The Museum Minute: Don’t vote for the wrong guy

Courtesy of the Bates County Museum 802 Elks Drive, Butler Mo 64730
(660) 679-0134 Herrman’s Historical Happenings week of March 30

1888 The full extent of last night’s blast and fire at Keith & Perry’s coal mine #6, near Rich Hill is being assessed. 20 are dead, 15 missing and several unaccounted for. Most died of suffocation in the mine 6 miles from Rich Hill.

1889 Adrian is abuzz over the prospect of a college coming to their town.

1911 Today’s issue of the Butler Weekly Times is dated March 33, 1911.

1945 Tonight and tomorrow at Fisk Theater, in Butler Roy Rogers in “Lights of Old Santa Fe”.

1955 Ada O’Rear, Home Economist for the Osage Valley Electric Cooperative, is seen on the Bea Johnson Show, KMBC-TV channel 9 in Kansas City.

1960 3,503,600 bushels of corn were harvested last fall, in Bates county compared to 1,731,170 bushels picked in 1940.

1972 The Bates Co Democrat runs a paid political advertisement for Leslie White, candidate for fourth ward councilman, however, the picture in the ad is Eddie Herrman, candidate for city tax collector, Butler.

1978 See or call Ron Gardner, he’s got the gasoline with the additives that makes a difference in your engines. MFA Oil Company, Butler.

1999 The Bates County Memorial Hospital honors its active staff of physicians: Dr Curtis Long, 35 years; Dr William Hayne, 35 years; Dr Robert Strobach, 35 years; Dr Jeffery VanBiber, 12 years; and Dr Jim Miller, 1 year.

Bates County Real Estate Transfers and Marriage Licenses

Transactions week of March 21-25

Bolton, Nina to Armstrong, Jennifer Lynn Lt 1 Bl 4 Atkison Park Addn P3/10+

Fischer, Kyle to John 3:30 Farms Llc Str 23-39-31+

Umstattd, Kevin to Urbanowitz, Joshua Str 22-40-31 //Ne+

Fox, Jerry to Brown, Andrew Lt 2 Bl 3 Cogswells Addn+

Beyer, Emil A. to Beyer Farms. Llc Str 20-41-32 //Ne+

Bates County Disposal, Inc. to Cleveland Affordable Storage, Llc Str 3-39-33 //Ne+

Cleveland Affordable Storage, Llc to Cleveland Affordable Storage, Llc Str 3-39-33 //Ne+

Cleveland Affordable Storage, Llc to Ward, Jeffrey Str 3-39-33 //Ne+

Standard Properties, Llc to Stutts, Tyler J Lt 9 Bl 18 West Side Addn

Marquardt, Marcelle L Trust 04-30-1996 to Stewart, John D Jr Str 16-38-30 //Sw

Jlp Land Developers, Llc to Parks Builders, Llc Lt 15 Whispering Oaks

Stines-Stoneman, Memori D. to Coffey, John Str 6-41-29 //Nw

Lapour, Steven to 113 S. Orange, Llc Str 22-40-31

Bowden, Stephen to Holmes, Leann Lt 16 Bl 1 Atkison Park Addn P3/10

Kisner, Danny to Rhyno Tire, Llc Lt 1 Bl 16 West Side Addn+

Taylor, Scott L to Freedom Hawk Home Buyers Inc Lt 9 Bl 35 Rich Hill, Original Town Of+

Kagarice, Luke to Hawkins, Robert Str 19-42-29 //Se

White, Christopher D. to White, Christopher D. Lt 19 Glenbrook Farms

Burch, Leland O. to Burch, Leland O. Trust 03-08-2005 Str 25-41-32 //Sw

Burch, Leland O. to Burch, Leland O. Trust 03-08-2005 Str 30-41-31 //Sw

Klumb, Henry Otto Trust 08-16-2007 to Haynie, David Wade Lt 1 Bl 11 West Side Addn+

Mardon Trust 08-16-2005 to Mardon Trust 08-16-2005 Str 19-39-33 //Ne

Grant, W.E. Trust 07-06-2007 to Davis Designs Construction Company, Llc Lt 1 Bl 1 Thompsons Addn

Marriage license: 

Allison, Dylan Ryan and Cumpton, Eva Mae

What's Up by LeRoy Cook

Non Culpa For Boeing Test Pilot

There was considerable traffic in and out of the Butler airport last week, with a wide assortment of aircraft types and missions. March came in cool and seems to be going out at about the same way, but there were some decent flying conditions for the travelers.

Among the visitors on Friday was one of the FAA’s Beech King Air 300 Flight Check turboprops, flying the instrument approach profiles precisely to do their periodic inspections, making sure there were no new obstructions or signal errors. A Piper Pawnee sprayplane was in from Miller, Missouri, applying nutrients to the local fields. David Bradley was over from Bonneville in a Cessna Skyhawk on business and a nice 1958 Piper Comanche 180 was also here.

