The Way It Was

100 years ago:

Snap shots at Schell City

SCHELL CITY -- Jno. M. Overstreet, of Kansas City, was home Friday and Saturday visiting old friends and attending our street fair.

A.J. Statly of Sedalia came down Monday night to visit friends for a few days.

Mrs. O. Blakely and her little granddaughters Nadine and Ora May Bingham will leave tomorrow for their home in St. Louis after spending several weeks visiting relatives and friends in Schell City.

75 years ago:

Rich Hill to have a new bank

George U. Freude, bank examiner from the state department at Jefferson City, arrived here Wednesday evening and Thursday morning took charge of the affairs of the two closed banks, the Farmers & Merchants and also the People's Bank of this city, says the Rich Hill Review.

Freude stated that his first work is to make a complete inventory of the financial affairs of the two banks, and the completion of this work will consume at least a week or 10 days.

After that time passes, some definite information will be obtainable as to the status of the two banks, which will be given the officers and directors of the banks.

50 years ago:

Detroit man killed in crash near El Dorado Springs

A one-car accident early this morning at Cedar Springs, 13 miles east of El Dorado Springs on Highway 54, resulted in the death of a 29-year-old Detroit man.

At 1 a.m., the car, a convertible, and a house trailer were being driven east on U.S. Highway 54 by Charles William Neilan, 18. His passengers were his brother, Ronald Leo Neilan, 29, in the rear seat, and Jerry Green, Bellflower, Calif.

According to his statement to Sgt. Tom Loy of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Charles Neilan said that he felt his car start to weave and applied the trailer brakes but was unable to bring the car under control. It careened to the north side of the highway and overturned, pinning Ronald Neilan between the steering wheel and a stump at the edge of the highway.

-- Compiled by Nick Wright