25 Years Ago March 3, 1988 Equipment and materials by the trailer truck load are being unloaded at the Lethco building next to the Ava Post Office, as Ava’s newest industry prepares to being production. OK Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of leather belts, wallets, and accessory items, is relocating…
25 Years Ago February 25, 1988 Monday night the Ava City Council heard a rebuttal to the proposal two weeks ago to change the flow of traffic on the square. Speaking on behalf of the Ava Area Chamber of Commerce and several of the town’s retail merchants, CofC President…
25 Years Ago February 18, 1988 A rapid-moving winter storm hit the Ava area last Wednesday evening, turning rain to ice and snow, and forcing the cancellation of schools here on Thursday. The temperature took a nose-dive as the front passed through, dropping to zero and below in most…
25 Years Ago February 11, 1988 The City of Ava purchased the Adams property just off the northeast corner of the public square, to be used for a parking lot. The only structure on the property included in the purchase is the cobblestone building on the southeast corner.…
25 Years Ago February 4, 1988 Another winter storm attacked the Ozarks this week, bringing freezing rain and sleet Monday night, Tuesday and into Wednesday. Weather forecasters were predicting more freezing rain or snow Wednesday night. Three Ava residents brought home ribbons from the Mercy Hospital Blizzard or Shine…
25 Years Ago January 28, 1988 Citizens Bank of Ava is announcing changes in the firm’s management this week. Jim Greene, senior vice-president for the past two years has been named bank president and effective Feb. 1, Kris Norman will join the firm as vice-president. The local Fred…
25 Years Ago January 21, 1988 The Ava High School Bears earned the championship trophy in the Seymour tournament last week. The Bears defeated Fordland, Mtn. Grove, and Gainesville to claim the championship title. The Bears will host the Ava Invitational Tournament next week. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne…
25 Years Ago January 14, 1988 Virgil Welch of Ava has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal… finally. This week Welch received certification of the award, which was authorized in August 1962, but never issued. Welch believes he was never sent the award because the Army did not…
25 Years Ago January 7, 1988 The year 1988 is a major election year with at least four elections to be held on the local level. At the same time, national attention focuses on the presidential and congressional races. Harold Howerton of Ava, announces that he has purchased…
25 Years Ago December 31, 1987 The Ava City Council voted Monday night to purchase the former Production Credit Association office building on S.E. 2nd Street. The building, which is being purchased for $20,000 is a two story structure with the main floor opening to the east onto 2nd…
25 Years Ago November 5, 1987 The Gentry Community Church, a Douglas County landmark dating back to the early 1900s, was totally destroyed by fire just after midnight Sunday morning. Kelly Huffman and Lyle Jenkins, whose ancestors attended school at Gentry, recalled the history of the building as they…
25 Years Ago October 29, 1987 The Missouri Fox Trotting Horse Breed Association elected a new president at the annual meeting of the organization in Ava last Saturday night. Making up the board are Roy Brown, secretary-treasurer; Radell Sapp; Bill Roark, president; Wayne Jones, vice president; and Don Crawford,…
25 Years Ago October 1, 1987 Mrs. Hulda Tipton has been named director of the Ava Senior Center and started her duties there on Monday. She replaces Mrs. Jean Stone who recently retired. Ava Implement Sales is now open on North Jefferson Street near the Ava High School,…
25 Years Ago October 22, 1987 Miss Lee Oliver, daughter of Jim and Patty Greene, was crowned 1987-88 Homecoming Queen at coronation ceremonies held at halftime of last Friday night’s football game between Ava and Liberty. The Bears gave Miss Oliver a 25-6 homecoming victory to go along with…
