THE AREA’S ONLY LOCALLY-OWNED & OPERATED NEWSPAPER | EST. OCTOBER 1, 1996 HE EOPLE S RIBUNE TNEWS FOR PIKEP, EASTERN AUDRAIN’& NORTHERNT LINCOLN COUNTIES FREE Published Every Tuesday • Vol. 26 - No. 42 • Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021 • Online at www.thepeoplestribune.com Bowling Green Alumni Association Announces BanquetBY BRICE Speaker,CHANDLER EntertainmentLynyrd Skynyrd, The Allman Broth- STAFF WRITER ers, The Dave Matthews Band, and First held in 1985, the Bowling more. Green Alumni Association hosts its According to his bio, “Powell's annual alumni banquet each fall to work has been included on multiple honor graduating classes of the past gold and platinum records with nine and celebrate the education and different Grammy winning proj- memories of those important years ects.” at Bowling Green High School. Not only has he worked on such The organization also updates notable projects, but Powell has also members on one of its founding pur- cut vinyl records for the last 13- poses – the status of scholarships years with the Sam Phillips Record- awarded each year to graduating ing Service and his own company, seniors. Take Out “To date, Vinyl. the association Powell met has awarded his wife of 28- more than years, Susan, $411,050 in during a scholarships,” recording ses- the group sion at Ardent stated in its re- Studios for a cent banquet new band registration called The form. “Includ- Mother Sta- ing eighteen tion. $1,000 schol- When not Hot Weather arships to in the studio, 2020 gradu- “he remains a ates and six- diehard Saint teen $1,000 Louis Cardi- Did Not Deter scholarships to nals fan.” 2021 gradu- Attendees ates.” of this year's To celebrate banquet will Pike County Fair the accom- also be treated plishment and camaraderie, the as- to entertainment from an alumni sociation invites special guest choir under the direction of retired speakers and entertainers for a night vocal music instructor, Jack Bibb. Crowds of good food and fun held in the Cindy Elliott earned the title of Ms. “All of the alumni who've been Pike County; Megan Niemeyer was James A. Wilson Gymnasium. taught by Bibb are encouraged to This year's guest speaker will be crowned the 2021 Pike County Fair participate in the alumni choir,” The Queen; and Jazmine Ellsworth, Junior Jeff Powell, a 1981 Bowling Green registration form stated. High School graduate. Miss Pike County on Tuesday evening. Bibb, a 1971 graduate from Also pictured, far left, Jasmine Perez Following his time at Bowling Bowling Green high school and Green high school, Powell attended and far right, Samantha Smith. The Lit- 1975 graduate of Missouri Valley tle Mister and Miss Pike County Fair the University of Missouri before College. transferring to his new hometown of contest was held on Wednesday night. “He taught vocal and instrumen- Right: Harvey Biggs was named Little Memphis, Tenn., where he enrolled tal music at Bowling Green, Cur- at Memphis State University. Mister Pike County Fair and Piper ryville, and Frankford campuses. Grace Hipes was crowned Little Miss Powell graduated from there in This spring, Bibb retired from teach- 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in Pike County Fair. Piper is the daughter ing music at Pleasant Hill, IL.” of Preston and Meredith of rural music and an emphasis in recording A lifelong resident of Bowling technology to continue his journey Clarksville. Harveyis the son of Corey Green, Bibb has been married to his and Amy Joe Biggs of Bowling Green. into the music industry. wife of 46 years, Kathy Niemeyer Since then, he’s worked with Find more fair photos inside today’s Bibb, Bowling Green graduate with paper and on our Facebook page. some big names including Bob the class of 1975. Trib photos by Kimberly Chandler Dylan, B.B. King, Travis Tritt, See ALUMNI on page 8 ‘Take No Prisoners’ Van-Far Announces Revised Free,BY BRICE ReducedCHANDLER Mealtrict’s public Program release noted. “Chil- Civil War Commander Has Strong Words For Pike County Rebels STAFF WRITER dren from families whose current in- Editor’s note: Following is the vived, but Clark’s documented reac- from all restraint” to form “compa- On Thursday, July 29, the Van- come is at or below those shown fourth part of a story series by tion makes clear that Baxter was nies of secret combinations” that Far R-I School District announced prices are eligible for the free or re- award-winning print and broadcast concerned about the impact newspa- would “defend themselves and mete its revised free and reduced meal duced-pricemeals.” journalist, historian and public re- per coverage of Union actions was out justice.” policy which will continue offering According to a chart contained in lations professional Brent Engel of having in Pike County. Fuller concluded by