A SPECIAL DEDICATION TO MY DAD
From
"Little Joe"
Joseph H. Burtrum
This Webb' Site, Our Numerous Business Ventures & Our Continued Success
Is Dedicated To The Loving Memory Of My Late Father
Col. Joseph "Hi Dollar Joe" Harold Burtrum
"With the help of my cousin Terry G. Hembree, I'd like to take a little of your time to share some of my cherished memories of my father"
Thanks & Enjoy...
"Little Joe" Burtrum, Owner & Operator of the Jack Lawton Webb Convention Center
WEBMASTER NOTE:
The daughter of Mr. Burtrum has threatened a law suit and has demanded
that her name and images be removed from her father's Tribute
"...I also want my photograph(s) taken off immediately... As well as my name... And that of my half-brother...You not only have my request...
You have my disdain for having done so without having asked my permission on the front end...
If you publish this on the Internet,
I will haul your ass into a court of law so fast you will think a *tornado blew into your face as well as into your *billfold.
You are a damn fool... What a damn, ridiculous thing to write!
I will be discussing this matter with THE ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION,
'Look 'em up - they just won a $1.8 million dollar judgement'
which defends digital rights as well as an 'Intellectual Property Attorney' regarding this matter."
Audrey Burtrum Stanley via"jstan35852@aim.com"
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 1:41:28 AM
LATEST RAMBLINGS FROM AUDREY
-------- Original message --------
Subject: Jim Stanley
From: Michele Burtrum
To: JOE
CC:
To: grammieburtrum@msn.com
Subject: Re: Jim Stanley
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:40:16 -0400
From: jstan35852@aim.com
M.B. -
You STOLE 'MY' name for YOUR website.
You stole 'MY' photographic image for YOUR website.
You never asked for permission - and it certainly was NOT given.
(Merely messing-with-my-face in the pictures is NOT removing it!)
You lie and say 'my name, photo & letter' have been removed from ' your website, when they have not.
You authorized the stealing of MY Bio / MY Writing about MY Father - ' then had it added to your website as though you had authored it.
(I've removed all biographies so this will NOT happen again!)
Then, to cover-your-tracks, you authorize the changing of a few ' words in the presentation -- which does not make it an origional' composition / writing.
Its called STEALING -- it makes you a THIEF - do you understand?
All of this was and is MINE - you took it without permission and ' continue to use it.
Do you notice a series of WRONGS here?
Do you really think your deeds deserve a kindness?
What has made you this way?
Who do you associate with that colors you way of thinking?
Do you not recognize a hateful pattern in your actions and lifestyle ' - a delight in causing unrest and ill will?
Why do you persist in this warped manner? This is absolutely SICK!
Somehow, with your short memory, you then write MY Husband and ask ' him to do a task for YOU regarding your nephew!
Are you NUTS or have you simply grown into a THOUGHTLESS, WICKED ' PERSON?
Leave us alone.
You do nothing but harm towards me and my family - and we want ' nothing to do with ' you> .~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
END OF JUNE 13, 2011 EMAIL FROM AUDREY BUTRUM STANLEY
Read the complete email at www.jacklawtonwebbconventioncenter.com
The Legendary
Colonel' Joseph Harold Burtrum
"HI DOLLAR JOE"
"It's Hi Dollar Joe In Joplin Mo... The Four State Area's Largest Car Dealer!"
The Legendary Joseph Harold Burtrum
Mini Biography Of Joseph Harold Burtrum
Born April 16, 1911 in Granby, Missouri in Newton County
Passed Away on his 60th birthday April 16, 1971 in Greene County Missouri
Joe was the Son of... Leroy 'Tobe' Burtrum and Olive (Otis) Burtrum
Joe's parent's are buried nearby in the same cemetery
Like a great, epic poem...
Joe's life served as an example of goodness to others
and was entwined with remarkable events.
Joe Burtrum passed away on the 60th Anniversary of his birth.
Being born on the same date that you pass on is both a beautiful concept
and yet it is also dramatically sad.
Each year... all day 'April 16th,'
JOSEPH HAROLD BURTRUM
is never out of his friends, former employees and loved one's thoughts and memories
His life was important because of the profound impact that Joe Burtrum had on everyone's lives he touched
Joe had been born on 'Easter Morning'!
Over the years, Joe worked haerd and tirelessly gave back to all his family,
his wife's family and also his church family and thw Joplin area and beyond.
Joe's funeral service was conducted at the First Baptist Church in downtown Joplin, Mo.
A trio of ministers volunteered to speak at his memorial as he had been so endeared to each of them.
As a 'quirk-of-fate' or perhaps it was 'Devine Intervention', as the casket was being taken from the sanctuary,
the huge church bell was rang 60 times in celebration of Joe's birthday as well as his passing
Upon the ringing of the 60th or final ring, the giant, century old bell fell from it's cradle, crashing to the belfry's floor...
cracking... never to ring... never to speak again!
There were so many people from Joe's hometown awaiting the arrival of the hearse at Greenwood Cemetery
Many loved ones and well wishers were not able to attend the Joplin service due to the overflowing service,
that the family allowed the casket to be reopend and a second funeral' was conducted at the family gravesite.
