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10B---May 29, 2003
The Cuba Free Pre00
Work being done at airport five years
Five Years Ago
May 28, 1998
Again this year Frank
Shasserre headed the Memorial
Day ceremonies held in this area
at Kinder Cemetery, May 23.
A front page photo showed
work being done at our local air-
port. Plans are to lengthen and
re-pave the runway as well as
rehabilitating the terminal and
hangers.
Archaeologists are sifting
through the surface of the land
around the Old Big Bend school
building site and sum, ounding
area. MoDOT plans to straighten
four mi|es of Hwy. 19just south
of Cuba.
The county is now negotiating
with the road workers union.
Ruth P. Moore, of Bourbon,
passed away°May 12 at the age
of 76.
Glenn Mattoon Comfort, 82,
died at his home in Centralia,
Mo. May 19.
Funeral services were held
May 20 in Steelville for Ruby
Emma Ruth nee Hankins of Dill
City, Oklahoma.
Ten Years Ago
May 27, 1993
The school board voted to lease
more trailers for the school year
in order to have more space for
more students.
The Crawford County R-2
Scholarship Fund Program,
which began in 1988 to raise
funds for students wanting to
continue their education after
completing high school, has
proven to be a success. One hun-
dred and one thousand in school
funds has been awarded to date.
Eleven year old Matt Sims re-
ceived a phone call from the St.
Louis Muny that he has been
chosen for parts in "Peter Pan
and Oliver." He is the son of Lori
and Dennis Strutman.
The Baptist Men Brotherhood
crew were pictured on page llA
doing carpenter work building a
ramp for a disabled person. They
i ltig,undeinn6d trailYers,
Wallis Oil celebrated it's 25th
year of service. Along with a
party, the employees presented
owner Bill Wallis with a 12 foot
tall refurbished antique gaso-
line pump.
Funeral services were held for
93 year old George Albert Yates
on May 19.
Oma Marie White Sanders
Imhof, age 89, was buried at Mt.
Peragah Cemetery near
Fredericktown, Mo.
Raymond Curtis Kehner of
Steelville, age 84, died on May
15.
Recalling
the Past
Vega
Cantley
Donald Franklin Cooper
passed away May 18 and was
buried in the Copenhagen Cem-
• etery in Farmington, Mo.
Ninety-six year old Reinholt
Andrew Slowensky of Steelville
died on May 15.
Word was received here of the
death of Paul G. Mueller, 82, of
Cedar Hill, Mo. on May 6. He
was formerly of Cuba.
Fifteen Years Ago
May 26, 1988
Driver's test will be given in
Cuba at the Recklein Audito-
rium at 310 N. Smith Street
each 2nd and 4th Monday. In
Steelville they will be on the 1st
and 3rd and 5th Mondays. Hours
will be from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
each Monday except holidays.
Vandalism at public river ac-
cesses in the area has resulted
in regulations limiting the use
of these accesses from 10 p.m. to
4 a.m. daily throughout the year.
Exceptions are to anglers ac-
tively pole fishing or for launch-
ing and landing of boats which
must be moved immediately
'rthe are'ldring closed
imalted.smoke alarms, shov ..... hours., ...... , :
eled snow, raked leaves and as- Thursday, May 26, an esti-
sisted the Red Cross. mated 150 visitors will visit
Cuba for a full day intense ex- proposal was rejected.
amination of Cuba's unique eco- One hundred and fifty-four
nomic turn around and take a Bourbon and Steelville taxpay-
bus tour of the community, ers signed two petitions asking
Three Cuba men, Mayor Mik. tl county to diggsle the Spe-
Burch, Dennis Roedemeier and"ialRoadDistrictsYThepetition s
Chuck Ruggeri represented the
State of Missouri at a recent
Midwestern Governor's Confer-
ence in Davenport, Iowa.
Ninety year old Adele Eagan
was chosen Queen at the Cuba
Care Center.
May 21, 75 volunteers joined
members of the Viva Cuba Com-
mittee in their annual clean-up
of the town.
Joseph S. Vavra passed away
May 17 at the age of 50 years.
Floyd Amos Wallen of Steelville
was 80 yeas old when he died
May 16.
Ninety-three year old Tressie
Ada England, also of Steelville,
passed away May 15.
James Franklin Chitwood, age
70, of Oklahoma, was buried in
the Green Forest Cemetery in
Salem, Mo.
Twenty Years Ago
May 26, 1983
The Cuba Ball Raising Fund
Team raised $5,900 by bake sales,
car washes, yard sales, radio-a-
thon and sign-up money. More
will follow as their goal is $15,000
towards the construction of new
ball fields.
