Daily American Republic from Poplar Bluff, Missouri • 131

Page 3 Sunday October 20 1996 Elections Dally American Republic Emerson A Long Road rom Carter Co arm To Governor's Office 1 I 1 Marion Tibbs Butler County ASSESSOR TOBI cox 1 fti RE ELECT GENE I JL DT REPUBLICAN I Western District Commissioi A' A A A A A A A i I A Republican 1 A A A A A Jerry HILLIS Butler Co CORONER Paid for by the Candidate A By LINDA REDEER DAR Staff Writer Let my 26 years of management experience give you a ull Time Professional in the Assessor's Office A PLEASE RE ELECT OR HONESTY INTEGRITY COMMON SENSE A airness is My Pledge To You Your Vote and Support is Appreciated Gov Mel Carnahan stood in the center of his inner office and noted the murals painted on wall panels the elaborate millwork and antique chairs people come here the first thing they think of is a he said first I found it difficult to work here I was so distracted But you get used to a long way from Ellsinore to Jefferson City but those who know Carnahan surprised he got used to working among such opu lence They knew he was destined for political life Melvin Eugene Carnahan was bom in 1934 in Birch Tree to a father named after a Confederate soldier Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan and the former Kathel Schupp both teachers During most of his boyhood the family lived on a farm outside of Ellsinore was a country boy out here on the said his second cousin Edwinna Carnahan of Ellsinore was never treated any different than anyone else There was no thing high about Kathel Carnahan taught English and AS Carnahan' was superin tendent of Ellsinore Schools Mel Carnahan is remembered as a good student who played basketball played on the basketball team when I was a the gover nor said got to play occasionally on varsity just as a fill in I that was a good basketball said LW Kingen who was coach during the 1948 49 school year Kingen now retired was himself superintendent of Ellsinore Schools 25 years and worked in the district a total of 49 years know that he was the strongest one on the team He certainly was an average player maybe a little above was the type of player if he pushed you (on die court) he would say said Eileen Kingen LW wife who grew up knowing the Carnahan family do that on the floor any told him that if known he was going to grow up to be gover nor I would have put him on the floor more Kingen recalled just was always just a very very friendly his cousin Ed winna said was also very very neat and had lots of friends He was more of a bookworm than he was into sports I remember was probably more studious than said his brother Bob Carnahan of Rolla "He have any choice We lived out in the country and there were no other children in three or four miles of where we According to Bob Carnahan the Paid fur by the Committee to Elect Marion Tibbs Assessor Ron Tibbs Chairman Shanin Tibbs Treasurer 2525 ox Poplar Bluff MO Rl 4 Paid for by Committee to Elect Tom Cox Larry Capps CPA Treasurer When Elected I WILL NOT be involved in the TNT Swat Team When Elected I will do my own hiring of personnel not a committee When Elected we will fight against ALL criminal activity in the county When Elected there will be no favoritism il governor as a boy was easygoing and clever enough to learn from his older mistakes has a live and let live atti Bob Carnahan said was hard for me to pick on him not much fun He did not get upset ab out it much If he had been a little more mean mannered I would have had a lot more fun father was a strong discipli narian" Bob Carnahan said was superintendent of schools in the days when they ruled with an iron fist He insisted on discipline fairly but done regularly I had to chal lenge him frequently and got paddled for it Mel was smart enough to watch what was going on He did not get many spankings learned to argue when he was a young guy and would always stand up for his beliefs and argue his point But if he win he would drop it the kind of kid he Although the Carnahan boys and LW Kingen crossed paths in Boy See CARNAHAN On Page 4 Paid lor lv the Hillis lor Coroner Cominillee Wanda Gaebler Treasurer Ellsinore Days Gov Mel Carnahan (standing second from left) was a member of the Ellsinore High School basketball team during his sophomore year in 1948 49 Standing to Carnaham's right is LW Kingen the team coach Kingen later became superintendent of the East Car ter County 2 School District and told Carnahan if he'd known Carnahan was going to grow up to be governor he'd have played him more (Photo provided) SHERI iDmuinty "I am a man of good Christian family values and will work hard for the community as my record shows" Paid for by the Committee to Re Elect Gene Hart Sally Hart Treasurer Michelle HOLLIDA ASSESSOR State Licensed Real Estate Appraiser BrokerOwner in Real Estate Sales Since 1987 "I have the qualifications education and experience to be your Assessor If elected I will devote "ull Time" to this office" Paid for by the Committee to Elect Michelle Hollida Renee Osborn Treas Republican fail amt £quaC £aut leaseElect Commissioner GENE HART Doing what's right and rom Page 2 Smith said it because of the cancer Emerson had planned that service and dictated a memo on it several years before couple of years ago he had to go to Russia as part of a national prayer Smith said know if he was worried about flying on a Russian airline or about air traffic controllers or that Russians might not like a US congressman coming over there to pray But he dictated a memo outlining his wishes for the type of funeral that was to be held There were certain things he wanted in the service "About eight or nine weeks before he passed away he asked an assistant 1 to dig out that memo He looked at it and said It was a darned good memo men and a darned good memo Bill Emerson make many waves on the national level but he made an impression He got some na tional attention hen he defended the wild horses in the Ozarks and he quietly went about feeding the hungry was more of a work horse than a show Smith said Emerson loved to read history es pecially Civil War history in his spare time He enjoyed books about Lincoln I he had time he liked to fish" Smith said of his better experiences were at Lake jWappapello He also loved the Cur rent I As his cancer took over his body Emerson insisted on staying on the job He never missed a vote Smith said until the day his daughter gra duated from high school A few days later he entered the hospital and within the week he died I family had an investment in pill and they shared in his accom Smith said gave us Bill Emerson They gave their father and husband and his time the most precious resource of all They can share in that because they had an investment in the district by sharing Bill Jeffries will remember Emerson as someone who saw a glass half full in stead of half empty favorite saying was strong do endure and resolute to Jeffries remembered he said that to us once he said that to us 100 was a person who cared about Smith said him I Tuiwr SSH nJMHI PE? 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