1915 -
Our basketball team went to Sikeston to play.
The score was 99-11 in favor of Sikeston. The Chaffee boys had never played
on an indoor court and were outclassed.
1919 -
Charles Goddard 3rd
Birthday Signal-Oct. 24, 1919-Little
Charles Goddard celebrated his 3rd birthday anniversary last
Saturday, the 18th, with a little folk social, given in his honor
by his mother. A number of friends of Master Charles were present, and he
was the recipient of many pretty and dainty presents. The little folks
enjoyed the occasion hugely. Refreshments were served. Charles turned 89
last Oct. He resides at the Veteran Home in Cape and he would love to hear
from you.
1941 -
Average
old age pension check was $12.82.
1954 -
October annual High School Halloween Carnival
held with queen candidates, 7th grade Shirley Estes, 8th
Mary Camp, 9th Betty Burnett, 10th Joyce McClure, 11th
Peggy Halter and 12th Faye Holland.
1954 -
Chaffee
LeaderNewspaper was first published on
April 15, 1954. Located at
108 E. Yoakum in quarters occupied by Mrs. Lucille Huff’s Modern Beauty
Shop. Mrs. Emerson Huey news editor.
Owners Al and Pat (Peer)
Westland.
1955 -
Three youths selected to play on American
District Legion Baseball Team, Larry Dooley, John Montgomery as pitchers and
Ed Chronister, catcher.
Chaffee High School
Basketball Records Set
1972-73
1972 - 1973 School Year
........... Michael “Pete”
Dooley & Scott Thomas
In Pete and Scott’s Junior
year at Chaffee in a game against
Jackson, Pete set a school record by scoring
50 points, three weeks later Scott Thomas broke Pete’s record by scoring 55
points against Oak Ridge. In 1973 Pete’s Senior
year he again broke the record by scoring 60 points in a game against
Zalma, the score of the game as best Pete
remembers after 33 years was 124-65. They were coached by J. F.
Dopp. At that time they didn’t have the
advantage of scoring 3 points at one time. As of 1972 Steve Cunningham had
held the record with 48 points.
2005 -
Centennial Celebration
It was an
exciting year and the Centennial Committee is to be commended for all the
hard work they put into planning the events for the year. A beautiful
Centennial queen contest was held at the newly painted Circle Park. The
candidates were driven from Teegarden’s Drug
store in a carriage pulled by white horses. Stephanie Whitaker, daughter of
Steven and Karen (Moudy) Whitaker was crowned
queen and she did a great job of reigning over all the events. Next was the
burial of Jim Razor a parade of mourners followed his casket to Circle Park
where he was laid to rest. Not only did the Centennial Committee host a lot
of events they also were responsible for four new, much needed, “Welcome To
Chaffee” signs, sandblasting, painting, and laying of a new sidewalk at the
Circle Park Gazebo and one of the most beautiful murals, painted by local
artist Aaron Horrell, on the building owned by
the Rice’s on North Main.
In January the Jim Razor casket was used as a
time capsule and placed in the
Chaffee Historical Society Museum to be opened
in 2030 at the 125th year celebration.
Chaffee Alumnus Bequeaths $1.6 Million to
Chaffee High
School Foundation
Chaffee Signal
Garth Briggs, a Chaffee native and 1935
graduate of
Chaffee High School, has bequeathed $1.6 million to the Chaffee High School
Foundation. Briggs, the son of G.Q. and Marie Briggs, passed away in 2005
from an apparent stroke. He was the very successful owner of MB Corp. and
left a multi-million dollar estate, of which the foundation is one of the
beneficiaries.
The $1.6 million bequest was made to the
Chaffee High School Foundation, “to be used to provide scholarships for
worthy students who are graduates of
Chaffee High School, or its successors, with
primary consideration being given to financially needy students who intend
to pursue a vocational or technical education. Such distributions shall be
made in memory of G. Quinton and Marie Briggs.”
The generous bequest is deeply appreciated and
bespeaks of Briggs’ unending love for Chaffee,
Chaffee High School and his respect for
education.
Chaffee Historical Society News
We are still selling bricks to be laid on our
sidewalk, we have probably sold about 300 since
starting the project in 2000. It is really an asset to the town. If you have
someone you want remembered, honored, etc. just return the form along with
$50 to us. We still have our Centennial Books 1905-2005 for sale at $25.
