TIMES PAST (Sept. 18, 2024) compiled by Sue Ann Jones
The 1974 Times Past item below reported that Patty (Mrs. Darrell) Crisp’s baton-twirling students would be marching in the upcoming Hootin an Hollarin parade. The parade participants were, front row, from left: Gayla Evans, Christy Frazier, Teresa Tharp, Gayla Hillhouse, Susan Ledbetter, Jolene McFarland, Lana Allen, Shelly Overturf, Shelly Hillhouse. Back: Lisa Johnson, Cathy Turner, Teresa White, Valentine Cisco, Beth Pierce, Lisa Griffith, Rhonda Donley, Jerri Sue Strong and Patty Snell. Patty Crisp and her twin sister, Peggy Merrell High, were 1956 graduates of Gainesville High School. Patty died in 2012 at age 74 after retiring from a longtime career as a first- and third-grade teacher throughout her adult life.
Ozark County Times
Sept. 13, 1912
Dormis – The Odom school opened Sept. 2 with Miss Mattie Trump of Oak Mound as teacher. The enrollment was fairly good for the first week.
Locust – The Locust ball boys have cleared their ground at the Gordon field. They have their hat in the ring now.
Sept. 19, 1913
Oak Dale – John Squire is building a Masonic hall over his store at Hammond.
Pontiac – Jas. Malonee took a load of mussel shells to Cotter last week.
Newt Mahan is building a house for John Ford.
Toledo – E. T. Brown made a speech at the entertainment at Dr. Daniels’ one night last week. A Mr. Daniels of Indiana reproduced the speech and now plays it on his phonograph.
Homer Martin had made arrangements to go to Ava and run a livery barn. While he was rounding up his property, word came that the barn had been destroyed by fire.
Sept. 17, 1915
No disturbance of any kind occurred during the county fair here Friday and Saturday, and the large crowd, estimated at from 2,500 to 3,000 people each day, were imbued with the spirit of the occasion, and all enjoyed a good and profitable time.
Nottinghill – Frank Bray died Monday morning and was laid to rest in the Gaulding Cemetery.
Most of the young folks gathered at T. H. Gardner’s Sunday evening and had a good time.
Dormis – Geo. Dunegan attended the fair at Gainesville. He said he didn’t know there were so many people in Ozark County.
Walter Hill and daughters, Agnes and Beulah, attended the fair at Gainesville. Claud Hunt also took in the fair.
Ed Lewis sold a horse for $95 to some horse buyers.
This week Andy Cobb’s got the new organ they recently ordered.
Sept. 18, 1925
Locust – The church meeting was held at Pleasant Grove Saturday, and Bro. Luther Thomas was selected as pastor for the coming year.
Sycamore – Some from here have gone to the cotton fields near Poplar Bluff.
Jack Smith’s dog went “mad” last week.
Lutie – Jim Welch was up from Arkansas hunting hands to pick cotton.
Sept. 14, 1933
The Electric Shoe Shop has installed a modern repair shop in the first building west of the J. O. Wood Café in Gainesville and is prepared to do first class work. We are pleased that we can now have shoe work done at home.
A dog case from the west part of the county, in which W. C. Haskins sued Otis Gray for $50 damages for killing his hound dog, brought a big turnout of citizens here from that section of the county Friday. The case was settled out of court with Gray paying Haskins $26 for his dog and half the court costs, each paying his own witnesses.
Dr. J. R. Davis, aged and highly respected pioneer physician of Noble, died Thursday at his home there. He had been in poor health for a number of years. Funeral services were held on Friday. He was a member of the Masonic lodge at Rockbridge and was laid to rest with Masonic ceremonies.
Sept. 17, 1964
The final boat races of this season were held Sunday at Pontiac on Bull Shoals Lake, sponsored by Pontiac resorts, the merchants of Gainesville and the Gainesville Lions club. . . . The only local winner was Maynard Sissell of Gainesville, who placed third in the first heat of the race for 35 to 40 hp boats.
The install of the new Gainesville sewer system is expected to be completed ahead of contract requirement and it is hoped that some of the hookups to homes and business firms can be made next month.
Sept. 26, 1974
Twenty-two batons will be whirling and spiraling in the air as members of Mrs. Darrell Crisp’s baton twirling class march in the Hootin an Hollarin Big Parade of Floats on Saturday, Oct. 5.