J°n n inaen = choir d ir e c to r s P r o f, and M rs. R . C . Mann in ch a rg e . Mr. Linden b e « tte fir s o aid to e v a n g e lis t B i l l y Sunday. E very morning, R o lla s church and school b~11 were ru n . a t 9=45. Prayer m eetings were held each n ig h t except Monday. A l l clubs, lo d g e s, church and stud en t groups were made sPe^ P g e s t s ^ n i g h t y ^ respectively s e t a s id e fo r them . The g e n e ra l ch o ir con* ~ sch‘° 0i Rolla over 14 r e a r s cf a ^ e . And on Saturday n i g i t s , some 200 p u b lic school children rade 7p“ a "B o o ste r Sunbeam C h o r u s "._ They not only^sang but a ls o gave their school y e l l s . A l l r h o a t t e n d e d -sere gi-ren s g c i a ^ u ^ Booster c h o ir . sp5cial one foj- members o f the g e n e ra l cn oi ,

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„ . „ I f f l f ? V f t h " ' ^ l i s t Linden p resen t, clo sed M 'S u n d ly eren in r ectofcer 1 4 th. -JTl Linden -las paid no s a la r y , but d id accept a f r e e - o i l i o f f i c e Hot je t e a c le iie d ,,i t n l o s i n g , the H o lla m in is te rs arranged fo r a Hey. K . j l a u l s c h of St L o u is to co n tin u e the m eetings f o r f iv e more d ays, October 15th to 19th. ’ he w ith o th e rs ieca mpaign t a lk s fo r L ib e r t y Bonds, in a d d itio n to e y a n l l i s t i c m addresses. ..hale n r . Linden was i n charge, soon 201 peoole "came forward" ° Of these 62 were new c o n v e rts , 130 were alrea d y church rembers. Nine presented church le a s e rs th a t had ceen l a i d away fo r sore tim e . Mr. L in d en 's f i n a l sermons wers on -ooze - H e ll s p o p u lato r and fa m ily d e stro y er",, and "Prepare To Meet Thv vCu' • A T,7it5 m eetin gs ended, the Pow ell Lumber Co. sold the tab ern acle lumber at discount r a t e s , i t co n s is te d of two in c h sto ck in widths o f 4-6-3-10 inches and one-inch boards o f w idths o f 4 -6 -3 -1 0 and 12 in c h e s . And D r. Bay singer sold tne tabernacle l o t , on O ctober 1 1 th, to George C istlem an and G.VJ. Carney. 'This was probably th e g r e a t e s t such m eeting R o lla ever had. ••*• i l l ^ h ^ is tia n , ^ h u rch _F ire, was an a fte rm ath o f the great r e v iv a l m eeting. J-t started about 8:30 in the h o m in g of Sunday, December 9 th , 1917. In is w as’ the modest b r ic k church th at the South M e th o d ists had b u i l t , i:n c r about 1333, on lo t 2, block 36, B i l l o p 's f i r s t a d d itio n , a t sou th east corner o f 8th and Main streets. The f i r e s ta r te d in the former spoke fa c t o r y b u ild in g , la t e r used for a student d o rm ito ry c a lle d "P o v erty F l a t s " , and a t time cf the f i r e a sanitarium used by Ers D r i S h o r t! The f i r e consumed n o t o n ly t h is old frame b u ild in g , and the church, but a ls o a fiv e -ro o m re s id e n ce a d jo in in g the church on the sou th . The to r nun pastor, Rev J . Ross M i ll e r , who was in a s e r v ic e a t S t J a m e g ^ t ^ e ^ lo ^ a-Ll his fa m ily b e lo n g in g s m ohe r e s id e n c e , me cnurch for a Line met in P ytnian h a ll/ Two o th er events crea ted e x c ite m e n t. OnMarch 1 , f i r e had destroyed the °H John Webber house in southwest R o l l a . I t hid been b u il t in 1359. John Webber lived in i t up to 1876, when he went to h is country farm west of Edgar S p r in g s . The th ir d event occurred on August 3rd, ’.'fe^ngs-g. eg - S , Hanby, w ith a group of Boy S c o u ts , were c a u ^ it in a flo o d on/the sure am''which cro sses e a st 10th street near Panther B l u f f . ( The road in 1969 I s S t a te route B B ). The au to, with one boy in i t , was washed down stream . I t f i n a l l y stopped a g a in s t a large rock. Rev. Hanby rescu ed the boy - and afterw ard s a id , " That was a t h r i l l i n g experien ce " . The T earj_s_E n terjfcain m en t_P ro am con tin ued , even though somewhat lessen ed from those c f previou s y e a r s . The Chautauqua se ssio n preceded the great evan g e lis tic m e e tin g . I t was held from august“ 17tH Tom21st. M u sical numbers were Provided by the “ V en etian T rio ..t h e K illa m e y s . . the Maids of K illa r n e y . . amd fhe -n A "Pape ant cf the Tear" was put on by a group of Ro—^ Addresses were made by M innesota congressman, £ n ; ^ ............. rfp Copley P la y e r s were e n t e r t a in e r s , aactre * s , rev, _ u p-i „i_fon’Pnr<r Hon. J'. f i S e .. b y D r . Edvard A B rin to n (on Faraw ay) . .b y -h a s . H. P laot-n n urg ( for th a "home town") and Edward E Kemp (M o n o lo gist, . a , ql . i re, . re ' frere Chaiitauoua s e ss io n on August 23uh to 3-Lst. 't fe a tu A d 5 T 5 s A I p ro s ? f of / I S o o l T ? M to s ’ M u s ic a l E n t e r t a in e r , t s ta r te d on J ® u a r y ^ h ^ a ^ ^ d John S c o t t 's Concert arranged by the M.o — flia— > I'r 'n h s * M rs. Geo. R . Dean, p resid en t, .re w, Di orchestra. The A 6th D i ss tt rr ii cc tt Federated Womens’ C -ubs> -

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held i t s annual nee t i n g in Parker H a ll, w ith a music a l hour in char- o; Bentley. An Feb ru ary , the M .S .k . boys sponsored a R edjkth Lyceum program in Parks Kail. And in March, they presented an o r ig in a l p la y "Haydee" - w ritte n by Lucien E rsk in e , a grad u ate of the c la s s of 1 9 1 6 / Town 'o ik s and stu d en ts composed the c a s t. S c o t t ’ s o rch e stra , su p p lied the m usic. R o lla S c h o o l_ o f H u sic , d esign ated branch/' o f the W estern Conservatory of Chicago, s t i l l had fo u r departments - v o c a l, taught by l s S .3 . I ‘ 1ey - piano in charge of M iss Oil-;® S c o tt - v i o l i n , ta u d it by M iss Agne Deegan - and the brass instruments, i n charge of John W. S c o t t . On Ja n u a ry 4 th , th e R o lla H erald reported a v o c a l r e c i t a l conducted by Mrs. B en tley on December 30, 1916. The p a r tic ip a n t p u p ils were th e se : The M isses _.__.H odgps . . S t e l l a W estlake . ._ * _ .L e n o x Shaver ..O l i v e S c o tt . . Evelyn acGregor *« and C la u d ia A l l e n . Three cf the s e le c tio n s sung ware th ese: " In the Dark and the Dew" (Coombs) .." S i n g On" (Denza) . . and "S le e p , Baby of Mins" (Dennec). ■ ' • On May 1 7 th, M iss O liv e S c o tt and her piano p u p ils gave a r e c i t a l in her home. The p a r t ic ip a n t s were th e s e : •L 0u is e B a r le y •Dorothy C ulbertson ■ E liz a b e th Larsh ••Pearl A llis o n Joseph in e B0--jen G i r l i e Campbell M ary Sm all Alma Hawkins S a l l y L arsh . K ath le en White Mary Larsh Elma S a it s J u l ia n a Baum eister A l i c i a Baker (?) E liz a b e th Long Margaret McCaw Mary Case Mary Em ily' M ille r Nancy C la rk Mary Jane Cam pbell M argaret McRae Miss S c o t t ’ s group gave a second r e c i t a l of t h i r t y numbers on December 6 th . T e rrib le Tragedy ended the ca re e r o f the cele b ra te d D r. John J . B a sse ttWooton when, in P itts b u r g h , P a ., on June 3rd, 1917, he committed su icid e by swallowing poison, ne rooming He d ied an in a room ing nouse. house. The R o lla ed ito r said th at the "ch ara cter" of the man was n e ith e r known nor suspected u n t i l his e f f e f t s were examined, and it was learned th a t he was an E n g lis h baronet — "S ir " John l/ooton. aorn in angland, hs was 49 y ea rs of a g e . K is f i r s t w ife had died in 1901. His secern was .iis s Estelle Rowden, cf C ro c k e r. M issou ri . . His body was snipped to Louis fo r b u r l—1 . His son C harles was born to the second w ife . Two sons by the f i r : t wife liv e d in Pittsburgh. Tte S t .P a t ’ s Program of 1917 saw M iss O liv e S c o tt crowned as S t .P a t ’ s queen. The F r is c o R a ilr o a d ’ s R o lla A gen t. Pryor H. McGregor, had held th a t o f f ic e fer several years in th e o a s t . Numerous F ris c o tim e ta b le s had been published before, but th is one for 1917 i s here in clu d ed as a samplei The_hours stated are for the a r r iv a l o f t r a in s in R o l l a . Note tt e many passenger tr a in s a 1 gone as this story i s w r itte n in 1969. The " f r e ig h t s " are f a r more numerous, now and ten times as lo n g , p u lle d by d ie s e l en gin es,an d n ot b j s ^ a s r i loco^otx-7BSt as 9 7. Bound Trains 'te st Bon-ri T rain s N o .2 . - Non-stop ......................... 8:13 A.LI. No. 1 . - N o n - s t o p .... 9 ; 15 r *^* 4 . - Texan ............................ 3 ;05 P*L* 3 . - T e x a n ...............12:05 6 .- S t .L o u is passenger 4:40 A.LI. 5 .- Texas L im ite d 11:20 P.M . 8 . - Southwest Lim ited 3:4$ A.M. 7 ,- 3.74 L im ited 11:55 P*M1 0 .- Non s t o p ......... ........ 4:50 A.i». 9 . - M eteor . . . . . . 5; 25 F l -v _ 1 2 .- S t .L o u is accomodation 1:05 P.M. 1 3 .- S p e c ia l Accomodation , . l l ‘-50 A .^ . 4 2 .- L o c a l f r e ig h t . . . . 7:25 A.M. 4 3 .- L o c a l f r e i ^ i t . . 3 :2 5 p *a * The rq-i 7 B -a th T o ll in clu d e d th e se : Clarence W. Love, undertaker ( f e e .31,19lo ) Vfin —j — — r e ----- (\ S . P e r k in s , w ife u p t. scnools H i am -Lepper, shoemaker v^n\ an . y rs. .w. j -i s > of _ -county swifb of Dr.Latham . 21)

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CITY G p p a iT i: T <1 BUSINESS The Year 1913-19

At the b e g in n in g of 1913, the R o lla n ror was De,vid • Cowan. For fa rd / 1 ,2 , & 3, the hang-over alderrasn were T aylo r 1 h’alk e i , . C ulbertson Keim berger, Fey & P i r t l e . S a l t s . G-eorgs Mar l i n e via: mar sha 1, N . A. Kinney c o lie c t or, Jit J cle rk was Henry Aco" tr e a s u r e r , r .o .k e r r a s s e s s o r , J •A .’.Tatson a tto r n e y , J.M c . uthgate eaeirser, -and J - P .H a r t , s tre e t com m issioner. There was no e le c t io n of mayor- in May, Cowan c o n tin u in g , sleeted on A p r il 2 were, for wards 1 , 2, and 3 r e s p e c tiv e ly , D r. W .Talker, Louis Heimberger, and P i r t l e . The c o u n c il, as sworn in by ..•layor Cowan on May 6th and by wards, c o n s is te d of aldermen Taylor and V alker ..C u lb e r ts o n and Keimberger Joe Fey and J . i u P i r t l e . v/m. J . S a lt s continued as c i t y c le r k . --s so o ft e n , the power p la n t was the bu siness item of most concern. I t frequently, as b e fo r e , broke down or skipped n ig h t-tim e s e r v ic e . M isce lla n e o u s. Comnnmitjt. A f f a i r js In_R£>lla_3cho.ol A f fa ir s ,, on A p r il 2nd /.D .Jo n es and 3 eve N. L o rts were elected fo r the th ree j e a r term . The other fou r board members -were Har ry R . McCaw, J03. G. Campbell . . D r . W .S . Smith and P .H . McGregor. D r. Sm ith was named p re sid e n t, McGregor v ic e p r e s id e n t . A n ine month sch o ol was approved, but a le v y of 31.00 per 4100 was d e fe a te d . The Board re p la ce d P r o f. S .P . B ra d le y as superintendent w ith P r o f. C .E . Evans, ?;ho came from Crane, M is s o u r i. C h a rle s S . Cramer was named hidh school p r in c ip a l, Mrs C .E . (Lets.) Evans p r in c ip a l of C e n tr a l, and Sadie Donahoe p r in c ip a l of Ward school. In the h igh s c h o o l, J e s s i e V ia was a s s is t a n t p r in c ip a l, in charge of teacher t r a in in g . G e o rg ia Hendrickson taught lan gu ages, and Zoe K a r r is join ed the t a f f as the f i r s t te a ch e r o f home econom ics. The a d d itio n a l teach ers at ic h iso n , M innie Liar t i n , M o llie Holmes, JJ u l i a Brown, Brow 0entrai were V ir g in ia Huti an, and Nanjo S ta h lc u p . At Ward, Miriam H e lle r , ^ n g , Bess Casselmian, teacher Mrs Mabel Sm ith , a n d .M y rtle E a s t . The record f a ile d to name the negro — — - *~ in C e n tra l 265 .at Lin coln s c h o o l. . . . The en ro llm en t in hi=h wchool was 133 * • aid in Ward 1 0 ?. L in c o ln 'e n r o lle d 1 6 . The grand t o t a l was 526. S ta te and County O ffic e r s were th e s e : Frank H. F arris was state rep resen taB u ford was S t a te S e n a to r . C ir c u it court o f f ic e r s in clud ed ouags ..-ie rTc Wm.. R . E l l i s , s h e r i f f L .L .Y o w e ll, and a tto rn e y A .3 . Holmes.

Sk y les the probate ju d g e, and assessor. J .M . Southgate was su rveyo r, '^eo. Rr. V J.S. Smith the co ro n e r. bowed over tw ice th a t o f The c o . u n t . T _ v a la . a t . io n f o r 1913, fo r t f , reaso n , ^ r f ^ . * 35, 955.00 for 1917. For 1913, i t was 4 3 ,8 2 3 ,6 4 2 .6 7 , th a t oci__„ , , , on ly real e s t a t e , and 5.?, 1 8 3,787.67 fo r p erson al p ro p e rty . Th- 1 A . t t a J vere &33,057.80, expenditures §3,760,237.01..................R e ce ip ts in the g e n e ra l fund i n our record I s th a t ^ p ra sld m f f f h t e a f a t l o n a l Bank. replaced Ferd Webb a s c a s h ie r .

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the road t o Lena’ s P r a ir ie , and rre sent route 63, R olla. to south county l i n e ; the one to B e l l F o rd . rro a f e a t hhOT e r did not h e lp a ^ v e -two belowSons VJinter 2er.o_]*eatL J anuary 10th to 1 5 th, s e v e r a l in cn es of snow a. ^ V ^ b e l o w s e ro . From February held sway. On Ja n u a ry 31 and February 1 ’was a ls o two f iv e above . 2nd to 5th , tem peratures ranged from two eoow •-

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In _th e _B u sin e ss A rea a fpw min-v. u Lurch was g iv en $750 by the C a r n e t eôundadd nn^'f r e c ° rd th a t the Metho i s t x °unda a on fo r purchase n-~ a ™ — ______ 7 .H .ad a; ars . (D r.) ■ ims so ld her co rse t a t o w ^ W ^ s C J V ? pipe orSan ’ opened a new c o r s e t s t o r e . I . Baumgardner set wl ’ ^ ^ 3 G arrie -Wagoner Case opened the DeLmonico C a fe . ° - a ph°-ograph stu d io , and M.K. Pr^fe.ssi onal_Men of 1918 Th^ • , ncluded J.A .7 /a tso n , S tev e l C L o r ts " ate le ift in town by the "war Eland. oAir. ts bought ue adied -larch Eland, r. L no o rr ts o o u ^ it the the Bl Bland law li b r a r y^ ™ T T 5 th ), Judge W*G* Dr. 3 .B . Rowe p r a c tic e d u n t i l h is dea*-h b w£* ’ * uocôrs l e f t in town, McFarland cane t o H o lla in March and Decerb * vecia9r* D rs* Durant and A .Sid n ey McFarland from. Late S p r i ^ Dent I S ’ r e s p e c tiv e ly , Durant frem M ichigan, physicians. D r. -l i3fc <* the dental w ork. . . P . H . McGregor r e s i d e d as^Fri ^ S ^ sse s , D r. u . J . .Talker did The 1918_Chautauaua n r o ^ r L wl s ft ag ! n? ’ M*A*Kinney • * * " * * him. morning c h ild r e n s ' hour was rep eated E n t e n t e ^ Ûsf s 7 lt+th to -Loth' The u su al

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J s s e s I . cordon, . « * . Hanford Schoonover, ani S .T .A u s tir e . 1 ’ , J a : - was h e ld , d e s p ite tte War. There were horse re css saddle clubs cau tle and s to c k e x h ib it s , la r r e E o U a m erchants' ads in ” e ” 5 l l D aiW Herald ( s r e c ia lL y p rin te d fo r th e f a i r ) . Bands co n ce rts, the H o m T o u arS tad a dance, and an a ir p la n e was brought in to g iv e fa ir -g o e r s ' e x c i t h t e S T Here were 2,996 paid adm issio ns and the f a i r was p r e n o u L d a A c c e s s . .. ' i ng A re a , th e M eth od ists added the large Sunday School roors to t e west o f the o r i g i n a l b u ild in g . R ev. 0 .3 . Hanby had in it i a t e d a P o r o u s new “ 1 b , 1S waf p a rt o f •••At th " B e lla F lo u r H i l l , Schuman B ro s, erected a 70 fo o t b r ic k smoke s ta c k fo r t h e ir b o ile r room. ..

In Ja n u a r^ fcte H o lla School o f M usic, otherwise c a lle d bran? h ° f the C hicago C on servato ry, s t i l l o ffe re d prograns in piano w ith 3c o tt, v o ice t r a in in g under sirs S .B .B e n t le y , v io li n lesso n s with Agres Deeoan am band instrum ents w ith John W. S c o t t . The vo ice work ceased when Mr. and Mra ’ entley l e f t H o lla to l i v e in Raymond, I l l i n o i s . This move caused d e e p ’regret in Mida s clubs and m u sica l c i r c l e s because M rs. B e n tle y was le a v in g . Tie Mysterious wenty clu b , of v h ich she was member, e n te rta in e d in her honor in la te A ugust. Sousa's G reat Lakes Band gave the y e a r ’ s outstan d in g concert on October 4 th . J-t was an o ut-door a f f a i r , h e ld on the Baysinger l o t , 9th and P in e . Ml33 ° llv B S c o t t 's pian o p u p ils gave two separate r e c i t a l s in November - one °fl the 2 1 st, the o th er on the 22nd. Those who p a r tic ip a te d on the 21st ’were th ese: •"lizabeth^Long •Lenore 3law son .G lad y s Lorts .A ugusta Koch Kathleen T»*hite Mary Ja n e Campbell Marian Kenyon E liz a b e th Hodge3 Lawrence Dake Alma Hawkins Mar sp ret McRae Mary Soiail Lima S a lt s Ju a n it a W illia m s Joseph in e Bowen Grace G a le . Jare S h u ttle w o rth L o u ise B a r le y A l i c i a Parker Tne group v h ic h performed on the 22nd included th e s e : Bernic e Bunch Nancy C la rk TJu ""14— -------4eister H a r a r e t McRae lia n a 13 Baum Lois Hanby Alma Hawkins Ha H ie Southgate Gladys Lorts Naomi E rick so n Augusta Koch E liz a b e th H&dges Dorothy Culbertson ^3-rgaret G ray O live S c o tt L o u ise B a r l e y ’ K liza b eth Long M argaret McCaw K ath leen White and Helen Bowen Mary Sm ail Ju a n ita W illia m s The Ju n io r Orchestra S c h o o l_o f Mines ite m s, a s id e from these con cern in g war, were these: S t .P a t 's '-eremonies were in p ro g ress from Thursday, March 2 1 s t. An unusual featu re was the downing of M rs. Fred D . Gardner as S t .P a t ' s queen. She was the wife cf M is s o u r i's governor, Fred D . G ard n er. . . . And the new resid en ce b u i l t by P r o f. Elmo G . H a rris, at northwest c o m e r of 11th and S ta te s t r e e t s , caught f i r e from d e fe c tiv e w iring ^ at noon, Sunday, O ctober 27th, was co m p letely d estro yed , fu rn itu re in clu d e d . fam ily managed to save t h e ir silv e rw are and c lo t h in g . # p S ta te and. C o u n ty _E H c tio n s were held on November 5th , d espite tne War. ■ Carter M. Buford was a ^ a in e le c t e d Sen ato r from the R o lla d i s t r i c t . rran.< H. rear Was r e -e le c te d as r e p r e s e n ta tiv e to the M isso u ri l e g i s l a t u r e . The fiv e p a r tie s o

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Listed on the4 b a l l o t s ^ the D em ocrats, tha R ep u b lican s, the P r o h ib it or o n is ts , the Soc’-alisfc-', 3 ^ . ,b^ 0 o c u l i s t L a b o r is t s . ...A d o p t io n or r e je c t io n of s tate-v/ide, t am rational p r o h ib itio n o f liq u o r was a burning is s u e . T h ir ty s ta te s h a d ^ ir e a d T ’ adopted i t . In ^January, 1919, ‘" M issouri's le g is la t u r e voted "yes" for p r o h ib itio n . County o f f i c e r s e le c te d to ass'3Um5 o f f ic e Ja n u a ry 1, 1919, were th ese: Fresi ding j' adgs , e a s t - s id e and. w e st-sid e judge /ere David .C /an, p, O .D .H a ll, and "J.T.Denison # * * .c i r c u i t ■ co u rt o f f i c e r s e Is cted :re W ill E ll: 3, c le r k , Dolph Watson, O!-- i ntf CL \j L» orney, L■insey L • lo w e ll, she r i f . Or 0 5 5 ■ueiPTi ^ woodside v/as s t i l l ju d ge, ^ ; f, IS .F . Faulkner was trs '-surer, -./as e le c t s d c le r k of the Coun ty Co t . M srsann a •h • ■ j Chas. R. Sands ( S r . ) wa T .s, asse s 3or,- D .L . S tu a r t c o lle c t o r , and John licK Southgate 00 r lias surveyor, •^onn _j . o c o tt was probate jud ge, and Dan Donahoe public s id n is tr a to r . D r. -.»o. om ith v/as e le c t e d as coroner. A

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ner 01 -i.nu-- —uj. ia- owioi £.} . . . u i . u w b , raemoer ./any oires 01 school board and c o u n c il (N o v .7) ... C h a s . T . S trc b a c h , J r . . . former outstan din g R olla mayor (fto v .l3 l . ..M r s A n a s ta s ia Smith (Mrs J a s . L . ) , outstan din g mother and s o c ia lite (Nov. 13) ...M r s G r a n v ille A lle n , w ife of county o f f i c e r G r a n v ille A lle n , and in hsr own rig h t "a b e a u t i f u l , g r e a t ly loved C h r is tia n ch a racter" (Dec.14) and Mrs. A .J ..’Jabber, d au ghter of R o l l a ' 3 pioneer c i t i z e n , John Webber, mother of >c,o Henry Webber, and a c h ild in R o lla when R o lla v/as adopted as county s e a t, 18Jjo 3ec, 21, at G a l a t i a , 111, her home). WORLD WAR 0N3 was on in e a r n e s t . In Ja n u a ry, P resid en t W ilson proclaim ed that " The f i n a l war f o r l i b e r t y has come". He s ta te d fou r p r in c ip a l aims o f the war, as he saw them ...............Food, r e s t r ic t io n s v/ere tig h te n e d . On W ilson 'sn ord ers, there would be one "w h eatless me.pl" each day. Tuesdays and Saturdays were to be "porkless".. Purchases o f f lo u r were lim ite d to 24 pounds, sugar to 5 pounds. Purchases and use of c o a l, l i g h t , and heat were g r e a t ly r e s t r ic t e d . Because of this, Fred S m ith 's "R o lla Theatre" had to c lo s e on Mondays and Tuesdays. J a s . A . Spilman, county food a d m in is tra to r , warned th a t those who e ith e r hoarded foo d s, or profited unduly from t h e ir s a le , were su b ject to fin e s o f v5 ,0 0 0 . The county Red Cross was commanded fo r d oin g a g reat job - making s u r g ic a l d r e s sin g s , Christm as packages, c o lle c t in g and k n it t in g sw eaters and sox fo r the s o ld ie r s . And Herbert Hoover, J . S . Food a d m in is tra to r , d isp e n sin g food not on ly to the army, but to starving n atio n s in tine war zone, was proclaim ed by the E n g lish la ia s o n o f f ic e r " to be greater them the c h i e f g e n e ra l of the Germans - Hindenberg". The food administration f o r Phelos co u n ty co n sis te d o f J.A .S p ilm a n , chairman, pins JAJ.TenEyck ( S t . Ja m e s), * S .R . B rookshire (co u n ty ), W.F.Houk and H.W.Roach (Newburg). February and March brought renewed emphasis on food s a v in g s . Fas l im it fox '■/beat bread v/as 1-4 pounds per week. S u b s titu te s p erm issib le co n siste d o f flo u r Pads of corn, buck w heat, rv e , p o ta to e s . M rs. m*4• C alk er headed a dm.vs for yurenase cf th r ift stam ps. Schuman B ro s , continued c o lle c t io n o f scrap ir o n . D ayligh t saving tire was i n i t i a t e d when c lo c k s were turned ahead one hour on March _ 31. Those tfio refused to comply were branded as " s la c k e r s " , and had th e ir names prin ted in I

From March to May, the sale of 53 b i l l i o n d o lla r s worthy of Thira L ib e r ty 4 # Sonds was on. Heavy r a in s prevented outdoor sale g a th e rin g s in _ R o lla ^ e e sspaiate tim e s. The th ir d tim e, the program went to Parker H a ll, ,/nere^ot.- u-» Postmaster C .M .S e lo h made the L ib e r t y Bond speech and Sousa s Great «u*-s B-nd , °f 25 nieces fu rn is h e d the m u sic. From June 15th to August 15 tn ^ ^ trained a t th e Sch o o l o f M ines, 40 in m in in g, 120 soldiers a lre a d y m s e r v ic e , E l l i s bray^on, cl newuui0, was "the best shot In h is company'1. , » 4/0 z ie In Ju n e, a "war sa v in g s stamp day" was h e ld , to^ s e l l a quota c f ? o 2 — °- such stamps a s se ss e d a g a in s t r e s id e n ts o f R o lla senool n is t r ie o. „ _-J ^ -r\ s’ „ „ „ ponnH T decreed that "use 0 1 the Gardner, -of ^Missouri, and M issouri > 3 th, the fo u rth Liberty Bond Gorman language" should be stopped. refu3ed to buy were fined p l ,0 , Mmnni-— FnnT Kol J-8. C-Li/iZvi^ , Ho*' [Ls hxd Fiojiis Gusirci campaign ____ was ila u n ch e d . Four R o lla d . and in September, each bv the co u n tv a d m in is tra tio n .

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coopany. J ;- * L °ckn er :Jas c a p ta in , B .f l. Rucker f i r s t lie u te n a n t, BM7. Humphrey second lie u te n a n t, ard i'rank 3 . Aewe 11 f i r s t se rg e a n t. The Red Cress was* "exc^eda active"} le a d in g in s a v in g stamp d r iv e s , making s u r g ic a l bandages, g iv in g chicken ig ly pie surpers^ &nd. featu rin g^ -25 cen t entertainm ents in Parker H a ll, to "raise money and c o lle ctin g clP o h in g .-.or the B e lg ia n s . They thus procured 2500 pounds of such clothing. sake c moon xor army gas masks, c it iz e n s were urged t o save nut shells. Inc to save su g a r, as w e ll as c e r e a l g r a in s , the Government asked the Anheuser-Busch brew ery to q u it making ''a In October, the dreaded Span ish F lu epidem ic broke out. not o n ly in R o lla , but a ll over the n a tio n , and in army camps as w e ll. Some 60 s o ld ie r s in the Studen Army Training Camp a t . the SchoolmOf Mines co n tracted the d is e a s e . N early h a lf oi the American war c a s u a lt ie s were due to d is e a s e , ra th e r than to b a t t l e f i e l d a c t i v i t y , and the greater p a rt o f th ese c a s u a lt ie s were due to the F lu . In R o lla , the Mayor prohibited p u b lic m e e tin g s, as in chu rches, p ictu re shews, sch o o ls, and s im ila r groups. The churches, Red Cross and R o lla women did a l l they could to help the few doctors l e f t in town. Death came to numbers, both o f s o ld ie r s and c it i z e n s . .->11 p olitical m eetings were banned. . . . A second sie g e o f the F lu broke out in R o lla in early December . As b e fo r e , p u b lic m eetings were p r o h ib ite d . Groups o f more than ten persons were banned. Churches, lo d g e s, sch o o ls, p 'etu re shows, and pool rooms a l l came under the b a n . The Aar would soon end - but b efo re i t d id , death overtook V i r g i l Faulkner on the French b a t t l e f i e l d , on October 24th, 1913. He was the f i r s t R o lla boy to be k illed in th is »?ar. Hg was a brother of Rex, Guy, and N eal Faulkner, of R o lla , and a nephew cf M .F . F a u lk n e r . He was b u ried in F ran ce. The D .A .R . Memorial, first placed by the R o lla p o st o f f i c e , and l a t e r removed to the R o lla Cemetery, was erected in h is memory. On October 2 ? th , th r e e days a fte r V i r g i l ’ s d eath , d a y lig h t saving tine was changed back to normal time . And by December 2nd, the student tr a in in g group on the M.3.M. campus was d isb an d ed .

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The End of J^ o rM Jf e r _ O n e . J i i l e a l l the fo re g o in g events viere takin g rilace in %11, - Hielp6 county and the n a tio n , the war was ragin g in Europe. A u s tr ia an d 'B ulgaria ..ye aligned w ith Germany. By March, 1918, B r it a in had formed a f a i r l y e ffe c t iv e Cockade of German p o r t s . Submarine w arfare had been le sse n s . Thus disadvantaged, the Germans in March launcned a ma s s i ve a s s a u lt on a f i f t y m ile fr o n t on the Bourne b a tt le fie d L u d e n d o r f f was in command. The goal was crush the B r i t is h and French fo r c e s before troops could e f f e c t i v e l y jo in i n . By A p r il, the Germans had driven the A llie s mean to lith in 12 m ile s or am ien s. Two thousand American troops xf t ic ip ' ted in the defense. To u n ite t ie e f f o r t s of P ran ce, B r i t a i n , and Am erica, Gen. Ferdinand Foch yjjs chosen as supreme commander of ihe a l l i e d arm ies. In A p ril, the Germans advanced 1? m ile s up the Lys v a lle y , but were then c r e e le d . On lay 31, the Germans, _ on a 40 m ile fr o n t , reacted the Marne r iv e r , sane 0 m iles from | Paris. French and Am ericans stopped th e d riv e a t the b a ttle of C hateau-T hierry on June 4th. B arin g June and J u l y , some 27,000 American s o ld ie r s engaged in the th ird battle cf the A isn e , and in B e lle a u h o o d . Americans showed t h e ir m ettle in May by pushing back and c a p tu rin g many p ris o n e rs a t C an tign y . luring Ju ly ard A ugust, the second b a t t le of the Marre was fo u g h t, and proved to I be the turning p o in t in the w a f. Some 85,000 American s o ld ie r s p a r tic ip a t e d . * In J ly , the millionth Amer.ican s o ld ie r ;’ a r r iv e d in France from o v erse as, b'hsn th is counter move ended, the Germans had been pushed hack to a lin e from S o isso n s to Rheims. 2 ? 0 ,000 UEsricane had now occupied the, fr o n t l i n e ^ f ^ b a t t l e . In August,' the B r itis h / s u r u c te tn e n GermShs, co n tin u o u sly pushing them hack through September and O ctober, and up t o November 1 1 th . F if t y - f o u r thousand. Americans aided him. Unger Gen. Hangin, the Fren sh , w ith 85",000 Am ericans, g r a d u a lly pushed the Germans back to and beyons the A is n e , to La on, and to the B e lg ia n f r o n t ie r . From August to ilovsnber, the B r i t is h puste d the Germans out o f Yores and th e :..ys / a lle y , with aid of 103,000 Americans. And d u r in g October and November, the A u strian array, on the I t a l i a n front, was routed. 1 ,2 0 0 American s o ld ie r s p a r tic ip a t e d . The next A llie d advance was on the S t .M ih ie l s a l i e n t . This was d i s t i n c t l y an American project under Gen, J o in J . P e rsh in g . N ith 550,000 American troops, aided by small French and B r i t i s h groups, t h is s a lie n t was reduced in fo u r days, September 12th to 16th. American c a s u a lt ie s were about 7,000* But the U .S* iooys captured 16,000 prisoners ard 443 a r t i l l e r y gun a. F o llo w in g t h is engagement, the Americans, ^from September 26 to November 11, were con cen trated on the Meuse-Argonne io r c s t l i n e , lit* cutting of the Sedan -M ezieres r a ilr o a d d isru p ted the main lin e of supply io r urn G sin m o , and necessitated Germsn r e t r e a t out o f the French iro n f i e l d s , from which they^had^ been converting ir o n in t o war m a t e r ia ls . One m illio n and two hundred thousand am en cantroops were in v o lv e d . A fte r a week, b e gin n in g November 1 s t, the Americans had the Germans in major r e t r e a t . , , , As ea rly as October 1 7 th , Kaiswr N ilh eL u I I had made a p lea for peace bu t since German a t r o c itie s s t i l l co n tin u ed , P re sid e n t W ilson and the A l l i e s r e je c te a di = p .= ■. Tns German conm nder, G e n .S r ic h von L u d en d o rff, as e a r ly as S e p t. 29th ted sensed th e _ -King d efeat, and had asked the German government to press fer an arm isoj.ee. B u lgaria e r aou. abdicated and f le d from , fed surrendered, A u s tr ia n arm ies were d e fe a te d . Tte Kfaa ls iser “away on November 9 th . P rin ce Max, o f Barren, took h i p la c e . P resid en t ..i l s o n h a J conducted p re lim in a ry n e g o tia tio n s w ith tte Germans ate A u stria n s sin ce October 7 J> . *> g en eral a r m is tic e cf November 11th c,lnch the Germans •ifned in presence of Gen. Foch on November 7 th . By i t s term s, the »a r ended on hova..ber Hb, at 5:00 A .H . A l l Germ sn-occupied co-entries -sere to be evacuated n to hin U days. *11 guns ate c a r equipment were to be surrendered. The parser was in te rre d in H olland, ®

* ? b h l ? 3i “ b r e - t ne-is a hues c e le b m tio n was staged . R o l l * ' . M ROLLA, on r e c e ip t o f the g re a t ne.Is a t r e in in g for »ar on the I t .S .it . -...ets were over-crow ded. A c o n t in e n t ox 1 w > ‘ F ch b a t t le f ie l d s campus, led the s tr e e t parade. T h eir order to e n tr a in fo r the trenen A

excep t fo r enforcem ent o f the terms of tt e a r m is tic e .

ijS terras in clu d ed the fo llo w in g th in g s !• - German e v a cu a tio n of occupier^ t - r r i t o j ^ r .^ ^ ^ f t haul 2 . - E v a cu a tio n by the Germans oi th-^ l e and C oblen z. b rid ge te ads a t M ainz, Co.oOgn;

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3-- Reserved tc > Am erica and the M illie if1 Surrender of the German submarine c _ Abrogation of th e t r e a t i e s of 3 u i 6*~ Destruc tio n o f German a i r c r a f t , t 7.- Maintenance of the A l l i s d b lo cked ( 8,- Return c f AH i e d noisome rs and da9»- D e liv e ry to the A l l i e s o f 150,000 5,000 tr u c k s .

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The 2 ° i a l Ja .r ^ p s ts j as s ta te d by Richard B . M o rris, in "Encyclopedia of Assri can H is to ry ", were^ th e s e : C a s u a l t i e s ^ were 112,132, more than h a l f caused bj disease, not b a t t l e f i e l d c a s u a l t i e s . In flu e n z a was the p r in c ip a l d is e a s e . 43,909 were k i l l e d , 230,074 o f the American E x p e d itio n Forces were wounded. The t o t a l d ir e c t exp en d itu re s of the war were $21,350,000 - which does not include the loan s made t o the A l l i e s . Nor dees th is in clu d e expenses other than those d ir e c tly connected w ith army a c t i v i t i e s . Compared to expenses of the Korean and Vietnam wars o f re ce n t y e a r s , the "twenty-one m illio n " d o lla r s seems in cred ib ly stall. A l a t e r fig u r e p la ce d the t o t a l n a t io n a l co st a t $24,539,986,000. And w ith t h i s , we le a v e f i n a l peace agreements and the subsequent League of 1stions to another y e a r .

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°1 Z p r* } h 191,3» D r* S tu a r t L - B aysin ger was e le c te d H o lla 's mayor in place o i^ a y id -owan. In w a r d s 1, 2, and 3 r e s p e c tiv e ly , 3. 11. Knapp? Oliver -n a p m , and Jo e a . Fey were e le c te d as alderm en. The old alderman respective l y from, same Wards, were D r. B .TY.W alker, L.Keim berger and JV .;. Edward t; * - Koch was e le c te d c o l l e c t o r , George A. M arlin^ as m arshal. J i is c e lla n e o u s _ C o munity_A " f a ir s EPS. 3 c h o o l_a o a rd _ was, fo r many y ea rs, composed o f s ix members. Each member served a th ree year term . Each year, two o f the members were e le c te d . Thus, the board was composed o f three groups each year — the new p a ir e le c te d tint year, the p a ir w ith two y ea rs v e t to serve, and the th ird p a ir having only one vesr yet to s e r v e . The two new ly e le c te d in A p r il, 1919, were D r. W .S.Sm ith aid ?*H. McGregor. The p a ir w ith two years yet to serve were 37.D .Jo n e s and 3.H. L o r ts . The p a ir w ith one y ea r y e t to serve co n siste ! o f Harry R. LlcCaw ard Jo s . G . C am p bell. McGregor was named p re sid e n t, L o rts the s e c r e ta r y . The te a c h in g s t a f f co n s is te d o f C .E .E v a n s , superin ten d en t, Je s s ie V ia as high school p r in c ip a l, inacharge o f teach er tr a in in g - G eorgia Hendrickson teacher of L a t in ard H is to r y - Jen nie Lenox h a n d lin g m athem atics. Our record fa ils to name the te a c h e r cf home econom ics, but there was one. In C e n tra l grade school, Mrs C .E .E v a n s was p r in c ip a l, room 8 . Rooms 7 down to 1 were presided over by V ir g in ia H u tchin son, M innie M a rtin , S t e l la K in g, Helen B aysin ger, Anna Brown, E th e l Case, and M o llie Holmes, r e s p e c tiv e ly . Rooms 4 down to 1 at '.sard school were ta u g h t, r e s p e c t iv e ly , by Sadie Donahoe, p r in c ip a l, Miriam. H e lle r , ’irs. Mabel Sm ith , and M yrtle E a s t . We do not have the/teahTiSr of "L in co ln sch o o l. Je s s ie V ia , running a g a in s t A .Z .B la c k for p o s itio n o f counts’- superintend n t, was defeated by vote o f 1332 to 652. ..T h e S .C .M .T .A ., meeting in R o lla the la s t v;eek of November, was fav o red w ith an address by P r o f. J.H .L y n c h , noted orgsn izer of normal sch o o ls and academ ies in the R o lla a r e a . The CcunJgy_Cpur.t, assuming o f f i c e Jan uary 1 s t , co n siste d of p re sid in g judge Jackson B id io p , a s s o c ia t e s (e a st and west) O .D .H a ll and .1. L.D enison, hr. Jackson, b e in g i l l , re sig n e d on Ja n u ary 9th , and Governor Gardner appointed David Cowan in his p la c e , fo r the two-year term. S p e c ia l road improvement by the county was done on F o rt Wyman h i l l road , and on the old R o lla —S t.Ja m e s road, both under p ro v isio n s o f the Harry Hawes n a tio n a l road a id law . ’ 2 o u n ty _V a lm tio n fo r 1918, used fcr 1919 ta x a tio n , in clud ed §3,372,939 for real e s t a t e , §1 ,8 4 3 ,5 6 3 for p e rso n al property - a t o t a l 0: §5 ,21o, o02. Thstate Tax Commission reduced the coun~y a s s e s s o r 's v a lu a tio n by 55/°. _••» l 1’- eve 1913 year, g e n e ra l fund r e c e ip t s were 446,852.56 - the expenditures 3o7, 491.33, and the balance $9 3 6 7.63 . F.A.Germ an made the report as county c le r k . Goat_Rcads_f<vr_Phelps C o u n ^ k la in s d major a tte n tio n during 1919. ^ On Ju ly 10th, there was held a b ig "good roads m eetin g", with M eth od ist pastor 0 .0 .Hanby as chairman. Out o f the m eeting came p ro p o sals ( l) to have ^the county issu e -?400,000 in 5%, tw enty year bonds; (2) To expend §160,000 m fe d e r a l aid on Routes 63 and 66 c r o s s in g the co u n ty; (3) To expend ^300,000 oyer g m iles c «ad in each tow nship: and (4) to b u ild th e s e roads by c o n tr a c t. The bon:ds^must be approved by a 2/3 m a jo r ity . The program would c o s t the ta xp ay er. 3? ■ Per 9100 v a lu a tio n each y e a r . _ . _ « u / By J u l y 24th a Committee on management c o n s is tin g cl ! j— b l t e r E '. Duncan (K k b u r g ) and P .H . S c f t W had met w ith the vounty Court ( Cow an-Hall and D en iso n ), and a l l had agreed to these tn in g s . y jp e • k c tlo B on the S4.00,000 bond is s u e ; t ’»° len d owners vathu n ’ each s o h o o l ^ t g c ^ teb= naned on a f f n e r a l a d v is o r y “ T s f e t e V i f ' l a y Conm ission; road widths to °A a highway en g in e e r anorovea by the Sudte wig.. be 24 f e e t ? d i t c h e s 18 in ch e s deep, maximum grade (r-> r e e lin g s '' w e * 'h e ld a tt f i f t e e n chosen l-o promote ; h e V o g » m . "good roadAugust 4th to 8 th . As a re s u it c f the school house: a l l over the co u n ty, from

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meetings, W o hundred c it iz e n s signed a p e t i t i o n £ § king the County Court to hold a s p e c ia l e le c t io n on the $400,000 bond is s u e . The CoU~t in r^ n on se set Monday, September 8 th , as the d a y . The bonds won by a v o te’ of 10^3 to 70/ * » b0T 3 ;!er y in t e d > “ O °,=tobOT « * * ■ > V Pr e 5id in g judgs Covian clerk JTank «■ ^ r m n n . And J-McK Southgate was appointed as the su p ervisin g engineer. *e was in s tru c ted t o mate s p e c ia l surveys of these roads: * S t . James 0 -«raniec . .*^.;O urg uo hey nolio'v . . S t . James th r o iiii Dawson county to Re'* Bird Wt iron Rou 63 to u la h , Blooming Rose, and Duke x e to ccn Holla to C lin to n H i l l and R o lla to Lecoma By Auguoo i l o t , uhe Committee on Management, t o o t h e r with the c it iz e n Advisory Commit'^ee, ted decided to d iv id e the a v a ila b le Tunds among ten to nships as follows V/hat To-ynsh lo Mr From Co.Bonds U .3 . Aid T o tal D aw son ..........................326,000 $0 0 ,0 b0 ’ 326,000 S t.Ja m e s 36,900 ................. 16, $ 0 0 :.. 53.700 Meramec . 34.000 ................. 00,00C. 1 34.000 M i l l e r ............... 33,100 .................... 9,600 . . 47.700 D illo n .............. 52, 500 23,800 . . 31,300 Cold S p rin g . 46.300 ................... 24,600 . . 71,400 L i b e r t y ............ 24.000 .............. 12,000 .. 36.000 R o l l a ................. 43, 500 ................ 27,600 . . 76,100 A rlin g to n . . . 36,400 ................. .. 19,200 . . 55,600 Ster n? Cr-eek 56.300 .................... .... 38, 400 . . 95.200. GRAND TOTAL . p4C0, 000 .......................... $177,000 $577,000. The members o f the Good Roads A dvisory Committee, corresponding to the above apportionments were th e s e : Dawson Towndaip . . . G eo. R . Jump and M .P. Breuer S t.Ja m e s . . . . . D . E staq u et and O .L . Beeney Meranec ...............J.E .R o w lan d and J a s . E . G rie g M ille r . . . . . . . G eo. J . Carney and W ill Smith D illo n ................. J.W .P a rk in so n and Geo. Havens ’ Cold S p rin g . . J.A .H u ffn a n and J . C . C lark L i b e r t y ...............W .T .W ilk in s and C has. Mooney R O L L A .................... P .H . McGREGOR ard ISAAC SANDS A r l i n g t o n ...* / R .D .P in to and G .V .R andolph. Here was an o u tstan d in g example o f good team work . . a banding to geth er for t o t a l community and coun ty b e n e f i t . The work accom plished by th is issue of bonds was b ig news for a decade a fte r i t v/as accom plished. Ine 1919_Bank News was made in t e r e s t in g -when, in Jan u ary, the b ig b rick Grant H o te l, at 8th ard Pine s t r e e t s , which had been closed for a year or more, was bcudit by tte G a te s e s t a t e in Ja n u a ry . The plan was to re-open she h o t e l. But by March 6 th , i t had been DUrcbased by J o s , H. Smith fo r headquarters of the -tereten ts' and Farm ers' Bank. D uring A p r il the b u ild in g was remodeled for the bank’ s use ard on June 7th a l l the unwanted fu r n itu r e was sold by the bank. Besides the ban kin g rooms, o th e rs were f i t t e d up fo r b u sin ess s to re o . The bank re-o cered in the new q u a rte rs on or about F rid a y , September 1 2 th. Reports o f th e o th er two banks, as of March 20th, supply these fig u r e s . Nahi o n al Rol la S ta te . R esources ..$ 4 3 1 , 567.06 . . . i?467,1I8.30 D e p o s its . . 360,631.99 . . . 364,939.46

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dlLeIy;a3 Tiers. lftey were ra k in g high gie.de flo u r - brands ranked "Silvan &cn ( #~'U0 per sack) . and "B eats em A l l ” ($ 5 .2 0 p er sack General ^ r o v e m g i i ? in clu d e d the c i t y ' s co n stru ctio n ’ o f curbing s i on* Stats s t f s e t »• the rem odeling ci ch ; Grant r o t e ! . . .hew dis oensin.: ease; in f rem odeling oi J-ne s gara ge , the former Strobach wagon fa c to r y score sijS’.vaiks on oaltsm «nus . . and. i»ne new sto re bv Harvey and Sm ith.

for 37, 00C of Hines, fo r 5 1 0,00 0 . On October 16, Sm ith had a b ig a u c tio n ' s a le , as he was quitting farm ing a s -a b u s in e s s . He sold 11 Je r s e y cows, 5 h r s e s , a l l h is farm tools ard household goods. Then he removed in to town, and for years owned or was partner in g ro ce ry s t o r e s . Other b u sirs s s _ i terns vie re th e s e : The R o lla Wholesale Grocery store was opened La a b r ic k b u ild in g c a lle d the "Kruger l o t " , on 7th s tr e e t, north sid e, next west of th e •B risco r a i lr o a d . Bor the Company, J .B a r n it z was p re sid e n t, ■ >Ilford AlcViararica 'p r e s id e n t, A..B.Cannon s e c r e ta r y -tr e a s u r e r . Other d ir e c to r s Y/ers Edw. M. Schuman, ;'L.L.F reem an , R .C .S c o t t , and Thomas S ta g g s . I t v/as opened on Jure 10th, and had c a p i t a l stock of 525,000. ...G e o r g s J o s li n bought a l o t as suring 50x100 f e e t a t 6th and R o lla s t r e e t s , where he proceeded to b u ils a creamery ard R o lla .’ s f i r s t ic e p l a n t . In November, he con tracted with F .G .A lle n to build tie p la n t . ...R o s e Taggart took over H o lla 's c o rse t drop, and for many years maintained i t . . . W illia m H e lle r , S r . , in August cele b ra te d the 50th anni s mens' c lo t h in g s t o r e . His son "Bob" became a partner ip ^ Jgn u ary . versary U oJ. Li_LD ...I n A p ril Mrs J . B . E l l i s w in t e r to operate ties famous "Ha-Ha- Tcnka^bh'tfte Alanglia r iv e r , now, in 1919, opened the !t f..r0™ C afe" on Sbh s t r e e t , nbrt'n s id e , just east cf tte 19&9 Ben F r a n k lin s t o r e . ...M r . and Mrs C .C .C h a rtra n d operated the Baltimore H o te l, on 8th s t r e e t ,n o r t h s id e , n ext to tte F ris c o r a ilr o a d . ... Tb Bent brothers d is s o lv e d p a rtn e rs h ip , and John took over the sto re , which .The se v e ra l produce sto res included the continued b u s in e s s u p to t h e 1 9 6 0 's. Schuman t o r e , the W illiam s Produce C o ., the R o lla and Phelps County P o u ltry arid S. Ard Schuman B r o s ., du ring Npvep.berugnd Daceribeiy .bought and shipped ob 10,000 cotton t a i l r a b b i t s . In P ro f e s s io n a l C ir c le s_, the lawyers of the 19tn j u d i c i a l dis uVxCu nt l^ its annual m eeting in " J u n e . O rato ry held sway in Parker H a ll during d a y lig h t hoars, ard Mrs. J . B . E l l i s banqueted the group in the even in g, at _ the Maxine C a fe , frank H. F a r r is was .p r e s i d e n t .. . .I n r a d ic a l c i r c l e s , D r. S . L . M itc h e ll l e f t Peking to p r a c t ic e in H o lla . And D r . Martha S h o r ts, fre e d by d ivo rce from D r. ° “ a prominent p h y sicia n of cca Lodge , cf which she was member, gave them a h e a r ty r e c e p tio n . They took up resid en ce in the Malcolm house, northwest corner of 3th and. Main s t r e e t s . . , . _ , ... A P te lo s County Development F ed e ratio n was organized in December, wic. John J . D a ily *”as" p r e s id e n t ," R e v . Claude S . Hanby as c h ie f promoter, se c re ta ry and manager. Qns hundred c it iz e n s from a l l over the county signed up as members. This was d e s crib e d as " a working body fo r the fu tu re development and u p b u i_d i_0 The c h i e f * o a ls were tte securin g o f b e tte r farms and^farming o f D'-Osips co u n ty". methods, b e t t e r ro ad s, s u p e rio r s c h o o ls , churches ard s o c ia l advantages. A s p e c i e ounty a g r ic u lt u r a l agen t, =nd a county poor farm . ;°al was tte pro cure men t of continued up in to the 1 9 6 0 's. In ~ le a d e rsh ip of h r s . Geo. j-

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Tneip J a d To Be_Another__Chautauqua S e s s io n . War was over and entertainm ent SL "^ : J ? i to Saturday, S ^ S T * 30thprogram co n s is te d of the morning c h ild r e n s ' hour; music and fun supplied by George _ Tcxck & Co ..t h e Weber Bravn e n te r ta in e r s ..-Je s s Pugh & C o . . . *6 Oxford O p era. s in g e r s . . t h e White Hussars ( nine g i r l s ) ..t h e Montague Lim it Opera . .a n d ^ p e cia ls on the Magic P ip e r and R ip Van W in k le. ...W i t and amatory ’.•/ere furnished by the popu lar Opie Read ..W illia m 2 . Werner ..Ju d g e Route ohn Janes Hardin smith ..a n d M .B e ry l B u ck le y . Adm issions were 36 cents plus 4 cents war tax Rhe.lps_o_o.jnty f a ir - - m o stly a H o lla a f f a i r . . preceded the Chautauqua, runnin( ig through the week Wednesday to S a tu rd ay , August 10th to 1 3 th . The u ussu al exhibits, r a c e s , s tu n ts p r e v a ile d . ! ■ Music_al program s la g g e d . M iss O live S c o t t , vho had promoted the School of Mui c programs, now d isco n tin u e d her te a ch in g of pian o, in order to marrv t on August 16th, Mr. John Munson M o rris , of Farm ington. This p r a c t ic a lly ended the career o f H o lla ' s S c h o o l, c f Mu s i c . In s tr u c tio n in v io li n was o ffe re d by Leo Linze'r, a h ig h ly ta le n te d m u sician and a ls o a stud en t a t the School of Mines. Other tyres, te y sn te rtetam eatefincluied a March appearance cf a c tre s s Theda Eara, .and the September show b y the' A .G .B a rn e s c ir c u s .* The o u t f it had 1,200 per forming anim als, f o r t y dancing h orses and- g i r l s , s ix concert bands. I t s morning street parade the 29th was two m ile s lon g l C o l. Woods, cf the R olla H erald, said that this was the b e s t c ir c u s performance ever in R o lla . ,At_the_S_chco 1 o£_Mine_s, the p r in c ip a l news was was th at Edw. Schuman was St.Pattfor~l919, and M iss Edna K i e l h is queen. . . . I n f a c u lt y c i r c l e s , D r. L .E . loodman was h ire d as p ro fe s s o r o f p h y s ic s , in J u l y , ard D r. Fred erick W. Shaw as professor of b i o l o g i c a l s c ie n c e s . S°nE_Verv Im portant External_E]© nts_ were th e s e : On January lo t h , M isso u ri's General Assembly jo in e d t h i r t y o th er s ta te s by approving n a tio n a l p r o h ib itio n . The vote in the Senate was 22 f o r , 10 a g a in s t . In. the House, i t was 104 fo r , 36 against. ...O n Feb ruary 27th, the c o st cf M is s o u r i's new s ta te c a p ita l b u ild in g , under erectio n f a r . th re e years p e s t, v/as §4 ,0 4 4 ,1 5 3 *2 9 . Of t h i s , the b u ild in g itself tad c o s t $ 3 ,5 9 0 ,6 7 1 .2 4 . . the grounds $190,937.34 ..and, the fu rn ish in gs #261,549.71...............On J u l y 3rd, the L e g is la tu r e r e t i f i e d the Womens' Su ffrage amendment to th e U .S . C o n s t it u t io n . The Senate approved i t by vote of 23 to 3in. the House, the vote was 125 to 4 . t A ii^ ta r e _ F lig h t3 _ A c r o s s th e A tla n tita / ere s p e c ia l events of 1919. On May 27th, L t . Commander A lb e r t Cushing Read f 16w from North America to L isb o n ,P o rtu gal, in 26 hours 41 m in u te s. This was the f i r s t . A t la n t ic a irp la n e crossong. His plane was a Navy N C-4. . . . The f i r s t n o n -sto p c r o s s in g , from S t.Jo h n s , Newfoundland to C li f d e n , Ir e la n d , was mate by C a p t. John Alcock and L ie u t. ^ Arthur Brown. They made i t in 16 hours 12 m inutes.............. On J u l y 6th, B r ita in s Zeppelin d ir i g i b le R -34, fle w fram E a s t Fortune, S c o tla n d , to T r in it y Bay, Newfoundland, and thence to M in eola, New York. I t made the 3,000 m iles m 1 hours. . . . In O cto ber, fo r ty -s e v e n a ir p la n e s raced across^ the United Spates xrom hirsola, New York to San F r a n c is c o , a d ista n ce of 5,400 m ile s . Oniy x i_te e n tried for the r e t u r n . The winner was L i e u t . B e lv in w. Maynard, a B a p tist minister. He made tte e a st-w e s t t r i p of 2,700 m iles in 24 hours 53 m inutes, mis was a memenable year for a ir f l i s f i t * The Ja c k D em osey-Jess H il l a r d F ig h t on J u l y 5th , vhich Dempsey won in th-ree rounds, cre a te d much excitem en t i n R o lla , as w e ll as over the n a tio n . Jt exceeded the excitement caused by the sto c k in g c f Phelps County streams , i t h ;kck bass, c r e p p ie , ate perch brought from the h a tc h e r ie s at ^eosno y u.1" helps Countv"Game «te F is h League, cf which Judge John B . S c o tt was p re sid e n t.

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P“ ~a~ ^ f 97, 0 f h ig h e s t Importance v/as the death of fo -m ^ U.3. F ^ s id e n t Theodore R o o s e v e lt, vho had been shot, fed recovere- w ^ s i ^ 'd B r a .il and co n tracted d is e a s e which le d to lo s s of h e arin g end o tte r i l l s Ha died of p a r tia l p a r a ly s is m h is steep on Jan uary 6th, at h is hose in Oyster Bay Sen xcrk. These o th ers were concerns,, spe c n i c a l l y , of the R o lla area* Mrs Annie J Sebter, daughter o f,R o lla * s pioneee r , oohn Webber ( J a n ., 1919) ...J a s p e r Dobson T C n it4"or>-r y» (Jan ( T n —.2 9 )\ ' "i mi ,^ / * beloved H o lla and S c h o o l of Mines ja Mbs Thorns. s Jones (nee Lucy Morse), Jo s (March 16) r s is. t e r - in - l a w of - W .D. and — Cyrus - - - - - H. J°ne Mrs A lbert Shinneman unee Amanda F e r r e l l , daughter of Enoch) ( A o r il l ) s . C .G .G reab er, former R o lla g ro ce ry owner ( A p r il 9) ..C o u n ty Court Judge Jackson Bishop f h o had resigned o n ly l a s t Ja n u a ry (M arch,1919) . . . Mrs E liz a b e th Thurman (nee E liz a beth Weber), many years M.S^.M. s e cre ta ry -ste n o g ra p h e r, (d a u ^ itfir-o f .Edward Downing and mar tt e (Jo n e s ; L i l l i a n s ( Ju ly 15) ...a r e Oscar G. Strcbach (nee Katherine O’ K eefe) (A u s.lO ) ______ M rs. l . J . X . Lunbeck, w ife of former M ethodist pastor (nee Sarah F o r t J ( S e p t, l ) M argaret B la ck w e ll (Mrs Reuben), ex slave in fam ilies of Jam ison and H a lb e r t, Crawford coun ty (N ov.3 ) .. .A le x 3 . H ale, former county o f f ic e r (N o v .23) ..M r s John F .R u ck e rJ nee Frankie D in g le ) , step mother of B.H. Rucker (Nov. 30) ...M r s M a rsh a ll M a rc e llu s , nee Louise Coffman (Nov.26) . . . and Mrs Chas T o tsch , w ife c f H o lla ’ s e a r ly d isoen ser of soda drinks and ic e cream (Dec. 19, 1919). _ ■/ -. y _ The_ T w lL id ^ t_O f World War One_.- The era o f b a t t le f i e l d c o n f lic t ended with adoption o f. the a r m is tic e cf November 11th, 1918. The War fed co st a t o t a l of $21,539,936,000. I t was l e f t to p ic k up "the rem ain s". By January 9 th , 1919, soldiers were b e in g mustered o u t. By Jan uary 23rd, a l l lo c a l food ad m in istrative o ffices were c lo s e d - any fu r th e r needed a c t io n to be handled in Washington. President W ilso n , m eeting w ith the Peace Coiimisaon, w itnessed adoption by that body of the League of N atio n s c h a r te r . In Phelps County, i t s c it iz e n s endorsed i t . At V e r s a ille s , a f i n a l t r e a t y between A l l i e s and Germans was signed on June 28th, 1919. I t co n tain ed a lo n g l i s t o f th in gs Germany and her a l l i e s must do. In R o lla , the Home Guards under C ap t. B.'/.Humphrey were discharged as c f May 15th. ...O n D e c o ra tio n Day, May 30th, H o lla women caused to be plan ted , and they d ed icate d , tw enty-one memorial tre e s on the Court House law n, resid e the trees were concrete r e d e s t a ls b e a rin g copper t a b le t s which r e c ite d the boy’ s name, and th is memorial sta te m e n t: "Deeds w i l l ev er be ch e rish ed . Their memory w ill be preserved as lo n g as th ese tr e e s s h a ll stan d - and u n t i l these p ed estals s h a ll crumble" . . .ALAS'! Most of th e tr e e a s .are now, 1969, dead or removed, to geth er with-the p e d e s ta ls , n o t y e t crumbled II The s o ld ie r names were these: : C h arles House :Hugh F in la y ;L in d s e y Lan ning John Leach Don M itc h e ll Jams-s A. H yatt Aus t i n Lorts C h arles Arthur Lew is Simms F ran cis J . Gammack V i r g i l A . Faulkner U.M. A lle n Oscar B a ile y Herman Lumberger Robert L . P rice Joseph Sharp W alter Sm ith Wm. H . C r o lle y Homer Reed M orris Thoraa s A lb e r t Sikman John Wiedeman A l i s t c f World War One c a s u a lt ie s , prepared by D r. .-loyd Shoemaker,^ of the State H is t o r ic a l S o c ie t y , and p u blished in Ju n e, gave 11,150 as the number of Missouri, boys wourried, m is s in g , or died of war wounds or d is e a s e . Of -hese,

23te, th county'"Red^Cross rep orted having received 57,227.23 £ r the year ended J u l y 1 s t . E xp en d itu res were $ 1 ,1 6 3 .2 6 , and balance sh?,0o4.02. Two men Caste F.-r»PDennie, o f the 314th UpSr of R o lia area re c e iv e d s p e c ia l mention . . _np_ v fir eo and. f-i w > .s c it e d fo r havin g bridged the iluese n .v e r um e r ene^y f i r e vas a mile * « > the 1.200 men he commanded. One .man ahead of advanced ox the one most moss aaviu o cu American troops t ju s t as he was ready to en ter combat. ...T h e otner man ./as L t . o o l. J - .............

psatross, o f the 89th D iv is io n , U .3 . Troops. He was given the U .S . D istin g u ish e d Service Cross . . . the French Legio n Medal of Honor, and the I t a l i a n Medal. Tte f i n a l item for the year was the r e je c t io n , by the U nited S ta te s Sen ate, 0f feaber s$ip in th e League cf N a tio n s , so a r d e n tly sponsored and promulgated by President Woodrow W ils o n . Ib is r e je c t io n was viewed as a r e s u lt of "personal animosity" of the C o n gress, and cany o th e rs, toward P resid en t W ilson . * J World War One is now ended - and we can aw ait the n ext war - : which was. , o 'cadse.' mankind two decades la t e r .

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C i^ JO o v e r m erit And Bus ire ss There had t o be an annual e le c t io n on A p r il 6 th . I t re su lte d in the election cf U r . o tu a r t i . . B ay sin g er as mayor, and new aldermen from wards 1 _2, and 3- H asp e cu iv ely ,. they were Joseph H. Sm ith, B . ? . C u lb ertson , and Dr’. C-.7L torrom. o ma.-ce up the new c o u n c il, th ese ware jo in e d by the h c ld -c v e rs .fro m wards 1, 2, —nd 3 re spe c l i v e l y — o .h . Knapp, O liv e r '•/. Chapin, and Joe Fey. As power p~ant superinuendsnt -4.J* U ltz e n nad re sig n e d , Fey resigned as aldernan to replace him. _ _ _ _____________ _ rep la ced F e y . '/ other O xfi.ce rs were un ese• C ity c le r k , u .D . .Williams . .m arshal, Georgs Marling . . a s s e s s o r , £• C.^ Kerr . . c o ll e c t o r , E . J . Koch ..t r e a s u r e r , '.7m. J . McCaw . . attorney, J . A . _ ( "D olph") Watson ..e n g in e e r , J . McK. South g a t e ,. .p o lic e judge, % . J . S a lts * F . M .-D e ck e r-w a stn ig h t watchman . - Y: i- .is • - - v .' In December, the c i t y power p la n t rece iv ed a s c a th in g d e s c rip tio n by the student chapter c f American A s s o c ia tio n of E n g in e e rs. I t said th at "The c it y electriS l i g h t and power p la n t i s BUM 1 j" The document, p rin ted in the M .S.M . "M iner", cited these d e f e c t s ' The e l e c t r i c g e n e ra to r, designed to carry 400 amperes, was carrying a le a d cf 550 amperes - an overload of 3 7 How long could th is endure?? ...T h e motor on the w ater pump had i t s commutator burned out to depths of 1/4 to 3/3 in c h , and th e so ld e r had m elted . ...T h e old b o ile r was i n s u f f i c i e n t . There should be two. . . . I n a l l the p la n t, there were no d u p lic a te u n its to provide for emergencies. ...B re a k -d o w n s were imminent, in which case there was no remedy, and there would be n e it h e r l i g h t , w ater, ncr power. — In p r io r em ergencies, the School of Mines p la n t had helped o u t. There was no good reason for such s e r v ic e . ...The forego in g fa c t s fe d been gathered by fir s t-h a n d in sp e c tio n ..T he CQUCLUSICH WAS - th at "The o n ly th in g R o lla has fo r a power p la n t — i s a LOCATxGJ and a ! SMOKE STACK i. I" The c i t y embarked on a program designed to make improvement - but m iserably fa ile d . C o n d itio n s were made much worse - not b e tte r I _Is_cellanepus_ Community, A f f a i r s . Annual sch o o l e le c t io n s a ls o had to o ccu r. Therefore we record th a t on April 6th, the v o te r s e le c te d two sch o o l board members for three year terms, approved a nine months s c h o o l, and an annual le v y o f 61.00 on eacn $500 v a lu a tio n . The board members e le c t e d were C.M . Bunch and K .d . McCaw. ine fb .ll board ./as then hold-overs *7.D .Jo n e s and S .d .L o r t s ..D r . J . o . Smith and P .H . -n^ -rs-or, p^uo Bunch and McCaw. I The Board r e ta in e d C .S .E v a n s as su perin ten d en t, Je s s ie V ia as high school {principal, ana added - F .C .W ilk in s to teach v o c a tio n a l a g r ic u lt u r e . In tne high senool, . - iornllrW est' te"udit home econom ics, and Mr§. C .S .E v a n s mathematics.ana bavin . .M c L T X V i r g i n i l ^ ^ ^ o o m , was p r in c ip a l From ^ an 7 on down to 1, the teach ers were M iriam H e lle r , Helen Bay s in g e r , C la ra Dre s sen..o. ^ r , Hinnie -fartin J u l i a Brown, F lo ren ce,W yan t, and M o llie Holmes. In uard^ocnool, ^ Sadie Donahoej o r in c ip a l, t a u g W 4 t n grade, Emma Hume 5th and 6th, urs u a c e l omitn 2nd, and M ildred E ast 1 s t . Hampton James ta u ^ it L in c o ln sch o o l. R u o ils , in Septem ber, numbered 4C0. 0 , t..e s e , 15 o -•’e- e -i^.,,hite°and 280 at C en tra l and 120 a t Ward s c h o o l. For the c i t y , there were 541 white and « nosro o h K t o n ' o f S* o o l a g e , a f a t a l of 562. Of <*«?>. bo7s, 233 white g i r l s . . . . F o r th e county, th ere ,vere 41o~ c h l- dr °T vhich 4136 were w h it e s , 26 n e g r o s . showed -i. , _ fnm th e ye a r ended June ju snoweu in a n c e r e p o r t s f o r R o lla s c h o o l i o . _ t __ x ^ n,A m ard b a la n ce of

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in the old Goodman home in southwest R o lla , spread l i k e w ild f i r e oner a wide area of town, in c lu d in g th e sch o o l and b u sin ess d i s t r i c t s . As the M ethodists ■[oft church a t noon, they beheld fla m in g scraps of paper and sh in g le s f ly in g throu^i the a i r . The Malcolm b a rn , a t 8th and Main s t r e e t , in same b lo ck as°the church, was on f i r e , and was soon d estro y ed . The old Goettelm ann b u ild in g , use b7 the School fo r a h ig h sch o o l, was burned. F ir e s were kindled on the R o lla Herald b u ild in g on 8th s t r e e t , and on the Grant H o te l, 3th and P in e . And on Elm s tre e t, west s id e , between 10th and 11th, the C harles Bunch residence was totally d e stro y e d . The u su a l annual m eeting of the S .C .M .T .A . occurred in Parker H a ll on Thursday, F r id a y , and S a tu rd a y , November 25-26-27th. The. C o u n ty jC cu rt , as i t e x is t e d on September 2, and ard as e le c te d on November 2 was as the fo llo w in g ta b u la tio n shows: The. O f f ic e 0n_3e_p_t,_2 S le e te d N o v.2 Hold-Over _ Wood side C ir c u it Ju dge fcWdodaid e' Wn Wm. R. E l l i s S ills ;le r k Yow ell ................. L in d se y L . Yow ell S h e r i f f .................... ..... J .E l l i s Walks r P ro s. A tto rn e y . . . John A. Nats on Wm. A Stedman. Co. C t . Pre s . Ju d g e . . David Cowan . . Wm. S . Connor. B -S id e Judcp . . . . . O .D . H a ll . . . . Stephen Devers ’S .T .D e n is o n W .Side J u d g e ............ Germann . . . . . . F . A . Germann County le r k He I . Brown . . C h a s. S a n d s,S r A ssessor . . . F. C. Kerr . . . D . L . S tu a r t . C o lle c t o r . . t .rea su rer . . . . . . . . . M .F . Faulkner and C . Kerr B erth a Dent ................. fr o m .S e p t. 1 B lack A. Z . B la ck . . Sch oo l Supt ............... John B. S c o tt Probate Judgp . . . . • _. n ig le y . . • * •« P u b lic A d m in istra to r Dan. F . Donahoe P r o f. Jc e B. B u tle r C o. Surveyor . . . . . J.m . Southgate D r . George Horrom Coroner .............. D r . W .S . Smith As of Seotember 1 s t , tre a s u r e r M illa r d F . Faulkner resigned - because -- ex tra work involved in the County C o urt * re fu se d- t■o compensate hirji for the handlin'* the $400,000 road bond is s u e . As of September 16th, Liiss Bertha Dent was appointed to re p la ce him. She served the remainder a the year 1920. r. The C ounty V a lu a tio n fear 1919, used fo r 1920 ta x a tio n , t o t a l .,. Of th is , $ 3 ,4 4 2 , 585 was fo r r e a l e s t a t e , $1,911,380 for personal property. As of J a n . 1,1920, bank reco rd s showed these item s: ler Rolla State Merchant-Bar m e N a tio n a l ~ . $539,061“ ....$ 6 6 7 ,2 0 0 .3 0 Resources ... $ 7 2 2 , 386.00 595,543-67 480,721.19 D eposits . . . 522,681.22 The, O ffic e rs _w e re . these.: J .M . D ie h l A . C . Dorman T 5__sid -------4 H ja n n H..il.T VI. ben oxr . Pre e n t. R.E.Schuman C.M . Knaop P.H.M cGregor C ash ie r . . J .H . Sm ith ............ J . H . P illm an H .W .L e n o x D ir e c to r s Geo.Vf. C astlen rn S .N . L o r ts . . . . , S .A . Johnson ’W alker. D avid E. Cowan . J o s . G . Campbell n n ' _ TQ90 the o ld R o lla Commercial B ir th O f R o lla Chamber_of_ ^ommer^.. - By ' , T. to nate 'lub had E o ig 7 d -d o .n ,-d u a -to la c k o f „ ,,,30 a "MUST", some maior achievem ents to i t s c r - J - u , p " __ d could be promoted and spearsince most o f the th in g s H l l a rs eded and wantei headed by such a c lu b . . 2 s ix t T R o lla b u sin e ss men n et ard decided I t was thus tn at on * e b -u a iy / jh a s fc e r of Commerce". Th2 next day, a to organize and in co rp o ra te a Ro -l a , ~ Q members. On February 5th, these store by store canvass down town e n r o lle d 130 memra. s .

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/asn again met and fo r m a lly organized. Ths o ^ ii ca rs they named were th ese: :d-dn Long President, -a - a n -u ng . . v ic e p r e s id e n t, C.M. Knapp ...t r e a s u r e r , Jose oh H. smi*-h Aboard o f d ir e c t o r s in c lu d in g eigit_m em bers, p lu s the fo re go in g o ff ic e r s -.jas chosen. ™nese d ir e c t o r s were Dr.- 3 . L . B a y sin g er, H. A. B uehler,°G eorge E . ’ j o s l i n Pryor H. - - - r e g a r , D r. a . L . McRae, Booker H. Rucker, Sam 1C. Sm ith, and J a s . A.Soilm an. A committee c o n s is tin g of Cnas. L . '"cods, D r. E.W. 'T alker, Frank B . ^3ov/e 11, Faulkner, and Rrof . -R< M cC raced a , andliss met. and. orodi vhich ta s adopted on February 1 - t h . a co n stru c tiv e a c tio n program was adopted, and aided by the State Chamber cf Commerce, in Je ffe r s o n C it y . The Chamber so organized, with name cnanged to ‘'R o lla &re a Chamber of Commerce", has e x is te d contin uou sly do® to 19o9* LLe n e a r ly 50 years e la p se d , i t has to i t s c r e d it a g reat mass of TDrthy ach ievem en ts. I t has been the g r e a t community w elfare and progress agency o f the h a l f c e n tu r y .— however many other groups have a id e d . A Few £omment.3_0n. B^sine ss w i l l record th at in Jan u ary, a heavy snow load caused- co lla p s e cf th e r e o f and fr o n t b r ic k wa l l of L in e 's Garage, 6th and R o lla s t r e e t s .... In March, Fred King sold h is l i v e r y s ta b le , w ith wagons, bu ggies, harness, and h o rs e s , and proceeded to b u ild a garage a t 9th and Elm s tr e e ts . It was 70x?0 f e e t in dim ension, one s to r y in h e ig h t. . . . I t would, in tim e, be used as a c i t y p a rk in g p la ce fo r tru ck s and m achines. . . I n Ju n e, George J o s l i n 's creamery and ic e p la n t made the f i r s t a r t i f i c i a l ic e ever fro zen in R o lla . . . . Claude Harvey and Fred Smith were developing th e ir famous store which e v e n tu a lly oecane a drug s to r e , a t southwest corner cf 9th and P in e . They were s e llin g "Grafonolas" ard Columbia reco rd s as s p e c i a lt i e s . And, u n lik e m n y another newspaper, the R o lla H erald was r e g u la r ly in c lu d in g S c r ip tu r a l passages in i t s weekly is s u e s . . . . F . G . A lle n and Fred McCaw ad v ertised as co n tracto rs . . and Edwin Long bought the Malcolm b u ild in g a t n o rth east corner o f ‘ 3th and F in e . RoVl^'s. Li st o- Bu^ irB a se s_a ix i_A g e n c ie s, as c f Jan u ary, 1920 - im m ediately f o llowing World War One, b elo n gs in our s to r y at th is p o in t. I t fo llo w s ! . D o c to rs : M in is te r s .1 W .J.D u ra n t, M.D. C a th o lic -Jo h n P . Lynch A .3 . M cFarland, M.D. C h r is tia n — I ‘ Ross M ille r Martha S h o rt-W ri^ it B a p tis t - J « A . Morse E rv in W right E p is c o p a l - H. N elson T r a g itt E.W .W alker, d e n tis t M ethodist - Claude 3 . Hanby 3 .E .C . Slawson, d e n tist P re sb y te ria n — A lb e r t R* F isk e C_hi.rciprac.tor s.: _ O c u lis t s ! Ruby Lee Vinson D r. A .3 . N orthern B essie A . M itc h e ll D r. E r v in W right Lawyers.: R°d.33_sl L .H . Breve r M asonic, 213 AFE AM Frank H. F a r r is R oyal Arch Masons 3 , N . Lorts Knights Templar John A . Watson E a ste rn S ta r No. 176 Newspaper sp Knights cf P y th ia s R o lla H erald , Chas L . Woods, ed . P yth ian S is t e rs R o lla New E ra, F .E .T a y lo r , ed. Woodmen of the World S t .L o u is Globe-Democrat Knigji ts of Columbus S t.L o u is P o st-D isp atch Odd F e llo w s , I .O .O .F . Drugs E S ta tio n e r y : Cover nmen t ; S c o tt Drug " f j • ■-Sc ot t ) County Court Faulkner Drug (M .F.Faulkner) C it y C o u n c il ' :

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Jivies Hub • * p t h D i s t . fe d e r a te h College ^glut," --------}r- .'Jom^ s r Clubs Saturday C lu b . (Departments o f :) L ite r a r j Hone Economics Art - -iisic >v1 Phelps Co. Development F ed e ratio n Parliam entary Club Daush ta r s o f -American R ev o lu tio n 3anks: N a tl. Bank cf R olla. Rolls. S ta te Merchants 2c Farmers ParA _^ci.3*. Har.dware • J . A . Spilman L .C . Smith & Son Theatre: Har ve y & Sm ith Produce. Store s * Schuman Produce Co. W illiam s Produce Co. Missouri Produce C o . 0 .’ ’.C h a p in , Feed M i ll Schools: Rolla High S ch o o l C en tral Grade S ch o o l , E .’fard Grads Sch o o l Churches: B a p tist C ath o lic ' Christ ia n E piscop al Methodist Presbyterian Nazarine Mis s io n P rim itiv e B a p t is t Seventh Day Advents Contractors.: A lle n ( F . G . ) & McCaw (Fre d) William. F . Dykes Mite ’re 11 B ro s . & Sons (Chas K . -Wm. J . -W alter - J a c k C h a s. J r . ) Paints r sn.Pape.r_H a ng.er.3J_ P* B a rfe ld J a s . A . J . ("Jim " ) Tucker i eM9le r-Watp ha s;, C lo c k s j. Worthy- R* Reach % J a s . M. P i r t l e Shoe Shop: M. Davidson Meat.JJa rk e l.: A. ;Y. Turner Autos 3old_l .Ford Maxwell C hevrolet

Grocers.: Model (Ary 2c Smith) M .H. Case A .WTTurner C .A .Sm ith Edw. Sands A lle n and Smith ( J o s . ) GLothing S tores.: S t e r lin g M. Sm ith Am. H e lle r 2c Sen (Robt) Schuman B ro s. (Chas. & D ick) Crumplers ( H .Grum pier). Re s.t auran t s : Maxine f M rs. J . B _ . E l l i s Denny P e tr a g lio R a ilr oad_S:_Expre s.s : "F r is c o " r a ilr o a d American Railw ay Expre ss • T a ilo r : R o lla T a ilo r in g Cop M is c . Agencies j. Red Cross Chamber of Commerce County F air Board ( A & M S o c y .) American Legion I n s t it u t io n s £ Mo. Sch oo l of Mines State G e o lo g ic a l Survey U . S . Post O ffic e P o l i t i cal. P arties.: Democrats R epublicans P r o h ib itio n is ts S o c ia lis ts S oc i a l i st-Lab or R eal_E istat.e Agents: Chamberlain 2c Hess W .T.Denison H ig le y Land Co. B. H. Rucker Lumber_Tard_: F .B .P o w e ll L b r. CQ. L iv e ry _S t.ab le .: Fred C . X ing Gar a g e : Fred C. King Ozark Garage Line r s Garage Abst ra c t _ 0 f f i c e s : ” W.D. Jones Rucker A b stra ct Co. Graphoohones: Harvey 2c Smith S c o tt Drug S to re Blacksm ith : « Schm idt 2c M c C r illis H o te ls : . . .. ^ “ “ Ozark ( T i l l i e Cooper & <Julia uyera; \ B altim ore

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The Lnivsrs_itj_Dam e_s_o_i M .3.M . i s l i s t e d in the fo re g o in g paragraphs, lir e . Ag0 Dean v/as the o rO'''** g a n— iz e r •. Charter in clu d ed Uesdames A . L . McRae. ij&O* R. 1 ^ ---- -n ________ . members T? TT ? n t > TT* _ , ^ tr______ • Lino G. H a rris , J o s . UH . T3---------Bowen, TL . E . G a r r e tt, ^F . H . tFrame, M R.Forbes, Eugene Johnson and G•11• J • The. 1920_Chautauoua 3 o n sip n _ occurred from August 24th to 28th. Music was -"■rnishsd by th e M i l s . Germaine M a lle bay T rio . . t h e L a d ie s S in g in g O rchestra, I;ie -Dixie G i r l s , the New York G lee Club and Male Q u a r t e t . . . .Roce rt. Bowaan war -Jl0 nour /•• CUii ^ V <-*1* WUIU1UUJ.ULKjJ J. 1UU_L^iilD /• #• vthe se ssio n , the H o lla H erald e d ito r (Col.Woods) exclaim ed( in p r in t ) , " This ].920 Chautauqua s e s s io n was. no good. H o lla wants Chautauqua - but. nojaore lik e 1920". The_Courp5; F a ir _ a f. 1920} however, and as the e d ito r s a id , " Tas a success'1. Dr. WjaT H. B re u e r, cf S t .Jam es, was p resid en t of the A g r ic u lt u r a l and Mechanic 1 Society which sponsored the e v e n t. Gate r e c e ip ts were $2 ,1 1 9 .9 5 . There were frcn”l 200. to 1 ,4 0 0 adxnissions d a i l y . I t was held in S otember. For the 1919 . ; ar reported i n Ja n u a ry , 1920, t o t a l r e c e ip ts were $3 ,3 $9 .4 2 , expenditures 03 586.9*3, ana th e d e f i c i t $2 1 7 .5 1. outstan din g debt of $3,100 s t i l l e x iste d due to purchase of. the .grounds, and e r e c tio n of the e x h ib it h a l l . The PhelT5S_Count2i Deyelonment Fed eratio n had been organized tne previous Its' ? o a l was th e improvement cf sc h o o ls , s o c ia l f a c i l t i e s , and b e tter fa r ids and farm in g methods throughout the co u n ty. I t s 1920 program was q u ite , , eten tiou3 . In Ja n u a ry , fo r in s ta n c e , the Fed eration h eld 80 pie suppers 111,over the co u n ty . Speakers were taken to a l l meetings by a s p e c ia l auto transport" com m ittee. C e r t i f i c a t e s of m erit were g iv en to sch o ol d i s t r i c t r-e-i^nts as f l o w s ' , ( l ) To th ese tu rn in g in $20.00 or more, an- o o .a y iin g " i s S ^ s i d e n t s to sig n up as m e te r s ;, (2) To and o btain in g 6 0 ^ -o f d i s t r i c t r e s id e n ts as members; and O ) oo those who Ann DO a-H LQ% o f the r e s id e n t s .a s members. ? ; L ; l i l M arie Turner Harvey had assembled a Fed eration Band, composed of s ix te e n " c h ild r e n . She and th e band toured the county, g iv in g c o n c e : “ larch, some o p p o sitio n to the "F ed eratio n " id e a uas oere made . - E s t h e r or not t h i s w have re s In all th is a c t i v i t y , q£

and backbone". He ^hnd no ^ ! ef a^ his church, the i^ sth o d io t, pasoea a

f oramendat 0iy r e s o lu tio n and handed

W S e ^ l l i o E ntert^n u nent Events s ta r te d with th ^ | ^ a f a ^ L e r t l ^ JohH on the F a ir Grounds. Trlsrs 7ie^ fir - w o r k s . . . ’.Tne most notable m usical Scott's band, f ir e c r a c k e r s , and n x g n t-tin e f x ^ by John S c o t t ' s 16svent of th e year was a co n cert a . uh u - “ . orcran and by Mrs. W.D. Piece o rc h e s tra , aided b y D r. L . n . Rodman a t tte orJ 3fcra> Lirner, w ith her o u tsta n d in g , beaum.; ^ Leo Hig le y and Sherm Tucker, by violins wdrs played by Leo L in z e r , ^, ' and F# z ev a llo s clayed c la r in e t s .

^ e t r d™ e ! ' D r : VWoodman presid ed at the organ, and L i l i a n Aide at the p ia n o . ix t a r

^-P•Gordon, • * u Q4-p>* and 4-vao-re pvpnts were soonsored by the Soar ana and Miss B i l l i e F a r r i s . * lv e o t*V . (]_) Tte P o tte rs ( song and sto ry ) . . Garter clu b o f M .3.M . They were t x , - ^ B lack Burns ( o ratory and ogx~ (2) the C a th e d ra l Male, Q u a r t e t .. (3; * , s 1&4 er announced. (4) the Jo rd an M u s ic a l E n te r ta in e r s . . . a n . Qj

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The. Xast_evenb o f the year was a pageant, "The P ilg r i n s " , presented by the m o a— - - ils o,f the j R o lla p u b lic scho ols Le ev e n t was staged in Park°r Hal 1 nn December 2 1st, and was a v ery c r e d it a b le a f f a i r . r ‘n aLi on A b r i e f note w i l l record th a t th e old R o lla S c h o o l'o f hou s i c , otherwise lied the Henninger S c h o o l, which had le] t R o lla fo r stu d io s in S t.L o u is , appears now to have been d is c o n tin u e d . M rs. Kenninger was l i v i n g at Illin o is. The Henninger and R olla^ sch o o ls o f music had tr a in e d hundreds* c f music cupils, and nad otherw ise g r e a t ly improved and b e n e fite d R o lla . The. S c h o o l_c f Minas was undergoing some r a d ic a l c h a n t s ! D ire cto r A.L.McRaQ retired as_ he ad o f the sch o o l in Ju n e . The l a s t grad u ation under h is oversigh t ■,vas on A p ril 2i+oh, . . . O n Ju ly 5th the U n iv e rsity c u ra to rs , m eeting in R o lla l e f t the choice cf a new d ir e c t o r in the hands cf presid en t A.Ross H i l l . By Ju ly * 15th fSl Dr. Ross had chosen D r . Cha r le s Herman Fult o n j ^ ro 'fe sso r cf m e ta llu rg y a t Oast-' ’ School of Applied Science,* th e -posit io n J ute the Herald e d ito r s a id , "D r.P u lton 1 has the fin e s t kin d of tr a in in g for~ the'_3ob"f i-’it h h is wife and •d a u jite r s B erth a and M arian, D r. Fu lton a rriv e d in R o lla on August 6th, and the n e x t day assumed h is new d u t ie s . Among h is f i r s t problems was the s e le c tio n cf new f a c u lt y members . Joe B . B u tle r jo in e d the C i v i l Engineering department on September 9t h , ta k in g the p la ce o f assistta n t p r o fe s s o r . H.H.Armsby was promoted to th e ran k o f a s s o c ia te p ro fesso r o f c i v i l e n g in e e r in g . C la ir V. Mann was brou^ct from B o u ld er, C olo rad o , to head the department of E ngineering Drawing. There--were o th er such ap poin tm ents. -A Upi.ted_3t3.tes. Sxm erLment_Statijon came to the campus in O ctober. U .3 .Rep resentative Thoms L . Ruby, from the R o lla d i s t r i c t , had pushed through Congress a b ill e s ta b lis h in g the s t a t io n a t R o lla . A new and w e ll equipped b u ild in g fo r it was in the contem plated program. This would be an agency which would be intensely concerned w ith ex p erim en tatio n in both m ining and in m e ta llu rg y . The < staff o ffic e was opened tin the campus when, in O ctober, Mr. Noel Hubbard came from Golden, C o lo rad o , to serve as s ta t io n c le r k . Some M isce lla n e o u s Item s a re . t h e s e : As cf Jan uary 8th , M is s o u r i's s ta te financial rep o rt showed r e c e ip t s fo r 1919 as $25,062, 337.22, .from a l l sou rces, compared t o $2 1 ,0 7 4 ,8 3 2 .2 5 fo r 1918.............. U . S . Fr ee D e liv e r y o f rM.il was scheduled to begin on A p r il 1 s t . .i n .r u r a l a r e a s . f there were 286,142 autom obiles in the State>fAi~bT~2uEisb~2btfTf^l’m" feeT~5i^y paid - $2 ,0 0 4 ,9 18 .7 5 - went in to the stat e' s good roads fu n d .............. Lucy Wortham Jam es, in O ctober, purchased the I® n°lT°r ks and the 11 pO acre s of lan d owned by the Mara mec Spring Park C o . . . . /Tennessfe b I cane the c lin c h in g 36th s ta t e to r a t i f y the Womens' Su ffrage a c t ----And at 11th ard S ta te s t r e e t s , R o lla , P r o f. E .G .H a r r is ere cted a new residence on the foundations of th ore r e c e n t ly destroyed by f ir e ., %s_?ris< co R a ilr o a d , w ith o tt e r s o f the n a tio n , were re le a se d from U . S . c o n t r o l , fo lio wing 1,-' __ tim etab le in d ic a t e s th at o peration s were p r a c t ic a ll y normal. Trains B ast Bound (Arrive at H o lla ; T rain s West Bound 1 exan . . . . . . . . . 3 * 5 5 P **-t-■ No, .......................12:30 P.M. 4 Texan, ■0*3 S t .L o u is Lim ited . . . 4:42 A.M. 6 Kansas L im ited . . 11:31 P*M. 5 S L i m i t e d ................. 4:42 A. U. 8 1:2 0 A.I^L 7' Southw est Ltd S t .L o u is Express . . . 1**40 P.M. Q 12 Meteor . . . . . . . . . . 5 : 25 -*■ L o c a l f r e in h t ..............9:00 A.U. 42 Local F r a i^ it . . . 3 : 00 P.M . 43 I 920_jfas p r e s id e n t ia l ml^ctmon_7bap_, For p resid en t and v ic e presid en t, uhs Republicans nominated Warren G . Harding and C a lv in C o o lid g e . Tte Democrats won by hose James M. Cox, Ohio governor, and F ra n k lin D. R o o s e v e lt. Harding Harding won by a , ) landslide. He was in au g u rated and served u n t i l au g u st 2nd, -9 -3 , os v'h l“ h >> (d ied ; ^Ivin. Coc-lidge became p re sid e n t in h is ste a d . ’ (ar-d ) B » 1920 D eath _T 2 .ll o f prominent R o lla people pas heavy, i t s . Ja e . H- Sc o t t , ather o f l o t A W ."S c o tt and Mrs G e o . R . Dean, died on February 6J1 . . Oon. s Jho fallow ed are th e s e : Former coun ty school superin ten d en t, Thos. d . Han.anan J^ c h 1 3 ) . . . Mrs A js t x o c h ^ mother "^of^ th e Misses* May® and Augusta and ^ o n ^ A ib ert (Apr.14) . . . R e v . L . C . S a p p e n fie ld , M eth od ist p re sid in g e ld e r , 3 Job2 "• Scott ( A o r il 19.) . . M iss Anna Lepper, v eteran H o lla t e a ^ e i ( ^

- 52 HOLLA . . . 1920 . . . (7/ .Riley FoHcrari.ll, former R o lla p o lic e o f f i c e r (May l ) . . .Henry Rood, beloved ity alderman, s c h o o l board member, bank o f f i c e r , fa th e r o f M rs. a . L.McRae (Minnie) -r s ------ 1 ;.Va Mary E . (Mrs F r a n c is Marion) Wi?'— - Jd sey nConcedes, snon, s is te r of T' L in m ddj poorsr or Aioerb Wish on, ^grandmother, of A.Emory W ishon, of P a c if ic Gas and E le c t r ic Co. (May 20) . . . H o r a t i o 3 . .’ H erb ert, former R o lla Herald e d ito r and school board ( ..a n d Mrs Ewing Y . M i t c h e ll, w ife of Gen. E .Y .M it c h e ll, mother director of the two d is tin g u is h e d e p is c o p a l b ish o p s, R ichard Bland M itc h e ll and W alter liitch ell. to g e th e r w ith the year 1920 - have gone to the Far Land to A ll th ese

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COPYRIGHT, 1974 By C la ir V. Mann and Bonita H. Mann Tenants By The E n tir e ty A l l R igh ts Reserved. No p o rtio n o f t h is S tory may be reproduced By Any Process Whatever W ithout W ritten Perm ission Of C o p y right H olders.

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THROUGH THE YEARS 1921 TO 1932 (in c lu s iv e ) This_Ne_xt ^Current)_ S e c tio n Of _The _Rolla_S_t or y covers the period from and in c lu d in g 1921 through to 1932, in c lu s iv e . This was a p erio d o f comparative calm fo llo w in g World War One, and p recedin g the Great D epression o f the 1930's. There were, n e v e r th e le s s , items which crea ted much l o c a l excitem ent - as the sto ry re v e a ls These item s were of n a tio n a l in t e r e s t : P resid en t Warren Harding died in o f f i c e in 1923, and was succeeded by C alvin C o o lid ge. In t e r io r S ecreta ry a lb e r t F a lls p r e c ip it a t e d the p e r io d 's major scandal by h is handing over the Teapot Dome o i l r ig h t s to Harry S in c la ir . Jack Dempsey d efea ted ________ Sharkey in a n a tio n a l f i s t i c du el, but Gene Tunney upset t h is triumph by b ea tin g Dempsey. In R o lla , there was a change in the o f f i c e o f school superintendent, and in church p a s to ra te s . Townsmen, s ic k o f poor e l e c t r i c s e r v ic e , voted to s e l l the p la n t t o p r iv a te owners - who took over, in s t a lle d r e lia b le d ie s e l gen era tin g u n its, then in creased s e r v ic e ch arges. A permanent, lon g continuing re o rg a n iz a tio n o f the Chamber of Commerce helped to b rin g about added in du stry, in clu d in g a shoe fa c t o r y b u ild in g and a la r g e output o f shoes. A notable improvement in housing f a c i l i t i e s was brought about by the co n stru ction o f the H o tel ijdwin Long, and the 33—room a d d itio n to the old Ozark H o te l. And an a d d itio n to the R o lla High School b u ild in g cared f o r in creased en rollm en ts. Music and en tertain m en t were a t high ebb during the p e rio d . R o lla 's water and sewer systems were extended. C ity lim it s were extended, many c i t y s tr e e ts were paved w ith concrete . A h ig h ly im portant even t was the f i n a l rou te lo c a tio n of U .S .-L o . highways 63 and 66, and State rou te 72 - and t h e ir r e s p e c tiv e pavements. To these fa c to r s were added the Route 63 b rid g e over the Gasconade r i v e r , in M aries county, and the b rid g e over the Gasconade a t A rlin g to n , on Route s . D is a s te rs in clu ded the v io le n t deaths o f two lea d in g R o lla attorn eys, the deaths, o th erw ise, o f th ree more prominent c it iz e n s , and the deaths, by house burning o f two o th e rs . S evere storms a ls o l e f t t h e ir marks on R o lla , and severe z e ro weather fr o z e tw e lv e -in c h ic e on F r is c o Pond. But lo c a l school teachers were a b le, a t la s t , to work l o c a l l y f o r advanced teach in g degrees becaase summer sessions were conducted a t the School o f Mines. W ith such a summary, we may now pass to the d e ta ile d s to ry cf the p erio d .

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ta b le s below, l e t t e r s and symbols are used f o r the fo llo w in g purposes. "M" i s fo r "m ayor". Numbers 1-2-3 in d ic a te the c i t y wards from vh ich councilmen were e le c t e d . The a s t e r is k ( * ) a ft e r a name in d ic a te s the beginn in g of th is p erso n 's new term of o f f i c e . "Cc" i s c i t y c le r k . "Mr" i s c it y marshal. "A s" i s assessor, "C l" i s c o lle c t o r , "T r" i s tre a s u re r. " A t" i s a tto rn ey , " P j " i s judge of c it y cou rt, "Nw"is n ig h t watchman, (C e) is ,.’ c i t y en gin eer "C e", "EE" i s operator o f e le c t r ic p la n t. With these explanations, we begin the record with the taole fo r year 1920-21. __________Year 1920-21

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Year 1922-23_______

(M) D r. S .L . B a ysin ger* ( l ) Jos. H. Smith (1 ) Chas. M. Knapp (2 ) B .F. Culbertson * ( 2 ) O liv e r W. Chapin (3 ) Dr. Geo. W. Horrom* ( 3 ) Doe Fey (C c) E.D. W illia m s (Mr) Geo. W. M arlin g (A t ) Adolph Watson ( J . A . ) ( P j ) Wm. J. S a lts (A s ) Fred C. Kerr (C l) E .J . Koch (T r ) Wm. J . McCaw (Nw) F.M. Decker (EE) U ltzen & Joe Fey (C e ) Dom Southgate

(M) Dr. B aysin ger(re s ig n s ) (W.D.Jones a c ts ) (1 ) P r o f. Jos. H. Bowen (r e s ig n s . G eo .S .J o s lin rep la ce s ) (1) (2 ) Wes. D. Jones* ( 2 ) B. Culbertson (3 ) James P i r t l e * ( 3 ) Dr. Horrom (Cc) E.D. W illiam s (Mr) G.W. M arlin g (A t ) J .A . Watson ( P . J . ) . . . S a lts ? (A s ) A.M. L ig h t (C l) E .J . Koch (T r ) Wm. J. McCaw (Nw) A.D. Owens (EE) ? (C e) ?

(M) Col.Chas. L. Woods (1 ) C.F. H ig le y * (1 ) John Schuman* (2 ) Wm. O 'lF ie n * ( 2 ) W.D. Jones ( 3 ) Dr. G.W. Horrom* ( 3 ) J.M. P i r t l e (C c) E.B. W illiam s (Mr) G.W. M arlin g (A t ) J.A. Watson ( P j ) . . . S a lts ? (A s) A.M. L ig h t ( d ) E .J . Koch (T r ) Wm. J . McCaw (Nw) A.D. Owens (ee) ? (C e) ?

.________Year 1923-24 (M) Chas. L . Woods ( l ) Lee Wymm* (1 ) C .F . H ig le y ( 2 ) Wes. D. Jones* (2 ) Wm. O 'B rien ( 3 ) J.M. P i r t l e * ( 3 ) Dr. G.W. Horrom (C c) E.D. W illiam s (Mr) G.W. M a rlin g (A t ) J.A . Watson ( P j ) ? S a lts ? (A s ) C.P. Reinohl (C l) E .J . Koch (T r ) (Nw) (C e) (S t )

Wm. J. McCaw A.D. Owens Don Southgate Geo. M a rlin g

Year 1925-26 Year 192A-25__________ • (M) Chas. L. Woods (M) Chas L . Woods ( l ) Frank B. P o w ell* (1 ) C.F. H ig le y * ( 1 ) C.F. H ig le y (1 ) Lee Wynn ( 2 ) W.D. Jones* ( 2 ) Bland Smith* ( 2 ) Bland Smith ( 2 ) O 'Brien-B.Sm ith (3 ) Geo. Myers* ( 2 ) W.D. Jones ( 3 ) I»D . Line (3 ) M.A. Dunham*— (3 ) Jas McCarty— D r.H orrom (ci) E.D. W illia m s (3 ) J.M. P i r t l e (Mr) G.W. M arlin g (C c) E?D. W illia m s (A t ) J .A . Watson (Mr) G.W. M arlin g ( P j ) ? Wm J. S a lts ? (A t) J .A . Watson ( P j ) Wm. J. S a lts (A s) ? (A s) ? (C l) E .J . Koch (C l) E .J . Koch ? (T r ) (T r ) (Nw) A.D. Owens ? (Nw) A.D. Owens ? (C e) (S t )

NOTE: (S t ) i s fo r " s t r e e t com m issioner".

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(Succ£s.sion_of C ity _ O ffic e r £ , _ c o n t. ) . _________ Year 1926-27

_______ Year 1928-29

Year 1927-28________

(M) W.D. Jones (M) W esley D. Jones* (M) Chas. L . Woods (r e s ig n s ) (Wes D. Jones a c ts ) Jan 1 (1 ) F lo y Webb* ( l ) Lee Wynn* ( l ) D r. W.S. Smith* (1 ) Lee Wynn (1 ) Dr. W.S. Smith (1 ) Frank B. P o w ell ( 2 ) B .F. Culbertson* (2 ) F .A . Cameron* ( 2 ) Bland Smith* (2 ) F.A. Cameron (2 ) Bland Smith ( 2 ) W.D. Jones ( 3 ) R .J . Richards* ( 3 ) Georgs Myers* ( 3 ) R .J . R ich ards* (3 ) George Myers ( 3 ) R .J . Richards ( 3 ) George Myers (Cc) E.D. W illiam s (C c) E.D. W illiam s (C c) E.D. W illiam s (Mr) Geo. W. M arlin g (Mr) Geo. W. M arlin g (Mr) Geo. V/. M a rlin g (A t ) J .A . Watson (A t ) J .A . Watson (A t ) J .A . Watson ( P j ) W m. J. S a lts ( P j ) Wm. J. S a lts ( P j ) Wm. J. S a lt s ( As) ? (A s ) C.M. Murray ( As ) ? (C l) E .J . Koch (C l) E .J . Koch (C l) E .J . Koch (T r ) ? (T r ) ? (T r ) ? (Nw) A.D. Owens (Nw) A.D. Owens (Nw) A.D. Owens (C e) ? (Ce) ? (C e) ? (S t) ? (S t ) Wm. O 'B rien (S t ) ? extended. i-29, the C ity Lim its were NOTE: During Year 1930-31________

Year 1929-30__________ (M) (l) (1 ) (2 ) ( 2)

C.M. M urray*(812 v o te s ) Fred C. King Lee Wynn* b .F . Culbertson F.A. Cameron*

( 3 ) George Myers* ( 3 ) R .J. Richards <

(C c) (Mr) (A t ) (Pj) (A s ) (C l ) (T r ) (Nw) (Ce)

E.D. W illia m s ? Emory W. A llis o n ? C.P. R ein ohl E .J . Koch ? C.O. Alexander ?

(M) (1 ) (1 ) ( 2) (2 ) (3) ( 3) (C c)

(M) (l) (1 ) ( 2) ( 2) (2 )

C.M. Murray A lb e r t E. Long* Lee Wynn F.A .C am eron (resigps) Bland Smith* ( reolace s) A.M. L ig h t*

(3 ) Harry R. McCaw* ( 3 ) George Myers (C c) E.D. W illia m s (¥ r ) ? (A t ) ? ( P j ) W. Tom Denison (A s) (C l) B .J . Koch ? (T r ) ? (Nw) ? Alexander ? (C e) ?

The Year 1932-33 Leo H ig le y A lb e r t E. Long* M.O. M artin A.M. L i ^ i t Bland Smith Frank Kauffman* George Myers

Year 1931-32________

• (M) (l) (1 ) (2 ) (2 )

Leo H ig le y * M. 0. M artin * A.E. Long Bland Smith* A.M. L ig h t

( 3 ) George Myers* ( 3 ) Harry R. McCaw K (C c) (Mr) (A t ) (Pj) (A s) (C l) (T r ) (Nw) (Ce)

E.D. W illiam s Rowe F ort ? E .F . Culbertson E .J . Koch ? C.O. Alexander E a r l S n e ll & Booker Rucker,Jr.

. (C o n t.) Year 1932-33 (Mr) . . Rowe Fort " (A t) .. ( P j ) W.T. Denison I (A s) . . B.F. Culbertson t (C l) .• E*J* Koch (T r ) . . ? . . (Nw) . . (C e) . .

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CORPORATE CITY_BUSINESS C ity F in a n c ia l R e p o rts .- The fo llo w in g i s a sample o f R o lla fin a n c ia l re p o r ts . P e rio d ______ _ Ju ly 1 -D ec.31 1922

______________ Fund S t a t i s t i c s G eneral Ceme ter y R eceip ts $23,808.99 $328.33 Spent . . 21.299.44 119.50 Balances 2,509.56 208.82

S tr e e ts -3 1 , 107.36

867.00 240.36

J u ly 1—D e c .31 1923

R eceipts Spent . .

523.12 17,344.36 624.40 This record not taken. S u itted

Jan. 1 - June 30 1924

R eceip ts Spent . .

26,1/JL.ll

J u ly 1 -D ec .31 1924

R eceip ts Spent . .

17,979.18 Omitted

Jan. 1 - June 30 1925

R ec eip ts Spent . .

1 1 , 136 .12

J u ly 1 -D e c .31 1925

R eceip ts Spent . .

Jan.l-June 30

Sinking 9

TOTAL

$25,244.68 22.285.94 2,958.74

9 9

$9,381.13

27,873.01

1 ,240.25

10 , 172 .12

39,209.75

604.77

2,068.18

23,016.17

43,658.30

683.32

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16 , 673.61 4,854.17 Bonds paid . A c t.c lo s e d

7 , 185.21 Omitted

768.87

Closed

7,954.08

R eceip ts Spent ..

10,597.34 Omitted

928.87

Closed

1 1 , 526.21

Jan/l-June 30 1927

R eceip ts Spent . .

9,075.72 Omitted

1 ,302.67

• ••••••

Closed

10 ,378.39

Ju ly 1 -D ec .31 1929

R eceip ts Spent . .

7,703.71 Omitted

633.34

• ••«•••

7, 357.49

15,694.54

J u ly 1 -D ec.31 1931

R eceip ts Spent . .

17,772.40

625.74

• •••••«

13,490.43

31,888.57

1926

R e c o rd

456.27

o m itte d

...........

Omitted

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Date_0n Bond_Issue£ . - On January 11, 1921, a $13,000 bond issue proposal to pay o f f c i t y indeote dne ss c a rr ie d oy a vote o f 473 to 26 . On January 25 , 1923 , the t o t a l outstanding bond issu es t o t a lle d $ 49 , 000 . In August, 1929 , the c i t y co u n cil refu sed t o pass an ordinance e s ta b lis h in g a c i t y g a s o lin e ta x . But the Hudson Motor C o., and the DeLux Laundey - fa v o rin g such a ta x in order to secure funds fo r s tre e t improvement — charged th e ir customers as thoug^i the 1 cent per g a llo n tax HAD passed — and in the f i r s t s ix days c o lle c t e d $6.34. This they gave to the c it y fo r the SOLE purpose o f making needed s t r e e t improvements. Then, in December, 1931, the Council DID pass the 1 cent per g a llo n ga so lin e ta x . F ift e e n R o lla g a so lin e dispensers p u b lic ly p ro tested - said th a t would-be customers, ta k in g note o f th e gas ta x p osters e x h io ite d , drove away without buying gas. However, the ta x became law . So a ls o did an ordinance imposing a p o l l tax o f $4 per year on e v e ry man under the age of f i f t y y e a rs . I t thus appears that funds fo r s tr e e t improvement were in these ways secured. However, co n sid era b le s tre e t paving with concrete was done by assessin g the cost to aDutting p ro p e rty owners. That record appears in another page of t h is s to r y .

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V a lu ation Of_City_ P r o p e r t y .- We in s e r t here the va lu a tio n o f c i t y p ro p e rty f o r one year on ly - as published on Feoruary 25, 1932. The value of re a l_p r o£ ertv ( not in c lu d in g personal p ro p e rty ) was $1 , 683 , 565 . C ity_0 jqera tion Of E le_ct,ric_Pow er_Plant. - The C ity , fo r the years 1920-24 ( up to September, 1924 ) continued to operate the c i t y ’ s e l e c t r i c power plan t and system. For R o lla * s c it iz e n s , i t was a p erio d cf wretched s e r v ic e . The load c a rrie d was too great fo r the g en era to rs, which became oad ly worn. There were freq u en t stops and break-downs. On such occasions, the p la n t at the School of Mines was jo in ed to c i t y d is t r io u t in g l i n e s . Then i t was v ic e versa - the S chool p lan t would breakdow n , and the c i t y p la n t had to ca rry the o verlo a d . Students, tr y in g to g e t t h e ir less o n s, would ccme out w i l d l y y e l l i n g when these things happened. So also did the people g e n e r a lly , over town. In August, 1921 , with Rinds provided by a new bond issu e, the c i t y bought and in s t a lle d a new 300 h .p. b o ile r - and a 200 k.w. C o r lis s engine and gen era to r s e t . This machine was supposed to produce 250,000 w a tts. The b o ile r was a second hand a f f a i r , and was purchased on recommendation of the p ro fe sso r of mechanical e n g in e e rin g a t the School cf M ines. But when i t was f i r e d up, i t f a i l e d to produce n eoessary steam. In s p e c tio n d is c lo s e d a th ree—inch d ep o sit o f lim e on top o f the crown sh eet. The School " f i r e d " the p r o fe s s o r. Another b o ile r had t o be secured. The C o r lis s engine was a s im ila r " j i n x " . I t would run fo r a time, then w ith a p u ff and groan, i t would stop . The i n s t a lla t io n of a new gen era tor, and the removal of the old one in January, 1922, did not help much. THE TOWNSMEN WERE FED UP. Something d r a s tic had t o oe done . So, when Mr. A.E. M artin, in March o f 1922 , o ffe r e d to buy the p la n t fo r $ 30 , 000 , and th e re a fte r to operate i t , the Council ordered a "Yes—No" e le c t io n — should the C ity s e l l out — or n o t. The townsmen vo ted "483 No" to 211 "Y e s ". They would keep the p la n t. S a le _ 0 f The. Power P la n t And. System .- The people had voted to keep the p la n t. They would continue to endure the agony o f wretched s e r v ic e s . But the vo te rs uegan to l i s t e n when Mr. E .L . W illia m s, of Kansas C ity , proposed to buy the p la n t f o r $10,000. He would fu rn ish l i g h t and w ater to the c i t y _ fr e e o f co st fo r two y e a rs . The C ity could re-purchase a f t e r tan years, i f i t so d e s ire d . To th is p rop o sa l, Mayor Chas. L . Woods w rote t h is : " I lik e Mr. W illia m s, but NOT his p r o p o s a l". The Wi l l i sms p rop osa l was r e je c t e d . ( March, 1924). D, A rIin e_H 2l£omb_And_George E._SjJ_ver Propose ToJ3uy_Plant. - As cf September 18, 1924, Mrs. Holcomb and Mr. S i l v e r proposed to buy the Power Plan t and E le c t r ic System on the fo llo w in g term s: (a ) In exchange fo r a tw en ty-year fra n c h is e , Holcomo and S i l v e r would pay o f f the c i t y ' s bonded deb t cf $ 37,000 - and would then g iv e the c i t y corp ora tion fr e e m u nicipal lig ^ it and w a te r. (b ) They would extend the w ater and l i g h t d is t r io u t io n lin e s as necessary fo r g e n era l c i t i z e n use. ( c ) They would charge s e r v ic e ra te s the same as charged by the c i t y as of d a te . (d ) They would i n s t a l l modern a lte r n a tin g cu rrent ( 110 v o lt ) power ge n era to rs , and adapt and extend the system on that b a s is . ( e ) They wanted l e g a l t i t l e to the C ity Power P lan t L o t. City_Counci_l_Fava-s The. S ale.. O rd e rs _ S £ e c ia l_ E le c tio n .- In a s e rie s of ordinances, the Council empodied the proposed l e g a l co n tra ct emoodying a l l o f the H o le a r b -S ilv e r proposals - except t r a n s fe r r in g t i t l e t o the Power P la n t L o t. ( Ordinances 276 —277—278—279—2 80 ), (S ep t. 22—24—29—30 and Oct,. 9 ) . E le c to r s Vote T o _ S e ll The P la n t .- By ordinance, the Council c a lle d f o r a s p e c ia l e le c t io n to De held on October 7, 1924* Would the e le c t o r s fa vo r such a s a le - or not ? The vote was 588 "F o r" - 9 "N o". The plan t would be sold . The deed was w r it t e n and signed by Mayor Chas. L. Joods, and d e liv e r e d as of October 23, 1924. Holcomb and S ilv e r took chzrge of the p la n t.

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Holcomb Ind S ilv e r JDpe ra te _As Ozark P u b lic S e rv ic e C o.- Mrs. D 'A rlin e Ho^comb was a remarkaole woman. She was the daughter o f Dr. McNutt, o f Columbia, Mo. of September, 1924, her husoand was deceased, a t age 28. They had becone parents ^ ldr6n “ fc5® dau^ te r who ^ 6 c a r r ie d George S ilv e r ( her s o n -in -la w ), and^the three sons, F e lix , Tapley, and B ig gs. By 1926, she had o u ilt up a p riv a te fortu ne o f some $ 650,000 throu^i buying, d ev elo p in g , and operatin g p r iv a te or c i t y e l e c t r i c plan ts throughout M isso u ri. She was described as oeing "young, trim , sm art". he was a woman s_woman", as w e ll as a "business woman". She lo ved babies, aftern oon tea s, and a s s o c ia tio n s with womens* d u o s . This was her f i e l d of in te r e s t in the tto lla u t i l i t i e s . £y February of 1926 , Holcomb and S ilv e r had adopted the name arri fu n ction s ° i “ 1 o p era tin g company which th e y c a lle d the "Ozark Public S e rv ic e Company." As o f February 25, 1926 , irk ed w ith problems growing out o f th e ir c o n tr a c t'to extend and operate the c it y water system, as needed by c it iz e n use - the t i t l e to the w ater ex ten sio n s remaining w ith the c i t y - they demanded that the c i t y e it h e r g iv e them " f e e simple t i t l e " t o the w ater system - or take i t over and operate and extend i t as a c i t y r e s p o n s i o i l i t y . THE CITY REFUSED TO DO THIS.

11*3J io lcp m b ^ S ilve r Concern Takes Name_0f Mis so u ri_ G e n e ra l_ U tilitie s _ C a n £ a n y .As o f A p r il 21, 1927, the H olcom b-Silver concern adopted the name o f the "M issou ri G eneral U t i l i t i e s Company". In l i n e w ith the t i t l e , they replaced tte o r ig in a l d ie s e l gen era to r engine w ith th ree new d ie s e l gen era tin g u n its. They did th is more. 1 In lin e w ith th e ir new t i t l e , th e y undertook to use the R o lla p lan t as a gen era tin g p la n t fo r supplying power and l i g h t to other towns o f south and southeast M issou ri. To supplement the power so generated in R o lla , th ey b u ilt a high v o lta g e tran s m ission lin e from the dam and power plan t on the Niangua r iv e r near Ha Ha Tonka, and jo in e d i t to th e p la n t at R o lla . This was an arrangement not approved by the c itiz e n s of R o lla - and e v e n tu a lly E d to the displacem ent of the H olcom b-Silver concern in 1945, and the re-p o s sessio n cf the p la n t and system by the C ity . T h e_R olla _E l ;ctric_ Sy£tem_Dis£ontinues_ 250 v o lt_ d ire c t_ c u rr e n t.- As of May 14, 1925, the H olcom b-S ilver concern (, Ozark Pub. S e rv ic e Co.7 had in s t a lle d two Fairbank-Morse d ie s e l gen era to rs, a lte r n a tin g cu rrent, 240 h .p. each - and had a c c o rd in g ly removed the old 250 v o l t equipment, and compelled customers to procure new 120 v o l t l i g h t bulbs - and any other 250 v o l t equipment. In September, 1926, th e y added another Fairoanks-Morse u n it o f 350 h .p . Since th is change, R o lla has continued with the 120 v o l t s e r v ic e cu rren t. )

From 1931 to 1933, the qu estion o f c i t y or company ownership of the water lin e s and t h e ir ex ten sion was under seriou s debate - the company wanting f u l l t i t l e to the w ater system - the c i t y re fu s in g to r e le a s e the company from i t s 1924 con t r a c t to extend the mains and system, le a v in g the t i t l e with the c i t y .

The_City_ D r iIls _ F ir s t_ D e e £ W e l l . - There had t o be provided more water than the old 6-in c h w e ll on the Power P la n t L ot could fu rn ish . The u t i l i t y concern was u n w illin g to move in that d ir e c t io n - so the C ity decided t o d r i l l a deep w e ll. ( C ity W e ll No. l ) . A s i t e was chosen some 150 fe e t cr so north of the in te r s e c tio n o f 7th and Walnut s t r e e t s . The Alexander E n gin eerin g Company, o f S p r in g fie ld , Mo., took the co n tra c t to d r i l l the w e l l - to a depth o f 1,600 f e e t , more or le s s . As o f June 26, 1930, the w e ll was f in id ie d a t a depth o f 1716 f e e t . Pump te s ts showed a y ie ld , or c a p a c ity , o f 350 g a llo n s per minute - 210,000 g a llo n s in ten hours. Mr. James Bronson, fc r the c i t y , began h is lo n g term o f s e r v ic e as water superintendent as o f June 26 , 1930 ( 39 years o f s e r v ic e to 1969). As of June, 1931, the pump column broke - the pump f e l l to the bottom cf the w e ll - and the w e ll was out of use u n t il August 13, 1931* A S t . Louis d r i l l i n g 4 o u t f i t nEinaged to remove and r e p a ir the P\imp, which th e r e a ft e r y ie ld e d 400 g a llo n s o f water per m inute.

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The. Sewer Problems_Of The. 1920j_s.- By the f a l l o f 1925, the in crea se in homes and p op u lation of R o lla brought on a c r is is in the d is p o s a l o f sewage. The o r ig in a l - and old. - sewer system had been planned on too lim it e d a c a p a c ity . M oreover, there was no system of p la n t treatm ent o f the sewage. The time had come when th ese matters had t o have some s o rt o f a s o lu tio n . I t was thus th a t, the f a l l o f 1925, the c it y co u n cil c a lle d a s p e c ia l bond issu e fo r the purpose of p ro vid in g an Im hoff Tank d is p o s a l u n it, w ith the n ecessary mains from e x is t in g c it y sewers. The date set was Tuesday, October 6, 1925* D espite the great n e c e s s ity o f th e case, the e le c t o r s turned down the bond issue o f $ 32,000 by a vo te of 387 t o 256. A tw o -th ird s m a jo rity was requ ired , so the bonds l o s t . F o llo w in g the e l e c t i o n , P r o f. E.G. H a rris, the town’ s a u th o rity on sewers and w a ter supply, wrote a r t i c l e s fo r the town newspapers in which he said th a t, in h is opin ion , the plans b ein g considered were "to o com prehensive". A Se£ond_Bond Issue Was. Proposed by request of the R o lla Chamber of Commerce on February 4, 1926, when by p e t it io n the Chamber asked the Council to c a l l a second bond issu e e le c t io n fo r the purpose of extending the sewer mains and con stru ctin g an Im h o ff Tank d is p o s a l p la n t. The Council complied - s e t the date in June o f 1926. bonds in the sum of $46,000 were proposed. The bonds f a i l e d by a vote of 4L 4 t o 282. A tw o -th ird s m a jo r ity was re q u ired . A Third Sewer Bond_Ele£tion was c a lle d by the Council, the date fo r i t set asJu ly 6 , 1927. As b e fo r e , the p ro p o s itio n was to extend the sewer mains and b u ild the Im h off Tank d isp o sa l u n it. In a d d itio n , in order to c o l l e c t the sewage on—" ~ " tand north of 10 th s t r e e t , an e je c t o r pump s ta tio n was proposed to be b u ilt a short d ista n ce west o f the in te r s e c tio n of 8 th and Holloway s t r e e t s . This time the bonds passed by a vote of 543 to 147* The plans were matured and the co n tract l e t t o Joseph O’ N e il, of Leavenworth, Kansas. In due time, the improvements were made. Pr ogre s s _ In St re e t_Pavemen t . - As e a r ly as August 9, 1923, the p ro p o s itio n of la y in g concrete parement on R o lla ’ s p r in c ip a l and most used stre ets came under d is c u s s io n . E i^ it h s t r e e t , from Pine t o the F ris c o r a ilr o a d , and Pine s t r e e t from 6 th to to 10th, had a lrea d y been paved w ith v i t r i f i e d b r ic k . In August, bids were opened f o r so paving 7th s t r e e t from Pine t o the F risco r a ilr o a d . That was soon done. On many occasions, townsmen favored and t r ie d t o plan the exten sion of Pine s t r e e t south from 6th s t r e e t , and under the F risco r a ilr o a d tra ck s . A "h ea rin g" b e fo r e the S ta te Public S e rv ic e Commission was held on October 16, 1924. Nothing r e s u lte d . The next proposal was to pave Pine stre et north from 10th to 12th. This p r o je c t matured, and was completed by October 14, 1926. Curo_Ard_Gutter P r o je c t s .- As of May, 1928, the co n stru ction of curbs and gu tters was planned and c a r r i ” '* ,o>ut as f o l l a v s : On 1 1 th s t r e e t , Pine to Oak, and on Elm s t r e e t , 9th to 12th s t r e e t s . ...O n 5th s t r e e t , Walnut to Salem avenue, and on Salem t o c i t y l i m i t s . Other S tr e e ts Paved, _122£-192U - On Ju ly 18, the C ity Council, by ordinance, d ec la red i t t o be n ecessary to pave the fo llo w in g s tr e e ts w ith concrete : North Pine fra n 12th to Highway 6 3 . . . 9th s tr e e t from Pine to the F ris c o tracks . . . 6 th s t r e e t from Pine t o State s t r e e t . . .Stat e s tre e t from 6 th to 14th . . and Kingshighway from State t o in te r s e c tio n of rou tes 63 and 66 . For the North P ire _ S tre e t. P r o je c t, plans and s p e c ific a t io n s were drawn by Ru s s e l l - ani ~Axon, ~e ngine e r s , S t. L o u is. The firm of Tidd & Cole, o f S ite s to n , took the co n stru ction co n tra ct f t r $20,025. Mr. Joe W illiam son was p ro je c t en gin eer fo r R u sse ll & Axon, Dr. C.V. Mann was in s p e c tin g en gin eer fo r the School o f Mines. This p r o je c t was completed oy J u ly 1, 1931.

