The Ong Methodist Church celebrated its centennial 50 years ago.
The article about the occasion included a brief history of the church.
Monday, October 31, 2022
1922 Sutton Golf Club Tournament
100 Years Ago - The Sutton Golf Club held their second golf tournament.
Notice that the winning lady receives a box of bon-bons for a prize while all the other prizes are golf balls. Question: Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
This item appeared in The Sutton News on November 3, 1922.
1947 Fairfield Neighborhood Corn Picking Crew
Neighborhood crews helping in harvest and other farm work for neighbors in some kind of stress was a common story throughout the history of the county.
This item, a reprint from the Hastings Tribune, appeared in The Fairfield Auxiliary newspaper on November 11, 1947.
Friday, October 28, 2022
Clay County Cotton Crop - 1947
The Sutton News of November 6, 1947 spread the word that a farmer south of Sutton had grown a cotton crop that year.
As predicted by the reporter in his last sentence, cotton did not develop into a big money crop.
Though, wait a minute. The average climate conditions have tempered measurably and obviously even just in the last 75 years. Could it be that our local growing season has become more like, say, Oklahoma and Texas or the southeast. Could it be that we may see someone make another attempt to grow cotton in Clay County, and, what if it works?
Just sayin'
Pioneer Story of August Anderson of Saronville
The Sutton News carried this pioneer story of August Anderson's family of Saronville.
Thursday, October 6, 2022
Sutton''s First Bicycle Party - 1897
The Sutton News reported the first bicycle party in Sutton in their October 15, 1897 issue:
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