The Cameron Sun from Cameron, Missouri • 1

STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY; THE CAMERON COLUMBIA MO 65201 VOLUME TEN PAGES ONE SECTION CAMERON, MISSOURI THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1974 NUMBER 34 Tuggle Monuments A Tourist Lure The monuments today. The statue in place. The eight wedges. Standing next to the statue is on the lower ladder. The others The mode of transportation used to transport the monuments.

These figures are still standing in the Packard Cemetery east of Cameron and have become landmarks and of special interest to sightseers to northwest Missouri. In 1887, W. G. Sloan (grandfather of Harold Sloan) contracted to supply the first of the two 28 foot tall Tuggle Monuments. Jonathan Tuggle, a farmer in the Shoal Creek area southeast of Cameron, died in 1886, stipulating in his will the then- great sum of $10,000 for monuments for himself and his wife, Polly.

The first $5,000 monument was manufactured in Barre, shipped to Cameron in sections and hauled to the cemetery by log wagon and steam engine. Craig Sloan, (father of Harold Sloan) a boy at the time, recalled that erecting it with the available crude equipment was a stupendous job for the small marble works, known at that time as W. G. Sloan Sons. The second monument, put up in 1909 after Mrs.

Tuggle's death, also cost $5,000. This monument was somewhat heavier than its companion piece, its weight being 52 tons. MOTHER OF FORMER RESIDENT SUCCUMBS Mrs. Lena M. Whited, 62, died at a Paola, KS, hospital Tuesday.

She and her husband, O. B. Whited had lived in the Osawatomie and Paola area since 1953. Mrs. Whited is survived by four daughter, Mrs.

Glenn (Bernice) Coleman, Bethany, Mrs. Nancy Phifer, Osawatomie, KS, Mrs. Sharron Reynolds, Paola, and Mrs. Ida Aitkens, Columbia; one son John Whited, Las Cruses, NM; six brothers, Cliff Barnett, Leon Barnett, Claude Barnett and Paul Barnett, all of Plattsburg, and Delbert Barnett and Robert Barnett, both of Lathrop; and five grandchildren, two of whom are Mrs. James Plymell and Miss Carol Coleman, both of Cameron.

The body is at the Wilson and Son Mortuary, Paola, where funeral services will be held today at 1:30 p.m. with burial in a Paola cemetery. INJURED IN FALL Mrs. Bessie L. Brown, 85, remains a patient in Room 545 at Cameron Community Hospital following a fall at her home last Wednesday, May 29.

Xrays showed no bones broken, but she will be in the hospital several more days. BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. David Baldwin, Cameron, announce the birth of their first child, on June 4 at 4:09 a.m. He weighed 8 lb.

oz, and has been named Javan Lynn. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. George Cox, Independence, and paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.

John Baldwin, Cameron. Maternal great grandparents are Mrs. Esther Britt and Mrs. Fern Morgan, both of Macon. NONAGENARIAN DIES Mrs.

Flora K. Gentry, 97, died at her home on Tuesday. She was a lifelong resident of Cameron. She i is survived by one son, Lloyd Gentry, Turney; four daughters, Miss Leola Gentry and Mrs. Charles Ross, both of Cameron, Mrs.

Verna Martin, Turney, and Mrs. Sophia Walker, Maysville; one sister, Mrs. Bessie Anderson, Parkville; 14 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Funeral services will be today at 2:00 p.m. at the Michael Funeral Home.

Rev. Clarence Newby, St. Joseph, will officiate with Rev. John Yonker assisting. Burial will be in Harlan Cemetery.

TURNEY FARMER DIES IN HOSPITAL Gee C. Henderson, 86, died Friday morning at a St. Joseph hospital. Born in Turney, he was a retired farmer from that area. Mr.

Henderson moved to St. Joseph in 1928. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Eva Newby, Turner: stop daughter, Mrs. Darlene Plummer, St.

Joseph; three nieces and two nephews. Funeral services for Mr. Henderson were Sunday afternoon at the Bailey mortuary, Lathrop. Burial was in Estep Cemetery, Turney. HAS SURGERY Mrs.