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P a v ing 6th And 8 th S t r e e t s I n October o f 1929, Wm. F. Dykes, under co n tract, ■was paving 6 th s t r e e t from Pine to R o lla s t r e e t s . And from May to July, 1931, Dykes was paving 8th s t r e e t from O live s t r e e t to the F r is c o tracks, and from Pine on w est to Hi^vway 63 ( Bishop Avenue". There were s t i l l oth er s tr e e ts so paved during the p e rio d , but we omit them. The R o lla Fire_Departme_n_t up to 1923 had no ga so lin e p ro p e lle d f i r e wagon. I t s hose c a rt was housed in a p o rtio n o f the Power Plan t b u ild in g next to the F risco r a ilr o a d . The f i r e alarm b e l l was on top of a f i f t y - f o o t s t e e l tower at ea st end o f the Power P la n t b u ild in g . Manuel Buckey headed the vo lu n teer f i r e fig h t in g crew. There were numbers o f f i r e s o f medium importance - but no major down-town c o n fla g r a t io h l. C ity_Additi_onsi__ C it y Lim its_E xten d ed .- C ity A dditions p la tte d during the p e rio d 1921-32 included the Schuraan A d d itio n , north from 14th s tr e e t to Highway 63 • • p la tte d and approved in 1923. In 192$ (Septem ber), Mrs. G.D. Maggi, owner o f the old Dickerson t r a c t on Fort Wyman H i l l ( im m ediately north o f the s it e of F ort Wyman ), o ffe r e d her house and t r a c t t o the C ity , fo r use as a park, fo r the sum of $10,000. She gave a supper t o a group cf in te r e s te d R o lla who t r ie d to arrange f o r th^t, sum — but f a i l e d .......... And Dr. Durant, in b e h a lf o f Mrs. Em ily (L o ve) D ie h l,/ p la tte d This the "East Park P la c e " - a t r a c t of some f o r t y acres, in to h a lf-a c re l o t s . a d d itio n aoutted Highway 72 on the north, and was outside c it y lim it s as then fix e d . In a s p e c ia l e le c t io n on May 16, 1932, the c it y l i m i t s were extended so as to take in the area n orth east from the Schuman A d d itio n to the new Pennant H o tel and the H.O. Casselman re sid en ce. Coipusji£n_Gov^rnmen_t For Rolla_ I_s_Advocate_d. - On A p r il 13, 1932, the "Hub Club" e n te rta in e d Messrs. A.F. Day and E.C. bohrer, of West P la in s (M o .), who ex p la in ed how commission government was b e n e fit in g West P la in s, and how i t might a lso b e n e fit R o lla . This d iscu ssio n i n i t i a t e d the "Commission Government Far R o lla Campaign" which rose t o h ig i t id e during 1933 - as w i l l be r e la t e d in our next gen era l s e c tio n of this s to r y . R o lla 's . Pop u la ti on_During 1920j_s. - Government census re p o rts gave the fo llo w in g data on R o lla 's p o p u la tio n : For 1910, 2261 . . For 1920, 207 7-.. and fo r 1930, 3671. These fig u r e s were ex clu sive of en rollm en t a t the School cf Mines. S p e c ia l Notes 0n_Rollaj_s_Weather. - The w inter o f 1923-24 was one of excep t io n a l c o ld . From January 4th to 7th, the thermometer stood s t i l l at 13 degrees below z e ro . This was the c o ld e s t p eriod fo r many y e a rs. Ice on the F risco Pond fr o z e t o a th ickn ess of 12 inches 1 ...B u t in January o f 1928, temperatures ranged from two degrees to ten degrees below zero fo r three days, January 1 to 3rd. As f o r ra in - fo r the year from June of 1926 to June o f 1927, the p r e c ip i ta tio n was 56.7 in ch es. In h ig i co n tra st, on August 7 of 1930, temperatures fo r th a t day — and that month — soared t o 100 degrees — i t was both HOT and DRY . STATE HIGHWAYS AFFECT CITY'S AFFAIRS S ta te Plans ^To L i f t J iis s o u r i Out Of_Tte_Mud^.- As cf 1921, M issou ri had p le n ty o f "ro a d s ". But those roads had p le n ty cf "mud h o les " in which the newly d evised "Ford Tin L iz z y " autos could - and did - g e t stuck. There had to be a change. I t was thus th a t the M issou ri L e g is la tu re enacted a "Good Roads B i l l " vtfiich provided f o r a s ta te co n stru ctio n program c o s tin g some $60,000,000. Bonds f o r th a t amount were approved by the v o te rs of M issouri in August o f 1921. In acccrd w ith the l e g i s l a t i v e enactments, a S tate Hi^iway Department and Commission was set up. In a sh ort tim e, the Commission and the c h ie f engineer la id down on a M issouri map those e x is t in g roads which would become major sta te highways. The F e d era l Government would contribu te funds in aid cf co n stru ction . Highways 63 and 66 were of s p e c ia l concern to R o lla . A s p e c ia l county road commission s e le c te d 100 m ile s of county road to becane p a rt o f the S t a t e ’ s secondary road system.

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10 LOCATION AND PAVEMENT.- Highway 66 ( now In t e r - s t a t e 44 ) was f i r s t c a lle d " U .S .-M issou ri Route 14". I t s gen eral lo c a tio n from S p r in g fie ld through Lebanon and A rlin g to n to R o lla , and thence through S t. Janes, Cuba, S u lliv a n , S t. C la ir to P a c i f i c and S t. Louis had a lrea d y been chosen - but during the period 1921 1932 underwent s e v e ra l changes. I t en tered R o lla ju st to the south of the old F a ir Ground tr a c t ( new buehler Park), ran thence on tod ay’ s " C it y - 66 " route to the in t e r s e c t io n with B id iop Avenue, north on th a t ard around the north side of the M.S.M. campus and north side of Schuman A d d ition , and on n orth east to today’ s "North Wye".

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During years 1923-24-25, the route was being improved by ea rth grading arid the spreading of g r a v e l over a roadway width cf SIXTEEN FEET 1 By June o f 1927, i t had been renamed HIGHWAY SISTY-SIX, and had been paved from J o p lin to S p r in g fie ld , and f o r 80 m iles between R o lla and S t. L o u is. From March to Ju ly 25, 1929, concrete pavement was bein g la i d between R o lla and Cuba. At tim es, near Cuba, t r a f f i c had to use the newly graded earth foundation cf the paym ent, which was reduced to a fo o t o f th ic k , s t ic k y mud. Autos became mudded down in the middle of th is s tre tc h and, a f t e r w a itin g perhaps a h a lf hour, were p u lled throu^i w ith a team cf horses. In March o f 1930 , the paving from D o o lit t le to no lla was under co n tra ct construc t io n . The_ G reat Highway S ix t y - S ix C e le b r a tio n .- By March 1, 1931, the pavement of Highway S ix t y - S ix , w ith con crete, was completed. To c e le b ra te th is g rea t even t, the Highway S ix t y - S ix A s s o c ia tio n stagsd a mammoth c e le b ra tio n in R o lla on Sunday, March 15, 1931* E ig h t thousand persons were in attendance. Thp_Program inclu ded a mammoth s t r e e t parade - the g r e a te s t ever held in R o lla . There were s e v e ra l cornet bands, a host of f lo a t s and covered wagons, autos, the W illia m James s in g le -s e a te d c a rr ia g e and team, and a scaled down r e p lic a o f D an iel Boone's lo g cabin. Mr. Edwin Long drove h is "Stevens-Durea" auto in which h is w ife , her s i s t e r Mrs. E liz a b e th Cornwall, and h is ch ild re n E liza b e th and Luman rode. I t was R o lla 's o ld e s t autom obile. Prominent guests included Governor Henry S. C a u lfie ld and Cyrus D. Avery, o f Tulsa, Oklahoma, vho was p resid en t of the Highway S ix ty - S ix A s s o c ia tio n . Many other n otab les were p resen t. The event was capped by a c o lo r fu l pageant held on Jacklin g F ie ld ( the M.S.M. campus) in the la te aftern oon and even in g. ROLLA WAS ON AN IMPROVED TRANS-CONTINENTAL HIGHWAY. HIGHWAY SIXTY-THREE.- The gen era l lo c a tio n of Highway 63 had a lrea d y been determined b e fo re 1921. I t would run from Cabool through Houston to R o lla , thence t o . J e ffe r s o n C ity , Columbia, and on to M is s o u ri's north l i n e . County road fo rc e s had worked on i t s grading f o r some time, but in 1923 the S tate had la b e le d i t Highway ( U .S .-M o.) S ix ty -T h ree, and had s ta rte d i t s f i n a l re -g ra d in g . by September o f 1926, some major r e - lo c a t io n s were nade. The old road through L a n e 's P r a ir ie was abandoned, and a new route crossin g the Gasconade r iv e r as at presen t ( 1969) was adopted. By ."September^ 1926 paving between R o lla and Vienna was n earin g com pletion — would be done oy June 1 o f 1927* In A p r il o f 1925 the lo c a tio n of the new b rid ge a cross the Gasconade was fix e d at a p o in t not fa r below the old Johnson F e rry s i t e . The bridge was n earing com pletion on February 16, 1928. In R o lla , the re v is e d route passed through Cowan's A d d itio n over Wyman H i l l . HIGHWAY 2 2 .- This rou te, w ith numerous changes, fo llo w e d the old road from R o lla to Salem. I t s lo c a tio n was fix e d by the State Highway Commission in 1929- I t s com pletion was cele b ra ted by a "D ed ica tion Day" held a t Lake Springs, ju s t outside the south lin e of Phelps county on F rid ay, September 23,1932. Mr. A lex . C. Donnan was master of cerem onies. Bands from R o lla and Salem supplied music and le a d e rs h ip . A bounteous barbecue dinner was served. Governor C a u lfie ld and the State Highway Engineer, T.F . C u tler, were th e re . I t was a " jo y f u l o cca sio n ."

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BRIDGE_QN ROUTE AT_AKLINGTON. - In March, 1927, Mr. L.W. F it z p a t r ic k , o f S t . Lou is, obtained a f i f t y - y e a r fra n ch ise for a b rid ge crossin g the Gasconade r i v e r on Route "D" a t A rlin g to n . The bridge would cost $50,000, and be completed by Ju ly 31, 1927. The Jerorte Bridge Company was organ ized, as of May 12, 1931, w ith C o l, Chas. L . W ools, o f R o lla , as p resid en t, L.W. F it z p a t r ic k as v ic e p resid en t, and Booker H. Rucker as s e c r e ta ry -tr e a s u re r . The b rid ge would be 510 fe e t lon g, w ith a 18 fo o t roadway. Work began the week cf May 19, 1927, and in due time was completed, and the bridge opened t o t r a f f i c . T o lls were charged. L a te r, the bridge was sold to the State Highway Commission, which th e re a fte r operated the bridge and Route "D ", fr e e o f charge . The bridge replaced the old Arlington-Jerom e fe r r y b o a t.

PHELPS COUNTY OFFICERS & AFFAIRS, 1920's Phelps_Cpunty P ro p e rt^ _V a lu a ti£ n s.- The fo llo w in g tab le records the valua tio n s o f r e a l e s ta te and personal p ro p erty in Phelps County fo r the years shown. An in t e r e s t in g item i s th a t, as cf A p r il, 1921, the county a s s e s s o r's retu rn o f v a lu a tio n s ( $5,410 , 495) was ra ise d by the S tate Tax Commission to $8,319,178. The ta b le omits the a s s e s s o r's valu es, which had been: r e a l e s t a t e ,$3,449,928 .. Person al p ro p e rty $1,960,495 •• a t o t a l o f $5,410,523. _____________ V alu ations The T o ta l Real Estate Personal Year $5,475,958 $2,843,220 $8,319,178 1921 5,387,622 2,115,561 7,503,183 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 8,646,981 1,584,574 7,062,407 1927 8,726, 335 1928 1,620,915 7,,105, 420 7,076,920 8 , 662,565 1,585,645 1929 1930 1931 1,227,692 8,977,671 7,749,979 1932 6ounty_Bond Is su e._H igh Taxes. P r o t e s t e d .- By November o f 1929, court-imposed judgments a g a in st Phelps County, to g eth e r w ith oth er debts, amounted to some $60,000. To care fo r th is , the county court c a lle d a s p e c ia l e le c tio n fo r November 16, asking fo r v o te r approval cf a $60,000 bond is su e. The bonds were approved by a vote of 2213 f o r , 142 a g a in s t. The bonds were issu ed. But the voters became r e s t iv e , so that in January o f 1932 150 o f them met in an a ll- d a y session , attem pting t o d is c o v e r how county taxes might be reduced and economies made. Phelp.s_C0un.t2; Population^. 1910.- The Phelps County popu lation, as reported in the 1930 fe d e r a l census, was 15,278. In 1920 i t had been 14,941. C.ounty_Grand_J ur ie s.. - Since the 1950's, there has been NO grand ju ry in One such was in February o f Phelps county. P r io r t o th a t, there were s e v e r a l. 1927. Another was in December, 1930. In the l a t t e r , ju ro rs were impaneled from ten townships, as fo llo w s : M ille r .............. J.C. Harvey A rlin g to n . . . . Mel. H. Burns Meramec ............ T.A. Grubb Cold Spring . . K.M. Lenox Spring Creek . . John Widener Dawson ............ D.S. Br a n s te tte r S t. James ........C.Dixon & J.W. Weger D illo n ............ J.M. Grimm R o lla . . . . E . J . Koch and J .A . Spilman L i b e r t y ....L .L . Yow ell

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County _0_ffleers D u ring 1920* s . - The fo llo w in g ta b le names the o f f i c e r s o f county government fo r the p erio d 1920-32. S tate and n a tio n a l o f f ic e r s o f in t e r e s t . Mo. Governor Gardner-Hyde . . . . Arthur M. Hyde .. Hyde ..................... Sam Aaron Baker . Baker .................... Henry C a u lfie ld . C a u lfie ld ............

Mo.State’ Senator C arter M. Buford Buford ................ Frank H. F a r r is . Far r i s ................ C a rter M. Buford Buford ................ Buf ord ...............

Go. R ep resen tative Frank H. F a r ris Wm. J. E l l i s . . . Stephen N. Lorts Booker H. Rucker Chas. L . Woods . Woods .................. Booker H. Rucker

Years 1919-20 1921-22 1923-24 1925-26 1927-28 1929- 30 1931-32

U.S. P resid en t Woodrow W ilson . . W ilson-H arding . . H a rd in g-C oo lid ge. C a lvin Coolidgp . . C a lvin C o o lid ge . C oolidge-H oover . H erbert Hoover ...

Years 1919-20 1921-22 1923-24 1925-26 3.927-28 1929-30 1931-32

THE COUNTY COURT AND CLERK W.Side Judge P re s id in g Judge E .Side Judge W. Tom Denison . . 0. D. H a ll -------David E. Cowan . . Stephen Devers .. Wm. A. Stedman . . Wm. 3. Connor . . . A n v il Heavin . . . . W.F. Kroner ........ Paul C. G lover . . G1 nxrpi r* ____ . . . . . . Kr oner . . . . . . . . . . Harm G a d d y .......... O liv e r P a u ls e ll . Ernest M. P in to . Gaddy ................... J. E. Rowland . . . W alter E. Duncan. O.D. P a u ls e ll . . . Isaac Sands ........ P a u ls e ll .............. R o w la n d ........ .

Countv Clerk Frank Germann . . . Germann-EM Romine W alter Bradford . Bradford .............. B r a d fo r d .............. B r a d fo r d .............. B r a d fo r d ..............

1919-20 1921-22 1923-24 1925-26 1927-28 1929-30 1931-32

C ir c u it Judge L eig h B. Woodside Woodside (d ie d ) . Wm. E. Barton . . . "Bar**hnn ........ . . . . . nn ............. .. . Jos. H. Bowron . . B o w ro n ................

THE CIRCUIT COURT G.Clk & Recorder W i l l R. E l l i s . . . E llis-B rem er . . . . Charle s Bus mer . . Wes• Smith * * *•#. Srrn f,h .......... . . . . . Wes & L i l y Smith. Mrs.We s.Smith . . .

S h e r iff Lin dsey Yow ell . . Jane s Warren . . . . Warren ................. A l f * B. Johnson * Johnson ............. • Jas. Warren ........ Warren .................

Pros. A tty .______ John A. Watson . . J. E l l i s Walker . A lo e r t B.Holmes . Holmes ................. John A. Watson .. J. E l l i s Walker . Emery W. A llis o n .

Years 1919-20 1921-22 1923-24 1925-26 1927-28 1929-30 1931-32

OTHER ELECTIVE COUNTY OFFICERS Col3fi c to r Treasurer Assessor Chas* R. Sands,Sr* David L. S tu art „ M illa r d Faulkner Henry I* Brown • * S tu art .................. Fred C. K err . . . . K e r r ................... . Brown .................... S tu art ................. Ry*nwn ^ S+\iip r ’h . . . . . . . . . . Kerr .............. Jas. L. P ea tro ss. Kerr ( he d i e d ) . . B ro w n ........ ........... Lee Wynn .............. Peatross .............. Mrs. F.C. Kerr . . Mrs. Amanda Kerr. Thos F . Breuer . . Wm. H. Carney . . .

Surve y or J. McK. Southgate Joe B. B u tler . . . B u tler ................. Fred G. P erry . . . P erry ................... P e rry ................... P e rry ...................

Years 1919-20 1921-22 1923-24 1925-26 1927-28 1929-30 1931-32

Probate Judge P r o f . J. B. S c o tt. John B. S c o tt . . . S c o t t ............ . S co tt .................... John 0# Holmes •♦ Holmes . ................ Holmes . . . . . . . . . .

Years

Pub. Adminstr. Dan F. Donahoe .. Leo H ig le y .......... H ig le y ................. Dan Donahoe, Jr .. R.H. Jones .......... NONE & h e r e a fte r .

Coroner Dr. W.S. Smith .. Dr. Geo. Horrom . H o rro m ..............*. Dr. W.S. Smith . . Dr. S m it h ........ ... A.M. L i g i t .......... L igfrt ...................

Supt.Schools A .Z . Black -----Black ................. James Hess ....... Hess ................... Hess ................... Hess ................... Ralph M arcellus

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3!he County Highway_Er^lne_er. - The Phelps County highway en gin eer was chosen and appointed by the County Court. As cf February 17, 1921, Charles H. Jones not in any sense an en gin eer - was succeeded by E .J . John, also a non-engineer. John HcKnight Southgate p r e s e n tly succeeded Mr. John. Then from May 24, 1023, Fred G. P erry, county surveyor, was appointed a t a s a la ry cf $50_per_month He served both as highway en gin eer ard as county surveyor the re st cf the p eriod , 1923-32. The_ S^£l£s_County Farmers Assn^ - Farm_Bure_au - P ig C lu b .- For the years 1923, 1924 and 1931, the Farmers A s s o c ia tio n staged major p ic n ic s on the o ld F a ir Grounds to d a y’ s Buehler Park. The programs fe a tu re d horse races, b a s e b a ll games, automobile s t r e e t parades, s t r e e t dances, "hog c a llin g " , speeches by n ota b les, and p le n ty of band music. Beside the bands, in the 1923 s tr e e t parade f i f t y automobiles were e n te re d .......... The Farm Bureau employed W.A. Houk as county agen t. He supplied good a d vice to the farm ers concerning crop and stock r a is in g and ca re. . . . And the P ig Club was in te r e s te d in r a is in g pedigreed hogs, s ta r tin g w ith young p ig s . ROLLA’ S SCHOOLS . . 1920-1932 The R o lla Schoc>l_Board. - The table below records the succession o f school board members fo r th e p eriod 1921-1932. E le c tio n s occurred the f i r s t Tuesday a f t e r f i r s t Monday in A p r il o f each year, when two of the s ix members were e le c t e d . Terms ran from May to May of th e next y e a r. The fig u r e s such as 3-2-1 a ft e r a name in d i cated the number of years the person has yet to serve. L e t t e r s p -v p -s -t in d ic a te those who were p resid en t, v ic e p resid en t, s e c re ta rt or trea su rer of board. Year 1920-21

1922-23

C.M.Bunch . . . ( 3 ) H.R.McCaw . . . ( 3 ) Dr.WS Smith . ( 2 ) PH McGregor . ( 2 ) W.D.Jones . . . ( l ) S .N .L o rts . . . ( l )

1921-22 W .D .Jones.. ( 3 ) A lf.S m ith . (3 ) H.R.McCaw .p (2 ) JG Campbell (2 ) Dr.WS Smith ( l ) PH McGregor ( l )

Year 1925-26 JW S c o tt . . ( 3 ) W alt. Asher ( 3 ) Dr. WS Sm ith(2 ) Ik e Lenox . ( 2 ) C. Bunch . . ( l ) HR McCaw . . ( l )

1926-27 WD Jones . . . ( 3 ) HR McCaw . . ( 3 ) JW S co tt . . ( 2 ) W alt.A sh er ( 2 ) Dr. WS Smith(1 ) Ik e Lenox . ( l )

PH McGregor(3 ) Leo H ig le y ( 3 ) WD Jones . . (2 ) HR McCaw . . ( 2 ) John W S c o t t ( l ) W alt.A sh er , ( l )

Year 1930-31 PH McGregor ( 3 ) Leo H ig le y .. ( 3 ) WD Jones . . . ( 2 ) HR McCaw . . . ( 2 ) JW S c o tt . . . ( l ) W alt.A sh er . ( l )

Year 1931-32 W alt Asher . . ( 3 ) ED ’W illiam s ( 3) PH McGregor ( 2) Leo H ig le y . ( 2 ) WD Jones . . . ( l ) HR McCaw . . . (1 )

Year 1932-33 WD J one s . . . . ( 3 ) DB F o l l o w i l l (3 ) W alt Asher . . ( 2 ) ED W illiam s (2 ) PH McGregor ( l ) Leo H i g l e y . . ( l )

PH McGregor (3)^ P r o f.J . Bowen(3 ) A.A.Smith . (2 ) W.D.Jones . (2 ) JG Campoell ( l ) H.R. McCaw. ( l ) 1927-28

1923-24 H.R. McCaw Chas Bunch J.H. Bowen PH McGregor A.A.Smith . W.D.Jones . 1928-29 JW S co tt . . W alt.A sh er. PH McGregor Leo H ig le y WD Jones . . HR McCaw ..

1924-25 ( 3) ( 3) (2 ) (2 ) (l) (l)

Dr.WS Smith Isaac Lenox H.R. McCaw Chas. Bunch PH McGregor Prof.Bowen

( 3) ( 3) (2 ) (2 ) (l) (l)

(3 ) ( 3) (2 ) (2 ) (l) (l)

1929-30 WD Jones . . HR McCaw . . JW S co tt . . ’W alt. Asher PH McGregor Leo H ig le y

(3 ) ( 3) (2 ) (2 ) (l) (l)

NOTES Wm. J. McCaw was non-member board s e c re ta ry fo r 1925-26, perhaps lo n g e r. Frank Germann was se c re ta ry trea su rer 1927-29, perhaps longe r .

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THE ADMINISTRATEVE & TEACHING STAFF j _________________Year 1920-21________ . SUPT. ...C .E .E va n s (h is 1st y e a r) S r.H I SCHOOL. . .P r in & Tch.Tr ..J e s s ie Via Voc. Agr. . . F.C. W ilkin s E nglish . . Mrs.Mabel Smith ( her 1 s t ) L a tin . . Mrs. C.E. (L e ta ) Evans Math. . . Mrs. C.E. Evans Horne E c.. Norma West CENTRAL SCHOOLt . . P rin . M rs .V irg in ia 8th Grade & . . . . / Hutcheson 7th . . Miriam H e lle r 6th . . J u lia Brown ? 5th . . Clara D ressen dorfer 4th . . Minnie M artin & Helen Baysinger 3rd . . J u lia Brown ? 2nd . . Floren ce Wyant 1st . . M o llie Holmes WARD S CH. . . P rin / 3d & 4th ..S a d ie Donahoe 5th & 6th . . Emma Hume 2nd . . Mrs Mabel Smith 1st . . M ildred East LINCOLN: . . Hampton James

•_______________ Year 1921-22______________ SUPT. . . . C.E. Evans S r.H I SCH. . .P rin & Teach Tr. ..J e s s ie Via Voc. A g r ... F.C. W ilk in s Engl. . . Mrs. Mabel Smith L a tin . . Mrs. C.E. Evans Math . . Home Ec. . . D ix ie H arris CENTRAL SCHOOL: Mrs. Hutcheson, P rin . 8th Grade . . M rs.V irg in ia Hutcheson 7th . . E lla Haas 6th . . J u lia King 5th . . Clara D ressendorfer 4th . . Minnie Martin 3rd . . J u lia Brown 2nd . . Florence Wyant 1st . . M o llie Holmes WARD SCH. ..P r in / 5 & 6 . . Sadie Donahoe 3hd & 4th . . Emma Hume ' --rs e 7 .. 2nd . . Fannie Maher (Mann??) 1st . . M ildre d East LINCOLN: Rev. J.A . Bowren

_________________ Year 1922-23______________ SUPT. . . C.E. (C ly d e ) E. Evans S r.H I SCH. .. P r i n / Tch T r. Jessie V ia Voc. Agr . . F.C. W ilkin s E n gl. . . Mrs Mabel Smith L a tin . . Mrs. C.E. Evans Math. . . Mrs. S .P . B radley Heme Ec. . . V iva Owens H is t . . . Mrs. E liz a Owens GENTRAL SCH.: P r in . . Minnie M artin 8th . . Minnie M artin 7th . . E lla Haas 6th . . J u lia King 5th . . E th e l Case 4th . . Clara D ressen dorfer 3rd . . Helen Wiese 2nd . . Florence Wyant 1st . . Ruth Pa tterson WARD SCH. P r in . /"3rd & 4th . . Sadie Donahoe 5th &b6th . . Helen Underwood 2nd .„ Mrs. Helen Stover 1st . . M ildred East LINCOLN: Rev. McKni^it

______________ Year 1923-24____________________ SUPT. . . . C.E. Evans S r.H i S C H ...P rin / Tch Tr. Jessie Via Voc. Agr. . . . F.C. W ilkins E n g l. .. Mrs Mabel Smith L a tin . . Mrs. C.E. Evans Math . . Mrs. S .P . B radley Home E c .. Mrs.Bertha Clark & Mrs. Bess Mann Home Ec . . ____ JUNIOR H I: 7th & 8th Grades P r in . . . Minnie Martin As s t . . . E lla Haas CENTRAL SCH. : 6th . . J u lia King 5th . . E th e l Case 4th . . C lara D ressendorfer 3rd . . Helen Wiese 2nd . . Florence Wyant 1st . . Ruth Patterson WARD SCH. P rin . Z~3rd & 4th . . Sadie Donahoe 5th & 6th . . Helen Underwood 2nd . . B i l l i e F a rris 1st .. Mrs. Iren e Munson LINCOLN: Rev. James Harrison MUSIC FOR ENTIRE SYSTEM: Hrs. Robt. Sory.

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&_____________ Year 1924-25 SURE. . . . BENJ. P. LEWIS S r. HIGH SCHOOL...Prin. . . Jessie Via Teach.Tpaing. . . Jessie Via Voc. Agr. . . F.C. W ilk in s E n gl. . . Mrs. Mab e l Smith Math. , ..M rs. S .P . B ra d ley L a tin . . Mrs. Mabel Vault Home Ec. . . Mrs. Geo. (B ertha) Clark H is t . . . Paul N ib la ck & Dorothy Ju lian Science . . Mrs. Jennie Wheeler MUSIC, Entire System ..Mrs Robt. Sory Ath (P h y .E d .) Paul N ib lack CENTRAL SCHOOL: P r in . . . Minnie M artin 7th & 8th . . Minnie M artin 6th. Mrs. V ir g in ia Newsham. 5th ..M rs. V .L. Austin 4th ..F lo r e n c e Wyant 3rd . . Helen Wiese 2nd . . Mrs. Y elton Smith 1 s t . . M argaret Behner ’WARD SCHOOL: 3rd & 4th & P rin . . Sadie Donahoe 5th . . H elen Underwood 2nd . . Is a b e lle S tu art 1 st . . B i l l i e F a r r is LINCOLN . . James H arrison _____________ Year 1926-27 SUPT. . . . B .P. LEWIS SR. HIGH SCHOOL: P r in . . . Jessie Via Teach .Tr. . . J e s s ie Via Voc. Agr . . F.C. W ilk in s E n gl. . . Mrs. Mabel Smith & Mrs. Ruth Clark Math . . Mrs. S .P . B radley L a tin . . Mrs. Ruth S. Clark Hone Ec. . . Mrs. Geo. Clark & S y b il P ow ell Science . . E a rl Sanders Phy.Ed. . . S a r l Sanders & L o re tta Backer H istory . . Maurine R ector Book-keeping . . L o r e tta Backer Music; . . ?___

■___________ Year 1925-26____________________ B. P. LEWIS SUPT. S r. High School: . . P r i n . . .J es sie Via Teach. Train g. . . Jessie Via Voc. Agr. . . F.C. W ilk in s Engl. . . Mrs. Mabel Smith Math. . . Mrs. S .P . B radley L a tin . . ? Home Ec. . . Mrs. Bertha Clark H ist . . ? Science ? MUSIC, E n tire System . . Mrs. Robt. Sory A th le tic s ( Phys. Educ) . . ? CENTRAL SCHOOL: P r in . ..M rs. V. Newsham 7th & 8th . . M rs .V irg in ia Newsham . . . ( 5 1 ) 6th . . Mrs. Helen C a llo w a y ................. (42) 5th . . RlPreMeb .Wyanfeiv..................... (4®) 4th . . Ruth Cameron ........ (p u p ils ) . . (35) 3rd . . Helen Wiese ............................... (41) 2nd . . Miss 0. W i l s o n ......................... (42) 1st . . Mrs. Geo. Strobach ................. (52) WARD SCHOOL: 3rd & 4th & P rin . . . Sadie Donahoe 5th . . Helen Underwood 2nd . . Is a b e lle S tu art 1st . . B i l l i e F a rris LINCOLN . . J. W. T e r r e l l ;________ Year 1926-27 (contin u ed)_____ CENTRAL SCHOOL: 4th & 6th & P rin . . Florence ’Wyant 6th . . Mrs. Helen Calloway 5th . . Maude Lenox 4th . . Ruth Cameron 3rd . . Helene Graber 2nd . . Martha D u ffy t 1 st & 3rd .. Mrs. Geo. Strobach JUNIOR HIGH: 7th & 8th . . Mrs. V irg in ia Newsham 8th & 7th .. Minnie M artin WARD SCHOOL: P rin . . Sadie Donahoe 3rd & 4th . . Sadie Donahoe 5th & 6th . . Helen Underwood 2nd . . Is a b e lle S tuart 1st . . B i l l y F a r ris LINCOLN:?

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SUPT. . . . B . P. LEWIS SR. HIGH SCHOOL. Prin .. Jessie Via Teach Tr. ...J e s s ie Via v oc. Agr . . F.C. W ilkins Engl . . Mrs. Mab e l Smith Math . . Mrs. S.P. Bradley Latinja Engl,French ..Ruth Walker Home Ec , . S y b il Pow ell H is t. . . Louise Sprigg Science & Phys. Ed. . . Maurice Griggs Science & Phys. Ed. . . Alma Hawkins Commerce . . Dorethy Althen MUSIC . . . ? JUNIOR HIGH: ( 7th &b8th ) Mrs. V ir g in ia Newsham E lla Haas Mrs. Ruth S. Clark Katherine Lenox CENTRAL SCHOOL: P rin . & 6th .. Minnie Martin 5th . . Maude Lenox 4th & 3rd . . Martha D u ffy 3rd . . Martha E. Gorg 2nd . . Blanche Bradford 1st & 2nd .. Louise Johnson & Helen Wiese WARD SCHOOL: Prin / 3rd &■ 4th . . Sadis Donahoe 5th . . Helen Underwood 2nd . . Ruth Sch uman 1st .. Isabe l i e Stuart LINCOLN: Mrs. W illie R id le y ________________ Year 1929 -30_____________

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SUPT... B.B. LEWIS SR. HIGH SCHOOL: P r in ., J essie Via Teach.Tr. . . Jessie Via Voc. Agr. . . F.C. W ilkins Engl . . Mrs. Mabel Smith & Miss W.B. H arris Math . . Mrs. S .P. Bradley L a tin . . Miss W.B. H arris H is t. .. Ruth Cameron & Mrs. Grace Boyer S oc.Sc. .. Mrs. Grace Boyer Science .. Maurice G riggs & Ruth Cameron Sc. & Phys Ed. . . M. G riggs & Alma Hawkins MUSIC . . Mrs. W.R. Rapp

LINCOLN: J. H. Cole

Year 1928-29 SUPT. . . . BENJ. P. LEMS SR. HIGH SCHOOL Prin . . Jessie Via Teach Tr. . . Jessie Via Voc. Agr . . F.C. W ilkins Engl. . . Mrs. Mabel Smith, Frances Sappenfield Math . . Mrs. S .P . (Mary) Bradley L a tin & French . . Ruth Walker Home Ec. .. Mrs. Bertha Clark H ist. . . Louise Sprigg & Ruth Cameron S ocia l Sc. Lou. Spriggs & Ruth Cameron Science & Phys. Ed. ..Maurice Griggs Science & Phys. Ed. . . Alma Hawkins Commerce ? MUSIC . . Mrs. W.R.Rapp & Mrs. Leo H ig le y JUNIOR HIGH: ( 7th & 8th ) Engl. . . V irg in ia Newsham Math .. E lla Haas H ist . . Mrs. L ester Clark Sc. . . E.H. C o llie r CENTRAL SCHOOL: P rin . & 6th . . Minnie Martin 6th . . Clara Ralston 5th . . Maude Lenox 4th & 3rd .. Martha D u ffy 3rd . . Helene Graber 2nd .. Blanche Bradfcrd 1 st & 2nd .. Beulah Graham 1 st .. Helen Wiese WARD SCHOOL: P rin . / 3rd & 4th . . Sadie Donahoe 5th . . Helen Underwood 2nd . . Louise Johnson 1st . . Is a b e lle Stuart LINCOLN: / J.H. Cole Year 1929-30 (c o n t .) JUNIOR HIGH: 7th & 8th Grades Engl. . . Mrs. V irg in ia Newsham Math . . E lla Haas H is t. .. Mrs. E.M. Romine Science . . E.H. C o llie r CENTRAL SCHOOL: P r in . . . Minnie Mar t in 6th .. Clara Ralston 5th . . Helene Graber 4th . . Margaret Sands 3rd . . Martha Gorg 2nd . . Blanche Bradf ord 1st . . Helen Wiese WARD SCHOOL: Prin / 3rd & 4th . . Sadie Donahoe 5th .. Helen Nawn 2nd . . Louise Johnson 1st . . Is a b e lla Stuart

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________________Year 1930-31 i _____________Year 1931-32___________________ SUPT:.. B enj. P. Lewis SUPT: .. B. P. Lewis SR. H I. SCHOOL..P r in . Tch. T r . Jessie V ia SR. HIGH SCHOOL: ..P r in & Tch.Tr ..J e s s ie Via Voc. A gr. . . F.C. W ilk in s Voc. Agr. . . F.C. W ilkin s EngL. .Mrs.Mabel Smith & E u la lie P ot e l l Engl StA sst. P rin . Mrs. Mabel Smith Math . . Mrs. S .P . B radley Engl . . E u la lie P ot e l l L a tin „. E u la lie P o w ell Math . . Mrs. S .P . B ra d ley Home Ec. . . Mrs. Bertha Clark L a tin . . E u la lie Pow ell H is t. . . Mrs. Virginia(Hutcheson)Newsham Home Ec. ..M rs. Bertha Clark Soc. Studies . . Mrs. Grace Boyer H is t. . . S c. & Phys Ed..M aurice G riggs Soc. S tu d ie s. .V ir g in ia Newsham & Grace Boyer Sc. & Phys Ed. . . Alma Hawkins Sc. & Math . . T.H. L ea ver Commerce . . Ona Mae Lemmon Science .. E.H. C o llie r MUSIC . . Mrs. W.R. Rapp Sc. & Phys Ed. ..W .R. Rapp & Helen Howard JUNIOR HIGH: Commerce . . Ona Mae Lemmon Math . . E lla Haas MUSIC . . Mrs. W.R. Rapp (Whole system) Engl . . Genevieve Y arrin gton JUNIOR HIGH: H is t. . . Mrs. E.M. Romine Math . . E lla Haas Science . . E.H. C o llie r Engl .. Mau rin e Tunne11 & Ray M ille r Music . . Mrs. W.R. Rapp H is t .. Mrs. E.M. Romine 33/////udie s . . Helene Graber Soe» Studies . . Helene Graber CENTRAL SCHOOL: P rin . 6th . . Minnie M artin Music . . Mrs. W.R. Rapp O ffic e Secy . . F lo s s ie Glenn 6th . . C lara Ralston 5th . . Helen Graber CENTRAL SCHOOL: P rin & 6th . .Minnie M artin 4th . . Margaret Sands 6th . . Clara Ralston 3rd .. Martha Gorg 5th . . Margaret Sands 2nd .. Blanche Bradford 4th . . Graoe P h illip s 1 st & 2nd . . Mrs. Irene Munson 3rd . . M ildred Bowen 1st . . Helen Wiese 2nd St 3rd . . Louise Bradford WARD SCHOOL: Rrin / & 3 4 •• 2nd Sadie Donahoe Watson .. Marian 5th & 6th . . Helen Nawn 1st St 2nd . . B e tty Stu art Smith 2nd & 3rd . . Louise Johnson 1st . . Mrs. Iren e Munson 1st . . Is a b e lle Stu art WARD SCHOOL: P rin , 3rd, 4th ..S adie Donahoe LINCOLN . . J.H. Cole 5th & 6th .. Helen Nawn 2nd St 3rd . . Louise Johnson 1st . . Irene Heimberger __________________ Year 1932-33 _____________ LINCOLN: . . Leo J. Johnson SUPT. . . . B .P.Lew is (o u st him? NO) SR. HI SCHOOL: P rin , T ch .T r., Jessie Via CENTRAL SCHOOL: Engl ..M rs. M. Smith & E u la lie P ot e l l P rin . / 6th . . Minnie M artin Voc. Agr. . . F.C. W ilkin s 6th . . Clara Ralston Math . . Mrs. S .P. Bradley 5th . . Helen Graber L a tin . . E u la lie P ow ell 4th . . Margaret Sands Home Ec. . . Mrs. Bertha Clark 3rd o. M ildred Bowen Soc .S c. ..M esds. Grace Boyer & V.Newsham 2nd St 3rd . . Louise Bradford Sc. & Phys Ed. ..T h ie s Lohrding 2nd . . Marian Watson Sc. & Phys Ed. . . Helen Howard 1 s t & 2nd . . B e tty Stu art Smith Commerce . . Ona Mae Lemmon 1 st . . Mrs. Iren e Munson MUSIC . . Mrs. W.R. Rapp WARD SCHOOL: JUNIOR HIGH: Prin / 3rd & 4th . . Sadie Donahoe ■Math . . E lla Haas 5th St 6th , . Helen Nawn Engl. . . Maurine Tunnell 2nd & 3rd .. Louise Johnson H ist . . Mrs. E.M. Romine 1 st . . Iren e Heimberger Sc . . E.H. C o llie r LINCOLN: .. Ba© J. Johnson Music .. Mrs. W.R. Rapp O ffic e Secy . . F lo s s ie Glenn

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R o lla S ch o o l_P ^ il_E n ro ilm en t_.- The fo llo w in g ta b le records the number o f p u p ils e n ro lle d in R o l l a 's schools fo r the period 1922-32: Year S r.H i J r. Hi Ce n tr a l Ward L in co ln TOTAL ____ 362 126 ? ____ 648 1922-23 160 1924-25 196 ____ 346 158 ? .... 700* 1927-28 ... .... ... ... ? .... 869* 1929-30 356 .... 320 157 ? ----833 1931- 32 306 .... 354 200 11 871 1932- 33 451 (J r & Sr H i) 547 ---17 1015 * The above fig u r e s are f o r the beginnings cf terms, in September. The fig u r e s , as cf term ends, were la r g e r . For 1924-25, at term end, there were 784 w hite p u p ils and 24 negros - a t o t a l of 808 - compared with the 700 above. For 1927-28, the number had in creased, from September to May, from 869 to 923. Phelps_County_ School_Populati_on. - As o f July, 1932, there were 4,509 pu pils o f sch ool age in the county .. 2349 boys and 2160 g i r l s . R o lla had 1121 in a l l S t. James 518 - and Newburg 314. S e h o o lJ D is tric t Valuations_AndJ3ebt,_12.2^.- Assessed v a lu a tio n cf p ro p e rty in the R o lla sch ool d i s t r i c t ( apart from c it y o f R o lla ) as cf July, 1925, was $1,703,115. The value o f school equipment and b u ild in gs was $85,000. The outstand in g debt ( in clu d in g bonds ) was $35,000. A Sample_Financ_ial__Report_.- The School fin a n c ia l re p o rt o f August 5, 1926, showed t o t a l annual r e c e ip t s o f $99,028.29 . . the bonded deot outstanding ^87,000 . . and annual sch ool ta x ra te o f $1.75 per $100 va lu a tio n . F .A . Germann was board s e c re ta ry , Dr. W.S. Smith, p re s id e n t. A ddition _To H ighjSchool B u ild in g .- By 1926, the high school enrollm ent had so in creased th a t an a d d itio n to the high school b u ild in g , on Cedar s tr e e t between 8th and 9£h s t r e e t s , was im p era tive. In a s p e c ia l e le c t io n on March 16,^1926, the v o te rs approved the n ecessary bond issue o f $ 50,000 by a vote o f 597 to 81. Hawkins and A bbit, o f S p r in g fie ld , Mo., drew the plans, which were fo r a tw o-sto ry b r ic k b u ild in g w ith basement. E x te rio r dimensions were 75 x 84 f e e t . A commodious auditorium was a fe a tu re . Mr. Fred McCaw was the c o n tra c to r. The b u ild in g was completed and accepted on Ju ly 28, 1927. S a la r ie s _ 0 f R o lla Teachers^- As o f August, 1926, the school board fix e d and published a lon g l i s t o f s a la r ie s paid to R o lla sch ool teach ers. We reproduce nere o n ly a part o f the l i s t , which seems adequate: Supt. Lewis . . . p e r month ...$ 3 0 0 For these, per month, $85.00 Minnie M artin F.C . W i l k i n s ........ .................. 225 Mrs. Mabel Smith .............. $136.11 E lla Haas Mrs. S .P . B r a d l e y ...............136.11 Florence Wyant Mrs. Bertha Clark . . . -------136.11 Helen Wiese Mr. E a rl Sanders (s c ie n c e )l3 6 .1 1 Ruth Cameron Mrs. V ir g in ia Newsham . . . 100.00 Mrs. Helen Calloway Miss Sadie Donahoe . . . . . . 95.00 As cf A p r il, 1927, these ra tes were re v is e d thus: For the grade teachers, a s lid in g schedule of from $75 to $95 per month. For the h i^ i school, $125 to $150.

Mus ic In R o lla _ S ch o o ls. - School music was given a boost - p a r t ic u la r ly as o f 1923 — when Mrs. Sory Twife cf Dr. Robt. Sory, in charge o f th H o s p ita l) began tra in in g a hi^n school group in vo ice and piano, in September, 1923. She was a graduate o f the C in cin n a ti Conservatory o f Music, and of the New York School o f Music and A rts . The next year, 1924, she was employed by the school board to handle high sch ool music. She organized and tra in ed a high school chorus

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and gave chapel co n c erts. She had charge of music fo r the e n t ir e town sch ool system fo r the years 1924-25 and 1925-26. She and Dr. Sory then l e f t R o lla . For the 1926-27 and 1927-28 years, Miss Fiances Mann tra in ed a high school orch estra, and played fc r graduation e x e r c is e s . Mrs. Leo H ig le y tra in ed a high school orch e s t r a during the 1928—29 y e a r . And at the end o f the 1929 sch ool year, in a d i s t r i c t high sch ool music com petition , Miss Margaret Mann took f i r s t place with a soprano s o lo - "By S in gin g W aters" ( T. Law rence). —r'—*—'s— ‘ §)®.s_ 6 z eL.»_Deptembe_r^ 1929_j_— High school and grade school music took on firm fo o t in g the f a l l of 1929 when the sch ool board employed Mrs. W. R. Rapp. She was a v e ry capable music teacher o f g rea t person al charm. She organized and tra in ed e x c e lle n t high school choruses and orch estra s. Tie se performed not orfLy f o r graduation e x e rc is e s , but a ls o gave other con certs, and sang fo r such o rga n iza tio n s as the P .T . A. In A p r il o f 1931, in a d i s t r i c t m usical co n test, her chorus group won f i r s t place in 8 out o f 19 even ts. Her Boys' Quartet and Boys* Glee Club won 4 out cf 8 eve n ts. And in May, 1931, in the a l l - s t a t e con test at M issou ri U n iv e rs ity , Columbia, her mixed chorus and mixed q u a rtet won f i r s t p la c e . In September of 1932, the great need of the higja sch ool music department was fo r a piano. A ft e r co n sid era b le search, Mrs. Rapp lo c a te d a Steinway grand model, p ric e d a t $ 655 * 50 . The senior c la s s ra ised a fund cf $175 to apply on the purchase p r ic e , The balance was provided oth erw ise. The instrument was ded icated in a s p e c ia l school assembly on September 27, 1932. As p a rt cf the pro gram, the high sch ool chorus sang a new sch o ol song composed by Mrs. Rapp and Miss E u la lie P ow ell, e n t it le d , "L et Me S ta y In R o lla , Where The Skies Are B lu e ". A High_School Easter_Ser vic_e. - An unusual higft sch ool event was a s ix o' clock E a s te r Morning S e rv ic e held on Sunday morning, March 27, 1932. I t took place on the School o f Mines campus, im m ediately in fr o n t of Norwood H a ll. The e n tire pro gram was rendered by h igh school steidents, w ith the aid o f one high school tea ch er. The fo llo w in g was the program: Bugle G a ll ............... .................Johns Hubbard. In v o c a tio n ....................... E liz a b e th F in le y . Hymn: "C h ris t A rose" . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audience, S crip tu re Reading ............. Rae Grimm, Meaning Of The R esu rrection . . . . . . Miss Maurine Tunnell (t e a c h e r ). Hymn: "S a v io r, Like A Shepherd Lead Us" . . . . The Meaning Of E a ster ................ . E lle n N u ll. Reading: "E a ster M orn". . .A lic e Faye Hawkins. Hymn: "Follow; The Gleam" . . . . G ir l Reserves. B en ed iction ......................Amygene K ilp a t r ic k . The e d i t o r i a l comment was th is : " I t was a fin e thin g fo r these hoys and g i r l s to g iv e such a program." To th is the h is to r ia n s add th e ir h ea rty "AMEN". R o lla Hijgh_School Is _ A c c r e d ite d .- As o f A p r il 7, 1921, Rolla. High School was o f f i c i a l l y a c c re d ite d by the North C en tral A c c re d itin g A s s o c ia tio n . R q lla P a re n t-T ea ch er_A sso cia tio n .- This group, p re v io u s ly organized, con tin ued to meet during t t e decade 1921-31. As the years passed, the programs became more complete and in t e r e s t in g . A sample i s the one staged on the A s s o c ia tio n 's 34th a n n iversary, on cr about February 26, 1931* Mrs. Rapp and her ju n io r h i^ i school Glee Club le d o f f w ith songs . P u p ils then presented a pageant e n t it le d "The O ra c le ". Mrs. V. B. Hinsch presented an "a n n iversa ry b irth d a y ca k e". Items of business and d iscu ssion were presided over by Mrs. C. E. Bardsley, the p re s id e n t, Tte_ South C en tral T ea ch ere_A £ so cia tio n .- This group, organized in 1892, continued to meet in R o lla f o r i t s annual meetings each year. Dates were e it h e r in la t e October, or e a r ly November. Speakers of some prominence in education were u s u a lly breught in fo r the main addresses. Papers were read by variou s o f t t e

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tea ch ers. And there was u su a lly a session banquet. ...T h e o f fic e r s who conducted tte 1921 m eeting were th e se: P resid en t, A.Z. Black, who was a ls o county superin ten den t. Thelma King, of R o lla , was se c re ta ry , and Sadie Donahoe, a R o lla teach er, was tre a s u re r. . . . For t t e 1929 m eeting, Presid en t W.A. Brandenburg, head o f the Kansas State Teachers C o llege , a t P itts b u rg , was the c h ie f speaker. The session o f 1930 was said to have been "th e best e v e r " . . . I n the 1932 session , P r o f. C arl A. Baldwin, cf Vienna, M issou ri, was e le c te d A sso cia tio n p re s id e n t. The C oun^_Superintendents. - R o lla 1s sch ool a f f a i r s were somewhat, out le s s ah.d le s s , concerned with the o f f i c e of county school superintendent. The incumbents o f th a t o f f i c e during the p erio d 1920-33 were th e se: (1921-22) and (1922-23 ) ........ A .Z . Black. ( 1923-24) through (1930-31) ..James Hess. (1931-32) through (1961-62) . . Ralph M a rcellu s. And with th is , we conclude our s to ry of R o lla 1s schools through the period 1920 t o 1932.

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HOLLA'S CHURCHES DURING 1920's R o lla * s Churches_Of Tte 1 9 2 0 t e A s of October, 1931, e lev en separate churches were servin g the people o f R o lla . Seven o f them had^been in R o lla since the 1870's. The oth er fou r were organized and e re c te d b u ild in g s in la t e r years, as t h e ir re sp e ctive sketches below in d ic a te . The ele v e n o f 1931 were th ese: B a p tis t E piscop al P resb y teria n Ghurch of God C a th o lic Elkins Chapel Lutheran C h ristia n Science C h ris tia n M ethodist Union M ission R o lla M in is t e r ia l A llia n ce On October 7, 1927, a number o f Roj.la pastors met and organized a R olla M in is t e r ia l A llia n c e , The p astors were from the B a p tist, C h ris tia n , M ethodist, and P resb yteria n churches. Rev. B.V. B olton, B a p tis t pastor, was chosen as p resid en t, Rev. Harry P. Hunter, M ethodist, was v ic e p resid en t, and Rev. Charles W. E stes, P resb y teria n , was se e rs ta ry -tre a s u re r . This organized group did much to break down p e tty d iffe r e n c e s as between th e ir churches, and a ls o _ helped t o arrange va rio u s union m eetings, such as Thanksgiving and E a ster s e rv ic e s . They a ls o cooperated in sta gin g a g e n e ra l church r e v iv a l le d by E va n gelist Cadle during March o f 1929• The R o lla B a p tis t Churchy- This church experienced no event o f p a r tic u la r h is t o r ic In t e r e s t “ during t t e period 1920-32. The p asters ware these: Rev. J.A . Morse . . . . . . . 1918—1922 Rev. J^mes Barnes . . . . . 1922-24 * R ev. B. V. B olton . . . . . 1924-33 The R o lla C a th olic J to u rch .- We record no ex tra o rd in a ry event fo r th is church during t h e o e r io d 1920-32. Father John P. Lynch, who had come t o R o lla in June, S S f w a s tra n s fe rre d out o f R o lla in August o f 1921 . He was succeeded by F a t h e ^ Sidney P. Stocking, who served from August, 1921, u n t il November of 19l l . b u ild in g was the o r ig in a l stru ctu re at southeast corner o f 7tn and State s tr e e t . The R o lla C h ristia n ("D is c ip le s "/ . Church.- This church s u ffe re d much by r-eason o f “ f i r e s “ which d estroyed t h e ir church b u ild in g s . The old b ric k structure at' southeast corner o f 8th and Main s tr e e ts , which th ey had purchased from ie oou M ethodists in 1889, had been destroyed by f i r e on 191^. From th u n t il the e a r ly 1920*s, church s e rv ic e s were held in the old Pythian C a st-, t f and R o lla s t r e e t s . ^

Rey< I r a W iilia m s had been chosen as the new pastor

February*7o f 1922, he had plans under way fe r a new b u ild in g on the old s i t e . y February 23, church members who were farm ers staged a " g r a v e l hauling ay » ► c o n s t r ^ t io n was under way. < In March o f, 1923 d ec ix o a f the basement. Pastors from other churches jo in ed in th is w ith pastor u i i i Tte s e t Rev. C.S. Hanoy, M ethodist ..R e v . E.W. Behner, P resb yteria n . . R e v . J .S . B ^ n e s , B a p tis t. Mrs. I.H . L o v e tt, M eth odist, direc te d the c h o ir. Some time a ft e r com pletion cf the new church, in 1923, RcV' 1,1 lajns R o lla . The m in isters who succeeded were th ese: Rev. Ir a G. W illia m s . . . . . . . 1921 to 1923 1923-24 Rev. R*L. M o r t o n ............... Tom A s h t o n ................................... 192to Rev. W.T. Walker (A p ril-O c to b e r . . . 1925 Rev. Jas. E. McDaniel ( O c t o b e r ).. .. 1925 Rev. A.W. C raig N ov.1925 th S ep .30 1926 Rev. S.D. Harlan ( A p r.7,1927 to . . 1929 Rev. E. P. G a b rie l (S e p t.15,1929 to 1939. i q o0t s was the The R o lla EpioooE ai C h u r* - Ihe church « Te o r ig in a l wood frame b u l l ;i n g 1 1931, when he was succeeded by ceremony on October 38, 1931.

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The in s t a lla t io n date common orate d the 50th a n n iversa ry o f the con stru ction o f the o r ig in a l church in 1881-82. P astors and members of most of R o lla *s other churches jo in e d in the c e le b r a tio n . Music was furnished by the R o lla Community Music Club and P r o f. James C u llis o n ’ s M.S.M. Glee Club. In November o f 1923, men o f the church decided to b u ild a community h a ll, or "P a rish House", fo r p ro vid in g more room fo r Sabbath School c la s s e s , and a ls o fo r a m eeting pi a cefo r womens1 church groups and s o c ia l a f f a i r s . I t was fr e q u e n tly rented out to various o th er c i v i c or h is t o r ic a l s o c ie t ie s fo r s p e c ia l occasions. In e x t e r io r dimensions, the b u ild in g measured 30 x 60 f e e t . The basement bad w a lls o f co n crete. The f i r s t f l o o r was wood framed. Small rooms out from the west side provided o f f i c e and c h o ir rooms. The spacious basem oit, w ith i t s kitch en , was fo r many years a fa v o r it e place fo r im portant m eetings and banquets. The upper room served as an entertainm ent cen ter, b esid es space fo r Sunday School. ....D u r in g 1950-51, the b u ild in g was renovated, re-arran ged to supplement the new b r ic k e d i f i c e erected im m ediately west o f i t , and covered w ith a b rick veneer to match the new church. The old stru ctu re o f 1882 was torn down. The o r ig in a l Parish House was fin is h e d and dedicated on December 10, 1925* The O'North"). Methodist Church.- During the p a sto ra te o f Rev. Claude Hanby, 1915-1923, the o r ig in a l b ric k sanctuary had undergone su b sta n tia l a lt e r a t io n . A pipe organ l o f t and organ had been in s t a lle d . To the west, a tw o -sto ry b ric k addi tio n had been b u i l t fo r use as church p a rlo r and Sunday School rooms. Rev. Hanby had b u ilt up a program which in te r e s te d arri brought in a group of School cf Mines students who c a lle d them selves "M ethodist E n gin eers". ^The W esley Foundation b rou ^it in prcminent n a tio n a l speakers, and an in te r e s t in g s e r ie s oi moving p ic tu re s was conducted. Numbers o f e x c e lle n t plays authored by Dr. L .E . Woodman, p ro fe sso r o f physics at M.S.M., were staged - one of the t e s t bein g the one that portrayed the m is eries cf tte B ib lic a l ch a ra cter, JOB. During 1921-22, plans were drawn f o r the b u ild in g a f an e n t i r e l y new sanctuary to the south cf the old e d i f i c e - on the Malcolm l o t abu ttin g 8th s tr e e t, and ly in g between Main and Park s t r e e t s . The o r ig in a l b u ild in g was t o house the Wesleyan Foundation and th e M.S.M. student a c t i v i t i e s . The Malcolm l o t was purchased fo r such purpose. A l o t across Main s t r e e t , to the ea st o f the Malcolm L ot ( L o ts o & 7, Block 35, Bishop’ s A d d itio n ) was purchased, and a tw o-sto ry b r ic k parsonage was "1 4~

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By 1923 the church had staged a d r iv e to ra is e $50,000 l o c a l l y , to -^ tch ^ s im ila r sum provided by the n a tio n a l M ethodist Church Board of Education. The d riv e ended on September 20, 1923, with the $50,000 subscribed l o c a l l y . B e lls were rung, w h is tle s blown. Then a h itch developed. The n a tio n a l board could not agree m the l o c a l church and W esley Foundation boards as to fu ^ h e r procedures ^ o the e n tir e p r o ie c t was abandoned. On top o f th a t, m the aammer of 1923, P ^ ^ o r Hanby was awav from R o lla on a lectu re tou r, and on retu rn, p r e c ip it a t e ly resign ed and 1 f t R o lla . The church had su ffe red a w e ll-n ig h m ortal blow. To replace Rev.Han y, Rev. Clarence P. M ills took over as o f December 2, 1923The M ethodist pastors fo r the period 1920-32 were th ese: 1915-23 ............ Claude S. anby ±923-2U . Clarence P’i M ills 1924-28 ............ Harry P* Hunter 1928-32 .......... . Harry R. Osborne 1932-42 ........ . Harry P. Hunter During the Hunter P j - t o j r t . o f 1924-28 t Z

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basem ent . D r . C .V .Mann served as a r c h it e c t .

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fo r freq u en t o f f i c i a l board and oth er sm all group m eetings. Rev. Hunter soon had changed the church's depressed s p i r i t in to one of hope ard ch eer. He continued the program of moving p ic tu re s , and encouraged the sta gin g o f Dr. Woodman's p la y s . He in s t itu t e d a memorable program o f church membership Thanksgiving and Christmas tine noonday dinners which re s to re d church s p i r i t . And he made p leasan t, comradely contacts with the School o f Mines fa c u lt y . Not the le a s t o f the Hunter achievements was the church m usical program. Dr. and Mrs. Robert Sory had come to R o lla - the doctor to head up the F ederal Trachoma H o s p ita l program. A memorable mixed qu artet was arranged w ith Mrs. Sory as soprano, Mrs. Hunter (H elen ) as a lt o , Rev. Hunter as ten or, and D r. oory as bass. They even sang fo r baccalau reate s e rv ic e s fc r the School cf Mines. This was one o f the most nbtable mixed quarters e v e r to sing in R o lla . The Osborne p a sto ra te, 1928 - 32, fea tu red g r e a t ly in creased lea d ersh ip by the church laymen. The second Hunter p a sto ra te, 1932-42, fea tu red ren ovation o f the h eatin g system and the b u ild in g of a second f l o o r fo r the Sunday School a d d itio n . The R o lla Pre sby t er i an_Chur ch. - No event cf p a rtic u la r h is t o r ic a l in te r e s t occurred in th is church during the 192 0's. The l i s t cf pastors who served is t h is : N ov., 1919, to Jan., 1921 .............. . . . . . A l b e r t R. Fiske June,1921 to A p r i l , 1922 ......................... . G.P. K eelin g . . . ( He d ied while p a sto r) O c t ., 1922 to N o v., 1924 . . . -----. . . . . . . S.W. Behner S e p t., 1925, to S e p t., 1926 ........... Wm. L . E a rl ........... Chas. W. Estes S e p t., 1927 to S ep t., 1930 Jan., 1931, to S e p t., 1 9 4 1 .................... Dow G. Pinkston

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The E3Jcins_Cha£el Meteiodist Church.- We should have included th is church in al 1 the previous s e c tio n s of this gsn era l s to ry , back to I 865 . We remedy that omission a t t h is tim e. The arrangement may have the advantage o f p rovid in g a b e tte r u n ifie d s to r y o f the church - R o lla 1s s p e c ia l church fo r Methodists who were negros. E lkin s Chapel was organized im m ediately a fte r the clo se cf the C i v i l War, in I 865 . I t was a recogn ized u n it and charge in the M ethodist E piscop al Church, and i t s record teould be found in the minutes of the M issouri M ethodist Conference o f the tim e. I t has lo n g been known as H o lla 's "Second M ethodist Church". A f i r s t a c t, in s t a r t in g th is church, was the purchase, in 1865, o f a churchy b u ild in g l o t . Three church tru stees had been appointed - Arch H arrison, James S u l l i van, and Lew is McAdam. For the sum o f $40 they bought 01 R o lla C ity uommissioner W illia m G. York a b u ild in g l o t at the northwest corner o f 1st and Main stre ets — Lot 8 o f tslock 17, O r ig in a l Town of R o lla . A l l three tru stees were farmer sla ves, newly emancipated. H arrison had belonged to the James Harrison fa m ily , the o r i g i n a l Phelps County pion eers who had s e t t le d a t the v illa g e o f A rlin g to n . These th ree men planned and, probably with the aid of other e x -s te v e s , b u ilt the o r ig in a l E lk in s Chapel e d i f i c e . This was b u ilt o f lo g s . Other d e t a ils , such as s iz e , s t y le and so on, are n ot known. By the date o f the wedding in i t , on^ Ju ly 13, 1879, o f P r o f. John 0. J e ffr e y s , the negro school teach er, and Miss Minerva E. Marr* the b u ild in g was in v e ry seriou s d is - r e p a ir - so much so that the town e d it o r commented th a t " the b rid e and bridesm aids were v e ry t a s t e f u lly dressed, and seemed to shed a h alo over_the_djm £y_old_building_ as they stood b e fo re the a lt a r . F ir e soon afterw ard com pletely destroyed the old stru ctu re . ( Note: The date of th is f i r e has been rep orted as being in 1878. The wedding in cid en t seems to date i t in 1879). The E lk in s Chapel took i t s name from that o f i t s f i r s t pastor - PETER ELKINSan o f f i c i a l l y ordained Methodist m in ister and c ir c u it r id e r - who came to R o lla in October of I 865 , He seems to have l i v e d on a farm near S t, James. I t is not known fo r c e r ta in whether he had been a s la ve, or was a "fr e e d man", by v ir tu e of having paid p e r s o n a lly fo r h is freedom. What r e a l l y m atters i s the kind of a person he was. * He is d escribed as a nan cf stron g p e r s o n a lity , a c t iv e , in t e l li g e n t , an e lo quent speaker, and t r u ly a "man o f God". He had a measure of education - i t is said that he" could both read", and w rite - which was more than most of his parishoners c ould do. _ The problem o f negro marriagp among his parishoners was 01 great concern t-o Rev. E lk in s . He was p ers o n a lly m arried, on February 2^., 1866, to Miss E liz a Per ry . A whit® m in is te r - Wm. Roberson - performed the ceremony. A la r g e number o f h is parishoners con sisted o f couples who had n ever been l e g a l l y m arried, but HAD gone through tte ceremony o f jumping over a broom stick to g eth e r. _'They were "common law p a rtn ers, and many of them had ch ild re n . Paster E lk in s remedied th is conO ition by l e g a l l y marrying these couples, and f i l i n g a record o f the same , with tee names o f th? c o L o n -la w C h ildren, a t the Phelps County Court House in "Book A" o f Marriage Records, Not a l l o f those in the l i s t below had such ch ild re n . We include the l i s t p r im a r ily because many o f tte persons in i t may have been members o f the E lk in s Chapel church. A l l in the l i s t were married by Rev. E lk in s, except as s p e c ia lly noted by in clu d in g tee name o f th e o f f i c i a t i n g m in ister, in the l i s t designated by the l e t t e r s nM .G .,! (m in ister o f the g o s p e l). Abraham B la ck w ell to Patsy Moore. Aug. 25, i8 6 6 * ^ ;N*F^e^ds>^M; ^ ' l / * ^ * ? asfc° r * C u rtis Glenn Vaughn to M issou ri Vaughn. Feb. 17, 1867. J.A. C arter ( • ♦) Osborn S u lliv a n to Patsy Moore. Aug. 25, 1866. (E lk in s. M.G Lew is Bradford to P h i l l i s Love. Apr. 20 1866. (E lk in s ) M^irew Magby to Sarah Magby. Feb* 11* 1866* (h lk in s j^

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James Thomas Simpson to Catherine Simpson. Feb. 11, 1866. (E lk in s )* W illia m White to H elvin a W hite. Feb. 11, 1866. (E lk in s ). Edward S ta r r to Lucy S ta r r . Feb. 11, 1866. (E lk in s ). Thornton M orrison to Lucinda Hawkins. Feb. 11, 1866. (E lk in s )Lewis Jones to Is a b e ll Johnson. Feb. 11, 1866. (E lk in s )* Edward Smith t o Hannah B ates. Feb. 11, 1866. (E lk in s )* James Love t o Em ily Anderson. Feb. 11, 1866. (E lk in s )* George Turner to Sarah Turner. Feb. 11, 1866. (E lk in s )* Edward Daugherty to M ill a Daugherty. Feb. 11, 1866. (E lk in s )Booker Pamplett to Phebe Ramsey. Feb. 11, 1866. (E lk in s)'John M. W ilson to H a r r ie tt H eirs (H yers?) Jan. 1, 1866. (E lk in s )M it c h e ll B oxley to Louisa Johnson. Jan, 1, 1866. (E lk in s )* John Walker to "Martha Jane ___ ?" Jan, 1, 1866. (E lk in s )* John R oberts to Rachael Craighead. Nov. 19, 1865. (E lk in s ) Jason E l l i o t t to M atilda Rodgers. Nov. 19, 1365. (E lk in s ), (known members of Elk.Cn. Lewis McAdarn to Margaret L i l l a r d . Nov. 19, 18o5 • (E lk in s ) Elkins Oh. tru s te e . W illia m Benson to Patsy W h itis . Nov. 19, 1865. (E lk in s ). _ % Jam s S u lliv a n to Amanda B radford. Dec, 25, 1864. (E lk in s )* (E lk in s C h .tru stee) W illia m W ilson to Susan Baker. Dec. 19, 1865. ^ (E lk in s ). W illia m I s b e l to G aroline Rodgers. Dec, 19, 1865,^ (i^ lk in s)- • Joseph Penn to Em ily W oolard. Nov. 19, 1865. (E lk in s )- . Caesar S ta rr to Em ily H igsby. Nov. 19, 1865. (E lk in s ). Joe H arrison to Jane W ilson . O ct. 15, 1865. (E lk in s ). James A. C arter to M.E. C a rter. O ct. 15, 1865. (E lk in s ). ^ Jackson Z ek ely to Catherine Robinson. Apr.o,^ 1867. (E lk in s ). Wimmial Wadd to Mary M cC olister. June 10, 1876. (E lk in s ). , JACKSON SIMPSON t o MARIA ASKINS. O ct, 24, 1874, (R e v .I.J .K . Lunbech, M.E. pasto ) . The New E lkin s Chapel E d ific e Is .B u ilt ,. 1881-82.- As we have said the ^o r i g i n a l lo g church b u ild in g a t 1st and Main s tre e ts was destroyed by fa re e ith e r in 1 3 7 q" _ °o r p r e fe r a b ly in 1879. Fran th a t time u n t il 1882, both the church s e rv ic e s S the n e S o a S o o l sessions were t r a n s fe r s d to the old tw o -sto ry wood-framed ROBERT M. CASE HOUSE - otherwise known as THE CASE YELLOW HOUSE', and^ l a t e r as "WILSON1S RETREAT". This stood a t the southwest corner of 3rd and Main s t r e e t * , on Lrvh 1 of Block 14, O rig in a l Town of R o lla * In June o f 1882, the R o lla School Bcard moved to improve school con d ition s f o r the n egros. The Board. bou ^it Lots 3 and 4 o f Block 20, O rig in a l Town, a t the n orth east^corn er of 1 st P i S s t r e e t s and a t th a t o n e -s to ry b rick school house, # iic h u n t il la t e years and from 1882 served R o lla negro sch ool c h ild re n . That disposed of the school problem. For use o f the E lk in s Chapel Church, as the s ite fo r the new b u ild in g , _the ^ r

s s r Elm s t r e e t s . ( NOTE: The tru stees were P r e s s ly Henry W illiam s ..James Cole . . W illia m Marr . . ard W illiam F ish er . . not those in second lin e ^ a b o v e ). At aoout the same time, the E lk in s tru s te e s ( Jackson Simpson ..Moses C arter Jasper Dobson . . W i l l i s F oster . . D an iel W illiam s . and Brown DoweU > Lot 15 Of Block 20, James A d d itio n , n orth o f and alongside ^ parsonage. This th ey bought o f R o lla L o d ^ No. 155, j-.O.O.F. ( Odd mellows) 190' Plans were now drawn fo r the new b u ild in g . structure w ith c u ts id ^ d in B n s io n ^ of 2^ ^ - t

I t was a o n e-sto ry wood framed ao^ fa S ^ U s i o n s

a te CC to ? S SE x S n sio n of the M ethodist E p iscop al Church made a loan of $500. Other sums were donated by generous white c i.iz e n s

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co n stru ctio n co n tra ct was awarded to Jackson Simpson, a church tru s te e , and a verycapable cabinet maker and carp en ter. A ctu al work began on December 22 of 1881, accordin g to the R o lla Herald, and the estim ated cost a t that time was $600. * The job was completed and the church placed in use in 1882. An in te r e s t in g item i s th a t Jackson Simpson obtained and in s t a lle d a church organ, over the p rotests o f h is fe llo w churchmen, who regarded organs as instruments of the D e v il, Mr. Jackson Simpson was perhaps the one outstanding negro c i t i z e n o f R o lla fo r a l l tim e. He had married Miss Maria Askin on June 4, 1874, in the old lo g church, and th e y had become the parents o f nine ch ild ren , a number of mhom la t e r became the h ig h ly respected lea d ers in negro a f f a i r s in R o lla ard in Chicago. Mr. Simpson was e le c te d as a R o lla c i t y councilman fo r the term 1887-88 - which a tte s ts to h is high w orth and ch aracter and the resp ect in iMiich he was held by the white pe ople of R o lla . We have now reached the p o in t where we may turn from the to p ic o f church o u ild in g s to the naming o f the pastors who have served the Elkins Chapel. We are q u ite aware that the fo llo w in g l i s t is both incom plete - and that i t contains many e r r o r s . I t is the l i s t th at was assembled by pastor J. B lain e Walker as o f October, 1944. We have not the means o f fin d in g and c o rre c tin g the e r ro rs , so present the l i s t as Rev. Walker made i t :

1 , - Rev. P e te r E lk in s . (Died 1884, P o to s i, Mo.) ..S erved s e v e ra l years from I 865 . 2 . - Rev. M artin Reed. ( Died Aug. 27, 1905, Smithton, Mo. ) .. .......................... 1874 3 . - Rev. Anthony Coleman ( Died Ju ly 2 , 1917, Lebanon, Mo.) ............................. 1880 4 . - Rev. C.M. Keeton ( Died S ept. 17, 1916, Chicago, 1 1 1 ) ..................... 1881 5 . - Rev. Edward Anthony ( Died Feb. 9, 1904, Lexington, M o.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1883 1884 7 . - Rev. D .L. Ir v in g ( D ied. Date not recorded) ..................... 1887 8 . - Rev. W illia m D ivers ( Died June 10 , 1923, Holden, M o.) ............ 1889 9 . - Rev. W illia m McCutchen ( Died, 1914, J o p lin , Mo.) ........................................1892 1 0 . - Rev. Henry A. Henley ( Died Aug. 12 , 1907, S ed a lia , M o.) ......................... 1896 1 1 . - Rev. J. W. Jackson ( L e f t b efore y e a r ’ s end. Was i l l . D ie d )..................... 1901 1 2 . - Rev. R. R. Abington ( Completed J.W. Jackson's y ea r. Died ) ............... 1901 1 3 . - Rev, E .P . G eiger ( L e f t the Methodist church ) .......................... ..............1902 14. - Rev, Fulghum ( Died Nov., 1918, E lsb erry , Mo.) ................................ . 1905 1 5 . - Rev. B.D. Dixson ( Died Aug. 25, 1913, Fredericktown, Mo.) .......................1907 1 6 . - Rev. Frank L . S co tt ( Died, somewhere in Kentucky) ................ 1908 1 7 . - Rev, E .A . Graham ( S t i l l p a sto rin g, 1944, Louisian a, M o.) ...........................1910 1 8 . - Rev. A lb e rt Poston ( Supernumerary, 1944, S a lin a , Kan.) ................ 1912 1 9 . - Rev. E .F . Pate ( S t i l l p a sto rin g, 1944, C o f f e y v ille , Kan.) ...................1916 2 0 . - Rev. B .F. Bateman ( Died, Jan.30,1926, S p r in g fie ld , Mo.) .......................... 1918 2 1 . - Rev. H.W. James ( S t i l l p a storin g, 1944, East S t.L o u is, 111.) .......... 1919 22 . - Rev. James McKni^it ( Supernumerary, 1944, Parsons, Kan.) .................... 1922 23. - Rev. H .J. Harrison ( S t i l l pastu ring, 1944, Omaha, N eb.) .......................... 1923 24. - Rev. J.E. T u n stall ( S t i l l p a storin g, 1944, W ich ita , Kan.) ....................... 1924 2 5 «- Rev. J.W. T e r r e ll ( Died . . . . ) ....................... ................................................ 1926 26 . - Rev. H.C, Shaw ( Died, D ec., 1930, Mar s h a ll town, l a . ) ................... 1927 27. - Rev. A.C. White ( S t i l l p a sto rin g, 1944, W e l l s v i l l e , M o.) .......................... 1929 2 8 . - Rev. L e s te r A. Faulkner ( Died . . . . ) ......................................................... 1930 29. - Rev. D. E. N a ilin g ( S t i l l p a storin g, 1944, Chetopa, Kan.) ...................... 1931 30. - Rev. R.G. Moore ( S t i l l p a storin g, 1944, M arshall, Mo.) ................ 1933 31. - Rev. Wm.H. W illiam son ( To another denomination, Kan. C ity , Kan.) ........... 1935 32. - Rev. J.W. Patton ( R etired , 1944, Kansas C ity , Mo.) .................. 1936 3 3 . - Rev. Samuel W right ( Assoc, p a s to r ,1944, St.Mark M.E. church, C hicago). 1939 3 4 . - Rev. J. Blaine Walker (The pastor, Rolla., 1941-44 & l a t e r ) .............. . 1941

6 . - Rev. Richard Rush ( Died at S ed a lia , M o.) ..................................

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oome_Of The Elkins_Chaj3e l ^Honored_Dead". - In a souvenir program p rin ted in October, 1935, on the occasion of the 70th Elkins Chapel Anniversary, pastor Wm. H. W illiam son included a l i s t o f fo r t y former Elkins church members who had d ied , as fo llo w s : 1. Edmond Rudd

2 . Anna Dobson 34. 5. 6. 7« 8. 9. 10.

Henry F o s te r Moses Carter W i l l i s F o s te r Mo Reed S t e lla Clark Joseph Dobson E sther D ow ell George Garter

./lLl. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

Anna Fowler D.L. Ir v in g B e tt ie Marr Cuddle Smith Clayton B rick ey E liz a F u lb righ t Hannah Bradford Mabel S tu b b le fie ld Maggie Simpson Maggie W in frey

21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26 . 27. 28. 29. 30.

Arthur Ander son Lewis Bradford Amanda S u lliv a n F red erick Parker Minerva J e ffr e y s Henry W illiam s Lewis Jones Mary Bradford D a n iel 'Williams A lw ild a Marr

31. 32. 33* 34. 35* 36 . 37* 33. 39. 40.

Rosa F o ster Ben Marr Lewis Cole B e ttie Hancock V ic ie Perkins Nancy C arter B i l l i e Jones James Cole Sedonia Parker James Love,

ScmejOf Ike. Leading Members. As_ 0 f 19.35•- Pastor W illiam son a ls o l i s t e d these persons as the main le a d e rs in E lk in s Chapel as of 1935- Mrs. Leah C h ristian headed the l i s t as the forem ost o f the group. This is the W illiam son l i s t : Leah C h ristia n Jackson Simpson M aria (M rs.J.)Sim pson Evans Campbell Ann Campbell O tto Simpson

Sam W in frey Evelyn W in frey Ann Clark D o llie Bu llock Bessie Rolen

Ruth Marr Lewis Rolen W endell Rolen Jane Love A lic e Curry

P r o f. Leo Johnson Mrs* P e a r l Johnson Dutro C a rter Mrs. Dutro C arter Eugenia (J e ff r e y s ) Vaughn Mrs. O tto Simpson

(NEW CARBONS)

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The. R o lla LujbheranjChurch.- For many years p r io r to 1920, the headquarters f o r the Lutheran Church in Phelps County was in the southeast qu arter o f S ection 33, T.37 N ., R.7 W. . . about a h a lf m ile ea st of tod ay’ s Highway 72. At this place the church had a modest chapel and a church cem etery. The Haas fa m ily was the p r in c ip a l source of membership. As our period 1921-32 begins, Rev. A.C. Weber was the p a sto r. The u n it or char^p was c a lle d the "Elk P r a ir ie " Lutheran Church. Our record does not in d ica te whether or not Lutheran s e rv ic e s were held \vithin R o lla th e re to fo r e - but as cf February 9, 1922, Lutheran s e rv ic e s were held in the R o lla Presb yteria n church by Rev. W. Shrader, the p a sto r. The Lutherans con tinued to meet in the P resb yterian church up to about 1925, when a modest b ric k chapel was b u ilt on the southeast corner o f 12th s tre e t and Spring Avenue. -Its e x t e r io r dimensions were 28 x 63 f e e t . The b u ild in g occupied two c i t y l o t s -L ots 5 and 6, B lock 6, Townsend A d d itio n . Work sta rted the week of September 17, 1925. The f i r s t s e rv ic e was h eld in i t on May 23, 1926. Rev. E. Frederick S c h ild t, who had been in s t a lle d as pastor out at the E lk P r a ir ie chapel, was now in char@3 at R o lla . The church was fo rm a lly d ed ica ted on July H , 1926. The sea tin g ca p a city was nom inally 185, which could be in creased on occasion to 225As o f A p r il 28, 1929, Rev. S c h ild t was c a lle d from R o lla to the Bethlenem Church o f D e t r o it , Michigan, and was succeeded by Rev. Paul W. S tr e u fe r t. He and h is w ife were w on d erfu lly fin e people, wel 1 knewn to preseixt w r it e r s . An outstand in g Lutheran event o f the p eriod was the D i s t r i c t Convention o f t h e / ’W alther League" on September 3,4, and 5, 1932. Some 500 young people were in attendance. M eetings were held in Parker H a ll, on the M.S.M. Campus, and a huge banquet was held in Jacklin g Gymnasium. Other m eetings were in the R o lla Methodist church. I t was a momentous a f f a i r , both fo r the church and fo r the town. The R o lla Union M is s io n .- As our p eriod 1921-32 began, Rev. C. L. Parker was the pastor o f th is group. Seemingly, i t had no church e d i f i c e a t th is tim e. As o f February, 1922, R ev/ P a rk er went to S t.L ou is and was succeeded by Rev. Clymer. By December 16, 1923, the church had ere c te d a modest chapel a t the northwest corner o f 3rd and Oak s tr e e ts , and had ded icated i t on Jecember l6 th » During 1924, Rev. J .A . McDowell was p a sto r. The church debt had been paid o f f by June 15th o f th a t year. . . . In 1925, O llie S c o tt, a tru sted employee ox the School o f Mines, served as p a s to r. By February o f 1926, Rev. J.A . McDowell had returned, but by October had been succeeded by Rev. L.H. Hyman. Rev. C.L. Parker was back fe r 1927-28, and in 1930 Q.H.A. ( O l l i e ) S cott again ted charge. This church has continued up to the present tim e, but now uses the name of "P e n te c o s ta l Church". The Church_0f God.- As of January, 1925, th is group was being le d by Mrs. B essie G. Evans. I t had no church e d i f i c e , but met at 2nd and Elm s t r e e t s . T h e re a fte r, fo r s e v e ra l ears , i t met in the h a ll on the second flo o y Schuman tw o -sto ry b ric k store b u ild in g on the n ortheast corner of 6th and Pine s t r e e t s . While meeting there, in October, 1931, Rev. w.H.^Lutgen was pasucu.. ^ ii ^ ti V nr Bnn" ^ kfo*** t a;1Q-fombfrr..-19-69 . -1 ] i i i ^ I ^ ■ Sffitoimaia-La — .~-j> 17+-U-. C h ris tia n Science Churchy- As o f October, 1931, th is group was h oldin g i t s m eetings” in Parker H a ll, on the School o t Mines campus. been so doing fo r some p r io r to t h is date. A fte r the C ath olic Church b u ilt i t s new Carteag marble01e d i f i c e north of tte School of H ire s, in 1917, tte C h ristia n Science group rurchased the old o r ig in a l C a th olic church b u ild in g at 7th and S tate stre et , aM h ^ f i t rep a ired L renovated. This is i t s present (1970) meeting p la c e . W ith th is , we conclude our sketch of R o lla 's churches fo r the period 1921-32.

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ROLLA*S MERCHANTS & BUSINESS AFFAIRS DURING 1920*s Thg. RoLLa Chamber OfjCommerce_.- As far back as 1885, R o lla had had a Com m ercial Club. I t had d i f f i c u l t y in m aintaining membership, and in fin a n cin g it s work. There may have been, in te r n a l d is s e n tio n which, w ith the oth er fa c to r s , prevented i t from operatin g contin u ou sly. A second group was fu n ction in g as a commercial club in and around 1913, but th is la c le d the d es ired cohesion and con t in u it y . To c o r r e c t these d i f f i c u l t i e s , the present R olla Chamber of Commerce was organ ized, w ith 130 members, in meetings held on February 2nd, 5th, and 12th, 1920, when a su itable c o n s titu tio n was w ritte n and adopted. This o rga n iza tio n has per s is t e d down to d a te . A l i s t cf the presiden ts #10 served through the period 1920 to 1932 fo llo w s . Terns began in-March cf each year, and ended the l a s t cf February of the next yea r. The yea r included in the table denotes the beginning o f the term, in March. The presidents were th e se: 1928. - L .T . Hudson 1924. - Dr. E.W. Walker 1920. - Edwin Long 1929. - A lfr e d A. Smith 1925. - Geo. E. J o s lin 1921. - Chas. M. Knapp 1930. - Booker H. Rucker 1922. - Henry A. Buehler 1926. - H.A. Buehler 1931. - Col.Chas. L. Woods 1927-- H.A. Buehler 1923. - M. 0. M artin 1932. - B. H. Rucker Our l i s t cf s e c r e ta r ie s and trea su rers is incom plete, but the fo llo w in g served t h e ir re s p e c tiv e terms during the period 1920-32: S e c re ta rie s were P.H. McGregor .. L .T . Hudson .. and Fred W. Smith. Treasurers were Joseph H. Smith . . M.O. M artin .. E.D. W illia m s . . . P.H. McGregor . . . and F lo y Webb. Our l i s t o f those who, in th e ir re s p e c tiv e terms, served as d ir e c to r s , is a ls o in com plete. These served t h e ir term as d ir e c t o r : .W ilfre d Via S te r lin g M. Smith .E ric K. Schuman D r.S .L . Baysinger Jas. A. Spilman B. H. Rucker Leo H ig le y Geo. E. J o s lin Robert W ilkin s Dr. E.W. Walker E.W. A llis o n Edcvin Long D exter B. F o llo w ill H.A. Buehler Fred W. Smith M.O. M artin DeVeie J o s lin P.H. McGregor John Fleming These l i s t s serve to in d ic a te vh o, among R a lla *s business men, were the le a d e rs in b u ild in g up the town. There were y e t others whom we s h a ll name l a t e r . Among the achievements o f the Chamber during the 1920 s were these th in gs: (1 ) They aided in b rin g in g the U.S. Trachoma H o sp ita l to R o lla in 1923( 2 ) They c a rrie d on a vigorou s campaign to obtain a shoe fa c to ry fo r R olla in 1923 - r a is in g the money f o r con stru ction o f the b u ild in g in Block R o lla ^ M ill A d d itio n ( area bounded by 7th and 8th s tre e ts , ab u ttin g O live s t r e e t ) by s e llin g l o t s in the "F r is c o A d d ition " - and a lso s o l i c i t i n g donations from many R o lla c i t i zens and M.S.M. fa c u lt y members . (3 ) They a ls o had a part in f i x i n g a few d e ta ile d portions cf Routes 63 and 06 coming in to Rolla . ( 4 ) They aided in exten sion of sewer and water systems by p e titio n in g the Council, and otherw ise promoting a c tio n . R olla has b e n e fite d very g r e a t ly from the a c t i v i t i e s of i t s Chamber cf Commerce. The Rolla_ Hub C lu b.- This club was composed of many o f those who belonged to tee~Chamber of Commerce. But i t a ls o included many members of the School cf Mines fa c u lt y , as w e l l as sons of R o lla * s m in is te rs . I t was e s s e n t ia lly a dinner clu b ", designed to promote fe llo w s h ip , good w i l l and understanding among i t s mem b ers, and in the town g e n e r a lly . But the Club a ls o planned and c a rrie d out various p r o je c ts l o r the ben eixt of the community. I t was a predecessor o f th e three s e rv ic e clubs which, a ft e r a few years, absorbed i t s membership - the Lions Club ( i t s immediate successor) — "the R otary Club - and the Kiwanis Club.

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The Club had weekly noonday dinners, f i r s t held at the Peacock Cafe, a t 8th and Pine s t r e e t s . A fte r September 12, 1928, they were held a t the Pierce-Pennant Tavern n orth east cf town - in the b lo ck o f Schuman’ s A d d ition bounded by Cedaf and Walnut s t r e e t s , 19th s tr e e t and Highway 6 3 . The Club o f f i c e r s fo r 1928 were th ese: P resid en t, L .T . Hudson, the Ford auto agent. F lo y Webb was v ic e presiden t, Leo H ig le y was s e c re ta ry . Noel Hibbard, a s s is ta n t r e g is t r a r a t the School of Mines, todk over the presiden cy in February, 1931, and became a foremost promoter, not only o f the Hub Club, but a ls o o f the Chamber cf Commerce. THE ROLLA BANKS OF THE 1920‘ s National_Bank O f_ R o lla .~ This was H o lla ’ s o ld e s t bank, in business since A r o l l c a l l o f i t s o f f i c e r s during the 1920’ s is as fo llo w s : ln_12.28: Edwin Long, p resid en t ...D r . S .L . M itc h e ll, v ic e p resid en t . . . Pryor H. McGr eg o r, ca sh ier. F.A. Cameron and F lo y Webb were a s s is ta n t ca sh iers. Plus the fo re g o in g , th e d ir e c to r s were John B a rn itz ...S tep h en N. L o rts . . . Ir a Parry . . . C lif f o r d E. Fr ench . . . French, who had been v ic e p residen t up to A p r il, 1925, was then appointed S tate Finance Commissioner, and l e f t R o lla . In_1222,: Edwin Long was deceased, so John B a rn itz became p resid en t. S.N. L o rts was v ic e p resid en t, P.H. McGregor was ca sh ier. Plus the fo reg o in g , the d ir e c to r s were A lb e r t E. Long . . . Ir a Parry . . . Fred A Cameron . . . and Dr. S .L . M it c h e ll. This bank’ s fin a n c ia l re p o rts furn: these fig u r e s : 1870.

The Year T o ta l Resources T o tal Resources The Year D eposits D eposits Jan., 1927 $615,050.70 Jan., 1921 $541,529.05 $786,822.07 $549 , 454.25 Jan., 1922 Jan., 1928 806,736.29 559,255.84 497,482.15 430,601.97 Jan., 1929 626,733.70 610 , 504.68 Jan., 1923 863,365.95 371,950.75 O c t ., 1929 J a n ., 1924 679,163.20 1 , 251 , 510 . 22* 431,913.35 922,004.19* Jan., 1930 890,662.03 1,201,858.03 J a n ., 1925 455,472.97 748,601.73 <? Jan., 1926 762,850.20 673,304.75# 952,337.7/# 497,959.71 ,f0 c t . >,.21931 * This re p o rt fo llo w ed the mergs r 1 the Farmers & Merchants Bank with the N a tio n a l in October, 1929 . # This 3a st rep ort was made on the eve of the N ation al * Bank’ s f a ilu r e , on June 30 , 1932. As of October, 1931, the bank’ s fin a n c ia l re p o rt showed these l i a b i l i t i e s , # iic h do not quite natch the fig u re fc r resou rces: Deposits ................. $673,304.75 B i l l s payable .......... $98,000 C a p ita l stock . . . . 50,000 Undivided p r o fit s . . 10,696.10 Surplus ........... 60,000 T o ta l L i a b i l i t i e s .$951,239.74 Outstanding notes . . 50,000 Due other banks . . . 9,238.89 In October of 1929, the Merchants & Farmers Bank merged with the N a tio n a l, which th e r e a fte r had the t i t l e o f " The N a tio n a l Bank cf R o lla ". As of October, 1931, A lb e r t E. Long, son cf Edwin, was bank p resid en t, and his brother Luman H. Long was a d ir e c t o r . The B e lla State, Bank.,- The o f f i c e r s fo r th is bank fo r the years dmown were th e s e : \ Year_12.22: A lex . C. Donnan was p resid en t ...J .H . Pillm an v ic e presid en t . . . E . g . Oa&jjbbelril ca sh ier. The d ir e c to r s were Jos. G. Campbell ( J r . ) ...W e s ie y D. Jones . . . v S .A . Johnson . . . D r. B.E.C. Slawson . . . Jas. 2. Spilman . . . and Frank B. Pow ell. Year„1222.: A lex . C. Donnan was p resid en t . . . J.H. Pillm an v ic e p residen t . . . E.D. W illiam s ca sh ier. D ire c to rs were tte fo re g o in g plus D.M. Johnson . . . J . A . Spilman . . Jos. G. C a m p b ell(J r.) . . . Eugene J. Campbell . . . W illia m Haas . . . Frank B. Pow ell . . . and E.V. Sturgeon. Year_1930: A le x ; C. Donnan, p resid en t . . . Eugene J. Campbell, v ic e p residen t . . . E.D. W illiams ca sh ier . . . A sst, ca sh ier, Frank A Germann. Helen R olu fs was book keeper. Excluding Germann and R olu fs, the fo re g o in g plus J.A . Spilman . . .J o s . G. .— Campbell ( J r . ) ...F ra n k B. P o w ell . . . Wm. Haas . . . and D elb ert E. Johnson were the d ir e c to r s.

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Iear„1 2 3 2 : A le x C. Donnan was p resid en t . . . J.H. Pillm an , v ic e p resid en t . . . Eugene J. Campbell, a c tiv e v ic e p re s id e n t. E.D. W illiam s was cash ier . . . Frank Germann, a s s t, ca sh ier. The d ir e c to r s were the fo re g o in g , le s s G em n n , plus D.M. Johnson... J.A . Spilman . . . Jos. G. Campbell, Jr . . . Wm. Haas . . . Frank B. P ow ell. Helen R olu fs and Charles Clements were book-keepers. The bank's annual fin a n c ia l rep orts fu rn ish the fo llo w in g fig u r e s : D eposits Resources D eposits The Year The Year Resources J an ., 1928 $581,807.16 $471,190.98 Jan., 1922 $545,758.09 $348,501.89 Jan., 1929 B e e ., 1922 342,570.09 471,951.31 Jan., 1930 Jan., 1924 586,578.94 694,144.07 355,289.19 468,103.73 Dec., 1930 Jan., 1925 561,047.03 677, 327.87 392,984.97 496,761.55 459,909.80 Sept, 1931 755,932.32 D ec*, 1926 640,298.85 573,210.04 July, 1932 628,271/27 Jan., 1927 543,506.38 514,644.29 432,984.97 As o f July, 1932, the N a tio n a l Bank had f a i l e d and closed it s doors. The R o lla State Bank, s t i l l s o lv e n t, closed it s doors fo r a few days to see what the r e s u lt would be, then re-opened, w ith th is statem ent: The bank had no outstanding b i l l s , and would remain open - which i t d id . The statement was signed by A le x . C. Donnan, p resid en t . . . E.D. W illia m s, ca sh ier, and d ir e c t o r s F.B. Pow ell ..E .J . Campbell . . . and J.A . Spilman. The_ §£. bank.- This bank had been organized and opened on December 11, 1905, As o f 1929, i t s o f f i c e r s were th ese: D r. E.W. Walker was p resid en t . . W esley D. Jones v ic e p resid en t . . . Chas. M. Knapp v ic e p resid en t and c a s h ie r. The d ir e c to r s were these th ree plus E.G. H albert . . . Wm. J. McCaw . . . Frank Adams, S r. . . . J .J . Bowles ...G e o rg e W. Castleman . . . Ben B. Pillm an . . . and George E. J o s lin . In October o f 1929, t h is bank closed i t s business and merged w ith the N a tio n a l Bank o f R o lla . The bank's annual re p o rts fu rn ish the fo llo w in g fig u r e s : Deposits Resources The Year D eposits Resources The Year Jan., $433 , 959.46 Jan., 1922 $ 596, 151.4 4 Jan., 638 , 426,76 Feb., 1921 444, 538.57 Jan., 492, 524.15 Dec., 1922 647 , 636.79 O c t., Jan., 1924 674 , 720.94 800 , 051.65 * These fig u r e s are the estim ated values a t the the N ational Bank of R o lla , October, 1929.

1926 $480,152.65 $596,266.19 418,140.86 1927 538,129.44 421,768.31 1928 539,472.07 362, 748.35* 1929* 444, 773.93* time th is bank merged w ith

THE BANK_FAILURES OF_1232.- The Great F in a n c ia l Depression o f the 1930's was tipped o f f during October and November o f 1929 by the lo s s e s on the W a ll S tre e t ( New York ) stock market. By 1932, these lo s s e s had to ta le d $75 b illio n s 1 R o lla 1s two banks, from 1929 to 1932, had managed to weather the storm. But on January 7 o f 1932, R o lla c it iz e n s had good cause t o worry. Because o f rumors that the N a tio n a l’ Bank of R o lla was about to f a i l , some f o r t y o f them met to make a cautious examination, a ft e r which they issued a combined statement d e c la rin g th a t " The N a tio n a l Bank o f R o lla w i ll_ n o t _ fa .il." They were too optom istic — u t t e r ly wrong i For the bank closed i t s doors as o f Jure 30, 1932. Th# d ep osits of many R o lla c it iz e n s were wiped out. Twelve years* savings of R o lla *s p u blic schools were ca u ^ it. When re p o rts could be made, t o t a l assets were rep orted to be $739,725.63. Notes due t o t a lle d $616,316.16. The l i a b i l i t i e s summed up to $652,272.83* The bank could pay out - IF_thes_e_notes could b e _c o lle c t e d . Then, as of September 1, 1932, the Bank cf S t. James a lso c lo s e d . The R olla S ta te Bank, alon e, remained s o lv e n t. I t closed doors fo r a few days, to aw ait the re s u lts o f the fa ilu r e s of these other banks - then re-opened and remained open.

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F a ilu re Of_Ni^ht_&_Da^_Bank.- A bank fa ilu r e in S t, Louis, as of January, 1922, was th a t o f the N ight and Day Bank, cf which form er re s id e n t and State Sena to r H.H. Hohenschild was p resid en t. Because cf h is R o lla connections, many R o lla c it iz e n s made deposits in Hohenschild’ s bank - so th e y sustained considerable lo s s e s when the bank f a i l e d . The bank's d io rta g e was sone $1,000,000. The bank o f f i c e r s were t r i e d in cou rt, but on chan^ of venue to J o p lin , M issou ri. They were f i n a l l y a cq u itted . Tbe_ F e lla Sayings & Loan _A ssociation .~ This concern was s ta rte d in A p r il o f 1921. I t issu ed a s e r ie s of shares t o t a l l i n g $400,000. Edwin Long was p resid en t. B.H. Rucker . . Dan. F. Donahoe . . and M.O. Martin were r e s p e c t iv e ly v ic e presiden t, se c re ta ry , and tre a s u re r. In clu din g the fo re g o in g , the d ir e c t o r s were C.M. Knapp .. R.R. Dickerson . . . A.B. Holmes . . . Fred W. Smith . . . Robert ("B o b ") H e lle r . . . arri P.H. McGregor. The A s s o c ia tio n encouraged home b u ild in g by gra n tin g loans to p rosp ective b u ild e r s . THE UNI,IED_STATES MI NTJVAS_AJi01^Y_GHANGER.- In January of 1922, the United State s Mint designed and minted a NEW SILVER DOLLAR. This was the f i r s t such change sin ce 1878. On the obverse side was sculptured a "Head cf L ib e r t y " . On the re v e rs e sid e was a "Dove And Olive Branch" — symbols cf "PEACE", a word cut in beneath the dove and o liv e b r a n c h .... Then, in January of 1928, the s iz e o f the paper "greenback" money was changed from 3-1/8" x 7-7/16" to 2-11/16"x 6- 5/ 16 " I t was said that th is change re su lte d in annual savings of two m illio n d o lla r s . The new s iz e has p e rs is te d down to date, 1970. Tl ? _ % l l a_,%l®Plloae- S21si eSi*“ ^ years 1926-27 were h is t o r ic fc r R o lla ’ s t e l e phone system. Edwin Long, who owned the system, maintained i t s exchange and o ffic e s on the second f l o o r o f the tw o-story b rick store b u ild in g at immediate northeast corner o f 8th and Pine s t r e e t s . In August o f 1926, the T.L. Leonard E le c tr ic Company began in s t a llin g a Strom berg-Carlson system, whereby customers, wishing to place a c a l l , could do so by l i f t i n g o f f tte e a r - r e c e iv e r piece - in stead cf cranking a magneto s e t, as b e fo r e . The new system caused a small e le c t r ic l i g h t to l i g h t up on the switch board.. The a c tu a l change-over took place a t midnight, March 24, 1927* A form al opening was held on A p r il 15, 1927Radio Comes To R o lls ..- Radio w ir e le s s telep h on ic communication becams gener a l l y a v a ila b le across the nation in 1921. The f i r s t R o lla ra d io sets were pro cured by the School cf Mines in A p r il, 1921. In September, 1921, H.P. Doole, at the U n iv e rs ity o f M issou ri, p red icted that "the w ir e le s s telephone would be in general use among farmers w ith in a few years ." I t so happened. In R o lla , store keepers Harvey & Smith, in October, 1922, ^ in s ta lle d a W estinghouse s e t, and w ith i t s^u pplied_all_R £lla_w ith ra d io news. In^September, 1921, Edwin Long had a "Magna Vox" set, and could mate connections with ra d io sta tio n s in San Antonio, D e t r o it , and New York. He p red icted th at " in the near fu tu re, a l l R o lla homes would have ra d io s e t s " . That happened, too . Farmer Hugh Smith, on ru ra l route No. 3, northwest of R o lla , had a set and made con tacts w ith s ta tio n WGY, at Schenectady, New York. He reported what be heard to the R o lla Herald, which then p rin ted the ra d io news. And R o lla s ra d io s ta tio n 9-AZH took membership in the American Radio Relay League. And in January o f 1925, in his hardware s to re , J .A . Spilman was s e llin g "Super Heterodyne" s e ts . Thus did ra d io come t o R o lla * The Western Union Telegraph System .- This company, not y e t superseded by the ra d io or telephone systems, continued o ff i c e s in R o lla . A t times th ere were o f fic e s in town separated from the Fbisco depot - but ordin ary s e rv ic e s were furnished from the F ris c o depot by F ris c o te le g ra p h e rs . ROLLA*S MERCHANTS AND BUSINESS MEN ( Go to next page )

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ROLLA*S MERCHANTS & BUSINESS MEN DURING 1920* s P reface T°_De_talied Re£csr_d.- In an e f f o r t to i n j e c t a b it o f personal in t e r e s t in t h is su b ject, we have l i s t e d the NAMES o f the many business men and firm s doing business in R o lla during the 1920's. For the purpose cf in d ic a tin g whether the firm operated during the p eriod 1920-26 - or l a t e r only, from 1927 to 1932, we have used the ch aracter ( - ) to in d ica te the p eriod 1920-26, and the colon ( : ) t o in d ic a te the period 1927-32. Where n e ith e r ch a ra cter i s p re fix e d to the name, that fir m did ursine ss throughout tte p erio d 1920-32. W ith th is p re fa c e , we now l i s t Rolla.'.s business men cr firm s fo r the p eriod 1920-32. Drug_Store_s S co tt* s Faulkners Harvey & Smith G ro c e rie s Asher Bros. •Asher & B e ll -Bland Smith —Case G rocery -Jones Market : Crow's Market Hanrahan* s N.Side :Krogers (1923 on) :T .J . Johnson's iMunzert* s :Lloyd Ramsey's :R alston S tore :Fr ank L , Smith -Sands N.Side Sunshine Market :Sease & Smith : S ie v e 's G rocery :W.D. S a lly 's Gro. R o lla Wholesale Groc. -Model (A ry & Smith) sVan's Cash Groc. :Smit h B ros. Dry Dood£ & C lo th ing Asher Merc. Co. Crumpler* s J ohn D ent' s Bote H e lle r 's Schuman's S tore S te r lin g Smith :Brannock*s S td .S tore XaIlk£.ky Stores “ Chas Dent John Dent C.D. Via M illin er_S h o£ s - Hatte Shop (Madgp & M attie Freenan) -H a tte Shop (Shaver) —Knight, Mrs Mabel

Bhops_ For Women C a rrie Adams Shop -H a rry W it t 's Shop :Mace Dress Shop B eau ty_P arlors_ :Lorrain e B.Shop :MiLady Beauty Shop Dry Cleaners “ Sease Bros :Harry W itt :E.E. Sease :Busy Bee Laundry :Modern Cleaners :W allicks Laundry _ -Sease Bros :Busy Bee :W a llic k *s Maytag Washers C. Robison Produce Companies W illiam s Produce -Farmers Flour & Feed Merch. & Farmers Exch. :Ozark Supply Co. :Schuman Produce Co. Sam Vaughn's Prod.Co. Auto Sales Cos. -Edwin Long (F ord ) :Hudson Motor Co (Fcrd) :L 0gan & Hawes :Superior Chev. Co. sFped King (Stu debater) :R o lla Motor Co. : Harry McCaw (B uick) :S tu d ley (Moon & Diana) :Tire Shop ( B i l l Brown) Real_E£tata_, _ I n s . Rucker A bstract :W.T. Denison : C. A. Hess :Denison & Hess :Leo W. H ig le y rH ig ley Land Co. :F .E . Denison

Bank£___ N a tio n a l Bank Of R olla R o lla S tate Bank Merchants & Farmers News|®.pers_ R o lla Herald Rolls. New Era H o te ls___ Baltimore Southern Ozark :Edwin Long : C o lo n ia l :Pennant (P ie r c e ) Cafe _s-Re£ta urant s_ -Maxine Cafe -Peacock Cafe : Pierce-Pennant Tavern : C la rk 's W affle Shop : C o lo n ia l Hot G r i l l :Kampus Kafe :Lambeth's Cafe :R o lla Sandwich Shop :Jessie Mae Tea Room :Rollamo Soda Shop Snack Shack ( Mr.Heaton) Lumb£r_Yards Frank B. Pow ell Yard Schuman Bros. Hardware _St ore £ Jas. A. Spilman L.C . Smith :L.C . Smith & Son Auto_3 er vi£e _S _bions - R o lla O il Co. :L i^ h t 's S erv. S ta. :A .L . Hardin :D.W. M itc h e ll :Chas. Moulder :R.E. Schuman Photo Studio I . J . Baumgardner Undertak£r£ Harry McCaw - N u ll Sc L ic k lid e r : R.S. N u ll

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( Business Men & Merchants, c o n t.) P u b lic_U ti l i t i e s -R o lla Telephone :United Telephone Co Western Union Telegraph -Ozark Pub* S erv. Co. :Mo. Genl, U t il s . Co. F r is c o R a ilroa d Th eatres_ - L y r ic Theatre - R o lla Theatre ' Rollamo The a tre Barber_Sh°DS Baltim ore Barb. Shop -C h arles Bunch Shop i Torn Dunham Shop :Modern Barber Shop Plumbers _ Tom Mer re 11 Jim. M e r r e ll Pow ell L b r. Co. Schuman Lbr. Co. W. T. M o lle t t :J.C . Bolton

Cre am ery-Dairy^Ice R o lla Creamery & Ice Tucker Bros. Jew elers —W.R. P it t s J.A . A llis o n Jas. P i r t l e Pain ters Jas. A .J. Tucker Herman Ba r f i e l d M el. L ig jit General Contractors^ Wm. F. Dykes Georgp Myers A.M. Horine ( e l e c t r i c ) E.W. Hazelwood ( d i t t o ) Behnke & Taylor ( d i t t o ) Flower_Sho£-Greenhouse Woody's (Mrs G.Y/ocdworth) MiLady (Mrs Jim Campbell) B illiard_R oom Fred W. Smith :R o lla Miner F I. Shoo.

Bakery_ Clarence Trenkel :Paul W inters W aller S p e c ia l 3hoe_ShojD -Fed W illiam s : R o lla Sample Shoe Shop :John F. Sease Fuel-C oa1-Wo od -I c_e M.F.A. Ozark Supply Co Schuman Produce C0 . :R o lla Ic e & Wood Co. Mens_Sitore R.E. (bob) H e lle r -H arry W itt :P e rry Love Chicken Hatchery : C entral Mo. Chick Hatchery R o lla Coffin_Works * - R .S . N u ll' ATLANTIC & PACIFIC STORE Comes In May, 1932.

SOME- GENERAL BUSINESS NOTES AS_°T 1921.- The Harvey & Smith S to re, SW Corner of 9th & Pin e, e rected t h e ^ fir s t e l e c t r i c d is p la y sign e ve r put up in any town between R o lla , S t.L o u is , or S p r in g fie ld . . . . In order to b o ls t e r dw indling h o te l s e r v ic e in R o lla , a stock company was organized on March 19, 1921,, to take over and operate the Baltimore H o te l. The^ promoters were Edwin Long, Chas. M. Knapp, and oth ers. Mrs. J.R. Babbitt ( the one-time Mrs Fred Brant and Mrs. E l l i s ) was to manage. As_°£. 1922^- Along w ith ra d io , the "P e r fe c tio n O il S to ve" a rr iv e d in R o lla . I t was handled by the J .A . Spilman hardware s t o r e ............And the newly operatin g M .F.A. ( Merchants & Farmers Exchange ) s ta rte d a cq u irin g i t s store s ite in the^block between 8th and 9th s tr e e ts , abu tting the ea st lin e of the F risco R a ilroa d , by purchase o f the old Strobach Beer Depot a t the immediate southwest corner of th is t r a c t . AS_°T 1923.1.- The old Baltimore H otel was being managed by C.L. Cunio. AS_°T 1925.- The old Southern_Hot£l_was taken over by W.A. Hoffman. This old h o s t e lr y was lo c a te d on the ea st side of Elm s t r e e t , in north h a lf o f the block between 5th and 6th s t r e e t s . I t was a tw o -sto ry wood framed b u ild in g. As_of 1929.- Manuel H. Buckey constructed h is own p riv a te a irp la n e . He t r ie d i t out on O ct. 6, 1929, on the S t. James a i r f i e l d n orth east of town. A3—0!. 1927_«- Harvey & Smith sold t h e ir drug & n otions store to Dexter B. F o llo w ill^ a n d A.W. Grove, vfo o continued and developed the drug business..........And the "FRIGIDAIRE ICE BOX made i t s f i r s t R o lla appearance. The salesman was H.H. Lark, o f S t e e lv ille . As_of 19,2,0.- The Jessie Mae (Humphrey) Tea Room was quite popular. Itwas a convenient down-town c a fe on north side o f 8th s tr e e t, in old "Malcolm B ld g .), 70 fe e t ea st cf Pine s t r e e t . A s_of 1931.- This was the 100th a n n iversary of the in trod u ctio n o f the McCormick Reapers, now the In te r n a tio n a l. Noted in R olla . . . . The Ozark Supply Co. under con tract began making the Dr. Pepper s o ft drinks ........ And R.E. (Bob) H e lle r purchased tte old 3 -s to ry GRANT HOTEL of the h e irs o f J.M. D ieh l, and proceeded t o con vert i t in t o an apartment b u ild in g . This was on Dec. 10,1931 • ( End o f Merchants & Business Men)

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U.S. POSTAL SERVICE,_192 0 's . - As the period began, 1921, Booker H. Rucker, a Democrat/ was R o lla postm aster. With the e le c t io n of Warren G. Harding a Re publican p resid en t, A lfr e d A. Smith replaced Mr. Rucker. He was o f f i c i a l l y confirmed in o f f i c e by P residen t C oolidge on December 10, 1923, fo r a second fou r year term. As of January, 1932, he was re-ap poin ted for a_ th ir d term. N a tio n a lly , in September, 1924, a ir m ail p o s ta l s ervice was s ta rted oetween R o lla and S t. Louis - and from there to New York, San Francisco, Chicago and to o th er p rin c ip a l c i t i e s . In August, 1931, a ir m ail l e t t e r postage was fix e d at fiv e cents per l e t t e r . FIRST LOCAL AIRPLAM_PASSENGSt_SERVICE. - In October o f 1929, a f a i r l y good a ir p o r t was op^ned"to the n orth east of S t. James. A tw elve-passenger Ford T r i mat or plane made the t r i p from S t. James to S t. Louis - cr to o p r in g fie ld - for a fa re o f $10.00. E a r lie r , in 1922, s p e c ia l planes v is it e d the old case Nursery farm - today the M.S.M. G o lf F ie ld - to o ffe r short f l i g h t s to these who craved an airplan e r id e . I t was thus th a t on a day in June, 1922, one o f the present w rite r s Dr. C.V.Mann, w ith h is dau^iter Frances, took a tw o -c ir c le rid e around and aoove R o lla , with a ir p i l o t Arthur Brown, and took tire f i r s t airplafi® kodak views e ve r taken thus of R o lla . The plane cracked up as i t a lig h te d , but nobody was hurt How Autos Were Sold In _R olla_D u rin g 1920J_s.- This was the decade during which Henry F0Fd_ a^d“ hIs com petitors t r ie d to bu ild autos f o r p ric e s the poorest worker or farmer could a ffo r d . I t was the decade o f fa s t changing car designs made f o r improvements. . ~ , In R o lla , in 1921, Edwin Long began s e llin g the Ford 1Tin L iz z ie s . Ford Sedans sold f o r $660. A s in g le seat "coupe" could be had fo r $595. In 1922 , Harry McCaw sold Buicks . . . . The Ozark Garage Co. sold Dodge cars . . . and Fred King’ dispensed Studebakers. In 1923 Ford tou rin g cars sold fo r $295 •• Coupes brought $ 5 2 ;... -our dc Sedans were “p riced at $685.'... On January 18, 1923, there were 977 automobiles m PhelpSjCounty. ^ ^ g o f autos were o ffe r e d fe r sale - in R o lla : Fords ..Dodges .. Buicks . . Studebakers . . C h evrolets . . Moons .. W illy s-K n igh ts . . F l i n t s .. .t a r s .. DianaSi ; ‘ l 5 5 , LEdwSnLong&so id h is Ford agency to L .T . ('-T re v o r") Hudson, who came from S t. Lou is. The Ford shoo was on the e a s t side cf Pme s tr e e t, next north from the alleyw ay behind the old tw o -sto ry b rick "Long B u ild in g" ( today s oen Franklin s £ o r f ) T t N o r th e a s t corner of 8th a h Pine s t e e t s . The "F ran klin " auto v.as no» added t, t0 trB l Z l 9 2 6 f the°"HupRiobile" «a s added to the Fords, C h evrolets, Buicks 3tars, Studebakers, and Moons. And in 1927 there were added the Pontiac, the Oakland , the Oldsmo b ile , the C h ryslers, and the Nash. m . S p e c ia l Notes About The Newspapers.- F ollow in g the death oi e d ito r F.E. Taylor, o f the” Rolls~New—E r,a/ MrT John"Steinbeck, the w e ll known newspaper e d ito r o f Union6 | s s ^ u r i7 E o f ^ t the c o n tr o llin g in te r e s t in the Ne» Era. Mrs Taylor re ta in ed the balance o f stock. The presses were removed from the second T oor of the tw o -sto ry b r ic k b u ild in g lo c a te d on west side ql Pine str second f L o o r o t the two^sc ^ r e _ in s t a lle d in the tw o -sto ry o n c k store owned by Harry McCaw. The plan t was on the ground f l o o r . The b u ild in g was on ? n7th S treet im m ediately east o f the Masonic Temple. Here i t re mained u n t il in May, of 1938, the e n tir e p la n t, with the b u ild in g , by f i r e .

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A s p e c ia l fe a tu r e o f the H erald f o r many years was a column composed by the f i r s t Mrs. Moods ( nee Eddie Rogers ) . Her columns were f u l l o f va rie d and a ttr a c tiv e item s. She in clu ded rdble q u otation s, readings f o r each day, household hints and cooking r e c e ip t s . In June o f 1929 the H erald issued a s p e c ia l e d it io n d e s c r ip tiv e of R o lla and it s bu sin esses. I t a lso contained h is t o r ic notes about S t. James, Newberg, and many o f the communities in Phelps county. The H erald, as e d ite d by C o l. Woods, was noted f o r i t s in t e r e s t in people and in o u t - o f- R o lla communities. As a sample, the issue of January 30, 1930, had items contributed from these p la c e s : West P o in t C lin ton Bank Gaines Ford F la t P i l o t Knob Edgar Springs Lecoma Pea Ridge B e llv ie w Newburg C a rn ey ville Beulah Jerome S t . Jame s M i l l Creek Greenbush C lein o Craddock. ROLLA'S HOSPITALS The Me£_ar_land_ H o s p it a l.— Dr. A. Sidney McFarland, as a boy, was horn and raised on a farm a d jo in in g the v i l l a g e o f Lake Springs, Dent county, M issou ri. He received h is m edical tr a in in g in th e old S t. Louis Medical School. In the e a r l y 1 9 2 0 's, he opened a p r iv a te h o s p ita l in R o lla . I t was in the old tw o -s to ry b r ic k " R o lla H o te l" b u ild in g , on south sid e of 7 th s t r e e t , in center of the b lo ck between Pine and R o lla s t r e e t s . From the s t a r t , adequate fin a n c in g was the c r u c ia l problem. In 1925, in an e f f o r t to care f o r t h is , a plan fo r curing t h is d e fe c t was thought up. A stock company would be orga n ized . Shares would be sold fo r One D o lla r each. A la rg e group cf subscribers was en visio n ed . The business men c o n s id erin g the plan included P.H. McGregor . . Georgs Prew ett . . . W.T. Denison . . . A le x C. Donnan . . . Dr. W i l l H. Breuer ..D r . Robt. Eugene Breuer and Dr. E.W. W alker. The plan did not work out. Meantime, th e m edical s t a f f which was a c tu a lly servin g con sisted o f Drs. A.S. McFarland . . .Wm. H. Breuer . . . R.E. Breuer . . . S .L . M itc h e ll . . . W.S. Smith . . . S.L. B aysinger . . . and D .J. W a lter. In August o f 1932, the h o s p ita l was moved from 7th s tre e t to the old Baltimore Hotel, the 3 -s to r y b r ic k w ith basement a t west side cf F r is c o r a ilr o a d and north side of 8th s t r e e t . At the tim e, i t had some 24 p a tie n ts . Many o f Dr. McFarland's patients were s u r g ic a l ca ses. That was h is s p e c ia lty . In the new lo c a tio n , Mrs. DeCourcy, who owned th e b u ild in g , became business manager. The f i n a l lo c a t io n o f th e McFarland H o sp ita l was in the ston e-faced two s to ry building which Dr. McFarland caused to be constructed a lon gsid e U.S.-Mo. Route 63, ju st n orth o f i t s ju n c tio n w ith North Pine s t r e e t ( in SW^ o f SE^ of NL^ o f Sec. 2, T . 37 - 8 ) . Here i t remained u n t il Dr. M cFarland's death, on Sept. 6 , 1953* The b u ild in g is now operated as the "McFarland Rest Horae". D espite i t s inadeauate fin a n c in g , i t s lack of enough modern h o s p ita l f a c i l i t i e s and s t a f f , the McFarland H ospital was a g re a t b le s s in g to R o lla in a time o f tremendous need. Hundreds cf Phelps County c it iz e n s owe th e ir l i v e s to it s m in is tr y . ..........

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THE ROLLA TRACHOMA HOSPITAL - On Mannh s m oo , State Board o r y H e a lth .- p lu i Dr7 t . . Gcod**n, i f L2’ u S te d ltf^ S e lC S T v L v is ite d R o lla in order to meet w ith the R o lla Chamber o f Commerce and discuss the p ossib le lo c a t io n o f a U nited S ta te s Trachoma H o s p ita l in R o ll* Trachoma > <*lsease a f f e c t i n g the eyes, and q u ite p reva len t in ?he R o S a l n T i e n ^ f S h Missouri a rea re q u ire d some kind o f organized treatm ent. I t »a s in fe c tio u s was tran sm itted by commonly used tow els and wash f a c i l i t i e s , and fr e q u e n tly ’ caused b lin d n e s s . J it ^he con feren ce re s u ited in an agreement between the Chamber o f Commerce and the U.S. H ealth S e rv ic e accordin g to which the Chamber o f Commerce would, f o r a t lea st a f i r s t yea r, fu rn ish a b u ild in g f o r headquarters, tog eth er w ith necessary e le c tr ic l i g h t and power, c i t y w ater, and h eat. The Chamber managed to lo c a te a su ita b le b u ild in g - the J.D. Tucker resid en ce, on the ea st side o f Elm s tre e t between 12th and 1 3 th s t r e e t s . The l o t was in the northwest corner o f Block 91, Bishop's Third A d d itio n . The b u ild in g was a spacious tw o -sto ry wood framed structure f a i r l y s a t is fa c t o r y fo r the intended purpose. I t s t i l l stands, 1970.

The Tr achoma H o s p ita l was opened in the Tucker residen ce at 1:30 P.M. on Tuesday, J u ly 24, 1923- Por the opening, an ela b ora te program was c a rrie d out. There was a bounteous noonday dinner at the Baltim ore H o tel, sponsored by the Chamber oi Commerce. M issou ri Governor Arthur H. Hyde made the noonday address. Present, a ls o , were these prominent personages: Dr. John McMullen, U .o. P u b lic Health S ervice surgeon, from L o u i s v i l l e , Ky. Dr. Emmett P. North, p re s id e n t, M issouri State Board of H ealth, S t.L o u is . Dr. G. W ilse Robinson, p resid en t, M issouri M edical Assn., from Kansas C ity . Dr. H.D. Lamb, chairman, M issou ri Commission f o r the b lin d , S t.L o u is . Hon. Frank H. F h rris , State Senator, of R o lla . During the ensuing program, these men and others staged a "Symposium on Trachoma" A fter din ner, the group moved to the open l o t at southwest corner of 10 th and Pine s t r e e t s . From th e re, a le n g th y procession formed to march to the new hos p it a l b u ild in g , 13th and Elm s t r e e t s , where a re c e p tio n was h eld . Twenty-two patients had a lre a d y been en tered . Dr. Robert Sory, a s p e c ia lis t brought in from M adison ville, K en ticky, now took charge . He was the h o s p ita l's f i r s t physician. The U.S. H ealth S e rv ic e continued to operate the Trachoma H o sp ita l a t th is o rig in a l lo c a t io n , under the Chamber of Commerce arrangement, up to of 193 , when the M issou ri S ta te Board o f Health took over, and t h e r e a ft e r main tained the h o s p ita l w ith S ta te ap p rop ria tion s u n t il i t was permanently closed in U , 19 59. The U.S. d o ctors who served a ft e r Dr. Sory l e f t , and in clu d in g h is term, were th e se: Dr. R obert Sory, served from July 24, 1923, u n t il Ju ly 31, 19 26 Dr. P . D. Mossman, served from October 1, 1925, u n t il , 1929 . Dr. C a rl E. R ice , served from June 12, 1930 u n t il Dr. James E. Smith, served from u n t il 1945 • In 1930, Dr. Id a Bengtson served as h o s p ita l b a c t e r io lo g is t , and f o r years th e r e a fte r . 0n 193 , the M issou ri S tate Board of Health took charge o f the h ospital and tte trachoma work, as t t e U.S. Health S e rv ic e withdrew. By 193 , the S ta te Board of H ealth made plans to e r e c t a s p e c ia l b u ild in g fo r the Trachoma h ospital, and the State L e g is la tu re made an a p p rop ria tio n of $136,000 fo r that Purpose ( S ession o f 193 ). With such funds, con stru ction was sta rted e a r ly in •i939. The corner stone was l a i d and the b u ild in g , not e n t i r e l y completed, was dedicated on August \ , 1939, when Governor Lloyd S tark made the p r in c ip a l speech. Dr. Malvern RL TCI opt on, p re s id e n t o f tte M issou ri Board of Health, presided . Dr. Arthur McCormack, president^ o f the Kentucky Health Commission, spoke. The building was o f f i c i a l l y accepted by the M issouri Board of Health on Dec. 15, 1939.

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On May 5, 1970, Dr. C a rl E. R ice, o f 731 M is s is s ip p i S t ., C ry s ta l C ity , Mo., in le t t e r to CVLI, made the fo llo w in g c o rr e c tio n s to pages 37 & 38 (S e c tio n 1921-32) C o r r e c tio n a l, p e r ta in in g t o lin e s 1 to 8 , in c lu s iv e , of page 37: Line 2. change "plus Dr* °£ the. U' f * Hea-lth S e rv ic e " to read "plu s a re p re s e n ta tiv e o f the U.S. P u b lic H ea lth S e r v ic e ." ........ Mine A. thange "U nited S ta te s " to "M is s o u ri". ♦..•Lin®—5.* maKB i t read p re v a le n t in the Ozark area o f M is s o u ri 11 - not "R o lla & So# Missouri • ••••Change 1< st sentence, Lin es o—7—3. to read: " I t i s in fe c tio u s , and was o ften tra n sm itted by use o f the contaminated tow el and washing f a c i l i t i e s . It was one o f the m ajor causes o f blindness in M issouri a t that tim e ".

CORRECTION N o .^ 2 .- ( I n v o l v e s lin e s 9 to 16 o f page 3 7 ) ____In f i r s t sentence lines 9-10, make io read th u s:" And the U.S. P u b lic H ealth S e rv ic e and the M issouri State Health Department - accordin g to w hich". CORRECTION No. 3 . - ( In v o lv e s L in es 17 to 26 o f page 37) . . . In lin e 22, omit word "SURGEON" a f t e r Dr. M u lle n 's name. For th a t word, su b stitu te t h is : "who was in charge o f fit trachoma c o n tr o l measures fo r the U.S. P u b lic Health S ervice throu^aout the United S t a t e s ." CORRECTION No. 4 .-

( In v o lv e s lin e s 27 to 32 o f page 37 ) •

No c o rr e c tio n s .

