Longtime Missouri resident Edward C. McKenzie dies at 83
Edward C. McKenzie 83, of 718 West Fourth, died at Community Nursing Home at 1:50 a.m. Thursday after ten months of illness. Born December 12, 1877 near St. Elmo Illinois, he lived in Boone County from childhood, married Sarah C. Platt in 1901, and had six children. He worked 38 years for MKT Railroad before retirement and was a Sacred Heart Church member. Funeral at Sacred Heart Friday, burial in Green Ridge Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward C. McKenzie
West Fourth
Mr. McKenzie
St. Elmo
Ill
John and
Matilda Logue McKenzie
Missouri
Boone County
Sarah C. Platt
Morris McKenzie
Kelly Tipton
McKenzie
Sacred Heart Church
MKT Railroad
Aaron McKenzie
Denver
Colo
Marshall McKenzie
Moberly
Clyde A. McKenzie
Robert Tilton
Auxvasse
Thomas Butcher
Syracuse
Green Ridge Cemetery
Ewing Funeral Home
Notice of Death and Funeral for Mrs. Mary J. Register
Mrs. Mary J. Register 87 died Tuesday at Independence Hospital. Funeral at 2 pm Friday at Hardin Baptist Church. Burial in Hardin Missouri. Body at Lyles Funeral Home Richmond Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary J. Register
Hardin Baptist Church
Independence Hospital
Hardin
Lyles Funeral Home
Richmond
Weekly Democrat of Sedalia Town Newspaper Front
The Weekly Democrat published Fridays from Sedalia Missouri brings local notices and community items. It serves Sedalia and Pettis County with periodical news and public notices for residents and businesses.
Loyd H Webb Funeral Held at Scrivner Stevinson
Funeral services for Loyd H. Webb aged 64 were held at 10 a m Thursday at the Scriv ner Stevinson Funeral Home in Stover. Webb died recently, with services noting the local resident’s life and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyd H. Webb
Scrivner-Stevinson
Stover
White and accomplices plead guilty to burglary and assault
In Pettis County cases Judge Hayes accepted guilty pleas from Roscoe President and Floyd White for second degree burglary tied to a Dec 15 North Lamine break in. White and President received two year sentences. Charles Allen and William McDaniel also pled guilty to felonious assault and got two years. Rosemary Staten, shot in the head, is reported recovering. Credits given for prior jail time. defendants sent to Jefferson City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd
White
Roscoe
North Lamine
Hayes
Missouri State Department of Corrections
Roscoe President
Charles Allen
Allen
Rosemary Staten
William McDaniel
Department of Corrections
Barrick
Pettis County
Sheriff's Office
Jefferson City
City dog problem leads to impoundment and research use
Sedalia faces ongoing dog control issues as packs bite children and yards foul. Impounded dogs are sometimes euthanized by gas or sent to the University of Missouri for research, while owners pay rabies shot costs and fines for letting pets run loose. Police back the pound’s efforts to keep dogs indoors or chained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democrat - Capital
University of Missouri
Sedalia
Jefferson City
Bryan
Poundmaster
Ralph Hamlin
Funeral notices for Ernest Pfunder and others
Ernest Pfunder aged 60 died at his home 512 East Fifth Wednesday morning. Service at Ewing Funeral Home Friday at 2 p.m. Rev Walter F Strickert pastor of St Pauls Lutheran Church to officiate. Pallbearers named Elliott Steele James P Cowan R H Rotermund J J Dailey Gilbert Kueck Marion Hall. Burial in St Pauls Cemetery. Also note: a death on December 25 at Veterans Administration Hospital in Kansas City with Rev James DeLong officiating and burial in St Pauls Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie Funeral
Robert Earl Scott, Jr
East Ninth
J. R. Wallace
First Baptist Church
God
Bob Rhodes
Don Elmore
Charlene Allison
Lucille Nicoll
John Mert Freund
North Grand
Harry Purviance
First Christian Church
Jack Herndon
Old Rugged Cross
H. O. Farr
Guy T. Yeater
Jewell Foster, Sr
O. B. Poundstone
Abe Williams
Emil Wiebrock
Grimes Grinstead
Cole Camp Cemetery
Gillespie Funeral Home
Scrivner-Stevinson
Versailles
Gilbert Austin Strother
Jimmy Kruse
J. L. Freeman
Kelsay Cemetery
Veterans’ Administration Hospital
Kansas City