Records at both First Baptist Church as well as the officiating funeral home,
cited that Joseph Harold Burtrum had the largest funeral they had ever conducted.
Mother Burtrum has been quoted as saying... "I want a 'Baker's Dozen' children... 13 little babies" and so she did...
Joe H. Burtrum had a dozen siblings...
A sister - (infant) Hattie Rose /buried nearby
A brother - John Ezra /buried Flint, Mich.
A sister - Maude Ethel Burtrum /buried nearby
A sister - Blanche Skaggs /buried Topeka, Kan.
A sister - Bessie Ruth Cogdell /buried Calif.
A brother - Wilbur Lovic /buried nearby
A brother - Virgil Henry /buried Joplin, Mo.
*A brother (Twin) Louis Helon /buried Calif.
*A sister - Lula Helen Mars /buried Mich.
A brother - Charles Lester /buried Scottsdale, Az.
A brother - Robert Burtrum /buried nearby
A sister - Bonnie Jean Porter /buried Fla.
Joe was married to... Myrtle "Barlow" Burtrum Anderson, she is entombed in Springfield, Mo.
They had one child... a son... Ronald Robert
The union between Joe and Myrtle ended in divorce.
Myrtle remarried to... Harry Anderson... also buried in Springfield, MO.
Joe was later remarried to... Norma Alice "Webb" Burtrum, who is survived yet today
They wed on February 15th, 1946
Together Joe and Norma had two children... A son... Joseph Harold Burtrum, Junior and... A daughter... OOOOOO OOO
Joe was the Grandfather to numerous grandchildren and several great-grandchildren
Hi Dollar' Joe Burtrum
The 'nickname' sandblasted into his tombstone is "Hi Dollar Joe"
The nickname came from his talents as a auctioneer, to achieve the top amount of money bid on an item being sold,
and for giving his patrons his 'Hi Dollar' when they traded in they're vehicle for a new Burtrum Brother's vehicle...
hence he became known as "Hi Dollar" that he cleaverly added to his marketing of his numerous business ventures.
Joe graduated first in his class at the Reisch School of Auctioneering.
In 1947 Joe had the first and largest auto auction for many decades in conjunction with his numerous automobile business's
Joe was the founder of the Burtrum Brothers Motor Company
Joe was also very well known for donating his auctioneering talents to hundreds of small schools throughout the 4-State area.
Joe did "Pie Suppers" almost every weekend of his adult life to help ailing member's of the community to many
area churches, groups, clubs and numerous other association fundraisers
Joe was the Master of Ceremony for a variety of fund raisers for charities like the annual Fall Festival in Webb City, etc...
Joe Burtrum was an outstanding and very creative automobile dealer.
He was equally known as an outstanding self-taught, public speaker capabilities.
It has been said that he could... "he could sell brass knuckels to Ghandi"
He was a noteable personality regarding his varied advertising in the Four State Area, presenting his own radio and TV spots.
His years of full-page newspaper ads for his businesses won several national awards.
Joe had a speaker topped sound truck and was at the head of hundreds of parades.
Joe Burtrum has been referenced in publications about 'Route 66' as one of the great personalities of "America's Main Street"
He was so popular students on their "Senior Trip" would stop their bus, line up to meet get a photo and his autograph!
Joe Burtrum... Simply put... Was the family's "Favorite" and, beloved by his friends, and was not only admired by his competition,
they often tried to imitate Joe, a thing that never happened and never will!
Enjoy Some "Hi Dollar Joe" Memories
Notice: Enjoy these vintage images noting the life and times of Colonel' Joseph Harold "Hi Dollar Joe" Burtrum
The images on this website are copyrited and may not be copied and or reproduced in any manner
Thank you for your cooperation, Terry Gene Hembree
A frequent announcement on radio and TV spots... "This is Hi Dollar Joe... From Joplin Mo!"
My Daddy says...
"God is first in his business, our family is next, and this is the why of his tremendous car sales"
"If there is any car that you want, at any price that you want, come see my Daddy!" Little Joe
Largest new and used automobile and truck dealer in the Midwest!
My dad says...
"You got to stay in the saddle to be a winner... You got to know your business to hang on from now on!
Just a good salesman won't get it, you got to be a Horse Trader!"
Always over 200 cars and trucks to choose from, on a lot two blocks long and one block deep
You'll find cars from the cheapest to the newest and best... If we make a dollar or lose a hundred, out they go!"
"If it is in the district you will find it at Burtrum Brothers Motor Company...
We are the biggest, fairest and fastest!"
"Don't be mislead by any other dealer telling you he can beat our deals...
Cause after all, sugar and salt look alike, but you got to try them to tell the difference!"
"P.D.Q. means PEOPLE DON'T QUIT once thay deal with us!!!"
Little oooooo ooo says...
"A lot of dealers try to copy after my Dad, but they can't do it, cause when Dad walks he makes a big track!"
"Joplin's Only Automobile Department Store with 250 Automobiles and Trucks to Choose from
Everyone knows this is the Automobile and Truck Headquarters of the Four State area!"
