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100 years ago
March 20, 1924
Some of our friends think the hard road to Hardin will not be completed this year. The law, under which the sixty millions of bonds were voted, compels the completion of the roads voted on before any new roads under the one hundred million dollar bond issue can be built. If either Judge Jones or Governor Small is elected we are sure the Hardin roads will be completed this year and it would be well, we think, that these fellows who are for Essington get a pledge from him. The road question is of more importance to the people of this county than the choice between Small and Essington.
75 years ago
March 17, 1949
It would not be too bad hunting if a man could kill a wolf at four shots but Henry Zimmerman, hunter and trapper of Golden Eagle, broke all records Sunday when he dispatched four wolves with one shot. Zimmerman chased a mother wolf into a den where she had hidden her young. Peering into the den he could see the animal’s eyes, so he poked the muzzle of his gun into the mouth of the den and fired. When he pulled the wolf from the den, he saw that he had also killed her three young. The carcasses were brought to Hardin Monday morning, where they were work twenty five dollars in bounty money.
50 years ago
March 14, 1974
Water Street in Hardin continues to crumble and slide toward the Illinois River, despite efforts of the town and residents to fill it in with sand and dirt. The street, which is the one next to the river, started to cave off last summer when the water receded after the record flood of 1973. No traffic has been allowed on the portion of the street from Kennedy Street to Childs Street since last summer. This particular section of Water Street is the lowest section along the river and was under more than six feet of water during the spring flood, which placed a tremendous amount of weight on the road.
25 years ago
March 17, 1999
Attorney Ed Fanning, who represents the defendants in a case against plaintiff Golden Eagle Development Company, Inc., filed a petition for a Motion to Dismiss on March 10, regarding the Gray Cemetery in the Winneberg Subdivision. The defendants, Pamela S. Barker, Janice Ellen Bloodworth, Judson De Verger, Deborah Franz, Oliver Gray, Paul John Gross, Virginia Poppe, and Eva M Tucker are requesting the Circuit Court of the Eighth Judicial Circuit in Calhoun County to dismiss the Petition for Disinterment and Reinterment Permit, which was filed on February 8. The Golden Eagle Development Company, Inc. has petitioned the court to have unmarked graves disinterred at the Gray and Winneberg Cemeteries and be reinterred elsewhere. The subdivision owners would like to develop this site since it has an excellent riverview. The cemeteries are located on a narrow ridge, which would have to be leveled in order to build on the lot. The Gray Cemetery, which lies within the Winneberg Cemetery, has eight known and three unknown graves. The Winneberg Cemetery has four known and six unknown graves. Fanning’s petition states that the defendants are the descendants of the individuals who are buried in the Gray Cemetery, which is located on property owned by the Golden Eagle Development Company, Inc.
The Gray Cemetery is a registered cemetery with the Comptroller’s office in Springfield and was registered on March 7, 1968, as a family burying ground The definition of this type of cemetery is one in which no lots are sold to the public and in which interments are restricted to a group of persons related to each other by blood or marriage. It was registered by the late Howard De Verger of Fieldon. Since the Gray Cemetery is a registered cemetery, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Cemetery Protection Act. The Gray Cemetery and its boundaries have been identifiable by a fence for more than 50 years. It has been maintained and kept up by the descendants of the Gray family, and in no way has ever been abandoned or deserted by these parties. Not only is this petition asking for the dismissal of the plaintiff’s petition, but that the court assess the costs against Golden Eagle Development Company, Inc. and in favor of the defendants. Special State’s Attorney Richard Ringhausen, representing defendants Sheriff Richard Meyer, who also serves as Coroner, and County Clerk Susie Kress, who would sign the disinterment papers, filed a petition for a Motion to Dismiss on March 5, also against the Golden Eagle Development Company, Inc.