James DeLong
St. Paul's Cemetery
Ernest Pfunder
East Fifth
Ewing Funeral Home
Walter F. Strickert
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Elliott Steele
James P. Cowan
R. H. Rotermund
J. J. Dailey
Gilbert Kueck
Marion Hall
Crown Hill Cemetery
Newborns Reported at Local Hospitals in late December
Daily Record lists births at Bothwell Hospital and Latham Hospital in California Missouri and San Antonio Texas. Include parents Porter Ford Ware Riley Lewis with birth dates December 28 December 28 December 28 December 25 and December 24. weights seven pounds thirteen ounces eight pounds six and a half ounces six pounds two and a half ounces eight pounds four ounces. Mr Lewis is formerly of LaMonte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Porter
Bothwell Hospital
Roy Ford
East 12Th
Gary L. Ware
East 11Th
William Riley
California
Latham Hospital
Douglas Lewis
San Antonio
Tex
Tiddly Air Force ‘Base
Lewis
LaMonte
Visiting Hours and Dismissals at City Hospital Bothwell
List of visiting hours across floors and wings at City Hospital Bothwell followed by names and addresses of patients and staff. Includes accident and surgery cases with names such as Edward Miller, Ernest Heineman, Elizabeth Thompson, Anna Berry, Arno Meherns, C. M. DeVaughn, Harry S. Wells, Wilbert Nolting, Rodney Lutten, Barbara Freund, Daniel Wiseman, Phyllis Atkin, Warren Patrick, and others with associated home addresses. Dismissals include Wilbert Nott ing, Jennings Donahoe, Timothy Morgan, M G Goodrich, and Mrs Russell Leeton with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney D. Lutten
Barbara Freund
Kansas City
Daniel Wiseman
West 20Th
A. B. Potts
South Harrison
Phyllis Atkin
Green Ridge
Warren Patrick
LaMonte
Wilbert Notting
Florence
Jennings Donahoe
Windsor
Timothy Morgan
East Ninth
M. G. Goodrich
West Fourth
Russell Leeton
East Boonville
Marriage Licenses Granted to Four Couples
Larry Charles Burnett of 401 East Walnut and Dorene Gayle Johnston of 620 North Heard were issued a marriage license. Robert Thomas Rialti of McKean Penn and Dorothy Jane Pfeiffer of 1806 South Grand received a license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Charles Burnett
East
Walnut
Dorene Gayle Johnson
North
Heard
Robert Thomas Rialti
McKean, Penn
Dorothy Jane Pfeiffer
South Grand
Grass and Timber Fire Destroys Acres Near Sedalia
A grass and timber fire on G. H. Tolliver's farm along County Highway EE northeast of Sedalia burned about three acres. Firefighters from Pettis County Fire Company arrived at 12:15 p.m. Thursday but could not stop the blaze until it exhausted itself. A boy's burning match started the fire. losses were not extensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Tolliver
Sedalia
Pettis County Fire Company
Fires Reported in Sedalia City Burners and Barrel Blaze
Sedalia firemen made two runs Thursday with no damage reported. The first alarm at 11:25 a.m. involved an overheated furnace at 2419 Greenwood Tom Adams residence. The second at 5:48 p.m. was a trash barrel fire in an alley in the 600 block West Seventh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
Tom Adams
Greenwood
Seventh
Battery Failure Ends Explorer's Transmissions
NASA announced Explorer VII, the ionosphere measuring satellite, ceased transmissions weeks early due to a battery failure. The last signal was captured from Quito at 7:20 a.m. on December 27. Explorer VIII, launched November 3 from Cape Canaveral, relied on a self-contained battery and logged 694.3 orbits over 15,302 hours before stopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Quito
Ecuador
NASA
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Moby Dick Recalled as White Whale in Melville Classic
The novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville features a legendary white whale as the central foe. The tale follows Ishmael and Captain Ahab as they pursue the elusive creature across the seas in a stark maritime saga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Melville
Smith-Cotton Tops Minutemen in Marshall Tournament
