(NOTE: I know we have a lot more Notable MGHS Alumni Athletes, and as soon assomeone sends me the info, we'll add them to the site, also) Bill Douglass Courtesy: MSU Athletics Communications Release: 01/26/2008 BILL DOUGLASS Football and Track, 1963-67 Inducted into the Missouri State Athletic Hall of Fame, February 28, 1987 A member of the long line of athletes from the Douglass family of Mountain Grove to excel in athletics both at SMSU and elsewhere, Bill Douglass played football and participated in track for the Bears between 1963 and 1967 and lettered four seasons in each sport. He ran the hurdles for the track teams of Coach Aldo Sebben and was a track co-captain and selected the track team’s outstanding upperclass performer in his senior season. He competed in the high, low and intermediate hurdles, won two conference titles and finished among the league’s top three on half a dozen other occasions in MIAA indoor and outdoor competition. Douglass was a regular in football in a most successful grid era directed by coacher Orville Pottenger and Jim Mentis. The 1963 Bears of Coach Pottenger were 9-0 in the regular season, won the MIAA championship and played in the Mineral Water Bowl. The Bears were third and second in the conference the next two seasons and came back in 1966 to go undefeated to another league championship while finishing 7-4 overall. When Douglass left, he owned the SMSU records for most pass receptions in a season (35), most receptions in a career (62). Most yards receiving in a career (880) and most touchdown receptions in a career (11). He was picked to the all-MIAA second team as a senior. Douglass was selected to receive the Virgil Cheek Athletic Achievement Award upon his graduation from SMSU in 1967. Above Info researched by Mary Helen (Catlett) Allen. Kenny Ault Courtesy: MSU Athletics Communications Release: 01/26/2008 KENNY AULT Cross Country and Track, 1990-95 Inducted into the Missouri State Athletic Hall of Fame, February 25, 1995 Kenny Ault came to SMS from Mountain Grove and earned three varsity letters in both track and cross country for the Bears between 1970 and 1975. In cross country, Ault captured the MIAA individual championship as a freshman in 1970 to lead the Bears of Coach Aldo Sebben to a second place finish in the league meet. SMS went on to finish 27th as a team in the NCAA Division II championship. Ault missed the 1971 season with an injury but returned in 1972 under new Bears’ coach Chuck Hunsaker to finish 15th individually in the league meet. Ault was third individually in the conference as a junior in 1973 as he helped a second straight unbeaten dual meet SMS squad to its first-ever MIAA cross country championship. The Bears went on to finish as the national runner-up in the Division II meet in Wheaton, Ill., coming in just five points behind South Dakota State. In track, Ault set SMS school marks in the mile run and three-mile run as a freshman in 1971, and he added school and conference records in the 3,000-meter steeplechase as a sophomore. Ault won the steeplechase in the 1972 conference meet and then gained NCAA Division II all-America honors when he captured third place in the steeplechase at the NCAA meet. Ault came back to finish second in the steeplechase event in the conference meet in 1974. Above Info researched by Mary Helen (Catlett) Allen. Marla Douglass Courtesy: MSU Athletics Communications Release: 01/29/2008 MARLA DOUGLASS Basketball, 1985-87 Asst. Basketball Coach, 1989-94 Inducted into the Missouri State Athletic Hall of Fame, February 7, 2004 Marla Douglass transferred to SMS from Oklahoma State University after two seasons with the Cowgirls. She was a standout her two seasons in an SMS uniform for the basketball Lady Bears of coach Valerie Goodwin-Colbert. A native of Mountain Grove, Mo., Douglass was a second team all-Gateway Conference pick her senior year when she averaged 13.9 points, 5.2 rebounds and 5.1 assists. She led SMS and the Gateway in free throw accuracy at .868. SMS rebounded from a seventh-place league finish in 1985-86 to come in second in the 1987 GCAC race behind the 28-3 season enjoyed by Southern Illinois. SMS finished with an 18-10 record which netted Goodwin-Colbert league Coach of the Year laurels. Douglass appeared in all SMS 54 games during her two-year career and remains atop the SMS career free throw percentage