Rich Hill Mining Review Oct 4 1974 Sale Barn Open

Rich Hill Sale Barn Opens Oct.5 1974

The Rich Hill Sale Barn well open this Sat.Oct 5 1974, according to manger Everett  Tourtillott along with Wayne Wheatley, Don Alt, M.F. Westerhold,and Don Adams,well be the new owners said Tourtillott.
Two hundred and fifty head of cattle are ready for consigned for Saturday's sale said Tourtilllott. Both Cattle and hogs will be sold each week starting with hogs.
Gary Tourtillott, Everett's son shown on the left will auctioneer.Everett on shown the right.

Certificate" for setting a Guinness World Record

Larry Hacker -this is the "World Record Pie Baker" ... Jara Mumma! Congratulations to YOU and your grandparents and THANKS for putting Rich Hill Missouri in the record books!!!

 Larry Hacker Said- FINALLY ... we were able to present the "OFFICIAL Certificate" for setting a Guinness World Record to Jerry and Linda Mumma ... for "The Highest Price Paid for a Single Pie at Auction" ... $3,100.00.

Chantelle Culver Mumma Said -My father in law and Jara were presented with their Guinness. World Record certificate tonight(12-21-2012). Now that is something you won't find just anywhere. Thank you  Larry Hacker and Natalea Hoeper and the members of the 4th of July committee

Rich Hill officially opens new playground for business

Rich Hill Mining Review Dec 7,2012

Two Rich Hill Elementary kindergarten classes were on hand for the opening of the, new playground in Circle Park, Tuesday, Dec. 4. Balloons were everywhere, the weather was warm enough to be jacket free, hot dogs and burgers were grilling as Mayor Jimmy Kithcart began the ribbon cutting ceremony.
Kithcart presented a commendation letter to Marc Bell, thanking the Rich Hill Youth Development Center for their help in making the new playground a reality. He then introduced 16-year-old McCoy Slinkard who spoke on behalf of the boy s from the youth facility.
McCoy spoke about how much fun the boys had building the playground. He also mentioned how rewarding the project was and of the satisfaction he and the others received in being part of such a worthy endeavor.
"It was a privilege, really an honor to have had this experience to give something back to the community," said the youngster. I only hope all the kids enjoy the playground as much as we enjoyed working on it."
The new playground, which was built by the RHYDC boys and staff, took two months to complete. According to Bell, as a replacement for their normally scheduled shop class, youngsters worked on preparing and.assembling me playground equipment.

"They loved working -on this project," said Bell who also mentioned how he and others at the Youth Center are always on the lookout for not-for-profit projects the youngsters can participate in.

The playground in Circle Park, which would have cost upwards to $80,000, only cost the city $55,000, because of the $5,000  donation made by the RHYDC Liaison Committee and the; $20,000 in free labor performed by the boys and staff.

Tim McNamara, a representative of AB Creative, Inc., the company that supplied the equipment was also on hand for the opening. He commented on the ideal location of the playground.

"Often, these playgrounds are built at new schools or new parks where there isn't much shade,"  said McNamara, "at some of those locations in the summer when it's hot; kids will stop playing on the equipment because it can heat up."

"But this location is ideal," said McNamara. "With all these mature trees and shade, kids are going to want to play on this playground."

Rich Hill in Nevada Daily Mail News -(Aug.6,1967)

Grand Opening for the new Playground Equipment

We had the Grand Opening for the new Playground Equipment in Rich Hill West Park

King Store

Paul and Austin King doing clean-up after lunch was over.KINGS STORE in the spring of 1996

Inside the store showing the counter and price list

Paul King mowing the side yard of the store.

Inside the store showing the candy case

Showing the booths on the opposite wall

The site where the store once stood. November 2012

Kids eating their lunches

Inside the store showing the booths

Kids getting their lunches

Rich Hill Mining Review Dec.6,1979

Roger Rigdon named All State in Football

Rich Hill East Side School (MIning Review May 20,1976)

More from the Blevins Newspaper collection 

This picture taken at the Rich Hill East Side School in 1919-1911 or 12.Front row left teacher and superintendent Mr. Carpenter,Hugh (Deacon)Hurst,(Chick Huckelby,,Vena McQuitty,Alice Stonebraker,Iva VanVoris,(stiffe)Rachel----,Albert McBride ,Second row left,---,Lola Merchant,----,----,Letha Peterman, Harold Shearer, -----,Oscar Blankenship,Back Row (left)----, Helen Larson, Winona Anderson, Claude Ritchie, Lucile Burns,----,Robert Burns.The Gentleman in the rear with the large mustache was the Janitor.

