Christian County Museum & Historical Society

Sun August 23rd

CHRISTIAN COUNTY BY-GONESIn 1929 Ozark High School offered its first typewriting class. At the end of each quarter students typing 25 word per minute with no more than ten errors earned certificates. Students receiving them in December 1929 were Harold Hartley, Mildred Garrison, Truman Hanks, Durward Adams, Mildred Anderson, and Lenville DeLisle. While those typing goals seem today like a fairly low bar, students were using typewriters similar to these with manual keys that would jam if hit too quickly, manual return carriages, and cloth spooled ribbons. The L.C. Smith and Corona machine on the left dates to 1926 through the late 1930s, and the Woodstock on the right was manufactured between 1917 and the late 1930s. (Both models are housed in the Christian County Museum.)(From the Christian County Republican 1/16/1930) …

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Thu August 20th

Our shout out and many thanks to sponsors Ozark Chevrolet, Jenkins CPA, and Professional Business Associates for sponsoring our 4th annual Night at the Museum. These community-minded businesses make things happen! …

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Sun August 16th

CHRISTIAN COUNTY BY-GONESThe Ozark Cheese Company, begun in 1926, weathered the Great Depression years. It opened in December 1926 under the management of Fred Ogi, a native of Switzerland and a national award-winning cheese maker formerly from Wisconsin. The factory was a blessing to Christian County; by early 1929 production had already outgrown the building located north of the square on what is now N. 2nd Ave. Despite the fact that in the previous eighteen months the factory had paid $72,000 to local farmers for milk, the building owners were not interested in incurring improvement expense. The economic crash that began the Depression occurred in October 1929, but in 1930 Ogi purchased a truck to haul cheese to Springfield. The factory continued to profit, and in 1932 Ogi sold it to Mr. Bender, also a cheese maker from Wisconsin. Bender did not do well, however (perhaps due to drought and the shortage of feed and water), and in 1934 he closed the factory and sold the equipment. A Mr. Strong leased the building later that year and resumed production. By 1935 J. (Joe) R. Major, who had won first prizes for three years in Kansas for his cheese, managed the factory. By 1940 he owned the factory, and in 1942 moved it west of downtown to the southwest corner of 10th St. and W. Hall St.(From Sanborn Map Co., 1930; Christian County Republican 12/2/1925, 12/3/1929, 2/14/1929, 1/3/1929, 1/10/1929, 6/5/1930, 6/2/1932, 12/2/1932, 7/12/1934, 8/16/1934, 10/25/1934, 6/6/1935, 10/3/1940, 7/30/1942.) …

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Sun August 9th

Think you know about one of the earliest settlements in southwest MO -Delaware Town? It was just west of Nixa on Hwy 14 on your right just before you cross the James River. This Sat, Aug 15 at 3:00 in the Christian County Museum (on the Square in Ozark, 100 E Elm) come hear Dustin Thompson from MSU talk about his experiences at the archeological digs at Delaware town and see some of the artifacts they found! …

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Sun August 2nd

If you missed Richard Crabtree speaks on Chadwick Flyer history at the museum on July 18 you can now watch his excellent presentation on YouTube at https://youtu.be/Jl7WEEeh7KU. …

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Sun August 2nd

CHRISTIAN COUNTY BY-GONESIn July of 1937 Henry A. Tegtmeyer set up Tegt’s Shoe Rebuilder Shop on the north side of the Ozark square, staying there until 1971. Born in 1898 Missouri to German immigrant August Tegtmeyer and Missouri native Gertrude Bauer Tegtmeyer, Henry was deaf. His parents, both of whom were literate, sent Henry to the Missouri School for the Deaf at Fulton, MO to be educated. In 1919 Henry married Jennie M. Brown of Sparta, beginning his connection with Christian County, although a year later they lived with his parents in Pettis County, MO. In 1930 Henry and Jennie had their own household in Saline County, MO, where Henry had begun his career as a shoemaker. Sometime in the 1930s the couple moved to the Sparta area, then later to Ozark. Henry continued to expand his business, but also participated in local and regional associations for the deaf and church activities. In 1971, after thirty-four years in his location, Henry sold the business. Wife Jennie died in 1976 and Henry followed in 1991. Both are buried in Sparta.(From Christian County Republican 7/15/1937, 4/14/1960, 5/18/1939, 10/23/1958; Findagrave.com; U.S. Census 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930; Springfield Leader and Press 3/29/1932, 6/3/1949, 5/19/1940, 3/28/1971, 6/13/1976) …

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