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July 1974 Issue
Organization and Membership .............................................................................................................
Cemetery “Diggins” ..............................................................................................................................
Zack Livingston’s Predictions ...............................................................................................................
Roses to Lloyd and Janet Henley ........................................................................................................
Roses to William A. Yates ....................................................................................................................
Place Names ......................................................................................................... Margaret Ellen Bell
Thurman Letter ............................................................................................................. G. F. Thurman
Gentry Family ................................................................................................................ Hobart Gentry
Jackson’s Mill - Douglas County, MO ..................................................................................................
Roses to Viola B. Hicks ........................................................................................................................
Indian Artifacts and Arrowheads .................................................... Howard Curry & Herbert Sanders
Brown’s Rambling ................................................................................................. Cinita Davis Brown
July 1975 Issue
The Second Year .................................................................................................................................
Sixty Year Old Douglas Co. Landmark Gets a New Lease on Life
(Rome Bridge) (with photos) ............................................................................. Herbert Sanders
1888-1890 Herald notes ......................................................................................................................
Rome: A Brief Survey.............................................................................................. Glen Dale Hartley
The Reynolds Building - 1892-1893 Herald notes ...............................................................................
Singleton Hotel - 1887-1890 Herald notes ...........................................................................................
Hotel Platta - 1890 & 1892 Herald notes .............................................................................................
School Notes - Sundry Herald notes 1883 thru 1900 ..........................................................................
What Ava Has (from the Herald September 13, 1888)-Tally of Commercial and Professional Enterprises ......................................................................
Proposed Court House (from the Herald May 19, 1887) .....................................................................
Brief History of the Life of Jess Cox on His 90th Birthday ...................................................................
History of Crystal Lake and Larissa, MO ............................................................ Mary Alice Emerson
Good News! Rome Bridge ...................................................................................................................
Assignment for County Gov’t Purposes of the Territory Now
in Douglas Co. MO (with Missouri maps) ..................................................... by Lloyd R. Henley
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July 1977 Issue
Drawing: Topaz Mill as it appeared in 1895 ............................................................ Glen Dale Hartley
Humorous Nostalgia (Brush Judd, Ava Merchant) ...................................................... Edwin D. Judd
The Rankin Family Migration to Douglas County ...................................................... Allen M. Rankin
My Friend Cal (Neiman) Sez ........................................................................................ Edwin D. Judd
A Merchant Should Know His Trade as Well as His Stock ............................................. J. F. Holstine
The Holstine Family ................................................................................................... Frances Nichols
The Past Year .................................................................................................... Geneva McCullough
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Drawing: Jackson Mill ............................................................................................. Glen Dale Hartley
In Memoriam: A. B. (Boss) Coble ................................................................................... Allen Rankin
Coble School District ......................................................................................................... A. B. Coble
A Little History of Larissa ......................................................................................... Lawrence Paugh
A Brief Sketch of the M. M. Pease Family ................................................................ Bessie J. Sellick
Past and Present of Richville (1895) ............................................................................. M. M. Pease
A Letter to the Journal............................................................................................. M. M. Pease
The Rankin Family in Douglas County Missouri ...................................................... Allen M. Rankin
Early Settlers of Mid-Eastern Douglas County ........................................................... T. H. E. Mathis
Douglas County Circuit Court Records of 1886 ....................................................... Tommy Roberts
Genealogy Page ................................................................................................ Geneva McCullough
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December 1984 Issue
Genealogy Page .................................................................................................................................
Poem: “Granny” (Stella Adeline Spurlock) ........................................................... Faye (Davis) Case
Poem: “Grandma” (Julina Ritter Davis) ................................................................ Faye (Davis) Case
Map of the Ozark Plateau in Indian Times .............................................................. Elmo Ingenthron
Indians: First Residents of Douglas County, MO ..................................................... Barbara DeVore
Early Settlers of Douglas County ............................................................................... Mrs. Ed Dobbs
Early History of Douglas County .................................................................................... J. M. Turner
A Reminiscent Look at Ava ................................................................................................................
Family Reunions are Inspiring .................................................................................. Randy Spurlock
Poem: “James Marion Spurlock” (Jun 18, 1864-Feb 15, 1965) ............................... Randy Spurlock
Lists of Officials of Douglas County, MO
(1893-94, 1898-98, 1899-1900) ...................................................................................................
Arden and Williams Hollow, MO ................................................................................. Marie Garrison
Drawing: Arden Store ............................................................................................ Glen Dale Hartley
Photos: Arden Store ...........................................................................................................................
Minnie Belle Norman ........................................................................................ Florence S. Garrison
Photos: Flatrock School classes 1910, 1914, and 1915 ...................................................................
May 1985 Issue
Drawing: A Grist Mill ........................................................................................... Tim Noll, 8th Grade
Photo: Oh-Zark Candy Bar Train (1925) ............................................................................................
Hidden Treasures (Douglas County Library Holdings
in the Historical and Genealogical Department) ..........................................................................
Spotlight on an Ancestor (Van Lou Chriswell Neiman) .............................. Nancy Lee Neiman Long
Nora and Her Lantern ........................................................................................... Dr. Ann W. Turner
Population in 1890 ..............................................................................................................................
Population of Douglas County 1860-1980 .........................................................................................
“1939" .................................................................................................................. Maxine (Hall) Lirley
Drawing of Pansy Store ......................................................................................................................
Rev. Madison (Matt) Daniel Coy,
My Great-Grandfather (with photos) .............................................B. DeVore & Sharon Sanders
My Father, Elijah Tipton McPherson ..................................................... Gladys McPherson Norman
Vera Cruz: Our First County Seat ..................................................... Barbara DeVore & S. Sanders
Lakey School ................................................................................................................ Stella Waters
The Family of Simon Lakey ................................................................................................................
Photos: Lakey School Classes 1929 & 1910 .....................................................................................
Robert Morris Norman (with photos) ..................................................................................................
Photo: East Side of Square (Ava Grocery, Norman-Gentry
Drug, and Farmers Produce Co.) ................................................................................................
Genealogy Page .................................................................................................................................
Cover Design Contest (drawings from Jr. High Art Class) .................................................................
December 1985 Issue
Drawing: Arden Store ............................................................................................ Glen Dale Hartley
Photo: Society Members with New Microfilm reader ..........................................................................
Micro-Film Now in Douglas County Library ........................................................................................
(listing by Missouri county and census year) ...............................................................................
Letter: Blunt Says Archives Swamped with Mail after
“Free” Service Reported .............................................................................................. Roy Blunt
Two Driving Mares........................................................................................... Janice (Page) Waters
Douglas County’s Only Legal Hanging (Ed Perry, 1897) ...................................................................
Photo: Hanging scaffold--January 30, 1897 .......................................................................................
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Arno School Memories .......................................................................... Ersel (Staley) Clinkingbeard
Drawing: Arno School ..................................................................................... Glen Dale Hartley
‘Play’ Ground (Arno recess games) (with photo) ............................ Claire Lakey & E. Clinkingbeard
The Turners of Arno (with photos) ............................................................ Florence (Silvey) Garrison
Photo: Arno Store and Turner House .................................................................................................
Arno--The Second County Seat ............................................................................ Glen Dale Hartley
Arno--Odd Fellows................................................................................................. Glen Dale Hartley
Arno--Modern Woodmen of America..................................................................... Glen Dale Hartley
Photos: Arno School classes of 1922 & 1924 ....................................................................................
Visiting Register Made by County Superintendent,
John Levan (1909-1910) (lists schools and teachers) .................................... Glen Dale Hartley
Query--Shipley, Riddle, Allison, Liniger ............................................................................. Sybil Jobe
Poem: “Man Alive, Grandma Needed Help!” ....................................................... Maxine (Hall) Lirley
Poem: “My Mother, Zelma Elizabeth Hively Hall”
(Feb 9, 1904 - Oct 28, 1983)......................................................................... Maxine (Hall) Lirley
Ozark-Douglas County Pioneers - Jeremiah Coats ...........................................Nancie Todd Weber
Ozark-Douglas County Pioneers - Robert Hicks ................................................Nancie Todd Weber
May 1986 Issue
Cemeteries, Family Burying Grounds-Shall We Destroy Them? (proposed Mo. House Bill 980) ...........................................................
The County Seat Moved Again ................................................................................ Barbara DeVore
Photos: Douglas County Court House (in center of square) ..............................................................
Photo: Douglas County Court House (current facility) .......................................................................
List of Douglas County Officials--1985-86 ..........................................................................................
Highlights of My Life .................................................................................................... Melvin Rogers
Buck Kester Remembers ............................................................................................ Mabel Mitchell
Buck Kester Remembers the First Train ..................................................................... Mabel Mitchell
Photo: Old car in Ava (1909) ..............................................................................................................
Photo: Militia Springs Post Office .......................................................................................................
Buck Kester Remembers the First Car........................................................................ Mabel Mitchell
Buck Kester Remembers Soldiers Leave for World War I .......................................... Mable Mitchell
The Case of Militia Springs ................................................................................... Glen Dale Hartley
Map: Douglas County (ca 1874) .........................................................................................................
Douglas County Patriarch James Hailey (with photos) ............................................... Mabel Mitchell
WPA Interviews ..................................................................................................... Glen Dale Hartley
What If? .......................................................................................................................... Leila Pearce
World War I: List of Douglas County Men Lost or Died .....................................................................
Ten Thousand Years of Douglas County History .................................................... Herbert Sanders
Photos: Indian Relics ............................................................................................... Herbert Sanders
World War II: List of Douglas County Men Lost or Died ....................................................................
List of Douglas County Officials--1885-86 ..........................................................................................
List of Douglas County Officials--1903-04 .........................................................................................
List of Douglas County Officials--1909-10 .........................................................................................
List of Douglas County Officials–1934-35 ..........................................................................................
Photo: Douglas County Officials--1936 ..............................................................................................
List of Douglas County Officials--1949-50 ..........................................................................................
Douglas County Created from These Counties .................................................................................
Rebecca Ellen Hall (with photo) ............................................................................ Linda Miller Davis
Arriving in the Ozarks - 1941 ............................................................................... Maxine (Hall) Lirley
Lost Treasure in the Ozarks (Spanish Silver Legend) .............................................. Bob McGowen
Interview: Esther Lawson ................................................................................................. Daisy Ellis
Interview: Mrs. Henson ................................................................................................... Fern Tallent
Interview: Clark Wheeler ............................................................................................. Nimi Heigham
Santa Claus (James M. & Dora Thurman Porter) ...............................................Effie (Porter) Potter
Douglas County Home Guard .................................................................................... George Olson
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Lost Treasure Legend (Spanish gold & silver) ............................................................. James Hinote
The James Hinote Family ............................................................................................. James Hinote
Memories of Oak Grove School .............................................................. Barbara (Miller) Breshears
Drawing: Oak Grove School ...............................................................................................................