CORRECTION No. 5 .- ( In v o lv e s lin e s 33 to 37 o f page 3 7 ). Lines 33-34-35-* Make i t read thus: " from 1923 up to 1 9 3 6 .".. .L in es 36-37, make i t read thus: " maintained . . with a p p rop ria tion s and F ed era l grants u n t il i t was permanently clo sed in 1959 in'so fs r as " in - p a t ie n t " care was conTerned." CORRECTION No. 6 . - ( In v o lv e s lin es3 8 t o 43 ) . . . . R evise t h is p o rtio n to read thus: ihe two "M.D." d o c to rs who were the "C h ie f" adm in istra tors o f trachoma c o n tro l, both in Missouri and in other s ta te s , were ( l ) Dr_. P.D._L^sana1nJL who served from ctober 1 , 1924 to June, 1930; and ( 2 ) Dr^ CarlJiL. R ice, who served from June, 1930 to June, 1936........... The d o c to rs who had charge o f the l o c a l h o s p ita l a t R o lla were th ese: Robert Sory. M.D. - J u ly 24, 1923 u n t il u ly 31, 1 9 2 6 ... .'J.C._PluniIee_1_ M.D., from July, 1926 t o September, 1929.......... Gordon_B_i_ Carr^ M.D., from 1929 to 1930 . . . . and James E. Smith. M.D.. fr a n 1930 to 1945 • •• and f i n a l l y , airthur A. S in is c a l,M .D ., 1915 u n til h o s p ita l clo sed in 1955. CORRECTION No. 7 . - Revise Lin es 44 ft 45 to read thus: " Considerable research in the fie ld o f ttachoma was i n i t i a t e d e a r ly at the R olla Trachoma h o s p ita l. In 1926, laboratory re s e a rc h was begun — through the assignment o f Dr. Ida Bengtson to th is task. She came from the Hygiene Laboratory o f the U.S. Public Health S e rv ic e , ahe was given rooms fo r t h is wcrk a t the M issou ri School of mines, and remained there for th is resea rch u n t i l 1937. . , . n A study o f the ep id em io lo g y o f trachoma was undertaken, during the 1920—LJJU period, by assignment o f Adolph Rumreich, — >•, from the Hygiene L aboratory.

CORRECTION No. 8 . - ( L in es 46 to 55 ) ........D'ake th is s u b s titu tio n : " During the summer o f 1936, the M issouri State Board of Health took charge o f the h o s p ita l an te trachoma work in ...issou ri - as the U.S. H ealth S ervic e withdrew, I * 1938, t o . itate Board o f H ealth had made plans t o e r e c t a speci.nl new b u ild in g xn t o l i a fo r Whoma H o s p ita l. The S ta te L e g is la tu re made an a p p rop ria tio n o f *136,000 fo. Purpose to which t t e F e d era l Government added a gra n t. b u ild in g Construction was begun e a r ly in 1939. The corner stone was l a i d and the bu^ x n g not vet e n t i r e l v com olete) was d ed icated on August 29, 1939. x O V .L lo y d C . ^tarK t t a p S S S S e V s / Dr. Malvern Clcpton. preside n t o f the «* leaith id e d . D r. A r t h u r u c c e r g n k , " - e o t o ^ o f - c e pted r tte j.'is so u ri B m rd ’ c f H e llt h on December 15. 1939. Jons begun in June, 1940. _ _ - - CORRECTION No. 9 . - A fte r the word "co n tin u es",

S t a f f was assembled and opera-

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’ CORRECTION 9 » - L in e 24 Of page 38........ A fte r the word "con tin u es", on L ^ e 24 o f pege 38, in s e r t t h is note by Dr. R ic e : " In 1959, the b u ild in g was turned over to the State Highway R a tro l, to be uded as a "T ra in in g Academy". However, o u t-p a tie n t care o f old cases cf TRACHOMA was s t i l l continued ( as of January, 1970 ) in one room re ta in e d fo r such use. We ( CVM ) may add th a t in 1971, the Highway P a t r o l Academy was moved to Jefferson C ity , and th e b u ild in g deeded to the M issou ri State Land Survey a u th o rity .

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J ^ T5 f-,?U1 i ld in S ! a 3 r t ‘vo“ story bu ilding, With reinforced concrete f r a ® and with f u l l basement. I t bad a capacity of 65 patients - 44 ® n and 21 wanen Separate rooms vere provided fo r o ffic e s , dining service, p atien ts' w a i t t n g ^ . treatm^t room, records room, s t e r iliz a t io n and operating rooms. ’ On the second f lo o r there were fiv e wards - three fo r men, too fo r women In the basement, besides the b o ile r room, there was a recreation room provided with a stage and a moving picture p ro jec to r. On Sundays i t was used fo r church services. In the womens room, there were sewing machines, and a loom. For the children there were sand boxes and a c o lle c tio n of toys. There were a lso rooms fo r the* maids, cooks, Jan itors, and mainten?<nce nen. as o f 1940, the S tate's, h o sp ita l s t a f f was as fo llo w s : Dr. Janos S. Smith was the head physician and adm inistrative o f f ic e r . Under him was the s t a ff, as follow s Dr* vei*y u Drak2 > substitute physician -Oice Currie and Ethel Jandifer maids Mrs. Margaret Orten, head nurse jam Winfrey and Mrs. Pearl Perry,cooks Miss Gladys H e ld s , s u rg ic a l nurse Evans Campbell, /naintenance man fS® 8 ^ °ra R e t e l l , .field nurse Peggy Gottsbergor, stenograph r Miss o la ra Stanley, nurse Two Janitors . . . . Dr. A.A. o in is c a l succeeded Dr. Smith as superintendent in 1945, liy 1950, the lo ca l trachoma had 00me under a hi.Ji measure o f control, so the services of the hospital were reduced. By 1955 the services cf a superintendent v/ere dropped, arxi by 1958 the s t a f f was reduced to four clerks, and "in -p atio n t" treatment was d is continued. "O u t-patien t" c lin ic was continued through 19 59 , when ths bu ilding was given over to the State Highway P atro l fe r a train in g academy. After mention in the Blue Book o f 1963-64, the Trachoma Hospital i s no longer lis t e d ( in 1965-66 book).

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H o s p ita l A ^ l i a r y _ I s O rg a n ize d .- On January 22, 1931, so ® of t t e lea d in g women o f R o lla , le d by Mrs. £ ted Smith, organized a "H o s p ita l A u x ilia r y " . Thev met and worked fo r three hours each Wednesday. They made up bed sheets, p illo w cases bandages, and o th er needed h o s p ita l su p p lies f o r both the Trachoma and the McFarlard hospitals. The_p^ 0 £ 0|ed Mary_HZe^ H o s p it a l.- R o lla *s h o s p ita l needs had so increased that in ^ y o 929 a. ^-roup oi chamber o f Commerce members ex p lo red p o ssib le ways o f establishing a modernized community h o s p ita l. When Mr. W ilk Hyer, fo rm e rly o f a Maramec Ir o n Works fa m ily , but then a su cce ssfu l S t. Louis business man, heard o f the need and th e e f f o r t , he o ffe r e d to donate $50,000 fa r a "Mary Hyer H o sp ita l" ( named foe h is deceased w ife ) provid ed th at R o lla would match th a t sum. As of June, 1929, Messrs. Johnson and Maacke, S t.L ou is a r c h it e c t s , had drawn plans f o r such a h o s p it a l. I t would be a th r e e -s to r y a f f a i r c o s tin g some j l 10 . non, Its flo o r dim ensions were 43 x 146 f e e t . I t had a 75 bed c a p a c ity . As o f May, 1930, a R o lla H o sp ita l Board was in corp o ra ted . Tte se were the members: WILK HYER (p r e s id e n t ) . . A le x G. Dorman . . . A lfr e d A. Smith . . . H.A. Buehle Albert E. Long . . . J .A . Spilman . . . P r o f. G.R. Forbes. A l l these of R o lla . Miss Hete Houston and S.H. Coffman were from Newburg . . Sherm Bishop and D r. E.W. Ousley from St. JaJffis. As o f June 12, 1930, th is group had c ir c u la te d su b scrib er l i s t s and thus had raised $44,346 - in an e f f o r t to match Mr. H yer 1 s increased o f f e r of $75,000. By July 3, $53,513 had been su oscrib ed . A b ig p u b lic m eeting a t Parker H a ll’ on May 1, had endorsed t h is whole p la n . As o f J u ly 24, 1930, the governin g board o f the "Mary Hyer Memorial H o sp ita l" had be oi ch a rtered by Phelps County C ir c u it judge J.H. Bowron. The co rp o ra to rs were J.A . Spilman, H.A. Buehler, and ^ lo e r t Long. Corporate papers were du ly f i l e d with M is s o u ri's S e c r e ta r y o f S ta te . O ffic e r s now chosen were W ilk Hyer fo r p resid en t H.A. Buehler f o r v ic e p re s id e n t, A lfr e d A. Smith as s e c re ta ry , and J .A . Spilman as treasurer. The rem aining d ir e c t o r s were A le x C. Donnan . . . A l b e r t E. Long . . . Sherm. Bishop . . . D r. E.W. O usley . . . Helen J. Houston . . . and S.H. Coffman. Tte fin an cial g o a l was ra is e d from $ 50,000 to $60,000 in order t o include equipment. In October, 1930, t h is group s e le c te d the south p a rt o f the old County F a ir Grounds as the b u ild in g s it e . As of January, 1931, the R o lla Hub Club rep orted that " The H o sp ita l is now assured - the plans fo r co n stru ction are approved. A l l that is now needed is for the su b scrib ers to pay u p ". But by A p r il o f 1931, the R o lla Herald asked "WHY is the Mar y Hyer H o s p ita l p r o je c t not p ro g ressin g ?" The H o s p ita l Board answered that i t was "Because the su bscribers have not paid in th e ir $60,000 p le d g e ". For such reason, Mr. Hyer on May 28, 1931, withdrew h is o f f e r to pay h a lf o f the con stru ction co sts — and the p r o je c t came to a d isa stro u s end.

The 3..D._Cox_H o^oita 1 •- As o f August 13, 1931, Dr. D.D. Cox was conducting a private h o s p ita l, lo c a te d in the Telephone B u ild in g on O liv e s t r e e t . This was a s h o r t-liv e d e n t e r p r is e . The S tate H ealth_D epartm ent. - As o f A p r il, 1931, the State Board of Health In itia te d p u b lic n u rsin g s e r v ic e in R o lla by appointin g Miss A lic e r in le y as D is tric t Nurse. She was s t i l l in o f f i c e in February, 1932. And as of August, 1927, the Board had issu ed a perem ptory order requ iron g th at a l l records of b irth s and , deaths must be f i l e d w ith the S ta te Board. In December, 1930, D r. W illia m W. Graves, a n e u r ^ p s y c h ia tr is t , member of the St. Louis U n iv e r s it y fa c u lt y , examined a l l boys and g i r l s of the R o lla schools in the in t e r e s t o f h is "sh ou ld er b la d e" research p r o je c t. He was try in g to prove that those who had shoulder b la d es whose in s id e edges curved in "convex order" toward the -—Spine promised lo n g e r l i f e than those whose blades were convex toward the spine.

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THE NEW BUILDINGS OF THE 1920'3 New Busines_s_Structures. B u ilt In_19_201s . - The combined cost of b u ild in g s erected in R o lla du rin g the 1920's ro se t o some #500,000 during the one year 1930.

I l i s t o f the business houses f o r the p erio d in clu des the Nagogami Lodge - the Union M ission church - the Ozark H o te l Annex - the Shoe F a c to ry - the P ie r c e Pennant Hotel - the Texaco s e r v ic e s t a t io n a t Pine and 10th s t r e e t s - the P o w ell store ouildings between 6th s t r e e t and the a lley w a y next north, on west side o f Pine s t r e e t the Hotel Edwin Long - and the Rollamo Th eatre. Tte Nagogami Lodge, on the Gasconade r i v e r at Gaines Ford, was opened by Claude Harvey on J u ly 4, 1923. Two hundred guests were served a fin e d in n er. This place became a h ig h ly fa v o re d r e s o r t during the next decade. The_ P e n n in g to n -G ilb e rt S h o e_F a c to ry .- As e a r ly as 1923, the In te r n a tio n a l Shoe Co., o f S t. L o u is , became in te r e s t e d in e s ta b lis h in g a R o lla shoe fa c t o r y . But i t was not u n t i l O ctober o f 1925 th a t the shoe fa c to r y began to m a t e r ia liz e . On October 29, 1925, the P e n n in g to n -G ilb ert Shoe Co. submitted a p ro p o s itio n to a mass meeting cf R o lla c i t i z e n s . I t would s t a r t a R olla fa c t o r y provid ed the c i t y would furnish a b u ild in g l o t measuring 150 x 300 f e e t , and on i t con stru ct a 3- s t o r y Drick b u ild in g measuring 45 x 200 f e e t , with an added " e l l " measuring 40 x 50 f e e t . The estim ated co s t was $78,000. The b u ild in g would remain c i t y p ro p e rty u n t il the Company p a id out one m illio n d o lla r s in wages. The b u ild in g would then become Company p ro p e rty . A committee c o n s is tin g of D r. S .L . Baysinger and M essrs. 3.H. Rucker, Leo Higley George S i l v e r , and Fred W. Smith c ir c u la te d su b scrip tio n l i s t s , and by November 5, 1925, had secured su b scrip tio n s o f the $75,000. The Chamber of Commerce committee purchased a 42.5 acre t r a c t ea st o f the old R o lla Stock Yards ( th is being today's " F r is c o A d d itio n ", p o rtio n s o f the NE£ and NWp o f SW4 c f Sec. 1, T.37 8 ) had the t r a c t p la t t e d in t o l o t s , which were then sold and the proceeds added to the Shoe F a cto ry fu n d. The b u ild in g lQ t chosen was the southwest q u a rter of Block ° , Rolla M i l l a d d it io n - w ith bounds a b u ttin g O liv e s tre e t and 7th s t r e e t . The b u ild in g c o n tra c t was l e t to Fred J. McCaw. Ground was broken on November 19, 1925. The b u ild in g was s u b s ta n tia lly complete on June 10,l?*.b. Yorkers be van c u ttin e shoe n ie c e s on J u ly 1, 1926. The f i r s t complete shoe was irade on J u l J V 1926. The d a ily p a y r o ll was expected t o be f t , 000. The annual output was placed ^ S O O ^ O T O . ^ . . . ^

DoPFilSSIOll descended in 1932, causing

this fa c t o r y t o c lo s e f o r a tilts - and to open under new ownership. The R o lla Union M ission C h u r * . - This church during 1921 e re c te d » wood frajuT b u ild in g a t t t e northwest corn er c f 3rd and Oak s t r e e t s , a t was dedicated by the Rev. H. A. Lewald, of Olney, 111., on December 14, 1924. ™ r v ^ k H o te l Annex.- This b u ild in g was e r e c te d during 1924 on parts o f Lots 1 S r County Addite on a b u t t i n g t t e - ^ r i g h t e o f - W ^ ^ station t r a c t o f th e new rooms, was tw o -s to ry wood f r a ® , behind the o ld b r ic k Ozark H o te l. I t ha 33 m ed . pr o f 3 . E.W. C arlton and with w a lls coated ou tsid e w ith stu cco. t P e_ t vj_ 1924. R.M. Rankin, of the School of Mines, and was completed on S ep t. 11, ^ e .P ie r c e - P e n n a n t Tavern_And_Hote_l.- As ^ on i f purchased a fiv e - a c r e t r a c t on Ga™ ^ d "H a r ^ y Houses". There would be planned to b u ild an "E a tin g House lik e t . -,/q sons This "Tavern" was a gasolin e f i l l i n g s t a t io n ate a d in in g room sea tin g l 6 0 p n r s o n s ^ IM * b u ilt and com pleted, read y ta r bu sin ess, jy y L ^ d "R o lla * s Red L e tte r Days". The f i r s t two days o f August, 1928, were s tg .e a o ^ honored gUe s t s at Members o f the R o lla Chamber cf Commerce, w Manarer W.D. McNichols p re“ the T a vern 's b u ffe t luncheon r e c e p t a . d escrip tive ta lk by Mary sided. In S t . L o u is , ra d io s ta tio n • „ ,, p ie rc e O il Company, the owner. B elle Wimber, s e c r e ta r y to E.D. L evy, P ^ ^ d e h t o f ^ P ie r c e ^ ^OTn. The TAVERN now be c a ® , fo r many yea rs, the favored banquet n a n

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The P ierce-Pen n an t_H otel_(_Th e_G arn ev Manor 0 f_ 1 9 7 0 ).- The Pierce-Pennant Hotel, apart from th e Tavern, was under co n stru ction during 1929. I t was a twostory s tru c tu re , w ith basement, w ith wood in t e r i o r and b ric k w a lls . I t was lo c a te d on top o f Carney^ Manor H i l l , on a l o t abu ttin g north Highway 63 and Highway 66 - in the 01 S ec. 1 , T . 37 - 8 . I t s cost was $150,000. I t was opened on Saturday, November 2, 1929* I t s basement soon became a fa v o r it e place fo r holding banquets and large assem blies oj. c i t i z e n s . As cf 1970, i t p e r s is t s as the o r ig in a l p art of the Carney Manor. The Texaco_O il_C o._S ervic_e_S tation was b u ilt during 1929 on L o t 1 of Block 53 , County A d d itio n - a t the immediate southwest corner of 10th and Pine s t r e e t s . This lo t had purchased in 1922 by the R o lla Masonic Lodge, f o r the s ite o f an en vision ed new Masonic H a ll. But in August, 1929, D r. S .L . M itc h e ll purchased i t as the s ite for a Texaco o i l and s e r v ic e s t a t io n . I t was p riced at $10,000. The s ta tio n has oeen at th is place fa r a l l the years sin ce. The_Fnank_B._ P ovvell_S tore_B u ild in gs^ - As cf June, 1930, plans ere made f o r several o n e -s to ry b r ic k store b u ild in g s , jo in e d tog eth er, on L o t 6, Block 59, County Addition, on west sid e of Pine s tre e t ju s t north c f 6th. The old wood shacks on the lots were removed. Eugene Johnson, a former R o lla re s id e n t, now o f S t.L o u is , drew the plans and su pervised co n s tru ctio n . The b u ild in g s were completed during 1930, and since have been used far sm all sto res and shops. The. Rollamo Theatre..- Up t o 1931, downtown th ea tres had been lo c a te d on the west side of Pine s t r e e t , M flB B south from 9th s tre e t 6® the a l l e y in Block 54, (LOt l ) . In A p r il o f 1931, L .L . Lew is, operator o f R o lla 's movie th ea tre, caused a new ouilding t o be planned and b u i l t im m ediately to the west o f the old Grant H o te l, The Theatre b u ild in g was b u ilt on parts of Lots 6 and 7, Block 54, County A d d itio n , and fa cin g 8th s t r e e t . I t was ready fa r business on or about June 1, 1931- This structure soon became a m eeting plaoe fo r la r g e down-town assem blies, in a d d itio n to i t s in tended use as a moving pictu re th e a tre . O ut-of-tow n troupes used the commodious stage fo r t h e ir performances. The Edwin Long H o t e l.- As o f January 30, 1930, H o lla 's le a d in g c it iz e n s had decided th a t R o lla needed a new and modern h o t e l. The old Baltim ore h o te l was out dated, and would soon be headquarters fo r the McFarlana H o s p ita l. lhe old Ozark Hotel was fa r from b ein g modern. Money fc r the proposed new h o s tle r y was a v a ila o le . The c h ild re n o f Edwin Long, farmer mayor and a le a d in g Townbuilder, had in h e rite d the fortu n e he had b u i l t up. He was now deceased. Mr. Lon 's sons would provide the needed money — and the h o te l would be named the ‘'H o te l Edwin Long ', in hi. honoi . By March o f 1930, the fir m c f J©hnson and Maacke, of S t. Louis, had the plans under way. I t would be a f i v e - s t o r y stru ctu re, w ith basement, and would have 65 rooms fo r customers - to g eth e r with a commodious lobby, a c o ffe e shop, and s p e c ia l rooms fo r t t e N a tio n a l Bank cf R o lla . I t would be b u ilt on L o ts 2 and 3 , Block 57, County A d d itio n , at immediate southeast corner o f 8 th and^Pine s tr e e ts . That wou o n ecessitate the w recking o f tte old tw o -s to ry b ric k , o r i g i n a l l y a drug store m in the la t e I8 6 0 «s - a ls o th e o ld H e lle r tw o-sto ry b ric k t o the south, and the tw o-story b ric k s to re s o u i l t by L .F . Parker and Robt. McCaw, to the e a s t. This required the tem porary rem oval o f the N a tio n a l ban.K ^ - ^ ^ ^ ^ t h e ^ l i ^ r a n t H o tel, rooms fo rm e rly occupied by the Merchants and rarmers Bank, In March of 1930, Mr. Rowe Carney was engaged in wrecking the old bu ildin gs named above. By J u ly 24, the c o n tra c t fo r con stru ction was l e t to i.E. for $145 850, and work had s ta rte d as o f that date, by October 3 , Q framework and the concrete slab f l o o r s were done, and b r ic k ’*ork 3tone. November 6, 1930, L t . Governor E.H. W inter o f f i c i a t e d in *y^ng Aston long And on March 10 , ’ 1931, the H o tel Edwin Lon,; o p e n s c ^ J £ * remembered as the f i r s t manager, new took o ver. ixk ground f l o o r corn er room which had been reserved fo r 1 .

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Ths_ 2.*A . R._S0LuIERS MiiMORIAL_MGNU1E4T. — As e a r ly as December 8, 1921, Mrs. tf.F. Faulkner ( nee Nancy Rowe), an accomplished a r t i s t , i n i t i a t e d the id e a ’ o f a special monument f o r the memory o f s o ld ie r s who l o s t th e ir l i v e s in World War One. V irg il Faulkner, h er b r o t h e r - in - la w 's son, was one o f them. She th e re fo re designed an ornate monument to be e r e c t e d in fr o n t o f the R o lla P o st O ffic e at 9th and Pine streets, i t was o v e r a y e a r b e fo r e the marble and g ra n ite a r r iv e d on the s i t e . It had been com pleted, and was d ed ica te d on May 20, 1923. Governor Arthur M. Hyde made the d e d ic a tio n address. Mrs. Paul K it t , s ta te regen t o f the D .A .R ., was present and in the cerem onies. During the 1960's, the monument was removed and re-erected in the R o lla Cemetery, where i t s t i l l stands, in 1 9 70 . NEW PRIVATE RESIDENCES The Wm^ O 'B rie n House_.- This was a one—s to r y cotta ge b u i l t on L o ts 7—8—9—10, block 6 , M cEntee's A d d itio n , a t sou th east corner o f 6th and Walnut stre e-ts. I t was completed on September 20 , 1923. The M eth od ist Parsonage_.- This was a wood framed stru ctu re , two s to rys in height w ith f u l l basement. I t was b u i l t on L o ts 3 and 4, Block 34, B ish o p 's Addi tion, a b u ttin g 8 th s t r e e t between Main and Park s t r e e t s . Dr. C.V.Mann was the arch itect, Rev. H arry P. Hunter the p a sto r, Mr. B e lflo w e r the c o n tra c to r. It was under c o n s tru c tio n during 1925, and was ded icated on Monday, February 22, 1926. The_ B.J._K ^ch B ric k House_.- This was b u ilt on L o ts 6 and 7, B lock 35, B ishop's Addition, a t n o rth ea st corn er of 8th and Main s t r e e t s . I t was a tw o -s to ry b rick house w ith basement. This had oeen the s ite of a proposed M ethodist parsonage. It was completed du rin g 1927. T h e M c K i n l e y _ R e s i d e n c _ e . - This was a one sto ry wood frame b u ild in g on west side o f N orth Pine s t r e e t and south sid e of Highway 63. Mr. R.E. McKinley was the owner. I t was completed in 1927The B r. D u ran t_R esiden ce. — This was an old-tim e e d i f i c e . One o f i t s o ld e s t owners was C .F. F l i n t . S u ccessive owners were Dr. I . Coe, Judge C.C. Bland, and Dr. Durant. In February o f 1929, David M. Donnan came to R o lla from P ittsb u rgh , Pa., and purchased the home. P r e s e n tly , i t was p a r t i a l l y destroyed by l i r e . The second f l o o r and r o o f were then remodeled and re -co n stru cted . As so a lt e r e d , i t s t i l l stands in 1970, on the n orth ea st side of Salem Avenue, in R a ilro a d L ot 54. The H igley -W o o d sjio u s e^ - This resid en ce was o u i l t on the north end of ;;lock 37, B ish op 's A d d itio n , between Main and Park s t r e e t s , and a b u ttin g 8 th s t r e e t . The o rig in a l H ig le y home that had been there had been d e s t r o y d by f i r e . The new home was purchased by C o l. Chas. L . Moods on Ju ly 26, 1930. The C.V. Mann R e s id e n c e .- During 1923, the "Mann Residence" in Block 8 , R olla M ill A d d itio n , was co n stru cted by Dr. and Mrs. C la ir V. Mann. I t was a one and one-half s t o r y b r ic k w ith f u l l basement. I t abutted the south lin e cf 8th s tr e e t, and was on a 90 f o o t l o t some 60 f e e t west cf O liv e s t r e e t . The fa m ily moved in to i t in 1924. As c f 1970, i t i s owned by the C ity of R o lla , and i s headquarters ic r the R o lla Chamber cf Commerce and the Red Cross.

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ROLLA1S PROFESSIONAL MEN & ARTISANS, 1920'S E x p la n a tio n .- The l i s t s th a t fo llo w may not be e n t i r e l y com plete. They are as com plete as la c ts at hand could make them. This is e s p e c i a l l y true as to carpenters and c o n tr a c to r s . In re c o r d in g the years o f p r a c tic e in ito lla , — where we have used the q u e s tio n mark ( . . . . ) , we are u n c erta in as t o whether person served h e re to fo re — or afterw a rd . THE LAWYERS: 1921-1932: . Lou is H. Breuer . . . David E. Cowan . . . W esley D. Jones . . . H. B. P e r r y . . . B.H. Rucker . . . Chas. L . Woods . . . J . E l l i s Walker. o • • • o o Stephen N. L o r ts and John A. Watson (both k i l l e d in May,193l) 1921-1931: 1921- 1926 : Frank H. F a r r is (d ie d S ept. 1, 1926) 1926-1927: ............ J. M i l t S hockley 1926- 1932: . . . Emery W. A llis o n 1927-1932: ............ Rowland L . Johnson 1 9 2 7 - .... 5 . . . Homer Rein h art ????-1923-s-1932----- A lD ert B. Holmes .............. ????-1927-1932 . . . John 0. Holmes. 1931- 1932: . . . Eugene Northern 1932- . . . . : ............ L ly n B radford and Ivan L . Reinhart THE M.D ._D0CTORS : 1921-1932 . . . S .L . B aysinger . . . A. Sidney McFarland . . . Robt. Eugene Breuer . . . Wm. H. Breuer . . . E rv in W right ( o c u l i s t ) . . . Martha Short W r ig h t ... Georgs W. Horrom . . . W.S. Smith . . . W.J. Durant (d ie d O c t .5,1932). ????-1924-1932 . . . S h e r r i l l L . M it c h e ll ????-1923-1932 . . . D .J. W alter (E y e -e a r-n o s e -th ro a t) P.D. Mossman 1923- 1932 . . ( At Trachoma H o s p ita l) ...R o b e r t Sory (1925-1929) . (1925-1930) . . . C a rl E. R ice and James E. Smith (1930-1932) . . . E sth er L . Leonard 1924- ???? ,• A. L ero y Barnard and Sara ( Mrs. A .L .) Barnard 1928-1929: . THE D. D. _DEN TIS TS Edward W. Walker ( d. Aug.12,1930. F e l l out o f o f f i c e window,) 1921-1930 .. B.E .C . Slawson 1921-1932 P .P . M a rlin g ......................19315 . . . R .F . Z o e lln e r 1927-1931 . F red . U. N ie r n ille r . ????—1932 B u e ll Conyers. 1932-----THE CHIROPRACTORS AND OSTEOPATHS: ????-1927-1932: . . . W .L. M e d fo r d .......... ????-1924: Ruoy Vinson 1929-1932: . . . W.M. Cottingham THE VETERINARIANS: I . C . M a ttin g ly 1921-????: .. W.H. Adams ????-1923: G.W. Bowker ????—1931: AUCTIONEER: ????-1932:

C o l. B.R. Watchbaugh ( d. May 29,1932)

BRICK MASONS_-_CONTRACTORS: W alter Masons: The MitcheLJ- Fam ily . .C h a rle s. .W illiam J a c k ............ A lso W illia m K ilg o r e . C arpen ters: W. Wyant . . Ward Wyant . . . Claude Grimm E xcavators, Paversp W illia m Dykes ...G eorge Myers Construe tion_Con trap t o r s : Fred W. McCaw . . Fred G. A lla n E le c t r ic ia n s : A .L . H orine . . J.D. Behnke

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PRIVATE CLUBS IN ROLLA DURING 1920*S Clubs^ For The_ Men And_ The_ Women.- The many clubs in vhich the women of Rolla wsre a c tiv e during the 1920's included th ese: Th© Saturday_Club, with su bdivision s in terested in the Fine Arts, in the L it e r a r y f i e l d , in Art and Music, and in Home Economics The C iv ic s Club The R o lla Junior Club The D .A .R . (Daughters of American Revolution) The PoE.O. ( Chapter EM ) The Parent-Teachers A sso ciatio n ( P .T .A .) The A.A.U.W . ( A sso ciatio n cf U n iversity Women) The M.S.M. College Club The Delphian Club The League cf Women V oters. A plenteous number of b r i d ^ c lu b s. S e v e ra l Garden Clubs . . in clu din g Gardeners cf the Ozark H i l l s . The W .C .T .U . ( 7/omens C h ristian Temperanoe Union). Blubs. For The_ Men included the Chamber cf Commerce — the Hub Club — the Isaac W alton Club for fishermen — The Conservation Club, for hunters .. the s o -c a lle d "Hibrow D iscussion Club" at the School of Mines . . and the p ro fes sional tech n ical and honor s o c ie t ie s a t the School cf Mines, in clu din g Tau Beta Fi, Theta Tau, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma X I*-, the I r a Remsen Society, and student chapters of the Mining and Met so c ie ty am the American Society cf C i v i l Engineers. We do not d escrib e many cf these clubs in d e t a il, and only mention the technical and honor s o c ie t ie s at the School of Mines. However, i t seems desirable to describe s e v e ra l of the above mentioned clubs in some d e t a i l, as such descriptions mention many of the women and the men vho have been le a d e rs in to n improvemen t, as w e ll as in the f i e l d of th e ir d u b workie begin with the R olla Saturday Club. t&£ Sa tu rd a y _C lu b .- Of a l l of R o lla 1s s t r i c t l y womens»clubs, the Saturday Club is the o ld est, and perhaps the foremost. I t was organized on October 16, 1897. Throu^i the years, i t has been subdivided into four departments Fine A rts ’. . . L it e r a r y . . . Art ard Music . . . and Home Economics. This plan was broad enough to q u a lif y and admit almost any worthy group cf R olla women. I t seems worth while to l i s t those women who have been the C lu b's presidents throu^i the years - and also to append a t h r e e -je a r membership r o l l of club members. These who have been club presidents are these: Mrs. C.D. (M a ria ) Jamison ...1897-1898 Mrs. Chas. L. Woods ..............1918—1920 Mrs. George R* D e a n .............. 1898—1899 Mrs. J.W. B a r l e y ................ 1920-1922 Mrs. J .B . H a r r i s o n ............... 1899-1900 Mrs. J.M. Southgate ........... 1922-1923 Mrs. W.R. E l l i s ..................... 1900-1901 Mrs. F.E. Taylor ................. 1923-1925 Mrs. E.W. Walker ................ 1925-1926 Mrs. Georgp R. D e a n .............. 1901—1908 Mrs. P.H. McGregor ............... 1926-1927 Mrs. C.D. Jamison .................. 1908-19H Mrs/ S .L . B a y s i n g e r ............. 1911-1913 Mrs. H.R. H a n le y ................. 1927-1929 Mrs. C.M. (O liv e ) Knapp . . . 1929-1930 Mrs. E.G . H a rris ......................1913-1916 Mrs. B.H. R u c k e r ................ 1930-1931 Mrs. A .L . McRae ....................... 1916-1917 1931-1932 Mrs. S .P . (Mary) B rad ley . . . 1917—1918 the mem b e rsip l i s t s for years S a t u r _ d a y _ C lu b Member_ship.- We combine 1927-28_ .T • • and 1930-31 as fo llo w s : ( Go to next pa

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The fo llo w in g is the combined membership l i s t fo r the Saturday Club f o r tte two years 1927-1928 and 1930-31. Armsby, M rs. H.H. Ary, M rs. W. H. Asher, M rs. W alter B arley , M rs. J.W. Barna rd . Mrs ( D r . ) Sara Baumgardner, M rs. E a r l B ay sin ger, M rs. S .L . Beach, M rs. J.R . Beach, Mis s Mary Beckman. Mrs . H. C. Bengtson, Dr . Id a Bolton, M rs. J.C . B radley, M rs. S .P . Cameron, M rs. F .A . Chambers, M rs. W.L. C lark, M rs. Bertha C o g h ill, Mrs. Wm.H. C u rrie r, M rs. L.W. Dake, M rs. C .L . Cox. Mr s . G.H. Dean, M rs. Geo. R. Dunlap, Mrs. H .L . Faulkner, M rs. M.F. F o l l o w i l l , M rs. D.B. Frame, M rs. F . H. Forbes, M rs. C.R. Fudge, M rs. E t t a ‘ Garasche, M rs. V.A. G a rre tt, Mrs. L .E . Graham. M rs. Malcolm Gow, Mr s. A le x .

Haney, M rs. N otie Hanley, Mrs. H.R. H a r r is , Mrs. Barney Hariris, M rs. E.G. H arriso n , Mrs. J.B. H e lle r , Miss Miriam Hess, Mrs. C.A. Hess, Mrs. Sam. H. H ig le y , Mrs. Leo Holmes, Mrs. A.B. Holmes, M rs. M.E. Holmes, Mrs. O.W. Hubbard , Mrs . N oel Hunter, M rs. H .P. Jones, M iss E d ith Kahlbaum, Mrs. Wm. Knapp, Mrs. C.M. Lawrence, Mrs. F.M. Lew is. M rs. B.P. L in e , Mrs. E.Y. L loyd , Mrs. S .H .,J r . L o v e tt, Mrs. I . H . ( E l i z . ) McCanless, Mrs. W.A. McCaw. Miss Jean McGregor, Mrs. P.H. McQueen, Mrs. H.S. McRae, Mrs. A .L. Mann, Mrs. C.V. Mann. Mi s s Frances Messmore, Mrs. H.E. M i lla r , Mrs. C.J. M it c h e ll, Mrs. S .L .

The Saturday Club O fficerS j_ 19.20-31 Tear . Club f o r tte year 1930-31* P re sid e n t . . . . . M r s . B.H. Rucker Vice. P re s . Mrs. S .P . B rad ley 2nd V .P .............. Mrs. H .L. Dunlap Rec. S e c y ........ M rs. E t t a Fudge

M uilenburg, Mrs. G.A. N ic h o ls. Mrs. Bert Orten, M rs. M.D. Osborne, Mrs. H.R. P au l, Mrs. A .J . Pennington, Mrs. Wm. R a lsto n. Mrs. O.S. Ramsey, Mrs. Lloyd Ranes, Mrs. Geo. R a t l i f f , Mrs. R.F. Roach, Miss D o lly Reach, Miss Dorothy Rucker, Mrs. B.H. Sease, Mrs. E.E . Shockley, Mrs. J .M ilt Strobach, Mrs. Geo. Swensen. Miss Mabel Taylor, Mrs. F.E. Teasdale, Mrs. Fred. Tucker, Mrs. Sherman Turner, Mrs. Wm. D. Underwood. Mrs. J.H. V ia, Mrs. W.A. W alker, Mrs. E.W. Walsh, Mrs. F.F. Walsh, Mrs. Emma K. W alter, Mrs. E.H. W estlake, Mrs. Josephine W illia m s, Mrs. E.D. Woodman, Mrs. L .E . Woods, Mrs. Chas. L.

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The R o lla C iv ic s _ C lu b .- In May o f 1932, the R o lla C iv ic s Club observed i t s I t had been organ ized and fe d e ra te d on A p r i l 22, 1912. I t s broad goals in clu ded th e fo s t e r in g of n a tio n a l p a trio tis m , and the improvement of R o lla , physically, m o r a lly , s p i r i t u a l l y , s o c i a l l y , and oth erw ise. For the club year 1930- 31 , i t s o f f i c e r s were th e s e : j

20th a n n iversa ry .

P resid en t .............. Mrs. W alter Asher 1 st V ice P r e s .......... Mrs. E.E . Decker 2nd V .P .................... .. Mrs. E.G. H a rris Recdg. S e c y ............ M rs. C.A. Hess

C orr. S e c y .................. Mrs. Homer Kerr Treasurer ............ Airs. A .B . Northern Parliam en tarian . . . . Mrs. C.L. Woods

The C iv ic s _ C lu b Fast_Pre£idents_ down to 1930 were th e s e : Mrs. George R. Dean (1912-13) Mrs. W.T. Denison M rs. Henry J. Trowbridge Mrs. J. B. H arrison Mrs. A lb e r t B. Northern Mrs. Ernest Y. Line M rs. Eugene L . Johnson Mrs. Chas. L . Woods (nee Eddie Rogers) For 1931-32 . . . Mrs. W a lte r Asher. Oombine_d_Civics_ Club_Membershijo R o llji 1927 -28 and 1930-31 Adams, Mrs. C a rrie Asher, Mrs. W a lte r Bardsley, M rs. C.E. Barnard, Dr. Sara Barn itz . Mrs. John Baumgardner, M rs- I . J . Baumgardner, Mrs. Mae Beach, Mrs. E l i z a Bossert, Mrs. T. Brannock. Mrs. H. Brant, Mrs. Jane Coe Bullard, Mrs. Mary Cameron, Mrs. F .A . Carpenter, Mrs. J.D. Case, Mrs. Jennie Coffman, Mrs. A .T . Cremer, Mrs. George Cox, Mrs. G.H. Crites, Mrs. Iv a Casselman, Mrs. H.G. Dean, Mrs. Geo. R. Decker, Mrs. E.E . Deegan, Mrs. M.A. Diehl, M rs. E m ily Durant, Mrs. W.J. Graber, Mrs. L i z z i e

Green, Mrs. George H a rris , Mrs. Barney H a rris, Mrs. Slmo.G. H a rrison . Mrs. J.B. Heimberger, Mrs. Andy H e lle r , Miss Miriam Henninger, M rs. C.A. Hess, Mrs. C.A. H orrom. Mrs. (D r) G.W. Hubbard, Mrs N oel Hunt, Mrs. D.D. Hunter, Mrs. H.P. J ones, Mrs. W.D. Johnson. Mrs. Rowland K err, Mrs. F.C. Kinney, Mr s . N. A . Lane, Mrs. Fr ed L in e , Mrs. C lift o n L in e . Mrs. Ernest Y. M aggi, Mrs. Henry Maggi, Mrs. Gerald D. Mann, Mrs. C la ir V. McCaw, Mrs. Harry McDonald. Mrs. Dan McFarland, Mrs. A.S. M a rlin g, Mrs. G.A. Medford, Mrs. (D r .) W.L.

M ils te d , Mrs. Mary M itc h e ll, Mrs. C.H. M it c h e ll, Mrs- S .L . Murray, Mrs. C.M. N ic h o ls , Mrs. B.R. N ie m ille r , Mrs. F.C. N orthern, Mrs. A.B. Peppard, Mrs. G.S. Prigm ors, Mrs. T a ylo r R a t l i f f , Mrs. R.F. Richardson, Mrs. Phoebe M. Roach, Miss D o llie Rucker, Mrs. B.H. S a lt s , Mrs. Ed. (Mary) Schuman, Mrs. E.M. Smith, Mrs. George Smith. Mr s . Wes. Sommers, Mrs. Marie Thompson, Mrs. Charles Thompson, Mrs. Frank Trowbridge, Mrs. H.J. Tyson, Mrs. Jensen W alker, Mrs. J. E l l i s W estlake, Mrs. Josephine W illia m s, Mrs. J.M. Woods, Mrs. Chas. L . (1 s t )

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D au^rters Of_The_American R e v o lu tio n .- The R o lla "Noah Coleman" chapter o f this o rg a n iz a tio n was formed on October 30th, 1909 , and ch a rtered on December 21st, 1909* Tts b a s ic purposes were to lo v e and p r o te c t the United S ta tes o f America - it s fla g and o th e r a t t r ib u t e s . To support i t s laws and C o n s titu tio n . I t sought observance of the b ir th d a y s of Washington, J e ffe rs o n , and L in c o ln ; Memorial and Flag days; Independence and C o n s titu tio n days; Argonne, A rm is tic e , and Evacuation days. We l i s t below the s o c i e t y ’ s ch a rter members, and then those who have served as chairwomen o f " r e g e n ts " down t o 1940. The ch a rter members were^ th ese: 'Buckly, Maude H a rrison 'H a r r is , Zoe Barrow * Carpenter, ^Jennie Van Campen .* H arrison, G eorgia /Cornwall, E liz a b e th H arrison Ladd, Mary Hammond * Duncan, C a rrie K i t c h e l l Long, D aysie H arrison ■^Faulkner, Nancy Rowe 4- Morgan, C h ristin e W inter /'Kinnamajj-Forbes e McGomb, B e tt ie W ilson (H a r r ie t Coleman) McKioben, Ida Smith The Past Regents were _these_:

4 P o w e ll, Gertrude Carpenter , Rucker, M argaret Southgate Rowe, Mary Catherine » Rowe, Roberta * Smith, Bessie G allaher / S m ith , Mary W ilson W ills o n , Jean Harris .

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Mrs. H a r r ie t Kinnaman SMSiSSHS? Miss (L a te r Mrs C .R .F o rc es) 1909-1911 Mrs. Mrs. S .B . Rowe ..........................1912 Mrs. Mrs. Elmo G. H a r r i s ........ 1913-1914 Mrs. Mrs. B . H. R u c k e r ..................... 1915 Mrs. Miss Mrs. A .L . McRae ........................ 1916 Mrs. M rs. F .E . T a y lo r ...............1917-1918 Mrs. M rs. C. M. K n a p p ........... 1919-1920 Mrs. Mrs. M .F. Faulkner ........ 1921-1922 Mrs. J.D . S co tt

^ J essie V ia .............. 1923-1924 W.H. A r y .................... 1925-1926 Charles L . Woods . . . 1927-1928 J. W. B a r l e y ............ 1929-1930 Nadine M. Sease .............. 1931 Ruth Stevens ............ 1932-3933 V it a l W. G a r e s c h e ...................... 1934 O.C. Preuss .............. 1935-1936. A.B. Holmes ............. 1937-1938 1939-1940

The Chapter O f f ic e r s ^ 1941-1942.- Though outside the present 1921-1932 p e r io d , we l i s t the chapter o f f i c e r s fo r years 1941-1942. These: R e g is tra r . . . Mrs. V.B. Hinsch Regent, Mrs. E .A . Goodhue G en ea logist . . Mrs. W.P. Dunlap 1 s t V ic e Regent , ,M rs. F.B. P o w e ll H is to ria n . . . Mrs. J.D. S cott 2nd V ice Regent . . Mrs. W.T. Schrenk L ib r a r ia n . . . Mrs J e rry Brothers Chaplain . . M rs. C.M. Murray F lag Custodian . . Mrs. V.B. Hinsch Recdg. S ecy. ..M is s G eorgia H arrison Parliam en tarian . . Mrs. H.T. Mann C oresp .S ecy. . . M rs. 0 .7 . Jackson P ia n is t . . . . Mrs. A .L . McRae Treasu rer . . . M rs. R.M. Rankin The Leagu e_0 f Women V o te r s .- This s o c ie ty has been organ ized and re-o rga n ized more than once. The o r ig in a l o rg a n iz a tio n was on November 14,^1923. The ch arter o ffic e r s were th e s e : P re s id e n t, Mrs. E .L . Healy. . . . V i c e p re s id e n t, Mrs. M.F. Faulkner . . . S e c r e ta r y , Mrs. W.H. A ry . . . and Treasurer, Mrs. _Harry R. McCaw. There were 16 ch a rte r members. The purpose of the s o c ie t y was to insure clean e le c tio n s , Properly q u a l i f i e d can d id ates, and to get r e g is te r e d v o te r s out t o v o te .

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The Womegs Ghristian_Tem £erance U nion.- A R o lla chapter o f th is s o c ie ty had e x is te d in o i l a as f a r back as the 1870’ s, when both in R o lla and a l l over Phelps County a f i e r c e b a t t le raged over "lic e n s e d saloon s" and "p ro h ib itio n " Throughout the years from then to the 1920’ s, there would be a l u l l in the fig h t in g arid then a re c u rre n c e . The Chapter’ s a c t i v i t i e s subsided and rose again in harmony* Its proolems heightened when the s o ld ie r boys came home from World War One. Many who had n ever taken a drin k now took t h e ir beer or hard liq u o r — and were not grea tly in lo v e w ith the women of the W.C.T.U. - who discouraged d rin k in g. Some of the students at th e School cf Mines t r i e d t o make a joke o f the "W.C.T.U1s" but the members were n ot to be fr ig h te n e d - s t i l l , p e r s i s t e d . The 1920's were the days of p r o h ib itio n - and many b es id es s o ld ie r s opposed such a regim e. Among those who were W.C.T.U. members during the 1920’ s were th ese: Mrs. George R. Dean Mrs. Jessie B u tler Mrs. Phoebe Richardson Mrs. A.B. Northern Mrs. Mary Salts Mrs. R.E. Breuer Mrs. J.B . H arrison Mrs. P.D. Hawkins Mrs. B.E.C. Slawson Mrs. C la ir V. Mann Mrs. C.A. Hess There w ere s t i l l o th e rs . This s o c ie t y had no use whatever f o r liq u o r in any form, nor f o r the whole liq u o r business and i t s elements and a c c e s s o r ie s . They did what th ey could to g e t r id o f i t .

The U elphian_C lub.~ This club was organized to promote in t e r e s t in the reading o f good books, and f o r m in is te rin g to the l i t e r a r y ta s te s of i t s members. Mrs. B.H. Rucker ( n e e Margaret Southgate ) was the lea d in g s p i r i t .

The R o lla P . T . A . . - This group, which we have alrea d y described on page 19 hereof, observed i t s 34th a n n iversary during February of 1931* That would date its o r ig in a l o rg a n iz a tio n in the yea r 1897. The A s so cia tio n continued a c tiv e throughout the 1920’ s, h old in g freq u en t meetings in which both parents and teachers p a rtic ip a te d - w ith b e n e fit t o the school ch ild ren and the en tire school system.

The R o lla Junij2"_ C lu b .- As o f October, 1931, th is club was a c t iv e . I t had been organ ized p r e v io u s ly . The club o f f i c e r s fo r the 1931 year were th ese: Presiden t, Mrs. B.H. Rucker . . . P resid en t e le c t , Mrs. E tta Fudge . . . . S ixth D is t r ic t P re s id e n t, Mr s . F.E . T a y lo r. The club met f o r a s p e c ia l banquet at the new S in c la ir —Pennant Tavern on September 30, 1931»

T^e P .E .O .^ CHAPTER i l r On A p r il 8, 1925, the R o lla P.E .O ., Chapter EM, «as orga n ized . I t s f i r s t o f f i c e r s were th ese: P re s id e n t Mr s . K a rl W. Heimberger . . . Vice P resid en t, Mrs. W.T. (A lb e r ta ) S chren k...R ecordin g S e c re ta ry , Miss Jean McCaw . . . Corresponding secreta ry, sirs. W illia m Kahlbaum, J r. ...T r e a s u r e r , Mrs. Georg; Strobach (nee Ruth Patterson ) Chaplain, Mrs. R .L . Patterson . . . Guard, Mrs. V.B. Hinsch. Among members o f the organ izing group were Miss E liz a b e th Montgomery and the Mesdames John M. Schuman, George Barnw ell" (nee L i l l i a n A lle n ), R.M. Rankin, Bertha Clark, F.E. Taylor, and S.S. W heeler. . . . This club has p e r s is te d down to date (1970).

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The ^ ° l l a ^arden_G lubs. - Throughout the 1920's ard 1930«s, there were several R o lla gaiden clu bs - m o stly fo r wonnn. There WAS one such c lS , fo ^ a m b e r s „ ho w ep map. The one such , o « s ' clu b .hnch has p e r s is te d down to date C w S f l3 ,n 4 S

b ^ n en?5 fn ? T t e . 0z,ark H i l l s "Thou^t th is was not organized u n t il l? t f> ), we in clu d e i t f o r such in t e r e s t as i t has in connection with the other clu bs we have now l i s t e d . I t ® ^a s t P re sid en ts have been th e se: Mesdanes L .L . Lewis and E.D. W illiam s who served f o r th e y e a r 1 9 4 0 ... and Mrs. DeVere J o s lin , f o r the year 19A1 Tte C lu b 's o o je c t iv e s in clu d e lo v e and knowledge ofngardening . ..p r o t e c t io n of natxve t r e e s , shrubs, and ^plants . . .b e a u t ific a t io n o f r e s id e n t ia l lawns . . . erad ica tion Os. weeds and u n s ig h tly l o t s and yards . . and encouragement o f c iv ic plan tin g. A lso d issem in a tio n among i t s members, and oth ers, o f p r a c t ic a l knowledge of how t o grow the many v a r i e t i e s cf garden flo w e rs - roses l i l a c s e tc . The C lu b J J ffic e r s Farr 1942 were these: P r e s id e n t, Mrs. W.R. Brown . . . Vice P resid en t, Mrs. S.C. McMeekin . . . Treasurer, .M rs. W.L. B radford . . . s e c r e ta r y , Mrs. W.J. F ro s t . . . Parliam en tarian Mrs. W.P. Dunlap . . . H is to r ia n , Mrs. C.D. Thomas. The M em bership_Roll, combined fo r the years 1942 and 1944, now fo llo w s : A llis o n , Mrs. E.W. F r o s t, Mrs. W.J. McElhiney, Mrs. C.J. bernard, Mrs. W.M. F u lle r , Mrs. Ivan McMeekin, Mrs. S.C. b eru tt, Mrs. Caesar Hanley. Mrs. H.R. M ils te d , Mrs. Harry Bradford, Mrs. L lyn Heim berger, Mrs. H.T. Northern, Mrs. Eugene Brad fo rd . M rs. W .L. H e lle r , Mrs. R ib t E. P o w ell, Mrs. F.3. Breuer, Mrs. L.H . Herrman, Mrs. Lloyd Rucker. Mrs. B.H. Brown, Mrs. W.R. Holmes, Mrs. A.B. Rucker, Mrs. Ray ' Bullman, Mrs. Gale Hunter, Mrs. H.P. Schuman, Mrs. John Campbell, M rs. E .J . Jackson, Mrs. O.V. Shelton, Mrs. S.M. Crumpler . Mrs. H.D. Jones, Mrs. W.D. Smith, Mrs. M.C. Denison, Mrs. W.T. Thomas. Mrs. C.D. J o s lin , Mrs. DeVere Dennie, Mrs. F.E . Katz, M rs. H.M. Thomas, Mrs. H.D. Wade, Mrs. C.N. Drake, Mrs. A.A. L ew is. Mr s . L .L . Whaley, Mrs. F .L . Dunlap, M rs. Wm. L i t t l e f i e l d , Mrs W.M. W illia m s, Mrs. E.D. Duval l . M rs. A.R. L lo y d , Mrs. S.H. Woods. Mr s . Chas. L . Feind, Mrs. E .E . L o v e tt, Mrs. I.H McCaw, Mrs. Fred Fort, M rs. A .S .

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The American A sso c ia tio n of U n iv e r s it y Women. ( A .A .U .W .;.- This club is composed e x c lu s iv e ly o f women who have u n iv e rs ity education. Many of the members are e it h e r p u b lic school teach ers, or w ives o f School o f Mines fa c u lt y members. Une o f i t s main a c t i v i t i e s i s the c o lle c t io n o f funds with which to award c o lle g e s c h o la rsh ip s to worthy young women. The R o lla chapter was chartered on June 1, 1930. The m . S . M . C o lle g e m inistration ^1920-37;. membership c o n siste d o f Mines, or were wives o f problems o f the f a c u lt y

C lu b . - This club was organized during the Fulton ad M rs. George R. Dean was the promoter and le a d e r . The the women vho were e ith e r teachers a t the School of fa c u lt y members. ± t was concerned w ith the a f f a i r s and women, in g e n e ra l.

A v e ry much f u l l e r account o f these two clubs i s contained in our Section for tte y ears 1933-47. This was because, at the date of w r it in g present page, the needed in fo rm atio n was wOT a to l i a b l e .

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The_Federate_d_Womens_ £ lu b s .- This group had e x is te d in R o lla - and in the State’ s 6th D i s t r i c t , as fa r back as 1909 and b e fo r e . In 1909, Mrs. C.D. (M aria) Jamison, o f R o lla , was r e - e le c t e d D i s t r i c t p re s id e n t. This o rg a n iza tio n p e r s is te d throughout th e 1920‘ s - and years a fterw a rd . Mrs. George R. Dean, to g e th e r w ith Mrs. Jamison, was a forem ost prom oter. The_ J e ffe r s o n ia n _ C lu b . - This was the womens* way o f promoting the in te r e s ts and w e lfa re o f the D em ocratic p o l i t i c a l p a rty . I t s a c t i v i t i e s extended over a l l o f Phelps county. I t has p e r s is te d down t o the presen t day (1970). I t has con sider able in flu e n c e o ver p u b lic iz in g the v ir tu e s o f a l l the Democratic candidates who are up fo r e l e c t i o n . Of l a t e y e a rs , Mrs. Charles Sands (C h a r lo tte ) has been the leading s p i r i t o f t h is clu b . Niim erous_Rolla_B ridg£ Clubs. - Throughout the 1920’ s - as b e fo r e and since the game of " b r id g e " was a f a v o r i t e way cf spending a s o c ia l a ftern o on or even in g. Various groups o f fo u r, e ig h t , or o th er numbers, have chosen to meet on some d e f i n ite a ftern o on or even in g to p la y cards and en joy each o th e r’ s company. This has also been one e f f e c t i v e way of m ixing town and c o lle g e groups f o r mutual b e n e fit .

CLUBS FOR THE MEN Clubs For The Men D u ring 1920* s included the R o lla Chamber of Coiiimerce, the Hub Club, t t e Is a a c W alton League, the Conservation Club, tte s o -c a lle d "Highbrow D iscu ss io n Club" . . and tte various honor and te c h n ic a l s o c ie t ie s on the School of Mines campus. We omit the c o lle g e campus s o c ie t ie s , and we have a lrea d y described a c t i v i t i e s cf the Chamber of Commerce and the Hub Club on page 29 h e re o f. W e'also omit mention and d e s c r ip t io n of the va rio u s "farm clu b s" which e x is te d . The M.S.M. "Highbrow D iscu ssion as to m e rit” a s p e c ia l d e s c r ip t io n . It some e ig h t p r o fe s s o r s o f the School of The club had i t s beginn in gs one sion clu b .

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C lu b ."- This club was so unusual in R o lla was a rath er ex clu s iv e group composed o f I11*1®3 * . 1Q91 h a f t e r church Sunday m October o f 1921 when a l t e r cnurm, each w rote on h is own s l j p the names o f

ten'Lp r o fe s s o r s / in c lu d in g " o l - s o f person , in te re s te d . They found th e n a m e : C h i l e s £ and these became the f i r s t f th ^ ’ f1 o ^ H. Frame> c i a i r v . Mann, Fulton, and p r o fe s s o r s J.W. B a rley , V > Frederick W. Sha» W.D. Turner and Shan and Turner fo llo w e d by 1927. In or by 1924, r‘ °p . „ Lloyd J r. ..G .A . Muilenburg . . and H.R. Hanley To f i l l th e ir p la c e s , P r o fs . B.H.^ 1 y , mo mV,pr» sh i n f a i l e d as lo n g as the were e le c t e d . Frequent vo te s to in crea se h eld on August 2 1938 — a ft e r club contin u ed. I f l a s t d iscu s j o n . . U £ ^ h e W - A u g u s t !, ^ an e x is te n c e o f 16 y e a r s . I t s f i A kodak photo was then taken o f 1945, when D r. Shaw retu rned f o r a K o lia v is it ,. those who were y e t in R o lla . would ^ t a t tte hone o f For t h e i r f o r t n i g h t l y re pre oare a d e lic io u s s i x - t h ir t y one of i t s members, where the membe &n a discussio n which L is te d throughout ,i dinner. The men assembled by 6.15, ° norning. dinner and u n t i l m idnight or one o c oca 1 d pre sent a paper on some F o llo w in g d in n er, one o f t h e " a r ? - or p rised up f o r some chosen s u b je c t. The paper was stretch ed too fa r by saying th at almost other s u b je c t. In th is way, d iscu ssed . A l l the new in ven tio n s - rad io, - every th in g in t t e En cyclopedia_was disou * psycholo g y , profession al educaautos, su rg ery , p o l i t i c s , r e l i g i o n , d u n iv e r s ity seminar group met with tion, and So fo r t h . No h igh c la s s , a^van°ed ^ i v were transm itted by ^ m e m b e r s more p r o f i t or g r e a te r in s t r u c t io n . The « m e f l t f l l e d a3 a ,bo*Sl to the t o t a l f a c u l t y group. The dluo s deta volume in th e new L ib r a r y o f tne um ver*

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The Is a a c W alton_League O f J k a e r ic a .- The R o lla Chapter o f th is League was composed o f R o lla * s men who were in te r e s te d in the p r e s e r v a tio n and propagation of fis h and w ild game. The N a tio n a l League was a "N a tio n a l F ed era tio n o f S p orts man* s Clubs", w ith headqu arters in Chicago. I t issued c h a rte rs to component groups such as t h is R o lla c h a p te r. The N a tio n a l League and i t s many chapters had s e v e r a l fundamental g o a ls . These in clu d ed r e s t o r a t io n o f sp o rts " a - f i e l d and a-stream " as n e a r ly as p o ssib le t o their o r ig in a l s t a t e b e fo r e w h ite men distu rb ed them. The League promoted n ation wide p r e s e r v a tio n of f i s h and w ild game, and the takin g o f the same by humane, appro ved, and la w fu l methods. Other g o a ls were the establishm ent o f f is h h a tch eries, the im plan ting of w ild tu rk eys, q u a il, pheasants, and oth er game b ird s and animals,, Even song b ir d s shared in th e program. The fe e d in g of game b ir d s during severe winter w ea th er was a ls o on the program. And - through the medium o f essays w ritte n by school c h ild r e n , and by o rg a n iz a tio n o f ju n io r chapters, the League sought to educate the n a t io n 's youth, and s tim u la te i n t e l l i g e n t lo v e o f nature and w ild l i f e among them, b e s id e s prom oting outdoor e x e rc is e and g e n era l h ea lth . The R o lla Chapter a p p lie d f o r a N a tio n a l Charter on J u ly 11, 1924. On October 2, 1924, i t adopted the R o lla Chapter’ s C o n stitu tion and Bylaws. The f i r s t chapter o f f i c e r s were th e s e : P re s id e n t, Dr. J.W. B a rley, o f the School o f Mines. Secretary and T rea su rer, Chas. M. Knapp, o f a down-town bank. These were in o f f i c e on July 11, 1924. Dr. B a r le y continued as p resid en t u n t il May 15, 1930, i* e n Prof. S t e r lin g P r ic e B ra d le y took o v e r. P r o f. B radley served u n t il September 25, 1931, when P r o f . H. L . Dunlap wa3 e le c t e d . He continued as p resid en t u n t il the Club disbanded and surrendered i t s c h a rte r, as o f May 12, 1933. In a l l , the Club e n r o lle d H # members. Of these, some $2 signed^the a p p li cation f o r c h a rte r, and were thus CHARTER MEMBERS. The remaining f i f t y jo in e d up between O ctober cf 1924 and May 12, 1933- We present the two separate l i s t s below : THE CHARTER MEMBERS: Asher, W a lte r Aar on, Erne st B. B a rle y , D r. J.W. Buehler, Henry A. B ra d ley . P r o f. S .P . Cole, W.T. Cowan, David E. Grumpier, H.D. Dean, P r o f. Geo. R. Deanr Mrs . Geo. R. Denison, W.T. Donahoe, Dan. F. F in le y , V.R. F u lto n , D r. Chas. H. G o lla hon. Chas. Harmon, Elmer H a r r is , P r o f. Elmo G. Harvey, Claude Hawkins, Lawrence H e lle r , Ro b t. E. Hess, James H ig le y , Leo W.

Johnson, C.J. Johnson, P r o f. E .L . J one s , W esley D. J o s lin , DeVere Kahlbaum, Edward Kahlbaum, W illia m Knapp, Chas. M. Lenox. I ke L . L in e , Chas. L lo y d , Sami. H .,J r . Long, A lb e r t L o r t s , Stephen McCaw. Harry R. M artin , Harry M a rtin , M.O. P e rry , H.B. P ica rd , W.L. Rucker. B.H. S c o tt, Judge John B. S c o tt, J.D. S c o t t , John W. S chrenk, Pr o f . W. T . Schuman, Chas.

Sease, Fred W. Smith, A lfr e d A. Smith, Fred W. Smith, Frank L. Smith. J .H. Smith, Landon C. Smith, S.M. Smith, V.X. Smith, D r. W.S. Stuart . D .L. T a ylo r, F.E. Tyson, Jensen V ia , Clarence D. V ia, W ilfo r d A. W alker. Dr . E.W. Warren, James Watson, John A. Webb, F lo y W. W iese, Henry W i l li a ms, E .D. Woods, C ol. Chas. L Wynn, R.Lee

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THE NON—CHARTER MEMBERS (Is a a c Walton League) Adams, Jack B a r n itz , Geo. A. B a r n itz , John Brannock, H arry E. Bronson. James B. B u tle r , P r o f. Joe B. Campbell, Eugene J. C a rte r, W.R. Carney, V.W. C a r r o llr W. F . Chapin, E.B. Conyers, D r. B.R. Cagg, P r o f. M ile s H. D ickerson , Robt. S. D ougherty, J.H. Dunlap, P r o f. H .L.

D rum eller, A .L . E rickson , Capt. John E rsk in e, Green F alk en ra th. E.G. F in le y , J.W. F it z p a t r ic k , L.W. Frame, P r o f. Floyd H. H e ll, Chas. A. Hubbard. N o el Jackson, P r o f. R,0. Kershner, K.K. K ilp a t r ic k , P ro f A.V. Koch, Edmund J . Lew is. P r o f. B.P. L o v e t t , P r o f. I.H . McCaw, Fred McDaniel, Chas. S.

M a rlin g, D r. P .P . M artin . R u lif M ile s , Aaron M illa r , Chas. J. Osborn, J.H. P o w ell, Frank B. Ranes. P ro f . George R ein oh l, Clyde R iggs, Joseph Schuman, John M. Schuman, R. E ric Smith. P h ilip W. Underwood, P r o f. J.H. Walsh, P r o f. Dave F. W hite, Edward W h itesid e, R.S.

Some_0f The T h in g s _ T h e a lt o n League_D id.- In i t s e f f o r t s to in t e r e s t the young fo lk s in nature and w ild l i f e , the League e s ta b lis h e d a JUNIOR CHAPTER on March, 1931, w ith member Jack Adams in charge . In January of 1931, i t set up an essay c o n te s t in which sch o ol c h ild re n p a r tic ip a te d . Again, in December, 1931, i t promoted a second ess a y c o n te s t, th is time in clu d in g the S t. James and iMewburg children, and any who d e s ir e d to compete a l l over the county. P r iz e s from $1 to $5 were g iv e n . On' March 31, 1932, the R o lla Chapter Drought in the N a tio n a l p resid en t, Dr. Preston B ra d ley, fo r a le c tu re on the School of Mines gen era l lectu re program. And on A p r il 14, 1931, the Chapter staged a sumptuous banquet a t the H o tel Edwin Long. On occasion, outdoor f i s h f r i e s were h eld . In A p r il, 1931, the Chapter arranged to bu ild hatch ery pools at the Sycamore (Gollahon) S p rin g, on L i t t l e Beaver Creek, a s n a il distan ce _west o f the Bridge School, near the southwest corner cf S e c tio n 17 (T.37—8 ) . I t was 20x60 fe e t in plan, and 30 in ches deep. I t was d iv id e d in to h alves, one fo r cold tro u t water, the oth er f o r warmer bass.and blue g i l l . Ten cans cf sm all tro u t and ten of clue g i l l were stocked in th e pond. I t was not o p era tive a ft e r two or three years. The League expended much time and e f f o r t in stockin g the county’ s streams with minnow f i s h . In September, 1931, i t placed^ 39 cans of tro u t minnows in L i t b e Piney, above Xancy — and 8 cans of bass in the Big P in ey. In 193 , ^t p acea 5, minnows ( bass and g o g g le - e y e ). F iv e cans went to the L i t t l e Piney the re s t to Big P in e y a t Hooker, and to D ry Fork. And in May, 1933, i t placed 5,000 fcass minnows in L i t t l e P in ey, 2,500 in North Spring Creek; and 1,000 g o g g le-ey e in Aor th o p r in g ^ C r e e k .^

in t e r e s t ed in stockin g the fo r e s t s o f Phelps County with

wild tu rk ey s. S0n March 4, 1932, i t had re c e iv e d 27 turkeys from the S tate game deparf ment *M0re turkeys and a consignment o f V ir g in ia "Bob-W hite" q u a il were d u f L X L i * r r T l 9 3 2 . f i n a l l y , in May of 1933, 20 more t u r k e y wore placed « tte Venn Carney farm, n o rth o f R o lla , to g eth e r m th 3° a d d itio n a l Bob-.Jhite q u a il. The R o lla Chapter D is b a n d ^ - Seemingly, „ a tS ” such work as the R o lla Chapter had been doing. At that time, the Chapter vo ted t o disband in i t s m eeting of May 12 , 1933< le w is President was P r o f. H .L. Dunlap, and t t e secret a ry R o lla 1 s sch o ol su perin ten den t. Those a tten d in g th is l a s t m eeting £ t was S . P . B ra d ley, H .L. Dunlap, E.G. H a rris , B .P. Lewis and C.D. V ia .. I t s charter surrendered to n a tio n a l ^ d q u a r t e r s ^ m Chicago ^ c This was a most w orthy bluo, ana iu s wum The dues w ere $3 per year per membeu • • •

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ROLLA’ S LODGE; OF THE I920»s T h e_P ^ in cip a l_L o d ges_ Of_The_1220* s . - Our r o l l o f R o lla * s lodges during the 1920 ’ s i s in co m p lete. Th is i s because we had t o r e l y on newspaper p u b lic it y and some o f the lo d g e s , b ein g e it h e r somewhat i r a c t i v e , or not seeking p u b lic it y , wer® not h igh —lig h t e d in th e town’ s news media. And we had not time or means to gather th e n ecessa ry in fo rm a tio n from lodge o f f i c e r s or chapter record s. Those lo d g e s whose a c t i v i t i e s were in the foreground included the fou r Masonic ord ers - the Blue Lodge - the Royal Arch “ asons - the Knights Templar and the E astern S ta r . The non-Masonic Knights of Pyth ias with the associa ted « HfeUghtpa1® o f Rebecca continued a c t iv e throu^iout the p e rio d . The C a th olic order of Knigfats of Columbus s t i l l m aintained i t s o rg a n iza tio n . There were oth er lodge s, but we s h a ll have t o omit them. Mastej*s_ O f_ lte _ B lu e Lodge_.~ Since we DO have at hand a l i s t o f the Wor sh ipfu l M asters o f the R o lla Blue Lodge - from i t s beginnings in I860 down through 1957 _ we s h a ll in clu d e i t here - f o r the in te r e s t i t has in re co rd in g the names of R olla* s men who were prominent in lodge c ir c l e s - and f o r oth er reasons. Many were members, a ls o , of o th e r non-Masonic lo d g es . But many, a ls o , were prominent <? in c i t y government, and were prominent R o lla tow n -bu ilders.

The concern o f the Blue Lodge fc r i t s members - fo r those o f i t s s is t e r lodge, th e E astern Star - and fo r humanity in gen era l has been outstanding and most w orthy. We now in s e r t , on the next page, the l i s t of W orshipfu l M asters the topmost o f f i c e r s o f the R o lla Blue Lodge, A .F. & A.M., Chapter do, 213( Turn to next pa gp ) •

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Masters, Of _Tbe_Masonic_Blue_ Lodge,, A.x1. & A.M., Chapter 213, R o lla , Mo.

Thomas F * S h ie ld s .......... 1860-61 Daniel R* Parsons .......... 1861-62 ►p.R. Wood ard...................... 1862-63 H.J. Smith ........................ I 863-64 Robert P. Faulkner ........ 1864-66 * Thomas N iven s .................. 1866-68 Robert P . Faulkner ........ 1868-70 Wesley M. Smith .............. 1870-72 James L . Smith ................ 1872-73 Perrv Col l i n s . _________ 1873-74 Charles C. Bland ............ 1874-76 a E.M. C l a r k ...... ................. 1876-77 Charles C. Bland ............ 1877-78 Dr. Samuel B. Rowe ........ 1878-79 Jeremiah S. F r e n c h ........ 1879-80 R.M. Browne ...................... 1880-81 Dr. Samuel B. Rowe ........ 1881-82 Luman F. Parker .............. 1882-83 Pleasant M. G a d d y .......... 1883-84 Luman F . Park er .............. 1884-86 George L* lo v e . . . . . . . . . 1886—87 W illiam P a u ls d ll . . . . . . . 1887-88 Luman F . Park er . . . . . . . . 1888-89 Charles C. Bland ............ 1889—90 John Ba rd in ...................... 1890-91 Henry H. Hohenschild . . . 1891-92 J. Harvey D u n i v i n .......... 1892-93 Robert McCaw .................... 1893-94 W illiam H. S eam on .......... 1894-95 Henry Wood ........................ 1895-96 C liffo r d E . F r e n c h ........ 1896-97 M illa rd F. Faulkner . . . . 1897-98 Edwin L o n g ........................ 1898-99 Noel A. K i n n e y ................ 1899-00 Thomas M. Jones .............. 1900-01 Wesley D. Jones ................. 1901—02 Edmund J . K o c h ................ 1902-03 A lfre d A. Smith .............. 1903-04 George W. C l a r k .............. 1904—05 Austin L . McRae .............. 1905-06 Harry R. McCaw ................. .1906—07 Dr. Georgs E. L a d d ........ 1907—08 Arthur E. Wood ................ 1908-09 Charles L . Woods . . . . . . . 1909—10 Ben F . C u lb e r t s o n ........ . 1910-11 Louis H. B r e u e r ........ • •• 1911-12 Booker H. Rucker ............ 1912-13 James A. Spilman ...............1913-14 Dr. E.W. W alker ................ 1914-15 W illiam J . K ilg o r e . . . . . 1915—16

P r o f. Jos. H. Bowen . F lo y W. Webb .............. l . S . N ile s .................. B. W. Humphrey .......... Jame s M. E l l i s .......... Stephen N. L o rts . . . . Joseph F. Ayers ........ John McK. Southgate . Fred H. Lane .............. Dr. Wm. H. Breuer . . . V.K. F is c h lo w itz . . . . Ernest E. Decker . . . . Lawrence W. Hawkins . Robert L . W ilk in s . . . John P . Gollahon . . . . Ernest W. C arlton . . . R.S. Nul l (R u d olp h ).. W alter C. Campbell . . Joe B. B u tler ............ B. R. Conyers ............ Harry C. B o l o n .......... Clarence D. Hazelwood W illia m L . Jacques .. Eugene E. Northern . . R o lfe M. Rankin ........ Adolph W. Pohle ........ Charles P. Tucker . . . Raymond E. Stedman . . Raymond F. Brant . . . . W alter E. Casey ........ Manuel H. Buckey ----Clyde 0. Reinohl . . . . Ralph J. Grimm .......... James M. Ware ............ Lloyd E . Mar sden . . . . Richard H. Kerr ........ Eugene F. Swope ........ Claude F. Brown ........ Hugh W. H arrison . — Ivan E » Nelson .......... Ivan E. N e l s o n ........ Rodney A Schaefer . . . Lloyd E a rl S ite s . . . . F .'W ils o n S h e r r i l l •• Dewey A. Routh ......... Donald L . T h e il • •••■ Robert D. Knight ---W illia m D. Long . • •• C. Raymond Green . . . Bryan T. W ainscott •

1916- 17 1917- 18 1818-19 1919-20 1920-21 1921-22 1922- 23 1923- 24 1924- 25 1925- 26 1926- 27 1927- 28 1928- 29 1929- 30 1930- 31 1931- 32 1932- 33 1933- 34 1934- 35 1935- 36 1936- 37 1937- 38 ...1 939 . . . 194G . . . 1941 . . . 1942 . . . 1943 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965

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THE ROLLA e a s te r n STAR_L0PG;E1_ Chapter 176 .- This Lodge was organized in R olla nn December 4, 1888. I t s topmost o f f i c e r s - Worthy Matron and Worthy Patron - fo r the period 1889 to 1970 were th e s e : _WORTHY MATRON WORTHY PATRON : : i 3C9. .Mary C. Rowe ............. Thomas D. Smith iflQO .Kate Rowe .................... H.H. Hohenschild 1940 . . M argie A s h e r ........ W illia m P. Dunla'p I t y i . J . Hardin .................... -Joseph W. P oole i 941. . Zona S m a i l ......................... A lva S t a ir ]_392..L.H. S tern .................... ThomasM. Jones 1942 . . Grace B u c k e y ..........Manuel H. Buckey ! 393..Nancy F a u lk n er.................... John Hardin 1943 . . Alpha H a rris ................... M.H. Buckey jf 94. .Hi 1 a Smith .......................... J.E.D unrvin 1944 . . C h ris tin e Jaques ..........W alter Casey 1395. . Ju lia P o o le ........................Robert McCaw 1945 . . Erma V ick ers ..................W a lter Casey 1896. . Anmie McCaw .............. Thomas V. W ilson 1946 .. Wilma F u lle r ................Elmer F. Reid 9397. . Annie McCaw .............. Thomas V. W ilson 1947 .. Louise T u c k e r ..............Elmer F. Reid 1898. . Josie D ickerson . . . . W esley D. Jcnes 1948 . . Mabe l L ig h t Love ....A a r o n S ta r lip e r 9899./Mary A lic e Smith ................ Henry Wood 1949 . . Frankie M arcellu s . . Aaron S t a r lip e r 11900.. Jean McCaw........................... Henry Wood 1950 . . Edna S ta ir ......................... A lva S ta ir 1901. . 5.rah E. Wood ............ Thomas D. Smith 1951. . . Madgp Short ....................... C.Rex Miner 1902.. Phoebe R ic h a r d s o n .....R ev.F .S .B eggs 1952 . . Blanche Stebbins . . . Robert Stebbins 9903 .. Kate Rowe ........................Dr .E .W.Walker 1953 .. Selma Stimson . . . . Charles R. Sands 1904. .Kate Rowe .................... .. Dr .E.W.Walker 1954 . . Zelpha C a s s il . . . C l i f f o r d B. Stimson 1905. . Kate Rowe .....................Edmund J.Koch 1955 . . Edythe E sh bau gh ........ Ivan E. Nelson 1906.. Kate Rowe ............................... M.A.Boyes 1956 .. Mary Jo Bradbury.. O r v ille T.Swetnam 1907. . E s t e lle W alker ............ W illia m P ie r c e 1957 . . Ruth G rim m ....................................GeorgsJona 11908. .E s te lle W alker ........................ E. J.Koch 1958 . . Hazel Pohle ....................... Argo Horrom .. Helen Miner ......................... Rex Miner 1909.. May A r y .................... ........... .. E.J.Koch 11910.. S t e lla S c o t t ........................ E* J *Koch 1 /o0 . . M argu erite Schultz . Minnard C u llors 11911. . L i l l i e Smith .......... Durward Copeland 1961 . . B e tty Horrom ................. Argo Horrom H a r r i s o n .......... Richard Kerr 1912. . Blanche McCaw ....................... F lo y Webb 1962 . . Nancy P e a rl B o l o n .........................Harry Bolon 1213.. Bessie D ic k in s o n .................. F lo y Webb 12.6.3. .. N e llie Jonas ................. George Jonas |l914. .J essie V i a ........................... Dr .A .L . McRae 19o4 . . Eugenia J e te r .............. John C u llin s 11915.. M o llie Holme s-H ess.......... Dr. A .L . McRae 19 65 . . A llin e Swetnam — O r v ille T.Swetnam [ 1916. .O live K n a p p ....................... Don Southgate 1966 . . E lle n Knight ....................Richard Kerr 11917. .O live Shaw .........................Don Southgate 1967 .. Ruby S a l l y ............................. Gene Ray 11918.. E r maWebb ................... Charles W.Woods 19.6.8. [l919. .Mary Me Crae .............................. E.J.Koch ^969 . . L i l l i e P e r r y ....................Ernest P erry ■1920..E liz a b e th Southgate ............ C.M.Knapp 1970 .. Naomi K i t t l e ............ Paul W. K i t t l e ■1921. .Minnie McRae .............. A lfr e d A. Smith 11922. . Hattie Koch ....................... C.E.Evans 11223.. 5 .ld a E lia s ......................... C.E.Evans 11924. . L illia n A lle n ..........................E .J . Koch 11925..Bertha C l a r k ............ W illia m Kahlbaum 11926. .E liz a b e th P o w e ll . . . W illia m Kahlbaum ■l927. - F lo s s ie J o s l i n .......................... E.J.Koch 11928.. N e tti e McGregor ..D r . W a lte r T.Schrenk 11929. .Margaret Rucker ........ Dr.W. T.Schrenk 11930..N otie Denison ......... Dr. W .T.Schrenk 11931. .E tta Fudge ____ * ........... Robert W ilk in s 11932. .E lle n S m it h .................... Johr^ Gollahon 1233.. Alb e rta S c h r e n k ................E.E.D ecker 11934. .Cele s tin e L in e .......... *••• -hlarr Y 0 on |l935..L i l l i e Smith .................... H arry Bolon ■1936. .Nadine Sease .................. .. James B o lt ° n 1 1937. .Mae W hite .......................... W a lter Asher 1 193$ ll^ T ^ R u t h B o l t o n ................W illia m P.Dunlap

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•ROLLA1S OTHER LODGES. - As s ta te d on page 54 h e re o f, our l i s t o f R o lla lodges, a p a rt from th e Masonic o rd ers, i s incom plete - because time and e f f o r t to procure the n ecess a ry in fo rm a tio n was not a v a ila b le . Some o f the groups not d es crib e d nere are included in l a t e r sec tio n s o f our s to r y . Thej& odern Woodmen of_Am erica R o lla Chapter 3173 ) i s one group that was ve ry a c t iv e du rin g the p erio d 1905 to 1908 - on occasions #ien i t en terta in e d the F r is c o R a ilr o a d 's "Log R o llin g " e v e n ts , a photograph shown us by Mrs. Ben Culbertson had in i t the p ic tu r e s o f these m .W.a . members: Joseph o . C r ite s B e n j. M. Gulbertsoxi R obt. M eriw etn er Kobt. R. D ickerson P r o f, uohn l e l t o n

John W. S c o tt Thomas C. Gale ffl2 Cant id en t i f y Gene Coffman Edward Arthur Wm. t B illJ Stimson #14 Cant id e n t i f y Chas. F. Knapp Ed. C. Koch A lb e r t M. L ig h t #16 uant id e n ti f y

Thd Odd F e llo w lod ge was a ls o a c t iv e during the 1920 ' s There_was _a lso c. Chapter o f the "EAGLES11. W ith r e g r e t , we have t o le a v e the remaining groups f o r others to id e n t if y .

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R O LL A 1S ENTERTAINMENT DURING 1 9 2 0 ‘ s

—° y * —*— i n—3—tainffient Duri.ng_12.201 R o lla d id not s u ffe r fo r want o f entertainm ent, in d iv e r s e farm s, du ring the period 1921-1932. Music was a m ja r element o f o l l a s h is t o r y o f the tim e. There were many in t e r e s t in g plays - in the R o lla high s c h o o l, in R o l l a ’ s churches and downtown th e a tre s , and at the School o f M ines. There were numbers o f music teach ers, and the p erio d recorded the la s t v e s t ig e o f the c a re e r o f the W estern C onservatory of Music. We s h a ll attempt to w r ite an adequate account o f these m atters. R o l l a '! . l e ach ers_ 0 f The P e r io d .- F ir s t was Mrs. _ E s te lle _ B a s s e ttlooton , the w ife o f D r. John J. Bassett-W ooton, who had headed the R o lla School of Music, back i n the n in eteen hundred " t e e n s " . Mrs. Bassett-W ooton l i v e d in Dixon, f o r t y m ile s west o f R o lla , but conducted music cla sses in R o lla . On A p r il 5, 1921, she p resen ted h er R o lla piano p u p ils in r e c i t a l at the R o lla Theatre. Among her p u p ils were the form er Miss Mary Jane P ow ell ( now Mrs. Carl J. E yb erg), and Miss Frances Mann, daughter o f presen t w r it e r s . Others were

On another occa sio n , M rs. Bassett-W ooton had a p u p il r e c i t a l in the home of the present w r it e r s . Mis.s_La.ura_Annin. - She was a vetera n R o lla music teacher, the daughter o f former P re s b y te ria n p a sto r Rev. John A. Annin. She had taught music in R o lla since 1882, had been a member o f the f a c u lt y of the Western Conservatory in 1885, and had presen ted h er p u p ils in a g rea t many r e c it a ls . She died on November 11, 1922. She was a b e a u t ifu l ch a ra cter, and e x erted a splendid in flu en ce on a l l who knew h e r " , s a id the R o lla e d it o r . Mre and Mrs ._Sherm an_Tucker.- Mrs. Tucker, "B lanche", was the former Miss Blanche S k y le s . For numbers o f yea rs, these two were among R o lla ’ s forem ost musicians and music te a c h e rs . Throughout the p erio d 1921-1930 they conducted a "school o f m u sic". For a tim e, i t was lo c a te d in the old Tucker resid en ce, on east s id e o f Elm s t r e e t between 12th and 13th s t r e e t s — l a t e r the s ite o f die Trachoma H o s p ita l. The Tuckers gave less o n s on piano and v i o l i n , and the band instruments — c o rn e t, melophone, b a rito n e , trombone, sousaphone, and drums. ^0n May 10, 1930, M rs. Tucker presen ted her p u p ils in piano and v i o l i n in a p u b lic r e c it a l at the R o lla C h ris tia n church. Another tea ch er was. M r s . J% ncy_Arm strong. She was the daughter o f ^Mrs. Dr. Martha S h o rt— W rig h t, o f R o lla . She had spent some time in New York C ity, where she d evelop ed her own s p e c ia l system of teach ing music. In 1930 she retu rn ed to R o lla f o r a short t in e , and had c la s s e s in piano. She was a ta le n te d music teacher. M rs. I . H. L o v e t t 1 nee E liz a b e th Beach ) . - Mrs. L o v e tt, b esid es bein g a music te a c h e r, was a v e r it a b le le a d e r in R o lla ’ s m usical w orla from 1920 u n t il 1947 and l a t e r . Her s p e c ia lt y was v o ic e in s tru c tio n - but she a ls o had cla sses in pian o. She was a graduate o f the M ichigan S tate Normal School, o f Y p s ilc n t , and o f the A lb io n C o lle g e C onservatory, at A lbion M ichigan. She at ten ^ th

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disbanded in 1947. „ noo0 1QO, theseThe members o f Mrs. L o v e t t ’ s Womens Chorus of 1922-1924 were ( Turn to ne x t page ) .

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Mrs. L o v e t t *3 Chorus« 1922-23-24. Mesriairpa: Misses L illia n B arn w ell Jones "R- F. R a t l i f f Robe rta Rowe H.G.S. Anderson C la ir V. Mann Mabel .Smith — Zoe H arris . C o llin s McCanless auth (P a tte rs o n ) Strobach A.L. Cairns R.E. Me K in le y i(red Teasdale E liz a b e th Montgomery V.K. F is c h lo w itz Messmore Wm. D. Turner D o llie Roach C.S. Hanby W.L. Medford J.H. Underwood M argaret Behner A.W. Horine E.D. W illiam s E f f i e Underwood H.P- Hunter Harry W itt Beulah Johnson Leo W. H ig le y Emmett Wynn L .E . Woodman B e tty Stewart . M argu erite Charles t ^ a n c h e ) T e a s d a le .- During 1929, perhaps b e fo r e , Mrs. Teasdale taught c la s s e s in p ia n o. On September 5, 1929, she presented her p u p ils in a public r e c i t a l . And as o f May 8, 1930, her classes to g e th e r w ith Mrs. L o v e tt*s 'fame ns chorus jo in e d xn a p u b lic r e c i t a l . Mrs. Teasdale *s pu pils were th ese: Don in gerson _ LJ oyd Margaret Timberman Anna M arie Funke ^ liza b eth penning B^ Uer Rosemary Teasdale E liz a b e th W a lte n s p ie l Lorman Rankin - fa lt e r B reu er Mary Louise Tucker D aisy Cowan uobert Teasdale A u stin Schuman Anna Grace McCaw L i l l i a n W ilk in s Dorothy S im ily M ild red D o u th itt Imogene Hinsch Howard^- She was the w ife o f Mr. Paul Howard, the L ib r a r ia n at the School of M ines. She hqd c la s s e s in piano, and on A p r i l 23, 1932, presented her pu pils in p u b lic r e c i t a l . 9 •.B e n tle y . — M rs. B e n tle y was one of R o lla * s a ll- tim e topmost soprano s in g e r s . She was a member o f the fa c u lt y of tte R o lla School of Music, in the n in eteen hundred te e n s . W ith her husband and fa m ily , she had removed to T a y lo r s v ille , I l l i n o i s - but on two occasions, November, 1927, and August, 1930, returned t o v i s i t fr ie n d s in R o lla . She was accompanied by her daughter Jane, and two sons, Byron and John. P r o f^ E._H_;_ (_ Ephriam Homer )_ S cott_.- He was tte broth er o f John W. S c o tt, R o lla 1s "Man o f M u sic". He had been the D ire c to r of the W estern Conservatory of Music in R o lla , back in 1885. In 1888 he had moved the C onservatory to Carthage, Missouri - then f o r a j e a r cr so to Kansas C ity - and f i n a l l y to Chicago, where i t became a n a t io n a lly re c o g n ize d m u sical in s t it u t io n . In June o f 1921, in Chicago, i t presented i t s 37th Annual Concert; and in July, 1924, i t s 40th. P r o f. S cott was then the C o n serv a to ry 's p r e s id e n t. . . . This la s t concert appears to have been the_ la a t - fo r in March o f 1925, P r o f. S c o tt returned t o R o lla to pass h is la s t days — at the hone o f h is s i s t e r , M rs. George R. Dean. He died in 1925, at R o lla . That f a c t term in a tes our record o f tte Western Conservatory o f Music. ORGANIZED MUSICAL PROGRAMS Programs A t RoU.a H i£ h _S ch o ol.- Up to the year 1929-30, when Mrs._W.R. Rapp became D ir e c to r o f Music fo r R o lla * s sch ools, there had been no outstanding m usical Program in R o lla * s sc h o o ls . But w ith her a r r iv a l, there came a remarkable change. By September o f 1929 she had assembled a High School Glee Club, and as e a r ly as &pril 18 o f 1930 had s ta r te d a High School O rchestra. In November of 1930, she d irected a High S ch ool o p e re tta c a lle d "GIPSY ROVER". Her o rch estra supplied tte accompanying music . In A p r i l o f 1931, she d ir e c t e d the S enior Class P la y e n t it le d _ The Blossom ing o f Mary Ann". Her o rch estra again accompanied. Four of the lea d in g characters In t t e p la y were Dave Howerton, Sam Smith, Eunice K ilp a t r ic k , and Micky Coifman. Ls o f November, 1931, Mrs. Rapp had organized a High School Band, which p aye school songs a t f o o t b a l l games.

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E ^ "le a V S S ie l^ ^ r sored by the South C e n tra l M issou ri Teachers A s L i groups won tw elve out o f tw e n ty -s ix events ojL Boys Glee Club, G ir ls G lee S u b S e e d S h o ^ s

Birds On The flin g " . .M argaret Mann G illia n -lllc in s

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The e ig h t g i r l s in tte o c te tte were th ese: ’ °* .E lean or Line .Mary Ann M i l l e r .Mary O’ M a lle y Norma Jean M o lle t t Zadie Hanby Genevieve W hites

0ne„ ^ Mrs* RaPP,s l a s t programs was a p resen ta tio n of the p la y "PURHLE T0W?5® ’ Z * 2* FaS SJVen1on De^ m b e r 8th, 1932. One hundred high school students p a rtic ip a te d , ^ r s . -Lapp s c r c te s tr a of 14 p iec es "added e x c e lle n t m u sic." The Rolla Herald of December 15, 1932, names a l l o f the 100 student p a rtic ip a n ts among whom was R obert L . Mann, son of present w r it e r s . In May of _1929, Miss M argaret Mann, accompanied by t e r s i s t e r Frances on the piano won f i r s t p la c e as a soprano s o lo is t in a D is t r i c t M u sical Contest at Parker H a ll. M iss M argaret had a b e a u t ifu l v o ic e , and c o l o r f u l l y sang that moving song by L eiu ra n ce - " By S in g in g W a ters". „ A Grade. S ch o p l_P la y> - In A p r il, 1923, fo u r R o lla p u b lic sch ool teach ers krs. L.E . ...vans, and th e M isses Sadie Donahoe, M ildred East, and Helen Underwood planned and d ir e c t e d a p u p il p la y f o r the grade sch ools. The p la y was c a lle d " C in d e r illa in Flow er Lan d ". The p r in c ip a l ch aracters were th ese: "The P rin c e ", Charles Tucker; "The P r in c e s s ", M ild red Coffman; "The B u t t e r f l i e s " , B enita Slaw son, Lena Man sb rid ge, H a llie Smith, H azel Sneed, Fannie M it c h e ll, C lara H artley, Marie M it c h e ll, E velyn Donahoe, M argaret Mann, and Marie F l e t t . I t was a ve ry successful e v e n t. S p e c ia l Dawn—Town Entertainm ents . - Four of these events were staged by tte Methodist Church. The f i r s t o f the fo u r events was a p la y in which the m is eries of the B i b l i c a l ch a ra c te r, JOB, were p o rtra y ed . The f i r s t o f two p resen tatio n s was on March 9, 1921. The crowd gathered was so great th a t standing room was at a premium. The second perform ance was given on March 11th. In th is p la y , tte p a s to r, Rev. Claude S. Hanby, in a most e x c e lle n t way impersonated the a f f l i c t e d ch a ra cter, JOB. Mrs. P.H. McGregor, w ith humor and compassion, rep resen ted Job’ s w i f e . Dr. J.W. B a rley most im p re s s iv e ly played " the v o ic e o f God" - and Pern Gordon, a School o f Mines student, dressed in tig h t red s u it w ith red t a i l t r a i l i n g , c e r t a in ly and e f f e c t i v e l y "p la yed the DEVIL". P rof. C.E.Evans ( R o lla ’ s sch o o l su perin ten den t) was tte "H erald " . . Mrs. E.W.Walker was the f i r s t " C r ie r " - M iss M ild red Hess the second " C r ie r " . Mr. E .J . Kock was "Eliphaz, the Tem anite" . . P r o f . Joe B. B u tle r was " B ildad , the Shumanite" . . Rev. E.M. Romine was " Zophar, the Naam athite" . . L ie u t . H .L. Peckham was "Elihue, the B u z it e " . Other ch a ra c te rs in clu ded Mrs. V.B. Hinsch, M rs. DeVere J o s lin , and tte M isses S t e l l a W estlake and E liz a b e th Durant. This p la y was an_outstanding event in R o l l a ’ s a ll- t im e en tertain m en t program. A second M eth od ist e v e n t was th e p la y e n t it le d "SKUNK HOLLOW. I t was compbsed by Dr. L . E. Woodman, and staged in October, 1926. This ^also was an outstanding performances — and was repeated a second and a th ir d time to crowded bouse. What made i t more humorous was the fa c t th a t the p r in c ip a l characters were the " s t a id " and le a d in g o f f i c e r s in tte church government - such as P r o f. Joe B. Butler, Henry C. Beckman, Mrs. E.W. W akler, Mrs. Jennie Case, Mrs. P.H. McGregor, and o th e rs . Those who_coute_not_lau£h_were_ w arned_not_to £cme.

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A t h ir d M eth od ist Event was t i t l e d " The C itv Rpanf i f ni n T+ ™ , , in Parker H a ll, on the M.S.M. o « u * . , in 1930. Say. and u l . Hi r v O s b o r n f^ r e the sponsors.^ M rs. T.B . Hinsch »a s tte d ir e c t o r . Her Sunday School c la s s o f high sch ool g i r l s sang m chorus, and walked down the a is le s w hile r in g in g small b ells such as p r o fe s s io n a l b e l l rin g e r s use in popular c o n c e rts . As tte S erS d ediuor sa id , the s p e cta c le was v e r y b e a u tifu l, and im p re s s iv e ". The fo u rth M eth o d ist event was at the E lkin s Chapel Church, in June, 1932. The Chapel members staged a pageant c a lle d " Candle L ig h t " . I t , k s o , was so popular th a t i t had a second o r repeated performance. Rev. D. E. N a ilin g was the P ? * ' h 3l d1Jr i g g s . ( ^ ? e In e z P^ k e r ) wrote a s p e c ia l poem f o r the event, which the R o lla H erald c a r r ie d m f u l l in i t s issu e of March 31, 1932. -.a. m o I Ur) f ng t ° 5 VB5lts °th e r fchan fch°se o f the Ivlethcdist church - as of December 18' ? ? 5 P* sT P °nsoi1sd by the Saturday Club, planned and d ire c te d a Christmas eo n c e rt a t ark er H a ll which was performed by a group of 250 school ch ildren. They sang a c o l l e c t i o n o f Christmas c a r o ls . This was a d if f e r e n t alsp_an outstanding; - event.. Hot to be l e f t out, the R o lla F ire Department, on February 19, 1930, staged a shcw^ c a lle d Here oome s A r a b e lla " . This, a ls o , was presented in Parker H a ll. In a d d itio n to th^ perform ers in the show proper, there was a G ir ls Chorus o f fo r ty members, most cf whom were from R o lla High School. The School c f Mires orchestra jo in e d in w ith ap p rop riate m usical s e le c tio n s . And f i n a l l y , fo r H o lla ’ s "Man of M u sic", in te rs e c tio n o f 8th and of the band members was Thomas C. Gale Edwin Long Ben C ulbertson Leo H ig le y John W.

down-town programs, the ROLLA BAND, d ire c te d by John W .S cott, gave a one-hour con cert on August 4, 1923, seated on the Pin e s t r e e t s - w ith access s tr e e ts c lo s e d . The r o l l c a ll as fo llo w s : Shwraian Tuc ke r Elmer Harmon Fred Teasdale Euge ne Ncr th e rn Joe S chu ltz William. Kahlbaum P r o f. J. Harper Rowe Carney S c o tt, D ir e c to r . . . •Del Johnson, D ire c to r,

DeVere J o s lin Luman Long Robert A lle n Lee M artin Newburg Band.

PROGRAMS AT THE SCHOOL OF MINES

P^TlSHAmS—At Sch.oo.l_of. Mines..- Student groups at the School cf Mines pres ented s e v e r a l ou tstan ding p la y s . A f i r s t one, given on September 23, 1921, was t it le d " F acin g The M u sic". I t , w ith other plays, was staged in Parker H a ll. In th is p la y , th e ch a ra cters were th e s e : J .P . Bryan - J. Pern Gordon - R.H. Knight J .F . Hosterman - Helen S to ver - Marian Fulton - and Dorothy Culbertson. A second p la y was " Seven Keys To Bald P a te ". This was given on February 14, 1923, and d ir e c te d by Pern Gordon and P r o f. H.H. Armsby. This was an outstanding event. There were y e t o th e r p la ys of th is gen eral nature, which we om it. Hwo o f s e v e r a l "community s in g s " were note^’v orthy. One, on J u ly 11, 1929, at Parker H a ll, was le d by Mrs. (D r .) Robert Sory, who was in R o lla fo r a v i s i t . This e v e n t was p r i n c i p a l l y p a r tic ip a te d in by students in the R o lla Summer School for Teachers - but in clu ded a ls o any in te r e s te d persons from "down-town". The program c o n s is te d o f the s in g in g o f " old songs we a l l know". . . . A second sing of the saire g e n e ra l nature was le d by P r o f. Goranson, who was the Summer S ch o o l's d ire c to r o f m usic. This occurred in June of 1929. ••• There were s e v e ra l other^ occasions o f the kind, when the Summer School students gathered on the lawn outside Parker H a ll and, among o th e r th in gs, presented young women students in sin gle and double q u a r te ts , and a ls o a number o f s o lo is t s , among which were Dr. and Mrs* Robert Sory. These even ts w ere so much worth w hile 1 A n otable mixed q u a rte t was composed o f Rev. and Mrs. Harry Hunter, Dr. and Mrs. Robert S ory. For t t e M.S.M. B accalaureate Program on May 30, 1926, th ey most b e a u t ifu lly sang that s e le c t io n , " The Lord Of Love My Shepherd I s . " They sang often, and elsewhere .

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On A p r i l 14, 1927, Madam Holman Hinshrl i Lucy ( H in c h c lif f e ) R iggan, appeared on the O f f i c i a l I ^ h o S ^ e f h<3r daughter’ ture program, a t Park er K a il. This » a s seyeral I T h „ „ hf 3 ° f , l.I:Lnes ge n era l l e c gave in H o lla o v e r a p erio d o f y e a r s . ' U° h concerts tn is ta le n te d la d y JMo s t o r y o f music at the School of , , , of V i r g i l W hitw orth. He was a r e a l master- n complete w ithout mention of popular songs which he played~on freq u en t o c c x t i ®JAKa® A: TJe b e a u t ifu l ren d ition s fo rgotten by those who heard him. In 1928 he k f t fc„ the ScJ? °o1 w i l l never be tour by the l& M m & m E X ZX Zm iZZZK Southwest Tn" " S ° ° " ed f o ^ an in te r - s t a t e concert accept th is assignm ent, he t e d l o L a t ^ r - s t a t e Orpbeum C ir c u it - and to troleum C o., o f Tulsa, ’ o S a h m a ! lu c r a tiv e p o s it io n with the Roxana Pe-

Bam, ? epenr S T e l ^ ah r fP n0 f t t e .3 ^ o o l o f Mines R.O.T.C. 1929, the band appeared in i t s "p re m iere" con cert°°n ° r g ^ l z Jfcion* AIn FebruaIT> Day Nov. 11 1929 i t 1eri t n \ Jrem i®re G°n cert m Parker H a ll. And on A rm istice . f f l „ „ o m* ~ l fc 1 d down-town band and cadet parade. The e d it o r ssid that M.S.M. can be proud o f t t e R .O .T.C . and i t s b a rd ". P1 P1 Fove^b e r o f 1929, Mrs. Verona ( Harry) Trowbridge organized a M S M Glee Club o f male students . 1'iith in th e Club there „a s a s ^ o i a l l S n J l m a l e ' quartet, and a ls o a double q u a rte t ( or o c t e t t e ) . The Club) in th a t month) »ave a Parker f e l l c o n c e rt, which Mrs. Trowbridgs d ir e c t e d . Two s p e c ia l m u sical S J d s t s were b r o u ^ t in t o p a r t ic ip a t e - Mr. C.G. Cosby, a b ariton e sin g e r, and L i l a Harrison Canter, p ia n is t . * , Two s p e c ia l con certs by o u t-o f-to w n groups were staged in Parker H a ll as numbers on th e S ch o o l o f Mines g e n e r a l lectu re program. The f i r s t was a perform ance by the womens Choral Club, o f Lindenwood C o lle g e , S t. Charles, M iss o u ri. With the club th e re was a s p e c ia l v i o l i n i s t , Miss Isad ore Gieselman. John Thomas was uhe d ir e c t o r . The e d it o r s a id , " This was a h ig h ly p lea sin g e v e n t". The second o u t-o f-to w n group was the "Russian Cossacks" - fo u rteen male singers. They were a l l n e a t ly dressed in Russian uniforms, and th e ir performance was e x c e lle n t . The date was March 24, 1932. Cull4isj3n_M^S_;_M._ G lee_C lu b .~ The crowning m usical event by students o f the o ch o o l o f M ines, as such, du rin g the 1920’ s — and p o s s ib ly fo r a l l tin e — was the performance o f the C u llis o n G lee Club. This was organ ized and d ir e c te d by Hrof. James C u llis o n , an in s t r u c t o r in the S c h o o l’ s department o f G eology. I t performed du rin g th ree sch o ol years - 1930-31...1931-32 . . and 1932-33. At i t s crest o f perform ance, Dr. Eugene Stephenson, a ls o a g e o lo gy p ro fe s s o r, was i t s p ia n ist and accom panist. A t o th e r tim es two students, T. Dresser and S.M. M olloy, served as accom panists. For the 1931-32 ye a r, these were tte Club o f f i c e r s : D ir e c to r , P r o f. J .S . C u llis o n .. .P r e s id e n t , S.M. M o llo y . . . Vice P resid en t, W.S. Schamel ...B u sin ess Manager and T rea su rer, R .L . Braautigam . . . S e c re ta ry and L ib ra ria n , P.G. Steen. A combined l i s t o f t t e members f o r the years 1930-31 and 1931-32 i s t h is : .Smith, S .S . .M olloy, S.M. Achuff, C.E. Cowan, J.D. Steen, G.P. Montgomery, Asher, V .L . Dake, L .F . Stone, R .L . Proskine, A.G. Bates, W.E. D anforth , W. T a y lo r, R.E. Rhoades, R.P. Bennett, A .R . G i l l e s p i e , H .P. Tieman, M.G. Royer, T.W. B o ll, L .P . H oevel, K. Twyman, W.G. Schamel, W.S. Book, T.W. Jenkins, E.R. S ch leen voigh t, F. . Warren, Braeutigam, R .L . Kew, C.E. W eigel, R.C. Schwartz, A.S. Brooks, McClure, E.W. Simmons, R.W. Bennett, H.T. Bury, C .L. M ertz, E.R. Blenkinsop, T. Dr e s s e r, ac£ompanist M ile s , (AJ or JC)

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This n ota b le G lee Club save a nnrmhy. , . _ , 1932 - and i t s fa r e w e ll c o n c e rt there on March 23S ri 933 Hai X on March 3, so good and so popu lar and e x c e lle n t th at tte Club T performances were wide tour - which i t d id . As a f i n a l t s t u r e the Pi h f ^ a S ta te"

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program fo r i t s 1933 co n cert: THE SCHOOL OF MINES AND METALLURGY GLEE CLUB CONCERT March 23, 1933. Mr. James S. C u llis o n , D ir e c to r Mr, Thorpe D resser, Accompanist I r o f . Mugene A. Stephenson, Accompanist Mr. W illia m Kehr, V i o l i n i s t . P ROGR A M The V ic t o r ( S a n d erso n -S a lter ) ......................... Glee Club The Temple B e l ls ( F in d e n -S a lte r ) ........ Gle e Club P ris o n e r o f the Caucasus ( Russian Folk Song) Glee Club Where My Caravan Has Rested . (.L © h r )............T. Glee Club Tenor 3 olo_s : I Cannot H elp L 0v in g Thee ( Johns) .................. Asra C Rubenstein ) ............................................... Dawn ( Curran ) .......................................................

) ) Mr. C u lliso n )

Sea Songs : The Sea G u lls ( P roth ero e ) ....................................................................Glee Club A Vagabond Of The Sea ( B a r k e r-S a lte r ) ............................................ Glee Club V io lin _ S o lo s : Spanish Dance ( G ra n a d o s -K reis ler ) ........................................................ ir.-'E eh r From the Canebrake, Opus 5 , No. 1 (.G ardner ) ..................... . Mr. kehr Bedouin Song ( Rogers )

............................................................................Glee Club

Piano Solos_: A lt-W ie n , No. 11 ( Godowsky ) .............................................................. Mr .D resser Romance, Opus 24, No. 9 ( S ib e liu s ) ................................................ M r.D resser Songs From P in a fo r e

( S u lliv a n ) .......................................................... Glee Club

Song O f The M arching Men ( P ro th ero e ) .............................................. G lee Club I Passed By Your Window ( Brahe-Lucas ) .............................................G lee Club At t t e c lo s e o f tte s e v e r a l numbers - and a t tte con clu sion of the Concert, the h ig h ly a p p r e c ia tiv e audience c a lle d fo r encores - which the Club generously g a v e " - and a t the con clu sion the applajise was most resounding, as Present w r it e r s can c o rr o b e ra te , having been in attendance.

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ROLLA C a ™ iT IM J S IC _ C L U B .- On the 11 v-,__J7»__ ' ence, esx /c■»e*lle n c e of perform ances, T“. h igh q u a lit y pro^ra cted Period o f e x is t belonging, and g e n e ra l u s e & ln e s s a 4 i n t e r s ? to S f o o T ° f Sin^ rs m l »S IC aU B was the top aost musi = a l p e r ^ g Tile fo rm a tio n o f such a club — to innlnriQ <=•? , . drawn from a i l of R o lla * s clubs and churches, and o th e ™ Is e ° - w S T t t e f i d ° r o f

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_ An ad hoc committee c o n s is tin g of Dr. Mann, Mrs. L o v e tt, and the Mesdames Fred Teasdale and H arry W itt arranged fo r a f i r s t meeting to te h eld at tte h ^ e oi Mr. and M rs. ir e d Teasdale, a t 1005 Elm s t r e e t , on November 25 1929. Tte sixteen sin gers then p resen t - d esign ated as the Club’ s 11FOUNDERS", were th ese: Mes_dame_s: .Mesdamg_s: Mes_dames2_ M essrs: I.H . L 0v e t t R.E. M cKinley Harry W itt C la ir V. Mann H.G.S. Anderson W.L. Medford E.D. W illiam s Thomas C. Gale B.P. Lew is L lo yd Ramsey Miss P h y llis Hackmann R.M. Rankin C lair V. Mann Fred Teasdale Mr. Fred Teasdale Fred W. Smith. The business conducted a t th is f i r s t meeting con sisted , f i r s t , in the adopuion 01 a oluo C o n s titu tio n , which Dr. Mann had prepared. This provided f o r the choice o f Club o f f i c e r s - which were then e le c te d , as fo llo w s : P resid en t, D r. C la ir V. Mann D ire c to r, Mrs. I.H . L o vett Vice P r e s ., Mrs. H .G .S. Anderson Accompanist, Mrs. R.E. M cKinley S ectera ry, Mrs. H arry W itt L ib ra ria n , Miss P h y llis Hackman Treasurer, M r. Fred Teasdale Band M aster, Mr. John W. S c o tt. The Club C o n s titu tio n had provided fo r TWO DIVISIONS - the "V ocal" and tte "Instrum ental" The V ocal s e c tio n was put in to immediate e f f e c t , and survived u n til January, 1947* The In stru m en tal was never a c tiv a te d . The PURPOSES o f t t e Club were th ese: ( l ) To promote good music in R o lla ; (2) To encourage development of community in te r e s t in the cause of good music; and (3) To encourage tte development o f m usical education in R o lla . While the Club existed, 1929 to 1947 , these g o a ls were s u b s ta n tia lly ach ieved. As f o r t t e Programs and Concerts ^ivhich the Club staged through these years, there i s h e re to appended a l i s t i n g of a l l o f these through t t e years 1929 to 1947 . This w i l l s u f f i c i e n t l y care fo r a presen t d e s c rip tio n of the Club’ s a c t i v i t i e s . BUT - FURTHERMORE - A VOLUME. OF SOUS 300 PAGES, WHICH INCLUDES DETAILED DESCRIP TIONS OF THE CLUB’ S PROGRAMS AND CONCERTS, HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY BOUND AND PLACED ON PERMANENT FILE IN THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT ROLLA. By the end o f tte Club year 1929-1930 ( the year running id e n t i c a l l y with Holla’ s academic sch ool ye a r, September o f one year to June o f the next ) , the Club membership had in crea sed from tte i n i t i a l sixteen to t h i r t y —two. The fo llo w in g is a l i s t o f memberships at the end o f the 1929-1930 year, showing parts sung: BASSES_______ SOPRANOS . S0PS.& ALTOS . , TENORS___________• Wm. Hicklan Ary Mes_srsj_ Hesdarnes: D exter B. F o llo w ill M iles H. Gagg H.G.S. Anderson(Mary ) Mis s e s : R o lfe M. Rankin Ben. F. Culbertson V. B. B olton ( Mary ) P h y llis Hackman John W. S cott Thomas C. Gale W. L.M edford (H elen ) Mayme Koch Fred W. Smith Frank C. Farnham ALTOS: Mesdames_ Munson (I r e n e ) Fred Teasdale C la ir V. Mann Lloyd Rams e y (Mar ie ) D .B .F o llo w ill(K a te ) Lloyd W. Ramsey M. In gerson ( S t e l l a ) Wes Smith ( L i l l i a n ) A. Kinney ( N e l l )Rev. Paul W. S tr e u fe r t P- S tr e u fe r t(P a u lin e ) N . E.D. W illia m s (A lth e a ) B .P . Lewis (Ruth) C.V.Mann (B o n ita ) Harry W itt (M a rie ) A . S . McFar land ( N e ll ie ) J.H.Underwood(Kate)

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xo q u ic k ly sura, up t t e r e s t of 1 thf= ninKio „ __ the f i r s t s ix ye a rs ( 1929-30 through 1931 - 193 *; ) t h e ^ l ^ S&y th&t throUgh staged th re e r a d io broadcasts * o n e o v f r w S in Ct\Ve* Ifc KMOX in S t . L o u is . In R o lla , i t presen ted f i l m J e ffe rs o n c it y , two over merous m u sicales o f le s s ch a ra c te r in clu d in g n an v^ h ?a f bata concer t s , and nuon the S ch o o l c f Mines ge n era l le c tu r e anH 7 Christmas co n certs, and numbers 8 IK Id L -Lecture and commencement programs. p f f j l 1? w th e 5;e gu la r Monday evening re h ea rsa ls were tak in g time and e f x o i t th a t th e male members needed f o r evening d u tie s at tho q.hnni nf m or elsew h ere, th e men d iscon tin u ed both re h ea rsa ls “mid club s in g in g . S u s Womens Chorus continued to s in g fo r the Club u n t il the 1938-39 1 J * h® a few of the men again r e jo in e d in th e program. Thus r e in fo rc e d , the C lS , continued w ito concerts through the 1910-41 y e a r. Club records do not in d ic a te th at fu rth e r concerts v^ re h eld a f t e r th a t, p rob a b ly were - but the Club o rg a n iza tio n continued m ta c t up o tte 1946 47 y e a r, when a l a s t m eeting was staged on January 21, 1947. Both on t h is occasion , and on a form er one on January 22 , 1946, the Club was e n te rta in e d at a s ix o ’ c lo c k din n er by Luise ( Mrs. Fred W.J Smith - w ife o f the Club o h ig h ly b e lo v e d bass s in g e r , who was deceased. These dinners were in memory o.L Mr. Smith. Th is la s t m eeting, fo llo w in g the dinner, was turned in t o a song fe s t d u rin g which s e v e r a l o r ig in a l songs w r itte n by Dr. Mann were sung. A f i n a l and la s t e l e c t i o n w as-held in which the fo llo w in g o ff i c e r s were e le c t e d : P re s id e n t, Dr. C.V.Mann D ir e c to r , Mrs. I .H . L o v e tt S e c re ta r y -T r e a s u re r , Mrs. G ertrude H o llid a y Business Manager, P r o f. I.H . L o v e t t . A ft e r composing a r e s o lu t io n askin g the R o lla C ity Council to o f f i c i a l l y adopt Dr, Mann’ s "SONG OF ROLLA" as the tow n’ s o f f i c i a l song ( which i t did ) , the Club adjourned. Th is had been i t s l a s t and f i n a l m eeting. In the Club Book, assembled and bound, and f i l e d in the L ib r a r y o f the U n iversity o f M is s o u ri a t R o lla , the Club membership i s g iv e n fo r each Club y e a r. The fo llo w in g t a b le combines the membership r o l l s fo r a l l the years, 1929 to 1947’ S O P R A N O S .

Me s dames

I . H. LOVETT,Dir. H.G.S. Anderson Geo. B a rn w ell C.H. B lack _*_• Boggs V.B. B o lton Joe B. B u tle r A.L. Cairns Rowe E. Carney L .L . Cla r id g e Lou C lark Pern C r u ll K.O. Duncan Chas. B. E l l i o t t Noel Hubbard

Mesdames

C.W. Huckins H .P . Hunter O liv e r Lam biel R oberta Rowe .......... J u liu s M a rlin g Robert McCaw Arthur McFarland N e l l i e McFarland S.C . McMeekin A.W. McWhorter W .L. Medford Iren e Munson W .L. N ich olson F. C. N ie m ille r

Mesdames Arthur R. P ow ell L l oyd ¥/. Rams e y V ir g in ia Renick E.R.Leeson Robert Sands Wes Smith Paul S tr e u fe r t Sherman Tucker J.M. Van Kleek B.H. Vaughn E.D. W illiam s John ?/ilson Paul W in ter Harry W itt

Mi s se s Crete B a r t le t t Katherine B. B olton L i l l i a n Capfer Eleanor Glenn Gertrude Greimke Zelma Gum P h y llis Hackman Kathryn Hume Mary Keeney Mayme Koch Mary M. Korfhage M a rjo rie Lewis Irene McHenry Katherine Parker B e a tric e Van K lee t

A L T O S Mesdames Bertha C lark B*A. C o llin s Warwick D o ll Ray F. D u ll D.B. F o l l o w i l l Ivan F u lle r B.P. G a b rie l Leo W. H ig le y .

____ Mesdames________ G. E . H ite Gertrude H o llid a y A . N. Horine S t e l l a In gerson N o e l Kinney C.M. Knapp B. P. Lew is

Mesdame s_____ C la ir V. Mann R.E. M cKinley Gladys P o rte r C.E. R ice G.H. Steinmesch J.H. Underwood Jack W ilson

Misses________ Maxine P a u ls e ll D o llie Roach V ir g in ia Schultz Janet Steinmesch Mary Ruth W ilson E lle n Woodman (Mrs W .D oll)

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1 £ !l 5 1 § ( M essrs) . Warwick D o ll .M o rris Guggenheim. P r o f. F .C . Farnham L e s te r hapgood J-homas G. Gale Argo Horrom P ercy G i l l Dr. C la ir V. Mann B A S S E S

W illia m H. A ry P r o f. D .P. Barnes W.T. Book R,W. Borchera Ray F • D u ll

•Rev. H.P. Hunter Lloyd W. Ramsey Rev. Paul S tr e u fe r t H. D. Thomas

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i**au l xHague ‘ P r o f. B .P. Lewis D exter B. F o l l o w i l l E.W. McClure Leo W. H ig le y GEORGE. MUELLER* tra n k Houk Eugene E. Northern N o el Hubbard P r o f. R.M. Rankin

’ John W. S cott Fred W. Smith G.H. Steinmesch Fred Teasdale

MEMBERS WHOSE PARTS SUNGJIESE NOT RECORDED The M isses Ivohn Roach Dorothy Gonstantz

______Mesdame s George Castle man Kendrick _ • _ • Kingsbury Murphy Lanning

_____ Mesdames W.M. L i t t l e f i e l d F.H. Longw ell H.T. M arshall C.R. McAdams

_____ Mr._____ W. P . Dunlap

J4EMBEESJ/^'fflO_HAD_SPECIML_A3SIGpEN T3

Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs.

Ruth ( R .E .) M cK inley Ted Schweer L i l l i a n ( G eo .) B arn w ell (nee A lle n ) O liv e ( John ) M o rris (nee S c o t t ) V i o lin i s t s ________

Mrs. Leo W. H ig le y M rs. Sherman Tucker Mr. She m an Tucker Mr. A. D o sta l

Mrs. W. H. Tandy Mrs. Don Farquharson Miss Mabel Swensen Dr. Leon E. Woodman

_____ S o lo is t s (V o ca l) Rev. H .P. Hunter M iss Mary Maxine Korfhags P r o f. F.C. Farnham. Mrs . Ire n e Munson

Readers______________ Mrs. Ivan F u lle r (Wilma) Mrs. C.W. Huckins Mrs. Noel Hubbard

Busine£S_Manager . . P r o f. I s r a e l H. L o v e tt S p e c ia l G u ests:

The M es srs.: Ivan F u lle r .. Maurice Suhre . . Paul W inters

To conclude t h is sketch cf the R o lla Community Music Club, there now fo llo w s a l i s t i n g of the e n t ir e s e r ie s of programs g iv e n . • •« • IN AIL, A TOTAL OF SOME 150 PERSONS PARTICIPATED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ROLLA COMMUNITY MUSIC CLUB.

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ACTIVITIES OF THE ROLLA COM,UNITY MUSIC CLUB. 10 thNovember, 1929 To January 21,1947 A. I n i t i a l Club M eetin g, November 25, 1929. C o n stitu tion Adopted- O ffic e r s E le c te d . B. The Club C o n s titu tio n as adopted. P929-19 30 THE CLUB_PRCGRAM3

1 . In e a r ly 2. Dec. 22, 3 . Apr. 10, 4 . May 14, 5 . May 18, 6 . May 30, 7 . Oct. 23, 1221 — 8 . Jan. 2 , 9 . Apr. 16,

0ecem.ber, 1929. F i r s t public Concert fo r R o lla E astern S ta r. 1929 . . Christmas C a rol S e rv ic e a t Parker H a ll, M.S.M. Campus. 1930 . . CANTATA: OLD PLANTATION DAIS. Parker H a ll, M.S.M. Campus 1930 . C lu b's F ir s t BROADCAST, Radio S ta tio n WOS, J e ffe rs o n City,M o. 1930 . Numbers On M.S.M. Baccalaureate Pregram, Parker H a ll. 1930 . Numbers fo r D ecoration Day S e rv ic e s , R o lla Cem. & St.James Home. 1930 . Evening of Song fa r So. Mo. C en tral Teachers Assn., Parker H a ll.

1931 . Christmas C arol Concert, R o lla M ethodist Church. 1931 . CANTATA: The Man W ithout A Country. Parker H a ll, M.S.M. Campus. 10. Dec. 20, 1931 . Christmas Hymns Concert, F ir s t C h ris tia n Church. 1932 „ _ 1 1 . Jan. 30, 1932 . FIRST BROADCAST ON RADIO STA. K-M-O-X. S t.Lou is (Two P erio d ) 12 . Apr. 7, 1932 . CANTATA: E r l K in g 's Daughter. Parker H a ll. 13. Dec. 15, 1932 . Program of Christmas Music. Gen. L e c t. Program, M.S.M. 1 9 3 ,3 . CANTATA: Out Where The West Begins & I Hear America S in g in g . 14. Mar. 30, 1933 . CLUB'S SECOND K-M-O-X BROADCAST, S t. L o u is . 15. Apr. 8 , 1933 , „ Club P a r ty a t home of Mr. and Mrs . Noel Hubbard lc . May 2, 1933 . Program o f Christmas Music. (H a lle lu ja h Chorus, e t c . ) P a rk .H a ll. 17. 'D ec. 14, 1933 i 2 L_2Lik PROGRAM OF RUSSIAN MUSIC. M.S.M. G en .Lect. Program. P a rk .H a ll. 18. Apr. 18, 1934 4:15 Vesper S e r v ic e , Methodist Church, R o lla . 19. Dec. 16, 1934 1 9 3. .5. S p e c ia l Evening Concert, R olla M ethodist church 20. Mar. 24, 1935 Joinfe Concert, Music Club with R o lla High School Chorus 21. May 9, 1935 19 3 6 Club S ings Numbers on M.S.M. Baccalaureate Program 22. May 24, 1936 Christmas Vesper S e rv ic e , R o lla M ethodist Church. 23. Dec. 6, 1936 .1 E astern S ta r presents Music Club in S p e c ia l Concert 24. A p r il, 1937 M usicale f o r b e n e fit of R olla H o s p ita l. H o te l Edwin Long. 25. Apr. 19, 1937 26 . A p r . 2 2 , 1937 0 . Club Concert, S t. James M ethodist Church. Club Mixed O c te tte sings fo r M.S.M. Baccalaureate 2 7 . May 23, 1937 . . -1_8 B e n e fit M u sicale, C ollege Inn Room, H o te l Edwin Long. 28. March 7, 1938 . . B e n e fit Concert, E lk in s Chapel M ethodist Cnurch, R ol_a. 29. A p r . 20 , 1938 . . n n h rhr.tr> stops fo r M.S.M. B accalaureate program 30. May 22 , 1938 . . £ £ s t a a s Pro“ S m f M l . M ethodist Church (D r. Mann-s son g,. 31. Dec. 4, 1938 0 . 1 ^ ._ L ! E astern S ta r Program at H o lla M eth odist Church. 32. A p r . 19, 19.39 . . d - E u ise" ) Gives Club Dinner, Pennant Tavern 1^. 4 6 Mr s . Fred Sm ith,/hostess, 33. Jan. 22, 1946 . . 121J l j L M rs. Fred Smith E n terta in s Club, E piscopal Parish House,Holla. 34. Jan. 21, 1947 . . This was the l a s t Club m eeting.