chart .860. She led SMS in three-point field goals in the first year the long-range statistic was added. She also excelled in the classroom at SMS as she was named to CoSIDA’s Academic All-District VII team as a senior. Douglass was named to the SMS basketball all-decade team in 1992 when SMS moved from the Gateway to the Missouri Valley, and received the Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Senior Scholar Athlete Award upon her SMS graduation. After her playing days, Douglass was an SMS student coach a year, spent two seasons as a graduate assistant coach and was a full-time assistant for the Lady Bears of head coach Cheryl Burnett from 1989 to 1994. That tenure included the Lady Bears’ 31-3 NCAA Final Four season in 1991-92. Douglass was at the University of Tulsa from 1995 to 1999 as the first women’s basketball coach at that school. Above Info researched by Mary Helen (Catlett) Allen. Carl Fox Courtesy: MSU Athletics Communications Release: 01/26/2008 CARL FOX Basketball, 1926-29 Inducted into the Missouri State Athletic Hall of Fame, October 28, 1978 Carl Fox lettered in basketball at SMS four years and was one of few Bruin cagers ever to gain all-conference honors three years in a row. He teamed with Carl Davis to form a devastating forward combination on some potent SMS teams. A native of Powell, Missouri, Fox was the Bear captain the year SMS turned back the Arkansas Razorbacks, one of two seasons he held that honor. Fox was a member of the Bruins’ first MIAA championship team in 1928 under Coach Andy McDonald as the Bears won 18 of 22 games. Fox was also noted for his defensive abilities on the hardwoods. He was the third leading scorer in the conference in 1927 for his first all-state selection and gained the additional honor of being selected as captain of the all-state team in 1929. Above Info researched by Mary Helen (Catlett) Allen. NOTE: Just about everyone in Mountain Grove knew Carl Fox from watching the news on Springfield KYTV Television. I received the below note from Lee Young, on February 4, 2010, who was very helpful getting this info: I just spoke with Mike Fox, Carl's son. Mike's dad Carl was Albert Carl Fox, Jr. He was born in Mountain Grove and graduated from MGHS. His father, Carl Sr., had been a Ford dealer in Mountain Grove and also owned what Mike described as being a bakery in one of the buildings on the square that had once been a bank. Mike said he had heard many stories about the poker games that were held after hours in the old bank vault. Carl's mother was Beatrice Pierce. Mike's mother Ailene was the daughter of William Bouldin who Mike says owned a butcher shop in Mountain Grove. Ailene's sister married a Wheeler. Mike suggested that I might have known his cousin Steve Wheeler who he said was a year or so younger than he. That would make Steve a couple of years older than we are. Steve Wheeler now lives in Springfield. Mike's sister Jan died of cancer a few years ago. She had a son who was killed in a car wreck. Their sister Judy is married to James Haynes and Mike thinks that she is living in Orange County, CA. Mike isn't on the internet, but I told him I'd try to let him know anything that was published anywhere about his dad. I suggested that he should someday visit the Alumni Park just to see what a fine facility the old town had managed to build. I'm sure Carl's name is on his class's granite plaque, which would be from some time in the early to mid '30s. Mike and Judy were both born in Mountain Grove. LEE CANDLER YOUNG, AIA The Below Information Researched and Submitted by Mary Helen Catlett Allen February 10, 2010. The News Leader, 6 January 1976 Death takes Carl Fox Ozarks broadcaster, civic leader An Ozarks broadcaster and civic leader for more than 30 years, A. Carl Fox, was dead on arrival at St. John’s Hospital at 4:48 a.m. today after suffering an apparent heart attack at his home. Mr. Fox, 1301 South National, had a history of heart ailments. He was 59. The veteran broadcaster, who was vice president in charge of programming at KYTV, had been on the staff there since the station was licensed in 1953, when he delivered its first commercial announcement. He became co-manager of the television station with the late Ralph Stufflebam in 1954, and was named to the vice president post in the summer of 1969. Before joining the television station, Mr. Fox was