Mining Review (June 26,1980)

One of these young ladies will be crowed "Miss Rich Hill"next Thursday evening. July 3, at the Third Annual Miss Rich Hill Pageant.From Left to right are Linda Shelton,Vera Keith,Vicky Tourillott and Lynn Skocy.

January 1, 1976 Mining Review (Belvins Collection)

Picture says :This picture was sent by Ida Kenney.It is a picture of grades six and seven taken in the School year of 1913-1914.Charles C. Crosswhite was the Principal at the time.

Rich Hill Mining Review July,1 1976 (more from the Belvins collection

Booth family spans Rich Hill History

In announcing the sale of the Booth Chapel, Theatre, business office and home to George and Therese Flexsenhar, Dorothy Booth makes an end to a long family history in Rich Hill.
From the first days of Rich Hill's development the Booths have played a major role. Rolla Jesse and Fannie Hedges were the first ,two school teachers. Fannie then married the surveying engineer, Charles Clark, who planned the layout of the streets. Rolla and her new husb.and started the old "Opry" House, a photography studio, furniture, store, livery stable and funeral parlor.
These early coal mining days saw Rich Hill population grow faster than Butler or Nevada. Weekends were spent riding around in a buggy seeing the tents and new buildings which had mushroomed up.;
Horse racing was popular. Many old timers remember when' Booth's Consillio held the world championship title for sulky racing.
H. M. & Rolla's children Beryl (Smalley), Harry, Frances (Boughan), Jimmie and Shirley all grew up in the large white house by the West park. Jimmie died in childhood from eating poison berries. Frances' death later resultd in Jim, Booth and Rolla Beryl Boughan being reared by Nanaw Booth. Virginia moved to Indiana with her aunt, Beryl.
Dorothy, Shirley and daughter, Peggy Ann, returned from St. Louis in 1936 when his parents health failed.
Later two modern theatres were built and the family home was trans­formed into a lovely, dignified Funeral Chapel. Shirley and Dorothy's Carth­age cut stone house is adjacent to the North.
Shirley served as President of the School Board when the athletic field and auditorium were constructed. Every 4th of July parade bulged with his floats from many organizations.
After his death, Dorothy carried on the family tradition for a decade of service for people at the time of the death of their loved ones.
"Leaving was a very difficult decision for me to make," said Mrs. Booth.
"George Flexsenhar is home-folks. He worked for us while going to high school. His experience includes many years of owning his own funeral home in Lebanon, Mo. Therese has already endeared herself to bereaved fam­ilies," said Mrs. Booth.
Mrs. Booth intends to travel exten­sively and eventually, make her home in St. Louis near her daughter. Peggy Ann Thompson is Executive Director of five St. Louis Hearing and Speech Centers. Her husband Corley (Jim-mie) is a Public Adjuster and a State Representative. Their daughter Terry Ann Bridgnole (25) is married and living in a St. Louis suburb. Jim (23] makes his home in San Diego, Califor nia. Ten year old Gregdry Booth wil be in the 5th grade this fall.
"A large part of my heart wil always remain with my dear friend; and neighbors in Rich Hill," coneluded Mrs. Booth.

Minning Review January 24,1980 (21 years service Esther Long)

Rich Hill's World Record Attempt

Rich Hill Mining Review July,20 2012

Going,Going,Gone

Postal Employee Amiee Hartline receives Rich Hill's World Record attempt documentation package from Natalea Hoeper and Larry Hacker,Monday,July 16. The verification documents which included DVD discs,photographs and a ton of forms required by Guinness World Records of Great Britain were shipped air mail and should arrive in England within five to seven business days. An official response from Guinness is not expected for at least a month.

Rich Hill Mining Review Dec.16,1976(belvins collection)

Talmadge House Bellhop

This picture is from the July,19 ,1979 Rich Hill Mining Review (Belvins Collection) 

Old Picture-December 30,1976 Review (Belvins Collection)

The Paper says
Two weeks ago the Review featured a story by Albert McBride that centered around young Albert's adventures on the job at a place in Rich Hill known at the Tavern.The Tavern was located where Toppy Clarks drug store is now.Mr. Clark provide the Review with a photo of the place as it looked when Mr. Williams owned it.