"Custom 8 Fordor, 2 tone paint, every extra in the books,
in fact if it had any more extras on it we would need overload springs.
Ford-O-Matic, radio, heater, white wall tires, undercoated, power brakes, power steering,
power windows, power seats, window washers, at a $500 discount
Above mentioned cars carry a 4,000 mile or 90 day guarantee whichever occurs first"
"Open every day and night of the year, with always over two hundred automobiles,
trucks and pickups to choose from... From the cheapest to the newest"
What Happened The Year Hi Dollar Joe Was Born?
1911 PRICES...
Bread: $0.05 per loaf
Milk: $0.34 per gal
Car: $500.00
House: $4,800.00
Stamp: $0.02 each
Avg Income: $983 per year
DOW Avg: 82
1911, CHEVROLET IS BORN...
After leaving GM in 1910, Billy Durant started yet another new car company in cooperation with the most famous of his former Buick race car drivers, Louis Chevrolet, who had emigrated to the U.S. from Switzerland.
With Louis giving his name to the brand and Billy in charge of management and product development, the first Chevrolet car, the Classic Six, priced at $2,500, was a market failure . . .
but Durant remained undaunted in his hopes for the brand.
DETAILS OF THE CHEVROLET...
Louis Chevrolet was born on Christmas Day, 1878 in Switzerland. As a teenager, he was a guide for a local wine cellar. An early account said he was impatient with the slow decanting of wine from cask to cask so he invented a wine barrel pump that speeded the process and was used extensively in the Burgundy region for decades. Later, like many another figure in the automobile world, he started manufacturing bicycles, also inventing a machine to make tires. Then he served an apprenticeship in the budding automobile industry in France, coming to the United States in 1900 as the representative of a French motor manufacturer.
Chevrolet began a career in auto racing in 1905 and his performance over the years earned him a reputation among his generation’s elite. However, he attained his greatest distinction as an engineer and designer of both stock and racing cars.
In 1911, he organized the Chevrolet Motor Company and headed the concern until 1915. He was working with Billy Durant, who had just lost control of General Motors, and the year after Chevrolet dropped out of his namesake company, Durant regained control temporarily of General Motors and took the Chevrolet company into the fold.
Inventor, racing-car builder, and above all, the early speed king who boasted that Barney Oldfield only beat him once “when my car broke down,” Chevrolet was buried at Indianapolis. That is where he won the distinction of having two of the distinction of having two of the cars he built win successively, in 1920 and 1921, the 500-mile speedway classic. He was buried beside his brother Gaston, who swept to victory in the 1920 race and was killed six months later in a speedway crash in Los Angeles.
His name on millions of automobiles, Louis Chevrolet, greatest of the pioneer racing car drivers, dies in comparative obscurity Friday morning, June 6, 1941 in his home in Detroit.
In a letter to "Mr. Chevrolet" Pinky Randall in 1966, former GM board of directors member Charles Stewart Mott reminisced about his friend Louis Chevrolet saying:
"He was driving from Detroit to Flint one day and going through Royal Oak, a constable stopped him and took him to Court for exceeding the speed limit. During the examination, the Judge asked him what his name was and he replied 'Louis Chevrolet.' The Judge said, '$20.00 fine. $10 for speeding and $10 for assuming the name of a noted race driver'."
Comparative obscurity indeed.
WORLD STATISTICS...
Nobel Peace Prize: Tobias M. C. Asser (Holland) and Alfred H. Fried (Austria)
WORLD EVENTS...
First use of aircraft as offensive weapon occurs in Turkish-Italian War.
Italy defeats Turks and annexes Libya.
Chinese Republic proclaimed after revolution overthrows Manchu dynasty.
Sun Yat-sen named president.
Mexican Revolution: Porfirio Diaz, president since 1877, replaced by Francisco Madero.
Roald Amundsen becomes first man to reach South Pole.
U.S. explorer Hiram Bingham discovers Incan city of Machu Picchu.
APRIL 16, 1911 HEADLINES...
Harry James Smith' "Mrs Bumsted-Leigh," premieres in NYC
Hugh Chalmers, automaker, suggests idea of baseball MVP
MCC tour match v Jamaica finishes in a tie
Waldorf W Aster acquires Daily Observer
Bob Dylan's 1st appearance at Folk City, Greenwich Village
1st non-stop London-Paris flight (Pierre Prier in 3h56m)
Polo Grounds grandstand & left field bleachers go up in flames
Walter Johnson pitches a record tying 4 strike outs in an inning
Jack Lawrence Theater (Playhouse) opens at 137 W 48th St NYC
J Helffrich discovers asteroid #713 Luscinia
15th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:21:39.6
George Bernard Shaw's "Fanny's First Play," premieres in London
H E Wood discovers asteroid #715 Transvaalia
Portugal approves woman suffrage
U.S. STATISTICS...
President: William H. Taft
Vice President: James S. Sherman
Population: 93,863,000
US EVENTS......
Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire in New York; 146 killed.
Supreme Court finds Standard Oil Company (May 15) and American Tobacco Company (May 29) to be in violation of Sherman Antitrust Act.
ECONOMICS...
Federal spending: $0.69 billion
Unemployment: 6.7%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.02
SPORTS...