This book is 200 pages with old and new stories on the history of Chaffee, a
lot of pictures, ads in memory or honor of families. The front shows a
beautiful picture of the gazebo and
Circle Park. We are very proud of the hard
work that has been put into this.
Membership is due and we have set a goal of
200 members this year. The dues are $10 per person, join and help us keep
the museum going for today and future generations. Since utilities are going
up it cost a lot more to keep it open and we are going to have to have the
roof fixed on the building.
Archive preservation is a primary goal for all
of us and we have found through trial and error that our biggest danger is
ultra violet rays do a lot of damage to our inventory. We have finally been
able to cover our windows and door with tinting to prevent this. The museum
is also in need of some roof repairs, since gas prices have been raised our
bill is higher, your dues would help us tremendously in keeping the museum
up and running
Other activities we sponsor are tour through
the museum for school, scouts, PEO, etc.
Remember to log on to our web-site
www.chaffeehistory.com
(Webmaster Jerry Stroup)
History of 109 South Main St. - (Present
site of the Chaffee Historical Society Museum)
According to the abstract,
this building was built about 1908 by F.W. Loy, James F. Cook Jr. and J.A.
Chewning. The building was 80 ft. long and two-stories high.
The abstract reads that in
1919 Lot 8 of block number 39 in the original town (now city) of Chaffee,
Scott County, Missouri, together with the improvments thereon, including all
wood counters and one Grocery display counter and all electric fixtures and
window shades and one rolling ladder, also one Bowser Gasoline Filter
Station with tank complete, installed on Main Street in front of the
aforesaid lot was sold to E.D. Preston, J.P. Flynn, O.E. Goddard, C.A.
Goddard, Ivey Hurt, Alvin Papin, Lester Hunt, F.A. Davis, F.G. Rich, and
Coletta Goddard.
In a letter from Vera
(Goddard) Speake, she said the store was called Chaffee Co-op.
Each invester receiving a tenth share and 10% discount on their purchases.
Eventually C.A. and
Colletta Goddard bought out the other owners and fixed the building up for
Les and Lela Lankford for a drug store.
In 1982 Kenny Hindman and
Randy Dooley purchased the business from Leslie Lankford. They also
purchased the building from the Goddard family. In 1989 they remodeled
and changed to Medicine Shoppe franchise. In 1991 a fire damaged the
building. The building was sold to Ron Whitaker, who used it for
storage. The Whitakers donated the building to the Chaffee Historical
Society to be used as a museum.
Thanks to everyone who has
donated and helped preserve our town history.
Items the Chaffee Historical Society has for Sale
Christmas Ornaments (9
in all): $45 a set or $5.00 each-add $1.00 for
single
ornament add $4.00 for entire
set.
Centennial History
Book: $25.00 each add $2.00 for handling
Centennial
T-Shirts $5.00 each-add $1.00 for shipping
Colors:
Small-gray, yellow, white, blue
Large-pink, gray, yellow, blue, white
X-Large-pink, gray,
yellow, white 3-X-white, gray
Chaffee Historical
Society Membership Form:
Name_________________________________________________________________________
Address_______________________________________________________________________
E-Mail
Address_________________________________________________________________
Historical Brick
Walkway Form
You are allowed 3 lines
with fifteen letters and spaces across.
1st____________________________________________________________________________
2nd____________________________________________________________________________
3rd____________________________________________________________________________
Chaffee Historical
Society
Box
185
Chaffee MO 63740
The
Society appreciates everything each and everyone has done to make this
society and museum the success it is.
Needed-anyone who would be interested in
opening the museum a couple hours a week.
Mark May 20th on you calendar-Old Fashion Day will be held in
downtown Chaffee.
There will be a lot of
activity going on that day.
Breakfast sponsored by
Chamber-Quilt Turning at City Hall, if you’ve never attended one of
these it is very interesting, Thelma Stone will be in charge.
There will venders,
crafts, food stands, etc.
Hope to have old
tractors and cars in town. This event is sponsored by Chaffee Historical
Society.
Happy Easter
Newsletter Editor-Betty
(Burnett-Dooley) Mirly