L i JL2 AN APPRAISAL OF ROLLA 35. » • • • 0 0 • •,.1 9 3 3 ... to jo in M issou ri Federation of Music clubs. rnu? mm

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ENTERTAINMENT OTHER THAN MUSIC ^ |he T h e a tr e .- E a r ly in the 192 0's, Mr. Fred W. Smith, partn er in the Harvey and Smith drug s t o r e , i n i t i a t e d moving p ic tu re s in h is "R o lla T h ea tre". This was located in the Dave Cowan b r ic k s to re b u ild in g which occupies the n orth h a lf o f the b lo ck between 8th and 9th s t r e e t s , on west side of P in e. The Theatre was near the middle o f t h is b u ild in g . Up to the y e a r 1929, the m ovies were o f the " s i l e n t " o rd er. Talkin g movies did not operate in R o lla u n t i l November of 1929. In the meantime, here in R o lla , as elsew h ere, such music as was used in connection with the " s i l e n t " movies was played by a l o c a l p ia n is t , who p resid ed at a piano near the screen — watched, and played numbers a p p ro p ria te f o r the show. For a time, Miss Frances Mann was such a p ia n is t a t the R o lla Th ea tre. We can p resen t an adequate p ictu re o f the performances g iv en at th is R o lla Theatre by naming some cf tte a cto rs and a ctres ses in v o lr e d . Thus, during Novem ber, 1924, G lo r ia Swanson, Mary A s te r, Constance Talmadge, Richard Dix, and the h ila rio u s comedian, C harles Ray, held the sta ge. In O ctober, 1925, the T h e a te r's name was changpd to "L y r ic T h ea tre". Tte "Paramount" s e r ie s of p ictu re s was brought in , w ith Norma Talmadge and Rudolph Valen tin o. One o f t t e p r in c ip a l shows was "Tte Ten Commandments". Kenneth Gray now managed the L y r ic , and in August, 1925, became the owner. In January o f 1926, two e x c e lle n t shows were th ese: "Keeper of the Bees", by Gene S tr a t t o n iP o r t e r , and "The R ecrea tion Of Brian Kent", by Harold B e ll W right. Actors who p a r t ic ip a t e d in oth er shows were L io n e l Barrymore, Mary P ick fo rd , Norma S h earer, G reta N issen , Rudolph V a len tin o, and Douglas Fairbanks, S r. L a te r, in June, th ese were jo in e d by Jack H o lt, B i l l i e Dove, Noah B erry, and Thomas Meighan. In Septem ber, 1926, Kenneth Gray purchased the old A lb e r t E. Koch house which stood on the n orth sid e o f 8 th s t r e e t , raidway between Pine and R o lla s tre e ts ,^ and la id plans f o r a new b u ild in g t o be c a lle d "The Rollamo T h ea tre". But the b u ild in g was delayed u n t i l 1 9 3 1 In March o f 1928, the shows fea tu red Douglas Fairbanks, Tom Mix, Pola N egri, and A1 J o ls o n . In June o f 1928, Kenneth Gray sold the L y r ic Theatre to L .L .L e w is , of Lebanon. S t i l l in the L y r ic , which Mr. Lewis operated, the shows Oi February, 1929, were by John G ilb e r t , Joan Crawford, Jane Gaynor, Fran cis Bushman, and others "Ben Hur" was among the b e t t e r shows brought in . I t was in November o f 1929 th a t Mr. Lewis, in h is " L y r ic " Theatre, f i r s t trie d then in s t a lle d " t a l k i e " movies in R o lla . In 1930, the movie sta rs included Marie P ro v o s t, L a u re l and Hardy, and Douglas Fairbanks J r. And to clo se th is "sample l i s t " o f shows g iv en in R o lla , the docket io r May o f 1932 brought u D ressier, incom parable ccmedian, in "Emma" - Barbara Stanwyck in "Forbidden and Joan Crawford in " L e t t y Lyndon". These la s t th ree shows were in the new "Rollamo T h e a tre ", which had now been completed, anu f i r s t openea in Jun 93 ^ I t was on the north sid e cf 8 th s t r e e t , midway between Pme and R o lla s tre e ts 1970 the home o f th e R o lla State Bank. The R o lla Chautauqua^ And The Darr-Gray Shows.- During the nine and t e e n s ," R o lla * s Chautauqua programs ^

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he 1921 program ‘ 'T 1 ^ in clu d in g these th re e , there were twelve such r i S r S ° t he i L l T r o g r S . T h is s h « r fn f r o * September 3 to 7. Season tic k e ts

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The troupe in clu ded tw e n ty -fiv e p eo p le. T t e ir program orch estra, and a number o f v a u d e v ille p la ys.

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of en tertainm en t f o r L i l a . They t L e d ^ t e i ^ f G°mpany took over th is type May, o f in June or J u ly . They w t S T a t e ! Performances e it h e r in tte month o f of the U.S. P ost O ffic e ( as i t e x is t e d L 1925-^0 ^ £5® ^ neXt easfc ofh in 19 lo v70 o tv,D '> a t U thet i l n of 9th and ana P , iin n ee s s tt rr e ee e tt s s -- in the s -i t e o5f 7, the ■*M unicipal i torth i e s east o f f i ccorner es Tht troupe ferrcrm ed on a tem porary stage b u ilt a t t t e north end of the ton ?! . , ^hese shots were o f good q u a lit y , and proved to be v e r y popu lar. P o lic e c h ie f Howe o r t had q u ite a tim e In p reven tin g School o f Mines students from creep i„ g in under th e t e n t 's canvas s id e n a ils , w ithout paying admissions r™ ^ G R E A T D E P H E S l S T h f teC ray show o f 1929 i s the la s t o f which we have record . The GRejAI DEPKhoSION had sneaked in from around the corner i ■ P i § ° ^ y- Ff ^ s *“ . The t r a d i t i o n a l Phelps County F a irs - which had been in it ia t e d by the old A g r ic u lt u r a l and Mechanical S o c ie ty of I 869 - went through recu rrin g p e rio d s o f p r o s p e r ity , then o f depression and fin a n c ia l f a i l u r e . For a time, th ey were dropped in R o lla and taken over by S t. James. They fre q u e n tly fa ile d t o make any f in a n c ia l p r o f i t , and as a r e s u lt f i n a l l y the f a i r rround pro perty went in t o p r iv a te hands. As o f January, 1921, the o f f i c e r s were th ese: Dr. Wm. H. Breuer, p resid en t Mr. -i.J. Koch, v ic e p re s id e n t - M.O. M artin, trea su rer - and J .A . Morse, s e c re ta ry . They re p o rte o r e c e ip t s on that date t o be #3,508.06 — disbursements gj2,716.27 — and balance #791.79. Aided by Mr. W.A. Hook, County A g r ic u ltu r a l Agent, th is group conducted a county f a i r on the old premises during September, °19 2 1 . In August, 1922, another f a i r was staged. A s p e c ia l fea tu re was the perform ance by the 'G reat P a tterso n Shows" - a circu s re q u irin g a tw enty-car tr a in to tran sport i t s b elo n g in g s and person n el. The f a i r o f August, 1923, fe a tu re d the M cC lellan Shows. There was a lso the usual program o f horse ra c in g , f o o t races, band concerts, speeches, stock e x h ib its , and c o lle c t io n s o f a l l so rts o f g ra in , f r u i t s , canned f r u i t s and j e l l i e s , k n itte d and sewn h a n d ic r a ft work, and so on - the usual run of county f a i r e x h ib it s . These e x h ib it s were arranged in the old four-square wood frame E x h ib it B u ild in g. This had a c e n t r a l room some 24 f e e t square. Extending out to north, south, east and w est were fou r e x te n s io n s , each measuring some 24x24 f e e t . Tte b u ild in g thus had a f l o o r plan shaped l i k e a Greek cross. S im ila r f a i r s were held in August and/or September o f the years from 1924 through 1928. In February o f 1926 , a group o f t h i r t y R o lla business men took over the F a ir Ground Prem ises, fc r which th ey paid h?6, 000. This t i t l e e v e n tu a lly went to th e R o lla Chamber of Commerce, and then to the R o lla Park Board. •

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Town_SDorts_o- During tte 1920*s, b a s e b a ll continued to be o f prime in te r e s t to R o lla * s sportsmen. The town had an e x c e lle n t b a seb a ll team, and played against opposing teams in the towns o f S t . James, Newburg, S u lliv a n , Japan, Bourbon, Salem, S t. C la ir , S t e e l v i l l e , Raym ond.ville, and elsew h ere. _ R o lla had enough players so that two R o lla teams could perform at tte county f a i r s . ^ In 1921, Mr. MLaude Harvey was R o lla * s "b a s e b a ll k in g ", or g e n e r a l manager, arran gin g the s e r ie s to be played. In 1929, the R o lla team had won 5 out of 6 games, which gave the team a percentage of .833. F o o t b a ll a t the S ch ool o f Mines claimed the in t e r e s t of students, alurnna and a g o o d ly number o f H o lla 's c i t i z e n s . Through toe years fro m 1893, a s p e c ia l opponent o f tte S ch o o l of Mines teams was th a t of Drury c o lle g e , o p r in g fi J t a b le r e Is ased by the R o lla H erald on November 10 1921, s t a i n e d toe scores made in a l l the D rury games, 1893 to 1921. Out o f 25 Simes, Eo^ "°? in one, l o s t in 13, which Drury won. H o lla 's w orst d e fe a t was ^ » D rury's w o rst re c o rd was 69 to 0 - the score in 1900 and 1914. T o ta l score points were th e s e : R o lla , 398 — Drury 258.

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I ox* a lxm xted numoer o f R o lla SDOff^mpn ■ciTQUTT\Tr< fish in g p a r t ie s were made up o f m ixtu res o f 3oh 01 o f '7\Was sp o rt. Many townsmen. We have elsew here d es crib e d the a c t i v i t i e s n ^ th fa cu ~t y m®^bers and in itia te d do. J u ly 1?, 1924, by a group S c l u S n ^ D T W n b saacTWf ton Club, Scott, and the M essrs. Fred W. Smith M^O M ^ H n r l k B a r le y » . Jobn B. others o f a twenty-member group. ’ ° * M* W*T * Denison> wbbh ooa i hr S Phe^ m e n a l. cft c h e s are w orthy o f in c lu s io n h ere. I t was on J u ly 5 1923, that a p a r ty consxstxng of Rowe F o rt, B ert F o rt, Frank S c o tt, and Charles loung hauled xn th e x r Gasconade r i y e r set lin e - and found a 50 poind c a t f S h on. lfc* A1? ’ Jul y 1923, young Vernie Sands, fo u rteen years cf age P? Ql ?? Gaines Bord ( Nagogami Lodge) on the Gasconade,’ landed a 43 pound_c a tfx s h . F in a lly , on J u ly 30, 1931, John Fleishman, accompanied by two companxons and fxshxng near the John Turner r e s o r t on the Gasconade pu lled out a 65 pounder. ’ D r. C.V.Mann, w h ile fis h in g in the Maramec R iv e r near S u lliv a n , accompanied by his daughter x ranee and her husband, saw a la rg e c a t fis h swimming on the sur— face. The p a rty , sk ip p in g the boat ju s t below the fis h , grabbed i t by the g i l l s and l i f t e d i t in t o th e b o a t. I t had a snapping t u r t le in i t s jaws which it ° c o u ld n eith er swallow or shake lo o s e . I t measured 31 inches in len gth , and weighed 21 pounds. S h o r tly a fterw a rd , the son -in -la w captured an 80 pound c a t fis h near the same spot. SOME TRANSPORTATION ITEMS Ihe_ Be p i nn in gs _0 f Bup Ser_vice_ Xn._Rplja._j_- A sh ort time p r io r to February 20, 1930, an advance agen t f o r the Pickw ick Bus Company a rr iv e d in R o lla to gather r e l e vant data f o r the plan n in g o f n a tio n a l bus s e r v ic e on Highway 66 . He was r e fe r r e d to Dr. C.V.Mann, who assembled the d esired in form a tion . This in clu ded, among other things, the t o t a l s t r e e t m ileage w ith in R o lla - i t s popu lation and other item s. By February, 1930, P ick w ick buses were o p era tin g in and through R o lla . And thus began a g r e a t c o n f l i c t between bus tra n s p o rta tio n and passenger s e r v ic e on the Frisco r a ilr o a d . As th is i s w r it t e n , in 1970, bus tra n sp o rt, added to p riv a te auto use, have c o m p le te ly crowded out a l l F ris c o passenger s e r v ic e . The, F r is p o _ R a ilro a d Hap Other, Problem s.- Aside from a l l o f i t s gen era l fin z n c ia l and o r g a n iz a t io n a l problems, there were s e v e ra l o f le s s importance - but of high i n t e r e s t to R o lla - th at c a lle d fo r s o lu tio n . Something had to be done about the s te e p grades at D univin Crossing, three m iles ea st o f R o lla , and a ls o those between R o lla and Newburg, and on up the Dixon H i l l . There was need fo r fa ster and b e t t e r lo c o m o tiv e s . There was need f o r a new R o lla dep ot. L e t 's have a quick lo o k a t th ese problem s. F i r s t , th e gra d es. On many an occasion, o fte n o f la t e n ig h t or midnight hours, p resen t w r i t e r s lis t e n e d as east-bound F ris c o f r e i g h t tr a in s t r ie d to p u ll into R o lla from t t e w est, o f f o f t t e f l a t "L Ive sa y S tr a ig h t" tra ck , or through the curved Coleman Cut. W ith two steam engines p u ffin g - one a t tne head, ohe other pushing at the re a r - the t r a in would s t a l l , stop, then w a it fo r the engines to build up h ig h e r steam pressu re. The bead engine wouM w h is tle "Come On", and s t a r t . The r e a r en gin e would s t a r t , then stop w ith wheels spinning. Again a s t a l l . The solu tion was t o cut the t r a in in two and l e t the head engxne p u ll xnto R o lla such part as i t couM handle. This would be sidetracked^ and the head " ° ^ then return and h elp th e "pusher" b rin g in the r e s t . Tte assembled traxn would tnen try the D univin C rossin g h i l l . track

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fla t ground, to g e th e r w ith fr o T tte ^ a s c o ^ d e ar i v e ^ a t 1A rlin g to n ^ e lh m te a te r th e^ steep ^ ix on H i l l grade 0^ fin d in g new lin e fro n the Gasconade r iv e r up xts north bank to the top ox Dxxon nx

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Surveys were^made o f th ese s e v e r a l r e lo c a t io n s , and co st fig u r e s were made. A second s o lu tio n was uo le a v e the tra c k as alrea d y b u i l t , but change to D ie s e l operated lo c o m o tiv e s . The second plan was e v e n tu a lly adopted, but not u n t il 1945. However, i t was b ein g s e r io u s ly considered as e a r ly as March of 1930. In the in te rim , p a r t i c u l a r l y f o r passenger s e r v ic e - but a ls o f o r f r e ig h t use - s e v e r a l steam engine typ es were t r ie d out in order t o produce f a s t e r speed and more economic o p e ra tio n , t o r such purposes, the 1500 type o f steam passenger locom otive was d e v e lo p e d . This type had a p i l o t truck of fo u r w heels - s ix main drive w heels - and a tw o-w heel t r a i l e r tru ck f i t t e d w ith steam power. I t was the best passen ger en gin e e v e r on the F r is c o tra ck s . Another plan in v o lv e d re b u ild in g Frisco en gin es to produce the 1040 ty p e . This had la rge f r e i g h t engine b o ile r s , but four u n u su ally h igh d r iv e w h eels. These engines were speedy, but at high speeds swayed so much th a t th e y were hard on the en gin eers. For f r e i g h t use, the 4500 en gin es w ere d esign ed , b u i l t , and used fo r a very b r i e f tim e. The time had then a r r iv e d t o d is c a rd steam power and in troduce the p ow erfu l D ie s e l lo co m o tive s. They were on the road in or about the year 1945. The Dixon H i l l tra ck r e lo c a tio n took p la ce about th a t same y e a r. ,

B e fo re the steamers had been discard ed , they were f i t t e d with steam operated coal s to k e rs - which e lim in a te d the hand sh o velin g o f c o a l in t o the fmre boxes by the fire m e n . S t i l l another in n o va tio n , as of February, 1928, was the su b sti tution o f "m u s ic a l" w h is tle s in pla ce o f the old-tim e steam siren s which em itted only a s in g le to n e . The fo u r-to n e d " a i r chimes", used e s p e c ia lly on passenger engines, were blown w ith compressed a ir , and were c a lle d "V o lit o n e s " . The. New. F r is c o _ D e p o t. - For many years, the F r is c o R a ilro a d fought e f f o r t s of the R o lla C it y C ou ncil t o o u ild a s t r e e t crossin g across the tracks a t 9th s t r e e t . The f i r s t and o r i g i n a l wood frame depot had stood ju st south of the south lin e of 8th s t r e e t . In 1882 i t had been re p la ced by a new b r ic k stru ctu re lo c a te d ju s t south o f th e south lin e of 9th s t r e e t , and NOT across the 9th s t r e e t r ig h t-o f-w a y . So fa r , the C ity had p r e v a ile d . But NON, in 1928, the r a ilr o a d d e i i n i t e l y got the "go ahead", e it h e r from the C ity , or j o i n t l y from the C ity and/or the ^State P u b lic Service Commission. During 1928—1929 i t planned and b u ilt a new M ission Tjpe structure d i r e c t l y across 9th s t r e e t - and that ended the s t r i f e . S t i l l in p la ce, the b u ild in g 's ground f l o o r plan measures 28 x 207 f e e t . N a lls are o f a mixture of hard b r ic k and stu cco p la s t e r . The w a itin g room measures 30 x 50 f e e t . lne platform b u i l t a lo n g s id e the tra ck s to accomodate a r r iv in g and d ep a rtin g passen gers, i s seme tw e lv e f e e t w id e, paved w ith b r ic k . From 8th s t r e e t , i t extends seme 65 O f e e t to the n orth , and p a st the dep ot. ,, Work on th e depot s ta r te d on August 16, 1928. Grant w yatt was the con tra c to r. I t was in a s ta te o f com pletion on January 26, 1929, when o f f i c e r s o f the F r is c o r a ilr o a d ga th ered w ith o f f i c i a l s and prominent personages o f R o lla at a sumptuous 6 o 'c lo c k dinner banquet, staged in the new w a itin g room ^ dep o t. Thus was th e lo n g drawn out c o n tro v e rs y about a 9th s t r e e t c ro s s in g re s o lv e d and peace r e s t o r e d , to the s a t is f a c t io n o f a ll.^ i n i t i a l stapes In August, 1932 - w ith the grSdt n a tio n a l d e p re s s :m in ^ s ^ n i t i a l ^ fe g the F r is c o found i t re c e s s a r y t o d r a s t i c a l l y c u r t a i l i t s t r a in s e r v ic e . 1. fo llo w in g new time ta b le s were t h e r e fo r e arranged and. p 3 t .Louis 11:35 AM EAST BOUND: No. 2 . - A r r iv e at 8:40 A.M. o to p at o °n T^ / n - w ’ p.I.;. ----- 77— ^ 7— , . I-, m n - 10: p v L o ca l s to p s . . .A r r iv e S t.n ou is 1 1 . -c? • * No. 4 . - A r r iv e R o lla 7-48 N.M. . .b o ca l Thursdays, Saturdays only. VEST B°6u^ ; " no ! 5 ^ :

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Our p resen t re co rd of D is a s te r s which occurred around Ron a o , • , . some way a ffe c t e d the town - In clu de FOUR c a te g o rie s — S to m a ' _F? ~ ” p10h “ Accidents . . and the Ore at F in a n c ia l Panic o f the 19 3 0 's. They "a re a s 'fo llo w s ? 1 STORMS = F i r s t two unu sually severe fr o z e n -r a in or ic e storms, among s e v e ra l that occu rred. The f i r s t h i t R o lla on December 17, 1921. Trees, u t i l i t y p o S s were broken down, t r a in s were d e la y e d . In the second such storm January 2 1 ,1 9 2 7 the ground was covered w ith a th ic k co a t o f i c e . Again, tr e e s A d u t i l i t y poles ' were broken down Then, in May, 1929, a fr e a k snow storm dumped fou r inches of snow a l l o v e r R o lla „ 'Two sev ere h a i l storms, w ith wind, h it the area during 1927 and 1928. The f i r s t , in the e a r l y hour o f one o 'c lo c k in the morning, struck R o lla w ith v io le n t winds, and dropped h a i l as la rg e as hens eggs. The o u tly in g settlem ents at Macedonia, - fla t G rove, and the Union School north east o f R o lla , were most s e v e re ly stricken , as was an area c lo s e t o and n orth east cf R o lla , on Crescent Road. The second n ota b le h a i l and wind storm covered a wide area from R o lla north to Vichy, southeast to S t e e l v i l l e , and e a s t as f a r as the town of Cuba, and beyond. This broke in the la t e a ftern o o n o f June 7, 1928. The F r is c o "Blue Bonnet" pas senger t r a in , en route from Cuba to R o lla , had a l l i t s n o rth -sid e windows broken out by the huge chunks o f h a il, many o f which were as la r g e as g o l f b a lls or la r g e r . Present w r it e r s , s t a r t in g on a fis h in g t r i p w ith P r o f. George R. Dean, found refu ge by d r iv in g t h e i r Ford ca r in t o a la r g e farm barn on south Highway 63 . Two t e r r i f i c tornados th a t a ffe c t e d R o lla occurred w ith in the 1 92 0's. The f i r s t stru ck S t. L ou is on September 29, 1927* I t k i l l e d one hundred persons, and injured f i f t e e n hundred more. The p ro p e rty damage amounted to a t le a s t one hundred m illio n d o lla r s . This storm had rep ercu ssion s in R o lla . A second tornado came much, v e r y much, n earer to R o lla . I t stru ck on No vember 25, 1926. And who e v e r heard o f a M issouri tornado in November ?? The tw is ter covered a path alm ost a h a lf m ile w ide. I t s ta rte d near R e lfe , in southwest Phelps County, and from there passed near to or through the settlem ents o f F la t, the Ameling Farm ju s t n orth of P i l o t Knob on south Highway 63 , then to Vida, the Fairview S ch ool, the W a lter Snelson farm, the Zion H i l l sch ool area, and then to Knob View ( R o s a t i ) . Much damage was done, and s e v e ra l persons were k i l l e d . rF jI. R E S : B egin n in g in January o f 1922, f i r e t o t a l l y destroyed the twou..wstory wood frame re sid en ce o f Mrs. L i l l i e Trowbridge, north sid e of 9th s t r e e t , ju s t'w e s t and o f f o f Pine s t r e e t . . . . In March o f 1924, tte C.F. H ig le y home, abutting the south lin e o f 8 th s t r e e t between Main and Park s t r e e t s , was com pletely destroyed. The l a t e r Chas. L . Woods home replaced i t . . . . On oeptember 3, 1924, the old wood framed Schuman Bros, sto re b u ild in g a t 6th and Pine s t r e e t s went up in smoke. On June 4, 1926 , f i r e p r a c t i c a l l y destroyed "the most b e a u tifu l home in Rolla" - th at o f Mr. and Mrs. M illa r d Faulkner, on S ta te s t r e e t , at 9th . i t was Later r e b u i l t . . . . 0n February 27, 1927, the wicked flame s co m p letely destroyed the Herman B a r fe ld home, w hich was across the highway from today s sto n e-faced Catholxc Church. And on September 13, 1927, the top h a lf o f the Davix Donnan residence former home in su ccession o f Rev. I . Coe and Judge C.u. Bland - was urne 0 " On March 27, 1928, f i r e g lu tte d the old P h il G a i t h e r home on the nort side of 7th s t r e e t midway from O liv e s t r e e t to uhe r r ie c o raxlrocv . « . It was b ein g used as a blacksm ith shop. The hour was one o 'c lo c k xn the mornxng^ "hen most fo lk s were a s le e p - but p resen t wrxters were anxious l e s t the f i r e spread bo t h e ir home a t 210 E ast 8 th s t r e e t , so watched the l i r e .

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° f , Sef t e SbeL 7’ 193° T’ . f i r e t o t a l l y destroyed one of H o lla 's h is t o r ic land marks “ * nompson L iv e r y Barn at the southeast corner of 9th and R olla streets - tne l a t e r s it e o f tte b r ic k U.S.O. b u ild in g use ' in 1Q70 v e r s it y o f Mis sour i a t B eU a This had been H o lla 's p r in c ip a l and topmost sta b le since tte 1 8 7 0 's . When burned, i t was t e in g used by Mr. M.H. Buckey as a garage. , , Th® i aS1 t ll0 f , l i ^ e s which we p r e s e n tly record was the one which deatroyed a humble shack a t the immediate southwest corner o f 6th and O liv e s t r e e t s on November 10, 1930. This was the home o f "Aunt" ( M rs.) Ann B la ck w e ll, a negress and a form er s la v e , She was unable to lea ve the b u ild in g , so p erish ed . With her parents ( Mr. B la c k w e ll, who had been a p r e - C iv il War sla ve in the B lackw ell fam i l y - and M iss B e llf lo w e r , lik e w is e a sla ve in the B e lflo w e r fa m ily ) "Aunt Ann" had come go Bent Bounty even b e fo r e the C i v i l War. She was su rvived by a son, Sherm B la c k w e ll, who was a Pullman p o rte r on the F risco r a ilr o a d . S u rvivin g MLso were a number o f n ib ees and nephews, in clu d in g Mesdames L e l i a Wood and Harold Griggs ( nee In e z P a rk er ) - L o l l y B la ck w e ll, D e lla Parker, and fo u r S t. Louis members o f th e Parker fa m ily - Fred, Jesse, Chester, and Harry. P;i'k00iteL_A^v^Dni.;f3£_ In June, 1921, Mrs. J.H. Bowen ( nee O live Shaw ) was kin dlin g a f i r e in her k itch en , in the fa m ily home at 10th and State s t r e e t s . She m istook g a s o lin e fo r kerosene, and when die poured i t upon the in c ip ie n t b la ze, i t exploded, en ve lo p in g her in fla m es. Rushing ou tsid e, she r o lle d on the ground to e x tin g u is h the flam es - but they had done th e ir work. Her husband, P r o f. J.H. Bowen, was out o f town - but rushing hone, a r r iv e d to be with her a h a lf hour b efo re she d ie d . The fo llo w in g September, P r o f. Bowen, walking near the J .A . Spilman home at 10th and Cedar s t r e e t s , was struck by lig h t n in g . He was knocked unconscious, but p r e s e n tly re c o v e re d - s u ffe r in g no seriou s or permanent in ju r y . . In August, 1923, Mr. W a lter B e lflo w e r , who had been a locom otive en gin eer on a F r is c o "pusher en g in e " f o r 22 years on Dixon H i l l , was h it by passenger tr a in No. 4, and in s t a n t ly k i l l e d . H is w ife and s ix ch ild ren su rvived . In January, 1925, A lb e r t R. Jackson, who was l i v i n g in the home of Annie Adams, in southwest R o lla , was burned t o death when flames consumed the iiome . He had been s a f e l y out, but re -e n te r e d the house to re co v er some c lo th in g from up s ta irs . B e fo re he could get out, the stairw ay burned and co lla p s e d , and he was trapped and burned t o death. A ls o in January, 1925, H o lla 's prominent a ttorn ey, John a . Watson, w hile walking b e s id e t t e F r is c o tra c k s , was h it by a west bound f r e i ^ a t at 7th s t r e e t . His r ig h t arm was cut o f f , and his s k u ll fra c tu re d . He recovered a ft e r a s ta y in McFarland's R o lla H o s p ita l. On December 10, 1925, a p a rty of fou r in an auto d riv e n by Mr. Robert McCaw, prominent R o lla c o n tr a c to r, was re tu rn in g to R o lla a f t e r a tten d in g a M ineral in Cuba. In th e car w ith him were Mrs. McCaw, Mr. ana Mrs. s t e r l in g om th . McCaw car neared the F ris c o s t a t io n of Fanning, i t t r ie d re pass the car or Mr. A lfred S m ith ! and in so doin g, s lip p e d on a stretch of lo o s e Mr. and Mrs. McCaw were k i l l e d , to g eth e r w ith Mr. Smith. Mrs. Smith was hurt, buo survived. A l l R o lla g r ie v e d . On Mav 28 1927 C a ro l Cunio, a youth who ted liv e d in R o lla w ith his parents^ Mr ? ^ d ’ M S f k L ? Ounio, A d J o s is t e r s , V ir g in ia and O leta , -a s struck by an auto a t Bourbon, M o., and in s t a n t ly k ille d .. In 1 ate September 1929, Mr. Georgs Hockey, aged 70 and d ea f, was struck ky an e S t b o L ^ - n g A L a i n at 7th s t r e e t . He died a t Ho]’ a r la n :'H o s p it a l. -___ In June, 1930, a n egro named iT w e s t R o l k ! Some a rso n ist overpass, n ea r the in t e r s e c t io n of rou s o sla sh in g h is th ro a t. The p o lic e set f i r e t o the shack, a f t e r beatcng Mr.. !Sim “ d = ^ “ d e d f discovered t t e body, but the assassin wa

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On May 4, 1931, w h ile en route to S p r in g fie ld from R o lla , to t r y a law su it and when w ith in one m ile o f t h e ir d e s tin a tio n , two o f H o lla ’ s forem ost" c it iz e n s ’ and a tto rn e y s were k ix.Led w hen^their auto c o llid e d with a fa rm er's pickup truck. Mr. L o rts d ied in s t a n t ly , Mr. ./atson ex p ire d at Burge H o s p ita l. Again, R o lla grieved . On August 11, 1931, Mr. olaude Roach, a s k ille d e l e c t r ic ia n , was e le c t r o cuted and in s t a n t ly k i l l e d w h ile making connections and re p a irs on a 2200 v o lt e le c t r ic power lin e . A w ife , two sons, three s is t e r s , and th ree b roth ers su rvived. And on August 27, 1931, M essrs. Howard Bone and C arl Plummer, w hile d r iv in g a Jones Truck Col v e h ic le , c o llid e d w ith the bridge p o r ta l on the F r is c o tracks at A rlin g to n , and were k i l l e d . F in a lly , in November, 1931, at Carthage, M issou ri, a form er R o lla Methodist pastor, Rev. H. B. F o s te r , shot and k i l l e d h im self. THE GREAT DEPRESSION The G reat Me^r^ssLon^ 1929-1932-- On page 31 C 1920 * s ) o f presen t sto ry , we have a lre a d y mentioned the causes o f the Great d ep ression of the 1930's, and have d escrib ed R o l l a 's l o c a l r e a c tio n to i t . We have a lso d escrib ed the fa ilu r e of the N a tio n a l Bank o f R o lla , which occurred on June 30 , 1932 . We need, here, only to re p e a t the causes o f the dep ression , and sketch some o f the in e ffe c t u a l e ffo r t s made by the Hoover a d m in istra tio n to cou n ter-act i t . The d ep ress io n was t r ig g e r e d o f f by an absurd degree o f o ver-s p ecu la tio n in stock tra d in g on the W a ll S tr e e t stock market in New York. World fin an ces were in ju st th e rig h t- c o n d itio n t o be v i t a l l y a ffe c te d by the crash in stock sa les, which began .on October 24, 1929. Oh that date, 13 m illio n shares o f stock changed hands. F iv e days l a t e r , 16 m illio n a d d itio n a l shares were traded. By November 13, ap p roxim a tely $30 b i l l i o n worth of l i s t e d stocks had been wiped out. And by the end o f June, 1932, such lo s s e s had amounted to $75 b i l l i o n . The s it u a tio n now became w o rld -w id e. In nation a ft e r n ation , numerous banks fa ile d and were c lo s e d . Germany, France, A u stria , withdrew t h e ir cash and c r e d its from England' s banks - and oth er n ation s played the same game. In the S ta te s , P re s id e n t Hoover aid Congress sought to h a lt the depression by s e t t in g up a number o f r e l i e f agen cies - p r in c ip a l o f which was the Federal R econstruction Finance C o rp oratio n . This agency, borrowing i t s c a p it a l to the extent o f th ree b i l l i o n d o lla r s , from th at fund made emergency loans to banking in s t itu t io n s , l i f e insuranos companies, b u ild in g and loan a s s o c ia tio n s , ra ilro a d s and farm mortgage a s s o c ia tio n s . Through such means, as they sa id , "governmental fin a n c ia l a id would t r i c k l e down through these business a gen cies" and e v e n tu a lly reach the poor farm ers and w orkers, who were w ithout both cash and work. nut these measures f a i l e d to stop t t e d ep ress io n . They proved to be so in e ffe c t u a l that they le d t o the d o w n fa ll o f the Hoover adm in istration © and tte ta k e -o v e r by the Franklin D. R o o s e v e lt " l e a f ra k in g" regim e. In our n ext " p e r io d ic in s ta llm e n t" o f th is R o lla s to ry , _1933 to_1946, we sh a ll re v ie w the many programs c a r r ie d on by the R oosevelt a - m m s t r a t i on in i t s e f f o r t s to b r in g about n a tio n a l re c o v e ry . I t i s in te r e s t in g to note th at E d it r Charles L . Woods, of t t e R o lla H erald, f i r s t mentioned the beginn in gs o f the stock market break In h is issu e of November 28, 1929- T h e re a fte r, he c a r r i e d it o r ia ls and comments d e s c rib in g the depression s progress and in c re a s ir menace. 0n February 11, 1932, he p rin ted P resid en t Hoover s n ation ^ de J that "p eo p le must NOT hoard money". Hoover said th a t, as o f th a t d a te» * f had so‘ "hoarded" money th a t some $1 , 250 , 000,000 was fo r th a t reason out of c ir c u la t io n . N orm ally, i t would have been d ep osited in instead was in t in cans in the homes, or m m a ttresses, or under_carpet In R o lla , as elsew h ere, Woods took pains t o assure his read ers Tte.I THE NATION. R o lla was in clu ded l

DEraESSlON^HAD ENVELOPED

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MISSOURI SCHOOL OF MINES, DURING 1 9 2 0 's-1930»s —■ h— Luiton_Adm lni s t r a t i on, 1920-1937 _ „ ,, _ tion o f the School o f Mine s “ ye are ^ 9 20^10 37 *h 3 t° r y ° f the Fulton Adm inistra"MANW HISTORY" o f the School ( ]QL1 ) t w l l ^ 30 R o u g h l y discussed in our the sto ry in d e t a il here F u rtS S o L ^ T * °f — < - d in g 1920 to 1 9 3 7 , i t overlaps in to our next p e r io d o f th -^ ”

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nust be e ith e r a q u a lifie d ' W i n g engineer", o f f f o f e f e r o n f i f f h f 3r" ’ With that in mind' the Cum t or s ^ ^ i f l o l f f e f t " f hp** h ?r 0 f f s io n a l "m e ta llu r g is t". Dr. A. Ross H i l l . ’ ± U U ’ x e ft fche cholce to u n iv e r s ity presiden t, hSn ^ °ld th a t fchere was> a t Case School of Applied Science Cleveland Ohio, a p r o fe s s o r o f m e ta llu rg y who had both p r a c t ic a l ex p erien c e’ and a Ph D* degree in m e ta llu rg y , Dr. H i l l v i s i t e d the p rofesso r - who was D r. V a r i e s Hwman Fulton. He^proved to be the v e r y man needed - and so was re ta in e d by the Curators He was appoin ted D ir e c to r on J u ly 15, 1920 - a rriv e d in R o lla on A u gu st'20, as sumed o f f i c e on September 1 , 1920 - and served u n t il he resign ed in Ju ly i 9S For two ye a rs tn e r e a fte r _ he remained a t the School as research p r o fe s s o r ’ in m etali I t t e 11 t0 ° k a p o s lt lo n as Pr o f e s s °n of m eta llu rg y at Montana School of Mines, - r— —uito n f_ s J id u c a tio n a l_ P o lic y For The_ School, WHICH HE SPECIFICALLY STATMD was to o p era te and develop e the School to meet the s p e c ia l needs o f the "m ineral ’ in d u s try ". To do t h is , i t must o f f e r not only mining and m e ta llu r g ic a l en gin eer ing, but a ls o the o th e r branches provided alrea d y by M issou ri law - C i v il , Chemical Mechanical, and m -lectrica l en gin eerin g , and the gen era l scien ces o f physics, chemistry, g e o lo g y , alon g w ith the e le c t iv e su bjects of botany and zoology Lad psychology. One o f h is f i r s t problems was the re-arrangement o f the S ch ool’ s departments and c u r r ic u la t o f i t t h is p o lic y . The e l e c t r i c a l work t o h is time had been assign ed to the p h ysics departm ent. Dr. Fulton now set i t up as a separate, major depart ment. The c r e d it hours fo r a b a c h e lo r 's degree in a l l the graduating cu rricu la had been from 185 t o 197 hours. This was e x c e s s iv e , and out o f lin e with n a tio n a l standards. He had the requirem ent reduced to 164 hours. The b io lo g ic a l and p s y c h o lo g ic a l courses were s e t up as in form ative and c u ltu ra l e le c t iv e s , fo r the b e n e fit o f graduates avho might be sent in to com paratively u n c iv iliz e d areas to operate. Dre Fulton_was_inte_re_sted in _ th e _ q u a lity _ o f his_ fa c u lt y , and upgraded i t . When he took o ver in 1921 , there were 12 f u l l , p ro fe sso rs, 5 associate p rofesso rs, 12 a s s is ta n t p r o fe s s o rs , and 15 in s tr u c to r s . Student help ra is e d the t o t a l number on teach in g d u ty to 91. When he l e f t , in 1937, there were 27 f u l l p ro fesso rs, 12 a sso cia tes, 12 a s s is ta n ts , and 8 in s tr u c to r s . The t o t a l s t a f f was 120. As fa r s a la r ie s , in 1921 f u l l p ro fe sso rs re c e iv e d $3,300 per annum. From 1926 to 1931, th ey re c e iv e d $4,000. From 1933 to 1937, p a r t ly due to the Great De pression, p a r t ly due to m anipulation o f a p p ropriation s by u n iv e r s it y presidents and M is s o u ri's go vern o rs, th ey were reduced to an average of $3 , 340 . Oon£i^ering_s^udent_enr£llm eiit_, th is flu c tu a te d g r e a t ly because of the Great Oepr e s s i on as the fo llo w in g fig u r e s show fo r s p e c ifie d years. 1920-21 . . 604 1933-34 ••• 384 1937-38 . . . 707 1 9 3 1-32 . . 678 1936-37 . . . 531 1940-41 . . . 996

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in crea se1"- both s c ie n c l^ a n d i n T r o ? Wer! d e fin i t e l y on the the p r a c tic e was i n i t i a t e d o f awarding h • " ^ s^ -on al e n g in e e rin g . In a d d iti on. Engineering to e s p e c i a l ? ^ ^ “ f s s S S T e ” 0^ ! ' * ' 2 ° le n ° e » “ >*<>" °? ' School o f M ines. This „ L n ot o v e r S e , S o e v e r ? ’ ,<m“ r gradUates o f tte was a p p o in ted . ^ M s ^ o n s L t e ^ o f ^ t e

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were g iv en s p e c i f i c numbers. Tte R eg istre.r,"a n o ffic e 8 newly c r ^ I ^ S u l S T ®8 a l l courses t o meet In d esign ated ah j y Q> scneauled ™ Qi 4. » , , . ^ faJ-SnaLea classroom s. A l l grade re p o rts went to h is o f f i c e . . 3he S ta ts .'a Admini st re t i r e . O f f i c e r s , who had much t o do with the fin a n c ia l a ffa a rs and w e lfa r e o f the School, included the Cure to rs , the U n iv e r s it y T ^ s W e n t s and M is s o u r i's g o v e r n ® s . As th ey concern what fo llo w s , we name the m i v J S S y ’ p residen ts who c a rr ie d out the p o l i c i e s and d ecision s of the Curators - and ^ M is s o u ri's go vern o rs, who e i t h e r approved - slashed - or vetoed necessary S p r o p r ia t i° n s ............ These were the u n iv e r s it y pie sidents : Dr. A. Ross H i l l , in o f f i c e p r io r t o 1920, withdrew Oct. 1 5 , 1921 1o nvo l . viH4*w w T— . ... 1 *— < , . .. D r. # John C a rlto n Jones, served from September, 1921 to A p r il 25 1923 Dr. Isad ore Loeb, a c tin g p re s id e n t, A p r il 26 to Ju ly 1, * 1923 D r. S tr a tto n D. Brooks, served J u ly 1 , 1923 to Jan. 1 , 1931 " ■Valter W illia m s, served Jan. 1, 1931 to S ep t. 10, 1934 UTm “ uederick^ A. Middle bush, served from Sept. 10,1934 to August 31 1954. D r. a-lmer E l l i s succeeded Dr. Middlebush on September 1 , 1954 . The Governors. Were The se : Henry S. C a u lfie ld . . . 1929-1933 Arthur M. Hyde . . . 1921-1925 Guy B. Park ................. 1933-1937 Sam A. Baker ........ 1925-1929 Lloyd C. S t a r k ............ 1937-1941 The L e g is la t iv e , ip p .rip r.ia tio n s : Most of the S ch o o l's fin a n c ia l resources came from M is s o u ri l e g i s l a t i v e appropriation s Those fo r the Fulton adm in istration were as f o llo w s : 1921 . . . $ 533,000 ( o f which $100,000 1927 . . . $564,000 was f o r the Experiment 1929 . . . $569,952.44 S t a t i on B u ild i ng ) 1931 . . . $497,999.98 1923 . . . $702,643 ( o f which $49,805.68 1933 . . . $365,177.79 was re -a p p r o p r ia tio n fo r 1935 . . . $400,800 Exp. S ta . B u ild in g ) 1937 ... $615,000 1925 . . . $574,000 1941 . . . $870,915. The amounts a p p rop ria ted during 1931-33-35 show the e f f e c t o f the Depression. The School_[_s_Fifhieth A n n iv e rs a ry .- On Thursday, F rid a y, and Saturday, November 3-4-5, 1921 , the Fu lton a d m in istra tio n and the Alumni staged a three-day c e le b ra tio n o f the S c h o o l's f i f t i e t h an n iversary - of_it_s_o£ening, in November, 1871. f i r s t was a form al r e c e p tio n . On Thursday n ig h t, a student p la y, "Nothing But The T ru th ". On F rid a y n ig h t, a banquet shared by tow ns-people, fa c u lt y , and alumni. There was a f o o t b a l l game between the R o lla boys and a team from Rose Polytechnic In s t it u t e . The fo rm a l a n n iversa ry program took place Saturday afternoon, when Bishop F .F . Johnson and the eminent "mining e d it o r , Tex A. Rickard, were speakers. During the th r e e —day program, the presen t (1970) Alumni A sso cia tio n was organizeu. The f i n a l even t w as"the Saturday n ig h t b a ll, in J a ck lin g Gymnasium, in which 150 couples p a r t ic ip a t e d . A Few Carpus_Im provem ents.- Money was scarce, and M is s o u ri's governors con tro lle d . what there was — fr e q u e n tly made i t sca rcer. During the r a lto n adm inistra tio n , many d e s ire d new b u ild in g s were planned, and l e g i s l a t i v e requ ests made fo r them - m o stly in v a in . N e v e rth e le s s , from 1921 to 1926, a few minor improvements

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were made. F ir s t , in 1921 , a modest o n e-s to ry campus garage b u ild in g , in f l o o r plan me su rin g 30 x ^60 f e e t , was b u i l t . A lso, a modest campus carpenter shop. In 1926 , a s u b s ta n tia l r e in fo r c e d concrete warehouse was b u i l t , which in 1970 is part o f the mine e n g in e e r in g headqu arters. Numerous campus sidew alks and two underground u t i l i t y tu nn els were b u i l t . A complete campus survey was made by Dr, Mann and student F ra n cis Tucker, during which a l l b u ild in g s and improvements, walks, trees and u t i l i t y p o le s were lo c a te d by carapus coord in ates. D r. Mann served as the campus en gin eer du ring most o f the Fulton regim e. l.he Mi§.si 3^ -£ p i 7alley_lxperiraenjb S ta tio n B u ild in g .- This was the one s in g le b u ild in g o f major importance placed on the campus during the Fulton a d m in istration . I t s c o n s tru ctio n was made p o ssib le when the U.S. Government ( D ept. I n t e r i o r ) agreed to share the c o s t w ith the School of Mines, and fo llo w in g co n stru ction , to use the b u ild in g as a F ed era l exp erim en tal la b o ra to ry fo r mineral research , with em phasis on zin c and i t s r e c o v e ry . A F ed era l s t a f f was a lre a d y form ing on the campus, and by the date of the b u ild in g 's com pletion, was ready to occupy i t . Governor Hyde, in 1921, approved and re le a s e d the S t a t e 's a p p rop ria tio n cf $100,000 w ith which c o n s tru c tio n could b eg in . Mr. H .H .H ohenschild, of S t. Louis ( fo rm erly of R o lla ) was chosen as a rch i te c t. Mr. Eugene Johnson, a form er R o lla boy, was h is c h ie f a id , and a c t iv e ly supervised the R o lla work. The McDonald Construction Co., cf S t. Louis, had the con stru ction c o n tr a c t. Mr. Fred G. A lle n , of R o lla , served as McDonald's o n -th e-job su perintendent. D r. C.V.Mann was " c le r k o f the works" and re s id e n t en gin eer fo r the a r c h it e c t and the sch ool. Work was begun in June o f 1922, and was completed by January 1, 1924. The t o t a l c o s t, in c lu d in g b u ild in g proper, and a l l i n t e r io r equipment, was ?132 , 940 . 96 . The Experiment S ta tio n s t a f f now moved in , and during the next few years completed researches on le a d , z in c , and f l u o r i t e re c o v e ry from p r e v io u s ly discarded slim es that meant savings o f more than ten m illio n d o lla r s per y e a r . Today, in 1970, th is Experiment S ta tio n and s t a f f have t h e ir own off-the-cam pus b u ild in g , and the S chool's departments o f M eta llu rg y and Ceramics occupy the b u ild in g . $u ite appro p r ia t e ly , the b u ild in g has been named "FULTON HALL". Lh§ Naj±onal_Study_cf_ Engineering, E d u cation .- As e a r ly as 1922, the n a tio n 's leadin g en gin eers and e n g in eerin g educators decided th at a n a tio n a l study o f en gin eerin g edu cation was a "must". A Board cf In v e s tig a tio n was th e re fo re set up, with Dr. Charles F. S c o tt, of Yale U n iv e rs ity , as chairman. E r o f. W illiam E. Wickenden was chosen as c h ie f s t a f f member. E r o f. Harry P. Hammond was his top aid. A l l e n g in e e rin g sch o ols o f the n ation and Canada, in clu d in g Missouia School of Mines, were asked t o v ig o r o u s ly jo in in the study. ^ This the School d id . In the f a l l o f 1924 D r. Fu lton appointed a s p e c ia l fa c u lt y inva s t ig a t iv e Committee on E ngineering Education, the members of which were P ro fe s s o rs C.D. Turner, J.,;.Bar ley,. C.L. Dake, M.D. Orten, L .E . Woodman, H.R. Hanley, C.R. Forbes, I.H . L o vett, S.H. L lo yd , and C.V.Mann. Dr. Mann was chairman. This canm ittee planned and c a r r ie d out a tremendous amount of research. I t s study in clu d ed about e v e ry aspect o f the S ch o o l's e x is te n c e i t s n is 0x7 , CW campus f a c i l i t i e s , students, fa c u lt y , graduates, program, and needs. The r e s S l t s t e r e sent t o t t e n a tio n a l s t a f f . Copies cf a l l such re p o rts , togeth er w ith . ° ^. , fViawrt in in tn Qn th committee minutes, were gathered t o tt^n tn ic k bound volumes th a t were permanently Out^of

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a b i l i t i e s , t h e ir a p titu d e s f o r e n g in e e rin g and t h e ir ^ ^ ^ r e S s t r a r 's fe s s io n a l f i e l d s . O rd e rly student records were^set up in a business L ike r 0 student a d viso r ^ p l I e L d e s i r e d student cou nsel. *£ . o-................ ffic e , a g ra d e -p o in t system, w ith student personnel, r a - t i n g ^ ^ administ r a t o r f i r s t c la s s r e g i s t r a r and student a d viso r.

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o f the s o - c a lle d "low a Placement T e s ts ", or "Seashore T e s ts ", o rig in a te d by Dr. George D. Stoddard and Dean Seashore, a t S tate Univer soty of Iowa. Dean (C a r l* E .) Seashorewwas b ro u ^ it to R o lla f o r conference in May of 1925. He was a member o f*th e N a tio n a l I n v e s t i g a t i v e Committee. Dr. Mann's study of the academic degrees held by some 5,000 teachers o f en gi neering stu den ts, ^in a l l the n a t io n 's en gin eerin g c o lle g e s , brought s p e c ia l recog n itio n to iiis s o u r i School of Mines - fo r t h is was an item th a t had been overlooked by the N a tio n a l s t a f f . When apprised th a t such a study had been made, the N a tio n a l s t a f f teleg ra p h ed fc r an imme i a t e copy. Dr. Mann, tiho tad made the study, was in viteu to a tte n d t t e n a tio n a l en gin eerin g tea ch ers' convention ( S .P .E .E . m eeting) at Schenectady, New fo rk , in June, 1925. While th e re, he was e le c te d a member o f the n a tio n a l c o u n c il, the govern in g board of the S o c ie ty fo r Promotion of Engi neering Education ( S .1 .m .E.) , in r e c o g n itio n o f h is S ch o o l's major a c t i v i t y and coo e r a t io n . Through th e n ext tw elve years, P r o fs . H.H. Armsby and Dr. Mann wrote and read papers d e s c r ib in g the work at R o lla which l i t e r a l l y "put the School of Mines on the map" - out in the fo r e fr o n t o f in s t it u t io n s promoting research , t e s tin g , and new id ea s in e n g in e e rin g ed u cation . Both men were assigned to major s o c ie ty standing com m ittees, or were made chairmen of s e v e ra l cf them. Thus did the School of Mines fo r g e t o the fr o n t among the n a tio n 's en gin eerin g c o lle g e s . . . .F o llo w in g com pletion o f the n a tio n a l in v e s t ig a t io n , both Dr. Wm. E. Wickenden and Dr. Harry P. Hammond, the top in v e s t ig a t o r s , paid prolonged v i s i t s to the S ch o o l's campus. A number o f c o lle g e p resid en ts and deans lik e w is e v i s i t e d the campus, to "see what was go in g on", and from what th ey saw, take home u s e fu l id e a s . The_ S t a t e ’ s_ In v e s ti g a tio n o f High er Educati_on. - The in c re a s in g fin a n c ia l demands o f th e f i v e S ta te Normal C o lleg e s, plus those of M issouri U n iv e rs ity and the School o f Mines, during the Fulton a d m in istration , seemed t o alarm the S t a t e 's govern ors. There was a ls o a tremendous demand fo r funds with which to ca rry on M is s o u ri's new s ta te -w id e highway con stru ction program. The highway pr ogram had received a State bond issu e of $60,000,000 w ith which to begin -but more was needed. These and o th e r fa c t o r s le d Governors Sam Baker arid Henry Uau l f i e l d , and the L e g is la tu r e , to set up a S tate Commission which would make an e la b o ra te in v e s tig a tio n cf h igh er education w ith in M is s o u ri. The Commission appointed by the Governor con sisted o f these men: Theodore Gary, chairman . . Claude B. R ic k e tts , s e c re ta ry . . .Langdon R. Jones . . .Jilliam R. P a in ter . . . Manvel D avis . . . Fred N aeter . . . and A lle n McReynolds. The S ch ool of Mines was c a lle d upon to fu rn ish ela b o ra te data f o r the Cornn it t e 's use. To assemble t h is , Dr. Fulton appointed Dr. C.V.Mann to do tte job , with the aid o f h is s e c re ta ry , M iss Ruth Stevens, and the re g is try r , Pn of. H.H. Armsby. A l l th e work that had been done by the Committee on E ngineering Education was a lr e a d y a v a ila b le . In a d d itio n , ten—year budgets were prepared in advance for each department o f the School, to g e th e r with estim ates of the S ch o o l's gen eral leeds, in c lu d in g f i v e or s ix new b u ild in g s , plus a d d itio n a l campus lands. To re view and confirm these stu d ies, Dr. Fulton re ta in e d D r. Harry^P. Hammond, who had been the a s s is ta n t in v e s t ig a t o r f o r tte N a tio n a l Board of In v e s tig a tio n . )r . Hammond approved and h ig h ly recommended the Fulton p o lic ie s , _and endorsed u ie s p e c ia l stu d ies made by Dd. Mann and h is a id s. These stu dies w ith ^ . Hammond s report, were a l l handed to the Commission, ate were du ly e d ite d and included m ihe Commission's r e p o r t. What happened to the study, and the Commission's re p o r t ?? M s L929, and t t e Great N a tio n a l Depression had ju st begun. my phenomenal developm ents that might otherwise have r e s u lte d , ju t S te te ^ p p mri at io n s had t o be d r a s t i c a l l y cut - in stead of - c r e a s e d And in juch i ^ e r were the b e n e fit s o f the in v e s t ig a t io n , i f any, washed away by the Depress

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F a £ u lt j 3alary_Paymend.s Are. D e fe r r e d .Faculty members had d i f f i c u l t y in o b ta in in g ! '!V l ' " . ' 7 ' r ’ 111 th? Fulton adm in istration, c h ie fly , from the f a c t that the L e r i s l a n ™ 7 pa7” “ t s - This re su lte d , sign aid r e le a s e the a p p ro p ria tio n ^ ^ M lls S n t i f t l T “ d 1 ' ° r co“ ld n° k " in dune . Ihe F a c u lty S d ?o h a ^ p ^ ^ f L ^ h e V o S h ^ g ^ ^ 7 7 ^ 4 “b u t ^ State money was not then a y a i l a b l e . This s itu a tio n caused the c ^ t o ^ ’o issue sa la xyjsftrra n ts t o the fa c u lt y lumbers, * i c h the H o lla banks would not cash ™ t i l the fa c u lt y members borrowed the amount o f th e ir sa la ry fr a il tte tank ani tar™ d the warrants over to the bank as c o l l a t e r a l s e c u r ity o i the notes g i v e n ! Ssh payments, thus d ela yed , were e v e n tu a lly paid - but a ft e r embarrassing d e l a y ! 2 d sometimes i n_ r edliC£d_amounts i s J -in d1?!,19? 1’ . slfcuato- on took another turn fo r the w orse. The Depression had caused the L e g is la tu r e t o make v e r y severe cuts in the S ch o o l's a p p rop ria tio n s. So much so th a t i t was found n ecessary t o dism iss numbers of in s tru c to r s even a ssista n t p r o fe s s o r s . When sch ool dism issed, in May, the cu rators - having no mnds m s ig h t f o r re-op en in g the School from September to December, 1931 ^ordered _ tJie_t J2^ e _ s u m ^ r salary_paymenfes to _ th e _ F a c u lty _ to b e_w ith h eld ,_or reta in ed "s o ~ as_to be_used f o r fin an cin g, the fa ll_ o p e n in g _ o f the School J ------ihe fa c u lt y was in s t a n t ly up in arms. Those three summer s a la ry payments had a lre a d y been earned l I t was the S ch o o l's custom to spread the nine-month annual s a la r y payments over the f u l l twelve-month paying p e rio d . Tte money belonged, already, t.o_th e_F acu lty l -----The Curators had to tack down - BUT THIS WAS THE CAUSE AND THE BEGINNING OF THE OPEN BREAK WHICH NOW DEVELOPED IN THE FACULTY. One fa c tio n p laced th e blame fo r th is unwise attempt on the shoulders o f D ire c to r Fulton - who was in no wise to blame. That did not m atter to th is fa c t io n -which became op en ly h o s t i l e . The remainder cf the fa c u lt y - over 60 per cent - remained lo y a l to the D ir e c to r , and understood what had happened. But th is s p l i t in the fa c u lty f i n a l l y became the d e c id in g item vhich caused Dr. Fulton to re s ig n in 1937. Ii^ re a g in g _ H o s ^ ility _ _ O f U n iv^ r^ ty_P ra £ id en ts_.- Looking back t o tte l i s t of U n iv e r s it y p re s id e n ts , and t h e ir re s p e c tiv e a ttitu d e s toward the School - Dr. Ross H i l l , r e s ig n in g in O ctober, 1921, had l i t t l e tine to impose any d e fin it e p o lic ie s . Dr. C a rlto n Jones and Dr. Is dore Loeb (1921-1923) were com paratively in d iffe r e n t . D r. S tr a tto n Brooks ( 1923-1931) was d e c id e d ly fr ie n d ly and en couraging — but encountered cu rator d isp lea su re, and resign ed . J a lter G illia m s ( 1931-1934) was f r i e n d l y enough, but served during the Great D epression, when l i t t l e could be done. However, when Dr. F.A-. Middle bush became p resid en t, in September, 1934 , the lo n g -tim e campaign o f h o s t i l i t y and r e s t r ic t io n again became a liv e , and in c r e a s in g ly hampered t t e School, i t f i n a l l y le d Dr. Fulton to ''tnrow in the sponge" and r e s ig n , which he did in July, 1937* On a. g r e a t ly in crea sed s c a le , Dr. Middlebush continued to r e s t r i c t and harrass the R o lla sch o ol and i t s D ir e c to r , e s p e c ia lly during the m u r years, ^ 1937-1941 o f the Chedsey a d m in ia tra tio n . His harrassment ended when h is admin is t r a t io n ended, a t the end of t t e 1953-54 school year, and he was succeeded by Dr. Elmer E l l i s . THE GREAT DEPRESSION S ch ool o f Mines And The Great. R egress.ora.- One o f the measures set up by uns F ra n k lin T C R o o s e v e lt a d m in istra tio n - to aid in re c o v e ry from ravages cf the Great Deprassion - was a program o f making F ed era l grants _to c o l l e t s c o n s t^ c U o n of new b u ild in g s and o th er works, and a ls o fo r re p a ir ox old bu i | ' , f of t h is kind were set up a t the U n iv e rs ity , at Columbia, and at the ocnool o f Lnes, a t R o lla . For the S ch ool of Mines, Dr. Fulton assigned tte work of planning such p ro je c ts > ,.a d e in ik al c o s ^ e s t i ^ s £ ™ ^ tlo n . h id in g s th at would, c o s t some #£00,000. Repair plans ivere dm

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P^ ^ f L r ' d 0 ^ 1 1 ?h d6d f ° r a nSW camPus w e l l > d r i l l e d to a depth of ^15 ?uf r \ ‘ uf 11 these ltem s r e 9uested , the S c h o o l^ o t not a s in g le b u ild in while the Columbia campus got FOURTEEN 1 The School’ D m i ^ t - t h e l le , r wt i r -w E ifh ~° today fu rn ish es a l l the w a ter the School uses. The School a ls o got modeU re p a ir fund®* dem onstrates ju s t how w e ll the U n iv e r s ity a d m in istra tive o o lic ie s b e n efited the o ch o o l cf M in es! I ^ d e n j, A c t l ^ t l e ^ F o r . f t e . P e r i o d o f the Fulton a d m in istra tio n are f u l l y treated in tne m . o .m. H is to r y , as a ls o in the student p u b lic a tio n s , "M iner" and "Rollamo . *‘ e o ta it^ a ll t h is except a paragraph coverin g the observance cf Saint P a trick s. Day. This was f i r s t observed, or in it ia t e d , on March 17, 1908 . From that date t o March, 1915, the event fea tu red only a "S t. P a t". There was no "Queen"_u n t i l 1915. We l i s t these "S t. P a ts" f i r s t , and t h e r e a fte r tte S t. Pats and t h e ir tueens. A l l o b serva tio n s were during the month of March. The S U PatSj_ 1908-1914: 1908 . . George Menefee 1912 Harry H. Nolan *■ % 1909 . . W.H. (Windy) Holmes 1913 A .F. Truex 1910 . . D .L . ("R e d ") F o rr e s te r 1914 Frank L . Johnson. 1911 . . W.A. Hackwood From and a ft e r 1915, the event included both S t. Pat, and h is Queen. In the ta b le th a t fo llo w s , a l l Queens are "M iss" except fo r two, where the "Mrs" is recorded. His Queen S t.. Pa t r ic k S t. P a tric k His Queen J .J . D oyle Helen B aysinger 1915 1927 . . Gerald Roberts Lorrain e Love J.G . R e i l l y 1916 Mary McCrae 1928 .. B .L. B a lla rd Lucy K ie s le r H. Smith C lark O liv e S cott 1929 . . J.K.Richardson E liza b e th Long 1917 M eryl McCarthy Mrs.Fred Gardner 1918 1930 .. A .J .Tiefen bru n Madge Lenox E r ic K. Schuman Edna K i e l Marian McKinley 1931 •• James O ffu t 1919 A.B. Needham Nancy Love 1920 Em ily McCaw 1932 . . Richard Parker James E. J e w e ll H azel Dent S y b il Pow ell 1921 1933 •• M.H. Murray D avid F. Walsh Mar ga r et 3 a l l y 1922 1934 • • John C. S e ttle M ildred Coffman Mrs. C.E. S to ver Dorothy Fort C.E. S to v e r 1935 •• F.W. Arnold 1923 Jean Campbell Eva Underwood . Ttta^S. .Stack 1936 •• W a lter L. Holz 1924 M ildred Bowen 1937 . . R.C. T i t t e l Helen Underwood Ray K0l l a r 1925 Dorothy K ie s le r 1926 Ralph H ilp e r t The Univer£ij^_3ummer Ses_siona_At R o lla .- In January o f 1924, a number of R o lla business men, and th e Chamber of Commerce, proposed th a t there should be held a summer sch ool f o r teach ers on the School of Mines campus. I t would oe conducted from the U n iv e r s ity , at Columbia. State school superintendent oharles A. Lee urged i t , and f i n a l l y U n iv e rs ity p resid en t Dr. 3.D. Brooks and D ire c to r Fulton agreed to i t . There were , in R o lla and surrounding area, many pu blic school tea ch ers who lacked n ecessa ry academic tra in in g , and degrees - and i t seemed a shame n ot to u t i l i z e the f a c i l i t i e s , imcluding fa c u lty , which the School o f Mines possessed. By February o f 1924, the plan had been adopted. The f i r s t ses sio n opened on Monday, May 26, 1924 - ju st a ft e r the U.0 . 1,1. commencement e x e r c is e s . Dr. J.W. B a rley, head of the language-humanxtxes depart ment o f M.S.M ., was named as D ir e c to r . One hundred and -L ifty teachers e n r o ll . The su b jec ts taught or emphasized, to g e th e r w ith those who.taught them, were a named in the fo llo w in g t a b le . Those who were re g u la r teachers at m.S.M. are starred thus ( ). E n g lis h L it e r a t u r e , Dr. J.W. B a rle y Education, Teaching Methods, M iss Jessie V ia , from R o lla High School Education, g e n e r a lly , P r o f. _ ._ * in y o r * E n g lish , P r o f. Eugene L. Johnson '^''Mathematics, P r o f. L .E . G a rrett H is to ry , D r. Short

* S cien ce, Dr. Fred. W. Shaw * Chemistry, Dr. W.T. Schrenk Music, Mrs. (D r .) Robt. Sory^ Stenography, Miss Blanche Reid * P h y sic a l Education, P r o f. F.E.Dennxe

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This summer session continued undp-n -o through the ye a rs from 1924 t o 1931 , in c lu s iv e ^ w L ^ a changing fa c u lty , decided th a t i t could nfct continue the summer L , ' / 1932 a r^ ved» the U n iv e rs ity would r a is e an o p era tin g fund of $5 000 «fte r 11111635 th e Pe o Pl e ° f R o lla raised, and the session was h eld . strenuous campaign, th is sum was Summer S chool student attendance fo r these sessions was as fo llo w s :

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G raduation e x e r c is e s fo r the summer session were staged during the la s t week of August. Many teachers cf H o lla , and from a l l the S u t e - c e n t r a l L e f t * Missouri, were m t h is way enabled to improve th e ir ed u cation al t r a i n S r earn the degrees n ecessa ry t o enable them to hold th e ir p o s itio n s , or to a d v S ic H o d0 uze ip oris s « . . 0F_FULT0N f l O N I S M O N . Up to i t s time, the Fulton adm in istration ox the S chool o f Mines was without a p eer. I t was the lo n g est - 17 years. I t saw more r e a l ed u ca tio n a l progress than any former regime - in r e v is io n ox and updating of ^c u rric u la ^ - in s t a l l a t i o n of o f f i c e s of r e g is t r a r and student advisor - i n s t it u t i o n of a p titu d e te s t in g , personnel student ra tin g s , adoption of up to dcxte grade p o in t system - u pbu ildin g of L ib ra ry - and ed u cation al research . —nine per cent o f a l l graduates to date were given diplomas during th is i g i t ■- • ' iv e - e ig n t s o f a l l o ta te a p p rop ria tio n s from IS 71 to 1937 were granted and expendeo. ihe M is s is s ip p i / a lle y Experiment S ta tio n was brought to the campus, and i t s work brought about a saving o f some $10,000,000 annually o f valu es, which p revio u sly had been wasted,, from slim es of lea d , zin c, and f l u o r i t e ores. For a f i r s t tim e, the in s t it u t io n took a lea d in g r o le in the n a tio n 's study and improvement o f en g in e e rin g education, in classroom and. aptitu de te s t in g , and in the va rio u s p r o fe s s io n a l e n g in eerin g s o c ie t ie s . The a d m in istra tion had to contend with d e f ic ie n t , delayed State a p p rop ria tio n s, in t e r n .1 fa c u lt y dissen sion , end the h o s t i l i t y o f some o f the U n iv e r s ity curators and p resid en ts. Dr. F u lto n 's re s ig n a tio n , in July, 1937, was a d is t in c t lo s s , both to R o lla , to the S chool, and to the State of M issou ri, as w e ll as to the en gin eerin g p ro fe s sion. H is was an outstanding a d m in istra tio n .

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SOME EVENTS OUTSIDE OF ROLLA

, „ J7 r “ _3 _^ en ten p ia ^ .- The yea r 1921 was M is s o u ri's Centennial Year. I t was o f i r e x a l l y observed by tne S tate on August 8th to 20th, a t the State F a ir at SedaliaThe U.S. M int, at P h ila d e lp h ia , struck o f f 250,000 f i f t y cent conns’ which were s o ld a t one d o l l a r each. On the obverse side th ere was cast an image 0 D a n iel Boone s head. 0n the re v e rs e side were an In dian , a M issou ri pioneer, twenty io u r s ta rs ^ one fo r each S ta te then in the Union), and the in s c r ip tio n "M issouri C e n te n n ia l". n ’ In the Chicago area, the a r r e s t and t r i a l o f Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, o r., fo r the b r u ta l murder^of fo u rte e n -y e a r old hobert Franks, made nation-w ide news. Both r e c e iv e d l i f e t i m e p riso n terms, as of September, 1924 . On O ctober 7, 1924, M is s o u r i's new S ta te C a p ito l B u ild in g at J e ffe rs o n C ity was io r m a lly d e d ic a te d .b y Governor Arthur M. Hyde. Twenty thousand Missourians attended. The w on deriu l mural p a in tin g s on the in t e r io r were fea tu red item s.

In 1925, the t r i a l o f tea ch er Scopes, f o r teaching the Theory cf E volu tion in a iennessee sch ool, made n ation -w ide news. The Tennessee a tto rn ey g en era l, w ith former p r e s id e n t ia l can didate, W illia m Jennings Bryan, represented the p rosecu tion . The c e le b ra te d defense la w yer, Clarence Darrow, defended Scopes. The ju ry found Scopes g u i l t y - but Mr. Bryan s u ffe re d a stroke of apoplexy, and d ied . He was in te rre d in the N a tio n a l Cemetery a t A rlin g to n , Maryland. On August 10, 1927, the g re a t scu lp to r, Gutzon Borglum, began work on the great Mount Rushmore S hrine, in South Dakota. The same day, P resid en t C alvin Coolidge d ed ica te d the Mountain as a n a tio n a l shrine.

The g r e a t p r i z e - f i g h t e r , JACK DEMPSEY, was a p r in c ip a l fig u re in two de c is iv e r in g shows in 1927* On J u ly 21, at Yankee Stadium, New York, Dempsey knocked out h is opponent, JACK SHARKEY, in seven rounds. . . . But in Chicago, on September 23, 1927, DEMPSEY was whipped by GEN . TUN .BY in tw elve rounds. Some few R olla c it iz e n s were able to ge t the news on ra d io . The re st had t o w ait fo r the morning newspapers. Two item s th a t o rig in a te d in R o lla were these: F ir s t , in August of 1926, Mr. J.E . K itch en , on in s p e c tin g a l i t t e r of new p ig s, found th at he had one th a t was two-headed. He p r e s e n tly was fe e d in g th is p ig - through both heads 1 ........ The second item was th a t R o l l a ’ s business men a d vertised th a t th ey would, in November, 1929, £ive_aw ay two fin e cows> on a b a ffle program. But the U.S. Post O ffic e broke up the show when i t t o ld the promoters that "th ey co u ld n 't a d v e rtis e cow day through the m a ils - i t v io la t e d the p o s ta l laws." So the cows were Not given away. 0n November 29, 1929, Commander Richard Byrd made h is memorable airp la n e f l i g h t over the South P o le . . the f i r s t such f l i g h t ever made. In May, 1929, the Union E l e c t r i c Company announded th a t i t planned t o b u ild 1 huge co n crete dam across the Osage r iv e r at B a gn ell. The dam would co st $20,0u0,OOu, md th e hi^h ten sio n e l e c t r i c lin e s from B agnell to Rivermxnes, xn southeast Mxssourx, vould co st an a d d it io n a l $10,000,000. On February 2, 1931, the sluxce gates were closed and th e r e s e r v o ir began to f i l l . The turbines would be started^xn Ju ly. Che t o t a l o r o je c t c o s t, in c lu d in g land, dam, power plan t and transmxssxon lin e s , was Placed at $35,000,000. In 1970, R o lla draws it s e le c t r ic power from thxs source. In February 1932, H erald e d it o r , C ol. Chas. L . Woods, in serted a statement h at China and Japan were engaged in a t e r r i f i c war, ^ i c h Japan p re s e n tly won. February 22 19 32 , was t t e 200th ann iversary o f the b ir th of George Wash -ngt on. ^ The "n a tio n c e le b ra te d . R o lla c ele b ra ted to re a ^ ' L-tree was p la n ted a t ju n c tio n of North Pxne s tre e t and H xgw ay 63 ^ fa m b er : Commerce staged a huge banquet. Programs were staged xn R o lla Hx « H 3 ± oqL, and by /arious c lu b !. IT WAS A DAY OF BIG DOINGS - xn R o lla , as over the natxon.

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On F rid a y , May 20 , 19 27, Charles L. L in d b erin t h i r t y t h * v, twenty m inutes, fle w w ith h is onn-? • Z 1 V h irty -th re e hours and he A t la n t ic Ocean, l a d i n g In ^ SPIHIT 0F ST' LOTIS" « r « s and as w e ll o f muci o f th e C l d ! ? ! ' Bu f 4 M °h ' * * ? ' ? “ °f « * « « « , from h is home in H opew ell New J ersey hi s hahv h Contraf ‘" } ** on March 1> 1932, and when found, the baby 7 s dead This 7 was kidnapped by one Hauptman, A tla n tic f l i g h t ThP 7 7 fh V nt rnade f u l l Y as news as did the suspense w a ite d ‘ u n til I t Z * * ™ ' moamed w ith Linbergh and his w ife - and with suspense w a ited u n t il the kidnapper paid fo r the d a s ta rd ly deed w ith his l i f e TriE DAYS OF NATIONAL PROHIBITION 1917, ^ T f S r e 0; tra n sp o rta tio n o f a lc o h o lic liq u o r s , and submitted i t to the S ta tes fo r r L t S i ea tion . ne n ecessa ry number o f S ta tes r a t i f i e d the measure on January 29 1919 f d p r o h ib it io n was in e f f e c t on January 16 , 1920. This amendment was repealed by adoption o f the 21st amendment on December 21, 1933. here had been p le n ty o f advocates o f P r o h ib itio n b efo re the 18th Amendment was adopted. However, p u b lic sentiment did not approve such measures u n t il the cru c ia l need i o r food , accompanying World War One, made the use o f wheat and c o rn ,^ fo r brew ing purposes, both h ig h ly u ndesirable and m o ra lly wrong. Such condicions won p r o h ib it io n vo te s from those who were not n e c e s s a r ily opposed to the d rin k in g o f a lc o h o lic beverages. Tne s o -c a lle d "V olstea d A ct" o f January 16 , 1920, d efin ed "in t o x ic a t in g liq u o r " as any beverage con ta in in g more than o n e-h a lf percen t o f a lc o h o l, and created the p o st o f " p r o h ib it io n commissioner" in the in te r n a l revenue department to en fo rce the law . The r e s u lt was, as so o ften claim ed, that w ide-spread v io la t io n of the V o lstea d A ct re s u lte d - and that crime was g r e a t ly in crea sed . L e t 's re la te a l l th is t o the R o lla area . I t i s a f a c t th a t, in s e v e r a l areas of Phelps County, various re sid en ts would set up crude d i s t i l l i n g apparatus, made o f s t e e l b a r r e ls and pipes - hide these f a c i l i t i e s in obscure v a lle y s or fo r e s ts , and brew corn whiskey - which came to be c a lle d " WHITE MULE". As an example of how these crude brew eries were fe r r e t e d out, On riarch 10, 1921, Deputy S h e r i f f Charles H e ll, o f R o lla , made a ra id on the premises o f John Turner, o f Newburg, and c o n fis c a te d three g a llo n s o f "white mule" ( corn w hisky). On June 5, 1924, S h e r i f f Jim Warren w ith two deputies ra id ed the premises o f John and Ed A lexan der, two m ile s south of Newburg - d isc o ve red th e ir " s t i l l " , and c o n fis c a te d 150 g a llo n s o f "mash"............Those who in t h is way d i s t i l l e d and £n_ th e _ q u ie t - sold such "w hite mule" soon became n o to rio u s ly known as "b o o tle g g e r s ". The problem even invaded the campus o f the School o f Mines - where "b o o tle g g e rs " from the tow n 's s o c ia lly -d e c a d e n t "W illow V a lle y " d i s t r i c t smuggled in "white mule" fo r s a le t o p a r t ic ip a n t s in the freq u en t dances or b a lls . The D is c ip lin e Committee fo r the S chool o f M ires on freq u en t occasions had to con sider cases where students were e it h e r in to x ic a te d , or in v o lv e d in some manner w ith campus d rin k in g. That committee, i t s e l f , was almost e v e n ly d ivid ed on the m e rits or demerits of p ro h ib itio n . These were co n d itio n s which seemed to develop a l l over the n ation . By 193~, the n a t io n a lly popular magazine, L ite ra r y _ D ig e s t, took a n a tio n a l p o l l c a llin g fa r a vote to r e p e a l — or to r e t a in - the V olstead A ct and the 18th Amendment, in i t s issue o f March 1932, the D igest rep orted that 80.7 p ercen t o f i t s returns were fo r r e p e a l/ And at the same tim e, tte respected e x -p re s id e n t Theodore R oosevelt c a lle d ” fo r r e p e a l. But when the House of R ep resen ta tives, of Congress, took a vote on submission o f a "r e p e a l" amendment to the S ta te s , o n ly 144 votes ^ere ^ cast FOR submission - 272 were AGAINST. This was on December 5, 1932 - fo llo w in g he e le c t io n o f F ra n k lin D. R o o s e v e lt as U.S. P resid en t - and HE v ig o ro u sly advocated r e p e a l, the opening of saloons, and the RETURN Oi? BEiR. He got i t a l l .

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PRESIDENTIAL AND STATS ELECTIONS, 1920-1932 P r e s id e n t ia l Gampaia:h o f IQ 20 - Tn n ,. Republicans ousted the Democrats “ who had S f °f November, 1920, the The va rio u s p a r t ie s which o ffe r e d p r e s id e n t ia l !Jresidenfc ^ 0°drow W ilson, of candidates and the v o te s r e c e iv e d by e a c l j ,vere a ^ f o l l „ , S ° f ther W ith names D ^ o S a t ” SJ a i s T ( ?OPUlar' TOt< M - "- 1 6 ,1 5 2 ,2 0 0 S o c ia lis t s ]; Eugene V. Debs (im prisoned 7 and “ ° ° s®T s lt ' H-Y J 9,147,353 P r o h ib it io n is t s : A .S . W a t k i n ^ ! ! ! ! ? ? ? . ’ . ! ^ . Jm° Ur Stedjnan ( 0 h i° ) ■ 919,799 3o c i a l i s t —Lab or • W.W. Cox and Aujsfnc'j- n.^ i n r* • * * * * * * * * * * * * * U 9 , AOS 31 1 7 s Tal___, P P p. . 7- 3X10 A3T SUst ^nllhaus ( M issou ri & New Y o rk ) ....... Farm-Labor. i .P . C hristensen (U tah) and Max S. Hayes (O hio) . ' 2i t Ml g Of S ' f ; “ •1Haoauley “ d Richard Earnum ( F a . and OhioJ * I ! ! I ! ! ! i 'S ) „ ne e l e c t o r a l c o lle g e v o te s , Harding captured 104 and J.M.Cnx 127. ’ ihe o i l scandals o f the Harding a d m in istration badly hurt the Republican party. I n t e r i o r S e c r e ta r y A lb e r t B. F a l l i l l e g a l l y leased TeaPot Dome ate o t t e r fe d e ra l o i l re serves t o Harry F. S in c la ir and Edward L. Doheny. F a ll was t r ie d convicted, sentenced t o a j a i l term. The teases were c a n c e lle d . P resid en t Harding died w h ile on a speaking t r i p t o San_Francisco, on August 2, 1923- He was strick en witn apoplexy, and died th a t day. Vice p resid en t C alvin Coolidge im m ediately took charge, and served out th e r e s t of tte Harding term.

5!He_ 1924_Campaign. - In the 1924 p r e s id e n tia l campaign, ended w ith tte e le c tio n of November 4, the League of Nations was endorsed by Democrats, opposed by Republicans. Tne can didates, p a r t ie s , and vo tes cast were these: Republicans: C a lvin C oolidge and Charles G. Dawes .................................... 15 72 s 016 Democrats : John W. D avis and Charles W. Bryan ................................... Q 38 ^ $86 P r o g re s s iv e s : Robert M,. L a F o lle t t e and Burton K. Wheeler ............... [ . . . . 4 ’ 822*8$6 P r o h ib it io n is t s : Herman P. Far is and Miss Marie C. B reh m .............................. ( 57 * 551 S o c ia lis t - L a b o r : Frank T. Johns; and Verne L. Reynolds .................................... 38*9$8 Communists: W illia m 2 . F o s te r and Benjamin G itlow ............................................ 33,361 American P a r ty : Judge G ilb e r t 0 . Nations and Charles R andall ....................... 23,867 Commonwealth Land (S in g le T a x ): W.J. W allace and J.G. L in coln ....................... 2,778 The E le c t o r a l C o lle g e gave C oolidge 382 vo tes, Davis 136, L a f o l l e t t e 1 3 . The_ 192_8_Ele£tion Went_R£publi£an. Candidates and vo tes were these: Republican: H erb ert Hoover and Charles C u rtis .............................................. 21,392,190 Democrats: A lfr e d E. Smith (C a t h o lic ) and Joseph T. Robinson (A rk) . . . . 15,016,443 S o c ia lis t : Norman Thomas and James H. Maurer ................................................. 267,420 C orkers' (Communist): W illia m Z. F o ster and Benjamin G itlow ........................... 48,770 S o c ia lis t - L a b o r : Verne L . Reynolds ........................................................................ 21,603 P r o h ib it io n is t s : W illia m F. Varney and James A. Edgerton ............................... 20,106 Farm-Labor: Frank E. Webb ......................................................................................... 6,390 H oover r e c e iv e d 444 e l e c t o r a l vo tes - Smith 87* because Smith was C ath olic, fiv e Southern v o te s which he should, have ted were given t o Hoover. Both House and Senate of Congress remained in Republican hands. The 19)32_Ele£ti_on 0u£ted_R©publi£ans_1_- By November, 1932, e le c t io n time, the Great D epression was a confirm ed f a c t . R e je c tio n of PROHIBITION was a burning issue. The Democrats s a lte d in to o f f i c e on these two g re a t campaign issu es; by advocating r e p e a l o f t t e 18th Amendment and combatting t t e D epression. The candidates Dem ocrats: F ra n k lin Delano R o o s evelt and John Nance Garner ...............27,821,857 R ep u blican s: H erb ert Hoover and Charles Curtis Iincum bents) . . . . 15,761,841 S o c ia lis t s : Norman Thomas and James H. Maurer ........................................ in o’ Zoi Communists: W illia m Z. F o s te r and James W. Ford ( a negro; ............... an Mo P r o h ib it io n is t s : W illia m D. Upshaw and Frank 3. Regan ........................... ’ ° L ib e r t y P a r ty : W.H. Harvey and Frank B. Hemenway.................................... oo’ Toa S o c ia lis t - L a b o r : Verne L . Reynolds and J.,,. Axken .................................. " 7 ’ Farm er-Labor: Jacob S. .......................................................................... *

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“ B ^ a k e^ (R ep u b lica n fH ^ E lecte^ N o ver'^ ^ ^ V 'o y'9^0 " served Mears 1921-1925. Henry S C a u lfie ld (Republic a n ) / L e S * Guy B. Park (D em ocrat). E le c te d November, 1932 served 5 3^ 19 3 7 " '’ * oyo o. ta rk (.Democrat). E le c te d November, 1936 , served 1937-1941. N E C R O L O G Y Many R o lla c it iz e n s passed away during the period 1920 - 1 9 3 7 . We must d r a s t ic a liy reduce rhe number whom we mention, but must not overlook the demise of a r . mdwan Long a lo n g -tim e and topmost R o lla Townbuilder. Our l i s t so abbreviated, is t h is : ’ Robert McGaw, k i l l e d in auto c o llis io n , Dec^ 10 1925 Mrs. R obt. McCaw ( nee Annie C h r is t ie ), k i lle d in same a ccid en t, Dec. 10,1925. fir . s t e r l i n g sm ith, k i l l e d in same accident, Dec. 10, 1925. Senator Frank H. F a r r is , prominent a tto rn e y ate l e g i s l a t o r , Sept. 1 , 1926 Edwin Long, Prominent R o lla Townbuilder, Ju ly 26 , 1928 Stephen N. L 0r t s , prominent R o lla law yer, May 4 , 1931 ( k i l l e d in auto a ccid en t) John A. Watson, prominent R o lla law yer, k i l l e d May 4, 1931 , w ith Mr. Lorts Dr. ». -j . Durant, died October 5, 1932. Prominent R o lla ph ysician . And now, w ith these 85 page s w r itte n of R olla in the p eriod 1920 to 1932 , we clo se the books on th a t period and turn t o the next p eriod — 1933 to 1946 .

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GREAT DEPRESSION +W. WAR TWO ~ ~TOWN RECOVERSPOWERPLANT~ 193 3 -1947 By Dr. and Mrs. Cl a i r V. Mann R o lla , M issouri

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1933 TO 1946

( I n c lu s iv e ) THIS PRESENT SECTION o f THE ROLLA STORY co vers the p e rio d b egin n in g w ith 1933 and en d in g w ith the year 1946. This was a p e rio d to rn , both l o c a l l y and n a tio n a lly , w ith THE GREAT DEPRESSION — and WORLD WAR TWO. Both crea ted numbers of F e d e ra l r e g u la t o r y a g e n c ie s , and r e s u lte d in many l o c a l r e s t r i c t i v e and/or depression r e c o v e r y s p e c i a l p r o je c t s . O f h ig h e s t n a t io n a l i n t e r e s t , t h e r e fo r e , were the n a tio n a l e le c t io n s - the displacem ent o f H e rb e rt H oover (R e p u b lic a n ) by F ra n k lin Delano R o o s e v e lt - and tie unprecedented e l e c t i o n FOR A FOURTH TERM o f R o o s e v e lt. His death b e fo r e s e rv in g much o f h is fo u r t h term, and Truman* s ascendancy to the P r e s id e n t ’ s o f f i c e .

In W o rld War Two, th e re was the d r a f t , the e n lis tm e n t c f many l o c a l boys, the death o f many in the s e r v ic e of t h e ir cou ntry, t h e ir f i n a l m u stering ou t. There were the r a t io n in g card s, the c o lle c t io n s cf scrap m etal, the r e s t r ic t io n s on p r ic e s and r e n t c h a rg e s . There was the c o n s tru c tio n o f F o rt Leonard Wood, t h i r t y - f i v e m ile s southw est of R o lla - and a tremendous program of b u ild in g houses in R o lla to accomodate th e in ru sh o f new r e s id e n t s . There was m usic and e n te rta in m e n t, but in a much le s s e n e d amount. There were th e b ir t h s o f a number o f new R o lla churches. The F ris c o R a ilro a d abandoned i t s steam e n g in e s , and m o d ifie d the grades up Dixon H i l l . There were clu bs g a lo r e . The 100th a n n iv e rs a ry o f the coming to R o lla of John Webber and h is w ife and two c h ild r e n was c e le o r a t e d , and t i e Phelps County H is t o r ic a l S o c ie ty was born. D isa sters in c lu d e d the d e s t r u c t io n of the o f f i c e and p la n t o f the R o lla New Era the k i l l i n g o f te n cr more people >a t F r is c o c ro s s in g s , and a number o f v io le n t storms. The S ch o o l o f Mines continu ed through c o n tro v e rs y and r e s t r ic t io n s , but g o t a deep w e l l and one s u b s ta n tia l campus b u ild in g - H arris H a ll. I t s h is t o r y was w r it t e n and p u b lish ed b y the H i s t o r i c a l S o c ie t y in 1941, h e lp in g to save the School from d e s t r u c t io n . The GRIM REAPER c a r r ie d away over one hundred o f RoELa’ s prominent c it iz e n s many o f whom had been v ig o ro u s Tow nbuilders - and a ls o s o c ia l w ork ers. W ith th is d e ta ile d

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ROLLA*S CITY GOVERNMENT, 1933-1946 Su£cession _of M4Z0L s_ % d_ c£^cilmen,_12.32-.^3_to 1946-47.- In the ables below, l e t t e r s and symbols are used fo r the fo llo w in g purposes: ,,M" s ig n if ie s "mayor". Numbers 1—2—3 in d ic a te the c it y wards from which councilmen were ele c te d . The a s t e r is k ( * ) a ft e r a person*s name in d ic a te s the beginning o f that person*s new term of o f f i c e . (C c) i s c it y c le rk — (Mr) c it y marshal — (A s ) assessor — (C l) c o lle c t o r —• (T r ) tre a s u re r — (A t ) attorney — ( P j ) p o lic e judge — (Ce) city en gin eer — (Nw) n igh t watchman. (M) (l) (1) (2) ( 2) (3) ( 3)

Year 1932-33 Leo H ig le y A lb e rt E Long'* M.O. M artin A.M. L ig h t Bland Smith Frank Kauffman* George Myers

(Mr) (P j) (As) (C l)

Rowe F o rt W.T.Denison B .F .C u lb e rtso n Mr. E .J . Koch

______ J s z s J & Z k rS k (M) D .B .F o llo w ill* ( l ) A .E . Long (1 ) F .B . P o w ell* (2 ) A.M. L i g i t ( 2 ) W.D. Jones* ( 3 ) Frank Kauffman (3 ) O liv e r F Rhea* (Cc) W allace Love (H r) Rowe Fort (A t ) L ly n B radford (A s) B .F .C u lbertson ( C l ) Mr. E .J . Koch

Year 1934-35 . (M) D .B. F o llo w ill ( l ) A .E . Long* (1 ) F.B. Powell (2 ) Bland Smith* (2 ) W.D. Jones (3 ) W a lt. Campbell* (3 ) O liv e r Rhea (Cc) Wallace Love (Mr) Rowe Fort ( C l ) Mrs E .J . K0ch Cfs

<% </) Year 1937-38 Year 1936-37 W.D. Jones* (M) D .B .F o llo w ill ( l ) F.B. P o w e ll* ( l ) F .B . P o w ell (1 ) A lb e r t P a u ls e ll (1) A lb e rt P a u ls e ll* ( 2 ) Gene Smith ( 2 ) W.D. Jones ( 2 ) F .A . Germain* ( 2 ) Gene Smith* ( 3 ) O liv e r Rhea* (3) O liv e r Rhea ( 3) A lf (3) U k n r Y f e - * (C c) A.E. Long (Cc) A .E .L 0ng (Mr) Rowe Fort (Mr) Rowe F©rt ( C l ) Mrs E .J . K©ch (C l) Mrs E.J.K©ch (P j) J .A . W ilk in s 'Hr* Year 1941-42 Year 1940-41 (M) W.D. Jones* (M) W.D. J©ne s ( l ) W.R. Brown* ( l ) W.R. Brawn ( 1) Be/f (1) T r S f c r r * '* ' ( 2 ) Lee R. Ceursen* * ^ ( 2 ) JF K ilp a t r ic k ( 2) , ( 2 ) /-ou ( 3 ) John Fleming* (3) John Fleming ( 3) • . • l( ( 3 ) .,Ji’ tyvtz > (C c) A.E.L©mg (Cc) A.E.L©ng (M r) Rowe Fort (Mr) R©we Fort (C l ) Mrs E .J . Koch (C l) Mrs E.J.K®ch ( P j ) J.C . Harvey (P j) J.C .H arvey -K

Year 1938-39 (M) W.D. Jones (1 ) F.B. Powell (1 ) Ted D. B e ll* (2 ) Gene Smith* (2 ) F.A.Germann ( 3 ) O liv e r F. Rhea ( 3 ) W.L. Jaques* (C c) A.E.Long (Mr) Rowe Fort ( C l ) Mrs E .J . K©ch (P_i) J.C. Harvey

Year 19 39-AO (M) W.D. Jones* (1 ) Ted D. B e ll (1 ) W.R. Brown* (2 ) Gene Smith (2 ) JF K ilp a tric k * (3 ) John Fleming* ( 3 ) W.L.Jaquos (Cc) A.E.Long (Mr) Rowe Fort ( C l ) Mrs E .J . Koch ( P j ) J.C.Harvey

Year 1942-43 . (M) W.D. Jones ( l ) W.R. Brown (1 ) Ted D. B e l l * (2 ) Lee R. Courson (2 ) A l f . T. Smith* ( 3 ) John Fleming ( 3 ) J.Emet M itc h e ll* (Cc) A.E.Long

Year 1943-44 (M) W.D. Jones* (1 ) W.R.Brown* (1 ) Ted D. B e ll (2 ) Lee Courson* (2 ) A lf T Smith ( 3 ) RH(Dick) Huskey* (3 ) J.Emet M itc h e ll (Cc) A.E.Long CHS? 'f a * ' (C l) Mrs E .J . Koch ( P j ) J.C.Harvey C

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Year 1945-46 (M) W.D. Joaes* ( l ) Ted D. B e ll (1 ) Aaron M ile s *

(M) W.D. Jenes l ( l ) Ted D. B e l l * (1) Brow* 1 yr AJ Mile s 1 y r * ( 2 ) RH Huskey ( 2 ) R.H. Hu skey* (2 ) A l f T Smith ( 2 ) A lf T. Smith* ( 3 ) J.Emet M it c h e ll* ( 3 ) J .E .M itc h e ll ( 3 ) Henry Maggi ( l y r ) ( 3 ) N .J .K e lle y * (Cc) A lb e rt E Long (Cc) A.E.Long (P j) J.C .H arvey (©,$) J.C.H arvey (C l) . . . (O l) Mrs E.L.Joh nson

________ Year 1946-47 (M) W.D. Jones (1 ) J.Nean White* (1 ) Aaron M iles

(2) 1 (2 ) Rex W illiam s* (3 ) Harry A lle n * (3 ) N .J . K e lle y (Cc) A.E.Long ( P j ) J.C.Harvey

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THE CITY’ S BUSINESS AFFAIRS CITY UTILITIES AND PUBLIC WORKS: Four main c a tego ries o f public werks were of c h ie f concern to the Council during the period 1933-1946. These: Ownership and operation o f the e l e c t r i c power and li g h t p la n t; the water system; the sewer system; and the paving cf s t r e e t s . The E le c t r ic System was s u b s ta n tia lly separate from government grants of r e l i e f fUnds, designed to o ffs e t the Great Depression. Federal funds WERE employed to r e p a ir and extend the sewer and water systems, and to pave s t r e e t s . We make that separation in our respective description s that fo llo w . The Power P la n t and E le c tric _L ig h t_a ^ _W a te r_S y ste m s. From the beginning o f this p erio d , January 1, 1933, u n t il the power plan t and the e le c t r ic and water systems were re —possessed by the C ity - on November 1, 1945 - the plant and the two systems were operated by the M isso u ri General U t i l i t i e s Company. In June, 1934, the Company’ s c h ie f c le rk in R o lla , W illiam M. Jones, was replaced by Raymond Stedman, a R o lla r e s id e n t . Then in November, 1935, Mr. S .C . McMeekin, a capable and hustling ex ecu tiv e, assumed major operation co n tro l o f the Company, with o ffic e in R o lla . In 1937, the Company b u i l t a new main power lin e connected with the water-powered gen eratin g p lan ts and dams at Ha Ha Tonka, on the Niangua r iv e r , and at B a g n e ll, on the Osage. This lin e was designed to serve not only R olla but other towns, from Crocker on the west to S u lliv a n on the e a s t. In January, 1942, Mr. W. P. Dunlap was added to the adm inistrative s t a f f . In May 1942, the General U t i l i t i e s Company asked fo r a fift e e n -y e a r fra n chise co verin g’ the e le c t r i c service i t was p ro vid in g. The company a lre a d y had riJ h t-o ? Iw Iy over a l l the c it y s t r e e t s . The new fran ch ise provided that the com“ -1 . j_i_ pi i t s pross revenue, and give the c it y corporation s s r S t 1 5 i 4 « „ ! . Per ^ city fo r pumping w t e r from c it y v»elis in to the c it y » a t e r S arran gen K n t^ af1*supposed to net the c ity c o r-

d is t r ic t in c lu d in g the c i t i e s of R o lla , _ • h* d p re v io u sly been at Bowling for the s ta te s of Oklahoma and A rizona. This c e n t a l s t a f f , Mr. C.N.Wade Green, Kentucky. Mr. S .C . McMeekin was over the e n tire c e n tra l s t a l l , was tre a s u re r, and Ray Stedman h is a s s is t a n t . In September

1944, Mr

Gas SompLy, at Colum-

a f f a ir s in R o lla , and compiled an e* c . „ i ent her re fin e d and d e lig h t fu l file d in the M.S.M. L ib r a r y . M rs. Mf ^ f ^ a i r m a n of the 3 ^ and 4th presence to a l l R o lla s o c ia l a f J ^ *Qn Calhoun> and daughter, Ann, had attended second World War bond d r iv e s . f from R o lla was a d is tin c t community lo s s . R olla sc h o o ls. The removal of th is lam iiy

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The City_M 2yes_To R e-P o ssess_E le£ tric Power P lan t And System.- By 1939, the people of R o lla were becoming re s tiv e under the operation of the e le c t r ic and water systems by the M isso u ri General U t i l i t i e s Company, and it s expansion to areas outside of R o lla . When the Company protested that i t couldn*t supply enough w ater fo r the system, the City had, in the 1920* s, d r i l l e d i t s f i r s t deep w e ll ( No. 1 from which the Company then pumped the w ater. As of August 8th, 1935, the C ity had completed d r i l l i n g of W e ll No. 2, near 4th and R o lla stre e ts. W e ll Noj 1 was 1718 fe e t deep, tapped the LaMotte form ation, and yield ed 450 g a llo n s o f water per minute. W e ll No. 2 was 1745 fe e t deep, tapped the LaMotte form ation, and produced 500 g a llo n s of w ater per minute. In September, 1939, the City Council, by re so lu tio n , in dicated i t s desire to purchase, in some way, the e le c t r i c power and service plant which the General U t i l i t i e s company was operating - or, as an a lt e r n a t iv e , b u ild an e n t ir e ly new and s e p a ra te ly operated c it y owned p lan t and system. In October, 1941, the F ederal P u b lic Works Adm inistration made R o lla a grant o f $293,130 w ith which to extend c it y water mains and otherwise extend that system. Along w ith th is gran t, the P.W .A. granted $298,180 fo r extension o f the c ity sewer l i n e s . W ith such funds, and others, the City proposed to buy out the General U t i l i t i e s ownership and f a c i l i t i e s f o r $275,000, making the d e a l through P ie r s o l & Go., of Kansas C ity . When th is f a i l e d , the Council, by unanimous vote, proposed a s im ila r d e a l through the Carleton-Behner comoany of Des Moines, Iowa. This a lso f a i l e d . On December 9, 1943, a group of f i f t y R o lla c itiz e n s met in Parker H a ll, discussed plans to re -p o sse ss the E le c tric Power P lan t and system, then requested the City Cduncil to c a l l an e le c tio n to vote on re-purchase of the system. One plan in volved an o u trig h t bond issu e of $ 410,000 — or an is a ie of $ 50,000 in revenue bonds to be supplemented by the annual earnings of the system. The Council responded by c a lli n g fo r such an e le c tio n as of September 26, 1944. The p ro p o sitio n voted on, as submitted, provided fo r an issue of $50,000 in g e n e ra l o b lig a t io n bonds - w ith the assumption that $ 360,000 would be paid from p lan t annual revenues. The t o t a l sum would be paid o f f by or before the end of twenty y e a rs . . . . The vo ters approved the p roposition by a vote of 988 to 43. A n tic ip a tin g such app roval, the Council on August 31, 1944, set up the ROLLA BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS - c o n sistin g of Herman E . Castleman, president, P ro f. F.H. Frame, v ic e p resid en t, R. E ric Schuman as secretary, and F.A. Cameron as the fourth member. Should the re-purchase p ro p o sitio n carry, then Mr. James B. Bronson would be the manager — of the "ROLLA MUNICIPAL UTILITIES". This Board, f o r the C ity, on November 1, 1945, took form al possession of a l l the e le c t r i c and w ater f a c i l i t i e s which the General U t i l i t i e s company had owned or operated. An o f f ic e was set up in the former "Negro U .S .O .", ju st east of the U .S . Post O f f ic e , at north east corner of 9th and Pine streets.^ This Board made i t s v e ry f i r s t fin a n c ia l re p o rt as of A p r il 30, 1946, a f t e r s ix months of operation, as fo llo w s : Gross revenue c o l l e c t e d ...................... $124,611.43 Expended out o f i t ............................... — Balance, net revenue ........................... Expended from th is ............................... " n K r Balance, cash in b a n k ......................... The oDeration of the w ater and e le c t r ic plant by th is Board o f Public Works ( R o lla PM un icipal U t i l i t i e s ) through the years 1945 to 1970 has froved to

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expanding sewer or w ater systems, or paying io r gene rax oxujr &

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The. Sewer System .- Even b e fo re the great expansion of housing d is t r ic t s in R o lla, which occurred in and a f t e r 1941, fo llo w in g outbreak o f World War Two, the expansion o f R o lla * s sewer lin e s and d is p o s a l works became a v i t a l n ecessity . Therefore, in June, 1938, the City Council retain ed the engineering firm o f R u sse ll and Axon, of S t . L o u is, to make the necessary study and prepare the needed plan s. By August25th, p lan s ted been made fo r the construction o f a d isp o sa l plant which consisted o f an Im hoff tank, a s e t t lin g tank measuring 22x25 fe e t , a t r ic k lin g f i l t e r 120 f e e t in diam eter, and a sludge bed measuring 62 x 96 f e e t . There was a control house and n ecessary la b o ra to ry equipment. To these accesso ries there were added s e v e ra l m iles of sewer mains. The d is p o s a l p lan t was located near the south q u arter corner o f S ection 12 (T .3 7 -8 ), thus south of the Hutchinson addition . These improvements were to be financed by the issue of $42,000 in c ity bonds, to which was added a F e d e ra l grant of $22,910.00. At a s p e c ia l e le c tio n on September 20, 1938, the whole arrangement was approved by a vote of 735 to 21. The construction contract was awarded to Dunbar, Simon Company, of Clayton, M issouri, for $42,166.00. The work was completed by October 19, 1939, a t a t o t a l cost of $49, 351 . 00 . In a l l , three and o n e -h a lf mile s of sewer main were thus constructed. These f a c i l i t i e s were h a rd ly completed before the great housing expansion in R olla took p la c e , during which over 600 new homes were b u i l t in Ridgeview, Green Acres and R o lla Gardens a d d itio n s , and elsewhere - and the new sewer f a c i l i t i e s were unable to care f o r the in c re a s e . A new d isp o sa l plan t, and added m iles o f sewer main had to be b u i l t . The Program 0 f_ 5 t r e e t P a v in g .- Various F ederal grants during the Great Depre s s i on” made i t p o s s ib le to set up exten sive street paving ^p ro je c ts in R o lla . Beginning in J u ly 1938, the C ity l e t contracts fo r asp h altic paving o f these streets ^

Pine to 0ak

12th, from Pine to the F risco tracks

11th, from Pine to Oak Elm, from 10th to 12 th Oak, from 10th to 12 th. The contract p ric e per fro n t foot of abutting property was 93 cents. As of July, 1939, some f o r t y blocks o f paving had been completed, as fo llo w s : 5th s t r e e t , from Elm to Oak12th, Pine to F risc o tracks 7th, from Pine t o Park Elm, from 4th to 6th 7th from R o lla to O liv e Elm, 10th to 12th gth! from Olive t o Cedar Oak, from 10th to 12 th 9th, from R o lla to Main O liv e , from 1st to 7th 12th from Main t o Pine Cedar, from 6th to 9th During 19*0 and 1941, Federal Works Progress A dm inistration ( concrete paving, having an average w i of north Pine e treet 12th to i t s ^ e “ t wC a ° nC56 ? : o ^ l e i e

as J a n u a r y ,

R o lla, from 4to to 12th Main ^ h fco 12 th State, 6th to 12 tn.

«f f f M i S - / • • P Parfc 0f th is was the paving Route 63 14 930 lin e a r feet of - » *id . 1940.

J . * . K ilp a trio h » a s city engineer

and s tre e t commissioner. P ark in g M etegs_And_Publig J i| y B u s j s . parking meters were i n s t a lle d .

R o lla *s f i r s t stre e t Qf ^riv a te c itiz e n s

The fa re from one place to another 2 . discontinued a f * r perhaps a

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fa m ilie s needed residen ces in R o lla , so thousanda of engineer troops trained hundreds of c iv ilia n d - b e sid e s housing the thousann there.

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F e d e ra l perm ission was given f o r the construction o f 600 new housing units in the R o lla -W a y n e s v ille area - each u n it to cost around $3,300. This resulted in the lay o u t of a t le a s t fou r MAJOR c it y subdivision s in R o lla , together with some s ix o f le s s e r importance. The fo llo w in g table l i s t s these subdivision s and the one—house size d l o t s contained in each: Schuraan A d d itio n ( 1925 or b e fo r e ) 141 l o t s . Ridge view Add. . (.1 9 4 1 ).................. 101 G reat Oaks Add. ( 1941) ................ 53 Green Acres Add. ( 1941) .............. 59 R o lla Gardens Add ( 1941 ) .......... 81 B a rn itz A d d .(S ch ool View) (1936) 18 P o w e ll’ s 1st ..................................... 36 P o w e ll’ s 2nd ........... 70 M urry’ s 1 st ....................................... 42 Lakeview ............................................. 7 North Park (Stephendale ) .............. 31 South Park ......................................... 33 T o ta l house—s iz e l o t s ........ 676 1941, and 108 in 1942.

In the Great Oaks, Green Acres, and R olla Garden subdivisions, new houses were b u i lt on prac t i c a l l y EVERY lo t — which means that 200 houses were so b u i l t . In R id ^ v ie w addition , houses were b u i lt on approximately 81 of the 101 l o t s . For these fou r subdivisions alone, that meant the b u ild in g of some 280 new R olla houses. Including a l l other su b d iv is ions, and the r e s t of R o lla, 512 new houses were b u i l t in The combined cost was $437 , 050 .

E xtension O f_C i t v Lim its . - During the period 1933-1946, there were sev eral sp e c ia l e le c t io n s held to vote fo r or again st extension o f c it y lim it s . One in November, 1939, took in a l l property abu ttin g Salem Avenue as fa r southeast as the ju n c tio n of Salem Avenue w ith Highway 72. Also, the Powell Addition and other property in northwest R o lla . The c it y lim it s were a ls o extended l /8 m ile to the east in c e rta in a re a s o f town. In May, 1941 there was another e le c tio n to extend c it y lim it s . I t took in Green Acres and R o lla Garden t r a c t s , with a 500 fo o t s t r ip east of R o lla Cemetery. I t included P o w e ll's Second ad d itio n , with a 40-a c re tra c t abutting Highway 63 , south. I t included a ls o a s t r i p 500 fe e t wide on each side o f Highway 66, running down the h i l l west o f F a ir Ground H i l l to the west lin e of Section There was s t i l l another s t r i p 500 fe e t in width each side of north 10 ( T . 37 - 8 ) running out north east as f a r as the town lim it s of North Wye. Highway 63 , Bond_Elec_ti°ns_F_or_Airport_And_Ne_w_City H a l l . — On May 6, 1941, a s p e c ia l bond e le c t io n was h eld on proposed bond issu e s o f Ifl) $10,000 to e s ta b lis h a CITY AIRPORT, opposite Dunivin Grossing three m iles east fcf R olla . . . ( 2 ) $14,000 to b u ild a new CITY HALL and JAIL . . and (3 ) $6,000 to improve the c it y ’ s san itary sewer system. These p ro p o sitio n s c a rrie d by respective votes cf 342 to 27 . . . 329 to 40 . . . and 341 to 26. But the manner o f submission was questioned, and declared i n v a li d . For that reason, a second e le c tio n was held on September 2, 1941, with these changes: $4,000 fo r the a irp o rt . . $16,000 f o r the c it y h a ll . . and $6,000 fo ? the sewers. I t was w ith the $16,000 that the C it y 's new tw o-story b ric k city h a ll was b u i l t , on south side of 8 th s t r e e t , next east of the Power P la n t. The Federal Government gave the c it y a grant of $ 48,000 to help "b u ild ( or grade ) a irp o rt. The c i t y bought the n ecessary a irp o rt land - whl? ^ t ^ a^ S0 o °1^ d^s t _ "in d u s t r ia l park" whereon the Sw itzer company i s b u ild in g i t s $4,000,000 m r i a l p la n t o f 1970. R o lla 1s P opulation . 1940_Census.- Government census rep orts li s t e d ® ° l l at s poPu la t iln " f o r " t h e y ia r 1940 as 5,141. For comparison, these fig u r e s fo r other 1920 . . . 2,077 . . . 5,141 years: 1930 . . . 3,671 ••• 9,313 A l l these fig u r e s are exclu sive of School o f Mines students.

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The R o lla F ire JDepartment. - Throu^i the period 1933-1946, R o lla *s f i r e fig h t in g s t a f f was on a voluntary b a s is . As of March, 1940, Manual H. Buckey was o f f i c i a l l y appointed R o lla *s F ire M arshal — and he was an e x c e lle n t choice. In August, 1939, the firemen asked f o r a more e ffe c t iv e f i r e truck. In a s p e c ia l e le c tio n on August 15, 1939, the v o te rs by a vote of 225 to 50 authorized the purchase o f the d e s ire d truck. The c o s tly , destru ctive f i r e which destroyed the R o lla New E ra p lan t in May of 1938 had demonstrate d the d ire need f o r b e tte r f i r e fig h t in g equipment. An in t e r e s t in g item i s that in A p r il, 1940, the pavement a t the in te rse c tion o f 8 th and Pine stre e ts began to s e t t le . In v e stig a tio n revealed that an old c is te rn f o r s to rin g f i r e - f i g h t i n g water was re sp o n sib le . I t was said to have measured 12 x 40 fe e t in h o riz o n ta l dimension, and was 20 fe e t deep. I t was com pletely b a c k - f i l l e d with rock and d i r t , and the pavement rep laced . The R o lla P u b lic _ L ib r a r y _ Is Founded.- As o f December 6, 1934, the R olla Parent-Teachers A sso ciatio n , o f -Which Mrs. E .E . Decker was presiden t, decided that R o lla should have a p u b lic l i b r a r y . A campaign was conducted. R olla c itiz e n s were asked to donate books. Students volunteered to gather them. Space was found in the basement o f the old Ward School, 6th and Cedar s tre e ts . Mrs. O.A. Henning headed the d r iv e . By December 13, 1934, one thousand books had been donated. The Herman and F.B. Pow ell lumber companies donated lumber fo r the shelves and cases. Mr. Paul Howard, l i b r a r i a n a t the School o f Mines, assumed charge of catalogu in g. G ir ls from High School c la s s e s did the necessary ty p ew ritin g. G i r l scouts made up the pockets fo r le n d in g card s. By January o f 1935, the li b r a r y was able to open fo r one afternoon, one evening, and on Saturday aftern oon . Volunteers served as lib r a r i a n s . By November, 1935, a plan evolved by Mr. Howard was adopted. In terested c itiz e n s were asked t o donate 35 cents per month fo r a li b r a r y fund. Various R o lla s o c ie t ie s co n trib u ted . By November, 1936, th is fund had reached $511.79, and o f th a t, $321.36 had been expended. The donated books now numbered 1,250. Miss V irgin ia H e ll was re ta in e d as a paid li b r a r i a n , and an executive board had been set up. In A p r il o f 1937, the l i b r a r y board was made up of one rep resen tative from each o f a number o f o rg a n iza tio n s, as fo llo w s : . C iv ic s Club ..............Mrs. B.H. Rucker P .T .A ............ M rs. O.A. Henning R olla Junior Club . . Mrs. Margaret Lloyd A.A.U .W . M isses Minnie M artin M in is t e r ia l Assn. Rev. H.P.Hunter and Sadie Donahoe Lions Club ............. Eugene Northern D .A .R ............ Mrs.E.A.Goodhue Rotary Club . . . . . . . Supt. B. P. Lewis P .E .0 . . . . . . M rs. R .E .H e lle r School o f Mines, L ib ra ria n Paul Howard E astern S t a r Mrs Florence M i lle r Garden Club . Mrs David Donnan Saturday Club Mrs H.R. Hanley M i l l Tax I s Voted For L ib r a r y S u p p o rt.- In February, 1938, in te re ste d groups proposed that both the p u blic l i b r a r y , and a R o lla park board and system, be financed by a le v y of one m ill per annum on each $100 o f c it y property v a lu a tio n . In the s p e c ia l e le c tio n on these issues,, in A p r il, 1938, both were approved. The vote on the l i b r a r y le v y was 388 " f o r " . . 31 "a g a in s t". An O f f i c i a l L ib r a r y Board Is_Eptablis_he_d_i_- A c it y l i b r a r y board was now a n ecessity. W herefore, mayor W.D. Jones made these appointments For Three Year Term For Two Year Term For 1 Year Term Mesdame s: Mrs. O.A. Henning Mesdame s : S.H. Lloyd D r. C.H. Fulton H.R.Hanley Mabel Smith Mr. Ted R. Schweer Frank B. Pow ell Mr. Sam Hess. D.G. Pinkston

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f^? 1S ° ! f l pl a l .5 0af d ®efc the USU L ib r a r y on July 8 , 1938, and e le c te d these o f f i c e r s : P re sid e n t, D r. C.H. Fulton . . . Vice p residen t and tre asu rer, Mrs. O.A. Henning ...S e c r e t a r y , Mr. Paul Howard, School of Mines li b r a r i a n . „ In N°yemb e r, 1938, the Board was re-o rgan ized with D r. Fulton s t i l l p r e s i dent, Mrs. O.A. Henning v ice p resid en t, Mrs. S.H. Lloyd tre a su re r, and Miss V ir g in ia H e ll se c re ta ry and l i b r a r i a n . Other members were Mesdames D.G. P in k s to n ... Notie anby . . Mabel Smith . . and Frank B. Powell . . and M essrs. Sam Hess and Ted Schweer. The Lions Club donated $360 fo r expenses. The l i b r a r y was s t i l l in the Ward School basement. In December, 1941, Mrs. H.R. Hanley succeeded D r. Fulton as Board P r e s i dent.^ Judge Sam Hess was secretary , Mrs. S.H. Lloyd tre a s u re r. Rev. O.V. Jackson and M iss Minnie M artin had join ed the Board. A f in a n c ia l re p o rt as o f June, 1943, showed re c e ip ts fo r the year ended May 31 to be $1,806.26. Expenditures were $1,247.91, and balance $558.35. The one m i l l le v y had become a permanent means of fin a n c ia l support. L ib r a r y Occupies Negro U .S.O . B u ild ing. - In February o f 1945, the Federal Government no lo n g e r needed the U .S.O . b u ild in g s , so placed them on a l i s t f o r d is p o s a l. Mr. Rowe Carney secured a purchase option on the Negro U .S .O ., which stood on the l o t next e a s t o f the U .S. Post O ffic e , 9th and Pine s t r e e t s . He then turned the option over to the C ity o f R o lla , to be used as a p u blic l i b r a r y b u ild ing. By June 4, 1945, the C ity had completed the purchase, and the L ib r a r y was moved i n . Many c it iz e n s volunteered to clean up the b u ild in g and handle the books. City engineer J .F . K ilp a t r ic k ( " K i l " ) had c it y trucks tra n sfe r the books from Ward sch ool. M rs. H.R. Hanley wq.s Board p resid en t. As o f July 5, 1945, Mrs. Frank C. Winston was h ire d as the o f f i c i a l c it y l i b r a r i a n . R o lla * s_ City_ParkSj_ 192.3—4 6 .- During these years, R olla became "park con sc io u s". The o l f F a ir Grounds, on the h i llt o p west of R o lla , was the f i r s t — having been lo c a te d there by the old A g r ic u lt u r a l and Mechanical S ociety in 1869. I t now took the name o f "Buehler Park", so named in honor o f "C h ie f" Buehler, g re a t R o lla T0WNBUILDER, and State G e o lo g is t. B a rn itz Park was opened when the B arn itz "School View" add ition was la i d out in 1936. Green Acres Park became a r e a l i t y when that add ition was la i d out in 1941. The L ion s Club now provided these parks w ith playground apparatus such as swings, toboggan s li d e s , see—saws, p icn ic ovens, and ta b le s . Other fin e parks were to fo llo w these th re e . R o lla 2ity_P]_>anning_ B o a rd .- The War-time expansion o f housing f a c i l i t i e s and new r e s id e n t ia l ad d itio n s made i t expedient fo r R o lla , in 1941, to create a City Planning Board. This i t d id in June o f 1941. The f i r s t Board, meeting on June 16, 1941, co n sisted o f these members: P r o f. C l i f f o r d H. Black C ity Engineer J .F . K ilp a tric k Mr. Ted D. B e l l D r. E .E . Feind Mr. E r ic Schuman Mr. DeVere J o slin Mr. Eugene Northern Mayor W.D. Jones The Commission proceeded to d isc u ss, o u tlin e , and e s t a b lis h a zoning Plan and Ordinance f o r R o lla , in which residence, ousiness, and in d u s t r ia l d i s t r i c t s were e s t a b lis h e d . These were madd o f f i c i a l by the City C o u n c ils adoption By 1945, Judge Sam Hess ted jo in ed the Board, and was chairman of the Zoning Commis A Sem ple_City F in a n c ia l R e p o rt.- We present only a single "sample" c it y report f o r this p erio d - that f o r the year ending p n , • balance T otal r e c e ip t s were $146,678.39 . . . Expenditures $89,873.87 ...T h e balance, as o f f i c i a l l y p rin te d , was $24,995-44

receipts* w e re ^ 9 5^883 *09.^ * The 'newspapers fig u re s which can be consulted.

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time contain m inutely d e ta ile d

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COMMISSIONJ IO V E R M ^ ^ FCR ROLLA IS _P R O P O S E D A s e a r ly as A p r il 13, 1932, R o lla ’ s HUB CLUB had become in te re ste d in changing R o lla ’ s c it y government from that o f a 4 th c la s s c it y to a chartered commission government, and had in v ite d M essrs. A .F . Day and E .C . Bohrsr, of West P la in s , M issou ri, to be club dinner guests and e x p la in the advantages that commission government had brought to West P la in s . In t e r e s t in a change grew ra p id ly . R o lla c itiz e n s f e l t that i f , as in West P la in s , the C ity owned or re-possessed i t s e le c t r ic and water plan t and oper atio n s, and had a three-man commission government, then the c ity would save s ig n ific a n t amounts in cash, along with b e t t e r s e rv ic e s . I t was thus that on January 27, 1933, the R o lla Chamber o f Commerce named Mr. Frank Pow ell to make an in v e s tig a tio n and rep o rt, with au th o rity to appoint a sub committee to a id him. Mr. Pow ell named such a committee, con sistin g o f P ro f. C.V.Mann (chairman) . . . M.O. M artin . . . R . E . McKinley . . Fred W. Smith . . P r o f. Joe B. B u tle r . . and Mrs. M.F. Faulkner. This sub committee made a study cf M issouri law p e rta in in g to commission government, and as of February 9, 1933, submitted a typed re p o rt. This was read to a c it iz e n group of 100, meeting in the College Inn room cf Hotel Edwin Long. The committee re p o rt contained a request that a s p e c ia l commission government e le c tio n be held to decide whether cr not R o lla wanted a change. Formal p e t it io n s were c irc u la te d , signed, and presented to the Council, which then set the s p e c ia l e le c tio n date fo r February 28, 1933* Meantime, the town’ s newspapers c a rrie d on a vigorous campaign, both " f a r " and "a g a in s t ". The e le c tio n s retu rn s recorded 318 voted " f o r " and 764 "a g a in s t ". The old 4th c la s s government would continue. We now turn to the a f f a i r s of Phelps County Government.

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THE OFFICERS AND AFFAIRS OF PHELPS COUNTY N a tio n a l, S ta te , County O ffic e r s , 1933-1946.- The fo llo w in g table names the N a tio n a l, S ta te , and Phelps County o ffic e r s o f in t e r e s t fo r years 1933 to 1946. Years

P resid en t of U .S .