World Series Philadelphia A's d. NY Giants (4-2)
Stanley Cup Ottawa Senators
Wimbledon
Women: Dorothea Chambers d. D. Boothby (6-0 6-0)
Men: Tony Wilding d. R. Barrett (6-4 4-6 2-6 6-2 (ret))
Kentucky Derby Champion
Meridian
NCAA Football Champions
Princeton (CFRA, HF) (8-0-2) & Penn St. (NCF) (8-0-1)
ENTERTAINMENT...
Entertainment Awards
Nobel Prize for Literature: Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgium)
EVENTS:
The first feature film is released when the two reels of D.W. Griffith's Enoch Arden are screened together.
SCIENCE...
British physicist Ernest Rutherford discovers the structure of an atom.
American geneticist Thomas Morgan shows that inherited factors are represented by genes placed at specific sites along a chromosome
Nobel Prizes in Science
Chemistry: Marie Curie (France), for discovery of elements radium and polonium
Physics: Wilhelm Wien (Germany), for his laws governing the radiation of heat
Physiology or Medicine: Allvar Gullstrand (Sweden), for work on the dioptrics of the eye
PEOPLE BORN IN THE YEAR 1911
Year Names of people born on April 16
Joseph Harold Burtrum of Burtrum Brothers Motor Company & Joplin Car Auction
Blues deity Robert Johnson
Future US President Ronald Reagan
Auschwitz concentration camp doctor Josef Mengele
Legendary American mandolinist Bill Monroe, the creator of bluegrass music
Polish poet Czesiaw Milosz
Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz
American dramatist Tennessee Williams
Babe Didrikson Zaharias, widely held to be the greatest female althlete of all time
Lee Harvey Oswald's assassin Jack Ruby
American actress Lucille Ball
American statesman Hubert H. Humphrey, future vice president under Lyndon Johnson
Canadian thinker Marshall McLuhan, who famously declared, "The medium is the message"
Vietnamese communist leader Le Duc Tho
American poet Elizabeth Bishop
American science fiction author and founder of Scientology L. Ron Hubbard
American horror movie star Vincent Price
American actress and dancer Ginger Rogers, born Virginia Katherine McMath.
American Western film star Roy Rogers
Mexican film legend Cantinflas
American actress Jean Harlow, born Harlean Carpentier
Legendary American gospel singer Mahalia Jackson
American gag musician Spike Jones
American baseball great Josh Gibson
American baseball great Hank Greenberg
PEOPLE BORN ON APRIL 16th...
1911 Joseph Harold Burtrum of Burtrum Brothers Motor Company & Joplin Car Auction
1939 Dusty Springfield London England, rock vocalist (Growing Pains)
1947 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar [Lew Alcindor] NBA center (Mil Bucks, LA Lakers)
1921 Peter Ustinov actor (Death on the Nile, Logan's Run, Billy Budd)
1867 Wilbur Wright of aeronautical fame
1844 Anatole France, writer (Tha‹s, Wickerwork Woman, Nobel 1921)
1959 Anne Kursinski, equestrian show jumper (Olympics-silver-96)
1897 Arthur Charles Ernest Hoeree, composer
1926 Barbara Tizzard, British educator
1920 Barry Nelson Oakland, actor (Airport, My Favorite Husband)
1906 Bep [Elisa H] Bakhuis, Dutch soccer star/writer
1935 Bobby Vinton Pitts Pa, singer (Roses are Red, Blue on Blue)
1934 Brian Peppiatt, joint CEO (SG Warburg Securities)
1703 Caffarelli, [Gaetano Majorano], Italian castra singer/duke
1808 Caleb Blood Smith, Secy Int (Union), died in 1864
1965 Caren Kemner, Quincy IL, volleyball outside hitter (Oly-bronze-92, 96)
1967 Charles Evans, NFL running back (Minnesota Vikings)
1889 Charlie Chaplin "tramp", actor (City Lights), retired PC salesman
1955 Charlotte Morrison, English large landowner/multi-millionaire
1911 Christine McIntyre, actress (3 Stooges movies)
1922 Christopher Samuel Youd, UK, sci-fi author (Tripods Trilogy)
1652 Clement XII, [Lorenzo Corsini], Italy, Pope (1730-40)
1941 Cliff Stearns, (Rep-R-Florida)
1904 Clifford Case (Sen-R-NJ)
1906 Cobina W "Coby" Molenaar, Dutch peace activist
1972 Conchita Martinez, Monzon Spain, tennis star (1996 final Indian Wells)
1913 Constance Shacklock, opera singer
1628 Cornelis Evertsen de Young, vice admiral of Zealand
1915 Dany [Dani‰l S] Tuijnman, head of Dutch traffic & water
1964 Dave Pirner, rocker (Soul Asylum)
