The following is a story written by - Lebanon Daily Record, 1949, Lebanon, Missouri;
VIRGIL EVANS IS A VETERAN MERCHANT AT STOUTLAND, MO.
"A self made man," is an often heard statement when friends are speaking of Virgil Evans, founder of the Evans General Mercantile business and Funeral Home of Stoutland, Missouri.
Mr. Evans was born December 21, 1884 in a small log cabin in Camden County, about three miles east of Stoutland, and has always lived in and near that community.
In telling of his early life, Mr. Evans said: "I came from poor but honest upright parents, who did not spare the rod and spoil the child. I was taught to work and helped with the farming as soon as I was big enough to reach the plow handles."
"I was reared in what may be termed the pioneer days, plenty of wholesome food, but none of the so called frills. Cornbread, Milk, butter and fat meat, with a few potatoes, cabbage and food sweetened with good old fashioned sorghum." I walked 3 to 5 miles to school"
"Many a time I have mounted "Old Dobbin" with a sack of corn, gone to the old water mill, where the fishery now stands near Stoutland, and had that corn ground into meal, which made cornbread second to none."
Mr. Evans worked on a farm in the summer and taught country schools in the winter until 1910 when he decided to launch out into the business world.
He first went to Richland, Missouri, where he was employed by the late Captain H. E. Warren, working in his general store. He remained there until January 1911 when he went to Stoutland and was employed as assistant cashier of the Peoples Bank. The following year he was made cashier of the bank and continued in this position until 1928.
In 1917 Mr. Evans opened a small grocery store in Stoutland, starting, as he says, "with a mere handful of groceries." He employed a man to operate the business, until 1928 when he left the banking business to take full charge of his own business. From the "mere handful of groceries," the business has grown and developed until today the Evans General Mercantile Business and Funeral Home is Stoutland's outstanding business.
Mr. Evans carries a complete line of groceries, dry goods, clothing, shoes, hardware, furniture, in fact, about any and everything found in a general mercantile establishment. In addition, Mr. Evans is Stoutland's only mortician.
In developing his own business through the years, Mr. Evans has never lost sight of the fact that every man owes a certain obligation to his community, and therefore, has always been a community booster. He is an active member of the Methodist Church, a leader in it's advancement and development in the community. In 1911 he was married to Miss May Shubert of Richland, who assists
with the business and to whom he gives much credit for his business success. In addition to Mr. and Mrs. Evans, who devote their full time to the business, there are three employees, Carl L. Blackburn, Grace Honey and Ava Henson.
In sending his congratulations to Laclede County on the celebration of its' 100 years of progress, Mr. Evans recalls that he has seen Stoutland's business section built and rebuilt, two schools buildings erected, the present one being second to none in a town the size of Stoutland. He has lived through the horse and buggy days, the automobile and airplane age and into the atomic bomb age. "It has been, and continues to be a grand life and I hope to live many more years growing in business and increasing my circle of friends as Laclede County continues to grow and progress in it's second century." Mr. Evans Said.
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I would like to add that Aunt May always played the piano at church each Sunday. Where you seen one, you almost always saw the other.
VIRGIL EVANS IS A VETERAN MERCHANT AT STOUTLAND, MO.
"A self made man," is an often heard statement when friends are speaking of Virgil Evans, founder of the Evans General Mercantile business and Funeral Home of Stoutland, Missouri.
Mr. Evans was born December 21, 1884 in a small log cabin in Camden County, about three miles east of Stoutland, and has always lived in and near that community.
In telling of his early life, Mr. Evans said: "I came from poor but honest upright parents, who did not spare the rod and spoil the child. I was taught to work and helped with the farming as soon as I was big enough to reach the plow handles."
"I was reared in what may be termed the pioneer days, plenty of wholesome food, but none of the so called frills. Cornbread, Milk, butter and fat meat, with a few potatoes, cabbage and food sweetened with good old fashioned sorghum." I walked 3 to 5 miles to school"
"Many a time I have mounted "Old Dobbin" with a sack of corn, gone to the old water mill, where the fishery now stands near Stoutland, and had that corn ground into meal, which made cornbread second to none."