Photo: Oak Grove School class of 1925 ............................................................................................
The Old Horse Trader (Jesse Richard Davis) ..................................................... Janie Davis Givens
Ozark-Douglas County Pioneers Thomas Kirkpatrick Yandell .........................................................................Nancie Todd Weber
Poem: “Spooks in the Privvy!” ........................................................................................ Dick McKeel
December 1986 Issue
Drawing: Skylight School ....................................................................................................................
Douglas County Library--New Hidden Treasures--Books
added to the Historical & Genealogical Department .......................................... Sharon Sanders
Poem: “Special Friend” ......................................................................................... Kathryn Estes Gile
Their Price is Far Above Rubies:
Mrs. Ella Berry .................................................................................................... Nimie Heigham
Mrs. Ruth Burroughs ........................................................................................... Nimie Heigham
Susie Elizabeth Nelson ............................................................................................. Leo Nelson
Lula Spurlock ........................................................................................................ Mabel Mitchell
Poem: “My Ozark Home” ........................................................................................... Mary G. Melton
“Still in Love After Seventy Years,” A Tribute to
Mr. & Mrs. L. M. Walker (with photos) ............................................................... Randy Spurlock
List of (Military) Pensioners on Roll, Jan. 1883 ..................................................................................
Special Census of Douglas County 1890-List of Civil War Survivors or Widows ................................................................ Sharon Sanders
The Skylight School ..................................................................................................... Mabel Mitchell
Photo: Skylight School class of 1914 .................................................................................................
Peavine School.........................................................................................Jack & Barbara Breshears
Drawing: Peavine School .................................................................................... Barbara Breshears
Hurricane Hill Herald--December 31, 1946 (Vol. 1, No.1) ..................................................................
First Republican Assessor--Douglas County Herald
November 1940 ................................................................................................... John Douglass
My Memories of the Ozarks .......................................................................... Warren G. Stufflebeem
Poem: “The Lure of the Ozarks” .................................................................................... J. W. Findley
U. S. Work Projects Administration, 1935-42, Missouri Historical Records Survey, Douglas County:
First White Settlers ...................................................................................................................
List of Douglas County Officials--1919-1920 ......................................................................................
Douglas County Post Offices from the U.S. Postal Archives
(lists all post offices and postmasters on record) ........................................................................
List of Douglas County Officials--1921-22 ..........................................................................................
May 1987 Issue
Drawing: Singleton Hotel .......................................................................................... Randy Spurlock
Dedication: Hattie Garrett Newton (with photo) ..................................................................................
The Poet’s Corner ......................................................................................................... J. W. Findley
Poem: unnamed ........................................................................................... Joan Escue Takacs
Poem: “I’m Blessed” ............................................................................................. Nellie Williams
Poems: unnamed .................................................................................................... J. W. Findley
Poem: “Job 38:22" .................................................................................................. J. W. Findley
Poem: “If You Do, Please Don’t Here” ...................................................................... Ross Ebrite
Query: Kelley .................................................................................................................... Esther Dye
Interview: Lena Wilson McClendon .................................................................................. Bob House
U. S. Work Projects Administration, 1935-42, Missouri Historical Records Survey,
Douglas County: First White Settlers (continued from last issue) ...............................................
Buck Kester Remembers Mount Tabor School .............................................................. Buck Kester
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Photo: Mt. Tabor School class of 1911 ..............................................................................................
Memoirs of an Ozarks Childhood ........................................................................ Janie Davis Givens
Early Douglas County Hartleys (with photo) ......................................................... Glen Dale Hartley
The John Singleton Family of Douglas County
(with photos and Hunter Creek map) .................................................... B. DeVore & S. Sanders
Photo: Singleton Hotel ca. 1890 .........................................................................................................
December 1987 Issue
Dedication: “The Set of the Sail,” Charles Ernest Ware .................................................. (with photo)
Findley Reunion............................................................................................................. J. W. Findley
Mount Tabor School--A New Beginning for Me
(with map) .................................................................................... Kiree Hartley Brown & Others
Jackson Mill (with drawings) ........................................................................................... Buck Kester
The John Singleton Family of Douglas County--Part II
(with photos) ................................................................................................ B. Devore & Others
May 1988 Issue
Dedication: Julia (Lakey) Clinkingbeard, “Rounds
Out a Century” (with photo)....................................................................................... Edrie Silvey
The Interesting Life of Mary (Earl) Shipley--Part I
(with photos) .................................................................................................... Virginia R. Jones
The Denney Cemetery ................................................................................................ Mabel Mitchell
Gentry School and Church ............................................................................................... Committee
Photo: Mount A School class prior to 1890 ........................................................................................
Photos: Gentry School classes of 1912-13 and 1929-30 ...................................................................
Hunter School ...................................................................................... J. & B. Breshears and Others
Photos: Hunter School classes of 1926, 1910, & 1913 ......................................................................
The John Singleton Family of Douglas County--Part III
(with photos) ................................................................................................ B. Devore & Others
December 1988 Issue
Letter from the Vice-President, “The Wilson House” ................................................ Tommy Roberts
Kellie Keith (with photos) ......................................................................... Beulah Keith Donnelly
Julia Ann (Donalson) Adams ..............................................................................................................
Poem: “To a Music Teacher” ......................................................................................... Mary Grimes
The Interesting Life of Mary Shipley--Part II (with photos) ..................................... Virginia R. Jones
Poem: “Somebody’s Mother” ............................................................................................... Unknown
Photo: Needmore School class of 1914 ......................................................................................
Shortest Railroad (Mansfield to Ava) (with train photos) ................................................. Vearl Rowe
U. S. Work Projects Administration, 1935-42, Missouri Historical Records Survey,
Douglas County:
Chapter 5, History of Douglas County ............................................................. M. H. Garton
Education ......................................................................................................... M. H. Garton
Our Adorable Dr. Marvin and His Gentry Family
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May 1989 Issue
Dedication: “Dr. Ann” (Yvonna Ann Wilson) (with photo) ...................................................................
Henry Squire Wilson and the Wilson Family (with photo) ..................................................................
Drawing: Wilson Home .......................................................................................................................
Register of Deaths 1886-1894 Douglas County, MO ............................................. Marie Hardy Mills
The Hanging That Wasn’t (story of Elyie Lakey) ......................................................... Mabel Mitchell
Photo: Public Square, Fourth of July, 1924 ........................................................................................
History of Moses Johnson ..................................................................................................................
List of Ava High School Summer Graduating Class of 1926 .............................................................
Black Oak Flat School, District #50 ............................................................. B. DeVore & S. Sanders
Photos: Black Oak Flat School classes for ca 1890, 1940s, and 1955. .............................................
December 1989 Issue
Drawing: Log Cabin ................................................................................................ Mrs. Mabel Sirna
Dedication: Louise Landers--100 Years Old (with photo) ........................................... Mabel Mitchell
In Moving Memory of Clarence V. Clinkingbeard
(with photos) ......................................................................................... B. DeVore & S. Sanders
Photos: Clinkingbeard Funeral Home--1940s and 1989 ....................................................................
Former Ava Post Office--1942-1966 (with photo) ..............................................................................
Interview: Floyd Blankenship 1899-1989 (with photo) ............................... Dorothy Burgin & Others
Excelsior School, District #85 (with list of students) ................................ Esther Dye & Neva Vinson
History of the Goodhope Community (with photos) ...........................................................................
Photo: Goodhope Store and post office--1908-1930 .........................................................................
The Last of the Bald Knobbers ............................................................................... Clarence Mitchell
The Fatal Horse Ride ................................................................................................. Ernest Jenkins
The History of James Marion Robertson
(Feb 1,1843-May 18, 1923) .........................................................................................................
Photo: Steel Bridge, Rome, MO .........................................................................................................
May 1990 Issue
Drawing: Topaz Mill ........................................................................................................ Lee M. Frye
Dedication: Florence Peacock--100 Years Old (with photos) ............................................................
Excelsior School, District #85--Part 2 ...................................................... Esther Dye & Neva Vinson
Photo: Excelsior School classes of 1917-1918, 1921-1922,
1930s, 1939-1940, 1943-1944, and 1948 thru 1955 ...................................................................
Poem: “The One-Room School” ...................................................................... Nelle Elizabeth Moffitt
Douglas County Mail Route, 1915 (with photos and map) ............................................. Gordon Dye
William Isam Barker--1885-1948 (with photos) ..................................................................................
The Ferguson Family (with photos) ................................................................ Elnora Goudy Boulton
One of Douglas County’s Pioneer Families:
The J. B. Hylton Family (with photo) .............................................................. Dortha Brentlinger
Drawing: Park School, District # 51 ....................................................................................................
James William Pettit (with photos) ..................................................................................... Lyle Pettit
Photo: Hotel at Crystal Lake ...............................................................................................................
Addendum to J. W. Pettit ...............................................................................Howard & Marian Pettit
Douglas County: God’s Country? ................................................................................... James Beck
December 1990 Issue
Drawing: Moritz Barn .................................................................................................. Freda Rhoads
Dedication: Blake Haden “I Am a Hillbilly”(with photo) ................................................ Mabel Mitchell
Dedication: John Bressie “Wants Chocolate
Birthday Cake”--100 Yrs. Old .......................................................................................................
The Aaron Freeman Family...................................................................................... Barbara DeVore
Poem: “Old Topaz” ..................................................................................... Lorelei Freeman Sullivan
The Family of Matthew and Parthenia Cox (with photos)
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The Barter System in the Thirties ...................................................................................... Obra Cole
The Thirties: A Journey into the Past ................................................................................ Obra Cole
The First All Modern Building in Douglas County-Ozark Hotel (with current photo) ...................................................................... Daisy Martin Ellis
Photo: Cottage on Ozark Hotel site ....................................................................................................
May 1991 Issue
Drawing: Old Swearengin Honey Branch Cabin ............................................................ Mabel Sirna
Dedication: Ethel (Buchanan) Bishop Vestal (with photo)................................... Barbara Breshears
Another Landmark Gone--The J. L. B. Harnden Home
(with photos) ...................................................................................................... Barbara DeVore
Photos: The Thirties, A Journey into the Past (steam engines) ........................................ Obra Cole
Our Family Heritage (Talley, Gentry, Buchanan, Ruhl,
Bishop, Jenkins, Breshears) (with photos) ........................................... Jean Jenkins Breshears
Photo: West Liberty School ................................................................................................................