Lyle Bates Jr. entered Lutheran Church Dedication Service Next Sunday The Prince of Peace Lutheran Church will dedicate its new building on Sunday, June 9. The dedicatory service will be held at 3:00 p.m. followed by a reception and open house from 4:15 to 5:30 in the fellowship room of the church. The service will be under the direction of Rev.

Ralph Mueller of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, St. Joseph. Rev. Mueller is counselor for Prince of Peace Lutheran Church.

Guest speaker will be Herman Charles Sherer, president of the Missouri District of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, of St. Louis. The reception will be in the charge of the Lutheran Ladies Guild, and it is open to the public. Rev. Mueller has been parish pastor of the St.

Joseph church since 1965. He was ordained July 19, 1959, at St. John Lutheran Church, Chester, IL, after having been graduated from the Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. Rev.

Mueller. and the former Miss Darlene Back. Willisville. IL, were married in July 1958. and they have three children, Bart, Becky and James.

Mrs. Mueller is an LPN, having been graduated from Hillyard. Technical School St. Joseph, in June 1973. Former pastorates were in Illinois and South Dakota, and Rev.

Mueller has served as circuit education representative, circuit counselor of St. Joseph circuit, coordinator of campus work, and youth camp director in South Dakota. He has also sung with Concordia Seminary Chorus and the Lutheran Hour Choir. Rev. Scherer, St.

Louis, is a native of that city, and is married to the former Miss Alma Clethilda Mielke, Baltimore, MD. Their children include Mrs. Sharon Schroeder, Mrs. Talitha Farah, Mark Scherer, Priscilla Scherer and Jonathan Scherer. One son.

Michael Paul, died as a youth. Rev. Scherer is a member of the executive committee of the Missouri Council on National Security, and his church related is W. G. Sloan and Craig Sloan are workmen.

The second figure was ordered as a duplicate of the first one, but the figures, ladies in robes with hands on anchors, differ in that the initial one's hand is clasped to her breast while the other's hand points upward. The superior artistry of the sculptor who chiseled the first figure is quite evident. And the unfortuante second lady has lost the tip of her finger, apparently shot off by a W. G. Sloan used to say he made a profit on the first Tuggle Monument at a time when his cash book shows columns of individual sales of $8 and $50 with a very few of $500 to $700.

There wasn't much profit in the second Tuggle Monument, possibly due to higher prices. Harold Sloan estimated that it would cost several hundred thousand dollars to duplicate the Tuggle Monuments today. Voluntary, In preparation for Day Camp the week of June 10-14, the leaders of Girl Scouts have prepared a "scrounge list" and would appreciate donations of the following items. They may be taken either to the Roy McBee or Wayne Saunders' homes before Monday. Items needed include: tuna cans or other small, flat cans, wire coat hangers, used panty hose, round oatmeal or cornmeal boxes, plastic twist ties, lunch size paper sacks, and buttons, yarn and other sewing scraps and notions.

BEAUTY CONTEST APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE Applications are now being accepted for the July 4 beauty contest. contestants must be residents of the four county area of Clinton, Caldwell, Daviess and DeKalb, and be between the ages of 15 and 25. They can be either single or married, and be sponsored by some organization or business. Entry Blanks may be obtained from Lowell Fiddick, chairman of the contest, or James Long, at the Farmer's State Bank. Cameron Community Hospital recently opened, is owned and operated by on Saturday and underwent Mr.

and Mrs. Robert Pringle. The restaurant major surgery on Tuesday. boasts a salad bar from which the patron may She is reported to be progres- concoct his own delight. sing satisfactorily, but will be Completely remodeled, the restaurant has a hospitalized a few more days.

rustic apperance which is enhanced by a large brick fireplace, and paneled room dividers City Sets Rockwool Bond Election For July 2 All council members were present for the meeting at City Hall on Monday. Dr. Gerald Rainey was present and requested a change in zoning on property located on Route BB from residential R-1 to C-2. This is for the purpose of building an animal clinic. Dr.

Rainey had met with the zoning board Monday and it recommended to council that the request be granted. A public hearing on the matter will be held July 1. Charles Baker, Civil Defense director, was there with two men from the Federal Sign and Signal Company. They gave some plans and costs on the proposed tornado warning system. Council agreed that it should be submitted to the State Civil Defense Agency.