Mo, Governor

Mo.State Senatcr

Co. Representative

1933-34 F ran k lin Roosevelt 1935-36 Roosevelt 1937-38 R oosevelt 1939-1QiORoosevelt 1941-42 R oosevelt 1943-44 Roosevelt 1945-46 Roosevelt-Truman 1947-48 Harry B. Truman

Guy B . Park C arter M. Buford Clyde C. Cope Guy B. Park Lloyd C. Stark Clyde C. Cope Lloyd C. Stark Emery W .A lliso n F orest C. Donnell A llis o n F. C. Donnell A llis o n P h il M. Donnelly A llis o n P h il M. Donnelly A llis o n THE COUNTY COURT AND CLERK

Booker H. Rucker John J. D a ily John J. D a ily John J . D a ily John J. D a ily Dewey C. Hickman Booker H. Rucker Booker H. Rucker

Years 1933-34 1935-36 1937-38 1939-40 1941-42 1943-44 1945-46

E. Side Judge J .E . Rowland D .S .B ra n s te tte r B ran ste tte r B ra n ste tte r B ran stetter I r a P arry I r a Parry

County C lerk W alt. L . Bradford John A. Mooney Mooney Mooney Mooney Mooney John A. Mooney

P re sid in g Judge O liv e r D. P a u ls e ll J.E . Rowland Rowland Rowland Rowland Hamilton W. Lenox Lenox

W. Side Judge Isa a c Sands Sands Harm Gaddy Gaddy Gaddy Isaac Sands George E. Marsh

THE CIRCUIT COURT Years 1933-34 1935-36 1937-38 1939-40 1941-42 1943-44 1945-46 Years 1933-34 1935-36 1937-38 1939-40 1941-42 1943-44 1945-46 Years 1933-34 1935-36 1937-38 1939-40 1941-42 1943-44 1945-46

C ir c u it Judge Jos. H. Bowron Wm. E . Barton Barton Barton Barton Barton Barton Assessor James W. Black Black B lack Black Black Black B lack ( he d ie d )

S h e r iff C irc .C lk . & Recorder C.O. Alexander Mrs. Wes. Smith Alexander Smith Fred C. King Smith Free C. King Smith—S.W .L o rts Pryor Harvey S h e a rl W. Lorts Pryor Harvey S.W. L orts W alt. B. Lavine L o r t s - C.R.Sands

Prosec. A tty. Emery W. A llis o n A llis o n A llis o n Llyn B radford Bradford Bradford Bradford

OTHER ELECTIVE COUNTY OFFICERS Treasurer C o lle c to r Mrs. Amanda Kerr Wm. H. Carney Mrs. Kerr Carney E a r l Jackson Carney Jackson Carney Jackson Carney R.W. Shoemate Carney Shoemate Carney

Surveyor Ernest E Decker Decker Decker Decker Decker Raymond F. Brant Brant

School Supt. Coroner Probate Judge Ralph M arcellus O ral L ic k lid e r John 0. Holmes M arcellus L ic k lid e r Sam Hess M arcellus L ic k lid e r Hess M arcellus L ic k lid e r Hess M arcellus Rudy S . N u ll Hess M arcellus R .S. N u ll Hess M arcellus R.S. Nul l Hess I t i s to be noted th at, while in n a tio n a l e le c tio n s there were candidates

on the S o c i a li s t , P r o h i b i t i o n ! £ there »e re candidates in none of th ese^ p arties o t ly ^ ^ r e S r n - - 19pe4 rhap?W V orTdr | a r ^ o 8: ° S 2,366 Democratic, 1,406 Republican.

r De mo = mSc J / t e p S S i c a r i . _ w tereas, f<Jr

19*2 thete „ere only 3,772 votes cast -

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Gounty_Road M atters_.- In February, 1940, the Phelps County s p e c ia l ^oad bond issu e was com pletely p aid o f f and the can celled bonds burned. By county—wide vote on March 2, 1940, the R o lla S p e c ia l Road D is t r ic t was f i n a l l y d is s o lv e d . And in September, 1937, the County decided to r e b u ild the brid ge over L i t t l e Dry Creeek near the C leino b r ic k school house, on Soest Road, extended. The old b rid g e had been washed out. A 150 fo o t re in fo rc e d concrete bridge was b u i lt in i t s place at an estim ated cost of $15,586,00. The F ederal W.P.A* Adm inistration made a grant in a id . In p a rts of the County, the C .C .C . boys b u i lt or reconditioned many m iles o f road , p a r t ic u la r ly out from i t s camp a t Rosebud, in the southwest corner. The £ om ity _P o p u latio n .- The 1940 Federal census showed that Phelps County had 17,507 in h a b ita n ts. For 1930, the fig u r e was 15,308. For comparison, these fig u r e s : 1860 . . 5 , 714 1900 . . 14,194 1940 . . 17,507 1870 . . 10,506 1910 . . 15,796 1950 . . 21,504 1880 . . 12,674 I960 . . 25,396 1920 . . 14,941 1890 . . 13,027 1930 . . 15,308 A s p e c ia l census taken in 1942 showed these f ig u r e s : Of the county's 17,407 in h ab itan ts . . . 1 7 ,o55 were native ( USA ) born. . . . 281 were fo re ig n born. 71 were n egros. . . . 8,969 were males . . 8,468 were fem ale. Some_Sarajcle F in a n c ia l Items_.- The ta b le th at fo llo w s shows samples o f annual r e c e ip t s , expenditures, and balan ces. V aluation Bonded Debt Balance Expended Tear T o tal Receipts $ 294,000 out $10,144, 372 $49,794.03 1933 $49,518.68 10,497,943 1935 $25,457.41 57,734-81 32,777.40 1936 10 , 000,000 40,085.91 63,033-4 8 103,119.39 1939 43,664.08 A l l bonds paid 1940 61,794.51 105,458.59 Count.y_Farm A g e n ts .- A number of persons, employed by the College of A gri cu ltu re o f the U n iv e rs ity of M issouri, served as "county" farm agents during the years 1933 - 1946 . L .F . W ainscott, on January 1, 1935, ted served fo r seven years p a st. R.W. B ushnell rep laced him. L a te r, Mr. W.F. Houk was servin g during the e a r ly 1940 ' s . THE CAMPAIGN_F0R_AJffiW_C0URT_H0USE_.- During the 1940»s and 1950's, the con dition of the old Phelps County Court House, b u i l t in 1861, was anything but s a n ita ry , adequate, and f ir e p r o o f . Sheet iro n wood stoves were used f o r heating. A l l o f f ic e fu rn itu re belonged to years long p a st. Rest rooms were u n fit fo r decent use. P r ic e le s s records faced sure d estru ction should any la rg e f i r e break out. These con dition s le d e d ito r C harles L. Woods, of the R olla Herald, to appeal to the Chambers of Commerce in R o lla , S t . James, and Newburg - and a ls o to the service c lu o s ( Lions and Rotary ) and the various womens' clubs to do something about i t . I t was proposed to pass a $75,000 bond issu e , and use i t together with Federal gran ts, to b u ild a new stru ctu re. The tax le v y would be 5 cents per $100 v a lu a tio n . Nothing came o f th is a p p e a l. In Fehruary 1944, Mr. Noel Hubbard, chairman of the R o lla Post-War Planning Committee, in a t a lk to the R o lla Chamber of Commerce, suggested^ the b u ild in g o f a new Court House - as a memorial to the s o ld ie r boys in s e rv ic e . The Chamber unanimously endorsed the id e a . In November, 1945, 388 county c itiz e n s , le d by D r. Wm. H. Breuer of S t. James p e titio n e d the County Court, asking fo r an e le c tio n on the issu e o f $400,000 i T c o ^ y bonds w ith which to b u ild a new court house. A m o r o u s newspaper cam paign was c a rrie d on, sponsored by the Post War Planning Committee. The Court e l e c S f n dat^ fo r August 6, 1946. The bond issu e " - ^ f ^ ^ ^ n r i t y a vote of 1941 ( f o r ) to 2182 (a g a in s t" ( 40 . 6 % to 5 9 .4 *). A tw o-th irds m a jo rity was re q u ire d . AND THAT WAS THAT.

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State Highway Items 0 f _ I n t e r e s t .- In August, 1938, a mammoth "MOTORCADE" was planned to c e le b ra te the f i n a l completion of U .S . — Mo. Highway 66 between Chicago and Los A n geles. The date fa r th is was the three day period August 15—16—17. In J e ffe rso n C ity, Thomas H. C u tler, who had been Chief Engineer fo r the State Highway Department, resigned in August, 1936, and was succeeded by C a rl W. Brown. The State Highway Commission consisted o f M essrs. H.G. Simpson ..C laude C. Earp ( chairman ) ..R o b e rt B. Brooks . . . Edward W. Gray . . . and R o lla *s great Townbuilder, " C h ief" Henry A. nuehler, State g e o lo g is t . P r in c ip a lly due to the in flu en ce o f Chief Buehler, Highway 63 , south from R o lla to the top of fancy H i l l , a 11.375 mile stretch — was paved with a 20—fo o t concrete s la b . This replaced the dusty, g ra v e l surface of the road which so m iserab ly handled the t r a f f i c which i t c a r r ie d . A l l R o lla re jo ic e d at th is happy conclusion. During the p e rio d , Phelps County maintained a County Highway Commission. This was composed o f D r. R .E. Breuer, .o f Newburg, the chairman ..and M essrs. John J. D a ily ..James A. Spilman . . . and I r a P arry. This group worked in close coopera tio n with the State Highway department, choosing those county roads which were taken over by the State f o r farm -to-m arket roads. ROLLA*S SCHOOLS . . 1933-1946 The_Rolla_Schoo1 B o a rd .- The tab le that fo llo w s records the succession o f school board members fo r the period 1933 to 1946. E le c tio n s occurred the f i r s t week in each A p r i l. New o f f ic e r s took th e ir seats the f i r s t week of the fo llo w in g May. That way, terms ran from May of one year to the end of A p r il the next y ear. The fig u r e s such as 3 -2 -1 a f t e r a name in d ic a te the number o f years the person has yet to serve. The board p re s id e n t's name i s u n d erlin ed . Year 1937-38 Year 1936-37 John W S c o tt(3 ) S.Claude N u ll(3 ) SL Bays in g e r (3 ) W .D .Jones.. . ( 3 ) John W S c o t t (3 ) Lou. H. B re u e r(3 ) ED W illiam s (3 ) ED W illiam s ( 3 ) DB F o llo w i ll(3 ) D r. W .S.Sm itn(3) John W Scott ( 2 ) John W S c o t t ( 2 ) SL B ay sin ger(2 ) W.D.Jones . . ( 2 ) W.D.Jones . . ( 2 ) DB F o llo w i ll(2 ) L.H .B reuer . ( 2 ) D r. W .S.Sm ith(2) ED W illiam s (2 ) DB Follow i l l ( 2 ) John W S c o t t (l ) SL B a y s in g e r (l) WD Jones . . . ( 1) DB F o l l o w i l l ( l ) W a lte r A s h e r (l) DB F o llo w i ll ( 1 ) D r. W .S .S m ith (l) ED W illiam s ( l ) W.D. Jones (l) ED W illiam s ( l ) Year 1933-34

Year 19 34-35

Year 1935-36

Year 1938-39 W.D.Jones . . ( 3 ) DB F o llo w i ll(3 ) S.C . N u ll . . ( 2 ) ED W illiam s ( 2 ) John W S c o t t ( l ) L.H. Bre u e r ( l )

Year 1939-43 L .H .B reu er (3 ) John W S c o tt(3 ) W.D. Jones ( 2) DB F o l l o w i l l (2 ) S . C .N u ll ------ (1 ) ED W illiam s ( l )

Year 1940-41 ED W illiam s (3 ) S .C . Nul l . . ( 3 ) L .H . Breuer (2 ) John W S c o tt(2 ) W.D.Jones . . ( l ) DB F o llo w ill (1 )

Year 1941-42 W.D.Jones . (3 ) DB F o llo w ill(3 ) ED W illiam s (2 ) S .C .N u ll . . (2 ) L.H . Breuer ( l ) John W S c o t t (l)

Year 1943-44 Fred Cross (3) J .K ilp a t r ic k (3 ) S .T .V ic k e rs ( 2 ) JE M itc h e ll (2 ) W.D.Jones . . ( l ) DN F o l l o w i l l ( l )

Year 1944-45 Dr.JW B a r le y (3 ) Dr BR Conyers( 3 ) Fred C r o s s . . ( 2 ) J .K ilp a t r ic k (2 ) S .T .V ic k e rs ( l ) JE M itc h e ll ( l )

Year 1945-46 S .T .V ick ers ( 3 ) JE M itc h e ll (3 ) Dr.JW B a rle y (2 ) D r.B .C onyers(2) Fred Cross (l) J . K i lp a t r i c k (l)

From 1927 to 1945 Year 1946-47 Dr.PG H ero ld (3 ) Frank Germann served as secre R. B.Murry (3) S . T.V ickers (2 ) t a r y -t r e asure r . For 1946-47, JE M itc h e ll (2 ) E.D. W illiam s D r.J .B a rle y ( l ) took o ver. They D r.B .C o n y e rs (l) were not board member s

Year 1942-43 S .T .V ic k e rs ( 3 ) J.Emet M it c h e ll(3 ) W.D. Jone s (2 ) DB F o llo w i ll(2 ) ED W illiam s ( l ) S . C .N u ll.. (1 )

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ROLLA SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE St TEACHING STAFF (1933-1946) ______________ Year 1933-34________________ . SDPT.: . . B en j. P. Lewis SR. H I. SCHOOL P r in c ip a l, Jessie V ia A sst. p r in . ..M rs Mabel Smith Teacher T rain in g, J essie V ia E n g lish . .Mrs Mabel Smith St E u la lie Pow ell Voc. Agr. . . F .C . W ilk in s Math . . Mrs. S .P . B rad ley L a tin . . E u la lie Pow ell Home Ec. . . Mrs. Bertha Clark S o c ia l S tu d ie s ..M rs . V ir g in ia Newsham and M rs. Grace Boyer Science . . T.H. Leaver and W.R. Rapp Phys. Ed. W.R.Rapp and Helen Howard Commerce * . Ona Mae Lemmon MUSIC ( A l l sch o o l) Mrs W.R.Rapp JR. HI SCHOOL P r in c ip a l. .Mrs E.M.Rcaaine Math . . E l l a Haas E n glish . .Maurine Tunnell and Ray M i lle r Science . . E.H. C o llie r S o c ia l Studies ..M r s . E.M.Romine, Helene Graber and Ray M ille r M u sic .. Mrs W.R.Rapp. CENTRAL SCHOOL. P r in . St 6th . . Minnie M artin $th . . C la ra Ralston 5th . . M argaret Sands 4th . . Grace P h i l l i p s 3rd St 4th . . Louise B radford 3rd . . M ildred Bowen 2nd . . M arian Watson 1st . . Mrs Irene Munson WARD SCHOOL P r in ., 3rd St 4th . . Sadie Donahoe 4th St 5th . . Helen Nawn 2nd St 3rd . « Louise Johnson 1 st . . Iren e Heimberger LINCOLN: Leo Johnson

____________ Year 1934-35____________________ SUPT.: . . B .P . Lewis SR. H I. SCHOOL. P rin c ip a l, Jessie Via A sst. p r in ...M r s Mabel Smith Teacher T raining, J essie V ia E n g lish . .Mrs Mabel Smith and E u la lie Pow ell Voc. Agr. . . F.C. W ilkins Math . . Mrs. S .P . B rad ley L a tin . . E u la lie Powell Home Ec. . . Mrs Bertha Clark Soc. S tu d ies..M rs V ir g in ia Newsham and Mrs. Grace Boyer S cien ce..T .H . Leaver and W.R.Rapp Phys. E d .. .W.R.Rapp and Helen Howard Commerce . . Ona Mae Lemmon MUSIC ( A l l school) Mrs W.R.Rapp JR. H I. SCHOOL: P rin c..M rs E.M. Romine Math . . E lla Haas E n glish . . CJtara Ralston St Ray M i l l e r Science . . E.H. C o llie r S o c ia l Studies . . Mrs E.M.Romine Helene Graber and Ray M i lle r Music . . Mrs W.R. Rapp CENTRAL SCHOOL P rin . & 6th . . Minnie Martin 6 th . . Madge Freeman 5th . . Margaret Sands 4th . . Grace P h illip s 3rd St 4th . . Louise Bradford 3rd . . M ildred Bowen 2nd . . Marian Watson (q u it ) and Mrs. O.W. Holmes 1st . . B etty Smith St Mrs Irene Munson WARD SCHOOL P rin , 3rd St 4th . . Sadie Donahoe 4th St 5th . . Helen Nawn 2nd St 3rd . . Louise Johnson 1st . . Irene Heimbergqr LINCOLN: Lee Johnson.

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______________ Year 1935-36_____________________

SUPT. . . B. P . Lewis SR. H I. SCHOOL Prin & Teach T rain in g . . Jessie Via A sst. p r in . & E n g lish ..M rs Mabel Smith E n glish . . E u la lie P ow ell Voc. . . F .C . W ilk in s Math . . M rs. S .P . B rad ley L atin .• E u la lie Pow ell Home Ec. . . M rs. Bertha C lark Science . . T.H. Leaver Phys.Ed. . . H .B .E stes & Helen Howard Commerce . . Ona Mae Lemmon MUSIC ( A l l sc h o o ls) Dorothy Dennis JR. H I. SCHOOL ( 7th & 8 th grades) P rin c . & Soc.Studies ..M rs EM Romine Math . . E l l a Haas E n glish . . D aisy Long Soc. Studies ..H elen e Graber and Ray M ille r WEST FT.EM. SCHOOL P rin . & 6th . . Minnie M artin 4th & 5th . . Louise B radford 4th . . Grace P h illip s 3rd . . M ild red Bowen 2nd . . Mrs Marian (Rex) W illiam s 1st . . Mesds B etty Smith & I.Minson EAST ELEM SCHOOL P rin . 4 4th . . Sadie Donahoe 6th . . Helen Nawn 5th . . Madge Freeman 3rd . . Mrs O liv e r W. Holmes 2nd . . B e rtie C lein o 1st . . Irene Heimberger LINCOLN: ?? ______ NOTE: The new East and West Elementary Schools were f i r s t opened the week of S ep t. 17, 1935. West Elem. was b u i l t on the s it e o f old C entral, which was demolished to make way. The new E ast Elem. had 225 students. In May, 1935, Mr. and Mrs. WR Rapp l e f t fo r Emporia, Kansas. A Dig fa c u lt y dinner was given fo r them and fo r C lara R alston, who a ls o l e f t .

- 15 . . . ____________Year 1936-37_________________ SUPT. . . B .P . Lewis SR. HI. SCHOOL P rin & Tch.Tr. . . Jessie Via A sst. Prin . . Mrs Mabel Smith E n g lish . .Mrs Smith & E u la lie P cw ell L atin . . E u la lie Pow ell ^ V6 c. Agr. . . F.C. W ilkins Math . . Mrs. S .P . B radley Home Ec . . Mrs Bertha Clark Soc. Studies ..Mrs V ir g in ia Newsham and Mrs Grace Boyer ( got m arried) Science . . T.H. Leaver & Helen Howard Phys. Ed. ..H .B .E ste s & Helen Howard Commerce , . Ona Mae Lemmon MUSIC ( A l l schools) Mrs. H .B.Estes JR. H I. SCHOOL (Ward Sch. B ldg) P r in . & Soc.Studies ..M rs EM Romine Math . . E lla Haas E n g lish . . M ildred Brown & Ray M i lle r Science . . E.M. C o llie r Soc. Studies . . Helene Graber and Ray M ille r Music . . Mrs H.B. Estes ( I s a b e l l a ) WEST ELEM. SCHOOL P rin . & 6th . . Minnie M artin 5th . . Margaret Sands 4th & 5th . . Louise Bradford 3rd . . Mrs M ildred Montgomery (nee Bowen) 2nd . . Mrs Marian (Rex) W illiam s 1 s t. .Mesds. Better Smith & I . Munson EAST ELEM. SCHOOL P rin . & 4th . . Sadie Donahoe 6th . . Helen Nawn 5th . . Madge Freeman 3rd . . Mrs. O.W. Holmes 2nd . . Mary Smith 1st . . Irene Heimberger LINCOLN: ? N orval G. Parker ?

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_______________ Year 1937-38__________________ SUPT. JS.P. Lewis SR. H I. SCHOOL Prin & Tch Tr . . . J e ssie V ia A sst. P rin . . Mrs Mabel Smith Voc. A gr. . . F .C . W ilk in s E n glish . . Mrs Smith & E u la lie Powell Math . . M rs. S .P . B rad ley Home Ec. . . Mrs Bertha Clark L a tin . . E u la lie Powell Science . . T.H. Leaver Soc. Studies ..M rs V ir g . Newsham Phys. Ed. . . H .B .E stes & Ruth Buchanan Commerce . . Ona Mae Lemmon and M a rib e lle Hines MUSIC ( A l l sch o o ls) Mrs. H.B. Estes JR. H I. SCHOOL P rin & Soc. Studies . . Mrs. E.M.Romine Math . . E l l a Haas E n glish . . M ildred Brown Science . . E.M. C o lli e r Soc. S tu dies . . Helene Graber and Ray M ille r Music . . Mrs H.B. Estes WEST ELEM. SCHOOL. P rin . & 6th . . Minnie Martin 5th . . Margaret Sands 4th . . Grace P h illip s 3rd . . M rs. M ildred Montgomery 2nd . . M rs. Rex W illiam s 1st . . Mesds. B etty Smith*I . Munson EAST ELEM. SCHOOL Erin & 4th . . Sadie Donahoe 6 th . . Helen Nawn 5th . « Madge Freeman 3rd . . M rs. O.W. Holmes 2nd . . Louise B radford 1st . . Iren e Heimberger LINCOLN: N orval G. Parker

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______________Year 1938-39____________________ S U P T ... B.P. Lewis SR. HI. SCHOOL P r. & Teacher Traing . . Jessie Via A s s t. Prin & English . .Mrs Mabel Smith E n glish . . E u la lie Pow ell Voc. Agr. . . F.C. W ilk in s L atin . . E u la lie Pow ell Math . . Mrs. S .P . Bradley Home Ec. . . Mrs Bertha Clark Science .» T.H. Leaver Soc. Studies..M rs V irg in ia Newsham Phys Ed. . . H.B. E stes & Ruth Buchanan Commerce . . Ona Mae Lemmon and M a rib e lle Hines MUSIC ( A l l sch o o ls) Mrs H.B. Estes JR. HI. SCHOOL (7 th & 8 th, Ward B ld g ) P rin . & Soc. Studies . . Mrs E.M. Romine Math . . E l l a Haas Science . . E.H. C o llie r E n g lish . . Ray M i lle r Soc. Studies . . Helene Graber WEST ELEM. SCHOOL P rin . & 6th . . Minnie Martin 5th . . Margaret Sands 4th . . Grace P h illip s 3rd . . Mrs M ildred Montgomery 2nd . . Mrs. Rex W illiam s 1 st . . Mesds. B etty Smith & Irene Munson EAST ELEM. SCHOOL P rin . & 4th . . Sadie Donahoe 6th . . Helen Nawn 5th . . Madge Freeman 3rd . . Mrs. O.W. Holmes 2nd . . Louise Bradford 1st . . Irene Heimberger LINCOLN: W illia m Clyde Wyatt

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_________________ Year 1939-40 SUPT. . . B .P . Lewis SR. H I. SCHOOL P rin & Teach T r. •• J e ssie V ia A sst. P rin & E n g lis h . . Mrs. Mabel Smith Voc. A gr. •• F.C . W ilk in s Math . . M rs. S .P . B rad ley E n glish & L a tin . . E u la lie Pow ell Home E c. . . M rs. Bertha Clark Science . . E.H . C o lli e r Soc. Studies . . M rs. V ir g . Newsham and Ray M i lle r Phys. Ed. <t.Science ..M artha Jane Ferguson Commerce . . E.H . G arrison and M a rib e lle Hines Shop . . R .J . Coltharp Household A rts & E n g lish , L e la H a rris MUSIC ( A l l sc h o o ls ) M rs. H.B. Estes JR. H I. SCHOOL P rin . & Soc. Studies . . Mrs E.M. Romine Math •• E l l a Haas E n glish . . Arthur R. Pow ell Soc. Studies . . Helene Graber Science . . ?? M u s ic ,.. M rs. H.B. E stes WEST ELEM. SCHOOL P rin . & 6th . . Minnie Martin 5th . . M argaret Sands 4th . . Grace P h i lli p s 3rd . . Fernadine M ille r 2nd . . Mrs. R e x W illiam s 1st . . Mrs. B etty Smith EAST ELEM. SCHOOL P rin . & 4th . . Sadie Donahoe 6th . . Helen Nawn 5th . . Madge Freeman 3rd . . M rs. O.W. Holmes 2nd . . Louise B radford 1st . . Iren e Heimberger LINCOLN: Wm. Clyde Wyatt

Year 1940-41 SUPT. . . B .P . Lewis SR. H I. SCHOOL P r in ...T .H . Leaver ( Miss V ia out ) Voc. Agr. . . F.C . W ilk in s English . . Mrs.Mabel Smith & E u la.P o w ell Math . . Mrs. S .P . B radley L a tin . . E u la lie Powell Home Ec. . . Mrs Bertha Clark Soc.Studies ..M rs. V ir g in ia Newsham and Ray M ille r Phys. Ed. . . H.B.Estes and Martha J.Ferguson Science . . E.M. C o llie r Shop . . R .J. Coltharp E n glish &c Soc. Studs..M rs Bess Mann B iology & Math . . F. Lorraine Elsw ick L ib ra ry . . Velma Dyer MUSIC . . Mrs. H.B. Estes JR. HI. SCHOOL ( 7th Sc 8 th, Ward B ld g) P rin & Soc. Studies . . Mrs. E.M. Romine Math . . E l l a Haas Soc. Studies . . Helene Graber E nglish . . Arthur R. Pow ell Science . . ?? Music •• Mrs. H.B. Estes WEST ELEM. SCHOOL P rin . & 6th . . Minnie Martin 5th . . Margaret Sands 4th . . Grace P h illip s 3rd . . Mrs. M ildred Montgomery 2nd . . Ruth W iggins 1st . . Mrs .B etty Smith & Fernadine M i lle r EAST aM _;_ SCHOOL P rin . & 4th . . Sadie Donahoe 6th . . Helen Nawn 5th . . Madge Freeman 3rd . . Mrs. O.W. Holmes 2nd . . Louise Bradford 1 st . . Irene Heimberger LINCOLN: Wm. Clyde Wyatt

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Year 1941-42 SUPT. . . B .P . Lewis SR. H I. SCHOOL P rin . . T.H. Leaver Voc. A gr. . . F .C . W ilk in s E n g lish . . M rs. Mabel Smith * L a tin -E n g lis n . . E u la lie Pow ell Math *• M rs. S .P . B rad ley Home Ec. . . M rs. Bertha Clark Soc. Studies . . M rs. V ir g in ia Newsham and Ray M i l l e r & Bess Mann f Science . . E.M. Collier? Phys. Ed.. . . H.B. E stes and Martha Jane Ferguson Shop . . Roy H. O rdelheide Commerce . . D o llie Jones B io lo gy and Math . . Mary Lee Koewing MUSIC . . ( A l l sch o o ls }-5^£4 Mrs. H.B. Estes L ib r a r y . . Velma (D yer) Jensen JR. H I. SCHOOL P rin . & Soc. S tu d ies . . Mrs. E.M. Romine Math . . E l l a Haas Soc. S tu dies . . Helene Graber E n g lish . . Arthur R. Pow ell Science ?? WEST ELEM. SCHOOL P rin . & 6th •• Minnie M artin » Margaret Sands . Grace P h i lli p s 6 th . . Mrs. Blanche Moore , M rs. Roy H. Ordelheide . Mesds. B etty Smith & J u lia Hatton , Fernadine M i lle r & Mrs. Hatton EAST ELEM. SCHOOL P rin . & 4 th . . Sadie Donahoe 6th . . Helen Nawn 5th . . Madge Freeman 3rd . . M rs. O.W. Holmes 2nd . . Louise B radford 1st . . Iren e Heimberger LINCOLN: Wm. C. W yatt. (R esigns, Replaced by Cbas. H. Ward SCHOOL NURSE ( f u l l tins ) sorgia H arrison JSIC: ( A l l sc h o o ls) Mrs HB Estes

Tear 1942-43 SUPT. . . B .P . Lewis SR. H I. SCHOOL P rin . & Physics . . T.H. Leaver Voc. Agr. . . F.C. W ilkins English . . M rs. Mabel Smith L a tin -E n g lish . . E u la lie Pow ell Math . . Mrs. S .P . Bradley Home Ec. . . Mrs. Bertha Clark Science . . E.M. C o llie r and (he re s ig n s ) Mrs. George Ranes Soc. Studies . . Mrs. V ir g in ia Newsham and Ray M i lle r Phys. Ed. . . H.B. Estes tc Martha J.Ferguson Commerce . . D o llie Jones ..M rs. R. Pape and Mrs. B i l l i e Smith Art & Soc. Studies . . Mrs. Bess Mann Biology . . Mrs Mary Lee Koewing (r e s ig n s ) Lorena Beuka L ib r a r y & E n glish . . Mrs Velma Jensen Shop . . MUSIC: Mrs. H.B. Estes JR. H I. SCHOOL P rin . & Soc. S tu d ie s. .Mrs. E.M. Romine Math - Art . . Mrs. M i lli e G. Helms E n glish . . Arthur R. Powell Soc. Studies . . Helene Graber Music . . Mrs. H.B. Estes WEST ELEM. SCHOOL P rin . & 3rd . . Minnie Martin 6th . . M rs. Blanche Moore 5th . . Margaret Sands 4th . . Grace P h illip s 4th & 6th . . Mrs. Robt. Sands 2nd . . Mrs. B etty Smith 1st & 2nd . . Mrs. J u lia B. Hatton 1st . . Fernadine M ille r EAST ELEM. SCHOOL P rin . & 4th . . Sadie Donahoe 6fch . . Helen Nawn 5th . . Madge Freeman 3rd . . Mrs. O.W. Holmes 2nd . . Louise Bradford Freeman 1 st . . Irene Heimberger (o u t) & Matt ie / LINCOLN: Chas. Hernan Ward & E lla C. Whyte & Helen Bryant SCHOOL NURSE G eorgia Harrison

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_______________ Year 1943-44____________________ . SUPT. . . . B .P . Lewis SR. H I. SCHOOL P rin . & Physics . . T.H. Leaver Vhc A gr. . . F .C . W ilkins E n g lish . . Mrs. Mabel Smith L a tin -E n g lish . . E u la lie Pow ell Math . . M rs. S .P . B radley Home Ec. . . M rs. Bertha Clark Science . . M rs. George ^anes Soc. Studies . . Mrs. V ir g in ia Newsham and Ray M ille r Phys. Ed. ..H .B .E s te s & Martha J Ferguson Commerce . . D o llie Jones, Mrs. R. ^ape, Mrs. B i l l i e Smith B io lo gy . . Lorena Beuka Art . . M rs. M i l l i e Grant Helms P r e - f li g h t Aeronautics . .Mrs Helen Fennell Mech. Drawing . . Mrs. N oel Hubbard MUSIC ( A l l sc h o o ls ) Mrs. H.B. Estes SCHOOL NURSE . . Ge o rgia iHarrison JR. H I. SCHOOL P rin . & Soc. Studies . . Mrs.. E.M. Romine Math . . Mrs. M i l l i e G. Helms English . . Arthur R. P ow ell Soc. Studies . . Helene Graber ' Music .• M rs. H.B. E stes WEST ELEM. SCHOOL P rin . & 3rd . . Minnie M artin 6th . . M rs. Blanche Moore 5th . . Margaret Sands 4th . . Grace P h i l l i p s 2nd . . M rs. B e tty Smith 4th & 6th . . Mrs. Robt. Sands 1st & 2nd . . M rs. J u lia B. Hatton 1st . . Fernadine M i lle r EAST ELEM SCHOOL P rin . & 4th . . Sadie Donahoe 4th & 6th . . M attie Freeman 5th . . Madge Freeman 1 st t 3rd . . M rs. Kathryn P. Thorpe 2nd . . Louise B radford 3rd . . Mrs. O.W. Holmes * 1st . . Mrs. Iren e Heimberger Schrenk LINCOLN: Helen Bryant ??

____________ Year 1944-45_______________________ SUPT. B .P . Lewis SR. H I. SCHOOL P rin . & Physics . . T.H. Leaver Voc. A gr. . . F.C. W ilk in s A sst. P r in . . . Mrs. Mabel Smith E n g lis h ..M rs . Smith & E u la lie Pow ell L atin . . E u la lie Pow ell Math ..(M r s . B radley out) E l l a Haas and L i l y Renfrew Home Ec. . . M rs. Bertha Clark H isto ry . . Mrs. V ir g in ia Newsham and Helene Graber Soc. studies ..M rs. Newsham & Mrs Eunice Parker E n glish . . Ray M ille r & Mrs. Velma Jensen L ib r a r y . . Mrs. Velma Jensen Phys. Ed. . . H .B.Estes & Martha J. Ferguson Science . . Agne s Nawn & Martha Jane Ferguson B io lo g y . . Agne s Nawn Chemistry . . M rs. Geo. Rane s Spanish . . Mrs. Geo. Ranes Commerce . . Dorothy Gar bee & B etty Binder Art . . Mrs. Bess Mann MUSIC ( A l l schools) Mrs. H.B. Estes Shop . . ?? L ib r a r y . . Mrs. Charlotte Eskins JR. H I. SCHOOL P rin . & Soc. Studies . . Mrs. E.M. Romine Math . . S tan ley M arcellus E n glish . . Helen Nawn Science & Phys. Ed. . . H.B. Estes Art & Music . . Mrs. Jean Howard M orris WEST ELEM SCHOOL P rin . & 4th . . Minnie M artin 6th . . Mrs. Blanche Moore 5th . . Mrs. Emma (Toben) Tankersley 3rd . . Mrs. Robt. Sands 3rd & 5th . . Mrs. W.E. Fink 2nd . . Mrs. J u lia B. Hatton 1 s t & 2nd . . Mrs. Kathryn P. Thorpe 1 st . . Fernadine M ille r EAST ELEM. SCHOOL P rin . & 4th . . Sadie Donahoe 6th . . Mrs. Mary E. McManamy 5th . . Madgs Freeman 5th-6th . . Mrs. Amanda Richards 3rd . . Mrs. O.W. Holmes 2nd & 4th . . Mrs. Mary E. Carney 1 st . . ?? LINCOLN : Helen Bryant

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Year 1946-47 SUPT. . . B .P . Lewis SUPT. . . B .P . Lewis SR. H I. SCHOOL SR. HI. SCHOOL P r in . & Physics . . T.H. L e a is r P r in . Henry C K ilburn (re s ig n s Sept l ) A sst. P rin . . M rs. Mabel Smith Asst • Prin & E n glish . .Mrs Mabel Smith Voc A gr. . . F .C . W ilk in s Voc. A gr. . . F.C. W ilkins E n g lish •• M rs, Mabel Smith E n glish ..R ay M i lle r & E u la lie Powell L a tin -E n g lish . , E u la lie Pow ell L a tin .• E u la lie Powell Math . . E l l a Haas & L i l y Renfrew Math . . E lla Haas and L i l y Renfrew Home Ec . . M rs. Bertha Clark Home Ec. . . M rs. Bertha Clark H isto ry . . M rs. V ir g in ia Newdiam C irizen sh ip . . Mrs V ir g in ia Newsham and Helene Graber Am. H istory . . Helene Graber Socj S tu d ie s..M e sd s. Newsham &. Eunice Parker World H istory Mrs. Is o ld e Deer E n g lis h . . Ray M i l l e r & Mrs Velma Jensen Art . . Dorothy Myers Phys. Ed. . . H .B. E stes & Martha Ferguson Shop . . Chester A, Perks Science ..Agnes Nawn & Martha Ferguson B io lo g y & Chemistry . . Mrs. Ruth Sheppard B io lo g y . . Agnes Nawn &Mrs F.Muilenburg Gen. Science . . V ir g in ia B. Hampton Chemistry . . M rs. W.P. Tappmeyer Commerce . . Bertha Roseberry Art & Music . . M rs, Venita Bowles Typing .. Mrs. Ruby S. Rice Commerce . . Dorothy Garbee & B etty Binder Spanish . . Faith L . Ridout MUSIC ( A l l sch ools) M rs. H.B. Estes English . . Mesds. Audrey S. C o lli e r Shop . . ?? and Marian W. S tanley JR, H I. SCHOOL L ib r a r y .,. F aith Ridout & Mrs A .S .C o llie r P r in . & Soc; Studies . , Mrs. E.M. Romine Phys. Ed. Harold S Knapp and Math . , S tan ley M arcellus Martha Jane Ferguson E n glish . . Helen Nawn MUSIC ( A l l schools) . . Mrs. H.B. Estes Science . Phys Ed. . . H .B. Estes JR. H I. SCHOOL Art & Music . . M rs. Jean Howgrd M orris P rin . & Soc. Studies . . Mrs. Lucy W. McMahan WEST ELEM SCHOOL Math . . Mrs. Blanche Moore P rin . & 4fch . . Minnie M artin H is t. . . Madge Freeman 6th . . M rs. Blanche Moore Phys. Ed. . . H.B. E ste s, Harold Knapp, and Martha Ferguson 5th . . Mr3. Emma Tankersley A rt . . Dorothy Myers 3rd . . M rs, Robt. Sands Shop — Chester A. Parks 3rd & 5th . . Mrs. W.E. Fink Music (v o ic e ) Mrs Dorothy H. Burnett 2nd . . M rs. J u lia Hatton Music . . Mrs. H.B. Estes 1st & 2nd . . Mrs. Kathryn P. Thorpe WEST ELEM. SCHOOL 1st . . Fernadine M i l l e r P rin . . Minnie M artin EAST ELEM. SCHOOL 6th . . Louise M. Starkweather P rin . & 4th . . Sadie Donahoe 5th . . Mrs. Emma Tankersley 6th . . M rs. M ary E . McManamy 5th & 6th . . Marie K. K u lifa y 5th . . Madgs Freeman 3iti & 4th . . Mrs. Edith (W .E .) Fink 5th-6th . . M rs. Amands Richards 3rd . . Mrs. Alma D. Sands 3rd . . M rs. O.W. Holmes & J.Perkins 2nd . . Mrs. J u lia B. Hatton and 2nd & 4th . . M rs. Mary E. Carney (o u t) Margaret McKinnis 1st . . ? Maude F le t t . 1 st . . M attie Freeman and Ann A Hughes LINCOLN: EAST ELEM. SCHOOL Miss Helen Bryant. P rin . . . Sadie Donahoe 6th . . Mrs. Mary M. Carney CORRECTIONS: Mrs. Fannie Casselman 5th West Elem.. 1 st & 2nd, in place o f A rgyl M. Sponske 4th Kathryn P. Thorpe i s Velma B arger. Mrs. O.W. Holmes and Jessie G Perkins EAST ET.EM : 4th & 6th, Mrs L o is M asse n g ill 3 rd Louise Bradford & Armeda S . Richards M rs. Jessie Perkins 2nd Audrey G. Kuhn, C leta B. Beeson, Z e l l a B a ile y 1st and P a t r ic ia L . Gooding Maude F le t t LINCOLN: Miss Helen Bryant.

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School_Pupil_Censu_s. - The fo llo w in g table shows various aspects of the school p u p il population in R o lla 1s schools fo r the years designated. Negro______ White SR.Hi J r.H i W.Elem. E.Elem . Boys G ir ls A l l Boys G irls A l l Date______ TOTAL June 8 , 1933 1120 20 7 13 543 557 1100 150 272 • ••••• 1934 ••• •••••• • • • •• • ••• • • • • ••• 883 S e p t ., 1935 • ••••• 324 149 • •• • •• ••• ••• ••• •••• 903 June 11, 1936 304 ••• •••••• ••• •• • ••• • •• ••• ••• • 1123 ••• ••• June 3, 1937 • ••••• •••••• ••• • • • 13 • • • • • • 1160 1173 S e p t.15,1938 ••• ••• • ••••• • ••••• • •• • • • • • • 1106 • • • 13 1119 502 138 S e p t.12,1943 ••• • • • 13 • • • • • • 1182 277 265 1195 468 S ep t. 3,1942 290 286 6 ••• ••• • • • • • • 1221 177 1227 10 May 21 , 1 9 4 ^ 12 22 767 766 1533 1555 ••• ••• • ••••• • ••••• 6 13 J u ly 20,1944 7 1575 835 727 1562 S c h o o l_F in a n c ia l_R e p o rts.- The fo llo w in g fig u re s are from o f f i c i a l school rep o rts f o r the R o lla sch ools. The report for the year ended June 30,1937, i s in much d e t a i l - the others not so d e t a ile d . These fig u r e s from the 1937 re p o rt: Teacher In c id e n ta l B u ild in g Sinking In te re s t Insurance Bond Fund TOTALS

$5,156.97 3,667.89 2 , 235.82 4,721.84 5,179.82 619.58 403.98

$3 $ , 360.33 8,125.52 11,311.54 4,137.76 4,519.86 1,562.98

Expended $35,907.75 10 , 904.66 3,527.38 4 , 004.00 5,467.62 956.07

0.00

284.10

$89,013.89

$89,013.89 Less 27.562.31 $61,562.58

New Balance $6,609.55 898.75 9,618.98 4,855.60 4 , 232.06 1,226.49

119.88

$27,562.31

For the separate year ended June 30, 1933, t o t a l re c e ip ts were $63,034.28 For the other years design ated, these fig u r e s : Balances Expended T otal R eceipts Year $22,358.97 $63,034.28 $40,675.31 1932-33 Frank C. Germann was Board 2 , 257.01 105,771,83 1939-A0 108,028.84 secretary -tre a su re r. 182,533.36 1942- 43 117,321.28 54,123.94 171,445.22 1943- 44 ■ # ■■* V a lu a tio n s: For year 1942-43, the school d i s t r i c t valuation was $3,211,322. The le v y ta x was $1.40 per $100 o f v a lu a tio n . The value of school s it e s , b u ild in g s , fu rn itu re was $255 , 000 . For year 1943-44, the d i s t r i c t valuation was $4,136,849. Levy $1.40 per $100 of v a lu a tio n . NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS Ond C en tral B u ild in g I s Demolishe_d_-_Replaced.- In October of 1933, a mass meeting of 200 c it iz e n s and the board of education considered the need for new and a d d it io n a l b u ild in g s . A rc h ite c ts pointed to cracks in the Old C en tral b u ild in g w a lls , and recommended t o t a l replacement with a new b u ild in g . In ber, the school board employed Johnson and Maacke, S t. Louis a rc h ite c ts, to make necessary stu d ie s and draw p la n s. Mr. A.R. D0s t a l was chosen as residen t superV1S° r *

j iq u » s n e c ia l bond issue o f $50,000 was approved by the v o te rs. The In 1934, a s p e c ia l oonu xssu v j » n0 T the Federal Government board s o ld the bonds fc r a premium $50,505.00. t illa b le But in added a gran t of $20 , 100 , making a b u ild in g fund of $70,60:5 * “ J 311 January, 1935, the Government funds had not en construction. The meeting in stru c te d the Board to proceed w i P a r c h it e c t s were in stru cted Federal grant was dropped, fo r the time at le a s t . The arcnitecus w to make necessary changes, and proceed to a d v e rtise .

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The re v ise d plan included TWO new bu ild in gs - the razin g of Old C en tral, and re -c o n s tru c tio n on i t s site o f the new WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. This was on the block bounded by 5th and 6th, Main and Park s t r e e t s . On the e a st sid e , there was to be an e n t i r e ly new EAST ELEMENTARY BUILDING, abuttin g the north lin e of 7th s t r e e t , and approxim ately 100 fe e t east cf Cedar s t r e e t . The estimated combined cost was $53,068.00. The construction contract was l e t to the C.H. Rinehart Con stru c tio n Co., of S t . L o u is. Opening Of_S£hools_For_1935-3.6_Year. - The Senior and Junior High Schools and L in c o ln School opened r e g u la r ly on September 3, 1935. The new West and E ast Elementary b u ild in g s were not ready u n t i l the week of September 17, when c la sse s f i r s t assembled in them. The in f lu x of fa m ilie s and school children, as a r e s u lt o f the b u ild in g o f Fort Leonard Wood, 35 m iles southwest of R o lla , added some 160 new p u p ils to R o lla *s sch o o ls. For the year 1939-AD, the elementary school pupils numbered 725. At ths end of the 1941-42 year, they numbered 885. This meant that even more new rooms were needed. I t was th erefo re decided to add fou r new rooms to the north end o f E ast Elemenfcary Schol, w ith a basement fo r school c a fa t e r ia underneath. This extension co st $50,700. Of th is , the Government made a grant of $26,700. The school d i s t r i c t provided the balance, $24, 000 . Further expansion was provided fo r in a bond e le c tio n held in October, 1941, when ths voters approved an issu e of $ 34,000 in bonds by a vote of 184 to 5. The Government o ffe re d $167,000 plus $44,000 in grants to match. S o m e jiis to ric It e m s .- The present (1944) High School, as such, began in 1895, when the School of Mines dropped i t s "preparatory course". (2 ) When that happened, the School Board set aside W 0 ROOMS in the old C entral School f o r a " R o lla High Sch ool". ( 3 ) The f i r s t annual commencement, under th is p a rtic u la r arrangement, was at the Shaw Opera House in May, 1897( But we must note that there HAD been a HIGH SCHOOL even b e fo re t h is . See our previous section s of t^ 1 s g e m ^ l R o l l a s t or y ; . (4 ) The curriculum , as in 1896 constituted, was only a THREE YEAR PROGRAM. The f a l l to a i9Q4 FOUR^YEAR PROGRAM. The f a l l ^ oo ff 1904 i t was expanded cQPrse3j fQr 1895 ^ lis t e d in ful_l in an a r t i cle in the R o lla H e ra ld . The P e r -P u p il Costs O f_R olla_Sch ool D i s t r i c t . - In July, 19 ^ , a R o lla H erald a r t i c l e c a rrie d a Statement o f the costs per p u p il to the R o lla School D is t r ic t , , a™ 00 S en ior High School p u p ils Junior High ............................... ^4.07 West E le m e n ta ry ......................... 44.05 E a st E le m e n ta ry ......................... .... L in co ln ( Negro) ....................... 91.06 In A Report To R o lla J D iv ic s Club,. O c to to r, 124 i , Supt. B .P . L e » i 3 re v ie «e d the progre^sT or- "advance1^ in the R o lla school system w ith these fig u r e s . In 1924 In 1944 There had been -------- hat f y- r : ---------------------- 666 Whlte -----1562 white added a ls o the School p u p il p o p u la t i o n ................ 000 ^ negrQ nev, East ^ West

as fo ilcsvsi

P R o lla *s c i v i l i a n p o p u la t i o n ........ D i s t r i c t v a l u a t i o n ......................... School D e b t ....................................... Tax R a t e ........ .......... ; ...................... High School, p o p u la t i o n ........ . Teachers in High S c h o o l ................ T otal teachers in S y s te m .............. Units o f study o ffe re d in H i.S ch . Departments: Commerce—Shop—A rts

cqq

4 / 7 0 8 115 * " $ 3 5 000 &

Q *

| l0 0

10,000 $4,136,849 $90,000 H .30 per $100

445

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,1 4 none

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Elementary b u i l dings - the c a fa t e r ia lunch room fo r 700 « and a f u l l time nurse. The Program in Music was g re a tly expanded.

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HIGH SCHOOL PLAYS, MUSICAL EVENTS

— °1 P lay s And Can ta t as Our l i s t of such plays and cantatas covers the period from November, 1933, to May of 1940 , as fo llo w s : ! • " November, 1933. "THE HARVEST". D irected by Mrs. W.R. Rapp. A top fe a tu re was the performance of the High School choruses, in which there were 23 sopranos . . 18 a lt o s . . 15 tenors . . and 14 basses . . a t o t a l of 70 students. our students — Imogene Hlnsch, Robert Mann, Theresa Hubbard, and Robert Rankin had p r in c ip a l r o le s . 2 . - December 7, 1934. ** AN OLD SPANISH CUSTOM". D irected by Mrs. W.R.Rapp. The cast consisted o f NINE se n io rs. The mixed high school chorus consisted o f 25 g i r l s and 18 boys — a t o t a l of 43* Forty g i r l dancers were trained by Miss Helen Howard, the s c h o o l's a t h le t ic d ire c to r fo r g i r l s . Admission was 50 cents. The e d ito r sa id , " This was a SWELL PERFORMANCE". 3. - May 8, 1934. Senior C lass P lay, "THE NUT FARM". As usual, the school chorus d ire c te d by M rs. Rapp. Other teachers helped to tra in the perform ers. 4. - March 12, 1936. Operetta: "JERRY OF JERICHO ROAD". D irected by Miss Dorothy Dennis, music teach er f o r the R o lla school system ( She married while s t i l l teach in g. Taught only th is one year ) . Became Mrs Robt. Ashbaugh.) This was a high c la s s entertainm ent. 5. - May 12, 1939. Senior High C lass P lay: "GROWING PAINS". D irected by Mrs. H.B. Estes ( " I s a b e l l a " ) . A fin e p la y . The High School Chorus furnished the music. 6. - May 13, 1940. Senior C lass P lay. "FOOT LOOSE". Four p rin c ip a l p a rtic ip a n ts were Bob E l l i s Johnson . . B etty Richards . . Jeanne Donnan . . and B i l l Hubbard. The R o lla High_School B an d .- Mrs. W.R. Rapp organized and conducted the f i r s t , or near the f i r s t , R o lla High School Band. When she l e f t R olla in May o f 1935, Mrs. I s a b e l l a ( H.B. ) E stes took over - and the school band r e a l l y came to l i f e . In December o f 1936 , the members o f the band, with fh c u lty ad visers, chose band uniform s t y le s and c o lo rs ( maroon and grey ) , and the R o lla Lions Club furn ish ed purchase funds. The band played a t the Lions Club dinner at Pennant Tavern on December 10, 1936. On March 6, 1940 , the high school band of 43 pieces gave a concert in the old High School b u ild in g , fa c in g e a st side of Cedar stre e t between 8th and 9th. The ban d 's m ajorettes were M argaret Jane Webb and B etty Joyce R ichards. The high school bands of years other than 1940 gave sim ila r concerts, and marched in stre e t parades. A C atalo g Of High School_Miisical_Events_,_1933-19^4• - The fo llo w in g l i s t i s incomplete, but serves to i l l u s t r a t e programs such as the schools presented. In_Marcdij_ 19.23.- A r e c i t a l by twenty-one pupils o f Mrs. W.R. Rapp, in the High School auditorium . Among the twenty-one, these: Helen Dake . . Peggy Bronson B etty Joe B u t le r . . Thomas Jones . . B etty Ann Donnan ..o t h e r s . The e d ito r said, " This was most complimentary to Mrs. Rapp." This group sang fo r the R o lla Hub Club at i t s dinner meeting. May Day, 19 3 3 .- " A Gorgeous S p ectacle", d irected by Miss Helen Howard, high school p h y sic a l- teacher fo r g i r l s . 1,100 pu p ils p a rtic ip a te d . Held on JackLing F ie ld , School of Mines campus. Followed by a Senior C lass Play, on May 15, "SHIRT SLEEVES". . _ , t May 14^_ 19,24.- " An Annual Music Concert", by H i^i School Orchestra, Mixed Chorus, Boys_ Glee" Club, G i r ls Glee Club. D irected by Mrs. W.R. Rapp. S ilv e r o ffe r in g taken fo r purchase o f a High School piano. These groups a ls o sang cr two down-town banquets At the H otel Edwin Long, staged by the Chamber of Commerce May, 193 5 .- Joint Concert by High School Mixed Chorus, Boys* ana G ir ls * Glee Clubs . . with Womens Chorus of Community Music Club. D irected by {Jesdames I.H . L ovett and W.R. Rapp, w ith Mrs. W.H. Tandy as accompanist. "Songs My Mother Taught M e."

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February_12,_12^7« — " AN EVENING OF MELODY". This was an annual event i n it ia t e d and so named by Mrs. I s a b e lla ( H .B .) E stes, the a ll-s c h o o l music teach er. On th is occasion, 160 high school boys and g i r l s p a rtic ip a te d . There were 70 voices in the chorus and glee clu bs — 32 p ieces in the orchestra — and 34 p ieces in the band. February_19,_1942. - Another "EVENING OF MELODY". One such had been held each year, fo llo w in g the f i r s t . March 8, _124J±.~ This time the EVENING OF MELODY featu red the R o lla High g le e clubs and chorus, and a 50 piece band. Mrs. E stes was d ire c to r. There were so lo s on piano, f l u t e , c la r in e t , and horn Also qu artets and se x te tte s. March, 1946 . — Yet another EVENING OF MELODY, d irected by Mrs. E ste s. Numbers by G i r ls Glee Club, Boys Q uartet, Mixed Chorus, and R.H.S. Band. MUSICAL CONTESTS AND FESTIVALS As_Far_Back As_12_29, there had been m usical contests in R o lla , sponsored by the S .M .T .A ., and held in the R o lla school b u ild in g s, or in Parker H a ll. We record a few such events as fo llo w s : A p r il 22-2.3, —12.38.- A D is t r ic t Music F e s tiv a l, in charge of M issouri S tate C o lle g e , W arrensburg. The f i r s t event o f th is order ever staged in South C entral M is s o u ri. The sch ools which p a rtic ip a te d in this contest were these: Crocker . . Dixon . . Hermann . . Linn . . Richland . . Rolla . . S t . C la ir ..St.Jam es . . S u lliv a n . . O w ensville . . and Vienna. A p r il 14-1£>_1232-A re p e t it io n o f the 1938 program. A p ril,_1 2 .4 0 .- The THIRD such m usical contest sponsored by the Warrensburg State Teachers C o lle g e . Twenty schools and 1,130 re g is te re d students p a rtic ip a te d . In_Nov£mber,_12.41, a " D is t r ic t Music C lin ic " was set up, to include the counties o f Osage, M aries, P u lask i, and Phelps. Mrs. H.B. E stes was named ch air man o f i t s planning committee. I t s purpose was to improve music in stru c tio n in d i s t r i c t sch ools, and to sponsor a spring " c l i n i c " in which schools o f the d i s t r i c t would p a r t ic ip a t e . For the years 1942 throu^i 1945, ALL these contests were d is continued, due to the r e s t r ic t io n s cf World War Two. They were resumed when another conclave was held on A p r il 5-6, 1946. OTHER SCHOOL ITEMS The Hi£h_School Newspaper - ROLLA HI_ECH0.- In October, 1935, an o f f i c i a l R o lla High School newspaper c a lle d "The R o lla Hi Echo" was launched. I t was com posed and e d ite d by a student s t a f f . A lle n Crumpler was the f i r s t "e d ito r in c h ie f " . P au l S. Mann l a t e r held that p o st. The content was a ls o printed in the R o lla H erald . . , _ _ _ .... G rading O f_R o lla _H i^ i School J it h le t ic F i e l d . - A f i r s t grading of the R o lla High School a t h le t ic f i e l d was done in 1934, vriaen 35 workers connected w ith the C i v i l Works Adm inistration program each donated a d a y 's work on the grading. R o lla business men furn ish ed the noonday dinner - pork ro a st, wienerworsts, sauer kraut, bread and gravy . The High School home economics c la ss did the cooking. ••• The Board fo rm a lly approved school fo o t b a ll m March, 1946, and h ired Harold B. Knapp as f o o t b a ll coach. Basket b a l l was alread y a high school sport. THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORT INJROLLA.- During the year 1940, and as of August 29, some fiv e school bus routes had been e s ta b lis h e d . These: 1 . - Between R o lla , Raymondville, and Edgar Sprin gs. D riv e r, Ray M i lle r . 2 . - Between R o lla , Vichy, and Lane’ s P r a ir ie . 3 . - Highway West to the D o o lit t le area. 4 . - R o lla , North Spring Creek, and Nagogami Resort. 5 . - R o lla and Lake Spring. Commencement E x e r c is e s .- These events u s u a lly took place d“ r in j= week of M ay ." D i p l ^ I s _ were conferred by the School Board p resid en t. High school orchestras

S a d u a ^ s . ^ o n g ^ M c h were

A lic e "w a lt e n s p ie l . . Herb. 0. Duncan . . Fred W. Thompson * *Ed^ d F ort . . V ir g in ia H e ll . . and Ruth M uilenburg. In t h e ! ^ 95 graduates. F u ll l i s t s of graduates were c a rrie d by R o lla newspaper

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The South C en tral Mis_spuri_Teachers Assopiation jS^C^MET^A^). - This group, f i r s t organized in 1892, continued i t s annual meetings in R o lla . They were u s u a lly held on a week end, la t e in October, or in e a r ly November. The table below dates a number of such sessio n s. Session of October, 1936. 44th session . Don Matthews elected presiden t. Oct. 21-23, 1937*. 45th sessio n . Address by Bishop E.H. Hughes. Oct. 20-21, 1938 . . 46th session. E ntire program in R o lla H erald. Oct. 17—18, .1940 . . 48th sessio n . Address: Ambassador Ruth Bryan Rohde Oct. 16-17, 194L . . 49th. Mrs Lucy McMahan, R o lla , elected president Oct. 22-23, 1942 . . 50th anniversary. An enlarged photo of the 1892 group, owned by Mrs. Chas. Smallwood, of St.James, was presented to the group by Dr. C.V.Mann, together w ith a l i s t o f the persons then present. Of the 1892 group, 15 were reported s t i l l a li v e . Oct. 14-15, 1943 •• 51 st session O ct. 12-13, 1944 . . 52nd sessio n . For a l l o f these sessio n s, d e ta ile d programs are c arried in issu e s o f the R o lla H erald and New E ra . The R o lla Parent-Teachers A ssociation £ P . T . A . ) . - This group continued with in te re s t and v ig o r throughout the p eriod 1933-1946. In A p r il, 1936, the o ffic e r s consisted o f these: Mesdames: F.B. Pow ell, p residen t . . L.H . Breuer, vice p r e s i dent . . HoS. McQueen, sec re ta ry . . and S .T . V ickers, tre a s u re r. Frequent afternoon meetings were held, w ith both teachers and parents present. Programs included m usical se le c tio n s by the h i$ i school choruses and orchestras, and addresses by a s s o c ia tio n members, or prominent townspeople. One address, by Dr. C.V.Mann, was on the to p ic , " This Business Of Being A F ath er". We have alread y recorded the A sso c ia tio n ’ s a c t i v i t y in c re a tin g a R o lla Public L ib ra ry . ( End o f School H istory, 1933-1946).

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ROLLA*S CHURCHES . . 1933-1946 At the beginning of t h is period, 1933—1946, there were twelve church or g an izatio n s in R o lla which maintained noteworthy se rv ices and b u ild in g s . These: •Advent .C h ris tia n .N. Methodist Union M ission B a p tis t E lk in s Chapel P resbyterian Church o f God C ath olic E piscopal Lutheran C h ristia n Science In 1941, the Assembly of God was holding serv ices, and in 1933 the Church of C h rist had m eetings. These made a t o t a l of 14 churches serving R o lla as of 1946. We record below a short sketch of each. The. R o lla Advent_Church.- This church had held meetings in Rolla as e a r ly as 1871, when P r o f. N. A lle n , of the School of Mines, addressed meetings held in a te n t. I t never d id have any la rg e congregation. During the period 1933-46 i t met in a sm all chapel at 7th and Bishop Avenue. We have no l i s t of it s pastors there were not very many, fc r there was no fin a n c ia l means of support fo r them. D r. B .E .C . Slawson, h is w ife and fam ily, were the c h ie f adherents and promoters. The R o lla F ir s t Bapitist Church.- The year 1945 was notable fo r th is church, fo r th at was i t s 75th an n iversary. I t was a ls o the year in v\hich th e ir new church b u ild in g was erected a t northwest corner cf 7th and Cedar s t r e e t s . I t had cost some $73,000. I t was dedicated on Sunday, November 25, 1945 by the current pastor, Rev. J .V . C a r l i s l e , and D r. T.W. H edearis. The week of November 26-30 was given over to an n iversary programs. The r o l l - c a l l of p asto rs was t h is : B. V. Bolton ....... Nov., 1924 to Mar. 29,1934 J. W. J e f f r i e s . . . May 20, 1934 to Nov. 30, 1941 A lv in J. Lee ........ Feb. 14, 1942 to June 28, 1943 J. V. C a r li s le . . . Oct. 11, 1943 to July 1, 1957. On le a v in g R o lla, Rev. Bolton went to a new pastorate in S t. Joseph,Mo. He was a graduate cf W illia m J ew ell T h eological Seminary and Southern B a p tist T h eo lo gical Seminary. With Mrs. Bolton, he had two ch ildren - Kathryn B e lle and Horace Quinn. H is departure from R o lla was deeply re g re tte d . The B a p tist Mens c la s s gave him a su rp rise p a rty . The E lk in s Chapel choir serenaded him. Rev. J e f f r i e s came to R olla from Cape G irardeau. His fam ily, besides Mrs.J e f f r i e s , included son W illiam , daughters Ruth and A lyce, and son "Jimmy". A fte r le a v in g R o lla , he was chaplain fo r the M issouri House cf R epresen tatives. For seven years he t&d been at L ou isian a, Mo., and for a time was president of the W i l l M a y fie ld B a p tist c o lle g e . . ^ Rev. Lee and w ife had one son - "Jimmy" w ith them in R o lla , and another son A lv in . J r . , serv in g in the merchant marine. During h is p asto rate, 200 members were added, and $17,000 ra is e d f o r a b u ild in g fund. On le a v in g R o lla, Rev. Lee was commissioned as an army ch aplain . Rev. C a r li s le served fo r fourteen years, the lon gest term of any o f the B a p tis t p a sto rs so f a r . He had the honor of b rin g in g the new church in to service, at 7 th and Cedar s t r e e t s , in 1945* The R o lla C ath olic_C h u rch .- On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, June i l , 12,13, 1937, th is “ chu7ch observed i t s 75th ( "Diamond" ) anniversary. Some 250 v is it o r s and d ig n it a r ie s were presen t. A neat h is t o r ic a l pamphlet was p rin ted and d is t r ib u ted. Father S. P . Stocking ( Sidney P. ) had served as p astor since August, 1921. In August, 1941, he l e f t R o lla , going to P o r t a g e v ille . He was succeeded by Fath r Henry J. Lambert, who would serve u n t i l January, 1953. THE ROLLA CHRISTIAN £"Disciples"_)_CHURCH.- This church was v is it e d by i t s THIRD d is a s tro u s f i r e on Sunday morning, Marsh 3, r e L ^ l d ^ t t e Church f lu e . The in t e r io r was w h olly destroyed. Determined to r e b u ild , the church o ffic e r s made plans fa r a By had been c o lle c t e d .

g o l^ w a s a $ 50,000 b u ild in g /

T oie *12,000 had been subscribed, and *6,000 f i r e insurance

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The p a sto rs who served the C h ristia n Church from 1929 to 1947 were these: E. P. G a b r i e l ..................... 1929 u n t il Sept. 17, 1939 LeRoy M unyon....................... 1939 u n t il May 8, 1941 Arthur P o h l ......................... Nov. 2, 1941 u n t il August, 1945 T. Pow ell Sharp ................. Sept. 2, 1945 u n t il __________ , 1947. Rev. G a b r ie l* s p astorate was one cf the b e st the church e v e r had. He and Mrs. G a b rie l were both m usical, and often sang fo r church s e rv ic e s . He was i n t e lli g e n t , vigorous, e n th u sia stic in h is wcrk. He b i t t e r l y opposed the teaching o f the "Theory of E v o lu tio n ", and in that opinion d iffe r e d con siderably from many School of Mines p ro fe s s o rs . A fte r ten years in R o lla, he went to a new pastorate in Fremont, Nebraska. While in R o lla , he conducted 5,293 services ..3 9 2 fu n erals . . and 201 weddings. His l a s t work was in M inneapolis, Minn, where he died in 1969. On le a v in g R o lla , Rev. LeRoy Munyon took the pastorate in Lebanon, Mo. Rev. Arthur Pohl came to R o lla , with w ife and fo u r ch ildren , from Fargo, N.Dak. Rev. T. P ow ell Sharp came to R o lla from Aberdeen, M is s is s ip p i. ELKINS CHAPEL ( ROLLA 2nd METHODIST CHURCH ) . - In our 1921-1932 section o f th is gen eral ROLLA sto ry , we in se rte d an extended story of this church, in clu d ing a l i s t of the p astors up to 1941. Our p a s to ra l l i s t i s n e c e s s a rily incomplete and perhaps in con siderable e r r o r . This is the data a v a ila b le : 1933 to 1935 . . pastor was ................. R.C. Moore May 5, 1935 to A p r il 30, 1936 ............Wm. H. W illiam son May, 1936 to .............................................J. W. Patton _______________ ( as of S ep t., 1943 ) • • • J. B laine Walker In October, 1935, the Chapel observed it s 70th anniversary. Rev.William son was p a sto r. He was a graduate of Tuskegee In s t it u t e , and a 1st Lieutenant in the 370th U .S .A . In fa n try , o ver-seas in World War One. In the anniversary e x e rc ise s, the Revs. Harry P. Hunter and Dow G. Pinkston, of Methodist and Presbyterian churches p a rtic ip a te d , both g iv in g addresses. On June 24, 1937, a selected Negro E lk in s Chapel Choir gave a concert on the School o f Mines campus, as p art o f the program o f the R o lla Summer Session fa r Teachers. Those in the Choir were th ese: Mesdames: Mae Clark Rector . . A lice Curry . . E th e l McHughey . . J essie Marr ..Blanche Vernon ...a n d the M essrs. Thomas Jackson, Roy Vernon, The numbers they sang were these: The Negro N a tio n a l Anthem S te a l Away I Know Tte Lord L a id Hands On Me S u rely He Died On Calvary Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Old Black Joe. I Couldn*t Hear Nobody Pray THE ROLLA EPISCOPAL CHURCH. - But l i t t l e in the way of important news i s a v a ila b le f o r this sketch. Through the en tire p erio d , from 1931 to 1961, Rev. O ra l V i r g i l Jackson was the e n t ir e ly capable and popular Rector. He was a foremost le a d e r in R o lla *s community l i f e . Rev. W illiam S c a r le t t was the diocese Bishop from 1933 to 1952. In 1942, Mr. W illiam J. Rucker, a grandson of j W illiam James, former operator of Maramec Iro n Works, l e f t 11 ur a ia 1 n t‘» 14 bequests, as follow s? $350,000 fo r S t. Luke’ s H o sp ital, S t. Louis 150,000 to M issouri U n iv e rsity 20.000 to Mo. School of Mines, R olla 50.000 to the R o lla E p isc o p a l Church, fo r a new b u ild in g . This b u ild in g matured durin g the 1951-52 year. THE ROLLA FIRST METHODIST CHURCH.- Three separate pastors served th is church during the p eriod 1933-1946. These: 1Q,„ H arry P. Hunter. (.H is second term here ) . . O ct., 1932 to O ct., 1943 Joseph Fulkerson ....O c t o b e r 9, 1943 to Oct. 8 , 1944 Ralph H i c k s ............ Oct. 15, 1944 to October 1951 Under Rev. Hunter, improvements in the church heating system were made, and the Sunday School section had a second flo o r b u ilt over the former tw o-story unceiled room.

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On le a v in g R o lla , Rev. Hunter was given a six -y e a r term as D i s t r i c t Super i n t e n d e n t ^ the J e ffe rso n C ity d i s t r i c t ......... In March of 1944, Rev. G .W .(G erald ) H a rris , w ith h is esteemed w ife , came to R o lla to l i v e . He had been appointed D i s t r i c t Superintendent over the R olla d i s t r i c t . A few years l a t e r , both were struck by a t r a in w hile crossin g the r a ilr o a d track in southeast M issou ri, and k i l l e d . ^ Rev. Hicks came to R olla from the Webster H i l l s church in Webster Groves, M isso u ri. He was exceedin gly in te re ste d in young people, and loved by them — as was h is esteemed w ife , Gladys. JHE ROLLA PRESBYTORIAN_CHURCH.- We have l i t t l e to rep ort fo r th is church b e sid e s i t s rou tin e program. However, during the 1933-46 period, an a d d itio n a l f i r s t f lo o r room was b u i l t on the north side of the o r ig in a l church b u ild in g . This could be used as a u n it separate from the main auditorium — or, on occasion, could be opened to add se a tin g room to that " This add ition measuredJLS x 65 f e e t , and had a basement. The p a ste rs who served during th is pe Dow G. Pinkston . . January, 1931, to September, 1941 Frank L . R earick . . October, 1931, to September, 1945 G. Scott P orter . . October, 1945 to May 31 , 1968 For a time, Rev. Pinkston, about 1939 or 1940, was secretary fo r the R o lla Chamber of Commerce — and an e x c e lle n t one. Rev0 R earick was a graduate o f M isso u ri V a lle y C o lle g e , M arsh all, Mo., and attended Chicago Presbyterian Theo l o g i c a l Seminary, and the graduate school of Kansas U n iv e rsity . From R o lla , he went to C lay Center, Kansas. ...R e v . P o rte r had served in pastorates at Sioux C ity, Iowa and Sarcoxie, M isso u ri, and spent two years in the Panama Canal zone in Red Cross work. He and M rs. P o rte r were parents of three ch ild ren . . S a lly Ann, Scott Tucker, and Mary B ess. Rev. P o rte r’ s pastorate was the lo n gest o f any in the church 1 h is t o r y - 23 y e a rs . Rev. J .A . Annin, frem 1880 to 1901, had served 21 y ears. TOE ROLLA LUTHERAN_CHURCH.In our 1921-1932 section cf th is gen eral sto ry o f Rolla ( page 28 ) we haw described the e a r ly meetings - in _R o lla — o f th is church. As of February, 1922, Rev. W. Shrader, the pastor, was holding se rv ic e s in the R olla P resh y terian church. On May 23, 1926, the f i r s t meeting was held in the newly completed Lutheran church a t 12th and Spring Avenue, R o lla . Rev. E. Fred e ric k S c h ild t was then the p a sto r. In A p r il, 1929, Rev. S c h ild t went to D e tro it, and was succeeded by Rev. Paul W. S t r e u fe r t . Rev. S tre u fe rt served through A p r il, 1937, when he was c a lle d to be pastor o f S t. Matthew’ s Lutheran Church, S t.L o u is . He was succeeded by Rev. W illia m C. Bachert who, with w ife and young daughter, came to R o lla from Peveley, Mo. the week of June 4, 1937- On September 17, 1942, Rev. Bachert l e f t R o lla to serve as an army chaplain in Werld War Two. He was succeeded by Rev. G.B. Seager, who took charge as of January 21, 1943. The table belav summarizes these d ata: February, 1922 to __________________, Rev. W. Shrader to A p r il, 1929, Rev. E. Frederick S c h ild t May, 1929 to May 1, 1937 ..............Rev. Paul W. S tre u fe rt June 4, 1937 to Sept. 17, 1942 . . Rev. W illiam C. Bachert January 21, 1943 to _______________ , Rev. G.B. Seager TOE MILL_CEEEK_( South) _METH0DIS TJCHURCH. - We include th is church in the present sto ry because of i t s e a r ly connection with the R o lla Methodist churches. On October 10 , 1937, th is church observed i t s 50 th anniversary, having been dedi cated in 1887. Those who were present at the 1887 d edication , and s t i l l li v i n g to jo in in the 50th an n iversary program, were these: Mrs. Hattie Hudgens ..M r. and Mrs. J.C . Hudgens . . and M essrs. E lb e rt Deskins . . J . S . Ousley . . J.R. Yelton . . and R .S . Y elto n . There was a basket dinner - and then the sin gin g of OLD SONGS . . WITH NO ORGAN OR INSTRUMENTAL ACCOMPANIMENT l

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,, . If0? " ^S^STIAN SCONCE CHURCH.- Before and from October of 1931, th is church had been> holding meetings on Sundays in Parker H a ll, on the School o f Mines campus. This continued u n t il to or a ft e r August o f 1935. As of A p r il, lt S m° rn in § "eleven o* clock" serv ices were being held in the Rollamo ;I” N° vember of 1942, they were in the Knights o f Pythias H a ll - and then t h ^ U s aG^Ci'^Tl 5> lla p 0 Jhef,t r e * A In October» 1946, the church won the approval of ^ Production Adm inistration", in Kansas City, fo r the purchase or the b u ild in g of a church sanctuary to cost some $5,000. I t would seem that i s approval and the $ 5,000 was then used to purchase the o r ig in a l Catholic church b u ild in g at southeast corner o f 7th and State stre e ts - which was being abandoned by the R o lla C atholic church, which was then b u ild in g i t s new marble faced structure at 16th and State s t r e e t s . - ^ - 0- MISSION.- B u ild in g at northwest corner 3rd and Oak s tre e ts . In 1970 , used by the United P en tecostal group. Because of sm all congregation and lim ite d fin a n c ia l resources, the Union M ission program was a ls o lim ite d both in scope and in c o n tin u ity cf p a s to rs . In January, 1933, H.W. Jenson was p a sto r. In January, 1946, C a r r o ll Jones was serving as p a sto r. He had a ls o served in 1945. THP; CHURCH_0F GOD.— We have but l i t t l e data concerning th is church. For some years, from 1931, i t met in the second f l o o r h a l l cf the Schuman Produce company, northeast corner of 6 th and Pine s tre e ts . In 1931, Rev. W.H. Lutgen was p a s to r. In 1933, 4T.A. Vance served. In 1941, as in e a r l i e r years, Mrs. Bessie Evans had charge. From 1943 to 1945, Rev. E .A . 0 *D e ll was p a sto r. In January o f 1946, meetings were being held a t 4th and O live s tre e ts, and M.L. Tate was p asto r. THE ASSEMBLY_OF GOD.— As e a r ly as January 30, 1941, this group was meeting at 7th and Oak s t r e e t s . Rev. A .L . Burnett served as p asto r. He continued u n t i l October of 1943, when Rev. H.E. Jenkins replaced him. In January, 1945, Franklin Murray was p a s to r. In December, 1946, Rev. George H. Fry had charge. THE CHURCH_0F CHRIST. - This group probably had meetings in R olla before November o f 1942 - but at that time held ten o*clock Sunday mcrning serv ices in the Knights of P yth ias H a ll, 7th and R olla s t r e e t s . I t p re se n tly grew, both in membership and in f i n a n c ia l resources, so that i t b u i l t a wood framed sanctuary opposite the o ld C ath olic Church a t 7th and State s t r e e t s . In the I960*s i t b u ilt a handsome and expensive b u ild in g on Nagogami Road ( Route E ) , some sm all distance northwest o f the west end o f 14th stre e t, in northwest R o lla . We have no redord o f i t s p a ste rs or le a d e r s . (

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ROLLA*S LODGES, 1933-1946 Our R o lla Lodge. Records For Years 1923-46 are im perfect. We present such data as we have. The s e v e ra l Masonic lodges and chapters were active — Knights TempJLar ..R o y a l Arch . . Blue Lodge . . Eastern S tar . . and Rainbow G i r l s . ...T h e Odd Bellow s ( I .O .O .F .) and associated womens' branch, Daughters of Rebecca, s t i l l met. There was a chapter of the Modern Woodmen of America ( M .W .A.), and we may have omitted the r e s t . Rebe^ahs There was a lso a R o lla chapter o f Knights cf Columbus. For the RakzacaKax, /we may say th at on November 4, 1944, the 37 th annual meeting o f the 36 th D is t r ic t ( M issouri ) I.O .O .F . was held in R o lla . The women had t h e i r p art in the m eeting. The Rainbow G i r ls were organized as the "Order cf Rainbow G i r ls " on or b e fo re May of 1933, when a group of the g i r l s went on a v i s i t to Salem. In May, 1938, there was a p u b lic i n s t a lla t io n of Rainbow G i r l o ffic e r s , and a d v is e rs . M rs. A lo e rta ( W .T .) Schrenk was Mother A d v iser. Mr. and Mrs. M.H. Buckey were oth er a d v ise rs o f the group. From June 18th to 20th, 1938, the M issou ri Grand Assembly ( Order of Rainbow G ir ls ) assembled fo r i t s conven io n in R o lla . Some 650 d e le g a te s were p resen t. There were covnention meetings in Parker H a ll, a banquet at the S in clair-P en n an t H otel, and an evening dance in Jackling Gymnasium on the School o f Mjnes campus. The R olla Herald fo r June 23 ca rrie d the sto ry . On May 22 and 23, 1934, there was a Grand Commandery Conclave o f the Knights Templar in R o lla . Commanders were present frcm 57 o f the S t a t e 's 71 commander^es. There were competitive d r i l l s and a street parade. On pages 55 and 56 o f our 1921-32 section, we li s t e d the Blue Lodge Wor s h ip fu l M asters and the Worthy Matrons and Patrons o f the Eastern S ta r. We below l i s t those who served during the years 1933 to 1946. The_ Blue_L odge_Wor£h ip fu l Mastery 1932- 33 . . 1933- 34 . . 1934- 35 . . 1935- 36 . . 1936- 37 « . 1937- 38 . . 1939 ........

Rudolph S . N u ll Waite r C. Campbell Joe B. B u tle r D r. B.R . Conyers H arry C. Bolon Clarence D. Hazelwood W illia m L . Jaques

1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946

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Eugene E. Northern Rolfe M. Rankin Adolph W. Pohle Charles P. Tucker Raymond E. Stedman ? Raymond F. Brant

The_Eastern_Star Worthy_Matrons_And_Patrons Worthy Matron_____________Worthy Patron Matron_____ ______ Worthy Patron A lb e rta Schrenk ........ E.E.Decker 1940 . . Margie A s h e r.. .W illiam P. Dunlap C elestin e Line ........ Harry Bolon 1941 . . Zona S m a l l ................. Alva S t a ir 1942 . . Grace Buckey . . Manuel H. Buckey L i l l i e S m i t h ............ Harry Bolon M. H. Buckey Nadine Sease . . . . . James Bolton 1943 . . Alpha H a rris ........ Mae White .............. W a lte r Asher 1944 . . C h ristin e Jaques . . W alter Casey 1945 . . Erma V i c k e r s ..........W alter Casey ? 1946 . . Wilma F u l l e r ........ Elmer F. Reid Ruth B o lt o n ... W illia m P. Dunlap THE ROLLA POST OFFICE The £ o s t _ M a s t e r s 1 9 2 3 z l2 4 6 .- A lfre d A. Smith ( Republican ) was R o lla post master from 1921 to March 12, 1935 - when he was replaced by Miss Helen aysin ger. She served from that date u n t il her death, on A p ril 3, 1947* In May 1938, M is s o u r i's Chapter No. 3 o f the N atio n al Association of Postmasters held i t s 4th annual convention in R o lla . Miss Baysinger was hostess. There were business m eetings, a banquet, and a dance in Jackling Gymnasium. In January of 1934, postn aster A.A.Smith contributed a statement of R o lla post o f f i c e re c e ip ts ( in stamps, postage, box rents etc ) as fo llo w s : .Worthy 1933 . . 1934 . . 1935 . . 1936 . . 1937 . . 1938 . . 1939 . .

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1925 . . 22, 384-26 1926 . . 22,240.99

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1927 . . $24,293.47 1928 . . 22,913.51 1929 . . 24,695.85

1930 1931 1932 1933

. . $25,183.28 .. 24,910.04 .. 22,111.01 .. 20,711.21

THE ROLLA TELEPHONE SYSTEM Telephones_In R olla,_1 2 .3 4 .- As of May, 1934, there were 1066 telephones in s t a lle d in R o lla . As cf A p r il, 1935, Mr. Ted Schweer was the resid en t manager. He held the o ffic e u n t il February, 1939. He was a lso d i s t r i c t telephone marager fo r the systems in R o lla , Salem, Newburg, and B e lle , operated by >the United Tele phone Company. He was a most su ccessfu l president of the R olla Chamber of Com merce fo r the years 1936 and 1937- Mrs. Schweer was a h ig h ly talented musician and p ia n is t - and fo r some time was accompanist fo r the R o lla Community Music Club. In February, 1939, Mr. Schweer was tran sferred t o another statio n , and was succeeded by Mr. C a r l C o rn e ll, * 0 served out the years remaining, 1939 to 1946 , and t h e r e a ft e r . THE BANKS, SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATIONS F in ale_F or_T h e_N ation al Bank_of_ R o l l a . - As we have a lre a d y recorded, th is bank closed i t s doors - f a i l e d - on May 25, 1932. I t then went in to the hands of a r e c e iv e r . By July 29, 1937, i t had paid i t s former d ep o sito rs some 34?i o f th e ir impounded d e p o s its . The l a s t dividend was paid on October 19, 1937, at which time the sum o f $1,547.55 had not been c a lle d fa r by d e p o sito rs. As a f i n a l item, a l l the remaining bank records as o f th is date were sent to Washington, D.C. The R o lla State_ B an k .- As a matter cf prudence, th is bank closed i t s doors when the N a tio n a l Bank f a i l e d . I t re-opened in sid e of a few days. Our record shows that in March, 1933, i t was again closed to prevent any "run" or w ithdraw als. The M issou ri S tate Finance department took temporary charge. On March 15, 1933, i t was again re-opened under Federal re g u la tio n s . $40,000 were deposited, which showed c it iz e n confidence in i t s s t a b i l i t y . By January 4, 1934, the bank was open w ith " no r e s t r i c t i o n s " . D eposits up to $2,500 were insured by the Government. As cf March, 1936, the ban k 's o ffic e r s were these: President, A lex. C. Donnan ...C a s h ie r , E .D . W illiam s ...D ir e c t o r s , in clu din g the foregoin g, . .D.M .Donnan, Frank B. P o w e ll, and J o s. G. Campbell. In January, 1939, A lex C. Donnan wqs presiden t, E .D . W illiam s c a s h ie r. These w ith Jos. G. Campbell, E.V.Sturge on, and D.M. Johnson were the d ir e c t o r s . On January 13, 1944, A lex C. Donnan was president, E.D. W illiam s c a sh ie r. Frank A. Germann, M iss Helen R olu fs, and R.B. Murry were a ssista n t c a s h ie rs . The d ir e c t o r s were A.C.Donnan, E.D . W illiam s, D.M. Donnan, W.R. Brown, D a n ie l F . Donahoe, R .E ric Schuman, and Rex Z. W illiam s. In May 1937 the R o lla State Bank moved from the Campbell block, southwest corner of 7th and Pine s t r e e t s , to the H otel Edwin Long b u ild in g , southeast corner 8 th and Pine s t r e e t s . I t re-opened there on June 1, 1937. The bank remained on a s o lid f in a n c ia l fo o tin g through 1946. F ollow in g i s a table o f i t s assets and lia b ilm t x e s . L i a b i l i t i e s Resources Dates Time D e p ts .. T otals Demand Depts C a p ita l Items Assets $171, 886 .49 $804,589.73 i 526,805.95, $105,897.29 ; $804,589.73 Nov. 15, 1934 210 , $95.73 889,702.55 577.491.56 102,115.26 889,702.55 Ju ly 11, 1935 983,895.88 229,248.81 653,516.74 101,130.33 983,895.88 Mar• 26 , 1936 397,104.93 1,015.362.51 509.738.56 108.519.02 1,015,362.51 Ded* 10, 1936 467,217.99 1,053,989.14 480,642.47 106 128.68 1,053,989.14 M ar.31, 1937 572,345.57 1 , 291 , 728.88 013,508.12 105,875.23 1,291,728.88 Dec. 31, 1938 444,846.48 1,250,392.67 698,325.91 107 220.28 1,250,392.67 Jan. 11 1940 ( A l l Depts. $1,903,666.07) 2,026,425.09 122.759.02 2.026.425.09 Apr. 17, 1941 ( A l l Depts. 1,975,139.56) 2,107,785.29 132,350.73 2,107,785*29 1942 Jan. 8, ( A l l Depts. 2 . 607 . 78 7 . 88 ) 2,752,728.27 143,040.01 2,752,728.27 J an © 14, 1943 3,023,470.52) 3,175,741.42 ( A l l Depts. 151,735.90 3,175,741.42 1944 Jan. 6 3.371.856.88) 3,533,507.09 ( A l l Depts. 161,450.21 3.533.507.09 1945 D e c .30, 4,307,311.69 ) 4,484,661.94 ( A l l Depts 176,395.75 4 ,484,661.94 Jan. 10, 1946

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The R o lla Savin g s & Loan_As_sociation. - In September, 1936, the A sso ciatio n had resou rces of $213,378.92 . . . As of December 31, 1943, resources were $177,331,91. P r o f i t s that had been d is t r ib u t e d were $16,655.84. Undivided p r o fit s were $11,439.18. The_Produc_tion Cre_dit_As_sociation. - As of November 15, 1933, the asso c ia tio n had only 11 members. By August, 1938, i t had 606. In 1933, i t s c a p it a l stock was only $25.00 In 1938 i t amounted to $17,050.00. The A ssociation operated over the M issou ri counties o f Crawford, Dent, M aries, Phelps, P u lask i, Shannon, and Texas. Headquarter o f f ic e s were in H o lla . As of July 31, 1938, i t had loaned $840,000 at 5% in t e r e s t to farm ers in these counties. ROLLA*S BUSINESS AFFAIRS, 1933-1946 The. R o lla Chamber_ of_Commerce_. - During the years 1933 to 1946 , the R olla Chamber of Commerce continued with a vigorous program of c iv ic and business improvment. Through i t s weekly midweek noonday luncheons, i t s members were updated on a l l questions with th ich the Chamber was concerned. P ro je c ts i/hich the Chamber sponsored, or in which they a s s is te d , included the assignment, to the Johnson-j-Stephens-Shinkle Shoe Co., in March, 1937, o f the t i t l e to the Shoe Factory B u ild in g . I t aided in the development of Highway 66 in s ta g in g s e v e ra l presen tation s of the Qzark Folk F e s t iv a l - in obtaining a fu ll-t im e h ealth nurse fo r R o lla - and in arranging numbers o f state conventions in R o lla . During the p erio d , the membership remained at or near the 100 mark. As f o r f i n a n c ia l a f f a i r s , the 1941 annual rep o rt showed re c e ip ts o f $ 2 , 534 . 40, and expenditures o f $2,159.07. In th a t year the Chamber t r ie d out the plan o f h irin g a fu ll-t im e "m anager". Mr. David M. Donnan took the post, but resigned in October, 194&. Mr. Rowe F. McCrae succeeded him fo r a short time. In A p r il, 1942, Mr. Pryor H. McGregor took over, and remaoned as manager fc r se v e ra l years. The fo llo w in g i s a l i s t of those who held the o ffic e o f president of the Chamber, 1933 to 1946. Terms began in March o f each year, ending with March o f the fo llo w in g y e a r. Noel Hubbard 1941- 42 Ted R. Schweer 1936- 37 Booker H. Rucker 1942- 43 Schweer 1937- 38 Wm. B. S to ltz 1943- 44 Rev. Dow G. Pinkston 1938- 39 B. H. Rucker 1944- 45 Robt. L . W ilk in s 1939- 40 J. Nean White 1945- 46 V. X. Smith 1940- 41 1946-47 . . J. Nean White Ted. R. Schweer was an e s p e c ia lly vigorous Chapter p resid en t. He had come to R o lla in 1933 as manager o f R o lla *s United Telephone Company. He was Pr e s i dent a ls o o f the R o lla Hub Club. He was a most e ffe c t iv e Townbuihier . He l e f t R o lla in March 1939, going to an advanced p o sitio n in Columbus, Ohio. Mrs. Schweer11. a ^ a n accompli shed Musician, p lay in g both piano and pipe ( o r e l e c t r i c ) organ. At tin e s , she was accompanist f o r the Rolla Community Music Club in it s con certs. These two "d e e p ly in g ra tia te d themselves in the hearts of R o lla , the e d ito r s a id . , , Rev. Dow G. Pinkston, who succeeded Mr. Schweer, was a ls o f

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to h is d u tie s - and to R o lla . He produced an = ^ *2 a s S u S h^e 2 R o lla and the Chamher. He was h e lp fu l m sugge stin g that R o lla shoujn have^a „tor1cai s o c ie t v " . For a time, fo llo w in g re sig n a tio n s of D.M. Donnan ano u t c ^ T , h f s e r w d the Chamber as "se c re ta ry " u n t il Mr. McGregor took over. P resid en ts Robert L . H ilk in s ,

V.X. Smith, Noel Hubbard, and J. Nean White

kept the Chamber working at top l e ^ £ at“ r ‘ 1^ J k^ SFebruary 28* 1940,1 S T th ? College ?hs fo llo w in g groups p a rtic ip a te d , with b e n e fit

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The fo llo w in g groups p a rtic ip a te d , with b e n e fit to a l l : R o lla R o lla R o lla R o lla R o lla

Chamber of Commerce Saturday Club (women) C ivics Club Junior Club Lions Club R o lla Mayor and City

R o lla Rotary Club R o lla P .T .A . Assn. The School of Mines M issouri G eological Survey R o lla Shoe Factory Council ?

The a ft e r -d in n e r program consisted in statements by the various groups that covered what they had done during the year 1939 — fo r the upbuilding o f th e ir town. A fin e id e a — w e ll worthy o f continued re p e titio n . The. Juni or _Chambe r _ of Commerce.- Thi 3 group, sponsored by the Senior Cham ber, met fo r i n i t i a l d iscu ssion on November 27, 1941Those men whose age f e l l between 21 and 35 were e l i g i b l e . A l i s t of 48 such men was presented as prospective members. A committee to i n i t i a t e organ ization was appointed, and consisted of Don Preston, E lton M ille r , Homer Jordan, and Homer Tucker. At a meeting in H otel Edwin Long on December 3, 1941, organization was per fe c te d . The banquet then staged was attended by 75 persons. Homer Tucker was e lected p resid en t . . P r o f. lean Crawford and Don Preston as vice presidents . . Homer Jordan se c re ta ry , and Percy G i l l tre a su re r. Floyd Stevens was sergeant at arms. The Hub C lu b .- This club was, in essence, the "daddy" of the R o lla Lions Club. I t disbanded when the Lions Club, together w ith Rotary and Kiwanis, took over i t s f i e l d . The R o lla New spapers.- The R o lla Herald made news when, on June 10,1935, e d ito r C ol. Chas. L . Woods was married to Mrs, Ann ( B it t ic k ) Maness, a public school teacher o f P o to si, M isso u ri. She had acquired her teacher tra in in g at the Warrensburg ( M o.) Teachers C o llege, and in the summer sessions a t the School of Mines. The R o lla New E ra su ffered t e r r i f i c lo s s when i t s plant, on south side o f 7th s tre e t, next e a st o f the Masonic H a ll, was completely destroyed by f i r e in May, J 4938 . From then up to June 1 , 1942, the paper was published in the form of a t a b lo id measuring some 13 x 19 inches. The Edwin Long fam ily — the son Luman and daughter E liz a b e th , with her husband, Harry Pence, managed the paper fo r a time, Jack Adams was an interim e d it o r . On June 1, 1942, new owners took charge . They consisted of W.J. M cG iffin, o f B ev erley H i l l s , C a lifo r n ia . . George H. W illiam s, of Spencer, la v a . . and Edward W. Sowers, of E x c e ls io r Springs, M isso u ri. . . . By 1944, th is group had in s t a lle d new and improved p resses in the basement at the re a r o f the old A.S. Long b u il ding which stood a t the nertheast corner of 8 th and Pine s tre e ts - and had resto red the paper to the u su al, normal newspaper s iz e . In August 1944, e d ito r Sowers, in cooperation with the Phelps County H is t o r ic a l S ociety, published the f i r s t of this paper*s annual "Progress E d itio n s", and in so doing g r e a t ly aided the c e le b ra tio n of the John Webber Centennial held that month. l i t e r on, the paper*s t i t l e was changed to the "ROLLA DAILY NEWS", i t s present name. H otels 1933-1946.- Hotel Edwin Long continued to be the c h ie f one of R o lla ’ s hotels'!" “ in May, 1937, i t was purchased by Mr. M.E. G e llio z , o f M onett^ Mo. - but was then sold to M essrs. Arch D. Huffman and Rowe E. Carney who remained as owners u n til,a n d a f t e r , 1946. . . . On December 31, 1937, the C olon ial V illa g e h o te l-c a fe was opened by M r s .L o r e ^ Lavery. This was located on M o.-U .S. Highway 63 - i t s e a s t side - a t the north end of Cedar street - in Block 21 Schuman s Addi t-ion In 1939 Mr. R.V/. Locherie was the vigorous manager o f the R o lla Pennant3H otel In May, 1942, Mr. Rowe E. Carney bought the two Pennant h otels o n f a f R o ^ a , the o t J r a t Columbia - fo r $125,000. The Carney fam ily has sihee tSen co n tS u ed as owners o f the R olla u n it. ...T h e Ozark Hotel a ls o continued to operate through the 1933—46 p erio d .

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ROLLA*S MERCHANTS & BUSINESSES, 1933-1946 P reface To_D etailed Recoed.— We hope to in je c t a b i t of person al in t e r e s t in our l i s t of merchants and busin esses fo r tte period 1933 to 1946. To do that, we have placed some l e t t e r or character in fro n t of each name. They have the fo llo w in g meanings: "x" . . Means the person or firm did business during the en tire period "#'* . . Person or firm operated d e fin it e ly , 1936 to 1942 - p o s s ib ly la t e r . . Operated on and a ft e r 1942 . . Operated 1933 up to 1937 or 1938 , then q u it """" . . Operated 1938 to 1942, perhaps l a t e r f —" . . Operated 1933 at le a s t to 1940 . 11 . . Operated during 1940 and a f t e r . With these e x p lan atio n s, we now l i s t the Merchants and/or Businesses. Drug St o r e s B eauty_Parlors Banks,_Sav._ & Loan_Co*£ x S c o tt’ s t Campbell Beauty Shop x R o lla State Bank - F a u lk n e r's # Lorraine Beauty Shop x R olla Sav. & Loan Assn # F o llo w i ll* s @ Margare t * s ( Andrae) Production C redit Assn. @ Smith-Gaddy £ P h i lli p s Beauty Shop Newspapers # Cut Rate jfc R o lla Beauty Shop R o lla A d v ertiser F o o i£ -G ro eerie£ Dry Clean & Laundry x R olla Herald $ Busy Bee Laundry - Asher & B e ll x R o lla New E ra -D a ily News x Modern Cleaners @ Asher Food Market Lumber_ Yards x Ozark Maytag Co. x A & P Store x Herrman Lbr : Conroy Bakery V a rie ty Stores x Pow ell Lbr Co. x Kroger Store @ Horrom ^ a rie ty Hardware _S t ore s_ X M .F .A . Store @ Lloyd G if t Shop : J.A.Spilm an (q u it 1938) @ Walker* s 5 <£ & 10* - R o lla D a iry ^ Rowe Carney : W.D. S a l l y Market Hot_els-Motels_ x L .C . Smith x Smith B ro s. Market — C olon ial Hotel @ M.0. Martin @ S t e in e r 's Market @ C o lo n ial V illa g e Photograph_G alleries x Tucker D airy x H otel Edwin Long - Baumgardner @ Wi l l jams Market ^ E l Caney H otel * Ray Grass x North Side Groc. x Ozark H otel * Gpeenwalt x R o lla Creamery & Ice x Pennant H otel Jew eler 3 2 Schuman Motor C ity C lothing & Dry Goods; - A llis o n Cafes-Re staurants @ B ish o p 's Store @ Christopher @ A1 John's Cafe # Brannock Standard - P ir t le @ B e l l 's Cafe @ Carp* s Store F u lle r (1933 ..a g a in 1942) £ D an iel Boone Cafe x Crumpler* s Store Barber_Shops ® D ecker's Cafe x John D en t's Store x Modern @ H arvey's Cafe : H e lle r C lo.S tore x Dewey Dunham x Pennant Tavern £ Haas Shoe Shop Theatres_ ^ Rollamo Soda Shop ff R o lla Mens Store x Rollamo @ Sam P a u l's Cafe x Schuman Dept.Store @ R itz ^ Snow White G r i l l x W illia m s Shoe Shop @ Uptown Produce Corapanie£ Shop£ For Women 0ffice_Supplies_ Malone Prod. Co. x Beste S ty le Shop x Scott Drug x Ozark Produce Co. x C arrie Adams Store @ Stockw ell O ff. Sup. Co x Ozark Supply Co. t Fashion Shop @ Dette* s x Schuman Produce Go. £ Louise Dewing Shop BiUiard_Rqom : Turner Prod. Co. @ M arlin g Hat Shop J Fred W. Smith x Vaughn's Prod. Co. x Vogue shop

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Heill_P'.s tate_, _ In s i } _Absjbrac t s x W.T. Denison # Denison & Hess x Leo I . H ig le y @ D.W. M itc h e ll x Rucker A b stract Go Auto_Sale_s @ Aston-W ilson x Superior Chevrolet : Kirn Auto Sup. Co. : L .L . Lewis Ozark Garage Co @ R o lla Motor Parts Co Western Auto Sales Farm_ Hatchery R o lla Chick Hatchery

- 35 U t ilit ie s - Mo. Gen. U t i l i t i e s Co @ R o lla M unicipal U t i l s , x United Telephone Co x Western Union Telegraph Fuel—O il—Gas oline_ £ Conoco O il Co @ Crescent Coal Co @ L it t le Piney O il Co x Moulder B ro s. O il Co x Smith* s S ervice Sta. @ Standard O il Co £ Texaco S ervice S ta.

Farm_Fo°ds_&_Se eds @ Blue-Renick Mil 1 x Farmers Exchange Fam_Mach ine ry Crescent Sales Co. R o lla Tractcr & Im pl. Co 2hoe_Fa.ct.ory * Johnson, Stephens, and Shinkle Co. Transport ¥ R olla Truck Lines x Frisco R ailroad x Greyhound Bus Co. Funeral £arlors_ x McCaw x N u ll & Sons @ Smith & Hollow . Some_Special_Merchant Ite m s .- The H e lle r Store fo r Men quit business in May, 1937 _ a f t e r servin g R o lla fa * SEVENTY YEARS. Successive owners were W illia m H e lle r , S r. ..W illia m H e lle r , U r. . . and Robert ( "Bob") H e lle r . The J .A . Spilman Hardware S to re, operated by James A. Spilman, q u it business in A p r il, 1938 - a ft e r servin g R o lla fo r 40 YEARS. Mr. Spilman sold to Rowe E . Carney, who operated the store f o r a year or more. The Cut Rate Drug Store opened in the old Campbell b ric k b u ild in g , southwest corner cf 7th and Pine, on October 9, 1937. Ralph Tucker, form erly o f P o p lar B l u f f , was the owner. I t i s now the R o lla Drug Store, 9th and Pine. In A p r il, 1940, J. Nean White bought the Modern Cleaner Shop from Robert Gleason and Charles McDaniels. McDaniels took over the gravestone (monument) yard at 14th and Bishop Avenue. In March, 19A l, Ted B e l l sold out o f the Asher & B e ll firm , which from then on was c a lle d the Asher Food Market. On May 29, 1942, Carp*s Department Store was opened on east side of Pine s tre e t a short distance south of 9 th. I t remained there u n t il late in I 969, when i t s mammoth new store was opened on Highway 66 west, opposite Buehler Park. In March, 1943, Mr. D.B. F o llo w i ll sold his " F o llo w ill Drug S tore" to Mr. M ilfo rd Eaves. In February, 1946, i t was the Smith-Gaddy Drug S to re . It was lo c a te d at immediate southwest corner o f 9th and Pine s t r e e t s . In May, 1945, Mr. Sherman Bishop bought the old Malcolm lo t on north sid e o f 8 th s tre e t, at and beyond 70 feet east o f Pine, and started the Bishop C lothing S to re . In October, 1945, Mr. W illiam S to ltz opened the BEN FRANKLIN STORE at immediate northeast corner of 8 th and Pine stre e ts - in the old A .S . Long b u ild in g . The store s t i l l operates there ( 1970), but under other management. SOME INDUSTRIES, 1933-1946 R o lla Shoe_Factory. - This was - and perhsps s t i l l i s - R o lla *s p rin c ip a l in d u stry . Ground f o r the b u ild in g , abutting 7th s tre e t and immediately west of O liv e s t r e e t , was Droken in November, 1925. S h ortly th e re a fte r, the b u ild in g was completed and taken over by the G ilb e r t —Pennington Shoe Co. The Great depression , s ta rtin g in October, 1929, forced t h is company out o f b u sin ess, and fo r a time the fa c to ry was closed . As o f December 7, 1933, the Johnson-Stephens-Shinkle company, of S t . Louis, took over and renewed production. By January of 1934 i t had employed 80 workers, but was not yet at peak produc tio n . In March, 1935, the company named Mr. Dave Rush as lo c a l superintendent. He was a congenial but h u stlin g adm in istrator. But when the Congress passed the "Wage and Hour Law", the company was forced to make m aterial wage ra is e s - and i t to ld R o lla that i t MUST have a subsidy of $12,000, or CLOSE DOWN. By July 7, 1938, some 161 R o lla donors had ra is e d the fund.

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J o s lin and his son, D eV eSL&~ In 6A u g S t~ _ 1916 S I T Start?d in 1920 bY Mr* George fb r p o ssessio n on January 1 1917 n -’ p ^ l l t WdS soid to Mr* TaYl o r Lenox, the F a l s t a f f Brewing Co., b i t l u l l j!r " d ls t r ib u t in <5 * • * ! « fo r 1930. T ^ ’ f ^ w a ? f i '^ n ^ l i - s ^ u f h ^ lo S !r started tta f a U o t Highway 6 3 . Mr. R. E. LaMarr nf <?* t ^ R°IG-a, abu ttin g the west side of In 1935, Mr. F.G . Mayo was the m a n a g e r T T f ± r s t ° Wner ^ fo u M e r ‘ on the farm . When the p e lts were mature +■>,that tlme there were s i l v e r foxes shipped to fu r d e a le rs in New York C ity * M r ^ W6re r ' T * 5'1 from the fo x e s» ^ fo r a time. Mr. _ . Ameling was owner o f the fsrm some 9 m ile s sou th lan d **3 w S t ’ o f^ R o lla 33 T h e°or " H T * } ° Cated near Gourd Cave, p y r i t e s , from which su lp h u ric f c i d l ^ i d S p r S u c e S b f s ^ L S f *"? TheySQnp lo y e d S t A o ic u Lp r. o^j et cTt . s econom

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sto ck f e e d f * seed s J Z S , l o r ^ l ^ a S ; f e ^ S S ^ t ^ ! M e ^ e ite m o eg g s amounted t o $265,857.17. Cream s a le s amounted to $288 5 9 3 . (D1 , Rn- - - ® = ^ Reed M i l l . - This was opened on September 1 , 1945, by M essrs. rank Blue and Murray C. Renick. The new f ir e -p r o o f b u ild in g , of b ric k and re in forced concrete, was on the tria n g u la r lo t bounded by the F risco r a ilr o a d , 6th and Elm s t r e e t s . In 1970 i t houses the "Bow-Wow Dog Food" p la n t. The R o lla F ood_Locker.- This b u ild in g was erected by Mr. Dewey C. Hickman who during the p e rio d served as Phelps County represen tative in the L e g is la t u r e . * I t s estim ated cost was $6,000. I t i s located on the east lin e of 9th s tre e t, close to Oak s t r e e t , and between Oak and Elm s tre e ts . In 1970, i t is operated by Mr. Harold Feldmann. The p lan t provided generous food fre e z in g f a c i l i t i e s . The Holla. Truck L i n e s .- Otherwise known as Bradford, Cross, and Courson. As e a r l y as 1941, t h is concern was p r o v id in g " f a s t f r e i g h t by tr u c k s ". I t had been o rg a n ize d f o r the purpose in 1924. By May of 1945, i t was o p e ra tin g 35 tru c k s , and i t s b u sin ess amounted to sums between $ 7 5 ,0 0 0 and $1 0 0 ,0 0 0 p e r y e a r . However, as o f May 4, 1945, i t QUIT BUSINESS, because i t could n ot meet the demands o f i t s UNION TRUCK DRIVERS. The. Shamr0£k_Chic_k_Hat£heries_.These hatcheries were operated by Ray Green, and were lo cated in the R olla Feed M i l l . For a time they had been in a b u ild in g a t immediate southwest corner of 6th and Pine stre e ts. ROLLA ®TS_A1R_C0NDITI0NED_H0MES.- In February of 1938, lo c a l agents were a d v e rtis in g the e a r li e s t a ir-c o n d itio n in g units f o r in s t a lla t io n in private r e s i d e n t s . In a short time they became quite popular - and numerous.

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ROLLA* S HOSPITALS, 1933-46 The McFarland H o s p it a l.- This h o sp ita l, owned and administered by D r. A. Sidney McFarland, up to the year 1939 was located in the old Baltim ore Hotel b u ild in g , next west o f the F risc o r a ilr o a d and on north side of 8th s t r e e t . In May, 1935, D r. McFarland reported that since he f i r s t started the hos p i t a l in 1922, the in s t it u t io n had served 6,000 p a tie n ts . For the year ju s t ended, 530 major operations had been performed. . . . The s t a f f , besides D r. McFarland, included D rs. Wm. H. Breuer, o f S t. James, and R. Eugene Breuer o f Newburg. Dr. Avery A. Drake treated d ise a se s o f the eye. On November 13, 1939, the h o s p ita l was tra n sfe rre d to the new stone-faced h o s p it a l b u ild in g abu ttin g Highway 63 a t north end of Pine s tre e t. I t had a c ap acity o f 45 beds, had cost some $25,000, and was dedicated on Monday, November 13, 1939. I t was named in honor o f Mrs. McFarland - the "NeLLe McFarland H o s p ita l." She was deceased. This; t r a n s fe r la s te d u n t il August 8, 1946, when D r. McFarland decided he could no lo n ger run the in s t it u t io n and pay expenses. He th erefore closed i t s doors. R o lla *s newspapers and townsmen expressed deep re g re t because of this d ecision , out could do nothing to change i t . Some time la t e r the b u ild in g s were remodeled f o r use as a r e s t home fo r r e t ir e d persons. This i s it s status as of 1970. * Z ZTEEZRDlXAlTBAZHDMI HCSHIT2LZ Z _

The R o lla Trachoma_Hosp_ital.- As o f May 23, 1935, D r. C arl E. Rice was in charge o f the U .S . Trachoma H o sp ita l in R o lla . I t was s t i l l located in the twos to ry "Tucker" residence at southeast corner of 13th and Elm s t r e e t s . In a report prepared by D r. Rice, i t was stated that, since i t s establishm ent in July, 1923, t h is h o s p it a l had treated 2,000 patien ts at the h o sp ita l, besides many others out in the country as "out p a t ie n t s ". The sum of $400,000.had been spent. But by March 12, 1936, the F ed eral Health Department had decided to withdraw, and the operation and management was tra n sfe rre d to M is s o u ri's State Health Department. Dr. Rice and h is fa m ily l e f t R o lla on July 3, 1936, having been tra n sfe rre d to F e d e ra l d u tie s a t Chevy Chase, Washington, DLC. Plans were now made fo r State ownership and operation of the h o s p ita l. By November, 1936, the R o lla Chamber of Commerce, headed by Mr. Ted Schweer, had chosen and purchased a new h o s p ita l site ju st west o f the in te rse c tio n of Hi^rways 63 and 66. This property, known as the "Case property", had been owned by the U n iv e rs ity of M issou ri School o f Mfnes. The curators sold the tra c t to the Chamber f o r $2,000. The M issouri L e g is la tu re , in i t s 1937 session ( January to June ) voted $75,000 fo r a new b r ic k b u ild in g . The State Board of Health appointed Dr. J. E. Smith to take chagge of the m edical a f f a i r s of the h o s p ita l. Bv August. 1938, the Federal Government had a llo t t e d $ 61,363 as aid in 4, con structin g the new b u ild in g . This, added to the S i t e ' s $75,000, made a t o t a l ^ construction fund of $136,363. A b r i e f d elay was caused by the f i l i n g of a law su it to t e s t the l e g a l i t y of the S t a t e 's appropriation , but by December 1, 1938 the ^ construction contract was l e t to the J .E . W illiam s Construction company, of Uni v e r s it y C ity, M isso u ri, fo r $104,573.00. The b u ild in g was to be o f b ric k , with two storys and a basemsnt. I t had a c ap acity o f 66 p a tie n ts. ...O n July 29, 1939, construction was nearin g completion, so that corner stone la y in g ceremonies took olace Governor Lloyd C. Stark made the dedication address, and the Masonic nodge t l T i h e c o rn e T s to T . The cost was now stated to be $136,000. The b u ild in g was completed and open house held on February 1 and 2, 194->. The Move To B u ild A Comniunity H o s p it a l.- In our^ 1921-32 section of this sto rv ( 1921-32 page 39 ) we described the e f f o r t to b u ild a "Mary Hyer h o sp ita l S t h f i i d s ^ o n a t e d ^% Mr. W ilk Hyer, in 1931 - and how that p ^ n f a i l e d . The idea was l a i d a sid e but s t i l l remained a liv e , u n t il October of 1937, ’Mien on the 18th the Phelps County M edical A ssociation and the R o lla M in is t e r ia l Council met to

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discu ss the m atter. They decided to work f o r the establishm ent of a gen eral community h o s p ita l in R o lla , and fo r th is purpose appointed an inform al "Board o f T rustees" c o n sistin g o f these men: John A. Fleming A lex C. Donnan D anl. F. Donahoe W a ite r liaas W. R. Brown R. E ric Schuman D r. C.E. B ard sley Louis H# BrSuer m, _

Nothing d e fin it e came of th is movement, except to keep the idea a li v e .

JUl7’ 1944, When ^ group p etition ed C irc u it udge^ x llia m E * Barto n to ch arter a "South Centra}. M issou ri H o sp ita l" and i t s ad m in istrative board - which he d id . The o f f ic e r s were these: re s id e n t. Rev. 0. V. Jackson . . . Vice president, Fred A. Cameron . . . S ecretary, Judge Sam Hess . . . Treasurer, Mr. E.D. W illia m s. The b u ild in g would be e rected at R o lla . This e f f o r t helped by keeping the p ro p o sitio n a liv e - but resu lted in no concrete p lan . However, i t remained a liv e long enough to c a l l an h is t o r ic meeting the evening of September 19, 1946, in the Collegs Inn room cf Hotel Edwin Long. In te re s t was in te n se . The room was packed with in terested c it iz e n s . In h is im pressive, convincing manner, Rev. Jackson stated th at " R o lla *s health is in grave p e r i l . We have no h o sp ita l whatever. Something MUST be done. What s h a ll i t be ? "" The r e s u lt was that on September 26th, a week l a t e r , 100 c itiz e n s p etitio n ed the County Court to c a l l a sp e c ia l e le c tio n on a $400,000 bond issue to finance an ap propriate community h o s p it a l. The Court complied by naming November $, 1946, as the d a t e . Meantime, another mass meeting was held, and the newspapers were f i l l e d with campaign m a te ria l advocating such a h o s p ita l. E le c tio n day cane. The county-wide vote was 3524 "FOR" . . 1148 "AGAINST". A tw o-th irds m ajo rity was re q u ire d . 75.4^ had voted "YES". The bond_issue_was_approved l R o lla and Phelps County WOULD NOW HAVE AN OFFICIAL HOSPITAL i F o llo w in g the e le c t io n , the Phelps County Court appointed the FIRST Board o f Managers fo r the PHELPS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. The fiv e men appointed were th ese: M essrs. DeVere J o s lin . . . D .L. Stuart . . . O.D. H a ll . . . D r. R.E. Breuer . . . and John Phelps. I t was now decided to apply fo r a $200,000 grant from the F ederal Government, under p ro visio n s of the H all-Burton a c t. This was duly done, and the county's $400,000 added to the $200,000 made the t o t a l construction fund $600,000............ Mr. Ernest T„ F riton , of Webster Groves, Mo., was employed as arch i tect. Plans were d u ly promulgated and completed, and construction begun in 1949. We s h a ll fin is h the s to ry in our next section of th is "R o lla " sto ry . NEW CHURCH & BUSINESS BUILDINGS 1933-1946. Busine s s _ B u ild in g s . - The R o lla New Era plant and b u ild in g were destroyed by f i r e on May 1, 1939. The damage was $100,000. Destroyed a ls o in th is f i r e was the Harry McCaw fu rn itu re store b u ild in g , abutting east lin e of Pine stre e t, next south of the Masonic Hal l . Reconstruction cf this l a s t named b u ild in g , with re in fo rced concrete and b ric k , started w ith excavation on June 21, 1939* Lt i s now known as the ''NULL BUILDING". In 1946, other new b u ild in gs were being constructed: (1 ) The Blue and Renick b ric k and concrete b u ild in g , on small tria n g u la r lo t at 6th and Elm s tre e ts , enclosed by the F ris c o r a ilr o a d , 6th and Elm s t r e e t s . . . . ( 2 ) The Lloyd Ramsey store b u ild in g , two—s to ry b ric k w ith rein fcreed concrete frame, southeast corner o f 8th and R o lla s t r e e t s . . . . (3 ) The Blue and Renick Farm Implement Store, of s t e e l frame and w a lls , Highway 63 at Kingshighway.. . (4 ) The Kenneth Asher and Floyd Jones Garage B u ild in g , Highway 63 at 4th s t r e e t . . . and (5 ) The Dr. Pepper b ric k one—sto ry b u ild in g , a t northwest corner 10th and Bishop Avenue.

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p Church B^ :lld in £ s .- I s e a r l y as May, 1944, plan s had been drawn f o r a new C ath olic Church b u ild in g a t co rn er o f 16th and North S tate s t r e e t s . I t was to be fa c e d w ith o a rth a g e m arble, from q u a r r ie s a t C arthage, M is s o u ri. Four c a rlo a d s o f the m arble were d e liv e r e d a t the s ite as o f May, 1944 - but com pletion would not be u n t i l March, 1947. The new B a p t is t Church, a t n orth w est co rn er o f 7 th and Cedar s t r e e t s , was s ta r te d in A p r il, 1942. However, World War Two r e s t r i c t i o n s postponed c o n s tru c tio n ^ ’ 19Z|iw 1'^he G i l d i n g was com pleted and d e d ic a te d Sunday, November 25, 1945 — the ch u rch 's 7 5 th a n n iv e rs a ry . The R o lla C h r is tia n Church a t southeast corn er o f 8 th and Main s t r e e t s was c o m p le te ly d e s tro y e d Dy f i r e on Sunday m orning, March 3, 1946. By March 21 n ext, i t had been d e c id e d to r e - b u ild on the same s i t e . On th a t d a te, $18,000 had been c o lie c t e d f o r a new $50,000 e d i f i c e . By August 17, 1947, the basement p o r tio n had been com pleted, and was in use. S u p erstru ctu re was com pleted and d ed ica ted on January 3, 1954. G e h e fa l Item s On_Residences and_ B u sin ess_B u ild in £ s. - I n March, 1 9 3 8 , a r e s i dence f o r D r. G.H. F u lton was b u i l t on N orth R o lla s t r e e t a t 16th. Cost was $ 8 ,9 9 9 .0 0 ^ ... During 1939, r e p o r ts said th a t 57 b u ild in g s had been e r e c te d th a t yea r. F i f t e e n were b u sin ess b u ild in g s , fo r t y - t w o were r e s id e n c e s . . . . I n A p r i l , 1942, r e p o r ts s a id th a t sin ce January 1 , 1941, perm its had been issu ed f o r b u ild in g 423 re s id e n c e s , c o s t in g $1,506,120. Twenty bu sin ess houses were to c o s t $159,950. T h ir t y - n in e b u ild in g s were rem odeled, a t c o s t o f $64,967. Grand t o t a l , $1,890,987. During th e same p e r io d , the two U.S.O. b u ild in g s were e r e c te d a t c o s t o f $ 1 3 6 , 0 0 0 . . . .Sewer e x te n s io n and treatm en t p la n t had c o s t $ 3 3 3 , 00 0 . Yfaterworks ex te n s io n and new w e lls d r i l l e d had c o s t $218,000. Grand t o t a l , $2,577,987. A news r e p o r t o f Febru ary, 1943, d is a g re e d somewhat from the fo r e g o in g . It sa id th a t in 1941 th ere had been 512 new houses b u i l t - w ith 108 more in 19 4 2 . T o ta l v a lu e was $437,050. New C ity W e ll No. 2 had been d r i l l e d to a depth o f 1173 f e e t , and y ie ld e d 350 g a llo n s o f w ater p er m inute. ..T h e town had an estim a ted p o p u la tio n o f 8,000 - and had 1800 fa m ily d w e llin g u n its . The two U.S.O. b u ild in g s had c o s t $1 4 5 , 000 , and sch o o l b u ild in g a d d itio n s $ 50 , 0 0 0 . VALUATION 0F_CITY PROPERTY.- The fig u r e r e le a s e d fo r June 1, 1941, was $2,322,385. For June, 1942, i t was $3,088,575. PROFESSIONAL MEN AND ARTISANS We_Lis_t H ere_T h ese: M.D. D octors, D e n tis ts , O c u lis ts , C h iro p ra c to rs , O steo paths . . . Law yers, A r c h it e c t s , C o n tra c to rs , a l l as fo llo w s : M.D .D o c to rs £Who_Livedj_ 19 ^ 3 - 46 ) _ M.D._Doctor_s_ 'ho_Died Barnard, Mrs. Sara (d .F e b .2,1940) S .L . B a ysin ger M it c h e ll, S h e r i l l L . (d .J u ly 9,1943) R .A .B e n ite z Smith, Wm. S. ( d . May 7, 1936) E .E .F e in d ( came in 1935 ) ’/fright, Mrs. Martha Sh ort (d .J a n . 10,1938) Chas. L . Mahoney ( here in 1935) A. S idn ey McFarland LIVING: C a rl R ic e (Trachoma, 1931-36) R .E .B reu er, Newburg & R o lla Wm. H. B reuer, St.Jam es & R o lla B. T.Sm ith ( Newburg ) E .A . S t r ie k e r , St.Jam es & R o lla R o lla S trob ach ( here 1937 ) M illa r d Underwood ( came D e c ., 1942). . . J .V f.B .H ill (came 1946) DENTISTS: B .E .C . Slawson . . . Vaughn P a rtrid g e (1936) C o l. C l i n i t e ( F t. ’Wood C lin ic & R o l l a ) . EYE & EAR: A v e ry A. Drake ( 1933-46) . . .A .B .N o rth ern ( d.Aug. 6 , 1 9 3 7 ) . . 0 . G a rris o n . . . B.M. Baker ( came May, 1943). CHIROPRACTOR: W .L. M e d f o r d .......... OSTEOPATH: W.M. Cottingham THE LAWYERS: E.W. A llis o n . . W.D. Jones . . . Rowland Johnson . . . L ly n B ra d ford . E l i Roy S e l l i c k (1946) . . J. E l l i s W alker ( d ied June 15, 1946). ARCHITECT: B e rt C. O verton ____ CONTRACTORS: A .W .H o llid a y and Reburn-Thurman.

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PAST PRESIDENTS OF ROLLA SATURDAY’ CLIJR: , TT . I ~ T T ~ ------------- “ -------(N o te : Unless n oted as "M is s " — a l l the women in t h is l i s t are "Mesdames ( ;"M rs .) The Years 1897- 98 • • M a ria ( Mrs# C.D. ) Jamison tq Ah ao /t T TT \ T OQ T » Qn n f tut n r, • ^ 1960-62 . . Alma ( Mrs. I . H . ) L0v ett 1898- 99 . . L u e lla ( M rs. Geo. R. ) Dean 1968-6;, a n u , ° 1899- 1900 . . M rs. J . B. H a rrison 7 t ** ^ S* J :.® * He^ l e r ’ S r. 1900- 1901 . . W.R. E l l i s ................. in Ac 12 ’ * "ir s * 'V lll;5ani Speer 1901- 08 . . M rs. Geo. R. Dean . . . ..... * ’ ^a r § a r e t ( M rs‘ D a n ie l) Kennedy 1908-11 . . M rs. C.D. J a m is o n ........ . ! ! ! T§7 ° ~ S “ i f * ’ ^°rgan 1911-13 . . M rs. S. L . B a y s i n g e r ........... ** ^ S* ^ r ° n B^ e r 1913-16 . . M rs. E .G . (Z o e ) H a r r is . . . . " M rs' 1916— 17 . . M rs. A .L . (M in n ie ) McRay . . 73 ....... P h i l i p M. Moomaw 1917— 18 , , M rs. S .P . (M ary) B ra d le y . . _ _ _ _ _ 1918— 20 . . M rs. Chas. L . (Edwarda) Woods 1920-22 . . M rs. J.W. (H e le n ) B a r le y . . ( NOTE: From com plete l i s t o f 1922- 23 . . r s . J.M. Southgate .............. Saturday Club P a st P re s id e n ts , 1923- 25 . . M rs. F .E . T a y lo r .................... g iv e n us by Mrs. W. H. Tandy 1925- 26 . . M rs. E.W. (Dr . ) W a l l e r _____ J u ly 2> 1 9 7 3 .- CVM-BHM. ) 1926- 27 . . M rs. P.H . McGregor ................ 1927- 29 ...M r s . H .R . H anley ............... 1929- 30 . . M rs. C.M. ( O l i v e ) Knapp . . . 1930- 31 •• M rs. B.H. (M a rg a re t) Rucker 1931- 32 . . M rs. E t t a Fudge .................. 1932- 33 . . M rs. E t t a Fudge .................. 1933- 34 . . M rs. W. H. A r y .................... 1934- 36 . . M rs. H. L . Dunlap ............. 1936-39 . . M rs. Rowland J o h n s o n .......... 1939-40 . . M rs. A . B. Holme s ................. 194©-44 . . M rs. Nadine Sease ................. 1944-47 •• Nancy ( M rs. H ubert) Gibson 1947-49 •• M rs. G .A . M uilenburg .......... 1949- 50 . . M rs. L . A. C a s s il .............. 1950- 52 . . M rs. R. B. F is h e r .............. 1952-54 •• M rs. Ralph M a rc e llu s .......... 1954-56 . . M rs. Wm. H. Tandy ............... M rs. Dan. Kennedy ................ 1956- 57 . . M rs. J . B. H e a g le r, S r. . . . 1957- 58 . . M rs. J .B . H e a g le r ,S r .......... 1958- 60 . . M rs. John R. Kenney .......... ______ ( Former Nadine S e a s e ).

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THE SATURDAY CLUB OFFICERS. 1930-21 SEAR. Were th e s e : Presiden t . . . . ^ace. P res. . . 2nd 7.P. . . . . . Recdg. Secy. .

M rs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs.

B. H. Rucker S. P. B radley H. L. Dunlap E tta Fudge

C o rr. S ecy. . . Mrs. Geo. R. Dean T rea su rer . . . . M rs. H.R. H anley P a rlia m en ta ria n ..M rs . C .L . Woods Custodian o f S ch o la rsh ip Fund, M rs. B ertha C lark .

A. COMBINED MEMBERSHIP L IS T FOR YEARS 1927—28 and 1930—31 IS THIS ( Shows women o f some prominence in R o lla club c i r c l e s . ) =_ Armsby, M rs. H. H. Hanby, M rs. N o tie M uilenburg, Airs. G . a . A ry, M rs. W.H. H anley, Airs. H.R. Nichol s . Mrs. B ert A sher, M rs. W a lte r H a r r is , M rs. Barney Orten, M rs. MD B a r le y , M rs. J .W. H a r r is. M rs. E.G. OsDorne, Airs. H arry R. Barnard. M rs. ( D r . ) Sara H arrison , M rs. J.B . Paul, M rs. A . J . Baumgardner, M rs .E a rl H e lle r , M iss Miriam Pennington, Mrs. Wm. Bay s in g e r , M rs. S .L . Hess, Airs. C.A. R alston . Mrs . C.S. Beach, M rs. J .R . Hess, M rs. Sam H. Ramsey, Mrs. L lo y d Beach, M iss Mary H jg le y . Mrs . Leo Panes, M rs. George Beckman. Mr s . H.C. Holmes, Mrs. A.B. R a t l i f f , M rs. R .F . Bengtson, D r. (M is s ) Id a Holme s, M rs. M.E. Roach, Miss D o lly B o lto n , Mrs R e v .J .C . Holme s , M rs. 0 .W. Roach. Miss D orothy B ra d le y , M rs. S .P . Hubbard, Mrs. N oel Rucker, M rs. B.H. Cameron, M rs. Fred A. Hunter. M rs. H.P. Sease, M rs. E .E . Chambers . Airs. W.L. Jones, M iss E d ith S hockley, M rs. J . M ilt . C lark, M rs. B erth a Kahlbaum, Mrs. Wm. Strobach, Mrs. Geo. C o g h ill, M rs. W i l l . H . Knapp, Mrs. C.M. 3 wen sen. M iss Mabel C u r r ie r , M rs. L.W . Lawrence, Mrs. F.M. T a y lo r, Mrs. F.E. Dake, M rs. C .L . L ew is. M rs. B .P . T easdale, M rs. Fred Cox. M rs. G.H. L in e , M rs. E .Y . Tucker, Mrs. Sherman Dean, Mbs. Geo. R. L lo y d , M rs. S .H ., J r . Turne r, M rs. Wm. D. Dunlap, M rs. H .L . L o v e t t , M rs. I . H . ( E l i z b t h ) Underwood. M rs. J.H . Faulkne r , Airs. M. F . McCanless, M rs. W.A. V ia , M rs. W.A. F o l l o w i l l , M rs. D.B. W alker, M rs. E.W. McCaw. M iss Jean McGregor, Mrs. P . H. Frame. M rs. F.H . Walsh, Mrs. F .F . W alsh, Mrs. Emma K. McQueen, Mrs* H .S. F orb es, M rs. C.R. ( 2nd) W a lte r. Mrs . E.H. AIcRae, M rs. A .L . Fudge, M rs. E t t a W estlak e, M rs. Josephine MANN, M rs. C la ir V. Garesche, M rs. V .A . W illia m s , Airs. E.D. Mann. Miss Frances G a r r e tt, M rs. L .E . Woodman, M rs. L .E . Messmore, Mrs. H.E. Graham, Mrs . M alcolm Woods, Mrs. Chas. L . M i l l a r , M rs. C. J . Gov/, M rs. A le x . M it c h e ll, M rs. S .L .

