Leggett & Platt High Bidder.

The sale of the property that formerly housed the Big Smith clothing factory in Carthage to Leggett and Platt was put in place yesterday morning at auction. The successful bid was $185,000 for what was advertised as 500,000 square of space. The property had been ordered sold to resolve bankruptcy.

The bidding was opened at $100,000 and edged up quickly. Felix Wright represented Leggett and Platt at the auction.

Wright said the company will put the property up in shape and use the buildings for various purposes.

According to attorney Kevin Checket, who represented the bankruptcy interests, the property was sold with a clean title. Taxes and other liens owed will be resolved by the time the transaction closes.

The property was sold at about 11 a.m. and the auction of the various articles in the structures continued until after 2 p.m. Most of the items were related to the manufacturing process and sold for small amounts of money. Office furniture and machines were often sold by the room. Several former employees of the firm were at the site.

Eleven Members in Heart Assoc. Fine Art Auction & Sale!

by Robin Putnam, artCentral

We hope everyone had a great holiday !! It was great to have such nice weather, too. December, already. Hard to believe another year has passed......We’re very proud to say that this past year we have brought to you eight art shows, fourteen artists, plus the thirty artists in the Membership show and then there was the Helen S. Boylan art contest with twenty-some high school kids participating........... that means the total number of artists exhibiting an original work, here in 2000, was about sixty........and then there were all the little artists at artCamp 2000......whew !! Have we had a great year, or what ?!!

We are also pleased to say that we have had our web page updated. We hope you’ll check out the site and let us know what you think. Look under organizations at www.ozarkartistscolony.com.

Speaking of the colony......there is an art auction in Neosho this Friday night, 7pm - 9pm. The American Heart Assoc., the Neosho Neighborhood Rec. Center and the Ozark Artists Colony are sponsoring the "Holiday Fine HeART Auction & Show". There will be a silent auction featuring the work of 21colony members, food is catered by Cafe Angelica and there will be music and entertainment. It will be held in the Historical Neosho Auditorium, 109 W. Main, right off the Neosho square.

We are very pleased because 11 of these artists are our members !! A big round of thanks to all the artists for their continued support of a great cause.

Our members participating in this auction are Debbie Reed, Linda Simpson, Caryl MacMorran, Paula Giltner, Kim Kissel, Gwen Long, Mary Ellen Pitts, Donna Roberts, Robin Putnam and Richard Sachan and Jane Kleindl.

Mediums, for sale, include oil, watercolor, acrylic and pastel paintings, stone sculpture, jewelry and metal sculpture and found art sculpture. Something for everyone!!

More.........next week. 358-4404. 1110 E 13th & www. ozarkartistscolony.com under organizations.

Although there were over a hunderd and fifty auction numbers handed out, by the time the Big Smith Auction got around to the stuff out in the buildings, there were only a couple a dozen folks biddin’ on the endless variety of tables, racks, odd machinery and a mile and a half of that conveyor track.

There were lots a bargains if ya had a use and the space to put the stuff. Several hundred roll around metal carts sold for less than fifty cents a piece. Two walls of paper patterns for various clothes went for a buck. Wood benches fifty cents or a dollar. Work benches less than ten bucks.

‘Course ya always hear about these auctions after the fact. Fact is even I couldn’t figure what I would do with the stuff. I got out with less than a pickup load.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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Oak Street health & herbs

Natural Nutrition

by Mari An Willis

Time is flying!!! Holidays and deadlines of the year 2000 pushing down upon us are reasons for stress. Add the everyday stresses and one can begin to feel exhausted right when you need more energy. This is a time to make sure the body has the basic nutrients plus additional ones to cover the added stress. A high potency vitamin may be appropriate at these times especially adequate amounts of potassium and magnesium. According to Dr. Julian Whitaker in his Guide to Natural Healing, he, in part, attributes loss of potassium with depletion of adrenal hormones (the fight or flight gland) "as the top biochemical change associated with exhaustion."

"One way to support adrenal function is to give it additional adrenal agents, using preparations made from the adrenal glands of animals. Their value is indicated in cases marked by persistent fatigue, reduced resistance, and inability to cope with stress."* Fortunately supplement manufacturers have made this easy by putting it into encapsuled form so one may easily take it. These extracts have been successfully used for about 50 years.

Some have found the use of an adrenal compound helps the energy level if one has been dieting for a time. There have been reports from people stating it has helped with allergies and inflammation. This could be due to the small amounts of "natural" cortisone present in adrenal compounds.

In stress....a smile is best.

*Dr. Whitaker’s Guide to Natural Healing, Julian Whitaker, M.D.