Smith-Cotton dominated with superior ball handling and Tim Morgan's 25 points to beat the Lexington Minutemen 78 to 58 in a Marshall Christmas Tournament first round game. The Tigers led 39-33 at halftime and used reserves to preserve the win, while other scores included Carrollton 52 Higginsville 50 Boonville 60 Mercy High Marshall 55.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith-Cotton
Tim Morgan
Lexington Minutemen
Marshall
Tigers
Carrollton
Higginsville
Boonville
Mercy High
Police Chief Warns Drivers New Year Eve Safe Ride Service
Sedalia police chief Ralph Hamlin announces extra officers on New Year’s Eve to drive home intoxicated partygoers. Officers will be on call at the station from 11 p.m. to early Sunday. Call TA 6-8100 for a free ride. no charge or criminal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Hamlin
New Jersey Grandfather Offers to Make Good Santa Check
Fred Kassouf of Saddle Brook New Jersey offers to cover 45 dollars for a San Antonio woman Mrs Lee Golding 36 who forged a Christmas Eve check to feed her children. He asks the DA judge and grocer to forgive if restitution satisfies the charge. Golding was jailed Oct 15 for passing a worthless check and released after agreeing to restitution so she could spend Christmas with her children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
New Jersey
Fred Kassouf
Saddle Brook
N.J
Lee Golding
Mine Blast Kills Two Workers In West Virginia
A gas explosion at the Sanford Phillips coal mine in Newburg West Virginia trapped two miners Truman Burke and James Tarleton both 24 residents of Newburg. Rescuers from the area and Morgantown recovered the bodies shortly before midnight. Federal and state mine inspectors planned entry to investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingwood
W. Va
Newburg
Truman Burke
James Tarleton
Sanford Phillips
Freedom
Morgantown
McNichols Silent on Possible Interior Undersecretary Post
Gov. Stephen L. R. McNichols acknowledged an approach about a U S Interior Undersecretary appointment but declined to say if he would accept. He noted the overture came from a source other than President-elect John F. Kennedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Stephen L. R. McNichols
U. S
Interior
McNichols
John F. Kennedy
Burma Road to Mandalay Rebuild Plan Reached
The Roosevelt administration and Burma sign a new agreement to rebuild the Mandalay road with the United States covering 75 percent of the cost. Engineers reduce the project price from 74 million dollars to 40 million to break a deadlock in talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rangoon
Burma
Mandalay
United States
U.S
Traffic accidents in Japan average one per minute
Police figures indicate a traffic accident occurs every minute in Japan with a fatalities rate of 1.33 persons per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Parisian Mile Star Michel Jazy Voted No 1 Athlete of 1960
Michel Jazy of Paris finished second in the 1500 meters at the Olympics and was chosen as France's top athlete of 1960 in a poll by the sports daily L Equipe. The award honors his performance and status as France's leading sports figure for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Michel Jazy
France
L’ Equipe
Skelton Returns Home From Hospital Stay
Red Skelton, hospitalized since December 3 for a ruptured diaphragm, has gone home to rest for several weeks as guest stars take over his television show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Red Skelton
Former Pentagon employee charged with stealing 200 documents
Arthur Rogers Roddey, 38, of Falls Church, Virginia, was arrested in Columbia and charged with taking about 200 Defense Department documents. FBI said he planned to deliver them to the National Security Council. Bond set at 15000. waived removal to Virginia for federal proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
S. C
Pentagon
Defense Department
Arthur Rogers Roddey
Falls Church
FBI
U.S
Henry Kirkland
Roddey
National Security Council
Weapons System Evaluation Group
Institute of Defense Analysis
Virginia
U.S. District Court
Alexandria
Security Council
Council
Department of Defense
Miner Killed by Rock Slab at Ker mac Nuclear Fuels Mine