an instructor of aviation cadets during World War II and was an announcer for “sister” radio stations KWTO and KGBX. When the stations separated operations in 1944, Mr. Fox became program director of KGBX, where he remained until joining KYTV. Mr. Fox, a native of Mountain Grove, was graduated from Southwest Missouri State University (then State Teachers College) in 1938 with a bachelor of science in education degree, majoring in general science. While at SMS, he lettered in football (in which he was a tackle and place-kicker) and track (shot put) from 1934 to 1937. As an SMS football player, Mr. Fox played every quarter of each varsity game during his college career and was co-captain of the Bears in 1937. After graduation, Mr. Fox coached and was elementary principal at Mountain Grove from 1938 to 1941 and was an instructor of physics at SMS beginning in 1941. He also taught part-time in broadcasting classes at the college for several years and was 1956 national president of the SMS Alumni Association. Mr. Fox received his master’s degree from Greeley State College, now the University of Northern Colorado. Former Gov. Warren E. Hearnes appointed Mr. Fox, a Democrat, as an SMS regent in 1967, and he served on that board until 1973. Mr. Fox was president of the Board of Regents from April, 1971, until 1973. During his tenure on the board, Mr. Fox was instrumental in establishing the campus radio station, KSMU, which went on the air in May, 1974, and he took part in planning the multi-purpose recreation building, scheduled to be completed in July. Mr. Fox also was on the board of the School of the Ozarks, Point Lookout. He was a member the National Avenue Christian Church and Abou Ben Adhem Shrine, and was active in the Greene County Heart Association and the American Cancer Society chapter here. A memorial fund will be established in Mr. Fox’s name at SMS, a funeral home spokesman said. Surviving are his wife, Aliene; a son, Michael C. of 3830 Queens Court; two daughters, Mrs. Judith Haynes, Placentia, Calif., and Mrs. Janice Ellingsworth, Rogersville; and six grandchildren. Arrangements will be announced by Herman H. Lohmeyer. The News Leader, 7 June 1976 A. Carl Fox Services for A. Carl Fox, an Ozarks broadcaster and civic leader, will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Herman H. Lohmeyer Chapel. Burial will be in Shepherd of the HIlls Evergreen Cemetery in Branson. Dr. Mark Randall and Dr. Henry Tyler will officiate at services. Mr. Fox, 59, died early Tuesday following an apparent heart attack. He was pronounced dead on arrival at St. John’s Hospital at 4:48 a.m. A Mountain Grove native, Mr. Fox was a regent for Southwest Missouri State University from 1967 to 1973, and was board president from April, 1971, to 1973. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday. The family requests that contributions be sent in Mr. Fox’s name to the SMS Scholarship Fund. The Above Information was Submitted by Mary Helen Catlett Allen February 10, 2010 Click HERE to Return to the Index Page.
BILL DOUGLASS Football and Track, 1963-67 Inducted into the Missouri State Athletic Hall of Fame, February 28, 1987
He ran the hurdles for the track teams of Coach Aldo Sebben and was a track co-captain and selected the track team’s outstanding upperclass performer in his senior season. He competed in the high, low and intermediate hurdles, won two conference titles and finished among the league’s top three on half a dozen other occasions in MIAA indoor and outdoor competition.
Douglass was a regular in football in a most successful grid era directed by coacher Orville Pottenger and Jim Mentis. The 1963 Bears of Coach Pottenger were 9-0 in the regular season, won the MIAA championship and played in the Mineral Water Bowl. The Bears were third and second in the conference the next two seasons and came back in 1966 to go undefeated to another league championship while finishing 7-4 overall.
When Douglass left, he owned the SMSU records for most pass receptions in a season (35), most receptions in a career (62). Most yards receiving in a career (880) and most touchdown receptions in a career (11). He was picked to the all-MIAA second team as a senior. Douglass was selected to receive the Virgil Cheek Athletic Achievement Award upon his graduation from SMSU in 1967.
Above Info researched by Mary Helen (Catlett) Allen.