Stagecoach Inn's Open House

Today's Blog comes from October 2, 1975 Mining Review (Belvins Collection)


Jerry Rigdon Security Bank of Rich Hill cut a ribbon of twenty dollar bills (he cut between the bills)for the Stagecoach Inn's open house.Rigdon is at the left of the picture and Jim and Jeanne Bain owners of the new cafe look on.
About 250 persons were on hand for the ribbon cutting and between 800 and 1000 attend the open house throughout Saturday afternoon .
The two-story structure features 3 dining rooms upstairs, a bus depot and a camping area behind the cafe.The entire cafe is done in a western decor.

The New Gym and Open House

More from the Belevins Newspaper Collection 
January 12,1984 Mining Review
180 attend gym Open House
A crowd of 180 persons attend the open house and Dedication service for Rich Hill's new gymnasium this past Sunday.
School Board president Bill Perkey pointed out the painting a Cleat,the Tiger mascot,at center count which was painted by art instructor Bob Schlyer.
Perkey said he hoped that ,Cleat would also become a symbol of good sportsmanship at Rich Hill.
Perkey invited those in attendance to look the facility up work to be done.
The new gym saw game action for the first time Tuesday night as the Tigers hosted Walker. The junior high teams will play on the new court Thursday evening and the Rich Hill junior varsity and varsity teams will host Sheldon there Saturday night .

Perkey also told the crowd that the school board had authorized a Rich Hill Invitational Tournament for next season.

Dale Blevins loans Newspaper to the Rich Hill blogspot

Dale Blevins parents owned the Review from 1972 to 1980 and when recently moving his mother off the farm he found almost every issue of the Review from 1974 through 1980. He said I could have use of them 

for awhile to post on the blog. The first story I am posting is about Ruth England.

This story comes from the Oct 11 1979 Mining Review 

                                                                                      

Rich Hill Ministerial Alliance 4th of July Celebration Service

email from-Shawn Buchanan Greene

Dear Bart,

I wrote a book about one of the oldest high school football games in the country - the Turkey Day Game.  (I also wrote the Border War Game book between KU and MU).  The reason that I'm contacting you is that I found your blog about Rich Hill.  I am researching something that applies to Rich Hill and perhaps you or someone can help...

An early Webster Groves, MO (a St. Louis suburb) resident, Mark Moody, graduated from St. Louis High School (because Webster Groves, at that time, did not have a four-year high school.  He entered college at Princeton University and graduated in 1899.  His first job was as the principal of Rich Hill High School.  Here's what is interesting...

Moody returned to Webster Groves (the earliest known date is 1902).  At Webster High School he became principal of what was finally a four-year institution.  He, despite being principal of the school, played left guard on the football team.  The school, by 1903, had adopted the colours of orange and black because of his attachment to Princeton University.

While checking your blog, I found that Rich Hill's mascot is a tiger and that the yearbook from 1909 is orange and black.  The owner of the yearbook is reading it this weekend to determine if the school colours might have originally been orange and black.  If so, it is very likely that those colours were selected because of Mark Moody.  It would also make sense that the school colours might have later changed because they were considered ugly.  (A similar attempt was made at Webster in the late 1910s and early 1920s - however, the school determined to keep orange and black.)  

It is my hypothesis that indeed the early colours of Rich Hill High School were orange and black, that in the 1930s they adopted the tigers as a mascot because of those colours (mascots were adopted during the 1930s) and that some time afterwards, the colours were changed to red and blue.  

If you know anything of this history, would you please let me know?

Sincerely,

Shawn Buchanan Greene

HECKADON FAMILY REUNION

HECKADON FAMILY

You are cordially invited to the 100th Heckadon family reunion, a celebration of 155 years in the United States. Thanks to Ancestry.com and FACEBOOK, descendents of Philip and Margaret Heckadon have the opportuntity to join together and share our common heritage.

Please bring photos, stories, and dish (or two).