25 Years Ago October 8, 1987 About 43 Winnebago owners converged on Ava last weekend for a monthly campout. The owners of the 21 motor homes parked at the Missouri Fox Trotter Complex north of town are all members of the Ozark Winnies, the Springfield branch of the national…
25 Years Ago September 24, 1987 State Senator Emory Melton, Cassville, and State Representative Mervin Case, Ava, were guest speakers last Wednesday at an observance held by the Ava fourth grade classes, on behalf of the 200th birthday of the U.S. Constitution. The old pipes and pump have been…
25 Years Ago September 17, 1987 Each year the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse Breed Association presents a Humanitarian Award to one of its members at the annual Show & Celebration. This year’s winner is Ovle House, Ava, one of two surviving charter members of the Association. Gainesville banker…
25 Years Ago September 10, 1987 Members of the Douglas County Commission and others from the Ava area went before the Highway Commission, asking the state to take back the section of old Highway 5 that runs from the Ava city limits to East Highway 76 north of Ava. …
25 Years Ago September 3, 1987 Campers and horse trailers have already started arriving for the 29th annual Show & Celebration of the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse Breed Association that gets under way on Labor Day. Last year the 1986 World Champion Missouri Fox Trotter was Madam Sensation,…
25 Years Ago August 27, 1987 Ava football fans will get a season preview of the varsity and junior varsity squadsmen Friday night at the annual “soap” scrimmage, which will be held at Bear Stadium. Returning lettermen on the football squad are Mark Burke, Eric Sallee, Justin Herrell John…
25 Years Ago August 20, 1987 Ava R-1 Schools were scheduled to open on Wednesday, but because of the High heat factor, the opening day was postponed a week. New teachers on staff at Ava Public Schools this fall include Joyce Markin, second grade; Philip Wilson, band; Kevin…
25 Years Ago August 6, 1987 Some area farmers are experiencing fish kills in their farm ponds, Conservation Agent Bob Cook reported Wednesday. Cook said this is due, primarily, to a loss of oxygen in the ponds. The Ava High School class of 1947 recently purchased two books…
25 Years Ago July 30, 1987 About 175 enthusiastic folks turned out last Friday night for an evening of music on the Ava square, sponsored by the Retail Merchants Division of the Ava Area Chamber of Commerce. If you like down home country and bluegrass singing and instrumentals,…
25 Years Ago July 23, 1987 Construction of Ava’s mechanical sewer treatment plant could begin as early as next spring with the system to possibly be in operation by the summer of 1989. The Douglas County Retired Teachers Assn has been building on a scholarship fund since 1985, and…
Due to the great response to the Friday night music events on the square, programs have been scheduled for July 17 and again on July 24. Entertainers are invited to come down to the square and join in the informal musical program on Friday evenings. The Douglas County Fair opens…
25 Years Ago July 2, 1987 The United States Postal Service now owns property in Ava and is expected to begin the process of constructing a post office building in the near future. The property purchased by the Postal Service is located at the corner of Washington Avenue…
25 Years Ago June 25, 1987 Beginning July 1 a $10 fine can be imposed for non-compliance with the seat belt law. Also litigated civil damage awards may be reduced by one percent for non-use of seat belts. Ava R-1 School is approaching the end of an era. Soon…
25 Years Ago June 18, 1987 Marine Cpl. William Morpeth, whose former guardian is Carl Ankarberg of Thornfield, recently participated in the Mountain Warfare Training Center Evolution, Unit Operations Package with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif. Steve Muilenburg, of Sparta, loves a big crowd at I-44…
25 Years Ago June 11, 1987 Ross Power, a graduate student at the University of Missouri-Columbia, is in Ava for three months this summer working on economic and community development. Trophies were presented to the top three finishers in men’s and women’s categories at the 10K Fun Run…
