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Lura Hambelton happily greeted family and long-time friends at the March 4 celebration of her 92nd birthday. She expressed thanks to each person who came to her party, as well as those who sent birthday greetings. Lura Faye (as many people know her) beamed as she reported that she had received 76 beautiful birthday cards. She said she has spent hours reading and rereading them, enjoying each card and the words written in it. Her family also expressed its gratitude to those who helped Lura feel special and loved on her 92nd birthday.  

This photo of Gainesville Livestock Auction is taken from an ad in a mid-1960s Bulldogger yearbook published by Gainesville High School. The advertisement said the sale barn, owned by T. D. Crawford, held sales every Wednesday. The building was located next to Lick Creek on the east side of Highway 160 in Gainesville, roughly across from what is now the MFA Oil building on Third Street. It closed in March 1971 after the state bought the land for right of way to build the current Highway 160. A Times article reported, as the building was being demolished, that its arena had seating for 250 buyers and its stock pens could hold 1,500 head of cattle or other livestock. The sale barn’s annual total sales averaged 30,000 head, the article reported.
Ozark County TimesMarch 1, 1905 Tecumseh – Ruben Dean passed by Monday with a new wagon which he purchased in Gainesville. March 15, 1918 Wm. Warren has rented the Central Hotel to S. F. Amyx, who took possession Monday. Mr. Warren moved back to his farm near Lawndale.  Sharp – Quite a few of our...
A graveside service for Chloe Etta Starkey, 91, of Liberty, formerly of Gainesville, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 13, 2018, at Mount Moriah Cemetery South, 10507 Holmes Road in Kansas City. Mrs. Starkey died March 3 at a nursing home in North Kansas City.She was born July 21, 1926, in...
A celebration of the life of Roger Villnow, 76, of Pontiac, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 10, 2018, at Pontiac Price Place Volunteer Fire Department station #1 on W Highway in Pontiac. Mr. Villnow died Feb. 23 at his home.In 2007, Mr. Villnow and his wife, Mary, moved from Omaha, Nebraska...
Funeral services for Cody Alan Thomas, 26, of Gassville, Arkansas, were held March 2, 2018, at the Gainesville Church of Christ with his grandfather, E. J. Hampton, officiating. Mr. Thomas died Feb. 27, 2018, near Harrison, Arkansas.He was born Jan. 9, 1992, in Mountain Home, Arkansas, the son of...
Zack and Kari Johnson of Kansas City  are the parents of a baby boy, Wyatt Richard Johnson, born Feb. 5, 2018, at North Kansas City Hospital in Kansas City. He weighed 9 pounds 5 ounces and was 20 and a half inches long.His big sister is Kayleigh.Paternal grandparents are David and Michele Johnson...

This photo of the view coming into Bakersfield in the 1960s was shared by Micheal Mahan on the Bakersfield Missouri Historical Society page on Facebook.
 Ozark County NewsMarch 8, 1900Ella, the 7-year old daughter of Amanda Patrick, living 6 miles east of town, met with a serious accident last Sunday. While swinging by a rope under a patent wagon bed lifter, she pulled the loop out of the rope and the wagon bed fell, striking her on the head,...
Zack and Kari Johnson of Kansas City are the parents of a baby boy, Wyatt Richard Johnson, born Feb. 5, 2018, at North Kansas City Hospital in Kansas City, MO. He weighed 9 pounds 5 ounces and was 20 and a half inches long. Big sister is Kayleigh, age 4. Paternal grandparents are David and Michelle...
Jacob Gustafson and Angie Leigh of Thayer are the parents of a baby girl, Laken River Aleigh Gustafson, born Feb. 8, 2018, at Ozarks Medical Center in West Plains. She weighed 7 pounds, 11 1/2 ounces, and was 20 inches long.Her siblings are Tommy, 23; Billy, 21; Lindsay, 12; and Jacob, 10....
Matthew and Charlee Gann of Vanzant are the parents of a baby boy, Sawyer Matthew Gann, born Feb. 2, 2018, at Ozarks Medical Center in West Plains. He weighed 9 pounds, 5 1/2 ounces, and was 22 inches long.His grandparents are Joe Hildebrand of Plato, Linda Hildebrand of Caulfield and Chris and...

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