KENNY AULT Cross Country and Track, 1990-95 Inducted into the Missouri State Athletic Hall of Fame, February 25, 1995
In cross country, Ault captured the MIAA individual championship as a freshman in 1970 to lead the Bears of Coach Aldo Sebben to a second place finish in the league meet. SMS went on to finish 27th as a team in the NCAA Division II championship.
Ault missed the 1971 season with an injury but returned in 1972 under new Bears’ coach Chuck Hunsaker to finish 15th individually in the league meet. Ault was third individually in the conference as a junior in 1973 as he helped a second straight unbeaten dual meet SMS squad to its first-ever MIAA cross country championship. The Bears went on to finish as the national runner-up in the Division II meet in Wheaton, Ill., coming in just five points behind South Dakota State.
In track, Ault set SMS school marks in the mile run and three-mile run as a freshman in 1971, and he added school and conference records in the 3,000-meter steeplechase as a sophomore. Ault won the steeplechase in the 1972 conference meet and then gained NCAA Division II all-America honors when he captured third place in the steeplechase at the NCAA meet. Ault came back to finish second in the steeplechase event in the conference meet in 1974.
MARLA DOUGLASS Basketball, 1985-87 Asst. Basketball Coach, 1989-94 Inducted into the Missouri State Athletic Hall of Fame, February 7, 2004
A native of Mountain Grove, Mo., Douglass was a second team all-Gateway Conference pick her senior year when she averaged 13.9 points, 5.2 rebounds and 5.1 assists. She led SMS and the Gateway in free throw accuracy at .868. SMS rebounded from a seventh-place league finish in 1985-86 to come in second in the 1987 GCAC race behind the 28-3 season enjoyed by Southern Illinois. SMS finished with an 18-10 record which netted Goodwin-Colbert league Coach of the Year laurels.
Douglass appeared in all SMS 54 games during her two-year career and remains atop the SMS career free throw percentage chart .860. She led SMS in three-point field goals in the first year the long-range statistic was added. She also excelled in the classroom at SMS as she was named to CoSIDA’s Academic All-District VII team as a senior.
Douglass was named to the SMS basketball all-decade team in 1992 when SMS moved from the Gateway to the Missouri Valley, and received the Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Senior Scholar Athlete Award upon her SMS graduation.
After her playing days, Douglass was an SMS student coach a year, spent two seasons as a graduate assistant coach and was a full-time assistant for the Lady Bears of head coach Cheryl Burnett from 1989 to 1994. That tenure included the Lady Bears’ 31-3 NCAA Final Four season in 1991-92.
Douglass was at the University of Tulsa from 1995 to 1999 as the first women’s basketball coach at that school.
CARL FOX Basketball, 1926-29 Inducted into the Missouri State Athletic Hall of Fame, October 28, 1978
NOTE: Just about everyone in Mountain Grove knew Carl Fox from watching the news on Springfield KYTV Television. I received the below note from Lee Young, on February 4, 2010, who was very helpful getting this info: I just spoke with Mike Fox, Carl's son. Mike's dad Carl was Albert Carl Fox, Jr. He was born in Mountain Grove and graduated from MGHS. His father, Carl Sr., had been a Ford dealer in Mountain Grove and also owned what Mike described as being a bakery in one of the buildings on the square that had once been a bank. Mike said he had heard many stories about the poker games that were held after hours in the old bank vault. Carl's mother was Beatrice Pierce. Mike's mother Ailene was the daughter of William Bouldin who Mike says owned a butcher shop in Mountain Grove. Ailene's sister married a Wheeler. Mike suggested that I might have known his cousin Steve Wheeler who he said was a year or so younger than he. That would make Steve a couple of years older than we are. Steve Wheeler now lives in Springfield. Mike's sister Jan died of cancer a few years ago. She had a son who was killed in a car wreck. Their sister Judy is married to James Haynes and Mike thinks that she is living in Orange County, CA. Mike isn't on the internet, but I told him I'd try to let him know anything that was published anywhere about his dad. I suggested that he should someday visit the Alumni Park just to see what a fine facility the old town had managed to build. I'm sure Carl's name is on his class's granite plaque, which would be from some time in the early to mid '30s. Mike and Judy were both born in Mountain Grove. LEE CANDLER YOUNG, AIA The Below Information Researched and Submitted by Mary Helen Catlett Allen February 