25 Years Ago June 4, 1987 The Ava Patchwork Players will present the old-time melodrama “True, Blue and Trusted” Saturday June 6 in the old Star Theatre building, across the street west of the Community Center. Marvin Petty, Route 2, Ava, has been appointed to the State Milk Board…
25 Years Ago May 28, 1987 The Ava Police Department is investigating vandalism that occurred at the Bethany Baptist church last Wednesday night, and Police Chief Jerry Huffman said authorities have some leads into solving the case. Little Richard Lee Porter, 6-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Herval…
25 Years Ago May 21, 1987 The Missouri 3A District 12-baseball tournament is under way in Ava this week, and the Ava Bears are among the teams that advanced through the first round. The Missouri School and College Relations Committee awards certificates of recognition to students of high scholastic…
25 Years Ago May 14, 1987 Members of the Ava High School graduating class of 1925 gathered for a 62nd anniversary reunion at the Alumni Banquet last Saturday evening. Members of the class attending the reunion were Lyle Pettit, Ray Harnden, William Baker, Warren Stufflebeem, Gladys Parcels Taber, Ruby…
25 Years Ago May 7, 1987 Honor graduates at Ava High School are Naomi Watkins, valedictorian, and LuCinda Bishop, salutatorian. Casey Allen Blau, 18 year old senior at Ava High, son of Lt. Col. and Mrs. Lionel Blau was presented his Eagle Scout Award at a Scout Court of…
25 Years Ago April 30, 1987 Foreign language students from Ava High School took first place in the Culture Bowl last Saturday at Missouri Southern State College, Joplin. Ava students shut out teams from Springfield high schools including Glendale, Hillcrest, Kickapoo and Parkview, then won the championship match against…
25 Years Ago April 23, 1987 Vice-President George Bush and Mrs. Bush will be in Mtn. Grove on Monday, April 27 to re-dedicate the newly refurbished bandstand on the Mtn. Grove Square. The program will begin at 3 p.m. Conservation personnel Marty Szigety, John Miller and Bob Cook were…
25 Years Ago April 16, 1987 The Ava Area Chamber of Commerce has named J.G. Heinlein to serve as its executive director. Strong winds and a brief period of heavy rain accompanied the spring storm that passed through the Ava area just after 3 p.m. Monday. Much damage…
25 Years Ago April 9, 1987 Edna Thompson will be crowned Oats Queen at the annual Spring Fling that will be held at the Ava Community Center this Saturday, April 11. Members of the Ava High School golf team that are making the circuit this spring are Mike…
25 Years Ago April 2, 1987 All conference balloting for the 1986-87 basketball season places three Ava players on the honorable mention list. Receiving honorable mention in boys competition were juniors Gary Jenkins and Mickey Swofford, and senior Tina Plake earned honorable mention in girls basketball play. Following…
25 Years Ago March 26, 1987 The New Ava High School Library is now officially “Decker Library,” named in recognition of Dr. H. Max Decker, Ava High School principal and longtime educator in the Ava Public Schools. The fifth grade classes of Mrs. Darlene Davis and Mrs. Velma…
25 Years Ago March 19, 1987 Newly elected and appointed Extension Council members sworn in last Thursday night are Dale Uhlmann, Don Blackerby, Byron Cory, Wilfred Boeddeker, and Armon Stewart. The Ava Chamber of Commerce moved one step closer to opening a permanent office Tuesday evening when the board…
25 Years Ago March 12, 1987 More than 12,000 anglers braved cold, mist and drizzle March 1 to open the state’s four trout parks. Lewis Brake is one of eight Beechcraft employees who were honored last fall in Wichita, Kans., for having completed 35 years of service with…
25 Years Ago March 5, 1987 Representatives of VFW Post 3404, Springfield, will be in Ava on March 12 to organize a local chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and to recruit membership. A new flower shop, J.R. Florists and Home Ideas, will open in Ava next…