Teachers Contract, 1923 .............................................................................. Dr. Elton E. Burgstahler
Kester Family History (with photos) ................................................................................ Buck Kester
Rev. John William Findley, Sr. (with photos) ................................................................ David Findley
Early Pioneers of Missouri--Elijah Swearengin ................................... Juanita (Swearengin) Sheets
Photo: Nathan Herndon (ca 1865) .....................................................................................................
Death Notices from Douglas County Herald
in 1887, 1888, and 1889 ....................................................................................... Elda Callaway
Huffman (Bryant) School #28 ................................................................................... Barbara DeVore
Photos: Huffman School in 1991, classes in 1917-18, and 1915 ......................................................
Ava General Baptist Church, The Oldest Church in Ava
(with photo of 1911 girls’ Sunday school class) ................................................. Tommy Roberts
Queries: Nave, Waters, Alcorn, Irby/Erby, Pryor, Horner...................................................................
December 1991 Issue
Drawing: Plat of the City of Granada ..................................................................................................
Dedication to Mabel Mitchell (with photo) ................................................................. Eula Dunnegan
Flying Minister of the Hills--Floyd & Helen (Schudy)
Hitchcock (with photos) ...................................................................... Mabel & Clarence Mitchell
Reminiscing (Fred B. and J. Pearl Cory) .......................................................................... Byron Cory
Through Ozarks Hills and Hollows ........................................................................... Tommy Roberts
Names and Places (history of Douglas County place names) ................................. Barbara DeVore
List of Douglas County Officers--1929-1930 ......................................................................................
List of Douglas County Officers--1939-1940 ......................................................................................
Photos: Swearengins, Depew Store, and Ongo Store ........................ Juanita (Swearengin) Sheets
Interview: George L. Guthery (with photos) ................................................... Norma & Ann Guthery
Photo: Possum Trot School class of 1907 .........................................................................................
Bible Names (origin of the name Ava)...................................................................Robert L. Ramsay
Douglas County Normal (commencement programs for
1898, 1899, and 1900) ....................................................................................... Tommy Roberts
“Live in the Present”--1900 Graduation Essay (with photos) ........................... Lizzie (Pierce) Morris
Poems .............................................................................................................. Lizzie (Pierce) Morris
Photo: Peavine School around 1931 ..................................................................................................
Reminiscent History of the Ozarks Region (Douglas County & Ava) .................................................
Assumption Abbey (Trappist Monastery) (with photos) ........................................... Tommy Roberts
List of Pensions of Ex-Confederate Soldiers (1919) ................................ Mrs. Howard W. Woodruff
Hall School District #20 ....................................................................... Juanita (Swearengin) Sheets
Photo: Hall School class of 1925 ........................................................................................................
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May 1992 Issue
Photo: Douglas County Museum (Wilson Home 100 years old in 1992) ...........................................
Dedication to Barbara Ann (Vinson) DeVore (with photo) .................................................................
Ava/Douglas County Railroad: The Beginning...Railroad News
Reported in the Herald in 1909 and 1910 ........................................................... Marian Conradi
In Honor of Jahu Cox (Obituary from Herald, April 4, 1901) ..............................................................
Stories of the Old Salt Trail (with photos) ....................................................................... Buck Kester
My Boyhood In and Around Ava .......................................................................... Laurence E. Paugh
Photo: Interior of Northrup Grocery, 1928 (currently
Jernigan Shoe Store) ...................................................................................................................
Lists of Douglas County Elected Officials--1891 thru 1990 ................................................................
Directory of Teachers, Douglas County Schools (1953-54) .................................... James R. Felton
Ava Post Office--120 Years Old (with photos) ........................................................ Barbara DeVore
As I Remember Granada .................................................................................................. Obra Cole
December 1992 Issue
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Ava Square around 1922 .............................................................................................................
Dedication: People of Douglas County, MO .......................................................................................
Miller Mines (with photos) .................................................................................... Barbara Breshears
Merchants Tax Books 1939 (names, business type, location,
valuation, and more) ....................................................................................................................
News from the Past--Excerpts from the Herald-March 10, 1887 ............................................................................................................................
Swearengin Lineage (with photos including Depew Store)
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A Reminiscent History of the Ozarks Region:
Douglas County ...........................................................................................................................
Capt. Edmond D. Pennington ......................................................................................................
Story of the Old Salt Road (with photos) ........................................................................ Buck Kester
Poem: “My Dear Mother” ............................................................................................ Dorothy Burgin
Poem: “Memory Garden” ............................................................................................ Dorothy Burgin
The Man of Many Hats (Calvin S. Neiman) (with photo)
................................................................................................... Nancy Neiman Bolen & Others
Old ‘T’ Road (with photos and 1925 map) ................................................................ Noble G. Barker
The Ava Navy (remembrances from the summer of 1932) ......................................... Rex Browning
Forty Years in the Courthouse .................................................................................... Mabel Mitchell
The Hadens and the Nowlins (with photo) ..................................................................... Buck Kester
Remembering Historic Route 66 (with photos) ................................... Juanita (Swearengin) Sheets
James Patterson McGee Norman (with photos) ................................................................................
May 1993 Issue
Photo: Harold Hutchinson & Hank Yeisley
inside service station in Ava.........................................................................................................
Dedication: Elda (Norman) Callaway (with photo) .............................................................................
Old Dock (Dr. J. L. Gentry) .......................................................................................... Mabel Mitchell
Remembering Ava High School (1941-1945) ...................................................Ola Mitchell Presson
Hailey, Davis, Garrison, Austin & Other Related Families ................................Herbert Hailey Davis
Reminiscent History of the Ozarks Region:
James M. Curnutt .........................................................................................................................
Historic Indian Thong Trees (with photo) ............................................ Juanita (Swearengin) Sheets
Queries: McLain, Beckwith, Potter, Johnson, Hammons,
Cunningham, Hodge, Swain, and Jefferson. ...............................................................................
Ray Sexton and the Swinging Bridge (at the Monastery)
(with photos) .................................................................................................................Jana Holt
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Mays Mansion) ....................................................................................................... Debbie Arnall
Long Time Ago - Part 1 (Ferrell Lineage) ................................................................. Jimmie St. John
Marriages from the Douglas County Herald--April 14, 1887-Nov. 22, 1888 ......................................
Merchants’ Tax Book, 1940 (names, business type, location, valluation, and more) ........................
December 1993 Issue
Photo: Brushy Knob Store, early 1900sCover
Dedication: Annie Agnes Mick Barker (with photos) .............................. Paul, Delta, & David Barker
Long Time Ago - Part 2 (Ferrell Lineage) ............................................... Juanita Swearengin Sheets
Poem: “Life in the Ozarks” .................................................................................... Zelda “Midge” Box
Looking Back at Brushy Knob (with photos) ............................................. White River Co-Op News
Reminiscent History of the Ozarks Region: ..................................................................... J. W. Miller
Obituary: From World’s Cresset, Brushyknob--Nov. 2, 1911 .............................................................
Coble Ancestry - United States ................................................................................... Preston Coble
Membership List .................................................................................................................................
Mable Mitchell, Our Friend (with photo) ................................................................... Sharon Sanders
Photos: St. James School in 1941-42 and the class of 1941-42 .......................................................
The Sales of Cal Neiman, Auctioneer (list of sales from
August 19, 1924 through September 14, 1936) ......................................... Nina Spurrier Carter
Queries: Whittaker, Smith, and Douglas County cemeteries .............................................................
Tyler Family in Douglas County (with photos) ............................................................ Harold S. Tyler
Photo: Anchor School class of 1901 (very faded) ..............................................................................
Anchor School (includes list of teachers and students) ........................................ Esther Kelley Dye
Photos: Anchor School classes of 1915, and 1952 thru 1955 ...........................................................
Civilian Conservation Corps (with photos of Edgar Rogers) ........................Eula Mitchell Dunnegan
From the Cressent (Jan. 12, 1911) ....................................................................................................
May 1994 Issue
Photo: The Bryant (Miller’s) Mill .........................................................................................................
Dedication: Gertie May Fulton (with photos) ........................................................ Ruby Cunningham
About Bryant Mill ......................................................................................................... Adele Samuel
St. James School 1916 (class photo and biography of
each student) ............................................................................................. Jeanne Pugh Nelson
Frank J. Northrup, Merchant & Farmer .................................................... Josephine Northrup Smith
Idumea (with photo of post office) .................................................... J. & B. Breshears, & O. Conley
Railroad Commissioner’s Map of 1910 ..............................................................................................
Thomas Colburn Family ................................................................................ Harry Lambert Colburn
History of the Dogwood Community ....................................................................... Marvin E. Painter
Dogwood Country Store, Telephone Exchange & Post Office ......................... Nancy Neiman Bolen
The Yandell History (with photos) ....................................................................... Mia and Matt Kissil
Dr. C. E. Harlan (with photos) ...........................................................Rosemary Welchel & J. Harlan
The Battles of Vera Cruz--Nov. 7, 1862 - Nov. 3, 1864 (with map) ....................... Jack C. Vineyard
Death of a Dark River: History of the Sultana – 1865
(with photo of Emanuel H. Yeisley) ..............................................................................................
Queries: Vines-Alexander, Burks-Crigger, Comer-Cox-Barnes-Bird .................................................
Breathin Sprang (Meyers Cave) (with photo) ........................................................... Frank Anderson
Sweden Community Church ................................................................................. Esther Kelley Dye
Sweden Churches (with photos) ............................................................ Gladys Spurlock Hutchison
C. C. C.’s Remembered ................................................................................................. Hurse Smith
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Dedication: Dr. Marvin Gentry (with photo) ....................................... Eula Dunnegan and Kay Goss
Poem: “Three Generations of Healing” ............................................................ Kay Dunnegan Goss
Sweden Community Church No. 5 (with photos) .................................................. Esther Kelley Dye
Recollections of a Civil War Veteran - James L. Martin ............................................ Ethel Davidson
Friendship Freewill Baptist Church (with photos) ....................................................... Janiece Moore
History of Crystal Lake & Larissa, MO .............................................................. Mary Alice Emerson
The Battle Fought in Ava as Well as Douglas County (from
History of Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas) ........................................ William Monks
Gertie May Fulton (with photos) ........................................................................... Ruby Cunningham
Dedication: Mrs. Julia Ann Adams (with photo) ....................................................... Sharon Sanders
Introduction of Douglas County and the Civil War ................................................ Arlena M. Suskey
Muster Roll: Captain Moses L. Alsup .................................................................................................
Map of Civil War skirmishes in Douglas County ................................................................................
