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Through the Years, Aug. 21

50 YEARS AGO: ANOTHER BANK PROJECT PHASE — When this picture was taken, construction of the Community Bank of Shell Knob turned to the interior as the openings were closed in with window and door installation and virtually all exterior work completed. Marking the phase, from the left are: Howard Mclirath, president; Lester Prewitt, general contractor; and Dan Short, executive vice-president. Prewitt began construction on the project March 25. Actual construction time was about 105 days for the structure containing 2,800 square feet in its 40x70 foot outside dimensions.
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Through the Years, Aug. 14

40 YEARS AGO: FINISHING WELL WORK — Crew members of a Kansas City firm, put the finishing touches on Well Four for the city of Cassville Tuesday afternoon, ending a three and one-half week shutdown of the water source. Tim Miller, water superintendent, said initial tests of the well were successful. If a clean-out pumping goes well, the well will be back in service sometime Wednesday. A
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Local ‘Rosie’ honored for service

During a Friday reception by the Silver Leaf Benefit Club, local “Rosie the Riveter,” Hilda Howell, right, shared stories of working after school in a Firestone facility in southern California, where she helped manufacture fuel cells for bombers during World War II. Howell was one of 27 women (aged 96-107) who traveled to Washington, D.C. in April, to accept a Congressional Gold Medal on behalf of “Rosie the Riveter.” The collective name “Rosie the Riveter” was given to the millions of women who filled industrial manufacturing positions during WWII to keep aviation, munition and other supply chains running. Ms. Howell traveled to Washington, D.C. with her daughter, Gwen Kelly, left. She was the only Rosie from Missouri who was able to attend
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Through the Years, July 31

30 YEARS AGO: RIDERS DO THE PENNING — These three teams were among the E-Z Rider group providing pre-rodeo entertainment for the crowd Thursday through Saturday last week. The riding club also put together a Saturday parade for the event.
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Dakoda Pettigrew: The hateful embrace

The temperature in the Old Senate Chamber reached a sweltering 90 degrees — but within Charles Sumner raged a fire hotter than any that could be accurately recorded. On May 19, 1856, the avowed abolitionist senator from Massachusetts rose to deliver a 112page speech on “The Crime Against Kansas.” As with Lincoln, the Kansas-Nebraska Act stirred a flame of defiance within Sumner.
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Through the Years, July 24

July 31, 1974 — BARRY COUNTY BANK JOINING BANCSHARES For the second time in 60 days, a Cassville bank has announced plans of affiliation with a multibank holding company. Barry County Bank, chartered in January of 1887, announced signing an affiliation agreement with Commerce Bancshares, Inc.
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Through the Years, July 17

40 YEARS AGO: DIVERS IN PARK SPRING — Divers from the Kansas City area are pictured here as they emerge from one in deep into the Roaring River State Park spring over the weekend. The three-some, Dave Porter and Ken Brown of Overland Park, Kansas, and Stan Swim of Granview made previously undiscovered finds in the spring. Merle Rogers, park naturalist, said the 59 degree temperature of the water apparently didn’t disturb the divers.
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