The Fliars club breakfast flyout netted a total of six Fliars on Saturday morning, enjoying a nice post-cold front sky with 40-mile visibility. Other local pilots out were Kenion Nance in the Cessna Skyhawk, Eric Eastland making a shop run in a Cessna 150, and Jeremie Platt, flying his Grumman Tiger to Warrensburg and Paola. Chris Hall was busy checking out a new pilot in the Beech King Air E90 jump plane.

In other news of the week, a jury found Robert Forkner, a former Boeing test pilot on the 737 MAX project, not guilty of intentionally misleading FAA certification personnel about the aircraft. As we pointed out before, the FAA has neither the time or resources to check every detail of a complex transport airplane, so it has to rely on manufacturers’ data for much of the process. Forkner testified that he was simply a scapegoat for the company and the FAA, and the jury agreed.

 

Another aviation pioneer passed away on March 13th, when Bob Cardenas died at 102. He was the pilot of the “mother ship” Boeing B-29 that carried Chuck Yeager and the Bell X-1 rocket plane aloft over Muroc dry lake in 1948, dropping them to break the sound barrier for the first time. Cardenas was an experienced bomber in WW-II, evading capture after being shot down on his 20th mission.

Our weekly question wanted to know what other aviation products were created by inventor Bill Lear, mostly known for developing the Lear Jet business jet. 

Rodney Rom told us Lear also created an automatic direction finder, numerous avionics and the first lightplane automatic pilot. For next week, tell us the name of a cowboy movie star who also flew his own airplane. Send your replies to kochhaus1@gmail.com

Three Generations of Firefighters

IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY Doug Wix, grandson Brayton Wix and son Jason Wix, all members of the Butler Fire Department, assembled for this photo recently as Brayton was officially hired March 23rd and now is going through basic firefighter training. Doug and Jason are both firefighters and EMT Captains and have been with the department 35 and 22 years respectively.

Annual Butler Chamber Banquet: A Night of Food, Fun and Fundraising

The annual Butler Chamber of Commerce banquet was held Thursday evening featuring a delicious dinner, auction and guest speaker Melody Thornton, owner of KMAM/KMOE-FM radio station. Thornton provided an upbeat history of the station which

Melody Thornton, KMAM/
KMOE-FM Radio

almost didn’t land in Butler, but could have been in Colorado Springs CO as her father and founder Bill Thornton considered setting up shop there when searching for a home. No regrets, said Melody as she shared not only the roots of Butler radio, but some interesting tidbits about on-air gaffs and fun behind the scenes. Throughout the evening, attendees placed silent bids on a wide variety of donated items ranging from all kinds of gift baskets and more, while a ‘mystery basket’ was auctioned off by Chamber President Greg Weaver. Likewise, new board members Doug Lawrence and Chamber Executive Secretary Karen Rayborn were recognized along with member business owners as follows: 5 years- Carpenter’s Cup; Burch & Liles; Precast KCMW; The Tilted Tulip; 10 years- Mid America Live and Farmer’s Insurance; 15 years- Family Center; 20 years- Ready Concrete and Friedrich Law; 25 years- Edward Jones; 35 years- DSWA; 60 years- Bates County Broadcasting and Bates County Memorial Hospital. 

The Butler Chamber of Commerce has a full schedule of events this year, there's a lot to look forward to in 2022!

Obituary - Jerry Leon Eagles

Jerry Leon Eagles, age 72, of Clinton, Missouri passed away on Saturday, March 26, 2022 at Clinton Healthcare and Rehab. Center in Clinton, Missouri. 

Memorial service will be held at 11:30 AM on Friday April 1, 2022 at Vansant-Mills Chapel in Clinton with visitation from 10:30-11:30 prior to the service. Memorial contributions can be made to The Arbor Day Foundation and can be left in care of the funeral home.

Jerry Leon Eagles was born in Kansas City, Kansas on November 21, 1949 to Floyd and Melba Eagles.

Jerry went to Turner High School. He met Cynthia Willard at Bethany Medical Center and they were married on December 24th, 1976. To this union, one child was born, Tara Renae.

Jerry worked as an electrician at Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare from 1979-2015. Jerry was a Christian. He attended and was a member of the Golden Valley Christian Church in Clinton, Missouri. He loved watching Chiefs football, enjoyed fishing, gardening, working in the yard and mowing, and the fourth of July holiday.

Jerry is preceded in death by his parents, Floyd and Melba Eagles and his two brothers, Mike and Robert.

Survivors include his wife Cindy of the home, daughter Tara (Dave), 3 siblings; Dale Eagles, Chuck Eagles, and Linda Farnham, and a host of co-workers and friends.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home in Clinton, Missouri.

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