Allen Page (with photo) ................................................................................... S. Kay (Page) Bruner
Vera Cruz Church (with photo) .................................................................................. John M. Parker
Richville (with 1909 photo of Store).................................................................................. Jay Gentry
From the World’s Cresset, February 2, 1911 .....................................................................................
Queries: Douglas County Theaters, Morris-Spurlock-ChanceBallew-Embry, McMahan, Riley-Smith, Jennings-Squire, Simmerman-Monroe .........................
May Singing - March 1912 .......................................................................................... Melvin Rogers
The Old Steel Bridge (North Fork River) (with photo) .................................... James E. (Jay) Gentry
Vera Cruz Freewill Baptist Church ....................................................... Esther Heard & Twila Winkle
May 1995 Issue
Photo: Citizens Bank - 1905, A. P. Miller, Cashier .............................................................................
Dedication - Della Francis Killion ............................................................................ Sandra Claussen
Additional 1994-95 Members .............................................................................................................
Pilot Knob School .......................................................................................................... Edwin Hailey
Citizens Bank of Ava (with photos of employee groups) ....................................................................
Diary of George Washington Williams - 1865 .....................................................Barbara J. Williams
Dedication - Oca Delana Brown Cooper (with photo) .............................. Juanita Sheets and others
Let’s Go to ‘The Show’! Part 1--History of Motion Picture
Theatres in Douglas County (with photo and map) .......................................Kenneth W. Brown
Douglas County Museum (with photo) ...............................................................................................
Thomas & Hester Osborn (with photo) .......................................................................... Jack Osborn
Leonard Brookland Shipley ................................................................................................................
A 1940s Childhood ....................................................................................... Betty (Joslyn) Forrester
Itinerary: Company A. 105th Ammunition Train (1918-19)..................................... Verda Dunnegan
Queries: Whitaker, Marlow (with photo of Mathew “Mattie”
Marlow, ca 1900), Lakey, Alsup, Holstine-Tatum-WoodsWood-Martin, Davis, Holman, Cox, Stafford, Brewer. .................................................................
December 1995 Issue
Drawing: New Douglas County History Book .....................................................................................
Dedication - Delia Bennett House (with photo) ....................................................... Mrs. Ovle House
Historical Society Membership 1995-96 .............................................................................................
My Family (Cale and Eula Gass Brooks) ....................................................................... Valta Mayes
The Butler of Douglas County (Edmond F. Butler) ....................................................... Jerry Maddox
Queries: Potter-Osburn. .....................................................................................................................
Dr. L. T. Van Noy ......................................................................................S & R Hammack, & others
Photo: The History Book Workers ......................................................................................................
Raymond Wheeler (with photo) ........................................................................................ Betty Price
Family History of Charles Emmett Yeoman .......................................................................................
List of Ministers, Justices and Other Officials ................................................................. Paul Barker
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1881 Marriage Records ................................................................................................... Paul Barker
The Yandell History ............................................................................................. Mia and Matt Kissil
The Family of Edgar and Elona (Sanders) Levan (with photo)
Mrs. Arlena M. (Levan) Suskey ...................................................................................................
West Dogwood Post Office, School, Telephone .................................................... Marvin E. Painter
West Dogwood Churches ....................................................................................... Marvin E. Painter
Omo (with map) ............................................................................................................... Ethel Leach
Drury Store .........................................................................................................................................
The Bald Knobber Hills near Swan Creek ........................................... Maxine Brixey & Bonita Hurst
Walter and Cecil Cook Store ..............................................................................................................
Devil’s Den .............................................................................................. Bonita (Swearengin) Hurst
Hebron, MO ............................................................................................................. Raymond Gilbert
Memories of Pine Flatt ............................................................................................ Eva Mae Mullins
Poem: “Spring Is”...................................................................................................... Lowell Cameron
Let’s Go to ‘The Show’! Part 2--History of Motion Picture
Theatres in Douglas County (with photos) .......................................................... Kenneth Brown
Queries: Elliott, Kennedy, Johnson, Nash. .........................................................................................
Tatum Family .....................................................................................................................Kay Martin
Douglas County Schools Part 1 (list and location of each) ................................... Esther Kelley Dye
May 1996 Issue
Photo: Champion Store ......................................................................................................................
Dedication - Eva Maxwell Surguine (with photo) ....................................................... Ann Duckworth
Museum News (with photo) ................................................................................................................
Historical Society’s New Members Since Dec. 1995 .........................................................................
Life in Douglas County (with photos) ........................................................... Corda (Johnson) Pruiett
Champion Store (with photos) ..................................................................Virginia (Proctor) Andrews
Clifford “Humpy” Burchell (b. 1904 - d. 1993) (with photo).............................................. David Miller
Douglas County Schools Part 2 (list and location of each) ................................... Esther Kelley Dye
Spring of 1928 Tornado ........................................................................................... Laurence Paugh
Queries: Nimrod & Harriet (Johnson) McInntosh ...................................... Donna Jenkins Bradshaw
The Tornado of December 24, 1982 (with photo) ............................................... Ruby Hicks Proctor
Our House (Eula Evelyn Smith’s story) .................................................................... Eva Smith Ward
Makes “Blue Man” Story Sound More Ridiculous-Postmaster L. H. Pettit replies to inquiry ......................................................................................
Job High School at Goodhope, MO. .......................................................................... Dora Jo Mahan
Fatal Affray in Douglas County--1879 (regarding Shelt Alsup) ..........................................................
Sheriff of Douglas County - 1879
(Harvey Hardin Vickery (Victory)) ........................................................Gloria (Victory) McGinley
The Belcher Family (with photo) ........................................................................ Barbara Ennis Sisco
Let’s Go to ‘The Show’! Part 3--History of Motion Picture
Theatres in Douglas County (with photos) .......................................................... Kenneth Brown
The Frye-Squires Tornado of 1957 (with photos, map
and Frye School student list) ....................................................... Kenneth Brown & Janice Frye
Queries: Denney graves .............................................................................. Paula Denney Gruginski
Memorable Destructive Fires in Douglas County
History (with photos) ........................................................................................... Kenneth Brown
Destructive Tornadoes in Douglas County History
(excerpts from Curry’s 1957 book) ..................................................................... Kenneth Brown
December 1996 Issue
Photo: Ava High School Junior Class Play - 1934
“Little Clodhopper” .......................................................................................................................
A Tribute to Florence Garrison ..................................................................................... Daisy M. Ellis
The Martins of Williams Hollow ............................................................................ Opal Martin Arnott
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(with photo of 1920 class) ..................................................................Virginia (Proctor) Andrews
Queries: Cunningham, Bradshaw, Akeman / Sperling /Webb ...........................................................
Benjamin F. Cooper............................................................................................................................
A Shocked Community (From the Douglas County Herald
August 29, 1895) Sheriff W. D. Hancock suicide .........................................................................
The History of the Ava United Methodist Church ............................................................ Carl Henley
Obituary of John Monroe Spurlock (copied from the
Douglas County Herald ..............................................................................................Fern Myers
Museum News (with photo of Dr. C. E. Harlan in
museum) ............................................................................................................ Sharon Sanders
Query Page: Downs, Morton, Tyson, Linthicum,
Belcher-Cap-Shaw-Renfrow-Cowdin-Kennis
Kenny-Andres-McIntosh-Sisco-Shropshire
King, Bradshaw, Burris, Denney. .................................................................................................
Douglas County Historical Society Membership 1996-97 ..................................................................
Diamond School Burglarized - 1936, and an overview of
the life of Maude Spurlock Robertson (with photos) .......................................... Randy Spurlock
Towns in Douglas County (Word-A-Gram) ..................................................................... Paul Barker
Docomo of 1922 (calendar of activities) (listing of
Alumni Association--graduates from ‘04 thru ‘21) ........................................................................
May 1997 Issue
Photo: Ava Square, ca 1935 ..............................................................................................................
Dedication: Gordon Wayne Dye (with photo) .....................................................................................
In Honorarium: Willa B. Stone Parsley (with photo) .................................................. Virginia Parsley
In Honorarium: Ethel May Browitt (with photo) ........................................................... Janiece Moore
Back In Time (Part 1): A Visit to the Ava Square
in 1935 (with photos, maps ............................................................................Kenneth W. Brown
Martha Rhoades-Boulton born in the booming community
of Vera Cruz, Marks 90th Birthday (with photos) ...................................................... S. Kay Page
Museum News .......................................................................................................... Sharon Sanders
Towns of Douglas County (crossword puzzle) ................................................................ Paul Barker
Douglas County Waterways (Word-A-Gram) .................................................................. Paul Barker
The Mystery of Sycamore Pond-Harvey Hobart (with gravestone photo) ............................................. James E. (Jay) Gentry, Jr.
Rescued Boy Reunited with Dogs ......................................................................................................
Railroad News: Reported in the Herald 1909 & 1910 ........................................................................
Query: May 15, 1919, Vera Northrup married Fred Bacorn
or Fred Baker? Which one is correct? .........................................................................................
Lola (Upshaw) Proctor (with photos) .............................................................................. Lola Proctor
Joseph Rex Crank (with Ava Radio Service photos) .........................................................................
Born in Indian Territory: Hazel Page Celebrates
Her 90th Birthday (with photos) ................................................................................ S. Kay Page
December 1997 Issue
Photo: Ava Boys Basketball Team ~ 1929-30....................................................................................
Mrs. Anderson Tate–Reprinted from Bessie Selleck’s
“A Reminiscent History of Douglas County” ................................................................................
Eli F. Finch ...................................................................................................... Clara Frances Morgan
The Mitchell Family History ...................................................................................... Sheri Bingaman
Symptoms of Genealogicalitis ............................................................................................................
Letters from School Children ..............................................................................................................
Query page: Cunningham, Low, Neill, Davis, Barlett, Norman, Nipps, Cowskin
Newton, Jennings, Nelson, Wilson, Andrews, Anderson, Stacy,
Bacon, Northrup, Baker, Cameron, Rogers, Carter, Hall, Howard
Sisney, Potter, Breshears, Miller, Powell, Hylton, Hart, Miller, McCraw, Davis. ..........................
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The Execution of Edward W. Perry (Part 1)
(Reprint from 1896 Farm Record) ................................................................................................
The Glen Pool Family .........................................................................................................................
Julian R. Proctor .......................................................................................Virginia (Proctor) Andrews
Photo: Gun of Frank Mitchell ....................................................................................... Tipton Proctor
Poem: “Ode to the Denlow Store” ................................................................. Hazel (Hopper) Cooley
Delmar Junior Rosseau ......................................................................................................................
May 1998 Issue
Photo: Douglas County Museum ........................................................................................................
Letter from the President .......................................................................................... Tommy Roberts
In Memorium: Dorthy Burgin ..............................................................................................................