Warren L. Harris, 36, of Grants, was killed when a rock slab fell on him at work in the Ker mac Nuclear Fuels section 17 mine in Ambrosia Lake. He was married and father of six. dead on arrival at a Grants clinic. Harris had worked in the Grants area since January 1959, after coming from Seneca Missouri where he worked as a miner for National Lead Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grants, N. M
Warren L. Harris
Grants
Kermac
Ambrosia Lake
Harris
Seneca
National Lead Co
Stockholders Meeting at Third National Bank Sedalia
The regular annual meeting of Third National Bank stockholders in Sedalia Missouri will be held in its banking rooms on Tuesday January 10 1961 from 10 A.M. to 12 Noon to elect directors for the ensuing year and transact other business. c. L. Hanley Senior Vice President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third National Bank
Sedalia
Missouri
C. L. Hanley
Sedalia Democrat Company
West Fourth Street
George H. Trader
Probate notices in Pettis County Missouri
Probate notices from Pettis County Missouri announce estates for Anna Schader Aloysia Donohue Faxon and Thomas Sawford. Executors named Clara J Schader and E R Knox with appointed admins and attorneys listed. Creditors urged to file claims within nine months under probate notices published December 1960 in Sedalia area.
Notice of Final Settlement in Pettis County Estates
Filing of final settlement and petition for distribution in the estates of George B Anderson and Ella R Richter. Administrators and executors named with attorney contact details in Sedalia Missouri. Objections due within ten days after filing in Pettis County Probate Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Missouri
Probate
Pettis County
Guardians appointed in two Pettis County estates
In the estate of Eugene Cunning ham deceased estate no 12093 executrix Alma Cunningham named with Leo J Harned attorney 414 South Ohio Sedalia Missouri notice of appointment of guardian In the estate of Henry D Wahlers incompetent estate no 12269 Chloe Wahlers appointed guardian of person and estate by Probate Court Pettis County Missouri address 909 E 15th St Sedalia Missouri attorney D S Lamm 309% St Ohio Sedalia Missouri telephone TA 6 5428 creditors must file claims in Probate Court within nine months from first publication or be barred Probate Judge Sam P Harlan seal by Ira Rymer clerk
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Schader
Clara J. Schader
Pettis County
Missouri
RFD No
Sedalia
Salveter
Keating
Sedalia Trust Bldg
Sam P. Harlan
Ira Rymer
Probate Court of
Pettis
Aloysia Donohue Faxon
Frank M. Faxon
Sunset Drive
Salveter and Keating
la Rymer
Probate Court
Thomas Sawford
Omas Sawford
E. R. Knox
Smithton
D. S. Lamm
Ohio St
Henry D. Wahlers
Chloe Wahlers
the Guardian
15Th St
Ohio
Yta County
Seia
Myrtle West Johnson
Yrtle West Johnson
C. L. (Lioyd) Elliott
South Beacon
Bylia Rymer
Probate
Elmer Phillip Adams
Irel Elizabeth Adams
West 4Th Street
Sedalia Trust Building
Byla Rymer
Public Auction Notice in Sedalia Missouri
A trustee will sell on Saturday January 14 1981 between 10am and 5pm at the west front door of the Court House Sedalia Pettis County Missouri for cash the real estate described in the deed of trust Lot 115 and the east 45 feet of Lot 114 in Woodlawn Addition Sedalia Missouri D S Lamm Trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
Pettis
Missouri
Woodlawn
Pettis County
D. S. Lamm
Pettis County Probate Notice in Estate of George W. Anderson
In the Probate Court of Pettis County Missouri at Sedalia the estate of George W. Anderson deceased Estate No 12131 administrator T Spencer Hopkins MD invites written objections to settlement within ten days after filing. contact 1609 S Limit Sedalia Missouri and attorneys Salveter and Keating Sedalia Trust Building Sedalia Mo TA 6 5533.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Missouri
Pettis
Pettis County
Sedalia
George W. Anderson
T. Spencer Hopkins
CTA
S. Limit
Salveter & Keating
Estate of Myrtle West Johnson probate in Pettis MO
In Pettis County Missouri the will of Myrtle West Johnson was admitted to probate on December 20 1960 and C L Elliott was appointed executor. The clerk notes heirs and successors in interest to both personal and real property as the court determines.
