Bates County real estate transfers and marriage licenses

Cox, J. Brian (Trustee) to JBC Land LLC Str 23-41-31+

Cox, Eli Benton (Trustee) to  EBC Land Str 33-41-32+

Cox, James Wyatt (Trustee) to  JWC Land Str 33-41-32+

Heckadon Family Trust 12-07-2009 to Reynolds, Arthur L Lt 175 Town Company's First Addn

Hurshman, Robin to Olson-Salomon, Lynne Str 29-40-31 //Se

Bogan, Harriet E to Thron, Dakota Str 8-38-33 //Se

Vanslyke, Jeffery K to Long, Curtis W Str 22-40-31 //Se

Mclay Homes to West Central Investments Group Str 23-40-31 //Sw

Nameth, Marie Ruth to US Solutions Str 20-40-31 //Nw

Scifers, Williams Reid to Jones, Jacquelyn R. Lt 2 Bl 3 William's Second Addn

Gilkey, Douglas L to Klepac, Mary L Str 6-38-31 //Se

Mcguire, Lyle Dean to McGuire, Lyle Dean Str 10-40-32 //Ne

Nameth, Scott to Nameth, Scott Str 27-40-31 //Sw

Mcguire, Kelly C to Vannostran, Willard Michael (Trustee) Str 20-40-31 //Ne

Mccubbin, Donna E to McSperitt, Steven Ray Str 25-40-32 //Sw

Eli Cox Farms to Cox, Eli Benton (Trustee) Str 33-41-32+

Wyatt Cox Farms to Cox, James Wyatt (Trustee) Str 33-41-32+

Hubbard, David to Hubbard, David (Trustee) Str 18-42-30 //Ne+

Beard, William D to Beard, William D.  (Trustee) Str 20-42-31 //Se

Smith's Properties, LLC to Hudgens, Jamie M Str 15-40-31 //Se

Reynolds, Arthur to S & P Stark Family Trust 03-18-2009 Str 31-42-31 //Sw

Cramer, Dennis K to Clayton, Chris Bl 17 Couch's Addn

Pajula, Kevin Rae to Pajula, Tera Rae Lt 9 Bl 3 Atkison Park Addn P3/10+

Pajula, Tera R. to Pajula, Kevin R. Lt 3 Bl 4 Walley's Addn+

Marriage license

Tucker, Christian Taylor and Glazier, Kenna Marie

Highley, Nicholas Allen and Green, Erica Hope

Johnston, Ty Douglas and Chancellor, Kaylie Jo

Pickrell, Clint Allen and Pickrell, Victoria Faith

Winfrey, Justin Ray and Stepp, Joann Rena

The Museum Minute: Some numerical trickery

Courtesy of the Bates County Museum 802 Elks Drive, Butler Mo 64730 (660) 679-0134

Herrman’s Historical Happenings week of September 17

1861 The Kansas Cavalry merge at West Point in preparation to raid Osceola.

1871 Reverend R.J. Derrick is brought to trial for marrying a couple, knowing the girl was a minor. She had written the number 18 on her shoe sole, so when asked, she could say she was over 18. The jury was hung, so Derrick went free.

1881 The population of Rich Hill is nearly 4,000.

1940 The City of Drexel celebrates their 50th anniversary.

1957 Bates Co voters approve bonds for the construction of a new hospital.

1982 The first annual Huckster's Day is held on the Butler square.

1991 It's the Grand Opening of the "Bears Den" drive-in, formerly Harry's Dari-King, on business highway 17 in Butler. 

1993 The 3-day Beef-A-Thon begins at the Bates Co Fairgrounds, there will be bull rides, dances and lots of beef to eat.

1999 The News-Xpress newspaper reports Butler Mayor Joe Fuller answers allegations made against him, saying it is lies.

Recipe of the Week

 

What's Up by LeRoy Cook

 Air Racing Returned Last Week

A return to late-summer heat crowded aviation into early-and-late hours last week, in an effort to beat the 90-degree portion of the day. Oil temperature indications once again crowded the redline, as air-cooled engines did their best. Methinks the old straight-40 weight oil we used to use did a better job in hot weather than these modern multi-grade lubricants.