10, 2010. The News Leader, 6 January 1976 Death takes Carl Fox Ozarks broadcaster, civic leader An Ozarks broadcaster and civic leader for more than 30 years, A. Carl Fox, was dead on arrival at St. John’s Hospital at 4:48 a.m. today after suffering an apparent heart attack at his home. Mr. Fox, 1301 South National, had a history of heart ailments. He was 59. The veteran broadcaster, who was vice president in charge of programming at KYTV, had been on the staff there since the station was licensed in 1953, when he delivered its first commercial announcement. He became co-manager of the television station with the late Ralph Stufflebam in 1954, and was named to the vice president post in the summer of 1969. Before joining the television station, Mr. Fox was an instructor of aviation cadets during World War II and was an announcer for “sister” radio stations KWTO and KGBX. When the stations separated operations in 1944, Mr. Fox became program director of KGBX, where he remained until joining KYTV. Mr. Fox, a native of Mountain Grove, was graduated from Southwest Missouri State University (then State Teachers College) in 1938 with a bachelor of science in education degree, majoring in general science. While at SMS, he lettered in football (in which he was a tackle and place-kicker) and track (shot put) from 1934 to 1937. As an SMS football player, Mr. Fox played every quarter of each varsity game during his college career and was co-captain of the Bears in 1937. After graduation, Mr. Fox coached and was elementary principal at Mountain Grove from 1938 to 1941 and was an instructor of physics at SMS beginning in 1941. He also taught part-time in broadcasting classes at the college for several years and was 1956 national president of the SMS Alumni Association. Mr. Fox received his master’s degree from Greeley State College, now the University of Northern Colorado. Former Gov. Warren E. Hearnes appointed Mr. Fox, a Democrat, as an SMS regent in 1967, and he served on that board until 1973. Mr. Fox was president of the Board of Regents from April, 1971, until 1973. During his tenure on the board, Mr. Fox was instrumental in establishing the campus radio station, KSMU, which went on the air in May, 1974, and he took part in planning the multi-purpose recreation building, scheduled to be completed in July. Mr. Fox also was on the board of the School of the Ozarks, Point Lookout. He was a member the National Avenue Christian Church and Abou Ben Adhem Shrine, and was active in the Greene County Heart Association and the American Cancer Society chapter here. A memorial fund will be established in Mr. Fox’s name at SMS, a funeral home spokesman said. Surviving are his wife, Aliene; a son, Michael C. of 3830 Queens Court; two daughters, Mrs. Judith Haynes, Placentia, Calif., and Mrs. Janice Ellingsworth, Rogersville; and six grandchildren. Arrangements will be announced by Herman H. Lohmeyer. The News Leader, 7 June 1976 A. Carl Fox Services for A. Carl Fox, an Ozarks broadcaster and civic leader, will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Herman H. Lohmeyer Chapel. Burial will be in Shepherd of the HIlls Evergreen Cemetery in Branson. Dr. Mark Randall and Dr. Henry Tyler will officiate at services. Mr. Fox, 59, died early Tuesday following an apparent heart attack. He was pronounced dead on arrival at St. John’s Hospital at 4:48 a.m. A Mountain Grove native, Mr. Fox was a regent for Southwest Missouri State University from 1967 to 1973, and was board president from April, 1971, to 1973. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday. The family requests that contributions be sent in Mr. Fox’s name to the SMS Scholarship Fund. The Above Information was Submitted by Mary Helen Catlett Allen February 10, 2010
I just spoke with Mike Fox, Carl's son. Mike's dad Carl was Albert Carl Fox, Jr. He was born in Mountain Grove and graduated from MGHS. His father, Carl Sr., had been a Ford dealer in Mountain Grove and also owned what Mike described as being a bakery in one of the buildings on the square that had once been a bank. Mike said he had heard many stories about the poker games that were held after hours in the old bank vault. Carl's mother was Beatrice Pierce. Mike's mother Ailene was the daughter of William Bouldin who Mike says owned a butcher shop in Mountain Grove. Ailene's sister married a Wheeler. Mike suggested that I might have known his cousin Steve Wheeler who he said was a year or so younger than he. That would make Steve a couple of years older than we are. Steve Wheeler now lives in Springfield. Mike's sister Jan died of cancer a few years ago. She had a son who was killed in a car wreck. Their sister Judy is married