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The Feb. 20, 2024 meeting of the Cabool Art Club was held at the Cabool History Museum and hosted by Sari Wright, Liz Durham and Sandra Leidy. The program "The Art of Poetry" was called to order with a prayer by Shelley Travis, club president.
Pokin Around: Local history buff finds an invite to an inauguration; it was Ike s in 1953
Springfield News-Leader
Bill Pierceall, a retired insurance agent, is a history buff, so much so that he once served on the city s landmarks board.
He contacted me recently to ask my help in finding out who Howard Pettibon was.
In addition, he wanted to know if Pettibon ever went to the Jan. 20, 1953 first inauguration of Dwight David Eisenhower.
Here s why he s interested in Pettibon:
A few months ago, Pierceall, 63, was visiting a local thrift shop, as he often does on Sunday afternoons. I noticed that in the trash was a four-drawer filing cabinet, he tells me. I kind of recognized it as probably an old Army file cabinet.