Poem: “At Dawn” .......................................................................................................... Dorthy Burgin
In Memorium: Annette Ludwig Caudill................................................................................................
Poem: “A Perfect Marriage” ........................................................................... Annette Ludwig Caudill
Some Things I Remember That Happened ............................................................. Esther Wrinkles
Settlers, Sheep, Spinning and Weaving (Part 1) ...................................................... Katherine Reser
Video Interview With Barbara DeVore
at the Wilson House, 1990 ...........................................................................................................
Tom Vinson, Museum Week Interview, May 27, 1994 .......................................................................
Genealogy: History on a Personal Scale ..............................................................Archival Chronicle
The Execution of Ed Perry (Part 2) (Reprint from 1896 Farm Record) .............................................
Query page: Robinette, Mordente, Jackson, Lietch, Lawrence, Hall, Singleton
Snelson, Whiteknee, Laws, Siler, Patrick, Wright, Hazen, Witty, Dobbs,
Burden, Griffiths, Holt, Ellis, Baker, Powers, Neill, Davis, Bartlett,
Norman, Clayton, Matthews. .......................................................................................................
Quaker Dates .....................................................................................................................................
Douglas County Residences from 1890s ....................................... Paul Barker and Kenneth Brown
Recorded Westward Migration .................................................................. Mennonite Family History
Photos: Bralley, Garrison, Singleton, Silvey, Wilson, and Pettit
residences–1890s ........................................................................................................................
Naming of Children Often Follows Custom ............................................................. Bluegrass Roots
W. F. Wright–Stockman, Peace Officer
(and builder?) ........................................................................... Paul Barker and Kenneth Brown
J. W. Miller (Reprint from Reminiscent History of the Ozark Region) ................................................
Jason F. Norman ................................................................................................................................
Rev. William J. Fulton .........................................................................................................................
Douglas County Historical Society Price List .....................................................................................
December 1998 Issue
Photo: Ava Courthouse Workers - 1930 ............................................................................................
The President’s Page ............................................................................................... Sharon Sanders
Dedication: Marie Davis Garrison ............................................................................. Sharon Sanders
Settlers, Sheep, Spinning & Weaving (Part 2) ......................................................... Katherine Reser
Dr. Robert Sample ...................................................................................................... Robert Sample
The Little White Church (Prior Church)
(Memory of James Phillip “Red” Smith) ...................................................Jean Ann Smith-Borieo
The Infamous Elder S. G. Haws: Man of God or
Criminal? ....................................................................................... Paul Barker & Kenneth Brown
Reprint from Brushyknob World’s Cresset:
Mrs. Eliza Coats (November 2, 1911 issue) ..................................................................................
Mrs. Minnie Walker (December 21, 1911 issue) ...........................................................................
Boyd Miller (Jan. 12, 1891 issue) ..................................................................................................
Douglas County Office Holders–1857-1902 .........................................................Kenneth W. Brown
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1998-1999 Membership List ...............................................................................................................
The Execution of Edward W. Perry (Part 3)
(Reprint from 1896 Farm Record) .................................................................................................
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American Revolution ................................................................................... Nancy Neiman Bolen
William and Louhana (McMahan) Jenkins ............................................................. Donna Bradshaw
Query page: Horsley, Reed, Rogers, Beasley, Crain, Dobyns, Rackley, Ridenour,
Borieo, McDaniel Turley, Sara Mae Davis, Tom Trewin, Adam C. and Martha
Ewing, Martha Ewing Martin, William (Jack) Garrison, Mary Melinda Phipps,
Barbara Williams. .........................................................................................................................
“The Headless Cobbler of Smallett Cave” .............................................................. Susan Watterson
Andrew P. Miller (Reprint from 1924 Herald) .....................................................................................
May 1999 Issue
Photo: Picnic at Brown’s Cave - Picture Taken April 23, 1916 ..........................................................
President’s Page ................................................................................................................................
From the Douglas County Leader Aug. 25, 1976 ...............................................................................
From the 1897 Ava Farm Record .......................................................................................................
Dedication - Eva Jernigan (Photo) .....................................................................................................
Tom Moorhouse obituary (in Douglas County Herald–circa 1968) ....................................................
A Tribute to C. W. Parker ..................................................................................................................
“The Incubator” (Donation by the Walls Family) .................................................................................
Family Legends of Brown’s Cave
(In Memory of Burney L. Porter) (Photos) .............................................................. Herval Porter
The Wonderment of Brown’s Cave ....................................................................... Gladys Hutchison
Memories (Samp Rippee family) ............................................................................. Laurence Paugh
Ruth Telete Jones obituary (In Douglas County Herald–1924) .........................................................
Thomas S. and Mary Burdan Brown ................................................................... Cinita Davis Brown
Mrs. Martha Hopper obituary (In Douglas County Herald-1908) .......................................................
Brown’s Cave–A Save Haven for All (Maps/photos) ............................................Kenneth W. Brown
Brown’s Cave ................................................................................................... Nancy Neiman Bolen
Keeping Law and Order in Cass Township in the 1890s
(Constable R. A. Hodge) (Photo) ........................................................................ Marian Conradi
Museum News (Photo–old wooden bathtub) ........................................................... Sharon Sanders
Benjamin Franklin Comstock obituary
(In Brushyknob World’s Cresset, Nov. 30, 1911) ........................................................................
“The Indian” Reprint of letter of Mr. Hunter in the 1876
Douglas County Leader ...............................................................................................................
The Flood in Douglass County (Reprints from June, 1876
Springfield Patriot papers) ...........................................................................................................
Simon Lakey ..........................................................................................................Inez Marie Walker
The Execution of Edward W. Perry (Part 4)
(Reprint from 1896 Farm Record) ................................................................................................
Queries: Levi T. Williams, Emma Glover, Frank Williams, Bertha Williams,
Leroy “Bud” Williams, Preston Williams, Bev Bellm, John R. Holloway,
Jacob Holloway, James Holloway, Susie Witty, Martha Teal Case,
Martha Butler, Sabrina DeVore, Pat Carmichael, Lee Wilberg,
Harper family, William Taylor. ......................................................................................................
Eva Surguine (Interview on KKOZ, May 25, 1993) ............................................................................
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President’s Page ...................................................................................................... Sharon Sanders
Museum News ....................................................................................................................................
Dedication - Wesley Leesle Uchtman (photos) ........................................................... Irene Johnson
Guy Besson ............................................................................................... Florence [Besson] Ballew
My Ozark Memories ................................................................................................ Lawrence Paugh
The Turners of Rome, Missouri (family photos) ............................................................. Gary Kester
Ava News [reprint from Douglas County Herald] ........................................................... H. O. Martin
1999-2000 Membership List ...............................................................................................................
Board Calls Last of County’s C-2's [reprint from Herald] ...................................................................
Settlers, Sheep, Spinning & Weaving - Part 3 (from 12/98 Journal) ........................ Katherine Reser
Receives 6th Card from Son Interned in the Phillippines in 1945 [Herald reprint] ..............................
The Ava Railroad (photos) [Reprint of Herald articles
from 1896-1935 ............................................................................. Marion Conradi & Esther Dye
Veteran of Thirty-Five Bombing Missions over Europe is Guest of Lions
[reprint from Herald - 1945] ..........................................................................................................
Ava News in 1940...............................................................................................................................
Ozark Travelogue Journey - December 3, 1939
[reprinted by permission of author] ........................................................................ Dr. Ira Allison
Plat of the original town of Ava 1884 ..................................................................................................
Hats - Donated to the Douglas County Museum .................................................. Nola Maxine Lirley
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Photo: Tony Due Standing in Front of Vietnam Wall in Washington, D.C. ........................................
President’s Page ...................................................................................................... Sharon Sanders
Museum News ....................................................................................................................................
Dedication - William Edwin “Bill” Breshears .......................................................................................
1999-2000 Membership List ...............................................................................................................
Douglas County’s Unsung Heros (Part 1) ..........................................................................................
Our Honor Roll-Prayer Scroll World War II ............................................................... Marian Conradi
Women in Military Service ..................................................................................................................
Douglas County Place Name Quiz .............................................................................. Darrell Haden
Blue and Gray....................................................................................................... Marsha J. Hopkins
Settlers, Sheep, Spinning & Weaving (Part 4) ......................................................... Katherine Reser
Deaths published in Douglas County Herald (continued from Dec. 1999 Journal) ............................
Douglas County Place Name Quiz (Answers) ............................................................ Darrell Haden
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Photo: Joseph E. Bacorn, Jr. ..............................................................................................................
President’s Page .............................................................................................................. Guy Gettys
A War Time Incident in Douglas County, Missouri ......................................................... S.C. Turnbo
Museum News ....................................................................................................................................
Dedication – Pearl Exline ............................................................................................ David Norman
Dedication – Una Ellison ....................................................................................................................
2000-2001 Membership List ...............................................................................................................
The Musical Grays.......................................................................................................... Gary Kester
Douglas County’s Unsung Heros (Part 2) ..........................................................................................
Index ...................................................................................................................................................
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Summer 2001 Issue
Photo: William Alvin Spurrier and wife, Sylvia (Burke) Spurrier .........................................................
President’s Page .............................................................................................................. Guy Gettys
Museum News ....................................................................................................................................
Dedication – Lawrence Barnes (1910-2000) .................................. Kenneth Brown and Paul Barker
A Little History of Girdner, MO. ................................................................................ Herval O. Porter
Poem: Tell Him Now ................................................................................................ Mrs. Ellen Lakey
Poem: God, Is With Me ............................................................................................... Freda Slocum
The Kesters .................................................................................................................... Gary Kester
50th Anniversary of the Korean War ................................................................. Nancy Neiman Bolen
Douglas County’s Unsung Heros (Part 3) ..........................................................................................
Queries: Williams, Swearengin, Lewis, Cook, Pettit ..........................................................................
A Hot Fight With a Bear .................................................................................................. S.C. Turnbo
Photos: Ava Schools (1934, 1938, 1943, 1947-48, 1948-49 ........................................... Betty Price
A Well Pleased Young Man ............................................................................................ S.C. Turnbo
Gigging Boats ................................................................................................................ Noble Barker
Honor Roll Panels – 527 Former High School Students Are Now Serving in
the Military Service (Published from Feb. 1, 1945 Douglas County Herald) ...............................
They Pretended That the Milk Had Been Poisoned ....................................................... S.C. Turnbo
Indian Hostilities and Wars in Douglas County ................................. WPA Papers prepared in 1938
Mills in Douglas County ......................................................................................................................
Deaths Published in Douglas County Herald (Mar. 24, 1887-Dec. 31, 1995)
(continued from May 2000 Journal) .............................................................................................