to James Haynes and Mike thinks that she is living in Orange County, CA. Mike isn't on the internet, but I told him I'd try to let him know anything that was published anywhere about his dad. I suggested that he should someday visit the Alumni Park just to see what a fine facility the old town had managed to build. I'm sure Carl's name is on his class's granite plaque, which would be from some time in the early to mid '30s. Mike and Judy were both born in Mountain Grove. LEE CANDLER YOUNG, AIA The Below Information Researched and Submitted by Mary Helen Catlett Allen February 10, 2010. The News Leader, 6 January 1976 Death takes Carl Fox Ozarks broadcaster, civic leader An Ozarks broadcaster and civic leader for more than 30 years, A. Carl Fox, was dead on arrival at St. John’s Hospital at 4:48 a.m. today after suffering an apparent heart attack at his home. Mr. Fox, 1301 South National, had a history of heart ailments. He was 59. The veteran broadcaster, who was vice president in charge of programming at KYTV, had been on the staff there since the station was licensed in 1953, when he delivered its first commercial announcement. He became co-manager of the television station with the late Ralph Stufflebam in 1954, and was named to the vice president post in the summer of 1969. Before joining the television station, Mr. Fox was an instructor of aviation cadets during World War II and was an announcer for “sister” radio stations KWTO and KGBX. When the stations separated operations in 1944, Mr. Fox became program director of KGBX, where he remained until joining KYTV. Mr. Fox, a native of Mountain Grove, was graduated from Southwest Missouri State University (then State Teachers College) in 1938 with a bachelor of science in education degree, majoring in general science. While at SMS, he lettered in football (in which he was a tackle and place-kicker) and track (shot put) from 1934 to 1937. As an SMS football player, Mr. Fox played every quarter of each varsity game during his college career and was co-captain of the Bears in 1937. After graduation, Mr. Fox coached and was elementary principal at Mountain Grove from 1938 to 1941 and was an instructor of physics at SMS beginning in 1941. He also taught part-time in broadcasting classes at the college for several years and was 1956 national president of the SMS Alumni Association. Mr. Fox received his master’s degree from Greeley State College, now the University of Northern Colorado. Former Gov. Warren E. Hearnes appointed Mr. Fox, a Democrat, as an SMS regent in 1967, and he served on that board until 1973. Mr. Fox was president of the Board of Regents from April, 1971, until 1973. During his tenure on the board, Mr. Fox was instrumental in establishing the campus radio station, KSMU, which went on the air in May, 1974, and he took part in planning the multi-purpose recreation building, scheduled to be completed in July. Mr. Fox also was on the board of the School of the Ozarks, Point Lookout. He was a member the National Avenue Christian Church and Abou Ben Adhem Shrine, and was active in the Greene County Heart Association and the American Cancer Society chapter here. A memorial fund will be established in Mr. Fox’s name at SMS, a funeral home spokesman said. Surviving are his wife, Aliene; a son, Michael C. of 3830 Queens Court; two daughters, Mrs. Judith Haynes, Placentia, Calif., and Mrs. Janice Ellingsworth, Rogersville; and six grandchildren. Arrangements will be announced by Herman H. Lohmeyer. The News Leader, 7 June 1976 A. Carl Fox Services for A. Carl Fox, an Ozarks broadcaster and civic leader, will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Herman H. Lohmeyer Chapel. Burial will be in Shepherd of the HIlls Evergreen Cemetery in Branson. Dr. Mark Randall and Dr. Henry Tyler will officiate at services. Mr. Fox, 59, died early Tuesday following an apparent heart attack. He was pronounced dead on arrival at St. John’s Hospital at 4:48 a.m. A Mountain Grove native, Mr. Fox was a regent for Southwest Missouri State University from 1967 to 1973, and was board president from April, 1971, to 1973. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday. The family requests that contributions be sent in Mr. Fox’s name to the SMS Scholarship Fund. The Above Information was Submitted by Mary Helen Catlett Allen February 10, 2010
Mike's mother Ailene was the daughter of William Bouldin who Mike says owned a butcher shop in Mountain Grove. Ailene's sister married a Wheeler. Mike suggested that I might have known his cousin Steve Wheeler who he said was a year or so younger than he. That would make Steve a couple of years older than we are. Steve Wheeler now lives in Springfield.
