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EIGHTY YEARS AGO May 23-29, 1942 • A bumper strawberry crop has proved very challenging, selling for $2.70 to $3 a crate. Pickers are badly needed and crates are in short supply due to a fire at the manufacturer in Monett, a shortage expected to cost growers around $100,000 in unpicked berries.

EIGHTY YEARS AGO May 16-22, 1942 • The Monett Times published its May 16 edition as a tabloid, referring to it as Victory Size, as an experiment in paper conservation. Public sentiment did not support the change and the paper stayed in its regular broadsheet version thereafter.

EIGHTY YEARS AGO May 9-15, 1942 • R.M. Callaway died at age 83 on May 9.