Militia Springs ................................................................................ {copied from Dear Descendants}
Death of Billy Howard ..................................................................................................... S.C. Turnbo
He Threw a Stone at the Deer and Killed It .................................................................... S.C. Turnbo
Poem: A Way of Life: On the Wilderness Road ..................................................... Jimmie Driftwood
Bob Spurlock ......................................................................................................................................
Index ...................................................................................................................................................
Winter 2001 Issue
Photo: Ava High School .....................................................................................................................
President’s Report & Museum Update ............................................................................. Guy Gettys
Photo: Lewis Oliver Hailey .................................................................................................................
Dedication – Rosa Letsinger—100 Years Old ...................................................................................
Membership List—2001-2002 ............................................................................................................
Douglas County’s Unsung Heros (Part 4) ..........................................................................................
Poem: Soldier ...................................................................................................... George L. Skypeck
Lyrics: “Taps” ......................................................................................................................................
Job High Schools—An Important Chapter in Douglas County’s
Educational History .................................................................. Kenneth Brown and Paul Barker
Theodore Clifford “Ted” Sallee—Korean War Veteran .................................... Nancy Neiman Bolen
Remembrances of Mrs. Gardner ........................................................................... Diana Joslyn Betz
Douglas County on the Internet ................................................................................. Kenneth Brown
Ava Ministerial Alliance ............................................................................................. Dr. John Moles
The History of Girdner, Missouri—How the Town Got Its Name
(Continued from Summer 2001 Issue) ............................................................... Herval O. Porter
From Douglas County Herald, September 9, 1887 ............................................................................
Daily Journal of the Shady (Grove) 1934-1935 – Part 1 ................................................ Doris Gettys
Early Douglas County Newspapers ........................................................................... Kenneth Brown
Glen’s Nostalgia (Reprinted from Nov. 13, 1975
Douglas County Herald)........................................................................................... Glen Hartley
Pahls Invited to Witness Launch of USS Mason
(Reprinted from July 5, 2001 issue of Douglas County Herald) ..................................................
Index ...................................................................................................................................................
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Photo: Glendale School at Fox Creed ................................................................................................
President’s Report & Museum Update ............................................................................. Guy Gettys
Photo: Do you recognize this chair? ...................................................................................................
Dedication – Annie Gunnels Davis—
99 Years Young ......................................................................... Carol (Janie Guthery) McMullin
Dedication – Clarence Sallee: Over 100 & Still Going Strong ...........................................................
Douglas County Herald – August 26, 1897 ........................................................................................
In Remembrance: Rex Alonzo Browning (1920 -2001).................................... Nancy Neiman Bolen
Poem: The Old Gray House .................................................................................... Rex A. Browning
Manufacturing in Douglas County: Tomatoes ........................................................... Kenneth Brown
Query: Orr, McQuin ............................................................................................................................
The Ozark Tomato: A Cash Crop for Farmers ................................................Neil Edward Sagerser
Daily Journal of the Shady (Grove) School—Part 2 ....................................................... Doris Gettys
The Wilson House in Days Gone By .................................................... Betty Spurlock & Joe Corum
Membership List 2001-2002 ...............................................................................................................
Patterson School District #92 .................................................................... Lucille Humbyrd Sanders
Douglas County’s Unsung Heroes .....................................................................................................
Douglas County Veterans Book (Sample Pages) ..............................................................................
Index ...................................................................................................................................................
Winter 2002 Issue
Photo: Ava Softball Team – 1949.......................................................................................................
Photo: Douglas County Normal Graduating Class of 1906 ................................................................
Photo: Ava Town Basketball Team – 1948 ........................................................................................
President’s Update & Museum News ............................................................................... Guy Gettys
A Look at the Officers and Board Members ......................................................................................
Membership List: 2002-2003 (as of Nov. 5, 2002) .............................................................................
A County Quiz ............................................................................................................. Darrell Haden
Dedication—Daisy Martin Ellis ...................................................................................... Marilyn Alms
Answers to Darrell Haden’s County Quiz ...........................................................................................
Remembering Judge Gladys Berger Stewart ............................................................ Marian Conradi
Audio Tapes for Sale: $5 for 1st Tape (Additional Tapes $4.00 Each) ...............................................
The Barker Saw and Its Inventor, Albert Smith .................................. Kenneth Brown & Paul Barker
Loomis/Chaney Family History.................................................................................... Jewell Loomis
Queries: McHolland, Moss, Carpenter, Bearden, Stacey, Ramsey-Lewis.........................................
Cream Separators ............................................................................................ Nancy Neiman Bolen
Some Comings and Goings of the Family of Albia
Hurse Smith .................................................................................................. Doris & Guy Gettys
How to Use a Grindstone (Excerpt from 1896 newspaper)................................................................
A Short Biography of Darrel Linder ............................................................... Virginia (Moore) Linder
1976 Obituary for Bessie J. (Woods) Selleck ............................................................ Kenneth Brown
Neil Sagerser’s “My Life As I See It”—Part 1 ..................................................Neil Edward Sagerser
Douglas County’s Unsung Heroes .....................................................................................................
Attention Veterans (Library of Congress Oral History Project) ..........................................................
Milisey Mae (Lawson) Ousley: A Brief History and Family Tree ........................................................
Index ...................................................................................................................................................
Research Aids and Materials .............................................................................................................
Summer 2003 Issue
Photo: K. C. O. & S. Railway—1910 ..................................................................................................
Photo: Residence of J.A.G “Jiz” Reynolds .........................................................................................
Membership: July 2002-June 2003 ....................................................................................................
President’s Report & Museum News — by Guy Gettys .....................................................................
Dedication: Eliza “Janie” Johnson — 100 Years Old ........................................................................
Letter to the Editor — from Pauline Jenkins .......................................................................................
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Remembrance: In Honor of Laurence E. Paugh — by Barbara & Jack Breshears ...........................
Remembrance: In Honor of Laverne Owen ......................................................................................
Douglas County Office Holders: Update for the Years 1991-2004 —
compiled by Barbara Breshears ..................................................................................................
History of “Taps” — submitted by Barbara Breshears .......................................................................
Windows, Railroads, and the Bluebird — Ed Crabtree ......................................................................
The Cemetery — Author Unknown ....................................................................................................
Moses Lock Alsup—Just How Endurable Was He? — by Catherine (Alsup) Reilly ..........................
Photos: Douglas County Normal School — 1906 Class — submitted by Paul Barker ......................
Shady Grove School Journal (1934-35) — Part 3 — transcribed by Doris Gettys ............................
Queries — Denney, Ellis, Potter, Lakey .............................................................................................
History of Banking in Douglas County—1857—1980 — by Kenneth Brown .....................................
Poem: Quoth the Banker, “Watch Cash Flow” — by Herbert S. Bailey, Jr. .......................................
My Life As I See It — Part 2 — by Neil Edward Sagerser .................................................................
The Dickison Family — compiled by Doris & Guy Gettys ..................................................................
Douglas County’s Unsung Heroes .....................................................................................................
Index ...................................................................................................................................................
Research Aids and Materials ............................................................................................................
Winter 2003 Issue
Photo: Ava Post Office—circa 1930 ...................................................................................................
Photo: 1950s Citizens Bank employees .............................................................................................
Membership List — July 2003-June 2004 ..........................................................................................
President’s Update & Museum News — by Sharon Sanders ............................................................
Letters to Ye Olde Editor — by Guy Gettys .......................................................................................
Dedication — Thelma Mary (Strait) Call — by Ralph Call..................................................................
Milestones — Honorees and Benefactors ..........................................................................................
Centennial Photos and Artifacts Needed ...........................................................................................
From: Ye Olde Editor — by Guy Gettys .............................................................................................
Featured Volunteer — Pat Carmichael ..............................................................................................
1882 Patent Donated to the Douglas County Museum ......................................................................
1920 Douglas County Census — Three-volume Transcription Now Available ..................................
Before Welfare: Poor Relief in Douglas County, Missouri — by Linda Myers-Phinney .....................
Photo: Avalon Theatre Marquee ........................................................................................................
Permanent Wave Machine — Now in the Museum — by Mildred Watson ........................................
Queries ...............................................................................................................................................
Alsup—Those Missing Pieces — by Catherine (Alsup) Reilly ...........................................................
John Benton (Jack) Alsup — by Catherine (Alsup) Reilly ..................................................................
Past Memories and Current Reflections — by Jess D. Ross .............................................................
A Tribute to Howard Pettit — by Kenneth Brown ...............................................................................
Bank of Ava Transcript Resonates with Readers — by Kenneth Brown ...........................................
Citizens Bank of Ava — A Depositor’s Safe Haven for Decades —
by Kenneth Brown with Herman Davis ........................................................................................
William Henderson & Annie (Medlock) Elliott Family — by Barbara Elliott Owens ............................
Photo: Pansy Store.............................................................................................................................
Photo: Vanzant bat .............................................................................................................................
My Life As I See It—Part 3 Adolescent Years — by Neil Edward Sagerser ......................................
Audio Tapes for Sale: $5.00 for 1st Tape (Additional Tapes $4.00 Each) .........................................
Reception of the Douglas County Normal School Pupils—1898 .......................................................
1921 Ava High School Alumni Association ........................................................................................
Ava School History (Dated 1921) .......................................................................................................
First Church Building in Ava Started in 1890 .....................................................................................
My Faithful Domino — by William Allen .............................................................................................
Meet Ed Crabtree ...............................................................................................................................
Index ...................................................................................................................................................
Research Aids and Materials .............................................................................................................
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Summer 2004 Issue
Photo: Arthur Richards at Rome Bridge—1914 .................................................................................
Photo: Mystery Photo .........................................................................................................................
President’s Update & Museum News, by Sharon Sanders ................................................................
Genealogy Hint: Old Naming Patterns ...............................................................................................
From: Ye Olde Editor, by Guy Gettys .................................................................................................
Dear Ann Landers ..............................................................................................................................
Membership List — July 2003-June 2004 ..........................................................................................
Dedication to and Remembrance of James Wesley King—
Passed Away at 103 ....................................................................................................................
J.W. Hankins Pays Jasper County Fine with Poetry in 1916,
submitted by Paul Barker .............................................................................................................
A Tribute to Edna Mae (Schuler) Davis and Fiddler, Robert “Bob” Holt ............................................
Floy Futrell Remembered Through Her Writings, by Tommy Roberts ...............................................
Milestones—Benefactors and Honorees ............................................................................................
Hall Family Organ on Display at Museum ..........................................................................................
Audio Tapes for Sale: $5.00 for 1st Tape (Additional Tapes $4.00 Each) .........................................