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A SATURDAY CLUB MEMORIAL LIS T ( 1953-54 Year Book). The f o llo w in g l i s t o f deceased Saturday Club members i s in clu d ed in the C lu b 's Year Book f o r 1953-54. We hare not con su lted l a t e r yearbooks. ( A l l "M r s .") S arah 0 . Beggs L o u ise M i l l e r Clough Josephine W ils o n S c o tt B erth a Love Forbes Margare t Scruby C lark O liv e Shaw Bovjen Jennie Lepper N orthrup Id a S trobach D ie h l M arie (Mrs C .D .) Jamison M ild re d Qermann Phoebe R ichardson E l i z a Beach

E liz a b e t h D e lia V ia Emma K. Walsh Lucy Armsbv Edwarda Rogers Woods J.H . Underwood J .B . H arrison George R. Dean S.G . Applebaum. R . S. R a t l i f f E .G . H a rris S . L . M it c h e ll Grace O'Meara E.W. W alker

G.W.Edelon M iss Jean McCaw J.D . C arpenter B.H. Rucker Wm. P. Dunla p E liz a b e th B rent N .A . Kinney S .L . B aysin ger Frank L . F ly n t M.F. Faulkner H a r r ie t F orb es.

TO THE ABOVE. PRESENT WRITERS CAN ADD THE FOLLO'TING. As o f June 29.1973 Af*y, Mrs. W.H. Bar l e y , M rs. J .W. Barnard, D r. S ara Beach, M iss Mary Beckman. M rs. H.C. B ra d le y , Mary ( M rs. S . P . ) Cameron, M rs. F red . A. C la rk , M rs. B ertha C o g h ill, M rs. W i l l H. F o l l o w i l l . Kate (.Mrs. D .B .j Frame, F lo re n c e ( M rs. F .H .) Fudge, M rs. E tta

G a r r e tt, M rs. L .E . Hanle y, Mrs. H.R. H a r r is. Alpha (Mrs Barney) H e lle r , M iss M iriam Hess, E d ith ( M rs. C.A. ) Hubbard, Ruth (M rs. N o e l) Hunter, Helen ( M rs. H .P .) Knapp. O l i ve ( M rs. C.M .) L ew is, Mrs. B .P . L o v e t t , E liz a b e th ( I . H . ) McGregor, M rs. P.H . McRae, M rs. A .L . M u ile nburg. M rs. G. A .

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Osborne, Airs. H arry Ramsey, M arie (Mrs L lo y d ) Roach, M iss D o lly Sease-Kenney, Nadine Swensen. Ma b e l T a y lo r, Mrs. F .E . T easd ale, Mrs. Fred (Blanche Turner, A lic e (M rs. W .D .) W e s tla k e , Josephine V .'illia ms. A lth en a (E .D .) Woodman, Mrs. L .E .

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_ THE ROLLA CIVIC CLIIR le d b ^ F O U R ^ f i n i t i a t e d , o rga n ized , fe d e r a te d on A p r il 12, 1912, le d b y , OUR o f R o lla s le a d in g women — the C lu b 's "FOUNDERS" . . Mesdaxies George R. Dean . . . Jane ooe -.rant . . J.D . C arpen ter, . . . and M iss L o is Shaw. 12, 1937, a t the C lu b 's 25th a n n iversa ry m eetin g, th ree o f th e olu b s fo u n d e rs ;1 to g e th e r w ith e le v e n o f the o r ig in a l c h a r te r members were p r e s e n t. The "fo u n d e rs " were Mesdame s Geo. R. Dean . . J.D. Carpenter . . and Jane ^oe B ra n t. 21i s s Shaw was absen t. The e le v e n o th e r c h a rte r members p resen t vie re th e s e . Mesdames o o ra A lle n . . A.B. Northern . . . Josephine W estlake . . H arry R McCaw . . F .C . K e rr . . Jos. G. Campbell . . C a rrie Adams . . J. E l l i s W alker . . B.E.O . Slawson . . H.R. Trowbridge . . and John B a r n itz . A t o t a l o f fo u r te e n . _ To—Or THE- o.uUB in clu d ed , b ro a d ly , the fo llo w in g : F o s te rin g o f n a tio n a l p a t r io t is m . . the Improvement c f R o lla - p h y s ic a lly , m o ra lly , s p i r i t u a l l y , s o c i a l l y and o th e r w is e . ( Sde a ls o below ) ^ A COMBINED MEMBERSHIP ROLL. Years 1927-23 and 1930-31 was t h is : ^ ' ' 1 " Adams, M rs. C a r r ie Green, M rs. George M i l t e d , lir a . Mary ^ Asher, M rs. W a lte r H a rris , M rs. Barney Mitehe 11. M rs. C.H. B a rd sley , M rs. C.E. H a r r is , M rs. E.G. M it c h e ll, Mrs. S .L . Barnard, Dr. Sara H a rrison . Mr s . J.B . Murry, Mrs. C.M. B a rn it z . M rs. John He im berge r , M rs. Andy N ic h o ls , Mrs. B.R. Baumgardner, Mrs. I . J H e lle r , M iss Miriam N ie m ille r , Mrs. F.C . Baumgardner, M rs. Mae H enninger, M rs. C.A. N orthern. Mr s . A . B. Beach, M rs. E l i z a Hess, M rs. C.A. Peppard, M rs. G.S. B o s s e rt, M rs. T. Horrom. M rs. ( D r . ) Geo.W. Prigm ore, Mrs. T a y lo r Brannock, Mr s . H. Hubbard, Mrs. N oel R a t l i f f , Mrs. R .F. B rant, M rs. Jane Coe Hunt, M rs. D.D. Richardson, Mrs. Phoebe M. B u lla rd , M rs. Mary Hunter, M rs. H .P. Roach. M iss D o llie Rucker, Mrs. B.H. Cameron, M rs. Fred A. Jones, Mrs. Wes. D. S a lt s , Mrs. Edw. (Mary) C arp en ter, M rs. J.D . Johnson. Mrs . Rowland Schuman, Mrs. E.M. K err, Mrs. F.C. Case. M rs. Jennie Smith, Mrs. George Kinney, M rs. N .A. Coffman, M rs. A .T . Smith. M rs. Wes. Lane, Mrs. Fred Cremer, M rs. George Somers, M rs. Marie L in e , Mrs. C lif t o n Cox, M rs. G.H. Thompson, M rs. C harles L in e , M rs. E rn est Y. C r it e s , M rs. Iv a Thompson, Mrs. Frank M aggi, M rs. Henry Casselman. Mrs. H.C. Trow bridge, M rs. H. J . M aggi, M rs. G erald D. Dean, Mrs. Geo. R. Tyson. M rs. Jensen Mann, M rs. C la ir V. Decker, Mrs. E .E . W alker, Mrs. J. E l l i s McCaw, Mrs. H arry Deegan, M rs. M.A. W estlake, Mrs. Josephine McDonald. Mr s . Dan D ie h l, M rs. E m ily W illia m s , Mrs. J.M. Durant . M rs. ( D r . ) W .J. McFarland, M r s .(D r .) A.S Woods, "E d d ie" (Mrs Chas. L . ) Graber, Mrs. L i z z i e M a rlin g , M rs. Geo. A. M edford, Mrs. (D r . ) W.L. THE OFFICERS. YEAR 1930-31 WERE THESE: (E le c te d in N ov.— I n s t a lle d in D e c .) P re s id e n t .......... M rs .W a lte r Asher 1 s t V ic e P r e s . . M rs. E .E . Decker 2nd V .P .................M rs. E .G . H a rris R e c d g .S e c y ......... Mrs. C.A. Hess

C o rr. S e c y .......... Mrs. Homer K err T rea su rer .......... Mrs. A.B. N orthern P a rlia m e n ta ria n .M rs. C .L . Woods

£l;,UB-*SDgBJKCTS ;EUgWSB®NS^TUTIO& it ■phg o b je c t o f the Club s h a ll be to promote g e n e ra l c i v i c and p h ila n th ro p ic work thru the open d is c u s s io n o f p u b lic q u estio n s, and such oth er s o c ia l a c t i v i t i e s as g iv e prom ise o f common b e n e f i t .

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PAST PRESIDENTS. CIVIC CT.TTR. Dean, M rs. Geo. R. (19 12 p lu s ) T row b rid ge, Mrs. H arry N orth ern , M rs. A lb e r t Johnson, M rs. Eugene L . D e n is on. M rs. W .T. (J o s ie ) H a rris o n , M rs. J.B . L in e , Mrs. E .Y . (C e le s t in e ) Woods, M rs. Chas. L . (Edwarda) Asher, M rs. W a lte r ( M a rg ie ) D ecker. Mrs . E .E . H a r r is , M rs. E .G . ( Zoe ) B a rd s le y , M rs. C .E . v B en n ett, M rs. P e a r l ■ ''-3 ^ ' •' ■ L e w is , M rs. B .P . Cameron. M rs. Fred G a rris o n , M rs. ( D r . ) 0 . (1 s t ) M a r c e llu s , M rs. Ralph W ills o n , Mrs. John 1973 CLUB OFFICERS. 1973. P r e s id e n t //////// M rs. 1 s t V ic e P re s . . . . M rs. 2nd V .P ....................... M rs. S e c r e t a r y ................. M rs.

Redwine, M rs. George P e te r s . Mrs. E a r l C h ristia n so n , jiars. L loyd (F ra n ces) D a vis, Mrs. (Dr). H.H. B ra d ford , Mrs. W a lter M a rlin g , Mrs. J u liu s Larm ing. Mrs. Jas.D . (D ora) Humphrey, Mrs. B.W. ( Mae ) Coffman, fir s . E liz a b e th P o w e ll, Mrs. Tona B en n ett, Mrs. V.O. Marlow. Mrs . Coy ( A lic e ) M a rtin , M iss Minnie B reu er, M rs. O.B. ( Id a ) Denison, Mrs. W .T. ( N o tie Hanby) Hubbard, L.G . M rs. Stim son. M rs. F red. Owsley, (M rs. O .Lea )

O .Lea Owsley Lawrence Callahan Coy Marlow W illia m Hubbard

T rea su rer . . Mrs. W alter Beams P a rlia m e n ta ria n ..M rs. Fred Stimson H is to r ia n . . M rs. James Buhch (E t h e l)

MEMBERSHIP ROLUf. 1973 ( As o f June 23 ) Rowe, Mrs. C layton Asher, Mrs W a lte r Hubbard, Mrs. L.G . (2nd) Beams, M rs. W a lte r Jones, M rs. F.E . Bunch, James (M r s .) L ig h t, Susie C allah an , M rs. Lawrence Marlow. Mrs. Coy ( A lic e ) C arney. M rs. Rowe M a rtin , Mis s M innie Donaldson, M rs. G erald M i l l e r , S t e lla G ibson, M rs. Hubert (Nancy) N u ll, M rs. S. Claude (Ruth) G oggin, M iss Fannie Owsley, Mrs. O.Lea Hance, Mrs. F ra n c is Sal ts r M rs. Rosa Hawkins. Mr s . J e f f ( L u c e t t ie ) Stim son, Mrs. Fred V ogt, Mrs. F red. H onorary Members: Mesdame s John B a r n itz ( C am ille ) and O .n. Breuer ( Id a ) A L IS T OF DECEASED MEMBERS ( See n ext page )

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THE FEDERATED the 6 th D i s t r i c t Fe 2nd t o 4th, 1935. o f b u sin ess s e s s io n s , luncheons, d in n ers, "h eld i Church, and the C o lle g e Inn ro om o f Hni-.pi ^ t __~r

THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN .. liation^l_Fgu nding_ o fJ i^ A ^ U ^ .- The o r ig in a l id e a o f an American A s s o c ia t io n o f U n iv e r s it y Women was born in Boston, M ass., in 1881. There were, a t th a t tim e, few American i n s t it u t io n s that adm itted and graduated young women. Those in ^oston e it h e r re fu s e d t o admit young women, or d id so v e r y r e lu c t a h t ly . I t was thus th a t when M iss M arion T a lb o t, a taftented young la d y , d e s ir e d not o n ly t o a tten d c o l l e g e , but a ls o wanted to graduate and then en ter such c a re e rs as, to then, alm ost e x c l u s i v e l y fo llo w e d by men. She DID a tten d , and managed t o graduate from c o lle g e . However, she a t once found h e r s e l f in an e x c e e d in g ly lim it e d company o f women c o l l e g i a t e g ra d u a te s . She, and o th ers l i k e h er, were p r a c t i c a l l y shunned by women who were NOT c o lle g e tr a in e d . T h a t_con d ition _h a d _to be_changed. One day in the year 1881, Marion and her mother, with another young la d y , M iss A l i c e Hayes, a gradu ate o f Vassar C o lle g e - sa t down f o r a c o n fe re n c e . They d e c id e d t o c a l l a m eetin g o f a l l the c o lle g e women th ey knew. That m eetin g con vened on November 28, 1881. Seventeen women were p re s e n t. They came from O b e rlin C o lle g e , Vassar C o lle g e , U n iv e r s it y o f M ichigan, C o r n e ll U n iv e r s ity , U n iv e r s it y o f W iscon sin , B o s tin U n iv e r s it y , Smith C o lle g e , and W e lle s le y C o lle g e . This group c a lle d a l a r g e r m eetin g , to be h e ld in Boston on January 14, 1882. S i x t y - f i v e c o lle g e women atten d ed t h is second m eetin g. They w rote a c o n s ti t u t io n , and c a lle d t h e ir o r g a n iz a tio n the "A s s o c ia tio n o f C o lle g ia t e AlumnaeJl. A p r e s id e n t and o th e r o f f i c e r s were p ro vid ed f o r . Annual m eetings were to be h eld in January. M rs. J .F . B ash ford, graduate o f W isconsin U n iv e r s ity , was the f i r s t p r e s id e n t. Under such an arrangem ent, oth er branches or ch ap ters were g r a d u a lly form ed, a cro ss the n a tio n . Women in the southern s ta te s a s s o c ia te d them selves as the Southern A s s o c ia tio n o f C o lle g e Women. In A p r il, 1921, most o f these o th er bran ches and chapters were combined, and _ssumed the name o f "THE AMERICAN ASSOCIA TION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN". H eadquarters were e s t a o lis h e d in Washington, D .C ., where, by the year I960, the A.A.U.W . had e r e c te d an 8 - s t o r y o f f i c e b u ild in g . In 1968, the A s s o c ia tio n had I 65 O branches in the f i f t y s ta te s o f th e U .S .A ., and had e n r o lle d grad u ates from 1140 American c o lle g e s . I t s membership t o t a l l e d 170,000. The A s s o c ia t io n 's B a s ic G o a ls ,.N a t io n a lly , l i e in fo u r p r in c ip a l f i e l d s : . . . Community Problem s . . . C u ltu r a l I n t e r e s t s . . . Education . . . and World Problem s. The A s s o c ia tio n m a in ta in s a r o s te r o f women q u a l i f i e d f o r p u b lic s e r v ic e ; promotes p r o fe s s io n a l o p p o rtu n ity f o r women in h igh er e d u ca tio n ; supports a l e g i s l a t i v e program ; e v a lu a te s tren d s in h ig h e r e d u c a tio n ; m ain tain s a fe llo w s h ip program th rou ^ i which some $3 5 0 ,0 0 0 p er year are awarded to 100 g i f t e d women s c h o la rs .

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Many such fe llo w s h ip s are g iv e n to women from fo r e ig n n a tio n s , d e s ir in g to study in U .o .A . Members c o n trib u te some *700,000 a n n u a lly toward th ese fe llo w s h ip s f and to an Endowment Fund o f over FIVE MILLION D0ULARS The A s s o c ia tio n has a r e p r e s e n ta tiv e to the U nited N a tion s, who r e p o r ts to the a s s o c ia t io n th e aims and achievem ents o f th a t body. In a broad view , the Asso c ia t io n stands f o r the e le v a t io n o f women, p a r t i c u l a r l y c o lle g e wonen; f o r t h e i r p a r t ic ip a t io n in th ose occu p ation s fo r m e r ly g iv e n over t o men o n ly ; f o r v ig o ro u s , i n t e l l i g e n t p a r t ic ip a t io n in dom estic and world a f f a i r s ; and fo r the use o f fe m i nine t a le n t s in f i e l d s beyond the fou n din g and maintenance o f homes, and the m oth erin g o f fa m ilie s o f c h ild r e n . the

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On January 12 » 1919, a group o f 12 R o lla women, n e a r ly a l l o f whom were assog ia te d w ith th e Mo S ch ool o f Mines f a c u lt y as " f a c u l t y w iv e s ", or as tea ch ers in the R o lla s c h o o l s ystem, met and o rg a n ized R o l l a 's "COLLEGE ALUMNAE CLUB". These tw elve women cou ld be d e s ig n a te d as the "FOUNDERS" o f t t e Club: Mesdames Mesdame s : L u e lla ( Mrs. Geo. R. )Dean F lo ren ce ( M rs. G .A .) M uilenburg B erth a ( M rs. Geo. ) C la rk Mabel ( Mrs. L.E.)Woodman ________ ( M rs. H arold S . ) D ickerson Martha J. ( Mrs D r .) S h ort-W righ t Kathryne ( Mr s . H .L .) Dunlap M is s e s : L e ta ( M rs. C • E .) Evans Zoe H a rris H a r r ie t ( Mrs . C.R. ) Forbes Je s s ie Via G eorgia Hendrickson THE COLLEGE a LUMNAE CLUB BECOMES THE ROLLA BRANCH OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN T h is f i r s t womens' group continued as the C o lle g e Alumnae Club u n t i l A p r il 7, 1931. I t a p p lie d f o r A .A .U .P . membership on May 6 , 1930. and was adm itted t o the N a tio n a l s o c i e t y on June 1 , 1930. As o f March 3, 1931, i t was known as a member o f the M is s o u r i d i v i s i o n o f A.A.U.W . Mrs. Georgp R. Dean was e le c t e d as the f i r s t p r e s id e n t o f th e R o lla c h a p ter, on A p r il 7, 1931. The R o lla Branch h eld i t s f i r s t r e g u la r m eetin g on September 1, 1931. The 66 women who w ere, cr had been, member/bof the R o lla C o lle g e Alumnae Club, up to the ch a n ge-o ver t o A .A .U .P ., were th ese ( As o f June 1, 1931) J Mesdames: Mesdames: E leanor ( Mrs. H .S .) McQueen Lucy C Joe J B rid ge W ild it h ( Mrs. K .M .) Moore M abel ( M rs. H .C. ) Beckman Frances ( M rs. __ ) N ic h o ls Mary ( M rs. S .P . ) B ra d le y Zoe (H a r r is ) ( Mrs. M .D .) Orten P h a ris s ( M rs. A rth u r) B radford Sara ( Mrd. Dr. ) Barnard _________ ( M rs. A. ) O lla r G in erva ( Mrs R e v .D .G .) Pin k ston D ix ie (.H a rris ) (M rs. __ )B urrage Annie ( Mrs. G e o .) Ranes B erth a ( M rs. G e o .) C lark ______ ( Mrs. R . L . ) Rhodes Ruth ( M rs. __ ) C la rk ______ ( M rs. D r. CarlJ R ice L u e lla ( M rs. Geo. R.J Dean Martha (Mrs D r. John) S h o rt-W righ t Kathryn ( M rs. H .L . ) Dunlap Lulu ( M rs. R.M. ) Rankin ________ (Mrs H a ro ld ) D ick erson O lin ( Mrs. D r.R o b t) Sory H orten se ( M rs. D.M. ) Donnan Vera ( Mrs. Geo. ) S ilv e r L e ta ( M rs. G .E .) Evans ______ ( Mrs. ___ ) S h a ffe r H a r r ie t ( M rs. C.R. ) Forbes Nadine ( Mrs. E .E .) Sease Gem ( M rs. F .C . ) Farnham E ls ie ( Mrs. Guy R .) S c o tt Ruth ( M rs.E .A . ) Goodhue Em m a ( Mrs. W.J. ) Jensen M abel ( M rs. J a s . ) Smith Mabel ( Mrs. L .E . ) Woodman N a t a lie ( M rs. R .0 . ) Jackson W ilhelm ina ( Mrs. E.H. ) W a lte r E liz a b e t h ( M rs. I.H . ) L o v e t t S y b il ( Mrs. W alt ) Werner F lo re n c e ( M rs. G .A. ) M uilenburg Jennie ( Mrs. E .S . ) W heeler ( M rs. E .J . ) Medding H a zel ( Mrs. E. . ) (Dean) Moses ( See n ext page )

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( Members^ C o llege Alumnae Club^ cont. ) The M is s e s :

The M isses:

Mary Beach L o r e t t a Backer Grace Bebbs G eorgin a C lark Id a ( D r .) Bengtson ________ D riem eyer S adie Donahoe Alma Hawkins W i l l i e V io la H a r r is P h y l l i s Hackman

E d ith Jones D orothy J u lia n McRae, E le an or M a rtin , M innie Manrine R ector Lou ise S p rig g Bertha Walker Helen W eise J e s s ie V ia G eorgia Hendrickson

The_Presidents_ G f_1be_C ollege_A lu m n ae_C lu b.- These o f f i c e r s h eld o f f i c e c o in c id e n t w ith th e ca len d a r y e a r . They were e le c t e d and took o f f i c e in January, and s erved through the f o llo w in g December: 1919 through 1924 •• M rs. Geo. R. Dean 1928 . . W ild ith ( M rs. K .M .) Moore 1925 and 1926 . . M rs. G .A.M uilenburg 1929 . . d i t t o 1927 . . M rs. Lulu ( Mrs R .M .) Rankin 1930 . . ( Jan to May 6 , when she re s ig n e d . . Annie ( M rs. G .)Ranes then Mrs Kathryn (H . L . ) Dunlap/. MEMBERS OF THE AM. ASSN. UiMIV. WOMEN. Year 1931-32 Tho^e_Who_Met_Requirements..- Those form er members o f the R o lla C o lle g e Alumnae Club, or th ose who jo in e d the A.A.U.W . du rin g the 1931-32 yea r, are l i s t e d b e lo w . To b e lo n g , ca n d id a tes had to meet the more r i g i d requirem ents o f the A .A .U .W ., and must have p a id t h e ir dues, and in o th e r re s p e c ts met n a tio n a l stan dards and req u irem en ts. A .A .U .W . membership membership in c re a s e d - or d ecreased - as m ebrers e i t h e r moved away from R o lla , or f a i l e d t o keep dues p aid o r meet oth er requ irem en ts. During th e y e a r s 1932 to 1946, some 86 new members jo in e d the A .A .U .W .. Almost t h t t many e it h e r moved away, o r dropped out - so th a t clu b membership remained a t an a verage o f some THIRTY members d u rin g any one y e a r. F o llo w in g are the members r e g is t e r e d f c r the year 1931-32: Me s d a m e s Ruth ( M rs. E .A . ) Goodhue L u c i l l e ( M rs. H.H. ) ArmsDy Emma ( Mrs. W. J - ) Jensen Sara ( M rs. & D r. ) Barnard E liz a b e th ( M rs. I.H . ) L o v e tt P h a ris s ( M rs. A r t . ) B rad ford W ild ith ( M rs. K.M. ) Moore Mary ( M rs. S .P . ) B ra d le y F loren ce ( Mrs. G .A. ) M uilenburg Lu cy ( M rs. Joe ) B rid ge E th e l (Johns) (M rs. A lb e r t O lla rJ B erth a ( M rs. Geo. ) C lark Annie ( M rs. Ge o . ) Ranes L u e lla ( Mr s . Geo. R. ) Dean Lulu ( M rs. R.M. ) Rankin Kathryn ( M rs. H .L . ) Dunlap L o is ( Mrs. D r. C a r l) R ice L e ta ( Mrs. C .E . ) Evans Ngdine ( M rs. E .E . ) Sease Gem ( M rs. F .C . ) Farnham Smith ( M rs. Jas. ) Mabel H a r r ie t ( M rs. C.R. ) Forbes Mabel ( Mrs. L .E . ) Woodman Beckman ( M rs. H .C. ) Mabel The M i s _ s . e s P h y llis Hackman Id a ( D r. ) Bengtson Minnie M artin Blanche B ra d ford J e s s ie V ia H a ze l ( F.Moses ) Dean Helen W eise S adie Donahoe

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La s t _ P r e s id e n t s o f_ R o lla _ B ra n c h A .A .U .W .- The p r e s id e n t o f R o l l a 's A.A.U.W. was e le c t e d f o r a two y e a r term . They were u s u a lly e le c t e d during A p r il, out took o f x ic e on June 1 - and served the ensuing two y e a rs . M rs. George R. Dean was the f i r s t p r e s id e n t . She was e le c t e d A p r il 7, 1931, and h eld toe o f f i c e f o r IS 6 1,: 1931» t o May 31> 1 933. The l i s t o f p re s id e n ts from then through the 1969-71 y e a r were th e s e : 1931—33 •* Mrs Geo. R. Dean 1933-35 . . M rs. S .P . B ra d le y 1935—37 . . M rs. H.C. Beckman 1937—39 •• M rs. D.G. P in k ston ^R ev.; 1939—41 . . M rs. G.W. Noble 1941-43 -r. M rs. T.G . Day 1943—45 •• Mrs. R.B. .fis h e r 1945-47 •• Mrs. G. A. M uilenburg 1947— 48 . . M rs. Lloyd m . Marsden 1948- 50 ..M rs. O.M. Bishop 1950- 51 . . M rs. James H. H ollow 1951- 53 . . M rs. Don. F r i z z e l l 1953-54 . . M iss Chloe M illik a n

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Miss Mary A. Freeze D itto Mrs. Lawrence E. May Mrs. C arl S. Cave Mrs. W allace B. Howe Mrs. Richard Anderson D itto Mrs. Jaques L . Zakin Mrs. Robert R. Oetting Mrs. Charles E. Harding

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T^is_,Pam£hlet^ Contains:

! • “ The story o f Organization

2 . - L i s t o f Charter O ff ic e r s And Members 3 . - L i s t o f Past P re s id e n ts A-»~ I n s c r ip t io n on Memorial Monument 5 . - T o ta l Membership R o ll - Past and Pre;

6 . - Names o f Gold S ta r Mothers 7 . - Names o f Deceased Members

Compiled June 10, 1973, By War M other B on ita H. Mann and War F ath er C la ir V. Mann.

R o lla , Mo.

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THE AMERICAN WAR MOTHERS r™ • „ or d a u g h ters,“ "were s e r v in g ( "or had g r ° UJ c o lls ls ts o f R o l l a 's woraen whose sons, had p a rtic ip a te d *^ - or w S are n r ^ f , “ WarS in which the U nited S t a t e s ’ P ° r who are P r e s e n t ly connected w ith m i l i t a r y s e r v ic e s . oy th^ T e f s t ^ e f c o n l rT " 3 t io n e v e r so in c o rp o ra te d

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W a T ® ' ) R*3 “ “ h° n° r ° f h avin g had l t s mosfc Prominent member - Mrs. S e c 'J r 7 e S NATI0NAL PRESIDENT - f o r the y e a rs 19 6 3 -6 4 and 1925 B a s M e n d e d b y A o t o f C“ * " “

OBJECTS UF THE SOCTi' TY. Ihe o f f i c i a l l i a t o f the S o c ie t y 's o b je c t s i s t h is lj ° kerep aR ™ . and davelope the s p i r i t th a t prompted » o r l d s e r v ic e . To. main ta in the t i e s o f fe llo w s h ip born o f th a t s e r v ic e . K3J o a s s i s t and fu r th e r any p a t r i o t i c work. (4 ; To in c u lc a te a sense o f in d iv id u a l o b lig a t io n t o the community s t a t e , and n a tio n . ( 5 ) To work f o r the w e lfa r e o f the Armed F o rces. ( j To a s s i s t , w ith in our a b i l i t y , men and woraen who served and were wounded or in c a p a c ita te d i n w artim e. ( 7 ; To f o s t e r and promote fr ie n d s h ip and understanding between America and her a l l i e s . A POR I U.N Qj1 THE- SOCIETY GREED .- " I th e r e fo r e b e lie v e i t i s my du ty t o my c o u n try t o lo v e i t , t o support i t s c o n s titu tio n , to obey i t s law s, to re s p e c t i t s H-a S> aad to d efen d i t a g a in s t a l l en em ies." . NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS are lo c a te d a t 2615 W oodley Place N.W. in W ashington, D.U. ( Z ip No. 20008 ) . The n a tio n a l p re s id e n t and o f f i c e r s p u b lish a n a t io n a l m agazine, " The American War M other", in b i-m o n th ly is s u e s . The number f o r the is s u e o f January-February, 1973, i s V o l. 50 , No. 1 . THE STUKY UN

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I t s I n i t i a t i o n . — On June 8, 1943, the M issouri State President, Mrs. H. e . Lohmeyer, met w ith a group of in te re ste d Mothers at the R o lla U .a .u . b u ild in g . A jjo lla chapter was suggested, and a committee appointed to consider the m atter. The committee women were these: Mesdames M.o. Smith . . S .P . Bradley . . .M.H.Buckey and T.C. H icks. This committee c a lle d fo r a general meeting on June 22, 1943. The Second M eeting. - At t h is second meeting, of June 22, 1943, a R o lla Chapter was organized. Twenty-two mothers were present and p a rtic ip a tin g . Mrs. Mary ( M rs. L ou is H. ) Breuer w^s elected the C h apter's f i r s t p resid en t. Mrs. Margie ( M rs. W a lte r ) Asher w^.s chosen as vice presiden t. Mrs. Rebecca (, Mrs. H.M. ) Blake was the recordin g s e c re ta ry . Mrs. Selma ( Mrs. C l i f f ) Stimson w^s made tre asu rer. M rs. C elestin e ( M rs. E .Y . ) Line was custodian . . and Mrs. Ruth (. Mrs. S.C . ) N u ll was e le c te d ch aplain . These twenty-two Mothers were, to the best of our informa tion , as f o llo w s : Denison, C la ire Asher, Margie L in e, Cele ste Donnan, Mae Mann, Bonita Blake, Rebecca Grubb, B essie N u ll, Ruth B radley, Mary Hawkins, Lucett&e Branson, Nancy Remington, M aybelle Hicks, Mrs. T.C. S a lts , Rosie Brent, E liz a b e th Lanning, Dora Short, Mrs. John Breuer, Mary Line, Mayme Stimson, Selma ^ C h ris tia n , Sara B e lle Buckey, Grace Smith, Mrs. M.C.

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r ^ l . T . . T L^ . CHAF.? R! S CHARTER- AMD THE b arter OFFICERS AMD .vamBire. The Z , * * * * * ¥ * h- 19« : Ifc l s s i « " ed ^ E l i z a b e t h iia r t ih , t, . , P . ’ ar]d lo r e n c e A. Latham, n a tio n a l correspon din g d e c r e ta r y . ! , f SO„ S1f ,e? b y i f 3- H- F- Lohmeyer, M issouri state p re sid e n t! I t i s ^ s e n t l y t h is i „ a " e i t glass-fram ed picture frame measuring some IS x 24 inches. From fo llo w in g ^

n ° f PaSt preslden t Mrs* A lic e Marlowe, U.V.Mann copied the

THE CHARTER OFFICERS; P re sid e n t, breu er, Mary Louise 1st Vice P res. . . Margie E. asher 2nd V.P. Grubb, B essie F. 3rd V .P . B o ile r , Bertha S. 4th V.P. Rebecca B. Blake Recording Secy. Blake, Rebecca B.

Corresp. Secy. ..Remington, M aybelle Louise Custodian . . Line, C elestine M. v Chaplain .. h u ll, Ruth H isto rian . . Schluf, Emma M. Treasurer .. Stimson, Selma.

Because so li s t e d as o f f ic e r s , they are not ( as members ) lis t e d below although they a Re re g u la r ch arter members. The Charter Member L is t now fo llo w s : Bransen, M rs. W.E. B radley, Mary W. buckey, Grace C h ristia n , Sarah B e lle Fore. E tta Goodhue, Ruth V. Grant, F lo ra C h ild ress G rie g , Mrs, E .L . G uffey, M yrtle Hawkins. Lu c e ttie Catherine Hess, M rs. W.E. Hicks, Helen Cynthia Huskey, M argaret Johnston, Mrs. Rowland Katz. Adele Powell Kauffman, Augusta Knight, Mable Leaver, Marie SOME OF The

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Lanning, Dora Mann. Boni t a H. McMillan, Helen H. Mooney, Norma N ielson, Velma (Mrs. Louis R.J P a u ls e ll, Charlotte Perry. Blanche E lizabeth Robertson, Mrs Edwin Schluter, Georgia Schloemer, Minnie G. Smith, L i l l i e M. Smith. Thelma E. Short, Mrs. Henry Stevens, Mrs. A . a . Strobach, N e llie Stimson, Selma "White, Verna K e lly

niOTnERS1 PROJECTS:

In November o f 1951, the Mothers entertained the State Annual Convention at the H otel Edwin Long. The S o c ie ty has had the honor o f having held FOUR o f the State o f f ic e s : The 1955-36 year, M aybelle Remington was State P residen t. Margie Asher v; s State corresponding se c re ta ry fo r a year — A lice Marlowe was St&te Chaplain — and K e lli e C o t t r e ll S tate H istorian fo r one year. The Chapter has ra is e d su b sta n tia l funds far financing i t s p ro je c ts - fo r numbers o f years by s e lli n g carnations on the s tre e ts - and the la s t few years by holdin g annual "chicken dumplin" dinners. Another p ro je c t was the making o f " d it t y bags" fo r over-seas s o ld ie r boys. Bags containing soap, tooth brushes, combs, e tc . S u o sta n tia l co n tribu tio n s have been made to various h o sp ita ls in which d is a b le d s o ld ie r boys are confined.

CVM June 5, 1972.

- 42.b A t e n t a t iv e l i s t of the pr e sid en t s OF TOE rolla CHAPTER of AMERICAN WAR MfVmvRSy Mother Bonita H. Mann and Dr. C la ir V. Mann. June 5 , 1 9 7 3 . Chapter organized June 22, 1943. Mrs. Mary Breuer ( Mrs. L.H. ) bdr v h i 2 e le c te d P resident, and served the p a r t ia l year from June to Dedemt S ’ 1 9 ^ % 0 i r r re - e,l e w Ctf d f °,r * fu l1 ^ a r ' s She was sta te president fo r j "" N ation al President fo r two years, 1963-64 and 1964^65. ? p resid e? t s » as we have te n ta tiv e ly arranged them, i s as fo llo w s : s t ^ lla t io n s have u s u a lly heen m December o f each year, so the f i r s t year so named i s fo r ecember o f that year, only. The second year named i s fo r fo llo w in g year down to next in s t a lla t io n , in December. 1943 (Dune-Dec.) Mary Breuer 1943- 44 . . Mary Breuer ( Mrs L.H . ) 1944- 45 . . E liz a b e th Brent ( Mrs. ) 1946-46 . . M a rjie Asher ( Mrs. W alter) A PARTIAL LIST OF DECEASED MEMBERS 1946- 47 . . M aybelle Remington (Mrs C .R .) 1947- 45 . . M aybelle Remington (S tate P res. 1955-56) 1948- 49 . . Dora Lanning ( Mrs. James D .) Asher, Mildred 1949- 50 . . Dora Lanning Ayers, Lola 1950- 51 . . Nancy Branson ( Mrs. W .E .) Blake, Rebecca 1951- 52 . . Rebecca Blake ( Mrs. H.M. ) Bradford, Jeanette 1952- 53 • • E tta East ( Mrs. John ) Brent, E lizabeth 1953- 54 •• Mae Donnan ( Mrs. A lex . ) Campbell, Alma 1954- 55 . . Id a Breuer ( Mrs. D«B» ) C hristian, Sara B e lle 1955- 56 . . LucettieHawkins ( Mrs. J e ff ) Donahoe, Edith 1<9^4“ ? 7 .#. N e llie C o t t r e ll ( Mrs. ) Donnan, Mae 1957- 58 . . N e l l i e C ot-trell E ast, Etta 1958- 59 . . A lic e Marlowe ( Mrs. Coy ) E l l i s , D e lla 1959- 60 . . A lic e Marlowe Glenn, Oma 1960- 61 . . Ruth Hunter ( Mrs. C bas.) H a rris, Alpha 1961- 62 . . Juanita P a u ls e ll ( Mrs. Lynn ) Lanning, Dora 1962- 63 . . Juanita P a u ls e ll L igh t, V irg in ia 1963- 64 . . Ida Breuer ( Mrs. 0_.B. ) L o ftin , N e llie 1964 - 65 . . Id a Breuer M itc h e ll, Mabel 1965- 66 . . A lic e Marlowe ( Mrs. Coy ) Moneymaker, E ls ie 1966- 67 . . A lic e Marlowe P a u ls e ll, Juanita 1967- 68 . . Eva McDowell ( Mrs. Henry ) Remington, Maybelle 1968- 69 . . Eva McDowell Scott, L i l y 1969- 70 . . A lic e Marlowe ( Mrs. Coy ) Strobach, N e llie 1970- 71 . . A lic e Marlowe Taggart, Rose 1971- 72 . . N e l l i e C o t t r e ll-P o r t e r ( Mrs. _ • _ • ) Thompson, Jennie 1972- 73 . . Is a b e lle Mesko ( Mrs. Emil- )

The above has oeen compiled with the aid o f Mothers M arjie Asher .. Lu cetta Hawkins . . . Ruth Hunter .. Eva McDowell .. Rosie S a lts . . and MR. Lynn P a u ls e ll. P a r t ic u la r aid was given by Mother S a lt s , who allowed us to examine the C h apter's secretary records, as fa r as she had them. R e s p e c tfu lly submitted, June 5, 1973• D r. and Mrs. C la ir V. Mann. P .S .:

M arjie Asher was State Corresponding Secretary, 1955-56 Dora Lanning was State H isto ria n , 1957-58 N e llie C o t t r e ll-p 0rter. A lic e Marlowe was State Cnaplain, y e a r s ____________ State I^ J jo ^ a n ,

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ROLLA WAR MOTHERS1 Mn^nrpM-rn _ p,

Chapter o f American War Mothers d e d ic a t^ H ^ 7-' » ^ n ! ember 12» 1965, the Rolla Marlowe had b u i l t fo r them from p l ^ s by d J f T M0N» T - which Mr. Coy the northeast corner of the Phelns ConnL o* C; V*liiann* Ifc l s located close to and R o lla s t r e e t s . The t e n d s o m e ^ r n n ^ 7! G° Urt House» 3rd stre e t between Main Handsome bronze plaque on the b ric k monument reads thus: L 9 ( ( ( E M B L E « ) ) ) A i, -----I N

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Chartered By United States Congress. 1925 THE GROUP PRESENT a t the dedication ceremonies of Sept. 12, 1965 , were these: A lic e Marlowe, P res. Jeanette Bradford Eva McDowell, 1 st vice p res. D e lla E l l i s N e lli e C o t t r e ll, 2nd v .p . Josie Hayes Bonita H. Mann, 4th v .p . N e llie L o ftin Rosa S a lt s , Rec. Secy. Iddo Redwine Margie Ashe£, C orr. Secy. Theda Walker Id a Breuer, Chaplain Ruth N u ll. E th e l Bunch, H isto rian L u cettie Hawkins, Sgt, at Arms.

War Mother Bonita H. Mann was chairman of the Memorial Monument Project.

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MEMBERSHIP LIST - ROLLA AM. WAR MOTHERS CHAPTER - PRESENT & PAST As. o f June 10. 1973. NOTE: The sign # means she was a Gold Star member, means the "member i s deceased". Arthur, H attie A llis o n , M argaret Kath. Asher, Margie ^-A yers, L o la Baker. Florence B a r t le , G oldie Baum, Dena Bolon, Augusta *t-#Blake, Rebecca B o ile r . B ertha S. Bradoury, Mary Jo ■--Bradford, Jeanette ■^-Bradley, Mary W. Branson, Mary (M rs.D an.) Branson, Nancy Branson, S t e lla *-B re n t, E liz a b e th Breuer, Id a Breuer, Mary L. Bunch. Ethel "^-Buckey, Grace B u r r e ll, Mabel Lorena Campbell, Alma C arter, M ildred L u c ille Cauffman. L u c ile * -# C h ris tia n , Sara B e lle ^-C lapper, Bertha Cook, Glenna Laverne Copeland, Mazie E liz a C o t t r e ll. Ne l l i e (P o r t e r ) Denison, C lare E. -'-Donahue, E dith Donnan, Mary E lle n ( H i l l ) ■^-Donnan, Mae #Downing. Ruth ■-■-Duncan, Mary E liz a b e th *-# E a st, E tta L . '-■-#Ellis, D e lla Evans, Pauline *~-Fore. E tta B. Fore, S t e lla J. Furse, Mary Lou ■-■-Glenn, Id a Mae ■-■-Glenn, Qma Goodhue, Ruth V.

G raf, Edna Mesko, Laura Is a b e l '--G rant, F lo ra Childers Maggi, Lena Grayson, L o ttie M ill e r, V irg in ia Greer, L i l l i a n A. * —M itc h e ll, Mabel (Mrs J .D .) G reig. Mrs. E .L. * - Mone m aker. E ls ie Gross, Ona ■-■-Mooney, Norma Grubb, Be s sie M oritz, Louie Guffey, M yrtle Mowrey, M ildred Hardtke, Betty Myers, Louise ^-H a r r is, Alpha # Nielson. Velma ( Mrs. L .R .; H a rris, Annie M. N u ll, Ruth Hawkins, Lucettie P a u ls e ll, Charlotte Hess, Iv a ""'-Paulsell, Juanita Hicks, Helen Perry, Blanche E liz a b e th (S te b b in s) H igley. Grace ( Mrs. Le ° ) P orter (C o t t r e ll) N e llie Hogan, Irene Powell, Mary W ilda Hayes, Josie Rayl, Mary *-Houlahan (A sher) M illie ^-Redwine, Iddo #Hunter, Ruth ■^'-Remington, Maybelle Huskey. Margaret R itte r. Martha Hudgens, Edra(Stevens) Robertson, Mrs. Edwin James, Alma #Saladin, V irg in ia Johnston, Mrs. Rowland S a lly , Ruby *-K a tz, Hdele (P o w e ll) S a lts , Rosa Kauffman. Augusta Schloemer, Minnie Kennedy, Lora Marie S ch lu f, Emma Knight, Mabel (Love) Schlueter, Georgia Jones, Jessie Glenn S co v ell, Ann ■-'-Lambelet, Mabel Mary * -S c o t t , L i l l i e '^-Lanning. Dora Short. Mrs. Henry "-^Lanning, G ertie S h river, Bessie Leaver, Marie B. S k ile s , L o is L igh t, V irg in ia '-■-Smith, L i l l y M. (Mrs Wes.) Lin e, Celestine Smith, Thelma E. * —Lin e. Mayme Stimson. Selma L in e , Ruth Straumanis, Eva L o ftin , N e llie *-Strobach , N e llie McCulla, R ita Sucie, M ilic a ( M i l l i e ) MacDonald, Agnes Tower Stevens, Edra ( Mrs Harvey A .) McDowel l . Eva # ^ - Taggart. Rose McMillan, Helen Henry * - Thompson, Jennie E lle n (MrsFrank) Manford, Irene Vaughn, Mayme Mann, Bonita H. Walker, Theda Marlowe, A lice Wheeler, Jacqueline Melton. Vena White. Verna K elly *-Wiedeman, Oma B eatrice

The above l i s t was compiled (a ) From the l i s t of Charter Members; (b j from a l i s t provided by 1973 P res. Is a b e l Mesko; (c ) From l i s t s in f i l e s o f Bonita H. and C la ir V. Mann. L i s t was checked June 10,1973, by C la ir V. and Bonita H. Mann, and M rs. J e f f (L u c e ttia ) Hawkins. Two or three names in the l i s t are open to question, as to v a lid membership.

CVM

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I t a f f i l i a t e d w ith Sta't^an d General*F 11113 ?lub was organized on A p r il 10, 1928. o b je c ts , b r i e f l y s t a “ d ! S S e L w S ° n Sept’ 3’ 192S: Tte C lu b 's and Ph ilan th ropic Work. Basic thene s o f 1 v e ra e n •• S o c ia l Development . . and the General Federation f 6th D ls tl-l o t . the State d iv is io n , country, in our God" . . . "F a ith " Ind) v T n th8:!e: "Falth ~ in ourselves, in our purposes in c lu d e : s t r iv in g to be kind * V1QUal Development". Some other s p e c ific b e tte r im pulses - to p S L a y S i S e l ^ e - to obey the la r g e in thought, „orS, and d eed ) P 86 ~ to <** * e l f seeking - to be Departments maintained bv the Rolla ohonto • t j Fine Arts . . Home L ife . . In tern ation al ^ lnclude Conservation . . Education

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A ii-£ t _ o f Past_Pne sidents_, down through the 1968-69 year, i s t h is . Later sectio n s of "ROLLA" can r e f e r back to i t . 1930—31 . . Mrs. M argaret Lloyd 1951- 52 . Mrs.• Joye Van Nostrand 1932-32 . . Mrs. M argaret Lloyd 1952- 53 . Mrs.. M arydell P ro d e ll 1932- 33 . . Mrs. A .J . Paul 1953- 54 •Mrs. Mary Frances Berry 1933- 34 . . Mrs. H.S. McQueen 1954- 55 . Mrs. M argaret Mason 1934- 35 •• Mrs. H .S. McQueen 1955- 56 . Mrs. Maxine Cain 1935- 36 . . Mrs. C .J. M illa r 1956- 57 . Mrs. Mary N u ll 1936- 37 •• M rs. C .J. M illa r 1957- 58 . Mrs. Peggy Carney 1937- 38 . . Mrs. W.E. Davis 1958- 59 . Mrs. Bert Moore I9 3 3 -3 9 . . Mrs. W.E. Davis 1959 -60 . Mrs. Dawna Womack 1939- 40 . . M rs. D.E. Fawley 1 9 6 0 -6 1 , . Mrs. Janet Gaddy 1940- 41 . . Mrs. G.L. McKinley 1961-62 . . Mrs. Ann Kutscher 1941- 42 . . Mrs. D.W. M itc h e ll 1962-63 . Mrs. Ann Barnard 1942- 43 . . M iss Fern Nadine M ille r 1963- 64 .. Mrs. Bonnie Lewis 1943- 44 . . M iss Fern Nadine M ille r 1964- 65 . . Mrs. Bonnie M iles 1944- 45 . . Mrs. Murray Renick, S r. 1965 - 66 . . Mrs. Emma Lou Brent 1945- 46 . . Mrs. Murray Renick, S r. 1966- 67 . , Mrs. Midge H all Mrs. Joe Brenneisen (1946-47) . Mrs. Dorothy Gilmore 1947- 48 . . Mrs. Robert Eck 1967 - 68 ! 1 Mrs. Grace Compton 1948- 49 . . M iss Donna P ille n Mrs. Nancy Bare 1949- 50 . . M rs. Paula S trie k e r 1968 - 69 . Mrs. Barbara Patterson 1950- 51 . . M rs. Lenora M orris The_ Member sh ip _R o ll for_ 19 68; 1.62. fe ar_Was_This_: « Bare, M rs. Ted L i ^ i t , Mrs. Charles Catron, Miss Jo E lle n L y le, Miss Donna Cusumano, M rs. V icto r Nickasen, Mrs. Charles E ckles, Mrs. Robt Niewald, Mrs. E a rl Falkenhain, Mrs. V.E . Oakes, Mrs. Robt. Foote, Mrs. Dean Os te r, Mrs. Donald G atley, Mr s. B i l l ♦Parsons, Mrs. Bruce * Gilm ore, Mrs. Jerry Patterson, Mrs. Gary Hawks, Mrs. J erry Perry, Mrs. Myron Hornsey, Mrs. Edw. * Renick, Mrs. John Jenkins, Mrs. Robt. Renick, Mrs. Murray, Jr. Rockaway, Mrs. John Kel i e r , M rs. J ohn S ch effer, Mrs. Jertry Kutscher, Mrs. Gordon

CVM Feb 6 , 1973. (Sec. 1933-4 6 ; /

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o r g a n l 5 d S ! AM 6 9 r i I T $ 25§uD rm )" l Cp t f- or P ub> fo r only, "a s f i r s t n ot in corp o ra ted I t i l F e b S v 21 ° rg “ l ! i a t i ?n! ° r " ^ p t e r " , »a s signed up by an authorized s-ronn nf 'vhen a r °l c l e s of incorporation were The headquarters of the Supreme C h L f 1* WOmen’ under the laws the State o f Iowa, n a tio n a l Constitut ion w asadonted^bv^f vi •we^e flx e d at De^ Moines, Iowa. A October 13 1893 I t wa=s j . ^ 1S Supreme Chapter at Waterloo, Iowa, on 1921 . . and 1923! amended a number of time s - in 1897 . . 1903 ..1919 . . OBJbuTo & GOALS OF THE SISTERHOOD f o r the a f f i l i a t e d _ chaFter¥,“ a re " f e l l e T “

Kra-t-w.

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o o m p r ^ h l n s l o ^ o f ^ L ^ d f " 117 t ° ”'ai'd ^ ” i t h whom " e a a s o c ia te ; and a ju s t a n f S t S ) ! nTf U ^ g r S r r A L l . ^ f F aith ' ^ v e , 'p u r i t y , L u ^ t ic e , p o s s ib le wisdom from S t o L , “ r f b ) o k f to ° b t a i" a11 a l l l i g h t p o ssib le w rhK.Tr fD, ’ study, and sp ciety . . . And to rad iate r*

ta le n t we p o ssess. To aim a t * s e l f '* c o n t r o l •&nd ^ and temperance in opinions, speech, an d ^ h ab its!"P° Se

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1 9 2 5 .~ °fte l r c t a ^ ^ U e m b e f s ^ f A l h i L f Sted’ th±S ™aS on aPr i l 8. Helen Heimberger E thel Hinsch a lb e r t a T. Schrenk Bertha R. Clark M arie Kahlbaum E lizabeth H. Powell Alma M. Schuman Byrda Martin Taylor L i l l i a n Barnw ell L o ttie Patterson L u la Rankin Ruth P. Strobach Jean X. McCaw Jennie Lynn Wheeler. The f i r s t o f f ic e r s , elected A p r il 8, 1925, were these: P residen t, Mrs. K arl W. Heimberger Treasurer, Mrs Geo. Strobach Vice P r e s ., Mrs. W.T. (A lb e r t a ; Schrenk ( nee Ruth Patterson) Recording S ecretary, Miss Jean McCaw Chaplain, Mrs. R.L. Patterson Corresponding Secy., Mrs. Wm. Kahlbaum Guard, Mrs. V.B. (E th e l) Hinsch. Tip_LIST 0F_PAST PRESIDENTS now fo llo w s 1925- 26 . . Helen Heimberger 1950- 51 . . Jbertha R. Clark 1926- 27 . . A lb e rta T. Schrenk 1951- 52 . . Ruth M. W ilson 1927- 28 . . E tta B. Fudge 1954-55 . . Fern Nadine M ille r 1929—30 . . Jean I . McCaw (M iss) 1956-57 •• Alma Sowers 1931-32 . . E th e l Hinsch 1958-59 .. Mary Katharine Herman 1934- 34 . . Bertha M. Hanley 1960—61 .. Thelma Barnard 1935- 36 . . Alma M. Schuman 1962—63 •• M ildred Montgomery 1937- 38 . . Florence 'Webb 1964-65 .. Is a b e lle A. Estes 1938- 39 . . L u la Rankin 1966—67 •. Sarah Grawe 1940—41 . . Helen G. B a rle y 1968—69 . . Velma Jensen 1942-43 •• M arguerite H e lle r 1970—71 . . Pauline Wilkinson 1944-45 . . Helen S. Bronson 1972- 73 •• Wilma L. Turner 1946-47 •• Florence M ille r 1973- 74 .. Nancy M. Mengel 1948-49 . . J e ssie S. Rucker D E C E A S E D EMBERS •Jessie V ia Margaret Rucker E lizab eth Southgate E tta B. Fudge Florence Webb Bertha M. Hanley A lb e rta Schrenk Hazel Crutcher M aria C o g h ill Helen G. B arley Bertha R. Clark Dorothy Conyers Mabel E. Smith Margaret Cleino E s t e lle Walker Bertha M. Jackson Edith P. Dennie Lula Rankin Je$n I . McCaw ( Go to next page, 43-b )

CVM F e b .6 &. Apr 29, 1973 ( Sec 1933-47) P.E .O .

(EM) Conh.

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1973.

.R e s . i d e n t s (Mrs. t . r .; Mengel, Nancy M.......... ( Mrs. W .K.) Bourquin, Joy (Mrs. Jack J . ) M illa r , Leola F.......... ( Mrs. C.J. ) Bronson, Helen ( Mrs. J .B .) M ille r , Fern Nadine . ( Miss ) Dickman, Sue . ( Mrs. John ) M ille r , Florence . . . . ( Mrs. E .A . ) ( M rs. M arvin) Montgomery, M ildred . ( Mrs D ieh l ) ( M rs. H. B. ; N u ll, Mary E ............... ( Mrs. Paul ) F o llo w i ll, Matherine E. ( M rs. D.B. ) Paulsmeyer, Maxine . . ( Mrs. C.C. } ( Mrs. John ) Powell, Pauline ........ ( Mrs. HowardJ ( Mrs. Marvin) Rucker, Jessie S. . . . ( Mrs. Ray ) ( Mrs. Jas.L. . ) Schowengerdt, Jean . . ( Mrs. G.C. ; ( Mrs. C.T. ) Schuman, Alma M.......... ( Mrs. John ) ( Mrs. Jack ) Smith, Georgia M. . . . . ( Mrs. J.H. ) ( Mrs. O.R. ) Sowers, Alma ............... ( Mrs. E.W ) ( Mrs. A.C. ; Sowers, C h ristin e . . . , ( Mrs Tom.S.) ( Mrs. P.G. ) Sowers, Sheryl Ann . . , ( Mrs. Steve; ( Mrs. R.E. ) Stuart, Gladys D......... ( Mrs. S.H. ; ( iirs. C.E. ; Thompson, Exie ........... ( Mrs. Dudley; Herman, Mary Catharine ( Mrs. L .L . ) Turner, Wilma Leonard ( Mrs. u.H. ; Hinsch, E th el ................. ( M rs. V.B. ; Wilkinson, Pauline . . . ( Mrs. C a r r o ll) H o ertel, H e l e n ............... ( Mrs. W.W. ) W illiam s, Mary > > )»> )> )> ( Mrs. Dwayne) ( Mrs. Jas.W. ) Womack, Dawna ( Mrs. L .B . ; ( Mrs. Frank j Zink, N a n c y ......... l Mrs. Jess ) ( Mrs. Geo.M. ) Schuman, Margaret ( Mrs. R.E. ; ( Mrs. E a rl ) Mon-Re sidents A l l a i r e , Grace Ary ........ ( mrs. P.A . ) Morales, Carolyn R. ( Mrs. V.m . ) Bowen, Helen .................... ( Miss ; N u ll, Paula ........... . ( Mis s ; Mengel, J u lie .................. ( M iss ) Wagher, J u d y ........... ( Mrs. S.K. ) Mengel, M e lissa .............. ( M iss ) Ward, K a r e n ........... . ( Mrs. R obt.; END OF P.E.O. EM Rolla_|_s_"HRT CHAPTER OI'_P._EMD.. - This second chapter of r.E .O . in R o lla was organized on A p r il 10, 1948. Among the charter members were these: Drake, Mrs. A.A . (Genevieve; Jenks, Catherine ............ ( Mrs. W.B. ; J o s lin , Bernice .............. (Mrs.EeCompte; Laurenz, Louise .............. ( Mrs. ______ ; Long, L o is ....................... ( Mrs. A.E. ) M artin, Minnie ................ ( Miss ;

M ille r , E v e l y n .......... M orris, O live ......... Porter, H e le n .......... Whaley, A u d r e y ......... W ilkins, E t h e l ..........

( ( ( ( (

Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs.

E lton ; J.U. ; G.5. ) F .L . ) R .L. ;

The Club O ffic e r s chosen are these: P residen t Recording Secretary Chaplain Vice Presid en t Corresponding Secretary Guard Treasurer The f i r s t presid en t was Bernice J o s lin ( Mrs. LeCompte;, years 1948-1950. A L i s t _ o f P ast_P resid en ts Is _ T h is : . Erma Asher 1961-63 1948-50 . . . Bernice J o slin . Helen May 1950-52 . . . O liv e M orris 1963-65 . Mary Masters . . . Catherine Jenks 1965-67 1952-54 . Lucy McCaw 1967-69 1954-56 . . . E thel W ilk in s . Sue F u lle r 1969-71 1956-57 . . . Audrey Whaley . Joye Van Nostrand . . . Evelyn M ille r 1971-73 1957-59 1959-61 . . . Lenore M orris ( See next page )

CVM May 2, 1 9 73 ( S e c . 1933-47 ) P.E .O .

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( HR j . Cont .

Arnold, Sue........ Asher, Erma . . . . Atkins, Ann . . . . Baker, Emily . . . B ritto n , L o u ise. Davidson, Denyse F ello w s, Jeanne French, Judy . . . F u lle r , Sue . . . . Gaddy, Berniece Gaddy, Janet . . . Garner, V e rn e ll H e lle r , Adele . . Jenks, Catherine J o s lin , Bernice , Kavanaugh, iMancy Laurenz, Louise . Lavino, B etty . . . Long, L o i s ........ . L y t le , Ruth ........ Mackaman, Dancy . M asters, Mary . . . May, H e l e n ..........

M em b e r s h i ( Mrs. M ilton ) ( Mrs. Kenneth ) ( Mrs. Jack D. ) ( Mrs. Merl ) ( Mrs. Robt. ) ( Mrs. K. F. ) ( Mrs. L. U. ) ( Mrs. B i l l ) ( Mrs. Ron. J. ) ( Mrs. Smith ) ( Mrs. Harold 1 0 ) ( Mrs. M.L. J ( Mrs. W.R. ) ( Mrs. ¥»*£>♦ ; ) ( Mrs. LeCompt<5 ) ( Mrs. M. F. ) ( Mrs • ) ( Mrs. C a rl F. ) ( Mrs. A . E . ; ( Mrs. W. R. ) ( Mrs. Frank ; ( Mrs. R. H. ) ( Mrs. Lawrence J W ilk in s, Ethel (

2 _(_Re_sident, j McCaw, Lucy..................... ( ) McCutchen, Katherine . . ( Mrs. A.C. ) M ille r , Evelyn ........... ( Mrs. Eltpn ) M ille r , Marcia . . . . . . . ( ? ) Moomaw, L e la .......... . ( Mrs. P h ilip ) Moore, Roberta ............ (Mrs.Weldon W ) M orris, Lenore ........... ( Mrs John,Jr ) Nicholson, C e lia . . . . . ( Mrs. L a rry M) Park, E v a ..................... ( Mrs. A.D. ) Porter, Helen ............. ( Mrs. G .S cott) Powell, R u t h ............... ( Mrs. John ) Ringo, M y r a ................. ( Mrs. A.H. ) Roberts, Winona . . . . . . ( u rs . J.Kent J Rushmore, D o r o t h y ------ ( Mrs. W.L. ) Senne, J e a n n e ............. ( Mrs. Jos. H .) Shelton, Sandra . . . . . . ( Mrs. David ) Smith, Louise ............. ( jars. Ted.P. ) Stevens, M arguerite . . ( Mrs. ) Tucker, Opalene ........ ( Mrs. Chas. ) Van Nostrand, Joye . . . ( Mrs. Burr Van Nostrand, Pamela . ( Miss ) Whaley, A u d r e y ............ ( Mrs. F. L . ) ) White, Mabel ............... ( Mrs. Chas. Mrs. K. L. )

Non-Resident _Members B eardsley, Mary Brown, Sue . . . . , Farmer, Glen . . K aiser, S a l l y ., K illia n , Sue . . ,

(. Mrs. Keith ) C Mrs. Darwin E.J C Mrs. J.G. ) ( Mrs. ■•—• ) (Mrs Christopher;

Larsen, Linda . . . McCaw, Linda . . . . Palmer, Helena . . Turner, Mary N e ll

(Mrs. Glen ) ( Mrs. M ic h 'l ) ( Mrs. E .E . ) ( Mrs. Stephen)

De ceased_Member s _ ( _C hapter_E ternal_) Drake, Genevieve ................ ( Mrs. Dr. Avery A. ; Hunt, E. Adeline ............... ( Miss J M orris, O live (ScottJ ____ ( Mrs. John M. )

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chap 4 A'™ . £ ! z S S T S t T R o lla ' s ■ • m u m m " tered on December 21st. 1909 Sr ^ ^909. I t was o f f i c i a l l y charTHE CLUB«S BASIC PURPOSED , America - i t s f l a g and other a t t r ib u t e s l0VS protect the United States o f o f the U .S .A . . . . t o seek o b s J ^ I n ^ SUPP° r t fcte laws Constitution and L in c o ln . .. . T o observe Memorial Dav and 5.lrthdays o f Washington, Jefferson , tu tion days - Days o f the Areonne h a fiT a Ff ag Day — Independence and C o n stiDay. ^ tng Arg° nne batfcle> Armistice Day (N o v .ll ) , and Evacuation ( l a t e r ^ t he'se^ond^wife^'of S o f ' T / 2 \ 1909i ^ S* Ha- ia b p i e m a n ) Kinnaman a group o f women together - ^^hoie ^ e s t o r f w “ “ ! OUPl ° f M±ne 3 ^ Called 1 7 7 -1 7 8 3 . ^ def ided to organize a R o lla Ch6 7 5 ° f ^ he War ° f Revolufcion, scendant of Noah Coleman a g 1 e . a R o lla Chapter. Mrs. Kinnaman was a de suggestion the Rol^a ? m n prominent ^ the Revolutionary Army - and on her * * 1 chapter name was chosen to be the "NOAH COLEMAN Chapter THE CHARTER MEMBERS WERE THTC3E* P Buckoy, Maude (H a rriso n ) Morgan, C hristine (W inters) Carpenter, Jennie VanCampen McComb, B ettie (W ilson) Cornwall, E liz a b e th (H arriso n ) HcKibben, Ida (Smith) Duncan, C arrie (K it c h e ll) Powell, Gertrude (Carpenter) Faulkner, Nancy (Rowe) Rucker, Margaret ( Southgate) Kinnaman, H a rrie t (Coleman) Rowe, Mary Catherine H a rris , Zoe ( Barrow; Rowe, Roberta (M iss) H arrison, Georgia (M iss) Smith, Bessie (G a lla h e r ) Ladd, Mary (Hammond) Smith, Mary (Vvilson) Long, Daysie (H a rriso n ) W illson , Jean (H a rris ) LIST OF PAST REGENTS; The fo llo w in g :

1909 . . Kinnaman, H a rrie t (Coleman)(Mrs H .C .) 1928-29 . . Barley,H elen (Goodrich) 1909-1 0 ..Kinnaman, H a rrie t 1929-30 . . B arley,H elen . . . ( M rs.J .W .) 1910-11 . . Kinnaman, H a rrie t/ 1930-31 . . Sease,Nadine M .(M atlock) 1 9 U -12 . . Rowe, Mary Catherine ..(M r s . S .B .) (Mrs Ernest Sease) 1912- 13 . . H a rris , Zoe (Barrow) (Mrs E.G.J : 1931-32 . . Stevens, Ruth . . ( Miss ) 1913- 14 . . H a rris, Zoe .......... (Mrs E .G .) 1932-33 . . Stevens, Ruth . . ( Miss 1914- 15 •• Rucker,Margaret ...(M r s B.H. ) 1933-34 •• Gare sche, Kath. Rowe (Mrs V i t a l) 1915- 16 . . Rucker, M argarst(Southgate ) 1934-35 •• Preuss, Edna(West) (Mrs. O .E .) 1916- 17 . . McRae, Minnie (Wood)(Mrs A .L .) 1935-36 . . Preuss, E d n a ........ (Mrs. O.C. ) 1917- 18 .♦ Taylor, Byrda M ... ( Mrs. F.E.J 1936-37 ..Holmes, Eva Lee . . (M rs.A.B. ) £937-38 . . Holmes, Eva Lee (M a t t o x ..... ) 1918- 19 . . Knapp, O live ....... (Mrs. C.M.) 1938- 39 .. Scott, Hazel L in dley (Mrs.JD ) 1919- 20 . . Knapp, O live (S a p o e n fie ld ) ) 1939- 40 . .Scott, Hazel ...........( Mrs. J .D .) 1920- 21 . . Faulkner, Nancy ...(M r s M.F. ) 1940- 41 ••Goodhue, Ruth . . . . (Mrs. E .A .) 1921- 22 . . Faulkner, Nancy (Rowe............ ) 1941- 42 ..Goodhue, Ruth (V e in o )............ ) 1922- 23 . . V ia, M iss Jessie . . ( Miss ) 1942- 43 ..Powell, Gertrude (Mrs. F .B .) 1923- 24 . . Via, J e s s i e ( Miss ) 1943- 44 . .Powell, Gertrude C a r p e n t e r ...) 1924- 25 •• Ary, May P o tte r .. (Mrs. W.H.J ) 1925- 26 . . Ary, May P o tte r . . (Mrs.W.H. ) 1944- 45 . .Harrison, Georgia . ( Miss 1945- 46 ..Bradford, Louise . . ( Miss ) 1926- 27 . . Woods, Edwards . . . (Mrs. Chas) 1946- 47 ..Mann, B e s s ........ ( M rs.H .T .) 1927- 28 . . Woods, Edwards McCray-Woods ) 1947- 48 ..Mann, E lizabeth (Casselman )

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PASTJIEGENTS^ D .A .R .^ cont. 1948- 49 . . 1949- 50 . . 1950- 51 . . 1951- 52 . . 4.95.2-53 . . 1953- 54 1954- 55 . . 1955- 56 . . 1956- 57 . . 1.957-58 . . 1958- 59 . . 1959-60 . . ^ 6 0 -6 1 . . 1961— 62 . . 1962- 63 . .

1914 1915 1917

1920 1921

1921 1924 1925 # 1925 1927 1927 1927 1928

1928 1929 1930 1931 1931 1932 #1932_ 1933 1935 1936 1937 1937 1939 #1939 1940 1940 1941 1942 #1943 1943 1943 #1945 1947 #1947 #1948

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M ille r , Florence (M rs.E .A . ) M ille r , Florence (A ry ....... ) Searcy, M argaret ( Mrs J.K. ) Searcy, M argaret S ................. ) Jackson, Bertha ( Mrs. O .V .) J a c k s o n ,B e rth a (D e n t)(F a rris )) M orris, O live . . (Mrs. J.M. ) M o rris, O live (S c o t t ; ......... ) M ille r , Fern Nadine ( Miss ) M ille r , Fern Nadine ( Miss ) Geers, Mary In a ..(M rsGlenn ) Geers, Mary Ina (Lochridge ) Kenney, Nadine (M rs. John ; Kenney, Nadine (Sease—Matlock) B ile s , Hazel ( Mrs. E.O. )

1963- 64 1964- 65 1965- 66 1966- 67 1967- 68 1968- 69 1969- 70 1970- 71 1971- 72 1972- 73 1973- 74

B ile s , Hazel (C a s t le ) ........ ) Geers, Mary Ina (Mrs Glenn ) Geers, Mary I . (Lochridge ) Green, Bessie L. (Mrs Rayrad.) Green, Bessie L. (Copley) . . ) Gabler, Bertha . . ( Mrs. Geo. ) G abler, Bertha (Corey) . . . . ) Geers, Mary Ina (Mrs.Blenn ) Geers, Mary I (nochridsp) ) Donaldson, Blanche (M rs.G erald) Donaldson, Blanche ( Mrs. G. )

IN MEMORIAM . . DECEASED MEMBERS ( "Y esr" i s that of dece ase # i s "Charter Member" ) ■ Bertha (Love) Forbes : #1948 . . E lizabeth (H arrison ) Cornwall Theresa (Evans) Buskett 1943 .. Edith Grace (uoyd) Dunlap Fern (A ry ) O 'K ie ffe 1948 . . Mary (Freeman) Pillman Laura Augusta Black #1948 . . Margaret Baron (Southgate) Rucker O live (Shaw ) Bowen “ 1948 . . C arrie (K it c h e ll) Duncan Augusta (Dearborn ) Morgan #1949 •• B essie (G a lla h e r) Smith Helen (Mavis ) Hahn 1951 .♦ Maye (P o tte r) Ary N e llie (F o rt ) Martin 1952 . . E lizabeth (v i a ) Flynt Mary Catherine Rowe 1953 •« M attie Freeman Phebe (Decker) Richardson jt1953 •• H arriet (Coleman) Forbes (Kennaman) Mary A lic e Shaw #1953 •• Nancy (Rowe) Faulkner U rsu la (C arv er) Black 1953 . . Mary (Lawson) Davis D e lia (Simmons) V ia 1954 •• Fannie (Goodrich) Garrison D e lia (R aw lings; Henry 1955 •• Helen (Goodrich ) Barley E lle n Josephine Denison 1955 . . Sarah (W yatt) B a y liss Sarah (Edgar; Wood 1955 •• Byrda (M artin ) Taylor Lucy (W righ t; Knapp 1956 . . Grace (Richardson) Hahn Maude (Seay) Woodruff 1957 . . Lulu Cresw ell Rankin Anna(Simmons; Fowler 1957 . . Mary (W atts) Bradley Bett i e (W ilso n ) McComb 1958 . . Josephine (Smith) Fuld Ethelyn (Richardson) Ingram I960 . . Ruth (Veino)(Goodhue) Yoder K it t ie (G ates) Cox 1964 . . ^ i nnie (Hopkins) Canary Edwards (Rogers-McCray) Woods 1964 . . Hazel (L in d le y ) Scott Id a M. R itterbush 1964 . . Myrtle (Hopkins) Jury Geneva McChesney 1964 . . O live (S ap p en field ) Knapp 1966 . . Leta (M ariner) Evans Clara (H ibbard ) Peters 1966 . . Eva Ann Bradford Mary (W ilso n ) Smith 1966 . . F lo ssie LeCompte J o slin Jessie M i lle r Via 1968 . . Vivian (Hamon) Hayes Daysie (H arriso n ) Long 1968 . . Madge Freeman Jane Coe Brant 1968 . . Eula (S ap p en field ) Garst A lb e rta (T a y lo r) Schrenk 1969 .♦ Hazel (C a s tle ) B ile s Zoe (Barrow) H a rris 1969 . . Sarah Marie Webber Mary (M artin ; Mattox 1969 . . Nadine (M atlock) Sease-Kenney Maude (Hopkins) Flagg 1971 •• Bertha(Dent) Jackson (F a r r is ) G eorgia H arrison S t e l l a (S a p p e n fie ld ) Scott 1972 .. Gertrude (Carpenter) Powell # 1973 . . Roberta Rowe C h ristin e (W in ters) Morgan Jennie VanCampen Carpenter ff#Not in record, Charter Members: Maude Buckby ..M ary Ladd ..Jean H arris W illso n

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OFFICEBB^_YEAR 197?Begent . . Mrs. Glenn Geers

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Donaldson -napj-axri . . MSB. w. Conway Rec. Secy. . . M iss K. JanE s ° ° r r » Secy. . . Mrs. R. Travis R e g is tra r . . Mrs. Geo. Gabler 1972 CHAPTER MEMBERSHIP. A l l a i r e , Grace (A ry) B radford, Louise Breeden, E f f i e (Weeks) Carpenter, Grace Conway, Eunice ( McClure) Cox, Mattie ( S a t t e r fie ld ) Donaldson, Blanche ( Bradford ) F in ley , Lady Maureen (G a lla g h e r) G aoler, Bertha ( Corey) Green. B essie L . (C opley) Geers, Mary Ina (Lochridge) o la z ie r , S h ir le y Ann (Richardson) Grawe, Sarah ( H illa r d )

L ib ra ria n . . Mrs. Raymond Green Flag Custodian . . Mrs. Glenn Geers Parliam entarian . . Miss Grace Carpenter P ia n ist . . Mrs. O live M orris.

Hawks, Karen ( Hendricks ) Hinsch. Ethel ( S a lly ) James, Eva ( S a t t e r fie ld ) Jams s, Monna Kathleen Mann, E lizabeth (Casselman) i^aupin, Bettye (Bagej M ille r . Fern Nadine ***M o rris, Olive (S c o tt) N u ll, Ruth (H edrick) ... Powell, Gertrude (C arpenter; Schuman, Alma ( M itc h e ll ) Smith. Mina ( C oulter ) Travis, Mrs. R.

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-----THE ROLLA GARDEN CLUB-----• 4. i°ELA 2;A^DEN_CLUB. - In February, 1930, Mrs. John B arn itz had ju s t returned from a v i s i t to the South, and had brought with her a stack of T C° n° e^ nS womens1 garden c lu b s. As o f June 14, 1973, Mrs. Ernest Y. m e l c e le s te ) has provided present w rite rs with the fo llo w in g inform ation: • Mr f * Was enthu s ia s t ic about having a "Garden Club" in R o lla . So she in v ite d th irte e n other women to her home, where the "R olla Garden Club" was discussed and organized, on_February 12 1920. The fourteen Charter Members were these: ( A l l "Mdsdames"j. A llis o n , E.W. F o llo w ill, D.B. M itc h e ll, S .L . B a rn itz, John Jones, Wesley D. Smith, Bland Cameron, Fre d A. Lane, Fred M. Smith, Vies. C o g h ill, W i l l H. Line, E.Y. Watson, J . Adolph Culbertson, Benj. F .(A nna) Walker, J. E l l i s . Of these, M rs. B arn itz was e lected president . . . Mrs. Bland Smith, vice p res. M rs. Lin e, secretary , and Mrs. A llis o n , tre a su re r. ........Membership in the Club was lim ite d to tw e n ty -fiv e . So many more women that tw enty-five wanted to jo in that members o f THIS club resigned to organize the "F lo ric u ltu re " and the "H orti c u ltu re " Clubs - each with a lim it of tw enty-five members. Following these, the Gardeners o f the Ozark H i lls was organized, with no lim it as to number of nerabers. Club Meetings were fix e d to occur on the SECOND WEDNESDAY o f each month. OBJECTS OF THE CLUB. - " To stimulate knowledge and love of gardening among amatuers; to aid in p rotection of native tre e s, plan ts, and b ird s ; to encourage c iv ic p la n tin g , and thus work fo r the best in te re s ts o f R o lla ." ACH1BVBMEini'S. - Members o f the Club accumulated and donated some FORTY or more books to a Club L ib r a r y . They cover the broad f ie ld s of gardening, w ild b ird s, in s e c ts , b u t t e r f l i e s , trees and p lan ts found in nature. Numbers of members formed "B ird Watching" groups, and made l i s t s o f a l l the b ird s they discovered in the Rolla a re a . The l i s t by Mrs. F.H. Frame contains over one hundred such b ir d s . Other achievements included the placin g of a bronze plaque on the huge granite bou ld er re s tin g on the grave of Hon. H.A. ( " b h i e f " ) Buehler. Scores o f peonies were planted a l l about the Rolla Cemetery. Trees were planted on the Phelps Co. courthouse square. These and other sim ila r p ro jects were ca rrie d out. CLUB MEMBERSHIP. Year 1933: By 1933, the Club membership included these: Mesdame s : Finch, J.b. (J e s s ie ) A llis o n , E.W. F o llo w ill, D .B .(K ate) Brant, Jane Coe Frame, F .H .(F lo re n c e ) B a rn itz, John Jones, Wes. D. Cameron, F.A. Koch, E .J . (v" L i l l " ) C o g h ill, W i l l -----Culbertson, B . F . (Anna) Lane, Fred H. Denison, W .T .(N o tie ) Line, E .Y .(C e le s t in e ) Donnan, D.M. (H ortense)Line, C l i f f (Mayme)

M itc h e ll, S .L . Rucker, B.H. Smith, A lfre d A. Smith, Bland Smith, W e s . ( L i l l i e ) Walker, J. E l l i s Watson, J.Adolph W alten spiel, A .E .(M argaret)

Other Achievements. - We majr add to the above l i s t o f achievements, these others: Aid and con tribution s to the American Red Cross . . to the S alvation Army and to "coys' Town", of S t. James. Tfce Club a ls o designated a member fo r the Phelps County Memorial H o sp ita l A u x ilia ry , which provided services o f various kinds to the H o sp ita l, in clu d in g the making of su rg ic a l bandages, bed sheets, p illo w cases, and so on. . . . plu s v is it a t io n of p atien ts. A LIST OF PAST PRESIDENTSTurn to the fo llo w in g page, 44.a

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T^ L""LIST ° F PAST PRESIDENTS OF ROLLA GARDEN LLUb . ( A ll_ a re "Me sdame s » ; 1930) 1931 . . B a rn itz , John 1953 •• Bolon, H a rry (P e a rl) 1932 . . Smith, Bland 1954 . . Searight, W alter 1933 •• Smith, A l f . A. (E lle n ) 1955 . . Searight, 'Walter 1934 . . Finch, J .C . (J e s s ie ) 1956 . . F arrar, George 1935 .♦ Denison, W.T. (N o tie ) 1957 . . Powell, T.W. 1936 . . Smith, A.A. (E lle n ) 1958 . . Powell, T.W. 1937 •• Smith, Wes. ( L i l l i e ; 1959 . . Neal, Rufus 1938 . . A llis o n , E.W. 1960 . . Harriso n . H.W. (nancy ) 1939 o. Jones, Wes. D. 1961 . . Harrison, H.W. 1940 . . WaIt e n s p ie lT A.E. (M argaret) 1962 . . Pohle, Adolph 194L . . Frame, F.H. (F lo ren ce) 1963 . . Pohle, Adolph 1942 . . Line, Ernest Y. (C e le s tin e ) 1964 . . M.H. Cagg Ura ) 1943 «• Rucker, B.H. (M a r ^ r e t ) 1965 ... M.H. Cagg 1944 •• Beckman, H.C. (M abel) 1966 . . Ramsey, Lloyd ( Marie) 1,945, *• 1967 . . Ramsey, Lloyd 1946 . . F o llo w i ll, D.B. (K ate) 1968 . . Johns, Holey ( Ruby ) 1947 . . W illia m s, E.D. (A lthena) 1969 . . Johns, noley 1948 . . Lenox, David T. (L ou ise) 1970 . . Swetnam. Orv. ( A llin e ) 1949 •• Groes^eck, B .L . 1971 •• Swetnam, Orv. 1950 .♦ Groesbech. B.x,. 1972 . . S t a r lip e r , A ._. ( Zelpha) 1951 •• Groesbech, B .L . 1973 . . Perry, Ern. ( L i l l i e ) 1952 . . Bolon, Harry (P e a r l) MEMBERSHIP AS OF 1978: Aaron, W.D. Cagg, M.H. ( Ora ) F a rra r, George Hanson, John H a r r ison. Hugh ( Nancy) Johns, Holey ( Ruby ) Jonas, George ( JUellde ) Maggi, Henry Marlow, uoy ( A lic e ) Perrv. Ern est ( L i l l i e )

( A l l Mesdames) Rankin, R.M. ( Martha ) Spokes, Ernest S t a r lip e r , Aaron Stimson, C l i f f ( Selma ) Strawhun. W alter Sucie, Nicholas Swetnam, O rv ille Vance, N.U. W iley, F.S. Honorary: B arn itz, John Lenox, David Taylor

pF.f’.EASFD MF.MRERS: This l i s t i s much too incomplete. We tabulate such records as were a v a ila b le . The annual "Yearoooks" by separate je a r s fu rn ish these: 1957 Book 1955 Book 1950 Book 1946 Hook A.A. Smith Culbertson, B .r . Brant, Jane Coe C o g h ill, W i l l J.A . Watson Smith, Mabel Johnson, H.E. M it c h e ll, S .L . E.D. W illiam s Rucker, B.H. Osborne, Harry Smith, Wes.

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r , H ^ . ^ I C U L I U H E CLUB. - This group organized in 1934, as the "R o lla Junior harden b lu b . In 1935, the name was changed to "R o lla F lo ric u ltu re Club. FTm S S r c r S ta TfU rnlshed by lvIrS* C*A*Johnson to CVM, Apr 25, 1973). . ^ 4 i 4 .-SrlP'JRbTS. i n gen eral, to stimulate knowledge and love fo r gardening to aid m p ro te c tio n o f native tre e s, shrubs and plants - and to encourage c iv ic p la n tin g . ^ CHARTER MEMBERS ( A l l are "Mesdames" ) : M esds.: J.R.Adams R.O.Jackson Fed W illiam s S .T . Vickers T.D. B e ll Rex Faulkner A.T. Smith Harold Jennings E.C . Brown E.C.Lauderdale Emmett Wynn F.C. Farnham B.R. Conyers J.D . Scott Geo. Rider L .F . Wainscott PAST PRESIDENTS: ( A l l atoe "Mesdames" ) : 1934 •• Mrs J.D. Scptt 1946 • • C .P. Ticker I960 • • Gordon R. Guinnup 1935 •• L .F . Wainscott 1947 • • J.D. F orrester 1961 • • Dudley Thompson . o Jack Adams 1948 • • C e c il L . Herrman 1962 • • M.R. Strunk 1936 . . A .T . Smith 1949 • • A.H. Ringo 1963 • • Herald Barnes 1937 •• F.D. Devaney 1950 • • P.G. Herold 1964 • • W.J. Jensen 1938 . . S .T . Vickers 1951 • • C.L. Crawford 1965 • • Vernon Geveker 1939 . . B.R . Conyers 1952 • • E .L . Clark 1966 • • S.H. Stuart 1940 . . Fed W illiam s 1953 • • Fred Herman 1967 • • Arthur McFarland 1941 . . F.C . Farnham 1954 • • Ray S Rucker 1968 • • Irw in Klein 1942 . . F .A . H oertel 1955 • • R.E. Schuman 1969 • • Aubrey Pard 1943 •. J .S . C u lliso n 1956 • • A.J. M iles 1970 • • Roscoe G oslin 1944 . . R .L . W ilk in s 1957 • • E .S . Stuart 1971 • • K.B. M ills 1945 *. O.R. Grawe 1958 • • A.D. Hahn 1972 • • J .S . Johnson 1959 • • C.P. Tucker 1973 • • C.A. Johnson (Pres

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THE OZARK tixLLS. - This Club was organized, w ith 31 members, on March 20, 1940 . At that time, the f i r s t Club o ffic e r s were elected, as fo llo w s : P resid en t, Mrs. L .L . Lewis Vice P r e s ., Mrs. Caesar Berutt Treasurer, Mrs. S.m. Bhelton Secretary, Mrs. W.M. L i t t l e f i e l d H istorian , Mrs. H.D.Thomas ^Juanita; eer be Rs . - As noted, there were th irty -o n e . However, club records appear to be lo s t , and o f the th ir t y —one, we can l i s t only the fiv e o ffic e r s auove, p lu s s ix others remembered by older Club members. These: M rs. Sam. H. Lloyd (M argaret) Mrs. Fred Mcuaw ( J u lia ) Mrs. Louis H. breuer ( Mary ) Mrs. H.u. McCaw (. ________ ) M rs. . 0 . W illiam s V. althena ) Mrs. Devere J o slin (F lo s s ie )

EARL I Miiiii/inERon1 b Hu l l . - The fo llo w in g i s a comoined membership l i s t including the years 1942 and 1944. I t prooably includes most o f the u n listed Charter ^em b e rs . Thd club yearbooks fo r 1942 and 1944 provide the names. For 1942, Mrs. W.R. Brown was p residen t . . . Mrs. S .o . mcMeexin vice pres. . . . Mrs. W .J.Frost, secretary, Mrs. W.l . Bradford, tre a su re r, and Mrs. W.P. Dunlap, parliam entarian . . . Mrs. C.D. Thomas, H is to ria n . The combined 1942-1944 membership l i s t is th is : A llis o n , Mrs. E.W. Frost, Mrs. W.J. McElhiney. Mrs. C.J. Bernard, Mrs. W.m . F u lle r, Mrs. Ivan McMeekin, Mrs. S.C. B erutt, Mrs. Caesar Hanley. Mrs. H.R. M ilsted, Mrs. Harry B radford, Mrs. Llyn Heimberger, Mrs. H.T Northern, Mrs. Eugene B radford, Mrs. W.l . H e lle r, Mrs. Robt. E Powell, Mrs. Frank B. Breuer, Mrs. L.H . ^iviary) Herman, Mrs. Lloyd Rucker. Mrs. B.H. Brown, M rs. W.R. Holmes, Mrs. A.B. Rucker, Mrs. Ray (J e s s ie ) Bullgian, M rs. Gale Hunter. Mrs. H.P. Schuman, Mrs. John Campbell, M rs. E .J . Jackson, Mrs. O.V. Shelton, Mrs. S.M. Crumpler. Mr s . H.D. Jones, Mrs. Wes. D. Smith, Mrs. M.C. Denison, M rs. W.T. J o slin , M rs.D evere(F lo ssie) Thonas. Mrs. C.D. Dennie, Mrs. Frank E. Katz, Mrs. H.M. (A dele) Thomas, Mrs. H.D. (J u an ita) Drake, Mrs. A.A. Lewis, u r s . L .L . Wade, Mrs. C.N. Dunlap, Mrs. Wm. L i t t l e f i e l d , Mrs. W.M. Whale y, M rs. F.L . _________ Lloyd, Mrs. Saml.H. D u v a ll. Mrs. A.R. ’W illiam s, ___________ Mrs. E.D. (A lthena) Feind, Mrs. E.E . Lovett, Mrs. I.H . (E liza o e th )w 0ods, Mrs. Chas. L. McCaw, Mrs. Fred (J u lia ) F ort, Mrs. A.S. OBJECTS OF THE CLUB. - " To stimulate the love and knowledge o f gardening among i t s members and w ith in the community; to aid in the protection of native tre e s , shrubs, and p la n ts ; to encourage b e a u tific a tio n o f lawns by home-owners; to arouse in te re s t in e rad icatio n o f weeds and rubbish from vacant lo t s and along th o ro fa re s in the C ity of R o lla ; and to encourage c iv ic p la n tin g ." AFFILIATIONS - MEETINGS. - The Club i s a f f i l i a t e d with the Federated Garden Clubs o f M issou ri, and w ith the South Central (M isso u ri) D is t r ic t . Meetin gs are held on the Fourth Tuesday o f each month. OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1973. - President, Mrs. W albridge Eyberg (B etty ) ...V ic e P re s ., M rs. Robt. Myers (J in n ie ) . . . Secretary, Mrs. W.M. W iley . . . Treasurer, Mrs. Charles Tryon . . . Parliam entarian, Mrs. Harry Heimberger. THE PAST PRESIDENTS ARE THESE: ( A l l are "M rs." ) John Kenney (Nadine) H.T. Mann S.H. Lloyd L .L .L e w is I.H . Lovett C arl Eyberg F .L . Whaley E.D . W illiam s Jack Scrivner Tedd Lloyd W.M. Bernard DeVere J o slin Daniel Kennedy D an iel Kennedy I . E. F u lle r W.R. Brown Eyberg, Waloridge (B etty) Rex W illiam s J . I . Byer John Schuman J.B . Heagler L .L . Herrman PROJECTS PURSUED: The C lu b 's completed p ro je c ts are many. They have included garden therapy . . . garden p lan tin g & care ( 4th & Main streets, and elsewhere) landscaping at schools and court house educational ra d io programs and garden tours B ird sanctuaries arti feed ers . . . c i v i c tree garden center at R o lla P u blic L ib ra ry p la n tin g and flo w e r shows.

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Atkinson, Mrs. Steven T (P a t) Beames, Mrs. W alter ( R^by ) Bonewitz, Mrs. H.R. ( Mar£uerite reu er, Mrs. Louis H. ( Mary ) gnonson, Mrs. Ja s . B. ( Helen ) Dean, Mrs. Warren ( Judy ) } Drake, Mrs. Avery ( W i l l i e ) p / e rg > M^s • wa lo rid g e ( B etty ) F ellow s, Mrs. l . D . ( Jeanne / Mr,3. Ivan ( Wilma ) Hackett, Mrs. Ray ( J 0 ) Harding, Mrs. C harles ( L o is ) Harvey, Mrs. DOUg ( I na ) Heimberger, Mrs. Harry ( Pansy ) fe ^ d y Mrs. D aniel ( Margaret ) K re id l, Mrs. N orbert ( Melanie ) Leachman, Mrs. J .B . ( K itty )

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FOLLOWS: Legsdin, Mrs. Adolph ( Marga ) oyd, Mrs. Sam. E. (Margaret ) fe y e t t , Mrs. I.H . ( alma ) Mann, Mrs. H.T. ( Bess ) McCaw, Mrs. C.W. ( Lucy ) Meek, Mrs. John ( Sharon ) Myers, Mrs. Robert ( Jinnie £ Mrs* Loren ( P h y llis ) S cn vn er, Mrs. Jack ( Dorothy) Sowers, Mrs. E.W. ( AJma ) ^ y o n , Mrs. Charles ( Sharon ) Whaley, Mrs. Frank ( Audrey ) fid e y , Mrs. W.M. ( Rachel ) Gasselman, Mrs. F .L . ( Oklahoma) Foley, Mrs. Wm J. ( i n Texas )

—£ 2 £ r a r j M rs. H.D. Crumpler Mrs. C arl Eyberg Mrs. Lloyd L. Herrman -D E C E A S E_D________________ M rs. F.E. Dennie Mrs. John Kenney (N adine/ Mrs. Andrew D u vall Mrs. ,, John h eagler, S r. Mrs. Rex W illiam s ■any other former members are deceased - but o f them there i s no record.

Frank

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This SrouP organized in 1935.

a m a t u e r s ^ ! .° T ? a i d ^ w l t e c t i ^ o f 8 kn° wledSe and love o f gardening among c iv ic p la n tin g . Protection o f native trees, shrubs & plants . . . To encourage in®mJ3er£^^P lim ite d to 25 . annual meetings occur in Gt take o ffic e second Wednesday in DeKember. L i s t Of Past P resid en ts: ( A ll are "mesdames" ) :

November ^ O

1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947

F .A . Cameron J.W. B a rle y C.A. Hess R.M. (L u lu ) Rankin B .E .C . Slawson H. C a n fie ld R.E. McKinley B . P. Lewis Sam i..H. Hess W a lte r Bradford Waite r Asher F . Hawthorne C. A. Hess

Jane Coe Brant Grace Buckey S .L . Baysinger J.W. B a rle y E .J. Chamberlain Fannie G arrison R.M. (L u lu ) Rankin

H attie Hubbard ( 1948 ) 1949 . . M. J e ffr ie s 1950 . . C.L. Schooler 1951 . . C.L. Sadler 1952 . . D.L. Stuart rr2 1953 •• F.A. Cameron 1954 •• C.E. Jones 1955 . . Frank Blue 1956 . . F.E. JonAs 1957 . . G. Redwine 1958 . . L. McElvenny 1959 •• W. Beames 1960 . . S. blaude N u ll

1961 1962 1963 . . 1964 . . 1965 . . 1966 . . 1967 . . 1968 . . 1969 . . 1970 . . 1971 . . 1972 . . 1973 •• ROLL OF DECEASED MEMBERS (1973) ( A ll Mesdame sj R.L. McKinley Sam. H. Hess C.L. Sadler A.T. Coffman Mae Humphrey G.A. Muilenburg E.C. Cleino

. . G.A. Muilenburg . . J. Horton Dessie Gleason J. Horton Wm. Jensen Hattie Hubbard Arch William s 0. G arrison W. Jensen J. K ilp a tric k H. Gibson Edgar Swap E arl Randolph.

V.O. Bennett W alter Bradford B .P . Lewis Hattie Hubbard C.A. Hess F.A. Cameron Barney (Alpha) iarris

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CVM June 4, 1973. (Sec. 1933-47)

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The ROLLA KOTARY CLUB. ATlCNAL was founded in 1905. The ROl LA CHAPTER, which is Club ®* 3181 as a ffx lx a t e d with the In te rn a tio n a l society, was o f f i c i a l l y organized on ebruary 27, 1935 - fo llo w in g an i n i t i a l meeting of i t s sixteen Charter Members held — ..ith Bruce W illiam s, of Joplin — on February 15 th, 1935* CLUB OBJECTS rHEom: to encourage and fo s te r the id e a l o f service as a b a s is of worthy e n te rp rise ........ To derelope acquaintance to such ends . . . To fo ste r high e t n ic a l standards in business and the p ro fe s s !o n s ... .To recognize the worthiness a l l u s e fu l o c c u p a tio n s... To encourage Rotary members to apply the foregoin g id e a ls in h is personal, business, and communoty l i f e . . . . T o advance in te rn a tio n a l understanding through world fe llo w sh ip o f business and p ro fe ssio n a l men thus motivated. THE axAimaiM CHa KTak mmuih^Rb a Rx- t HESE: John E . Aston W i l l H. o o g h ill DeVers Joslin D r. H . a . ouehler Daniel F. Donahoe Howard M. Katz Wm. R. brown Dr„ Avery A . Drake M. 0. Martin James B. Bronson Dexter B. r o l l o w i l l Dr. C .a . nice L ou is H. Breuer D r. Charles H. Fulton D. E. W illiam s Elmer R. Maymes THOSE TOO HAVE BJ xm oLUb rREoxDxuM iS ARE xHe o j ..; 1935-36 ( Year beginning in February each year, ending that month next year; W i l l H. C o g h ill was the f i r s t president ...L o u is H. breuer the vice p resid en t . . . James B. Bronson the secretary . . and a.D . william s the tre a s u re r that f i r s t year. W i l l H. C o g h ill • • 1935-36 1948-49 • • Arthur H. Ringo 1961-62 L o u is H. ere uer 1949-50 • • • • Sam H. Hess 1936-37 . Bronson James a • 1937-38 • • 1950-51 • A lfre d T. Smith A v e ry A. Drake 1951-52 • • Ray L. M ille r • • 1938-39 b . F o l l o w i l l D ex ter • • 1939-4U 1952-53 • • A.C. McCutchen J o s lin • • A lb ert W. Schlecten D evere • • 1953-54 1940-41 1941-42 • • o i l a s C. McMeekin 1954-55 • • Raymond K. Hamilton 1955-56 • • John M. M orris, Jr. 1942-43 • • Nean W hite E. Long A lb e r t 1957-58 • « LeCompte J o slin • • 1943-44 W illia m s 1959-60 • • Rex 2 . • • 1944-45 1960-61 • • James W. Jenson (D is t . Gov., 1967-68) 1945-46 • • P au l G. H erold 1961-62 • • 1946-47 • • John R. W ilson 1947-48 • • J. D. F o r r e s t e r 1962-63 • • Dudley Thompson _ 12 6^-64 • • Paul E. Ponder 1964-65 • • F ra n cis C. Edwards 1969-70 • • Charles E. Harding 1965-66 • • A lv a H. L e s l i e 1970-71 • • Henry B. Pratt 1966-67 • • D a n ie l Kennedy 1971-72 • • J. bent Roberts 1967-68 • • Wouter Bosch 1972-73 • • Herald O. barnes, Jr. (D is t .Gov .1971-72) 1973-74 • • Edwin 1. Loughridge 1968-69 • • Burr Van N ostrand ,

P resid en ts who were a ls o D is t r ic t Governors, besides those indicated, were Louis H. Breuer, 135 th D is t ., year 1 9 4 0 -4 1 .... Rex Z, W illiam s, year 1954-55 PT up ACHIEVEMENTS: We do NOT have a complete or adequate l i s t . Among those we t o t e : " o n oT H ig h w a y signs . . . A if to Boy Snouts Aid to dnion M ission Church Luncheons fo r fo o t b a ll & basket b a l l teams, at U.M.R. and R o lla Hi . . . £ r t o ; ; i d S r f a c i l i t i e s at Fort Leonard Wood - Aid to Crippled Children Student loan funds . . . Support to U.S.O. Service Center R olla - purchase o f war bonds o. Lectures on In te rre g io n a l Understanding , , Aifl to s ta rt Nat. Guard Unit, Olcff F a ir Grounds, R o lla . The Club engaged in many other ch aritable a c t i v i t i e s .

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This page i s dats adapted from data furnished CVM by Past Pres. Pete Hansen. J

1915.~~W ^ u ° l I ^ b° rn at D e tro it» Mich*> January 21, members M e d below. Membership? a ° n UOVem^e r l 4 > 1946 " with 30 charter' v a rio u s ly engaged in business LricnlV n!? ° f g00d moral character who are Club O b je c ts . - Center arourri fh "a ’ *T numelIOUS p ro fe ssio n a l lin e s , the lo c a l community a b e tte r unit of ''^immunity Betterment” - o f making Programs are designed to promote c itv * ba^fcer P ^ ce ^ v<hich to l i v e . p o s s ib le ways to ch aritab le i S t i S t L S T S n S S lT life > a*d in a l l advice to youths. * p e c ia l emphasis i s placed on aid and The Charter Members Were These: R.A. Benitez Llyn Bradford J.V. (J a rlis le George Cornick Roy Dunivin Paul Avans Leister F a rra r Harry F ie ld s Oordon Guinnup Dewey Hickman

John W.B. H i l l Morgan J e ffr ie s Charles Jones Harold Knapp Ted Leaver L.H . Lungwitz Barney M ille r D.W. M itch ell Don Dewton Marvin H iem iller The Past Presid en ts Were These

O rgan ization and 1947 . . Paul Evans 194S . . Morgan J i f f r i e s 1949 . . Bland Murry 1950 . . J.M. vBuzzJ Ware 1951 • • Ted H. Leaver 1952 . . John W.B. n i l l 1953 . . M ilburn Bess 1954 .• W illiam E. Wiggins 1955 . . Clare Thorpe, and Herman Thomas

1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965

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Lawrence E. May Robert Powers Hurley F. Thompson Kenwood M. markussen Laurence b . numpe Donald Castleman E a rle ss E. Johnston W illiam K. mengel C arl W. Pietsch Bob Conyers

Sam P o lla rd C.R.Remington, Sr. Clarence Roberts Sam Schendel Charles Snelson Herman Thomas Burley Thompson Wayne Thompson Clare Thorpe C.M. ^"nuzz" ) Ware 1966 . . E lb e rt D. J e lla T967 . . Raymond A. Hoevelmann 1968 . . Pete Hansen 1969 . . Mel. Carnahan 1969- 70 . . Charles White 1970- 71 . . D elbert E. Day 1971- 72 . . Robert L. lhompson 1972- 73 . . Gary D. H ailey

SOma OF PKuJbCTb CARRIED OUT: ! • - L i t t l e P r a ir ie H ake.- This lake and dam, with fis h in g and re s t f a c i l i t i e s was promulgated in 1964 by the Mo. State Conservation Commission - which maintains* the p r o je c t . The Lake is located in Section 20, some 3^ m iles north and 34 east o f downtown R o lla . C itiz e n s of R o lla and S t. James shared the cost o f acquiring the la n d . Rolla&s share was <$36,000. Of th is , the R o lla Kiwanis Club contributed 15,000. 2 . - F a c i l i t i e s at BewJuan Park. - In 1970, the Club cleared the brush from BewJuan Park, and provided a portion o f the park with outside picnic ta b le s . 3 - - R a tio n a l F lag Program. - During 1963, and since, the Kiwanis Club has placed U .S . n atio n al f la g s on s t a f f s in sockets located in fron t o f most down-town sto res in R o lla - and a ls o in numbers o f other business and residence sta tio n s. These d isp la y s occur on e ig h t o f the r a t io n a l holidays, when the Club places the f l a g s , then takes them up. F lags measure 3 x 5 fe e t . 4 . - M in s tre l Shows. - The Llub’ s annual M in strel Shows are extremely popular and enthusuasfcically attended. They feature the "middleman" ( ) and two end-men. S k its by Robert Powers and Don Castleman were "top h i t s " . The male q u artet Was e x c e lle n t - M ilburn Bess - Mel Carnahan - Robert Carnahan - and Robert Powers - top and 2nd tenor, 1 st and 2nd bass. 5. - Student R e la tio n sh ip s. - Through the "C ircle b" and "Key" clubs, the biwanians m aintain close contact, provide help and advice to the students o f U.M.R. and R o lla High School. Occasional "hobby Shows" are staged. R o lla ’ s Kiwanis Club i s a most worthy~unit among H o lla ’ s " u p lif t in g a g e n c ie s."

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THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS Thno . , , ®l t h p eriods of d is -c o n t im r t v " * ThP J;3. 3?01®1^ das been organized several time s 14, 1923. On that occasion s ^ m e ROl l a orSanizafcion ®as on November Of these, Mrs. E .L . Healy was eiecte^Tn -T * ? present as Charter Members. Presiden t . . . Mrs. W.H. I r y *u * MrS* M‘ F ‘ Faulk^ , Vice other TWELVE CHARTER MEMBERS were Harry McGaw> tre a su re r. The orese. ^ lo be supolied )

The PURPOSE OF THE SOCIETY was anri ... •, . and the e le c tio n o f competent D u b li c nffs * in lnsu:r:Lng d e a n e le c tio n s, voters, and get them o u T to v o K M ° f f t c e r s - ,A^ ° . t ° cause re g is tra tio n of other women s o c ie tie s ( A .A .U .W .' etc ) “ at^h n V lP {T® " '4 '* ’ ln conJlJnction ” ith e le c tio n , in primary or re g u la r p I p o M ’ b h h 311 candidate^ who are up fo r state th e ir q u a l i f i J a t i o S ^ i are •>u e s t i°ned. and r e v e s t e d to M u a iin cations fo r oift.ce, and th eir respective platform s ^ aGbE,° 1.9d BROCHURE.. - From date c f i t s o rg a n iz a tio n in 1923 the d u b was f a i r l y a c t iv e up t o the y e a r 1951 - wten ( as o f March 1951 ) i t S e a w a y T r 4 r S . ± d..* ^ . e x c e l l e n t os

study ( or d e s c r ip tio n

"b o o k le t,, con tain ed 28 pages ( s iz e 6 x 9

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brochu re bad th is p r e fa c e : " The in fo rm a tio n in t h is b o o k le t has been b y the LEAGUE 0F WOMEN VOTERS OF ROLLA - a n o n -p a rtisa n , r oup ^ RTS THE c m ZEN t o the f a c t th a t " P o l i t i c s " i s h is jo b . SHOWS THE CITIZEN how he can be e f f e c t i v e in th a t jo b ; and HELPS THE CITIZEN t o work f o r b e t t e r govern m en t." " P a r t ic ip a t io n in government i s the h ea rt o f democracy. INFORMED v o t e r s a re a p r e r e q u is it e i f GOOD c i v i c plan s are t o be made and tr a n s la te d in t o the a c t u a l i t y o f BETTER LIVING IN ROLLA." TiE BOOKLET CONTAINS. - A short h is t o r ic a l sketch o f R o lla, and of the -M issou ri School o f Mines. Such basic su bjects as the fo llo w in g are discussed: Location L i t t l e Theatre Rolla U t i l i t i e s Highway P a tro l Climate R olla Im perial Band San itation A irp o rts N a tu ra l Beauty Chamber of Commerce Police Transportation Ozark S p rin gs Jaycees Fire Protection Mo. Sch. idnes F ish in g Service Clubs (Lions Health & W elfare U.S. Btx. Mines •T i l d Flowers H ospitals Rotary, Kiwanis) U.S. G eol. Surv. Trees R o lla Lodges Schools A gricu ltu re B ird s P a t r io t ic Clubs L ib r a r ie s Industry Newspapers Animals Womens Clubs Popula tio n R ecreation Radio Station Garden Clubs Assessed Valuation Banks Boy Scouts Churches C ity E le c tio n s Post O ffic e G i r l Scouts C ity Government S treet Mileage *

MONG THE LEAGUE_LEADERS_OF 1911 were Margaret McCaw Lloyd ( Mrs. Sami. H., J r .) and M rs. Tom M o rris. These two, with help o f others, were p r in c ip a lly respon s ib le f o r com piling and publish in g the "B ooklet". DIMINISHED ACTIVITY. - For a number of years fo llo w in g 1951, the League seems to have dim inished, somewhat, in i t s a c t iv it y . Then - the summer of 1967 - the group o f women ( p re se n tly active in the League ) took charge, and re -k in d le d in t e r e s t and the League’ s a c t i v i t i e s . Mrs. C. E. McFarland has been - and is one o f the "prime movers" in the present League.

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The League sh a ll not support - nor oppose - any p o l i t i c a l party.

PAST PRESIDENTS OF LEAGUE. 1967 TO I 9 7 H.1967- 68 ...L a u r a Zakin ( fylrs. Jacques ) 1968- 69 ...L o u

( D illo n ) McFarland ( Mrs. Charles E .)

1969- 73 ...L o u McFarland ( Mrs. C.E. ) 1970- 71 ...L o u McFarland ( Mrs. C.E. ) 1971- 72 ...J o a n n Federo ( Mrs. Gerald ) 1972- 73 ...D on n a Schmidt ( Mrs. Norbert ) 1973- 74 . . . Barbara Waggoner ( Mrs. Ray ) .

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t h is ~ o c x e t y was L e a d e d a t ^ a g r L ^ f ^ raniCQoiTn1 ° n 1 A suitabl e sketch o f were the days o f n a tio n a l p ^ o h fK t S n 3 t ^ , 3? SeC tl° n ( "ROtLA'' ®>oSe opposing the use and sale of lic u o r ™7 f f ^ n^ Uni ° n was v igorou sly active in As o f September 1 QA1 „ ? * th ^ lt s a r r e s t s , fo llo w in g o f f i c e r s : ’ ’ Uni° n W£S ^ a c t i v a t e d by the e le c tio n o f the P resid en t, Mrs. B.E.C. Slawson m Vice P r e s ., My s . W esley D. Jones (S7:tjSUrer’ Mrs* JoW B * B utler Rec. Secy., Mrs. Harry P. Hunter ° ther ^ e lu d e d : d o rr. S e c y ., Mrs. Henry 0. B eo ^ an ^

t h e s i s , la t e 1940's.

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.The OAK MEADOWS CLUB.— This club was organized during the e a r ly 1950's. It owns a tra c t of land in the northwest quarter of Section 4 ( T. 3 7 - 7 ) which abuts on the e a s t lin e o f Phelps County (north-south) Highway No. I 64 . On this tract the Club has constructed a commodious Club House, equipped with various club ’ f a c i l i t i e s , in clu d in g club room, kitchen and dining roam. I t a ls o has a good g o lf is a "m elting pot" or meeting place fo r many R o lla residents o f" f i e l d .......... various occupations and in t e r e s t s . Occasional meetings o f considerable public in t e r e s t are o c c a sio n a lly held th ere. x

,ROLLa BUSINESS ‘Ci\lj PROFESSIONAL .CL: .N.., CLUu. — A goodly number of R o lla 's women who were operating dress shops, m illin e ry shops, g i f t shops - or who were employed in various R o lla stores - met at the home of Miss Helen Baysinger R o lla 's p o st-m istre ss, on A p r il 2, 1936. On that occasion they organized as R o lla 's Business and P ro fe ssio n a l Womens Club. The Club has continued to be active from date of o rgan izatio n down to July o f 1973* A s p e c ia l 'meeting and program occurred on November 3 , 1937, at which time M iss M argaret A. Hickey, a talented and prominent S t. Louis lawyer, educator and busin ess woman, addressed the Club.

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n a tio n a l headquarters, and n a tio n a l o f f ic e r s . . fo r State "Departments" and lo c a l ^ i s t n c t s and - o s t s . . . . The n ation al o ffic e r s a re : Commander . . . Senior Vice commander . . . Junior Vice Commander . . . Adjutant ( acts as secretary ) . . . quarter master ( a c ts a s tre a su re r ) . . . Surgeon . . . Post Advocate . . . Chaplain . . . 'and O ffic e r o f the Day . Necessary c le r i c a l s t a f f i s employed. ROLLA POST No. 473. EVENTS PRIOR TO ESTABLISHMENT. - From the student paper, "THE k IN iR ", a t M issouri School o f Mines, R o lla, we have these items: (1 ) A meeting o f Veterans of Foreign YJars ( before Post was created ) was c a lle d fo r the evening o f Saturday, October 16, 1920. at Odd Fellows H a ll. Meetings were being held every f i r s t and th ird Saturday of each month ( "Miner". F ri.0 c t.1 5 1920). ’ (2 ) (Same is s u e ) ...T h e V.F.W. organization was f i r s t brou^at to R o lla during the M.S.M. summer term, 1920 - by the M.S.M. Vocational students. (3 ) ( Miner, issue o f EdA ., N o v . 12, 1920 ) Armistice Day se rv ic e s, Nov. 11, 1920, were held in Parker H a ll, under auspices of the V.F. .. and the American Legion. ( 4 ) ( Miner, issue of Mon., Oct. 24, 1921 ) . On Sunday, October 23, 1921, when the V.F.W’ s paraded in a fu n e ra l procession, led by the American fla g , " WE, s o ld ie r s and c it iz e n s o f R olla, f a i l e d to show the respect that we sh ould." ( 5 ) ( Miner, issue o f Mon., Nov. 14, 1921 ) . . The V.F.W ’ s "will^m eet on Saturday, Nov. 19, in the evening, at the regu lar place. ( NOTE: This c a lle d meeting was ju s t p r io r to the P o st’ s formal organization, on November 21, 1921. Thus fa r , we have f a i l e d to lo c a te any proceedings o th is meeting, or any copy o f the o r ig in a l Post 473 Charter, with its l i s t of Charter Members.- CVM-BHM ) . ELIGIBILITY TO MEMBERSHIP . - To jo in or belong to the asso ciatio n , men ( or women) must have served in SOME m ilit a r y or war expedition, on ocean waters or fo re ig n lan d s. THE ROLLA FOOT IS ORGANIZED. - R olla Post No. 473 ( The V i r g i l A. Faulkner Post ) was fo rm a lly organized on November 21, 1921.. .Late r, on March 1, 1931> Post 473 consolidated w ith the S t. James Post No. 2025, a ft e r which the combined group took the Post number 2025. POST /|73 MF.?JRRRSHIP. AS OF 1923. - A fte r d ilig e n t search, we have discovered the fo llo w in g l i s t of o f f ic e r s and members o f V i r g i l A. Faulkner Post No. 473, Veterans o f Foreign Wars. We include, on next page, a "Xerox" copy o f page 156 o f the M.S.M. student annual, "THE ROLLAMO". Undoubtedly, this l i s t includes many o f the o r ig in a l Charter Members, e n ro lle d on Nov. 21, j_921. ( Go_t() £age_47 .a. ) .

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Virgil .A . jFaulkner "Post. 473 OF T H E Veterans op Foreign Wars of the United States Honorary Members

G u y F aulkner

Rex Faulkner

O fficers F. C. Schneeberger C. M. Lancaster..,.-. P. L. Blake.......... E. B. Schramm..... D. Kimble............ E. Snell....... G. Berry............. W. J. Alton/ C. B. Neil l .....

Commander ■Senior Vice-Commander Junior Vice-Commander .Adjutant Quartermaster C h a p la in .Officer of the Day Trustees

Atkinson. M. L. Arugs, G. L. Aldous, Wm. Ahlquist, R. W. Blake, P. L.'1 Brant, R. F. Bothwell, M. Broom, F. Bettag, J. Butler, J. B. Bush, W. H. ' Brown, R. 0. Behnke, J. D. Brumley, R. H. Beck, T. H. Bratcher, B. Baumgartner, E. T. Cassil, L. A. Coakley, J. L. Cope, O. C. Curry, U. J. Chippen, D. L. Chomeau, II. Coppidon, M. P. Cook, A. L. Carter, R. L. Damotte, Ed. V. Dyer, G. B. Dykstra, S. H. Dennie, F. E. Evans, O. II. Evans, O. R. Edmiston, R. C. Follette, D. M. Federhofer, A. Gale, R. T. Gatts, W. P. Gray, F. E. Guiteiias, J. R. Gordon, J. P. Hammer, B. E. Hazelwood, I. F.

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Huckins, J. C. Hunter, F. K. M. Hope, Chas. Hopkins, L. Harden, M. J. IIerrigon, A. H. . IIabehthier, J. J. Holmes, A. B. Hurst, M. H. Jones, II. P. Johnson, A. B. • Joslin, V. G. Jett, D. B. Kilgore, S. Kruse, E. C. Kenyon, B. G. Keeling, W. M. Kohte, F. R. Logan, J. A. Lumuley, J. R. f . Lawhon, F. Letterman, J. F. Lang, A. E. Lindsly, C. H. Lyons, J. J. Milsted, II. S. Mitchel, J. E. Meglitsch, A. I MacCarthy, T. G, 1 Marten, C. E. Miller, W. L. Morris, II. L. Mbih, A. G. Medding, W. L. McDonnel, J. M. McDonnel, M. McKeown, F. R. McKinney, L. L. McGrath, F. C. Nelson, R, P. Nauohton, W. M. O'IIaha, S. B. Zeuch, W. C.

R o lla m m rie mr r

Ost. P. W. Palmer, E. N. Peatross, J. L. Pool, F. II. Parker, R. L. Parker, E. M. Pond, W. F. Riddle, J. Richardson, R. E Bagel, F. S. Ricgs, J. Saunders, J. L. Scott, A. Siegle, W. Stehbins. W. R. Stover, C. E. Smith, E. F.

SCHREMP, E. J.

Schultz, J. T. Sanderson, L. H. Shupe, W. Schoeck, C. L. Tedford, D. S. T urner, C. A. Tuhner, II. L. Taylor, J. E. T homas, 11. L. Tower, P. A. T homas, J. C. Thatcher, C. W.

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Vaughn, J. E. Vincent, D. F. Vincent, G. M. . Walls, C. A. Walsh, D. F. Wolfe, N. Williams, F. L. White, R. P. Weakley, F. E. Wade, E. J. Wilkinson, H. Ic •

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THE/ /; FVY< P0STS AT ROLLA AND ST. JAMES ARS CONSOLIDATED. - On March 1, 1931, H o lla 's V .r.W . Post Ho. 473 and S t. James Post No. 2025 were consolidated, and a new Charter adopted. The consolidated posts took the t i t l e of the " V i r g i l A. Faulkner— Phelps county lo s t ( No. 2025 ) o f the Veterans o f Foreign Wars o f the United S t a t e s ." THE CHARTER MEMBERS OF THE CONSOLIDATED V.F.W. POST 2025 were these: (Copied from the o f f i c i a l ch arter, mounted on the inside w a ll of the V eteran 's chapel besid e the Cool Brook Spring and Swimming Pool, on Highway 63 South). James Black M iles H. Cagg E'. N. Mace Franklin H. Buhl W alter C. Zeuch J oe B . B utler C arl Hicks John F. Hodge David F . Walsh Le o W. H igley James E. M itch ell Linn Rook W illia m E. Rhodes W i l l D. H arris James C. Welch A lb e rt F. Shaw Jesse D. Scott Charles M. Dodd Jame s J . M allory W illiam S ie g r is t S tu a rt T. V ick ers L. L . McKimmey Jerry B. Ott Harry E. Weinert Marvin G. East E l l i s Grayson George N. Condon Frank Hamilton Floyd H. Frame Ora W i l l i s ____________ Joseph Jesse W.R. Moreland . L ou is H argis C li f f o r d B. Stimson John Long Arthur Stanley Edward T. Ch a rle s L ester Strobach N. G. Bullock Otto Backer Richard T. Gale Elmer Smith Robert Kroner Marion T. Hughes C a rl M u eller E verett Stimson W illiam Kroner Charles Spengeman Emil Grayson Nicholas Wolfe 1973 MEMBERSHIP. - Mr. Louis H argis says that the P o s t's 1973 membership numbers some 364 veterans. For that reason, the l i s t is too lengthy fo r in clu sion in th is sketch. The 1973-74 OFFICERS of V.F.W. Post 20?5.~ The o ffic e r s for year 1973-74, in s t a lle d on June ___ , 1973, are these: Commander.. Don M0wry Adjutant ( acts as secretary ) ..Edward Key S r. Vice Commander .. Jess Black Quartermaster ( i s treasu rer) Chas. Bolon J r. Vice Commander . . Jim Spilman Chaplain .. James T arr. LOCAL HEADQUARTERS. - According to Mr. Hargis, e a r lie s t meetings of the o r ig in a l Post No. 473 were held in the Knights of Pythias H a ll, southeast corner o f 7th and R o lla s tre e ts , R o lla . Following that, the Post purchased and used the old concrete tw o -sto ry b u ild in g a t southwest corner of 8 th and R olla s t r e t s . On a l a t e r date, the Veterans purchased and used the old b ric k Lutheran Church b u ild in g , at southeast corner of 12th street and Spring Avenue. These qu arters proved to be too small and inconvenient fo r Post and A u x ilia ry u se. Therefore the Veterans, in or about 1965, purchased a tra c t o f 280 acres o f land in ( or ad jo in in g ) Section 3 of Township 3b N ., R..8 . . . This tra c t abuts Highway 63 south, and is adjadent to the Cool Brook Spring and Pool. The Veterans sold o f f most o f th is tra c t, but retained some 62 acres of i t . On th is , some 300 or 400 fe e t u p h ill from, and to the southwest from, Cool Brook Spring, they erected, in 19_____, an e x cellen t one-story m etal-w alled meeting h a ll or "c h a p e l", that measures some 40 x 80 ( ) fe e t . I t i s equipped with n ic e ly furn ish ed kitchen and snack bar — su bstan tial metal chairs and ta b le s enough fo r a l l i t s 364 members — a piano — i t s charters — and other su itable a c c e s s o rie s . For Mr. H argis, i t i s the culmination of many years of "dreaming and p lan n in g". C e rta in ly a most appropriate meeting place fo r a line ^roup of Veterans and th e ir A u x ilia ry . The Veterans permit ce rta in church groups to hold serv ices in th is " H a ll" . SOME MAJOR ACHTEVEL'IENTS The above "H a ll" i s c e rta in ly a^worthy achievement. However a "FIRST" among the Veterans' objects i s "R e h a b ilita tio n ". Mr. Louis Hargis has been the P o s t 's "Service Man" fo r some 43 years. During that time, and fo r the Post h^ has helped hundreds o f veterans to get medical an: h o sp ita l servxce widows to f i l e and procure b e n e fit claims - and orphans to be cared f o r . For the care and education o f orphans, the N ation al veterans Organization

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m aintains a spacious HOME at- E a t ™ _ b esid es the N a t io n a l'b u ild in g - each State o f ' t h f n * ’ There’ ° " spacious campus, c o ttage. The ch ild ren attend fc Unl° n owls ^ ^ m t a i n s i t s own can attend a . d d e ^ ^ th0" a ° T o lls v V ° ' ^ ) ° - 'U tSF';LD’ 0r othedWise, we can add these few notes: p a r t i c i ^ e f tn - Z ' J o f R o f J f i j ha5.^g e n t l y been the c h ie f planner - or has — 3 was held in R o llT “ nd oth» . 1936> State semi-annual V.F.W. "Pow-wow" o f Pythias H a ll * T h e r ? s®s s i ° ns and other assemblies were held in the Knights (3)0n Jnne*1 t TZt -p arades‘ Ma®y non-resident "Vets" were present. J L S f " l6 th t0 dSth> .1939’ the State Convention was held in R o lla . Col. / ‘ . , S® was Sen e ra l chairman of program committee. Stuart T. Vickers was F I ? S n leadeo " fo r the !944 ) was State Co.mander ( south n < , • 2] ’ S ® R?l l a Post entertained the veterans of the 16th Lony. U u ri ) . ..-. D i s t r ic t . A b ig dinner meeting was held at Hotel Edwin

ite( m}* o ? T t i g the S c h o o ^ o f^ iiS s ^

the

1939 State Convenfcion> ^ 1,000 veterans were present. A major 111 WaS 3 competltive d ri1 1 on tack lin g f o o t b a ll f i e l d at the

( 6 ) In august, 1942, the Veterans staged a c a rn iv a l on the old R olla F air r ?7 ) dT n " iJ n h ^ ke !?hm Lu °n,S Glub c a rn iv a ls - I t netted necessary Post funds. w ; un 1944, o tu a rt T. Vickers was chosen as the "Commander" - the c h ie f tate o f f i c e r - o f the Veterans of Foreign Wars, M issouri Department. His wife ilm a, shared the honors. ( 8 ; In January, 1946, some 75 to 80 veterans cf ’World War Two - who had ju s t returned to the R o lla area - met at the U.S.O . B u ildin g, 9th and R o lla stre e ts No ^ R oS 6 " W6re ln it ia t e d in to the R°H a -P h e lp s County " V i r g i l A. Faulkner Post A LIST OF PAST C0,.3.:ANDji no, V .r.w . POSTS 473 and 2025. - This item reirains to be completed, as we have p re se n tly found no complete l i s t . We observe that the 1923 Commander, as li s t e d on page 47.a hereof, was Fred C. Schneeberger. He was, apparently, the second commander cf Post No. 473 . The_R o lla_H eraid fo r Thursday, Dec. 17, 1925, states that the fo llo w in g V.F.W. Post No. 473 o f f ic e r s were elected on December 14 (k o n .), fo r the year 1926: Commander. .D r. Robert Sory Judge Advocate.. W alter C. Zeuch S r . Vice Comdr. .. D r. Wm. H. Breuer Surgeon . . Dr. W.L. Medford J r. Vice Comdr. . . "Comrade" W.F.Pond O ffic e r cf the Day . . H.S. Thoms Chaplain . . David Wxslsh Trustees: Quarterm aster. .Ear 1 R. Baumgardner L. L. McKimmey .. Leo W. H igley Adjutant and Guard (to be appoin ted). A. B. Holmes The_ComjDlete_ L ist_cf_ Pa£t_Commanders_ - i f i t can be assembled - w i l l be appended hereto as page 4 7 . d . ( End, as of Jure 28, 1973* CV & BH Marin ) .