1950 David Graff, Lancaster Ohio, actor (Police Academy 2, 3, 4, 6)
1940 David Holford, cricketer (cousin of G S Sobers WI leg-spin all-rounder)
1912 David Langton, Scotland, actor (Quintet, St Joan, Abandon Ship)
1956 David M Brown, Arlington Va, Cmdr USN/astronaut
1962 David Pate, LA Cal, tennis star
1944 Dennis Russell Davies, composer
1920 Dermot O'Callaghan Grubb, prison governor
1928 Dick "Night Train" Lane, NFL defensive back (Rams, Cards, Lions)
1939 Donald MacCormick, British broadcaster
1925 Edie Adams Kingston Pa, Mrs Ernie Kovacs (Murial Cigar), actress
1816 Edward "Old Allegheny" Johnson, Major General (Confederate Army)
1881 Edward Frederick Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax/ambassador to US (1940-46)
1955 Ellen Barkin Bronx NY, actress (Big Easy, Sea of Love, Switch)
1851 Ernst Josephson, Sweden, artist
1886 Ernst Th„lmann, German communist presidential candidate
1943 Ewald Vanvugt, author (Kiss of Delight, Seed of Love)
1893 Federico Mompou, composer
1969 Fernando Vina, Sacramento CA, infielder (Milwaukee Brewers)
1904 Fifi D'Orsay, Montreal, actress (Life Jimmy Dolan, Girl from Calgary)
1821 Ford Maddox Brown, painter
1970 Fran Robinson Calif, actress (Lauren-Charlie & Company)
1673 Francesco Feroci, composer
1930 Frank Page, British broadcaster/actor (Hudson Hawk, Dark Dancer)
1635 Frans van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch painter
1971 Frederik Nilsson, Stockholm SWE, IHL forward (Team Sweden, KC (IHL))
1963 Garry Galley, Montreal, NHL defenseman (Buffalo Sabres)
1924 Geoffrey Johnson Smith, actor (Norman Loves Rose, Drinking Games)
1934 Geoffrey Owen, British editor (Financial Times)
1820 Georg Curtius, German classical linguist
1915 Gerard McLarnon, actor/writer
1965 Gerardo, rocker
1947 Gerry Rafferty guitarist/vocalist (Baker Street)
1696 Giovanni Battista Tupolo, Italian painter
1945 Goran Antunac Yugoslavia, International Chess Master (1975)
1968 Grace Kim, Korea, tennis star
1660 Hans Sloane, England, physician/naturalist/founder (British Museum)
1935 Haskell "Cool Papa" Sadler, blues singer/guitarist
1955 Henri, Heir Apparent Prince of Luxembourg
1924 Henry Mancini composer/conductor (Pink Panther)
1850 Herbert Baxter Adams US, historian (American Historical Assn)
1930 Herbie Mann Brooklyn NY, jazz flute/sax (Just Wallin')
1909 Herman Uyttersprot, Flemish literature historian
1963 Hu Na, China, tennis star
1970 Ian Franklin, CFL cornerback (Edmonton Eskimos)
1962 Ian MacKaye, rocker (Cyrano de Bergerac)
1932 Imre Polyak Hungary, featherweight (Olympic-gold-1964)
1861 Isaac Murphy, US jockey (won 628 races)
1897 Jaap Vranken, Dutch organist/composer (Stabat Mater)
1936 James Rand, British judge (Advocate General)
1953 Jay O Sanders, Austin TX, actor (Meeting Venus, V I Warshawski)
1962 Jeanne Golay, Coral Gables Fla, cyclist (Olympics-16th-92, 96)
1886 Jekabs Graubins, composer
1980 Jesse Tendler, Madison Wisc, actor (Nick-Ellen Burstyn Show)
1972 Jim Ballard, NFL/WLAF quarterback (Scottish Claymores, Buffalo Bills)
1963 Jimmy Osmond Ogden Utah, singer (Donnie & Marie)
1933 Joan Bakewell, British broadcaster/actress (Cold Comfort Farm)
1868 Joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer
1697 Johann Gottlieb Gorner, composer
1832 John A Neuhuys, painter
1897 John B Glubb, British commandant/writer (A soldier with the Arabs)
1951 John Bentley, rocker
1939 John DeLaFose, zydeco Musician
1682 John Hadley, mathematician/inventor (1st reflecting telescope)
1912 John Halas, animator
1924 John Harvey-Jones, CEO (ICI)
1914 John Hodiak, Pittsburgh PA, actor (A Bell for Adamo, Lifeboat)
1905 John Lee-Barber, admiral
1648 John Luyken, poet/etcher (Duytse Lyre)
1871 John Millington Synge, Ireland, dramatist/poet (Riders to the Sea)
1930 John Robson, British ambassador (Norway)
1920 John William Farr Detroit, bank robber (FBI Most Wanted List)
1943 Johnny Watkins, cricketer (NSW leg-spinner, bowled 6 overs for Aust)
1965 Jon Cryer actor (Pretty in Pink, Superman IV)
1867 Jos‚ de Diego, Puerto Rico, patriot/PR Secretary of Justice
1933 Joseph Bottoms, Santa Barbara, Calif, actor (Blind Date, Braker)