Mike's sister Jan died of cancer a few years ago. She had a son who was killed in a car wreck. Their sister Judy is married to James Haynes and Mike thinks that she is living in Orange County, CA. Mike isn't on the internet, but I told him I'd try to let him know anything that was published anywhere about his dad. I suggested that he should someday visit the Alumni Park just to see what a fine facility the old town had managed to build. I'm sure Carl's name is on his class's granite plaque, which would be from some time in the early to mid '30s.
Mike and Judy were both born in Mountain Grove.
LEE CANDLER YOUNG, AIA
The Below Information Researched and Submitted by Mary Helen Catlett Allen February 10, 2010. The News Leader, 6 January 1976 Death takes Carl Fox Ozarks broadcaster, civic leader An Ozarks broadcaster and civic leader for more than 30 years, A. Carl Fox, was dead on arrival at St. John’s Hospital at 4:48 a.m. today after suffering an apparent heart attack at his home. Mr. Fox, 1301 South National, had a history of heart ailments. He was 59. The veteran broadcaster, who was vice president in charge of programming at KYTV, had been on the staff there since the station was licensed in 1953, when he delivered its first commercial announcement. He became co-manager of the television station with the late Ralph Stufflebam in 1954, and was named to the vice president post in the summer of 1969. Before joining the television station, Mr. Fox was an instructor of aviation cadets during World War II and was an announcer for “sister” radio stations KWTO and KGBX. When the stations separated operations in 1944, Mr. Fox became program director of KGBX, where he remained until joining KYTV. Mr. Fox, a native of Mountain Grove, was graduated from Southwest Missouri State University (then State Teachers College) in 1938 with a bachelor of science in education degree, majoring in general science. While at SMS, he lettered in football (in which he was a tackle and place-kicker) and track (shot put) from 1934 to 1937. As an SMS football player, Mr. Fox played every quarter of each varsity game during his college career and was co-captain of the Bears in 1937. After graduation, Mr. Fox coached and was elementary principal at Mountain Grove from 1938 to 1941 and was an instructor of physics at SMS beginning in 1941. He also taught part-time in broadcasting classes at the college for several years and was 1956 national president of the SMS Alumni Association. Mr. Fox received his master’s degree from Greeley State College, now the University of Northern Colorado. Former Gov. Warren E. Hearnes appointed Mr. Fox, a Democrat, as an SMS regent in 1967, and he served on that board until 1973. Mr. Fox was president of the Board of Regents from April, 1971, until 1973. During his tenure on the board, Mr. Fox was instrumental in establishing the campus radio station, KSMU, which went on the air in May, 1974, and he took part in planning the multi-purpose recreation building, scheduled to be completed in July. Mr. Fox also was on the board of the School of the Ozarks, Point Lookout. He was a member the National Avenue Christian Church and Abou Ben Adhem Shrine, and was active in the Greene County Heart Association and the American Cancer Society chapter here. A memorial fund will be established in Mr. Fox’s name at SMS, a funeral home spokesman said. Surviving are his wife, Aliene; a son, Michael C. of 3830 Queens Court; two daughters, Mrs. Judith Haynes, Placentia, Calif., and Mrs. Janice Ellingsworth, Rogersville; and six grandchildren. Arrangements will be announced by Herman H. Lohmeyer. The News Leader, 7 June 1976 A. Carl Fox Services for A. Carl Fox, an Ozarks broadcaster and civic leader, will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Herman H. Lohmeyer Chapel. Burial will be in Shepherd of the HIlls Evergreen Cemetery in Branson. Dr. Mark Randall and Dr. Henry Tyler will officiate at services. Mr. Fox, 59, died early Tuesday following an apparent heart attack. He was pronounced dead on arrival at St. John’s Hospital at 4:48 a.m. A Mountain Grove native, Mr. Fox was a regent for Southwest Missouri State University from 1967 to 1973, and was board president from April, 1971, to 1973. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday. The family requests that contributions be sent in Mr. Fox’s name to the SMS Scholarship Fund. The Above Information was Submitted by Mary Helen Catlett Allen February 10, 2010
