Missouri Life June 2023

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SOLE SISTERS My husband showed me your “Saving Your Soles” story [ “My Missouri Life” by Sandy Selby, May 2023 ], and I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed it. I have flat feet and always had to wear sensible oxfords, so I identified with the girl-embarrassment of wearing clunky shoes. It has shaped me into being a clunky-shoe, New Balance adult. I’m on the left in this snapshot as a 13-year-old sensible-shoe girl. —Betty Manning, Fair Grove HOMETOWN TREASURE Thank you for unveiling The Old School on the Hill B&B, Osage County’s Hidden Gem! [ “A Hidden Gem in Every County,” May 2023 ] I have been returning to my home town for the past two years for Chamois Day Weekend. I always reserve my over night stay in the school room named for Ms. Edna, my seventh-grade teacher and principal of the Osage R-1 School. My dad graduated from the Old School in the ’30s, and I grew up within sight of the building. Perhaps many Missouri Life readers will be attending the festivities on September 16 and staying at The Old School, all because of your May issue. —Glenda Ferguson, Paoli, Indiana LESSONS LEARNED Your “A Teachable Moment” article [ “Musings” by Ron Marr, November/ December 2022 ] is quite entertaining. I attended a college of pharmacy, and the differences in teaching became notice able. Boy, were some of those individuals strange. I wouldn’t doubt that some did collect old food because they sure couldn’t teach. I don’t think the college even

thought about unqualified educators at the time. If one was good at something, you could become a professor in that “something.” They had a language-barrier educator who we couldn’t understand. Also, the math professor was an individual who worked on the A-bomb. Wow! He would get sidetracked and talk about his Model A. Another professor of chemistry was so smart he had to grade on a curve to get anybody to pass his course. What good is dumbing down if one doesn’t learn? Communication is key. —Phil Streib, Fredericktown GRUBVILLE MYSTERY As a young man I remember a site just south of Grubville above the Big River on a cliff. Found a lot of arrow heads there. The site had a flat area where a village must have been. There is a natural spring, chard, and several small mounds on the hillside. Is this of any significance, or is it known? —Charles Mutrux, Fort Lauderdale, Florida We could not find any information about the site you describe. The State Historic Preserva tion Office maintains a list of archaeologic sites and could verify if archaeology has been con ducted at that property, but the information is only available to the property owner.—Editor WRITE TO US Info@MissouriLife.com FACEBOOK /MissouriLifeMagazine TWITTER @MissouriLife INSTAGRAM @MissouriLifeMag Missouri Life

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