The Roller Brothers Three Ring
Circuswill come to Cuba June 4
and is sponsored by the Cuba
Chamber of Commerce.
A new trooper, Martin E.
Elmore, from Houston, Mo., has
joined the Highway Patrol in this
area.
Minnie L. Souders, age 95,
passed away May 10 and was
buried at Oak Hill.
Julie Ann Work, owner-opera-
tor of a.variety store here for
many years, died at the age of 68
on May 15.
Twenty-five Years Ago
May 25, 1978
Employees of the Mid-America
'S6-:o., rejected a pr0posal to
unionie,,,This ,wasthe second
time since the firm began pro-
duction in July 1974, that the
were presented to the Crawford
County Administrative Court
Monday.
The Cuba Art Council, for the
fourth year, has awarded camp
scholarships to four students.
Winners were Charles Mace and
Greg Baylessfor Band and Mary
Campbell for Art and Linda Carr
for Vocal Music.
A young man, Phillip Lemale,
22, came through Cuba on a
transcontinental trek from Loui-
siana to Quebec, Canada, a dis-
tance of 2,200 miles. He aver-
ages 20 to 25 miles per day and
estimates it will take him four
and one half months to complete
the trip.
Lisa Joann, infant daughter of
John and Elizabeth Simpson,
was buried May 17.
Thirty Years Ago
May 27, 1973
Diane Rector was valedicto-
rian and Michael Voigt, saluta-
torian of the 1973 graduating
class of Cuba High School.
Optimist awards for students
of the month were given to Judy
Jost, Don Ware, Cathy Gunn,
Robert Crowder, Connie
Christisen, Keven Ware, Diane
Parker, and Chuck Albrecht.
The Senior Citizens Orches-
tra at Camdenton, Mo. came to
Cuba and provided a musical
afternoon of familiar songs of
their time to an audience of se-
nior citizens.
Mrs. Darla Vaughn and
Charles Parker were united in
marriage May 20 in St. Louis.
Miss Teresa Fitzpatrick, bet-
ter known as "Miss Tessie" who
taught school in this area for 51
years, passed away May 13 at
the age of 94 years.
Matthew Hempe passed away
suddenly May 21, a month be-
fore his 60th birthday.
Funeral services were held for
Ralph E. Bowen, 85, who died
May 11.
Thirty-Five Years Ago
May 23, 1963
The first passenger train to
run on the Frisco tracks between
Cuba and Salem since 1933 and
the first excursion trip operated
by the Frisco made a trip from
St. Louis to Salem Sunday, May
19.
Fire Chief Walter Daehn of
Cuba was elected president of
the Missouri Association of Fire
Chiefs at their Fourth Annual
Conference at Joplin.
Michael Engel enrolled in a
three week session at Art Gines
Baseball Camp in Hunnavel],
Mo.
Charles DeClue, age 59, passed
away suddenly May 10.
Jill Sigler was hospitalized and
a horse killed when the horse
and car collided on Hwy. 19. The
accident threw the horse upon
the car in which Jill was a pas-
senger. The horse rider, Lena
Fay Cape, received bruises and
abrasions.
THE CUBA REVIEW
May 25, 1905
The proposition to issue bonds
in the sum of $6,000 for the pur-
pose of erecting a school build-
ing was voted on and carried
with only six dissenting votes.
The matter of building the school
will be pushed so that it will be
ready for the next term of school.
Quite a large crowd enjoyed
the Socialist Party's picnic in
Cuba. Walter Thomas Mills of
Chicago addressed the crowd in
a two hour address in the cause
of socialism. W. L.
M. L. Klauber was
45 in
est crowd to the
wagon. They hauled
and a baby buggy.
Fanning Item--Mr.
Lloyd Stone are the
ents of a fine boy.
Quite a large crowd
of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron d
went last Tuesday and
them on their silver
anniversary. They
sented with:
and other useful
THE CUBA
May 6, 1910
Afourb)
Ozark Mercantile
Too busy this week to
adbut we have the
want and the price is
H. H. Tieman, who
ously disappeared
months earlier was
Shreveport,
Smith, cashier of the
Cuba. He had been
a clue. Mr. Tieman
chant and owner of a
factory in Cuba, also
tile business in St.
was worth $12,000.
found selling
streets and gave
ries as the cause
hoped he would be
take over. He refused
to Cuba.
Born to Mr. and
Snyder, May 22, a six
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