Notice of Sale Under Missouri Deed of Trust
Notice is given that by deed of trust dated March 25 1959 and recorded in Pettis County Missouri the Maltbys conveyed property to D S Lamm as trustee to secure a note. Default on installments has occurred causing the full debt to become due and payable. The holder requests sale to satisfy the note and costs of execution of the trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recorder of Deeds
Pettis County
Missouri
Thomas O. Maltby
Carol M. Maltby
D.S. Lamm
Final Settlement Filed in Pettis County Estate
In the estate of Elizabeth Koch Parker deceased a final settlement and petition for determination of successors in interest and distribution will be filed in Pettis County Probate Court on January 30 1961. Executrix Lucille Parker Swank of Webster Groves Missouri with attorney Earl T Crawford of Sedalia Missouri provide contact numbers and dates 4x DW 12-30 1-6 1-13 1-20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pettis
Pettis County
Missouri
Sedalia
George B. Anderson
Lloyd Anderson
Leo J. Harned
South Ohio
Ella R. Richter
Minna R. Meredith
Executrix
S. Moniteau
James E. Durley
Gordon Bidg
C. E. Sinden
Edith Sinden
Richard Price Callison
Mary Edith Callison
Hensley & Rahm
Warrensburg
Lucille Parker Swank
Oakwood
Webster Groves
Dla
Earl T. Crawford
Oak South Oalo
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robert Earl Scott, Sr
George Rogers
Independence
Dollie
Letha Moon
Carson Chapel
Virginia Mefford
Versailles Methodist Church
Raymond Rambo
Versailles Cemetery
Robert Swanson
St. Louis
Ida
William Swanson
Georgia Crum
Rock Island
Georgia
Ernest Swanson
Chicago
Gertrude Anderson
William
Eddie
Harry Swanson
Bowlin Funeral Home
J. Otis Erwin
City Cemetery
Emma Ross Gilges
J. W. Gilges
Campbell Nursing Home
Amanda
Wesley Ross
Virginia Olsen
William Ross
Mexico
J. W. Gilges II
E. J. Sacks
Biloxi
Fred Ross
McLaughlin
H. E. Trevathan
Epworth Methodist Church
Mable DeWitt
John M. Drenan
William Marlin
J. C. Griffin
Lacey Belt
Roy Kirchhofer
William Hurt
McLaughlin Funeral Chapel
James C. Bridge
Country Club Blvd
Newton County
Henry and Mary Weems Bridge
Granby
George Snyder
Katherine Davis
Snyder
Alta Jellum
Woodland
Wash
William C. Bridge
Golden
Charles M. Bridge
Lee Bridge
George Bridge
Portland
Ore
Allie Patton
Neosho
Macedonia Cemetery
Stella
Tine
A. Kelling
Wilson Funeral Home
Tine A. Kelling
E. L. Koch
Evangelical and Reformed
the Weekly Democrat
West Fourth Stree
Sedalis
Congrem
Mao
Dear Publica
Centra
Lli Meaughlin Bros
Aaveilance Service
Sedatta
South Ohio St
Dia
Daily Record
Bothwell
Bulletin
West Virginia
Skelton
State OF Missouri
Eugene Cunningham
Alma Cunningham
C.E. Sinden
William F. Brown
South
Ohio Avenue
North Lamine Street
Dorothy Blankenship
Dan Doty
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!