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100 Years Ago
“Today was appropriately celebrated by the Daughters of the American Revolution of Mexico with a most enjoyable reception in the Ringo Hotel parlors. ... The Mexico Intelligencer this week published a handsome special live stock supplement, which was neatly printed, ably edited and not only contained reading matter of interest to the horsemen but was full of live, up-to-date advertising. This should prove profitable not only to the management of the paper but to the advertisers.”
50 Years Ago
“The new water tower being built on Western Street by Missouri Cities Water Co. bears a striking resemblance to an Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile and steam curling around its base from the nearby water plant heightens the space-age effect. The ‘nose cone’ at the top is an automatic hoisting device to be removed when a bulbous water storage tank is added. ... Missouri’s official bird, the bluebird, may be not quite as rare in this area as the result of a Mexico Garden Club project. As the club’s bird chairman, Mrs. Lon J. Levvis adopted as a project for the year the providing of nesting homes for bluebirds. The bird builds its nest in a hole in an old stump or a dead tree and such natural nesting places have become scarce.”
25 Years Ago
“Audrain County’s 850-mile road network has more than 200 bridges (so notes a Ledger editorial). About 80 percent of them aren’t safe enough for school buses to cross. That says more about the current state of Audrain’s road system than any statistic we’ve seen. In April, Audrain voters have a chance to begin making their roadways safer when they vote on a half-percent county transportation sales tax. Clearly, nobody is going to fix our bridges for us. If we expect to maintain a good Audrain County road system, approval of the half-percent county transportational sales tax is a must.”
10 Years Ago
“The Community R-6 Board of Education met in regular session Wednesday. Highlights from the meeting included a report on the Parents As Teachers program, evaluations of several district programs and a decision to renew the contracts of two district administrators. Elementary Principal Arlen Provancha and high school principal Greg Taylor provided attendance data on each school. As the final order of business, board members voted unanimously to offer contracts to Provancha and Taylor for the 2002-2003 school year.”
The Yesterday In Mexico column is published daily in The Mexico Ledger. An expanded column is published on Fridays.
Call the circulation department (573) 581-1111 for subscription information.
100 Years Ago
“Today was appropriately celebrated by the Daughters of the American Revolution of Mexico with a most enjoyable reception in the Ringo Hotel parlors. ... The Mexico Intelligencer this week published a handsome special live stock supplement, which was neatly printed, ably edited and not only contained reading matter of interest to the horsemen but was full of live, up-to-date advertising. This should prove profitable not only to the management of the paper but to the advertisers.”
50 Years Ago
“The new water tower being built on Western Street by Missouri Cities Water Co. bears a striking resemblance to an Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile and steam curling around its base from the nearby water plant heightens the space-age effect. The ‘nose cone’ at the top is an automatic hoisting device to be removed when a bulbous water storage tank is added. ... Missouri’s official bird, the bluebird, may be not quite as rare in this area as the result of a Mexico Garden Club project. As the club’s bird chairman, Mrs. Lon J. Levvis adopted as a project for the year the providing of nesting homes for bluebirds. The bird builds its nest in a hole in an old stump or a dead tree and such natural nesting places have become scarce.”
25 Years Ago
“Audrain County’s 850-mile road network has more than 200 bridges (so notes a Ledger editorial). About 80 percent of them aren’t safe enough for school buses to cross. That says more about the current state of Audrain’s road system than any statistic we’ve seen. In April, Audrain voters have a chance to begin making their roadways safer when they vote on a half-percent county transportation sales tax. Clearly, nobody is going to fix our bridges for us. If we expect to maintain a good Audrain County road system, approval of the half-percent county transportational sales tax is a must.”
10 Years Ago
“The Community R-6 Board of Education met in regular session Wednesday. Highlights from the meeting included a report on the Parents As Teachers program, evaluations of several district programs and a decision to renew the contracts of two district administrators. Elementary Principal Arlen Provancha and high school principal Greg Taylor provided attendance data on each school. As the final order of business, board members voted unanimously to offer contracts to Provancha and Taylor for the 2002-2003 school year.”
The Yesterday In Mexico column is published daily in The Mexico Ledger. An expanded column is published on Fridays.
Call the circulation department (573) 581-1111 for subscription information.