Mr. Evans worked on a farm in the summer and taught country schools in the winter until 1910 when he decided to launch out into the business world.
He first went to Richland, Missouri, where he was employed by the late Captain H. E. Warren, working in his general store. He remained there until January 1911 when he went to Stoutland and was employed as assistant cashier of the Peoples Bank. The following year he was made cashier of the bank and continued in this position until 1928.
In 1917 Mr. Evans opened a small grocery store in Stoutland, starting, as he says, "with a mere handful of groceries." He employed a man to operate the business, until 1928 when he left the banking business to take full charge of his own business. From the "mere handful of groceries," the business has grown and developed until today the Evans General Mercantile Business and Funeral Home is Stoutland's outstanding business.
Mr. Evans carries a complete line of groceries, dry goods, clothing, shoes, hardware, furniture, in fact, about any and everything found in a general mercantile establishment. In addition, Mr. Evans is Stoutland's only mortician.
In developing his own business through the years, Mr. Evans has never lost sight of the fact that every man owes a certain obligation to his community, and therefore, has always been a community booster. He is an active member of the Methodist Church, a leader in it's advancement and development in the community. In 1911 he was married to Miss May Shubert of Richland, who assists
with the business and to whom he gives much credit for his business success. In addition to Mr. and Mrs. Evans, who devote their full time to the business, there are three employees, Carl L. Blackburn, Grace Honey and Ava Henson.
In sending his congratulations to Laclede County on the celebration of its' 100 years of progress, Mr. Evans recalls that he has seen Stoutland's business section built and rebuilt, two schools buildings erected, the present one being second to none in a town the size of Stoutland. He has lived through the horse and buggy days, the automobile and airplane age and into the atomic bomb age. "It has been, and continues to be a grand life and I hope to live many more years growing in business and increasing my circle of friends as Laclede County continues to grow and progress in it's second century." Mr. Evans Said.
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I would like to add that Aunt May always played the piano at church each Sunday. Where you seen one, you almost always saw the other.
The following is a story written by - Lebanon Daily Record, 1949, Lebanon, Missouri;
VIRGIL EVANS IS A VETERAN MERCHANT AT STOUTLAND, MO.
"A self made man," is an often heard statement when friends are speaking of Virgil Evans, founder of the Evans General Mercantile business and Funeral Home of Stoutland, Missouri.
Mr. Evans was born December 21, 1884 in a small log cabin in Camden County, about three miles east of Stoutland, and has always lived in and near that community.
In telling of his early life, Mr. Evans said: "I came from poor but honest upright parents, who did not spare the rod and spoil the child. I was taught to work and helped with the farming as soon as I was big enough to reach the plow handles."
"I was reared in what may be termed the pioneer days, plenty of wholesome food, but none of the so called frills. Cornbread, Milk, butter and fat meat, with a few potatoes, cabbage and food sweetened with good old fashioned sorghum." I walked 3 to 5 miles to school"
"Many a time I have mounted "Old Dobbin" with a sack of corn, gone to the old water mill, where the fishery now stands near Stoutland, and had that corn ground into meal, which made cornbread second to none."
Mr. Evans worked on a farm in the summer and taught country schools in the winter until 1910 when he decided to launch out into the business world.
He first went to Richland, Missouri, where he was employed by the late Captain H. E. Warren, working in his general store. He remained there until January 1911 when he went to Stoutland and was employed as assistant cashier of the Peoples Bank. The following year he was made cashier of the bank and continued in this position until 1928.
In 1917 Mr. Evans opened a small grocery store in Stoutland, starting, as he says, "with a mere handful of groceries." He employed a man to operate the business, until 1928 when he left the banking business to take full charge of his own business. From the "mere handful of groceries," the business has grown and developed until today the Evans General Mercantile Business and Funeral Home is Stoutland's outstanding business.
Mr. Evans carries a complete line of groceries, dry goods, clothing, shoes, hardware, furniture, in fact, about any and everything found in a general mercantile establishment. In addition, Mr. Evans is Stoutland's only mortician.