25 Years Ago February 26, 1987 Fellow employees in the Douglas County Courthouse hosted a surprise dinner for Willard and Mildred Pueppke on Thursday, Feb. 19. Willard is retiring after a combined 30 years of faithful service to the community. He was elected circuit clerk and recorder of…
25 Years Ago February 19, 1987 Miss Becky French and Jeff Alcorn were crowned queen and king of the Ava High School Hoopcoming last Friday night. Attendants are Bobby Oliver and Melissa Waters, and Julie Markin and Jason Norman. Joe Johnson and David Melton, along with another unidentified…
25 Years Ago February 12, 1987 Candidates in the 1986 Ava High School “Hoopcoming” coronation are: queen candidates Melissa Waters, Julie Markin and Becky French; and king candidates are Jeff Alcorn, Jason Norman and Bobby Oliver. Kenneth Borders, clerk at the Ava Post Office, was recently recognized by the…
25 Years Ago February 5, 1987 Capt. R. L. Hampton, commanding officer of Troop G, Missouri State Highway Patrol, Willow Springs, announces the assignment of two new troopers to Troop G effective Jan. 24. The new troopers will report for duty Monday, Feb. 9. Trooper Keith A. Jones,…
25 Years Ago January 29, 1987 Cong. Gene Taylor announced this week the names of young men and women who reside in the 7th Congressional District that he nominated to West Point, the Naval Academy, and the Air Force Academy. This list contains the names of two individuals…
25 Years Ago January 22, 1987 The gavel of the Ava Area Chamber of Commerce passed from Ralph Calhoun to Kris Norman at the regular monthly meeting of the Chamber here Tuesday night. Norman, assistant branch manager of the Home Building and Loan Association office in Ava, has served…
25 Years Ago January 15, 1987 Ron’s Carpets was completely destroyed by fire last Saturday night, and the adjoining O.K. Auction suffered smoke and water damage. The fire started in the back of the carpet store around 9 p.m. and was discovered when smoke began coming through the wall…
25 Years Ago January 8, 1987 Douglas County officials who were elected at the November general election were sworn in last Wednesday morning at the courthouse to begin their terms with the start of the New Year. Beginning first terms this year are Associate Circuit Judge Roger Wall, Prosecuting…
25 Years Ago January 1, 1987 The Wright County Landfill near Hartville will be closed Dec. 31, forcing Ava and several others area towns to find an alternate place to dispose of trash. Ava sanitation department superintendent Lemuel Berry was informed last week that the landfill would be…
25 Years Ago December 25, 1986 An anonymous panel of judges has selected the winners in the 1986 home decoration contest sponsored this yuletide season by the Ava Area Chamber of Commerce. First place in the contest goes to Mr. and Mrs. Randy Barnes, who will receive a cash…
25 Years Ago December 11, 1986 Jeremy Loftin was crowned Master Merry Christmas at the start of the Ava Christmas Parade on Saturday, and Amber Smith was crowned Miss Merry Christmas. The two are the children of Burrely and Penny Loftin, and Gene and Linda Sharp. A number…
25 Years Ago December 4, 1986 The Ava High School varsity Bears opened the 1986-87 campaign Monday by surprising Reeds Spring with a 48-36 upset win in the first round of the Forsyth Tournament. Noel McCall, Ava, longtime member and officer in the Ava Saddle Club, was recently…
25 Years Ago November 27, 1986 A public meeting was held last Thursday evening to determine community interest in a new ballfield for the Ava area and if the response is an actual reflection of the public’s feeling, baseball may never be mentioned in Ava again. Other than a…
25 Years Ago November 20, 1986 The Ava High School Bears defeated Ozark here last Wednesday night 8-6 to win the District 5 Missouri 3-A football championship for the second year in a row. The win moved Ava into the state quarterfinals, where on Monday night, the Bears lost…
25 Years Ago November 13, 1986 Members of the Douglas County American Legion Post 112, Harry Williams, Troy Herd and Ed Baker, raised the American Flag in front of the veterans memorial marker in the Ava Cemetery Tuesday morning. The new flag pole, recently purchased and erected by…
