Through the years

30 YEARS AGO — HONORED FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICE — A highlight of this weekend's annual Cassville Chamber of Commerce banquet was the awarding of the organization's Community Service and Lifetime Achievement Awards.

40 YEARS AGO: THIS CAME TO AN END — There won’t be any more of this type of activity, at least this week. For the past couple of weeks, temperatures in the 50s, 60s and even climbing into the 70s brought out sun worshippers, golfers, gardeners, fishermen and women who enjoyed all of the above. Wednesday morning’s drop into the 30s removed all desire for outside activities, at least temporarily. These two mothers and their youngsters were enjoying the outdoors at Roaring River State Park last week.

40 YEARS AGO: PROGRESS IN WEATHER BREAK — With springlike temperatures, MECO Construction of Springfield is progressing rapidly on the Walmart store site near Cassville. South wall construction and concrete pouring are underway, and the store is scheduled to open in mid-1986.

The Eagle Rock Booster’s Association and Golden Circle Shores Association voted to merge into the Eagle Rock-Golden Association to coordinate promotion and tourism efforts around Table Rock Lake.

50 YEARS AGO: INTO THE REAL THING — A junior high art department snowman created for a Christmas parade later became an authentic snow figure on the courthouse lawn.

30 YEARS AGO — IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK LIKE CHRISTMAS: Area residents woke to snow Tuesday morning, with accumulation ranging from a light dusting in some portions of the county to three inches in others. Area schools were closed because of slick roads, basketball games were canceled and FASCO’s service awards banquet was postponed due to the weather. In the photo above, nature creates a Christmas wreath out of barbed wire, with Ed Ray’s barn serving as a backdrop. Cassville Democrat file photo

30 YEARS AGO: Frances Latimer and Jimmy Durante. During the 1940s, Frances Latimer of Cassville worked at MGM Studios in Hollywood where she met the famous Jimmy Durante.

Nov. 19, 50 YEARS AGO: DAD WAS HANDY — Admitting dad had “to drag it out of the woods for me,” none the less took much glory away from Karen Pottebaum in downing a doe deer opening day.