6 Dec 2000 MO-Abstracts Read-Only List ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````` The following information was sent to us by a list subscriber who does not want the credit for her hard work. Thank you very much to this subscriber. ===================== Source: MO Historical Review Volume XLVII -- #1 p.75: Dr. Ollis E. Reed, a native Howard Countain and a graduate of the University of Missouri in 1908 with an M. S. in 1910, was one of seven employees of the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture who received a Distinguished Service award on May 15 in Washington, D. C. The award was given Dr. Reed "for leadership in developing breeding systems and programs that have resulted in improving the nation's dairy cattle, and for achievements that have improved the efficiency of the dairy industry in the United States." p75/76: The Society has purchased, from Mrs. Rose Powell of Moberly, the manuscript "daybook" or journal of Hugh McCanne, pioneer Missourian who made the journey from near Jacksonville, MO., to California in 1850 in search of gold. The entries in the journal date from April 28 to August 11, 1850, and are largely made up of descriptions of the route, the water and grass available, and the hardships involved. Hugh McCanne was born in 1805 and came, with his wife Mariah, to Randolph County, Missouri, in a covered wagon in 1836. There they established a home and reared eight children. p77: Fifty-four acres of land on the Missouri River overlooking St. Charles, once owned and occupied by Frederick Bates, has been sold for the purpose of subdivision. Bates died in 1825 and was buried on the land in a small family cemetery. p87: Obituaries: --Abels, Martin; Cabool: Born Sept. 25, 1868; died Aug. 24 1951. A retired printer. --Barker, Earl E.; Kansas City: Born June 22, 1884; died Sept. 18, 1951. Past national secretary of the Cosmopolitan Club and a salesman for Duff and Repp, Inc. --Block, Sarah Carr; Pasadena, Calif.: Born June 26, 1870; died Dec. 29, 1951. A farmer --Bragg, Harold; Columbia: Born Nov. 11, 1874; died Aug. 1, 1952. A Dentist. --Bricker, Mrs. Emily Evans; Fargo, N.D.: Born Oct. 26, 1889; died July 25, 1951. --Brown, Samuel J.; Kansas City: Born May 5, 1868; died July 19, 1951. Contractor and builder. On the board of William Jewell College for many years. --Carter, E. Kemper; Kansas City: Born Feb. 10, 1884; died Dec. 23, 1951. Chairman of the board of the Carter-Waters construction corporation and a trustee of William Jewell College. --Cave, Rhodes E.; St. Louis: Born Sept. 19, 1876; died August 27, 1951. Former Circuit judge and attorney --Chittenden, Mrs. Earle P.; Jefferson City: Born Apr. 14, 1876; died Mar. 26, 1952. Past regent Webster Groves chapter of the D. A. R. and past historian of the Cole Co. Historical Society. --Clay, Cassius M.; Mexico: Born Jan. 12, 1882; died Aug. 30, 1950. Special assistant for President Wilson in the U. S. Intelligence Division. President of the Planters Cotton Company at Sikeston. --Collins, Sister Caroline, Normandy: Born Dec. 23, 1875; died Jan. 26, 1952. Provincial superior of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul. --Collins, John M.; Kansas City: Born May 24, 1891; died May 22, 1952. Editor of Kansas City Weekly Star Farmer, 1949 awarded the Ruben Brigham award for "meritorious service in agricultural journalism." --Corrigan, Mrs. James B; St. Louis: Born Mar. 3, 1873; died Feb. 3, 1951. ALL OF THE ABOVE were MEMBERS of the SOCIETY.