25 Years Ago October 30, 1986 As this issue of the Douglas County Herald goes to press the newspaper completes 100 years of continuous publication and begins Year 101. A large turnout is not expected for next Tuesday’s general election but for the candidates and others directly involved, the…
25 Years Ago October 23, 1986 Sherry Erickson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Erickson is the 1986-87 Homecoming queen of Ava High School. Runners up are Becky French, daughter of Doris French and Lael Streight, daughter of Janet Streight and Carl Streight. Winners in the Saturday Night…
25 Years Ago October 16, 1986 Ava High School Homecoming Queen candidates are from left Lael Streight, Sherry Erickson, and Becky French. All three candidates are seniors. Although weather conditions were less than desirable and fall colors had not yet reached their peak, last Sunday’s Glad Top Trail attracted…
25 Years Ago October 9, 1986 The 1986 Glade Top Trail Festi-val gets under way in Ava this weekend with arts and crafts dis-played in Ava, and the traditional chicken barbecue in the National Forest south of town. The Missouri Highway and Transportation Department will be making several route marking…
25 Years Ago October 2, 1986 The Livestock Association feeder cattle sale facilities at the Ava fairgrounds are being removed, now that the feeder sales are a thing of the past. During the past 35 years the structure has become somewhat of a landmark in Ava, having been…
25 Years Ago September 25, 1986 Two farmers from the Brittany area of western France were in Douglas County last week observing farm practices of the Ozarks and sharing information with local dairymen. Albert Ody and Vincel Restif had attended the National Federation of Farmers Union meeting in St.…
25 Years Ago September 18, 1986 A large telephone cable carrying service to some 800 General Telephone customers in the Ava area was torn down by an oversized construction vehicle as it came into Ava last Friday evening just after 5 o’clock. The big construction unit owned by Lightle Sand,…
25 Years Ago September 11, 1986 Madam Sensation, a beautiful sorrel mare owned by Spencer (Pop) Jenkins, Sedalia, is the new World Grand Champion Missouri Fox Trotter. Monday, Oct. 6, has been proclaimed Circus Day in Ava, Mayor Bud Norman signed the proclamation at City Hall this week with…
25 Years Ago August 28, 1986 The biggest event of the year for the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse Breed Association and perhaps the biggest single event for Ava, will take place next week as the 28th annual MFTHBA Show and Celebration gets under way. Master Sgt. Kenneth Stephens,…
25 Years Ago August 21, 1986 Officers of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department pulled 375 marijuana plants at a location in northwest Douglas County, just off Highway BB, last Wednesday. Many of the plants were 12 to 15 feet tall. Beverly Coberly has been appointed University Extension county program director…
25 Years Ago August 14, 1986 A shock wave vibrated through the Ava community last week when Springfield radio and television stations announced that the Emerson Electric plant in Ava would be closed leaving 450 people without jobs. Emerson officials were among those stunned by the broadcast because they…
25 Years Ago August 7, 1986 A vicious storm moved through this area last Friday evening bringing with it very strong winds and severe lightning. But unlike the damaging storm that hit the area just one week earlier, this round was followed by a cold front that brought relief…
25 Years Ago July 31, 1986 Quick thinking by an Ava service station owner last Thursday may well have prevented a major fire in the city. Four gasoline pumps were destroyed and the store building damaged by fire at Sawyer’s Service Station on N.W. 12th Avenue, but Joretta Sawyer,…
25 Years Ago July 24, 1986 Feeder cattle sales held in Ava for 3 1/2 decades ranked among the largest and most successful in Missouri, but recently, a decision was made to discontinue the sales for lack of participation. The South Missouri Feeder Cattle Producers Association has disbanded now…