Excerpts from J.W. Findley’s Book “A Voice from the Ozark Hills” ....................................................
Jesse Reeves, Long-Time Peace Officer,
by Ann Thompson Schrader and Harold J. Thompson ...............................................................
“To Liquidate County Farm,” Douglas County Herald,
February 13, 1941 ........................................................................................................................
Reeves Family History, recounted by Dorothy Reeves Kerr Turner ..................................................
William “Arthur” Buchanan, by Carolyn Buchanan Ellison .................................................................
Before Rome, There was Fort Lawrence, by Kenneth Brown ............................................................
Frank M. Richards—Rome Merchant & Postmaster ..........................................................................
Answer to Mystery Photo From Page 1..............................................................................................
Family Line of Pauline Richards Jenkins ...........................................................................................
Biographies of other “Prominent Citizens” Available in
Goodspeed’s 1894 “A Reminiscent History of the Ozark Region”...............................................
Place Name Reference for Eastern Douglas County and Photos
from Noble Barker’s Archives, by Noble G. Barker, Sr. ...............................................................
Index ...................................................................................................................................................
Research Aids and Materials .............................................................................................................
Winter 2004 Issue
Photo: Swinging Bridge Over Beaver Creek Near Arno.....................................................................
Officers, Mystery Photo ......................................................................................................................
President’s Letter and Museum by Sharon Sanders ..........................................................................
Old Ava Speedway From the 1956-60 Era Being Researched ..........................................................
From ‘Ye Olde Editor’ by Guy Gettys .................................................................................................
Membership List — 2004-2005 submitted by Barbara Breshears ....................................................
Florence Rantz—Dedication to a 100 Year Old by Guy and Doris Gettys.........................................
Remembrance—Corda Pruiett (1904-2004) .....................................................................................
Readers Respond to Rome Article by Kenneth Brown ......................................................................
1830s Pioneer Woman—A Probable History of Elizabeth
“Betsy” Hall by Kenneth W. Brown ..............................................................................................
New DVD, Compilations CD and Census Books ...............................................................................
1957 & 2007-Centennial & Sesquicentennial Years ..........................................................................
1850 Letter Special to the Bishop Family submitted by Jean Jenkins Breshears .............................
My Mother: Ruby Moore Buchanan by Carolyn Buchanan Ellison ....................................................
The Harnden House South of Ava Square by Jesse “Lyle” Jenkins ..................................................
The West-End DAVIS Family .............................................................................................................
“West Poets Society” ..........................................................................................................................
The West-End LETHCO Family submitted by Dora Jo (Lethco) Mahan
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And Lodena (Lethco) McCoy .......................................................................................................
St. Nicholas Catholic Church—Where Art Thou? By Kenneth Brown ...............................................
Memories of the Ava Methodist Church by Gary Kester ....................................................................
Railroad News — What is a “Doodlebug”? ........................................................................................
Audio Tapes .......................................................................................................................................
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Summer 2005 Issue
Photo: Burdett’s Drug Store ...............................................................................................................
Mystery Photo & Officers ....................................................................................................................
President’s Update and Donations, by Sharon Sanders ....................................................................
Historical Items and Computer Services Provided to Museum ..........................................................
From: Ye Olde Editor, by Guy Gettys .................................................................................................
Membership List, by Barbara Breshears ............................................................................................
Esther Kelley Dye: A Special Thanks to a Great Lady, by Doris & Guy Gettys .................................
Audio Tapes for Sale ..........................................................................................................................
Dedication — Sybil Brown Hart (98 years old), by Kenneth W. Brown ..............................................
The West-End LETHCO Family — Part 2, by Fern Lethco Bennetts ................................................
Fern Lethco’s Snippets of Memory around Goodhope and Roy ........................................................
Mystery Photo from Page 1 — “Is it the Yellow Jacket?” by Kenneth W. Brown ...............................
“Here Comes the Bluebird!”, by J.D. Ross .........................................................................................
Map of Rail Bed between Mansfield and Ava, by Kenneth W. Brown ...............................................
The County Farm, My Home, by Jack Singleton ................................................................................
Remembrance—Isaiah and Bertie Buchanan, by Darrell Haden .......................................................
Pauline Jenkins Write of Freeport School ..........................................................................................
Norma Stillings Identifies DVD-Movie Scenes ...................................................................................
More 1957 Centennial Still Photos .....................................................................................................
1991 Interview with Dr. C.E. Harlan (Part 1) ......................................................................................
Fullerton-Moses Tie Co.—1906-08, by Phil Moses ............................................................................
Brush Judd, Grocer—from J.W. Findley’s “Springtime” book, by Edwin Judd ...................................
Photo Gallery ......................................................................................................................................
Index of People and Places ................................................................................................................
Research Aids and Materials .............................................................................................................
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Photo: Charley Campbell’s 1934 Ford Racing Car ............................................................................
Mystery Photo & Officers ....................................................................................................................
President’s Update, by Sharon Sanders ............................................................................................
From: Ye Olde Editor, by Guy Gettys .................................................................................................
Milestones—Memorials of Those Who have Passed Away Recently................................................
Special Tribute to Guy and Doris Gettys ............................................................................................
Dedication — Carrie Osburn Sellers (95 years old) by Cinita Brown & Kenneth Brown ...................
Carrie and Cinita Share Memories on the Driving Tour .....................................................................
Saturday Nights at the Ava Speedway, by Janiece Moore and Lynn Sanders ..................................
Murrell Alms, Long-Time Ava Mechanic, Kept Charley Campbell’s Car Sharp
By Kenneth W. Brown ..................................................................................................................
Soap Making Day, by J.D. Ross.........................................................................................................
Former Local Resident (Hal Thompson) Awarded the Bronze Star ...................................................
The Square’s Oldest Business — Jernigan’s Store ...........................................................................
Old Catalog of Douglas County Normal — 1909-1910 ......................................................................
The Bishops of Vera Cruz, by Pauline Winkler & Theresa Hayes .....................................................
Singleton Family Tree Revisited, by Kenneth W. Brown....................................................................
Ray Singleton — One of Isom’s Boys, by Kenneth W. Brown ...........................................................
More from 1957 Centennial Celebration — Neiman Photos, by Nancy Neiman Bolen .....................
Memberships 2005-2006, by Barbara Breshears ..............................................................................
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1991 Interview with C.E. Harlan (Part 2) ............................................................................................
Audio Tapes for Sale ..........................................................................................................................
Incredible 1886 Land Record Resource Available from the Society ..................................................
Sampling of Orval Jernigan’s Photos .................................................................................................
Index of People and Places ................................................................................................................
Research Aids and Materials .............................................................................................................
Summer 2006 Issue
Cover Photo — Squire and Ellison cabin homes ...............................................................................
Mystery Photo.....................................................................................................................................
President’s Update and Museum News by Sharon Sanders .............................................................
Map: Research Centers in Ava ..........................................................................................................
Editor Cinita Brown’s Bit by Cinita (Davis) Brown ..............................................................................
Wanted: A Photo of John Sevier Upshaw by Cletis Upshaw .............................................................
Mystery Photo Answer .......................................................................................................................
Historical Marker Honoring Alsup Family and Alsup Horses Planned by Cinita Brown .....................
Milestones by Kenneth Brown ............................................................................................................
Dedication: Velma (Rosseau) Melton by Kenneth Brown and Cinita Brown......................................
John Squire, Founder of Squires, Missouri by Laura Lee Moncrief ...................................................
Squire Family Connection in Douglas County Today
Frankie’s Brown Brothers — Jim, Ike, and Louis by Cinita Brown ..............................................
Audio Tapes for Sale ..........................................................................................................................
Spurlock’s Store at Squires — 100 Years and Going Strong by Cinita Brown ..................................
Memberships 2005-2006 (As of 4/10/2006) by Barbara Breshears ...................................................
“Bid Reynolds’ History of Ava” via Kenneth Bushman by Cinita Brown .............................................
A Bit about Kenneth Bushman’s Roots by Cinita Brown ....................................................................
The Most Interesting Person in My Family (In My Opinion) by James Burton Wade ........................
Pauline Richards Jenkins Reflects on Carrie Sellers’ Rome-Smallett Tour .......................................
More from the 1957 Centennial Celebration ......................................................................................
Douglas County Schools — Esther & Doris’ Research Tool by Kenneth Brown ...............................
An Introduction to the History of Elliott School 1904-20 by Norma Tarbutton....................................
Old Catalog of Douglas County Normal School—1909-10 (Part 2) ...................................................
Index ...................................................................................................................................................
Research Aids and Materials .............................................................................................................
Winter 2006 Issue
Cover Photo — Alwanda Station and Wilson Mill ..............................................................................
Mystery Photo.....................................................................................................................................
Report from President Patricia “Pat” Carmichael ...............................................................................
Memberships 2006-2007 (As of October 20, 2006) (by Sharon Sanders).........................................
Return of Tablecloth Conjures Day Family Memories (by Cinita Davis Brown) .................................
The “Memorial Plaque Book” for Year 2005 .......................................................................................
Mystery Photo Answer .......................................................................................................................
Audio Tapes for Sale ..........................................................................................................................
Dedication to 91 year-old Herbert Sanders with a Remembrance
Of Stella (Denney) Sanders (by Kenneth Brown & Cinita Davis Brown) .....................................
Remembrance: The Ava Boy Who Became the Legendary Pool Player,
“Fast Eddie” Parker .....................................................................................................................
Remembrance: Joseph Rex Crank and His Ava Radio Service
(by the Crank family) ....................................................................................................................
Providence Anderson, A Civil War Soldier’s Eternal Testament
(by Lin Waterhouse) .....................................................................................................................
Milestones (by Kenneth Brown) .........................................................................................................
120-Year-Old Quilt a Special Malloy Family Heirloom .......................................................................
Early Pioneer—Josiah Henderson Elliott ...........................................................................................
History of Ava’s Auto Dealerships—Part 1 (by Paul Barker and Kenneth Brown) .............................
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The Sesquicentennial Celebration is Only One Year Away! ..............................................................
Index ...................................................................................................................................................
Research Aids and Materials .............................................................................................................
Summer 2007 Issue
Cover Photo — Brown Blacksmith Shop and Carson Home .............................................................
Mystery Photo.....................................................................................................................................
Report from President Patricia “Pat” Carmichael ...............................................................................
Memberships 2006-2007 — by Sharon Sanders ...............................................................................
Can You Find These Old Soldiers? — by Cinita (Davis) Brown ........................................................
Grand Army of the Republic—Ava, Douglas County, Missouri—by Cinita (Davis) Brown ................
