Herrman’s Historical Happenings week of November 12
1881 A train bridge is washed out near Rockville and trains are rerouted through Rich Hill, Butler & Adrian. Some 30 a day.
1896 A traveling tight rope walker walks high above the Hume square.
1933 27 year old Polly, family parrot, dies and is buried in the family plot at Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler. She had a wide vocabulary.
1951 Get your new Studebaker car at Powell-Gaddy Motors, U.S. 17 north, Butler.
1951 The Creme-Maid drive in is now open just north of Kahn Chevrolet in Butler (later Harry's Dari King and now Quick Dine III).
1992 Jason Mott, of Rockville, is in the 100 voice FFA chorus and has been chosen to sing at the National FFA convention in Kansas City for the second time.
1993 At the Ranch Rodeo finals in Carthage, Bob King of Amoret along with Monty Hawks of Metz and Larry Mitchell of Butler are among top finishers of competitors from 5 states.
1999 It's harvest time on the A.F. Yarick farm west of Rich Hill, the product is cotton, on a 160 acre plot.
