McDonald County Historical News for 6 May 2010

by Alberta Anders


So Many People to thank for all their contributions and for the volunteers who give up their personal time to keep the doors open in the museum. I am grateful to Gene Hall, John Hobbs, to United Way and to Fred Lamb and for Bill Gibbs and his grandsons for all their hard work in sprucing up the museum and providing and putting up the rails in the oldest court house. If you haven't had a chance to view the old log court house, do take time to drive down Harmon Street, between the court house and the jail and take note of the authentic rail fence - the donated time and hard work is obvious to all who pass by. Our membership is increasing and the sale of the calendars and the Sturgis books are still ongoing. You will want to mark your calendar this month and not miss the semi-monthly meeting to be on Sunday, May 16 at 2:00 p.m. at the Court House in Pineville. There is no charge, all are welcome and our speaker this month is Senator Emory Melton who will talk about early county history and formation. You will not want to miss this entertaining and informative presentation. We are also beginning to work on the next calendar, for 2011. There are several possibilities, one is McDonald County Territory "war" as it approaches the 50th year, another is local athletes and ball teams. If you have information reference either of these subjects or a suggestion for another topic, please contact us.

Alberta can be reached at 417-223-4127 or 434-8068 and Dorothy can be reached in Goodman at 417-364-7662. Check out or web pages:
www.mcdonaldcohistory.org or www.mcdonaldcohistory.org/museum.htm. Our museum is located at 302 Harmon Street, just south of the U. S. Post Office in Pineville and our volunteers keep the doors open on Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.