In developing his own business through the years, Mr. Evans has never lost sight of the fact that every man owes a certain obligation to his community, and therefore, has always been a community booster. He is an active member of the Methodist Church, a leader in it's advancement and development in the community. In 1911 he was married to Miss May Shubert of Richland, who assists
with the business and to whom he gives much credit for his business success. In addition to Mr. and Mrs. Evans, who devote their full time to the business, there are three employees, Carl L. Blackburn, Grace Honey and Ava Henson.
In sending his congratulations to Laclede County on the celebration of its' 100 years of progress, Mr. Evans recalls that he has seen Stoutland's business section built and rebuilt, two schools buildings erected, the present one being second to none in a town the size of Stoutland. He has lived through the horse and buggy days, the automobile and airplane age and into the atomic bomb age. "It has been, and continues to be a grand life and I hope to live many more years growing in business and increasing my circle of friends as Laclede County continues to grow and progress in it's second century." Mr. Evans Said.
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I would like to add that Aunt May always played the piano at church each Sunday. Where you seen one, you almost always saw the other.
VIRGIL EVANS IS A VETERAN MERCHANT AT STOUTLAND, MO.
"A self made man," is an often heard statement when friends are speaking of Virgil Evans, founder of the Evans General Mercantile business and Funeral Home of Stoutland, Missouri.
Mr. Evans was born December 21, 1884 in a small log cabin in Camden County, about three miles east of Stoutland, and has always lived in and near that community.
In telling of his early life, Mr. Evans said: "I came from poor but honest upright parents, who did not spare the rod and spoil the child. I was taught to work and helped with the farming as soon as I was big enough to reach the plow handles."
"I was reared in what may be termed the pioneer days, plenty of wholesome food, but none of the so called frills. Cornbread, Milk, butter and fat meat, with a few potatoes, cabbage and food sweetened with good old fashioned sorghum." I walked 3 to 5 miles to school"
"Many a time I have mounted "Old Dobbin" with a sack of corn, gone to the old water mill, where the fishery now stands near Stoutland, and had that corn ground into meal, which made cornbread second to none."
Mr. Evans worked on a farm in the summer and taught country schools in the winter until 1910 when he decided to launch out into the business world.
He first went to Richland, Missouri, where he was employed by the late Captain H. E. Warren, working in his general store. He remained there until January 1911 when he went to Stoutland and was employed as assistant cashier of the Peoples Bank. The following year he was made cashier of the bank and continued in this position until 1928.
In 1917 Mr. Evans opened a small grocery store in Stoutland, starting, as he says, "with a mere handful of groceries." He employed a man to operate the business, until 1928 when he left the banking business to take full charge of his own business. From the "mere handful of groceries," the business has grown and developed until today the Evans General Mercantile Business and Funeral Home is Stoutland's outstanding business.
Mr. Evans carries a complete line of groceries, dry goods, clothing, shoes, hardware, furniture, in fact, about any and everything found in a general mercantile establishment. In addition, Mr. Evans is Stoutland's only mortician.
In developing his own business through the years, Mr. Evans has never lost sight of the fact that every man owes a certain obligation to his community, and therefore, has always been a community booster. He is an active member of the Methodist Church, a leader in it's advancement and development in the community. In 1911 he was married to Miss May Shubert of Richland, who assists
with the business and to whom he gives much credit for his business success. In addition to Mr. and Mrs. Evans, who devote their full time to the business, there are three employees, Carl L. Blackburn, Grace Honey and Ava Henson.
In sending his congratulations to Laclede County on the celebration of its' 100 years of progress, Mr. Evans recalls that he has seen Stoutland's business section built and rebuilt, two schools buildings erected, the present one being second to none in a town the size of Stoutland. He has lived through the horse and buggy days, the automobile and airplane age and into the atomic bomb age. "It has been, and continues to be a grand life and I hope to live many more years growing in business and increasing my circle of friends as Laclede County continues to grow and progress in it's second century." Mr. Evans Said.
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I would like to add that Aunt May always played the piano at church each Sunday. Where you seen one, you almost always saw the other.
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