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-------- THE- LADI S AUXILIARY---------OF THE VIRGIL A. FAULKNSR-PHELPS COUNTY POST Ho. 2025 VETERANS OF FOR .IGN EARS OF THE U .S .A . By Dr. and Mrs. C la ir V. Mann. June 26, 1973STRUCTURE OF THu AUXILIARY. - The "Ladies A u x ilia ry " of the V.F.W. has n ation al headquarters and o f f i c e r s , including President, Senior and Junior Vice Presidents, Treasurer, Chaplain, and Judge Advocate. At the State le v e l, a sim ila r set of o f f i c e r s serve the "DEPARTMENTS" - one fo r each S tate. The Departments contain the s e v e ra l " D i s t r i c t s " , fo r each of which there i s a sim ila r set o f o f f ic e r s . OBJECTS OF THE AUXILIARY. - The objects of the A u x ilia ry are e s s e n t ia lly the same as those fo r the b a sic V.F.W. (m ale) organ ization . T.vo b a sic foundations a re PATRIOTISM and LOYALTY, to the United States of America, i t s laws, fla g , and c o n stitu tio n . Aid and comfort to worthy comrades, th eir widows and children. Maintenance o f American freedom. Things that are fra te rn a l, educational, h is t o r ic a l. ELIGIBILITY TO MEMBERSHIP. Those women may jo in who are the mothers, wives, s is t e r s , or daughters o f veterans who have served in the U.S. Army, Navy, or Marine in wars on fo re ig n lands or on oceans. HOW THE AUXILIARY FOR STATE OF MISSOURI WAS ORGANIZED. - From columns of the R o lla Herald o f Nov. 12, 1925, we have th is account: I t was Saturday, November_7J_ 1925« when the Council pf_Adm inistration of the Veterans o f Foreign Wars, Departmen t_o f M issouri, met in the Hotel Baltimore, at R o lla , M isso u ri. Those present were these: J .S . Moodie, Department Commander W illiam Graupmann, Dept. Adjutant F. Warner K arlin g, Past Commander O.C. i^vans, Dept. ;uurtermaster H .J. Snodgrass, Past State Commander Col. J .L . Peatross, R o lla Post N o.473THE- ORGANIZATION o f a "LADIES AUXILIARY FOR THE STATE OP MIS30UPI" was the p r in c ip a l busin ess of th is n eetin g. The Council of Adm inistration, as above, nominated, e le c te d , and in s t a lle d the fo llo w in g women as i t s f i r s t o ffic e r s . Mrs. A.H. McCarty, President ( o f Kansas City ) Mrs. B eatrice Ostrander, Senior Vice Pres. (S t.L o u is ) Mrs. Mary Garrison, Junior Vice Pres. ( Joplin) M rs. Mary D. B la ir , Treasurer ( S t.L o u is) Mrs. C h ristian a G allagh er, Chaplain ( S t.L o u is) Mrs. Lenore Coleman, Judge Advocate ( S t.L o u is) These five others were chosen as Members o f the Council: Mesdames: May Gibson (S t.L o u is ) _ Frances D it t r ic h ( S t.L o u is) May Edwards ( J e f f . C ity ) J u lia B la ir ( Joplin ) Theresa Peck ( J e f f . Barracks ) . THE ROLLA AUXILIARY 0S_

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THE ROLLA V.F.W . AUXILIARY IS ORGANIZED. Following the fo re g o in g _proceedings, at R o lla , onjtfcvu Z,_12.2i>, the foregoin g group of State o ffic e r s was joined by the R o lla Veterans of Foreign Wars and th e ir wives, and a sumptuous banquet was served in and by the Baltim ore H otel. However, the p r in c ip a l business o f th is part of the session was THE FORMATION OF A LOCAL AUXILIARY that would function with the lo c a l V.F. ■!. Post No. 473* The State and R o lla o f f i c i a l s then and thereupon constituted and created the Lad ies A u x ilia r y o f the V i r g i l Faulkner V.F.W. Post No. 473. This was done by the signing of an appropriate document by TWELVE o f the R o lla la d ie s^ p re se n t, who thus became not only the CHARTER MEMBERS o f the A u x ilia ry - but a lso i t s FOUNDERS. Those women Who chose to jo in up w ithin the next t h ir t y days were a ls o deemed "Charter Members". ( We are unable to l i s t any such names - but there were some). THE FOLLOWING FOUNDERS AND CHARTER MEMBERS WERE THEN INSTALLED by Mrs. B e a tric e Ostrander, Senior State Vice President: ( S a t., Nov. 7, 1925 ) • Presiden t . . Mrs, Ruth E. McKimmey Senior Vice P res. . . Mrs. Anette Baumgardner Junior Vice P res. . . Mrs. Mabel Zeuch Treasurer . . Mrs. -t h e l Austin Chaplain . . Mrs. N e lli e Strobach S e cretary . . Miss Grace Kilgore Parliam entarian . . Mrs. Edith (P o w ell) Dennie Conductress . . Mrs. Mae Baumgardner H isto rian . . Mrs. Jessie Butler Guard .. Mrs. Mary E. S a lt s . ( The other two founders were not named ) . THE ORTOTNAL AUXILIARY CHARTER. - Records o f the 1973 A u x ilia ry secretary, Mrs. Selma Stimson, show that the o rig in a l A u x ilia ry Charter, issued when e A u x ilia r y was attached to R o lla V.F.W. Post No. 473, was S s F ( in agreement with the foregoin g organization meeting, Nov. 7, 1925 ) • • a® NOT ON JANUARY 25 1926, as erroneously in scribed in the copy of c ar er pos on t“ w a ll o f l i i Cool’ Brook headquarters b u ild in g . The o r ig in a l charter is not PreSemKSnLTOATTCNe5F ROLLA AND ST.■ P ^ ^ L S r

»25

n H iL d lL r y fib e rs

^ t S k a ^ t e f S S c 't t S

named in the RE VISED CHARTER, in scrib ed

fo llo w in g the C onsolidation, are these: Grape Hargis Louise Johnson Ruth McKimmey Madeline Pond Arnetta Baumgardner Sarah Parker Johanna Heimberger Laura Underwood Mabel Zeuch Anna Creager O lin Sory E th e l Austin E th el Behnke Dorothy Click Edith Dennie Naomi Byrd Helen Medford J e s s ie B u tle r Beulah Cox Fannie Breuer Mae Baumgardner E lla F u rlin g Mary Mils t e a d N e lli e Strobach L u c ile HoLman H arriet Strobach Grace K ilgore Maxine Lacy Vera S ilv e r Marv S a lt s Ruth Magnin C la ra Johnscn Maude W illiam s M atilda Moore Anna B e ll Johnscn U rsu la Black Olgie Moreland Ora Johns A lic e K ilg o re N e llie Peters Adah Coffman Louise Jett N e llie Parish Minnie Martin Helene Strobach Etha Rutherf ord Helen Underwood V ir g in ia Newsham E ls ie Knickerbocker Minnie Sbabo Iv a Thomas

Constance Townley L i l l i a n Woodard Bessie Woods E liz a b eth W ilson Be m ice Doul E ffie Tipton Frances Fisher Neomi Henning Amanda Happe l Eva C. Welch Roma Chasteen Bess Gorman Hanna M alloy Jane Stanley Mary Kroner Florence Ousley Marie Owen.

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THE PASm PRESIDEMTS OF ROLLA V.F. '. AUXILIARY, are these: 1925- 26 . . RuthE. McKimmey (Mrs L . L . ) 1950-51 .. Laura G old berg.. (Mrs. Frank ) 1926- 27 . . 1951-52 . . E f f ie Short ( Mrs. Henry) 1927- 28 . . 1952-53 . . E ssie Gale . . . . (Mrs.Richard ) 1928- 29 •• 1953-54 . . Laura Davis . . . (M rs.D r.H arry H .) 1929- 30 . . 1954-55 . . Martha R itte r . . (Mrs. Emmett) 1930- 31 •• 1955-5 6 . . Nancy Harrison ( Mrs Hugh ;. ) 1931- 32 . . 1956-57 .. Bessie Grubb ......... ( Mrs. A.A. ) 1932- 33 o. 1957-58 . . M arjorie M itc h e ll (Mrs.J.Emmett) 1933- 34 . . 1953-59 •• Ann S c o v a l l ........ ( Mrs. Fred ) 1934- 35 . . 1959-60 .. N e llie C o t t r e ll . . ( Mrs. ) 1935- 36 . . 1960-61 . . A llin e Svetnam ( Mrs. O r v ille ) 1936- 37 . . 1961-62 . . Helen B l a c k ........ ( Mrs. James ) 1962-63 . . L o is S n e a d ............ ( Mrs. ) 1937- 33 . . 1938 - 39 . . 1963-64 •• Betty Hooton ------- ( Mrs. Chas. ) 1939- 40 . . 1964-65 . . Lois Snead Mrs. ) 1940- 41 . . 1965-66 .. L o is Russcrw........ ( Mrs Chas. ) 1941- 42 . . SelmaStimson(M r s .C lif f ) ( D is t . Pres. 1971-72 ) (D i s t ,P r e s .1946- I 947 - I 948- I 949- I 95O) 1966-67 . . Nancy Harrison ..(M r s Hugh W. ) 1942- 43 o. Marie Ramsey ( Mrs. Lloyd ) 1967-68 .. Enid P e r e z ......... ( Mrs. C h a rlie ) 1943- 44 . . Helen Hicks ( Mrs. C arl ) 1968-69 . . Maude Tarr .......... ( Mrs. J. ) I Q 5 . . Roxle M ilstead (M rs.Harry ) 1969-50 . . Maude T a r r ........ (Mrs. James) 1945- 46 o.M arguerite Schultz (M rs.Jaak) 1970-71 . . L i l l e P e r r y ........... ( Mrs Ernest ) 1946- 47 . . Mable Love (M rs.A u stin ) 1971-72 . . L i l l e Perry 1947- 48 . . F lo ssie Stevens (Mrs.Henry) 1972-73 •• Mildred dowry . . . ( Mrs. Don 1948- 49 . . Blanche Stebbins (Mrs. R o bt.) 1949 - 50 . . Georgia Schluter ( Mrs. '.J.C. ) THE AUXILIARY OFFICERS. 1973-74.- A u x ilia ry e le c tio n s occur during A p r il of each y ear. In s t a lla t io n s are in May. The o f f i c i a l "YEAR" i s from June 1 to May 31. The o f f i c e r s in s t a lle d in June, 1973, were these: P resid en t, M ildred ("M ickey") Mowry. Color Bearers: Vice P r e s ., Lena Lewis, J r. L i l l i a n Greer S ecretary, Selma Stimson M U l i e a ousic Treasurer .G eorgia Schluter -,/ance Chaplain, Nancy H arrison . Katie Pa^ * ;y. Conductress, R osalie Bolon Musxcxan, Label Love Banner Bearer, .Margot F ite Guard, Laura Whitaker SOME AUXILIARY & ^w.METJTSBesides thfe fo llo w in g , there are many others: (n ) s ai e o f "Buddy Poppies", made by d isabled veterans. The famous poem, " In Flanders F ie ld The Poppies Bloom", was penned by Col. John McCre-e a Canadian o f f i c e r k i l l e d in World War One. The poppy fMnds are used e x c lu siv e ly to aid an gni t h e ir fa m ilie s in times of need, veterans arkl Department has i t s sp e c ia l program o f cancer grants to member s w h o S a t ^ ^ ^ ' f o r Orphans at Eaton Rapids, Michigan. There, (3 ) J-nere is a • a cmpoial cottage fo r the care and education a ls o , each State has and raainta^ o ^ contributes su bstan tial funds fo r t h is . ° f ° r f $ nl i=°k or^disabled^veterans j T ^ i o L

h o sp itals are given aid , e n te rta in -

ment’ ( ? f b S xS s ^ T o M are taken to needy fa m ilie s a t Christmas time ( 6 ) Donations axe cade to various other worthy causes.

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THE

A M E R I C A N

L E G I O N

Post No. 270 . . . And THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY Unit No. 270 Both Of R o lla , M issouri A B r ie f Sketch ByBonita H. and C la ir V. Mann * Compiled June 16, 1973, from Data Provided By Mesdames Pearlin e Shumate, president, and Mabel Bradford, secretary Of the A u x ilia ry Unit No. 270, Rolla,Mo. ORIGINS OF THE. AMERICAN LEGION. - The American Legion i s a c h ild of World War No. One. I t was born in a caucus of so ld ie rs o f the f i r s t U .S.A. American E xpedition ary Force, convened in P aris, France, on March 15-17, 1919. Ltj. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, J r. ( "Father o f the Legion" ) was the prime mover in c a llin g the caucus. INITIAL OBJECTS. - They were: ( l ) Creation of a fr a t e r n it y , based upon the comradeship, born o f war service, and dedicated to equitable treatment fo r a l l veterans — p a r t ic u la r ly the d isa b le d , th eir widows, and th e ir orphans. . . . ( 2 ) N a tio n a l se c u rity fo r Amdrica, in cludin g a u n iversal m ilita ry train in g program for the prevention o f future world c o n flic t s . . . . (3 ) Promotion of patriotism , and the combating o f m a t e r ia lis t ic and t o t a lit a r ia n id e o lo g ie s which recognize neither the honor, nor the d ig n ity , o f the in d iv id u a l. THE ST. LOUIS CAUCUS. - On May 6, 1919, the "new acorn" was planted in U.S.A. by an advance group o f veterans — two from each State — who met in St.Louis to plan the caucus o f May 8- 10 , 1919. On that occasion, some 1,100 delegates p a r t ic i pated. T h ereafter, at Minneapolis, Minn., on Nov. 10-12, 1919, a comprehensive C onstitution was adopted, the Preamble of which reads thus: " For God and Country, we associate ourselves together fo r the following^ purposes: To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America . . . To m aintain law and order . . . To fo s te r and perpetuate a noe-hundred per cent Americanism . . . To preserve the memories and incidents of our association s in the Great Wars ...T o inculcate a sense of in d iv id u a l o b lig a tio n to the community, S ta te , and Nation . . . To combat the autocracy o f both the c la shes and the masses . . . To make RIGHT the master o f MIGHT . . . To promote^peace and good w i l l on Earth . . . To safeguard and transm it to p o s te rity the p rin c ip le s of ju s tic e , freedom, and democracy . . . To consecrate and s a n c tify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual h e lP fNATI0NAL HEADQUARTERS. - N ational headquarters were e sta b lish e d in In d ian ap olis, Indiana, w ith branch o ffic e in Washington, D.C.

s s s

in V i®tnam. m e m b e rs, ix f^ g io n

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nembership in the Legion had increased to 2,350,886 A u x ilia ry , founded Nov. 10, 1919, had 915,000 member^

AFMTMT.qTRA TIVE- STRUCTURE.- The S ja T r L s S T r ? and s e c r e t a r ia l a id . THE 58 DEPARTMENTS. -

p lu s T d u d *

t ^ ^ V c h a p la in ,^ advocate.

\ ( See next page )

These p lu s necessary clerk s

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THE 58 DEPARTMENTS. - Under t h is N ation al S t a ff, there are FIFTY-EIGHT DEPARTMENTS . . . One fo r each o f the f i f t y States of the Union . . one fo r D is t r ic t of Columbia . . and one each fo r Departments in France - I t a l y - Canada - Mexico Panama Canal Zone - Puerto Rico - and the P h ilip p in e s. THE. DISTRICTS. - Local su b d iv isio n al areas administered under and within the various Departments are c a lle d "DISTRICTS". The M iszouri Department has twenty-three such D i s t r i c t s . R o lla Post and A u x ilia ry are w ithin the 16th D is t r ic t . SOME NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS.— A major achievement of the Legion is the estab lishm ent, by Congress - at urgent behest of the Legion - o f the n ation al Veterans Bureau, with i t s b e n e fits to veterans. , , , Child W elfare and R eh ab ilitatio n endowment funds, as o f 1970, amounted to B7,000,000. S u bstan tial donations have been made to the American Heart Assn., the N ational A ssociation fcr Mental Health, and other l i k e a sso c ia tio n s. . . . "boy State" and "Boy Nation" groups have been promoted an nually. M ilit a r y tra in in g through the R .U .T .C ., the N ational Guard, and the Organized Reserve have been promulgated. The Legion has had deep in terest in Foreign A ffa ir s , and as a part of th is a c t iv it y , has helped to perpetuate overseas b a t t le f ie ld s and cemeteries. L e g is la t iv e a c t i v i t i e s , n a tio n a lly , have been outstanding. The " G .I . b i l l of Rights" o f 1944 was a major achievement. This assured , fo r -veterans, f a i r observance o f h o s p ita l claim s and procedures, veteran education, loans to home-farm —business, and employment. Further d e t a ils concerning the program of the Legion are a v a ila b le in se v e ra l h is t o r ie s o f the Legion, procurable from n ational headquarters, In d ia n a p o lis. Present inform ation i s from "HISTORY & ORGANIZATION OF rHE AMERICAN LEGION", Lesson No. 1, 24th fe rn , 1970 e d itio n ( Am. Legion Extension In s titu te , P .0 , box 1055, In d ia n a p o lis, In d ., 4^,206 ) A copy of th is u u lle tin was kindly loaned^ present w rite rs by Mrs* Pesirline Shunia.t6, president of R olla a u x ilia r y , Unit No* 2 1 0 * THE- AMERICAN LEPTON (R o lla ) POST No. 270.- The Rolla Memorial Post No. 270 was f i r s t endorsed ( approved, authorized) by the N ational headquarters on august 18 1938. I t was th e re a fte r endorsed by the Department of M issouri on august 31j 1933. ITS CHARTER was issued on October 10, 1938 - over signature of Department commander J .F . ("Jerome" ) Duggan. F ir s t c a lle d " R o lla and Farmers Post No. 270, the name was amended to read "R o lla Memorial Post No. 270"._ I t was, and as, within the 16th M isso u ri D is t r ic t - there being 23 such d is t r ic t s in M issouri. SOME SPECIAL LEGIONAIRES. - Three lo c a l M issourians are said to have p a r t i c i Dated in the o r ig in a l A.E.F. Caucus in P aris, March 15-17, 1919. One was rau l Robinette, o f the Mountain G ro ve-H artville fam ily . . . M iles H. Cagg and E.A.Goodhue, both l a t e r teachers at M issouri School of Mines, R o lla . One of the e a r lie s t Posts in M issouri was the one at L ick in g. Mr. J •<». ( W ilbT r ) B e d f o r d ; RFD # ! , Rolla ( as of 1973 ) joined the Licking Post on August 6 1920 and remained a member there for one year. From 1921 to 1938 h e ^ a s in the Employ of the P h illip s No. 2 O il Company, 13 1*1 __ • *11 -j nk-l ahrimfl On his r©turn to R0I-L3.. -Ly ug ^ 0 there was°not~as yet any R o ll! Post - he, together with W alter W. Snelson, joined there was nou a ye ^ r , T pPat-ross so w e ll known an R o lla, was a member. c f S T S S Poet, h Mr. B » a * r S an. * , SneXson tra n s fe rre d to i t . They were as fo llo w s : CHARTER MEMBERS OF ROLLA POST No. 270. Overlease, Claude E rre tt, Roy L. Aaron, Wm. D . S a lly , Guy F rost, W. Jack B axter, W.E. Smith, V.A. Hodge, Aaron F. Becker, Jacob G. Woods, Claude Hass, C.H. E r r e t t , John PAST gfiMMANDERS . - ( Go to next pags ) •

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LIST OF PAST COMMANDERS. ROLLA POST No. 270. 1938- 39 •• Robinson, George 1939- 40 . . Hicks, C a rl 194JD-41 . . Aaron, Wm. D. 1941- 42 . . K ilp a tric k , J«F. ^ "K il") 1942- 43 . . Goodhue, E .A . 1943- 44 . . E ck ler, E.B. 1944- 45 *• Schuman, E.K. 1945- 46 Pohle, Adolph 1946- 47 •• Aaron, W illiam D. (A ls o D is t . Post Comdr.) 1947- 48 . . Northern, Eugene 1948- 49 . . Sheldon, Jess 1949- 50 . . Wehmeyer, Ray 1950- 51 . . Swinford, Tom 1951- 52 . . Nelson, Ivon 1952- 53 . . W i l l s , Floyd 1953- 54 •• Thompson, Homer 1954- 55 •• Yoder, Byron 1955 - 56 . . Lumpe, Lawrence 1956- 57 . . Jones, E a r l TQ57-58 . . Dymond, Herman NOTE:

The fo llo w in g :

1958- 59 . . Mesko, Emil 1959- 60 . . BREUER^ MARY_(_Mrsi Louis H .) 1960- 61 . . Bradford, J. W ilbur 1961- 62 .. Bradford, J. W ilbur 1962- 63 . . Patton, Ralph 1963- 64 . . Lambert, James 1964- 65 . . Downing, Clarence 1965- 66 . . W ithers, Sgt. Charles 1966- 67 •• Adams, Robert 1967- 68 ♦. Swinford, Tom 1968- 69 . . Russow, Charles 1969- 70 . . Smith, Lawrence 1970- 71 •• Sprague, Horace 1971- 72 . . Snelson, Charles 1972 (F e b -S e p t.) .. J e lla , Robert 1972- 73 •• Grimm, Lloyd Elected in February, 1972, J e lla resigned in September. Grimm then served the remainder o f the year.

The la r g e s t membership in R o lla Post fcr any year was some 250.

OBJECTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS. - The gs neral objects o f R o lla Post No. 270 are the same as those o f the N atio n al Legion - stated on page 48 hereof. R o lla Post had sponsored annual meetings o f "BOYS' STATE" - has given financial. support to v e te r-

THE. AMEET CAN LEGIOw AUXILIARY ORGANIZAT I O N -

^ ric a n

Legion Convention formed. The f i r s t A u x ilia ry *

Convention was held at Kansas C ity, Mo., MAmerican Legion A u x ilia ry " was adopted. By the

ln 1921 " " r i ^ W ^ T w o s Z e 5o S ? S o "e m b e rs had ueen en ro lle d . In 1965, 5 S S E S g W o n d e r S o 4°d the Korean - a i r s h i p rose to 1,001,545. Sanca then, membership has ren^-n ed % o ^ h a t of the Legion, except that the word .nyTT.TARY STRUCTURh p a r ^ l = n * J S Ce r i s "P residen t" and not "U n it" re p la c e s the word P ° - * and goai s p a r a lle l those of the Legion. The "Commander." The A u x ilia r y _ J. _ can b e t t e r serve than men. "The One A u x ilia r y works^in c e rta in areas where of the aims and purposes G reat Purpose" i s to contribute to the ^ Auxiliary> are added to the Preamble o f the American Legion" -w h ic h woras, o f the L egion ’ s C o n stitu tio n . , A u x ilia ry headquarters are alongside those HEADQUARTERS AND STAFF.- Natre 4 Branch o ffic e i s kept in Washington,D.C. o f the Legion - in / N 'j m wt® n who are mothers, wives, s is t e r s or et .TGTBILITY TO MEMBERSHIP, i T ion ( 2 ) Mothers, wives, s is t e r s , daughdaughters o f members ox e f rmed*Forces during World Wars One and Two, t e r s o f a l l men or worren sefying xu A r ^ ^ o f the a l l i e d Forc e s . . . or the Korean War - or American c i t i membership in the American ( 3 ) Women who - o f th e ir own - ^ ^ ^ o n e such.) Legion ( Mrs. Mary ( Louis n. )

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NATIONAL Or-'FiCii-Rci OF x ,5 AIIBRICAN LEGION AU.CLbl.-iRY consist of "N ation al" P resid en t . . Secretary . . and Treasurer. These, w ith necessary c le r i c a l s t a f f , are housed in the n a tio n a l headquarters at In d ian ap olis, Ind. A D irector and S ecretary, w ith supporting s t a f f , care fo r the Washington, D .C ., o f f ic e . THE- LOCAL UNIT OFFICERS consist of President . . Vice Pres. . . . Secretary . . . Treasurer . . . H isto ria n . . . Chaplain . . . and S gt. at Arms. THE AREAS OF AUXILIARY ACrlvITY ARE THESE: R e h a b ilita tio n Education and Scholarships C hild W elfare Junior A c t iv it ie s Community Service Foreign R elations Promotion of Americanism L e g is la tio n Sponsorship of " G i r l s ’ S tate" P u b lic ity ( Radio-TV-Press ) N ation al S ecu rity Sale of Poppies

THE ROLLA AMERICAN LEGIUim AUa IL i a RY. UNIT No. 270.

This U n it, w ith in the 16th i s s o u r i Department October 25, 1939. I t s CHARTER MEMBERS were these: 10. 1. - Gaddy, Maude ( Mrs. Roy ) 11. F ir s t P r e s ., 1939-40 12. 2. - Hicks, H e l e n ....... ( Mrs. C arl ) 13 . 3. - Snelson, Minnie . (M rs. W a lte r) 14. (P r e s ., 1943-44 & 1953-54 ) 15. 4. — Zimmerman, Maude . . . . (Mrs. P.A. ) 16. 5. — Aaron, L y n n a ...... ( ^ r s . Jni.D. ) 17. 6. - Fink, Irene ........ ( Mrs. C arl ) 18. 7. - Strobach, N e llie ( Mrs. Fred ) 8. - Herskowitz, Helen . . . (Mrs. Leon ) 9. - Haas, Minnie ....... ( Mrs. C.H. ) THE PAST PRESIDENTS Up

am .

LtAilUi'i aUXiLlARY.

D is t r ic t , was organized on Feeler, Blanche Pietsch, R u b y ...... Smith, Jennie ...... C an field, M a r y ..... Pietsch, Christine Frost, L o is ..... .... Eckler, Helen ...... Stimson, a n n a ...... Stimson, Selma ....

( u rs. ) (Mrs .Ernie ) ( Mrs. (M rs.H arold) . . . ( Miss . . . (Mrs.W.Jack) (M rs. E.B . ) (Mrs. Wm. ) ( M r s .C lif f )

)

These:

1939- 40 . . 1940- 41 . . 19M -42 .. 1942- 43 . . 1943 - 44 . . 1 9 4 4 $ ••

Gaddy, Maude ( U p .. Roy 1 1956-57 . . Sxinfcrd, V irg in ia ( a re . Ton ) Hicks Helen . . . . ( M r s . C arl 1957-58 . . Aaron Maggie . . . C lark! Helen . . . . ( Mrs. 1958-59 ■■ Barnard, A n n ........ Snelson, Minnie . ( M rs.W alter) 1959-6) . . Barnard, y n n ............. ‘ p G\ Snelson Minnie . ( Mrs. W.Sf. 1960-61 . . Barnard A n n .......... & L Goodhue! Ruth . . . ( Mrs. E.A. 1961-62. . Moore, F lo s s ie . . . Mrs Ruben)

3 S 3 ::

fSZStf&r*.

195?- 52 " iqcp” ce ••

L r„ rB ird Aa?o? Maggie . A

1955-56 : : S S r H o r e n c e ' l

1.967-68 . . G inter, L o ttie . . .

Mrs. Ten ) ( Mrs. E.B . )

S a lt * ::

1968-69 ■■ P in te r, L o ttie . . .

J ( Mrs! Leroy)

19^6 57 ••

;; E £ £ - l £ ^ u . 1971-72 . . ^

Mrs.Frank Mrs. F.

[E :

2 .

(She was D is t. P re s ., 1971-72 ) .

the R - l i a A u x ilia ry Unit >7 ' T o S d Cross, Boys Town (S t .J a a e s ), at J e ffe rso n C ity ...H as aided and m alg afc Cape Girardeau and (Cochran) Has given aid and funds to the fche Phelps Co. Memorial H osp ital a u x ilia r y . . . S t. Louis . . Has a representatxre in the Phelps _ ^ ^ nunlbers of thB Has given much a id and help to L e g io n 's programs named above.

^ i s ^ C H too b r i e f ! This l i s t i s Muon

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MEETING^ PLAC--S.— I t i s said that the f i r s t meetings of the A u x ilia ry were held in the Knights of Pythias H a ll, 7th and R o lla s tre e ts , R o lla . Following construction of the U.S.O . B u ildin g at 9th and R olla s tre e ts, aoout 1942, meetings were held there for a time . Afte r that, the American Legion Post No. 270 pur chased the former residence of Robert McCaw, S.W. corner o f 7th and Olive s t r e e t s . F in a lly , the Legion acquired the former ’'CLEINO" b ric k school house, out on Soest Road, opposite the Emil Mesko farm, in Section 17 of Township 37-7. This i s p re se n tly ( 1973 ) the meeting place both of the Legion and the A u x ilia ry . Many_Thanks_ To_Our_Helgers. — Mrs. Mabel Bradford ( Mrs. J. W ilour ) has a unique place in the sto ry o f the R o lla A u x ilia ry . In 1943-43 she was Unit H ist orian . . She was Unit President (1948-49) and (1949-50 ) . . . She was H istorian, 1950-51 ...T r e a s u r e r , 1953^54, Sgt. at Arms, 1954-55, 1st Vice P re s ., 1955-5&. And she la s served as Secretary, the years from 1957 to present (1973). She gave us very su b sta n tia l aid in composing this story. M rs. P e a rlin e Shumate a ls o gaw us basic and s u b s ta n tia l aid - p a r t ic u la r ly in composing the sto ry of American Legion and A u x ilia ry o rig in s - and in l i s t s of Past Commanders and Past A u x ilia ry Presidents. To both we extend our most g r a t e fu l th an k s.- ( Bonita H. and C la ir V. Mann. June 16, 1973, R o lla, Mo.) —o —

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FARM CLUBS and ASSOCIATIONS ( w .P.F.A.

...J .F .A .

...

4-H . . .

m .F.A .

)

S e v e ra l clu bs, or a sso c ia tio n s — composed of farmers, their wives or ch ildren — were meeting during the 1933-47 period . In September, 1935, a group composed o f the Womens P rogressive Farmers A ssociation ( W .P .F .A .), plus the Junior Farmers A ssociation (. J .F .A .; and the Merchants and Farmers A ssociation (, M.F.A.J met in H otel Edwin lo n g , H olla, fo r a banquet. There were e x h ib its of farm products, f o r which p r iz e s were awarded. In July, 1939, the 4-H ( boys and g i r l s ; clubs from the counties of Phelps, Dent, Texas, Crawford, and Pulaski met at the v illa g e of DILLARD, fo r a conclave. Some 200 boys and g i r l s attended. In September, 1940, sev eral hundred farmers of Phelps County, with many R o lla c it iz e n s , staged a grand dinner. Meetings were held in the Rollamo Theatre. E x h ib its included canned vegetables and f r u it s , baked goods, g u ilt s , rugs, and other in te re s tin g items. R elatio n s betwwen these farmer groups and R olla c itiz e n s, in cludin g the R o lla Area Chamber of Commerce, have always been very c o rd ia l and fr ie n d ly .

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This is a ls o Pages 51 to 55*a in c lu s iv e . See below . On page 56.e h ereof, we l i s t the various clubs fo r which sketches have been w ritte n in pages p r io r to present page, 50. There was a ls o , on page 56.e, a l i s t o f clubs and s o c ie tie s that were NOT so w ritten up. THE PRESENT PAGE l i s t s a number of clubs fo r which facts were NOT a v a ila b le a t the time the present page, and page 56.e, were w ritte n . Sketches of such clubs were d eferred to the Section fo r years 1959-1973# where, fo r each club, the page number in the 1959-1973 section i s given, and where the sketch w i l l be found. Present Page a lso gives the page number of the 1933-47 Section where i t was planned to in s e r t each in d iv id u a l club sketch. THE CLUBS NOT SO LISTED are now li s t e d . The page o f the 1933-47 section precedes the club name. The page in the 1959-1973 section where the sketch IS given fo llo w s the club name. Thus: The present page The Red Cross . . . . (. See page 60, 1959-1973 section) The U.S.O . agency . . . ( Page 60 of 195?-73 section ) The se v e ra l P .T .A . groups t Page 63 of 1959-1973 ) Boy Scouts ........ ( Page 57 of 1959-1973) G i r l Scouts .......... ( Page 58 pf 1959-1973) masonic men's orders Royal Arch-Anights Templar Hi$i Twelve . . DeMolay .. (, Pag; 51 of 1959-1973. a ls o p.53) .... . 54«a .. womens Masonic Orders: White Shrine . . (p .5 2 ) Rainbow G ir ls tp.54? o f 1959-1973 ) Anights & S iste rs of Pythias, t p.55 of 1959-1973 S e c .; 5 5 -----Knights of Columbus, Eagles, Odd fe llo w s t p.55 of 1959-1973 S e c .) 55.a . .

Page 50 . . . . 51 _ 51 •a . . 52 .• • • 53 53.a . . 54 . . . *

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As o f June 30, 1973, we have completely exhausted the TIME necessary to w rite h i s t o r i c a l pages or sketches covering ALL o f the FORTY-FIVE clubs and s o c ie t ie s we have l i s t e d fo r in clu sion in th is, our 1933-47 Section, of our story o f R O L L A . Most of the club s to rie s which we have now completed cover the years, not only from 1933 to 1947 - but continue on to 1973 - in _order_t o have £omplete_sketches_ f i l e d _ i n £ome_one_place. Below, we f i r s t l i s t the club s to rie s now completed - We second l i s t those that are not completed, and have to be w ritten a t some future date - IF AND ./HEN time becomes a v a ila b le . THE CLUBJSpTCHES NOW COMPLETED are these: ( Page numbers are fcr the 1933-47 Section ) . 5 c* f - ^3Page s 45 ( R olla Jaycees ( to be w ritten ) a 4 0 -4 0 .a— 4 0 .a -l ..4 0 .a -2 R olla Sat. Club. 45 (a -b -c ) Lions Club ( to be completed) 40.b & 4 0 .c . . . R o lla C ivic Club 45.d . . R olla Rotary Club 41 . . Federated Womens Clubs 45. e . . R olla Kiwanis Club (See a ls o p.51, Sec. 1921-32) 46 . . League Women Voters (p a r t ly done) 41 . . R o lla Business & P r c f . Womens Club 46. a . .W.C.T.U. 41 . . ( a - b - c ) Am. Assn. Univ. Women 46.a . . Jefferson ian Club p lu s Univ. Dames & Coterie 46.a .. Saddle & B rid le Club 42 . . ( a -b -c -d ) American War Mothers 46 . a .. Oak Meadows Club 43 . . R o lla Junior Club (p a rtly d o n e 47 ( plus 47 a -b -c -d ) Vets Foreign Wars (Use as is i f c a n 't fin is h ) . 47 ( d - e - f ) V.F.W. A u x ilia ry 4 3 .a-4 3 .b . . . P .E .O ., Chapter EM 48 ( plus 48.a & 48 .b ) American Legion 43. b -4 3 .c . . . P .E .O ., Chapter HR 48 ( b -c -d ) Am. Legion A u x ilia ry 43 ( d - e - f ) Daus. Am.Revolution D.A.R. r •> Pages 32-33 ..R o lla Chamber Commerce 44 & 44 .a . . R o lla Garden Club 5 6 5 6 . a . . Gasconade W rite rs Guild 44-b . . F lo r ic u lt u r e Club 56 (b .c .d ) Phelps Co. H is t. Socy. 44 ( c . l & c .2 ) Gardeners of O z .H ills 60-61 . . R o lla Community Music Club 44 . d . . H o rtic u ltu re Club THE MASTIC ORDERS: In the 1921-32 Cection of "HOLLA" pages 54 * 55, a o f H o lla Masonic "B lu e" Lodge, A.F. & A .B ., No. 213. A lso in the 1921-32 Section, at W

lit e r s Througi the year 190/.

H o lla Chapter

A l l the Worthy Matrons and Patrons, through

176 of Eastern S ta r.

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THE CLUB STORIES REMAINING TO BE WRITTEN: jpSLcr©5 55 . . . Knights of Pythias, plus S iste rs 49 . . . American Red Cross, fcr Rolla ( For th is , see also p.2 o f the 49 .a . . . R o lla U.S.O. 1910 record ) Jos. J. C rite s 50 . . . R o lla 's P .T .A . groups and w ife , foremost lead ers 51 . . R o lla Boy Scouts 55 . a ...K n igh ts of Columbus, plus 51 . . R o lla G i r l Scouts F ratern al Order of E agles, the R olla Odd Fellow s, and any other. 52 . . 4-H . . FHA clubs 53 . . These Masonic Orders: Royal Arch - Knights Templar High Twelve . . DeMolay _ 54 . . Womens Masonic A^ l l ^ 1^ r l s White Shrine . . Raxnoow G irls _____________ ” _ ” naoP= _ with 9 s t i l l to be w ritten, AS THUS SUMMARIZED, there are 55 there are 35 ex tra or expanded pages. Between old page/( of 1933-47 “ nL b e r s 105. I f the 35 e x tra pages are added, The present FIN?X PAGE or 1933-47 Section w i l l contain 150 pages, plu s the 9 unwritten p a ^ s, the 1933 ______

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^ 9 . GASC0NAD.1- LITERS GUILD. - P rio r to i t s formal organization in March, 1941, a number o f those who became charter members had belonged to a w r it e r s ' g u ild which headquartered in M-ureka Springs, Arkansas. In March, 1941, th is lo c a l group decided to organize a R o lla chapter, independent o f the Arkansas group. Thus i t was that on February 15, 1941, Mr. CARL IKE, o f West P la in s, Mo., a member o f the Arkansas group — came to R olla and o f f i c i a l l y presided as the R o lla members organized themselves under the name o f the "GASCONADE WRITERS CLUB". Among those viio thus organized the Guild were the Mesdames Hazel Dagley Heavip, E lean or A. Totman, Fred Hubbell, Margaret S. Rucker . . . plus the Rev. O .V .Jackson, Lacy Jones, and Miss E s t e lle Inger son. (W estlak e). In a l l , some 45 persons par tic ip a t e d in th is meeting. The_Goals_Of The_ G uild, as set fo rth in it s Constitution, were these: To f o s t e r and develope an in te re s t, both appreciative and creative, in lit e r a t u r e and the a r t s , and to o ffe r a common meeting ground fo r a l l persons having such in t e r e s t s . A FIRST o f a continuous round o f Christmas p a rtie s, annual and other meet in g s, took p lace on December 11, 1941, at the Hazel Dagley ( mrs. Wm. S . ) Heavin home on south Lecoma Road ( Rte "0" ) , some fiv e m iles south of R o lla . Those who p a rt ic ip a t e d in the program were the f i r s t president, Mrs. Heavin, and these members'* Mfcss E s t e lle Westlake Ingerson . . . Mesdames B.H.Rucker ..M arie alverson . . E leanor Totman ...R e b e c c a Blake, and P ro f. M.H. Cagg. Dr. and Mrs. C.V.Mann presented three songs which he had been requested to w rite fo r the occasion - which were t h e r e a ft e r used at each recu rrin g Christmas party. ^ Story o f the C hrist Child . . . Ozark Christmas Garol . . . Gasconade River Song.) In 1942 the Club assembled an "Anthology", in which the poems and other w rit ten works of the members were eith er published, or described. In 1945, several o f the members contributed w ritin gs to an IMPRESSIVE- ANTHOLOGY compiled by FLORENCE W00DL0CK McCULLOUGH, a member, of Joplin, Mo. This book describe 1 many of the l i v i n g authors o f the Ozarks, and th eir lit e r a t u r e . Those o f the R olla chapter included were these: Claude Leland Heavin George C lin ton arthur Hazel Dagley Heavin M arie Schoenhaar A1verson C arl Barkley Ike Rebecca Bee Blake John Lacy Jones H a llie Southgate Burnett Mrs. C . . . ^conita) Mann P r o f. M iles H. Cagg Dr. C la ir V. Mann C h arles P • Clements Mabel E. M ueller Emma R. Cornwell Margaret Southgate Rucker May E . Doms Helen Goddard S h e rre ll Herb Duncan Eleanor Greene Totman V i r g i l Duncan P ro f. John M. Wilson Anna n • Re eman Ernest Paul Goggins . fig u re was Mrs. Hazel Dagley Heavin - the G u ild 's fir 3 t ^ e s S “ ; ^ d“ S/org^ t ’’ o? th , .e a rs .P to 1951. The f i r s t G uild o f f i c e r s were these (1941-42) vice pr e s ., Heru Duncan . . . 2nd V .P res. P re sid e n t . . Ha z e l ag eyF1 pt I or a ! Totman . . . H istorian , Margaret Southgate Lacy J. Jones . . . S e ecy ire ., ^ Parliam entarian, miss Rose E s t e lla c y --T ieaa ss., _ e tI n__' _ . . . parliam Rucker . . . J ^ i ^ c t o r s included otese: Marie Schoenhaar Alverson In gerso n . The board ox Glaude Heavin May E. Doms C a r l B ark ley Ik e R O.V. Jackson Col. Chas. L. Woods. George kinm R. Cornwell pr ° f . J o h n * . ’» i l l s ° n Glenn C o ffx e ld

Combined L i s t of Members fo llo w s ( See next p a s

)

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GASCONADE ^LUB_MFMBERSHIP _j_._Ye_ars_12.Al~43—■ 4j>. Combined: A lverson , Mrs. Marie Schoenhaar IKE, CARL BARKLEY ( of West P la in s ) Arthur, George G lin t Ingerson, Rose E s t e lla A rthur, Mrs G lin t (Nancy Jare D o ll) Ingerson, Donald Westlake Blake, Rebecca Bee ( Mrs H.M.) Jackson, Rev. O ral V. Boyd. P r o f. Clark Jones. Emil Boyd, M rs.C lark ) A u re lia Jones, E thel (W offord)M rs. Cagg, P ro f. M iles H. Jones, John Lacy Cagg, Ora John (Mrs M.H.) Jones, V irg in ia Capps, Iv a Johnson, Prof. Eugene L. C a rte r. Eldee Knight. Eugene Clements, Charles P. Lindsey, L o is C o ffie Id , Glenn Lindsey, W ilbur G olvin, George Franklin Lucy, Thos E. ( Oh How Things Have Changed) Cornw ell, Mrs. Emma R. Mann, Bonita ( Mrs. C .V .) Cornwe l l . Guy Mann. Dr. C la ir V. Doms, Mrs. May E. Martin, Roy E. (S p r in g fie ld ) Duncan, Herb Matthews, Addah ( Monett) May Kennedy McCord, Mrs. (S p r in g fie ld ) Duncan, V i r g i l Florence (Woodlock) Mcoullough (Mrs) D agley, B rig.G en . H arley C. Mitche11. Jack Dunuan. Mrs. Oma Rucker, Margaret (Southgate) (Mrs BH) Freeman, Annie ( Mrs. Jack ) Rucker, Jessie (S ta rk ) (Mrs Ray) Fry, Myree Rinck, Bertha M. Goggin, Ernest Sease, Nadine ( Mrs EE ) Greenwade, E ls ie S h e lton. Jesse (St.Joseph) Heavin. Claude Sherre11, Helen (A rlin g to n ) Heavin, Hazel Dagley (Mrs A .S . ) Taylor, Maxine Heavin, W illia m S. Totman, Eleanor ( Mrs. _ • _ • ) Heavin, Minnie Turk, E lizabeth Henninger, Mrs. Mary Case ___ White, W.S. ( B o liv a r ) l&dges, Mrs. Harlan W ilson, Iv a (Y elto n ) (Mrs John M.) W illso n , P ro f. John M. _ Wittmer, Edward A. (R epublic) (Rabbit t w is t e r ).

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The PHELPS COUNTY HISTOB.ICAL SOCIETY. - During July, 1938, Dr. C la ir V. Mann in terview ed some 78 persons in R o lla to determine whether or not people, gen erally , would be in te re s te d in the formation o f a lo c a l h is t o r ic a l so ciety . The answer was a unanimous "YES". D r. Eugene Breuer, o f Newburg, joined hands with Dr. Mann, and suggested that such a so c ie ty should be county-wide, rather than a lo c a l R o lla society. These con c lu sio n s le d to the c a l l fo r q. mass meeting on Friday, August 26, 1938, at which time those present would consider the matter. A committee on organization was named at once. I t was composed of Dr. Mann, chairman, with members Mrs. S.H.Lloyd, M iss Madge Freeman, Noel Hubbard, and Cols. J .L . Peatross and Chas. L. Woods. This group prepared a proposed con stitu tion for presentation a t the August 26th meeting. Those present a t the c a lle d meeting ( Aug. 26, 1938 ), held in the College Inn room o f H otel Edwin Long, were these: Rev. O.V. Jackson . . C ol. Chas. L . Woods ( re p re se n tin g the Mo. State His . Socy.) - Mesdames Rose Short Taggart and S.H. ( M argaret ) Lloyd - the Masses Madge and Mattie Freeman - Dr. and Mrs. C.V.Mann, and Hon. John J. D a ily , Phelps County representative in the le g is la t u r e . These persons became the S o c ie ty 's "Founders". The proposed con stitution was adopted. The o f f i c e r s thdn elected were these: President, Col. Chas. L. Woods . . . Vice P re sid e n t, D r. Eugene Breuer ...S e c re ta ry , Dr. C.V.Mann ...T re a s u re r, Mrs. S.H. L lo y d . D ire c to rs : D r. E.A . S trie k e r . . . Mrs. B.H. Rucker . . .Miss Mattie Freeman . . D r. Chas. H. Fulton ..M rs. A lic e Smallwood .. and Hon. John J. D a ily . The subsequent proceedings of the Society are recorded in a se rie s o f NINE BOUND VOLUMES produced by Dr. Mann. Sets o f the nine volumes are f i l e d with (1/ The L ib r a r y , Univ . o f Mo., R olla . . . (2 ) the -James Memorial L ib ra ry , St.James . . . (3 ) the State H is t o r ic a l Society, Columbia . . . (4 ) and with records o f the socie y. Therefore, there i s no need fo r in cluding a multitude o f d e t a ils in th is sketch. But a few o f the outstanding events staged by the Society may be mentioned and a l i s t o f tte so c ie ty presidents can be included. The f i r s t important event was the Charter Banquet, held a t the old Pennant Tavern on at Cedar street, on O o « b . r 6. 1938. Two h u n ted and f i f t y per sene attended. Dr. Floyd Shoemaker, secretary o f the State society, dressed the m eeting. . . , ___ A second event was a spectacular Maramec Spring picnic and evening lun h, T, on -i q qq a sim ila r program was held at Alhambra Grotto Park (s i t e staged on July 3 , 939. furnace) two mi3e s below Newburg, on July 14, 1940. o f the old Ozark-Knotwell iro n n„h1isted the 1010 page H istory o f On November 6, 1941, the Society had been w ritten by Dr. arxi Mrs. C la ir M isso u ri School of Mine® “ d ^ ^ ^ t o c o m m e m o r a t e the convening o f the very V. Mann. The November dat® , t the Schoo l. The R o lla Chamber of Commerce fS fc ite f^ d

ra is e d 6the $4, 500 required to printvthe book.

In time and cold cash,

Dr. and Mr s . Mann expended 2?# 1944, Society c a rrie d The_John W ebber_Centennial. ’ oratin g the a r r iv a l on the future s ite out a sp e ctacu lar pageant and program, c ^ t R f nd his w ife E L IZ A -J A N E : POWELL, and o f R o lla o f her f i r s t fou r * * orn Webber and E lizabeth Jane Webber. The t h e ir two e ld e s t ch ild ren *** -,, f i l l e d with columns of e a rly R o lla and county lo c a l R o lla newspapers were Ij-tera ¥ ^ attendants frora the R o lla Post O ffic e , h is t o r y . A sp ectacu lar s ree County F air Grounds, which today i s Buehler 9th and Pine s t r e e t s , out to tn w ritte n by Dr. Mann, in se v e ra l episodes Park. A s p e c ia lly composed p a g p ^ ^ , ^ . ^ ^ F risco r a ilr o a d, and the shootxng re -e n a c te d the coming of Webber. Some t h ir t y descendants of John Webber o f a la rg e w ild c a t or l eopa^ J 7 f * C a lifo rn ia - to jo in in the ceremonies. Dr. came from d is ta n t poin s state society, d e liv e re d an address. Floyd Shoemaker, se cretary of tne

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On November 6, 1945, the Society, in cooperation with the president and other o ffic e r s o f the F risc o R ailro ad , held a spectacular banquet at the old PENNANT TAVERN. This event commemorated the 75th anniversary o f the founding of M isso u ri School o f Mines and a ls o the 100th anniversary of the passage, through tfce fu tu re s it e of R o lla , o f the f i r s t survey party which, led by L ie u t. James Vi. A bert, f i r s t examined the future route o f the F risco Railroad jo in in g S t.Louis to c e n tra l and western Oklahoma. During the 1940's, the Society had possession of a U.S. bomuing airplane which had been procured f o r the Society by Mr. Rowe Carney. I t was furnished by the U .S . General Property agency, which was disposing o f unwanted war equipment. The S o c ie ty t r ie d to have i t moved to Rolla from the Vichy A irp o rt, twelve miles north o f R o lla - but the narrow b rid ges and numerous e le c t r ic w ires crossing the highway presented insurmountable o b sta c le s. Moreover - the plane could NOT be watched at the Vichy f i e l d , and because of that, numerous plane parts were sto len . The plane f i n a l l y had to be cut to pieces, by government order, and abandoned. In June, 1955, the Society had a handsome marble monument erected over the fo rm erly unmarked grave o f Mr. Edmund W. Bishop, the founder of R o lla . The monu ment was dedicated in a s p e c ia l ceremony, during vhich a package of h is to ric documents was stored w ithin the monument in a metal box. The Society and i t s fr ie n d s c o lle c te d donations of sone $750.00 to pay for the p ro je c t. The Frisco R a ilro a d supplied a $250.00 bronze plaque fit t e d into the monument. This, being s to le n a t a l a t e r date, was replaced with a red gran ite plaque of same design. F risc o Engine 1501.- In August, 1955, the Society was p rim arily instrumental in persuading F risco p residen t Clark Hungerford to donate to ^he Society e^ est ■ * " » io c o motive ever used^on tran spassenger coach o f the 1880 s. lteo , permanent e x h ib it in Schuman fe rre d to the corporate C ity of R o lla , and places on P lacement Df the Park The engine, alone, was valued at ^>25,OUU. me iin a i. pj. £ engine

w ith appropriate

C o L ty Centennial A ssociation to

^ * T nf o ffic e rs who were a ls o o ffic e r s in the H is t o r ic a l be in co rp o rated . I t co n sist k-lo n g Centennial Celebration ( June 3 to 8, S o c ie ty . The A ssociation s ^ IIa " e“ “ gc ^ ; ( Mo.Statute, Nov.13,1857 .. 1957 ) o f the o r ig in a l founding o f P e ^ n±ng k q£ the Cente n n ia l, an outstandF ir s t Court Meeting Nbv. 2 ., 1 57 under din2Ction of the John D. Rogers in g and sp ectacu lar page an - Large crowds of spectators sat in the bleachers oo. team - Sam and Ginger Grogg. ® t i c f i e l d , and watched the pageant, and o f the R o lla Sc[!00Jenn^ 1 Jueen - Miss Joan Lenox. The Centennial Book, the crowning of the Centennial finances and published by the H is t o r ic a l S ociety. w ritte n b y D r. C la ir V. Mann, wa During the t e a r s 1965 to 1969, the Society The_John D illp n _ House_A£d“ m e lo g b u ild in g that had been the John acqu ired, as a g i f t , the o ^ p s ix mii es oast of R o lla . This was where the D illo n home in the v illa g e o f d i l l , November 25, 1857. The house was dissembled, bounty Court f i r s t met and o f g a n ^ d ncrth of the Phelps County Court House, oved to the l o t immediately ° PP° ^ d re-conditioned there, and under d ire c tio n and moved Ha^ s Mrs. Hayes and Mrs. Belvina Bass, a fine on Third s twree ee tt.. - e f f o r t s o f Presiden t A illia m * ^ house was then opened as a h is t o r ic a l museum o f h is t o r ic items was assemb • so c ie ty museum, open to the p u b li . *d

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cae as amply ca rrie d out i t s o r ig in a l <,nd p rin c ip a l purposes - which r a ° ea^c . . or f-11 gather together a l l a v a ila b le and pertinent h is t o r ic reco r o per axning the area; th assemule h is to ric e x h ib its ; to create and hold in t e r e s t m l o c i l county h isto ry ; to educate both ch ildren and a d u lts in such m atters; and to g e n e ra lly disseminate such facts and inform ation. A l i s t _ o f the_ 3ocie_ty P re sid e n ts_ip now appended: 1938- 39 1939- 42 1942 . . 1942- 43 1943- 44 1944- 45 1945- 46 1946- 47 1947- 48 1948- 49 1949- 50 1950- 51 1951- 52 1952- 53 1953- 54 1954- 55

C ol. Chas. L. Woods D r. E . A .S trie k e r (re s ig n e d ) M rs. Perry E ld er ( ac tin g ) Hon. Booker H. Rucker d it t o d it t o dQr'.tS. E. Breuer George Laun Dr. Wm. H. Breuer Hon. B. H. Rucker Luther W. Martin d it t o Luther W. Martin Mayme Ousley d it t o W a lte r W. Snelson

1955-56 . . 195^-57 . . 1957- 58 . . 1958- 59 .. 1959- 60 .. 1960- 61 .. 1961- 62 . . 1962- 63 .. 1963- 64 .. 1964- 65 .. 1965 . . .. 1965- 66 .. 1966- 67 .. 1967- 68 . . 1968- 69 .. 1969- 70 . . 1971-72 .. 1973 . . . .

A lbert McDonald A lbert McDonald d itto d itto ditto Luther W. Martin d it t o d itto Luther W. Martin Bernard R. Bass (re sig n e d ) Dr. C.V.Mann ( 3 months) Dr. Wm. C. , a je s d itto d itto d itto Dr. Thomas R. Beveridge Mr. Frank Snelson Mr. Roy Gaddy.

Other Item s. - During May, 1940, Dr. E .a . S trie k e r purchased the old County Stone J a i l - paid $300 fo r it - or loaned that amount to the Society fcr the pur chase. The t i t l e was made to the Society - which never repaid Dr. S trie k e r the $300 ( which th erefo re remained as a g i f t to the S o c ie ty ;. In March, 1943, the photographic studio of Mr. I . "aumgardner waa dismant le d - and the film s were being thrown away. Dr. Mann intervened, raised ^50.00 w ith which to purchase a l l that could be salvaged. These then became Society p ro p erty . In December, 1946, tte Society held i t s annual banquet in the High School Gymn at S t. Janes’. The program consisted in the presentation of a h is t o r ic pageant w ritte n by D r. C.V.Mann - " One Hundred Years at Maramec Iron Works” . The St.James Junior blub furnished the personnel and costumes. I t was a most d e c id e d ly in t e r e s t in g and successful event. Fran January, 1951, to 1956, the Society served as "sponsor” fo r a se rie s o f 225 Droadcast programs on R o lla 1s radio statio n K -T -i-R . The "Half-Hour N a rra tiv e s of Phelps County H istory- were w ritten and broadcasted by Dr. and Mrs. ( C la ir and Bonita ) Mann each Saturday afternoon, 4-30 to 5-00 t . . . The n a rra tiv e s c r ip t s were manifolded in FIVE copies, and when done, assembled in to SEVEN vo lu m es^ Sets are f i l e d thus: ( l ) State H is t. Socy. Columbia; (2 ) L ib ra ry , U n iv ! M o ^ r ^ I l a ; (3 ) J a m s Memorial L ib rary , St.James; (4 ) R o lla Public L ib ra ry . C.V.Mann r e ta in s the 5th ( tracings ) copy. . __ _ Mann bv request, v is it e d the grade school At numerous occas , ’ presented le c tu re s on R o lla h isto ry . These c la s s e s in tte R o lla sc ^ * Tte R o lla P .T .A . Assn, and other groups were i l lu s t r a t e d w ith lan tern s lid e s . ine were given s im ila r lecture s.

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COMMUNITY ENTERTAINMENT IN ROLLA - 1933 - 1946 R o lla 's_ % e _ a t r e s 1923-46.- As the period began, the "Rollamo" was the only th eatre b u ild in g in R o lla . In 1936, Mr. L .L . Lewis, the owner, sold i t to the M essrs. J. Rauch . . Robert Stemple .. Forest Snyder . . and Caesar Berutt - business men o f S t . L o u is and S t. C harles. In December, 1940, Mr. Rowe Carney, of R o lla, became a p r in c ip a l owner o f the "Rollamo", and eventually took i t a l l over. In May, 1941, a new th eatre, c a lle d the "R itz ", was opened on west side o f R o lla s t r e e t , just north of 8 th, by Mrs. Mildred Karsch. And in February, 1941, another new b u ild in g - the JtUptown Theatre)! - was erected on the former C.M.Knapp residence l o t , a t northeast corner o f 11th and Pine s tre e ts. The owners were asso ciated a s "The Gasconade Theatre Corpora io n ". They consisted of Rowe E. Carney, Caesar B eru tt, and Forrefet Snyder. The b u ild in g measures 52 x 123 fe e t , had a balcony, and could seat 1022 persons. The "Eptown" opened on December 9, 1941. S°me_0f The Show^ And A ctors._- For the years named, and at the Rollamo Theatre, the movie perfcrm ers and some of the show t i t l e s were these: 1934. - L io n e l Barrymore . . Katherine Hepuurn . . Buck Jones . . Jack Oakie . . Normal Shearer . . ann Sothern . . and Spencer Tracy. 1935.- Jack Holt .. Hop-along Cassidy . . Charlie Chan . . Norma Shearer. The shows presented included "The V irg in ia n " . . "Keeper of the Bees" .. 'Freckles" .. and "S m ilin ' Through". 1936. - Gene Autrey . . Jim Cagney . . Ronald Coleman . . Joan Bennett .. Joan Crawford . . W allace Beery . . Betty Davis . . Jean Harlow .. Frances Langford .. Jack Oakie . . C la ire Trevor . . and Mae West. 1938 . - Edgar Bergen ( with Charlie McCarthy) . . Gene Autrey .. Wallace Beery . . Jimmy Gagney . . Ronald Coleman . . Clark Gable . . Judy Garland . . Myrna Loy . . and Tyrone Power. T ... 1939. _ Claudette C olbert . . Linda D arnell . . Irene Dunne . . Nelson Lady .. G reer Garson . . Cary Grant . . Carole Lombard . . Jeanette McDonald . . Tyrone Power . .

1945. - Humphrey Bogart H a rrie t H i l l i a r d . • and -L.au 1946. - June A liyson . . Dunne . . Linda D a rn e ll . . J i (rill • , , . , H arrison . . Jane Wyman . .•. and an DicK Pow ell. lis t while not f u l l y complete, s t i l l gives a f a i r idea of The fo rego in g l i s t , wh c tre sse s presented in R o lla fo r the period. shows, a c to rs, and a c tre sse s -c-

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The Fire_Department M in s t r e l.- In October, 1934, the R o lla Firemen staged m in stre l in the old High School auditorium, 8th & Cedar s tre e ts . They c alled the event the "D ix ie B lack bird M in s t r e l". I t was in fiv e p a rts. Rev. Harry P. Hunter and mayor Leo W. H igley had s ta r p a rts. Seventeen g i r l s from the Junior High School supplied music and dancing. A Play_At_ Methodist, Church. - In October, 1938, a play e n t it le d " Death Takes the S te e rin g Wheel" was presented by members o f the church. Rev. Harry P. Hunter played the p art of "Judge" o f a T r a ffic Court. The play theme d e a lt with deaths on highways. These fig u r e s , fo r ^f/^souri hi^iway deaths, were presented Year 1934 . . 36,000 . . . 1935 . . 37,000 ..1936 . . 38,500 . . 1937 .. 39 , 700 . The p lay reported, a lso , £hat there were, in 1938, 439,640 g i r l s attending c o lle g e s . In the nation, there were 1,350,000 bar maids. The presentation of such a p la y hoped to improve both o f these conditions. P lays W ritten and 2re_sente d by Dr. L.E. Woodman.- Dr. Leon E. Woodman, pro fe s s o r o f physics at the School of Mines, was adept at w ritin g and conducting o r i g i n a l p la y s in which the young people ( m ostly) o f the Methodist church - and o f the town - were p a rtic ip a n ts . One of his best was " Meg and t.he S ilv e r _ B u lle t " , given at the church in June, 1936. Three o f the many particip an ts were these: B etty Jane Buckey . . Betty Ann Donnan . . and Eleanor Parkhurst. Mrs. Margaret T e llo , w ith her R o lla Summer Session orchestra, furnished appropriate music. Two other i>f Dr. Woodman's plays were given fo r the b e n e fit of the R olla Summer Session fo r Teachers - on the School o f Mines campus. The f i r s t was " The Three B e a rs", fe a tu rin g "G o ld ilo c k s". The second was " A r a b e lla 's Seventh S p i r i t " . The S t._L o u is_M u n ic ip a l_0 £ e ra .- This was a S t. Louis a f f a i r - but many from R o lla attended. In the summer of 1943, the bpera presented at le a s t FIVE w e ll known p lays - these: Rose Marie ( fe a tu rin g Ann Baxter and Leonard Ceeley) Desert Song Merry Widow Babes in Toyland Chocolate S o ld ie r. "D esert Song" was a r e a l fa v o rite - and so was repeated in 1946. MUSIC TEACHERS R o l l a 's Outstanding Mus ic Teachers, 1933-46.- Mr. and Mrs. ( Sherman and Blanche ) were the outstanding music teachers of the period. 1 _ gave6in stru c tio n - and him self was a fin e ^ rfo rm e r - on the cornet and other wind Mrs T u c ^ s t a r r e d ir^ a rs ? s i e l a s US o s e n as v io lin in stru cto r fo r the F ir s t n a tio n a l In s titu te o f V io lin - a w o rl^ -re c o fn iz e d i n s t i t u t e o n ^ i ^ ^ ^ reci t a l in w h i * they played in February, o .^ o S ; p a rtic ip a te d ? 4 ^

Ud of 25 p u p ils showed th e ir s k i l l and S f l n . v o c f l song on June 11 1,36, ^ t h * « . ^

to Mr. and Mrs. Tucker. uther Teachers included Mrs

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complimentary..

Bentley, a former member o f the fa c u lty of S.B. g e n t l e j ^ singer _ one o f R o lla , s very

the R o ^ a School of M usic.^ during 194o! With Mr. Bentley and sons Byron and b e s t . - She r e - v i s i t e d R o lla g T a y lo rs v ille , 111. Father and sons were in John, she had removed from R o lla to U n d i d * * fo r an I l l i n o i s state the insurance b u sin ess. Byron ' the hig;h sch co l at Pana, I l l i n o i s . Mr. senator. Daughter Jane a f he sovm. s c h ie f je w e le r. His shop was on the i T S R S ^ ^ t o S M l M w ^ Long coffee shop ro o * i s located (Ph.Co. Bank).

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Mr_j_ A._L_^ Dostal_j_- Mr. C o stal was a p ro fe ssio n a l a rc h ite c t - but he an e x c e lle n t performer and teacher of v io lin . In May, 1933, he opened a where he gave lesso n s on v i o li n . He was, perhaps, the topmost v i o li n i s t liv e d in R o lla . Leo L in zer, a student at the School of Mines during the was a lso a very h ig h ly s k ille d v i o l i n i s t .

was also studio who ever period,

RECITALS - SPECIAu MUSICAL E/ENTS Mrs_._Don_Far£uharsoru_- One o f the most g ifte d p ia n is ts and organ ists ever in R o lla , came to R o lla from W ichita, Kansas. Before her a r r iv a l here, she had been a perform er on ra d io programs. Her husband had died before she l e f t W ichita. She now m arried Mr. Don Farquharson, who was the School of Mines business manager, years 1937 to 1941 . . . . In 1943, Mr. Farquharson tran sferred to the U.S. Bureau o f Mines, Washington, D .o. In May, 1944, he became business manager for the American Uni v e r s it y , Washington. While in R o lla , Mrs. Farquharson served a accompanist fo r the R olla Community Music Club, and o rgan ist fo r the R olla Episcopal Church. She was p ia n is t far s e v e ra l School o f Mines commencement programs. She gave a number of organ r e c it a ls on the E p isco p al church organ, as fo llo w s : March 30, 1939 . . . A t the Church March 10, 1940 . . . Another, at the church A p r il 17 1940 . . . Another, with Mrs. S y b il Johnson, a s o lo is t from Wichita, Kansas. This was at Parker H a ll, on the General Lecture program. March 7, 1941 ••• Another, on the general lectu re program, M.S.M. A fte r going to Washington from R o lla , and as o f A p ril, 1943, Mrs. Farquharson was p lay in g three hours each afternoon in a recording studio - and six nights a week fo r the " S i l v e r Fox" c o c k ta il lounge at Chevy Chase, Maryland. And fo r Crown Prince o f Norway, she played numbers w ritten by Chopin. Her two daughters, Susan and Ann, were attending school. She was one o f the most talented and charmi .g m usicians ever in R o lla . M rs. Marvin Dickmann l - C a r o l " , ) . - This fine lady .a s H o lla 's outstanding o la v e ? ^ r - the-MSinfflaT "D n rln l the 1940's, she often played fo r various programs S d ^L bf One such performance . a s for the H olla C iv ic s Club, which, on October 14 1940, staged a guest tea which was attended by 52 persons. ^ * v • i liVin fTAjm-t-h - V i r s i l was a more mature student at the School Oi ..lines, i n t e i s g d I n - a ^ e - g i i in g lo lo g y . HE WAS A MASTER OF THE MARIMBA, and played fo r many o f the student dances and events. . m , p | ) Schweef'.- Mrs.. Schweer was another o f R o lla s h igh ly ~ husband was the manager o f the United T ele—r —*— d—t- ^ ,----- ■ ~ ta le n te d p ia n is t s and “ ^ c i a n s . ^ tllo_ tlme and vigorous president of phone company s R olla d i s t n 3chweer served as accompanist fo r the R o lla the R o lla chamber o f Commerce. r e c it a l s at the R o lla Episcopal “

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The_Piney_W oods_'*uo tton_B 1o s s o m _ q u a r te t. This group Was from the negro s c h o o l a t P in e y Woods, M is s is s ip p i. On September 9, 1933, the group gave a program o f wegro s p i r i t u a l s , and p la n ta tio n day m elo d ies, a t the K o lia M eth od ist church. P r o f . R ich ard Smith was the group d ir e c t o r , a ls o the D ir e c to r o f Music a t the P in e y Woods S c h o o l. A post-program r e n d itio n o f "u ld Man R iv e r " was su perbly sung b y the grou p ’ s deep bass s in g e r . This was an e x c e lle n t program. Daniel_R^_ r h i l i p g i , the o f f i c i a l o rg a n is t f o r the C h ris t Church u ath edral ^ E p is c o p a l;, S t.E o u is , on March 14, 1938, gave a r e c i t a l a t the R o lla C h ris tia n Church. On A p r i l 18, 1939, he retu rn ed w ith h is "BOYS CHOIR" f o r a co n cert in the R o lla E p is c o p a l Church. The group included 35 boy s in g e r s . This was a most w orth y and ou tsta n d in g program. C e n tr a l C o lle g e k Cape1 1 a c h o ir and_ Band.- This group came t o R o lla from C e n tr a l~ C o lle g e , F a y e tte , M o., on Sunday, A p r il 16, 1939,- and gave a splen did c o n c e rt a t the R o lla M eth od ist church. The c h o ir c o n s is te d o f 36 members, and was d ir e c t e d by P r o f . _• _• Spayde. Again, on March 16, 1941, the C e n tra l C o lle g e Band, o f 37 members, staged a sp len d id program a t the M eth od ist church. ’ The S c h o o l_ o f Mines. G le e _ C lu b .- In our s e c tio n f o r yea rs 1921-1932, we reco rd ed the high li g h t s o f th is group. P r o f. James C u llis o n was the "g e n iu s " and d i r e c t o r - D r. E. A. Stephenson was a c c o m p a n is t.... The Club waa in a c t iv e f o r the 1933-34 y e a r, but planned to resume f o r 1934-35* I t did - but not under P r o f . C u llis o n . Mrs. C. H. B lack had charge o f the Club fo r a season or two in the 1 9 4 0 ' s . The S ch o o l o f Mines R.O. T.C._Band. - As o f March, 1938, Mr. John W. S c o tt R o lla ~ s _ topm ost_ d r u g g is t - AND ROLLA'S MAN OF MUSIC" - was d ir e c t in g the R .O .T.C . Band. A t a c o n c e rt by the band in Parker H a ll, as o f th a t d a te, Mr. S c o tt dem onstrated a new m u sical instrum ent - the THERAMIN - which operated by means o f d is tu r b in g the e le c tr o -m a g n e tic f i e l d surrounding i t . _ The band played o fte n f the R .O .T .C . detachment when i t d r i l l e d on J a c k lin g F ie ld . I t gave an addi lo n a c o n c e rt in P a rk er H a ll on A p r il 6 , 1939- In one o f th ese co n certs - and a ls o a t the d e d ic a t io n o f H a rris H a ll - the band played Dr. C.V.Mann s song, S chool o f M ire s , Our Alma M a te r". The band members, on d ates o f above c o n c e rts , were th ese: T D ire c to r John W. S c o t t '.... Trumpets: Students Stewart -----4c Far land ••• J u irecuor., o^ ^ a Q„ „ n C la rin e ts : Stewart ..W ichser . . Warren . . . Smothers — S p r i n g s ” d Hed d e ll. . . . Piccaloj. Simpson ( ’ 38, g u e s t ). . . Katz . . . Lindberg . . . MacKey . . ...W ils o n . . . Campbell . . . Trombone: ::: C o llie r

...

S to w e ll . . .

Schuman . . .

°^ r o n l y ' f o r ^ h e ^ k - V p ^ i ^ ^ u t disbanded. I t i s a ls o auundantly d e s c rib e d in a the School o f M ires ( U.M.R. ) L ib r a r y ,

as part o f the C la ir V. Mann C o lle c tio n .

th ese

W itt . . .

C lyde L . Bowan . . . R obert L. -ann.

THE ROLLA COMMUNITY• d e s c rib e d t h is clu b and

M rs. &

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Cr ^ r C ^ e M

u Zabt°the ^ a = h f » a f i h e ' I S e t o k ^ e

..gor . . . Dr. C.V.Mann W 36 . ! M rs. Iv a n ( Wilma ) F u lle r 1937-38 . . Mrs. L lo y d ( M arie ) Ramsey

P re s id e n ts » e r e

1939-45 . . Mesdames Robert McCaw and E.R. Lee son 1946-47 .. Dr. C.V.Mann.

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( Music Glubj_ c o n t .) M rs. R.E. ( Ruth1 ? M c io S le y C° lIlPanied the ° lub during various years were these: ( most o f the time ) Mrs. Ted Schweer Mrs Hr, (i , ., \ ^ Mrs. W.H. Tandy ..Z®’ ? *? ' ^ s a b e i i a ) Estes M iss Mabel Svensen D r. Leon E . Woodman

MJ s ' S in Mrs.' F e ri C r S S

men at the M ethodist church December 21 con sisted o f these: ( ALL WOMEN ) ’

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) f T *1 3 ) B a rn »e U

^ ^ ’"™ en3 Ch° ™ 3 - * * ^5*,'pr° grf ns ™fs a Christmas concert • e mem ershxp, on that occasion,

Mrs. L 0v e tt , D irecto r . . . . Mrs. Farquharson, Accompanist. Me sdame s : The M isses: Rowe Carney G.M .Kendrick Lloyd Ramsey Dorothy Constanz Louis C lark E .R .Leeson S .C . McMe ekin Maxine P a u ls e ll Warwick D o ll E .G .L 0n g w e ll Robt. F. McCaw V irg in ia Schultz A.W .H o llid a y C. V.Man n J . J.Reeve s Maoel Svensen H.P.Hunter C.R. McAdam Robt. Sands W.J.Winter A G ir ls Q uarter which a ls o p articip ated consisted o f these: Jean Donnan . . . G lo ria Gibson . . . Joan Grubb . . Roxie Rhodes. Kenneth J. N ie m ille r was the "uoy soprano". „ n The members o f December, 1938, o p r a no Mesdame s : C.H.Black Fern C ru ll M.M. Fine H.P.Hun te r W.L.Medford J u liu s M arlin g C .B .E lio t t S.C .McMeekin F.C . N ie m ille r L.W. Ramsey Paul Winter

both men and women - who p artic ip a te d in the Christmas concert included these: s A l t o s T e n o r s B a s s e s M isse s: Mesdames: M essrs: Ray F. nu ll Ray F. D u ll L i l l i a n Capfer J . G.Be ach Paul Fague A. W .Holliday C l i f f Black Gertrude Greinke Percy G i l l B. P.Lewis Mayrne Koch M orris Guggenheim Frank Houk C. V.Mann Ruth McDowell H.P.Hunter Geo. M ueller Gladys Porter Mary Ruth Wilson C.V.Mann R.M. Rankin E.D.W illiam s Fred Teasdale Miss Lucile Riege

The Musi£ Club_|_s_Programs: We have already lis t e d these programs in d e t a il on page 67 o f our 1921-32 Section - so do not repeat^ them here. The C lu b 's f in a l meeting was a t the R o lla Episcopal P arish House, on January 21, 1947, at which time the Club members were dinner guests of Mrs. Fred Smith. Her husband had been the " s t a r " bass singer o f the Club, but was now deceased. A group photo waa taken, and a group o f songs w ritten by Dr. C.V.Mann, who was elected the f i n a l Club p re sid e n t, wwre sugg. The Club then disbanded.

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Circus_Ehtertain/ientJ_ 19.23-46.- In May, 1938, the Tom Mix Circus appeared f o r shows in R o lla . I t featured acrobats, and had a group o f th irty -tw o g i r l polo r i d e r s . In October, 1933, the R u ssell Brothers Circus owner-managers, Mr. and Mrs. C.W.Webb, purchased the house and lo t on Fort Wyman H i l l that, to then, had been owned by M rs. G.D. Maggi. This was immediately north o f the old Fort Wyman s it e , and in the SE-- o f SE£ o f SW-£ of Sec. 11, T.37-8. Besides the Maggi house, the old stone barn, b u i l t in C iw il War days, was s t i l l standing. The Circus used the barn f o r winter qu arters fo r i t s elephants and other animals. B esides sta g in g an annual R olla show, this circus toured the country during stammer months, retu rn in g to R o lla fo r each w inter. In A p ril, 1939, i t started i t s 1939 to u r. The e d ito r then commented that th is was " R o lla 1 s Very Own Show" . . . In August, 1941, w hile a t Richmond, V irg in ia , a v io le n t wind and rain storm tore down the "B ig Tent" - and a ls o overturned the Lion Cage. Fortunately, no animals were turned lo o s e . S P O R T S Base b a l l _ in R o lla f -1232~ 46^.- B e lie v e i t or not - the S t. Lou is C ard in al base b a l l team came t o R o lla on A p r il 7, 1933, and played a game w ith R o lla 1 s l o c a l team. The score w as: S t.L o u is , 11 . . K o lia , 2. And b e lie v e th a t or not i That same day P r e s id e n t R o o s e v e lt 's " FREE BEER" went on s a le a cro ss the n a tio n . ' In the 3.937 season, R o l l a ’ s " b ig leagu e p it c h e r " , M arvin Breuer, the son o f M r. and M rs. George B reuer, p itch ed h im s e lf t o b a s e b a ll fame w h ile a member o f the P a c i f i c Coast Eeague, o f Oakland, C a lifo r n ia , h is reco rd fo r th a t season wQa 18 games won, a g a in s t 9 l o s t . . . . In August, 1939, a f t e r a three-game s e r ie s between the Kansas C it y Blues and L o u i s v i l l e , he had won 15 games, and l o s t o n ly 5 . I n 1940 the New York Yankees picked him as one o f i t s p it c h e r s . In June he appeared w ith the Yankees in a game a t Sportsmans Park w ith the S t.L o u is Browns. In O ctober 1941 the R o lla Chamber o f Commerce staged - b ig dinner m Marvin £ n o r ! He’ had now p itc h e d th r o u ^ two y e ^ s fo r the Yankee Club. He f i n a l l y q u it the game, because o f a f a i l i n g arm, and person al reason s. R o lla i t e s Watch World S e r ie s B a s e b a ll.- 'When games were played in S t.L o u is ,

- isr &gU j g L i:

: . SIn S4 t o ^ S o? l 5 i 6 , 9S

games out o f seven

September> 1 9 3 5 ,

and

w ard( ~ s o f t ® young men and o f young women,

C ardin als bested th e Boston Red SocRs in fo u r May o f 1940, and a f t e r -

H o lla had i t s

-a n g fd

th e game schedule f o r each season. 1870 on> l o c a l baseba l l became R o l l a ’ s L o c a l B a s e b a ll T^ams•^ were pla y e d between two R o lla teams a m ajor s p o r t in R o lla . O ft im , g ^ down-town bu sin ess men engaged. Through in which both S ch ool o f i nea w ith teams from surrpunding towns such as the y e a rs , R o lla teams p la yed game;8 .. Licking ..D ix o n . . Salem . . and S u lliv a n . . S t . C la ir •* e c a n o n .years through the 1933-46 p e r io d , v e t o th e r p la c e s . Such games were played a y /-i \jr ___ "Rnl 1a sDortsmen "w&ifcsci through th.6 The_Annual £e®r _H2ni ? - ^ - S5.a- O- ' _ o^ n^dRduringP0ctober or November. Then summer months, u n t il the deer seaso _ to seek out ^ shoot some un fortu they l e f t w ife , ch ildren , and hom b deer were p le n t if u l. Others came nate d e e r . Some h u n te r s were s u c c e s s fu l^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 3eason la s t e d from home to resume f e a s t in g on pan O ctob er 28 t o 30 th . In 1970, i t

o rd in a ri i y occu rred in November. ord in

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C ircus_E n tertain n en t1_ 1923-46.- In May, 1938, the Tom Mix Circus appeared f o r shows in R o lla . I t featured acrobats, and had a group o f th irty -tw o g i r l polo r i d e r s . In October, 1933, the R u sse ll Brothers Circus owner-managers, Mr. and Mrs. C.W.Webb, purchased the house and lo t on Fort Wyman H i l l that, to then, had been owned by M rs. G.D. Maggi. This was immediately north o f the old Fort Wyman s it e , and in the SE£ o f SE£ of SW$ of Sec. 11, T.37-8. Besides the Maggi house, the old stone barn, b u i l t in C i c i l War days, was s t i l l standing. The Circus used the barn fo r winter qu arters fo r i t s elephants and other animals. B esides stagin g an annual R o lla show, th is circus toured the country during summer months, retu rn in g to R o lla fo r each w inter. In A p ril, 1939, i t started i t s 1939 to u r. The ed ito r then conmented that th is was " Rolla* s Very Own Show . . . In August, 1941, while a t Richmond, V irg in ia , a v io le n t wind and rain storm tore down the "B ig Tent" - and a ls o overturned the Lion Cage. Fortunately, no animals were turned lo o s e . S P OR T S B a s e b a ll in R o l l a ,-12.33-46^- B e lie v e i t or not - the S t. Lou is C ard in al base b a l l - team came to R o lla on A p r il 7, 1933, and played a game w ith R o lla s l o c a l team. The score was: S t.L o u is , 11 . . K o lia , 2. And b e lie v e th a t or n o t . That same day P r e s id e n t R o o s e v e lt ’ s " FREE BEER" went on s a le a cro ss the n a tio n . i / t t e 3-937 season, R o l l a 's " b ig leagu e p it c h e r " , Marvin breu er, the son o f Mr and M rs. George B reuer, p itch ed h im s e lf t o b a s e b a ll fame w h ile a member o f tie P U TA o H a s t llfg u e , o f Oakland, C a lifo r n ia . H is reco rd fo r th a t season w.a 18 games won a g a in s t 9 l o s t . . . . In August, 1939, a f t e r a three-game s e r ie s between the Kansas C it y Blues and L o u i s v i l l e he had ^ fa m e ^ ^ n d 1 t y 5.

...

In 1940,

the New York Y a n k e e s p i ‘ f * ^

many R o lla c i t i z e n s o o u g it fc^ kats r: d i°

ns P a ^

w?t£ the St L o ^ is Browns.

Yankees beat the C ardin als in fou r o f f i v e M

* * - —

t h . Boston ROB SocRs in fo u r

lam es M i o f seven , and became v o r ld dto".plons^ o f 19W ^ a fte r L o c a l S o d t_B a ll Is _P o p u la r..- trom Sept ^ R*l l a . ’ Teams were made up both o f w a rd ,“ s o f t b a l l became a v e r y P ^ i ^ h S T i t s om s o f t b a l l league - which arranged young men and o f young women. H o lla had i * the game schedule f o r each season. 1870 l o c a l b a s e b a ll became R o l l a 's L o c a l B a seb a ll Tg.ams.^ played betvjeen two R o lla teams a m ajor s p o r t in R o lla . ° ^ s ^tud^nte and down-town bu sin ess men engaged. Through in which both S ch ool o f Mine w ith teams from surrpunding towns such as the y e a rs , R o lla teams p la yed § ^ es Ri . . L ic k in g ..D ix o n . . Salem . . a n d S u lliv a n ’. . S t . C la ir . Lebanon^ ^ through the 1933-46 parxod. y e t o th e r p la c e s . u 0 R o lla sportsmen w aited through the The Annual D eer_H unting_Season. Ma y ■■d u ri P0 c to ber or November. Then summer'months, u n t i l te e d eer season open ^ ^ ghoofc some ^ ^ t u th e y l e f t w i f e , c h ild r e n , and homes behind were l e n t i f u l . 0fchers came S t l d eer. Seme hunters » e r e s u c c e s s fu l^ ^ ^ ^ 3eason la s t e d from home to resume fe a s t in g on7£ i t O ctober 28 t o 30 th . In 1970, i t

o r d in a r ily occu rred in November.

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F is h in g ,_ a s A J is £ e rm e ru - Throu^i a l l the y e a rs , fis h in g was a most popular s p o rt. D uring Septem ber, 1935, Charles Thomas, c a s tin g h is l i n e in the B ig P in e y r i v e r a t e v i l s Elbow, f i r s t landed a 15-pound c a t fis h . Then, in qu ick su ccession , he hauled out one w eigh in g 18 pounds — a t h ir d w eighing 25 pounds - and f i n a l l y , a fo u rth which tip p e d the s c a le s a t 43 pounds. In J u ly , 1938, Dave Noakes and O tto Humphrey took a 51-pound c a t fis h from the Gasconade r i v e r . . . . . Th erevw ere, o f course, hundreds o f other and sm a ller f i s h taken . . b ass, t r o u t , channel c a t fis h , drum, g o g g le eye, blue g i l l . These by hundreds o f o th er fish erm en , casu al or p r o fe s s io n a l. And the women o f R o lla and Ph elps cou n ty were in clu d ed in such groups. Swimming^ and Sw im m ing_Pools.- Through the years, sin ce w hite men came to the R o lla a rea , th e l o c a l r i v e r s have served men and boys — and numbers o f g i r l s and women as swimming p o o ls . In 1870, a group o f M.S.M. students went t o the Gasconade, ac companied by the v e n e ra b le P r o f . George D. Emerson. W hile th e y swam, he sa t on a ro c k le d g e a t the shore, and sang snatches o f songs from the famous " P in a fo r e " . During the period 1930-45, the pool ju st below the highway bridge at Newburg was - h ig h ly popular swimming r e s o r t . I t even had dressing rooms on the shore. As e a r ly as June, o f 1935 ( or before ) , two commercial swimming pools were opened fo r g en eral use by R o lla -it e s and Phelps Countians. The f i r s t was "Cool Brook". This was immediately beside and west of Highway 63, on Beaver Creek, fiv e m iles south o f R o lla . I t s water came from an abundant spring issu in g from ledge rock. . . . The second pool was c alled "Stony D e ll" . I t was located beside Highway 66, in Smith Hollow, aoout 3/4 mile south of the v illa g e of A rlington. Both pools were verybpopular. In 1945, M essrs. Ray Rucker and Dwight H a fe li teamed up and b u i l t a commodious c i t y p o o l, lo c a t e d a t e a s t 10th and Iowa s t r e e t s . In p lan , i t measures 40 x 90 f e e t . I t s depth ranged from 3 to 10 f e e t . The bath house ( d re s s in g rooms ) measured 20 x 70 f e e t . A lo n gsid e the main p o o l was a wading p o o l f o r c h ild r e n . In a rea , i t measured 8 x 20 f e e t , and in depth some 8 in c h e s . Mr. A.W. H o llid a y su pervised the c o n s tr u c tio n . Tie main p o o l drew water from the R o lla m u n icipal system . The p o o l had a c a p a c it y o f, or f o r , 600 person s. I t was fo r m a lly opened on Sunday, J u ly 29 , 1945 - and im m ed ia tely became a most popular r e c r e a t io n spot - and has con tin u ed so down to 1973. THE- GREAT DEPRESSION - AND THE ROOSEVELT NEW DEAL in tro d u c tio n ^ .- In our 1921-1932 s e c tio n , we d escrib ed the b egin n in gs o f the GREAT~DEPRE3SI0N o f th e y e a rs 1929 to 1942, which was t r ig g e r e d o f f by the crash o f the New York Stock M arket on O ctober 24, 1929. We record ed the f a i l u r e o f R o lla * s N a tio n a l Bank on June 30, 1932. and we mentioned th a t, as o f February, 1932, P r e s id e n t H erb ert Hoover had said th at the people o f the U nited S ta te s had hoarded some $1 , 250 , 00 0,00 0 in some manner - which sum would o r d in a r ily have been d ep o sited ln ^ r e s u lt was t h a t , a cro ss the n a tio n , some 5,504 banks had f a i l e d . _ SOMETHING HAD TO BE DONE ' ! . . . . P r e s i d e n t Hoover and Congress made a s t a r t , by e s ta u lis h in g the ^CONSAUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION ( R . F . c . ; , funding i t w ite THREE BILLION0DOLLARS o f oorrowed c a p i t a l . This was loan ed to oanks and in d u s t r ia l c o rp o ra tio n s f o r u J b S S d S S i S u s t r y , and red u cin g unemployment. But IT WAS NOT ENOUGH to remedy the s it u a t io n - by " fe e d in g i t from the to p , and l e t t i n g i t t n c k e l do.'in . i t fa ile d t i h i l t the d e p re s s io n - and th a t f a ilu r e was „ c h ie f fa c t o r in d e fe a t in g P re s id e n t H o o v e r's b id f o r a second term . The FDR ( F ra n k lin Delano R o o s e v e lt A d m in istra tio n took over on March 4, ^ M . ^ r S f d e n f t o f v e r - h ^ d - p S e d i c t e d th a t - i f the "New D eal" took over - " gra ss e t h n i c n f !! hundred c i t i e s - weeds would over-ru n m illio n s o f f S S fie ld s 1" But R o o s e v e lt pledged " A NEW DEAL FOR THE AMERICAN PE O PLE". He was w i l d l y ch eered when, in the D em ocratic nom inating con ven tion o f June, 1932, he s a id , th a t i f e le c t e d , the people couM " again have t e e i r b e e r " .

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This p a r t o f R o o s e v e lt 's p led g e was q u ic k ly f u l f i l l e d when Congress, on March 22, 1933 - 13 days a f t e r R o o s e v e lt was inaugurated - l e g a l i z e d the sa le o f a l l a lc o h o lic d rin k s h avin g a maximum a lc o h o lic con ten t o f n ot o v e r R epeal o f the 18th C o n s t it u t io n a l Amendment, proposed on February 20 , 1933, was approved and r a t i f i e d by the re q u ire d m a jo r it y o f S ta tes on December 21, 1933. These a cts a f f e c t e d ALL o f the R o lla area - and e s p e c ia lly the many hidden "w h ite mule" d i s t i l l e r i e s th a t were o p e ra tin g in the remote v a lle y s o f the county, out now — b e e r could be consumed in p u b lic - ra th er than from fla s k s hidden in h ip p o ck ets. The M a n y _R e lie f A g e n c ie s .- P re s id e n t R o o sevelt and Congress now engaged in a f r a n t i c program o f e s t a b lis h in g n a tio n a l r e l i e f a g e n c ie s . They, and t h e ir g o a ls , were so numerous th a t we can do l i t t l e more than name them in th is sk etch . By the end o f 1 9 3 3 , those in the fo llo w in g l i s t had been set up: The RFC ( R e c o n s tru c tio n Finance C o rp o ra tio n ;, d es c rib e d above. P ro vid ed w ith a borrowed c a p i t a l fund o f $3 b i l l i o n , to be loaned to banks, insurance companies, in d u s t r ia l con cern s. R e l i e f to " t r i c k l e down" t o the unemployed. The CCC (, c i v i l i a n C on servation Corps ) . Under th is agency, thousands o f young men were g iv e n $30 per month fo r b u ild in g road s, b rid g e s , telephone lin e s , and f o r p la n tin g t r e e s in r e - f o r e s t r a t io n p r o je c t s . Pheips County programs o f t h is kind w ere d ir e c t e d from the CCC camp a t Blooming Rose, in the southwest p a rt o f the cou n ty. Numerous roads were b u i l t , alon g w ith low w a ter b rid ge stream cros s in g s . The ERA . - ( educational R e lie f A dm inistration). This agency d istrib u te d fe d e r a l funds among school teachers, in the form of sa la ry in creases. Many ru ra l teachers in Phelps county received such b e n e fits . Limited numbers of students w ere a ls o in c lu d e d . The PWA.-(The P u b lic Works A d m in is tr a tio n ;. This agency provid ed funds w ith which c i t i e s could b u ild s t r e e t s , sewers, waterworks, and o f her p u b lic works. R o lla r e c e iv e d a due share o f such funds, and w ith them b u ilt m ile s o f s t r e e t pavement, numerous sewer mains, w ater mains, and a sewage d is p o s a l p la n t. The AAa . - C a g r ic u lt u r a l Adjustment A d m in istra tio n ) . This was design ed to r e s t o r e the pu rchasing power o f a g r ic u lt u r a l produ cers. Surplus crops were e li m i n a ted , tne p r in c ip le o f " p a r it y p r ic e s " s e t up. S u osid ies were granted in e x - . change f o r re d u c tio n o f farm crops, redu cin g c u lt iv a t e d areas, tu rn in g crop lands in t o g r a z in g f i e l d s . , , , , __ The NjlH A .- ( N a tio n a l In d u s t r ia l R ecovery A c t ;. Designed to r e v iv e bu sin ess and i n d u s t r ia l a c t i v i t y , and reduce unemployment. The 1Mita . — (. n atio n al Recovery A dm inistration), i t succeeded, took over 1 jIR a . th ^ Hm b 0 v i n e r s Loan C orp oration , . This agency issu ed $2 b i l l i o n in bonds t o ~~guarantee p r in c ip a l and in t e r e s t , and so t o r e - fin a n c e name m ortgages. The FiMiA.- (. F e d e ra l Lmergency R e lie f a d m in is tr a tio n ). Lauer converged to the WPa D esigned to op erate the c i v i l works and r e l i e f programs. 11|te"*FHA.- ( F e d e ra l Housing A d m in is tr a tio n ). This was s e t up t o enaule the c o n s t r u c t io n * o f needed and e x t r a housing f a c i l i t i e s . c o n s tru c t!^ and C on striK tion Adm inistration ) . This was designed to enable the “ s e v e ra l States and lo c a l agencies to plan and construct various kinds

o f p u b lic w orks. i n~ r ~ ' OOUld fin a n c in g t h e ir to re n o v a te a l a r J tucky, G eo rg ia ,

G re d it ^ ^ m in is t r a t io n ). Created to make loans so farm ers .. . ng and s to re s u rd u s e s f o r h ig h e r p r ic e s . “ £ £ - » in ten ded to a id farm ers in ^ T v £ l i y ” d t h o r it y h) - &Thir, p ro d ig io u s agency j a s c re a te d

f g io n

o 1 a c; oss

^ s ^ s ip p i. This w*s done by Cumberland aid Tennessee r iv e r s , th ereb y

c S t S ! S g e Cr i s e r v o i r s , m in im izin g high flo o d s , p r o v id in g huge e l e c t r i c gen

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e r a t in g p la n ts and d is t r ib u t in g systems, and s e t t in g up programs t o p reven t s o i l e r o s io n . A l l t h is meant new and b e t t e r homes, farm crops, f r u i t orchards, a lo n g w ith many oth er b e n e f it s . This agency has been continued .own to date ( 1973 ) as a permanent Government e n t e r p r is e . SOCIAL SECURITY. - This program was i n i t i a t e d by the C on gression a l A ct o f August 14, 1935. I t i s , in essen ce, a form o f life _ in s u r a n c e - d esign ed to care f o r w orkers and o th er c i t i z e n s in t h e ir o ld age, or d i s a u i l i t y . I t i s a m ajor governm ental program as o f 1 9 7 3 . The REA , - ( R u ra l E l e c t r i f i c a t i o n A d m in is tr a tio n ). This agency was designed t o su p p ly e l e c t r i c a l s e r v ic e t o areas - r u r a l, p r in c ip a lly - where no such e l e c t r i c a l s e r v ic e e x is t e d . I t took o n ly a few je a rs to co n stru ct i n t r i c a t e r u r a l e l e c t r i c networks throughout the n a tio n - v e r y d e f i n i t e l y w ith in Ph elps County, and even w it h in R o lla . The SEC. - ( S e c u r it ie s and Sxchange Commission). E sta u lish ed in 1934 t o watch and r e g u la te u n fa ir p r a c t ic e s on s e c u r ity and exchange m arkets, such as th a t o f W a ll S t r e e t , New Y ork . This became a permanent governm ental agency. V a rio u s O th er R e l i e f _ ac ts_. - The co m p lex ity o f r e l i e f a gen cies and c o n g re s s io n a l a c ts o f the 1 9 3 0 * s may be seen, in a d d itio n , by l i s t i n g many o f such a c ts passed d u rin g th ese y e a r s . These: For Tear_12_32.: Emergency Banking R e lie f Act . . . The Economy Act . . . The B eerWine Revenue Act . . . The C iv ilia n Conservation Corps Act . . . The alack—Connery Perkins Wage—hour D i l l . . . The Federal Emergency R e lie f Acl . . . The A g ric u ltu b a l Adjustment act . . . The Tennessee V a lle y Authority act . . . The Federal S e c u ritie s act . ..t h e Gold Standard Repeal Resolution . . . The N ational Employment System o.ct . . . The Home Owners Refinancing act . . . The G la s s -S te a g a ll Banking act . . . the Farm C red it act . . . The Emergency Railroad Transportation act . . . The wa^xonal I n d u s t r ia l Recovery act . . . The Public Works Adm inistration act . . . t h e commodity C re d it Corporation act . . . The "COMMODITY DOLLAR" p o lic y . . the C i v i l Works Admin is t r a t io n act . . the 21st C on stitu tion al Amendment act., repealin g P ro h ibitio n ( the 18th Amendment). For the Y ear 1934, The se O th ers: Tfe Gold Reserve a c t . . the Farm Mortgage R e fin a n c in g a c t . . . the E xport-Im port Bank a c t . . . the C i v i l borks Emergency R e l i e f T c?“ t . t h f w o p Loan a c t . . . The Vinson Naval P a r it y a c t . . . the Jon es-C onnally Farm R e l i e f a c t . . . t h e Cotton C o n tro l a c t . . . the Home Owners Loan a c t . . . the J o n e s -c o s tig a n Sugar a c t . . . the Nye Munitions In v e s t ig a t io n a c t . . the uriune c o n t r o l a c ts ( o f f i c i a l l y ou tlaw in g and p e n a liz in g kidnapping and oth er crim es ) . . . S S e r i e s Exchange a c t . . the C orporate Bankruptcy a c t . . . the Farm M ortgage F o r e c lo s u r e a c t

the ‘^ o n a l ^ a c t

D i l i e Railm ay L a eor a c t . . .

the F e d e ra l Farm “ ankruptcy a c t . . .

Y ^ e r -

the N a tio n a l Housing

a 0 t Y o r t t e hl e I ? bl M 5 . - 0 The° 4 a c t A n t s o f t h is year were p r in c ip a lly d ir e c te d £_or the. i.ei.r _izP2* - through b e tte r use of n atio n al resources, toward b e tte r and more secure dependency, am in slum s e c u rity ag a in st unemp oym , Con™ ess th erefore passed these measures: clearance and better ^housing. -1 tl t program . . . the Rural E l e c t r i f i The S o il Conservation act . . . theL ^ a c i ^ the National. louth adm inistracation act . . . The N ation al e la t i ons act ( . -agne r-Connery ) ...t h e Motor C aryion act . . . the National. Labor Relati'one aht act ( re in fo rc in g the r i e r s act . . . the Socia ecu public Holding Company act . . the Farm M ortthe BitumF ed eral Reserve Bank R a ilro a d Retirement act . .,.. 1 gage Moratorium act . . . the Revenue ( Wealth Tax ) a ct. incus Coal Conservation act . . and tne

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The^ Tear_1236.- During th is year, Congress passed other r e l i e f le g is la t io n . The Adjusted Compensation act . . . the S o i l Conservation act . . . the A n ti-P ric e D iscrim in atio n act . . . the 1936 Revenue act . . . the Merchant Marine act . . . the W alsh-H ealy Government Contracts a c t. The Iear_12J37.- Because the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled that many of the Roosevelt emergency r e l i e f acts were unconstitutional, President Roosevelt trie d to remedy the h o s t i l i t y of the Court by increasing i t s number o f Judges, from nine_to f i f t e e n . Congress considered the change, but f i n a l l y rejected the plan . . . Other le g i s l a t i o n included the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant act . . . the MiLLer-Tydings E n ablin g act, r e la t in g to price fix in g o f n a tio n a lly branded goods . . . the 1937 Revenue act . . . a.nd the National Housing act. The Year_1238.- During 1938, Congress passed the A g ric u ltu ra l Adjustment act . . . the Naval Expansion a c t -----the 1938 Revenue act . . . the Food, Drug, an Cosmetic act . . . the F a ir Labor Wage and Hour act . . and set up a committee to in v e s tig a te Un-American A c t iv it ie s . The Year 1929.- This was the la s t of any su b stan tial r e l i e f le g is la t io n . The Food Stamp act was passed, making surplus foods a v a ila b le to persons on re le But Congress was growing apprehensive about the huge sums gomg m o r e i e " th at when P residen t Roosevelt asked fo r a d eficien cy appropriation o f *875 nu-llion fo r the W. P^A. program - Congress reduced i t to 725 m illio n . R o o sevelt's added request fo r $150 m illio n was cut to $100,000. These cuts forced reduction in numbers o? W .P.A. workers from 3,400,000 in 1936 to 2, 578,000 as of Jure 1939._ In 1939 Congress a llo t t e d $1,477 m illio n fo r the 1940 f - s c a l ye

2* « * 4 S aad“ u c n 5

S S i t h i s ' . : WORLD M R T.V0 M S ATJUND - and a l l able-bodied men were

needed fo r the war e f f o r t .

A _ M , 1Q,/ th worker*r o l l s * o f W.P.A. to ta lle d over 3,400,000 persons. As o f March, 1936, the s o r t e r r a g s W .P. a . was o f f i c i a l l y In June o f 1939, the t o t a l was 2,300 000 By^Ju ^ 94_, ^ # had term inated, due to the demands 1 i ^ 0 q 00 in d iv id u a l p ro jects - and employed over 8 , 500 , 000 _d iffe r e n t persons on l , 410 ,uuu had spent some $11 b i l l i o n d o lla r s . employed at manual la u o r. However, s p e c ia l The g re a te r number o f P ^ so n s PacJ musicians, and other lik e groups, p ro je c ts were set up fo r a r t i » > , indLudi ng the CCC and the N ation al During i t s 8 years the or improved 121,031 Youth programs ) b u i lt 651,087 parks, and 853 a irp o rt landing f i e ld s , b rid g e s , 125,110 p u blic b u ild i f n’ recreation and education. I t c arried out I t operated community programs in re ere arch ives. i t included f i e l d re-surveys numerous surveys o f Federa , » . work on f ir s t -o r d e r geodetic surveys o f the p u blic land surveys, and d id lim ited and tr ia n g u la t i on HOW DID thf. NEW DEAL AFFECT THE ROLLA AREA,J?? — ---------------- n cfatement o f the New Deal goals would be that The_New_Deal G o a ls .- A general s ^ j obs as possiblfi . to regu late i t intended to help b u sin ess; .? fco establish sh orter work hours and higher c e rta in types o f busine ^ nditio n s - b e tte r p ric e s - but to assume wages; to giv e farm ers b ^ <=tock production. Some o f the s p e c ific d e fin it e co n tro ls over farm o r °P t a b rin g about such conditions are p ro je c ts set up xn the RoLLa s e r v ic e .- As e a r ly as 1933, the 1 . - U .S ._ P ro je c ts Z '- a t T u p in_ Phelps County, with camps at CCC ( C iv ilia n Conservation young men were e n ro lle d . They were Beulah and Blooming Rose, as mai y

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put to work on b u ild in g Forest Service roads, phone lin e s , low water brid ges, and lookout towers fo r discoverin g area f i r e s . The boys operated sawm ills. During the existence of these p ro je c ts, a r e p a ir shop costing $75,000 was b u ilt and opera ted alon gside o f ( north of ) the old F a ir Ground park, abutting F a ir Ground Road. I t was on the tra c t which, in 1973, i s occupied by the Forest Service headquarters. I t was s t a ffe d by some f i f t y mechanics. On numbers o f occasions, these young CCC men entertained mixed groups o f men and women from various towns and v illa g e s o f the county. The CCC project d e f i n i t e l y closed in June, 1942, because the n a tio n 's entry into World «Var Two made i t u s e le s s . 2 . - S p e c ia l Forest_Servi£e_Pro je c ts ^ - As e a rly September, 21, 1933, Mr. L e s lie Bean, a capable Forest Service o ff ic e r , came to/Rolla area and in it ia t e d plans fo r the reclam ation and r e -fo r e s t r a t io n of some 2,207,000 acres o f su b -a g ric u l t u r a l lands w ith in M issou ri. Forces were .joined with the CCC program, just d is cussed. Some 700 young men were employed in an area taking in 6 to 8 counties, tsy November, 1934, the Forest Service had nought up some 2,053,169 acres of sub m arginal land - a t a cost of $8,427,633 - then proceeded to r e -fo r e s t the lan d s. By January, 1934, they had b u ilt 306 m iles of road, 210 m iles of phone lin e s . The sum o f $1,123,554 had been so spent. . Mr. Bean next planned, and set up, several "Forest Reserve D is t r ic t s . ^ ihese included a t o t a l o f 289,548 acres - purchased a t a cost o f #634,562. The d i s t r i c t s so created included the Clark - Gasconade - F ristoe - Gardner - Pond Fork - and Wappapello fo r e s t re se rv e s. A f i n a l project was the estaolishment of the LICKING wURSLRY, alongside Highway 63, a few m iles north o f Lickin g, in Texas county. Here, s ix ty men b u ilt a m anager's residence, a garageThey d r i lle d a deep w e ll, and constructed an extensive water system, needed fo r the growing of seedling tre e s. A twenty-four acre tra c t was plowed up, graded, and planted to various species of trees, m c la m g the oaks, pines, walnuts, hickorys, and others. When the seedlings were mature enough they were used in the r e - f o restratio n program. They were also supplied to farm ers a cross tte S tate, for farm windbreak plan tin g. 3 . - Geodetic Control_Surveys_-_CountZ Rcad_3urveys^- Under the PWA and other fe d e r a l r e l i e f I g l n l i e s , p ro jects in geodetic and county road surveying were set up under d ire c tio n of P ro fs . Joe B. B utler and C.E.Bardsley, of the School o, M in ^ B a rd s le y 's group ran m iles o f tra n sit-c h a in traverses, and also le v e l nets. B u t le r 's c i v i l engineering students made extensive surveys o f Phelps County roads, w l Z d e a i a t l t a S of road maps. They made such surveys and maps fo r many counties other than Phelps. And under Bardsley, as many as 40 separate sur ey p a r t ie s

^ J ^ o o l

" S o ld ie r s ' _ a th le tic F ield'.'- In December, 1933,

Mr. i a t h le t ic f i e l d . As the goal, was^t , pi y use o f machinery was made. Ric&s ana snuvex work.

S X t the men did most o f the

1Q„ March 31 1934, the C i v i l Works Adm inistration From December 1, 1933 J ?v ^ s for work on s tre e ts, and fo r grading spent $201,306 in 1helps coun y . , . surveys and fo r the CCC Forest Service a t h le t ic f i e l d s - fo r state-w ide s u r v e y ^ ^ st.James, work in southern Phelps county. The street w Newburg, Jerome, and A rlin g to n . $100,000 had been a llo cated to Phelps As of November 1933, the sum o v a t h le t ic f i e l d . . . ( b ; *70,000 fo r county, thus: taj * 5,129150 f -= ( c) a small amount fo r the womens' the new K o lia C en tral School b u ild in g (c l a Campbell. "handcraft work", done under d ire c tio n ot ...rs.

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5 ,_ Relie_f_From The E .R R . A .R ro g ra m .- This was p r in c ip a lly fo r the " r e lie s o f education al workers" - teachers. I t began even as e a r ly as 1932. oy June, 1934 r . ^ . n . A . had paid *>2,400 as s a la ry increments to 31 Phelps county r u r a l teach e r s . ’ The adm inistrators said that these payments " had kept the r u r a l schools from c lo s in g ." ____ A report of F.E.R .A. disbursements from S ep t., 1932, to M^r 31 1935 contained the fo llo w in g record of Phelps County r e l i e f paymen s. ’ D irect r e l i e f ............ $10,076 Garden program s,_seeds ........ Work r e l i e f .............. 61,088 Surplus commodities ................ 2,9 / C i v i l Works service . 2,773 Drought r e l i e f .......................... \m C i v i l Works Admin. . . 203,307 Rural re h a b ilit a t io n ............ Transients . . . . . . . . . . Student aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -mergency^e " ° a this> *$1:L> 713 WaS fo r p ro jects WITHIN R o lla.

a tinr^rt£a ?air: g ly , young p igs »e re

to be destroyed, as » e l l - so as to mane porK

thus r a is e i t s p ric e * 4**?r*n eo ths povernment staged a 'M s program met with oonsaderable opposition, soothe 8 ^ approvJ by a referendum vote on i t s reten tion , a vote o f 8 to 1. Campaign arguments ware there. be c u r t a ile d . b «n

^ d hog production should Corn :and hog pr^ ^ ^ reduce tte industry.

T E t^ h ig h -lo w *p ric e ^ y c le s d urin g'th e past 45 years.

There had

The program was f i n a l l y

pinched out. IT T Tunp 1931 a study was made of land use 7 . - The R e g u la t io n Ufjoand Use. » scme’ 25 ,000,000 acres o f sub-marginin the R o lla a re a . The P -" * * * P1 ld reduCe crop production - therefore a l farm land out o f c u ltiv a tio n . h converfced to pasture land. The U.S. Forest r a is e p ric e s fo r farm ers. 5 ° use i t s lands - but warned against fo re s t f i r e s . Service issued grazing permit classes o f farm land was set up. On any given A system of check measuring land ? ...how many o f fo re s t ?? ...how farm - how many acres o f cu ltiv a Lcqurem ents of f i e l d s were a c tu a lly measured many o f pasture ?? ...F o r a tine - f ^ ^ e ^ c u l t u r a l adjustment Adm inistration by tape. Then, at le a s t as e a rly ^ 1 9 3 9 ^ ^ County _ a f t e r vjh h f i e l d 1

^ e u p S S t f c 'o S i f b e

torn the photographs.

f li g h t s w et. « > •

* h' ^ ht

°f To^piecetjcut t h is program, the agru p™ ^ “ S" 4 “ o i l f ! £ f ^ c o n s t r u c t many techniques such as t o - n - r ^ „ ta t food the Stock water ponds. The fa r @ - table share of tifi n ational income, nation needed, am g _ Newspapers of the 1930's, p a r t ic u la r ly 8 . - SE B cialJteasuxei | o _ ^ d J J T th e sale o f farm p rop erties fo r years 1934-36, were f u l l of ad delinouency in tax payments. io combat th becauuse o f mortgage J -e = I o s u r ^ ^ ^ Farn band Bank, which made farm loans these conditions, the , e a s ie r to o b ta in -----. ^ a nroeraiU fo r the buying o f excess c a ttle - those The Government also set 1 P load s were shipped out of Phelps county, underfed or otherwise io r - ^ . 3 carload^ ^ ^ , s r “ ** This helped to conserve stock f » wteat and so fo rth . . . . Clover fo r buyingnecessary farm seeas ^est methods of growing crops, and tre a tin g conferences were held, to discu s o i l s with lim e .

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9 _rant_s _For_^*_Xoli.cx_Air|Dort,. - As wf February 1, the li-overnment approved a grant o f <*-'25,000 fo r the grading of R o lla 's municipal a irp o rt, at Dunivin G rossing, three m iles east o f Rolls.. When done, i t would be used by the Government. The p ro je c t made considerable work fo r la b o re rs . The p ro ject included boundary fencing, and two m iles of e le c t r ic lin e s erected so lig h t s could be i n s t a lle d . 1 0 .- Tbe Ro_sati_Grape_''/inery.The county's grape farmers were in sp e c ia l need o f d isp o sin g of th eir grape crop. The Government therefore set up a p ro ject which included a juic_ing_plant, and a "winery" at R osati. A corner stone was la id fo r the p ro je c t on August 5, 1934. 1 1 *- Rome_and_Gommunity_Gardens.- The production of food was a v i t a l neces s ity . Much would be provided - i f c itiz e n s would e ith e r ra is e th eir own heme garden - or jo in w ith others in plan tin g a carununity garden. The Government helped by p ro v id in g necessary seeds and other a id . There were a lso "canning p ro je c ts ", suosid ized by the Government - fo r canning tomatoes and other fr u it s and vegetables. Community gardens in areas from 12 to 15 acres were planted. Two notable private gardens so planted were those of P ro fs. Floyd H. Frame and R. M. Rankin. 1 2 .- "White C o lla r " P ro je c ts Under W .P .A .- W rite rs, teachers, a r t is t s , a r t i sans, were aided in such p ro je c ts . E lig ib le groups dusted o f f , examined, arranged, indexed many old le t t e r - s i z e d documents at the Court House - w i l l s , deeds, court reco rd s, and so fo r t h . Others accumulated a book of h is to ric records, dealin g w ith county and c it y h is to ry . S t i l l others were employed on a .£26,000 ap titu d ein t e r e s t te s tin g program - conducted by Dr. C la ir V. Mann at the School of Mines. The p ro je c t adm inistered and scored over 10,000 sch o lastic, aptitude, and p ro fes s io n a l in t e r e s t t e s t s . These were given to students in Missouri and even o u t-state high schools and c o lle g e s . Special graphs showing the re s u lts fo r in d iv id u a l persons were made on appropriate cards, c alled "Personographs". Cordes were given to the persons tested, fc r inspection — or for keeping, i i d esired . 1 3 .- Stone Q u arried _- Buildings_Erected_With I t . - S-.veral items were included in t h is type of program. T a j The Phelps County Court House was re -ro o fe d with a s p h a ltic sh in g le s - new flo o r s were la id - p a rtitio n s in s ta lle d - painting done in sid e and out. . . . ( b ) A dolom itic limestone quarry was opened up, and the stone used to b u ild a Forest Service Ranger Residence, plus a suitable garage.......... (c ) Quarried dolim ite was used to b u ild H arris H all, for the C iv il Engineering Department o f the School o f Mines. This la s t was completed during the Chedsey adm in istration , 1937-4114 - The Arts & C rafts P r o je c t .- This was conducted on the second flo o r o f the o l d "ToomeJ B u ild in g ^ ,“ at immediate northwest corner of 7th and Pine s tre e ts . M rs. J o s. G. Campbell vas in charge. Classes of.young people numbering as many as 30 were e n ro lle d , along with older persons. Equipment was so in s t a lle d that en tran ts could sew, k n it, weave on looms, or do other a rtisa n wor . -lc TV10 Snr-nal Security Program.- This program was created by Congressional !5 ."fhe system is s t i l l ( 1973 ) in fo rc e . Employers enactment on ugu , c^ rib u te to fche n atio n al S o cial Security Fund, from and employees, jo in t y, b en efits have been paid. B e n e fits fo r women s ta rt l f j s ^ “ ^ . ‘T u a n g the very f i r s ! year. som one m illio n aged persons d r e » . ^ ‘ ^ ^ ^ s ^ i p ^ ' s o m a t i m e

District 4&ploym ent""0ffice^was opened in R o lla .

about June 7. 1934. a

I t included the counties o f P h elps-

Dent-Marie s-x ra w fo rd - ana A sso c ia tio n .- Such an a sso ciatio n was organ1 7 - A Phel£ s _ C ^ t Z Deze^OHment g s ^ _ _ was p re sid e n t. U r . ize d on December 4, _ • W. Frank^Houk waa^vice^p

J#E. Aston tre asu rer. The surveys and naps department at M .S .M . were included in th is program.

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1 8 .- C0UNTY_RELIEF ADMINIS'I^TION_HAS_iiEETING.- On July 1, 1934, the r e l i e f o f f ic e r s o f most o f the foregoin g lo c a l projects were residents of R o lla . There were others from S t. James and Newburg, — some from the county's farm areas. This group met in July, 1934, to review what was going on in the p ro jects thus fa r set up in the county. These: Adm inistration and Accounting Corn-Hog Program Pensions fo r Retired Workers a g r ic u lt u r a l R e h a b ilita tio n Wheat-Oats Program ^ortgage-Debt Moratorium Transient Bureau Service R e lie f Gardens Buying Up C attle a/c Drouth S o c ia l Work In R e lie f Bank Insurance U.S. Forest Service R e lie f R ural R e h a b ilita tio n Land Use Planning S e lf Help Program Re-Employment Adm inistration " BEER IS BACK" The Return of Beer SOME RESULTS OF TH1- "NEW DEAL" PROGRAM ffiSULTS IN_MISSGUM.~ A table o f expenditures made by M issouri State agencies under the n a tio n a l New Deal adm inistration was published on November 1, 1934- While th is does not cover the e n tire New Deal (M isso u ri) program, i t DOES indicate the magnitude o f the M isso u ri program. To th is date (1934), the State had expended the fo llo w in g amounts fo r the items named: 12. - Transient r e l i e f ... .$601,000 1 . - P.W.A. (co n stru ctio n ; $79,000,000 13. - R e lie f Commodities . . .599.000 2. - Home Loans ......... 50,000,000 579.000 14. - C.C.C. Program ...... 3. - D ire c t R e lie f ... 27,053,000 501,600 15 . Corn-Fodder program . . 4. - C.W.A.................... 22,005,000 309.000 16. Hom e Gardens program . 5. - Highway grants . 18,000,000 220,000 17. Drouth programs .... 6. - Corn-Hog Program . . . 6,831,000 101,000 - Student r e l i e f .... 7. - Drouth, sheep, cattie 5,893,00018. 49,900 19. Tobacco subsidies . . . . 8. - Cotton Subsidies . . . 2,471,000 - Rural R e h a b ilita tio n . 7,077 9. - C.W.S. Program (women) 716,00020. 21. - Food Conservation . . . . 1.000_______ 10. - Wheat su bsid ies . . . . 1,131,000 GRAND TOTAL . . . $244,792,656.00 11 . - Educational R e lie f . . 712,000 S0ME_RESULTS_0N TIE NATI0NAL_LEVEL. - Sponsors o f the New Deal made frequent statements o f the New Deal goals - and claims of b e n e fits conferred. From such statememts made frem 1938 to 1941 ( the year World War Two broke out ) , when New D eal matters gave way to World War, we have these published items: F ir s t , the New Deal defended i t s philosophy - that "PUBLIC SPENDING IS A NECESSITY", - by arguing that the conservation o f our n atio n al resources was im perative. These resources consisted, f i r s t , of the HUMAN VALUES - o f health, energy s k i l l morals, and b rain power. The m aterial, n atu ral, resources were found in the f i e ld s o f water power, ric h s o il, fo re s ts , mines and m inerals, o i l and farm production. Second. I t was stated that when men are id le , time is lo s t that can never be regain ed. The NEW DEAL had, through i t s programs, provided 170,000,000 months o f manual and blue c o lla r work. on Th ird measured in terms of n a tio n a l income - the t o t a l far years 1928-3C 1928-JO, But fo r 1931-33, under the Hoover adm inistration, was $228 b i l l i o n . - - - Bnk ig q i-q q . under Hoover, i t dropped to $133 b i l l i o n - A BIG LOSS . _ . . . . . . As o f September, 1938, u n d e r the. New Deal, these increases on the n ation al l e v e l were In In In In In Other

given out: . t o t a l n a tio n a l income, increase o f ..........92 b i l l i o n a g r ic u lt u r a l income ................................ ^ - 5 b iliio n bank d eposits ..................................... ^ p o sta l savings ..................................... ^ b i^ lio n " value of s e c u r i t i e s ........................ ••*• 30 b i l l i o n . b e n e fits were these: ( Next pagp )

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Other b e n e fit s were these: 1 . — The Government guarantee o f private bank deposits 2 . - Creation of the N ation al S e c u ritie s & Exchange Boars 3 . - Creation and Operation o f the CCC Program, helping thousands of young men 4 . — Provided r e l i e f fo r m illio n s of persons 5 . — E sta b lish e d the S o c ia l Secu rity Program 6 . - E stab lish ed the Tennessee V a lle y Authority - Numerous dams & power p lan ts. 7 . - E sta b lish e d the Home Owners Loan Corporation 8 . - E sta b lish e d the N ational Land Bank 9 . - Promoted c o lle c tiv e Bargaining with Minimum & Maximum wage lim its 10. - N egotiated many in te rn a tio n a l trade t r e a t ie s . An_A dditional Tabulation_of THINGS DQNE_included these items: The Financing O f: Business Community Conveniences Schools L ib ra rie s H o sp itals Highways C iv ic B u ild in g Power and Ir r ig a t io n P ro je c ts. Various Grants Tfr and F o r: Towns and C it ie s Old nge Pensions Educational Aid To Youths A g r ic u lt u r a l Conservation Unemployment Insurance Preservation of Public F o re stry Projects aid to Dependents Order N atio n al Parks Work For The Id le E lim ination o f R ailroad Grade Crossings L ocal Govts, fo r Water & Sewer Extensions CLAIMS WERE - that the U.S. was " The only nation In The ’World Being F u lly Fed." THE NEW DEAL - AND THE NATIONAL DEBT The N a tio n 's P u blicJ D ebt.- N a tu ra lly , a l l the foregoin g r e l i e f and recovery programs” conducted by the New Deal Government, resu lted in h igh ly notable in creas es in the n a tio n a l debt. The fo llo w in g fig u re s t e l l something o f the influence on "P u b lic Debt" o f a l 1 these p ro je c ts . The fig u re s are fo r the N ational Debt fo r the years shown: $20 , 900, 000,000 *933 1919 ...$25,482,034-419 ($240.09 per * 263.00 3 3 . 000 . 000.000 1936 person) 325.00 43 000 000.000 1940 1924 21,251,120,427 $188.59 1928 17,604,290,563 148.73 258 , 000 , 000,000 $1,852.74 1945 1930 16,000,000,000 $131.00

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Thus i t i s seen th at during the Great Depression years, 1933 to 1941, the .. n than doubled. Then, due to .terId War Two, i t rose to SIXTEEN^TIMES w h S i t had been in 1930. And i t took FIVE BILLION DOLLARS to PAY THE INTEREST on th is huge debt. WTTH THIS WE BID FAREWELL TO THE. GREAT DEPRESSION, and i t s handling by the ’ iteat « s seemingly MUCH M S I . a s to f o l i o . - WOPID WAR TOO 1

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THE EVENTS OF WOPJJ) WAR TWO 1936 - 1945 ) And How They effe c te d R o lla —u£ Stor^ of_V/orld_War_Two covers the period from March 7 , 1936 ( when Adolph H it le r ordered h is army to re-occupy the Rheinland ) to May, 1945 ( on ths European Front ) and august 15, 1945 ( on the Japanese F ront), when Germany and Japan were, re s p e c tiv e ly , f i n a l l y defeated and surrendered. During t h is period, residents o f R o lla and Phelps County were kept w e ll in formed o f world events, both by radio, and a ls o by the e d ito rs of the R o lla Herald and the R o lla New Era and D a ily News. The story, as we narrate i t , is compiled from pages o f these two R o lla newspapers — and from those of S t.L o u is. These sources are supplemented by various magazines of n ation al c irc u la tio n , and by the "Encyclopedia o f American H istory, w ritten by Richard b . M orris. We can best re la te our story by separating the several events, campaigns, or "fr o n t s " - and completing each, from beginning to end. There are TEN such " fr o n t s " . 1. P relim in ary. Provocative Actions ( 1936-1938 ) . 2 . - Real War Begins. Review of Campaigns in East Europe and Russia. 3 . - Naval Actions in the A tla n tic , as Ships are Sunk. 4 . - The Western E u ro p e-B ritish I s le s Campaign. 5 . - The North A fric a Campaign 6 . - "Up From The B e lly " . I t a ly and South France 7 . - The Great Push To B e rlin . D-Day, June 6,1944- .Surrender, May 8 , 19458 . - The Japanese Sector. P earl Harbor - Manila to New Guinea, and Return. 9 . - Those Conferences : Y alta - Casaolanca - Potsdam. 1 0 .- F in a l J-Day, August 15, 1945. 1 .TOE PRELIMINARY,_PftoV0CATIVE_HCTI0NS. - A short time before Adolph H it le r ordered his troops to re-occupy the Rheinland ( on March 7, 1936 ), Rabbi Isserman, o f S t. Louis, addressed a M issouri School of Mines fa c u lt y discussion club. He p redicted war, because H it le r wanted access to the w o rld 's n atu ral resources which H it le r claimed he did NOT have. Present w rite rs liste n e d on rad io to n i t l e r 's raucous, b i t t e r harangue, as he sent h is armies to the Rheinland. se£m£ expedient, th is now happened, in November, 1936, Germany, I t a l y , and Japan entered into an anti-com intern pact opposed "to communism". In M arch*of 1938, H it le r anrexed A u stria, threatened to occupy Czheco-Slavia - and DID IT . This caused B r it is h premier, N e v ille Chamberlain, to remonstrate, on Bept. 15 - which p re c ip ita te d the m iseraule "MUNICH CONFERENCE". Disregarding Cham berlain's ob jectio n s, H it le r took possession o f the Czech fo rtre s s e s - and of that country, i t s e l f , in March of 1939Germany now ( 1939) demanded access to the North Sea - from Pru ssia, through the "P o lis h C o rrid o r". On March 31 (1939), B rita in and France pledged aid to Poland Greece, and Rumania - should H it le r attack them - WHICH HE DID. On A p ril n 1939 I t a l y under M ussolini, invaded A lu an ia. President t.D . Roosevelt, of the United State s, * asked assurance th a t_H itle r would not attack some 31 European and Middle East n atio n s. H itle r re p lie d that " he had no such w arlike intentions'. « On Mav 22 1939 I t a l y and Germany entered into a m ilita ry a llia n c e AXIS" Russia* noire d them on August 23. The next day, August 24, Pres. Roosevelt plead w ith the three w arlike nations, and Poland, to s e t t le th e ir d ifie re n c e s by n e g o tia tio n . To no a v a il 1 o mup yfrwr.'n WAR RFAT.T.Y BEGINS.- On September 1, 1939, H itle r invaded Pol anH*_ The sane dav France and “ i tain declared war on Germany - which meant a lso , ^ t h Italyt™ 8Rooseve 1£, however, pledged U.S n e u tra lity , and proh ibited sale T w S u n i < ± « . and arm. to a l l b e llig e r e n t s This order he reversed, on Sept. 21, u rgin g congress to re p e a l the arms embargo a ct. This was done.