The in-and-out airplanes seen this week tended toward the Cessna variety. We saw a 210 Centurion, a 182 Skylane and 172 Skyhawk stop by, and a new 206 Stationair came in from Tyler, Texas on Friday seeking fuel, to no avail. The nine-month avgas drought at Butler continued last week; the new pump now runs but refuses to dispense. Adding insult to injury, Harrisonville’s pump was also down last week, so all we could do was point the Iowa-bound Texans toward Lee’s Summit and wish them well.

We heard that commissioner Susie Serna’s service on the Butler Airport Commission ended last week. A rated pilot, Susie spent a lot of time at the airport, observing and recommending improvement. Her enthusiasm will be missed.

Last week saw the revival of the National Air Races, now relocated to Roswell, New Mexico from its former home at Reno, Nevada. There were only five classes running this year, STOL, Formula One, Biplane, T-6 and Jet, as the big Unlimited racers sat it out, but the crowds were reported to be large and enthusiastic.

The FAA is taking comments for the next few weeks on a proposal to rewrite the right-of-way rules to accommodate drones in the low-altitude airspace. Historically, unmanned aircraft like model planes and hobby drones have had to stay clear of piloted air traffic, but the surging sales of cheap Chinese UAV’s (unmanned aerial vehicles) have brought lobbying action to Congress, as operators are no longer content to keep visual watch over their charges. Now CVS and Amazon are wanting to drop packages on our doorstep with their buzzing mechanical buzzards, all autonomously driven. Under the proposed new rules, low-flying agricultural and patrol aircraft will have to give way to drone traffic unless equipped with ADS-B gear, like that required to fly at major airports. You have until October 6 to comment on the new FAR Part 108 change.

In yet another setback for the Green forces seeking impractical solutions to perceived problems, Dutch oil giant Shell has abandoned its five-year-old plans to convert its big Rotterdam jet fuel plant to “sustainable” feed stock. Europe is pushing to become “carbon neutral” in aviation by 2030, but Shell says it can’t make money on reclaiming cooking oil and biomass so it’ll keep on using North Sea crude oil for refining jet fuel. 

A hard-landing event on the Caribbean island of Sait Maartin last September 7th has resulted in total write-off of the Canadian Westjet Boeing 737. The tiny runway there has always been tricky to land on, and the day of the accident was particularly windy, leading the pilot to bang the plane down to hit the required touchdown spot. The right main landing gear was shoved up through the wing and the plane slid down the runway on the underwing engine nacelle. No injuries were reported but it took 24 hours to get the wreckage off the runway.

Our weekly quiz from last time was easy, wanting to know the official name of the old Boeing B-52 bomber. Reader Terry Bishop knew it was “Stratofortress,” which was a combination of the B-47 Stratojet and B-29 Superfortress. For next week’s brain-teaser, tell us the definition of “usable fuel.” You can send your answers to kochhaus1@gmail.com. 

Story about Seelinger school

The Seelinger School was organized in 1890. This was when there was enough children school age in the community. However, the surrounding schools Papinville, Mission Branch,Parairie City and Ciphers each gave up a part of their school children to make Seelinger School. The school was named after the man that gave the district a piece of his land to build a school. This man was Adam Seelinger whose property set about three miles northeast of Papinville. There were about 30 students that attended school starting classes in November 1890. They started school late because the school building was not finished.

They didn't have any desk so they had to use blocks of wood with long planks on them to serve as desks. The Merchant family lived east and south of the Stevener place and they had two boy' s that made their own desk and cared it to school.