25 Years Ago July 17, 1986 A series of water leaks the most major of which was inside the Ava Junior High School building erupted last Sunday morning when a young motorist knocked the top off a fire hydrant between 4 and 4:30 a.m. The entire building of 24,500…
25 Years Ago July 10, 1986 The merger of the Ava Farmers Exchange with the Mansfield MFA Cooperative was announced this week by Junior McVay, general manager of the joint operation. A 55-year tradition with the Missouri State Highway Patrol ended this summer when officers laid aside neckties and…
25 Years Ago July 3, 1986 Russell Hunt, principal at Bradleyville Schools for the past three years has been named superintendent of that school for the 1986-87 school year. Hunt will replace Leroy Winkle who resigned to accept a position as superintendent of schools at Sparta. Miller’s Corner…
25 Years Ago June 26, 1986 Some 18,000 pounds of food with a retail value of around $25,000 was distributed in Ava Tuesday afternoon through efforts of the Missouri Rural Crisis Center in Columbia. Some 1,666 individuals representing 454 families signed up for the staples being distributed Tuesday. The…
25 Years Ago June 19, 1986 Traveling Troubles, owned by W.M. House, Jr., Paris, Texas, and shown by Harold Evans, also of Paris, Texas, won the Three Year Old Futurity championship at the annual spring show of the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse Breed Association here last Saturday night. The…
25 Years Ago June 12, 1986 Emerson Motor Division is celebrating its 10th anniversary at Ava during the week of June 16. “Emerson attributes the success of the Ava plant to the hard work and team effort of all the employees, said Plant Manager Ralph Calhoun. The Ava Saddle Club…
25 Years Ago June 5, 1986 Jefferson City Helias scored a run in the bottom of the seventh here last Thursday evening to defeat the Ava Bears and advance in the Missouri 3A high school state baseball playoffs. Ava’s loss to Helias ended somewhat of a Cinderella season for…
25 Years Ago May 29, 1986 The Ava High School Bears defeated Mtn. Grove, 8-5, at Mtn. Grove last Thursday afternoon to claim the District 12 championship title in Missouri 3A baseball. The Bears will be hosting Jefferson City Helias this afternoon at the Ava High School athletic complex…
25 Years Ago May 22, 1986 Seniors graduate –– school is out Friday. The fiftieth anniversary commencement season of the Mt. Zion Bible School of Rte. 1, Ava, begins this weekend. The 74th annual May Singing Convention will be held this Sunday afternoon at the Ava High School gymnasium.…
25 Years Ago May 15, 1986 Members of the Ava High School graduating class of 1926 gathered for their 60th anniversary at the Alumni Banquet here Saturday night. Class members are Naida Childress, Thelma Heard, Margaret Miller, Dorothy Haynes, Beulah Creech, Wilda Chandler, Fred Stewart and Willie Freeman. 300 attended…
25 Years Ago May 8, 1986 The City of Ava is minus one trash truck this week, due to an accident that occurred near Hartville, Tuesday afternoon, enroute to the regional landfill there. City employee Marvin Stephens was driving the truck when the engine died and the brakes failed near…
25 Years Ago May 1, 1986 The Ava Lions Club Little League baseball and softball program will begin play on June 2, according to Coach Rex Sawyer who will be in charge of the program this year. Ava Mayor Bud Norman was on hand to cut the ribbon, officially…
25 Years Ago April 24, 1986 Honor graduates of Ava High School for 1986 are Shana Stillings, valedictorian and Theresa Bishop, salutatorian. Other members of the top 10 percent of the graduating class are: Shelly McKnight, Paul Miller, Lisa Wood, Amy Prince, Eva Boehm, Nancy Martin, Kristi Reeves, Trisha…
25 Years Ago April 17, 1986 Two men were charged Wednesday afternoon with five felony counts each of receiving stolen merchandise, in connection with the confiscation of a large cache of grocery items and feed in Ava. Charged by Douglas County Prosecutor John Bruffet, the men are both being…
