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News items from the past pages of the Calhoun News-Herald
100 years ago
May 13, 1926
Last Sunday many automobiles with Alton and St. Louis citizens aboard visited Calhoun County. The cause of their visit was the following item taken from the Alton Evening Telegraph of last Friday, which read: “J.E. Nelson, postmaster at Hamburg, has given a friendly tip to hundreds of autoists who last year visited Calhoun Apple Kingdom a week or two too late to see the apple blossoms in full bloom. He has written a letter to the Alton Automobile club in which he states that Sunday, May 9, will be the only time to see the entire kingdom in the height of bloom. To prevent a recurrence of this confusion to auto tourists, he takes it on himself to write. H. C. Wilhite of the auto club says that there are two routes, one by way of Grafton and Wheeler’s ferry and the other via Carrollton and Kampsville. In case there is rain, he would advise autoists not to attempt to make the trip for fear of being stuck in the mud.”
75 years ago
May 10, 1951
Brussels Police Chief struck by auto. William Horman, Chief of Police of Brussels, was a patient in Alton St. Joseph Hospital over the weekend because of an injury to his leg, suffered when he was struck by a car that was driving through Brussels and did not stop after the accident. Horman is just about the busiest individual in Brussels, being policeman, school bus driver and assistant operator at the Brussels telephone exchange. Horman will undergo surgery Friday at the hospital for the fracture of his knee cap.
50 years ago
May 13, 1976
As much as 80 percent of the Calhoun County fruit crop may have been destroyed by frost and other weather related causes in the past few weeks, Martin Ralph, Extension Advisor for the county said. Apples may produce a 25-30 percent crop and peaches may yield 20-25 percent of normal, he said. “Damages varies greatly from one location to another and from one variety to another. Damage ranges from practically none to total wipe-out,” Ralph said. In many orchards there is only a very light crop left and the farmer is faced with the difficult decision to make as to how much he can afford to spend in spray material to protect such a light crop. “Fruit eaters need not despair too much. There will be some apples, mainly golden delicious, and peaches for sale this year but the price may be a little higher,” Ralph said. Ralph said an application has been made to have the area declared a disaster area by the federal government which would make the local fruit growers eligible for emergency loans from the Farmers Home Administration at five percent interest. Total fruit crop loss in Calhoun may be more than $1.5 million he said.
25 years ago
May 16, 2001
Kampsville will sponsor its annual championship rodeo on Saturday, May 26, and Sunday, May 27. The rodeo will be presented by D Bar D Rodeo Company from Missouri. Proceeds will benefit the Village of Kampsville, their July 4th celebration and future rodeo events. The rodeo will take place along the Kampsville riverfront with plenty of parking and seating available. Events include; bareback riding, saddle broc, bull riding, calf roping, over 40 roping, barrel racing, steer wrestling, team roping, and breakaway roping. Each winner of an event will receive a belt buckle furnished by Rober Fritz of Fritz Distributing. Fritz is a dealer in Coors Light, so the belt buckles will have the Coors logo on them.