1927 Joseph Ratzinger, German theologist/dogmaticus
1728 Joseph Zwart, Scottish chemist/physicist
1800 Jozef Stefani, composer
1901 Karel Albert, Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen)
1838 Karel Bendl, composer
1920 Kees Scherer, Dutch photographer (World Press Photo)
1922 Kingsley Amis London, novelist (Lucky Jim, The James Bond Dossier)
1901 Leo Poos, nazi police officer (caught Dutch underground agents)
1922 Leo Tindermans, British statesman
1885 Leo Weiner, Hungary, composer (Fasching)
1913 Les Tremayne London, actor (Angry Red Planet, War of the Worlds)
1966 Lewis Tillman, NFL running back (Chic Bears)
1904 Lily Pons Draguignan France, soprano/diva (Hitting a New High)
1913 Lord Aberconway, CEO (John Brown & Co)
1940 Lord Camoys, deputy CEO (Barclays de Zoete Wedd)
1976 Lukas Haas, actor (Music Box, Witness, Testament, Leap of Faith)
1939 Margaretha de Boer, Dutch minister (PvdA)
1940 Margrethe II queen of Denmark (1972- )
1898 Marian Jordan Peoria Ill, radio comedienne (Fibber McGee & Molly)
1972 Mario Bradley, WLAF cornerback (London Monarchs)
1906 Marion Lloyd Vince, Bkln NY, fencer (National champ 1928, 31)
1965 Martin Lawrence, comedian (Martin)
1871 Martin Lunssens, composer
1956 Marty Dickerson, Middletown OH, golfer (1994 ShopRite Classic-22nd)
1969 Melinda Rich, Muskegon Mich, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-13th-1993)
1919 Merce Cunningham choreographer (Acrobat in Every Soul is a Circus)
1938 Michael Hirst, chief constable (Leicestershire England)
1987 Milton J Cross, NYC, TV announcer (Met Opera Auditions of the Air)
1823 Mother Joseph, [Esther Pariseau], religious leader (US capitol)
1971 Natasha Zvereva, Minsk Belarus, tennis ace (finals 1995 Indian Wells)
1963 Nick Berry Britain, actor (Wicksy-EastEnders)
1975 Nicky Sualua, NFL fullback (Dallas Cowboys)
1823 Orlando Bolivar Wilcox, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1907
1940 Paul Cox, actor (Exile, Golden Braid, Touch Me)
1933 Perry Botkin Jr NYC, orch leader (Bert Convy Show)
1927 Peter Mark Richman Phila Pa, actor (Andrew-Dynasty)
1952 Peter Westbrook, St Louis Mo, US fencer (Olympic-bronze-88, 92, 96)
1958 Philip Bainbridge, British cricketeer
1931 Piet de Visser, economist/Dutch MP (PvdA)
1906 Pigmeat Markham Durham NC, comedian (Here Comes da Judge-Laugh In)
1900 Polly Adler Russia, bordello proprieter/author (House is not a Home)
1940 Queen Margrethe II, of Denmark
1878 R E "Tip" Foster, cricketer (287 on debut England v Aust SCG 1903)
1939 Reinier Lucassen, Dutch painter (Kuifje contra James Union)
1934 Richard Kenshaw, British broadcaster
1964 Robert Kelker-Kelly, Wichita Kansas, (Bo-Days of our Live)
1934 Robert Stigwood, producer (Saturday Night Fever, Grease)
1929 Roy Hamilton singer (You'll Never Walk Alone)
1943 Ruth Madoc, actress (Hi Di Hi)
1963 Salim Malik, cricketer (memorable Pakistani & Essex batsman)
1971 Selena [Quintanilla], tejano vocalist
1961 Selena, Texas, spanish singer (Grammy-1994)
1882 Seth Bingham, composer
1918 Spike Milligan India, actor/comedian (Digby, 3 Musketeers)
1868 Spottiswoode Aitken, Edinburgh Scot, actor (Eagle, Home Sweet Home)
1945 Stefan Grossman NYC, country blues singer (Yazoo Basin Boogie)
1940 Stephen Lawrence Pruslin, composer
1970 Steve Emtman, NFL defensive tackle (Miami Dolphins)
???? Toby Poser, Huntington PA, actress (Amanda Spaulding-Guiding Light)
1971 Trey Maples, Wheat Ridge Colo, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Canadian)
1932 Vince Hill, singer (Roses of Picardy, La Vie en Rose)
1970 Walt Williams, NBA forward/guard (Toronto Raptors, Miami Heat)
1800 William Chambers, author/publisher (Basis of Communication & Coding)
1911 William Stearn, botanist
MOST POPULAR SONGS FROM 1911...
All Alone by Will Dillon
Baby Rose by Louis Weslyn
Daly's Reel by J.M. Daly
Honey-Love by Jack Drislane
Jimmy Valentine by Edward Madden
Ragtime Violin by Irving Berlin
The Oceana Roll by Roger Lewis
When You're Away by Seymour Brown
THE NEW TOP TOYS FROM 1911...
Crayola Crayons
Teddy Bear
Lionel Trains
Ouija Boards
Tiddledy Winks
Gund Soft Toys
Snakes and Ladders
Parcheesi
Cap Guns
NEW BOOKS RELEASED IN 1911...