The council discussed parking at 7th and Walnut, which is creating a traffic hazard. The problem of bicycles was also discussed and council agreed the police should start Rev. Ralph Mueller selor and member of the Mission Board of the Southeastern District; member and vice president of the Mission Board, and Stewardship Counselor of the Western District: regional representative for the Synodical Stewardship Board: and see retary for the Council of Presidents. Rev. Emil Jeeninga, DeKalb," IL, has accepted the call to be pastor of the Cameron church, and he and his wife.

Janet and sons, Paul and Craig, will be moving to Cameron in early August. He is a graduate of Concordia Seminary, Springfield, IL. Rev. Herman Charles Scherer and articles published in Concordia Pulpit; Portals of Prayers, Today and Advance Magazine. He was guest speaker on the Lutheran Hour, the Family worship Hour and other radio programs.

Rev. Sherer received his Doctor of Divinity Degree from Concorida Seminary, Seminary, St. Louis. He has served churches in Bethany, and Baltimore, MD; St. Stephen, Hickory, NC; and Chattanooga, TN.

While in Chattanooga he served missions in Cleveland and Tullahoma, TN. (Continued on page nine.) positions include, Circuit Coun- Rev. Scherer has had sermons "The Customer Never Goes Away Hungry" associated with the Pringles tor many years, when they were in the restaurant business afford privacy for small groups. It seats 150 people. Mrs.

Ella McGinnis is the restaurant's cook and she is in charge of the bakery section. She is assisted by her daughter, Miss Mary McGinnis. Mrs. Geraldine Sparks is in charge of the broiler and Mrs. Leslie Jones serves as assistant manager.

These women have been SET CHS CLASS REUNION OF 1959 The 1959 Class of Cameron High School will hold its 15th reunion June 29 at Wallace State Park. This will be a basket supper and will begin at 6:00 p.m. Those needing more informtion are asked to contact Mrs. Barbara Hayward in Kingston. DAILY RENTALS -QUIGLEY MOTORS Mr.

Pringle, president of the Restaurant Division of Aristo Foods Corporation in Topeka, KS, has created his own recipes for soups and other dishes. His specialty is an onion soup fondue. The restaurant is noted for its relaxed country atmosphere requiring no formality in dress. The Pringles, their daughter, Paige, and nephew, Greg Ramsey, Kansas City, along with the other employes strive to maintain this relaxed feeling. The motto of the restaurant is that "the customer never go Moving the statue to its pedestal.

The block and tackle, with ropes two inches in diameter, are still in the possession of Sloan Monument Works. (This following paragraph was widow of Jonathan Tuggle, who taken from the News Observer died a number of years ago. It Files. It was written 65 years will be a companion piece to the ago, April 7. 1909.) handsome monument placed G.

Sloan and sons of our city were the successful bidders of the contract of furnsihing the proposed Tuggle monument in Packard Cemetery. The new monument is in memory of Mrs. Polly Tuggle, the deceased giving tickets to those who do not obey the traffic laws. Don Kimball, city attorney, reported on Rockwool Industries. The council has received the legal papers from the bonding company, and passed an ordinance setting the bond election for Rockwool Industries for July 2.

These will be industrial revenue bonds in the amount of $2,200,000 for expansion. purposes. The council also passed an ordinance to amend the drinking in public ordinance. This will now include drinking on the sidewalks, and possession of an open carrier as evidence of drinking. Because three of the councilmen could not be present for the June 17 meeting, the date has been changed to June 13 at the City Hall beginning at 12:45 p.m.

antinued on page 9) STRONG INTEREST IN POOL OPENING About 70 people took the plunge into the Cameron Municipal Pool on Saturday, the first day it was opened. The 'vater temperature was 53 degrees on Saturday, but Mrs. Gary Maulfair, pool manager, reported that over $2,000 in season tickets was sold on Saturday and Sunday. GUEST PRIEST FOR ST MUNCHIN'S CHURCH over the husband's grave in 1887. (which was also furnished by Mr.

Sloan), with slight differences. On his monument appears the figure of Hope; on her's will appear the figure of Faith." Rev. George Fitzsimmons, chancellor of the Catholic Diocese and director of the Propagation of the Faith for the diocese, will celebrate the Saturday evening mass and the two masses on Sunday at St. Munchin's Catholic Church, Cameron, and one at St. Aloysius Church, Hamilton this weekend, June 8 and 9..