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• 100 Years Ago
Thursday, June 7, 1923
Through the help and patronage of Rev. Bruni of St. Mary’s Catholic church, the Francis Pohlman Post, assisted by the Woman’s Auxiliary, was able to hold very beautiful and impressive services in the St. Mary’s entertainment hall, prior to their march to the various cemeteries to decorate with flags and flowers the graves of our nation’s dead. The program arranged by Rev. Bruni, was very fitting and appropriate to the solemn occasion. The address by Rev. Barr, on the origin and purpose of memorial day was very interesting. The fine music
rendered by the Schultz Orchestra, foretells a great future of our Point precinct boy musicians.
The sisters and children of St. Mary’s school are to be commended for the splendid singing the song,
Blessed Be The Tie That Binds” was sung by th children, by special request ( the Woman’s Auxiliary; we got that song appealed to one and a present, as it did to the write that the occasion be a tie to bind us as christian people, in a brotherly love.
• 75 Years Ago
Thursday, June 3, 1948
River Harbor At Hamburg Is In The Making Says Report
Cong. Sid Simpson writes the News from Washington that he has received a report from Col C. Kittrell of the Corps of Engineers Division of War Dept. in St. Louis advising that a recent survey of the Mississippi River to Minneapolis, Minn, indicates the need for the construction at this time a harbor for tows, barges, and vessels at a point on the Missouri side of the river opposite Hamburg, Illinois.
A resolution of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors of the House of Representatives was introduced on Sept. 16, 1946, authorizing the District and Division Engineers of the War Department to make a survey of the Mississippi River in this connections.
The findings in the survey are favorable for the harbor and the construction of an improved ferry landing, subject to certain assurances of local cooperation.
The report will now be reviewed by the Chief of Engineers and the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, as required by law.
• 50 Years Ago
Thursday, June 7, 1973
The Hardin Baptist Church has been undergoing a remodeling job by its pastor and the congregation.
Rev.Dena Thompson, the pastor, and former pastor, Rev. Sam Skief, his wife, Mrs. Portia Parke and son, Dennis, Ab Poore and Marian Taylor took time out from their work to pose for this picture. The church is over 100 years old and has been in its present location for over 40 years; having been moved here from south of Hardin where it was located as the Oasis Methodist Church. The Baptists planned to tear it all down, but found the framework so good that they decided to start rebuilding from it. Some 16 inch joists of white poplar are in perfect condition. Rev. Skief said he remembers his father making wagons from this sturdy lumber when he was a boy. The plans for the new church call for additions, including class rooms for Sunday School and other facilities. The church, located in northwest Hardin, was first occupied by the Rev. Frank Cook and his congregation in the early 1930s.