1911 - Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm
Howards End by E. M. Forster
The Promise of American Life by Herbert Croly
A Room with a View by E. M. Forster
The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett
1907 - The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad
The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
The Golden Bowl by Henry James
Nostromo by Joseph Conrad
The Way of All Flesh by Samuel Butler
The Ambassadors by Henry James
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. DuBois
Principia Ethica by G. E. Moore
TOP SONGS FOR 1911...
Ragtime Violin by Irving Berlin
All Alone by Will Dillon
Baby Rose by Louis Weslyn
Daly's Reel by J.M. Daly
Honey-Love by Jack Drislane
The Oceana Roll by Roger Lewis
Jimmy Valentine by Edward Madden
When You're Away by Seymour Brown
Personal Statement From Webmaster & Curator...
"Being related to Joe Harold Burtrum is somewhat astonishing to me as I have heard and seen the proof of this man's
dedication to his businesses, employees, patrons, family and friends.
The way he over exaggerated his style of promotion, the over saturation of the market, the way he made someone a deal
when it wasn't that profitable to him, but in Joe Burtrum's eyes... It was the right thing to do at the time.
I suspect my endeavors in marketing, promotions and advertising has trickled down through the veins of the Burtrum blood
and has had to help mold me into one of the most successful advertising, newspaper and internet creator's of my age,
in the four state area and beyond!
I have jokingly said that I have sold thousands of dollars in advertising during my morning visit to the porcelain god,
if advertising and marketing is in your blood, you constantly live, think and breath promotion...
Much like Joe Burtrum did in his heyday,
I just wish I would have been old enough to have been taken under his wing' and taught by the Master of Promotion...
and I find myself very Proud to be a living relative of Joe Harold Burtrum!
Terry Gene Hembree - Grand Lake O' the Cherokees
Son of Pauly Gene & Mary Ann "Burtrum" Hembree of Joplin, MO, Grandson of Goldie Elizabeth Burtrum of Miami, OK
Little Hi Dollar Joe says...
"The more cars a fellow buys and sells the cheaper you can handle them.
If we don't have or can't get the car you want, they just don't make it.
The best new and used car bargains in the Midwest!"
My Daddy just won't let anyone outsell or undersell him, come see the proof!
Some Automobile Brands Sold On Hi Dollar Joe's Lots In The 40's - 50's
Chevrolet - Plymouth - Dodge - Jeep - Buick - Frazer - Oldsmobile - Studebaker - Mercury - GMC
Nash - Cadillac - Pontiac - Hudson - Desoto - Ford - Crosley Cars - Willys/Jeep - Diamond 'T Trucks
Hi Dollar Joe's Car Business Timeline...
1930's
Burtrum Brother's First Car Lot Was In Granby, Missouri
1940's
Burtrum Brother's, on Neosho Blvd. in Neosho, Missouri
1946
Burtrum Brother's, on Old Route 66 (later named 7th Street) in Joplin, Missouri
1960
Burtrum Brother's, on Rangeline in Joplin, Missouri
Charley Burtrum, Hi Dollar Joe's brother had the
Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac, Oldsmobile and Pontiac Dealerships in Miami, Oklahoma
Some Common Hi Dollar Joe's Prices In The 40's - 50's
(From Joplin News Herald Newspaper Ad Dated Saturday, November 20, 1954)
Cars With No Miles
1955 $1,595.00 to $2,795
USED CARS
$495.00 to $1,495.00
HI DOLLAR JOE'S BARGAIN CARS
1946 - 1947 - 1948 - 1949
$395.00 to $595.00
(Other Pricing Figures In The Joplin News Herald Newspaper Dated Saturday, November 20, 1954)
Rooms, Apartments, Houses, Board...
Cabin with private bath $5.00 weekly... 1528 Broadway
Furnished apartments, bills paid $5.50 and $6.50 weekly, steam heat... 728 Moffet
One room for gentleman, $14.00 month... 1052 Pennsylvania
Three roon modern duplex, upstairs, strictly private, adults only, $45.00 month... 515 Picher
South duplex, $22.50 month plus utilities, 1212 Grand
Three rooms, private, adults, $8.00 weekly... 907 West 6th
Two room apartment, $5.00 weekly... 2613 Main
Four rooms, $50.00, utilities paid... 2911 East 9th
Three large rooms, central location, upstairs, $30.00 month
Three room upstairs apartment, newly decorated, refrigerator and stove furnished, $35.00 month... 618 Broadway
Three room modern apartment, $37.50 month... 1002 Roosevelt
Earle Hotel, $3.00 per week... 4th & Pearl Ave.
Desirable room, adjoining bath, innersprings, Gentleman $4.50 week... 220 North Pearl
Two room house, furnished, $15.00 monthly... 2127 Rangeline
Large clean 4 room modern house, $50.00 month, available now, 612 w. 15th
Large very desirable office rooms at 221 W 3rd, $18.00 to $20.00 per month, hot water, janitor, heat
East 13th and Rangeline, Three bedroom, corner lot, beautifully furnished with ultra modern kitchen
and all modern refinements, complete with furniture $15,500 or carpet and draperies only $14,500
1927 Murphy, two bedroom, large corner lot, $11,000.00
$4,250.00 for a 8 room modern, close in apartment, 1 and a 1/2 baths, 2 bedroom apartments and 2 sleeping rooms,
furnished, 2 car garage, 63x100 foot lot
5 room efficiency with hardwood floors, lots of closet space. 2 bedrooms near grade and junior high... $7,250.00
Good 6 room modern house in top condition, priced at $4,000.00, $1,000.00 down balance $40.00 per month, N. Landreth St
Five room house, 2 bedrooms, living room, family dining room, nice kitchen, utility room,
plastered house, $5,900.00 near McKinley school on Park Ave.