saying that if free meals to all students 18 and the release, a household size of four Louisiana. Slow response times for commu- Baxter’s unit was not reinstated, under via the COVID-19 Child Nu- with an annual income of $34,450 How far is too far, even in war? niques were common during the Union commanders should “send us trition Response Nationwide Waiver ($663 weekly) or less is eligible for General Clinton Fisk, the "Take war, but Clark’s June 24 reply seem- a company of Kansas men” because through the Seamless Summer Op- free meals. no prisoners" commander of Union ingly contradicted the June 21 dis- they were “a perfect terror to all tion. A family of the same size with an forces in Pike County in the final bandment order. Clark told the rebels around.” Kansas troops were To be eligible for the free or re- annual income between $34,450 up days of the Civil War, had ordered captain to ignore the newspapers thought to have been responsible for duced meal programs, families must to $49,025 ($943/weekly) will be el- his men to be killers. and “Kill guerillas and thieves first, murdering up to eight men whose meet or be below a household in- igible for reduced price meals. So, he certainly knew the line be- or soon there will be no country to names appeared on The Kill List, a come threshold. Last year, students throughout tween duty and dereliction might be save.” While Clark signed the re- register of 52 Pike County Confed- “Education officials have adopted The Tribune’s reading area had the crossed. What could not have been sponse, it sounded more like Fisk’s erate abettors drawn up earlier that a family size income criteria for de- opportunity to eat free meals as part foreseen was the reaction when trou- words. spring. termining eligibility,” the school dis- of the Nationwide COVID-19 relief ble came. A new twist took place when 94 Pomposity sometimes flared in A dramatic rise in Confederate petitioners – led by William Fuller Fisk, but not arrogance. He listened bushwhacking led to 60 Union men and Samuel Callaway Hassler – when Union backers raised a con- from Pike County’s 49th Enrolled sought the reinstatement of Baxter’s cern. The general promptly replied Missouri Militia being activated on company. They represented to what he called the “staunch, TheBicennial State Showcases Importance Of Pike Of County June 1, 1864. They would assist Louisiana’s chapter of the National unswerving loyalists of Pike BY BRENT ENGEL at a locale destined to produce a host troops Fisk had called to Pike Union League, a club that promoted County.” CONTRIBUTING WRITER of leaders in business, agriculture, County three days earlier “on a mis- federal patriotism. He explained that Gov. Willard Editor’s note: Following is a religion, politics, education, the sci- sion of extermination.” Records do not provide details on Hall and Gen. William Rosecrans story by award-winning print and ences, the arts and sports. The 49th’s colonel was Ten- Fuller, but Hassler was a 25-year-old had been told Baxter’s company was broadcast journalist, historian and Even Mark Twain couldn’t pass nessee-born George Washington An- Union Army veteran who ran a vine- “totally demoralized and guilty of public relations professional Brent up the chance to be a Piker – a nick- derson of Louisiana, a 32-year-old gar and fruit business with a brother. committing numerous excesses and Engel of Louisiana celebrates its name that would become known lawyer who had served as a state The petition said the group had great wrong upon the community” 200th anniversary on Aug. 10, 2021. worldwide. Twain used what he legislator. Without warning, Ander- “known the officers and men famil- while “producing all the troubles Pike County officially existed termed “the ordinary Pike County son on June 21 was ordered to dis- iarly for years” and that they were there were in the county.” more than two years before Mis- dialect” and “four variations” in his band the 49th’s Company B, led by “truly loyal and patriotic supporters” Fisk said the allegations came souri, and once was so big that it classic 1885 book “The Adventures Capt. Hiram Baxter. The letter the who had been “highly commended from Union Lt. Col. James Overton covered almost a quarter of what be- of Huckleberry Finn.” For Twain, colonel received from Fisk’s aide for their devotion and obedience to Broadhead, a one-time Bowling came the 24th state in 1821. and many others, Pikers had a very was vague. orders.” They were also “the deadly Green lawyer, and Louisiana news- The Aug. 10 bicentennial pro- distinct dialect. “Frequent and reliable reports of enemies of all bushwhackers, paper editors A.J. Reid and James vides a chance to look more closely See PIKE on page 8 irregularities and unsoldierly con- thieves and robbers, as well as Monaghan.