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A Publication of the Barry County Museum Treasuring the Past ◊ Embracing the Present ◊ Envisioning the Future
Campaigns on Display I tell you folks, all politics is applesauce —Will Rogers
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his summer and fall, the Barry County Museum will feature displays of past election campaigns, including many items on loan from the Chuck Nickle collection. The Nickle’s collection contains many interesting posters, buttons, and other memorabilia from the presidential campaigns of Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barrack Obama, as well as items from the bids made by Dukakis, Stevenson, Goldwater, McGovern and Wallace. In addition, local politicians such as Gene Taylor, Larry Gene Taylor, and Emory Melton are represented. So, if you feel like taking a stroll down memory lane, or just aren’t gettin’ enough political ads on the television, come down to the Barry County Museum and see how it was done yesterday. Congressman Charley Brown campaigning in front of C.W. Rubow store in Seligman in 1956
Museum Director Kathy White and John Brunner, Republican Candidate for Missouri Governor, who recently visited the Barry County Museum, pictured in front of display on loan from Chuck Nickle.
The Barry County Museum recently lost a valued volunteer, Sue Blythe. Sue was very knowledgeable about the Cassville community, coming from a lineage that included prominent Barry County figures Jacob Hawk, Rev. James T. Brattin, and Rev. Calvin Henderson. Sue and her husband, Larry, were long-time operators of the Cassville Bowl. Sue was also featured in Volume 9 of Lifetimes of Memories, an oral history collection published by the Barry County Museum. Sue’s energy will truly be missed here at the Museum.
Rev. J.T. Brattin
Jacob Hawk Family
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Photo of congregation at the dedication of Merl's Chapel in 1934, including families of Holmans, Blacks, Starnes, Robbersons, Dilbecks, Jeffersons, Padgetts, and Edies and probably some others, donated by Janice Holloway.
Spiz Stephens released this monster trout to the museum. David Jones donated his collection of old Barry County Tax Receipts to the museum. Below is an example of one signed by J.W. LeCompte.
Glen Hall items were donated by the Doty Family, including this poster from the Hall Theater of “Jubilesta Week” featuring Ronald Reagan and Doris day V OLUME IX, I SSUE 2 in The Winning Team. S UMMER 2016 P AGE 2
W HAT ’ S UP Purdy 5th Grade Science Class Junior Naturalist posters on display at the Barry County Museum in May.
Ozark 7 District Art Show last April Educators of the Cassville 4th Grade on their annual visit to the Museum included Sgt. Jason Pace from the MSHP, Kitty Sutton, Judy Harvey, Don and Glenda Myers, Fran Bolton, and Jeremiah Buntin.
Watercolors on display at the Ozark 7 District Art Show were featured at the Barry County Museum in spring. Ozark 7 District High Schools include Exeter, Purdy, Thomas Jefferson, Wheaton, McAuley, Verona, and Southwest.
Cassville Cruisers clean up the Barry County Museum grounds on Saturday, April 2.
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Collecting, preserving and exhibiting items that illustrate the past, present and future of Barry County. Fields’ Photo Archives— a collection of more than one million negatives available for public viewing and researching. Oral History Project—capturing the stories of long-time county residents to create a collective memory of Barry County life. Display space for community art exhibits, collections, and various displays. Community Room—available to reserve for special occasions, business or other meetings.
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