The Monett Lions Club crowned Kathleen McLean, niece of Mr. and Mrs. Milt Reynaud, as the new Monett Lions Club Queen in the annual Lions Day beauty pageant on Aug. 2, 1952. A total of 68 girls competed for the title. Pictured is McLean, second from left, crowned by the 1951 winner, Mary Kay McShane, left, with Charles Dixon, Lions Club Day chairman at center, runner-up Vivian Arnaud and third place winner Georgia Mae Swafford at right. File photo/The Monett Times
EIGHTY YEARS AGO July 31-Aug. 6, 1942 • The old German trench mortar cannon that protected the Monett city park from an imaginary enemy has…