In 1903 a coal shed was built and also a shed was built for the teacher and student's horses. In 1950 that was the last year that Seelinger had school. The students went to Mission Branch and the school was moved to Parairie City to make the school bigger. The land was reverted back to the original owner. The little piece of land is now farm land. All that remains is precious memories in the hearts of former students.

In the school history book Marjorie (Bradley) McGennis wrote a story about Seelinger School and a tribute about Pearle Kemper. Miss Pearle taught at Seelinger for 10 years. She also taught at Mission Branch lyear and Prairie City 10 years. There is only one teacher still living that taught in district 7 and that is Gilbert Lee. He taught at Sellinger for 1 year in 1948-1949 school year. Mary Genisio was another teacher that taught a long time in district 7. She taught at Papinville for 8 years from 1942-1951.

Next weeks story will be about Mission Branch school. We have come up with a schedule for the picnic. Music will start at 1:30 followed by the following: cake walk, silent auction, children's games (with prizes), 50-50 drawing , wagon rides, students from Mission Branch, Sellinger, Papinville and Prairie City sign in at information booth at 3:00 , recognition of students at 3:30, silent auction ends at 4:00, drawing for the quilt at 4:00, pie auction 4:00, picture of the school to be auctioned after pie auction, 50-50 drawing 5:00 and finally dinner will be served at 5:30. Dinner is a freewill donation. Menu is fried fish, pulled pork with 6 different side dishes, desserts and drinks. If you would like to enter the pie auction you should have your pie here by 2:00 to be judged. Categories are cream, fruit and other. The children from 5 years of age to 15 have the same categories. Prizes will be given. If you bring a dessert for the cake walk or serving table put the dessert in a through away container. Also don't forget to bring a lawn chair. No pets or alcohol on school property.

This celebration of schools is just not for past students but for families that had relatives that went to these 4 schools. It is like a reunion. Let's hope the weather will be good. If you have any question's call these numbers.417-395- 2594 or 816-769-4832. Come out and have a fun day. All past students will receive a gift for coming. Until next week for the rest of the story.

Directions: From Rich Hill go East on B to N that goes South to Papinville and follow signs. Submitted by Phyllis Stewart, Activity Director

Vehicle in Adrian damaged by explosive

On September 14, 2025 at approximately 3:35 am in Adrian, a suspect placed an unknown explosive on the hood of a vehicle causing damage to the hood and windshield of the vehicle. A suspect was identified and then arrested by the Adrian Police Department and assisted by the Bates County Sheriff’s Office at residence inside of Adrian. 

The suspect was transferred to the Bates County Sheriff’s Office and placed on a 24hr hold pending a warrant. The incident was investigated by the Adrian Police Department, ATF, and The Missouri State Fire Marshall.

Chief Dillon

Rain chances every day this week

Bears Maul Versailles, Improve to 2–1

By Cody Morris

The Butler Bears made a statement Friday night, steamrolling the Versailles Tigers 68–6 in front of a fired-up hometown crowd. The win marked Butler’s second straight victory, pushing their record to 2–1 on the young season.

Butler’s offense fired on all cylinders, piling up points in bunches, while the defense forced multiple turnovers to keep Versailles out of rhythm all night. The lopsided score allowed the Bears to showcase both their depth and development as younger players saw significant playing time in the second half.

Head Coach Greg Webb praised his team’s effort and growth after the game.

“After a lot of hard work—it was good to see our kids get some affirmation on the things we’re doing,” Webb told Tailgate TV. “I thought our younger kids got better, and our offensive line showed substantial progress in the win. Lucas Davidson played well on both sides of the ball, and Jake Chandler and Bryson Kash all had nice games. Good to see our younger kids get substantial time in the blowout. Easton Woolace showed we do have a kicking game, making several impressive extra points.”

The Bears now turn their focus to a road trip against undefeated St. Mary’s Academy (Kan.) in St. Mary’s, Kansas. The matchup will be Butler’s toughest test yet as they look to carry momentum from back-to-back dominant wins.

photo by Jennifer Kash