25 Years Ago April 10, 1986 JCPenney Company, Inc. will initiate catalog service here beginning April 21, it was announced today by Roger Williams, who owns the new JCPenney Catalog Sales Merchant Facility on the east side of the square. The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 112 of Ava has…
25 Years Ago April 3, 1986 Ava East Ward Alderman Joe Murphy held off challenger Neil Stillings to retain his seat on the Ava City Council in Tuesday’s municipal election. The final tally was Murphy 188, Stillings, 110. Over 100 children participated in the Easter egg hunt at Chastain’s…
25 Years Ago March 27, 1986 Ava FFA parliamentary team won first place in Area 8 competition at Fair Grove on March 19 to advance to the Southwest District competition in Springfield on April 8. Members of the team are Stacie Baker, Lynn Lambert, Sandra LaVelle, Jeannie Shrable, Jeff…
25 Years Ago March 20, 1986 The first Missouri Century Farm awards to be given in Douglas County was presented by the county’s University of Missouri Extension Council last Thursday night. Recipients of the awards are Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Swearengin of Dogwood, and Mr. and Mrs. Donnie Kelley…
25 Years Ago March 13, 1986 Ava High School senior Shelly McKnight has been named the first place winner in a statewide art contest, and her work will represent Missouri in the national contest in Washington, D.C. Shelly is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie McKnight of Ava. Strong…
25 Years Ago March 6, 1986 The 1986 Ava Area Chamber of Commerce board of directors are Valerie Kempf, Jim Norman, Edwin Hailey, Vi Woods, Larry Dills, Ray Phillips, Kris Norman, John Dickison, Joe Corum and Ralph Calhoun. Pat Knisell, supervisor of the shoulder pad department at Rawlings, was presented…
25 Years Ago February 27, 1986 John Mackey and Sonia Lansdown were crowned 1986 Ava High School Hoop King and Queen in ceremonies at the AHS gym last Friday night. The city of Ava took delivery Monday on the 1986 dump truck that was purchased recently from Zane Gray Chevrolet…
25 Years Ago February 20, 1986 The National FFA theme for 1986 is FFA Leaders For the New Fields of Agriculture. This year’s officers of the Future Farmers of America chapter at Ava High School are Doug Lansdown, vice president; Rick Lansdown, president; Charles Sievert, parliamentarian; Sherwood Aid, sentinel; Stacie…
25 Years Ago January 16, 1986 In the city of Ava, Joe Murphy has filed for re-election as east ward alderman. Also expiring this spring is the term of Herman Davis who was elected a year ago to fill an unexpired term as alderman of the west ward. Ava United…
25 Years Ago October 3, 1985 The two earthquakes that devastated Mexico City on Sept 19 and Sept. 20 had an effect in Missouri. Water well in at least two Missouri communities were disturbed by the earthquakes. Water level rose and fell approximately four feet at the time of the…
25 Years Ago September 26, 1985 “Buckle up” has always been good advice, but starting Saturday, it’s the law. Billy Hale recently retired from the Ava Volunteer Fire Department after almost 30 years of service as a fireman. Hale, who joined the fire department as a volunteer in 1958, owns…
25 Years Ago September 5, 1985 Black Cloud is the 1985 World Grand Champion Missouri Fox Trotter. Black Cloud, owned by Jill and Billy Johnson of Rogersville, and ridden to the championship by Billy Johnson, edged out Missouri Outlaw who was named reserve champion. Mrs. Lena Pierce, Ava Elementary Principal,…
25 Years Ago August 29, 1985 The old Douglas County Normal which has stood vacant on the Ava High School campus for the past 10 years, will soon be removed to make room for current needs of the school. Mr. and Mrs. Reggie Spurlock of Squires are the 1985 farm…
25 Years Ago June 13, 1985 The Ava Bassmaster Club sponsored and Open Buddy Bass Tournament June 9 at K-Dock on Bull Shoals Lake. Top three money winners were: first place, Bob Cobb and Terry Thomas with fish weighing 16.55 lbs.; second place Leonard Herbst and Jack Rhoads with 12.25…