Dedication to the Late Jessie Naomi Robertson Purtle—by Naomi Purtle Porter .............................
Preface to the Barnes and Gott Family Histories—by Kenneth Brown ..............................................
Family Tree of Joshua Davis Barnes— by Kenneth Brown & Dora Jo Mahan .................................
Memories of Grandpa George and Dora Barnes—by Dora Jo (Lethco) Mahan and
Fern (Lethco) Bennetts ................................................................................................................
Museum’s Old Bell May Have Led the Lethco Oxen on Migration
From South Carolina—by Fern (Lethco) Bennetts) .....................................................................
The Gott Family From Roy, Missouri—by Betty (Gott) Singleton ......................................................
Legendary James “Shelt”Alsup and His Namesakes—by Jane Alsup Hegle ....................................
Kester’s Dodge-Plymouth Dealership (1941-1959)—by Gary Kester ................................................
Davis Family Nears 70 Years in Auto Sales—by Kenneth Brown and
Cinita (Davis) Brown ....................................................................................................................
Mt. Tabor Public School—1908-1909—by Cinita (Davis) Brown .......................................................
Smallett’s Doc Osborn—Short on Stature but Long on Service to SW Douglas
And NW Ozark Counties—by Kenneth Brown and Cinita (Davis) Brown ...................................
Dean, Penix, and Delph/Delp Books Coming Soon — by Laura Lee Moncrief .................................
Mystery Photo Answer .......................................................................................................................
Audio Tapes for Sale ..........................................................................................................................
Index ...................................................................................................................................................
Research Aids and Materials .............................................................................................................
Winter 2007 Issue
Cover Photo – Queen Candidates .....................................................................................................
Dedication to Doris Gettys ..................................................................................................................
Historical Society & Museum Updates ...............................................................................................
Membership ........................................................................................................................................
In Memory of Delmar Merle Guthery ..................................................................................................
Lz Banta .............................................................................................................................................
Letters from “Lizzie” Armanda Elizabeth Mason Stowe .....................................................................
Inquiry .................................................................................................................................................
Sarah Jane Jones...............................................................................................................................
Douglas County Square & Sesquicentennial .....................................................................................
Francis Myers and Charlotte [Smith] Allen Family .............................................................................
PFC Ernest Bartlett comes home .......................................................................................................
Mystery Photo.....................................................................................................................................
Ozark Hotel Postcard .........................................................................................................................
Do. Co. Normal School 1909 Postcard ..............................................................................................
Railroad Postcard on east side of Ava ...............................................................................................
1904 Douglas County Officers Picture ...............................................................................................
Ava Post Office Burning 1911 ............................................................................................................
Edna Mae [Schuler] Davis ..................................................................................................................
Hartley Homestead .............................................................................................................................
Stories and Recollection of Douglas County by Clifford Abel ............................................................
Craig Photo Co. ..................................................................................................................................
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SOCIETY OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, MISSOURI
July 1974 – Summer 2012
Summer 2008 Issue
Front Cover – Jim Bailey’s 1st Motorized Threshing Machine at Rome Bridge ..................................
Dedication: Doctors of Ava .................................................................................................................
Historical Society & Museum Updates ...............................................................................................
2007 Memorial Plaque .......................................................................................................................
Items Donated to Museum .................................................................................................................
Membership ........................................................................................................................................
Dr. Daniel J. Bailey by Pat Carmichael & Howard Bailey...................................................................
Hendricks by Mike Comstock .............................................................................................................
Stories of My Life and Times by William Louis “Bill” Burk ..................................................................
Lost Cemetery by Pat Carmichael......................................................................................................
Old Peddler’s Grave by Brian A. Hicks...............................................................................................
Unknown Photo by Ronald C. Parker.................................................................................................
Please Help with Williams Photographs by Merlin Williams...............................................................
Churches of Douglas County .............................................................................................................
Special Edition of the Douglas County Herald ...................................................................................
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Winter 2008 Issue
Front Cover – Will Turner Home (Names of Family—17) ..................................................................
Dedication: Ella Mae Jenkins Stith .....................................................................................................
Historical Society & Museum Updates ...............................................................................................
Query [RG & Henrietta Armstrong] .....................................................................................................
Query [Polly Ann Harvey Fleetwood] .................................................................................................
Membership ........................................................................................................................................
Hulda Cunningham Bailey Family by Howard Bailey & Pat Carmichael ............................................
Odie May Howard Bailey Family by Howard Bailey & Pat Carmichael ..............................................
Ava Public School...............................................................................................................................
The Arno Road—Turner / Lyon / Lyons Family by Sally M. Gray ......................................................
The Arno Road—Potter Family by Sally M. Gray ...............................................................................
J.S. Mercer .........................................................................................................................................
Dr. J.C. Ellis ........................................................................................................................................
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Summer 2009 Issue
Front Cover – Names of the Epworth League of Ava (Page 6) .........................................................
Dedication: Minnie Snoddy .................................................................................................................
Journal Membership ...........................................................................................................................
Memorials, Museum, & Historical Society Updates ...........................................................................
Homes of Sallie Jo Turner Adams by Gary Kester ............................................................................
County Schools by Betty Gott Singleton ............................................................................................
Raymond G. & Henrietta Armstrong by Marilyn Alms & Gary Kester ................................................
Beulah Dean Davis by Marilyn Alms & Gary Kester ..........................................................................
The Eleventh Month, the Eleventh Day, the Eleventh Hour by Imogene Altis Woods.......................
The Mallory Family by Sally M. Gray..................................................................................................
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Winter 2009 Issue
Front Cover – Falling Springs, Mo. .....................................................................................................
Dedication: Sgt. Charles Leo Wilson ..................................................................................................
Dedication: Guy Gettys ......................................................................................................................
Historical Society & Museum Updates ...............................................................................................
Membership ........................................................................................................................................
Query ..................................................................................................................................................
Moses F. Wood by Imogene Wood ....................................................................................................
King Family by Sally Gray ..................................................................................................................
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July 1974 – Summer 2012
Dr. C.E. Harlan ...................................................................................................................................
Mickley/Balliet/Levan by Patricia Thomas ..........................................................................................
Leckenby by Patricia Thomas ............................................................................................................
Sanders Family by Patricia Thomas...................................................................................................
Carter Family by Patricia Thomas ......................................................................................................
Wheeler Family by Patricia Thomas...................................................................................................
The Heard Story by Janet Ariciu ........................................................................................................
From Here to the Majors by Ann Duckworth ......................................................................................
Gentry Park ........................................................................................................................................
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Summer 2010 Issue
Front Cover- Ava about 1900 .............................................................................................................
Dedication: Mary “Eula” Peterson by her girls ....................................................................................
Historical Society & Museum Updates ..............................................................................................
2009 Memorial Plaque .......................................................................................................................
Hailey/Ellison Families .......................................................................................................................
Bralley Family .....................................................................................................................................
Squire-Brown Connection ..................................................................................................................
The Blue Man of Douglas County ......................................................................................................
By the Grace of God ...........................................................................................................................
My Recollection of the Old Pilot Knob School Building ......................................................................
The Picture .........................................................................................................................................
Mystery Picture in front of Ava Court House ......................................................................................
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Old Nation Cash Register ...................................................................................................................
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Winter 2010 Issue
Front Cover—Turkey Creek Church ...................................................................................................
Dedication: Fern Ershine ....................................................................................................................
Sally Malloy Gray................................................................................................................................
Turkey Creek Church & Cemetery .....................................................................................................
Historical Society & Museum Updates ...............................................................................................
Membership ........................................................................................................................................
Laura O. & William O. Brazeal ...........................................................................................................
Frye School ........................................................................................................................................
Banta Family.......................................................................................................................................
Things I try to remember at age 78 ....................................................................................................
Query & Notice ...................................................................................................................................
John W. Morris: “Have Family Will Travel” .........................................................................................
Uncle Bill Morris to Some, “Daddy-Bill” to Me ....................................................................................
Robert Luther Story ............................................................................................................................
Andy Martin Post, G.A.R., was disbanded .........................................................................................
Oak Forest Community ......................................................................................................................
Oak Forest Church .............................................................................................................................
Jim Brown’s Family.............................................................................................................................
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Summer 2011 Issue
Front Cover—Old County Jail – early 1930s ......................................................................................
Dedication: Murrell Alms ....................................................................................................................
Isaac Sherman Brown Family ............................................................................................................
Historical Society & Museum Updates ...............................................................................................
Membership ........................................................................................................................................
Howard Clyde McGill ..........................................................................................................................
Mahala Catherine Emma Fulbright .....................................................................................................
Some Memories by Gene Bench .......................................................................................................
A Bit About Colonel Arnold Eugene Bench ........................................................................................
Breedon School ..................................................................................................................................
The Hodge Family ..............................................................................................................................
Query ..................................................................................................................................................
Everett Austin and Ethel Denney .......................................................................................................
Pease Family ......................................................................................................................................
Alice Ross Humphrey .........................................................................................................................
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Winter 2011 Issue
Front Cover—Ava Senior Class of 1921 (names 3) ...........................................................................
Robert Morris “Bob” Holt ....................................................................................................................
J.W. Finley ..........................................................................................................................................
Historical Society & Museum Updates ...............................................................................................
Membership ........................................................................................................................................
Harley Family......................................................................................................................................
A Little Bit of History Lost ...................................................................................................................
Query ..................................................................................................................................................
Trip to California by Joseph Lyon .......................................................................................................
Douglas County History ......................................................................................................................
Civil War in Douglas County ...............................................................................................................
Ava School History .............................................................................................................................
Thomas Henry Beason .......................................................................................................................
Emilie and Oskar Uhlmann Families ..................................................................................................
Hugo & Lucy Uhlmann .......................................................................................................................
Alfred Uhlmann ...................................................................................................................................
Murray Inman Milling Co ....................................................................................................................
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Front Cover—Jackson Mill (& page 13) .............................................................................................
Dedication: Irma Evans ......................................................................................................................
Historical Society & Museum Updates ...............................................................................................
Memorials ...........................................................................................................................................
Membership ........................................................................................................................................
Prosperous Ava Boast It Was Founded on $50 .................................................................................
TV Evangelist Digs for Roots in Douglas County ...............................................................................
Remembering an Ozarks Couple—Edgar & Minnie Hicks .................................................................
The Hicks Family ................................................................................................................................
The Krider Family ...............................................................................................................................
Query ..................................................................................................................................................
Woods Family .....................................................................................................................................
Will made in 1858 by Goodhope Farmer is Only Record of Slaves in This County ...........................
Grandpa Reuben Marion Sorrell ........................................................................................................
A Tooley Remembrance .....................................................................................................................
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