Sedalia area Cub Notes for Nov. 10

Published 11:59 pm Monday, November 9, 2026

Sorosis

Sorosis held its Nov. 2nd meeting at the Heard Memorial Club House with President Robin Blackburn welcoming twenty-four members and guests, followed by Mallory Graves leading in the Pledge of Allegiance. The minutes from the previous were emailed and stood approved. Corresponding Secretary Angela Tallman reported on cards sent to ill members, and condolences to members losing loved ones.

Board President Marty Graves reported the update on the carriage house is nearly complete. In addition, the “Christmas Past Open House” with a parade of decorated trees will welcome guests for tours of the Heard Memorial Club House from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 14, 1-3pm & 5-7pm. Tickets at the door will be $20, advance tickets are $15 available at Moore’s Greenhouse and the Katy Depot.

Robin played the game “I spy with my little eye” something different in the meeting room. The participants wrote on a piece of paper what they “spied” and several members guessed with Mary Wood winning. Christene Meyer won a Katy Depot book. Julie Taylor won the bid for the silent auction, a Ron Jennings collectable Brandywine Woodcraft replica of the Trust Building. The new silent auction is the book “All Around Downtown” by Dr. Becky Singer Carr Imhauser, donated by Marty Graves.

The program was presented by local historian Kathleen Boswell on the history of the Katy Depot. “The Katy Depot signifies the importance of Sedalia in the history and development of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway as well as the railroad’s importance to the history and development of Sedalia. Constructed in 1896 at a cost of $40,000, the Katy Depot served as a train passenger station and housed division point offices until 1958. Passenger service ended that year and the depot was left mostly abandoned for the next four decades. In 1979 the Katy Depot complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Twenty years later a three-year restoration completed in 2001 transformed this National Landmark Listing into a community treasure. The complex was rededicated in May 2002. Through thoughtful design and extraordinary vision, Sedalia’s Katy Depot has borne the ravages of time, standing today as a magnificent shrine to the architectural creativity distinctive of a bygone era.”

Kathleen also announced in honor of Veterans Day, a special cemetery walk will be held on Sunday, Nov. 15th at the Mt Herman Cemetery 2-6 pm. Tickets are $5 at the door. Funds go to Mt Herman Church and Heart of America Redistribution. Saluting the Silent City includes Civil War, Spanish American War and World War II stories.

Refreshments were provided and served by Judy Woolery and Pat Palmer. The next meeting will be held on Nov. 16, featuring a presentation by Marty Graves and Pat Palmer on the 1889 founding of Sorosis, a lady’s cultural organization. Refreshments will be provided by Robin Blackburn & Pat Jennings. Visitors are welcome.