Home Furnishings...
A good drainboard sink... $20.00
New Kelvinator 18 cubic foot upright home freezer, was $519.95 now $399.95 - $10.00 down, $4.00 weekly... BF Goodrich
Coleman floor furnace, 37,000 btu good condition, $20.00
Motorola, Big look in TV, $139.95 to $995.00 Bill Southards MOKA Recording & TV, 4th & Virginia
New refrigerator, 10 foot, was $279.95 now $199.95 Harold Chew TV, 7th & Pennsylvania
Vacuum cleaners, all kinds, tanks- uprights, $5.00 & Up... Kirby Co, 815 Main
Misc. For Sale...
Concrete septic tanks $49.50 & Up, delivered... Cobble Vault
New overhead garage door, never used, $46.00
One hound dog & one squirrel dog... make offer
Two white garage doors with hardware, price $20.00 set
Titan chain saw, newmodel, 3 HP, 27 pounds, fastest cutting saw on the market $195.00
Used console radios $5.00 - $15.00... Used TV set $50.00 as is Chew TV
Washing machine, coal heating stove,hens $1.00
Baking hens, dressed... $1.25
$5.00 to $50.00 Your signature only loans, Finance Service Co. 112 East 4th
Other Businesses During Hi Dollar Hoe's Hey-Day...
Steve Parker Mortuary - Joplin Mattress - Randall Furrier - Mack's Drive In - Court House Barber - Joe Brown Market
Joplin Globe and News Herald - Keystone Hotel - Grahams Gardens - ABC mattress & Upholstery - Dodson Upholstery
Joplin Weavers - Electrolux - Ed's Bargains - O'Deans Beauty Shop - United Van Lines - Jenkins Music Co - Trusty's Drive In
T.O. Cafe - Margies Child Care - Doll Fixit Service - Tristate Bookkeeping Service - Burl M. Garvin Realor - Baxter Supply
Broadway Lumber - Home Lumber & Hardware - Barnett Radio Service - Rolla Stevens Realty - Shewards Trading Post
The Hadley Tatum Co. - Household Finance - Home Credit Inc - Pearl Brothers - Whitsetts - Ben Milgram
Ancell Lawson Turkey Farm - Long Brothers Loans - Tradin Bill - Smiths Luncheonette - Thomas Furniture Co
Carvers Turkey Farm - Pflugs - Sebastian Diesel Equip - Blackburn Sales - H.T. Fletcher - Christman's
Lillians Cafe - Joplin Stockyards - Hyde's - Joplin Hatcheries - Big Brothers Farm - Long Bell Lumber
Re Sale Shop - Hillview Farm - Tri State Warehousing & Distributing - Carterville Pet Shop - T.C. Helm Agency
Some Common Hi Dollar Joe's Terms While Listing Cars In The 40's - 50's
Fordor - Tudor - Radio - Heater - Overdrive - Cranbrook - Turn Signals - Twotone - Deluxe - Seat Covers - Fog Lights
Sun Shade - Eight Cylinder - Sunvisor - Whitewall Tires - Station Wagon - Road Master - Black Air Ride Tires - Power Glide
Five Passenger - Good Tires - Hydromatic - Filter - Tinted Glass - Backup Lights - Oil Flter - Undercoated - Power Brakes
Power Steering - Wheel Discs - Power Windows - Customatic Shift - Power Seats - Window Washers - V8 - Easy Eye Glass
Some Have Radios & Heaters - Power Glide - Electric Antenna - Air Conditioning - 100 H.P. Motor - Good Top - Hydra Matic
Spotlight - Mountain Brake - Fluid Drive - Dynaflow - Six Cylindar - Automatic Shift - sedanette - Fully Equipped - Fordomatic
Other Hi Dollar Joe's Descriptive Selling Terms In The 40's - 50's
Cleanest car you ever saw - Low miles - More extras than you ever saw on one car - Very nice - Coupe - Lots of extras
A real buy - Special deluxe - Assortment of colors & body styles - Every extra in the book - One Owner - Slick as an eel
If it had any more extras on it we would need overload springs - Like new - Very good shape - Exceptionally nice - Good
Cleanest car you ever saw - A real buy - Loaded with extras - Runs good & looks OK - Unusually clean old car - All good colors
Rungs and looks good - You should see this one - Drives perfect - Motor rebuilt - Good bumper to bumper - Extra clean
Good paint - New overhaul - Factory fresh - All good colors - This car is like new - Extra good - The nicest in the county
under construction
Contact |
Photo Submissions |
Article & Feature Story Information |
Webmaster
Copyright & Copy 2009 All Rights Reserved - Terry Gene Hembree & The Terry Gene Hembree Family Trust
|