An Ozarks broadcaster and civic leader for more than 30 years, A. Carl Fox, was dead on arrival at St. John’s Hospital at 4:48 a.m. today after suffering an apparent heart attack at his home. Mr. Fox, 1301 South National, had a history of heart ailments. He was 59. The veteran broadcaster, who was vice president in charge of programming at KYTV, had been on the staff there since the station was licensed in 1953, when he delivered its first commercial announcement. He became co-manager of the television station with the late Ralph Stufflebam in 1954, and was named to the vice president post in the summer of 1969. Before joining the television station, Mr. Fox was an instructor of aviation cadets during World War II and was an announcer for “sister” radio stations KWTO and KGBX. When the stations separated operations in 1944, Mr. Fox became program director of KGBX, where he remained until joining KYTV.
Mr. Fox, a native of Mountain Grove, was graduated from Southwest Missouri State University (then State Teachers College) in 1938 with a bachelor of science in education degree, majoring in general science. While at SMS, he lettered in football (in which he was a tackle and place-kicker) and track (shot put) from 1934 to 1937. As an SMS football player, Mr. Fox played every quarter of each varsity game during his college career and was co-captain of the Bears in 1937.
After graduation, Mr. Fox coached and was elementary principal at Mountain Grove from 1938 to 1941 and was an instructor of physics at SMS beginning in 1941.
He also taught part-time in broadcasting classes at the college for several years and was 1956 national president of the SMS Alumni Association. Mr. Fox received his master’s degree from Greeley State College, now the University of Northern Colorado.
Former Gov. Warren E. Hearnes appointed Mr. Fox, a Democrat, as an SMS regent in 1967, and he served on that board until 1973. Mr. Fox was president of the Board of Regents from April, 1971, until 1973. During his tenure on the board, Mr. Fox was instrumental in establishing the campus radio station, KSMU, which went on the air in May, 1974, and he took part in planning the multi-purpose recreation building, scheduled to be completed in July. Mr. Fox also was on the board of the School of the Ozarks, Point Lookout. He was a member the National Avenue Christian Church and Abou Ben Adhem Shrine, and was active in the Greene County Heart Association and the American Cancer Society chapter here.
A memorial fund will be established in Mr. Fox’s name at SMS, a funeral home spokesman said. Surviving are his wife, Aliene; a son, Michael C. of 3830 Queens Court; two daughters, Mrs. Judith Haynes, Placentia, Calif., and Mrs. Janice Ellingsworth, Rogersville; and six grandchildren. Arrangements will be announced by Herman H. Lohmeyer.
The News Leader, 7 June 1976
A. Carl Fox
Services for A. Carl Fox, an Ozarks broadcaster and civic leader, will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Herman H. Lohmeyer Chapel. Burial will be in Shepherd of the HIlls Evergreen Cemetery in Branson. Dr. Mark Randall and Dr. Henry Tyler will officiate at services.
Mr. Fox, 59, died early Tuesday following an apparent heart attack. He was pronounced dead on arrival at St. John’s Hospital at 4:48 a.m.
A Mountain Grove native, Mr. Fox was a regent for Southwest Missouri State University from 1967 to 1973, and was board president from April, 1971, to 1973.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday. The family requests that contributions be sent in Mr. Fox’s name to the SMS Scholarship Fund.
The Above Information was Submitted by Mary Helen Catlett Allen February 10, 2010
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