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4 . - T1E_CAjEPAIGWS_0F WESTERN EUROPS_And_BATTLE 0F_BRITAIN.- There i s too much m a te ria l involved in th is area to j u s t i f y in clu sion o f much d e t a il here . .Ye must be concerned only with the hi$i lig h t s . As we have already narrated, H it le r re-occupied the Rheinland in 1936. In November, 1936, Germany, I t a ly , and Japan joined in an anti-com intern pact. In March, 1938, H it le r "annexed" A u stria. In September, 1938, N e v ille Chamberlain, B r i t a i n ’ s premier, conferred with H it le r at Muhich. Shortly afterward, H it le r took over the fo rtre s s e s o f Czeckoslavia, and then that en tire nation. In A p ril,^ 1910, Germany invaded both Denmark and Norway. From May 10 to June 1, German armies crushed Belgium and the Netherlands, and r o lle d on into France - entering Paris on June 11, 1910. I t a l y declared war on France on June 10,1910. At th is juncture, the United States r e a lly became alarmed. E s p e c ia lly when both Germany and I t a l y threatened that - i f the U.S. should enter the war - a ll America would be destroyed 1 ... P r e s . Roosevelt asked Congress fo r *>ll b i l l i o n w ith which to produce war munitions, plus some 50,000 airplan es for n ation al d efen se. A l l surplus arms and munitions were released to B rita in by June 3, 1910. On May 11, 1910, Winston C hurchill succeeded N e v ille Chamberlain as B r it a in 's prem ier. From May 28 to June 1, C h urch ill had the c ru c ia l task o f evacuating the hard-pressed B r it is h troops from Dunkirk, on the continental shore, where they had been placed fo r a massive thrust a t Germany. They were fortunate to get away. So as to obtain necessary funds, Pres. Rooseveljf persuaded Congress to ra is e the n a tio n a l debt c e ilin g from #15 b i l l i o n to s?19 b i l l i o n . ( That is where our g re a t 350 b i l l i o n n atio n al debt c e ilin g of 1973 began to accumulate . ) In P a ris , the Germans set up a "puppet", tra ito ro u s French government, with M arshal Petain as d ic t a t o r . The general liv e d to m igh tily re g re t h is "e le v a tio n to th at p o st. , . , , ,, On June 10 1910, I t a l y form ally declared war on France, and invaded southern France. But the German occupation o f P aris made other I t a lia n acts against France

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The A tla n tic Charter was proclaimed by President Roosevelt and Premier Winston C h u rch ill on August 14, 1941 - w hile the two were auoard a ship in the north A t la n t ic . The Charter provided th at: ( l ) N either nation wanted to claim additional, t e r r it o r y ; (2 ) That n atio n al bounds would nbt be changed, except w ith the consent of a n a tio n 's people; (3 ) People of any nation could choose th eir own form o f government; ( 4) A ll nations should have access to raw mater i a l s oh equal b a s is ; ( 5 ) A ll people o f the world should have "s o c ia l s e c u rity "; (6 ) A l l must be fre e from WANT and FEAR; (7 ) There should be Freedom o f the Seas; (8 ) The present 444444444 agressor nations must be disarmed, pending a permanent peace stru ctu re. The Charter was endorsed by FIFTEEN a n t i-a x is nations. During May and June, 1941, Roosevelt proclaimed an "unlim ited n ation al emergency". The se le c tiv e service term was extended fo r 18 months. The German and I t a li a n consulates were ordered closed. Germany and I t a l y r e t a lia t e d in s im ila r fash io n . The Atta£k_0n The_ Am erican_rleet, at P earl Harbor, by Japanese, on December 7, 1941, brought the United States f u l l y in to Woald War Two. The U.S. declared war on Japan on December 8 - and when Germany and I t a l y declared war on the U.S. on December 11 ( l 9 4 l ) , Congress declared war on Germany and I t a ly . The war in the Japanese sector claimed the g reater attention of the United States from then u n t il "D-Day", June 6, 1944, when the a l l i e d Armies landed on Omaha Beach, in Normandy, France - and launched i t s great and la s t drive on Germany. Meantime, the p rin c ip a l action in or adjacent to B rita in and France was the German invasion of North A fric a w ith an army commanded by Gen. Erwin Rommell. ( 5) . - THE NORTH AFRICA_CAMPAIGN. - Beginning in .arch, 1941, Gen. Erwin Rommell, w ith an army in clu din g both German and It a lia n troops, forced B r it is h troops out o f Bangasi, Libya ( 300 m iles west o f E gypt's west line ) , when B rita in withdrew troops to defend Greece and Yugoslavia - both o f which were surrendered to Germany in June, 1941 . . „ . . ,, Roihme 11 *s advance was stopped at Alamein, Egypt ( 70 m iles west of .ilex andria ) by January 24, 1943. B r it is h and American troops took Tunis and Bizerte in Tunisia, on May 7, 1943 - when Rommell's army of 250,000 men surrendered. That ended the North A fric a campaign. (6 ) "UP FROM RRT.T.Y". The plan of the A llie s now was to converge upon the I t a lia n s from the south - and the Germans from the English Channel on the north. Pursuing th is plan, A llie d armies in turn captured Palermo, Catania, M issina, and S ic ilv Gen. Mark Clark, with h is American army, landed on It a lia n mainland at Salerno, in September, 1941. The I t a lia n f le e t surrendered - and by December ?he Americans had o rJ iary con trol i f I t a ly . The A llie s were now in po sitio n to squeeze on" - c lo sin g in from I t a l y ( "up from the b e lly " ) , and crossin g the E n glish Channel in to France. ............ ^ , _ %. n l i FINAL PUSH o T BERLIN.- On June 6, 1944, the A llie s , under command of Gen Dwight”DT E iien h 5w er7 landed on a 60-m ile fr o n t , in c lu d in g the famous Omaha Gen. Jwignt, dv France. The 4,000 ship a tta c k wqs supplemented by 600 Beach l a n d i n g in Normandy, 'r e n o e . ^ A i r B r it is h 7 1 'B r i t i s h o « t i £ s n t . . OeA. Qnar N. -r a d le y the .American. The Third headed the B r i t i p fl nushing ahead from I t a ly , was joined in the great U b.ri. army un e r • ^he 7th U.S. Army, commanded by Gen. nlex. M. Patch, atta c k . °n t e lly " ? and landed near M a rs e ille s , France, and then drove Sn°the v a l l f y " f the RtioL’ r i v e r . By August 25, 1944 P a ris was lib e r a t e d . By S e p i e L L , France, with Belgium and Luxemburg, were lib e r a t e d .

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THE FINAL DRIVE FOR BERLIN now begun in earn est. By December, 1944, A llie d troops were a t the Roer r iv e r . The la s t great German cou n ter-offen sive terminated in d e fe a t a t the B a ttle o f the Bulge, December 16 - 26 , 1944. On March 7, 1945, the n l l i e s crossed the Rhein r i v e r . A llie d and Russian troops met on the Elbe rmver, east o f B e rlin , on A p ril 25, 1945The day b efo re, the Russians had entered B e r lin . On A p r il 28, the It a lia n d ic ta to r, M ussolini, and h is m istress, were put to death - by hanging - and by It a lia n p a rtisa n s. B e rlin surrendered on May 2. On May 8 , 1945, F ie ld Marshal Jodi signed the unconditional surrender documents, ending Germany’ s p a rtic ip a tio n in the war. ( 8 ; . - WORLD WAR TWO I j_THE_JAPANESE SECTOR.- Japan p recip itated was in the P a c ific ocean area by i t s sneak attack on the American f l e e t anchored in P earl Haroor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. Jaoan had already occupied mainland China, and had e sta b lish e d a Japanese co n tro lled government there. She demanded that th£ U .S . " g t out o f China" - make p o ssib le purchase of war munitions from Holland - and get out of the P a c ific ocean area. While her emmisaries were s t i l l n egotiatin g in Washington, the Japanese attacked the American f le e t in P e a rl Harbor - sank or disaoled 19 U.S. war ships, destroyed 150 a irp la n e s, k ille d 2,335 s o ld ie rs and s a ilo r s , wounded 1 ,178 others. Immediately, on December 8 , 1941, the United States declared war on Japan. During 1941, the Japs sunk the B r it is h warships "Repulse" and "Prince o f YJaJjes" landed in and took possession of the P h ilip p in es, and the islan d s of Wake and Guam. By January, 1942, they occupied Manila, fo rcin g Gen. Douglas MacArthur to re t ir e w ith h is American troops to C orregidor. This outpost was surrendered to the Japs on May 6 - together w ith the 11,500 troops stationed there. Geu. MacArthur fle d to New Guinea - but was back in Manila by December 15, 1944in the meantime, numbers of great naval b a t t le s were fought between the American and the Japanese f l e e t s . Those on or near the islan d s of G ilb e rt . . Solomon . . M arsh all . . and the Mariannas. They culminated in the great naval b a t t le o f Leyte G u lf, on October 23-25, 1944 - vhen most of the Japanese f le e t was destroyed. ( 9 j . _ THESE ACTIONS WERE TAKEN DURING 1945. Tokyo was raided by a fle e t of 90 Su per-F ortress airp la n e s on February 10. The B attle of Iwo Jima was fo u ^ it Feb. 19 to Mar. 17, when the am.rican f la g was ra ise d on Mount S uribach i. The B attle o f Okinawa was fo u ^ it and won between dates o f March 19 to June 21. On August 6 , the American atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese c it y of Hiroshima, k i lli n g or wounding some 160,000 Japanese c i v i li a n s , a second Domb was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9th to 15th. JAPaN ACCEPTED TERMS OF SURRENDER on AUGUST 15, 1945( 1 0 ) . - THEEE_FATEFUL_C0NFERENCED. - Y alta - Casablanca - Potsdam 1 . . . THE YALTA CONFERENCE was attended by Pres. F.D. Roosevelt, Prime M in ister Jinston C h u rc h ill and Jos. S ta lin , of Russia. I t was held at Y alta, in the Crimea, from February 4 to 11 1945- I t would seem that Russia was given a most generous lo t o f concessions. For example, in the Far East, she was awarded the K urile isla n d s an occupation zone in Korea - p riv ile g e d rig h ts in Manchuria, and in the c it ie s o f Dairen and Port Arthur, China. The autonomy of Outer Mongolia was recognized. Eastern Poland w^s ^warded to Russia Some $20 b i l l i o n in reparation were to be "extracted " from "current production 11 ^ G e rm a n y - in r e p r is a l fo r Germany's "scorched land" advance in to R u ssia. surrender v.as to be "un con dition al", and the p o s t w a r German governm ant^as to be organised under oversight of the "BIG THREE The Ukraine ^ ,. a. Rnoc-i on—occuoied area was to be recognized as a f u l l member o f the United Nations - th u s 'g iv in g Russia ex tra United Nations vote. As tte f i n a l Dince? move around B e rlin developed. A llie d troops sere restrain ed , in order to l e t R ussia have her revenge - by being the f i r s t to enter B e rlin .

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1943 BLANCA_.ON|FRiNCE. - This was held January 14-24,/at Casablanca, in French k orroco. re s . Roosevelt and Prime M inister C h u rch ill attended. Their agreement was that /orId War Two would be fought u n t il Doth the Japanese and the G erm an-Italian forces surrendered "unconditionaLL^". The invasions o f I t a l y l the s o ft b e l l y sector" ) was d e fin it e ly decided upon - the thrust through France discussed a^d l e f t fo r future d ecisio n . Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was p aced in supreme command o f the North A frican campaign against Gen. Rommell. THE POTbDAM CONFERENCE This was convened near B e rlin from July 17 to August 2, 1945. pr e s . Harry -.T ru m an and Russian Premier Joseph S t a lin were present. inston h u r c h ill p a rtic ip a te d u n t il July 28, when he was succeeded by Clemsnt R. A tle e . The f i r s t business item was the "unconditional surrender ultimatum* given to Japan on July 26th. Other c h ie f business concerned plans fo r occupation and control Oi Germany, fo llo w in g close of the war. A counbil ofeisisting of fo reign m inisters d ra fte d post-w ar t r e a t ie s to be signed by and with A ustria, Hungary, B u lgaria, Rumania, and Finland. Settlement of new war—determined national boundaries were con sid ered . Occupation a u th o ritie s were to conduct programs designed to disarm, decen tral iz e , democratize Germany. War crim inals v/ere to be trie d and punished. Russia ditched her demand for a $20 b i l l i o n reparation program, but was authorized to sieze and carry o f f d iv e rs German in d u s tria l equipment, in r e p r is a l fo r the "Scorched Earth" German advance in to Russia. . . . Some 6,500 Germans were ordered to be tra n sfe rre d outbof Hungary, Poland, Czecnoslcivia into Germany. German in d u stry was to be decentraiiaed and repressed, while a g ric u ltu re and peaceful in d u s trie s were to be encouraged. C a rte ls, tru sts, syndicates, were to be d is continued. A l l of these items resu lted in u. FuUR-FC':ER DIVISION OF OCCUPATION AND CONTROL OF GERMANY, and p a r t ic u la r ly of B e r lin . This was the most f a t e f u l of a l l the three conferences which we have thus described. I t created untold d i f f i c u l t i e s and c r is e s over the next qu arter century - and these d i f f i c u l t i e s have not as yet ( 1973 ) been f u l l y reso lv ed . Germany was divided in to an EAST GERMANY, con trolled by Russia - as opposed to WEST GERMANY, con trolled by B rita in , France, and the °n ite d S ta te s. COSTS OF WORLD WAR TWO. - C asualties fo r World Y/ar Two, in ALL sectors, amounted to some 322,188 men k ille d , and at le a s t 700,000 wounded. Of these, 41,322 were KILLED in the P a c ific Theatre, out of a t o t a l o f 170,596 c a s u a ltie s , (129,274 wounded). Phelps County and R o lla su ffered SEVERAL HUNDRED o f such c a s u a ltie s . The Costs. In_Money.- We have no complete or accurate record o f the t o t a l costs o f World T War Two in terms o f d o lla r s . However, some idea of the costs is obtained by scanning the r is e in the n ation al Y/ar Debt, frcm 1930 to 1940, and then through the Would War Two period, as fo llo w s : The Year N ation al Debt Dsbt Per Person. U .S .* . 1930 . . . $16 B i lli o n . . . $131 per capita 1933 . . . 20.9 b i l l i o n . . . . . . 1936 . . . 33 b i l l i o n . . . $325 1940 . . . 43 b i l l i o n . . . $325 (mostly due to GreatDepression) 1946 . . . 258 b i l l i o n . . . $1,853 ( mostly due to World War Two) 1952 . . . 258.1 b i l l i o n . . $1,694 per person. During the period from July 1, 1940, through June 30, 1946, n atio n al expenditures amounted to $370 b i l l i o n .

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Tte_ETCHT_YJMl_BOND KSIXES, flo a te d from February, 1912, to January, 1916, were as fo llo w s : No. Amount. N a ti o n a llv Quota. Phelps Co. Phelps Co. Raised The Dates 1. . . $23 b i l l i o n ....... $250,000 (estim ated) £250,000 (E s t d .) . .F ee., 1942 2 . . . 16 b i l l i o n ?? 174,000 (a c tu a l) 287,600 (a c tu a l) May, 1942 ,, ?? 3 .. . 1 6 174,000 (e s t d .) . . 250,000 (e s t d .) ?? i-V• • • . 1 6 285,000 (a c tu a l) . . 300,000 (e s t d .) Jan.6,1944 5 .. . 1 6 323,000 (a c t u a l) . . 339,805 (a c tu a l) May-July, 1944 6 .. • 1^4yy 282,000 ,, . 348,900 ,, Nov., 1944 7 .. • 1 4 ,, 399,700 ,, . 405,950 ,, July, 1945 8 .. . 1 2 ,, 219,500 ,, . 295,401 ,, Jan., 1946 ALL . . $127 P i lli o n

$2 ,107 ,200

$2,517,650

1942 to 1946

T t_Is Notable that Phelps County, and R o lla , m a te ria lly exceeded th eir "Quota" in a l l cases, by very su bstan tial amounts. I t _ i s al_so_impre_ssi V£ that R olla* s se v e ra l mens' and womens' clubs, such a s the Lions Club and the Am. War Mothers - the Eastern Star, the P .T .a ., the American Legion and i t s A u x ilia ry , and the Veterans of Foreign Wars and i t s A u x ilia ry , a l l a c t iv e ly sold War Bonds. At the Uptown Theatre, on one occasion, the 9th Navy D is t r ic t U.S. Coast Guard Band gave a concert. The admission was the_ p resen tation _of a World War bond. Sdveral prominent men o f R o lla headed the s e w r a l bond d riv e s . Among them Mr. S .C . McMeekin , head of M issouri General U t i l i t i e s . . . Dr. W.T. Schrenk, pro fe s s o r at M.S.M. ...M r . Wm. S to ltz , o f the Ben Franklin stores . . and Col. Chas. L. Woods, R o lla Herald e d ito r, and P ro f. Aaron M iles, of M.S.M. . . . We could wish that a l l o f our fig u re s were more complete and accurate. However — such as they are - they demonstrate the high lo y a lt y o f the people o f R o lla and Phelps County. _ _ _ _ _ _ SOME SPECIAL WORLD WA~ T70 EVENTS IN ROLLA A-aA. C0NSTRUCTI0N_0F F0RT_LE0NAfffl_ /'OOD.- As a measure calcu lated to qu ick ly and permanently b u ild up the n ation al defense of the United States, the plan to bu ild an engineering s o ld ie r tra in in g camp in M issouri had matured by December 12, 19U0f and even b e fo re . A s it e had been considered within Iowa - but when R o lla 's "C h ief" Henry A. Buehler, o f M issouri State G eological Survey, pointed out the ample and c le a r w aters o f the B ig Uiney r iv e r ( which could fu rn ish a l l the water - and even more than the camp would p o s s ib ly need - ) a site of some 3,000 acres was chosen in the southeast corner" o f Pulaski county, M issouri - adjacent and opposite to the southwest corner of Phelps county — and some 35 miles southwest o f R o_la. M ilit a r y o ffic e s were establish ed in the old Ozark Furnace Store B uilding, two m iles below Newburg, on the L it t le Piney r iv e r , as e a rly asDecem ber, 194ffi. A spur from the Frisco ra ilr o a d was constructed from "York S tatio n ", some 2$ m iles below ( west ) o f Newburg, to the Fort s ite - and work on the camp was begun. L ie u t . C ol. G.H. C o llin s was the Construction quartermaster fo r the U.S. Army. Mr. Arthur H. Newman represented the c i v i li a n contractor. On January 2, 1941, the "camp" was o f f i c i a l l y named "FORT LEONARD VfOOD" by ■he 7th U .S. Army headquarters, Omaha, Nebraska - in honor o f Muj. Gen. Leonard Joed - one of the "Teddy Roosevelt Rough Riders" o f _the Spanish-American War. ie had le d troops in suuduing the famous Apache Indian c h ie f, Geronomo. ...± b e ro rt was planned to be the permanent home o f the 6th D iv isio n of the U.S. «rmy, vith a peace-time population of from 17,000 to 22,000 troops. A ctual Construction at_the_Fort was begun by, or before, January 30, 1941. -)n -i-hJt- date 25 troop barracks were completed, plus four mess h a lls , and fiv e or more ether b u ild in g s . This had been accomplished within two months. Some 500 troops

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now occupied the seven bu ild in gs ThP f . , . a ten-m ile square. An a irp o rt ^ d a n J Z l \ “ c^ e d some 65,000 acres w ithin on U.S. - Mo. Highway 66 had a r t i l l e r y range were in the planning. T ra ffic the F o r t 's c o n stru ctio n ! lnCreased frora 2,000 to 7,000 autos d a ily , because of o f Nebraska was^the f i r s t 3 COl&iA1'JDi;R” ..........S ol. R. L. Cochran, former governor came next In ?nrn h ’ aS ° f lJarch’ 1941‘ B r iS- Oen. U. S. Grant, 3rd tenure ^ s h S r ^ v S ^ H e T ^ ^ bJ Co1* F™nk B- Besson, in July, 1912. His C ol. Duval held the post 320,000 troops. He had been in U S to li v e in R o lla , L 1 973 W .

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s t a t i ^ t ^ f h ? F° ^ it6m ° f ?o n stru c tion, the 19-mile F risco spur,from York 15 1911 Thp v1° u ^ V,aS P r a c t ic a lly complete and ready for train s to run by May Some b u ild in g s at the Fort were about 40* complete by March 13 1941 7

under3the^"CCC" ?

°? the. A u c tio n at th is t in e ! The b ^ i o r ^ g ( C iv ilia n Construction Corps ) were brought in to c le a r forests

S rtere a ^ f^ T v ^ the f ° r t f 6 a * ° f the b u i l* n g a , b e s i d e s s t r i c t ly m ilit e iy 7 ? f “ ?lllt :L e s > some 500 homes were b u ilt fo r non-comnissioned o ffic e r s and t h e ir fa m ilie s - plu s 350 units fo r c iv ilia n employees. o llic e r s 1911 -% I t Mn R F R ' F> term aster

" WaS bagUn ° n ° e c * 5’ 1940> ^ completed on May 25, n a f sta“ dard f auSe ~ ^0 m iles in len gth . I t s cost was $2,500,000. Band^ was ^he a h le f engineer. Major Frank Reed was Construction Quar o f the e n tire Ft. Wood p ro je c t.

“umb?r o f troops at the Fort increased fran 500 in January, 1911, to °y L^y 1 and to 3 0 ,0 0 0 by June 12, 1941. These men were conveyed to the ort over the Fort i.ood Spur, in regu lar Frisco passenger coaches. To accelerate construction at the Fort, a p re -fa b ric a tin g fa c to ry was esta u lish e d at Newburg. I t measured 104 x 360 fe e t, and employed 250 men. As the r o r t area was some distance from entertainment centers, s p e c ia l theatres and chapels were b u i lt there. By September,1 1 , 1941, there were 12 new chapels on the grounds, each provided with an e le c t r ic organ. Each had cost some ^19 000. The Fort Laundry was erected at a cost o f $750,000. For Water Supply, a system o f water mains and elevated water tanks was b u ilt . By July 1, 1941, water was being pumped from Big Piney r iv e r . I t was f i r s t chemically tre a te d . The d a ily output was 3,100,000 g a llo n s - some 100 gallo n s per day per person. By August o f 1943, women serving as aWACS" ( Womens Army Corps ) were being train ed a t the F ort. Their n a tio n a l commander, Col. (M rs.; Oveta Culp Hobby flew from Washington, D .C ., by plane, to v i s i t the camp, in August, 1943. And thus was Fort Leonard Wood planned, constructed. I t thus trained many thousands o f engineer troops that were sent to occupy the b a ttle lin e s against the Germans, I t a lia n s , and Japanese in World War Two. In 1970 (1973) i t ° i s s t i l l perhaps the n a tio n 's foremost tra in in g center fo r engineering troops. The n a tio n 's lig h t s were t o t a lly " blacked out" on December 14, 1942 . . and Fort Leonard Wood fo llo w ed s u it , in a p ra c tic e e x e rc is e ............We may here break o f f our i n i t i a l sto ry o f the Fort and i t s construction. q

ESTABLISHMENT 0F_VICHY_AIRP0RT. — There had to be a convenient government a ir p o r t - near to Fort Wood. >'here would i t be ? ? . . . . In the e a r ly years o f the Fort ( 1940-43 ) , there was not time fo r le v e llin g o f f the h i l l s in the Fort area. But an almost lim it le s s f l a t area existed twelve m iles north o f R o lla, on Lane's P ra irie . This could e a s ily , economically, and qu ick ly be converted into the d esired a ir p o r t . By Augusto21, 1941, the U.S. Government had purchased some 1,200 acres in the area, which were then surveyed and enclosed with a su b sta n tia l fence. Con stru ctio n o f the two main runways, and necessary headquarter b u ild in g s, began

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house with t t e 1n u b lic r — ? i ° r wafcer supply' afc a cost o f sore $14,827. Open W bomber ser^ t ™ i * took PlaCe ° n Sunday’ A p ril 4* 1943* A nuiIlber of attended A^he ^ Were parked ° n the Srounds‘ Some 6,000 v is it o r s t I h' h , ™ the " a r > tfe City of R olla acquired the a irp o rt, and even ^u allv C M strn c ^ H ^a t l ° ”ab A irp o rt''. At Fort Wood, a substitute a i r f i e l d was y nstructed, so that the Army had no fu rth er use fo r the Vichy f i e l d . SS m ifS r ~ “ The opening o f Fort Leonard Wood, although . . Roll a> necessitated the construction and opening o f TWO new bu ild in gs ousing entertainment f a c i l i t i e s fo r the Fort Wood s o ld ie rs , while thsy were „ a”d “ Rp ^ a * The fo r "white" so ld ie rs was b u ilt at the southeast a r of 9th and R o lla s t r e e t s . In plan, i t measured 60 x 90 fe e t . I t had a f u l l basement and two upper s t o r ie s . There was a kitchen, a dining room measuring 48 x 80 feet - two lounge rooms 20 x 30 fe e t - a lib r a r y , a stage, two o ffic e s , and la v o r a t o n e s . The cost was $59,000. The f a c i l i t y fc r negro so ld ie rs measured 40 x 70 fe e t . I t was b u ilt on the north side o f 9th stre e t, immediately east o f the Post O ffic e . I t faced on 9th and Elm s t r e e t s . I t had a basement and two s t o r ie s . There were kitchen and dining rooms, a re c re a tio n room, a stage, and an array of cots on the second flo o r . By August 1, 1941, Mrs. Ruth Chambers, of Cleburne, Kansas, arrived to be the adm inistrator of the "w hite" f a c i l i t y . Mrs. Sarah H i l l Long, from In dian apolis, became adm inistrator for the "negro" U.S.O. On or about October 9, 1941, the Government P.W.A. made s p e c ia l grants of $75,000 fo r the "w hite" U.S.O. . . . and $45,000 fo r the "negro" f a c i l i t y . Both f a c i l i t i e s were "dedicated* in a p ublic ceremony on February 7, 1942. There was a street parade, speeches by Col. Chas. L. Woods ( master of ceremonies) and Ma j . Gen. R idley, commandant at Fort Leonard 'Hood. As o f February 26 , the two b u ild in g s had a t o t a l o f 75 cots - 150 blankets — and were serving 172 s o ld ie r s . " Open House" was held on March 15, 1942. A fe a tu re that was continued throughout the War was the establishment of a "HOSTESS CORPS". This wax made up of a large group o f R o lla area young women who were over 16 years of age. For adm inistration and planning purposes, the group appointed various of i t s members to the rank o f Major . . Captain .. 1 st and 2nd Lieuten an ts. V irg in ia Schultz was a Major — Betty Pohle was a Captain. Maxine Houlihan and Mary Donahoe were Second Lieutenants. These g i r l s arranged fo r frequent dances in the White U.S.O. - and fo r a p erio d , on Wednesday n igh ts, went in buses fo r sim ilar pro grams at Fort Leonard Wood. In May of 1943, Miss Lu cile Grimes succeeded Mrs. Ruth Chambers as adminis tra to r o f the White U.S.O. Miss Grimes was a graduate o f Baker U n iversity, Kansas. S a le _ 0 f The_ B.S.O . J3uildings . - In July, 1944, the Federal Security Agency decided that there was no fu rth er use fcr the R olla United S o cieties Organization ( U .S.O . ) , so the Rolla City Council asked to have both buildings tran sferred to the U .S. G eo lo gical Surrey agency at R o lla - or to the C ity of R o lla fo r recreation purposes. Fast action by Hon. B. H. Rucker, the Phelps County representative in the State L e g isla tu re , resu lted in the immediate tra n sfe r o f both bu ild in gs to R o lla . However, the U.S.O. continued to function there u n t il March 25, 1946. A b ig fa r e w e ll p arty was held on March 20. On September 27, 1946, Gov. P h il Donnelly came to R o lla to dedicate the b u ild in g as " the future home o f the M issouri State G e o lo g ic a l Survey". I t was named the "Buehler B u ild in g", in honor of former "C h ief" Henry A. ou eh ler. The Negro f a c i l i t y was taken over fc r the C it y 's Public L ib ra ry .

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How r a p id ly the younger men were c a lle d up is revealed by the fo llo w in g record o f number o f men c a lle d on the dates given: S 1942 1943 S e p t.10 82 men Jan. 7 . 51 Mar. 18 28 July 29 33 Sept. 17 26 Jan. 21 52 Mar. 25 26 Sept. 9 23 O ct. 8 . 77 Feb. 4 . 50 Apr. 29 22 Nov. 25 49 Nov. 15 91 Feo. 18 June 10 51 40 Dec. 10 50 Feo. 25 26 July 15 18 Dec. 17 27 Mar. 11 53 The Tj i a L fo r the indicated period was . . . 875. Ma£y_^oys Never Returned.- Many of the Phelps bounty boys who were thus d rafted never returned. They paid the supreme s a c r ific e . A l i s t released on T °p®^ber 1945 - a ft e r the war on the f i e l d had ended - showed that during 'a *’l some 21 Phelps County boys were k ile d . The number fo r WORLD WAR r ~ was 59. _ Both in terms o f uoys sent to war, k ille d , and wounded - and in "terms o f money ra ise d fo r purchase of var oonds, fo r the u .S .O ., and the other wQr needs PHELPS COUNTY AND ROLLA CERTAINLY DONATED A MOST GENEROUS SHa R; i The Boys Mustering O u t.- Our records of "mustering out" days fcr a l l the Phelps County and R o lla boys i s very meagre. These are the fig u re s at hand: Dates (1946) Number mustered Dates Number Jan. 10 . . . . ........... 17 Feb. 7 ....... Jan. 17 . . . . ........... 9 Feb. 14 . . . . •• 15 Jan. 24 . • . . ............ 15 Feb. 21 ____ 5 Jan. 31 . . . . ............ Feo. 28 . . . . .. 7 4 Present w rite rs sons, Paul and John P. Mann, were mustered with the January 31 and February 21 groups, re sp e c tiv e ly . World War Two Rationing,_By C i v i li a n s .- By January o f 1942, al 1 c iv ilia n s were requ ired to have and use WAR RATION BOOKS. Food s t u ffs - p a r t ic u la r ly sugar and white flo u r breads and p a strie s - were s t r i c t ly rationed. Fines o f $1,000 were fix e d fc r v io la t io n s . Consumers were required to use flo u rs made o f buck wheat, rye, corn meal, and so on - in place of white flo u r s t u ffs . Auto t ir e s were secured with great d i f f i c u l t y . Gasoline use was severely r e s t r ic t e d . By 1942, speeds on highways were re s tric te d to not/oover 35 m iles per hour. T ires had to be "r e g is t e r e d " by s e r i a l number. Besides the ratio n in g of sugar, flo u r , co ffee, e t c ., adults over 12 ye rs of age could have only pounds of meat per week. I f between ages 6 and 12, they could have not/over l j pounds. Those s t i l l younger, only 1/2 pound per week. By March o f 1944, ra tio n books and stamps were required fo r procurement of meat, cheese, f a t s , o i ls , canned foods, sugar, gaso lin e, auto t ir e s , shoes, fu e l o il. A l o c a l Wartime Food Management Committee, named fo r counties of Phelps, Dent, Crawfcrd, M aries, and P u lask i, had the duty o f seeing that these regu lation s were enforced.

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a campaS 5 Cf o r nc o V l f S f £ AS the War proSressed > a heavy demand resu lted in a campaign fo r ^ c o lle c t io n of various m etals. Housewives were asked to jrather DO I T ° S A HURTO w r *•

alumin,m P « = k e ttle s , e tc . - and - " a s of July, Alum^ u m was needed fc r gun s h e lls I

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s t e e l / 7 O u t d a t e d °L f94?’ th® Se&rCh Was ° n f ° r discarded items of cast iron and machines and scr>Pn f* lcense P la te s were gathered, along with old discarded farm

a u t noed m. o b i i e r ^ n S p S r^ o o r^u aur a w * ratio y ^l , " 194a.

ISlT*1 17w' eillf as Autos, as

t ir e s , were

» A n v t ^ ' t h l t T ^ had J °. C° i leCt and donate old ™ bber - even rags and paper. 1912 fo T Se/ eC^ 1Jned ^ used"* In response to this c a ll, by Sept., p ic k ’ up 500 t e n s i o n shipPed 900 tons of scrap metal - and would Old

thH SCrai i ron items were two World War One cannon on the campus of the E ^ S the T t 0 Ht V Jame®‘ ^ e y weighed 3,500 and 3,800 pounds, re sp e c tiv e ly . •pi p ^ U*s *0’ hostess G ir ls joined in the scrap metal d riv e . And T n a t io n 5* 6 u f1VS a“ ° n? sch° o1 children and teachers was in s titu te d . The boys and g i r l s s c h o o ly a r d 11 PleC6S ° f SCrap to school> where i t was collected in p ile s in the In March, 1943, the demand was fo r tin . . . fa t s . . . o ils . . . even s i l k h o siery , Housewives were to cut both ends out of tin cans, then fla t t e n the sides by dropping the cans on the flo o r , and stepping on them. Bacon grease ( i f there was any J was stored in cans, and given to authorized c o lle c to rs . C0PFER_WAS_RATI0NED. The amount used for coining nickels ( fiv e -c e n t pieces ) was reduced from 95% to 5%........... SUCH WAS THE STORY OF TOE SCRAP COLLECTION IN ROLLA AND PHEPFS COUNTY. LOCAL PRICE CONTROLS.- Ghroughout the War (2 ), Phelps County had a "Price Control Board". This board maintained a watch on prices charged by a l l lo c a l sto res and e n te rp rise s. Those out of lin e were warned or cited fo r v io la tio n of the n a tio n a l p rice control laws. House re n ta ls were a p a rtic u la r area so watched. TIE MEASURSffiNT 0F_FARM LANDS.- Through out World War Two - as also during the Great Depression - great importance was attached to such questions as .'Ithe r a is in g or/and storage o f excess farm crops" - and d e liv e ry o f the excess to the U.S. Secretary o f A gricu ltu re fo r r e l i e f programs. Farmers could insure in amount up to 7% o f the value o f th e ir farm crops, when damaged by flo o d s, he .t, drouth, e tc . Programs to b u ild up the s o il by f e r t i l i z i n g with crushed lime were i n s t i tuted. A program o f b u ild in g farm ponds was c arried on. A Governmen_t_"Farim_Land Bank" was set up in R o lla, with Mr. C. A. Hess as Commissioner I l9 4 0 ). In M issouri, 29,367 farm loans had been made by November, 1941, with a t o t a l loan amount of $56,516,515. GO^M£ENT_WAR-TIME GRANTS_T0 CITY_0F ROLLA.- because o f the heavy in flu x of s o ld ie r s and c iv ilia n s , due to construction of Fort Leonard Wood, Congress author ized the construction o f 600 housing units fo r the R olla-W ayn esville area. Each unit was to cost some $3,300. The R olla units were constructed p r in c ip a lly in Green Acres, R o lla Gardens, and Ridge view additions.

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FOR OTHER PURPOSESj_ U.S._GRANTS were made as fo llo w s : the White U.S.O* . 37 ^ non tt o r\ ............... 1 Negro U.S.O 45,000 Sewer Extensions ................... 324*000 Waterworks e x t e n s io n ........... 29 000 School Operation & Maintenance 15.000 Total ..$762,000 h is amount had a c tu a lly been received as of Feo. 12, 194a. Yet pending were the fo llo w in g grants: H e a lth C lin ic ...................... . $25 000 School B ldg. Additions .............. 135^000 Trachoma H o s p ita l Adds................. 15oloOQ T o ta l pending . . $310,000 Eor For ^or For For

1^.e_f0ST WAR PLAi,NING_CO.;MITTEE.- As e a rly as January 6, 1944, the question was ra is e d as to what should be done in order to re-employ veteran s o ld ie rs r e turning from World War Two - which seemed to be approaching i t s end. In R o lla, a Rost War Planning Committee was set up, with Mr. Noel Hubbard as chairnan. We have h ereto fo re mentioned th is committee and it s achievements. A p rin c ip a l item was the proposal to b u ild a new Phelps County Court House, to cost sane $400,000. In 1946, th is proposal was brought to a county-wide vote, but was defeated. The RED CROS^ ^N_WOPjp_WAR_TTO.- The Red Cross organization has always been "more than a c tiv e " in the Rolla area. I t was so throughout World War Two. The amounts wanted, or secured, from 1942 to 1945 are good examples of what was dons in those and other years; Years Amounts Wanted __ Amounts Raised______ Red Cross Chairmen 1942 Dr. B u ell R. Conyers 1943 Mr. R.E. Schuman 13,789.14 $16,800 1944 Dr. J.W. B arley 19,800 ( f o r county) $10,000 (R o lla only) Rev. J.V. C a r lis le 1945 END OF WORLD WAR TWO STORY.- We have now s u ffic ie n t ly reviewed the events of

World War Two, fo r the purposes o f th is story. V astly more could be w ritten concerning how the WAR a ffe c te d R i lla and the R olla a r e a ,- but we d e s is t . - 0 - 0 -0 o -

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STORMS-FLOods -~jveATH5R-FIRES-ACCID£NTS . . . 1933-46 fin e g g f * *

FLQ^DS>~ In May> 3-934, western winds Drought to R olla a cloud o f

S a t waa c a S ia d °? ° f " e s te ™ Kansas a” Colorado. Ita that 1 1 * 0 tan east as the State of Ne» York - .here i t was estimated tndt 31,000 tons of dust were deposited over that State. low DThent o t a l7r W 1934’. the r iv e r s of PhelP s County were at an a ll-tim e low ihe t o t a l riv e r flow fo r this date, throu^iout the county, was 199 100 000 g a llo n s per day - equal to a flow o f 308 cubic Feet per secondf M s i ’ 3 d ^23.

° * ° f 218’ 500>000 Cn inarch 20

8* U o n s Per day ( 338 cu. f t . s e c .; fo r j Z n Z j

1935, there was a re p e titio n of the dust storm of 1934.

Almost

N e b 2 ^ k lnS Th Ra X1f WaS COVered with 016 dust from Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, ebraska. The dust was so thick in the a ir , that the sun was almost obscured. Things changed by June a5, 1935 - when a t e r r i f i c rain dropped 3.6 inches ° f r a l £ c7e r fche comity. Tracks o f the Frisco ra ilr o a d on Dixon H i l l - and ju s t below Newburg - were washed out. Crops of wheat and b a rle y ,vere flatten ed and ruined. G rain shocks ( wheat and oats ) were l i t e r a l l y washed away. The damage was g re a t. Within sixteen days in the month o f June, r a i n f a l l amounted to 12.7 inche s. The 1935 record was topped on July 18, 1937, when 5 inches o f rain f e l l in two hours. Just west o f R o lla, Coleman Cut and the Frisco tracks there were flo o d ed . On L it t le Dry Fork, at the Soest Road crossing several m iles southeast o f R o lla - the old highway bridge was washed out. Under a fe d e ra l r e l i e f program a new re in fo rc e d concrete bridge replaced the old structure. Ity?

ffln February 16, 1939, a vicious tornado ripped across the f l a t farm lands o f Lan e's P r a ir ie - where in la t e r years the Vichy A irport was lo cated . Many cows were k ille d , and a number of b u ild in g s wrecked. As of May 27, 1943, unusually heavy rain s over a l l o f M issouri and Kansas caused a r is e o f 20 feet on the Gasconade r iv e r . I t was s.iid to have been the worst gen eral storm o f 99 years. The Kansas and M issouri r iv e r s , at Kansas C ity, were exceedingly high. At St. Charles, M issouri, the r iv e r rose 36 fe e t. Tlffi_GREAT_NE'WBURG_FLOOD_OF FRIDAY^ JUNE.S^ 19^5, was the most d isastro u s in Phelps county fo r the 1933-46 period. A fter a t o r r e n t ia l cloudourst - which turned into a tornado some m iles southeast, at Cool Brook Swimming Pool - w a lls of water 7 fe e t high rushed down the two v a lle y s which converge as the hi^iway frem the north ( Newburg Spur of Route T ) reaches c ity lim it s . Fire persons were drowned as the water ripped a house apart at the stream 's edge. Houses were l i f t e d from foundations and flo a te d to s ite s a black away. L it t le Piney riv e r rose so high that the flo o r s o f the Houston House were s ix inches under water. . . . The MONEY DAMAGE was high - out the drowning of the fiv e persons made this a major d is a s t e r fo r the County. On June 22, 1945, a great ocean hurricane h it the c it y of Tampa, F lo rid a . A great many U.S. Army Flying Fortresses ( B -1 7 's ) were th ere. To escape the hurricane, some 19 o f the planes were flown to the Vichy A irp ort 12 m iles north o f R o lla . They had 700 men aboard. They returned to base on June 25th.

WEATHER RECORDS, _12_31-^6. Aside fram the storms and flo o d s as lis t e d above, the temperatures have s p e c ia l in t e r e s t . During July, 1934, from 1st to 18th, temperatures stood between 62 and 80 degrees during nights, and rose frcm 90 to 104 by daytime. There was no ra in - f i e ld s were parched, and farmers had to haul water fo r t h e ir stock..........Then in February o f 1936 ( Jan. 22 to Feb. 12 ) , an unusually cold s p e ll - temperatures zerow to 10 below - froze 300 water pipes in R o lla homes.

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F I R E S

HOLLA'S HIRES,_1232.~ii6«- On the n i$ it of July 4, 1936, a f i r e broke out on lihe second fxoor ol tne " j a i l wing" o f Phelps County Court House. ..uick action by the f i r e department prevented i t s spread, and a p o te n tia l great lo s s . on .-arch 7th, 1,37, the old sheds ( remains o f the old Thompson liv e r y s t a b le ) at southeast corner of 9th and R o lla streets were completely destroyed by f i r e . 'That was the end of an old and prominent R olla landmark. On December 9, 1937, f i r e d e str yed the second flo o r and the roof o f the David Donnan home, on Salem Avenue,— some two ulocrts to;; a,rd town from Soest Road. This, form erly, had been the home o f Dr. ±. Coe { fa tn e r of U rs . Jane Coe Brant J, and a lt e r that, tte residence o f Judge C.C. Bland. The upper story was rei_-uixt, but in sm aller dimensions. On Monday, May 1, 1939, one of R o lla 1s most cular and damaging f i r e s destroyed the plant, furn ish in gs, presses, and valuable b a c k -file s o f the R o lla New Epa newspaper. I t was housed in the Root. McCaw b u ild in g , which existed in the form o f an " e l l " - e n c irc lin g the Masonic H all - and thus fro n tin g both on 7th and on Pine s t r e e t . The en tire McCaw b u ild in g was destroyed. Fire fig h tin g o u t fit s came from Cuba, Salem, St.James, and Jefferson C ity. The New Era f i l e s from 1898 to 1939 were destroyed. The presses and a l l apparatus and type were ruined. The damage was placed at #100,000. On September 15, 1939, the former W.C. Dickinson residence - then being used fo r o ffic e and home fo r Mr. and Mrs. C. . Weub, and as headquarters fo r th eir "R u sse ll Bros, C ircus" camped on the grounds, was t o t a lly destroyed by f i r e . On October 3, 1940, a group of cheap wooden store buildings fro n tin g the south lin e o f 6th s tre e t, between Oak and Elm s tre e ts, were burned out. Mrs. John Phelps owned the b u ild in g s, but they were rented by the Paul Hoover Produce Co. the W.S. Heavin metal working shop - the Blue Bonnet Dress Shop - and VanArmond Cabinet shop. On January 2, 1941, f i r e completely destroyed the Sam Vaughn Produce Co. b u ild in g , a ls o on the south side of 6th stre e t, just east o f Elm s tre e t. Mrs. Vaughn was the former Eugenia J e ffre y s, daughter of the h i^ ily respected R o lla negro school teacher, J.O. J e ffre y s . The damage amounted to #3,000. On December 24, 1943, a tw o-story frame b u ild in g at southwest corner of 12th and Oak s tre e ts was destroyed by f i r e . The occupants, awakened at night, managed to get out - but saved nothing besides their li v e s . This had been the "Bob H e lle r" apartment house. On a date between March 1 and May 11, 1944, the pretentious tw o-story residence - form erly the home of veteran pioneer Andrew Malcolm - at southeast corner o f 7th and Main s tre e ts, was so badly damaged by f i r e that the City con demned and tore i t down. On A p r il 26 , 1945, the store of the Ozark Maytag Company, south side of 7th street some 200 feet east of the F risc o tracks, was badly damaged. The b u ild in g was damaged, to the extent o f #7,500 - and the stock in side to #10,000. Mr. G.O. Robison was the p ro p rie to r. fin A p r il 15 (Monday), 1946, the old Maramec Iron Works Boarding House was com pletely destroyed by f i r e , '.Mien struck by lig h tn in g . I t had been b u i lt in 1848. On Sunday, March 3, 1946, the C h ristian Church b u ild in g at southeast corner o f 8th and Main stre e ts was burned down. I t was the second church b u ild in g thus f a r erected on that s i t e . The ruins were being torn out, and work started on a replacement, by July 25, 1946.

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F in a lly , the 4th flo o r and ro o f o f the old Baltimore Hotel ( the "C randall House" o f 1882 ) - in 1946 c a lle d the "E l Caney Hotel" - were destroyed by f i r e . The b u ild in g flanked the west side of the F risco tracks, and abutted the north line of 8th s t r e e t . The 4th flo o r was repaired - but a p la in w a ll and ro o f replaced the former Mansard design. The damage was fix ed a t #20,000. A C C I D E N T S -

1933-1946

Accidents_,_Period 193.3-12.46.- The fo llo w in g accidents occurred during the period June 4. 1933. - While occupying the dressing room at the Cool Brook Swimming Pool, alongside Highway 63, s ix m iles south of R o lla, Mrs. Frank E. Dennie was struck by an automobile that had been parked on the h ills id e above the dressing room. The car got loose, and crashed in to the b u ild in g , se rio u sly in ju rin g Mrs. Dennie. Numbers o f her bones were broken - but she recovered. Jan._19,,_12.3ifc.- John Haas, a farmer liv in g some 6 m iles south o f R o lla, was k i lle d when a dynamite charge he was preparing exploded prematurely. Feb._lAj.,_123i±*- Some 36,000 persons were k ille d during the year thus ended and on the n a tio n 's highways. Persons injured fa r exceeded that number. June_4j_ 192,5.- Mr. A.L. Cairns, a graduate of the School of Mines, ( "Buddy") died o f suicide ( by hanging ; in the Beckman house, south side of 12th street, next west o f the Frisco tracks. AjcraJ^l^ 1937.- O live Whittaker, aged 12, had swallowed a n a il s ix years before - in 1931. In 1937, the n a il was discovered in her lung, by X-ray, at the R o lla H o sp ita l. ( Removed ?? ). 4ug.._12,_1232*~ Mrs. M is s o u ri A f f o lt e r , age 31, o f Newburg, was k ille d by lig h tn in g w h ile c a rry in g a bucket o f w ater acro ss Highway 66, in Newburg H e ig h ts . Aug._22,_12.3Z*- Mrs. E lizabeth Roberson was k ille d when her auto, speeding, went o f f o f Highway 66 on "Dead-man's Curve", a mile e a st of R o lla . Au^._22,_123Z*- Mr. Floy Webo, cashier o f the National Bank o f R o lla, went, alone, on a fis h in g t r ip on Big Dry Fork, where i t crosses the John Dean farm. When he f a i le d to cone home, a rescue party found him drowned and in a pool o f w a te r 8 fe e t deep. A heart attack, or a fa in tin g s p e ll, seemed to account for the death. Sept^. 2,_1232*“ Gene lo re s , age 27, while s it t in g on the F risco tracks near the old w ater tank and Frisco pond, was struck at 2:30 a.m. by the speeding J i l l Rogers" passenger t r a in . His body was dragged westward to the 12th street crossin g. Se£t. 18,_ 1927.- Mrs. Martha Marlow, w ife of Wm. F. Marlow, was struck and b i l l e d by_ a_ F risc o fr e ig h t tra in , at the 6th street crossin g. July 8 1928-“ Mrs. v * Smith, while p u llin g weeds at th eir re so rt cabin at Nagogami^Lodge, was twice b itte n by a copperhead snake. Rushed to R o lla, she survived without seriou s a f t e r e ffe c t s . Nov 20 1932*- D r* Benj. T- Smith, of Newburg and R o lla, was struck and k i i le d at_ the_ -junction of the Newburg Spur ( Rte "T ") and Highway 66. As he stood at the junction, he was h it by a f a s t moving auto. He was a former mayor of Newburg. March 9 1940 - A herd of c a t t le , unloaded in the R olla stock yards ju s t o f- Friscc) Pond - got loose and s t r a n d out on the Frisco track s. The F r is c o 's "Texas S p e c ia l", a rriv in g about 8:00 P.M., struck and k ille d 16 of the c a t t le . Five others were m issing.

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, -'4£®-2Z>_124i..- The A lfre d A. Smith house, south side o f 10th stre e t, just east o f Holloway Avenue, was struck by lig h tn in g . A hole 4 fe e t square was broken through the r o o f. The current follow ed the house w irin g, knocking out the re c e p ta c le s. N either Hr. or Mrs. Smith, s it t in g in a room, were in ju red . . p. u£.^ ^ > _ 1 9 4 1 .- 'îe ûsseTl Bros. Circus, headquartered at R o lla, was showing in Richmond, V irg in ia , when a t e r r i f i c wind storm tore down the "B ig Tent", and overturned the l i o n 's cage. Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Webb, o f R o lla, were the owners. While crossing the Frisco tracks at 6th stre e t, a t 11:00 P.M., a fa s t r is c o fre ig h t S train h it the auto driven by 2*Ir. Henry Wagner* His car, with the occupants, was carried from 6th to R olla stre e t crossin gs. Mr. and Mrs. Wagner, ■with th e ir two children ( Henry, 11, and E lizabeth , 16 ) were k ille d . _ ê£*_T6,_12.42.- Mr. Claude Grimm, head carpenter at j4.S . m ., was h it by a F risc o t r a in while crossing the tracks at 6th stre e t. Grimm's auto was demolished he was knocked unconscious — out he survived. iiPE.fl 2_7j_ 19itA. - Three men were k ille d in a truck accident which occurred on the curve o f the highway next east o f the Pennant Hotel t, in 1970 the Carney Manor) when the truck (bu s) l e f t the concrete slab and overturned. Ten men were in ju re d . Three were k i l l e d . The men were en route to Jerome, to work on the F risco r a ilr o a d . May llj_ 19,44.- Two German prisoners, who had escaped from the stockade at Fort Leonard Hood, STOPPED in the R olla Cafe for iunch. They were seen there by Mrs. Mary ( L.H. ) Breuer, who became suspicious. They went to the depot to take a t r a in . Mrs. Breuer follow ed, and f e l t ju s t if ie d in c a llin g the p o lic e . She was co rrect in her suspicion s. The men confessed, and were returned to tie Fort. August_31, _1£44*- O lli e Owens, who fo r 15 years ted served as night watchman fo r the down-town merchants, was h it and k ille d by the 2:30 A.M. F risco " W ill Rogers" express tra in . He was walking beside the track ju s t west o f the depot. May 12j_ 1946^.- At 1:00 A.M. on a Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Hunter, parents o f s ix ch ildren - together with Mr. and Mrs. Irv in g Campbell, parents o f f i v e ch ild ren , drove th e ir auto upon the Frisco tracks a t 6th s tre e t - and were h it by a fa s t west-bound fre ig h t tra in . Mr. Hunter was the foreman fo r the Johnson, Shinkle & Stephens Shoe Co. ...M r . Campbell operated the Texaco statio n a t C olonial V illa g e . Both men were in s ta n tly k i lle d . The two women were badly in ju red . The auto was demolished. El£V£n_children were_le_f_t without re n ts . AND THUS DID STORMS, FLOODS, FIRES, and ACCIDENTS TREAT ROLLA DURING THE PERIOD 1933-46. THE MISSOURI SCHOOL OF MINES - 1933-1946 Scope Of_This_ S ketch.- The a f f a i r s o f the M issouri School o f Mines have been so thoroughly reviewed in our " 1941_Bistory_of Mis_souri_S_chool of_Mines_and_Metallu rg y " , fo r the period 1933-41,- and a lso on pages 75 to 81 of our 1921-32 section o f present sto ry - that we need not include great d e t a il here. However, we DO need to elau o rate more on the W ilson regime - it s portion from 1941 to 1946 - because that adm inistration has not, as yet, been o f f i c i a l l y reviewed by anyone. The School4s_Adiinnistra_tore,_1232- 46i.~ As the School o f Mines a f f a i r s , gener a l l y , "were" under d ire c tio n of the presidents o f the U n iversity o f M issouri, at Columbia, we must a t le a s t mention them. Dr. Stratton_Duluth Brooks became U n iversity president on July 1, 1923. The thing- that distin gu ish ed Dr. Brooks from his immediate predecessors and successors was the fa c t that he_was_an active_backer o f the School of Mines and i t s program. He held o ffic e from 1923 u n t il he resigned, January 1, 1931. Dean W alter W illiam s, founder and head of the U n iv e rs ity 's School of Journal ism, assumed the o ffic e as Dr. Brooks l e f t . In some few ways, he disagreed with

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the School’ s program and p o lic ie s - but in many other ways he favored tte School, e said , p u b lic ly , that the School of Mines was known in every country o f the Globe, l t s exc®lle n c e 111 it s f i e l d . I l l health caused him to re sig n as of December 31, 1934. He died on July 29, 1935. —r— Z r£der^ck A._i»ijddlebush became Dr. W illiam s' successor. He took over as ac_ting_pre_sident_ in September, 1934 - before Dr. W illiam s f i n a l l y re t ir e d . M iddlebiashi ser*yed. as a c tin g '1 president u n t il June 29, 1935 - when the Curators appointed him " f u l l time" p resid en t. Dr. M iddlebush’ s attitude toward the School of Mines could be summed up in h is statement that " Mi_ssour i_Scho o1 of_Mj^£s_wa s_Mis s o u ri' £3 Great Educational Mistake . During h is regime, he and h is aid — vice p r-sid e n t L e s lie Cowan "f could have ueen c a lle d the "de facto £residen t" ) did a l l in th eir power to r e s t r ic t the School to the teaching, alone, of "mining and m etallurgy" - with a l l i t s other departments ( c i v i l , mechanical, e le c t r ic a l, chemic 1 engineering ; tran sferred to Columbia. i: r^ie Middlebush concept of the School, o f Mine s, thus stated, brought him immediate l y to a head-on c o llis io n with Dr. Charles H. Fulton, the S chool's D irecto r. Dr. F u lto n 's p o lic y fa r the School ( in f u l l accord with State law ) was that the School ex isted fo r the_ b e n e fit and promotion of_tJhe_raineral_industry. But that did not mean that courses other than mining and m etallurgy should be dropped. I t meant e x a c tly the reverse. Dr. F u lto n 's idea was in complete agreement with that of the Sch ool's most famous graduate - Dr. D aniel C. Jackling - who pointed out that, in his day, there was no such thing as a "MINING ENGINEER", trained in nothing more than mine engi neering and m etallurgy. He said that, in any mining operation o f consequence, the e n te rp rise required the s k i l l s , knowledge, tra in in g , and services o f the other lin e s o f engineering - c i v i l , mechania)., e le c t r ic a l, chemical - plus s c ie n t ific geology. He in s is te d that ALL OF THESE LINES should be tau ^it at R o lla . We may dism iss any fu rth er discussion of the Fulton adm inistration ( 1920-37) by saying, again, that i t is e la b o ra te ly treated at pages 75 to 81 o f our 1921-32 section, as w e ll as in our 1941 M.S.M. h isto ry . Dr. F u lto n 's disagreement with P re s. Middlebush an Vice Pres. L e s lie Cowan led to his resign ation , as_Director_, on July 10, 1937 - e ffe c tiv e as of Sept. 1, 1937. For the next two years he remained on the S ch o o l's fa c u lty r o l l , as research p rofessor o f m etallurgy. He then removed to the Montana School of Mines, atEutte, where he was professor o f m etallu rgy. He died a t h is home a t D e e rfie ld , South D kota, near Rapid City, on A p r il 9, 1944Dr. Middlebush continued as u n iv e rsity president u n til h is resignation, on August 31, 1954. THE CHEDSEY a^.ilalDTRA ION, 1937-1941 D ire c t or _William_Reuel_Chedsey_Takes_Oyer.- On August 5, 1937, P ro f. W illiam Reuel Chedsey, then a professor o f mining at Pennsylvania State C ollege, was appointed as D irector o f the School o f Mines. He arrived in R o lla a few days th e re a fte r, and nade a gen eral survey and a p p ra isa l of the situ atio n at the School. What he learned caused him to f e e l that th is appointment might not be w ise. He th erefo re conferred with i r e . . Middlebush, and o ffered to re sig n . But Middlebush wanted to re ta in him - so took him to confer with Mr. a . B.Green, president o f the f i r e b ric k concern a t Mexico c ity , Mo. Somewhat.reassured, P ro f. Chedsey returned to R o lla and assumed the o ffic e of D irecto r, on September 1, 1937. Before he l e f t o ffic e , D r. Fulton had prepaged the School budget fo r the 193738 year. However, i t had been re jected by P res. Middlebush and the curators. D ire c to r Chedsey's re v isio n o f the budget was lik ew ise re je c te d . This led him to f e e l thuxt h is appointment, presumably made in good fa it h , was NOT in good fa it h . As he said to present w r it e r , three months fo llo w in g his a r r iv a l in R olla - he

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discovered that the p o lic ie s -which he sought to carry out fo r the School were em phatically disapproved by the Middlebush-Cowan regime at Columbia. At the close o f h is adm inistration, in 1941, he to ld th is same w rite r that " a fte r the f i r s t three months ( in 1937 ) , Middlebush and Cowan had "throw n_grit int,o_the_bearings'' c o n tin u a lly . Dr. Chedsey was a humane adm inistrator. He d e a lt with h is fa c u lty in the most courteous manner. In addition to h is work at the School, he actively par tic ip a te d in the programs of K o lia 's churches and Chamber of commerce, and so exerted a high degree of moral influence on the community.

Certain changes in catalog format - in designation of course numbers - and in other lik e d e ta ils were made - at the middlebush-Cowan direction, ^ontrol of the business o ffic e was la rg e ly tr nsferred to tne vice president's ( Cowans' ) o ffic e at Columbia. As we nave said elsewhere, the University at Columbia, with Federal gr~nu=> and aid, and during the Fulton regime (1932-37) had been given FOURTEEN NEW BUILDINGS - wmle the School of Hines received NONE! In 1935 the Schocu. naa a.kt State le g is la tiv e grants of some $543,00 , with which to erect new buxla^ngs - departments of geology, ceramics, mechanical and e le c tric a l engineering. None of these requests were granted. The only grant of consequence, Prom 1935 3 , was money fcr d r illin g a deep w ell for campus water supply. This was d r ille d .o the Potosi geological fcrmation, at a depth of 1150 feet. Here Was A Situation_That Had To_Be Changed.- So Diretcot Chedsey acted. 'When “ as e a r ly as“ January 20, 1933, the Federal Government set up the W-P-A. _ ( Works Progress Administration ), Dr, C-iedsey managed to gain approval of a project

& o -o . ■ who for 40 years had headed the C iv il Engineering department. The corner ston , a design by Prof. C.V.Mann, was troweled into place by Prof. Harris in dedication ceremonies held November 14, 1338. The construction o f Harris H all certain ly helped - but that was NOT enough. |he bu ilding was e sse n tia lly complete by September 1903 - and had cost $133,861.5 o f which the school paid $49,369.34, and the U.S. Government *83,995.74. ThP Chemical B u ild in g .- One o f the most acute needs of the School was a ihe_ O h g p i c a L ----- ^ Chemical Engineering. Because no one e lse was s u ita b le ouiiding fo r h e m ist^ Gounfcy ^ R o lla members o f the State L e g isla tu re p re ssin g t h i - xss , l . Woods arri 3. H. Rucker were serving, or had s e r ^ d , as took over. M essrs, h • E ■ A llis o n was State senator fo r the R o lla d i s t r i c t , county re p r e s e n t s a v e s . J * ; ^ ^ 1939 General Assembly a nhese th r f nevv Chemical Engineering b u ild in g . Governor b i l l ap propriatin g $250,000 000.~ With that sum, the f i r s t unit Stark cut the appropriation in h a lf, * and ^ p i e t e d on A p r il 11, 1941.

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the School o f l d l n l s - w l t / ^ f l d l v ^ e e d d 1 °f ^ Unive^ s it y moved to provide again took over. They m a ^ L d L T e t ' ^ P° * 6r * la n t ’ R o lla ,s le g is la t iv e team fo r tte second unit of tte C h em teT 1, P&SSed §1Ving the Sch° o1 $125,000 The t o t a l o ie n n ia l appropriation fo r fhp ~ w d '^ J 5*000 fo r a new power plan t. the 1940-41 biennium i t Sas $870 91 ? ^ n f ^ 1 1939 had been $927,500. For b u ild in g s . "J ’ 9 " including the amounts shown above for the $225,000r f o r nt t e 1 Pov^replant ^ Chemical 3unding “ approved The old power plant e ^ L ^ * ^ was duly erected and placed in service. " \ _ u n n g the Richards-Ladd regimes, was wrecked. the b u ild in g °o f^ c u rb s°a i d^eutt- suppll®f a ir in g the Chedsey adm inistration included a second f l o o r in t o 9 caapus r0ads with asph alt; placing H a ll )• u t i l i t v tunnels f n u 1 y ‘V?;n? ° f the ^ P e r ^ e n t Station uuilding ( Fulton c e ilin g tunnf l s bo H arris H aU and to the new Chemical building? new machinery fo r ^nd^Sha rH f tb? Engineering Drawing department; new business F ’ * nd n e h a o ilita tio n of the business o ffic e ; fix in g Parker Hall departments ^ 1Drary u se 5 and minor improvements f o r a l l other campus Student Enrollment_ nd_Degrees_awarded. — The fo llo w in g table records basic data concerning student enrollment: During_the_Fulton Regime During_Chedsey_Regime 1920 . . 420 en rolled 1922-25 399 1937- 38 . . . 707 1930- 31 . . 635 1938- 39 . . . 809 1931- 32 . . 679 1939- 40 . . . 895 1932- 33 . . 529 1940- 41 . . . 931 1936-37 . . 531 —S—for_Dggrees_Awanded. - During the years o f the Fulton regime, 1920-1937 128^ engineering degrees were awarded. During previous adm inistrations only 66l degrees had been awarded . . . During the Chedsey period, 1937-41, a t o t a l o f 506 degrees of a l l kinds were awarded. THE ROLLA SlMfljRjSESSIONS The R o lla Summer_Sessions For Teachers . - This a c t iv it y , conducted fo r tte b e n e fit of p u blic school teachers, started in 1924 - and operated apart from School o f Mines adm inistration. I t had continued throughout the 1930's, and in to the Chedsey adm inistration. Dr. Joseph W. Barley, professor of modern languages w hile on duty w ith the M.S.M. re g u la r fa c u lty , was d irecto r o f ttese summer sessio n s. A number o f M.S.M. fa c u lty members, along with members of the U n iv e rsity fa c u lty at Columbia, served as members of the sumner sessions. A few scattered comments w i l l serve to descrioe this a c t iv it y . Summer school commencement programs were held in la t e August each year. In August 1934 eighteen degrees ( bachelor in education ) were awarded. The music fo r the* * occasion was supplied by a summer school "la d ie s chorus", con sistin g of tte Misses Laws, Lofton, Mann (M argaret), Harrison, Wilcox, H i l l , McIntosh, Petty, and N ie h o ff. Mrs. B.H. ( Margaret Southgate) Rucker was one o f the eighteen who received degrees. The 1935 session started on Mayb27th, with an enrollment o f 226. This increased to 260 by June 12th.The t o ta l enrollment fo r 1936 was 340. By May 1937, i t had rise n to 423. in August o f that year, there were thirteen g r duates. In 1938, r e g is t r a t io n reached tte highest fig u re ever . . . 563 . Our la ^ t record, fo r 1939, reported that school opened on May 31 with enrollment of 542 . Twenty-two candidates were given degrees on August 3, 1939. LISS0URI_ACADEMY_0F SCIENCE This S o ciety had oeen organized during the Fulton adm inistration. I t s f i r s t meeting

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T h is_3 ociety had been organized during the Fulton adm inistration. It s f i r s t meeting was at the U n iv ersity o f M issouri, Columbia, December 8, 1934. A l l the u n iv e r s it ie s an accredited c o lle g e s w ithin M issouri were members, and sent rep resen tatives to the Academy's sessions. D irector C.H. Fulton was elected the s o c ie t y 's president fo r the 1938-39 year, a t which meeting a College section fo r students was organized, w ith Dr. M a g ill, o f Cape Girardeau — S is t e r d i R icci o f Fontbonne C ollege, S t. Louis, and Dr. C.V.Mann, of M.S.M., as adult sponsors. The c o lle g ia t e section continued to meet, with Dr. Mann as counselor, up to the S ed alia meeting o f 1946. Members of th is section presented d s e rie s o f tech n ical papers of outstanding excellence - superior to those presented at the adult sessio n s. On several occasions, boys from the School o f Mines were elected presiden t o f th is section. jlie Mi_ssouri_S_ociety_of P r o fe s s io n a lEngine e r s . - This society was f i r s t organized at the School o f Mines on January 9, 1937. At that time, Mr. W.S.Conlon, secretary o f the N ational Society of P ro fessio n al Engineers, was present - and urged such organ ization . Also present were Mr. A.H. Baum and Gen. L i e f J. Sver drup, o f S t. Lou is. Mr. Baum explained the proposed d ra ft fo r a M issouri Engineer R e g istra tio n Act, which was to be presented to the le g is la t u r e for enactment. On m otion,by Dr. C.E. Bardsley, the group o f some eleven M.S.M. p rofessors present, voted to organize as the Missouri Society of P ro fe ssio n a l Engineers, and to a f f i l i a t e with the National Society. Motion was c a rrie d . P ro f. Joe B. B utler was elected the s o c ie ty 's f i r s t president. M.E. Country man, o f State Highway department, J e f f . City, was vice presiden t. Dr. C.E. B ardsley was secretary , and Mr. A.H. Baum was elected treasu rer and a d ire c to r. This so ciety has grown to very healthy and in flu e n t ia l proportions, as o f 1973. Present w rite r, Dr. C.V.Mann, was o f th is group of eleven "founders". 3ampiS_Conferences, _1937-1941j;_- During the Chedsey adm inistration, conferences arranged by n ational engineering and in d u s t r ia l association s were g r e a tly en couraged and held. The several n atio n al engineering p ro fessio n al s o c ie tie s were b ro u ^ it in to c lo se r contact with M.S.M. students and graduates. The program of sc h o la stic and engineering aptitude testin g, promulgated by Dr. C.V.Mann and R e g is tra r Noel Hubbard, was continued, and i t s re su lts p u b licized across the nation by means of reports and papers prepared and read to various s o c ie tie s by Dr. Chedsey and Dr. Mann. During 1939 and 19A0, the n atio n al W.P.A. subsidized Dr. Mann's aptitude te s tin g p ro je c t with a grant o f * 26,000 - with which a sp ecial s t a f f was employed to score the t e s t s . These were administered to some 10,000 students in c o lle g e s and high schools within M issouri - and to students in some 75 engineering c o lle g e s throughout the nation. This was a project that was t o t a lly unique in c o lle g e c ir c le s u to th is tin e . I t had great influence in e sta b lish in g aptitude te stin g in a l l the 150 engineering c o lle g e s o f the nation. The Reserve O ffic e r gainingJC oros_(_R _:p_1T;_C:_) at the School o f Lines had been conducted th?ougjT the years from 1920 to 1938. But in 1938, i t was organized as an "Engineer Regiment", with an R.O.T.C. m ilita ry band. Mr. John -.cott served as the band's d ire c to r, from September, 1926, down into the W ilson ad m in istra tio n . „ . M iscellaneous Student A c t i v i t i e s .- In our 1921-1932 section ( pages 75-81 ) we d escribed tte' M.o.M. Glee Club program in d e t a il - so pass over i t here. Other student a c t iv it ie s included playing of fo o t b a ll and basket b a l l - the observance of S t. P a t 's Day - the a c t iv it ie s of the Student Council - tte s t a f f s of tte Rollamo and the M issou ri Miner - and the doings of the Greek f r a t e r n it ie s .

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Saint Fat ind His. Jueena^ 19^8^19.41 •- On page 80 of our 1921-193*2 section, we lis t e d those students who were chosen as 3t. Pat and his «ueen fo r ttie years 1908 down through 1937* The following l i s t completes the re ccrd/down through th year 1972. fe ar ho St.Pat ..as______ ./ho The ;ueon Was Mary Louise Breuer 1938 . . John R. Post ....... Mary UcCrae 3.939 . . Sam K u r t z .............. Rosemary Sue Crumpler 1940 . . Robert Dorsey ....... 1941 . . John H. Lyons ........ Ruth Lu cille Stimson Agnes Houlahan 1942 . . John lazzoni . . . . . . 1943 . . (World ar Two) HOTS' t For Tears 1944 . . Ditto .. 1943-44-45, no 1945 . . Ditto . . St.Pet*a program Lenorc Jones 1946 . . Bob White .............. was held. Louise Freeman 1947 •• Harold Brehe ......... 1948 . . James B. : cGrath .. Bus Gleason Paula Fite 1949 . . Mariloe Drake 1950 . . Bob Schuchardt . . . . Alice Walthall 1951 •• Joe Geers .............. 1952 . . Dick Hample ........... Barbara Burner 1953 . . Jim Girard ............. Joan Christian 1954 . . Fred Smith ............. June Lange 1955 •• Ji® Murphy ............. Shirley Marie lirueggemun 1956 . . Bon McGovern . . . . . . Mrs. V irg in ia Graham Marilyn Goodnight 1957 . . Warren C a rro ll . . . . Jaline See 1958 . . Hon Huesman . . . . . . . 1959 . . Drud iMurphy........... Linda Fitzgerald

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CLOSING EVENTS OF CHEDSEY ADMINISTRATION. h e a v v ^ n f l S ~ i f ° ~ y-Pi:0'ie- t 'Z ^ Construcfcion of F° r t Leonard Wood brought a b e c 2 e“ c S l ?e ° m P le f and in to R o lla . This meant that housing f a c i l i t i e s ta k ™ over b v ‘ the f o r a e r ly. a y a ila o le fo r School o f Mines students were now fo r "a s r o o ^ o f ^ n o r M f o r T

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s e n a t fS il°n r o ^ S ^ 19 tt- , ^ nator " • A l i s o n , o f R o lla, Introduced a , P ld ln g fo r a $150,000 dormitory on the M.S.M. campus, a red hot u °raLT srSL T F Sta^ d * M r* ^ " CDaVid' o f the B o a S o f u S v e r i t y NOT N ° ded S two-column a r t ic le in St.Louis newspapers, said a dormitory was th ln r J d’ ' 11 ^ ' t provide the 8tudents_with rooms in Ih f “ - - hF r u £nd - h- 5t «d S it s _ t o Columbia^ JVe can take_care o f ttenTthere . H ow e^r thr ? o n ^ l l S ° n dormitory b i l l - but i t died in a House comnlttee.a u t h S i t y to b nSr al asserably E ® PROVIDE the necessary funds, and the H igh ly indignant at such opposition on the part o f u n iv e rsity curators o f theeSch USh ” Sanat° r A llis o n drafted a b i l l providing fo r the separation o f the School o f mines adm inistration from that o f tte U n iversity president the S ch o o l's "d ir e c t o r ” i t s "president" - reporting d ir e c t ly to the curators, and NOT to the u n iv ersity president a t Columbia. This thorou^rly publicized the rep ressive p o lic ie s tte U niversity , i t s president and curators, were tryin g to impose on the School o f Mines. . . . The A llis o n "Emancipation B i l l " fa ile d to pass - but i t was the beginning o f measures that f i n a l l y ended the U n iv e rs ity 's r e s t r ic t iv e p o lic y . Direutor_Chedsey_R esigns.- The fu ry o f School of Mines supporters knew no Dounds when, i n_ June, _1£40, i t became known that the curators and u n iv e rsity presid en t had, se c re tly , demanded and received D ire c to r Chedsey's resign ation even_before _the foregoin g e vents_had_happened. The resign ation was demanded on June 3, 1940 - to be e ffe c tiv e as of August 31, 1941 - a_year la t e r I The Curators had kept th is action secret, nut when e d ito r Luraan H. Long, o f the R o lla New Era, went to Columuia on March 28, 1941 - and demanded to examine the c u ra to rs' jo u rn al - he learned that D irecto r Chedsey had alread y resigned. P res. Middlebush then made a " be la te d announcemaxt " . ... Dr. Chedsey completed h is work at the end of tte 1940-41 academic ye;*r, in June, 1941 . • and severed h is connection with tte School as of August 31, 1941. THE- M.S.M. IMS TORY Tfffi_Y/HlTING_AND_PUBLICA110N_0E _i'H_ ii.S.M._Hl^i>gURYjj_— The idea of w ritin g a comprehensive h isto ry of M issouri School of Mines was born the summer of 1929, when Ur. and Mrs. Mann began c o lle c tin g m aterial fo r the S t a t e 's "Survey of Higher Education in M isso u ri". To begin with, the S t a t e 's le g is la t iv e journaxs fo r the years 1867 to 1871 were scanred— and found to contain fundamental fa c ts concerning tte S ch o o l's o r ig in s . The two Manns spent the next twelve years in making intensive lo c a l, state-w id e, and n ation al searches fo r added pertinent m aterial. By 1939, they had completed a f a i r l y comprehensive h isto ry o f the School, -which they manifolded in a SIX-COPY EDITION, and entered fo r copyright in the n atio n al copyright o ffic e , L ib r a r y o f Congress, Washington, D.C. As the foregoin g controversy developed, R o lla 's business men - gathered together in the R o lla Chamber o f Commerce - proposed, em phatically, that th is "s to ry " must be published. This could not be done by the "Manns" - as u n iv e rsity ru le s required that m aterial p ertain in g to the U n iv ersity must be suumitted for curator examination before being published. Since the story had fu lly b re v e a le d the repressive measures of the U n iv e rsity adm inistration - eith er to starve, or emasculate the School - suomission to the curators was altogeth er im possible.

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A. Solution Was Found when the Phelps County H is to ric a l Society agreed to take over the manuscript, name a fifty-member pu blication committee headed by former d ire c to r Dr. C. H. Fulton - and with funds raised by the R o lla Chamber o f Commerce ( $4,500 ), contract fcr and oversee the p u b licatio n . 1,000 copies were printed - 1040 pages each. This plan was follow ed out, and the book was " o f f ^ c i a l l ^ published" by Dr. Fulton, fo r the H is to ric a l Society, at a memoraule society banquet held November 6, 1941. The two "Manns" were given a three-minute standing ovation, plu s a lo v e ly gold plated lo v in g cup. A l l o f th is was done while the events of the Chedsey adm inistration were yet "steaming h ot". In producing th is monumental book, reading p rin ters proof, making the o r i g i n als o f a l l the 32 photographic p la te s included - Dr. and Mrs. Mann traveled some 15,000 m iles with th e ir auto, at a cash cost of 3?1,200. They spent some 3,000 hours o f txme , worth at le a s t #6,000. The t o t a l cost to them was some $7, 200..............BUT THE B00K_FINALL Y_S AVED_THE_SCH00L 0F_MINEo_F80M H.IASCULa TION l EVENTS OF THE CURTIS L. WILSON ADMINISTRATION 1941 - 1963 Dr_j_ Curtis_Laws Wilson_Becomes_"DEAN^_ of _1/LS^M.- In July, 1941, Curtis Laws W ilson was appointed by the U niversity Bbard o f Curators to be the head adminis tra to r o f M issouri School of Mines - with the t i t l e of_"DEAN" - instead of the former designation as "d ir e c t o r ". He thus became the 13th adm inistrative o f ' i cer o f the School. D r. W ilson was b o rn ^ n , and received e a rly elementary and high school educa tion in Baltim ore, Maryland. He attended Baltimore City C ollege, and then removed to Montana, where he graduated from Montana School of Mines ( Butte ) with the degree o f Engineer o f Mines. In June, 1922, he married Miss Ruth Marian Range. They even tu ally became parents o f one child - V irg in ia Ruth Wilson. A fter attending Columbia School o f Mines ( New York), he studied and took h is Ph.D. degree ( m etallurgy ) at U niversity of Gottingen, Germany. Washington U n iv e rsity , S t. Louis, conferred on him the honorary degree o f Doctor of Engi neering in 1954. He was in itia te d in to a number of honor scholarship s o c ie tie s , in clu d in g Tau Beta P i, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, and others. During 1920-21, he was research engineer with the Anaconda Copper Mining Co., o f Butte. From 1921 to 1941, he served as in stru cto r, a ssissta n t professor, and f u l l p rofessor o f m etallurgy at Montana School of Mines, Butte. He held the l a t t e r p o sitio n when elected "dean" of M issouri School of Mines, July, 1941. During h is career, Dr. Wilson was a member o f numbers o f technical engi neering p ro fe ssio n a l s o c ie tie s , such as A .I.M .E . . . . Am. ...ining uongress ...Am. S ociety fo r Engineering Education . . N .S .P .E ., and others, - including membership on Engineers Council fo r P ro fessio n al Development. He was a member of Rotary Club, and a Methodist - in which church, a t R olla, he served in a leading ro le , teaching a c la s s o f high school students. He was co-author o f a book on "Metal lu rg y of Copper". His other a c t iv it ie s are set forth in several " Who's Whos", i in clu din g "E n gineering". •

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Dr W ilson is Elected ^Dean"_of M .S.M .. - For years, the p o lic y of the U n iv e rsity curators had been to choose either a "mining engineer", or a "metal l u r g i s t " as head o f M issouri School of Mines. Dr. W illiam R. Chedsey, Dr .W ilso n ’ s predecessor had been a "mining engineer". This time, the mantle f e l l upon the shoulders o f a "m e ta llu rg is t", also a mining engineer - who had been close to the copper mines o f Montana, had done research fo r the mines, and had a lso engaged in minor f i e l d practice in that area.

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, J™As_ G£ n eral^_U n derstood , among frie n d s o f the School of M in es,- that when Dr. Wilson was approached with the o ffe r o f tte "d ean 's" p o sitio n - he informed himself 01 conditions at R o lla - and in siste d that, i f he were to be appointed - t h e u n iv e rsity p o lic y o f dismemoering the School o f Mines must not continue. I t was understood that he was given th is assurance - which, as we sh a ll re v e a l - was not w e ll kept. Dr. and Mrs. W ilson and dau^ijter V irg in ia arriv ed in R o lla about the middle o f august, 1941. He o f f i c i a l l y assumed o ffic e on September 1, 1941, and served continuously from then u n til the end of the 1962-63 year - August 31,1963. E a r ly M eetings_of M.S.M._Faculty_Under_Wilson. - In h is f i r s t meeting with the Faculty, as school opened in September, 1941, Dean Wilson assured the teachers that ' his_ firs t. duty_was_to protect^ h is fa c u lt y " . He said that he wanted the Faculty "te run the_ school,!........... But, in apparent contradiction, he then said that - except when P res. Middlebush o f the U n iv e rsity was on the c:unpus — "ETHERE WOULD BE ONLY ONE BOSS"— and that would be Dean Wilson. That p o lic y soon became abundantly evident I seven Making a LongJ31ory_3hort, during the next £xxk years (1941-48 ), ONE HUNDRED AND SIX ( 106 ) School of Mines teachers and in stru cto rs resigned and l e f t tte school because, in one way or another, p erson ally in sulted or dismissed by the dean 1 . . . . An enormous turn-over 1 These 106 " dismissed - demoted - insulted - resigned" teachers included eleven department heads ( chairmen ), one re g istra r-stu d e n t advisor - one super intendent o f b u ild in g s and grounds - two lib r a r ia n s - three business managers.The table th at fo llo w s gives d e ta ile d examples o f what departmental s t a f f s were so severed from the School: Dept. E n g lish : . .Two dept, heads plus 14 a s s t, profs & in stru cto rs ........ 16 Mine Engineering: 4 dept, heads, plus 10 p rofs and in stru cto rs ............. 14 M e ta llu rg y : One dept, head and 2 aule researchers ...................................... 3 C i v i l E ngineering: Ten professors and in stru cto rs .................................... 10 Mechanical Engineering: One dept, head plus 3 in stru cto rs ........... . 4 E le c t r ic a l E n gineering: One.dept, head plus IQ in stru c to rs and p rofs . . . 11 Ceramic Engineering: One dept, head plus 3 in stru cto rs .......................... 3 Mathemati o s : Six a s s t, profs and in stru cto rs ............................................... t> Geology: Two dept, heads plus 6 a s s t, profs St in stru cto rs ....................... 8 Phvsi.cs: Four f i r s t c la ss teachers ................................................................ 4 Chem. & Ghem Engi peering: Ten profs and in stru cto rs ................................ 10 Mer.hani o s : Two in stru cto rs ................................................................................. 2 Er.onomi cs : One d ep t, head ............................................. ............................ . 1 Bi ol ngy: One dept. head. Department abolished ......................................... 1 Modern Languages: One dept. head. Dept, abolished ...................................... 1 Engineering Drawing: One dept, head, 2 in stru cto rs ................................... 3 Business i-anager: Ttf#e incum bents.......... ( correction : Four ) ............ 4 Supt, B uild in gs & Grounds: One incumbent ..................................................... 1 R egistrat-Studen t A d visor: One. A v iso r o ffic e abolished ..................... 1 L ib ra ria n s : Fired or q u it . . Three ............................................................ ^ ___ 3 TOTAL o f s t a f f members who l e f t ashool because in su lte d , . . . 106 demoted, fir e d , years 1941 to 1948, under Dean Wilson, P res. Middlebush, and L e s lie Cowan. The active members at the end o f tte Chedsey regime numbered some 70 teachers. This number had dropped to 50 by 1946. NOTE THAT 106 TEACHERS -.'/ERE DROPPED during seven years, when the active s t a f f numbered, on the average, only 60. This was AN ENORMOUS* TURN-OVER i That is how the "dean" p r o t e c t e d " h is fa c u lty I I I

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3QMS OF THE SPECIFIC CASES 1. ~ Don Farquharson,_Busi^n£S£ Manager, went on a business t r ip fo r the School, Nov. 26, 1941. While he was gone, and without h is knowledge, L e s lie Cowan ( Univ. Mo. vice p r e s .) and Dean Wilson, entered Farquharson1s o ffic e - emptied Farquharson's desk contents on the flo o r - and in s t a lle d Howard Katz in Farquh arso n 's place, as business manager. Later on, they likew ise fir e d Katz. 2. - P ro f^ B._CL Jackson.- Jackson was head o f the Mechanical Engineering department. During the f i r s t re g is t r a t io n wekk under De n Wilson, September, 1941, the dean removed Jackson as head o f the department. Jackson resigned. Why ?? On r e g is t r a t io n day, Jackson had l e f t re g is tra tio n headquarters and gone to his o ffic e to enable him to properly r e g is t e r se v e ra l students in h is department, neing absent from r e g is tra tio n headquarters momentarily - the dean accused Jackson o f "n eglect o f duty". A younger s t a f f member replaced P ro f. Jackson. 3. - A South Araerican_Stiu d en t_-_D r._U u ilen bu rg.- This student wanted to r e g is t e r fo r ALL CATALOG COURSES the geology department lis t e d . When Dr. G.A. Muilenburg, the department head, said that the world war and shortage of s t a f f made th is im possible - the dean -ccused muilenburg o f "TREASON TO THE SCHOOL", and removed him as department head. 4. —The Dean_Has_A_Spy_Watc_h_Facultyi - Both the R egistrar, and the L ib ra ria n , when approached and questioned by fa c u lty members, admitted that, by in stru ctio n o f the dean, they had reported to him those incidents,coming to their attention, which involved fa c u lt y members in any unfavorable manner 1 5.-Pro_fi Frank E._D£nnie_.- Dennie wanted to tezch in the o f f i c i a l M.S.M. summer session o f 194a. The dean oujected - saying Dennie's health was not good. A lso, thet Dennie was " too rich " to need to teach. ...B e in g so rejected , however, Dennie was hired by P ro f. E.W. Carlton, whv was in charge o f the Federal E.S.M.V/.T. program. When the dean learned th is , he demanded that Carlton should f i r e dennie. C arlton refused, point blank. E v id en tly much angered, the dean took advantage of a fa c u lty meeting to reprimand Dennie. The dean asked Dennie to read a report from *,he fa c u lty ath l e t i c committee, which suggested that the M.S.M. Alumni be allowed to plan fo r homecoming day, a suggestion that the dean disagreed w ith . Dennie was NOT a member of the canmittee th at had made the suggestion - but as he fin ish ed , the dean roundly reprimanded him. When Dennie arose to say thfct he had nothing to do with the report, the dean a n g r ily waved at Dennie, and told him to s i t down. . ..A t the end of the fa c u lt y he e tin g, Dennie follow ed the dean to h is o ffic e - demanded and got an apology. £ .a P rof ^ Dave J T a lstu - The sane kind o f reprimand w_s given to P ro f. Dave Walsh at a suusequent fa c u lt y meeting. THESE INCIDENTS so aroused the Faculty, that another lik e reprimand would have led the Faculty to r is e and adjourn. This was the P—AL BEGINNING of the hatred and discord that was now born, and grew, between FacuLty and dean. This i s , again, "how he protected h is fa c u lty . 6 - Dr 0. xv. uraw e.- Vforld War Two, w ith i t s demand fo r trained engineers and te chnician s, ~made" In e x p e d ie n t fo r the School of Mine s to conduct a summer school fo r 1942. In fa c u lt y meeting, Dr. Grawe rose to ask where the teacher s a la r ie s would come from. The answer was, the dean said, that teachers would onl v th e ir re g u la r summer installm ents fidr the 9-month academic year, they tad a l S K y earned. Thin the Faculty refused to accept. The dean thermaecused Dr . Grawe o f " shatter in g _th e _fa c u lty is_s£i r i t o f_coo£ eration " .

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7 . - P 'o f^ Ca£g_j_- On occasion, P ro f. Cagg asked the dean i f , in his c la sse s in E n glish , i t would be a l l rig h t fo r him to at le a s t mention the B i b l i c a l books o f Ruth - Esther - and the isalms - as examples o f Hebrew l i t e r a tu re . The dean said , "WO i" He told P ro f. Cagg that Cagg was a very poor Sunday School teacher - to which Cagg re p lie d that - since W ilson was NOT an ordained m inister, h is opinion " didn_|_t_mean a th in g". 8. - An_Ass_t._Prof ,_ o f E le c t r ic a l En g in e e ring. - Vfho had l e f t the department to serve in the armed forces o f World War Two - returned - expecting, as was the ru le g e n e ra lly in academic c ir c le s - to resume h is former jo b . Theteacher went to the dean, asking such resumption, and a t s a la r ie s equal to those of two other department teachers o f same rank. In rep ly , the dean shoved a blank resignation form across the ta b le , and asked the teacher to sign i t . The teacher q u it, but found a much b e tte r position in another u n iv e rsity . A second teacher got the same id e n tic a l treatment. The f i r s t teacher, in 1973, i s back at M.S.m., as dean of the e n tire engineering school l 9. - Dr_;_ Joseph_}'!•_ b a rle y ^ - Dr. B arley was dismissed as professor of English, and head o f that department in 1943- Dr. C.B. Guest took h is place, but served only u n t il September, 1946. He then re s ig ie d , saying, " I know the d ir t y game as i t i s being played at Li.s.M. ...T o t a lit a r ia n demogoguery in state c o lleges i s worse than the conditions kEndaKgxxxx Pendergast created in Kansas C ity p o l i t i c s . " Seven o f the in stru cto rs in the English department l e f t with Dr. Guest. The_124j> Brisgo-^H istprical S ociety Banquet.- In December, 1945, the Phelps County H is t o r ic a l Society, together with the president ( Guy Thompson ) of the F risc o r a ilr o a d , planned and staged a 75th M .5.*. anniversary meeting and banquet at the Pennant Tavern. Over 15u guests attended. Among them were M is s o u ri's governor, P h il Donnelly, the lieu ten an t governor Davis ...Judge George Moore o f the S t.L o u is appellate Court . . P res. Guy Thompson of the Frisco ra ilro a d ...a n d a number of other such n o ta b le s. Dean W ilson trie d h is best to persuade the R o lla Chamber of Commerce to boycott the event - and told his fa c u lty members NOT TO ATTEND. But when they learned that the Governor would be present - both Dean Wilson and Pres. Middlebush walked in, and partook o f a generous banquet on complimentary tickets I In these ways was the general and vehement discontent and discord created and nurtured during the years 1941 to 1948. FIVE PR0MINENT_PR0FES30RS ARE FIRED.- ( " TRANSFERRED" ) . - By 1946, fa c u lty ' discontent was so strong that one member went to the P re sid e n t's o ffic e at Columuia and demanded that the curators come to R o lla and make a thorough in v estigatio n of the dean's conduct - and that o f the president and vice president. 'j>ti 7 - ^ / 9^ The curator "Executive Committee" held such an in vestigation ,^an d heard complaints f r om a la rg e group of the teachers. A d e ta ile d stenographic record was taken o f the interview s, and reduced to typewritten form, uopies were given to fa c u lt y members. . . . .. , , . . . , Some few months fo llo w in g th is in v estigatio n , the curators determined to "TRANSFER" fiv e of the R o lla fa c u lt y members from the School to sim ilar departments in the engineering school at Columbia. The fiv e included P rofessors F.H. Frame G.A. Muilenburg - C .J. Monroe . . . K.K. Kershner . . . and O.A. Henning. A ll fiv e REFUSED to tra n sfe r, and resigned. . . . . . . . . . _ “ Downtown R o lla - along with the student body - was b i t t e r ly indignant. The students in mass, went to Jefferson City, asking Governor P h il Donnelly to in te r vene and la y in g th d ir p e titio n on h is desk. The Governor was sympathetic, but u n a o le ^ o veto the fiv e "t r a n s fe r s ". The fiv e teachers found other, and more p r o fit a b le , employment.

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Chairmanship_0f E le c tric a lJ C e p t. _L eft Vacant.- P ro f. F.H. Frame, one o f the fiv e "tra n sfe rre d " professors, had b en chairman o f the E le c t r ic a l Engineering department. That post was now vacant. When the dean offered i t to one of the younger s t a f f members - who was thoroughly competent to f i l l the post - the teacher in d ign an tly rejected the o f f e r . Not only that - he resigned and l e f t the School. We have new said enough, c e rta in ly - perhaps too much - to indicate the conditions which existed a t Missouri School of Mines from 19.'J. to 1948. We turn to other aspects o f School o f Mines h isto ry . THE TAP-MILLION DOLLAR SEVER ESTATE, BEQUEST IS LOST. Mr_j_ Henry Edwin Sever was a native of northeast M issouri. He was born in or about 1866, and died at age 74 on A p ril 9, 1941..........A fte r becoming of age, he went to Chicago, I l l i n o i s , where he developed a very successful puolishing firm c a lle d the "R iverside Publishing Company". This was so successful that i t m made Mr. Sever a modest m illio n a ire - so that, some fift e e n years before he died, he liq u id a te d the business, and r e t ir e d . He had m arried, but his wife had preceded him in death, leavin g him a widower. There were no children - so that, in h is w i l l , Mr. Sever decreed that the resid u ary o f h is estate should be used to e sta b lish and operate a technical educational school within M issouri. This should bear h is name. Hence, we speak o f the "SEVER ESTATE". The approximate amount o f the bequest was ^2,000,000. Following Mr. Sever’ s death, the trustees ( Continental I l l i n o i s N ational Bank And Trust Co. ) of Chicago - and the Superior Court o f Cook County, 111., made known the a v a ila o ilit y of the bequest - and in v ited interested persons or in s t it u t io n s to make ap p licatio n s. When the situ a tio n became known in R olla, the R o lla Chamber of Commerce, with aid from the R o lla Lions Club, joined with the School of Mines in a campaign to capture the bequest. I t would be used to e s ta b lis h an "in s titu te o f Tech nology" join ed to the School of Mines. A M.S.M. fa c u lty committee studied questions of possible s it e s , kinds of b u ild in g s , and sp e c ia l departments ( e le c t r ic a l and mechanical ) to be emphasized. Dean W ilson took these reports and the while question to a meeting of the U n iversity curators ( l 9 4 l ) . Imagine his su rprise and amazement when Pres. Middlebush walked in with an a rc h ite c t’ s drawing, showing the Sever In s titu te in a location on the COLUMBIA campus 1 Instead o f a t R o lla . Wilson pointed out the unfairness o f th is a c tio n - and demanded a sim ilar a rc h ite c t’ s plan fo r the R olla lo c a tio n . ]^!ahing a long story short, th is duplicate and c o n flic tin g pre-planning convinced the Sever trustees and the I l l i n o i s Superior Court that the bequest should be placed elsewhere . A fte r various court decisions and order.., i t was f i r s t awarded to ’Washington U n iversity, S t. Louis - then f i n a l l y and permanently to S t. Louis U n iv ersity . There, i t became the St.L ou is U n iversity M s t it u t e o f Technology^DDLEBusH POLICIES toward the School of Mines had oncejnore paid o f f ADVERSELY 1 STUDENTS AND TOWNSMEN ARE AROUSED AT NEGLECT AND MISTREATMENT OF M.S.M. All The Foregoing Described Conditions_And_Incidents now exploded in a b i t t e r wr angle” that~led“ to introduction of le g is la t io n to sever the School of Mines from the U n iv e rsity at Columbia.

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p 7^ 4 i ty_ourators Had S ta lle d , or opposed construction o f new bu ild in gs at ^ o .la the chemical b u ild in g - the power plant -fe the student dormitory. They had lo s t the Sever estate bequest of $2 m illio n d o lla r s . Furthermore, a s previou sly stated, curator president F.M. McDavid, in a twocolumn statement in S t. Louis newspapers, had said that M.S.M. did not need a dormitory. I f R o lla people won’ t house the students, send them to Columbia, where we w i l l care fo r tte in". Senator A llis o n had drafted and introduced a senate b i l l making the School of Mines independent o f the Columbia u n it s . When, in 19&L, A lliso n attempted to speak on the R olla Hi£i School a th le tic f i e l d , a group o f M.S.M. students rushed in - and, for a time, broke up the meeting, t e r r ify in g and scatterin g the nigh School band gathered there. The raid was f i n a l l y halted by the State Highway p o lic e . tsut townsmen, knowing of Dean W ilson’ s d is lik e fo r A lliso fl, accused the dean of in c it in g th is coup. A group of students, h o stile to the dean, hung him in e f± ig y at the corner of 12th and Pine s tre e ts . Student grou ;s a lso marched to the dean’ s residence, called him out, then "oooed" him when he trie d to speak. i.he^_Curators_Are_Berated because_the_curricula_in Liedhanical_and_Ch- mi£al Engineering are N0_T accredited^- In 1936, the n ational engineering accreditin g agency - “E ngineers 1 Council For P rofession al Development" ( E .C .P .D .) - v is it e d the M.S.M. campus - examined and accredited the cu rricu la and departments o f C iv il, E le c t r ic a l, Ceramic, Mining, and M etallurgy — but REFUSED to accred it c u rric u la in Chemical and Mechanical engineering. oy 1948 - TWELVE YEARS LATER - these la s t two cu rricu la were s t i l l unaccred ite d - the Mechanical course because of w oefu lly lack of modernized equipment. Students in that course complained that - wte n they tried to tra n s fe r th eir M.S.M. c re d its to other schools - the R o lla cred its were disapproved because of such n on -accred itatien . The student newspaper, "The Miner", carried fervent e d it o r ia ls c it in g these conditions - accusing the curators of d e li be ra tely _c on tinuing tte conditions that caused these two courses to renein unaccredited. Phel£s_Countg ^ g re s e n ta tLive_B_;_H_L Rucker_Acts.- Determined to bring about some change in these conditions, Hon. Booker H. Rucker, le g is la t iv e representa tiv e from R o lla and Phelps County, in December of 1947 conducted a post card p o ll of a l l the students at the School of Mines. In answer to tte simple question, " Should_the_School of_Mines_Be Severed From_Missouri U n iversity ? 11 .. 523 students turned in an answer o f "YES". ( 523 students out o f a t o t a l o f 534, or 9 7 .i $ ) . A sim ila r sampling o f some 5,000 liv in g graduates of the School of Mines was made. Of the returns, 8 6 said "YES". STUDEN^_AND_CITIZENS _0V _T0 GET COURSES ACCREDITEDWhen the re s u lts of Rep. Rucker’ s p o ll of students and alumni became known - the question was asked, " WHY Did The Students_Want Se£aration?" S everal students re p lie d , saying that, p rin c ip a lly , they wanted the Chemical and Mechanical courses accredited. They believed that the u n iv e rsity curators and president had, fo r twelve years, d e lib e ra te ly done nithing to get th is done because, for years, they had opposed tte teaching of mechanical engineering at R o lla . * The students wanted the bu ildin g and equipment of the Mechanical Engineer in g Department modernized so as to get tte course accredited. Tte Mechan i ca 1_L ab or a t or y Building_Cam£aign.- When students came to consult Dr. cTvTMann T who had resigned and l e f t the School at the end of the 1945-46 academic year ) - and nade known their grievances, and th e ir d e sire s for a new and modernized mechanical engineering bu ildin g, with adequate equipment, Dr. Mann " Maybe we can do something about a l l t n is . Lc.T lo TRY."

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Thereupon, Dr. Mann prepared student p e titio n s addressed to Governor P h il DonneHy, and to the chairmen ( M essrs. Wm. Robinett and Lew Wallace ) o f Senate and House appropriation s committees, asking fcr a $500,000 Mechanical Engineering Laboratory B u ild in g, a p p ro p riately equipped. The student body signed and turned in some 1,100 o f these p e titio n s . in and around R o lla , together with many alumni, turned in 600 more.

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w- e^ai e—A£PL°£r ia tio n s Committee Hears Dr_j_ Msnn.During February, 1948 r . “ ann Placed sets o f these p e titio n s in the hands of Governoe P h il Donnelly, and those o f Senator Wm. Robinett and Lewis H. Wallace - chairmen, resp ectiv ely , oi Senate and House appropriations committees. Dr. Mann succeeded in persuading Senator Robinett to change a U n iv e rsity sponsored b i l l fo r $100,000 fo r "beginning construction of a "M ineral In dustries aboratory B u ild in g" in to a $500,000 measure fo r constructing a "Mechanical Engineering Laboratory B u ild in g" on the M.S.M. campus. In vited by Senator Robinett to present the subject to the Senate Appropria tio n Committee - in Executive Session on February 17, 1948 - Dr. Mann was given ten minutes fo r the purpose. The committee then approved the D i ll, as thus changed. The House followed the Senate in approving the measure, and i t was signed in to law by Governor Donnelly on May 22, 1948. tv

The u n iv e rs ity president and curators, however, trie d th e ir best to circum vent construction of the b u ild in g - and did not give ..up u n t il warned that they could not spend the appropriation fo r any p urpose/th an for the Mechanical Lab'. The delay, however, made i t necessary fcr the 1949 L egislatu re to re-appropriate the $500,OuO. With that done, the plans were so alte re d as to give the School the bad ly needed b u ild in g, i t was completed the spring of 1951 - a ft e r which both the Mechanical and the Chemical Engineering c u rric u la at R olla were n a tio n a lly approved by the E .C .P .D ........... A second commodious unit was added to the 1951 structure during years 1969- 70 . The_ R ucker_H ill To_Separate £.o.M._From Mi_s30u ri_ U n iv e rs ity .- In connection with h is 1947 p o ll of students and alumni, Mr. Rucker had drafted a b i l l fo r separation o f the School o f Mines from M issouri U n iversity. However, the d r a ft was introduced too la t e fo r consideration. ’When the regu lar le g is la t iv e session convened in January, 1949, Mr. Rucker again introduced his measure as House B i l l No. 82. I t was defeated by a narrow margin. A p u blic hearing on the b i l l in March, 1949, was packed with advocates both favo rin g and opposing the b i l l . President Middlebush and other u n iv e rsity o f f i c i a l s were present. Mr. Frank Powell, of R o lla, appearing in b e h a lf o f the b i l l , su ffe re d a f a t a l heart attack caused by the e x c itin g debate - and died at the Jefferson City H ospital. This_Proceeding; Ended - at least fo r the time - the matter o f severing the School from the U n iv ersity . Construction of the Mechanical Laboratory seemed, a lso , to have ended far a l l time the U niversity e f f o r t to downgrade i-t.S.M. courses, and to the place where only Mining and M etallurgy would be taught. The problem so terminated, became the so lid b a sis fo r what has since been done a t and to the School - where now a l l the courses so opposed, witn many more, are taught, and m anifold d o cto ral programs are given - even in courses in the "hum anities". Student enrollment has climbed to numbers as h i^ i as 4,000. .e cover a l l this in subsequent chapters.

CVM Feb. 21, 1973 l May 7 , 1970 ) ( Sec. 1933-16)

- 10 1 / THE FRISCO RAILROAD - 193>-1916

F riscojrim e la b le s ^ 1927_And_l£46. - Mr. F. M. Peterson was the R o lla agent fo r the F risc o r a ilr o a d , as o f October 31 1937 The fo llo w in g time table was in e f f e c t as o f that date: Going We si?_______________ Going East_________ N o.3 5 7 9

. . W ill Rogers , A r.R o lla 2:26 AM . . L o c a l ........................ L v .l0 :5 4 Aju . . Blue Bonnet .............. 4:23 PM . . Meteor ........................... 9:0 7

No.

6 .. Local, fo r St.Louis 8 .. Blue Bonnet ...........

2:51 FM 8:51 A.i

10 .. Meteor ........................

5:00 Am

Time tab le as o f October 24, 1946 was as fo llo w s: __ ._______ -jest oouna______________ East Bound____________ Ly. St.Louis ............ ar , o lla Lv. R olla At. St.Louis 2:15 P M ............... 5*01 PM 5 =22 AM ............. 8:00 Am 6:17 PM ............... 8:46 Pm 8:19 Am ..................11:35 AM U ;30 F M ............... 1:54 Am 9=45 P M ..................12:15 AM The General _ood_S£ec i a l . - From A p ril, 1941, u n til September, 1946, the F risco operated a sp e c ia l c a lle d the "ueneral Wood", from St.L ou is to R o lla and Newourg. This was designed to Dring in and ship out contingents o f s o ld ie r boys sent to the Fort fo r engineering tra in in g . The train ran on th is schedule: Going '.Vest_________________ Going East L v . St.Louis 8:25 AM Lv. S p rin g fie ld 9:50 Am Ar. R o lla 10:46 Aiil Ar Newuurg 1:05 FI Ar. S p rin g fie ld 2:05 PM Lv. R o lla 1:22 PM Ar. St.Louis 4:15 PM. This tra in was discontinued as o f September 12, 1946. As o f June 27, 1946, the Frisco ra ilro a d arranged to run Pullman sleeper cars through, from Oklahoma to New YorK City, over tne New York Central road without, £hange_of cars. This plan did not la s t long. The, Fris,co_R£-Routes_Tra£KjJ£ Dixon H i l l . - From the day o f i t s o rig in a l lo c.itio n u n til 1944, the heavy grades and sharp curves up uixon H i l l , beyond Jerome, had severely hampered tra in haulage, 'these c nditions had a ls o caused many bad tra in wrecks. The year 1944 was the year during which something had to be done about i t . Either mbre powerful locomotives ( steamers ) had to be designed and placed on the road - or the excessive grades and curves had to be elim inated. Both schemes were studied. As fo r gre a te r power, the "4500 C lass" of heavy steam locomotives was b u ilt and trie d out. They were good engines - but fa ile d to provide the ultim ate answer. As fo r re -ro u tin g - two changes were considered, one o f them adopted. The f i r s t consisted in a re -lo c a tio n survey, designed to elim inate the heavy grade three m iles east of R olla, at "Dunivin C rossing". Beginning at the old v illa g e o f D illo n s ix m iles east of R olla, and fo llo w in g a circu ito u s route passing some two m ile s ’ south of R o lla, th is lin e f i n a l l y reached Newourg by passing down one o f the steep v a lle y s ( W olf Hollow ) west o f Highway 63 . This lin e was abandoned when the decision was made to replace the steam locomotives with D ie se ls. The second re -lo c a tio n survey w„s designed to elim inate the Dixon H i l l grades and curves. The o r ig in a l lin e ran from the Gasconade riv e r bridge down the west side of the r iv e r u n t il i t reached a steep ravine - up which the lin e turned zoning on up to the west. The grade up the ravine was unduly steep, and

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involved numerous sh o rt-ra d iu s curves. I t had been b u ilt thus - as an emergency lin e , in IS 70, to enable the F risco predecessors to extend the road onward to is s o u ^ i j west lin e before the franchise deadline w s reached. I t had produced numerous tra in wrecks, and was h igh ly uneconomical to operate. , This re -lo c a tio n survey, begun in 1944, begpn at the Gasconade r iv e r Dridge at >rlm gton.^ I t headed thence up alongside the l e f t (north ) bank o f the Gas conade u n t il i t reached fche le v e l o f the " f l a t s " , from vtfience the lin e could then be extended on f a i r l y stra ig h t alignment to jo in up with the o rig in a l lin e at Dixon. tg ‘p iis re -lo c a tio n reduced maximum grades from 2.3 % ( r is e o f 2.3 fe e t per 100 lin e a r fe e t of track ) to a 1.275“ grade. But a fa r greater advantage was the g re a t reduction in curvature — a three-time reduction o f 36O degrees l The to ta l len gth was also reduced - by TWO MILES. The new relocated track was opened far t r a f f i c during 1945. l_he F ris £ o _ In s ta ils D iesel_Loconotives. - Along with these changes and de c is io n s in re lo c a tio n — came the decision to discard steam locomotives, and re place them with D ie se l o il-o u rn in g u n its. The f i r s t o f the D ie se l group pulled the f a s t F risco passenger t r a in s - the Meteor" and the "Texas S p e c ia l". Along with the n e a tly painted d ie s e ls , the coaches and other passenger cars were newly styled and Resigned, and outwardly made a ttra c tiv e by use of b rig h t alumi num and red pain t. Each d ie s e l, and each coach, had appropriate sp ecial names. This investment cost the F risco some $7,321,394.60. The d ie s e ls wer made by the G .n eral Motors Company. Bach locomotive was rated at 4,©90 horse power. Each had, in sid e , FOUR d ie s e l v e r t ic a l "U-type" 12 cy lin d er 2-cycle engines. Each engine operated a 3,000 kilow att d ire c t current e le c t r i c generator, which was connected to matching D.C. motors in s t a lle d on the engine a x le s . These d ie s e l engines had THREE h ighly advantageous features not possessed by the old steamers: . . . ( l ) They were D u ilt so as to make "smooth s t a r t s " and stops . . . ( 2 ) they could f a r o u t-p u ll th e ir steam r i v a l s . Whereas the old steam e rs could manage a frei.gh t^train o f some 30 or 40 cars - <* gang o f THREE such D ie se ls could haul as_many as_L35_or more cars up Live say F la t, just west of R o lla - and on through Coleman Cut - without having to stop and f i r e up - as the old steamers had to do . . . And (3 ) The D ie se ls, hitched to passenger tra in s , could make 98 m iles per hour, with no d i f f i c u lt y - i f d esired . As thus "dressed up" - the Frisco operated both i t s passenger and it s fre ig h t tra in s with much p r o fit - u n t il _________________ , 196____ - when the la s t passenger t ra in took i t s fin a l run - going from S t. Louis through R olla to S p rin g fie ld . As o f June, 1970, sev eral long fre ig h t tra in s, made up of from 60 to 135 cars and powered uy three or fou r o f these D ie se ls - were passing through R olla - one almost every hour. In many of the ea st-to -w e st Dound tra in s , from 20 to 30 threedeck auto conveying cars were included - each such car carrying FIFTEEN new autos. The old and -TThrilling" steam chime w histles have given way to air-Dlown "v o lito n e s " - horns resembling the bandman's cornet. Their b la s t s - "chimes" resemble the sounds o f the old o rig in a l Frisco steam w histle — in musical terms, "D0-S0L-D0" - or "G" above middle "C" - with "D" next abcvem and "G" an octave h igh er. THUS - in 1973 - ROLLA NOW HAS NO P SSE-NGER TRAIN AT ALL. I t DOES have a host o f fast-m oving f r e i ^ i t tra in s , carrying m ultitudes of new automobiles. People who do not d riv e th eir own AUTO rid e the Grehound and A l l American and Continental uuses. Many highway trucks now go by "piggy-back" cars on tra in s . There remains only a SINGLE lo c a l fr e ig h t tra in - which runs from Newburg to St.Louis on Monday-’/vednesday-Friday - returns through R o lla on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Ksidays. Saturdays. And thus we leave the F risco R ailroad.

CVM Feb. 21, 1973 ( June 6 , 1970) ( Sec. 1933-46)

- 103 / THE END OF NATIONAL PROHIBITION.

ihe Ei£hteenth_(Prohibition)_Amendro 5n t . - World War One had, by e a rly in 1917 persuaded the voters o f 19 states of the Union to adopt state p ro h ib itio n law s. Un December 18, 1917, Congress adopted a n ational C onstiution^l Amendment pro h ib it in g the manufacture, sale of, or transportation of a lc o h o lic liq u o rs, and Submitted i t to the several States fo r r a t if ic a t io n . The amendment was declared r a t i f i e d " on January 29, 1919 - and went in to e ffe c t as of January 16 , 1920 . The measure had numbers of s p e c ific advantages, and was h ailed jo y by those who disapproved o f the use o f liq u o r. But there were tions - a n d p o lice o ffic e r s ( a ls o p o lit ic ia n s ) said that the law enforce . Ayen in Phelps County, M issouri, there were "white mule" hidden away in the remote ravines and areas o f the county.

with great many v io la was "hard to d is t ille r ie s

The ascendancy of fra n k lin Delano Roosevelt to the U.S. presidency was the immediate sig n a l fo r repeal of the 18th Amendment. In his acceptance speech, and campaign speeches, he sa id : " I f you e le c t me as president, I w i l l see that you get your beer back." The 18th Amendment was repealed by the enactment and r a t ific a t io n of the 21 st Amendment, adopted by vote o f the necessary number o f r a t ify in g States, on Decem ber 21 , 1933. M is s o u ri's vote, August 19, 1933, was a "4 to 1 " victory fo r re p e a l. NATIONAL AND STAT

ELECTIONS

Unite_d_State s P re s id e n ts .- Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected fo r F0UR_successive_term s - in the election s of November in years 1932-1936-1940-1944. He served through the f i r s t three terms - out only u n til his death, on A p ril 12,1945 a ft e r having been in o ffic e the fourth term le s s than four months. /ice P re s i dent Harry S. Truman replaced Roosevelt at th t time, and served out the re s t of the 1945-49 term. R o o se v e lt's running mates, as vice president, were these: During f i r s t and second terms, 1933-1941 - John Nance Garner, of Texas. For th ird term, Henry A. W allace - and fo r fourth term, Harry S. Truman. R o o se v e lt's Republican opponents were these: 1932 . . Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis ( v . p . ) 1936 . . A lfred M. Landon and Col. Frank Anox. 1940 . . Wendell L. W illk ie and Charles L. McNary (s e n a to r;. 1944 . . Gov. ThonBS E. Dewey and Gov. John W. Bricker ( New York & O h io). M i^ s o u r iis _ S t a t e _ G o v e r n o r s 1913-1242..z ....... .is s o u ri' s governors, chosen at the November election s o f 1932 - 1936 - 1940 - and 1944 were these: Serving 1933-36 . . Guy B ra s fie ld Park ( Democrat) 4937-40 .. Lloyd Crow Stark ( Democrat) 1941-44 .. Forrest C. Donnell ( Republican ) 1945-49 .. P h il M. Donnelly (Democrat). Governor Donnell won t i t l e to h is seat - which had been claimed by h is Democratic opponent, McDaniels - only a ft e r the M issouri Supreme Court decided in D o n n e ll's fa v o r.

CVM Feb. 22, 1973 ( June 6, 1970 ) (Sec. 1933-46)

- 104 SOME EXTRANEOUS . VENTS

A Number_Of £v^nts _ 0u t s ije _R o i l a, but a ffe c tin g the town, or o f some sp ecial in te re s t, were these:

1. - ii£ s o u ri_ / o te rs , _ in November^ 19^.2, approved the c a llin g o f a State C o n stitu tio n al convention - to amend the con stitution which had served the State since 1875* The convention f i r s t met on September 21, 1943. •• Mr. R. E. Blake was named p resid in g o ffic e r , or "p re sid e n t". The Convention's work was completed in time fo r adoption by the electorate on February 27, 1945. The document was adopted by a "la n d slid e v o te". 2. - The_New_C£n£ervation Commission, administered by a board of four members, started i t s work as o f July 1 , 1937. 3 « - The _2ar_Between_Japan_and_China was raging as of Octouer 14, 1937Japan emerged as v ic to r - but was driven o f f as World War Two developed. 4 . - The FIVE_DIONNE QUINTS_ffifffi BORN on May 28, 1934, at C o rb ell, in Ontario, Canada. They were f i r s t kept a liv e on a d iet o f "oatm eal". Their names were: Marie . . Anette . . Yvonne .. Em ilie . . and C ecile. Parents were M . and Mrs. O liv a Dionne. Dr. A llen Roy Dafoe d elivered them/ The fiv e weighed s lig h t ly more than ten pounds at b ir t h . Their f i r s t three months were spent in sp e c ia l incubators 5 •- San Fr a n c isc o 's World F a i r . - This was in progress during years 1939 and 1940. The C.V.Mann fam ily attended during June, 1940. The m ulti-suspension bridge across the Bay - jo in in g Oakland with Frisco - as w e ll as the Golden Gate span were then open. 6 . - The_200_Inch Glasjs R eflecto r Lens of the Mount Paloraar Observatory, near Pasadena, C a lifo rn ia , was being cast at the Corning G lass Company's works at Corning, New York. I t was duly trimmed, polished, in s ta lle d at Palomar. 7. - The_ Rural E lectric_A dm in istration i. R*E. a . ) was started on the Tennessee V alley Authority p ro ject in May, 1940. As of 1973, i t spreads lik e a sheet over the n a tio n 's west and mid-west. I t operates as a r i v a l of many private e le c t r ic power concerns which are independent o f government control. 8. - The Major Bowes mnateur Radio Hour.- This was a topmost feature of radio shows. Jould-be musical actors and performers would appear on the Major bowes program for a try -o u t. They eith er "made i t " - or were summarily dismissed during th e ir performance - by the rin gin g of a harsh b e l l by Major Bowes. He, with his show, appeared in the Rollamo Theatre, R o lla, on Monday, A p ril 20, 1936. 9. - The_Eliza£eth_Kenny_Remedy For in fa n t ile P a r a ly s is .- Mrs. Kenny was an A u stra lia n nurse. She discovered that hot fomentation, applied to victim s o f in fa n t ile p a ra ly s is , provided an e ffe c t iv e rerredy - e ith e r givin g great r e l i e f , or even curing the d isease. Her work was a t f i r s t rid ic u le d by the medic 1 p ro fes sion - but extended use proved that the remedy had r e a l m erit. Mrs. Kenny was accorded much help, fin a n c ia lly and otherwise. 10 . - The Town_of ^ V illa g e j of_Dool.itt i e , some s ix m iles west o f R o lla , was born while""World War Two raged. I t s residents g re a tly admired the bombing t r ip "Shrangra La" made by Gen. Janes H. D o o lit t le , with his crew o f 80 men, in May, 1942. Hence, tie name. On October 12, 1946, Gen. D o o little flew from S t.L o u is t o 'D o o li t t le , and form ally dedicated the town and it s name. 11 - The Forme r_Tcwn of_A rlin gton , seme 14 m iles west of R olla, was purchased by Mr Rowe £ ."Carney on A p ril 4, 1946. He paid J10,0u0 for the land and contained b u ild in g s Since 1883, most of the property had been owned by the Pillm an fam ily. The^uroperty consisted o f 120 acres o f land - a 14-room hotel b u ild in g - a general store - and several private residences. Mr. Carney, and h is son "Junior", hoped to convert the town into a popular re so rt f a c i l i t y .

CV:.. Feb. 22, 1973 ( June 6, 1970 ) ( Sec. 1933-46J

- 105 / MECROLCC- Y

The years from 1933 to 1946 took a heavy t o l l of persons vho were - or had been - prominent in R o lla . .<e cannot l i s t ALL those who were taken — but the fo llo w in g l i s t is rep resen tative. CAMPBELL, Eugene J. . . . Bank cash ier. Died July 1, 1938. CO.STOCK, E lb e rt C h ristian . Prominent, Lecoraa V illa g e , d. Feb. 4, 1934. CULBERTSON, Benj. F. /..Lawyer, p rin te r, councilman, d. Nov. 20,1937DAILY, John J. .. Farmer - State Representative. d. July 5, 1942. DAKE, P ro f. Chas.«L. .. M.S.M. teacher, geology. .. d. Sept. 13, 1934. DEAN, P ro f. George ......... l.s.M . p ro f, of Math. . . d. Dec. 27, 1937DEAN, Mrs. Geo. R. ( nee L u ella Scott) . . Of high prominence, d. Wed J^/28,1942. DEEGAN, Mary E lizabeth ( musician ) ..d . Wed., Jan. 28, 1942. DEEGaN, A lice Julian ( v io lin teacher) M ary's s is t e r , d. Thu. Jan 29,1942. BENT, John M. . . Owner Dent's Store. . . d. May 22, 1943. EDGAR, Mrs. Jas. P. ( nee R u telia Houston,) . . d. Mar. 6, 1944* FOLLO'WILL, Dexter B. . . Ex-mayor, R o lla. D ruggist, d. Apr. 14, 1944. FRENCH, Mrs. C l i f f E. ( nee Edith Strobach) . . d. June 24, 1935* FRENCH, C liffo r d 3. . . Banker, state bank co jnissioner. d. Sept. 13, 1938. GARRETT, P ro f. Leon S. .. Teacher, mechanics. M.S.M. . . d. Oct. 28, 1938. HANCOCK, P h il .. E x -slav e, d. Feb. 18, 1944. HARRISON, Miss Georgia. School nurse. . . d. Feb. 26, 1945. HARVEY, Claude. Drug store keeper. .. d. Jan. 7, 1941. HESS, James . . Pub.Sch. teacher, Co. Supt. Schools. . . d. Nov. 15, 1941* HOLMES, John 0. .. Attorney, Co. Pros. « t t y . . . . d. Apr. 2, 1939. KINNEY, Noel ..F r is c o agent, R olla Phone Co. . . d. May 19, 1937. KOCH, Edmund J. . . Ex-mayor,Rolla. High Masonic o f f i c e r . . . d .O c t.30,1933. LADD, Dr. Geo. E. .. E x-d irecto r, MSM.. . d. Dec. 23, 1940. McOAW, Harry R. . . Undertaker, Memb. School board. . . d. Apr. 21, 1936. MARTIN, M ilton Otto . . Hdw. merchant, R o lla b u ild e r. . . d. Dec. 26, 1942. S uHUmkN, Charles . . Rolla b u ild e r, prominent merchant. d.Dec. 16,1935* SCOTT, Judge John B. . .English teacher, MSM ..Probate judge. d.May 17,1936. SHAW, Dr. Frederick W. Teacher, biology, MSM. . . d. May 29, 1945S ;ITH, A lfred A. . . Ex-postmaster & merchant. R olla b u ild e r, d. Jan 29, 1946. SMITH Fred W. Drug store, Theatre. . . d. Jan. 11, 1941. SMITH, Joseph H. . . Banker, d. June 10, 1939. VIA Miss J essie. Veteran Hi.Sch. teacher d p rin c ip a l. d .J u ly 30, 1940. WALKER, Mrs. E.W. ( nee E s te lle Duckworth) d. July 8, 1946. WOODS, Mrs’. Charles L. ( nee Edwarda Rogers ) . . d. Mar. 19, 1936. WITH THIS LIST, We end our STORY OF ROLLA fo r the Period 1933-1946, in c lu s iv e . oooooooooooooooooooo -------- T H E E N D -------oooooooooooooooooooo