Philip Heckadon was born in 1835, the son of Ontario Mennonites.  Although his parents were born in PA and traveled with other Brethren groups on the "Trail of the Black Walnut" to Ontario, their identities are unknown. Margaret McDowell was born in Stranraer, Scotland in 1842, immigrating to Canada with her parents. In 1859, Philip Heckadon and Margaret McDowell were married in Kansas. Philip enlisted in the Kansas 12th Infantry Regiment (Union-Company C), serving in the American Civil War. The Old Settlers' History of Bates County, Missiouri (1897) indicates that Philip Heckadon settled in Bates County in 1867.

August 12^th, 2012, Noon

American Legion Building

Aprx. Noon

Rich Hill, MO

Directions

Exit Highway 71

West on Walnut to 6^th Street (2^nd Street After the Railroad Tracks)

Accomodations

[Heckadon] Apache Motel

www.apachemotel.info

For more information

Kara Tyson

TysonClassroom@gmail.com

Larry Heckadon

rvinglh@live.com

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Kara Tyson

Rich Hill Baptist Church

Tom Perry Newspaper July 29,1955

Culinary Cullings from Dennis Myers

Bart,

Attached is a PDF of “Culinary Cullings” as collected and arranged by the Young Ladies’ Missionary Society of the First Presbyterian Church, Rich Hill, Missouri, about 1905 per the picture of the church on page 1.  I hope you can use it on the Rich Hill Missouri History blogspot.

Dennis Myers

Thanks Dennis  

Rich Hill Cook Book

Frances Smith Obituary

FRANCES KAY SMITH was born July 1,1949 in Butler, MO, the daughter of Francis and Hazel (Sexton) Smith. She went home to be with her Lord and Savior on April 8,2012 Easter Sunday with her family at her bedside. She was blessed with two children, Sam and Tina.

Fran had many jobs over the years, but most important was her work as a CNA for 16 years. She loved her patients. Her hobbies were going to garage sales, watching scary movies and she was a Rockin Music loving grandma, no country for this girl.

Fran was a pet lover; she once had a pet monkey, pig and many raccoons as a child. Her 14 year old cat now resides with her son.

She made friends easily anywhere she went, she would help you however she could. She will be remembered as a very loving and caring person.

Fran was preceded in death by her parents, 2 brothers, Jim and Pat Smith and sister Joyce Thomas.

She is survived by her son, Sam Taylor and wife Sherrie, Raytown, MO; daughter, Tina Tabor and husband Ron, Rich Hill, MO; 2 grandchildren, Brandon Tabor and wife to be, Melissa and Jenna Tabor; 1 sister, Laile Hough and husband John, Rich Hill, MO; 1 sister-in-law, Thelma Smith, Rich Hill, MO. many nieces and nephews and 3 special friends, Wilma Ramage, Margie Heuser and Jannelle McKinley.

Elmer Miller Obituary

Elmer Noel Miller of Rich Hill, MO died at his farm on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 after a short illness. He was 79 years old. Elmer was born June 8, 1932 at his home in Panama, MO. He was the youngest of five children born to George Samuel and Naomi Alpha (Floyd) Miller. Elmer graduated from Rich Hill High School in 1951. At the age of twenty, he entered the United States Army and served as Military Police during the Korean War. His service took him all over Germany. Soon after his return from the military service, he met Bobbie Jean Cargill at the Speedy Drive-in in Nevada, MO. They were married on October 30, 1955. Bobbie preceded him in death in 1983. Elmer and Bobbie had five children: Becky Isaacson and her late husband Dean of Adair, OK; Joe Miller and wife Lisa of Nevada, MO; Eileen Casey and husband Earl of Rich Hill, MO; Karen Tillery and husband Kenny of Rich Hill, MO; Andy Miller and wife Cara of Nevada, MO. Elmer had eleven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.

Rich Hill Minning Review Sept 4,1980

Thanks to Tom Perry for this Newspaper

Rich Hill Mining Review March 16,2012

Rich Hill Mining Review March 16,2012 

Says:Members of the Rich Hill's Garden Club,left to right,Doug McCrorey,Janice Bolser and Ron Bolser display an example of the type of sign they want to install at two locations in Rich Hill.The proposed 3-fooot by 4-foot signs will be two sided.One sided will welcome folks to Rich Hill;the other will thank them for visiting.

Rich Hill Baptist Church

This Article is from the  Rich Hill Mining Review -2005

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