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Sedalia Democrat. Wednesday. Feb. 18.1970 Knob Noster's History (Continuod from 5A i brforp midnight, a fire was discovered on the first floor of Cases Hardware William Klliolt. one of the first to discover the lire, went running down the street yelling and soon 100 men had gathered with buckets ot water, but even so.

they couldn save the building Masonic Temple was lotated in this building on the third floor The cisterns at obb Furniture and Carrs lirocer) were pumped dry in an effort to put out the fire one time Knob had three brick kilns Boyd and son (ieorge Boyd, owned the brick yard where William 0 (iowin. who still lives in Knob Noster. started to work when he was 11 years old When the lather died (ieorge took over Then Frank Jenks and his father had an interest in it Stump and Matthews ran it for a year, then Vitts Mayes. Warrensburg. ran It tor awhile and Fd Bridges Maves had it when it closed down in the of the old shed and kilns were then torn down In 1990 when Boyd was running it.

brick was shipped to (ity from Knob lor I lie The Presbyterian Church. Latter Day Saints Church. Baptist ('hurch and Christian Church, the Knob Bank, several business places and residences were made ot Knob brick The bricks made were bufi and red There were also paving blocks and at one time tile was made The paving bricks were marked Knob and the early bricks were hexagon shape Some ot the streets in Warrensburg and Kansas City were paved with bricks from Knob It was considered the best fire clay and brick clay anywhere and a lot of the clay was shipped to a terra cotta firm The main Built Town Samuel Workman was a man with vision, who seized the opportunity to bring the railroad through his form mile south of the original Knob Noster, and built a new town which mode him wealthy. The original Knob Noster, now called Old Town, dwindled to nothing. business was shipping clay There was a tobacco tactory in Old Town, and a wine mill at Knob Noster The first floor ot the old brick house which was the Larkin home.

Areta said, was built before the Civil War and the second floor after the war Workman traded horses for labor to build the house Knob Noster has more than 65 businesses and professional people The Knob Noster bank which was founded in 1869 has never closed its doors, even during the depression when banks were closing everywhere The population of Knob Noster is more than 2.500 Two things have added to the town prosperity. Whiteman Force Base and Knob Noster State Park, both very close to the town Whiteman AFB was originally opened in 1942. and after a period of inactivity. 1947 to 1951, was reactivated. In the Salute to Whiteman Air Force Base' it says; "Knob Noster is not a city composed of 'local and air base people, but a city of friends and neighbors Long Telegram Speaks Against Forced Bussing OKLAHOMA ITY -A telegram that senders say was signed by "more than 10.000 qualified voters is on its way to two members of Oklahoma's congressional delegation urging them to lead a fight against forced busing and changing of school boundaries to achieve racial balance Henry Bellmon H-Okla and Hep D- Okla are to receive individual copies of the telegram by Thursday morning according to Bob Lee.

spokesman for the Action Committee of the Oklahoma ('itv Neighborhood School Association Lee said the signatures were collected ii. less than a week If we wanted to work on it another week we could have had 30.000 or he said "Of all the people we contacted. we had one person who said "I favor busing of children Airways May Drop The Gleason Show MIAMI (API Jackie Gleason may be out of work next television season, but he says. "I really don't rare "Yeah, they want 60 minutes of Honeymooners each week That too much work. pal.

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FRI. HITES TIL 9 P.M. Capital Highlights WA.SHIN(;T()N (AP. The American Civil liberties Union has filed suit saying military spying on lawful civilian activity is unconstitutional The federal district court suit asks the destruction of all military records, photographs, recordings and blacklists compiled by the military Filed Tuesday, the suit, savs the A( LU. is based on a magazine article by Christopher Pyle of New York, a former Army Intelligence officer, who said the Arniv has 1 000 undercover agents keeping watch on such as antiwar tests at Harvard and Ku KIux Klan rallies in the South WA.SHLN(;T0N i a former assistant secretary of the Treasury has predicted for the coming year a $10 billion federal budget deficit.

5 to 5 5 per cent unemployment and continued inflation Testifying before the House Banking Tuesday. Robert A Wallace said that the nation is already in a recession. He pegged inflation as continuing at a rate of 5 to 6 per cent As an inflation cure, he said. "I think the President should abandon his hands off policy on wage-price decisions, and use the power and prestige of the White House in the public interest W.ASHIN(;T()N (AP) Antipollution inventions will be more speedily processed, says Patent Office Commissioner William Schuyler Jr A speedup. Schuyler said, means antipollution patent applications will be processed in six to eight months instead of the usual three years.

Some five per cent of the 230.000 patents pending are for devices intended to clean the nation's air and water. WASHINGTON (APi That 18-year-oId lounging in the front room cost his parents at least $16.000 to raise and possibly $20.000 or more, says an Agriculture Department economist. And at today's prices a newborn baby will cost $19.360 to $25.000 by age 18. even on an economy budget, says Jean L. Pennock of the Agricultural Research Service.

Farm Roundup Both Poultry and Egg Producers Are Heading for Harder Times WASHINtJTON (APi Poultry and egg producers will find rougher going this year after some of the best prices in years during 1969. says an Agriculture Department economist William Cathcart of the Research Service told the National Agricultural Outlook Conference today that rising production costs and indications of some reduction in prices for poultry products may trip profits from last year The cost of producing poultry and eggs this year will likely ri.se.' (Jathcart said in a prepared talk "Feed costs and chick and poultry costs may be slightly higher Costs of most other items of production such as labor, supplies and equipment will likely increase but at a slower rate than in 1969 Thus, he said, if prices received by poultry producers average near or slightly less than a year earlier, net returns will be lower Egg production last year was down slightly but large consumer demand helped push prices to the highest marks since the early 1950s Cathcart said broiler chickens increased nine per cent last year but prices wre more than in 1968. Over-all. he said, combined gross cash receipts from poultry and eggs increased 15 per cent last year. Another rise in total marketings is expected for 1970, but not as much as last he said.

WASHINGTON (AP) Barter contracts for U.S. farm products traded abroad for goods and services totaled a record $232.2 million during the first six months of the present fiscal year, says Agriculture Secretary Clifford M. Hardin. The 20-year old barter program is used to obtain items and services needed by U.S. agencies overseas.

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